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Carlson hates Trump “passionately,” thinks Trump’s presidency was a failure, and knows Trump is pushing absurd conspiracies And yet Carlson devotes much of his program to venerating Trump and promoting Trump’s conspiracies — PolitiTweet.org

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No one has more contempt for Tucker Carlson’s viewers than Tucker Carlson — PolitiTweet.org

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6. After my tweet, I ended up writing a bit more about crime in DC and the effort to reform the DC criminal code. Check it out: https://t.co/lgNm3r6YFv — PolitiTweet.org

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@CommunityNotes 5. Homicides are up. And even one homicide is a tragedy. But other forms of violent crime are down and that is why violent crime overall is down. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TheRightDuff @CommunityNotes Community notes, by definition, are appended to "potentially misleading" tweets. https://t.co/B4EwfVgYMw — PolitiTweet.org

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@KamQuarles I thought you were supposed to tweet about potatoes. I'm a fan of potatoes, BTW. And a DC resident. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CommunityNotes 4. The DEFINITION of robbery is a theft that also involves violence or the threat of violence. So of course robbery will be counted as a violent crime and burglary and theft will not. And when you add it all together violent crime is down 7% since last year! — PolitiTweet.org

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@CommunityNotes 3. The "Community Note" suggests my tweet is misleading because "The 'down 7%' figure for violent crime is dependent on whether larceny crimes are classified as robbery, burglary, or theft." THIS IS REMARKABLY DUMB https://t.co/LkYvvWSPv2 — PolitiTweet.org

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@CommunityNotes 2. I tweeted that "Violent crime in DC is actually at historic lows. And it went down 7% in 2022 and is already down another 7% in 2023." THIS IS A 100% ACCURATE TWEET And yet, it was targeted with a Community Note https://t.co/YldTA6GvMg — PolitiTweet.org

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1. Anonymous Twitter users have weaponized @CommunityNotes and are using the feature to try to discredit COMPLETELY ACCURATE INFORMATION The people writing these "Community Notes" are remarkably uninformed about the topics they weigh in on It happened to me yesterday 🧵 — PolitiTweet.org

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Ron DeSantis just challenged people to be "man enough" to say that the books being removed from Florida schools are appropriate for kids. Challenge accepted. And Tango Makes Three, a book about two penguins, is appropriate for kids. https://t.co/gILImgBH6h — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenWhitehouse: Walgreens is denying women a safe and legal drug at the request of anti-abortion extremists at the Republican Attorneys… — PolitiTweet.org

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14. Even if Biden and the GOP were right and the revisions did lower sentences for carjacking studies consistently show that LONGER PRISON SENTENCES DO NOT DETER INDIVIDUALS FROM COMMITTING CRIMES https://t.co/lgNm3r6qPX — PolitiTweet.org

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13. That means judges can sentence criminals to up to 18 years -- three years longer than the harshest sentences handed down today -- FOR ANY CARJACKING. The new code does not weaken the penalties for carjacking, but aligns them with reality. https://t.co/lgNm3r6qPX — PolitiTweet.org

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12. The revised statute creates "three gradations depending on severity, with the lowest penalties for an unarmed offense running from four to 18 years and the highest penalties for an armed offense ranging from 12 to 24 years." https://t.co/lgNm3r6qPX — PolitiTweet.org

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11. As a practical matter, however, no one gets sentences longer than 15 years. Judges do not impose 40-year sentences for carjacking because that is the "same penalty as second-degree murder, and more than double the penalty for second-degree sexual assault." — PolitiTweet.org

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10. Let's look at carjacking. Right now in DC there is a single carjacking crime with a penalty that ranges from a minimum of seven years to a maximum of 21 years. That increases to a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of 40 years if the perpetrator is armed. — PolitiTweet.org

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9. What do the revisions to the DC code actually do? The purpose was not to reduce the prison population or lessen the penalties for various crimes. It was to comprehensively update a code that was written in 1901. https://t.co/B7jYIahQdO — PolitiTweet.org

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8. NOTE: In his February 6 statement, Biden said he opposed the GOP resolution because "Congress should respect the District of Columbia’s autonomy to govern its own local affairs." He said the resolution was an example of "how the DC continues to be denied true self-governance" — PolitiTweet.org

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7. Biden, the GOP, and Fox News are promoting an inaccurate narrative about the changes to the DC criminal code. But even if they were right, who should get to decide DC's local laws? The people of DC? Or politicians elected by people who don't live in DC? — PolitiTweet.org

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6. Biden misleadingly claimed that the revisions to the DC code would create lenient sentences for carjacking, echoing the false narrative promoted by Fox News https://t.co/3OIErJVRuO — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Less than a month later, everything changed. Biden abruptly announced that he now opposed the changes the DC council made to its criminal code and would sign the GOP resolution. https://t.co/lgNm3r6qPX — PolitiTweet.org

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5. In a February 6 statement, the Biden administration said blocking DC's revisions to the criminal code is "an affront to the democratic values on which our Nation was founded" and an example "of how DC continues to be denied true self-governance & why it deserves statehood" — PolitiTweet.org

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@JoeBiden 4. The statehood bill, of course, did not pass. After the DC Council approved the first comprehensive overhaul of the city's criminal code since 1901 this January, Republicans in Congress introduced a resolution to reject the revisions. Biden announced he was opposed. https://t.co/hNjvC7gbvw — PolitiTweet.org

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@JoeBiden 3. In April 2021, the Biden administration enthusiastically announced its support for legislation making DC the 51st state. The statement said that "denial of self governance is an affront to the democratic values on which our Nation was founded." https://t.co/0rfe7zHxKQ — PolitiTweet.org

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@JoeBiden 2. As a presidential candidate, Biden not only supported DC statehood but supported making an exception to the legislative filibuster to allow the Senate to approve statehood with 51 votes https://t.co/wQCS6y9RCq — PolitiTweet.org

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1. Nearly 700,000 Americans are residents of the District of Columbia. Should they, like all other Americans, have the right to govern themselves? For some time, @joebiden's answer has been a resounding "YES." Now, things appear to have changed 🧵 — PolitiTweet.org

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BTW, @Walgreens has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-abortion politicians and committees over the last few years, including $25,000 to @RepublicanAGs AFTER the group said the money would be used to restrict abortion rights https://t.co/C5JTFFE1UN — PolitiTweet.org

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If @Walgreens' is being CLEAR it should state whether it plans on dispensing Mifepristone in these states. Until it says one way or another, we have to assume the previous letters remain in effect. — PolitiTweet.org