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The rewards program from Wyndham Hotels has dropped its affiliation with The NRA.
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More history:
Georgia’s first Black Senator.
California’s first Latino Senator.
Georgia’s first Jewish Senator.
Rafael Warnock, Alex Padilla and Jon Ossoff’s swearing in solidifies Democrats control of the US Senate.
(📷: Gov. Gavin Newsom)
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Lady GaGa is an amazing performer. She sang and danced the entire concert and her voice is rock solid the entire time.
Phenomenal.
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A group of volunteers from the SF Bay Area are in McAllen, Texas.
They posted this picture of a toddler at a Catholic Charities Center who just out of an ICE Facility.
They’re asking people to send children’s shoes and shoelaces for the kids.
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This video posted by the CHP of officers removing a protestor from a concrete and rebar filled barrel illustrates why it took so long to clear freeways Monday.
In the video you can see and hear the protestor refusing to let go of the rebar even after it’s been cut away.
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As the Immigrant Community braces for pending ICE Raids, some churches in the Bay Area have been designed as Sanctuaries and Safe Havens for those worried about deportation.
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Smash and grab bandits are not taking a break for the holiday. We came upon two vehicles that were hit at Alamo Square. A witness shared this video of one of the hits. A family from Las Vegas and another from El Paso are the victims. Both are shocked and frightened.
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The context of this is very powerful.
In 1978 Harvey Milk said, “Come out to your relatives.. come out to your friends.. if indeed they are your friends. Come out to your neighbors.”
41 years later, a Presidential Candidate is chatting about his husband.
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@josecanyousee
@ZachMoss6
Nancy Pelosi serves California’s most unique district.
San Francisco is both a city and a county.
She won election 17 times as a member of Congress by wide margins.
And she’s been elected by her peers as Speaker of the House twice.
Seems like lots of people like her.
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There’s a sizable protest outside San Francisco City Hall.
This crowd joins others around the world who are denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch an invasion of Ukraine.
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This is a massive
#747
fire retardant bomber trying to protect homes on Scott’s Valley Road in Lake County near Lakeport.
#RiverFire
#mendocinocomplex
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Fascinating investigation by the New York Times.
They report Washington Post Columnist Jamal Khashoggi wasn’t the only Saudi targeted and detail Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s drive to crush dissent.
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Vice President Kamala Harris is in San Francisco Chinatown for a round table conversation with small business owners and SF Mayor London Breed. This is part of the Biden Administration’s efforts to get the word out about legislative achievements.
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This is video of a US Border Patrol Unit running down a member of the Tohono O’odham Native American Nation which straddles the US/Mexico Border. In the video, the CBP vehicle drives off. The man survived.
U.S Border Patrol ran over an O’odham man today on the Tohono O’odham Nation.
This is an example of the fear O’odham have to face everyday because BP ravage our communities & are careless with our lives.
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@AndreaY69881798
Kyle Young pleaded guilty as one of several defendants charged in the assault of D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone on January 6th. This is a still of Young from Fanone’s body camera.
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United Airlines flight attendants are picketing at SFO as part of a national protest over staffing concerns and continued disruptions to scheduling.
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@JackMa
@iwriterealgood
Where are these supplies headed in the US?
I’m a reporter in San Francisco.
If they’re headed here, I’d love to see the flights land if possible.
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University of San Francisco professor
@belindaHarriaga
shared several drawings by 10 to 11 year old migrant children who are released to the Catholic Charities.
This is what they draw when they sit with volunteers who try to comfort them.
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In light of today’s bridge collision in Baltimore, the Golden Gate Bridge authority issued a statement over concerns about something similar happening here. 1/3
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Three UCSF organ transplant surgeries were delayed because couriers were either stuck on the bridge or had to re-route around the bridge to the Golden Gate Bridge because of this protest.
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According to the USGS there has been a 7.2 Earthquake in Oaxaca Mexico.
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Here’s another drawing.
Cages are a recurring theme.
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Just to give you an idea how busy SFO is today, this is the traffic headed into all the terminals. The severe winter weather is also affecting lots of flights across the country.
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A USF Professor says the kids arrive with shoes that are worn to the soles, or don’t have any shoes at all.
They describe children who were in dirty conditions as they are taken from ICE holding facilities to Catholic Charities relief centers.
