You know those insufferable people on Twitter who drive you crazy by tweeting you links about Bernie or Hillary or whichever candidate you hate? There’s a two-to-one chance they’re bots. Pew Research did the spadework on this, going through over a million accounts, and found two-thirds of those who tweeted links were not actual people. It’s not confined to politics, either — some of the hottest accounts on Instagram belong to non-existent “people” who are actually digital creations.
By this time next week, your news feed will be overflowing with stories about James Comey’s tell-all book, set for release next Tuesday. Trump aides are hoping that having him out of the country will keep a lid on his temper. Good luck with that.
Mark Zuckerberg’s trial by fire begins in Congressional hearings tomorrow, and insiders say he should wear an asbestos suit. With public sentiment running against the company, lots of politicians won’t pass up the opportunity to grandstand against the world’s richest twerp.
Here’s a dog-bites-man story: The less real news people were exposed to, the more likely they were to vote for Trump.
Rumors that Paul Ryan’s days as Speaker of the House are numbered have been around for a while, but Politico reports that the race between Reps. Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise to replace Ryan are heating up. It’s notable that neither potential replacement is known as an intellectual giant, because you’d have to be masochistic or stupid to want the job.
Finally, if you wondered what SJWs would do once all the pro sports teams stopped using racist mascots, that’s easy: They’re moving on to purging the college ranks of symbols of white supremacy, which is why the Community College of Philadelphia is ditching “Colonial Phil.” Those who recall the kerfuffle over the Conrad mascot from a couple of years ago can gear up for calls to get rid of William Penn’s “Colonial” mascot in the not-too-distant future.