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Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> to set up $50M <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> payment scheme to settle <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a> proceeding</p><p>Meta has agreed to a $50 million payment program to settle a long-running proceeding in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> related to misuse of information for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politicalad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalad</span></a> targeting, the country’s information watchdog <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OAIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OAIC</span></a> announced Tuesday.</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/17/meta-to-set-up-50m-privacy-payment-scheme-to-settle-australian-proceeding/?guccounter=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2024/12/17/meta</span><span class="invisible">-to-set-up-50m-privacy-payment-scheme-to-settle-australian-proceeding/?guccounter=1</span></a></p>
Jason Madrid<p>I love this. Perfect advertising (for what I can only assume is the newest hit horror movie of the season).</p><p>10/10, no notes.</p><p>( <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DonaldTrumpJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrumpJr</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PoliticalAd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalAd</span></a> )</p>
Josh<p>Someone help this poor widower veteran on a fixed income figure out how to turn off a lightbulb because my God, man, no one should have a $400/mo. electric bill. </p><p><a href="https://jawns.club/tags/PoliticalAd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalAd</span></a></p>
ItsDrGrandmaToYou :verified:<p>My public service opinion:</p><p>If we click on the video by <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and his campaign of <a href="https://c.im/tags/ArlingtonNationalCemetary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArlingtonNationalCemetary</span></a> , we are giving him what he wants: attention and views. By viewing the <a href="https://c.im/tags/PoliticalAd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalAd</span></a> , we are allowing the disrespect to the <a href="https://c.im/tags/SacredGround" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredGround</span></a> to exist to flatter the desperate ego of a convicted felon and sexual abuser who is quickly and rightly losing his presidential bid.</p><p>No family member, even while honoring the service and life of their loved one, has the moral, ethical, or legal right to override the rules of the cemetery. No family has the right to disturb or disrespect others honored in the cemetery and their families just to flatter their own political views. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Former" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Former</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/staffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>staffer</span></a>: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PoliticalAd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalAd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> in Florida shows <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> ‘<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/landslide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landslide</span></a>’ </p><p>“This is more about keeping the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/donors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donors</span></a> happy than the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/principal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>principal</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/08/former-obama-staffer-trump-spending-money-in-this-states-shows-harris-landslide.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nj.com/politics/2024/08/former</span><span class="invisible">-obama-staffer-trump-spending-money-in-this-states-shows-harris-landslide.html</span></a></p>
U.S. Politics in Real Time<p>‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Elon Musk Hides Effective Political Ad That Calls Out GOP</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/04/free-speech-absolutist-elon-musk-hides-effective-political-ad-that-calls-out-gop/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2023/08/04/free-s</span><span class="invisible">peech-absolutist-elon-musk-hides-effective-political-ad-that-calls-out-gop/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TechDirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechDirt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PoliticalAd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalAd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HiddenAd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HiddenAd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Sean Whalen 👨🏼‍🦼🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🕊️<p>Props to Progressive Action Fund for making the (NSFW and steamy) best political ad I've ever seen, "Republicans in your bedroom".</p><p>After overturning Roe in the Dobbs decision, many Republicans want to restrict reproductive rights even further — including birth control! I'm not exaggerating. In his concurrence with the Dobbs decision, Clearance Thomas wrote:</p><blockquote><p>In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold [which ruled that the Constitution provides the right to contraception], Lawrence [which ruled that the Constitution provides a right to privacy in most private, consensual adult sexual activity, including between those of the same sex], and Obergefell [which ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution]. Because any substantive due process decision is “demonstrably erroneous,” we have a duty to “correct the error” established in those precedents.</p></blockquote><p>Ohio Republicans spent a ton of doner and taxpayer money to set up a special election on August 8th, just for one issue, hoping it would pass with low turnout. If it passes, it will raise the threshold for passing ballot issues from 50% to 60%, allowing a 40% minority to veto future ballot issues, such as a ballot issue to amend the Ohio constitution to protect reproductive rights. It would also remove one of the few remaining checks on a heavily gerrymandered statehouse.</p><p>If you know anyone in Ohio, make sure they know about the special election for Issue 1 on August 8th, and urge them to vote <strong>No</strong>. </p><p>Early in-person and absentee voting has started. </p><p>Election Day is Tuesday, August 8. Polls will be open from 6:30am until 7:30pm.</p><p><a href="https://votenoinaugust.org/facts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">votenoinaugust.org/facts/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OhioIssue1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OhioIssue1</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OhioIssueOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OhioIssueOne</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Issue1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Issue1</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OhioPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OhioPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/StatePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StatePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBT</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LGBTRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTRights</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Roe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roe</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Dobbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dobbs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Lawrence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawrence</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Griswold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Griswold</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Obergefell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obergefell</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PoliticalAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalAD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Progressive</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Progressives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Progressives</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ProgressiveActionFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProgressiveActionFund</span></a></p>
