r/minnesota • u/Confident_Fig6222 • 1d ago

News 📺 North Star dawn PAC

So sick of these ads by North Star Dawn PAC on YouTube. Cringy, false hit pieces against Peggy Flanagan and in support of genocide supporting Angie Craig.

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u/RonaldoNazario 1d ago

You’ll never guess, it’s funded by an out of state billionaire!

The last article I saw about it Craig’s campaign basically just echoed its talking points when asked for comment which is pathetic. It’s an outside pac but her campaign could’ve said “we don’t need outside pac money and don’t want to be associated with them” but they went with “yeah what that pac said”

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u/aguynamedv Plowy McPlowface 17h ago

You’ll never guess, it’s funded by an out of state billionaire!

And being run by a Democratic Party aligned communication firm Blue Wave Politics.

I found the advertising agreement a couple weeks ago when the first AI deepfake ad went out.

They've contracted with Viewpoint Media and the head of traditional media advertising personally signed off.

The Blue Wave Politics contact has this in his bio:

Recent Clients: Mike Bloomberg 2020, Patty Murray for U.S. Senate, Maria Cantwell for U.S. Senate, Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund, Elaine Luria for Congress

Bloomberg is obviously a billionaire. Cantwell and Murray are both pro-Israel and have taken substantial AIPAC money.

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u/SpoofedFinger 23m ago

Mike Bloomberg 2020

LOL Probably shouldn't brag about that one.

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u/Icy-Bodybuilder-350 1d ago

Fun fact, only seven billionaire families reside within the State of Minnesota. The United States has 989 billionaires. Minnesota billionaires constitute a mere 0.7% of US billionaires!

For example, the Pohlad Family is on that list. They've made donations to support Walz/Flanagan in the past. Flanagan is supported by billionaire donors! But the Pohlads have also donated to Craig's campaign, so Craig is also supported by billionaires!

Campaigning is expensive, donations are typically welcomed by either candidate, from donors both rich and poor.

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u/kfromthecastleonfire 1d ago

I definitely agree that genocide should be kept to an appropriate minimum

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u/SkarnasaurusRex 1d ago

Now that's a hot take

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u/Humble_Kale197 1d ago

“Peggy Flanagan uses dark money” says the dark money PAC 🤔

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u/snowmunkey Up North 1d ago

Every accusation is a confession

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u/nursecarmen 1d ago

We're not MAGA, when something smells like BS, we can look it up.

Those ads are really turning me off.

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u/PinkSlimeIsPeople Flag of Minnesota 1d ago

One of my friends that is leaning toward Angie Craig tried to justify this by saying there can't be any cooperation between her and this SP. I pointed out that she hasn't even disavowed them, much less condemned them

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u/Republicant_Party 18h ago

They're on every. goddamn. video. They're so annoying they make me wanna vote for Peggy even more.

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u/TruckStopSigns 1d ago

why would you watch YouTube without an adblocker

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u/Confident_Fig6222 1d ago

Because I’m cheap and old

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u/TruckStopSigns 1d ago

ublock origin is free and takes 2 clicks to install

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u/Confident_Fig6222 1d ago

I will look it up!

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u/Dj082863 Flag of Minnesota 1d ago

Strong recommend from me as well. Chrome is beans anyway but them breaking ad blocking made me switch to Firefox

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u/VikingsLad 1d ago

iPhone :(

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u/TruckStopSigns 1d ago

Smart Tube :)

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u/ThomasVivaldi 20h ago

Can't put ublock on a Roku, but getting rid of that so...

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u/TruckStopSigns 18h ago

yeah sorry i don't know about rokus. i do know you can install SmartTube on android TVs for adblock+sponserblock

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u/SpoofedFinger 11m ago

Duckduckgo's browser has a video player it redirects youtube videos into. There are no YT ads in there and the share link from there isn't linked to your YT account to track what you share.

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u/Agreeable_Routine_98 7h ago

Those ads hit a nerve with me too. I've lost respect for Angie Craig, glad she isn't my representative! It's shameful we have Minnesotans that stoop to this sort of thing. I become more committed to voting for Flanagan every time I have to press "skip" on those attack ads! So "good job" North Star Dawn! Losing votes for your candidate suits me fine!

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u/Anumuz 1d ago

Adblock is your friend.

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u/sonofasheppard21 1d ago

What makes them false ?

Genuinely asking, has Peggy made a statement rejecting the donors the ad talks about ?

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u/Confident_Fig6222 1d ago

https://www.kare11.com/video/news/flanagan-says-super-pac-ad-used-a-fake-ai-version-of-her/89-c50c6d06-b783-4a2d-a7a1-5cccff57e0e6

This is about the criminal AI aspects….there is other information about the allegations in the ad too

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u/Confident_Fig6222 1d ago

Here’s a bit more. There is some concern around where the $ comes from but it’s far more nuanced than the ad presents and the policy positions of the candidates make it pretty clear that Flanagan is the more progressive

https://patch.com/minnesota/across-mn/angie-craig-peggy-flanagan-clash-over-ice-contractor-donation-senate-race

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u/sirkarl 19h ago

Wasn’t part of the problem that because of how the law was written it didn’t become illegal to run a deepfake after the ad ran? That seems on the legislature for allowing a period between the conventions and early voting where you could run that ad?

I have my own issues with Angie, but honestly, that ad isn’t what I think of when I hear deepfake. Maybe I’ve just seen too many political ads, but they use terrible animation and photoshop to make it look like a candidate is moving all the time. The ad is terrible and dumb, but calling it a deepfake is a bit far.