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PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Adam Schiff is Neutral . On Jan. 23  Californians  Adam Schiff  and Dianne Feinstein  respectively the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee and a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee  sent a letter to Twitter demanding an explanation for the surge on the site of tweets bearing the hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo  a reference to a controversial Republican memo that alleges Justice Department impropriety in the FBI's Trump-Russia probe.
Twitter sent  Schiff  and Feinstein its response late Friday evening. Representatives for the two legislators declined Monday and Tuesday to share the letter  and it's unclear if it will ever be released. Twitter declined to release the letter on its own.
 Schiff  and Feinsteinâs concern had compared the role of Russian botnets in the #ReleaseTheMemo campaign to the malign role of Russian trolls in spreading false news during the 2016 election.
"If these reports are accurate  we are witnessing an ongoing attack by the Russian government through Kremlin-linked social media actors directly acting to intervene and influence our democratic process â  Schiff and Feinstein  said in their letter to Twitter. âThis latest example of Russian interference is in keeping with Moscow's concerted  covert  and continuing campaign to manipulate American public opinion and erode trust in our law enforcement and intelligence institutions.â

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Waymo is Neutral . SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc âs Waymo  sought at least $1 billion in damages and a public apology from Uber Technologies Inc as conditions for settling  its  high-profile trade secret lawsuit against the ride-services company  sources familiar with the proposal told Reuters.
The Waymo self-driving car unit also asked that an independent monitor be appointed to ensure Uber does not use  Waymo  technology in the future  the sources said.
Uber rejected those terms as non-starters  said the sources  who were not authorized to publicly discuss settlement talks. The precise dollar amount requested by  Waymo  and the exact time the offer was made could not be learned.
 Waymoâs  tough negotiating stance  which has not been previously reported  reflects the company âs  confidence in  its  legal position after months of pretrial victories in a case which may help to determine who emerges in the forefront of the fast-growing field of self-driving cars.
The aggressive settlement demands also suggest that  Waymo  is not in a hurry to resolve the lawsuit  in part because of  its  value as a distraction for Uber leadership  said Elizabeth Rowe  a trade secret expert at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.
 Waymo  recently persuaded a San Francisco federal judge to delay a trial to decide the dispute from October to early December  citing the need to investigate evidence Uber had not disclosed earlier.
Amy Candido  a  Waymo  attorney  declined to comment on any settlement talks  but said the companyâs reasons for suing Uber are âpretty clear.â
â Waymo  had one goal: to stop Uber from using  its  trade secrets â  she  said. âThat remains  its  goal.â
 Waymo  sued Uber in February  claiming that former engineer Anthony Levandowski downloaded more than 14 000 confidential files before leaving to set up a self-driving truck company  called Otto  which Uber acquired soon after.
Uber denied using any of Waymoâs trade secrets.
FILE PHOTO: The  Waymo  logo is displayed during the company's unveil of a self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit  Michigan  U.S.  January 8  2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
 Waymoâs  lawsuit has been disruptive for Uber. U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted  Waymoâs  request for a pretrial injunction in May  which prohibited Levandowski from working on Lidar  a key sensor technology for self-driving cars that is the crux of the current litigation.
Uber later fired Levandowski  regarded as a visionary in autonomous technology  after he refused to return Waymo documents at the heart of the case. Levandowski has asserted his constitutional right against self-incrimination and declined to answer questions from  Waymo  lawyers.
Benchmark cited  Waymo âs allegations of trade secret theft in separate litigation aimed at forcing Kalanick off Uberâs board. A Delaware judge put that lawsuit on hold and sent it to private arbitration.
On Sunday Oct. 1  the day before Kalanick was scheduled to give a deposition in the Waymo case  Kalanickâs lawyers called  Waymo  and asked to postpone the deposition  lawyers for both companies said in court last week.
