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Not what the article says. If you retweet like say to a big group it counts as watched. You can set up bots to retweet to 1000s If you just logged on it counts as watched. All different kinds of ways to get to a false number. Clicks sell. That’s why all social platforms have bots all over them…….to pump #s

No, Tucker Carlson's Trump interview doesn't have 230 million video views on X Here's how many times it has actually been viewed. On Wednesday night, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson interviewed former president Donald Trump on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Now, Trump and his supporters are claiming that Carlson's video has received hundreds of millions of views on Elon Musk's social media site. That's not the case. "The Tucker Carlson Interview with me was a BLOCKBUSTER. Could hit 200,000,000 Views, and more!" Donald Trump posted on his social networking platform, Truth Social, on Thursday morning. Trump later claimed that, at 230 million views, the Carlson video was now: "The Biggest Video on Social Media, EVER, more than double the Super Bowl!" (For context, the 2023 Super Bowl was watched by more than 115 million viewers.) On Carlson's interview post on X, the views metric displayed 236 million views, as of the time of publishing, since it went live 21 hours ago. However, the metric on X is not how many views Carlson's video actually received. Mashable can report that, as of the publication of this article on Thursday evening, Carlson's Trump interview has received 14.8 million video views on X. On X, it's not entirely clear to most users what the views metric refers to — many people believe, falsely, that the video of Carlson's Trump interview received 220 million views more than it actually received. Why the discrepancy? The views metric currently shown on X, displayed simply as "views," are tweet views. This number shows how many impressions a tweet receives. An impression is counted when a user actively goes to the tweet page or when a tweet appears in a user's timeline after being retweeted by another user. Views are also counted whenever a tweet shows up on a user's timeline. As such, a single user can be counted multiple times in the view count. On the other hand, video views, which are no longer publicly displayed on X, count the number of times a piece of media content is played on the platform —although there are a few addendums to this metric. A video view on X is counted if the media plays for two or more seconds. And, if a user attempts to scroll past a video, but more than 50 percent of the player is still visible on the screen for that time frame, a video view is still counted. Autoplays are counted as well. To break down what this means for Tucker Carlson's Trump interview: The video itself was actually played only 14.8 million times, for at least two seconds of the more than 46-minute interview — or just over six percent of the total 236 million times someone saw the post on X. As Mashable previously reported, under Musk, Twitter began removing the public video view count in May. The move came months after Musk added a "views" count metric to users' tweets. For a time, tweets displayed both metrics, which led to confusion about how many views a video actually received. Users often used the higher, albeit inaccurate, tweet view number to make their content seem more popular. Twitter then decided to quietly remove the smaller, albeit more accurate, number from public display. The company never announced the removal of the metric or gave an official reason as to why it was removed. However, some older Android versions of the Twitter app continue to display the public video view metrics on X. Mashable has access to such a version of the app and was able to pull this data from it. https://mashable.com/article/tucker-carlson-x-trump-interview-twitter-video-view-count

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Posts recycle baseless claim about Gates’ vaccination status https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-bill-gates-children-vaccine-886368946553 Yes, Bill Gates’ children are vaccinated https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/02/viral-image/yes-bill-gates-children-are-vaccinated/ Bill and Melinda Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates is fully vaccinated, including against COVID-19, despite online claims to the contrary https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/bill-and-melinda-gates-daughter-phoebe-gates-fully-vaccinated-including-against-covid-19-despite-online-claims/ Bill Gates' daughter jokes about vaccine conspiracy involving her dad https://www.cnet.com/culture/bill-gates-daughter-jokes-about-vaccine-conspiracy-involving-her-dad/ Bill Gates’ daughter Jennifer jokes about conspiracy theory after getting Covid-19 vaccine https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/14/us/bill-gates-jennifer-vaccine-trnd/index.html Just a few articles. There are many more.

That is elected by democratic means.

