#Facebook limits election posts amid misinformation surge

#Facebook limits election posts amid misinformation surge

“#Facebook limits election posts amid misinformation surge” Facebook is reportedly imposing new restrictions on election-related content amid a surge in misinformation on the platform as officials continued to count votes. The social network took steps Thursday to demote misleading election posts and slow the spread of content after seeing “more reports of inaccurate claims” after…

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#Stocks slide as Wall Street watches nail-biting vote count

#Stocks slide as Wall Street watches nail-biting vote count

“#Stocks slide as Wall Street watches nail-biting vote count” US stocks were set to drop Friday as investors appeared ready to cash out their gains following the market’s dizzying election-fueled rally. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones industrial average slid 187 points, or about 0.7 percent, to 28,110 as of 6:51 a.m. after optimism…

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#’Faithless electors’ could keep Trump in the White House

#’Faithless electors’ could keep Trump in the White House

“#’Faithless electors’ could keep Trump in the White House” Remember “faithless electors” — those almost mythical rogues that Hillary Clinton fans once desperately hoped could save them from a victorious Donald Trump four years ago? Well, there is still such a thing as faithless electors, they are still an incredibly longshot, and Trump fans can…

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#Missouri man saved after collapsing at voting poll

#Missouri man saved after collapsing at voting poll

“#Missouri man saved after collapsing at voting poll” An off-duty officer and his wife saved the life of a Missouri voter Tuesday after he collapsed while in line at a polling place in St. Louis, according to a report. Kenny Nowling was waiting to cast his ballot at Liberty High School on Tuesday when he…

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#Trump supporters protest Arizona mail-in ballot tallies

#Trump supporters protest Arizona mail-in ballot tallies

“#Trump supporters protest Arizona mail-in ballot tallies” A few hundred supporters of President Trump protested outside an Arizona election center on Wednesday night — chanting “count the votes” — as workers inside tallied crucial mail-in ballots from the swing state. The crowd, which gathered outside the Maricopa County Elections Department building in Phoenix, vented their…

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#All the ways pollsters and the media were wrong, wrong, wrong

#All the ways pollsters and the media were wrong, wrong, wrong

“#All the ways pollsters and the media were wrong, wrong, wrong” They blew it again. After muffing it spectacularly in 2016, when Hillary Clinton was supposed to cruise to easy victory over Donald Trump, pollsters and the media should be ashamed by how wrong they got this year’s election. Even after their cross-their-hearts-hope-to-die promises to…

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