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Ben Popken @bpopken

Voters not used to the new system sometimes walked away from machines with their paper ballots without scanning them - and have to be "grabbed by the neck" by poll workers to make sure their votes got counted, observed @rad_atl. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 10, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Half the voting machines at busy College Park Auditorium in Atlanta appeared to be off, said cybersecurity professor @rad_atl. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 10, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Georgia election 'catastrophe' in largely minority areas sparks investigation https://t.co/g7VSgFtyBE new by us — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 10, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

This is the rub right here. Workers stand shoulder to shoulder to provide Americans with affordable meat. https://t.co/QByZcWJfc9 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 9, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

RT @eddieperezTX: 1/ Georgia is already illustrating a perfect storm of what could go wrong across the country in November elections. We c… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 9, 2020 Retweet
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Ben Popken @bpopken

RT @eddieperezTX: Excellent, comprehensive and detailed breakdown of the challenges Georgia faces in today’s primary, by @stphnfwlr @gpbnew… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 9, 2020 Retweet
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Ben Popken @bpopken

What's Ben up to? Never again do you have to ask. Subscribe here to get an email or RSS notification when I publish a new article: https://t.co/yYWMWJQz82 https://t.co/UDeAV208yI — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 9, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Businesses in the city that never sleeps wake up to a new reality https://t.co/ZRbSaxs8wC new by me — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 9, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

RT @NBCNews: Less than half of all black Americans currently have a job, an employment-to-population ratio that is “massively alarming,” on… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 7, 2020 Retweet
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Unemployment dipped as workers traded unemployment for PPP, swapping one government relief program for another, says @DanielAlpert . But how how many of those “re-payrolls” (not actual job jobs) will remain after PPP runs out? — PolitiTweet.org

Dan Alpert @DanielAlpert

#BLS Non-farm payrolls ROSE by 2.3 million in May and the U-3 unemployment rate has fallen to 13.%. But the U-3 ign… https://t.co/cLIdDeiOT8

Posted June 6, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

"When we don’t make a targeted and concerted effort to address racial inequality," the issues raised don’t go away, since they stem from "centuries of policies in this country that result in the exclusion and exploitation of black people," said EPI economist Valerie Wilson. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 5, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

“My rent is due right now,” said JaToya Chevalier of Louisiana, single mother of two whose unemployment benefits were inexplicably paused. “No one is hiring.” — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 5, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

“A CEO can work from home and cancel the contract for a building,” said Yenny Hernandez, whose family is from the Dominican Republic. She was furloughed from her job cleaning a commercial building in New York City in March. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 5, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

The latest employment figures show that while the virus is colorblind, its effects are anything but indiscriminate. Graphic by @seenigel. https://t.co/4J44YV0KQt — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 5, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Trump touts 'stupendous' jobs report — but black unemployment still rose again https://t.co/vdvSFEW9dK new by me — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 5, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

@meenasaurus @RebeccaDavis @NYDailyNews @JamieStelter i remember subways! — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 5, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

We’ve been here before. Will this time be different? https://t.co/o8HPfknTKL — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 4, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Looks like rain — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 4, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

“The incompetency and the amount of people who don’t know what they’re doing and just hanging on and doing the bare minimum is at an-all time high,” said a Pittsburgh drywall contractor who has yet to receive a PPP loan he applied for in April. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 3, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

The news that some borrowers are getting paid more than once is galling, but not surprising, to some small business owners still waiting for their loan. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 3, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

PPP loan program accidentally paid some small-business owners twice https://t.co/3tMVwd015o new by me — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 3, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

https://t.co/SPqIxCdO8U — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Economics fuels unrest: Minneapolis home lending map from @NCRC. Purple circles are loans. Green boxes are minority areas. Biggest factor in getting a loan was median income, r2 of .678, but being African-American also statistically significant in not getting a loan, r2 of .213. https://t.co/WhzslciYta — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

@jolingkent Pains me to watch this. Tense situation. Good job, Jo and team. Stay safe. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Brooklyn protests at Barclays and Grand Army Plaza on Waze https://t.co/h5uLoqJyFc — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 31, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Not pictured 7am Sunday young man in ripped jean jacket and patches sitting in middle of library front steps. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 31, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Last night around 7pm a police car with red spraypaint “Murderer” on windshield with smash marks drove away from Flatbush ave where a helicopter circled — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 31, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Spraypainted and pasted protests and smashed signs after George Floyd march by Brooklyn Central Library. https://t.co/OAkRiJoxFe — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 31, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

RT @AppleNews: People are accidentally throwing out their stimulus payments — because they look like junk mail. (via @bpopken for @NBCNews)… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 30, 2020 Retweet
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Ben Popken @bpopken

People are accidentally throwing out their stimulus check — because it looks like junk mail https://t.co/7PIyNaJW8m new by me — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 28, 2020