Ryan Niswonger

1. After Citizens United, there are few restrictions on spending money in federal elections But @tedcruz may have violated one of the last legal guardrails to secure hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of his reelection campaign Follow along if interested 🧵

X promoted a trending story on Thursday via its homepage with the headline: “Iran Strikes Tel Aviv with Heavy Missiles” one problem: the story was fake even worse: the headline + story was created by a new feature powered by X’s own AI chatbot, Grok mashable.com/article/elon-m…

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been stonewalling the Finance Committee about his lavish handouts and personal loans from wealthy benefactors. I was just on the Senate floor with @SenWhitehouse to demand full transparency for the American people.

The NYT, having done the right a huge favor by obsessing over the Claudine Gay story, is now doing the right a huge favor by obsessing over the border. Meanwhile it's all but ignoring the right's effort to start an actual civil fucking war. Just shameful shit.

1. Texas Republicans have embraced the discredited legal theory that was used to justify secession before the Civil War Texas is being supported by 25 GOP governors We are now on the verge of a constitutional crisis It's time to start paying attention 🧵

Please watch. Biden is rolling back the Reagan revolution, and many people can’t see the whole picture. This is a good primer:

1. @elonmusk has spent this week spreading false & misleading information about voting to his 168 million followers Musk used these erroneous claims to justify massive restrictions on voting, including ending early voting and most mail-in voting Follow along for details 🧵

It’s easy to treat the media as a punching bag. But look to the nation’s local newsrooms. For little money or recognition, reporters in 2023 stood up to power brokers who tried to bully them into silence, exposed corrupt officials and even saved lives. Proof, from every state:

@nozotora57 Yes, hello it's me! Of course I remember you! How are you? I sent you a private message, too.

Hi.Ryan, Long time no talking to you but I found you in the web site and follow your twitter. Do you remember me? we were roommate at Willatemme. If you re right person, please let me know. It’s wonderful to have contact with you. Regards, NZM

This happens all the time, whenever it is attempted.

Lies like he breathes.

@archillect Concept art: artstation.com/artwork/GKaRV and in the trailer: youtu.be/E7-kLGEfhpg?si…

There's been a lot of talk this week about who the Koch network is supporting, so here's a fun fact: Koch Industries has spent than $1.5 million backing members of the Sedition Caucus. That's more than any other company—and it's not particularly close. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

Kissinger was a war criminal. He is responsible for the deaths of millions, along with fomenting various forms of civil unrest and violence around the world. And he was NOT unapologetic about his heritage. Instead, he comforted unabashedly antisemitic leaders by promising that he was “different” or “one of the good ones.” This tribute is gross.

“What a Gazan Should Do During an Israeli Air Strike” by Mosab Abu Toha, a Palestinian poet who was kidnapped by Israel today.

lovely democracy we got going on here

There's some pretty dark stuff in here

As you watch Republicans try to use the debate over Israel as a way to make life easier for rich tax evaders, don't forget that @RonWyden recently obtained IRS data that starkly reveals how an underfunded IRS really helps those evaders get away with it: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

nightmare world