Really incisive thread. Parents/relatives of white kids need to start actively paying attention and shutting down white supremacist radicalization very early. People’s lives are no joke.
Do you have white teenage sons?
Listen up.
I've been watching my boys' online behavior & noticed that social media and vloggers are actively laying groundwork in white teens to turn them into alt-right/white supremacists.
Look through his Instagram Explore screen with him. Explain what's underlying those memes. Explain why "triggered" isn't a joke, what a PTSD trigger is actually like. Evoke empathy without shaming him.
Remind him you know he's a good person, but explain how propaganda works.
Propaganda makes extreme points of view seem normal by small amounts of exposure over time – all for the purpose of converting people to more extremist points of view.
Use my baseball analogy, if you want. Tell your son that he doesn't have to be anybody's fool.
Teenagers have an innate drive toward independence, and once this system is exposed, they're likely to start questioning the memes & vloggers' intentions.
Tell them you are always there, not judging, to look at content & try to spot the lie – no judgment.
You can also watch political comedy shows with him, like Trevor Noah, John Oliver, Hasan Minhaj. Talk about what makes their jokes funny – who are the butt of the jokes? Do they "punch up" or down?
Our boys want funny guys to relate to. Give them John Mulaney, Hannibal Burress, Hasan Minhaj, Neal Brennan, Dave Chappelle … then TALK TO YOUR SONS about that funny shit. Break it down.
(Also give them women comics, obviously, but that's beside the point here).
Who is more of a delicate "snowflake" – the person who gets offended by racism/sexism & actively wants to help end bigotry? Or the person who is offended by people saying happy holidays instead of merry Christmas?
Thanks to the commenter who shared this thread by journos doing the real work on this subject. @Max_Fisher you're a hero for this. https://t.co/teYUU8619a
Jimmy Fallon Reveals the 2019 @GoogleDoodles Doodle for Google National Winner: Visual artist Arantza Peña Popo of Lithonia, #Georgia. “When I grow up, I hope to care for my mom as much as she cared for me my entire life.” #FallonTonighthttps://t.co/SIz887cbTf
WOW; what a remarkable young lady! I know that this will not be the last we hear of her.
I love the theme of her Doodle as it captures the life I’m privileged to live at this moment. My Mom is 87 and for the last eleven years, I’ve been dragging her around the globe! This year it was a month long trip to Australia and Hawaii; next year our adventure will include a train trip from London thru France; a jazz river cruise hosted by Rick Braun; capped off by flying to Mother Africa, hopscotching around the continent, visiting friends. My Mom never dreamed she’d travel like this; I’m Blessed to be able to make it happen.
Wow indeed Alycee. She is an impressive young lady.
It must be so wonderful being able to share all those amazing travel experiences with your Mom. Please come and share the details when you can. You are blessings to each other and all whose lived you touch. Cherish every moment!
We expected, at most, faint hints that YouTube helped inch far-right Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency.
Instead, Bolsonaro allies and far-right lawmakers all told us YT put them in power. Far-right activists gratefully credited YT's algorithm with their "political awakening."
But the most shocking things we found went beyond politics. Everywhere we looked—and we looked so many places— YouTubers were leveraging the algorithm to sow misinfo and outrage. Schools in chaos, activist groups shuttered by threats, a lot of fear. Always began w a viral video.
This blew my mind: YouTube (and Google) divert users who search basic health terms to conspiracy videos that told them to fear vaccines & their doctors
Experts and fomer govt officials told us that "Dr. YouTube" is driving MULTIPLE public health crises, including Zika resurgence
YouTube's algorithm leveraged the Zika crisis to enormous gain, hooking in users desperate to understand the disease crippling their infant children. In Zika-afflicted areas, we found parent after parent virtually addicted to the platform — and served dangerous misinformation.
Our story also reveals two new studies on how YouTube shapes your reality, both exclusive, from @ufmg + @BKCHarvard
They independently confirm what many suspected: YouTube has been systematically diverting its millions of Br users toward far-right bloggers + conspiracy theories.
