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@sokane1 This is what that Bloomberg bag is for — PolitiTweet.org

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@Carnage4Life What happened from 4/1 to 5/1 that cut the estimate in half? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ReThinkReviews I have a lot of headphone and a fancy Atmos speaker setup and I haven’t heard anything good yet, but I’ll keep trying — PolitiTweet.org

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@thep3rcival He founded it — PolitiTweet.org

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@_ant_g @dandrezner He delivered a very memorable opening line to an overpacked Foreign Policy class at the U of C in September 2001: “If you just want to be here to sound smart at cocktail parties this isn’t for you.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @UthaaleReDeva: @reckless on 3D Excel like - “These tables DO pivot!” sent me 😂😂 #Vergecast — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @pkmnsnaps: “These tables really do pivot!” - @reckless Amazing quote 😂 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NoodleShak: Ok guys we are done for this month @reckless wins nerd joke of the month with “These tables really do pivot” on the Vergeca… — PolitiTweet.org

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This is what you might call a sneaky banger — PolitiTweet.org

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@eriqgardner I guess we are interpreting “there will be blood” differently — PolitiTweet.org

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@skidder @eriqgardner You think this is his only strategy? — PolitiTweet.org

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@skidder @eriqgardner I mean believe what you want but these companies are all intertwined — PolitiTweet.org

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@eriqgardner That is not directly initiating lawsuits. Only so many classes of outbound litigation and I doubt he’s about to file hundreds of patent cases — PolitiTweet.org

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@eriqgardner He wants to sue BI — PolitiTweet.org

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The powerful routinely abuse defamation law to chill speech because litigation is expensive and time consuming, even in “easy cases.” We won a case where we were sued for calling a defunct company defunct. It took SIX YEARS. Elon is openly threatening the free press here. https://t.co/Sh6l3P8lpq — PolitiTweet.org

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@Ghost0fM3 I prefer to work in reality — PolitiTweet.org

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@Ghost0fM3 You gotta get out of the clouds man. The defamation bar in the United States has been waging war on the First Amendment since 2016, and it is easily googleable — PolitiTweet.org

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@Ghost0fM3 It’s not more nuanced. The most prominent defamation attorneys in this country routinely say things like “freedom of the press has gone too far” — PolitiTweet.org

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@Ghost0fM3 Defamation also routinely abused by the powerful to chill speech, just one of those things you learn if you do the actual reading — PolitiTweet.org

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@Ghost0fM3 My dude I can practice law in two states — PolitiTweet.org

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@BrandonLive They will all be ridiculous, trust me — PolitiTweet.org

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@BrandonLive Like I said, if you take a moral stance you don’t get the do the abuse of power on the other side of the line — PolitiTweet.org

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@Fire2Fire123 @BrandonLive They’re all your enemies and the solution is the free market — PolitiTweet.org

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@Fire2Fire123 @BrandonLive I hope your king is nice to you — PolitiTweet.org

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@BrandonLive Lol “legit defamation” is not a bright line at all — PolitiTweet.org

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@BrandonLive People who take strident moral stances do not get the benefit of ambiguity — PolitiTweet.org

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@BrandonLive Spending your unlimited money to chill speech you don’t like vs people with limited money is a great way to chill speech that might be legal but that you don’t like — PolitiTweet.org

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@BrandonLive You only get to live on one side of the line — PolitiTweet.org

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@russellbrandom I defended college kids sued by the RIAA for using Kazaa, it is safe to say it was the yacht rock of litigation — PolitiTweet.org

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If any of these are defamation suits then Mr Free Speech will be definitively proven to be a hypocrite — PolitiTweet.org