Thread by @Matt_Fleming321

Friday, August 19, 2022.
News you can use. 🧵

https://twitter.com/Matt_Fleming321/status/1560206083544780802?t=WtPeyM8zsPMsHgIo8OtqgA

The efforts to protect people and their private data, or even educate the public on how and what kinds of data are collected by smart phones, and who that data is shared with, have been stunningly underwhelming...like a lot of things.

https://twitter.com/news6wkmg/status/1560574830155546624?t=cIruvE_sdCsxXJo3ikTQUg

The negative influence of peculiar interest on our public discourse has been destructive, to put it politely. How come no news station ever asks why prices for groceries only go up, but never down?

https://twitter.com/docrussjackson/status/1525460094506643456?t=cIruvE_sdCsxXJo3ikTQUg

Fresh Take Florida is the news service of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications.

#GOTV

https://twitter.com/FreshTakeFla/status/1560401335442456579?t=AftSFt0hPTHwSdHQ-ltwgg

A solid list, but let's not forget that theres a LOT more still needing to be done fixing structural problems. Like passing the #ForThePeople act, and #CancelStudentDebt. People tune out when the goal posts keep getting moved in the wrong direction.

https://twitter.com/TheDemocrats/status/1560334478953926656?t=Kxl1W4muuWHtLmnSmxLfOA

If his plea deal doesn't end with the liquidation of trump org, my opinion is he got off with a slap on the wrist that would have landed anyone else in prison for a decade or more.

https://twitter.com/NewYorkStateAG/status/1560284191417319424?t=rIz-xmppf2J8Iums40DDZQ

https://twitter.com/Matt_Fleming321/status/1560599523705192449?t=BP6D3ovsa0smtx5tSd_RgQ

Yup.

https://twitter.com/catearthjustice/status/1560599794472689664?t=8FQbFhuCHUB41mXJ4GiznA

Good observation.

https://twitter.com/sandibachom/status/1560368772942381057?t=8FQbFhuCHUB41mXJ4GiznA

https://twitter.com/EJ_Burrows/status/1560592023383445504?t=U6ESb0QtBCwRYHnGib8Kyw

Environmental issues are some of the most important in the state, and DeSantis has done a terrible job there too.

https://twitter.com/jhauserman/status/1560616470773579776?t=69iSEu0X9OqNtRrMwawu9A

Russia needs to vacate #Ukraine. Quickly.

https://twitter.com/Seana_Davis/status/1560586961521242112?t=69iSEu0X9OqNtRrMwawu9A

@CREWcrew Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (D.C.) Getting the job done 💪

thehill.com/regulation/cou…

A bullsh-*t ruling. All they have to do is stay the enforcement of it and let people freely speak and assemble.

https://twitter.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1560641519002046464?t=SPp1aqeyyHpN-X5nJh_v1g

Pay attention. Are we talking about "criminalizing misinformation" or prosecuting fraud? Fraud and malicious deceptions are not protected free speech anywhere.

https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1560654332810342401?t=SPp1aqeyyHpN-X5nJh_v1g

The Republican assault on democracy continues. North Carolina Supreme Court said not today, and you can have your testicles back after you fix the mess you made.

https://twitter.com/AnthonyMKreis/status/1560657623426314240?t=RV8-p4pZVMtep6CuUqdLOQ

Oligarchy is already here, disaster is not far behind.

"The stock portfolios of the top 1% are now worth $23 trillion, and they own a record 53.9% of individually held shares, according to the central bank."

cnbc.com/2022/04/01/ric…

The real joke is giving someone 200 billion dollars in the first place. You're gonna censor his tweets? You can't do that without banning ALL jokes about the stock market. The pesky "created equal" thing really throws a wrench in the money machine sometimes.

#ElonIsANihilist

Part of a global effort to end the grifting and hoarding.

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1560401151941611528?t=HQXbsm0Dd9mK9Oc-stQ6qQ&s=19

Their candidate quality problem is a voting base quality problem. Their voting base quality problem is a policy agenda problem. Their policy agenda problem is a corruption problem. Their corruption problem is a candidate quality problem.

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https://twitter.com/OccupyDemocrats/status/1560685145669087232?t=zxjDbKDvFqFzi6EdUj5EAw&s=19

https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1560713658178609152?t=vvvPCSGobDMg1xtgdMcm7A

So, the state sent the ineligible voters cards and added them to the rolls. Good job Florida. Ron DeSantis' nothing burger in Broward yesterday looks like a classic Florida political hit job aimed at "certain" supervisors of elections.

https://twitter.com/BiancaJoanie/status/1560757729286934530?t=-0oLItDp3M_l78IN1j_F4g

Did Ron Johnson vote in Florida and Wisconsin in 2020? Inquiring minds want proof.

https://twitter.com/ReallyAmerican1/status/1542655119564603393?t=VvpINPr8XBeYVvYCBlLFpg

Lol, Rick Scott is a thief.

https://twitter.com/Eric_Jotkoff/status/1560771667818848257?t=MphixoUM1CmQiUj2iyglng

"Fascist Theocracy" is a good way to describe the KKK...or the Taliban.

https://twitter.com/jasonbaum/status/1560171739086311425?t=xJC_hnPcgKvtJz7n0epFrA