@Centaurea

Both Republicans and foreign actors, like Russia, have an incentive to divide the American electorate

Unlike those true "loyalists" who would never, EVER, vote for Bernie Sanders if he were nominated.

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be.

From the CNN link:

Both Republicans and foreign actors, like Russia, have an incentive to divide the American electorate and may try to use the Iowa Caucus to further that goal," the DNC wrote in a "counter disinformation update" sent to campaigns on Thursday.

Only Russia and Republicans would ever try to "divide the American electorate". Right. The DNC itself would never, ever do anything like that. Nuh uh, no way, pinky finger swear.

On Monday, it'll watch for misinformation about how and where to caucus. Variations of the word "rigged" had been loaded into system when CNN was shown it Saturday — attempts to undermine legitimate vote results using disinformation is something Democrats are watching out for.

Huh. We use the word "rigged" around C99 a lot. I myself have been known to talk about it a few *cough* times, here and on other social media. Looks like the DNC is on to us, Comrades.

Among the new weapons in the Democrats' online arsenal is a monitoring tool called "Trendolizer." When stories from websites known to peddle misinformation mention candidates and begin getting shares on social media, Trendolizer detects it and an alert is sent to the relevant campaigns.

"Trendolizer".

You can't make this stuff up.

@Centaurea

People really believe that Vlad is hanging around twitter and the internet to find ways to disrupt the election. Again. One of the first replies to the tweet is that it helps Trump and Putin. Lots of likes on it.

Dear Bernie,
It pains me to say this. I have lost all respect for you.
First you attack Elizabeth Warren, now your Concubines boo former First Lady & Sec of State Hillary.
I see a pattern here.

This is straight from Trump's playbook. It's gutter politics. Do better! pic.twitter.com/91MKF6Mgnj

— Julie Pillay (@Julia3131) February 1, 2020

Then there are these comments:

Could Julie Pillay be a Russian bot? From the comments it sure is plausible.

Putin is loving this diary. Just as he and his minions did in 2016, he’s figuring out how to exploit the minor distinctions within the Democratic Party to the fullest, in order to manipulate people into staying home.

This after scolding him for posting it the first place cuz Tlaib was wrong to boo the Hill cuz she owes her career to Her. (how? Who the hell knows)

If it wasn't for leaders of women such as HIllary Rodham Clinton these women wouldn't have the opportunity to showcase their rally skills on the national stage.

Huh?

bernie did this last time and the reason in part dems lost - he reluctantly ended his campaign and didn't convince his followers to support hillary. it is a form of trumpism.

Groan!

By the way...Bernie's not a Dem.

Don't forget that Neera said this just shows how Bernie's Bros are misogynists even though it was a woman of color who said it and Neera erased.

Don't forget folks, Her beat Bernie by 4 million votes even though 2 million weren't counted in California. New York kicked 200,000 Bernie voters off the voting rolls and who know where else that happened.

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be.

From the CNN link:

Both Republicans and foreign actors, like Russia, have an incentive to divide the American electorate and may try to use the Iowa Caucus to further that goal," the DNC wrote in a "counter disinformation update" sent to campaigns on Thursday.

Only Russia and Republicans would ever try to "divide the American electorate". Right. The DNC itself would never, ever do anything like that. Nuh uh, no way, pinky finger swear.

On Monday, it'll watch for misinformation about how and where to caucus. Variations of the word "rigged" had been loaded into system when CNN was shown it Saturday — attempts to undermine legitimate vote results using disinformation is something Democrats are watching out for.

Huh. We use the word "rigged" around C99 a lot. I myself have been known to talk about it a few *cough* times, here and on other social media. Looks like the DNC is on to us, Comrades.

Among the new weapons in the Democrats' online arsenal is a monitoring tool called "Trendolizer." When stories from websites known to peddle misinformation mention candidates and begin getting shares on social media, Trendolizer detects it and an alert is sent to the relevant campaigns.

"Trendolizer".

You can't make this stuff up.

@Not Henry Kissinger

That thing's pretty pricey, I guess.

Seriously, it sounds like something out of a 1950s horror movie. Like the Tingler, or maybe one where flying saucers land on Earth. "Watch space aliens use their evil Trendolizer on innocent Americans and take over the world!"

where the money from Bloomberg's $1M debate bribe buy-in went.

