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| | Thirty-three staffers follow Barack Obama. Other [[Obama administration]] alumni who haven’t returned to government are popular, too: former communications director and Clinton propagandist [[Jen Palmieri]] (17), [[Michelle Obama]] (15 followers), former deputy press secretary Eric Schultz (14 followers), [[David Axelrod]] (10 followers) and all four “Pod Save America” bros. | | Thirty-three staffers follow Barack Obama. Other [[Obama administration]] alumni who haven’t returned to government are popular, too: former communications director and Clinton propagandist [[Jen Palmieri]] (17), [[Michelle Obama]] (15 followers), former deputy press secretary Eric Schultz (14 followers), [[David Axelrod]] (10 followers) and all four “Pod Save America” bros. |
| − | [[File:Youtube-saves-biden.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Youtube manipulation of likes/dislikes on the Biden White House channel.<ref>https://81m.org/</ref>]]
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| | + | ===Naomi Biden=== |
| | Naomi Biden, the most prominent of the first grandchildren (at least on Twitter), is followed by 10 White House brown nosers, narrowly edging out Kamala Harris' [[nepotism|nepotic]] [[Fashion industry values|fashion industry]] niece [[Meena Harris]] with eight. Meena, however, got the crucial @WHCOS follow from chief-of-staff Ron Klain while Naomi did not. | | Naomi Biden, the most prominent of the first grandchildren (at least on Twitter), is followed by 10 White House brown nosers, narrowly edging out Kamala Harris' [[nepotism|nepotic]] [[Fashion industry values|fashion industry]] niece [[Meena Harris]] with eight. Meena, however, got the crucial @WHCOS follow from chief-of-staff Ron Klain while Naomi did not. |
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| | + | According to ''Politico'', when aides want the greenlight on a social media project, Naomi and Finnegan Biden are Biden's go-to digital validators. When Naomi or Finnigan see a video or like a post, it is more valuable than any amount of data proving its effectiveness, according to Democrats familiar with the dynamic. The digital team has given directives based on what Biden’s granddaughters were suggesting, going beyond Biden's normal media go-to’s like ''New York Times'' columnists, local television stations, and network and cable news anchors. “Anything digital he does is purely because his granddaughters tell him to,” said a Democrat familiar with the dynamic.<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2021/07/14/bidens-gen-z-translators-493580</ref> |
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| | + | ===Suppression of Youtube dislikes=== |
| | + | [[File:Youtube-saves-biden.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Youtube manipulation of likes/dislikes on the Biden White House channel.<ref>https://81m.org/</ref>]] |
| | A website that tracks that tracks the YouTube page of the Biden White House confirmed that YouTube suppressed the dislikes on every single one of Joe Biden White House video. YouTube suppressed dislikes of Biden by as much as 600% on some videos.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/06/amazing-new-website-confirms-youtube-suppressing-dislikes-joe-biden-videos-much-600/</ref> | | A website that tracks that tracks the YouTube page of the Biden White House confirmed that YouTube suppressed the dislikes on every single one of Joe Biden White House video. YouTube suppressed dislikes of Biden by as much as 600% on some videos.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/06/amazing-new-website-confirms-youtube-suppressing-dislikes-joe-biden-videos-much-600/</ref> |
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