Last I checked we were a Democratic Republic Yes education is the key

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Take this quiz to determine whether a person is thinking for themselves. These are politically polarized times. The majority of Americans belong to one of the two major political parties—Democrat or Republican—and tend to vote along party lines. Political news feels more and more like the sports page, as we read about the latest clashes of rival parties and personalities. It can be challenging in this environment to think for ourselves. Once we’ve joined ourselves to a political “team,” it’s easy to base our opinions and identityon our team’s platform. You may have friends who seem to have sworn allegiance to their preferred party, and are no longer capable of rational thought. Maybe you’ve considered staging an intervention to deprogram them. If you suspect someone you know may have been brainwashed, look for these telltale signs (scoring system at the end). 1. They act personally offended when someone criticizes their favorite political leader. Even questioning their political hero can unleash their anger and venom, as if you’d said something nasty about their mom. They seem to have fused their identity with the politician’s, so political criticism is a personal affront. 2. They assume everyone in the opposing party is an idiot. What else could explain why others disagree with them about issues like COVID, the economy, or racism? A person would have to be pretty stupid to see things differently. 3. They assume bad motives by those in the other party. Rather than being stupid (or in addition to), the other side must “be un-American,” or even “hate America.” People who disagree with them couldn’t possibly be acting in good faith, and want the best for our country like they do. 4. They agree with every single position their party takes. It’s unlikely that a free-thinking adult would be in 100% agreement with their political party, given the range of issues that make up a party’s platform*. And yet you know with certainty how this person feels about any given issue based on their party affiliation—even for issues that are hard to predict based on party principles. If their party changes position on an issue, your friend changes with them. *I suspect this one may not apply if your friend identifies with a third party, which may well have a coherent overarching ideology, like Libertarian (personal freedom) or Green (environmental protection). 5. They love it when something makes the other party look bad—even if it's bad for the country. They’re pleased with any outcome that helps their political team, even if that means the economy tanks, or a military engagement goes badly, or rival nations influence our political system. Political calculation eclipses any other consideration. 6. They favor anti-American practices if they benefit their party. In the same vein, they’re okay with stifling free speech or denying someone equal protection under the law. They’re even able to spin these practices as somehow being patriotic and “for the good of the nation.” 7. They cut off ties with people who differ from them politically. They can’t imagine being friends with someone from a different political party and are willing to end relationships when someone fails their political litmus test. 8. They get all their news from a single source—which they swear is unbiased. Whether they’re fans of CNN or Fox News, Breitbart or Slate, they assume they’re getting an unfiltered reporting of facts. Only idiots would watch the fake news on the other end of the spectrum (see #2 above). 9. They can't name a single action their favorite politician has taken that they disagree with. Their devotion feels more like religious fervor than political preference. The only possible mistake their political savior could make would be to concede anything to the opposition. 10. They can't think of a single redeeming quality in the other party's politicians. Politicians on the other side are seen as all bad—arrogant, irritating, unreasonable, hypocritical—everything that their party’s politicians aren’t. If pressed to find something positive, they might come up with a backhanded compliment, like, “They’ve been very effective at getting half of the American public to buy into a false narrative.” 11. Truth is less important to them than whether something helps their party. They’re willing to bend the truth or repeat outright lies, as long as it’s consistent with their party’s position. They routinely fact-check the opposition, but never their own side. 12. They automatically believe and forward/share/retweet every conspiracy theory about the opposition, no matter how ridiculous and false. When it's pointed out to them that it’s a hoax, they don’t concede the point, saying instead that it sounds exactly like what their political enemies would do. They remain gullible to subsequent conspiracy theories that are equally false. 13. Their political views take precedence over their seemingly deep religious or spiritual convictions. They seem willing to overlook obvious contradictions between their faith and their politics, always deferring to the latter—or finding tortured ways to try to reconcile the two. For example, they ascribe to Buddhist principles yet approve of violence against their political enemies; or, they profess to be a follower of Christ, but disregard his charge to "love your enemies" and "do good to them that hate you" (Matthew 5:44). 14. They assume that everyone who disagrees with them must be brainwashed. It’s easy for them to see others’ bias while seeing themselves as the lone freethinker. Similar to the fundamental attribution error, they attribute their own beliefs to carefully thinking through each issue, while others’ views are attributed to their party loyalty. Scoring: Each item gets a single point; simply add them up to find your friend’s score. The probability that your friend is brainwashed is roughly as follows: 0-4: Low 5-9: Moderate 10-14: High If you're interested in helping to undo political polarization and find common ground, consider learning more about groups like More in Common, which aims to "strengthen democratic societies against the threats of polarization and division," or Beyond Conflict, with the goal of "national reconciliation in the aftermath of division and violence." https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/think-act-be/202010/your-friend-might-be-politically-brainwashed-if

