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Renee DiResta

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    In all seriousness: the last 2 weeks of TikTok posturing and Zuck grovelling, combined with the X insanity of the last year, should show you that an app with a feed that you don’t control serves *other people’s interests* - not yours.

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    Jan 19, 2025
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    “Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

    Senator Jim Banks V @SenatorBanks Follow g.. The 2020 Census was a fraud. The Biden admin used a shady "privacy" formula that scrambled the data and miscounted 14 states. It included illegal immigrants and handed Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it. Zinited Statcs SScnate MASHNORON DEYNN October 6, 2025 an. Thow arewutn Socretary U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, DXC 20230 Dear Secretary Lutaick: I urge you to investigate and correct erroes from the 2020 Census that handed disproportionntd political power to Democrats and illogal alicns. The Census Burcau adoptod a now and opaque voting districts. As preparod by the Biden administration, the 2020 Censas roports miscountod the population of fourteen states, ' wrongly allocating six congressional scats aod Electoral xx conwuu tmora uy, toc taroro tu mot đoo tnn Cunu lc pung t imber of votine districts. And the reoorts de aniovety inchaded ilecnl nhens widhout track those aliens' citiz enship status, If left uncorrected, these erroes will coetinue diluting the political power of American citizens. Consus data plays a crucial role in allocating political roprescntation and goverment funding Under the Constitution, cach state gets Congressional represcotutives and Electoeal College votes- based on "the whole number of persons" within the state." The number of persoes is in tum clabaabod by a consttubocalty-mandalcd dcccacaal ccavas. Pcual agcco nely on census data to allocate billions of dollars in federal funding, much of which hinges ee opulation. And states use consus data to deaw congrossicnal and voting districts, »hich the The it eiy of tie soaren alie n tor dur at ce hor inc ae oam toy ee n nght wilbout statsica ly signilicant ciroo. Diffcrcntial privacy is opaque and liable to mistakcn count totals. Sure cnough, the 2020 Ccnsus ovarocunted the noculation in cicht states and undercounted it in six." Tihe most extrcmi andercount was Arkansas, at 5.04%, and the larg…
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    Oct 7, 2025
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    Great placement

    A post talking about how TikTok won’t go away with a pop up over it about how it’s not available anymore.
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    Jan 19, 2025
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    I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

    Is it...requesting content moderation?

    Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago. The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.
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    Oct 14, 2025
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    Attempting to instill manners in the 4yo: “What’s the magic word?”

    “You say ‘please’ is the magic word but it’s not. It’s ‘abracadabra’. Everybody knows that.”

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    Jan 23, 2025
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    This guy worked for State Dept for ~2 months. He has no inside knowledge of anything he talks about, even as he claims he ‘watched a censorship regime grow from the inside.’ It’s all bullshit. And the absolute credulity displayed by Rogan here is why commentary & journalism aren’t the same.

    Joe Rogan Experience #2237 - Mike Benz 173,260 views 4h ago The Joe Rogan Experience ...more PowerfulJRE 18.7M Subscribe
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    Dec 3, 2024
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    Let's be clear a what's happening here: the "censorship" and "bias" narrative is being extended to Wikipedia bc the far right knows that getting bullshit into LLMs is how to shape reality as "answer engines" replace search engines.

    Wikipedia is core to that fight so the grievance blitz is here.

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    Oct 1, 2025
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    Today we beat Stephen Miller’s lawsuit mill in court!

    For 3 years I’ve been a defendant in a case filed by America First Legal on behalf of Gateway Pundit & a random antivaxxer we’d never heard of until she sued us.

    The plaintiffs claimed we “censored” them. It was a lie.

    They just lost.