The @ufmg@virgilioalmeida study found that, just as YouTube installed its new algorithm, pro-Bolsonaro channels saw their reach explode. And ***comments sitewide*** suddenly shifted in favor of Bolsonaro + Bolsonaro-promoted conspiracies. The platform was shaping user sentiment.
The @BKCHarvard study found YouTube's algorithm over & over redirecting users toward far-right and conspiracy videos.
Crucially, the algo is linking the channels together, creating an ecosystem where none had existed. Its pathways just happen to be ideal radicalization vectors.
It’s not about any political agenda at YouTube. Incremental extremism — the rabbit hole — is just what works. But it goes beyond indulging preexisting impulses. It trains users to have them. Much like the child sexualization ring we found during reporting: https://t.co/G7gO1CC7Ss
We've spent two years reporting on the causes and consequences of online radicalization. Nothing disturbed me as much as this story, because it shows that we are all deeply vulnerable. Here's our @readercenter on how this fits into our other reporting: https://t.co/HG6EfmPKiT
Please watch @TheWeekly episode on FX / Hulu on this story. I love the written word but was blown away by the power of film, and of feeling like you're meeting some of the incredible people we met while reporting this. Please do watch: https://t.co/sbH2pD4q92
One of the more powerful forces driving the US economy has long been investment in American businesses from other countries. But foreign direct investment in the United States has declined significantly over the past two years. https://t.co/1i2sGhxIRf
Nice to be corruption friendly:
Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kansas, Indiana, Kentucky and New Jersey are on track to use paperless voting in 2020.
“Experts have longed warned that these machines are a security risk because they do not allow election officials or the public to confirm electronic vote totals.”
(https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/457168-report-says-eight-states-to-use-paperless-voting-in-2020-despite)
The Brennan Center “found that during the 2018 midterm elections, 34 percent of local election jurisdictions were using voting machines that were at least a decade old as their primary form of voting.”
McConnell fooling nobody.
“This time it’s going to be McConnell doing most of the NRA’s dirty work.
The important thing is that Democrats recognize that and refuse to play the game.
They can’t allow themselves to be used (Manchin and Blumenthal, looking at you) as pawns, and they have to call McConnell out. They can’t let him get away with the PRETENSE of acting on this.”
(https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/8/12/1878491/-McConnell-playing-old-NRA-con-game-on-gun-legislation)
= 257 mass shootings, 34,514 shootings in 2019: (https://www.gunviolencearchive.org)
= 2 more mass shootings while Massacre Mitch is faffing about.
Residents of a Russian village near the site of a suspected explosion of a nuclear-powered missile have been told to evacuate, Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti reported, citing a local official. https://t.co/AAC2MbzD4u
Trump fooling nobody about the Clinton’s.
“Epstein was a federal prisoner and the Trump administration screwed up.” (Easley)
–The little russian is a serial rapist with multiple allegations against him.
–He is featured on Epstein’s client list, on video partying with him, and openly admired vile fellow sex predator.
Bannon is for “Trumpian” Matteo Salvini.
Salvini “has quoted Mussolini and worn (like the Fascists of old) a black shirt to a public rally,
the other great beneficiary, after himself, will be Vladimir Putin…Salvini is a staunch supporter of all things
Putin …and he has led a battle cry for Europe to lift sanctions on Russia.”
Bannon: “”If it works in Italy, it is going to work everywhere…if it works in Italy, it shows that it is going to break
the backs of the globalist.””
(https://www.thedailybeast.com/steve-bannons-populist-dream-shattered-by-matteo-salvinis-power-play?ref=home)
–Bannon doing his patriotic duty to promote fascism around the world.
wow, supersonic. To the point, truth. bravo Julián!!
Last night in a Velshi interview, his guest described lots of parents with toddlers and babies waiting in lines on the border, and none of them had heard about the jail separations. Just another preposterous Trump faux – that somehow people fleeing and surviving dire circumstances have access to U.S. news.
