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Tim Feb 8, 2023

Feb 8, 2023

A 72% majority of #Americans who watched #President Joe #Biden's #StateOfTheUnion address had a positive reaction to the speech, according to a #CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, with a smaller 34% reacting very positively.

#SOTU

https://www.politicalflare.com/2023/02/americans-thrilled-with-bidens-speech-approval-at-impossible-numbers-in-partisan-america/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Americans Thrilled with Biden's Speech, Approval at Impossible Numbers in Partisan America

Over 72% of Americans were impressed by Joe Biden’s State of the Union address or – “Had positive reaction” to Biden’s speech in the cold, sharp words of CNN’s flash poll. This coming Sunday, Americans will watch the Super Bowl. You will have a hard time getting 72% of the American public to agree on […]

Political Flare

Tim Feb 8, 2023

Crystal Gerleen Feb 8, 2023

Republican Senator Mike Lee feigns outrage during the State of the Union when President Biden suggests that some Republicans want to cut Social Security and Medicare.

But unsurprisingly we have video evidence where he plainly says he wants to get rid of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. #stateoftheunion #socialsecurity #republicans #democrats #politics #medicare

https://youtube.com/shorts/8R3w-ispso0?feature=share

🚨Republican Mike Lee BUSTED in LIE OF THE YEAR

YouTube

Tim Feb 8, 2023

Jon Keegan Feb 8, 2023

Damn. It’s like Biden has been reading @themarkup. The call for data minimization is noteworthy. Pushing the burden on companies to collect just the data they truly need rather than making consumers do all this work to opt out https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/07/fact-sheet-in-state-of-the-union-president-biden-to-outline-vision-to-advance-progress-on-unity-agenda-in-year-ahead/ #SOTU

FACT SHEET: In State of the Union, President Biden to Outline Vision to Advance Progress on Unity Agenda in Year Ahead - The White House

During his first State of the Union address, President Biden announced a four-part Unity Agenda focused on areas where members of both parties can come together and make additional progress for the American people: ending cancer as we know it; delivering on the sacred obligation to veterans; tackling the mental health crisis; and beating the opioid and…

The White House

Tim Feb 8, 2023

Chad Loder Feb 7, 2023

Three U.S. Marines were given highly sensitive intelligence jobs after participating in the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. Two of the Marines received promotions, while the third posted support of the "Boogaloo" movement, a right-wing anti-government ideology which advocates violent overthrow of the U.S. government.

https://theintercept.com/2023/02/06/january-6-marines-nsa/

Marines Charged in Capitol Riot Got Highly Sensitive Spy Jobs After Jan. 6

Following his alleged participation in the insurrection, Sgt. Joshua Abate was assigned to an NSA liaison unit at Fort Meade.

The Intercept

Tim Feb 4, 2023

Steve Silberman Feb 4, 2023

Heartbreakingly gorgeous elegy for #TomVerlaine by #PattiSmith. #music #punk https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/13/he-was-tom-verlaine?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned

Patti Smith Remembers Tom Verlaine

Patti Smith remembers her friend Tom Verlaine, the front man and guitarist for the band Television, in the wake of Verlaine’s death, on January 28th.

The New Yorker

Tim Feb 4, 2023

Caroline Orr Bueno Feb 4, 2023

Ok, so now that I’ve had a moment to breathe, let me take a few minutes to dive into the study I just published about Russian involvement in the 2022 truck convoy in Canada. The study can be read in full here: https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/jicw/article/view/5101

Russia's Role in the Far-Right Truck Convoy | The Journal of Intelligence, Conflict, and Warfare

Tim Feb 3, 2023

baconandcoconut Feb 2, 2023

Pocket friends that live in #Massachusetts please consider calling your State Senator and asking them to do whatever they can to get this bill to "Regulate Race Surveillance" to a vote in the Senate.

https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2023-01-30/civil-rights/ma-bill-would-tighten-restrictions-on-facial-recognition-technology/a82650-1
#surveillance #masspolitics

MA Bill Would Tighten Restrictions on Facial Recognition Technology

Lawmakers in the Commonwealth are considering legislation to ensure police use of facial-recognition technology also protects people's privacy and civil rights. Massachusetts was one of the first states to implement restrictions on the technology as part of a sweeping police reform law in 2020. A special legislative commission, which included police and civil liberties activists, then developed even greater restrictions on use of facial-recognition software. ...

Tim Feb 2, 2023