The Bannon, Mercers, Cambridge Analytica Collection - Weaponizing Propaganda

Here's a collection of articles that examine Steven Bannon's partnership with Robert Leroy Mercer and Rebekah Mercer the billionaires with an extremist, and rather absolutist, and quite self-interested plan for America.  Fed by raging resentment at our Democracy, and the notion that We The People hold rights and powers which allow us and our governmental agencies to restraint their ravenous, often destructrive, appetites.
The Cambridge Analytica is but one example of the amoral underhandedness these people will gleefully resort to.  Following the list, I share interesting quotes.

2018 (21)

Cloak and Data: The Real Story Behind Cambridge Analytica’s Rise and Fall

          By Andy Kroll

How Steve Bannon used Cambridge Analytica to further his alt-right vision for America

          By Curt Devine, Donie O'Sullivan and Drew Griffin, CNN

Wisconsin GOP operative Mark Block details Cambridge Analytica meeting on yacht

          By Mary Spicuzza and Daniel Bice, Milwaukee

Cambridge Analytica chief executive set up "fake office" in Cambridge

          ByTara Cox

Cambridge Analytica had “foreign agents” working on the 2014 GOP midterms

          By David Gilbert

New details emerge about Steve Bannon's ties to Cambridge Analytica

          By Brennan Weiss  

'Race Realism': How Steve Bannon, Cambridge Analytica modernized white supremacy to elect Trump.

          Opinion - Will Bunch - phillynews.com

Mueller examining Cambridge Analytica, Trump campaign ties

          By Jonathan Lemire | The Associated Press

Steve Bannon’s surprising opinion about Cambridge Analytica

          Steven Rosenfield, Alternet | Opinion

THE SECRET HISTORY OF STEVE BANNON AND ALEXANDER NIX, EXPLAINED

          By Isobel Thompson

Trump accidentally touts key role of Cambridge Analytica in 2016 campaign

          By Aaron Rupar

Russiagate Has Reached Steve Bannon’s Doorstep

          by Nancy LeTourneau

Cambridge Analytica's Psy-Ops Warriors

          By Bob Dreyfuss

Wisconsin GOP operative Mark Block helped link Steve Bannon, Cambridge Analytica

          Daniel Bice and Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee

The Daily Devil’s Dictionary: “Culture,” Cambridge Analytica and Steve Bannon

          By   Peter Isackson

Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica’s collection of Facebook data, according to former employee

          By Craig Timberg, Karla Adam and Michael Kranish

Steve Bannon Directly Oversaw Cambridge Analytica’s Theft of 50M Facebook Users’ Data

          By: Katelyn Kivel

Is Steve Bannon Trump’s Link to Putin and the European Far Right?

          By Bob Dreyfuss

I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower

          By Carole Cadwalladr

Cambridge Analytica, the shady data firm that, might be a key Trump-Russia link, explained

          By Sean Illing

Bannon, Lewandowski to Testify in Russia Probe Behind Closed Doors

          By Billy House

2017 (17)

How Robert and Rebekah Mercer Bought a Huge Stake in ‘Populism’

          By Todd Gitlin 

Why is the Trump Campaign Lying About the Data Firm It Paid Millions?

          By Judy Molland

Trump campaign is abruptly trying to distance itself from data firm it paid millions. Here’s why.

          By Casey Michel

WHAT DID CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA REALLY DO FOR TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN?

          By Issie Lapowsky

Steve Bannon’s already murky Middle East ties deepen

          By Anita Kumar and Ben Wieder | McClatchy Washington Bureau

Russia Probe Now Investigating Cambridge Analytica, Trump’s ‘Psychographic’ Data Gurus

          By Betsy Woodruff | Spencer Ackerman

Steve Bannon is deeply tied to the Mercer empire. 60 Minutes didn't ask him a single question about it.

          By Julie Alderman & Matt Gertz 

‘Reclaim New York’: Mercer-funded, Bannon-guided campaign sows distrust of local government

          By Victor Feldman

The Bizarre Billionaire that Backed Bannon and Made Trump President

          TRNN Documentary

Steve Bannon has a shadow press office. It may violate federal law.

          By Christina Wilkie  |  The Center for Public Integrity

Connecting Cambridge Analytica, Mercers, Steve Bannon, Nigel Farage, Donald Trump And Russia

          By Gronda Morin

Bannon “Crapping Diamonds” As House Calls Campaign Digital Director To Testify In Russia Probe 

          By Ursula Faw

Steve Bannon misreports $2 million debt in financial disclosure

          By Christina Wilkie |Chris Zubak-Skees

Cambridge Analytica: Psychological manipulation for Brexit and Trump?

          By S. Nova

Secret document reveals shady ties between Trump megadonor Robert Mercer, Steve Bannon and Brexit

          By Travis Gettys  and Carole Cadwalladr.