Instead of gifts for her wedding, this teacher asked guests to bring school supplies to her nupitals – and she ended up collecting crates filled with supplies for a local school in need ❤️️https://t.co/nNKenInOo2pic.twitter.com/rr9fe8iDHn
Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper is in discussions about ending his presidential bid and entering the race for Colorado's Republican-held Senate seat, four Democrats familiar with his thinking tell NYT. https://t.co/7TajDzbKB8
This is Antonio Basco. His wife of 22 years, Margie, was murdered in El Paso. Mr. Basco says he has no other family so he’s inviting anyone, who wants to come, to attend his wife’s services in El Paso: Friday, August 16th Perches Funeral Home Northeast 4946 Hondo Pass 5-9pm pic.twitter.com/0m0iipAbeZ
Just had an epiphany. I can send flowers! Just spoke to Perches Funeral home in El Paso and if you want to send flowers, please address them to Margie Reckard at Perches Funeral Home, 4946 Hondo Pass, El Paso, TX 79924 Thanks again @DavidBegnaud
These activists, artists, and celebrities came together to take a stand against white supremacy, call out the Mississippi ICE raids, and condemn violence against communities of color. Learn more: https://t.co/Qt1aJYBmQ0pic.twitter.com/a74i0y4bqq
Sadly my dear J, they disagree with your assessment of what the country should stand for. You may recall the RWNJs have been rewriting history books everywhere they can.
If the petition is successful, the Manhattan Trump Tower will have a new address: 725 President Barack H. Obama Avenue, New York, NY 10022. https://t.co/smxd9nLCj1
"I live my life with an assumption that I have the right to do the things I think I should do, and that my gender and my race should not be limitations." Good read from @jelani9. Abrams in this fight for the long haul. https://t.co/JQA7p9LLQS
We are family here. I so agree about loving all the TOD family. We are all pretty special.Each one has so much to give and all who share here are amazing. Thank you all, especially Nerdy Wonka!
I am excited to announce the launch of #FairFight2020, a comprehensive initiative to staff, fund, and train voter protection teams on-the-ground in battleground states across the country.
Ahead of the midterms, one of Russian aluminum producer Rusal's major shareholders, Len Blavatnik, contributed over $1 million through his companies to a GOP campaign fund tied to Mitch McConnell. Rusal has invested millions in a Kentucky aluminum plant. https://t.co/St4V8CLMjy
Investors also gain residency this way. For example, in Britain “Tier 1′ investors do now or used to, obtain visas without screening the source of their wealth (Golden Visas). After 5 years this becomes permanent residency. That is how London became ‘Londongrad’ = center for russian money laundering.
Penalizing lawful immigrants for seeking benefits to which the law entitles them violates the equal protection and due process clauses of the 14th amendment, which applies to all persons in the U.S., not just citizens.
Good Wednesday Sunny Morning from MN, lovely TODbots.
Thank you NW😍
Thank You, beloved TODville Community😍
I heard that the Dow is tanking early this AM 😶
fyi:
Mafia Don who is illegally lining his corrupt pockets as we speak:
Is trying to link PBO’s book deal (signed after he left office)
with the Emoluments clause.
FACT: It doesn’t apply to private citizens.
Benito last night:
“No debate on Election Security should go forward without first agreeing that Voter ID (Identification) must play a very strong part in any final agreement. Without Voter ID, it is all so meaningless!”
Read this to him while he eats his cheeseburger:
“The truth about voter fraud.” (Brennan Center for Justice)
(https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/The%20Truth%20About%20Voter%20Fraud.pdf)
How far will Republicans go to destroy democracy?
“First, as is well understood, the GOP spent the past generation undermining the foundations of democracy — free and fair elections — so as to reinforce white rule…”
Second, the GOP is structurally committed to lying….
Third, the GOP has paved the way for the collapse of civilization due to climate change…..
If corrective action is not taken soon, white minority rule could endure for decades, if not longer. ”
Pls read: (https://www.salon.com/2019/07/10/how-far-will-republicans-go-to-destroy-democracy-and-can-they-still-be-stopped/)
Leaders are not born, they are forged with hard work, dedication, and a commitment to making the world a better place. Don't believe the myth, get started and learn more about running for office today. pic.twitter.com/4TQc7IHNng
The Obama Diary 
Good Morning Family! 🌞
Thank you Nerdy Wonka! 😘
Good morning, Dudette.
Hiya ((((( mtm! ))))) 😘
Congrats, Dudette! Thanks, Nerdy, for a wonderful tribute to our favorite FLOTUS!
