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1) Stop the unrealistic #ImpeachThisRightWingAH pseudo-campaigns into your echo-chambers. Listen to those who actually fought a totalitarian State and who have the expertise to understand when the tides turn. FOCUS. Strategy 101. Read this 👇

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2) Throwing truths on the not-so-silent very-large-minority of conservatives is not going to work either: the probability of success is extremely small.

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3) There is no public conversation anymore. Social media is useful to amplify the response to *our* "calls to action". We are not, will not, did not speak to "them" 👇

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4) Most of all, though, get off your phones and find an organization (see tweet #1). Unless you are producing original content here, this is not activism. If you are under the illusion that retweeting an outrage-account is activism, you need some reality check.
5) Outrage accounts are not organizations. RT the @ACLU , @NIJC , @PrisonPolicy , @splcenter , @Refugees , @Sci_Resistance , @MarchForScience , @womensmarch etc when they organize something. These are actual organizations. Your favorite outrage account is not.
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Marilia Coutinho, Ph.D. , Shithole Country Snake
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1) I'm looking at this hashtag #enditmovement . I follow the scholarly and activism literature on human trafficking and slavery. Interestingly, they are not involved in this hashtag day. First things first: there is no movement without strategy and tactics. I see neither.
2) Second, spreading outrage is steering people away from actual knowledge. What is human trafficking? Who executes the actions? Who can interfere or stop the social agents involved in trafficking? Where does law enforcement com in and which branch?
3) It's obvious that everybody is against human trafficking and slavery. Kids will post pictures of their hands with the red X. Meanwhile, I see evangelicals that have been shown to be involved in the crimes promoting the hashtag.
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Marilia Coutinho, Ph.D. , Shithole Country Snake
@mariliacout
1) Pop culture legal and safety education:

It's a bad idea to go about the house in the dark calling "hello" if you hear a suspicious noise
2) When your friend gets lost in an allegedly haunted house, it's better to call the police than to go rescue them. If you choose the latter, you will probably die.
3) The more secrets you have about nasty things you or someone you love did, the more likely you will be blackmailed, then screw up your assignment, then get totally screwed up.
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Marilia Coutinho, Ph.D. , Shithole Country Snake
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1) Thank you @Pontifex . For those of you upset about the Vatican's position on priests' celibacy, imagine the fractions and power play in your democratic party. Multiply it by 1000. Now imagine how to manage unity there. Do you think it can be done without compromising?
2) Think again. The Catholic left, represented since 1959 by Liberation Theology, with fierce advocates of social justice who fought side by side with us, protected us and gave their lives fighting against far right dictatorships is one part of the Church.
3) Unsurprising the American Catholic Church, where the horrendous pedophile cases abound, is the RIGHT WING of the Church and sabotages Pope Francis together with other RW fractions in the world.
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Donna Willett
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Received my Kindle copy of @LeeSmithDC book The Plot Against the President this morning.
Wow oh wow, what a great book!
He does such a great job of describing the Coup from the perspective of @DevinNunes and his team
I particularly liked the way he wove together how all of
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I was attacked viciously by Democrats last year for saying that #Avenatti was not only not presidential material, but dangerous for Dems to tie themselves to, that he had questionable history with clients and contractors and women.

I was the 1st journalist Avenatti blocked.
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0/ The US Senate Banking Committee held a #CryptoCongress hearing this morning entitled "Exploring the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Ecosystem."

I went & watched live. Here are my thoughts.

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