Kalanickâs lawyers said he was in the middle of a fight to appoint new board members and was therefore too busy   Waymo  attorneys said in court.  Waymo  refused the request  forcing Kalanick to attend the deposition.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ed Gillespie is Negative . Republican Ed Gillespie and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam are running in this year's closely watched race for Virginia governor. (Claritza Jimenez/The Washington Post)
A relatively unified party base gives Democrat Ralph Northam a clear lead over  Republican Ed Gillespie  heading into the final month of the Virginia governorâs race  according to a new Washington Post-Schar School poll.
Northam leads  Gillespie  by 53 percent to 40 percent among likely voters  with 4 percent supporting Libertarian Cliff Hyra. The advantage is similar to a Post-Schar School poll this spring but larger than in other public polls of likely voters released over the past month  most of which found Northam up by single digits.
 Gillespie  could close the gap by consolidating support among Republicans  who historically have been more apt than Democrats to vote in low-turnout  off-year elections.
Northam is the sitting lieutenant governor and a pediatric neurologist.  Gillespie  is a longtime GOP operative who led the Republican National Committee and nearly unseated U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D) in 2014.
Trump and his actions in nearby Washington continue to distract and preoccupy Virginia voters. Roughly 6 in 10 Virginia likely voters disapprove of his performance as president  and more than 8 in 10 Trump detractors support Democrat Northam. But in a positive sign for  Gillespie   just over half of all likely voters say Trump is not a factor in their choice. Some 17 percent of voters say they plan to vote to send a message of support for Trump  while 30 percent say they are voting to express disapproval.
Nearly 7 in 10 likely voters said they feel that  Gillespie  supports Trump  a perception that continues to hound his candidacy. While Trump is unpopular in Virginia â the only Southern state to vote for Hillary Clinton last fall â most Republican likely voters â 82 percent â approve of Trumpâs job performance.  Gillespie  cannot afford to alienate them as  he  tries to woo independent and moderate voters turned off by the president.
âThat creates a difficult tightrope act to perform â Rozell said.  Gillespie  is âusing some of these issues like immigration to drive the conservative vote  which  he  has not solidified  but  he  has to expand  his  support among groups of voters  he âs not doing well with  particularly women [and] people in the D.C. suburbs and exurbs  where theyâre not as conservative. How  he  pulls this off is  his  candidacy going forward.â
Northam has a few factors working in  his  favor at this stage  according to the survey of 1 121 adults  including 720 likely voters  conducted Sept. 28 through Oct. 2. Among likely voters  a near-unanimous 97 percent of Democrats support Northam  compared with 89 percent of Republicans who back  Gillespie . Among independents  47 percent back Northam  while 40 percent support  Gillespie   a margin within the range of sampling error.
While  Gillespie  draws 51 percent of white likely voters compared with 41 percent for Northam and 4 percent for Hyra  the Democrat has a huge edge among African American likely voters â with 90 percent support â and nonwhites in general  at 80 percent.
Women are also a big factor in Northamâs support  with 58 percent favoring the Democrat compared with 37 percent for  Gillespie  among likely voters. Male likely voters split 48 percent for Northam and 43 percent for  Gillespie .
As has been the case in recent years  populous Northern Virginia is leaning heavily toward the Democrat. Northam garners 61 percent of voters in the D.C. suburbs and 55 percent in the exurbs  compared with 35 percent for  Gillespie  around D.C. and 33 percent in the exurbs  where Hyra peaks at 8 percent.
 Gillespie  has a big edge in the rural  southwest portion of the state  with 53 percent to Northamâs 37 percent. But Northam has a comfortable margin in Hampton Roads and the Richmond area.
 Gillespie   who has proposed an across-the-board 10 percent cut to Virginiaâs income tax  leads Northam by 58 percent to 36 percent among likely voters who say the economy is most important in their choice.
Scott Parker  a 49-year-old owner of a construction business  said  Gillespie  represents âcapitalism at its finestâ and would be the best governor to support the private sector.
âI donât think [Gov. Terry] McAuliffe has ruined anything  but I just think it can be better â said Parker  who is drawn to  Gillespie âs promise of income tax cuts.

SOLUTION:
no