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69. Tom Joseph, right?
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 12:03 PM
Feb 2020

I just found him and went back and read all of his deep dive threads. trump is being held together with elmer's glue and safety pins.
https://twitter.com/TomJChicago

K&R Kurt V. Feb 2020 #1
I'm inclined to love your post too, but to be utterly clear-minded and fair: DemocracyMouse Feb 2020 #156
It is "employing" editors - us. Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #168
I did 3 months ago. Twitter too. Much joy ensued in my life. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2020 #2
I'm still on Twitter. With the introduction of tools that sort out the bots, it's a better place... Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #5
I still like Twitter. greymattermom Feb 2020 #8
Tom Joseph, right? barbtries Feb 2020 #69
Twitter is a total joke Moostache Feb 2020 #127
Here's my concern about the Trump dementia. wnylib Feb 2020 #154
YES! 2naSalit Feb 2020 #3
I did two weeks ago texasfiddler Feb 2020 #4
Another day of telling people to do something they may not be able to do Blue_Adept Feb 2020 #6
I asked, I didn't "tell" anyone anything. Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #13
pleas, pleading, guilting... same thing. Blue_Adept Feb 2020 #15
Yawn... Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #17
No need for the didactic weigh-in. VOX Feb 2020 #28
Why? Guilt. not_the_one Feb 2020 #110
You should read and get the context before firing a round at a bystander who agrees with you. VOX Feb 2020 #133
I, too, was defending Dennis. not_the_one Feb 2020 #172
it's how addicts behave Skittles Feb 2020 #176
Skittles, you win this thread Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #190
FB DownriverDem Feb 2020 #80
Agree a gazillion percent. blueinredohio Feb 2020 #7
Absolutely, but be prepared to duck... hlthe2b Feb 2020 #9
Precisely. volstork Feb 2020 #78
Democratic friends (NT) HuskyOffset Feb 2020 #153
I dropped it last year when I realized Zuckerberg is clearly helping Trump. It felt good. writes3000 Feb 2020 #95
It's dangerous only if you take it seriously. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2020 #10
Its dangerous because it exists. we can do it Feb 2020 #29
You don't know wat you're up against goes farther than simple influence. Dream Girl Feb 2020 #38
Where the fuck are the Hackers for Democracy? CrispyQ Feb 2020 #63
I found a group I didn't know about, They See Blue, greymattermom Feb 2020 #11
I advocated for dropping FuckFace for years now Cirque du So-What Feb 2020 #12
if you are of above average intelligence and age,no msiinformation on FB will influence your opinion beachbumbob Feb 2020 #14
Sorry but you don't know wat you're up against. Not just the influence but wat you say and do Dream Girl Feb 2020 #32
You do realize that 50 percent of voters are below average? Coventina Feb 2020 #62
The ignorant are always unaware of their ignorance. Squinch Feb 2020 #159
How about Twitter? cwydro Feb 2020 #16
Twitter has policies in place, and there are tools available to sort out the veracity... Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #23
Lol, I've seen people right here, whose names I won't mention, post absolute falsehoods from cwydro Feb 2020 #174
Twitter has also refused to remove the fake video Trump is using. n/t Coventina Feb 2020 #64
And drop Linkedin. nt Hotler Feb 2020 #18
+1. dalton99a Feb 2020 #22
Me too. fierywoman Feb 2020 #148
Zuckerberg is relying on the old folks dalton99a Feb 2020 #19
Old unsophisticated folks who either don't know any better or think they are "smart" Dream Girl Feb 2020 #33
Not sure why you're taking aim on the "Old Folks" Fla Dem Feb 2020 #97
I never liked them from the beginning. Bluepinky Feb 2020 #20
But, but, but, I thought.... Fla_Democrat Feb 2020 #21
Before FB, we had a Yahoo! group Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #25
Yes... The panic room or something like that. Whoever moderated that group must have hlthe2b Feb 2020 #99
