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  1. Pinned Tweet
    18 Jan 2020

    I have a new feature on the history of neonicotinoids, a widely used insecticide that is pushing butterflies, dragonflies, bumblebees and other forms of insect life to the brink of extinction

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  2. Jan 29

    Newly elected Senator John Hickenlooper hired a Robinhood lobbyist to run his legislative office

    Sen. John Hickenlooper's, D-Colo., new chief of staff, Kirtan Mehta, was previously the chief lobbyist for the brokerage app Robinhood and before that, lead lobbyist for the American Bankers Association
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  3. Retweeted
    Jan 28

    Oh boy, they got Ritchie Torres, who's a *U.S. congressman*. Maxine Waters is the chairwoman of his committee.

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  4. Retweeted
    Jan 28

    A troll account edited Maxine Waters' comments about harassing Trump officials to apply to Andrew Cuomo staffers, and NY state legislators are legit outraged, lmao

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  5. Retweeted
    Jan 28

    Remember when the Yass Kween crowd groaned and finger wagged at the reporting on Yellen's Wall Street speaking fees? Barely a week in and there's already a massive conflict of interest.

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    White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Asked About New Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Being Paid $810,000 From Citadel In Speaking Fees "Are there any plans to have her recuse herself from advising the President on GameStop and the whole Robinhood situation?"
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  6. Retweeted
    16 Jun 2020

    This is old news but I'm just learning it: The people behind Robinhood said they founded the brokerage app because they were inspired by Occupy Wall St? They were angry that the hedge funds and insiders had all the info? Lol

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  7. Jan 28

    Robinhood has always been a proxy for high frequency trader hedge funds like Citadel, but today is a grim reminder. See tweets above.

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  8. Jan 28

    Bernie challenging Hillary for the presidential nomination? That's hate speech. Protesting Israel on campus? That's hate speech. Criticizing deadly riots that burned down immigrant businesses? That's hate speech. Investing in stocks that hurt Wall St. barons? That's hate speech.

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  9. Retweeted
    Jan 28

    Robinhood has a $600M line of credit with JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo. Plus other undisclosed lenders. The old gang's back together again to crash the market.

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  10. Retweeted
    Jan 28

    Janet Yellen received $810,000 in speaking fees in 2019 and 2020 from Citadel, the hedge fund wrapped up in the GameStop saga. Citadel has spent $240k per year lobbying Congress and the Treasury Department.

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  11. Retweeted
    Jan 28

    The stock market is not in turmoil - billionaire hedge funds are in turmoil. Two different things. Its a shame regulators, brokerage firms and media continue to provide cover for folks that go to work on helicopters from the Hamptons and say its for folks that take the subway.

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  12. Retweeted
    Jan 28

    four senators got caught insider trading before the market crashed less than a year ago and the speaker of the house is currently running deep ITM calls but I can't buy stock retail? got it

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  13. Jan 27

    Classic SF: Start-up that sought to use a loophole to offer slightly cheaper corporate housing provokes anger of the city gov, which responds with new restrictions that will probably decrease the amount of available housing

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  14. Retweeted
    Jan 27

    Hedge funds to everyone today

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  15. Jan 27

    NBC News retracts story about high level Biden security nominee’s donation to AIPAC. No factual errors given, instead an editor’s note claiming it wasn’t really a conflict of interest.

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  16. Retweeted
    Jan 27

    Just got off the phone with who say that as of the market close, short-sellers lost $14.3 billion TODAY on stock. On the year, short-sellers are down almost 900%, $23.6 billion.

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  17. Retweeted
    Jan 27

    "redditors are fueled by class resentment" bro....they just want tendies

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  18. Jan 27

    Discord banned the r/WallStreetBets server over "hate speech" ... ?

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    Jan 27

    Hedge Funds 1) Take big positions, then talk them up in the media & to their friends 2) Put on those position via complex financial products to get the most leverage & exploit weaknesses in markets That is exactly what Reddit is now doing to Hedge Funds & so they are upset

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  20. Retweeted
    Jan 26

    Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to drop charges against her, arguing the grand jury pool didn't have enough Black or Hispanic people

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    Jan 21

    Having an extremely normal one on the Twitter Dot Com.

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