Facebook finds new, suspicious activity seemingly intended to sow discord.
This NY Times coverage and revision is eye-catching. From the first pass, excerpted at Boing-Boing (or Mother Jones):
“Like the Russian interference campaign in 2016, the recently detected campaign dealt with divisive social issues. Facebook discovered coordinated activity around issues like a sequel to last year’s deadly “Unite the Right” white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. Coordinated activity was also detected around #AbolishICE, a left-wing campaign on social media that seeks to end the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, according to two people briefed on the findings.”
So the Russkies, or whomever, are playing both sides, as in 2016. But wait - a revision!:
Like the Russian interference campaign in 2016, the recently detected campaign dealt with divisive social issues.
Facebook discovered coordinated activity around issues like a sequel to last year’s deadly “Unite the Right” white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. Specifically, a page called “Resisters,” which interacted with one Internet Research Agency account in 2017, created an event called “No Unite the Right 2 — DC” to serve as a counterprotest to the white nationalist gathering, scheduled to take place in Washington in August. Mr. Gleicher said “inauthentic” administrators for the “Resisters” page went as far as to coordinate with administrators for five other apparently real pages to co-host the event, publicizing details about transportation and other logistics.
Mr. Gleicher said it disabled the event on Tuesday and notified 2,600 users of the site who had indicated interest in attending the event.
Coordinated activity was also detected around #AbolishICE...
So wait - now this suspicious group is piggybacking with, or co-opting, or attempting to discredit The Resistance.
So if the Russians are helping to energize the Resistance then any November Blue Wave is really a Red Wave? Baffling.
probably a David Brock bot collection.
Posted by: henry | July 31, 2018 at 02:35 PM
The Associated Press @AP
BREAKING: Seoul says generals from the rival Koreas have begun meeting at the border to discuss how to ease military tension
Posted by: henry | July 31, 2018 at 02:37 PM
David Brocks's mother wears army boots.
Posted by: Frau Steingehirn | July 31, 2018 at 02:38 PM
henry, that must be Trump's fault. Everything else is.
Posted by: Frau Steingehirn | July 31, 2018 at 02:41 PM
If you ask me, this is Zuckerberg's version of "Baffle them with BS" which we witnessed a couple of days ago on Twitter.
Through all of his gobbledygook about conversational health and such, what he has done is hire some sociologist who is veheently ant-Republican and anti-Trump.
I can just see where the "conversational health" is heading.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 02:42 PM
Everybody to get from street.
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | July 31, 2018 at 02:42 PM
Tell the truth. If Baron Trump's mother wore combat boots, she would still be beautiful, right?
Posted by: Old Lurker | July 31, 2018 at 02:43 PM
Dave,
HA!
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 02:43 PM
Rush was all over this today.
His theory is that the FB rats are getting ahead of the blue wave petering out, and setting the table with pre-emptive excuses.
Sounds good to me.
Posted by: Jim Eagle | July 31, 2018 at 02:44 PM
David Brock has another man's Army boots under his bed.
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | July 31, 2018 at 02:45 PM
Still, Facebook said it was not able to link the fake accounts to the IRA, even though the fake accounts used similar tactics.
no proof, but MUH RUSSIANS !!!ELEVENTY!!!!
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/31/facebook-has-detected-attempts-to-interfere-in-mid-terms.html
Posted by: henry | July 31, 2018 at 02:47 PM
I am picking up some photos from the crowd at the Trump rally site. I will link the photos rather than posting them all, so you can click on them at your leisure.
Gays for Trump:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Djc60WsV4AAbmk-.jpg
20-second video at the link. I detect a Boston accent.
Four photos at link.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 02:49 PM
Video with sound at link.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 02:51 PM
Photo at link.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 02:53 PM
I posted this this morning (very early) but a lot of people probably missed it. Link goes to DeSantis ad which is SO DARN CUTE!
Heck I wish I could vote for him myself!
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 02:58 PM
Hola GUS!
to your sarc question as to why i "hate" homosexuals....
it's the unequal protection under the law status they've engineered... to gain "privileges" under the law....vs the rest of us.
their campaign to sexualize the entire voting public, forcing a focus on "their issue" and subjugation of all others, has become so controlling but projects a power that is ultimately false--- like NOKO, the EU, Arab oil states, Iran, Red China and trade....
our ship will right itself and these hull-clinging queens of all stripes will find themselves underwater at worst, and in our wake at best.
that's on them, their lack of political imagination, and dependence on social blackmail.