Charlie McHenry<p>Best and hardest hitting political ad ever? <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/politicalAd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalAd</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/RepublicansAreTheProblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansAreTheProblem</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/PrivacyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyMatters</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/contraception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contraception</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>[Video] <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> hailing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MarjorieTaylorGreene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarjorieTaylorGreene</span></a> as '<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MayorofMagaville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MayorofMagaville</span></a>' is '<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/offensive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offensive</span></a>'</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rapvideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rapvideo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politicalad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalad</span></a> is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/desperate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desperate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/attempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attempt</span></a> by the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> to groom <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/diverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diverse</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/young" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>young</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a> into <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hateful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hateful</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/critics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>critics</span></a> say. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Violence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AntiSemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiSemitism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Xenophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xenophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/marjorie-taylor-greene-mayor-of-magaville-rap-video-political-ad-deemed-desperate-gop-attempt-to-reach-young-diverse-voters-critics-say-188681797899" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ma</span><span class="invisible">rjorie-taylor-greene-mayor-of-magaville-rap-video-political-ad-deemed-desperate-gop-attempt-to-reach-young-diverse-voters-critics-say-188681797899</span></a></p>
U.S. Politics in Real Time<p>WATCH: Democratic Group Roasts Ohio Republicans With Risqué Political Ad</p><p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/watch-democratic-group-roasts-ohio-republicans-with-risque-political-ad" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/watch-democr</span><span class="invisible">atic-group-roasts-ohio-republicans-with-risque-political-ad</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DailyBeast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyBeast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DemocraticGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticGroup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/OhioRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OhioRepublicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Risqu%C3%A9PoliticalAd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RisquéPoliticalAd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RoastsOhioRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoastsOhioRepublicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PoliticalAd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalAd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
12pt9<p><a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/Bales2023FilmChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bales2023FilmChallenge</span></a> March 21: Countdown on <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/NationalCountdownDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalCountdownDay</span></a></p><p>[SPOILER WARNING BELOW]</p><p><a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peace</span></a>, little girl aka Daisy aka Daisy Girl was the <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/PoliticalAd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalAd</span></a> campaign to end all ad campaigns. It opens innocently enough with a little blonde girl, picking the petals of an ox-eye <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/daisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daisy</span></a> while counting. When the final petal's gone, the tone changes completely*</p><p>This deceptively simple <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> was made in support of Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign by ad agency <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/DBB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DBB</span></a> and media consultant <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/TonySchwartz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TonySchwartz</span></a>. It was so effective and bleak in is insinuations that the Johnson campaign was forced to pull it after only one screening.</p><p>What fascinates me is the similarity with one particular scene from James Whale's Frankenstein (1931). The Monster (<a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/Karloff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Karloff</span></a>) meets a little girl who sits on the shore of a lake, picking daisies. He approaches her, and the girl, knowing the creature is a good man at heart, invites him to play a game with her involving them tossing the daisies into the lake. &lt;spoiler&gt;When they run out of daisies, the Monster picks up the girl who to him is as pretty and innocent as a flower, and throws her into the water.&lt;/spoiler&gt;.</p><p>This scene was cut and considered lost until the 1980s. Could Tony Schwartz have been aware of that scene? He was at the right age to have seen the pre-code, pre-cut version.</p><p>*Peace, little girl is deceptively simple and only a minute long. However, do watch it on a sunny day: <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/mbrs01185386" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">loc.gov/item/mbrs01185386</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cinema</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/LyndonBJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LyndonBJohnson</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/BarryGoldwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BarryGoldwater</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/Vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnam</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/VietnamWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnamWar</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/FilMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FilMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/CineMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CineMastodon</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/film" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>film</span></a></span> <a href="https://letterboxd.com/12pt9/list/bales2023filmchallenge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">letterboxd.com/12pt9/list/bale</span><span class="invisible">s2023filmchallenge/</span></a></p>
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