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Why not also allow people to operate a motor vehicle without a license or training?
I mean, if they’d had automobiles back in the 1700s surely they would have put a constitutional right to drive a car into the constitution.
"Should There Still Be Snow Days?"
YES.
"The rise of virtual learning this year could mean the end of snow days. Is this a good thing?"
NO.
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Claims government can’t do anything right while building his companies with government subsidies:
Just wait until you learn about the Republican Party.
The parody-accounts will continue until morale improves.
Great. Now who is Jake Paul? and why does he have two first names?
Yeah I’m legit confused.
The acct tweets out anniversaries of random things *all the time*, regardless of whether it’s the anniversary of a famous sad/bad thing….
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Martin Short to :
"Tell everyone what you were telling me about how the Proud Boys is so much more than a club, what did you mean by that?"
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When #Trump is asked about #MakeAmericaGreatAgain he says he means 1950s. Reminds me of this piece by :
“The 259 seniors in Downtown Magnets’ class of 2022 don’t take college for granted.
They are the children of low-wage cooks and waitresses, parking valets and factory workers, caretakers and security guards.
Their parents are mostly immigrants…”
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“Winston said she asked the officers for their business cards, but they said they did not carry them.
So instead, she got a pad of paper and a pen and went down the line, asking for their names and badge numbers.
“I had to stay strong, somebody had to be strong. I wanted to cry
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Few things show how broken so much reporting is than when a reporter (1) produces a law enforcement-only-sourced story, and then, when challenged on it, (2) goes back to law enforcement. twitter.com/angiericono/st…
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Conducted a smear campaign against journalists who reported on worker safety violations at his factory:
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1/@elonmusk respectfully, we can have a disagreement about the reporting that’s cool. I stand by every bit of information those stories. But as the host of @Reveal, I take the being called “propaganda” personally. I realize tho, you might not know me or our work. twitter.com/elonmusk/statu
And that’s just till Election Day. It’s another 2 months after that till inugauration day! Ugh.
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No, we know why he’s bad.
"Death to the Inspirational News Story -
A teen gives up her college savings to pay her mother’s back rent.
A student uses his lunch money to help pay down his classmate’s debt.
Let’s stop pretending these stories are heartwarming."
newrepublic.com/article/161351 #PerseverancePorn
Matt, Your shtick seems genuinely exhausting.
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Is... is a White House official advocating ppl rise up against a governor, and against one who was almost kidnapped by armed militiamen for exactly this reason? t.co/ARpGvGzqFc
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Let’s go back to the regulated air industry era... where there was plenty of legroom but only the rich could afford to fly.
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Claimed that reporter John M. Broder committed some sort of journalistic malpractice by... writing a negative review of the Tesla Model S's range capability.
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Fun fact: I’m yet to come across a liberal who is “boycotting” this song.
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Promised frozen yogurt + rollercoaster rides to workers as long as they didn’t try to unionize:
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This has actually been studied over and over again, and the conclusion always ends up the same: conservatives are more likely to get banned because they're *far* more likely to post misinformation, hate speech and garbage in violation of platforms' TOS thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/friday-chart
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Days after calling fossil fuels “the dumbest experiment in human history,” he burned thousands of pounds of jet fuel flying 300 miles from L.A. to Oakland so that he could view a competitive video-gaming event.
If the Act is called "MOMMIES", why refer to them as "birthing people" in the language *about* the Act?
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Her publicists have been peddling the *exact* same profile since at least 2018. Here's Quartz, five years ago: qz.com/1489332/the-br
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Spouts off about mass transit while being completely ignorant of how and why transit ever succeeds:
Disguised Amazon Drone Sneaks Into Worker Meeting To Disrupt Union Talk -
“Hey guys, I don’t know about all this union stuff—doesn’t it feel like it could impact Amazon’s competitiveness in the global market?” said the aerial vehicle.
“Coming in 2023”?
Yeah, because you couldn’t even beat a Republican to make it to the Nov 2022 ballot 😂
nytimes.com/interactive/20
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His behavior would never be tolerated if he was a female CEO:
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He Paid A Private Investigator $50,000 To Dig Up Dirt On A British Cave Rescuer He Called A "Pedo Guy":
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The French Laundry *is* a small business.
And it kept people on its payroll. The purpose of PPP.
Why are people so surprised by this?
*Most* people don’t have a “coherent political ideology.”
People are complicated mass of contradictions!
And that’s okay!
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The kind of list I want to see is "40 under 40 whose parents each made less than $40k/year."
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““I’m 23 years old. I have never once seen an image of the Prophet,” said Wedatalla fighting back tears during a press conference held Wednesday at the Minneapolis headquarters of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN).”
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“I’ve paid 100s of thousands for this degree.”
Looks like he needs to take a remedial grammar class.
“Man With 20 Rifles Can’t Remember If His Goal To Start Or Stop Violent Overthrow Of Government”
I don’t mean to brag, but I think my at-reply was the reason they deleted their Nickelback tweet 😂
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"It wasnt typical for NFL players to stand for national anthem until 2009—before then, it was customary for players to stay in locker room.
2015 report revealed that Dept of Defense paid $5.4M to NFL teams between 2011-2014 to stage patriotic ceremonies"
“popular image of LA — hillside mansions & drivers cocooned in cars — belies gritty reality.
LA County, home to more than 10M ppl, suffers from high rates of poverty & homelessness, huge numbers of essential workers & some of densest neighborhoods in US.”
That would be a great way to ensure that whoever has the most name recognition and has raised the most money wins every time. Aka, a dumb idea.
