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PeraclesPlease — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 04:18:55 +0000

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After Rep. Lauren Boebert became a politician, her husband went from working as a well site supervisor to making $1 million as an energy company consultant. In February, Boebert introduced a bill to loosen drilling rules without disclosing her conflict. https://t.co/RnH5FhOcZY
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) August 19, 2021

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artappraiser — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 23:53:22 +0000

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New activity (sort of) in Trump's suits against Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube: Recall DOJ had until Sept. to say if the feds want to intervene, since the cases raise a constitutional challenge to federal law. DOJ is asking for an extension b/c nothing's really happening so far: pic.twitter.com/2Rk5phLmw8
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) August 19, 2021

also from Pew:

artappraiser — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:33:31 +0000

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also from Pew:

In today’s news:
- OAN loses appeal in defamation lawsuit against Rachel Maddow
- Twitter introduces new test feature for users to report misinformation
- Social media sites maintain their ban of the Taliban
& more:https://t.co/SxvEb16RPn
— Pew Research Journalism (@pewjournalism) August 18, 2021

NEW: More Americans now say

artappraiser — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:31:24 +0000

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NEW: More Americans now say government should take steps to restrict false information online than in 2018 https://t.co/IZHNDLgjal
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) August 18, 2021

I like how the cartoon is a

artappraiser — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 02:34:34 +0000

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I like how the cartoon is a twofer, meant to attract both lefties and righties, being anti-police and anti-vax. Interestingly very similar to the way Boogaloos sympathizers think Russian (and Chinese) propagandists, coming from more authoritiarian societies, do seem to oddly get the extreme libertarian anarchist mindset and its danger to the whole American project.

Edit to add: Here is the lede to the article I first saw on the NYT Aug.11 Coronavirus Live Update page:

Russia is spreading dangerous disinformation in the United States and other Western countries to damage confidence in vaccines developed in the West, sow discord and undermine trust in governments, the State Department warned.