Hi Judith! Good to see you!
Really incisive thread. Parents/relatives of white kids need to start actively paying attention and shutting down white supremacist radicalization very early. People’s lives are no joke.
RT all & attached some Media Outlets with the above thread.
Wow!
Yay Arantza! Yay Georgia!
WOW; what a remarkable young lady! I know that this will not be the last we hear of her.
I love the theme of her Doodle as it captures the life I’m privileged to live at this moment. My Mom is 87 and for the last eleven years, I’ve been dragging her around the globe! This year it was a month long trip to Australia and Hawaii; next year our adventure will include a train trip from London thru France; a jazz river cruise hosted by Rick Braun; capped off by flying to Mother Africa, hopscotching around the continent, visiting friends. My Mom never dreamed she’d travel like this; I’m Blessed to be able to make it happen.
Alycee, you and your mom have a great thing going!
Wow indeed Alycee. She is an impressive young lady.
It must be so wonderful being able to share all those amazing travel experiences with your Mom. Please come and share the details when you can. You are blessings to each other and all whose lived you touch. Cherish every moment!
Lovely young lady! Can’t wait to see more of her life’s journey! 💞
Thank You…Nerdy…for posting these two incredible threads…Whew…Awareness is crucial
Thanks NW, great info.
I second this!!!
Good Morning, TODville.
Congrats, Dudette on your Au ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thank You, NW for all you do for TOD Community😍😍😍
Hi Nena! Thanks Daaahling!
Nice to be corruption friendly:
Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kansas, Indiana, Kentucky and New Jersey are on track to use paperless voting in 2020.
“Experts have longed warned that these machines are a security risk because they do not allow election officials or the public to confirm electronic vote totals.”
(https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/457168-report-says-eight-states-to-use-paperless-voting-in-2020-despite)
The Brennan Center “found that during the 2018 midterm elections, 34 percent of local election jurisdictions were using voting machines that were at least a decade old as their primary form of voting.”
Nice to be nice to hostile foreign nations.
Very sweet.
Radicalization is Real. Not a Joke.
McConnell fooling nobody.
“This time it’s going to be McConnell doing most of the NRA’s dirty work.
The important thing is that Democrats recognize that and refuse to play the game.
They can’t allow themselves to be used (Manchin and Blumenthal, looking at you) as pawns, and they have to call McConnell out. They can’t let him get away with the PRETENSE of acting on this.”
(https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/8/12/1878491/-McConnell-playing-old-NRA-con-game-on-gun-legislation)
= 257 mass shootings, 34,514 shootings in 2019: (https://www.gunviolencearchive.org)
= 2 more mass shootings while Massacre Mitch is faffing about.
Trump fooling nobody about the Clinton’s.
“Epstein was a federal prisoner and the Trump administration screwed up.” (Easley)
–The little russian is a serial rapist with multiple allegations against him.
–He is featured on Epstein’s client list, on video partying with him, and openly admired vile fellow sex predator.
SOON: Pete Buttigieg attends Iowa State Fair soapbox event – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-4
Bannon is for “Trumpian” Matteo Salvini.
Salvini “has quoted Mussolini and worn (like the Fascists of old) a black shirt to a public rally,
the other great beneficiary, after himself, will be Vladimir Putin…Salvini is a staunch supporter of all things
Putin …and he has led a battle cry for Europe to lift sanctions on Russia.”
Bannon: “”If it works in Italy, it is going to work everywhere…if it works in Italy, it shows that it is going to break
the backs of the globalist.””
(https://www.thedailybeast.com/steve-bannons-populist-dream-shattered-by-matteo-salvinis-power-play?ref=home)
–Bannon doing his patriotic duty to promote fascism around the world.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1HAPT1o4kH/
I continue to really like him
Am loving me some Julian! 😂💞
wow, supersonic. To the point, truth. bravo Julián!!
Last night in a Velshi interview, his guest described lots of parents with toddlers and babies waiting in lines on the border, and none of them had heard about the jail separations. Just another preposterous Trump faux – that somehow people fleeing and surviving dire circumstances have access to U.S. news.
What a lovely couple. 💞
Hell yeah!
