Mastodawn

oneinquiry Jan 18, 2023

Alex Wagner Tonight Jan 17, 2023

“The sum of this is that alt-tech, fringe, and mainstream platforms were exploited in tandem by right-wing activists to bring American democracy to the brink of ruin,” the staffers wrote in their memo. “These platforms enabled the mobilization of extremists on smaller sites and whipped up conservative grievance on larger, more mainstream ones.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/17/jan6-committee-report-social-media/

What the Jan. 6 probe found out about social media, but didn’t report

The Jan. 6 committee's 845-page report offered few details of social media's role in the Capitol riot. Transcripts and an unreleased memo shows the committee knew more.

The Washington Post

oneinquiry Jan 18, 2023

Alex Wagner Tonight Jan 17, 2023

"What makes the debt ceiling qualitatively different is that this isn’t a policy dispute. What Republicans are doing is manufacturing a hostage crisis, effectively telling Democrats that the GOP is prepared to harm Americans on purpose unless their demands are met. For all intents and purposes, it is a Republican extortion scheme."
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/democrats-respond-gop-calls-debt-ceiling-negotiations-no-rcna65944
#news #politics

Democrats respond to GOP calls for debt ceiling negotiations: No

“In exchange for not crashing the United States economy, you get nothing,” one Democratic senator said. “You don’t get a cookie."

MSNBC

oneinquiry Jan 15, 2023

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Daniel Swain Jan 12, 2023

For folks asking how this compares to our hypothetical "ARkStorm 2.0" scenarios published, a very approximate estimate: we've so far experienced about 1/3 to 1/2 the precipitation we'd expect from such a scenario on a statewide basis. #CAwx #CAwater [1/2]
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq0995 https://t.co/FMT1NIJAbt