I'm not a big Twitter 🧵 guy (nor did anyone ask for this so bear with me)...but my parents were small business owners, and I think hyping products you love is a nice and easy way to support entrepreneurs.
So here's a list of a few products/brands I'm vouching for:
this is a stupid tweet. former obama and clinton folks work all over tech industry....but when a former GOP campaign person does, it's a huge conspiracy? what absolute garbage.
Stocks dropped from all-time highs after a report that West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin will oppose further direct aid payments, denting hopes for another sweeping spending bill
This is such a dishonest tweet from a “disinformation reporter.”
36 people died during the Hindenburg accident. Not even in the same universe as the SpaceX unmanned test rocket.
Jared Kushner called it "a couple of Facebook ads." But a new study found that every 25,000 re-tweets by accounts connected to a Russian troll farm predicted a one percent increase in opinion polls for Trump in 2016.
If you only read 1 thing this 4th of July, take 15 mins for this
@WarOnTheRocks
piece by Bridgwater co-CEO (& army vet) David McCormick.
Thoughtful analysis on why America needs more
#veterans
in leadership positions - across business, media & politics.
“We could face up to where we’ve gone wrong. News organizations don’t go in for that kind of reckoning. But there’s a good reason for NPR to be the first: we’re the ones with the word ‘public’ in our name.”
@uriberliner
's hope for a U.S. media institution.
Record turnout in the 2018 midterms per CBS’ Jennifer De Pinto. An estimated 113 million, or 49% of registered voters, cast ballots. It’s the first midterm in history to exceed 100 million votes.
This is dope.
@elianayjohnson
and the
@FreeBeacon
crew punch wayyyyyy above their weight. One of the few truly impactful pubs highlighting stories the mainstream ignores…big impact with a scrappy and whip smart team.
New: NewsNation has announced that it will host the fourth Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday, December 6th, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Debate will be moderated by Megyn Kelly, NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas, and The Washington Free Beacon’s Eliana Johnson.
Modern Seinfeld episode: George downloads the scooter apps, but can never find one when he needs it. Starts hiding them in his apt building.
Gets banned from app.
Dc residents: crime is skyrocketing, open air drug use block away from elementary school. Plz focus on this
@MayorBowser
: best I can do is refresh the BLM mural
NEW: DC is freshening up its massive “Black Lives Matter” street mural even as BLM faces intense backlash for social media posts aligning with the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel earlier this month.
I'm told it should be done by Thanksgiving.
this is a BIG get for Speaker Johnson world. Raj is one of the top comms, research and messaging guys in the party. brings huge talent to the speaker's team. impressive.
This is
@BubbaAtkinson
's dog, Charlie.
Despite her new found internet fame, she's still humble. Still loves treats and chasing the occasional squirrel.
Dog sitting her for the next 24 hours - so if you don't like dog pics, you may want to mute me now.
Blue checkmarks sharing "Courier Newsroom" stories with no disclaimers as if it's not a partisan-funded "news site" they complain about all the time.....hate to see it
*opens Twitter*
- vegan Twitter war re: buying ice cream for crying kid
- cultural appropriation anger re: a high schooler's prom dress
-still more whcd hot takes
*closes Twitter*
I honestly think
@ComfortablySmug
got the White House to tweet that snow photo (WHICH THEY USED ON FACEBOOK A FEW DAYS AGO) just to watch the collective meltdown.
Classic smug tbh.
TRAIL MIX: Nikki Haley scored the endorsement of billionaire Charles Koch's anti-Trump group in the Republican presidential primary on Tuesday.
@Kjwalsh_news
and
@abcnewsnick
have more:
#trailimixabc
Thinking of all the friends (and foes) on 2018 races - folks who have been in the trenches, maybe gained a few lbs from too much pizza, met some great vols, picked up a smoking habit again & find themselves crushing a little too much booze on weekdays.
Good luck, people. GOTMFV.
Who wants to tell the journos all the consumer data that's sold via credit card companies, store discount cards, charity donations etc.
Wait until they figure that out...
Ten years ago today, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, sending America into its most dire financial crisis since the Great Depression. Our deep dive on how it shaped the country over the next decade:
People replying to this telling people to boycott YouTube are wild...
Instead of being mad at YT for selling homepage to trump campaign, be mad at the DNC, Priorities or Bloomberg for not buying it months ago
(by the way...the YT homepage has been sold to campaigns since '12)
In the immediate run up to the U.S. presidential election and on Election Day, the homepage of YouTube is set to advertise just one candidate: Donald Trump.
great scoop
@mhbergen
@joshuabrustein
I spotted these National Guard troops at a normal Washington street corner not even near the Capitol. So many streets have been closed. It reminds me of the war zones I saw in Baghdad or Mosul or Falluja. So sad.
The people who try to deboard a plane (at a final destination) before the natural, agreed upon row progression will lead to the downfall of civil society.
I just watched the most ridiculous CNN piece re: mirotargeting and advertising and am convinced this is all a joke.
"they could target men 40-60 in Arkansas who may be influenced by national security ad"
Funny how times have changed.
6-7 years ago during my
@google
days, we couldn't get anyone (reporters, campaigns, consultants etc) to pay attention to us.....and now I'm getting breaking news push alerts on changes to ad policies.
doesn't shock me.
DJT likely did a lot of CPC campaigns for DR with what I assume had a high CTR, but low CPC, which when you back into a CPM....means higher CPM.
When I was an intern in DC in '08 I ate half a Subway 6 inch sandwich for dinner, the other half of lunch from earlier in day. Maybe with a side of ramen.
An intern's story >> A Week In NYC On $25/Hour And $1k Monthly Allowance
Everyone involved in political data and advertising has been saying this for...5 years.
Instead the blue checkmarks worked American people into a frenzy about a crap product that had good PR....meanwhile those same folks are making $ off Netflix docs, books, speaking fees, etc
Huge news for GOP CAMPAIGNS. Can't think of better partners than Revv and Data Trust >>>
GOP reaches landmark agreement to juice small-dollar fundraising
I remember as a kid my mom telling me that when she first immigrated to America from the former Yugoslavia, she learned basic English from watching
@Oprah
in the 80s. Story struck with me all these years.