Myocarditis seven times more likely with COVID-19 than vaccines RESEARCH Myocarditis seven times more likely with COVID-19 than vaccines A Penn State team conducted the largest study to date on the risk of developing myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, as a result of having the coronavirus versus experiencing inflammation following COVID-19 vaccination. Credit: Getty Images | Kanizphoto. All Rights Reserved. EXPAND OCTOBER 12, 2022 By Tracy Cox HERSHEY, Pa. — The risk of developing myocarditis — or inflammation of the heart muscle — is seven times higher with a COVID-19 infection than with the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a recent study by Penn State College of Medicine scientists. Patients with myocarditis can experience chest pains, shortness of breath or an irregular heartbeat. In severe cases, the inflammation can lead to heart failure and death. “Our findings show that the risk of myocarditis from being infected by COVID-19 is far greater than from getting the vaccine,” said Dr. Navya Voleti, a resident physician in the Department of Medicine at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. “Moving forward, it will be important to monitor the potential long-term effects in those who develop myocarditis.” Myocarditis is one of the complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Although vaccines have been shown to reduce severe COVID-19 symptoms, heart complications have been associated with mRNA COVID-19 vaccination — particularly myocarditis in teenage boys. However, the relative risk of myocarditis due to vaccines and infections had not been well characterized in large studies. The Penn State team conducted the largest study to date on the risk of developing myocarditis as a result of having the coronavirus vs. experiencing inflammation following COVID-19 vaccination. The researchers compared patients with COVID-19 — vaccinated and unvaccinated — to those without the virus. They found the risk of myocarditis was 15 times higher in COVID-19 patients, regardless of vaccination status, compared to individuals who did not contract the virus. Next, the researchers separately compared the rates of myocarditis in those who received the vaccines to those in unvaccinated individuals. According to the findings, the rates of myocarditis in people who were vaccinated against COVID-19 were only twofold higher than in unvaccinated people. Based on all the findings, the researchers concluded that the risk of myocarditis due to COVID-19 was seven times higher than the risk related to the vaccines. Investigators conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 22 studies published worldwide from December 2019 through May 2022. The studies included nearly 58 million patients who reported cardiac complications and belonged to one of two groups: the 55.5 million who were vaccinated against COVID-19 compared to those who were not vaccinated (vaccination group), and the 2.5 million who contracted the virus compared to those who did not contract the virus (COVID-19 group). In the vaccination group, the researchers separately compared the risk of myocarditis for various COVID-19 vaccines, including mRNA (Pfizer, Moderna), Novavax, AstraZeneca, and Johnson and Johnson. The median age of the study population was 49 years; 49% were men; and the median follow-up time after infection or COVID-19 vaccination was 28 days. The researchers found that among those diagnosed with myocarditis after receiving the vaccine or having COVID-19, the majority (61%) were men. Of patients diagnosed with myocarditis in both vaccination and COVID-19 groups, 1.07% were hospitalized and 0.015% died. “COVID-19 infection and the related vaccines both pose a risk for myocarditis. However, the relative risk of heart inflammation induced by COVID-19 infection is substantially greater than the risk posed by the vaccines,” said Dr. Paddy Ssentongo, a resident physician in the Department of Medicine at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and the lead author of the study. “We hope our findings will help mitigate vaccine hesitancy and increase vaccine uptake.” Surya Reddy from Osmania Medical College also contributed to this research. The researchers declare no conflicts of interest or specific funding for this research. Read the full study in Frontiers. https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/myocarditis-seven-times-more-likely-covid-19-vaccines/

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Clear evidence that COVID-19 vaccines and boosters are saving lives Our latest report on COVID-19 outcomes by vaccination status offers even more evidence that vaccines are saving lives. In November, those who weren’t vaccinated were 31.1 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than the fully vaccinated. They also were 4.9 times more likely to test positive for COVID-19. This is a big change from October, when the unvaccinated were 15.2 times more likely to die from COVID-19 and 3.9 times more likely to get the disease, as shown by our This shift has to do with a change in methodology to better capture fully vaccinated individuals and may also be impacted by booster uptake. In the latest twice-monthly report posted atop our COVID-19 Data Dashboard, you’ll see bigger gaps on the cases graphs for vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals – both overall and by age groups. It’s difficult to see the difference in deaths overall and by age group because it’s so rare for fully vaccinated individuals to die from COVID-19. If you remain undecided about getting the vaccine, the data makes a strong case for getting a lifesaving shot that can spare you from severe illness, long-haul COVID, and more. It’s free, safe, widely available, and, as the evidence clearly shows, highly effective. If you are vaccinated, please use this report as a reason to get a booster dose as soon as you are eligible – that’s at least six months after your second Moderna dose, five months after your second Pfizer dose (per a recent update to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance), and two months after the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen shot. There simply is no arguing with the data: COVID-19 vaccines and boosters save lives. Please visit azhealth.gov/FindVaccine to find a provider today. https://directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov/clear-evidence-that-covid-19-vaccines-and-boosters-are-saving-lives/

LMAO he’s a proven liar! If he said yes I have been vaccinated you guys would tear him apart. He is morally broken but he ain’t stupid!