Kev
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 03:00 PM
because so many patriotic Americans will be voting this fall, the mid-terms are going to wash away a lot of Blue.
it'll be close but we'll win it. the cheating will be high against us. but like it was with the Boozy House Dress, high morale will win out over mendacity.
the Kool Kids and the Prom Queen have been found out to be total scabbies.
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 03:05 PM
Here's Fox's version of the Facebook story:
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/facebook-suspends-accounts-engaged-in-inauthentic-political-activity
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 03:08 PM
Dave,
Or Alaska near Daddy. Your blood thins here, making it easier. The downside is I almost bled to death today after scratching my nose.
I would have loved to have gone to Tampa (thanks Steph for the heads up) but the crowd had already started at 6:00 AM, and I have a puppy.
.
Posted by: Jane | July 31, 2018 at 03:09 PM
Kev,
You think those people waiting in the rain today until 7PM are going to stay home in November? Singing the Star Spangled Banner, too!
Not a chance.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 03:11 PM
back when i was 10, my Maw led a local fight against a local developer who wanted to tear down the Meek (railroads and agriculture) Mansion across from our home. the 10 acre estate surrounding it had shrunk from the original land holdings of the 19th century.
Maw wanted a park. she found a local neighbor by canvass who had some coin and said he'd back her fight for a park. they won. we had a park three years later. it still stands.
it was a political fight. but it had a purpose--- to get something done that enriched our community. some 50 plus years later the neighborhood still shines because there IS NOT a 100 unit ghetto instead of a park.
politics used to get stuff done that had lasting value. what i see happening in Zerkeley today isn't politics at all. it's regulatory control.
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 03:11 PM
"You think those people waiting in the rain today until 7PM are going to stay home in November?"
uh no. i don't think that for a second. my comment spoke of "patriotic Americans." i'm supremely confident.
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 03:13 PM
so Z*ckF*ck's marching orders include throwing major shade on the mid-term results by impugning the integrity of the vote because of muh Russhhah?
i'll buy that theory.
"it was a sure thing and Russia cheated us out of our majorities in the House and Senate."
or something.
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 03:15 PM
politics used to get stuff done that had lasting value. what i see happening in Zerkeley today isn't politics at all. it's regulatory control.
per Insty, compare opportunities for graft
Posted by: henry | July 31, 2018 at 03:16 PM
Kev,
I knew YOU didn't mean it. I just have been inundated with negative stuff from the GOPE and dem factions on Twitter today.
Poor phrasing on my part.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 03:18 PM
henry,
we know full well that the skim is the reason for any marxist season in government--- local, state, national, global.
and the operators and beneficiaries dare to use the word "invest" and "returns".... Elon Musk to the courtesy telephone por favor.
Kev
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 03:18 PM
thassokay, MM. thassokay. we cool. -Kev
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 03:20 PM
Jane,we'll go to a Trump rally in the fall! We'll let hubby dog sit. :) I'm excited to be able to vote in Florida this fall. Although we trade Collins for Rubio. :(
Posted by: Marlene | July 31, 2018 at 03:22 PM
I could have heard the "news" reports wrong---but supposedly Facebook found 34 items that are somehow tied to the Russkies. Ot of the gazillions of items that show up on Facebook on any given day? Isn't this sorta like peeing in the ocean? It won't have much effect one way or the other?
Color me not impressed by this new "Red Scare".
Posted by: Comanche Voter | July 31, 2018 at 03:23 PM
We're not the ones who are supposed to be scared.
Posted by: Extraneus | July 31, 2018 at 03:24 PM
The bogeyman is under their beds, not ours.
Posted by: Extraneus | July 31, 2018 at 03:24 PM
How do we know they are Russians? Whose word do we have?
1. Facebook engineers
2. Unnamed intelligence sources
3. Mark Warner
This does not look to me like a reliable group.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 03:27 PM
DICK DURBIN CALLS FOR KIRSTJEN NIELSEN’S RESIGNATION
Posted by: Extraneus | July 31, 2018 at 03:27 PM
The library made DVDs available again this week and they had a new release of great interest: Chappaquiddick. I'm about forty minutes into it and it's, so far, a very powerful film. The CIA operator from Zero Dark Thirty plays Ted, the dentist from The Hangover is an aide, and Jim Gaffigan is the Massachusetts State Attorney. Even the hardest screw that ever walked a turn at Shawshank appears as Robert McNamara.
