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deminks

(11,006 posts)
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 09:17 AM Sep 2017

Hillary links Kenya, Trump, and Brexit: all projects of Cambridge Analytica




https://qz.com/1081021/hillary-clinton-says-trump-linked-cambridge-analytica-had-role-in-kenyas-annulled-election/

Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Kenya’s annulled election was “a project” of Cambridge Analytica, a data company at the center of a growing controversy over the use of personal data to influence both the Brexit vote in the UK and the Donald Trump election in the US.

Speaking to US public radio host Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air program about the 2016 American presidential election, Clinton said she was also probing what happened with Kenya’s election, and why the supreme court decided to call the election “invalid.” The former US secretary of state has been making a round of media interviews promoting her book “What Happened,” in which she recounts her 2016 election experiences. Clinton, who won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote count, also said she would not rule out questioning the credibility of the US results if new information showed that the Russian-led cyber intrusions were deeper than currently known.

Cambridge Analytica mines both online data and individual psychometric profiles in order to personalize political messaging and communicate with both supporters and undecided voters. The company is partly owned by the Mercer family and most closely linked to Robert Mercer, a hedge fund billionaire who supports conservative causes and candidates.

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Extraordinary, indeed.
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Hillary links Kenya, Trump, and Brexit: all projects of Cambridge Analytica (Original Post) deminks Sep 2017 OP
Thank you Hillary. Need to be f*cking done! Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #1
I need to change my bi-line to I hate Cambridge Analytica. Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #3
Hey Infowars fans! This is what a real conspiracy looks like! Initech Sep 2017 #2
The few times this is mentioned, the Mercers are not. dogman Sep 2017 #4
KO's piece today referenced the mercer/cambridge analytica connection, along with niyad Sep 2017 #5
That's why he was pushed out of the msm. dogman Sep 2017 #6
And the few times this gets brought up... joshcryer Sep 2017 #9
K&R MrsCoffee Sep 2017 #7
I mentioned this company myself months ago: joshcryer Sep 2017 #8
keeping this kicked because it is that important!! niyad Sep 2017 #10

dogman

(6,073 posts)
4. The few times this is mentioned, the Mercers are not.
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 09:40 AM
Sep 2017

I finally saw a guest discuss this last night on one of talk shows. I did not hear the Mercer name however.

joshcryer

(62,265 posts)
9. And the few times this gets brought up...
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 07:00 PM
Sep 2017

...it doesn't garner much discussion, even though it's pure and obvious what happened. They used psychological techniques to manipulate the American public and it worked very effectively.

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