Well dang why does everyone have a complete meltdown when Shabs gives rubies🤔 And I guess I should have given out 100s😉

I find it funny you guys give red rubies over memes. I guess you got to show your loyalty or risk get called……..I don’t know if I should say it………”A RINO”😂😂😂

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Truth be told my post really had nothing to do with Trump. I said nothing derogatory about him. I probably should have said Bidens first day in office the DJIA was 30,932.00. My point was the DJIA is up under the current administration unlike what has been said on the board. Under Trump the DJIA was up 56%, very good. Oh and not going to shoot you. Don’t own a gun……don’t need one.

First you get your dates right Trump took over January 20, 2017 the DJIA was 19,827.52 Good try stealing 4,000 points from Obama! “Tell the full story” And tell me how liberal media has anything to do with concrete numbers from the DJIA? It’s already verified each and every day at closing.

Dow last day Trump in Office 30,930.52 Dow today 35,393.00 🤔

16 false Trump electors face felony charges in Michigan Craig MaugerBeth LeBlanc The Detroit News View Comments Lansing — Attorney General Dana Nessel is leveling felony charges against 16 Republicans who signed a certificate falsely stating that Donald Trump won Michigan's 2020 presidential election, launching criminal cases against top political figures inside the state GOP. Each of the 16 electors, including former Michigan Republican Party Co-Chairwoman Meshawn Maddock and Shelby Township Clerk Stan Grot, have been charged with eight felony counts, including forgery and conspiracy to commit election law forgery, according to Nessel's office. The revelation capped six months of investigation and produced the most serious allegations yet in Michigan over the campaign to overturn Trump's loss to Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. Biden won the state by 154,000 votes or 3 percentage points, but Trump and his supporters maintained false and unproven claims that fraud swung the result. As part of the push to undermine Biden's victory, Trump supporters gathered inside the then-Michigan Republican Party headquarters on Dec. 14, 2020, and signed a certificate, claiming to cast the state's 16 electoral votes for Trump. Eventually, the false certificate was sent to the National Archives and Congress. The document inaccurately claimed the Trump electors had met inside the Michigan Capitol. However, they hadn't. Biden's electors convened inside the Capitol, and the building was closed to others on Dec. 14, 2020. "The false electors’ actions undermined the public’s faith in the integrity of our elections and, we believe, also plainly violated the laws by which we administer our elections in Michigan," said Nessel, a Democrat, in a statement. "My department has prosecuted numerous cases of election law violations throughout my tenure, and it would be malfeasance of the greatest magnitude if my department failed to act here in the face of overwhelming evidence of an organized effort to circumvent the lawfully cast ballots of millions of Michigan voters in a presidential election." The 16 defendants are: Kathy Berden, 70, of Snover William (Hank) Choate, 72, of Cement City Amy Facchinello, 55, of Grand Blanc Clifford Frost, 75, of Warren Stanley Grot, 71, of Shelby Township John Haggard, 82, of Charlevoix Mari-Ann Henry, 65, of Brighton Timothy King, 56, of Ypsilanti Michele Lundgren, 73, of Detroit Meshawn Maddock, 55, of Milford James Renner, 76, of Lansing Mayra Rodriguez, 64, of Grosse Pointe Farms Rose Rook, 81, of Paw Paw Marian Sheridan, 69, of West Bloomfield Ken Thompson, 68, of Orleans Kent Vanderwood, 69, of Wyoming Republicans criticized the charges on Tuesday, contending they were politically motivated. Vance Patrick, chairman of the Oakland County Republican Party, called the charges an overreach by Nessel. "This is an egregious abuse of power by a radical progressive and continues the trend of politically motivated witch hunts, perpetrated by the left against Republican candidates and activists," Patrick said in a Tuesday statement. But Democrats, such as Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, touted them. Benson said the nation was beginning to "see accountability and justice for those who were part of an actionable plan to subvert the will of the people in 2020." Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame Law School, said the criminal charges leveled are a "fraught" area of the law. "... (I) am quite skeptical of this indictment but I'll need some time to collect my thoughts," Muller added in a post on Twitter. Ryan Goodman, a law professor New York University School of Law, called the charges "a strong case" and noted the fake electors signed a sworn statement attesting "we convened and organized in the State Capitol." "In truth, they met (secretly) in GOP headquarters basement," Goodman wrote on Twitter. Eight felonies outlined The felony complaints indicate the warrants for each of the electors were signed Thursday and Friday of last week, according to copies of the documents. In addition to Maddock and Grot, Kathy Berden, the Republican national committeewoman from Michigan; Kent Vanderwood, the mayor of Wyoming; and Marian Sheridan, grassroots vice chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party, are also facing charges. Each of the 16 electors