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This thread from CNN Correspondent Kyung Lah is disheartening for San Francisco. But it’s the brutal truth of the state of the city.
Robbed while doing a story about resident’s discontent with crime.
You can’t make this stuff up.
Got robbed. Again.
@jasonkCNN
& I were at city hall in San Francisco to do an interview for
@CNN
. We had security to watch our rental car + crew car. Thieves did this in under 4 seconds. Security stopped the jerks from stealing other bags. But seriously- this is ridiculous
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@jaimetoons
We talked with Jaime.
He says he’s still open to an apology from the woman in the video.
He was open to it when she saw police drove away after checking out the scene.
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Mayor London Breed addresses the Supreme Court’s Decision on ‘Grants Pass’ today. She’s says it will allow the city of San Francisco to be more aggressive on clearing homeless encampments.
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It is now hailing with lightning and thunder in San Francisco
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@DrJenGunter
I was raised by a single mother.
It’s interesting how having her send me to the local market for some personal items, completely desensitized me of any of of this.
Thanks mom.
I really appreciate you normalizing this.
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This is actually a eulogy of the death of retail rather than the death of San Francisco. The people who shopped at every one of the retail outlets here likely shifted their buying habits online during the pandemic, and didn’t return en masse to in person retail.
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#GRAPHICVIDEO
An attack in the middle of the day in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood.
A woman says she was headed to an appointment when a man followed her into the building and snatched her purse.
She says she fought back because she’s tired of being a victim in the city.
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Laid off Twitter cleaning crew members are getting support from state and local leaders in their effort to get severance pay after they were locked out of Twitter HQ two weeks ago.
They are also the latest group of former Twitter workers to file legal claims against the company
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This is AWESOME.
Jennifer Hudson KNOCKS IT OUT OF THE PARK, singing the theme song to The Jefferson’s.
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@sahilkapur
@FoxNews
Seeing Wisconsin (R) Senator Ron Johnson underwater against his Democratic challenger is interesting.
Recent polling showing Florida Senator (R) Marco Rubio trailing Democratic Challenger Val Demings is also fascinating.
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@blewis823
Fascinating how warped that situation is.
They’re cartoons!!!
But certain groups insisted they not be drawn sitting together?!?!
So infuriating.
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Lots of people in the San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood celebrating after networks call Pennsylvania for Biden and Harris.
President Elect Joe Biden and Vice President Elect Kamala Harris will make up the most diverse executive team in US History.
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@RealDanHo
@wes_chu
¡Hijole!
As a Latino, I can totally relate.
“¡Andale pues, your friend Johnny can do it, to me digas que you can’t!”
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“The South Tower, which is anchored to bedrock beneath the water, is protected by a concrete fender ring extending 40 feet deep, the same depth drawn by a large ship. The concrete fender is filled with sand, similar to a highway crash barrel, and is 27 feet thick at its base” 3/3
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San Francisco, July 18, 2024.
Happy Thursday everyone.
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@dutchessprim
Are we supposed to be focusing on the misspelled title (there’s an ‘r’ in Governor).., or the underarm sweat mark?
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According to Marin County Water Watch, all seven of the district’s water storage reservoirs are at capacity.
This is the spillway for the Nicasio Reservoir. Locals say they haven’t seen water flowing this much from here in years.
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#BreakingNews
According to the United Airlines app, UA35 is a Boeing 777-200ER. In this video, a woman says a tire from the plane fell off and hit these vehicles. This is a parking area at the end of one of the runways at SFO.
#BREAKING
United Airlines Flight UAL35 lost a tire during takeoff from SFO.
UAL35 is currently in the air, diverting to LAX. One or two tires are missing from the aircraft. Landing gear has damaged multiple cars at SFO (in video from
@Julian61865944
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“The Golden Gate Bridge has the most robust ship collision protection of any bridge on the West Coast. The North Tower sits half on land and half in the water, and a large vessel would run aground before colliding with the pier.” 2/3
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A resident near San Francisco’s Dolores Park says vandals from this weekend’s mass skateboarding event that turned into a riot are responsible for what looks like BB or Bullet holes in two windows at his home. He says one window has five holes, the other has one.
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SFPD is still looking for the five people inside the white sedan that launched through the Sanchez Street dead end on Saturday.
