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To: longnshort who wrote (1240825)	6/18/2020 3:38:08 PM
From: sylvester80	1 Recommendation Recommended By Land Shark Respond to of 1576163

JUST IN: FACEBOOK TAKES DOWN POS tRUMP ADS FEATURING SYMBOL USED BY NAZIS TO MARK POLITICAL PRISONERS thehill.com Facebook on Thursday took down Trump campaign ads against antifa that prominently featured a symbol used by Nazis to designate political prisoners, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to The Hill. “We removed these posts and ads for violating our policy against organized hate," Facebook said in a statement. "Our policy prohibits using a banned hate group's symbol to identify political prisoners without the context that condemns or discusses the symbol.” The ads featured an inverted red triangle, which was used by Nazis to identify political opponents including communists, social democrats and liberals. The symbol was included in ads run by pages for President Trump, Vice President Pence and "Team Trump" alongside text warning readers of “Dangerous MOBS of far-left groups" and asking them to sign a petition against antifa, a loose group of radical activists that use direct action to fight against fascism. Just the ads on Trump's page were seen as many 950,000 times before being taken down. The Trump campaign is defending using the image, calling it a "common Antifa symbol" in a statement to The Hill. The most common symbol used to identify antifa is a black and red flag inside a circle. Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, tweeted Thursday that "Nazis used red triangles to identify their political victims in concentration camps. "Using it to attack political opponents is highly offensive," Greenblatt said. "@POTUS' campaign needs to learn its history, as ignorance is no excuse for using Nazi-related symbols." Bend The Arc: Jewish Action, a progressive advocacy group, similarly condemned the use of the symbol. "This isn’t just one post," it wrote on Twitter. "This is dozens of carefully targeted ads from the official pages of Mike Pence, Donald Trump, and Team Trump. All paid for by Trump and the Republican National Committee. All spreading lies and genocidal imagery." Facebook has previously been criticized for its hands-off approach to political advertising, which it declines to fact check. These posts, however, were removed for violating the platform's organized hate policy.

To: longnshort who wrote (1240825)	6/18/2020 4:47:59 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By rdkflorida2 Respond to of 1576163

On the contrary, they've discredited your Great Gilded Turd.

To: longnshort who wrote (1240825)	6/18/2020 4:49:55 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By rdkflorida2 Respond to of 1576163

@Judycarol48 My, God. My 9 year old great granddaughter knows that Finland isn't in Russia! I would bet she knows more about science and geography than he does. I am flabbergasted at how ignorant he is, and it simply doesn't bother him when he shows it with his big mouth. Are all SI Trumphumpers as dumb as their Turd King?

To: longnshort who wrote (1240825)	6/18/2020 4:51:37 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By rdkflorida2 Respond to of 1576163

@jeremymbarr Fox News Channel sent a memo today reminding staffers who come to the office to follow CDC guidelines on masks: “We’d like to remind all employees to also don a face covering in Fox News Media shared spaces, particularly when you’re not at a socially distanced workstation.”

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6/18/2020 5:01:20 PM

From: Brumar89

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In his @WSJ interview, Trump spends nearly 300 words—unprompted—defending his walk down the ramp at West Point. "If you would have seen this ramp, it was like an ice skating rink.” wsj.com…

Trump knew he looked weak and unsteady so he lies.

To: longnshort who wrote (1240825)	6/18/2020 5:02:17 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By rdkflorida2 Respond to of 1576163

@JuliaDavisNews Trump paused the interview to ask an aide if she had heard of Juneteenth, and she pointed out that the WH had issued a statement last year commemorating the day. “Oh really? We put out a statement? The Trump White House put out a statement? Ok, ok. Good.”

To: longnshort who wrote (1240825)	6/18/2020 5:05:28 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By rdkflorida2 Respond to of 1576163

Julia Davis Trump said testing for Covid-19 was overrated and speculated that some Americans wore masks not as a preventative measure, but as a way to signal disapproval of him. wsj.com