NYT’s Sulzberger: Disinformation is "the most existential" challenge we’re grappling with as a society #wef23
Rep. @sethmoulton: Europeans are "way ahead of us" on regulating "disinformation."
"When I use the internet in Europe and I get all the warnings about cookies and whatnot. That actually makes me feel safer."
@sethmoulton NYT’s Sulzberger on Trump invoking "fake news," "enemy of the people": The same happened in "Nazi Germany, Stalinist Russia"
@sethmoulton Rep. Moulton blames "misinformation" for his inability to get his constituents to take more Covid shots #wef23
@sethmoulton Rep. Moulton: Rep. Santos’ dishonesty poses "a real danger to our Congress, not just to our reputation, but to our national security." #wef23
@sethmoulton NYT’s Sulzberger: "When we make mistakes, we acknowledge them in public and we correct them" #wef23
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CNN's @DrLeanaWen admits the U.S. has been dramatically overcounting Covid deaths, says we need to start separating actual Covid deaths from deaths with Covid
@DrLeanaWen Dr. Wen: Despite Covid being less dangerous than we've reported, "pregnant women, pregnant individuals, should be getting vaccinated"
@JoeNBC: "I made it very clear over the past several years, that we can’t send the message out that one man is above the law ... the law would suggest [Trump] should be indicted" for mishandling classified materials.
@JoeNBC .@jheil: "Despite the possible political ramifications ... the right decision on that is going to be you can’t let this go ... you can’t let it go without accountability.”
@JoeNBC@jheil .@TribeLaw, Oct. 8, 2022: "The likelihood is that [Trump] will be indicted ... indicted for basically stealing govt documents, mishandling top secret documents in violation of the Espionage Act, probably for obstruction of justice."
Ehrlich in 1971: “By the year 2000 the United Kingdom will be simply a small group of imporverished islands, inhabited by some 70 million hungry people.”
— Survived a fire
— Arrested in civil rights march
— Star football player
— Once a truck driver
— Arrested meeting Mandela
— Son killed in Iraq
— Overheard mass shooting
— Top of his class in college
— Hit a 368’ homer in baseball game
— Had job at timber co.
— Drunk driver killed his wife & daughter
— Pinned medal on a Navy captain who was just a kid
— No knowledge of Hunter's foreign business dealings
— Turned down offer from the Naval Academy
— His uncle won a Purple Heart
— His helicopter in Afghanistan “forced down”
— Met Parkland families as vice president
— Was once a coal miner
— Comes from a family of coal miners
— Was shot at in Iraq
— Called Milosevic a “war criminal” to his face
— Criticized George W. Bush to his face
— Participated in sit-ins during civil rights movement
CNN finally covers the #TwitterFiles; @oliverdarcy still falsely claims there's "no evidence" showing feds orchestrated suppression of Hunter/Joe Biden scandals
@oliverdarcy Darcy: "The Twitter files, though, they really showed I think the messy content moderation that was happening behind the scenes & I think we’re seeing, & it’s probably no surprise, but we're seeing not everyone ... is on the same page when they’re making these complex decisions"
Cont'd: "What was really noteworthy was there was no evidence of government involvement in trying to suppress this story, and that was a a big claim that Elon Musk had made earlier when he was hyping these Twitter Files. I think that’s very important to point out here."
Witness at hearing on "anti-LGBT violence," Olivia Hunt: "Misuse of the term 'groomer'" on social media is leading to violence.
"There's a straight line ... from the legislation trying to strip trans people of our human rights to [this] increasingly hostile .. rhetoric"
President of the Human Rights Campaign, @KelleyJRobinson, cites @Scott_Wiener faking a hate crime against himself as an example of recent hate crimes against the LGBT community