Two angles of video show the car crash. A 3rd angle shows three people walk away from the scene, one of them looks to have a bloodied face.
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Did anyone feel the shaking?
I’m in San Francisco and didn’t notice it, except for this alert.
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A Peninsula Teen shared video of a confrontation with a lady who he says started berating him as he was about to start his daily run.
He says he feels targeted because he’s Black.
He and his father say they’re rattled that a confrontation like this happened in the Bay Area.
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San Francisco City Hall is looking quite beautiful tonight.
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#BreakingNews
This is the site of vandalism that caused a video interruption at San Francisco City Hall, and prompted the Board of Supervisors to postpone its meeting.
According to a source, someone opened up a Comcast vault on Geary in the Tenderloin, and mangled cables inside.
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The Oakland Symphony plays
“We Are The Champions” at the
#final
regular season game of the Golden State Warriors at
#OracleArena
.
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@DrJBhattacharya
Hello Dr Bhattacharya.
My name is Sergio Quintana.
I’m a reporter at NBC Bay Area News in San Francisco.
Please follow me to exchange PM. I’d like to know more about your letter.
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A brass band leading protestors through the International Terminal at SFO.
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The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner has released the names of the victims in the mass shooting at the VTA yard in San Jose:
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For people stuck in traffic in the city, here’s the reason why. The photo here was posted by CHP. A big rig toppled over on the Bay Bridge. That’s what is causing major traffic delays.
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Attorneys for SF resident Anh Lê announce a lawsuit against the SF District Attorney’s office alleging a failure to bring felony and hate crime charges in a violent attack on him by a man and his teenage son in Chinatown.
They say a misdemeanor plea deal violated Lê’s rights.
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This is a pretty shocking post from the Former US Ambassador to Russia.
WARNING. Someone using the phone number +1 (202) 7549885 is impersonating me. If you connect on a video platform with this number, you will see an AI-generated "deep fake" that looks and talks like me. It is not me. This is a new Russian weapon of war. Be careful.
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This photo shot on the Golden Gate Bridge shows how protesters used pipes to link themselves to fellow protesters sitting in cars.
Officers had to saw apart the pipes before arresting people and then towing their cars.
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Several hundred people remain at 14th Street and Broadway in Oakland.
This is a peaceful crown, defying the city’s curfew.
Oakland Police leaders say they have no intention of clearing the crowd if they remain peaceful.
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Christie McVie was one of the powerhouse singer/composers of Fleetwood Mac.
“Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow” is one of the band’s biggest hits.
May she rest in peace.
Thank you for the music.
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SF City Hall is lit up in solidarity with Transgendered community after Trump Administration rescinded protections for trans students.
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My colleague Mykie Vang and I were out gathering video and interviews just outside Ridgecrest, and pretty close to the Epicenter.
This is what it looked like during the 7.1 quake.
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Actor Benicio Del Toro addressed demonstrators in Puerto Rico tonight.
He’s tells the group he’s sad, but he praised the crowd for being peaceful and encourages them to show the world they’re a Democracy.
📹 by San Jose resident Maria Acevedo.
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Madonna’s tribute to those who were lost to AIDS was beautiful and amazingly staged for a live audience.
#MadonnaCelebrationTour
#SanFrancisco
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Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announces the Blue Angels will be flying a missing woman formation this weekend in honor of Senator Dianne Feinstein.
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Vice President Elect Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff.
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Five Brands that had partnerships with the National Rifle Association have ended those deals.
• First National Bank of Omaha
• Wyndham Hotels
• Alamo Rent A Car
• National Rent A Car
• Enterprise Rent A Car
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The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection has opened an investigation into new sleeping accommodations at Twitter Headquarters.
We have a first look at those orange carpeted rooms, complete with big screen monitors and a reservation panel.
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@michaelharriot
We were not allowed to have “Fruity Pebbles”.
When I went to college, my roommate was my older brother.
On our first trip to the supermarket we bought a box of “Fruity Pebbles” and had them for dinner... the whole box.
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On one of the hottest days of the year in San Francisco, this Classic Tourist VW Bus burst into flames best Dolores Park.
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A BART train lost power inside the trans bay tube between San Francisco and Oakland.
This is video shot by Instagram user “Oaktowngetdown” as riders walk from car to car.