I'm making real stovetop popcorn in an actual pan at intermission. And real actual melted butter. Also at intermission... :)
Posted by: Beasts of England | July 31, 2018 at 03:28 PM
and what do these masterminded Russkies put up on Z*ckF*ck which are interfering with casting votes in our elections?
how is the excrement coming out of the mouths of American media and the ooze of the Never Trump boils affecting the course of our elections?
big time lame-assed misdirection. must be that more "eyes" are being cast upon the Lyin Swine Media.
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 03:30 PM
Someone smarter than me could maybe answer me this: how hard would it be to make up a basic Twitter program?
It seems to me that posting in chronological order (like we do here) is pretty simple and actually what people want.
To that you add some sort of program which only shows the people you choose to follow, and a search engine for finding names of people to follow.
What else is there? Adding links, pictures and videos, I guess.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 03:30 PM
More hot blue-on-blue action.
‘The Nation’ Apologizes for Publishing Poem With ‘Disparaging and Ableist’ Language
Posted by: Extraneus | July 31, 2018 at 03:30 PM
"Facebook found 34 items that are somehow tied to the Russkies. "
so some man-bun wearing propeller heads found a husky 34 items. dun-Dun-DUN!!!!!
can just see their "team" breathlessly asking their boss if they can meet with Cheryl "Leaning Cow" Sandberg and Z*ckF*ck to share their "findings."
"don't hate them because they're successful."
IHTFP because they're treasonous salamanders.
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 03:36 PM
Tom Maguire. The 80'S called uh uh uh and uh uh uh they uh uh uh want their uh uh Foreign policy uh uh uh uh back.
OKIE DOKE.
Posted by: GUS | July 31, 2018 at 03:38 PM
Beasts:
Saw it at the theater and really liked it.
Very realistic and shocking at the same time.
Posted by: maryrose | July 31, 2018 at 03:39 PM
How many times has Turban Durbin been told to go pound sand during his career?
wet brain.
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 03:39 PM
re: ‘The Nation’ Apologizes for Publishing Poem With ‘Disparaging and Ableist’ Language
could this movie be made today?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmInkxbvlCs
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 03:44 PM
Beasts---
stove top corn is best. we have my Maw's old copper topped stainless steel kettle from 1961. dedicated to popcorn production.
when Mrs. Kid gets a hankerin for popcorn, it's on.
stove top popcorn with zero unpopped kernels is an art form!
Enjoy, Bud. that flick rocks.
Kev
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 03:47 PM
They have reached Andrea Mitchell-level lying. If you don't remember my story about her, she literally lied about what President Reagan said at an afternoon press conference on the NBC Nightly News 3 hours later.
This is a CNN guy:
Jeff Zeleny
Verified account @jeffzeleny
President Trump waves, but declines to answer questions on south lawn of White House today as he heads to Florida for a campaign rally tonight. It marks at least a week that he’s gone without answering questions about his Tweets or anything else in the news.
======================
I guess he slept through the damn press conference yesterday.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 03:47 PM
Only RETARDED COMMIES could be swayed by ANYTHING ANYONE posts or tweets.
Dana Ward of Highland California/R A PEARY H.S. ROCKVILLE MD., posts far more egregious bullshit than BORIS BADENOV could even think of.
23,438 KIDDDDDDDDDDDIES missing etc.. This RUSSIAN nonsense is just that. It's made up FAKE NEWS.
Meanwhile, has the JURY been empaneled for HUMA ABEDIN sharing classified info with a convicted SEX OFFENDER yet?????
Posted by: GUS | July 31, 2018 at 03:47 PM
Odd how they've covered this story, with a pillow:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/31/qatar-funds-terrorists-may-have-stolen-world-cup-theresa-may/
Posted by: narciso | July 31, 2018 at 03:49 PM
Narciso, why do you have MUzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzLIMS?
Posted by: GUS | July 31, 2018 at 03:51 PM
When is the Brexit deadline?
Posted by: maryrose | July 31, 2018 at 03:53 PM
Video at link.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 03:54 PM
re Trump Rally crowd in Tampa:
where are the ANTIFA bitches?
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 04:01 PM
Sacre bleu:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/996951/France-news-Emmanuel-Macron-no-confidence-vote-Benalla-scandal-bodyguard-sacked-latest
Posted by: narciso | July 31, 2018 at 04:02 PM
I waa referring to this book kev:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/540863.Allah_s_Bomb
Posted by: narciso | July 31, 2018 at 04:05 PM
It's from around 2006, but it still covers many of the details you were looking for.
