Cipheron on 24/2/2021 at 17:44
I can source all the same info from only right-wing websites if people prefer:
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https://vidolamerica.org/top-gop-senate-campaigns-arent-using-winred/)
Quote:
WinRed has several prominent national Republican operatives backing it. Aside from Trump himself, there's Brad Parscale, who served as the digital media director for the president's 2016 campaign and now is the campaign manager for his 2020 re-election. A tight-knit group of former national party officials, including former RNC Digital Director Gerrit Lansing, who has a 60% stake in WinRed, are also behind the push.
In addition, Joshua Kushner, the brother of Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and a top White House official, is an investor in Stripe, the liberal-leaning Silicon Valley credit-card processing company that WinRed uses. Joshua Kushner's company, Thrive Capital, reportedly made a $30 million investment in Stripe in 2014.
If the vast majority of GOP candidates and committees signed up for WinRed and permanently ditched other fundraising platforms, the billions of dollars in campaign donations directed to them could amount to tens of millions in profits for Stripe - not to mention a windfall for Lansing, as well as at least a marginally higher investment return for Kushner.
Critics of the WinRed push also point to the possibility of others benefiting from “affiliate” side deals common in the political fundraising industry that don't show up in Federal Election Commission reports.
Last week, top party officials laid down the law and told candidates and committees that they would not have the RNC's financial or other support if they did not use WinRed
faetal on 24/2/2021 at 17:56
Quote Posted by raph
It's like the aliens in "The Faculty" :laff:
Yeah, except instead of an entire high school, they chose to take over just a local D&D group.
nbohr1more on 24/2/2021 at 18:24
Quote Posted by faetal
But again, the bigger question, why would TTLG be the battleground for a conspiracy of that size?
Because it is a prominent gaming forum and the emergence of the "alt right" started with the whole "Gamergate" debacle.
Media Matters ignored "gaming culture" and were blind-sided when it was infiltrated by Right wing propagandists.
Now they just watch all forums with the help of Google.
If anyone says something on the "no-no, list" then an employee is dispatched to send a 4+ paragraph rebuttal.
Gingerbread Man on 24/2/2021 at 18:33
A fuckin hilarious world you've built yourself there. Ever considered going to school? You might do quite well!
hopper on 24/2/2021 at 18:54
Do we know that nbore isn‘t just a bot created by lizards?
Nameless Voice on 24/2/2021 at 19:17
I like how all the "employees" are already embedded in the community and have been active members for years.
The dedication of these deep-cover agents is commendable, spending large amounts of time learning niche topics about old games and outdated game engines and technologies.
Al_B on 24/2/2021 at 19:38
Quote Posted by Gingerbread Man
A fuckin hilarious world you've built yourself there. Ever considered going to school? You might do quite well!
I admire your optimism.
nbohr1more on 24/2/2021 at 20:00
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
I like how all the "employees" are already embedded in the community and have been active members for years.
The dedication of these deep-cover agents is commendable, spending large amounts of time learning niche topics about old games and outdated game engines and technologies.
Oh come on!
How hard is it to:
1) Find a few forum members who are marginally active
2) Identify their political orientation
3) Offer them pay to assist with that political alignment
This is EXACTLY what was done at Reddit to evade suspicion from the Moderators and Community.
You think TTLG is more secure than Reddit?
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/hillary-pac-spends-dollar1-million-to-correct-commenters-on-reddit-and-facebook)
Thirith on 24/2/2021 at 20:10
I don't think it's about being more secure but about it simply not being worth it. It's kinda hilarious/sad that you think it would be.
nbohr1more on 24/2/2021 at 20:35
Quote Posted by Thirith
I don't think it's about being more secure but about it simply not being worth it. It's kinda hilarious/sad that you think it would be.
"You" don't think it's worth it.
Media Matters doesn't operate according to this common-sense logic.
In the Wikileaks releases Nera Tanden described David Brock as an overzealous "paranoid conspiracy theorist".
Still, the main reason for this attention is because I mentioned the name Bill Binney.
Anyone who makes his name known on the internet will gather a swarm of these shills who try to erase his existence.