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Joe Biden @[email protected]
United States government official

Like many Americans, I was disappointed that the first bill Republicans in the House passed would help wealthy people cheat on their taxes and add $114 billion to the deficit.

House Republicans campaigned on inflation—they didn’t say if elected, their plan was to make it worse.

Jeff Beck, influential guitar god of The Yardbirds, dies at 78
Arguably one of the best guitarists in history.

usatoday.com/story/entertainme

SAUDI CROWN PRINCE BOASTED THAT JARED KUSHNER WAS “IN HIS POCKET”
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told confidants that Kushner discussed the names of royal family members opposed to his power grab.

theintercept.com/2018/03/21/ja

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Ronald Reagan began the destruction of America by pushing the trickle down lie, slashing top tax rates, tripling the national debt, repealing usury laws, offshoring jobs, suppressing green energy, attacking unions, repealing the Fairness Doctrine, & Republicans deify him for it.

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Oh no let’s blame 1 engineer. Not lack of staff (just one engineer looks over a change so critical?). Don’t blame the change management process, lack of a quick disaster recovery back-off, lack of QA. Training on the file. Let’s just blame a lone engineer. (Sarcasm) rawstory.com/faa-outage-cause/

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Keenan Anderson—a 31-year-old high school teacher & father—stopped LA police for help after an accident. They instead cuffed him, pinned him, & tased him repeatedly as he begged them to stop.

Keenan died of cardiac arrest from excessive tasing.

His crime—asking police for help.

LAPD is already blaming Anderson for his own death, claiming he was erratic and on drugs. The video footage doesn't lie. He asked for help and instead, LAPD killed him.

How Do You Reform This?

theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j

Brittney Griner Named Arizonan of the Year, Conservatives Predictably Freak Out
Critics use late hero Pat Tillman to disparage Brittney Griner’s recent honor.

theroot.com/brittney-griner-na

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The good news, states the report, is that "when the fight over voting rights shifted from legislative chambers to courtrooms this year, courts overwhelmingly protected the right to vote, particularly in advance of the midterm elections."

salon.com/2023/01/11/staggerin

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CounterSocial is the first Social Network Platform to take a zero-tolerance stance to hostile nations, bot accounts and trolls who are weaponizing OUR social media platforms and freedoms to engage in influence operations against us. And we're here to counter it.