I'm good, thanks. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2020 #24
I'm sure you are Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #26
. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2020 #37
Because participating in an admitted disinfo for cash organization is A-OK. we can do it Feb 2020 #31
No, it just means that I've come to terms with the risks and benefits the platform offers. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2020 #35
I doubt you fully appreciate the risks. Unless you're a PhD level data scientist. Dream Girl Feb 2020 #42
Help me out, then. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2020 #43
Just us dumb facebook-using folks around these parts, I guess Blue_Adept Feb 2020 #45
You said it, not me. And as for saving you trying to do save myself and the country form fab Dream Girl Feb 2020 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author Blue_Adept Feb 2020 #48
What is a "country form fab?" pamela Feb 2020 #91
Cuz you're so "smart"? See my post above. Lots of folks in the valley won't go near it. Dream Girl Feb 2020 #34
Okay. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2020 #36
BOYCOTT FB!! It is hurting zuckerberg big time..16 billion lost over poor FB performance Thekaspervote Feb 2020 #27
He hasn't lost anything. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #108
Yes a lot of people misunderstand this FakeNoose Feb 2020 #155
Just stop clicking on ANYTHING Shanti Mama Feb 2020 #30
You do you. I'll do me. Thanks. MineralMan Feb 2020 #39
Continuing to support anti-Democratic companies is you, then. n/t Coventina Feb 2020 #67
Nope. Using available resources that benefit me is me. MineralMan Feb 2020 #73
That's what you're doing, you're supporting an anti-Democratic entity that is destroying Coventina Feb 2020 #77
Well, no doubt you know better than I do... MineralMan Feb 2020 #79
Apparently I do. eom Coventina Feb 2020 #83
I agree with you h2ebits Feb 2020 #158
Will you please stop using petroleum products, please. Magoo48 Feb 2020 #136
People get so defensive about their toys. n/t Coventina Feb 2020 #145
And you and a couple others on this thread have gotten condescending in your responses. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2020 #206
I am going to be condescending to anyone helping undermine our democracy. n/t Coventina Feb 2020 #207
Not me PatSeg Feb 2020 #40
I agree, and never became part of that craze. Unfortunately, people are NOT going to drop facebook. still_one Feb 2020 #41
A little more than a year ago, couldn't take neices and nephews that I loved go for Trumper katmondoo Feb 2020 #44
12 years ago for me, family who were vicious Obama-haters lambchopp59 Feb 2020 #54
Dropped It Already colsohlibgal Feb 2020 #46
Yep and folks are too fuckin stupid to accept the truth Dream Girl Feb 2020 #49
What exactly has Facebook done? leftstreet Feb 2020 #52
Oh brother. Dream Girl Feb 2020 #55
Guess I'm 'too fuckin stupid' to understand n/t leftstreet Feb 2020 #61
Did you read the article in the OP? n/t Coventina Feb 2020 #70
Yes leftstreet Feb 2020 #76
For all their faults (especially Fox) there are standards that broadcasters have to adhere to Coventina Feb 2020 #82
LOL leftstreet Feb 2020 #84
So what? Mistakes are made all the time. Saying it's the same thing is ludicrous. n/t Coventina Feb 2020 #88
You're surely not defending FOX news? leftstreet Feb 2020 #100
I'm not defending Fox News, don't be silly. Every news network gets stuff wrong from time to time. Coventina Feb 2020 #104
Oh. The networks got Iraq wrong? leftstreet Feb 2020 #109
The entire media of this country was manipulated by the Bush Regime, it is true. Coventina Feb 2020 #112
Whatever leftstreet Feb 2020 #119
Hahahahahaha! Yeah, 'cuz Zuckerberg is all about helping the working class!!! Coventina Feb 2020 #122
Inadvertently, he did leftstreet Feb 2020 #134
Social media is where many people become radicalized, or haven't you followed the story of ISIS? Coventina Feb 2020 #142
ISIS is coming for our Grandmothers!!!111 n/t leftstreet Feb 2020 #161
