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Women’s Group Says Attack on Pelosi “Did Not Come Out of Nowhere,” Blames Violent & Misogynist Rhetoric from GOP & Fox News, Amplified by Social Platforms

AZ Anna Zuccaro <anna@unbendablemedia.com>     To: You Fri 10/28/2022 3:29 PM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Friday, October 28, 2022 CONTACT : Anna Zuccaro |  anna@unbendablemedia.com Women’s Group Says Attack on Pelosi “Did Not Come Out of Nowhere,” Blames Violent & Misogynist Rhetoric from GOP & Fox News, Amplified by Social Platforms Women’s Disinformation Defense Project Responds to Attack Against Paul Pelosi, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Husband Earlier today, reports broke that Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was violently attacked after an assailant forcibly entered their home in San Francisco, California, looking for the Speaker. The following statement from Shaunna Thomas, co-founder and executive director of UltraViolet, was released on behalf of the Women's Disinformation Defense Project: “The home invasion and brutal attack against Paul Pelosi, the husband of Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, did not come out of nowhere. “For years,

Overly Stringent Maryland Gun Law Could Send Good Samaritan to Jail for One Year

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  For Immediate Release                               Contact: Kevin McVicker  October 4, 2022                                            Shirley & McVicker Public Affairs                                                                         (703) 739-5920                                                                          kmcvicker@shirleyandmcvicker.com         Constitutionally Questionable, Overly Stringent Maryland Gun Law May Send Good Samaritan to Prison for One Year—For Merely Possessing a Legally Registered Gun in Another State   Baltimore, MD— The criminal case against Marine veteran Lloyd Muldrow has received widespread national attention.   Mr. Muldrow singlehandedly disarmed a gunman who was pistol-whipping his friend.  When the police arrived, Mr. Muldrow was wrestling the attacker on the ground. Mr. Muldrow informed the officers he was carrying a concealed weapon that was legally registered in Virginia.   The responding officers conferred with one of their supe

Ahead of Midterms, New Demands Urge Meta, Twitter, Google, Tiktok to Remove Disinformation on Election, Abortion & Deplatform Accounts That Violently Threaten Poll Workers

  AZ Anna Zuccaro <anna@unbendablemedia.com>     To: You Wed 10/26/2022 11:35 AM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Wednesday, October 26, 2022 CONTACT : Anna Zuccaro |  anna@unbendablemedia.com   Ahead of Midterms, New Demands Urge Meta, Twitter, Google, Tiktok to Remove Disinformation on Election, Abortion & Deplatform Accounts That Violently Threaten Poll Workers  Women’s Disinformation Defense Project issues new set of demands calling on social media platforms to ban users that threaten poll workers; remove  disinformation related to midterm elections and abortion New Digital Ad Campaign Warns if Current Policies Remain Unchanged, We Could See an Exodus of Women from Public Office WASHINGTON, DC  -- Citing new evidence of widespread racist and sexist disinformation efforts ahead of the midterm elections this November, the Women’s Disinformation Defense Project (WDDP), a coalition of gender and racial justice groups led by UltraViolet, has released a new set of demands to major s