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Thousands of pro-Trump bots are attacking DeSantis, Haley
AP ^ | David Klepper

Posted on 03/07/2023 12:52:44 AM PST by Callahan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts — perhaps hundreds of thousands of them — to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump.

Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the fake accounts ridiculed Trump’s critics from both parties and attacked Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador who is challenging her onetime boss for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

When it came to Ron DeSantis, the bots aggressively suggested that the Florida governor couldn’t beat Trump, but would be a great running mate.

As Republican voters size up their candidates for 2024, whoever created the bot network is seeking to put a thumb on the scale, using online manipulation techniques pioneered by the Kremlin to sway the digital platform conversation about candidates while exploiting Twitter’s algorithms to maximize their reach.

The sprawling bot network was uncovered by researchers at Cyabra, an Israeli tech firm that shared its findings with The Associated Press. While the identity of those behind the network of fake accounts is unknown, Cyabra’s analysts determined that it was likely created within the U.S.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Technical
KEYWORDS: ap; bots; bs; cyabra; cyber; davidklepper; desantis; fakenews; globalistpropaganda; thousands; thousandsofbots; trump
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To: mewzilla

Kari Lake War Room
@KariLakeWarRoom
Want to know an easy way to “rig” an election?

It’s called ballot adjudication

The normal rate of adjudication is no greater than 4%

Over the last two years in Maricopa?

11.9% in 2020

14.36% in 2022

Why are our election officials increasingly deciding who people voted for?
8:39 PM · Feb 27, 2023


21 posted on 03/07/2023 4:10:20 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: Callahan

More like democrat bots. Something they would do to cook up the next fake scandal. Those people and their propaganda apparatus are completely untrustworthy.


22 posted on 03/07/2023 4:30:05 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: Callahan

AP Promotes Unfounded and Non-Evidenced Israeli Claim That Pro Trump Twitter Accounts Are Bots Attacking DeSantis and Haley

The battle within cyberspace continues, with mainstream media willing to use every sketchy source possible in order to maintain the great pretending.

As many major stories have shown in the past few years, the big battle over human control is taking place on social media platforms as they continue to be manipulated by government agencies.  The Twitter Files released have shown just how extensive the government manipulation of information has become.

The U.S. State Dept, Dept of Homeland Security, FBI, CIA, DOJ, Defense Dept, and a host of ancillary networked agencies and public-private partnership all occupy this space.  Essentially, it is a fight for control of the public psyche.

In addition to the Twitter Files, stories averse to the interests of the state (Hunter Biden laptop) and fake stories created in the interest of the state (Trump-Russia) are all manipulated by the network of intelligence agencies, quasi government actors and the social media platforms.  This is not debated any longer. There is overwhelming evidence of this reality now.

It is into this context that the Associated Press now promotes a story (with extremely sketchy sourcing) claiming that too much “pro-Trump” support exists on Twitter, and too much anti-DeSantis activity exists on Twitter, for that to be an authentic representation of reality.  You see, inside the eco-chamber of the mainstream media, they cannot reconcile organic outcomes that are the opposite of their worldview.

The AP cannot fathom Trump support, ergo the entire architecture of the Twitter system must be Trump “bots” marching against authentic DeSantis.  You cannot make this stuff up, yet it is good to actually see how nonsensical the narrative engineering has become.

(Via Associated Press) –  […] As Republican voters size up their candidates for 2024, whoever created the bot network is seeking to put a thumb on the scale, using online manipulation techniques pioneered by the Kremlin to sway the digital platform conversation about candidates while exploiting Twitter’s algorithms to maximize their reach.

The sprawling bot network was uncovered by researchers at Cyabra, an Israeli tech firm that shared its findings with The Associated Press. While the identity of those behind the network of fake accounts is unknown, Cyabra’s analysts determined that it was likely created within the U.S. (read more)

Now, who do you think the control officers behind the “Israeli tech firm” support?  The American candidate promoting “America First” economics?…. Or the controlled candidate promoting “America along with the interests of mutually beneficial multinational corporations?”

Florida-Israel Business Accelerator 


23 posted on 03/07/2023 4:35:46 AM PST by Bratch
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To: mewzilla

Just ran across this from Brevard County, FL...

https://www.votebrevard.com/m/Statistics-and-Data/Request-Voter-Registration-Data

Sounds great.