“the lawsuit said berated a female employee who had trouble finding a nanny:
“It’s a f------ baby! . . . All you need is some black who doesn’t have to speak English to rescue it from a burning building.” washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/
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At least three former workers allege that officials at the highest ranks of the company are indifferent, or even hostile, toward efforts to prevent problems at the Gigafactory if there's a chance it could result in bad publicity for the company:
Speier:
“I heard a shot ring out. And it took me back over 40 yrs ago, lying on an airstrip in Guyana, about to lose my life. & I thought at that moment,"Oh my God I survived Guyana, but I'm not gonna survive this, in the house of democracy, in the country in which I was born.”
"Diversity Visa Winners Risk Losing Chance to Come to U.S. -
As Sept. 30 deadline looms, applicants from Africa, other places with low levels of immigration to U.S. are stuck in Covid-19 backlog."
"Women face greater risk of obesity, earlier menstruation and possibly breast cancer if their grandmothers were exposed to DDT during pregnancy.
Chemicals can take years to reveal insidious power, and so for decades, scientists have been piecing together
latimes.com/environment/st
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Baselessly claimed that 787 batteries are “inherently unsafe”:
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Masks and vaccines save lives - not just of county employees - but also the lives of the people they interact with. What don't you get about that, Alex? Just another reason why I am running for Sheriff and will defeat you in 2022. twitter.com/AleneTchek/sta…
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Musk has repeatedly downplayed the coronavirus.
He's called the panic "dumb," said children are "essentially immune," and declared there would "probably" be no new U.S. cases by the end of April.
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I hate that urbanism is active on Tik Tok because I refuse to join *another* social media platform 😂
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This chart is TX. Things are as bad there now as they were in the fall, which was bad!
McAllen is #3 worst region per-capita in new cases in the entire US.
El Paso is #14.
nytimes.com/interactive/20
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This is him, on the cover of Hal Moore and Joe Galloway’s amazing book. twitter.com/LethalityJane/
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This is an excellent article about how keeps giving a platform to racists, homophobes, bigots, and misogynists.
slate.com/culture/2019/0
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“The electric carmaker had continued making cars in recent days in apparent defiance of a local county order limiting operations of nonessential businesses.”
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“ and company are trying to reach political and media elite in Washington and New York — not to influence their votes, but to burnish their reputations.
“This is not an accident that they’re not talking to voters,” says another Democratic campaigner.
“but when kids die from mass shootings in schools, it’s not a big deal.”
Huh? In what universe do people act like a “mass shooting at school” is “not a big deal”?
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Memories:
This article makes a convincing case that we won’t see any sports played in the US with a crowd until April 2021(!) at the earliest.
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Columbia U. study released today: "We estimate that at least 130,000 deaths and perhaps as many as 210,000 could have been avoided with earlier policy interventions and more robust federal coordination and leadership." ncdp.columbia.edu/custom-content
“How Did Roe Fall?
Before a Decisive Ruling, a Powerful Red Wave.
The downfall of the constitutional right to abortion began 12 years ago, after Republicans swept state house elections and passed hundreds of restrictions.”
nytimes.com/interactive/20
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“Musk’s companies dipped into the bucket of cash that the Treasury held out for corporations in the early days of the pandemic.
While Musk spent his time tweeting against govt aid for individuals, Tesla received its own tranche from the bailout fund.”
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Her publicists have been peddling the *exact* same profile since at least 2018. Here's Quartz, five years ago: qz.com/1489332/the-br
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“Cancel culture” is the new “You’re just being politically correct”.
The modern usage of “Politically correct” was ginned up by the right as a way to silence the concerns of marganilzed and disenfranchised groups.
It’s amazing how many people don’t realize that.
“Fixing this road is the most important part of my legislative agenda,” said , the first-term Dem state delegate.
“When you understand the historic nature of my candidacy and my incumbency, you know that’s a hell of a statement to make”
Hey that’s the *exact* spot where I stayed in Copenhagen!
That city is the best.
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Here’s what it’s like for locals when one of Elon’s companies sets up shop in your neighborhood.
This is infuriating:
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This is a thread about what it’s like to be Elon Musk’s neighbor.
It was *indeed* for a lack of votes!
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“Why Elon Musk disobeyed government orders and reopened a Tesla factory -
Musk thinks it’s okay for his Tesla factory to break the rules on reopening.
Local officials disagree.”
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“There’s debate over whether BPAP machine could be helpful in Covid-19.
There’s no debate over whether sleep apnoea machines are things normally referred to as “ventilators” that are used in ICUs & so could be useful for severe cases (Theyre not)”
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This is good advice if you want to die sad, frustrated, alone, and filled with regrets. twitter.com/profgalloway/s…
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Elon argues that wages and working conditions in his (subsidized!) factories are "trade secrets" that shouldn't be subject to public records requests:
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I wrote about an obscure legislative fight in California, where Elon Musk and the Chamber of Commerce are arguing wages and working conditions in his state subsidized factories are "trade secrets" that shouldn't be subject to public records requests newrepublic.com/article/159180
"Jersey City is on track to close out 2022 without a single traffic fatality, in what may be the biggest Vision Zero success story of the year — with the caveat that the milestone only reflects streets maintained by the municipality.
How did they do it?"
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"Musk said people were far more likely to die in a car crash, failing to note that car crashes aren’t infectious, nor do they double in frequency every two to three days—as Covid-19 in the US was then doing."
Now they shoukd thread it up with this other tweet, so that all the people who see the popular tweet will actually take action:
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The Rays organization has committed $100,000 to local groups @CDCofTampa_ @PCUrbanLeague @eji_org Remembrance Project @NAACP5139 @pinellasreentry who fight systemic racism.
Please visit our social justice resource guide: raysbaseball.com/socialjustice
#BlackLivesMatter
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