Journalism isn't a crime. Cybersecurity research isn't either. Real leaders don't unleash their attack dogs on the press when they expose government failures, they roll up their sleeves and fix the problem. https://t.co/i0yuNka8C2

— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) October 14, 2021

Get ready for some 𝒎𝒆𝒈𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈!!!

[clicks “view source”]https://t.co/pefOINNS9s

— Philip Bump (@pbump) October 14, 2021

A reporter at @stltoday discovered a flaw in a state website that risked exposure of teacher Social Security numbers. He notified the state of the problem and it was fixed.

Today, @GovParsonMO labeled the reporter a 'hacker' & vowed criminal prosecution. https://t.co/WAxZOR8jon

— Jason Hancock (@J_Hancock) October 14, 2021

Missouri's governor ​condemned the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for exposing a technical glitch that allowed public access to thousands of teachers’ Social Security numbers, even though the newspaper held off on publishing its report until the flaw was fixed. https://t.co/CEn0c7m596

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 14, 2021

florida voters authorized a massive expansion of voting rights and florida’s republican lawmakers promptly introduced new poll taxes to nullify it https://t.co/JLVeHz07uW

— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) October 7, 2021

The new wrinkle: in 2018, voters narrowly (50.3-49.7) passed a new independent commission to draw lines that don't "unduly favor or disfavor" candidates or parties.

But in 2020, GOP legislators passed a bill making the commission's role purely advisory (i.e. they can ignore it).

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) October 8, 2021

After Missouri voters passed an initiative expanding Medicaid in 2020, “Charles Koch’s astroturf group Americans for Prosperity encouraged the GOP-led state legislature not 2 fund the expansion, but a judge ruled MO must move ahead on enrolling applicants. https://t.co/SaszYaV8Xn

— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) September 21, 2021

icymi

Do you think the Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade or let it stand?

Overturn 28%
Let it stand 65%

(Fox News Poll, 9/12-15/21)
trend: https://t.co/FAunymQ4ls

— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 2, 2021

This time with the correct linkhttps://t.co/ZHZkDF1xKM

— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) September 2, 2021

again — modern gop is largely untethered to majority opinion. state and House district gerrymandering/senate population distribution/electoral college gives them a route to power without appealing to the majority. you can keep your polls https://t.co/A6aq1eEZ27

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) September 2, 2021

Most Americans want to see the Supreme Court uphold Roe v. Wade, polling shows https://t.co/LUjipszend

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 18, 2021

Among the U.S. public, there is a modest gender divide in views of whether abortion should be legal: 56% of men and 62% of women say it should be legal in at least most cases. https://t.co/lbLnyOPlWQ pic.twitter.com/1Y9l0QCN3b

— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) May 10, 2021

That road your house is on is FAKE!

Just ask Trumpers@benwerschkul @lisascherzer https://t.co/z02Dk01vKc via @Yahoo

— Rick Newman (@rickjnewman) September 27, 2021

Florida Republicans now looking at rescinding measles & mumps vaccine requirements, while continuing to spread disinformation that the Covid vaccine isn't "proven to work" https://t.co/H3V3DHpvBO

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) September 23, 2021

It Gets Worse In Florida As Republicans Want To Review Vaccine Mandates For Measles And Mumps. 🤦🏻‍♂️ We epidemiologists want to vomit. #vaccinate https://t.co/qPrglnogIf

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) September 23, 2021