Until you get to the last paragraph.


24 posted on 03/07/2023 4:39:40 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: Bratch

Lol , You just Proved my Point .
Paid Trump Troll Sundance trying to SPIN away .

This Tired Anonymous Name Crap . Why is this Guy Hiding his identity ?..


25 posted on 03/07/2023 4:51:26 AM PST by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil)
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To: Callahan

Great we’re finally adopting democrat tactics


26 posted on 03/07/2023 5:03:04 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: Callahan

Exhibit #x million as to why there is no reasoning with these people. They are insane with hatred, and they control institutions and wield power.


27 posted on 03/07/2023 5:18:47 AM PST by cdcdawg (Hoes mad! LOL! )
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To: Callahan

AP just can’t get around the fact that Trump still has massive support. They have to make it look fake.


28 posted on 03/07/2023 5:38:35 AM PST by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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To: fr_freak

The Rats have perfected that duplicity.


29 posted on 03/07/2023 5:52:59 AM PST by Theophilous Meatyard III
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To: Callahan

If you believe the Ass. Press.


30 posted on 03/07/2023 5:56:26 AM PST by EastTexasTraveler
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To: Callahan

An unsubstantiated “report” by an Israeli firm is about as reliable as the January 6th Committee’s “report”. I thought we were supposed to not want foreign countries sticking their nose into our business, I guess that doesn’t apply to our 51st (or is it our #1) state.


31 posted on 03/07/2023 5:59:22 AM PST by euram (allALL)
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To: Callahan

All patriots are bots, just like they were bots in 2016 and 2020, according to the propaganda.


32 posted on 03/07/2023 6:02:32 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Callahan

Whatsamatter AP? Afraid of competition?


33 posted on 03/07/2023 6:07:31 AM PST by Bob434
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To: euram

“ An unsubstantiated “report” by an Israeli firm is about as reliable as the January 6th Committee’s “report”. I thought we were supposed to not want foreign countries sticking their nose into our business, I guess that doesn’t apply to our 51st (or is it our #1) state.”

__________________

Jules Gross, who headed up this report, is a freak with pronouns they/them!

Check it out:

Jules Gross
Solutions Engineer at Cyabra

About
Jules Gross has a diverse work experience, beginning with a City Council District Intern for the City of Los Angeles in 2014. In 2016, they became a Legislative Research Intern for the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. In 2017, they worked as a Financial Analyst for Idealab. In 2019, they joined the Israel Defense Forces as a member of the International Military Cooperation Unit. In 2021, they became an Investment Analyst, Portfolio Management for OurCrowd. Most recently, in 2022, they began working as a Solutions Engineer and Growth Strategist for Cyabra.

Jules Gross attended Harvard-Westlake School from 2011 to 2015, where they obtained their high school degree. Jules then attended Vanderbilt University from 2015 to 2019, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts in Middle East Jules’story and Corporate Strategy. During their time at Vanderbilt, they also completed a study abroad program at DIS in International Business.

https://theorg.com/org/cyabra/org-chart/jules-gross


34 posted on 03/07/2023 6:22:19 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Callahan

Interesting AP does not/ has not written articles about the ‘bots we have been inundated with that support Biden. In fact, perhaps it’s because th same ‘bots write the AP news?


35 posted on 03/07/2023 6:29:00 AM PST by BereanBrain
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To: Callahan

Article sez:
“Human users typically post about a variety of subjects, with a mix of original and reposted material, but bots often post repetitive content about the same topics.
That was true of many of the bots identified by Cyabra.
“One account will say, ‘Biden is trying to take our guns; Trump was the best,’ and another will say, ‘Jan. 6 was a lie and Trump was innocent’ said Jules Gross, the Cyabra engineer who first discovered the network. “Those voices are not people”


What? If you’re consistent talking about your views and interests you’re a non-person?
okay, then....


36 posted on 03/07/2023 6:49:10 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: ncalburt
This Tired Anonymous Name Crap . Why is this Guy Hiding his identity ?..

Sundance's full name, Mark Bradman, is known by many and not too hard to find.

Since you seem bothered by it, what's yours?

37 posted on 03/07/2023 8:45:53 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: Texas Fossil

Let them attack Haley, Pence and Pompeo they invite abuse, it would impolite not to accept it.

