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RT @renato_mariotti: “While there is no way to establish absolute accountability, we do know that we do not have custody of everything we s… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MacFarlaneNews: Rex Tillerson to be called as witness in trial of Trump confidant Thomas Barrack, defense says https://t.co/9FS2BbIDUW — PolitiTweet.org

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BREAKING NEWS: Senate GOP Reelection Chairman Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) Repeatedly Refuses to Decry or Denounce Trump’s Threat Against Mitch McConnell, His Racist Rant Against McConnell’s Wife, or Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Attempt to Incite a Civil War From the Stage Trump Spoke From — PolitiTweet.org

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17/ I hope that, if/when you review the archive, you will let me know which videos, images, and GIFs are your favorite! I have now added numbers to the videos and the GIFs—the numbers are atop the videos and GIFs, and appear below the images—to make reference/citation far easier. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SethAbramson: (🔓) PROOF UNLOCKED: A Free Archive of the Very Best Pro-Ukraine Memes It’s time to up your meme game. This new—100% free… — PolitiTweet.org

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@PegPhillipsCPA Oh, I love this. What a wonderful video. Adding it to the library now. Thank you, Peg! — PolitiTweet.org

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16/ I said to my wife last night that one of the many things that’s been depressing about this decade is that...well...we never really see the good folks *win*. And celebrate it. It feels like the bad guys are always winning—very publicly. So pro-Ukraine memes can deeply inspire. — PolitiTweet.org

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15/ Of course, all of this sets in high relief the memes that are amazing—i.e. the ones I tried to curate and compile in PROOF’s new pro-Ukraine meme library. A superlative meme can go viral and shape the emotional landscape of social media. Like this one: https://t.co/LukLZnC5nl — PolitiTweet.org

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14/ I will say too that reading through (by now) probably more than 1,000 pro-Ukraine memes has taught me a lot about what is effective and what is not. So many memes—the bad ones, I mean—are conceptually confusing, require a lot of background knowledge, and/or are poorly edited. — PolitiTweet.org

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13/ As ever, *all articles* in the Ukraine section of PROOF are free. And as mentioned above, this pro-Ukraine meme library/meme bank is intended as “evergreen” free content, meaning it will be updated over time and is on a subject that’ll only be dated when Putin’s war is over. — PolitiTweet.org

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12/ And while I realize the entertainment component of a meme library/meme bank on such a weighty subject must come in dead last here—by a *lot*—in importance, I am aware that reviewing sometimes humorous, witty, and insightful memes (on any subject) does offer value for readers. — PolitiTweet.org

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11/ This is also a great new way for readers of the feed to interact with it (and PROOF) by way of submitting content that ends up featured in the media outlet. Because I intend to expand this pro-Ukraine meme library dramatically, you should feel free to send me your best memes. — PolitiTweet.org

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10/ I’d also like to encourage others to create meme banks on Substack or other media outlets for their own focused-on causes (including Ukraine). For instance, I think an English-language meme bank focused on the upcoming elections in Brazil would be really helpful to Americans. — PolitiTweet.org

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9/ It’s for this reason that I took a bit of space in the Introduction and Conclusion to this free meme library to discuss the place that social media has in modern warfare. Because whatever you may think, it’s *definitely* not nothing. It may not be dispositive, but it matters. — PolitiTweet.org

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8/ I hope that as and when people RETWEET this meme archive—even for folks who don’t use memes—it’ll underscore to all those who read the archive just how deeply invested their fellow social media users around the world are in the Ukrainian cause. This should matter to all of us. — PolitiTweet.org

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7/ My thinking in creating this free resource was pretty simple: one way or another, we are all going to meme online when it comes to the war in Europe. Why not do it as effectively (persuasively, inspiringly, intelligently, compellingly) as possible? But there is another reason. — PolitiTweet.org

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6/ With that in mind, I’ll say that my own favorite meme images in the PROOF pro-Ukraine meme library/meme bank are (in numeric order only): 1, 5, 9, 12, 19, 29, 33, 40, 46, 47, 48 (possibly my favorite), 66, and 69. As for videos, right now I particularly love 1, 2, 4, and 5. — PolitiTweet.org

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5/ I also give a very, very brief explanation of my background and experience with memes as a meme curator. I thought this important because this is very much a *curated* meme library/meme bank, and I’m not—as would be useless—just throwing as many memes at you as I possibly can. — PolitiTweet.org

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4/ Intro and concluding sections in the library outline which types of memes are and aren’t included here, which is important because meme use can be ethical or unethical, persuasive or unpersuasive, community-building or obtuse. PROOF aims to be on the right side of these lines. — PolitiTweet.org

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3/ The meme library already includes memes of every tone, shape, size, aesthetic, topic, and form (video, image, and GIF). As you develop a sense of which types of memes most appeal to you, it will become easier and easier to use this meme library when it expands (which it will). — PolitiTweet.org

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2/ Importantly, all of the image-based memes in the PROOF pro-Ukraine meme library/meme bank are numbered—which allows you to link others to the meme library and let them know, in doing so, which memes you most recommend. The number below each meme image is its reference number. — PolitiTweet.org

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1/ The PROOF meme library already has about 100 carefully curated pro-Ukraine memes—videos, images, and GIFs—which may not sound like a lot, but given that there are thousands of Ukraine memes out there and *most* are unusable for one reason or another, this is a very good start. — PolitiTweet.org

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(🔓) PROOF UNLOCKED: A Free Archive of the Very Best Pro-Ukraine Memes It’s time to up your meme game. This new—100% free, carefully curated—pro-Ukraine meme library can help. I hope you’ll RETWEET this free resource widely. These memes are *incredible*. https://t.co/obEVmehqZu — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TristanSnell: Neither of Florida’s 2 Republican senators voted for Florida to receive federal disaster funds. Rick Scott voted no. Ma… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @thedailybeast: Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) appeared flustered on CNN when asked about Trump’s racist Truth Social post, in which he said Sen… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SethAbramson: Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 https://t.co/fLoYLHWkMf — PolitiTweet.org

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(UPDATE) The free Pro-Ukraine Meme Library will launch today at PROOF. Stay tuned. Very, very excited about this new addition to the Ukraine section of PROOF. — PolitiTweet.org

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There is no bottom. I mean that literally. There is no bottom with this man. Things will get worse. https://t.co/YcFrYXDPq2 — PolitiTweet.org

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I saw this and immediately thought, “Oh, so Milky Way is trending on Twitter right now.” And so it was. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SethAbramson: (PS) Please post any pro-Ukraine memes you think are particularly effective as a response to this post or the post above… — PolitiTweet.org