According to BART, the train had 200 passengers aboard. It’s being towed to West Oakland.
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Alberto Cardona and his family are visiting San Francisco from Las Vegas. He’s says his kids are rattled and sad they lost some items in the break in.
But he’s concerned about the shards of glass that were all over his toddler’s booster seat.
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The SF Medical Examiner has identified the 74 year old who died after being pushed into a BART train last night. Corazon Dandan died from head injuries when she hit the train and fell onto the platform. Police say transient Trevor Belmont, 49, was arrested after the attack.
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“The Bob Newhart Show” was a bit before my time. But I will always love listening to the jazzy horns playing the opening credits. This was a classic TV show intro at its best.
Rest In Peace Mr. Newhart. Thanks for the laughs and the cool music intro.
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#BreakingNews
San Francisco emergency crews are at Oak and Divisadero attempting to rescue a construction worker who was in a trench when it collapsed. The worker has been in there for about half an hour. A rescue dog is helping determine where he is currently.
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Friends and family of former San Francisco fire commissioner Don Carmignani are shocked and angry about his attack Wednesday. They say he was trying to ask an unhoused person clear out of his parents’ doorway in the city’s Marina District when he was beaten with a metal pipe.
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San Francisco.
Mission Dolores Park.
March 27, 2021.
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On the day after he declared a National Emergency, President Donald Trump was spotted at an omelette bar, wearing a casual beige jumpsuit, at one of his clubs in Florida.
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@scottbudman
Besides being a bit creepy, how do you recharge it when the battery dies?
Do you have to lay your head on a magnetic charger for a few hours?
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Commuters on BART say they appreciate seeing uniformed safety patrols on the trains. And now more of the transit agency’s armed police officers will be joining them.
BART leadership is trying to help ease rider’s concerns and encourage more people to ride the trains.
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Berkeley restaurant "Top Dog" confirms, Cole White, an attendee of the White Nationalist rally in
#Charlotesville
, is no longer an employee.
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This whole thread is upsetting. Even more infuriating is, this happened here in the Bay Area.
Seems like the Alameda County District Attorney’s office is selectively denying access to this news outlet.
I was just turned away from an announced press conference with elected
@AlamedaCountyDA
Pamela Price. Every other member of the media who came was let in without any checking of credentials.
@FACoalition
@rcfp
@SPJ_NorCal
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There’s spontaneous cheering in San Francisco this morning as networks call Pennsylvania for Joe Biden.
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Spotted just behind Moscone Center near
#DreamForce
, an SUV with broken rear windows. Just a reminder to people visiting San Francisco, DON’T LEAVE ANYTHING IN A VEHICLE.
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The SFPD body cam video of the attack on Paul Pelosi by David DePape is released.
Watching this in court during the preliminary hearing weeks ago, I was surprised how fast this all happened and alarmed to hear Paul Pelosi breathing so deeply after being knocked unconscious.
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The holiday storm is still snarling air traffic across the country. Southwest Airlines has been hit particularly hard by cancellations across its system, even declaring an operational state of emergency in Denver this weekend. This is the SWA line at SFO now.
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Planters will be installed outside the Walgreens at Castro and 18th Saturday morning. Supervisor Rafael Mandelman is inviting neighbors to join in filling them with soil and plants. It’s an idea taken from other parts of the neighborhood to help ward off loitering and camping.
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@ChrisSeelbach
@courtpassant
Interesting.
Because the El Paso shooter left a very clearly written post detailing his motivations.
None of what this woman says was included.
I wonder if she read his post?
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A team of 21 doctors and nurses from UCSF just boarded a flight from SFO headed to New Mexico to help support The Navajo Nation in its fight against Covid 19
These volunteers are on a month long mission to help one of the hardest hit communities in the country.
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@R_H_Ebright
@biannagolodryga
I guess they didn’t check with their buddies in Beijing before putting out this list.
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This is a serious issue raised by
@McFaul
. I wonder if
@Twitter
will investigate the statements by
@ARTEM_KLYUSHIN
?
And just so we are clear (once you get it translated)
@ARTEM_KLYUSHIN
himself is accusing me of criminal behavior, working as an "illegal" CIA agent in Russia. Its completely false. Its intimidating to me. &
@Twitter
is allowing him to spread that message to a million followers.
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