Enjoy !

Here's one of the political gobshites in action, Mattie McGrath, when they debating this in committee

The Save the 8th and LoveBoth apps, hosted by the company that ran apps for the Trump and Brexit campaigns, allow personal user data to be shared with an international network of conservative groups.

Ireland's two largest anti-abortion campaigns are facing questions over privacy after a BuzzFeed News analysis found that personal user data gathered by both of their apps can be shared with an international network of conservative and religious groups that includes the US National Rifle Association.

The Save the 8th campaign and the LoveBoth Project are at the forefront of the campaign to prevent the repeal of the Eighth Amendment of Ireland's constitution – which makes abortion illegal in most cases – when the country votes in a referendum this Friday. Save the 8th's My8 app and the LoveBoth app were developed by the same Washington, DC–based company, Political Social Media LLC, which specialises in building digital campaigning tools for conservative, religious, and anti-abortion groups.

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This means data can be shared not just between the two ostensibly separate Irish anti-abortion groups, but also with previous clients such as the NRA, the Trump presidential campaign, the Republican National Committee, and the Susan B. Anthony List, a major US anti-abortion group. In the UK, the network includes the Conservative Party and main pro-Brexit campaign, Vote Leave.

The company has also developed apps for the Australian Christian Lobby and Marriage Alliance, two groups that campaigned unsuccessfully against marriage equality when the country voted on the issue in a postal survey last November.

More here

https://www.buzzfeed.com/laurasilver/ireland-anti-abortion-campaigns-apps-privacy-nra?utm_term=.fvY4b6pl6#.tpgvnzG3z

Day One of the next Democratic President, he gets all that is overturn-able into one Exec Order, and signs it.

Context : Referendum on May 25th to Repeal the 8th Amendment which protects the life of the unborn to the detriment of the mother.

Yes Vote wants to get rid of the 8th (almost all Political Parties and Women's groups), No Vote wants to keep it all unchanged and continue to ban abortion in Ireland (Catholic Church, RWNJs etc)

No Campaigner John Waters, Journalist and serious loon, was on with Eamon Dunphy (Soccer commentator, former Drivetime Talk show and Bon Viveur i.e. Pisshead) who ironically said he was going to vote no as well. His podcast The Stand on Tunein.com allows people to give their full opinions.

Anyway, these two have history, but this was just funny

Here is the podcast in its rather short length on tunein

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Media--Entertainment-Podcasts/The-Stand-with-Eamon-Dunphy-p1009572/?topicId=121454545

or the short version here

I have largely tried to avoid the incessant debates and ads, because I was always going to vote Yes to Repeal the 8th Amendment to the Irish Constitution, and I just knew I'd end up with blood pressure from the constant lies and dirt from the Pro-Life crowd.

The numbers were always going to narrow once the Anti-Abortionists were in full flow with their lies and deceptions, but with a week to go there is still a 58-42 lead in the Irish Times poll of a couple of days ago. It will be a close run thing.

https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3497939.1526501307!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_620_330/image.jpg

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/irish-times-poll-repeal-has-large-but-reduced-lead-1.3497830

The Yes side retains a clear advantage in the abortion referendum campaign, but its lead has reduced sharply in the last month, the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI opinion poll has found.

Asked how they will vote in the referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment, 44 per cent of voters now say they will vote in favour of the proposal, a decline of three points since the last poll in late April.

The No vote is at 32 per cent, an increase of four points, while 17 per cent are undecided (a decline of three points). Seven per cent said they will not vote or refused to say.

https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3498719!/image/image.png_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/image.png

Once the undecideds and those who will not vote are excluded, the Yes side leads by 58 per cent to 42 per cent, with just over a week to go before polling day.

While this shows a decline of 10 points in the Yes lead since late April, those in favour of repeal still command a 16-point lead as the campaign enters its final, decisive stage.

A tightening of the race was expected by all sides as polling day approaches, and pollsters say that process is likely to continue in the days ahead. But while the Yes side lead has been cut, the No side requires a dramatic acceleration of that process if it is to secure a majority on May 25th.

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Some of the sicker posters are

them use Emerdata once, even in the Alexander Nix story from last night. WE know why they did the name change, but most people wouldn't.

Last night's episode was really good. This is from the trailer



But having gone through the interview, Heilemann calls Guiliani, on speakerphone, and Avenatti silently listens to Giuliani character assassinate Avenatti ! That's going to come back on Rudy.

Also, there was an interview with the unhinged Roger Stone.

John Brennan was also on, saying that they will get Trump eventually based on what Brennan himself knows.

Well worth watching.

The Pro-Lifers are doing their nut over this

This is also seen as a test case in relation to elections elsewhere.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/abortion-referendum/facebook-to-block-all-foreign-ads-about-eighth-amendment-referendum-36885612.html

Facebook is to block all ads related to the Eighth Amendment referendum that come from advertisers outside of Ireland. The social media giant is responding to criticism that unaccountable foreign advertising is gaining traction in the referendum campaign.
From today, the company will begin blocking any referendum-related ads that do not come from organisations legitimately registered in Ireland.

Facebook has also indicated that it will implement the same rule for future elections in Ireland, disallowing any ads that do not come from registered entities in Ireland. However, the move will not prevent ads that are funded from abroad if they are placed through organisations located in Ireland.

“Concerns have been raised about organisations and individuals based outside of Ireland trying to influence the outcome of the referendum on the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland by buying ads on Facebook,” said the company in a statement.

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Google and YouTube to ban all ads relating to abortion referendum

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/abortion-referendum/google-and-youtube-to-ban-all-ads-relating-to-abortion-referendum-36889599.html

Google is to block all ads on its search engine and on YouTube relating to the upcoming abortion referendum.

“Following our update around election integrity efforts globally, we have decided to pause all ads related to the Irish referendum on the Eighth Amendment,” said a company statement.

The tech giant’s move means that related to the upcoming referendum on the Eighth Amendment are now completely banned on both Google and Twitter.

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The company is currently rolling out a ‘verification process’ for election ads in the US, which is expected to extend into other countries.

The ban will take effect within 24 hours also includes related ads on Youtube.