Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #cory2020
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We started looking at automated activity (and potentially other aspects of) tweets containing various #<candidate first or last name>2020 hashtags (e.g., #Warren2020, #Kamala2020, #Bernie2020, etc.) We examined tweets from Jan 1st - July 3rd, 2019.
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Looking more closely at the 2020 hashtags that have both a significant percentage (we used 10% as a cutoff, 3%-ish is average) of automated activity and at least 1000 tweets, we see sizable volume for tweets posted via VK (Russian Facebook-esque social network.) What's the deal?
The VK activity in the 2020 hashtags comes from 21 very similarly-named accounts. Account names are the display name with "Im" prepended (e.g., "Alberta Swift" = "@ImAlbertaSwift.) All tweets were posted via VK, and none tweeted before 2018 (despite some being created in 2015.)
NEW: @CoryBooker is in South Carolina today to announce his environmental justice plan to help vulnerable communities by strengthening the Environmental Protection Agency.
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@CoryBooker The Trump administration has gutted the EPA, rolled back clean air and clean water protections, allowed polluters to go unchecked.
@CoryBooker Cory's plan would:
1. force companies that pollute to pay to clean up their pollution by reauthorizing and tripling the Superfund tax on chemical and oil companies.
1. force companies that pollute to pay to clean up their pollution by reauthorizing and tripling the Superfund tax on chemical and oil companies.
