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The day after an attempted Coup in Brazil, Musk just restored Ali Alexander's Twitter.

Here's Ali on Jan 5, 2021 leading a chant of "Victory or Death"

This ends badly 1/
2/ After being banned from Twitter after #Jan6, Ali Alexander moved his civil war incitement to Telegram.

Ali is an absolute liability for any platform that hosts him.

3/ Stop the Steal architect & civil war inciter Ali Alexander has plans to get a bunch of attention on Twitter.

Don't be rage farmed.

You can *not participate* by never Replying & never Quote Tweeting him.

Screenshot if you must & use a #TruthSandwich.
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Good advice.

Learn the lessons of the VA election: GOP will run on CRT & similar culture war BS in 22.

Pass the 2 infrastructure bills.

Sell the infrastructure bills 24 x 7.

Run smart campaigns.
How do we avoid culture wars, when the GOP plans to run on lies?

"So, how do we discredit lies without repeating them and spreading them further? The answer is simple. When reporting false statements, always lead with the truth. (con.)
"UC Berkeley Cognitive Linguist George Lakoff is one of the most prominent figures to promote this idea. He suggests that when reporting [a lie], we should always talk about the truth first. (con.)
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Früher war das #Essay die Königsdisziplin des Foijdong. Kluge, Enzensberger, Bohrer, Cioran etc. Heute sehen wir einen Überbietungswettbewerb in Stupidität in diesem Genre, der sich von Welt über NZZ bis zur FAZ zieht. Der Artikel von Sciuto von heute, fälschlicherweise als 1/
Essay tituliert, ist einer der Beispiele, dass wir, die Leser*innen, von der Zeitung bezahlt werden mĂĽssten, um ihn zu lesen.
Um ihm gerecht zu werden, dieser Anhäufung von Missverständnissen, sprachlichen Fehlern und Borniertheit, werde ich im Sinne des #TruthSandwich ein 2/
paar Erkenntnisse voranstellen.
1. Das biologische Geschlecht (von Menschen), #sex, ist ein askriptives Merkmal. Es wird zugeschrieben. Nicht von Eltern, Ă„rzten, Hebammen sondern durch Verwaltungsakt. In Deutschland macht das ein Standesbeamter oder eine -beamtin. Wie jeder 3/
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Dear @washingtonpost et al

Using non-contextual, straight news headlines about Trump is just one of the ways news media helped him win in 2016. Y’all STILL haven’t learned a darn thing. He will do ANYTHING to get a red meat headline for the base.
On June 30, a federal judge blocked a Florida law that would penalize social media companies for blocking a politician’s post for violating terms of service. Former president Donald Trump filed similar lawsuits today. This tactic has never been upheld in court.

#FIXEDTHATFORYOU
Any and every story about Trump must follow the #truthsandwich model @jayrosen_nyu @GeorgeLakoff

Stop putting his lies in the hede and lede.

In this case, @washingtonpost gives his claim the weight of truth by repeating it verbatim 🤦🏼‍♀️
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Click bait tweets from “news organizations” continue to dominate Twitter and reflect a “he said” stenography that should have been retired decades ago. We need a #truthSandwich not stenography.
IF YOU MUST AMPLIFY:
Democrats do not have a policy position to remove immigration checks.
In Michigan, Trump continued his unfounded claims that they do.
Trump has repeated his false claim for at least two years. Image
The second lie should not be repeated by any organization that is not a propaganda shill. @thehill cozies up to #FOX
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This man, U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), is white. Those two characteristics put him at the top of the US caste system.

He has social class because of political power.

And he is either pandering to bigots or willfully ignorant about racism, systemic or otherwise. Image
Wednesday’s @YorkDispatch “news” is that he gave a speech claiming systemic racism doesn’t exist. Buried in the story is rebuttal from academic research.

WHY was his speech news? It wasn’t “new” nor was it “novel”.
Far too much of what is “printed” or “broadcast” does not help foster an informed citizenry. Certainly reporting on this speech did not.

PERRY’S OPINIONS ARE VACUOUS. They rest on hot air. The headline fosters disinformation.
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In NE US states, mortality was 76% above normal during the 11 peak weeks of the pandemic, greater than any European country. Trump repeatedly claims without evidence that Europe had a 30+% greater increase in excess mortality than the US. The US NE was harder hit.
The Trump claims that are completely disconnected from reality cannot be rebutted with a soundbite.

And repetition makes them not only memorable but makes them "seem" to be truthful (familiarity breeds faith not contempt in this context).

@factcheckdotorg PLEASE LEAD WITH FACTS
Putting Trump's lies in the first sentence elevates the falsehood.

Squish his claim in between two true statements. This is @jayrosen_nyu's #truthsandwich and it's hard. Especially with something like this. But it can be done.
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