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[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Imagine if we treated black people's right to vote like we treated white people's right to bear arms

[Bussin' With The Boys @BussinWTB]

Chris Johnson’s daughter has brought back the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to help raise awareness and support the fight against the disease

“The support you’ve shown me over the last few days has meant more than I can put into words.” 💙

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Stock Trades by Presidents Since 1990 During Term:

Probably nothing.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Good to see Grok siding with me over Elon Musk.

[Jason Bassler @JasonBassler1]

8 Ways To Take Down Flock Without A Sawzall:

1. Demand An Audit

Most cities never independently audit whether Flock cameras in town actually reduce crime. Ask your city council to show evidence that these cameras reduced violent crime. Make them prove it. They usually can't.

2. Find Out When the Contract Expires

Every Flock camera program has a contract renewal date. Use FOIAs to request the original contract, all amendments, renewal dates, and termination clauses.

This one is SO important because we must organize BEFORE renewal, not AFTER the cameras go up.

3. Demand the Privacy Impact Assessment

Before deploying any type of surveillance devices with public funds, many city governments are supposed to evaluate the privacy risks.

Ask for privacy Impact Assessment, civil liberties review, and constitutional analysis. If they never conducted one... Ask why not (they hate that.)

4. Show Up Before They Vote

Flock cameras aren't installed overnight. They usually require budget approval, council approval, contract approval. Use tools like "Citizen Portal" to setup automatic notifications for upcoming city council meetings. Speak before, not after installation.

5. Follow the Money

Want to know why your city suddenly wants Flock cameras? It's usually always grants or cronyism.

Ask for grant applications: DHS grants, DOJ grants, Homeland Security funding, ect. Surveillance programs begin because outside money make them "free."

6. Ask About Data Sharing

Every city should have to answer this question: "Exactly which agencies can search our city's license plate database?"

Ask for sharing agreements, MOUs, list of agencies with approval, and search logs. Most people think it's just local police. It rarely is, usually the feds too.

7. Audit Every Search

Public records requests aren't just for the contracts. You can publicly request every audit log showing who searched the Flock system and why.

Ask for date, user, reason for search and any case numbers. Abuse often shows up in the logs before it makes the news or a viral social media post.

8. Compare Crime Before & After

Download your city's crime data. Compare property and violent crime before and after Flock was installed.

If there's no meaningful change... Ask why taxpayers are still paying for it. If officials claim the cameras are effective, ask them to produce the evidence supporting continued funding.

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@ChrisRobinsonNJ @TheMaineWonk 😂

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@mattvanswol @NickKristof @elonmusk How about wars in Iran you little dk turd

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@NickKristof @ylecun @elonmusk Thank you for having a spine and doing your job 🤝

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

.@elonmusk says that no one can name a person who died from his aid cuts. In fact, I've met the kids who are dying, and I've talked to the families who lost children. In my columns, I've cited many, many names of people who have died because of Musk's aid cuts. A few examples:
*Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village.
*Gbessey Kiadu, age 1, died of malaria because of his cuts to malaria medication in Liberia. I talked to his mom in her village.
*Ibrahim Koroma, an infant, died of AIDS in Sierra Leone after he interrupted HIV supplies. I talked to health workers who cared for him.
*Achol Deng was an 8-year-old girl with HIV in South Sudan who died when Musk cut funding for the health care worker who provided her medicines. I talked to the healthcare workers.
I could go on and on. In almost every village you go to in South Sudan, Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone or other countries I reported in, you find people dying because of aid cuts. I challenge Musk: Come with me on a reporting trip, and we'll talk to these moms and dads, and you'll see the dying children themselves. I think if you see the kids whose lives are at stake, maybe you'll change your mind.

[Antidepressant Content @depressionlesss]

life advice from cats:

if it’s annoying, ignore it

if it’s stressful, sleep

if it’s complicated, knock it off a table

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@RapSheet @GMA 😞

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

The food and agriculture industry spent $224M on lobbying last year for things like food safety deregulations and rollbacks to nutrition labeling.

You can't "personal responsibility" your way out of corporations poisoning us and paying off government officials to let it happen.

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@joeroganhq Who gives a f what this dude has to say

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

This is Jonathan Ross. He's the ICE agent who shot and murdered Renee Good in cold blood 170 days ago. He has yet to be arrested and indicted for his crime.

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@unusual_whales Holy fk

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@simonmaechling So would you use roundup to kill weeds on your driveway?

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@unusual_whales You mean now that Trump stole billions

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@BussinWTB @JoshPateCFB I’m sorry what has Kalen done?

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@unusual_whales I get why, but it’s still weak as fk

[Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine]

I didn’t say what Susan Collins did is criminal. I said it SHOULD be criminal.

She got incredibly wealthy, funneling taxpayer money to her husband & profiting off stock trading while in office (violating the STOCK Act 25 times).

In a reasonable society, that would be criminal. Unfortunately, corrupt politicians like her still write our laws.

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@leahfiles @ImBreckWorsham Well to be fair they collect it illegally. There were supposed to be laws in this country 😂