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Analysis of 6 Months of Political Posts on Facebook - BrainTrust Insights

On the conservative side, we see a media infrastructure optimized to elicit action from its audience. A few central hubs on both the Page and site maps indicate strong thought leaders that set the topics of conversation and tone. On the liberal side, we see a media infrastructure optimized to educate and inform its audience. Many small nodes on the Page side and a much more even, diverse set of sites show distributed attention. Depending on your goals, one infrastructure might be preferable to another.

The Truth About The Trump Data Team That People Are Freaking Out About - BuzzFeed News

But interviews with 13 former employees, campaign staffers, and executives at other Republican consulting firms who have seen Cambridge Analytica’s work suggest that its psychological approach was not actually used by the Trump campaign and, furthermore, the company has never provided evidence that it even works.

How to Get Trump Voters to Support Refugees, Obamacare - The Atlantic

We tend to view our moral values as universal,” Feinberg told me. That “there are no other values but ours, and people who don't share our values are simply immoral. Yet, in order to use moral reframing you need to recognize that the other side has different values, know what those values are, understand them well enough to be able to understand the moral perspective of the other side, and be willing to use those values as part of a political argument.

How Donald Trump Could Build an Autocracy in the U.S. - The Atlantic

“The benefit of controlling a modern state is less the power to persecute the innocent, more the power to protect the guilty.”

Seth's Blog: The wrong side of history

Even though the fear is real, it's not an excuse. When we speak with respect and offer dignity and empathy, we're describing our future. 'Politically correct' is a cheap way of dismissing maturity, confidence and kindness.