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Ex-Trump aide Bannon promoted 'culture war': Cambridge Analytica whistleblower
Reuters ^ | May 16, 2018 | Mark Hosenball

Posted on 05/16/2018 9:29:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

U.S. President Donald Trump’s former aide Steve Bannon sought to use personal information collected online to promote “a culture war,” a whistleblower on now-defunct political data firm Cambridge Analytica told U.S. senators on Wednesday.

Bannon, a former Cambridge Analytica vice president, “saw cultural warfare as a means to create enduring change in American politics,” testified Christopher Wylie, who says information about tens of millions of Facebook (FB.O) users ended up in Cambridge Analytica’s hands.

Bannon’s attorney William Burck did not immediately respond to an email request for comment on Wylie’s testimony....

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; State and Local
KEYWORDS: bannon; trump
In other news, the Sun comes up in the morning and water is wet.
1 posted on 05/16/2018 9:29:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think they’re confusing Bannon with 0bola.


2 posted on 05/16/2018 9:37:42 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Confused peter puffer said what?


3 posted on 05/16/2018 9:40:19 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: jospehm20

Says no fear of Trump’s base.


4 posted on 05/16/2018 9:46:14 PM PDT by coaster123
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To: Jane Long

“I think they’re confusing Bannon with 0bola.”

Obama used social media with extreme skill. Trump just did the same and no laws were violated by Obama nor Trump. Obama has violated many laws but none of those have to do with social media as did Trump not violate any of the same laws concerning social media.

Good post.


5 posted on 05/16/2018 9:54:40 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
...a whistleblower on now-defunct political data firm Cambridge Analytica... blah blah blah, and... says information about tens of millions of Facebook (FB.O) users ended up in Cambridge Analytica's hands.
IOW, since the Demagogic Party has been stoking a cultural war for at least 50 years, it might not be a bad idea to respond in kind for a change. Whoa, call 60 minutes. Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

6 posted on 05/16/2018 10:53:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: cpdiii

what social media “laws” are you referring to?


7 posted on 05/16/2018 11:59:03 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: coaster123

I tend to discount the seriousness of liberal Canadian homos who give important testimony sporting pink hair. People like that tend to be unreliable drama queens in my view. I don’t care much what he said as it is all most likely made up from his unstable imagination.


8 posted on 05/17/2018 9:04:50 AM PDT by jospehm20
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