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NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media'

NPR will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds, becoming the first major news organization to go silent there. NPR cited Twitter's decision to first label the network "state-affiliated media", the same term it uses for propaganda outlets in Russia, China & other autocratic countries

#democracy #facts #free #freedom #freepress #notforsale #factsmatter #newhere #introduction

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label

They arenโ€™t satisfied with banning books in deeply red Missouri. Now theyโ€™re looking to shut down entire libraries across the state.

Absolutely breathtaking corruption by one of the most powerful people in the United Stares

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NEW: Clarence Thomas secretly accepted lavish luxury travel for decades from a billionaire businessman/GOP donor, in apparent repeat violation of ethics law.

Fmr judge: โ€œItโ€™s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this."

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow w/@js_kaplan @[email protected]

๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ”—: https://twitter.com/JustinElliott/status/1643932790805626881

Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire

Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. โ€œItโ€™s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this,โ€ says one former judge.

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