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Twitter and Censorship

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Tom

It’s time for some basic education on what censorship means again. News came out yesterday (24 Jan) that the EPA had received a directive to cease using i...

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Spicer, Take Two, and Executive Actions

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Tom

Sean Spicer’s second press conference (23 Jan) was considerably better than the first one. His tone was much more moderated and he seemed more in command ...

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On Alternative Facts

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Tom

Kellyanne Conway said on Meet The Press Sunday morning that Spicer had provided “alternative facts” in his press briefing. I just watched the clip f...

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That Press Briefing, Amirite?

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Tom

Well Trump certainly knows how to set a tone, I’ll give him that. I specifically linked to CNN’s YouTube video because if Twitter is to be believed,...

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What Is Trump Actually Doing

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Tom

I was looking around for a good source of what Trump is actually doing in office, in terms of executive orders, bills he is signing, etc. It’s a little di...

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#WomensMarch

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Tom

I support today’s Women’s Marches completely. However I think the gravitas of protests are slightly undermined when all you see or hear about it are...

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Heavy Sarcasm Alert

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Tom

I’m really glad to see that “Nazi” is a word that isn’t being devalued. You know, those folks who were generally responsible for 60 mill...

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Behind The Retweets: “Twitter in Trump era”

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Tom

I’m going to start this thing where I highlight I tweet I saw going around and then explain why it’s bad to retweet it, highlighting the general mis...

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That @POTUS Thing

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Tom

You may or may not know that in the days before the Inauguration, there was a big campaign on the Twitters to remind everyone to unfollow the @POTUS account. Pe...

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White House Web Site

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Tom

I didn’t watch the Inauguration, not for political reasons, but because I was at work. However I saw a lot of tweets related to it. For example, I saw a l...

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