Am I concerned about Twitter banning the President? No, because I've been online since I was 17 years old. Any venue too haphazardly moderated—either too strictly or too loosely—grows unstable and collapses.

So what if Twitter is Too Big. So was MySpace, Livejournal, Usenet...

Did Twitter make a mistake? I don't think so. Its primary concern is that its HQ is here in the US and frankly the Reps are more likely to drop the hammer on social media than the Dems, especially if the Reps can ignore election results.

The irony is that the recent conservative rage over Section 230 is so misplaced. If you want to turn social media into publishers responsible for the user-base's content, you're going to have giant swaths of users banned to avoid lawsuits.

Every town and city newspaper gets letters from their subscribers reading, "Jesus told me in a dream that we should go down to City Hall and string up the mayor! This Monday, at 3pm...."

They don't publish them. Think for two seconds as to why.

Same with printing. Years ago I edited the book SAVING PRIVATE POWER by Mickey Z which included images of a Nazi swastika. Printer wouldn't run the plate, and yes it was an anti-Nazi book.

Didn't want to have a worker traumatized by seeing 10000 swastikas go by.

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Last week the Government announced, for the first time, that the EU rejected the UK’s proposals for ‘an ambitious agreement with the EU on the temporary movement of business travellers’ that would have ‘covered musicians and others’. 1/18

This is the first time the Government let it be known that they would not be able to make good on the assurances they had given the music sector regarding future travelling and working in the EU. 2/18

In February 2020 the Government stated that its objective was to negotiate a Canada-style trade agreement with the EU, similar to the free trade agreements the EU has previously struck with other friendly countries… 3/18

… and through its negotiations on mobility it was exploring how it could provide greater certainty for the music industry via reciprocal provisions based on ‘best precedent’. 4/18

But there was no precedent to this. A ‘Canada-style’ deal does little if anything for services. For example, Canadian musicians are treated as third-country nationals when travelling to the EU for work. It wasn't in the best interest of the music sector to seek this deal. 5/18

For people marching in DC in the Name of Christ - give this up. Go home and love your neighbor, serve your city, and build up your brothers and sisters in your church. Your theocratic visions cannot be met by a US President of any party. I'm glad you're praying, but...

...theocracy of the entire cosmos is what Jesus *already* has - he needs no votes or elections being overturned to establish his rule. I fear you've succumbed to a bewitching idol of power, supposing that a particular man will save us. He won't. He can't. But there's more.

Please consider what your public anger, faux displays of spirituality, and in some cases just plain weirdness do to the cause of the Gospel in our world. I am going to be blunt with you. You're harming the Church and the Church's witness. Please stop. You're branding Jesus as GOP

You've so equated the Kingdom of God with a particular vision of America, the Gospel's power with a political party, and the purpose of God with one man, that you've reduced the word Evangelical to a cul-de-sac of political power plays. What tragic impoverishment. Please stop.

Yes, protest marches are often good & needed, as are huge gatherings in DC of citizens from across the country to show leaders the issues we think matter. That's perfectly good and right. But refrain from violence, hatred, and undermining the Gospel's progress in our world.

This. Is. Horrifying.

Inside the Capitol siege: How barricaded lawmakers and aides sounded urgent pleas for help as police lost control

When I was Assembly presiding officer I worked closely w/our sergeant at arms. And when I introduced the bill to end Open Carry I had to travel with armed escorts to public events. There is no excuse for this type of breakdown of security in a professional law-enforcement body

This reminds me of an event in 2017 #ProudBoys began harassing attendees at an event in #SanDiego at the @SanDiegoCounty Admin Bldg. Deputies stood & watched so I called @SDSheriff Bill Gore on his cellphone & asked him: Why are your Deputies letting Proud Boys incite fights? 3/

I joined w/event organizers to meet w/@SDSheriff Gore in August re:this event. We also reported it to #CLERB.

A few days later: Heather Peyer was run over & killed by a violent white nationalist in Charlottesville & the #SanDiego #ProudBoys were arrested... in Berkeley 4/

It didn't stop them: They organized a "Pizza Party" at Chicano Park that required @sandiegoPD response. They put out invitations that used the @SDSheriff address as their own & called themselves "Border Patriots"

In other words: they've been hiding in plain sight for years 5/

1/ LISTEN UP MY PEEPS: In the 4 years of the American Civil War not one confederate soldier ever breached the inside of the US Capital, and walked around inside with a Confederate Flag. In the last days of the Trump administration, that happened

2/ Like it or not, these two guys will this morning and for a long. long time be considered heroes by millions of Americans

3/Tens of millions are Americans yesterday watched the storming of the US Capital not with alarm or concern, but with happiness and cheer that at long last the politicians in Washington were getting what they deserved.

4/ The only thing that many of those Americans were unhappy about was the fact that those storming the Capital did not show up with M-16's so that they could kill every Democrat in site.

5/ While all of this was occurring, talking heads on TV expressed alarm, pontificated about democracy, made appropriate comments reflecting their privileged status. and a few referenced the discrepancy between the treatment of these largely white protesters and BLM protesters

1) Listening to the likes of Tucker Carlson, Lindsey Graham, Matt Gaetz, Ted Cruz and many other traitors in our government warning us of the dangers of further division would be laughable...

