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28 Jan, 6 tweets, 4 min read
In spite of their name, @RobinhoodApp seems to be halting trading when a movement is actually making their users money at the expense of the mega-rich.

While @tedcruz is just throwing around an emoji, I wouldn’t be shocked if a congressional hearing was on the way.
I hadn't even seen this when I RT'ed Cruz before.

I think @RobinhoodApp and similar players are about to become the biggest bipartisan punching bag since Martin Shkreli.

Congressman @DrPaulGosar now joining in.

Frankly, when you've got constitutional conservatives, MAGA Republicans, and "The Squad" Democrats joining in, you know @RobinhoodApp has some serious explaining to do.

Senator @tedcruz, Rep. @DrPaulGosar, Rep. @AOC, and Rep. @RashidaTlaib are going to bat for Redditors against hedge funds and Robin Hood.

This is a bigger crossover event than Avengers.

We’re in uncharted territory here folks.
The Reddit-Congress singularity is happening.

"RASHIDA IS WITH US" reads a "r/wallstreetbets" post with 80,000+ upvotes.

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29 Jan
THREAD: Antifa protesters recognized Holocaust Remembrance Day Wednesday night in front of an ICE facility in Portland, where they set up a candle-lit vigil and set fire to an American flag and a dumpster.

All footage in thread by @MaranieRae for @N2Sreports
Federal Protective Service (part of DHS) officers charged at protesters as they pushed the burning dumpster toward the building.

One firework was thrown as police fired pepper balls at the crowd (the "rattattat" sound you hear).

"How do you spell Nazis? DHS!" crowd chanted.
Riot cops pushed back the crowd to make space for the fire department to put out the dumpster fire near the Portland ICE facility.

Antifa mocked the cops for not just using a fire extinguisher to do it themselves.
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28 Jan
In a since-removed post on r/wallstreetbets, Redditor called for protest at SEC HQ in DC at 2pm (less than a half hour from now).

I will head there now and report back if anything happens there.

Honestly, if a single person shows up, I'm livestreaming.
ITS HAPPENING! This guy just got on the metro next to me.
Holy crap.

So the lone protester I saw on the metro seems to be the only one who actually showed up (and one other photographer).

As he explained his position, two cops tried to stop me from filming because they have to protect the building.

😂🎥👮‍♂️
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27 Jan
Damon Michael Beckley - a participant in the Capitol Insurrection - appeared in court today after being arrested on January 16 by the FBI.

Today, I'm releasing my full interview with Beckley.

I was initially distracted by chants of "Fight for Trump" and "Hang Mike Pence."
He tried to draw back attention from @Lau_Geisswiller (who he called "honey" here) and I as the crowd continued to chant "Hang Mike Pence."

He flaunted an earlier protest at Mitch McConnell's house, which he organized.
It was then that he addressed Mike Pence directly, and said the words that essentially went viral: He describes Ashli Babbitt's death, calls for killing politicians, and says the blood is on Mike Pence's hands.
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26 Jan
It seems like there’s a bit of an Internet kerfuffle right now following an interview @jimmy_dore did with a “boogaloo boy” proposing a left-boogaloo alliance.

I wanted to showcase some of how attempts to do that worked in the past year.
Whole thread here, but one interesting dynamic occurred in Ohio in July. Boogaloos originally went to an anti-mask rally which was largely right-wing, as attendees.

When BLM etc showed up, the Boogaloos basically protected the left.

Their left-loyalty is arguable situational.
Another separate thread:

On July 4, Boogaloos held a joint armed rally with @BLM757 about gun control and policing.

Worth noting that this particular BLM group is largely condemned by wider BLM org and leftists generally for demos like this.
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25 Jan
THREAD: Last night, @TeamYouTube performed one of the most absurd video removals I've ever experienced.

I will detail the situation in this thread. Please read (and retweet, if you'd be so kind) all of it!

This is the video in question:
On Jan6, before the Capitol Insurrection, Trump spoke for more than an hour.

Rather than simply film his speech, I filmed *the crowd* reacting to their speech.

My video - which @TeamYouTube removed - was one continuous roving take of the crowd watching.

Youtube says the video "advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches changed the outcome of the U.S. 2020 presidential election."

@TeamYouTube is wrong.

My video shows the way a crowd reacted as Trump made such claims.

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22 Jan
PHOTO THREAD: I've been mostly focused on video for the past couple weeks, but here's a thread of my Inauguration Day photos from Wednesday in Washington DC.

As always, all my work is available to license.
National Guard soldiers enjoy a @dunkindonuts breakfast ahead of Inauguration.
Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe shows off his commemorative inaugural blanket in Washington DC on January 20, 2020.
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