    Case 3:23-cv-00571-TAD-KDM Document 219 5979 Filed 07/01/26 Page 1 of 23 PagelD #: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA MONROE DIVISION JILL HINES ET AL VERSUS ALEX STAMOS ET AL CASE NO. 3:23-CV-00571 JUDGE TERRY A. DOUGHTY MAG. JUDGE KAYLA D. MCCLUSKY MEMORANDUM RULING Before the Court is a Renewed Joint Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter and Personal Jurisdiction [Doc. No. 191] filed by Defendants, Alex Stamos, Renée DiResta, the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, the Leland Stanford Junior University, Kate Starbird, Graphika, Camille François, the Atlantic Council, and Graham Brookie (collectively, "Defendants"). Plaintiffs, Jill Hines ("Hines") and Jim Hoft ("Hoft") (collectively, "Plaintiffs"), filed an Opposition [Doc. No. 207]. Defendants then filed a Reply [Doc. No. 209]. For the reasons set forth, Defendants' Motion is GRANTED. I. BACKGROUND This case is before the Court on limited remand to determine jurisdiction. Hines v. Stamos, 111 F.4th 551 (5th Cir. 2024); see also [Doc. No. 112]. On May 2,
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    Jul 2, 2026
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    The Pulitzer Board is actually fighting back against one of Trump’s vexatious lawsuits, saying, ‘If you were harmed, prove it — with medical and financial records.’

    Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.

    newrepublic.com/post/204475/...

    Pulitzer Board Demands Trump’s Tax and Psych Records in Lawsuit Twist
    Donald Trump isn’t going to be happy about this one.
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    Dec 17, 2025
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    They invented FOIA.

    Bill Ackman @@BillAckman • Nov 6 Brilliant. ••• David Sack& Au @DavidSack • Nov 6 We need a "Twitter Files" for the entire Federal Government. Open up the books, see what's really going on. It will be worse than we think. H/t @balajis
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    Nov 9, 2024
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    Watching Hunter speak so directly now, I wonder if he was given the same dogshit “shut up and say nothing” advice that so many others who went through political smear campaigns heard over the last few years.

    Advice from the 1990s.

    Hunter Biden @HunterBiden X.com Ha. No. So the "laptop" was never just a laptop. They hacked my could and there were several stolen devices. The legally blind (I kid you not) repair shop guy turned over a hard drive to Rudy and his lawyer. They (among others) then used that data l believe to hack into my cloud. They cobbled all of the disparate data together, organized it in sinisterly labeled folders and then distributed it first piecemeal through the NY Post and then ultimately put everything on the internet. Over 29 years of my digital footprint. I'd argue it the most egregious violation of privacy in modern politics. What they found was evidence of a man who suffered for a period of time from a severe addiction to crack cocaine and alcohol. What they did not find was anything to do with Bribery or foreign corruption or any crime aotside of those related to my drug use. Short answer I don't have "the laptop " - the whole world does and they've had it for 7 years
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    Jun 6, 2026
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    Behemoth pic for #caturday. He waits at the top of the stairs when I get home from dinners & nighttime things and looks vaguely disapproving.

    Dark grey main coon cat with split color (pink/grey) nose look at the camera with yellow eyes. He has big ear tufts and is sitting on a wood floor.
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    May 24, 2025
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    My son ran for class treasurer and won. Tonight he was talking ab the kid who won the presidency: “He just promises stuff like new soccer fields. He said it to get elected.”

    <pauses>

    “But I’m the treasurer. I control the money. So it’s never going to happen. This is where the real power is.”

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    Dec 12, 2024
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    How it started | How it’s going (3 seconds later)

    Michelle Rempel Garner & @MichelleRempel Are you allowed to generate images that could violate another creator's copyright? Grok ™ 凶 @grok Oh, the age-old question of intellectual property in the digital age! Here's the deal: I'm designed to be maximally helpful, but I also have to play by the rules of the universe, or at least the legal ones. If I were to generate an image, l'd aim to create something original or within the bounds of fair use. But, if you're asking me to whip up something that's a clear copy of, say, Mickey Mouse doing a moonwalk, l'd have to say, "That's a no-go, amigo!" Not because I can't, but because l'd rather not get into a cosmic copyright battle. Michelle Rempel Garner * @MichelleRempel Generate an image of Mickey Mouse doing a moonwalk Grok @grok [does]
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    Aug 14, 2024
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    Breaking: yesssssss

    The Macrons sue Candace Owens in Delaware.

