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J.J. Sefton's A♠ Morning Report - Fri Mar 5, 2021
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Bits & Bytes - Mar 5, 2021 - chrissy on PoliNation, news, views, and links to amuse
THE TRUE WAR IS SPIRITUAL

h/t publius on A♠
GAB Hack Was Intentional Sabotage?

Over the weekend, word emerged that a hacker breached far-right social media website Gab and downloaded 70 gigabytes of data by exploiting a garden-variety security flaw known as an SQL injection. A quick review of Gab's open source code shows that the critical vulnerability -- or at least one very much like it -- was introduced by the company's chief technology officer… Fosco Marotto, a former Facebook software engineer who in November became Gab's CTO. On Monday, Gab removed the git commit from its website.…


h/t Village Idiot's Apprentice on A♠
Blackout: White House curbs press, public access as Biden struggles with public demands of job

…[Biden's] administration has closed off — at least for now — several key avenues via which the press and public have for years gained a modicum of transparency, accessibility and accountability from the White House. … the White House has said that while it will divulge records of individuals who physically visit the White House, it will not be sharing virtual visitor logs. The Biden administration has relied heavily on virtual meetings… has also shut down its comment line by which American citizens can call in to leave comments for the executive branch. … has also removed the popular "We the People" petitioning platform originally started by President Barack Obama and continued through the Trump administration. … Gone, also, are White House tours … "suspended until further notice." … Biden himself has, at times, seemed to struggle with the rigorous schedule and public appearances … regularly returns to his private residence at 7:00 p.m. each day … has thus far failed to host a single West Wing news conference … at a recent Pentagon appearance when he struggled with teleprompter-fed words such as "Tuskegee," "because of," "defeated" and "dishonor." … has appeared to momentarily forget critical facts … incorrectly claimed that the U.S. "didn't have" a vaccine when Biden assumed the presidency. Biden himself had received a shot of the vaccine a month prior to taking the oath of office. … At a speech in Houston … stumbled through a series of mistakenly pronounced names …
"What am I doing here?" the president said at one point. "I'm going to lose track here."


h/t Huck Follywood on A♠
Pelosi's "Magic Word"
Jessica O’Donnell @heckyessica on Twitter


I was just out driving around and listening to Chris Plante's podcast from yesterday. He says that he knows a few people in Washington from all his years on the Washington beat.

And his sources tell him Biden wanders aimlessly around the White House, walking from room to room. He often finds himself in the VP office (because he remembers that route) and gets confused and realizes that's not his office. Along with this he'll breeze right past the Oval Office at times.

I recognize this behavior from my wife's grandmother in a nursing home. They threatened to lock her in her room.

Also, he reported that Biden had a meeting with GOP reps. Joe sat on one side, the Pubs on the other, and Joe's staff sat behind the Pubs. And Plante says that it became clear to the Pubs pretty quickly that Joe was receiving nods, hand signals and mouthed words from Joe's staff.


h/t Dianny at Patriot Retort
Trump supporters opinion of QANON

Ryan James Girdusky @RyanGirdusky on Twitter

Suffolk University poll: Trump supporters opinion of QANON

Favorable: 4%
Unfavorable: 31%
Never Heard of: 43%
Undecided: 21%
11:02 AM · Feb 22, 2021


h/t Tami on A♠
Even a Neanderthal!
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