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dalton99a

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31. Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner investor:
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 01:05 PM
Jul 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/05/russia-funded-facebook-twitter-investments-kushner-investor
Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner investor
Institutions with close links to Kremlin financed stakes through investor in Trump son-in-law’s venture, leaked files reveal
by Jon Swaine and Luke Harding
Sun 5 Nov 2017 13.00 EST

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-17/what-is-trump-worth-to-twitter-one-analyst-estimates-2-billion
What Is Trump Worth to Twitter? One Analyst Estimates $2 Billion
By Jeran Wittenstein
August 17, 2017, 3:28 PM CDT

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/05/study-russia-cybersecurity-twitter-1353543
Russia's manipulation of Twitter was far vaster than believed
By TIM STARKS, LAURENS CERULUS and MARK SCOTT
06/05/2019 06:00 AM EDT

Just like the cable newsers Trumpy-dump makes money for them rurallib Jul 2019 #1
Money does speak for sure! bluestarone Jul 2019 #2
Yup. grumpyduck Jul 2019 #16
Red Don would have been TO'd from 90% of modded forums on the internet for his crap uponit7771 Jul 2019 #3
This is his white privilege. Twitter is a corporate entity run by wealthy corporatists. OrlandoDem2 Jul 2019 #4
+1 Ponietz Jul 2019 #17
Anyone else would have been dumped. gordianot Jul 2019 #5
The justice department claims that he can't be kicked off for any reason ... marble falls Jul 2019 #6
Gotcha! bluestarone Jul 2019 #7
You know what they say, the bigger the sitting asshole, the smaller the "indictment". marble falls Jul 2019 #10
My thought exactly. Twitter needs to step up elias7 Jul 2019 #8
Because the algorithm that would ban white nationalist hate speech would also ban most Republicans. MrsCoffee Jul 2019 #9
He is a constant advertisement for them and the best thing that has ever happened for their business cbdo2007 Jul 2019 #11
Also i NEVER used it! bluestarone Jul 2019 #13
Agreed customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #30
Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner investor: dalton99a Jul 2019 #31
Then everyone else needs to delete Twitter. blueinredohio Jul 2019 #12
I deleted Twitter. iscooterliberally Jul 2019 #21
Exactly! blueinredohio Jul 2019 #23
Could the State of California or someone like that open an investigation into Twitter promoting hate cbdo2007 Jul 2019 #14
Maybe Elijha Cummings or Al Sharpton could? bluestarone Jul 2019 #15
Is hate speech like yelling "Fire!" in a theater? bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 #20
Only if it's considered to be creating an immediate threat of violence. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #28
Don't know about that bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 #32
The Sedition Act expired in 1800. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #33
So why don't you give it a try? Nothing to lose. bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 #34
The day after the election I screamed this Cosmocat Jul 2019 #22
Because he's the President? jalan48 Jul 2019 #18
Which doesn't mean a thing, actually, we need the standards for the President to be *higher* ck4829 Jul 2019 #25
It's about power and who has it. Trump understands this. jalan48 Jul 2019 #27
Why doesn't Taco Bell take tacos off the menu? Takket Jul 2019 #19
To be fair, they don't have any bells jberryhill Jul 2019 #26
twitter needs tRump like MSM needs tRump, the circus is great for their bottom line yaesu Jul 2019 #24
How else would we know what is in his sick mind? Maggiemayhem Jul 2019 #29
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