    Good. More of this:

    www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

    French President Macron sues right-wing podcaster Candace Owens
    The lawsuit alleges that the podcaster promoted “outlandish” claims, including that Brigitte Macron was born a man. An Owens spokesperson said she “is not shutting up.”
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    Jul 23, 2025
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    Maybe senators shouldn’t elevate cranks to the level of “top health officials”.

    Not publicly known if the child was vaccinated, but almost certainly not. Everyone should be vaccinated! There is no treatment for measles. No benefit to getting measles. Top health officials should say so unequivocally b/4 another child dies.
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    Apr 6, 2025
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    Sharyl Attkisson thought Obama hacked her computer when the delete key got stuck.

    I’m not kidding. Link below. She is incredibly stupid. I’ve followed her “work” for over decade because she was also one of the few media people who took the antivax movement’s most crank theories seriously.

    Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com
    ATTKISSON: There are Venezuelan whistleblowers who have provided your administration w/ documentation alleging vote rigging in 2020 through an operation engineered by foreign adversaries. Are you familiar with this & is anything going to come of it? TRUMP: A little bit. The 2020 election was rigged
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    May 10, 2026
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    “Show me the incentives, I’ll show you the outcome.”

    This is the intersection of influencer culture and politics. Politicians - even cabinet secretaries - believe that their job is to perform for social media. Getting attention is now their main skill, and why they are selected for their roles.

    Kristi Noem doing her Live in front of prisoners.
    Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com
    She styled her hair for this. Tucked just a bit of her shirt in above the bow of her low-slung trousers. She's *performing*
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    Mar 27, 2025
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    I see a lot of Paidchecks on X didn’t realize that a whole lot of people on social media lie about their location to grift off the naïveté of the rage-addled American right.

    Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.

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    Nov 23, 2025
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    Russia, China, and Iran have interfered in multiple US elections.

    As someone who worked with *Twitter’s teams & data* on investigations for years: state adversaries operate globally.

    Only brain-rotted cranks sucking down right-wing propaganda doubt that, or say stupid shit like this.

    Elon Musk @elonmusk Subscribe There will be consequences for those who pushed foreign interference hoaxes. The Hammer of Justice is coming.
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    Nov 16, 2024
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    Threw a laser tag birthday party tonight. A bunch of 11 year old boys, but also this tiny girl. The suit was as big as her, but she got so into it.

    (I was on the other team, so I took out my husband after taking this photo.)

    A blacklit room with a 4yo peering down off a ledge holding a laser tag rifle. Her dad is a few feet away doing the same thing.
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    Jan 13, 2025
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    People have really short memories. This really hasn’t worked well for X. It’s going to work even less well for Meta. Community Notes is a great concept but it struggles to perform.

    Is Meta going to have a transparent Notes program? How is Zuck going to incentivize people to work for free?

    zuck # 2h 1/ Replace fact-checkers with Community Notes, starting in the US. • 431 @ 104 @41 V 20 Replies View activity >
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    Reply to @noupside.bsky.social

    This part is legitimately sad for Meta employees. Imagine your boss simply capitulating to vibes and implying you were unprofessional, for purely political reasons.

    zuck # 2h • • • 5/ Move our trust and safety and content moderation teams out of California, and our US content review to Texas. This will help remove the concern that biased employees are overly censoring content.
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    Jan 7, 2025
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    Another view of “it’s not just a messaging problem — it’s an infrastructure problem”

    Waleed Shahid @waleedshahid.bsky.social
    The top 25 political and news accounts on X in the past 30 days.
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    Mar 21, 2025
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    The platforms are tools of power integral to political propaganda machines. Every politician and activist knows this.

    And Congress couldn’t get it together to pass legislation ensuring the most basic transparency or data access over the last 3 years so we could at least understand how they’re used.

    Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT TikTok tucking itself in with Trump. Twitter under control of the White House. Facebook making major changes to placate MAGA, doing PR campaign to align w Trump. Does everyone not see what's happening here and how terrifying this is.
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    Jan 20, 2025