Matthew Cunningham-Cook

@matthewccook5

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    Jan 14

    The Mercers have funded Kelli Ward, Ali Alexander, the Federalist Society, whose former official runs the RAGA arm that sent robocalls, Breitbart, Parler, and a stream of far-right think tanks advancing false theories about the 2020 elections.

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    8 hours ago

    damn i guess y’all should’ve done something about all those nazi cops & troops before it got to the point where they might shoot up a presidential inauguration huh

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense officials tell AP they fear possible inside attack at inauguration, will have National Guard troops vetted.
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    10 hours ago

    This is the whole point. You can respect the First Amendment and still say that a company shouldn’t profit from amplifying Alex Jones and recommending him to every 18 year old on the internet. Make him earn his audience in ways other than lying.

    Alex Jones doesn't need to be censored, but he doesn't need to be recommended to YouTube viewers 15 billion times. That's the issue, it's the targeted ad model of big tech that turns dangerous cranks - who exist in every culture - into superstars.
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    15 hours ago

    Got a short op ed up comparing the police response to J20 and January 6th. Thanks for asking me to write it.

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    Jan 16

    On May 8, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. granted an interview to veteran NBC News correspondent Sander Vanocur and made it clear that his famous dream had in many ways turned into a nightmare.

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    18 hours ago

    I never hear concerns about how the McDonald’s CEO making $18,012,549 per year might drive up the price of a Big Mac.

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    13 hours ago

    Truly blessed thread

    Animals interrupting wildlife photographers. A thread: 1. 📸 Dan Dinu
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    18 hours ago

    But also, upending the system was not just a side effect of the Mercers' political $$, but seemingly the point. “In short, unlike other donors, the Mercers are not merely angling to influence the Republican establishment—they want to obliterate it.”

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    18 hours ago

    Part of it is the breadth of the Mercers’ funding: they not only spent millions backing politicians, PACs, & other orgs that promoted the Jan. 6 events, they also financed the information ecosystem (like Parler) where false claims of a stolen election have flourished.

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    18 hours ago

    Some donors who helped underwrite the strain of right-wing populism that resulted in the Capitol riots were willing to look past the movement’s anti-democratic tendencies as long as it delivered on tax cuts or deregulation. The Mercers seem different.

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    16 hours ago

    Billionaires Robert Mercer and his daughter, Rebekah Mercer, have given millions of dollars to organizations now peddling baseless claims about the election.

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    23 hours ago

    Into one office in one building in some federal building in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do all day. And have the team of assholes make their lives hell every single day until they leave. Anyone who tries to stick it out, relocate them to the interior Canadian border.

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    23 hours ago

    Biden needs a team of assholes whose whole job it is to mercilessly and ruthlessly de-Trumpify every inch of the government. Fire every single one of them. If some lawyer says you can’t fire them, take away their office, all their amenities and authorities, relocate all of them,

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    20 hours ago

    Corporate Dems (New Dems) won a significant victory with ousting Rep. Porter from Financial Services. Progressives are going to have to be very forceful and more importantly strategic this Congress to ensure Wall Street doesn’t end up with more power.

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    Jan 16

    The filibuster is a Jim Crow relic that must be abolished.

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    Jan 16

    There's a funny collective amnesia in the US about what happened before 1980 The tax system used to be highly progressive (ahem, 91% top marginal income tax rate)—but hey, never happened The minimum wage was super high from 1938 to 80—but $15 would be unprecedented ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    Jan 16

    When we build a stronger relationship between NOLA, the River Parishes, and Baton Rouge we are going to change this state. I believe if we work together our impact will be great. From our last backyard conversation.

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    Jan 13

    yasssss bare minimum queen, give us nothing!!!

    Nancy Pelosi wore the same dress for both impeachments
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    Jan 16

    As , , & point out, the tax break for the rich that some elements of the Democratic Party are pushing again would be much more expensive than the extra $600 for people in need that many are arguing against.

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    Jan 15

    $1400 < $2000 Math teachers know this. That $600 is already in the clutches of landlords and bill collectors. Stop compromising the working class, and our most vulnerable neighbors.

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