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Hello? Nothing alarming about Twitter CEO pushing article about winning ‘New Civil War’ by wiping out conservatives
Conservative are more than justified in thinking the deck is stacked against them at every turn, especially on social media.
With Facebook reportedly voluntarily providing data on millions of its users to the 2012 re-election campaign of President Obama, tweets have surfaced of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Twitter board member Evan Williams seemingly promoting a piece that declares the way to win America’s “new civil war” is to annihilate Republicans.
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The Medium article, “The Great Lesson of California in America’s New Civil War,” states: “Why there’s no bipartisan way forward at this juncture in our history — one side must win.”
Dorsey responded to a tweet from Williams that linked to the article and tweeted: “Great read.”
Great read https://twitter.com/ev/status/980992737133568000 …
Two days earlier, Williams tweeted: “Interesting take.”
Interesting take: “Why there’s no bipartisan way forward at this juncture in our history — one side must win” https://medium.com/@peteleyden/the-great-lesson-of-california-in-americas-new-civil-war-e52e2861f30?source=twitterShare-268314bb7e7e-1522717775 …
With social media being the platform 67 percent of Americans rely on to get at least some of their news, according to Pew Research Center, the notion that those who run Twitter appear to have taken sides in today’s polarizing times is indeed troubling, as seen in the reaction to the above tweets.
These same individuals also control what is considered acceptable speech on their platform and what is not.
Of all the responses, and there are plenty, this one may be the most appropriate:
How has this trash not gotten more attention?! https://twitter.com/jack/status/982096889930657792 …
Here’s a sampling of other responses to the tweets, to include some of the most prominent conservatives on Twitter:
Twitter's CEO loves this article about driving conservatives from public life and turning the rest of the country into California in the "new civil war." Literally what it's about https://twitter.com/jack/status/982096889930657792 …
Nothing alarming about social media mogul advocating to eliminate an entire side https://twitter.com/jack/status/982096889930657792 …
Totally not worrisome that Jack Dorsey is sharing articles about how bipartisanship is dead and that the right must be mercilessly crushed forever. https://twitter.com/jack/status/982096889930657792 …
@neontasterSaying it's a "great read" is a cop out
RTing a call for a new civil war that says the Left must win and we can all welcome our new progressive overlords
Is an endorsement Jack
And we all know it https://twitter.com/jack/status/982096889930657792 …
A “great read” says the CEO of Twitter about an article endorsing a new American civil war. https://twitter.com/jack/status/982096889930657792 …
Kurt Schlichter
✔@KurtSchlichter
Businesses that choose a side should choose wisely. https://twitter.com/jack/status/982096889930657792 …
According to this tweet, Big Tech hopes the Left wins the next "civil war" and turns the whole country into California. https://twitter.com/jack/status/982096889930657792 …
Accurate or not, Dorsey has all but conformed a liberal bias to many Twitter users:
This borders on an admission by Twitter that they have a corporate bias against conservatives. https://twitter.com/jack/status/982096889930657792 …
Christian Heiens@ChristianHeiens
All pretenses of neutrality have been washed away. https://twitter.com/jack/status/982096889930657792 …
"Right wing voices are not being censored" https://twitter.com/jack/status/982096889930657792 …
It would be reasonable to expect a little fence mending from Dorsey and Co. in the near future. Right?
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The President’s agenda is defying critics
The President’s agenda is defying critics
Last week, calculations of America’s economic growth rate for the fourth quarter of 2017 were revised upward to show growth of nearly 3 percent. “That revision didn’t get nearly as much attention as when the initial read of that quarter’s growth came in below expectations at 2.6 percent,” Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said.
Director Mulvaney delivered his verdict: Too many on the left and in the media will pounce on any news they can to throw doubt on the effectiveness of President Donald J. Trump’s economic agenda.
But the economy is booming, as nearly any statistic you could pick makes clear:
- The U.S. unemployment rate in February marked a 17-year low.