reductio ad absurdum n/t Coventina Feb 2020 #162
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #130
This and too damn stubborn to admit they are perpetuating the propaganda. we can do it Feb 2020 #132
The local Democrats use it to communicate xmas74 Feb 2020 #50
they need to find another platform n/t Coventina Feb 2020 #71
It's not going to happen. xmas74 Feb 2020 #103
Then I weep for our country. We apparently have to service our overlords in order to do anything. Coventina Feb 2020 #105
We have $532.24 in our club account. xmas74 Feb 2020 #113
I'm not saying you should stop. I just find it pathetic is all. We only survive at the mercy of Coventina Feb 2020 #115
It is what it is. xmas74 Feb 2020 #201
I live outside a very small town, and the mayor uses Facebook to keep us informed womanofthehills Feb 2020 #183
Done months ago! usaf-vet Feb 2020 #51
I dropped Facebook 3 years ago, when I realized they were jrthin Feb 2020 #53
If I were an employer bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #56
apologists and hard heads keep splashing through that sewer because they have to travel-- Ponietz Feb 2020 #57
Facebook is key to my business... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2020 #58
Facebook is still a great way to stay in contact with friends and family. aikoaiko Feb 2020 #59
Because apparently telephones, email, and the USPS don't exist anymore..... Coventina Feb 2020 #75
Because you'd never get scammed or spammed that way leftstreet Feb 2020 #81
Scams exist everywhere. However, it is a CRIME to defraud Coventina Feb 2020 #86
Of course they do, but I don't know most of the phone number or email addresses of my FB friends. aikoaiko Feb 2020 #87
So basically you don't care. n/t Coventina Feb 2020 #90
Of course I care, but the pro-boycott crowd hasn't made a compelling case for boycotting. aikoaiko Feb 2020 #96
If the Cambridge Analytica scandal didn't move you, you're probably lost, then. n/t Coventina Feb 2020 #98
They aren't as readily usable treestar Feb 2020 #200
No, it was edited to make it look like she tore the speech during the Tuskegee airman intro Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #92
Editing a video can be satire and satire doesn't have to humorous. aikoaiko Feb 2020 #93
Editing a video *explicitly to deceive* is considered "satire"? Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #102
The video isn't for you or me. aikoaiko Feb 2020 #126
No. barbtries Feb 2020 #60
I use Facebook for my business and our Facebook page has quite an active totodeinhere Feb 2020 #65
Fakebook is totally drumpf corrupted.. democratisphere Feb 2020 #66
Exactly seta1950 Feb 2020 #68
Did this 2 years ago. volstork Feb 2020 #72
Sounds like you're (mostly) Oldem Feb 2020 #74
"It's become 4chan for Nanas and Grampas." The absolute best description for what FB has become chia Feb 2020 #85
Some think they are free of all influences on FB but this article shows how deep they target lunasun Feb 2020 #89
Can't unless I want my business to plummet like a rock. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2020 #94
This is what I truly don't understand about FB and businesses. Coventina Feb 2020 #101
Real estate agents use FB extensively to get the word out about their listings... Ferrets are Cool Feb 2020 #106
What is my rule? I was just explaining how FB impedes my purchasing. Coventina Feb 2020 #114
"as soon as I discover their main portal is FB, I immediately eliminate them. " Ferrets are Cool Feb 2020 #163
oh, yeah, I guess it's a personal rule. Coventina Feb 2020 #166
It's more like this Blue_Adept Feb 2020 #107
I guess I'll have to take your word for it, because now I avoid FB using businesses like the plague. Coventina Feb 2020 #117
Yes, practically every business. Blue_Adept Feb 2020 #123
Good synopsis. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2020 #164
I've cut back. Chemisse Feb 2020 #111
I like Twitter a lot better WestLosAngelesGal Feb 2020 #116
Take control of your feed. Use the unfollow button liberally. tinrobot Feb 2020 #118
Theresa Hong... Trump's social media director, Botany Feb 2020 #120