2) if those comments, weren’t made in the wake of a failed coup that left 5 dead. A coup attempt where people brought guns, bombs and screamed hang Mike Pence.

3) They want to convince us that impeaching trump again would only serve to divide the country further, to enrage trump and his supporters, to create more chaos and invite more destruction…

4) And they don’t see or pretend not to see that this is the very reason consequences must be delt out. Trump can rant and rave out of the white house and preferably behind bars.

5) That people who created and participated in this failed coup attempt, think that they should not have to pay for their crimes because they think they did nothing wrong is the biggest danger facing the country now and in the future.

Catching my breath after the attack on the Capitol, I’m reflecting on all that we have to do. First, everyone involved in the insurrection, from the President to Josh Hawley to the Lectern Guy must be held accountable. That appears to be happening. But... 1/9

Long after Lectern and Viking Guy are in jail, and ex-President Trump is wrestling with various prosecutors, we will be struggling with the toxic apocalyptic violent hate religion that is their legacy. 2/9

Second, this isn’t just Lectern and Viking Guy and a deranged President. This letter was sent by a parent in New Canaan whose child’s teacher had offered suggestions on how to talk to kids about the attack. Every sentence is provably untrue and filled with hate and violence. 3/9

For context, New Canaan is an enormously affluent, educated center-right town. It’s GOP, but old-school New England Republican. I actually won the town for the first time in 2020, thank you Donald Trump.

And yet, one of it’s citizens produces a screed worthy of Alex Jones 4/9

Speaking of Alex Jones, here’s a video of him at DC’s pre-insurrection MAGA rally: grievance, rage, incitement of violence. IMO, it’s this stuff, not the wokeness of Professors of Semiotics at Middlebury that put 1A at risk. The professors have never tried to kill me. 5/9

THREAD: Here’s the story of @homegrownterrorists on Instagram.

If anyone has a direct email to someone at @Instagram who can help get our account back, please DM.

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This begins on Monday, 48 hours before the #CapitolAttack. I was reading about the #StopTheSteal rally and realized it was on the same day as certification. I told a colleague I was concerned there would be a takeover the Capitol Building to block the vote.

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What would come was not a surprise.

On Wednesday, that colleague sent me a Slack message: “Not to freak you out, but…”

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knew what was coming and checked Twitter and turned on CNN. I was still horrified. And I wanted to see everyone of the domestic terrorists identified.

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Fast-forward a couple hours and I began pulling images together and created the @homegrownterrorists account on Instagram and posting with the U.S. Capitol geotag, a few hashtags, and captions saying “DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS TERRORIST?”

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We are in the U.K. again in lockdown again, and it looks like we will be for several weeks at least. Many other countries are also in Full or Near Lockdowns.

Many traders work from home as it is, but lockdowns are highlighting the challenges around this. In a job
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where your ability to make good decisions, stay grounded and act objectively is vital to success, the hit from being isolated and alone, and not getting out or meeting/mixing with others is further accentuating these challenges.

Added to this is having kids & partners
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at home and having to be there for family & friends who may be struggling. We are all human, and no matter how stoic we are, this period is likely to wear on all of us. This adds extra pressure on you as a trader in a job where personal balance & clear headspace are vital.
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In the Summer it was easier to deal with, but more of this plus the short, dark, grey, cold days adds to the pressure.

On the plus side, we may be close to the end game, ‘the night is darkest just before the dawn’, but (North of the equator) we have tough weeks ahead.
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Given these pressures, and the potential impact on you & thus your performance. It’s more vital than ever to look after yourself physically, mentally, spiritually.

Try and perhaps spend less time at the screens. If find yourself spending more time at the screens, it may be
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Another year is going to finish. 2020 has left us with fewer military events in the Syrian military conflict. Reflecting the enormous influence of the regional powers in the country, where the end of the war is still far away due to political blockade that has led to a stalemate

As we saw during the last days of 2019, #SAA had begun #Op_Redemption3 in order to retake M5 highway. After a small hiatus during the first weeks of January, Russian-Turkish negotiations failed & #SAA restarted the offensive by opening three axis S. #Idlib, S. #Aleppo & its city.

12 days before the restart of military advances #SAA had already liberated Maarrat al-Numan town & big parts of S. #Idlib countryside. However, the advance didn't stop & one week later #SAA liberated another stronghold, Saraqib, reaching M4 highway & joining with S. #Aleppo axis.

With rebel defenses totally collapsed #SAA continued advancing along M5 hihgway towards the outskirts of #Aleppo city. By the middle of February, #SAA liberated all western districts expelling all rebel groups from the area & fully securing provincial capital of any rebel attack.

All indicated offensive had finished. Nevertheless, #SAA begin #Op_Redemption4 in order to retake M4 highway. During the seven first days #SAA managed to capture important areas in Jabal Zawiyah & Shahshbo. All indicates another important rebel collapse was going to take place.

Seattle cops were at the attempted coup that killed a

A West Virginia lawmaker was arrested as part of the Bud Light Putsch on the

A retired Air Force Lt. Col. with "white-spremacist views" stormed the

A real estate broker flew in on a private jet to "Storm the Capitol."

A police chief from New Hampshire was part of Trump's mob in