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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How Occupy Democrats became so big on Facebook

    One of the most popular Facebook news sites in America is run out of a pool house in Los Angeles by a pair of Mexican-American twins. Occupy Democrats is a left-leaning page with nearly 7 million followers. But it’s not connected to Occupy Wall Street or the Democratic Party.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 16, 2017 • 1 min read

    One of the most popular Facebook news sites in America is run out of a pool house in Los Angeles by a pair of Mexican-American twins. Occupy Democrats is a left-leaning page with nearly 7 million followers. But it’s not connected to Occupy Wall Street or the Democratic Party. Omar Rivero started the page in 2012, while working a gig cleaning vacation rentals after college.

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Can Kevin de Leon unseat Sen. Dianne Feinstein?
    1. 0:00Kevin de Leon v. Dianne Feinstein: David and Goliath?
    2. 8:32Why Neo-Nazi are being sued for organizing the Charlottesville rally
    3. 15:39How Occupy Democrats became so big on FacebookYou’re reading this
    4. 24:05What is the economic damage of the NorCal fires?
    5. 33:14Exotic dancer, actress, WWI spy: Who was Mata Hari?
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