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Judd Legum Profile picture
@JuddLegum
Aug 6, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
1. You may be wondering WTF is happening at the New York Times.

Let me explain in plain English.
2. Google and Facebook are destroying the journalism industry. The legacy publications that have survived are under pressure to appeal to the widest possible audience.

When the NYT plays "both sides," it's not about journalism. It's about the business model.
3. The NYT does some amazing journalism but, in a lot of cases, it's poorly positioned to challenge people in power. It needs ACCESS to powerful people for its reporting. And it needs to be a comfortable place for powerful corporations to advertise.
4. The NYT times is happy to suck up your anti-Trump dollars with these "truth" t-shirts. But, as any Times reporter will tell you, they do not oppose Trump. It's a scam perpetrated by their marketing department.
5. Unfortunately, journalism that is aligned with power, rather than opposed to it, is becoming the norm. Local independent outlets are being bought up by huge corporations. Coverage is being neutered and homogenized.

usatoday.com/story/money/20…
6. If you are looking for an alternative model that is focused on taking on power, check out my newsletter, Popular Information. Our scoops come from primary source documents and ordinary people.

No ads, no wealthy donors, no BS.

You can subscribe at popular.info

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Apr 1
1. An internal Trump doc claims that having a Michael Jordan "Jumpman" tattoo and wearing "high-end urban street wear" makes you a likely member of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TDA) gang.

This kind of "evidence" is used to justify summary deportations to a Salvadoran prison Image
2. The "ALIEN ENEMY VALIDATION GUIDE" creates a point system to determine whether a Venezuelan over 14 years of age is a TDA member. Anyone scoring eight points or higher "are validated as members of TDA."

popular.info/p/trump-claims…
3. Someone with "tattoos denoting membership/loyalty to TDA" is assigned four points. Image
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Mar 31
1. The Social Security Administration and DOGE are GASLIGHTING AMERICANS.

They are telling millions of beneficiaries that reports they were closing SSA field offices were fake news. Actually, these closures were PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED and LEASES WERE CANCELED.

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2. In Campbellsville, KY, for example, the owner of a 12,750-sq-ft office building leased to the SSA for a field office was informed by the GSA that the entire lease was being terminated.

The SSA lease was also listed as terminated on the DOGE website

popular.info/p/how-the-soci…
3. News of the closure generated protests from residents and politicians A couple of weeks later, the building owner in Campbellsville received another letter from the GSA saying it was reversing its decision to terminate the lease

The lease termination was also deleted from the DOGE websiteImage
Read 10 tweets
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Mar 26
1. NEW

Trump has installed a DOGE operative as the new Chief Information Officer of the Social Security Administration in an apparent effort to evade a federal court order blocking DOGE affiliates from accessing databases containing the sensitive personal information of millions of Americans.Image
2. Popular Information obtained an internal memorandum from Acting SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek announcing Scott Coulter, a DOGE operative previously assigned to NASA and the SSA, as the SSA's new CIO.

popular.info/p/how-the-soci…
3. The move, which was not announced publicly, seems related to a federal lawsuit filed by a coalition of labor unions On March 21, the federal judge overseeing the case granted plaintiffs a TRO which prohibited SSA from granting access to databases with Americans' personal info to the DOGE team
Read 6 tweets
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Mar 20
1. EXCLUSIVE

On Wednesday, the Social Security Administration secretly enacted a new policy to require 75K more people to visit field offices every week

"The havoc and destruction they’re causing is no doubt going to break the agency and hurt the public," an SSA source saidImage
2. Each year, the SSA automatically issues millions of Social Security numbers and cards to non-citizens granted work authorizations as part of an agreement between the SSA and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

The agreement is known as Enumeration Beyond Entry (EBE)
3. On Wednesday, the SSA sent an internal message informing staff that that the EBE program for "noncitizens granted work authorization" has been "temporarily" frozen

It is unknown how long the freeze will be in place or if it will ever be lifted

popular.info/p/exclusive-se…
Read 10 tweets
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Mar 18
1. As a candidate, Trump promised to protect access to the abortion pill.

Trump said that he staked out his position in a "long and hard campaign" and was "strongly against" restricting access.

Trump emphasized that he would stand by his "commitment."

Things have changed.

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2. Trump claimed during the campaign that the "Supreme Court just approved the abortion pill." While SCOTUS dismissed a case challenging the abortion pill's legality, it did so only for technical reasons.

popular.info/p/trump-promis…
3. It found that the plaintiffs, a group of right-wing doctors, lacked standing.

The case that the Supreme Court dismissed is continuing, with states substituted in as the plaintiffs. And there are similar lawsuits filed in other federal courts.

The lawsuits argue that the sale of mifepristone violates the Comstock Act, an 1873 law that has been ignored or limited by courts
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Mar 17
1. EXCLUSIVE

An internal Social Security Administration memo, dated March 13, lays out a plan to sabotage the agency.

The memo itself predicts "service disruption," "operational strain," and "budget shortfalls" will result.

Follow this thread for details. Image
2. The memo, authored by Acting Deputy SSA Commissioner Doris Diaz, purports to be motivated by a desire to mitigate "fraud risks."

Elon Musk has pushed several false claims about the nature and scope of Social Security fraud.

popular.info/p/exclusive-me…
3. The biggest change contemplated by the memo is to require "internet identity proofing" for "benefit claims… made over the phone."

When an SSA customer is "unable to utilize the internet ID proofing, customers will be required to visit a field office to provide in-person identity documentation"

Currently customers can make claims and verify their identity without using the internet or visiting a SSA office. Fraud is extremely rare because there are many safeguards in place.

Because the SSA serves a large population that is either older or disabled, many cannot access the internet.Image
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