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“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
"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
@AugustusMorning @chadloder Same. That guy is vile and dangerous.
@justiceLICSW If you got a lot out of The Family, I highly recommend the podcast series “Charismatic Revival Fury.” It explores the rise of NAR connected churches and their connection to January 6th. https://icjs.org/charismatic-revival-fury/
Charismatic Revival Fury: Christian Extremism Podcast - ICJS

Charismatic Revival Fury: The New Apostolic Reformation An Audio-Documentary Series on the Christian Leaders and Ideas that Fueled the Capitol Riot "Charismatic Revival Fury: The New Apostolic Reformation" is a podcast series on the history of the New Apostolic Reformation with ICJS Protestant scholar Matthew D. Taylor. The series, which is part of the Straight

ICJS - Institute for Islamic, Christian, Jewish Studies
@jimstewartson @Gal_suburban He “met up with” kangaroos?!! 🤣 I am wheezing.
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
@enmodo @jimstewartson Christian supremacy is roaring loudly from both of these dangerous men.
@davetroy Yes! I was trying to explain this to my husband this morning but was fumbling my words. You put it so simply.