Judd Legum

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If @CaseyNewton reports it, take it to the bank. — PolitiTweet.org

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@cascamike Blast from the past — PolitiTweet.org

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@CollegeBoard 17. We now know that the revisions were made weeks after Florida told the College Board that they believed the course, unless revised, would not be approved by Florida. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CollegeBoard 16. The College Board has still not responded to my direct question about whether it stands by the contents of its now-restored February 1 press release. Specifically, the claim that revisions were made "before Florida's objections were shared." — PolitiTweet.org

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@CollegeBoard 15. UPDATE: Hours after https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ publish this article, the College Board restored the deleted press release, along with the same purported explanation for its removal https://t.co/mawvYMSe4W — PolitiTweet.org

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@RonDeSantisFL Background on VAERS: https://t.co/l1OkD6Dq8o — PolitiTweet.org

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The @RonDeSantisFL administration is going full anti-vaxx. They sent out an email yesterday promoting a spike in VAERS reports in Florida, which are unverified reports of adverse reactions to vaccines. VAERS is a key source of misinformation for the anti-vaxx crew https://t.co/JsVcx2wGZ5 — PolitiTweet.org

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@CollegeBoard 14. Elon Musk has changed Twitter's algorithm so you see fewer threads like this and more memes from him -- even if you don't follow Musk! Free yourself from the algorithm and get this info directly to your inbox. It's free to sign up. https://t.co/TfpCItetHW https://t.co/KhXJSgBqHF — PolitiTweet.org

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@CollegeBoard 13. In fact, in its February 11 press release, the College Board admitted that it removed certain terms and concepts because they were "politicized in several states" and had become "political weapons." Those states certainly include Florida. https://t.co/xuN2jsWLLY — PolitiTweet.org

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@CollegeBoard 12. This is especially hard to swallow in light of the new preamble to the course added by the @CollegeBoard, which states that the AP "opposes indoctrination," — parroting Florida's STOP Woke Act. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CollegeBoard 11. The public is supposed to believe that it is a coincidence that the revisions to the curriculum tracked the complaints from the DeSantis administration and others on the right? — PolitiTweet.org

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@CollegeBoard 10. In the now-deleted February 1 statement, the College Board also claimed that "[t]he fact of the matter is that this landmark course has been shaped over years by the most eminent scholars in the field, not political influence." That's also not credible. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CollegeBoard 9. It doesn't make sense that anyone would think a Feb 1 statement was responding to a Feb 13 NYT article. Asked directly if it stood by the contents of its Feb 1 statement, the @CollegeBoard did not respond https://t.co/EOrx7gMans — PolitiTweet.org

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@CollegeBoard 8. The @CollegeBoard told https://t.co/Gl6evXSb2x the Feb 1 statement "was removed because there’s been subsequent coverage from the New York Times about AP African American Studies, and we didn’t want to create confusion about which story the response was in reference to." 🤔 — PolitiTweet.org

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@CollegeBoard 7. In a 2/1 press release, the @CollegeBoard revised its narrative again, acknowledging there were both meetings and letters with Florida prior to the revisions. The College Board now says that there were "no negotiations about the content of this course with Florida." — PolitiTweet.org

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@CollegeBoard 6. Florida objected to the content of the course in at least three meetings before the revisions were made. And the topics that Florida objected to were ultimately removed from the course or made optional. https://t.co/EOrx7gMans — PolitiTweet.org

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@CollegeBoard 5. In a February 8 response to the Florida Dept. of Ed, the @CollegeBoard changed its story, claiming that it "never received written feedback from the Florida Department of Education specifying how the course violates Florida law." This is also misleading. https://t.co/24gCXRMD8F — PolitiTweet.org

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@CollegeBoard 4. On February 7, the Florida Dept of Education released a letter documenting a series of letters and meetings, beginning in July 2022, where the Florida Department of Education expressed its objections to the course. The February 1 release, in other words, was a lie https://t.co/Fg7urFTx3X — PolitiTweet.org

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3. That statement was DELETED from the @CollegeBoard website sometime after February 9. https://t.co/JhoV1QDIJq identified a cached version of the deleted webpage, which you can access here: https://t.co/xRWP0BRhCx — PolitiTweet.org

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@CollegeBoard 2. On February 1, the College Board asserted that the revisions could not have been "made in response to Florida" because "the core revisions were substantially complete… by December 22, weeks before Florida's objections were shared." https://t.co/Zi3ScKWlg1 — PolitiTweet.org

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UPDATE: On February 1, the @CollegeBoard issued a press release claiming it had IRONCLAD PROOF that revisions to the AP African American Studies course were not influenced by Florida. THAT PRESS RELEASE HAS NOW BEEN DELETED FROM ITS WEBSITE https://t.co/EOrx7gMans — PolitiTweet.org

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More about the intense lobbying that sunk the braking rule (and other safety measures) here: https://t.co/Q8ssCAf1et — PolitiTweet.org

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This really isn't true. The 2015 law just required a cost-benefit analysis. The Trump administration conducted a cost-benefit analysis but, by all accounts, it was faulty. The DOT could redo the cost-benefit analysis and reintroduce the rule. — PolitiTweet.org

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What's interesting is that, instead of trying to defend people substantively, they just criticize the criticism and label everyone as woke. It's both intellectually lazy and extremely boring. — PolitiTweet.org

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Then you remember this program platformed Alex Jones and presented him as someone to take seriously. — PolitiTweet.org

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@joerogan @elonmusk The whole argument makes no sense to me. According to this discourse, we also shouldn't be critical of Tucker Carlson, who said immigrants were making the country dirtier and a bunch of other disgusting stuff. — PolitiTweet.org

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In this video, @JoeRogan says that progressives have NO EXAMPLES showing @elonmusk is now a right-winger. Here are two: 1. He endorsed Ron DeSantis for president 2. He told everyone to vote Republican in the mid-terms — PolitiTweet.org

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If DeSantis think a particular person has bad ideas, he should explain why and try to convince people he's right. He should not pass laws banning kids from learning about those people. — PolitiTweet.org

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IMO, students should be able to learn about people and political movements that DeSantis disagrees with — PolitiTweet.org

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"Sports betting, a relative newcomer to the U.S. gambling industry, generated a record $7.5 billion from more than $93 billion in wagers on sporting events, according to the report." — PolitiTweet.org