The Mercers  - The blow It Up Billionaires

          By Vicky Ward

The Rise of the Weaponized AI Propaganda Machine

          By Berit Anderson and Brett Horvath

2016 (4)

Trump used sophisticated propaganda to win US election

          By Ríán Tuathal Derrig

How the Trump-Bannon Alliance Took Shape

          By Rebecca Berg   |   RCP Staff

Robert Mercer’s Trade of the Century

          By Michelle Celarier 

Steve Bannon’s data firm in talks for lucrative White House contracts

          By Rachael Revesz New York

POLITICO's Cambridge Analytica Collection (3/27/18)

I’m told among the first rules of any contest are: know your opponent, followed by: don’t underestimate your opponent. The DNC and DCCC has repeatedly failed on both counts, as demonstrated by serial catastrophic failures: Gore’s loss; Obama/DNC failure to build/maintain an informed engaged grassroots infrastructure; Judge Merrick Garland capitulation; the 2016 campaign debacle.  Now we're entering another election season and it seems nothing has changed, ...          (to be continued after this index) 

POLITICO's Cambridge Analytica Collection

Cambridge Analytica helped ‘cheat’ Brexit vote and US election, claims whistleblower

           By MARK SCOTT | 3/27/18

Facebook data scandal opens new era in global privacy enforcement

           By MARK SCOTT AND LAURENS CERULUS | 3/26/18

US regulator confirms investigation of Facebook

           By NANCY SCOLA | 3/26/18

Justice and FEC asked to investigate Cambridge Analytica

           By LORRAINE WOELLERT 03/26/2018

Facebook’s digital empire hard to shake despite Cambridge Analytica scandal

           By MARK SCOTT  3/25/18

Activist suggests Vote Leave broke spending rules in Brexit campaign

           By CARMEN PAUN | 3/25/18

UK authorities raid Cambridge Analytica HQ

           By SARAH WHEATON | 3/24/18,

Cambridge Analytica boss went from ‘aromatics’ to psyops to Trump’s campaign

           By JOSH MEYER | 3/22/18,

British data protection agency takes center stage in investigating Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data

           By ANNABELLE DICKSON AND MARK SCOTT | 3/22/18

Cambridge Analytica academic who mined Facebook data: I’m a ‘scapegoat’

           By ZACH SAYER | 3/21/18

Cambridge Analytica suspends CEO Alexander Nix

           By PAUL DALLISON | 3/20/18

Trump campaign sprints away from Cambridge Analytica

           By MATTHEW NUSSBAUM | 3/20/18

POLITICO London Playbook: Russia next steps — Getting into Cambridge — Brexit scoop

           By JACK BLANCHARD 3/20/18

Europe’s data protection authorities eye Facebook, Cambridge Analytica

           By LAURENS CERULUS | 3/19/18

Cambridge Analytica boasts of dirty tricks to swing elections

           By POLITICO | 3/19/18

Politicians worldwide raise questions about Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data

           By MARK SCOTT | 3/18/18

Trump-linked firm exploited data on 50M Facebook users: report

           By STEVEN OVERLY | 3/17/18

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As Russia probes progress, one name is missing: Bannon’s

           By DARREN SAMUELSOHN | 12/11/17

Assange: Trump-tied firm sought WikiLeaks help before election

           By MATTHEW NUSSBAUM 10/25/17

Mega-donor urged Bannon not to resign

           By ELIANA JOHNSON, KENNETH P. VOGEL AND JOSH DAWSEY | 4/6/17

US billionaire who helped Trump campaign also helped Leave.eu

           By HELEN COLLIS | 2/26/17

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Trump team builds ‘psychological profile’ of Clinton for debate

           By KENNETH P. VOGEL, BEN SCHRECKINGER, ALEX ISENSTADT AND DARREN SAMUELSOHN | 9/26/16

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(continued)  ... if the Democratic Party emails I receive are any indication.  Different names, but the same old pathetic boiler plate donation pitches - nothing to inform, nothing to engage people's interest, let alone to get them excited, no community networking to rally forces, no attempts to draw out and connect talent and like minds, no nothing imaginative, just the same old hat being passed.  

Cambridge Analytica - the TEXTIFIRE files 5/18/2017 - important background

The trump firehose is too much to keep up with.  Once again all my fine plans for the morning were swept away when I got sidetracked by the multifaceted news regarding Cambridge Analytica (and here, and here, to mention but the most recent), because it turns out when I looked for supporting information I found years worth.  Since it’s been such a time consuming effort and since this really is important knowledge to possess, I been putting together a post to share the many sources I’ve gone through this morning and now this afternoon.

Then I came upon “A Special Relationship & the Birth of Cambridge Analytica" TEXTIFIRE that is so information packed that it took me nearly an hour and I’d be lying if I said I read every word, a close scanning says plenty enough, and I know the various links I looked into supported claims made.  I’m overwhelmed by all the information, I’ve decided this article deserves a stand alone post.  

I’ve copied from the article’s introduction and the first paragraph of its many sections.  This is simply the tip of the iceberg.  I encourage you to link to the complete article, this one seems like required background reading if you want to confront the alt-right fraud this election season.

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A Special Relationship & the Birth of Cambridge Analytica

Bridging the Atlantic to bring radical nativists of Trump & Brexit together via military tech & ad money, one donation or dataset at a time.

TEXTIFIRE  |  May 18, 2017  (they estimate 45 min read for full the article)

https://medium.com/textifire/a-special-relationship-the-birth-of-cambridge-analytica-97633129cb06

Steve Bannon-owned Cambridge Analytica LLC, a US subsidiary of UK defense contractor SCL Group, has been increasingly faulted for its dual role in both Donald Trump and Brexit’s victories. Its elevated & expensive role in the Trump digital marketing team’s self-proclaimed voter suppression rollout was the culmination of several years of preparation by military and anti-government interests on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as nationless finance & technology kingmakers seeking to enhance their own profit power. 

As a direct result of the reporting led by the Observer’s Carole Cadwalladr, Cambridge Analytica is already under active investigation for violating United Kingdom data protection laws, as related to their involvement with Leave.EU.