PIO, Lincoln County, OR (Deep State local branch). I don't speak for the county here. Born IL, raised AL. Philly heart. Do justice, love mercy and walk humbly.
@hurricaneRaj@krystalball It’s the only tweet on his timeline, not necessarily his first, and he has 200k+ followers. An AI researcher by this name certainly exists and has been covered extensively in the press. Not being on LinkedIn doesn’t mean much.
I write about Alabama prisons, which is another way to say I write about organized crime. The widespread, ongoing extortion of families across the state is cited repeatedly in the DOJ's latest motion arguing that ADOC continues to violate federal law.
I keep thinking what’s next on these gloves is a journalist experiencing them For Content.
For most police depts, officers must experience the non-lethal types of force before using them on civilians. (Occasionally, reporters do this too for a story.)
https://t.co/VhPTPnBsy8
@smerconish Nobody asks “centrist” Dems to explain their losses. They lose purple districts every cycle & Beltway pundits call it “a tough map”. Progressives lose one major race & Dem operatives call us electoral pariahs.
It’s a specious double standard.
Just look at what happened to that 19-year-old Cornell freshman who privately told a prospective employer he preferred not to work for Jews.
Despite his wielding no power, huge media outlets relentlessly targeted him. The NY Post badgered his parents to denounce and expel him from their home, and even once they did it, the paper published a photo of their house (doxxing) and photos of the parents.
Mace's statement about "every single Muslim" is about a zillion times more bigoted and disgusting, and it was made publicly, and she wields actual power, but the reaction and indignation will be a tiny fraction of what it was for that college student's private utterance.
Just in case you're wondering who actually benefits from double standards and who has the power to punish and destroy even obscure people who make statements in private that offend a particular group.
https://t.co/rbEW976Mu7
If someone made this exact same statement -- but replaced "Muslim" with "Jew" -- their career would not only be instantly and permanently destroyed, but their families, banks, communities and employers would be relentlessly hounded until they were denounced, disowned and banned.
Hillary Clinton reemerging from obscurity to amplify and validate GOP talking points against populist Dems as America heads into the general election against Trump’s party — what an incredibly on-brand commitment to the bit