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The scoop on social media for influencers, lobbyists, budding politicians and civilians with a stake in the Swamp's trending issues.
30 Joe Biden Tweets To Inspire You To Vote Like Your Life Depends On It
The month is only half over and Joe Biden is having a significantly more presidential month than the actual Commander-In-Chief himself. Heck, Fox news miiight even agree! (Probably not).
Cameron DeWitt RuizPublished 4 years ago in The SwampGen Z Wanted Matching Tattoos... but the Suggestion was a Nazi Symbol
The idea for a Gen Z matching tattoo first sparked after @smoothavacado on TikTok suggested the idea. The now deleted original post said that this tattoo would be "as not only a symbol of unity in our generation, but also as a sign of rebellion" implying that great changes would be made in the future because of Gen Z. Below is the image of the original design.
TikTok, the First Amendment and the Public's Right to Know
News broke yesterday that ByteDance rejected Microsoft's offer to buy TikTok, and instead will "partner" with Oracle to run TikTok in the United States.
Paul LevinsonPublished 4 years ago in The SwampCan Parler Survive Without "Snowflake Liberals?"
When Ted Cruz took to his Twitter account to lament the role of social media companies in shaping the news agenda, he also slipped in a few plugs for Parler.
Ryan BenjaminPublished 4 years ago in The SwampThree Reasons Why the #BillClintonIsAPedo Hashtag Went Viral
The sordid saga of disgraced and deceased financier Jeffery Epstein has failed to go away months after his purported jailhouse suicide in August 2019.
Victor TrammellPublished 4 years ago in The SwampPICK A SIDE: THE SOCIAL WAR
The following is a reflection on the division occurring throughout the world. In this writing, I ponder whether the division is truly as extreme as the media has portrayed it by examining the external forces influencing the divide. While I mention current social issues, this writing is not meant to be a discussion of the ideas/beliefs/opinions of any group. For further information on the groups mentioned, I recommended visiting their websites, interacting with their content and forming your own opinions.
Mykal ScottPublished 4 years ago in The SwampUSA Needs To Ban TikTok Like Chinese Apps
After India, now the Chinese app can be banned in America too. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has indicated this. He said in an interview on Monday that all of China's social media apps, including TikTok, are seriously thinking about banning the app.
To everyone who deleted their black square
Two weeks ago we joined together to show support and muted ourselves on Instagram by posting black squares, to amplify the black voices calling for justice. Way over 20 million users posted black squares on their accounts, and it was amazing to see such a large number of people taking a stand against racism.
Tone BreistrandPublished 4 years ago in The SwampThe things I've seen on Facebook
Everything in italics is a direct quote pulled from a post I saw on Facebook, with explicit language removed. No other edits were made there.
Kay HusnickPublished 4 years ago in The SwampAn Open Letter to Millennials
This is an open letter to all of the smart, informed, interested, and compassionate young people of my generation. I understand the confusion, anger, and, above all, disregard you may feel when it comes to politics today because I feel it too. Yes, the national and international institutions that we have grown up with, the only ones we have ever known, are in dire trouble. They are no longer capable of addressing the needs of our 21st-century lives because they were designed at a time when the world was a very different place and faced an entirely different set of challenges. But that doesn’t mean we should stand by and watch as a mockery is being made of our democracy. We are better than that and we deserve better than that.
Nathalia RamosPublished 5 years ago in The Swamp- Top Story - July 2019
Discussing the Importance of Respecting a Memorial (And How We Can Still Learn from the Yolocaust Project)
This June, before heading to a (blistering hot) Berlin, just a week earlier I found myself discussing the topic of respectful behaviour at memorials and sights of tragedy with friends. Our discussion was prompted by a recent tweet we had seen from the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. The tweet included pictures of visitors to the camp posing on the famous train tracks. The account (@AuschwitzMuseum) accompanied these photographs with the following caption:
Georgi KatePublished 5 years ago in The Swamp Social Media and the Public Square
Social Media has become a platform that most of us around the world have come to rely on for everyday news, and communication. The good news is it is effective at that goal. The bad news is, it is effective at that goal. I'll explain, there was once a time when we had to communicate at least over the phone, so we could hear what the other person was saying, or even better, face to face. Now, we can have conversations all over the world, and never have to physically know who we are talking to. Great right!? Wrong! People have become overly bold and they have no idea how to interact with real people anymore.
Bradley PerryPublished 5 years ago in The Swamp