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This is the money quote for the whole Trump v. United States case. Justice Barrett has it exactly right — and shows why the Court (and maybe the Special Counsel) is making this way too hard. The sole question should be whether acts relating to running for president are core
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The ignorance in this tweet is astonishing.
The Net was born neutral. From the beginning, the FCC and others fought to keep it neutral. The 2015 rules assured its neutrality.
Then the clueless (or corrupt) took that protection away.
Snowflake, believing online propaganda: "OMG w/o net neutrality, the Internet is gone!" Informed observer: "You know, the FCC issued that rule in 2015. The Internet grew up wonderfully free from govt regulation & this restores the status quo ante." Snowflake: "Uh, never mind..."
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We believe there are now at least 20 GOP electors considering a vote of conscience. Last week, there was 1.
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So
@SenWarren
is in a tough place, choosing btw a probable primary winner and his principled opponent. But remember:
@JoeBiden
is the only major Dem candidate NOT TO commit to making fundamental reform – what she calls anti-corruption reform – happen first.
@SenSanders
has.
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Brilliant piece by Philip Howard. But let's not forget that
@AndrewYang
is also the most aggressive campaign finance reformer left on stage. That too is a critical part of fixing government: "Promising the moon, ignoring broken government"
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“winner take all” is not in the constitution: the vote if electoral votes were allocated proportionally.
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Why Bush v. Gore might mean that Clinton should be president: The EP argument against winner-take-all:
#1p1vote
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Jill Stein could do something critically important here — help her?
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@SuserSuzanner
exactly, which makes this so bizarre. We all can understand that when the president is candidate, his obligations are different. He's got to pay for Airforce One, for example. Why the Court couldn't see this is bizarre.
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My oped in the LA Times: Why Mayor Pete's 'wine cave' dinner is beside the point -
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Brilliant event with
@SenSanders
tonight in Concord with
@ZephyrTeachout
. Every answer, perfect - especially his committing to
@RoKhanna
’s democracy vouchers and making reform issue number 1.
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Can't quite believe this is happening, but Congress is gone so the law is not changing!
Mickey Mouse, Long a Symbol in Copyright Wars, to Enter Public Domain
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It is quite amazing, but today, for the first time in 20 years, work is passing into the public domain.
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That's it. We did it. For US. For
@aaronsw
. Tears, and sleep, and endless thanks.
#MayDayPAC
http://t.co/wULvKvIv73
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#HUGENews
: David Boies, maybe America’s greatest litigator, will be leading our
#EqualVotes
legal team. (1/x)
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Yes, thank you,
@AndrewYang
. I get how your identity was (rightly) important to many. To me, most important was the ideas. The (American political) world sees something now they didn’t see before. Next, they will accept it.
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After meeting w/the extraordinary
#HungerStrike4Democracy
(
@LetsUnPAC
) students &
@MadisonSiriusXM
in DC, I decided to join their strike. I am refusing to eat until
@POTUS
prioritizes the Freedom to Vote Act. The FTVA must pass THIS YEAR. We cannot afford to wait longer.
@WHCOS
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Jan 11 will be the 10th anniversary of losing
@aaronsw
.
To avoid the threatened termination of inactive Twitter accounts, here's a full archive of his tweets:
Any creative word cloud makers?
#RIPaaronswAt10
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WE DID IT!!! ($1M in < 4 wks) Thank you all for your support. Now, let's go
#fixdemocracyfirst
#getmoneyout
http://t.co/ZSTpbsAXvQ
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Seriously, spare the seven minutes and forty seconds to watch this — from a man who could not be President, with all the wisdom and love of the very best leaders. And then share it.
My message to my fellow Americans and friends around the world following this week's attack on the Capitol.
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There are literally HUNDREDS of GOP-backed lawsuits trying to block the count of votes. There are exactly ZERO Democratic-backed lawsuits trying to block the count of votes.
#JustSaying
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This is exactly the point: if you put principle above profit, then this isn't hard. Turn off the censored country — and let the people of that country take care of the problem.
What Wikipedia did: we stood strong for our principles and fought to the Supreme Court of Turkey and won. This is what it means to treat freedom of expression as a principle rather than a slogan.
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Azar learns of the risk Jan 3; he can’t get time with the president till Jan 18; “When he reached Trump by phone, the president interjected to ask about vaping and when flavored vaping products would be back on the market.”
Ugh.
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This
is
not
a
drill
the
FCC
just
announced
#NetNeutrality
ends
on
June 11
unless
we
stop
it
retweet
to
sound
the
alarm
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Oh, I see, NOW we get calls for the President to "act like a dignified adult."
"He should act like a dignified adult and retract these sick comments. And every Democrat member of congress should be asked to disavow these disgusting comments."
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I am no fan of Cruz, but this is not a fair headline
#clickbait
“Ted Cruz Defends Parents Doing Nazi Salutes at School Board Meetings” via
@thedailybeast
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Join me tomorrow in Concord, NH for a town hall on democracy reform with
@BernieSanders
and
@ZephyrTeachout
. Starts at 6pm. See you there?
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Today, we’re launching a new project with
@EqualCitizensUS
to fix the way we elect presidents. (1/14)
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Somehow I got on a
@realDonaldTrump
email list. Today, "he" emailed me:
"Lawrence, I’m not worried. I will only ever be worried if you turn against our movement."
Hey,
@realDonaldTrump
, worry. I've turned against your movement.
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1st, bad news: CIA says Russians hacked our elections. 2d, good news: There is an electoral college:
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On the incredibly important news of the day (or when the Democrats committed to
#fixdemocracyfirst
) —
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Remove Trump Tonight - The Atlantic
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ELI5: Why doesn't the Board just release the rankings from every ballot in a machine-readable form, so every election nerd across the world can run the numbers. This is not rocket science. And the code to do it is free software.
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This is absurd. DNC: stop w/ the games. A staffer does not a campaign make. Plz sign
@berniesanders
petition:
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Hey, look at that. I agree with the National Review (
@NRO
): Hasn’t Andrew Yang Earned a Little More Respect By Now?
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What if the "CEO" decides they want a qualified engineer to run the software & server teams?
I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software & servers teams.
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So the next time
@realdonaldtrump
or
@seanspicer
flat out lie, journalists should silently stand.
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BREAKING: The repeal of
#NetNeutrality
just went into effect. Your cable company now has even more power to screw you over and censor online content. But Congress can still stop this. Go to to contact your reps now! via
@IDLtweets
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Wow. Talk about Orwellian. A private publisher decides it doesn't want to associate with someone who led a legally baseless attack on a democratic election; you, a gov't official, threaten legal action against them; but it is THEY who are "assaulting the First Amendment"?
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So much free speech!
Twitter appears to censor LGBTQ terms including 'trans'
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Because you read the 98 page opinion and concluded the judge was wrong? You DRAW cartoons, Adams. You don’t have to BE one.
I’m canceling all NYC business trips until the Trump property seizure is reversed. Also no new business with NY entities.
Too far.
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On Joi and MIT
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Hey
#YangGang
: Join me in conversation with
@AndrewYang
in Concord, NH on April 7th at
@EqualCitizensUS
's first Democracy Town Hall.
#nhpolitics
RSVP here:
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This is what a successful challenge to winner-take-all would look like. Let's fix the Electoral College.
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Um, the Supreme Court did — and found it to be unconstitutional. Gray v. Sanders (1963)
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On the ethics of electors: "Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it."
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Excellent piece by David Pozen re (what we should call them): the faithful electors.
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Hey
#Dems
, just stop. This law is plainly unconstitutional.
California Requires Trump Tax Returns Under New Election Law
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What’s unbelievable is NOT that the President is promoting a controversial treatment for COVID-19 WHILE having a financial interest in the drug.
What’s unbelievable is that stuff like this is no longer unbelievable.
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My son’s (13) framing of the health care debate: “It’s like its Obamacare versus TrumpDoesnt”
#obamacare
#trumpdoesnt
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Oh man,
@elonmusk
.
Been there, didn't do that.
You didn't lose a son, brother; you abandoned a child.
Disengage your ego, and embrace parental love.
Elon Musk Causes Uproar With 'My Son Xavier Is Dead' Remark
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Wow! My newest favorite
#CC0
collection: The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50,000 High-Res Images from Their Collection Online
@creativecommons
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@realDonaldTrump
Thanks for the question,
@realdonaldtrump
. That's pretty easy. "At what point"? At no point. See (when u get around to it) the
#1stA
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Yes, yes, yes, why can't we?
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@realDonaldTrump
Most politicians would have broken into DNC HQ to get info on an opponent. That's politics!
#AndWatergateII
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I am a legal scholar who understands free speech. In particular, I understand it does not include insurrection.
@lessig
I thought you were a legal scholar who understood free speech. When is censorship acceptable?
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A crowded 2020 presidential primary field calls for ranked choice voting | TheHill
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Another day on
#HungerStrike4Democracy
with the inspiring
@LetsUnpac
students. This is one of the hardest things I've ever done. But I am committed to lifting up these youth voices.
@POTUS
(cc:
@WHCOS
): We need you to pressure the Senate to pass the Freedom to Vote Act THIS YEAR.
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.
@POTUS
,
@WHCOS
, and
@SenateDems
, pay attention to these young Americans fighting for our democracy’s future. Listen to their demand: Pass the
#FreedomToVoteAct
THIS YEAR. We truly cannot wait any longer. Please.
#HungerStrike4Democracy
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Hey, if you've ever been hit with the "but America is not a democracy, it is a REPUBLIC" argument, save this link:
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Wouldn't everyone (except the Freedom Caucus) be better off if 20 Dems voted for McCarthy in exchange for him not doing the 100 insane things the Freedom Caucus would insist upon?
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Lawyers Call For Trump's Impeachment, Removal, and Prosecution Over Capitol Coup
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Our claim is the winner-take-all method of allocating electoral votes violates the Equal Protection Clause protecting
#1person1vote
. (4/x)
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Then god help us all.
My use of social media is not Presidential - it’s MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL. Make America Great Again!
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This is so freaking surprising.
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Boom!
@BernieSanders
commits clearly and openly to making reform a priority. "It goes without saying" he said. But it is so incredibly important that he said it.
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Pop quiz: What are the top 5 reasons for having an electoral college:
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How to make money in the digital age: Build a bot to claim copyright in public domain works (in this case, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata), and YouTube's bot will do the enforcing, and most — like this YT'r — will give in. via
@YouTube
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What
if
all
your
favorite
websites
loaded
this
slowly
unless
you
paid
extra
to
access
them?
The
Senate
votes
on
#NetNeutrality
in
24
hours
via
@IDLtweets
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On why Trump's foreign ties raise a constitutional bar to him being president. Money will be his Wallace Simpson.
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this is the key to everything — real people in real space confronting real lies and real wrongs. bravo.
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