#Astroturf

Tony Clark

Tony__Clark

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (@taxpayerDOTcom) is a sham organization - fake grassroots - in my opinion. Here's my evidence: (thread)#ableg#abpoli#cdnpoli In '89, notes AB conservative Link Byfield founded the “Resolution

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

So it took a few days, but the media seem to be realizing that the anti-quarantine protests aren't a real grassroots uprising; they're Potemkin populism staged by right-wing billionaires 1/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-co

Thom Hartmann

Thom_Hartmann

(1/18) The Supreme Court has awesome power, and now that there’s a 6-to-3 right-wing majority, they’re preparing to use that power like a sledgehammer. … (2/18) In 2000, they put

Rani Sadbutt Baker

destroyed4com4t

CW for hardcore TERF shit, but I am exactly messy enough to get a kick out of this article by Julia Long just straight up dunking big name "gender-critical" trans

Lara Putnam

lara_putnam

Definitely worth reading this snapshot of the non-Astroturf grassroots reeling under quarantine: folks who've spent the last 3 ys innovating hands-on techniques for building political impact beyond media bubbles are

MazzieW

demigirlace

It is worth noting that this conservative pundit and culture warrior push for everyone dying to COVID is a direct result of conservatism long since just becoming "own the libs"

Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D

RVAwonk

NEW (via NY AG Letitia James): “After a multi-year investigation, we found the nation's largest broadband companies funded a secret campaign to influence the FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules

Bob From Brockley 🥤

bobfrombrockley

You’ve probably all heard of Spiked (Koch-funded, formerly the Revolutionary Communist Party/Living Marxism) and its recent roles in Farage’s Brexit Party (Baroness Fox) & Boris’ Tories (Munira Mirza). I hadn’t

Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions

mynamesnotgordy

What I learnt on the Twitter this week:1. Kenney says the McDonalds he opened last year shouldn't be prevented from offering dine-in service just because a few 82-year-olds have the

Mo Mooncey

TheHoopGenius

If you’re a football fan mad at the super league stuff, here’s a thread on why you should look at becoming an NBA fan The NBA has a salary

Roberto Lovato

robvato

Lots of people talking & being quoted re the separation, caging & othr abuses of Central American migrants,following th #Debate2020. 0 of those quoted are Central American. I just wrote

Cathy 💙🕷️

NarcAware

@joncstone Unsurprising when CEO of Law Breaking #VL#TPA Propagandist & (Libertarian) #MatthewElliott is a signatory member of : Coalition For A Free Europe est 2006#SpecialRelationships of other signatories are evident#TRUMP

Nate Wallace

NateWallace9

Thread on anti-SJP @FSU4Palestine AstroTurf campaign to try & get @floridastate to adopt @TheIHRA's (Israel lobby) anti-Semitism definition to ensure Palestine solidarity activists are always on defense in what's an

Emmanuel Freudenthal

EmmanFre

Cameroon: tomorrow (22/09), opposition marches will call for Biya to leave, despite the government's threats of violence.This *could* be a watershed moment, I think.Some fear that internet will be cut

AKA Jack❄️SnΩw🇺🇸WASH🦠YOUR🦠HANDS

jacknielsenN7

Remember when the asshats on Fox Entertainment (news) complained about the “exorbitant cost” of policing the Women’s March?Allow me to systematically call bullshithttps://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article242675516.html We keep hearing

Peter DeCaprio

cppinvest

1/ Been thinking alot lately about what I thought was a very significant post by @Plainsite that seems to have escaped notice in all the post-earnings call froth. The post