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Aug 6, 2019 • 4 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
UPDATE: In a statement to popular.info, @Amazon defends selling audiobooks produced by 8chan owner Jim Watkins

popular.info/p/how-things-c…
@amazon 2. Watkins puts advertisements linking to Amazon pages for the audiobooks on 8chan, helping monetize the site

Amazon says the products are placed by the individual authors, not Watkins' company

But many of the authors do not appear to be real people

popular.info/p/how-things-c…
@amazon 3. For example, the title "Puerto Galera Passion: Asian Women/Hot Filipinas" lists "Mason" as its author.

This is Mason's biography

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4. Amazon's position is it isn't doing business with Watkins/8chan, it's doing business with "Mason"

Even if this was true, they're still helping monetize 8chan. But it seems very likely that Mason is either a complete fiction or an alter ego of Watkins

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Jan 23
1. IT WAS NEVER ABOUT "WOKE"

Trump just repealed an executive order that established basic non-discrimination requirements for federal contractors that was signed by Lyndon Johnson and has been in place for 60 years

It survived Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II. And even Trump’s first term.

And now it is gone
2. FACTS:

Executive Order 11246 does not require quotas

It does not require "reverse discrimination"

It requires government contractors to have a plan to reach out to women and other protected groups and collect data about their workforce

popular.info/p/trump-underc…
3. It has been an extraordinarily effective program. Prior to 11246 there were very few women or minorities working for government contractors. Now, that is not the case.

What will the impact of repeal be?

We may never know since we'll stop collecting data.
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Jan 21
1. Donald Trump took the oath of office yesterday — the first person to be sworn in as president while hawking an eponymous meme coin

It is brazen corruption $TRUMP is effectively a "For Sale" sign on the White House, facilitating anonymous bribes in any amount

Follow this 🧵 for details
2. While meme coins are nominally tied to digital "artwork," they function primarily as a speculative asset.

On Sunday, the price of one $TRUMP coin soared to over $75, putting the value of the 200 million $TRUMP coins in circulation at nearly $15 billion.

Right now, $TRUMP is trading at $37.66.Image
3. 80% of all $TRUMP coins are reserved for Trump. At its peak, the value of these coins exceeded $50 billion, making $TRUMP, which did not exist a few days ago, the dominant source of Trump's wealth.

The $TRUMP coins owned by Trump are currently locked but will be released during his presidency
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Jan 20
1. Elon Musk posted on X that he would provide a “free” month of internet access to those impacted by the deadly wildfires

But Musk left out a costly detail: To claim the free month, residents first would have to spend a minimum of $349 on a Starlink hardware kit
2. Musk also promised to "position Cybertrucks with Starlinks and free WiFi in a grid pattern in the areas that most need it in the greater LA/Malibu area." The post immediately earned Tesla and its newest luxury vehicle a wave of press attention. Image
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3. But the actual deployment of Cybertrucks for relief efforts appeared to be limited. According to a post by Tesla later on January 12, eight Cybertrucks with Starlink kits were deployed in the area.

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Jan 13
1. "You deserve leadership in Washington that does not answer to the lobbyists… or to the corrupt special interest but answers only to you," Trump said during his 2024 campaign

After he won, TRUMP IMMEDIATELY NAMED A CORPORATE LOBBYIST AS HIS CHIEF OF STAFF
2. Wiles joined Ballard Partners in 2011. After helping Trump in 2016, Wiles decided to help Ballard "set up a Washington office rather than join the new administration."

Ballard raked in $70M in fees during the first Trump presidency

More:

popular.info/p/the-corporat…
3. Don't rely exclusively on a algorythm controlled by a billionaire focused on ingratiating himself to Trump for your news.

Sign up for Popular Information for independent accountability journalism.

No paywalls. No billionaire overlords. No BS.

popular.info/subscribe
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Dec 16, 2024
1. Mark Zuckerberg was once a champion for the undocumented, starting an entire org to push for a path to citizenship

"Mass deportation is absurd on its face and these policies are indefensible on human, economic, and political grounds"

Now Zuckerberg has embraced Trump
2. Trump campaigned on a pledge to carry out the "largest deportation effort in American history" starting on his first day.

He has promised to construct massive detention camps, and deploy the U.S. military

Last week, Zuckerberg directed Meta to donate $1 million to Trump's inaugural celebration
3. The donation came after Zuckerberg had "dinner with Trump on the patio of his private Mar-a-Lago club."

During his visit, Zuckerberg also met with Trump advisor Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump's child separation policy

popular.info/p/zuckerberg-o…
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Dec 11, 2024
1. Yesterday, Elon Musk — who for some reason is in charge of deciding what federal government programs are unnecessary — declared that the concept of homelessness is a "lie" and "propaganda."

Musk also suggested that virtually all unhoused people are "violent drug addicts" who cannot be helped.

Musk needs to educate himself. Starting with five basic facts.Image
2. FACT: 17% of unhoused people are children

A 2023 survey found 17 percent of unhoused people were children under the age of 18

That is 111,620 unhoused children

popular.info/p/5-facts-elon…
3. FACT: Tens of thousands of unhoused people are veterans

Veterans experience homelessness at a higher rate due to multiple factors.

A large number of veterans also live with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and struggle with substance abuse.
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