Richard Blumenthal

Richard Blumenthal @SenBlumenthal

Despite TikTok’s platitudes about prevention, perilous challenges—now slapping teachers—are still present. TikTok can detect, delete, & deter them. https://t.co/E9dzJxrfAF — PolitiTweet.org

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Alito’s attack on criticism as attempting to “intimidate” & “damage”  the Court is risibly wrong. His own statements seek to intimidate critics & in effect deeply damage the Court. 5 — PolitiTweet.org

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Alito's proclamation that shadow docket orders are not binding on the lower courts directly contradicts an opinion he joined in April—criticizing a lower court for failing to follow the Court's orders. 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Alito’s analogy of the Shadow Docket to EMT emergency procedures is insultingly wrong—doctors don’t cut medical corners; nor should the Court cut legal corners. 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Alito’s very specific, pointed diatribe on court orders went well beyond proper public comments by a sitting Justice. 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Justice Alito’s recent speech at Notre Dame was deeply improper—& gravely mistaken on both law & facts. Count the ways. 1/ https://t.co/r9k50mmzOJ — PolitiTweet.org

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A spine-chilling number—700,000 deaths—should be powerful evidence of the urgent need for everyone to be vaccinated. These continuing tragedies are preventable. The losses are irrecoverable. https://t.co/BYjQ4zcjky — PolitiTweet.org

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Strong spirit & stirring speeches at the Stamford rally to preserve reproductive rights—including @Matt_Blumenthal now at the podium. https://t.co/iN2ThBlvqz — PolitiTweet.org

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Sixty-six years ago today, my constituent #MoradTahbaz was born in Hammersmith Hospital in the UK. He remains unjustly detained in an Iranian prison. We call on the UK government to expeditiously help aid in the release of Morad & other dual nationals. #FreeMorad — PolitiTweet.org

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Online platforms have repeatedly prioritized profits over children’s safety. By cracking down on harmful content & manipulative marketing, the KIDS Act will help stop the proliferation of these tech giants’ bad practices. — PolitiTweet.org

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For years Facebook has known the destructive consequences that Instagram’s design & algorithms are having on our young people. Instead of fixing it, Facebook has routinely prioritized its own rapid growth over our children’s mental health, safety, & wellbeing. https://t.co/Twiiiq6SRu — PolitiTweet.org

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Yesterday’s hearing was a continuation of our legislative pursuits, but also a call to action for Facebook to get real—real fast—about change. Parents, the public, & Congress deserve the truth. We need accountability. 8 — PolitiTweet.org

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We all know that Facebook treated protecting kids with disregard. If it had protected kids, like it did its revenue growth, it would have done a whole lot more. Instead, Facebook has evaded, misled, & deceived. 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Facebook has chosen growth over children’s mental health & wellbeing. Greed over preventing the suffering of children. 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

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In truth, Facebook is using Big Tobacco’s playbook. By hiding its own research on addiction & the toxic effects of its products, it has attempted to deceive the public & Congress about what it knows, while weaponizing childhood vulnerabilities against kids. 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Facebook has asked us to trust it, but after these evasions & revelations, why should we? It’s clear that Facebook has done nothing to earn that trust. Not from us, not from parents, not from the public. 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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We now know that Facebook routinely puts profits ahead of kids’ online safety. We know it chooses the growth of its products over the well-being of our children. We now know it is indefensibly delinquent in acting to protect kids. 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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We now know while Facebook publicly denies that Instagram is deeply harmful for teens, privately Facebook researchers/experts have been ringing the alarm. 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Thread: If trending can get more people interested in discussing Facebook’s heinous wrongs, let’s talk about it. This month a whistleblower approached my office to provide reports & documents about Facebook & Instagram. What they reveal is damning. 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TreasurerWooden: I also want to thank members of the CT Delegation who are co-sponsors of the federal #BabyBonds bill, @SenBlumenthal,… — PolitiTweet.org

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Thanks, Matt! Wish I’d checked in with you & the rest of the kids before the third round of questions... — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ll be asking Facebook at today’s hearing: how it can justify reported plans to recruit & exploit kids as young as 5 years old? More deplorable revelations from Facebook’s own documents show a pattern of putting profits over child online safety. https://t.co/BgZRatDfOh — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nowthisnews: ‘We’re talking about a racial justice issue here, an economic justice issue, and a constitutional justice issue’ — Sen. Bl… — PolitiTweet.org

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We are witnessing unconstitutional attacks on reproductive health care in real time. Now more than ever, Congress must fight back to protect people’s right to an abortion & ensure everyone’s reproductive freedom—starting with passing #WHPA. — PolitiTweet.org

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HAPPENING NOW: Abortion access is under attack. Proud to join @RepJudyChu today to accept 400,000 petition signatures calling on the Senate to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act. We hear you loud & clear—there is no time to waste. https://t.co/GnqByyINvS — PolitiTweet.org

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Thank you Nick for your powerful & deeply compelling testimony. I agree, we need better protections to keep people in conservatorships from being denied their civil rights & liberties. https://t.co/mY5pI4QDjB — PolitiTweet.org

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The only thing that’s unusual about Britney Spears’ story is that people are paying close attention to it. There are many others whose names, lives, & stories we often don’t know. It's clear, the current conservatorship system needs transparency, accountability, & overall reform. https://t.co/uDmLRQFumY — PolitiTweet.org

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Facebook still seemingly looks the other way on bogus COVID cures like Ivermectin. It needs to get serious—if advocates like @mmfa & the NYT can find this, you have no excuse. Keep your promise to stop enabling health misinformation. https://t.co/ZiLadd2evR — PolitiTweet.org

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This is one of several hearings I am holding with Senator @MarshaBlackburn as part of our longstanding efforts to ensure children are protected online. I look forward to continuing this important work. — PolitiTweet.org