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This is at a time when Netanyahu placed West Bank settlement expansion at the top of the agenda, “vowing to legalize dozens of illegally built outposts and annex the occupied territory as part of its coalition deal with ultranationalist allies.” https://t.co/MU2JQCvQ5k — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s the @StateDept statement on the new #Israel govt, led by the ultra right Likud. I’m wondering whether any of these highlighted visions — 1) two-state solution 2) security and justice for Israelis & Palestinian alike — will ever actualize. https://t.co/XueXGJJo2J https://t.co/tD9DTycwQk — PolitiTweet.org

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Suu Kyi's secretive Myanmar trials end with 7 more years of jail https://t.co/k57YTzDbjR — PolitiTweet.org

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🤮 — PolitiTweet.org

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@MazMHussain I think @Esqueer_ put out a whole thread clarifying why she believed it was the pizza boxes - more like deductive reasoning. But authorities could have used a plethora of intel tools & might not reveal sources & methods. — PolitiTweet.org

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The dude should have used biodegradable pizza boxes. Just saying. — PolitiTweet.org

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Imagine the horror if Kash became CIA director. — PolitiTweet.org

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One of the most epic stories to unfold for the masses in near real time. Tate shot himself in the knee so to speak, all because he arrogantly attempted to “own” one of the most respected environmental activists, in the process embarrassing himself & providing evidence to LE. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JessMarinDavis - Acting might not be the best but it’s quite gripping, watch Alice in Borderland. - Total addiction, watch Blacklist - Psychological thriller, watch Severance — PolitiTweet.org

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Another Russian “defenestrated” or attempted to fly. @washingtonpost https://t.co/lubaRZIocL — PolitiTweet.org

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@Volk_NCPTF @SethGetz @matthewjdowd @AymanM @morgfair You’re the kindest my friend. — PolitiTweet.org

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The GOAT! RIP legend. — PolitiTweet.org

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I watched it and now you have to — PolitiTweet.org

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Just some memes posted on #QAnon Telegram channels. https://t.co/l8leDyzZwt — PolitiTweet.org

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Joint Statement from Foreign Ministers on the #Taliban’s Ban on Afghan Women Working for National and International NGOs - United States Department of State ⁦@StateDept⁩ https://t.co/LeNohGm7Er — PolitiTweet.org

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LOL 🤣 https://t.co/heC2d8Dc8J — PolitiTweet.org

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As if the protections, considerations, background checks, access privileges & value of data between an individual’s private chats (& what have you) & nuclear launch codes, & that somehow worries re unauthorized access to our private data is equal to a mass existential threat. 7/7 — PolitiTweet.org

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The writer, astonishingly, implies that the @signalapp’s position — that if anyone has access to data, then there’s always potential for unauthorized use of that data — is somehow equal to “some people have access to nuclear launch codes” but “we’re not particularly worried.” 6/X — PolitiTweet.org

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This includes everything from VPNs and @torproject to knives and vests to the blockchain and cryptocurrency. All of the aforementioned are exploited by threat actors. Heck, even CCTV cameras for that matter. 5/X — PolitiTweet.org

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With Blackman’s logic, every tool that’s ever existed for the benefits of privacy (and security) is a bad faith tool because it is exploited by threat actors who yield it against, and in spite of, law and order, and thus it is somehow damaging. 4/X — PolitiTweet.org

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He further argues that the word surveillance is used in broad strokes and that the availability of such “powerful” encrypted communications tools somehow created irreparable trust in good governance. 3/X — PolitiTweet.org

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Blackman’s logic is that while the app provides privacy for individuals (like journalists & their sources), it has been used by violent actors (such as the Oath Keepers & CSAM propagators) and that the developers value privacy despite the bad faith utilization of the tool. 2/X — PolitiTweet.org

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Thread 🧵 The @nytimes published a fairly idiotic oped in which the writer attacks @signalapp (and puts into question the technologists behind it), arguing its creators are somehow ideologically driven and don’t care about the criminal use of the app. 1/X https://t.co/qCPiLiJE6x — PolitiTweet.org

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Who could have guessed that my comment about the scientific method is a trigger — and that so many now believe that they are scientists actively involved in scientific evaluations, or that anti scientific stances are somehow…science? https://t.co/0YqZdMC846 — PolitiTweet.org

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Nope. I legitimately believe that it’s because he’s a douchebag. — PolitiTweet.org

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U.N. halts some programs in #Afghanistan after ban on women aid workers. The Taliban’s ban on women who work in delivering aid programs in the country is causing major constraints on critical assistance delivery by multiple organizations. https://t.co/weNmzMgpDY — PolitiTweet.org

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Russian ex-army chief dies suddenly after Putin snubs visit to his tank factory - LBC https://t.co/F8YDQCMBoS — PolitiTweet.org

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And here’s the most ridiculous comeback 👇🏽 — PolitiTweet.org

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@GongGasGirl Twitter has the potential of being a great repository of valuable content and carve a path for sincere scientific debate. Just not today. It has digressed and will continue to digress at the current state, unfortunately. — PolitiTweet.org

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There’s been plenty of quality science posted on Twitter. But the scientific method doesn’t practically take place on a Twitter lab; it’s not the opinions of the unscientifically inclined. It’s done with a carefully architected process, in each discipline and sub field. — PolitiTweet.org