You can drop it. I like to keep an eye on the other side IronLionZion Feb 2020 #121
+1 John1956PA Feb 2020 #131
Never joined grantcart Feb 2020 #124
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #125
Welcome to DU! John1956PA Feb 2020 #129
I did three years ago, not much luck changing anyone else's dewsgirl Feb 2020 #128
I'm torn, mzmolly Feb 2020 #135
Twitter is worse. LisaM Feb 2020 #137
Twitter has policies intended to curb the spread of disinfo, and works with 3rd party vendors... Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #143
Twitter gives Trump a platform. LisaM Feb 2020 #150
Easy for me, I was never on Facebook in the first place. scarletwoman Feb 2020 #138
I get the need for some to maintain a FB presence for business... Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #140
Fake Book is my Battle Space with MAGA's - My position Paper on FB... MartyTheGreek Feb 2020 #139
Sorry. Not going to. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #141
This nana has always refused to use it. marybourg Feb 2020 #144
I had Facebook once back in the days and never need it never will mshasta Feb 2020 #146
I wish people would boycott Amazon. LisaM Feb 2020 #147
Pushes for proper regulation would work better than boycotts for a lot of these areas. Blue_Adept Feb 2020 #149
Absolutely! marybourg Feb 2020 #152
Then the same is true for Facebook. LisaM Feb 2020 #157
Completely agree Blue_Adept Feb 2020 #160
Its not an either-or question - boycott IS a tried and true method of applying a "push" nt Kashkakat v.2.0 Feb 2020 #167
That seems like the opposite of what should do jr1118x Feb 2020 #151
+1 leftstreet Feb 2020 #165
I can't but I'm aware of what's fake news Polybius Feb 2020 #169
No thanks.....I like pointing out the fake crap to posters of BS..pisses them off. AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #170
There are liberal groups treestar Feb 2020 #171
I go for months at a time without seeing a single person Runningdawg Feb 2020 #173
I'm with you. pamela Feb 2020 #181
they won't Skittles Feb 2020 #175
I want you to knock this off. I am staying on Facebook. PERIOD. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2020 #177
Nope. Ninety percent of my posts are political or issue related, and I'm NOT going to stop. pnwmom Feb 2020 #178
Nanas and Grampas are people too! Croney Feb 2020 #179
no obamanut2012 Feb 2020 #180
i might dweller Feb 2020 #182
You do you; I'll do me. Different Drummer Feb 2020 #184
Unfortunately, not everyone is on DU, so haven't seen the damning news articles Rhiannon12866 Feb 2020 #185
More than simply demanding people drop FB Cosmocat Feb 2020 #186
No one demanded anything Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #187
"A plea for all DUers who haven't already done so. Drop Facebook like a rock, please?" Cosmocat Feb 2020 #188
You understand the meaning of "plea," don't you? It's actually in the subject line... Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #189
You understand how a plea can come across as a demand? Blue_Adept Feb 2020 #191
No, please explain... n/t Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #192
Sorta the same way asking for a favor is like blackmail or extortion Blue_Adept Feb 2020 #193
That involved a quid pro quo Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #194
Whatever - the point is that there is no similar alternative Cosmocat Feb 2020 #198
There's still some girlies on there I gotta talk to... Blue_Tires Feb 2020 #195
Done a long time ago! HIGHLY RECOMMEND it! n/t CousinIT Feb 2020 #196
You get out of social media Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2020 #197
Already done... Stopped a little over a year ago now. Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2020 #199
It's a good way to keep in touch with family and old friends. tritsofme Feb 2020 #202
Thats why I use it and for some private marlakay Feb 2020 #203
I lulz'd KG Feb 2020 #204
I lulz... Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #205
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