Twitter Notes

Here's what's trending on Twitter this week.

Abby Martin @AbbyMartin #NSA is recording & storing the audio of every phone conversation in the Bahamas w/out the gov's knowledge:bit.ly/1gHpQon #SOMALGET 20 May Data Pirates of the Caribbean: The NSA Is Recording Every Cell Phone Call in the Bahamas The National Security Agency is secretly intercepting, recording, and archiving the audio of virtually every cell phone conversation on the island nation of the Bahamas. According to documents provided by NSA… 6 RELATED TWEETS Jonathan Chait @jonathanchait Latest @kenauletta report on Abramson is in near-total agreement with @DylanByersnewyorker.com/online/blogs/c… 18 May Why Jill Abramson Was Fired: Part Three Almost from the start, Sulzberger and Abramson had difficult relations, which only frayed with time. 3 RELATED TWEETS emptywheel @emptywheel Aurora cops detain 28 people at intersection where they've tracked bank robber's transmitter to. 14 are now suing. dissenter.firedoglake.com/2014/05/19/cit… 19 May City of Aurora, Police Sued for ‘More-Than-Two-Hour Mass Roundup’ of Innocent People in Search for Bank Robber The city of Aurora, Colorado, and police are being sued for what attorneys describe as a “more-than-two-hour mass roundup of innocent men, women and 2 RELATED TWEETS Katrina vandenHeuvel @KatrinaNation Must watch/ Elizabeth Warren on Colbert Report.thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/79q9bs/… 20 May Elizabeth Warren Senator Elizabeth Warren argues that deregulation has led to lawlessness on Wall Street. 2 RELATED TWEETS Rubaiat Ahmed @rubyredrubaiat kudos to @AbbyMartin for keeping the memory of#RachelCorrie alive even when our govt or media doesn`tyoutube.com/watch?v=6gNMmX… #Palestine 20 May 2 RETWEETS WikiLeaks @wikileaks @ggreenwald @johnjcook We will reveal the name of the censored country whose population is being mass recorded in 72 hours. 19 May 2 RETWEETS Jason Winders @WesternEditor More impossible body image standards being set by Hollywood. | pic.twitter.com/vkEo5xn52k 19 May 1 RETWEET Nanette Varian @NanetteVarian We did it! @MoreMag and @AndrewsSuzanna win@deadlineclub award for profile of @TXsharon! 20 May 1 RETWEET

.HuffPost Politics ‏@HuffPostPol  7m

NSA reform bill -- that's missing key reforms -- clears the House http://huff.to/1ksPWdD 

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Amir Mizroch ‏@Amirmizroch  17m
Pentagon report: scope of intelligence compromised by Snowden 'staggering' http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/22/pentagon-report-snowden-leaks-national-security …
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,buzzflash ‏@BuzzFlash  15m

As the Global Economy Continues to Crumble, Old Fascism Finds a New Voice http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/as-the-global-economy-continues-to-crumble-old-fascism-finds-a-new-voice/18666-as-the-global-economy-continues-to-crumble-old-fascism-finds-a-new-voice … via @buzzflash #fascism #capitalism

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NASA Goddard ‏@NASAGoddard  40m

RT @NASAGoddardPix: Lake Powell Half Empty http://bit.ly/RXcR61  pic.twitter.com/ASWljGz0FF

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2. RT America ‏@RT_America  33m

   Pentagon deploys another warship to Black Sea - http://on.rt.com/e2bhzd  pic.twitter.com/47FxOZpnZT

   
   

   

   
   

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   Ryan J. Reilly ‏@ryanjreilly  42m

   Feds charge 16 current and former Puerto Rico officers with running a criminal organization out of police department.

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Justin Amash ‏@repjustinamash  1h

New #USAFREEDOMAct green-lights govt's massive data collection activities on Americans in violation of 4th Amendment. http://facebook.com/repjustinamash/posts/715098591862883 …