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    Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 24 Jan 2016

    Edward Snowden Retweeted Amy Davidson Sorkin

    Our government should be better than this. #Flinthttps://twitter.com/tnyCloseRead/status/690928145575366656 …

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    Amy Davidson SorkinVerified account @tnyCloseRead
    What's behind the lead poisoning of Flint's water? The contempt of Michigan officials for the people living there: http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/the-contempt-that-poisoned-flints-water …
    5:41 AM - 24 Jan 2016
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      1. Peter M. Sullivan‏ @CitizenSullivan 24 Jan 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden @tnyCloseRead Says the libertarian who mocks any form of governmental regulation. Sod off, you fraud.

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      1. Jalen Michael Weir‏ @ravngsofamadman 24 Jan 2016
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        @Snowden They are too busy scrambling to maintain control of power and the media narrative to actually govern. #Flint @tnyCloseRead

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      1. talkcric.com ❌‏ @talkcric 24 Jan 2016
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        @Snowden @tnyCloseRead Some Countries the Govt serves the people, in the US the people serve the Govt[Washington Elites].

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      2. Ed Jennings‏ @EDJENNINGS808 24 Jan 2016
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        @Snowden our government? You mean Russia?

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      4. Rhonda‏ @rhokels 25 Jan 2016
        Replying to @ana60nda

        @ana60nda @EDJENNINGS808 @Snowden our whole town is lead poisoned! People still need to get tested for lead and legionnaires disease!!

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Rhonda‏ @rhokels 25 Jan 2016
        Replying to @rhokels

        @ana60nda @EDJENNINGS808 @Snowden my friend has pneumonia and the hospital won't test her for it! I told her to insist! @cher @C1TYofFL1NT

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      1. Dylan 🤘‏ @dylanparks 24 Jan 2016
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        @Snowden @tnyCloseRead this is the kind of thing that makes the US look so hypocritical in the eyes of the rest of the world...

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      1. Lizzy Jay‏ @AMBITCHOUSpod 24 Jan 2016
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        @Snowden @tnyCloseRead but you're the first person who should know that our GOVT isn't better than this....

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      1. Erik Nilsson‏ @Garfieldist 24 Jan 2016
        Replying to @Brandon_Dollar

        @Brandon_Dollar No he's using the very definition as an American citizen. You are the one using meanings "loosely" to make a stupid point.

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      1. Brian Bliss‏ @TwoDrunkMonkies 24 Jan 2016
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        @Snowden - It's embarrassing. You give a mangy dog clean water... They're charging them for that shit. Leadership?

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      2. Juan Branco  ✊‏Verified account @anatolium 24 Jan 2016
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        @Snowden thou are tweeting too much

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      3. carlosjii‏ @carlosjii 24 Jan 2016
        Replying to @anatolium

        @anatolium @Snowden as Mark Twain said of whiskey - too much is just right

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      2. Mary Frank‏ @Fran_Neena20409 24 Jan 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        .@Snowden @SusanDanzig219 "our government" Nope! MI Gov & Co did this. Using that term is to muddy the Issue. Fugitive in Russia lovesPutin

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      3. Susan Danzig #44‏ @SusanDanzig219 24 Jan 2016
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        @Fran_Neena20409 @Snowden I agree w/you Mary.

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      1. Valkyrie77‏ @Valkyrie_77 24 Jan 2016
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        @Snowden Our government is desperately trying to reach the bottom of the abyss before we wise up enough to stop it.

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      1. Crystal Butler‏ @Sillys_Girl1015 24 Jan 2016
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        @Snowden @tnyCloseRead. Our government sucks! They are all money hungry .They knew what they were doing . i read some of the e-mails ..

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