- The number of Americans rating the economy good to excellent has hit an 18-year high.
- Average job growth numbers in 2018 are the strongest since 1997.
- Since January 2017, more than 2.5 million jobs have been added to the economy.
National public health advisory
Speaking at a National drug abuse summit in Atlanta yesterday, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams announced his office’s first National public health advisory in 13 years. The Surgeon General urged more Americans to carry naloxone, a potentially lifesaving medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
"You don't have to be a policeman or a firefighter or a paramedic to save a life," Dr. Adams said.
Earlier this week, the Surgeon General praised President Trump’s leadership in the fight against opioid abuse. The President’s opioid initiative “marks a significant moment in our national effort to reverse the deadly trends we have seen,” Dr. Adams wrote.
More: Leadership is here to fight the opioid crisis
What to know about the President’s National Guard order
To give our Border Patrol agents the support they deserve, President Trump has authorized the deployment of National Guard units to America’s southern border.
Our Border Patrol agents work incredibly hard to do their jobs. These law enforcement personnel are tasked with securing thousands of miles of border, and they often do not have the manpower or resources necessary to address the flow of illegal immigration into the United States.
President Trump is taking this action because Congressional Democrats have obstructed efforts to secure our border. While the President will use every ounce of his existing powers to protect American national security, Congress must deliver a lasting fix to this problem.
More: What you need to know about President Trump’s order to deploy our National Guard
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Still Rising: Rasmussen Poll Shows Donald Trump Approval Ratings Now at 51 Percent
- Breitbart
This week, a new poll from Rasmussen tracking shows that a majority of likely U.S. voters approve of President Donald J. Trump’s job performance. President Trump’s approval rating sits at 51 percent—“according to Rasmussen, Obama was at 46 percent on April 4 of 2010, the second year of his presidency,” Breitbart reports.
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FDA Commissioner Calls on Internet Providers to Help Police Opioid Offerings
- The Washington Post
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has “called on Internet providers to help rid the Web of illegal offers of prescription opioids and illicit drugs such as fentanyl that have contributed to the nation's drug crisis,” Lenny Bernstein and Elizabeth Dwoskin of The Washington Post write. Internet companies need to do more to find and remove such listings, Commissioner Gottlieb said.
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Leadership Is Here to Fight Opioids
-The Detroit News
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams says that President Trump’s opioid initiative marks a “significant moment” in our country’s effort to reverse the drug crisis. “With the new opioid initiative, he is providing the leadership necessary to make serious headway in this battle,” the Surgeon General writes.
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Sessions Credits Trump with Stopping Migrant Caravan
- The Hill
On Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions “credited President Trump with halting a ‘caravan’ of migrants the president had warned were headed toward the U.S. border through Mexico,” The Hill reports. “Let me be clear as well: we will not accept the lawlessness of these types of efforts,” Attorney General Sessions said.
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Wall Street Closes Higher As China Tariff Fears Ease
- Reuters
The three major Wall Street market indexes closed higher on Wednesday as the White House explained its position on trade with China. New National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said the Trump Administration is in a “negotiation” with China over tariffs and other issues, not a trade war.
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A Common Sense Approach to the Census Citizenship Question
- The Hill
In an op-ed for The Hill, Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) outlines the hypocrisy of Democrats on immigration. The left opposes the Trump Administration’s decision to reinstate a question on citizenship status in the 2020 short-form census questionnaire. “How can you advocate for illegal immigrants if you aren’t willing to understand the very problem you are trying to solve?” Rep. Barletta asks.
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Trump Has Not Forgotten Rural America’s Needs, Contributions
- Lexington Herald Leader
“This past week, I hit the road for our third ‘Back to Our Roots’ RV tour, driving across Michigan, Ohio and now Kentucky,” Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue writes. “As always, these tours are an opportunity to escape the noise of Washington and hear directly from the American people.” Secretary Perdue said rural Americans care most about trade, the economy, jobs, and burdensome regulations.