Posted by: narciso | July 31, 2018 at 04:08 PM
I think it's Marxh 2019.
Posted by: Ralph L | July 31, 2018 at 04:13 PM
thanks, narciso. it's on the list.
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 04:13 PM
their campaign to sexualize the entire voting public, forcing a focus on "their issue" and subjugation of all others...
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 03:00 PM
That and the fact that any object smaller than 8 cm is fair game.
Posted by: Pinandpuller | July 31, 2018 at 04:15 PM
Don't forget that Rod Rosentein's wife has represented the Clinton's in the past
Posted by: Eye Doctor | July 31, 2018 at 04:22 PM
GUS
How do you know it was the 80's, did your pager go off?
Posted by: Pinandpuller | July 31, 2018 at 04:28 PM
Marlene,
Can you vote in the primary absentee?
Posted by: Jane | July 31, 2018 at 04:38 PM
Beasts, I'm very jealous. Having been to the scene of the accident, it is totally etched in my mind. I wonder if Netflix will offer it.
Posted by: Jane | July 31, 2018 at 04:40 PM
JUDICIAL WATCH: New FBI Emails Reveal Peter Strzok Insisted on Retaining Declassification and Special Authorities For Mueller Assignment
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/07/judicial-watch-new-fbi-emails-reveal-peter-strzok-insisted-on-retaining-declassification-and-special-authorities-for-mueller-assignment/
Posted by: Eye Doctor | July 31, 2018 at 04:41 PM
I call for Dick Durbin to step down. He has been in Congress since 1997 & our immigration laws have been crap the entire time he has served. What has he EVER done?
Wiki - "Offices: Senate Minority Whip (Since 2015) · United States Senator IL (Since 1997)"
Posted by: Janet | July 31, 2018 at 04:42 PM
At the Manafort trial today, the judge interrupted the prosecutor who was talking about how rich Manafort is (very rare to interrupt)and said: "Manafort is not on trial for having money." (or something like that)
Good!
Posted by: Jane | July 31, 2018 at 04:43 PM
It was: "Being rich is not a crime"
Go Judge Ellis!
Posted by: Jane | July 31, 2018 at 04:44 PM
Neflix is doing the Calypso Louie Documentary (I'd call it a whitewash, but Louie wouldn't like that). I don't think a Kennedy reveal stands a chance of showing up there.
Posted by: henry | July 31, 2018 at 04:45 PM
Oh geez Jane,we just missed the cutoff date. Damn. I haven't been paying attention. :(
Posted by: Marlene | July 31, 2018 at 04:54 PM
Janet,
Is that a Trump tweet at 4:42? If not, you should send it to him to retweet. He will:) I know a few Marines who would love to meet him in an alley.
Posted by: Jim Eagle | July 31, 2018 at 04:58 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/31/painting-trump-team-crossing-swamp-touches-off-social-media-frenzy.html
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 04:59 PM
Photo at link.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 05:03 PM
Marlene, I have no idea when the primary is, but I know the cut off was this week.
Posted by: Jane | July 31, 2018 at 05:03 PM
August 28th. Marlene.
Posted by: narciso | July 31, 2018 at 05:05 PM
I think DeSantis will win the primary and eventually the governorship.
Posted by: maryrose | July 31, 2018 at 05:08 PM
Marlene-also be careful about regularly voting absentee or having materials sent to your other home in several elections.
They do watch. Sometimes I was there during elections, especially early voting, and sometimes I drove down. Sometimes I had materials sent here depending on how crazy things were, but every election official I knew personally says they watch and cross reference.
Posted by: rse | July 31, 2018 at 05:09 PM
Yes,the primary is the 28th,the cutoff date was July 30.
Posted by: Marlene | July 31, 2018 at 05:09 PM
Thanks!
Posted by: Jane | July 31, 2018 at 05:11 PM
rse,when we registered my car in FL and got FL driver's licenses and voter registration,I felt like we'd had a colonoscopy. Ha. Our documents were all in order,although the clerk questioned our marriage certificate not being an original. We had a good laugh about that.
Posted by: Marlene | July 31, 2018 at 05:14 PM
Video at link.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 05:17 PM
"rse,when we registered my car in FL and got FL driver's licenses and voter registration,I felt like we'd had a colonoscopy."
too bad ya aint mexxykin border jumpers. no problema, amigos!
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 05:19 PM
Acosta is reliving his high school low points. won't stop til somebody gives him a wedgie.