is charged with eight felonies: two counts of election law forgery; two counts of forgery; and one count each of uttering and publishing, conspiracy to commit forgery, conspiracy to commit election law forgery and conspiracy to commit forgery. Conspiracy to commit forgery and conspiracy to commit uttering and publishing, which carry the steepest penalties, are both punishable by up to 14 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The conspiracy charges allege the defendants worked with Berden, Maddock and others to falsely make a public record: the certificate of votes of the 2020 electors from Michigan. In a Tuesday afternoon phone interview, one of the Trump electors, John Haggard, 82, of Charlevoix said he had not been previously informed that he was being charged with felonies. After a reporter told him of the news, Haggard initially thought the charges were coming from federal prosecutors, not the state attorney general. Haggard said he didn't believe there was any policy in the country that prevented people from making "a statement." “Did I do anything illegal? No," Haggard said. Another of the 16 electors, Michele Lundgren, said she was distraught over the charges and she questioned what evidence prosecutors had. The 73-year-old Detroiter said she had simply received a call on Dec. 13, 2020, to be in Lansing the following day. While there, Lundgren said she signed what she thought was a sign-in sheet. “We signed a blank piece of paper," Lundgren said. "And that’s all can tell you." According to Nessel's office, when the electors gathered on Dec. 14, 2020, at the state GOP headquarters on Seymour Avenue in Lansing to sign the false certificate, Renner and Thompson were "selected" as replacements for two Republican electors who did not attend: Gerald Wall and Terri Lynn Land, the former two-term secretary of state. "Neither Land nor Wall signed the document," according to an affidavit signed by Howard Schock, a special agent investigator in Nessel's office. 'Ongoing investigation' After initially referring the matter to federal prosecutors in January, Nessel reopened a state-level investigation into the fake Trump electors, citing new documents released by a U.S. House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, failed attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In testimony before the committee, Laura Cox, who was chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party in 2020, said she had prepared a document for the Trump electors to sign on Dec. 14, 2020, that said they had merely participated in a ceremony and "would cast their votes" for the Republican president if given the chance. Cox told U.S. House investigators that the intent behind the document she pushed for was to state that the Republican Trump electors were willing to serve and vote for Trump if "something were to happen in the courts" in the future to overturn the result. However, the electors participated in an event in the basement of Michigan GOP headquarters on Dec. 14, 2020, that produced a certificate that claimed Trump had won the state's 16 electoral votes. An affidavit prepared by Nessel's office in support of the complaint indicated Republican staffers in interviews with investigators said non-electors were blocked from entering the building and electors were required to surrender their cellphones to prevent any recording of the event. GOP elector Mayra Rodriguez would later tell the Jan. 6 Select Committee that Trump campaign aide Shawn Flynn was present and spoke to the electors at the site. Later, four of the false electors — Lundgren, Maddock, Sheridan and Thompson — appeared at the state Capitol Dec. 14, 2020, with Republican then-state Rep. Daire Rendon, who said the "electors" were there to cast votes, the document said. But they were turned away by the Michigan State Police. Attorney Ian Northon attempted to deliver a manila envelope similar to the size of the certificate to the Michigan Senate, claiming it contained the Republican electoral votes, the filing said. The U.S. National Archives and U.S. Senate Archives later reported receiving a copy of the false certificate from Berden. Cellphone records obtained from Berden indicated she and Haggard shared some concerns over text on Dec. 14, 2020, regarding Maddock posting about the incident on Facebook, according to the affidavit. "Was she not told at the meeting to keep quite (sic)," Haggard wrote, according to the affidavit. "Yes we all were," Berden replied. "Right. If she can't keep quite (sic) after taking the oath what would she do as vice chair?" wrote Haggard, according to the affidavit. The affidavit cited several instances in which Maddock, Sheridan, Grot and Thompson admitted to signing the document. Michigan election law bans someone from knowingly making or publishing a false document "with the intent to defraud." Each defendant, or their attorneys, has been notified of the charges, and the court will provide each with a date to appear in Ingham County district court for an arraignment, Nessel's office said. "This remains an ongoing investigation, and the Michigan Department of Attorney General has not ruled out potential charges against additional defendants," Nessel's office said. cmauger@detroitnews.com https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/michigan/2023/07/18/michigan-donald-trump-fake-electors-charged-felonies-attorney-general-dana-nessel/70427042007/