Yay!
Absolutely heartbreaking.
😔
They are SO vile!!!
Does NONE of this get to RWNJs? Don’t they have kids in school who learn about America and what it’s supposed to stand for?
Sadly my dear J, they disagree with your assessment of what the country should stand for. You may recall the RWNJs have been rewriting history books everywhere they can.
Unfortunately, you are totally correct in your take on them. That’s why we call ’em nutjobs!
That aside, I shall wish you a goodnight! Off I go to dreamland, darlin’ Dudette!
Goodnight Sweet Sister! 😘
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https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Hs_1pIji0/
Me too.. 😘. Leftie here.
I signed the petition for street renaming. 🤣😂
Signed it too. I also like the idea to name a side street John McCain
I mean, REALLY???
This may have been posted earlier … we need to smile!
Really grateful for the work Stacey Abrams is doing.
She’s phenomenal!
I’m so proud of her! Can’t wait for her to be my governor and eventually my president some day!
This is great article written by Jelani Cobb…
Thanks Sheila!
I SO love all TOD’ers! FOREVER!!
And we love you right back 💕
Right back atcha! FOREVER!
And thank YOU, Nerdy!
Love you too Darling! ❤️
We are family here. I so agree about loving all the TOD family. We are all pretty special.Each one has so much to give and all who share here are amazing. Thank you all, especially Nerdy Wonka!
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Pockets really ARE everything!
Oh no, I missed the chance to gloat over my shared lefty-ness with my Forever POTUS! Dang it! 😑
Ha! Goodnight, TODville …
Goodnight TOD
Signedddd UP!!
I did, too and I Donated a small amount.
Morning everyone
Investors also gain residency this way. For example, in Britain “Tier 1′ investors do now or used to, obtain visas without screening the source of their wealth (Golden Visas). After 5 years this becomes permanent residency. That is how London became ‘Londongrad’ = center for russian money laundering.
Happy Day!!!!!!!
Stop the lies
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/business/stock-market-by-president/index.html
Now, THAT’s a treasure!
May it be placed in a sacred golden frame under a giant spotlight and displayed prominently….
Good Wednesday Sunny Morning from MN, lovely TODbots.
Thank you NW😍
Thank You, beloved TODville Community😍
I heard that the Dow is tanking early this AM 😶
fyi:
Mafia Don who is illegally lining his corrupt pockets as we speak:
Is trying to link PBO’s book deal (signed after he left office)
with the Emoluments clause.
FACT: It doesn’t apply to private citizens.
Benito last night:
“No debate on Election Security should go forward without first agreeing that Voter ID (Identification) must play a very strong part in any final agreement. Without Voter ID, it is all so meaningless!”
Read this to him while he eats his cheeseburger:
“The truth about voter fraud.” (Brennan Center for Justice)
(https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/The%20Truth%20About%20Voter%20Fraud.pdf)
How far will Republicans go to destroy democracy?
“First, as is well understood, the GOP spent the past generation undermining the foundations of democracy — free and fair elections — so as to reinforce white rule…”
Second, the GOP is structurally committed to lying….
Third, the GOP has paved the way for the collapse of civilization due to climate change…..
If corrective action is not taken soon, white minority rule could endure for decades, if not longer. ”
Pls read: (https://www.salon.com/2019/07/10/how-far-will-republicans-go-to-destroy-democracy-and-can-they-still-be-stopped/)
SOON: Peter Buttigieg speaks at town hall in Tipton, Iowa – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-09
Московский Митч:
“Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell really doesn’t like to be called Moscow Mitch.
If only new reasons for the nickname didn’t keep showing up.”
(https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/8/14/1878958/-Putin-linked-company-s-investment-in-Kentucky-helped-along-by-Moscow-Mitch)
Time: “Since Putin came to power in 2000, Russia has used economic leverage to ‘force a change in policy’
or undermine governments in at least 19 European countries.”
NOW: Elizabeth Warren speaks at town hall meeting in Franconia, New Hampshire – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-5
NOW: Pete Buttigieg attends house party in Muscatine, Iowa – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-5
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EBOrNd0WkAAYPt_.jpg:small
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2019/08/14/breaking-barriers/