@Wally
Bernie is on the Dem establishment's playing field, but he's turning it into his own playing field. And they know it.

They don’t really care if they disrupt it. 

No kidding. The purpose is to disrupt it. That's what happens in a political revolution.

This article is the height of unmitigated gall given the cheap tricks typically played by Democratic Party hacks during primaries. Written by a Politico reporter assigned to the Biden campaign (she sure sounds like a surrogate though) claims that Berners have a scheme in place to essentially rig the Iowa Caucus.

Here are some snippets:

Sanders and his team have made clear their intention to tout the results of the first round of caucus voting Monday, even though the Iowa Democratic Party stresses that the only number that matters is the final delegate count.

And the evidence for this claim is what? And even if so, so what? Of course, there are a bunch of incendiary quotes from party hacks like this one:

“Everybody is playing by one set of rules except for Bernie,” said an aide with one of the competing campaigns. “They don’t really care if they disrupt it. They hate the Democratic Party. They hated them from four years ago, and they hate them now.”

. . . and:

Aides with two top-tier campaigns told POLITICO they worry the Sanders campaign or other pro-Sanders forces — which will be receiving unofficial precinct results from allies in real time — will disseminate that information through social media or publicly claim victory after the first vote, an act that could distort the eventual results in a variety of ways.

At least the article is somewhat informative in letting us know:

The party will, for the first time, disclose the results from the first two rounds of voting and the allotment of what are known as ‘state delegate equivalents.’ Major news organizations, including the Associated Press, have said they would declare the winner based on that final delegate count.

In previous caucus years, the Iowa Democratic Party has only provided the delegate counts. But this year, the party plans to release results of the first preference vote, a second realignment vote and the final delegate count, all at the same time.

@Wally

publicly claim victory after the first vote, an act that could distort the eventual results in a variety of ways.

'Cause this is way worse than publicly claiming victory EVEN BEFORE an official count was made without ever actually counting the results.

This article is the height of unmitigated gall given the cheap tricks typically played by Democratic Party hacks during primaries. Written by a Politico reporter assigned to the Biden campaign (she sure sounds like a surrogate though) claims that Berners have a scheme in place to essentially rig the Iowa Caucus.

Here are some snippets:

Sanders and his team have made clear their intention to tout the results of the first round of caucus voting Monday, even though the Iowa Democratic Party stresses that the only number that matters is the final delegate count.

And the evidence for this claim is what? And even if so, so what? Of course, there are a bunch of incendiary quotes from party hacks like this one:

“Everybody is playing by one set of rules except for Bernie,” said an aide with one of the competing campaigns. “They don’t really care if they disrupt it. They hate the Democratic Party. They hated them from four years ago, and they hate them now.”

. . . and:

Aides with two top-tier campaigns told POLITICO they worry the Sanders campaign or other pro-Sanders forces — which will be receiving unofficial precinct results from allies in real time — will disseminate that information through social media or publicly claim victory after the first vote, an act that could distort the eventual results in a variety of ways.

At least the article is somewhat informative in letting us know:

The party will, for the first time, disclose the results from the first two rounds of voting and the allotment of what are known as ‘state delegate equivalents.’ Major news organizations, including the Associated Press, have said they would declare the winner based on that final delegate count.

In previous caucus years, the Iowa Democratic Party has only provided the delegate counts. But this year, the party plans to release results of the first preference vote, a second realignment vote and the final delegate count, all at the same time.

@dystopian

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@dystopian Would Trendolizer have found out Hillary's misinformation about Tulsi?

As for Russian trolls. Russiangaters have claimed that the Russians will post equally pro and con tweets on such subjects as BLM. How exactly is Trendolizer going to distinguish between the two.

Get the all new Trendolizer2020. Did your Hamilton68 Dashboard crash and burn? You need the all new Trendolizer2020. Was Prop or Not not enough BS for you? Did Correct the Record and Share Blue not correct or share anything? Try the Trendolizer2020. Does Bellingcat and the Institute of Statecraft sound too intimidating for you? Just watch the Trendolizer and it will tell you what to believe. You are getting very sleepy. Now a ministry of mysterious people will decide what is truth, you won't even have to think! Operators are standing by, order now! Get your Trendolizer2020.

@Anja Geitz

Will you be serving red or white wine with that trenderized meat?

Is it better to use a trendolizer on beef or pork?