Well, well... look what the cat dragged in on Cambridge Analytica.

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An article from 2015. The plot thickens...

Cambridge Analytica, the market leader in the provision of data analytics and behavior communications for political campaigns, today announced the appointment of Matthew Oczkowski to Director of Product and Molly Schweickert to Director of Digital. Both Ozckowski and Schweickert come from Governor Scott Walker’s presidential campaign, and bring vast U.S. political experience to the table in addition to their backgrounds and expertise in data science and digital marketing.

Prior to joining Cambridge Analytica, Oczkowski served as Chief Digital Officer for Scott Walker’s gubernatorial reelection campaign in 2014, as well as for Walker’s presidential run in 2015. Previously, he also ran the digital department at the public affairs firm, Advocacy Group Inc., where he worked with many of the largest trade associations, non-profits, and corporations to mobilize activists.


https://ca-political.com/news/ca-announces-hire-matthew-oczkowski-and-molly-schweickert

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1. CA and the GOP are thick as thieves

No wonder it's so quiet over in their corner

[rzemanfl]

2. I lived in Wisconsin for many years and always wondered WTF happened there

that such an asshat got elected. Now we may find out.

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10. You and me both

Hope there may be some breadcrumbs leading back to Wanker.

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3. From December 2015

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4. ...and your point.

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5. Only that it was news from 2015

That is interesting of itself. Do not want anyone misled into thinking it is recent.

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7. understood. Here's another from empty wheel

The Cambridge staff helped the campaign identify which voters in the RNC’s data file were most likely to be persuadable, meaning they were undecided but looked likely to swing toward Trump. They also created lists of voters who were most likely to become donors. In August 2016, a Trump aide told me Cambridge was critical to helping the campaign raise $80 million in the prior month, after a primary race that had been largely self-funded by Trump. This was the only period during which Oczkowski’s staff relied on Cambridge’s data, because the RNC was just beginning to share its data with the Trump team.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/10/27/trumps-campaign-didnt-use-cambridge-analyticas-pyschographics-did-his-superpac/

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8. I think the point is to put the headline in perspective.

The way it reads is that this is new news. It may be important to understand the timeline and background.

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14. I didn't mean to be rude... I do come off that way more often then nought.

Years of DU can do that to you.

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9. The info that this happened in 2015 makes this even more interesting.

Can you edit your OP to note that this was reported in 2015?

Very interesting info. Thanks for posting.

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13. yes. and a reminder... 60 million was spent on Walkers recall election

Not in the OP but in the first read.

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6. Criminals

All of them!

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11. I haven't really been able to delve into this...

I know it's bad..

[CanonRay]

12. They booked a last minute passage on the Titanic

Bon voyage!

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15. At the moment... they are just a couple of young turks...

...swept up by their talent and no doubt ambition.


I'm curious where all of Walkers recall money came from.

I am indeed.

[erronis]

17. When you have secretive moneybags that can throw a few $10MM around without affecting net worth

Money is not a subject or an object. It is a verb to be used to cudgel and coax (not cable) and to compromise.

People like the Mercers and Kochs (mercernaries and cocks?) don't need to report inflow and outflow to the tax departments of the world or to any other government agency.

Several years ago I had read that Saddam Hussein had a pretty good printing press that could duplicate US bills.

Now I really believe that much of the wealth that flows into/outof banks and S.W.I.F.T. is totally fake. Cryptocurrencies were here well before Bitcoin. I wonder if the USSR metaphorical presses are running a bit hot now.

Back to your point. Where did all the money to keep Walker in office come from? I don't know but I doubt it was from real wage earners.

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16. Oh, my...old hands at voter suppression and election fraud.

My, my, my. Scott Walker. I'm shocked! Shocked!