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Judd Legum
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I'll agree to do this if everyone in media who quits twitter gets an op-ed column in the NYT
There are many problems with Twitter. But the WORST argument against Twitter is that it makes people angry. A lot of good in the world happened after people got angry.

People SHOULD be angry. Pleas for people to be less angry is an argument for the status quo.
He's doing a Q+A about the column on Twitter, lol
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1. The subtext in Bezos' post yesterday was the potential involvement of Trump in both: 1. the publication of Bezos' texts to his mistress and, 2. the efforts by AMI/National Enquirer to shut Bezos up w/threats

We know how this operation works
2. AMI/National Enquirer has admitted in federal court that it acted as an arm of Trump's political operation -- buying negative stories about Trump to keep them from going public and attacking his enemies
3. Trump celebrated the National Enquirer's publication of the Bezos texts, praising their reporting

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1. The Trump administration has lost THOUSAND OF CHILDREN it separated from their parents and now it refuses TO EVEN TRY TO FIND THEM

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2. The Trump admin has conceded these separations were ILLEGAL. It made an effort to identify and reunite separated children who were in HHS custody as of June 26, 2018.

But there were thousands more who, before that date, were placed with "sponsors"

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3. The Trump admin now says that it hasn't been keeping track of the kids placed w/sponsors before last June and trying to find them would TAKE TOO MUCH TIME.

It makes that argument based on the premise it would prove NO NEW RESOURCES for the effort

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Judd Legum
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1. Reuters (goo.gl/D82U4k) confirms the exclusive popular.info January 17 report on Nigerian prez candidate @atiku

@atiku was banned from visiting the U.S. due to public corruption but was allowed to visit last month after hiring a Trump-connected lobbyist
@atiku 2. The Trump administration lifted @atiku's travel ban after his political party signed a $1.1 million contract with a lobbying firm run by Brian Ballard, who ran Trump's campaign in Florida and is one of his top fundraisers

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3. Atiku stayed at the Trump Hotel and even got a meeting with the State Department.

He was previously banned from the U.S. based on evidence he funneled $40 million in "suspect funds" from Nigeria to the U.S.

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