Rob Michaels
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Rob Michaels
@robbymichaels
Enjoyer of movies and vaping. Talker of words. I worked on Adventures in Game Chasing! Host of the Order 42 Show over on YouTube!
DFW, TX Katılım Nisan 2009
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After 16 years, my @YouTube channel (GrimmGreen) was terminated today with no real explanation.
I’ve built my content around harm reduction, helping adult smokers quit, and advocating for science-based policies.
This feels like a huge mistake. If you believe in THR, free speech, and the mission we’ve been on, please help me get YouTube’s attention.
@TeamYouTube I’m asking for a real human to review my case.
I’ve never promoted anything illegal. I’ve never targeted youth. I’ve worked tirelessly to be a responsible voice in the vaping and harm reduction space. But like many creators in this space, it seems I’ve been swept up in an overly aggressive moderation wave.
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This is ridiculous. Nick has bent over backwards over the years to try and appease the shifting rules and regulations over the years, and this is by far the worst example I’ve seen of this new “moderation”. Please have a real human review this!
GrimmGreen@GrimmGreen
After 16 years, my @YouTube channel (GrimmGreen) was terminated today with no real explanation. I’ve built my content around harm reduction, helping adult smokers quit, and advocating for science-based policies. This feels like a huge mistake. If you believe in THR, free speech, and the mission we’ve been on, please help me get YouTube’s attention. @TeamYouTube I’m asking for a real human to review my case. I’ve never promoted anything illegal. I’ve never targeted youth. I’ve worked tirelessly to be a responsible voice in the vaping and harm reduction space. But like many creators in this space, it seems I’ve been swept up in an overly aggressive moderation wave.
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🚨 My YouTube channel just got 2 strikes — one more and years of work are gone. I’ve never broken the rules, yet videos are being removed with no explanation. @YouTube @YouTubeCreators please review this. Tag @YouTube if you stand with creators! #YouTubeStrike
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Here’s the thing..
Your favorite content creators aren't suddenly getting political. I think people need to understand that every freedom and right, However limited that we have right now, was fought for and hard won by activists who saw value in embracing the political space.
Being political isn't beneath you, being political isn't stupid. NO freedom that we have today was just handed to us by benevolent politicians without a boots-on-the-ground fight.
Vapers, more than most should understand this. We have watched democrats and republicans alike slowly bleed our industry dry with erroneous, regulations, taxes, flavor bans, usage bans and mail bans.
No single politician is going to suddenly reverse ALL of that and “give” us vaping back. We want it? We fight for it and fighting for it often times means getting political about it.
I’m not apologizing in advance for defending vaping from all enemies, elected or appointed, right or left, up or down.
No one is going to save us, we have to save ourselves and I refuse to sell my soul to get it done.
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SB 2024 just passed the Texas House—but it’s not done yet. The bill now goes to conference, and Altria / Reynolds are panicking. Why? Because the House version doesn’t just ban disposables and e-liquids—it bans their products too. 🧵 #txlege
Gregory Conley@GregTHR
As expected, amendments were put on the Texas bill to: - Ban all vaping products consumables (incl. nicotine-free) except those with authorized PMTAs or "timely filed" pending PMTAs; AND - Ban any product—even those with PMTAs—manufactured in China, including components.
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Big threat in TEXAS: Nearly 2 million adult nicotine vapers could lose access to everything but a few unpopular, cigarette-flavored products.
SB 2024—already passed by the Senate—would ban any “e-cigarette product … manufactured in China.” The language is so broad it could ban even empty devices or parts from China, not just prefilled disposables.
Altria and Reynolds support the bill and are pushing amendments to make it worse—like banning all products without PMTAs, including U.S.-made e-liquids and devices finished in America.
Session ends in one week.
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Dr. Makary has been FDA Commissioner for 57 days.
In that time, U.S. manufacturers have continued to receive death sentences in the form of marketing denial orders.
President Trump promised to save Flavored Vaping. Where is the reform?
Dr. Marty Makary@DrMakaryFDA
This illegal importation stops today. I personally have observed kids from good families who have become addicted to vaping. They know they’re addicted, they want to stop, and they can’t stop. The FDA will continue to monitor and take necessary actions to prevent these illegal products from entering the United States. fda.gov/news-events/pr…
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Please @YouTubeCreators , @TeamYouTube and @YouTube
Escalate this for Sam, he ( and all small creators like us ) deserve an explanation. 👇
Vaping Bogan@TheVapingBogan
@TeamYouTube your algorithm is at it again! Striking videos for breaching guidelines when there’s no links to regulated goods, no websites, no mention of where to purchase anything, and does not promote the purchase of any regulated goods. Please help fix this!
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🔥 “For every vape authorized, FDA approved 110 cigarettes.”
The numbers don’t lie.
#FlashbackFriday reminder that FDA is still failing adult smokers.
💡 Reform the TCA.
🛑 Stop blocking safer products.
📖 thr101.org/post/fda-s-tob…
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Getting 20+ videos removed in one swoop with a strike is devastating to a small creator. @TeamYouTube please please please look into this. Bogan is a great creator who deserves to have this escalated.
Vaping Bogan@TheVapingBogan
@TeamYouTube this is getting ridiculous, 24 videos removed today, 4 reinstated after appeal, 20 rejected. It don’t make sense they are all the same style video & none of them break the sale of regulated goods community guidelines. No links, no directions to purchase. PLEASE HELP!
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Well...
A Texas Senate committee advanced its own PMTA registry bill — SB 1698 — last night. If passed, it would ban 95% of the nicotine vaping market.
It's unclear if any amendments were added.
Session ends June 2, so there’s still time to act.
vaportechnology.org/action-center/…
Gregory Conley@GregTHR
Texas PMTA registry bill was removed from the today's House Public Health Committee at the request of the author. Nothing is ever dead until the session ends, but it is an encouraging sign.
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Texas PMTA registry bill was removed from the today's House Public Health Committee at the request of the author.
Nothing is ever dead until the session ends, but it is an encouraging sign.
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🚨Texans, it's time to take action! 📞 Contact your legislators and let them know that vaping matters to you. Your voice is powerful—don’t let it go unheard. #GetInvolved #YourVoiceMatters #ActNow vaportechnology.org/action-center/…
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This is hands down the best interview i've ever done on the internet. @cdoug was gracious enough to sit down and talk with me. We covered everything from youth use, to big philanthropy, to how and why we are going to win in the end.
@GAtoEndSmoking
youtu.be/9xj37RgBRw8
YouTube
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All GrimmGreen streaming happens on Twitch now.
Hope to see you this afternoon
4:30pm PST
twitch.tv/grimmgreen/sch…
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@GrimmGreen Understandable…but I wanted to watch it NOW! 😁
Much love, sir…I can’t fathom what it’s like to have to deal with crap like this.
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@robbymichaels Twitch makes me wait. 24 hours before I can post my stream anywhere else. So the replay will be on YouTube at 4:30 this afternoon as well 👊
My apologies… I’m still trying to work out the kinks of the new system
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So, for those of you who watch the Vlog from @GrimmGreen every week (like me) and didn’t know…he said the replay should be on YouTube soon, but if you want to watch it on Twitch, here ya go: twitch.tv/videos/2405001…
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