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sabrina 1

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7. Just realized, this is a new account. There is a Chelsea Manning account, maybe run by a friend.

Reply to tishaLA (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2015, 07:09 PM

Apr 2015

This is apparently one she can personally access.

She already has 21,000 followers. Pretty impressive so far.

Chelsea Manning @xychelsea · 5h 5 hours ago
Starting with a shout out to the friends who have always stood by me @ggreenwald @amnesty @carwinb @savemanning and so many others #thankyou

Nice that she acknowledges the people who have consistently supported her.

She never should have been arrested. She should have been a witness in the Trials of Bush/Cheney and the rest of the War Criminals who are still, shamefully, loose in this world.

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Chelsea Manning now has a Twitter Feed [View all] tishaLA Apr 2015 OP

People in jail have access to Twitter? jmowreader Apr 2015 #1

in the timeline, she says she dictates it into a voice phone tishaLA Apr 2015 #2

The account is almost certainly legit jmowreader Apr 2015 #4

Looks like she's dictating over the phone to fitzgibbonmedia and they tweet. octoberlib Apr 2015 #3

Very exciting Oilwellian Apr 2015 #5

I've been following her and she follows me. I hope she gets millions of followers. It is yet another sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #6

Just realized, this is a new account. There is a Chelsea Manning account, maybe run by a friend. sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #7