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5. The point is less about changing public schools than in creating a potent cultural issue that can be exploited by Republican political candidates. For updates and more accountability journalism, sign up for the newsletter --> https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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4. The @1776ProjectPac is run by a political consultant who "has worked on dozens of political campaigns." The group has partnered with former Trump cabinet official Ben Carson to rally opposition to school boards. https://t.co/NPlUwraJC6 — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Another major group, No Left Turn, was essentially a non-entity until its founder @NoLeftTurnElana started appearing on Tucker Carlson's show https://t.co/NPlUwraJC6 — PolitiTweet.org

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2. @DefendingEd, one of the most prominent groups targeting school boards, is run by a Republican operative with deep ties to the Koch political network https://t.co/NPlUwraJC6 — PolitiTweet.org

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1. The sudden interest in school boards is not an organic grassroots movement of angry parents. It is an effort orchestrated by seasoned right-wing political operatives who have formed a constellation of well-funded groups. https://t.co/NPlUwraJC6 — PolitiTweet.org

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“Herschel Walker cancels fundraiser with supporter who had swastika in her Twitter profile” but only after initially DEFENDING the use of a swastika as an anti-vaccine protest before deciding yes, swastikas are offensive https://t.co/ewDUycE65v — PolitiTweet.org

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Matt is an iconoclast and you probably won't agree with him on everything but his newsletter is essential reading on a central problem: the concentration of corporate power Check it out — PolitiTweet.org

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Matt is an iconoclast and your probably won't agree with him on everything but his newsletter is essential reading on a central problem: the concentration of corporate power Check it out — PolitiTweet.org

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Matt is an iconoclast and your probably won't agree with him on everything but his newsletter is essential reading on a central problem: the concentration of corporate power Check it out — PolitiTweet.org

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I went all day without tweeting anything. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Noahpinion @DKThomp It would be a great technology to have! It just doesn’t exist yet in a meaningful way. So is not yet available address climate change. It does play a central role in fossil fuel company propaganda — PolitiTweet.org

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@Noahpinion @DKThomp My guess is you also disagree with the pieces arguments about Gates and Bezos but their conduct is more difficult to defend so its ignored. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Noahpinion @DKThomp I don’t think the piece is meant to be a primer on Musk, no. But I also think there is an important point being made other than “Musk is bad.” I think it’s interesting you are focusing on Musk and not Gates or Bezos. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Noahpinion @DKThomp I think the points the piece is making are pretty clear if you take the full context and the point of the piece is not that popularizing electric cars, in and of itself, is bad. I also disagree with that notion but do not think that is what the piece is arguing — PolitiTweet.org

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@Noahpinion @DKThomp @emorwee I think a serious approach to climate change would involve but popularizing and increasing the number of electric cars and reducing both the total number of cars and need to drive everywhere. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Noahpinion @DKThomp @emorwee It speaks to Musk’s motivation and approach to popularizing electric cars. If your position is we must look at that sentence in isolation and not consider anything else inside or outside the piece that doesn’t sound like a very meaningful discussion. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Noahpinion @DKThomp @emorwee I’ll let Emily speak for herself but my read of the sentence was that the issue wasn’t popularizing electric cars itself but pairing that with a message that humans don’t need to make any behavioral changes to address climate change. Musk trashes mass transit — PolitiTweet.org

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@Noahpinion @DKThomp @emorwee This seems like a very reasonable position. And totally consistent with expanding electric car use and supporting their development. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Noahpinion @DKThomp @emorwee That is not an argument against electric cars. It’s saying that we should also consider systems where we don’t need to drive so many places. Later in the piece she talks about the possibility of getting “some” cars off the road — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKThomp @Noahpinion @emorwee Where in the piece does Emily make an argument “against electric cars”? — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKThomp @Noahpinion I think you are being very reductive in your consideration of @emorwee’s argument. Do you think Bezos’s plan to move millions of people into space and extract energy resources from other planets is a coherent response to climate change? — PolitiTweet.org

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Stefanik and the entire GOP are obstructing Biden’s plan to provide all parents with paid family leave, which would enable parents to spend time with their children They are also obstructing an expanded child tax credit Because they don’t want to raise taxes on corporations — PolitiTweet.org

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It wasn’t an audit. It was right-wing performance art. — PolitiTweet.org

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This might be an unpopular opinion but I don’t think complaining on Twitter about how activists don’t act like campaign strategists is very useful — PolitiTweet.org

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Nothing better than reading a Substack about a Substack, IMO — PolitiTweet.org

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If you're curious how I found my footing writing an independent newsletter, Simon breaks it down here. — PolitiTweet.org

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Nothing better than reading a Substack about a Substack, IMO — PolitiTweet.org

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If your curious how I found my footing writing an independent newsletter, Simon breaks it down here. — PolitiTweet.org

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Interesting how the same people who deride others as "snowflakes" get extremely agitated when someone makes a comic book they don't like — PolitiTweet.org

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@NoahShachtman Interesting. I didn't know there were Nets fans. — PolitiTweet.org