Joan Donovan is a self-described ‘disinformation’ expert who was fired by Harvard University in recent months but just got hired by Boston University.

She is a figure of the far left and she doubted the authenticity of the Hunter Biden laptop when the story broke before the 2020 election.

FOX News reports:

Boston University hires Harvard misinformation scholar and Hunter Biden laptop skeptic

Former Harvard misinformation expert and Hunter Biden laptop skeptic Joan Donovan will be the newest faculty member at Boston University.

Reports from both the Washington Post and the Boston Globe confirmed Donovan’s new position as assistant professor in the journalism department and the division of emerging media studies…

Ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Donovan spoke on the Harvard Kennedy School podcast PolicyCast, expressing her skepticism at the original story.

“The sourcing of the laptop being dropped off in Delaware at a lonely repairman’s shop that’s just… If you can charge $85 for fixing a broken laptop, I want to know you. It’s a broken laptop, right? So, the sourcing of it just stinks of tradecraft. It stinks of a drop. And many cyber-security professionals are waiting for an opportunity to forensically analyze the contents of this hard drive,” she said.

She added, “What we see as researchers when they’re trying to make a story happen time and time again, and it doesn’t, then you start to see the intensification and adaptation of tactics. So, we pretty much expected more and different styles of attack, including a leak, but was really suspicious of it, is you’ve got someone with millions of dollars. He can’t afford Geek Squad at Best Buy to come to his house for the laptop that he’s evidence of crimes on? I mean, it’s really hard to believe.”

So for being completely wrong about this major story, she got rewarded with a sweet new gig.

Woke Boston University welcomes Harvard 'misinformation scholar' Joan Donovan

Who said #HunterBiden laptop was fake

Misinformation scholar

Well he/her/it, you're going to fit right in#AOC will be so proud~#TwinkiesLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/XCoVFDkOY1

— TruthInBytes (@bytesintruth) August 16, 2023

Is there any wonder why Americans increasingly distrust higher education?

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A new poll from NPR of all places, shows Donald Trump currently has a strong lead over Joe Biden with Independent voters.

Political news frequently focuses on the right and the left, but elections are usually won with voters who lie somewhere in the middle.

This news has got to have Biden and Democrats concerned. Of course, the accuracy of polls has come into question following recent elections, so take from this what you will.

The DC Enquirer reports:

New Poll Shows Biden With Abysmal Approval Rating, Trump Leading MASSIVELY With Independents

A new poll released by NPR and the Marist College shows leading Republican presidential contender and 45th President Donald J. Trump beating Joe Biden by eight points among independents in a hypothetical 2024 matchup.

The poll, which covers the period ranging from August 11th to the 14th, finds that only 41 percent of voters approve of the job Joe Biden is doing in the White House. Meanwhile, 52 percent of voters disapprove. And it is easy to see why. While Trump sought to make America great again, Biden has done nothing to help the American people. While we had a strong border under President Trump, we have open border extremists running things with the Biden administration in charge. Indeed, while Trump patriotically sought to promote our American values, Joe Biden has propagated woke ideology from the highest office in the land.

More scary for Biden is his approval with independents — a crucial voting block for winning the presidential election. Only 15 percent of independents strongly approve of the job Joe Biden is doing in the White House, while another 22 percent approve generally while 14 percent of voters strongly disapprove of his job performance and 41 percent disapprove generally. Biden has to improve these numbers if he wants to remain competitive with the leading Republican presidential contender.

See the breakdown below:

NEW NATIONAL POLL

PRES:
(D) Biden: 47% (+1)
(R) Trump: 46%
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Independents
(R) Trump: 48% (+8)
(D) Biden: 40%
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GOP PRES:
Donald Trump 65%
Another Republican 30%
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Biden Job Approval: 42/52
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⦿ NPR/Marist College (A) | 1,100 RV
⦿ 08/11-14 | D37/R31/I31 (D+6) | ±3.7% pic.twitter.com/fwhTnZQbLE

— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) August 16, 2023

This is one of the reasons why the left is targeting Trump with all of these ridiculous indictments. They are trying to make him toxic to voters. That’s been their goal all along.

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