Walt Mossberg

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@the59thStBridge @PapaAlfaBravo1 Me too. — PolitiTweet.org

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The constant demands for subscription sign-ins aren’t just minor matters. I think they could hurt publications as people just cancel out of frustration. @racheld — PolitiTweet.org

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@the59thStBridge No. — PolitiTweet.org

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Be like Alan. Get a mail ballot application on paper or online. And send it in pronto. Then, when you get your mail ballot, you can avoid postal backups by dropping the ballot off at curbside dropboxes or offices controlled by election authorities. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alanmillerNLP: I’m pleased to send my request today for a mail-in ballot. I encourage everyone to plan to vote in November and to do so… — PolitiTweet.org

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@skap5 These counties can be huge and their school boards are powerful. For instance, both Fairfax County in VA and Montgomery in MD have 150,000-200,000 kids in their school systems and school budgets of $2-3 billion. The county govts mostly tinker around the edges of the budgets. — PolitiTweet.org

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@skap5 In many states outside New England, the city or town government doesn’t run the schools, Saul. In lots of places, they’re run by independent school districts, with taxing power, that can cross city lines. In Maryland and Virginia, and elsewhere, the schools are run by counties. — PolitiTweet.org

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Another tweet by my county board of elections. — PolitiTweet.org

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Tweet by my county board of elections in Maryland. — PolitiTweet.org

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Vote early! Reduce the time to get election results. Fill out your mail ballot and return it quickly, preferably in a drop-off box or office run by election authorities. OR, if you’re voting in person, vote early. Here are the dates for that in each state. https://t.co/RCCof8afmD — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ShapiroGlobal: I was involved in many hearings while working in the Senate. It doesn't take a month to prepare for one. The hearing sho… — PolitiTweet.org

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@JBFlint @JorisGriffioen @kenli729 @PBS streaming app shows you just one ad, at the beginning of a show, for 30 seconds. I can deal with that. Maybe all should copy. And of course the toxic ad tech practice of stealing your privacy should be made illegal. I pay extra on services like @hulu for no ads. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JBFlint @JorisGriffioen @kenli729 I’m not against ads per se. They paid my salary for years. But the TV model of interrupting what you’re watching to sell you stuff or of showing you unskippable ads at all in TV for which you’ve paid a subscription fee has begun to seem intolerable to me. A new model is needed. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BenThePCGuy @onedrive I remember our meetings, Ben. Not surprised by this pic. — PolitiTweet.org

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@adrianachavira I was astounded that this birther-style rant appeared in @Newsweek, but then again, Newsweek is nothing at all like it was when the @washingtonpost owned it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JasonHirschhorn Congrats! Great story! Liz sounds wonderful. — PolitiTweet.org

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@domenicopanacea So glad you’re doing better, Domenico. I hope you fully recover soon. — PolitiTweet.org

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@kenli729 So where will people be able to stream them? Or will you have to rent or buy them from iTunes or Amazon? — PolitiTweet.org

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Washington Post: USPS warms 46 states that some mail ballots won’t arrive by Election Day. https://t.co/NXypqxRImf — PolitiTweet.org

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The post office is in the Constitution. — PolitiTweet.org

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This date was an official holiday in my home state of Rhode Island when I was growing up. Today it’s celebrated there as “Victory Day” on the second Monday in August. — PolitiTweet.org

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Seventy-five years ago today, in 1945, Japan announced its surrender and thus World War II ended. Grateful for all who served, in every theater, including my father who fought in the Pacific, and especially to the families of the tens of millions who died. — PolitiTweet.org

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@karaswisher Scenes From an Italian Restaurant — PolitiTweet.org

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@jsnell Aha. I follow you now. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jsnell @JakeBernsteinWA @reneritchie Appreciate that. But what do you mean by “called in”? Nobody asked me to tweet what I did. Every tweet I post, smart or dumb, is on my own volition and contains only my own thoughts. So what did you mean by “called in”? — PolitiTweet.org

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@jsnell @JakeBernsteinWA @reneritchie You seem to think I’m arguing with you, Jason. I’m not. I’m arguing with the wealthy companies that seem to want to pay little or no merchant fee and evade Apple security and privacy review. But also agreeing it may be time to revise the system while maintaining user protection. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JakeBernsteinWA @jsnell @reneritchie 2/ I value Apple’s curation for security & privacy reasons. BUT, there are legit questions about Apple’s (and Google’s) App Store. Is the 30% too much today? Are the rules the same for all and fully transparent? And is there a new way to sell in-app goods while protecting users? — PolitiTweet.org

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@JakeBernsteinWA @jsnell @reneritchie 1/ It isn’t “skimming” and it isn’t a “tax”. Every merchant has been taking a cut forever. And that’s what this is. And, in 2008, it was a dramatically lower cut than was common at the time. So these are loaded words used to inflame people, like “death tax” for the “estate tax”. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is 100% true. And proof that the toxic ad tech industry isn’t making online ads better in exchange for stealing your privacy. #regulateadtech — PolitiTweet.org

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@CaseyNewton I was on a Zoom call the other night with scores of smart people, some of whom were framed like that or so badly lit they looked like they were in a cave. — PolitiTweet.org