Right now a Trump/DeSantis ticket is the only way the GOP has a chance in 24. Then again that assumes the Democrats won’t steal it and they will.


38 posted on 03/07/2023 8:52:10 AM PST by sarge83
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To: sarge83

No, I don’t think DeSantis will be VP.

I think Trump will be the GOP Nominee.


39 posted on 03/07/2023 9:59:44 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not where you were born but a State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: ncalburt

Hiding Data – DeSantis Staffed Public Service Commission Drops Requirement for Electricity Companies to Tell How Many Disconnections Due to Non Payment

It’s a local Florida story and multi-faceted. However, for the bigger national audience the issue that should be considered is that Ron DeSantis and the Florida Republican party took $9+ million in campaign contributions from state energy providers, then approved the biggest electricity rate hikes in Florida history.

Additionally, and more obscure in the outcome, the Public Service Commission (Public Utility Commission, or PUC), after being filled with DeSantis appointees, informed the electricity providers they no longer needed to report the number of residents who were disconnected from utility service due to nonpayment.

One could make the intellectual and political argument, the scale of disconnection -which is quite alarming- would be averse to the interests of Governor DeSantis seeking a higher office.

Like much of the country, electricity rates in Florida have skyrocketed with the increase in natural gas prices.  However, unlike much of the country, most Florida residents have only one option for electrical utility power.  The rate of disconnection in Florida amid lower income and working families is far greater than almost any other state.  Florida is quickly becoming a class-driven society with haves and have-nots.

FLORIDA –  […] In November 2021, Florida’s Public Service Commission (PUC) issued a memorandum allowing  electric utilities to stop disclosing their shutoff data. The memorandum, which reversed the commission’s September 2020 decision to collect the data to track the pandemic’s effects on utility customers, came after DeSantis stacked the board with his appointees. The move came less than a month after commission members approved the largest electric rate hike in Florida’s history, resulting in a 20 percent increase in costs to residential ratepayers.

Now it’s impossible to know how many customers have been disconnected from their electric utilities for being unable to pay their increasing power bills. NextEra — the parent company of Florida’s largest utility, Florida Power & Light — disconnected 738,000 Floridians in 2021 and 1.1 million Americans nationwide since 2020, according to a report from Bailout Watch last month. If that disconnection rate continued, noted the report, NextEra would have shut off 1.2 million customers in 2022. But we do not know the total, because the DeSantis-appointed Florida PUC allowed them to hide the data.

[…] In early December, the Bailout Watch report noted, Florida regulators approved a fuel rider, or a cost increase tied to the price of fuel, allowing utilities to pass the cost of higher fuel prices to consumers, without affecting their enormous profits. Company executives have been handsomely rewarded for such political wins. Top executives at NextEra gave themselves a 59 percent raise between 2020 to 2021. (read more)

One of the reasons I became confident last year that Ron DeSantis was planning a 2024 presidential bid, was the one-and-done nature of his focus.

Florida working class residents are under extreme economic duress as a result of unavoidable increases in energy costs (home cooling), massive increases in insurance costs (tripling of homeowners, doubling of auto), skyrocketing housing costs (largest in nation) and these financial struggles are atop general inflation costs driven by national economic policy.

Throughout 2022 Governor DeSantis focused almost exclusively on social issue constructs, and the economic policies of Florida -while more challenging to address- have been exclusively unattended.  From the 30,000 ft level, the disconnect in executive priority becomes more explainable when you consider the management team was assembling a policy strategy for media and public consumption.

Throughout my research and review on the managers and background of DeSantis team, it just became obvious (mid-summer ’22) there was a longer-term plan in the background, created in the latter part of 2021 and everything thereafter -a severe emphasis on social issues- was a political management and national branding approach.  If you overlay the hindsight timelines, including the PUC story, one can see the proactive political construct to control any negative issues.

Regardless of where his national political intentions land, moving forward Florida residents -especially the working poor and working class- are going to be faced with severe and worsening financial hardship, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will likely not be around to see or address most of it as it surfaces publicly.  That is an unfortunate and depressing realization.

I don’t dislike the guy, I’m just heartbroken at what I see happening in my state.


40 posted on 03/07/2023 12:10:05 PM PST by Bratch
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