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 05:20 PM
Maybe Tiny Jim Acosta can get heckled and called every name in the book. Maybe he can have eggs thrown at him and he can be attacked by smelly assed goons in black. And maybe he can get whacked with a chain or baseball bat.
AND MAYBE JUST LIKE WHEN IT HAPPENS AT TRUMP RALLIES, IT WON'T BE REPORTED.
Posted by: GUS | July 31, 2018 at 05:21 PM
Judicial Watch: New Emails Reveal FBI Official Peter Strzok Insisted on Retaining Declassification and other Authorities for Mueller Special Counsel Assignment
Posted by: Extraneus | July 31, 2018 at 05:21 PM
FBI Launched Investigation Two Years Ago — Still No Collusion Found
Posted by: Extraneus | July 31, 2018 at 05:23 PM
Picture at link.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 31, 2018 at 05:23 PM
What ever happened to Dhimmi Wasserman-Schultz?
i googled her name just to see what's up in the news cycle of the last 30 days....all that came up in the top 5 results were some stale sounding Tweets and a Wikipedia page.
i know. WGARA.
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 05:25 PM
marlene-hubby was working down there when we did all that, but Fla didn't like that I had never changed my married name. Clerk looks up and says license will have to read as x. Hubby said he didn't care what they called me as long as we got the homestead.
I got to see candidates much more in fla including congress than I ever did in Ga. Also met rubio as he was just rolling out when no one had heard of him. What a disappointment now.
Posted by: rse | July 31, 2018 at 05:31 PM
This is the FUKWAD who called Melania Trump a hosebag, and said she worked by the hour.
Read it Guys a FRUITCAKE and needs a beating.
Posted by: GUS | July 31, 2018 at 05:34 PM
http://www.shakeamillionhands.com/about/
oooops.
Posted by: GUS | July 31, 2018 at 05:34 PM
Jim Acosta's explosive and chronic hearing disorder. You'd be tone deaf too.
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 05:34 PM
Collusion is not a crime. They can find all the collusion they like.
Posted by: GUS | July 31, 2018 at 05:36 PM
Ah Senator Dickbar Al Durbin---it's nice that you are calling on the Director of Homeland Security to resign.
But you know, I'm calling on you to do something that is anatomically impossible. Good luck, and use some personal lube.
Posted by: Comanche Voter | July 31, 2018 at 05:37 PM
Dumbass Dickless Durbin. Is there a more useless hack in the Senate??
Posted by: GUS | July 31, 2018 at 05:40 PM
Interesting family -
https://gearjunkie.com/crawford-family-of-8-thru-hiking-appalachian-trail
Posted by: Momto2 | July 31, 2018 at 05:46 PM
Love the shots of the crowd in Florida! You are so right, MM - if they are going to stand out in the hot July weather they will certainly show up to vote!
Posted by: Momto2 | July 31, 2018 at 05:48 PM
New Srnste rules if I made them would be maximum 12 years or two terms.People like Leahy, Schumer, Durbin and their 20 plus years is just too long.
Retire and get a real job or just enjoy your grandkids.
Posted by: maryrose | July 31, 2018 at 05:54 PM
Should be Senate.
Posted by: maryrose | July 31, 2018 at 05:55 PM
Comment at PL,
"John Bolton: "Donald, what is best in life?"
Donald Trump: "To be winning! To drive the mullahs before me, and hear the lamentations of Acosta!"
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/07/should-trump-meet-the-mullahs.php
Posted by: hoyden | July 31, 2018 at 05:57 PM
for kk- https://medium.com/c-a-r-e-conversations-about-racial-equity/c-a-r-e-conversations-about-racial-equity-6b4d23b578da
This actually comes from living cities which is tied to every banking foundation, carnegie, ford, and big oil progeny. Probably not a coincidence it is same timing as eji. I have a nerdy mailing list.
Posted by: rse | July 31, 2018 at 06:03 PM
DNC REFUSES TO PLAY RNC IN TIME-HONORED SOFTBALL GAME
Posted by: Extraneus | July 31, 2018 at 06:04 PM
ACOSTA WHINES THAT TRUMP RALLY CROWD HATES HIM
Posted by: Extraneus | July 31, 2018 at 06:09 PM
thanks, rse. your link arrived just in time for my second cuppa jose of the day. the best one... mid-afternoon.
keep up your strength! we need you throwin' smoke out there.
Kev
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | July 31, 2018 at 06:10 PM