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Judd Legum
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I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. | [email protected] | Signal: juddlegum.47 | DMs open
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    Judd Legum
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    Mar 17, 2025
    1. EXCLUSIVE An internal Social Security Administration memo, dated March 13, lays out a plan to sabotage the agency. The memo itself predicts "service disruption," "operational strain," and "budget shortfalls" will result. Follow this thread for details.
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    Judd Legum
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    Feb 21, 2024
    1. Nex Benedict matters Nex was a 16-year-old and non-binary Nex was brutally beaten a high school bathroom in Oklahoma The school did not call an ambulance or the police Instead, Nex was suspended Nex died the next day
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    Judd Legum
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    Jan 7, 2021
    No one gets credit for finding their conscience with 325 hours left in Trump's presidency
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    Judd Legum
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    Feb 20, 2018
    I think it's because 17 people in a high school were just murdered with an AR-15
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    Judd Legum
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    Dec 18, 2022
    IMPORTANT: @elonmusk's new policy preventing linking to competitors is in DIRECT VIOLATION of European Union rules. Penalty can be a fine of up to 20% of Twitter's annual revenue commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-p…
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    Judd Legum
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    Jul 23, 2020
    The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES went on the national TV tonight and bragged that he was so smart he could remember five words in order, and he was not joking even a little bit
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    Judd Legum
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    Dec 11, 2018
    Nancy Pelosi just did something that not a single Republican has had the guts to do in 2 years. Stand up to Trump, in public, to his face.
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    Judd Legum
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    Sep 14, 2017
    Hannity assembles a diverse panel of experts to discuss racism
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    Judd Legum
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    Aug 14, 2017
    The comparison of white supremacists (whites are master race) to Black Lives Matter (stop murdering black people) is absurd and slanderous
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    Judd Legum
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    Feb 27, 2020
    Coronavirus exposes all of Trump’s biggest weaknesses: 1. Incompetence 2. Rejection of scientific facts 3. Distrust of expertise 4. Disinterest in long-term planning 5. Embrace of conspiracy theories 6. Paranoia 7. Inability to learn from mistakes
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    Judd Legum
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    Oct 2, 2020
    Just a reminder that Trump fired the US pandemic response team in 2018.
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    Judd Legum
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    Dec 18, 2018
    Shut down due to illegal activity: 1. Trump University 2. Trump Foundation Under criminal investigation: 1. Trump campaign 2. Trump transition 3. Trump inauguration 4. Trump administration 5. Trump Organization
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    Judd Legum
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    Feb 14, 2022
    Reportedly the NFL nixed Dre saying “still don’t love the police” and Eminem kneeling but both things happened
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    Judd Legum
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    Dec 19, 2022
    UPDATE: The tweets by @TwitterSupport this morning, announcing a new policy banning linking to competing websites, have been deleted. The policy itself was deleted from Twitter’s website.
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