Eager to avoid a repeat of its disastrous role as a super-spreader of misinformation during the 2016 election cycle, Facebook is getting its ducks in a row. Following an announcement earlier this summer, the company is now launching a voting information hub that will centralize election resources for U.S. users and ideally inoculate at least…
Kamala Harris’ addition to the Biden ticket does nothing to win over moderates or independents. Her political baggage does nothing to bring out the party faithful. Meanwhile, President Trump has shown some rare political brilliance that may have sealed his re-election. California Senator Kamala Harris has been tapped for the role of Vice President should…
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Velshi,” Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) stated that the biggest threat to the HEROES Act is the money in the bill “to protect our elections, to stand up the Post Office,” and “the fact that Democrats are not going to compromise on having monies to make sure that people can vote…
A few days after the 2016 election, at an internal meeting later leaked to Breitbart News, top Google executives, including Sundar Pichai, Sergey Brin, and Kent Walker, lamented President Trump’s victory, comparing Trump voters to “extremists” and discussing their desire to make Trump’s election and the populist movement a “blip” in history. True to their…
Political censorship from the world’s largest technology companies places elections at risk through manipulation of information, warned Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), offering his comments on Thursday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour and special guest host John Hayward. Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other technology companies regularly deploy censorship of political speech…
According to a report from Bloomberg, the Trump campaign called dibs on some of the most prized ad space online in the days leading up to the 2020 U.S. election. Starting in early November and continuing onto Election Day itself, the campaign will reportedly command YouTube’s masthead, the space at the very top of the…
The 2020 Presidential Election is the greatest risk to financial markets, according to Eurasia Group. Uncertainty following the result, no matter what it is, could weigh on the U.S. stock market. The US could enter a period of instability and uncertainty similar to what the UK experienced after the Brexit vote. After a stunning end-of-year…
OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that if exit polls are correct and the Conservatives are returned to power with a strong majority, then the new government will have “the chance to respect the democratic will of the British people”. Exit polls have predicted a Tory victory, gaining seats from…
