Why did the Pentagon strip the @DCGuard1802 (DCNG) Commander of his normal authority to dispatch troops to the @USCapitol? washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Why did acting SecDef Miller issue a memo putting limits on DCNG on 1/4?
Was @WhiteHouse45 involved in either?
cc @HouseJudiciary
What did the @FBI & @DHSgov know, & when?
Why no press conferences from Director Wray? Why isn’t he being called? USCP chief? Sergeants-at-arms?
Were panic buttons removed?

Did Roger Stone conspire with the Proud Boys?

Witnesses would add key evidence, @HouseJudiciary. Call.
“For the sake of presenting the full case to the Senate and to the American people, the trial must include witnesses to Trump’s high crimes and misdemeanors” freespeechforpeople.org/wp-content/upl…
Dear @HouseJudiciary,
There are outstanding questions about January witnesses could help answer.
The evidence submitted from cameras & social media is necessary, but insufficient.

What did @POTUS45 know about a seditious conspiracy, & when did he know it?
justsecurity.org/74579/exclusiv…

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11 Feb
Listening to @Kantrowitz talk with tech journalists about @TwitterSpaces on @TwitterSpaces.

@Twitter launched audio rooms in December 2020, & I forgot about it.
Would you like to listen to people you follow like this?
Do you do it now on @joinClubhouse?
@Kantrowitz @TwitterSpaces @Twitter @joinClubhouse What I like about @TwitterSpaces is that I can listen to it while I use other apps ( @ tweetbot, in this case), just like a conference call in the background. The value is all about the speakers; great interviewers & guests will keep being compelling, but most may be dross.
@Kantrowitz @TwitterSpaces @Twitter @joinClubhouse What I haven’t heard the tech & biz journalists talk about yet is the potential use case for politicians & officials. @TwitterSpaces could create instant town halls for legislators & mayors, or public meetings for regulators — but archiving & accessibility could both be barriers.
Read 15 tweets
24 Jan
What’s wrong @MeetThePress?
Who aired a clip of @GovRonDeSantis saying he’d “seen the stuff Biden is putting out, that he’s going to create these FEMA camps or whatever, & that’s not necessary for Florida” without first telling @NBCNews viewers that’s a conspiratorial falsehood?
The host, @chucktodd, said @POTUS Biden faces a challenges in making Republican governors partners in COVID response, & framed the clip as an example of “some Trump allies who are dismissive of his plans.”

That’s inaccurate: the challenge is Trump & allies will lie & fear-monger
After hosting a show in disinformation, @MeetThePress is still not adjusting its own editorial practices to the alternative reality in which official lies have disinformed people in post-truth America & stopped airing them or officials without inoculating viewers with #FactsFirst
Read 7 tweets
23 Jan
I’ve been looking at who the new @whitehouse accounts follow & have concluded that @TwitterGov has made a hash of how it’s labeling official US government accounts & campaign accounts.

Some are labeled, some are @verified, & some are neither.

I’ll offer examples.
The @WHCOVIDResponse @WHCOS @AmbRice46 @JOD46 are all US government accounts, but are not labeled. @LaCasaBlanca is.

@flotus has the label, but @SecondGentleman does not.

@usagov has a label, but @usaid @cbp @stevefda do not.
I haven’t audited all 538 x 2 yet, but @verified US Senator or Representatives accounts are not labeled as US government accounts.

Neither @joebiden nor @kamalaharris or @aoc or @HillaryClinton or @barackobama are labeled as campaign accounts, but @IlhanMN & @AyannaPressley are.
Read 7 tweets
22 Jan
Dear @WHCommsDir: please swap out the static photo of @POTUS on the @WhiteHouse homepage linked to nowhere, & put a call to serve there. Maybe link to @USAJOBS & serve.gov & ways Americans can scrub in? Add a blog, & narrate the work. Show us how we can help heal. Image
Link to “Get Involved” but give people more to do than apply to work or sign up for email:
whitehouse.gov/get-involved/
Tap into the federal workforce, & ask them what they would do to serve & heal our country: obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/11060
Try epetitions again, but commit to act on them. ImageImage
Dear @WHCommsDir:
Please
1) Share each statement at @POTUS
2) Share every EO at @WhiteHouse
3) Link to plaintext of every EO/memo wh.gov shared on social media
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/
4) Add text annotations of every image of text on social media

#a11y #opengov ImageImageImage
Read 5 tweets
21 Jan
New @PressSec is about to host a press briefing at 4 PM ET. In keeping with their commitments to transparency, I hope @jrpsaki & staff:
-Tweet stream from @WhiteHouse:

-Fix /live
-Tweet link to transcript & archived video after each one
-Tweet every EO Image
Hot mic, White House press corps
Dr. Fauci is about to speak on the state of pandemic & vaccines & take questions.

I could get used to this.
Read 10 tweets
21 Jan
This is unethical: @AjitPai dropped @FCC from his name, kept his @verified US government account, & claimed it’s personal.

Pai is wrong on principle & precedent: he *had FCC in his name*, & used it for public business.

Compare to @TomWheelerFCC, who signed off & used @tewheels ImageImageImage
The Wild West of federal social media needs to come to an end. @AjitPai should not have left service with access to a US government asset that grew in value over time & use it personally. (@AmbNikkiHaley couldn’t!) @FCCChair & Speaker institutional accounts should be like @POTUS.
This is why I have advised journalists for a decade not to put their media organizations in their handles (@-johndoeAP etc) because an employer might argue it’s an asset.

it’s even clearer in .gov with @FCC in the handle; claiming it’s personal now doesn’t pass the smell test.
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