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@abulsme tweets from 2015-06-05 (UTC)

14:30:06 Retweeted @ppppolls 00:11:14 We took the great metric system question to the swing state voters of Ohio and we're only finding about 20% support, Chafee's doomed now
16:38:10 Retweeted @hartmanncara 16:35:04 Told a little girl about the birds &the bees. Said, "Birds eat bees & then they have babies. So when u want 2 have a baby, eat lots of bees"
18:15:52 2016 polls from @GravisMarketing in IA & @ppppolls in NC added today. Details at http://t.co/DURWAhb7mq and @ElecCollPolls. Blog post soon.
19:23:03 [Abulpost] Electoral College: Huckabee Down, Christie Up Again http://t.co/kvv5wWG4TI

@abulsme tweets from 2015-06-04 (UTC)

04:07:18 Retweeted @kendrpr 02:15:54 @abulsme metric is for people too lazy to do math. It's also not as exact as the imperial system. in reply to abulsme
04:10:05 .@kendrpr Smaller units don’t change how exact anything is. That has to do with the underlying measurement, not the units you express it in. in reply to kendrpr
13:22:59 Retweeted @tbelrod 12:10:32 "Jeb" is short for "John Ellis Bush," so basically we've been calling him "John Ellis Bush Bush." Why is this not a major scandal?
16:28:26 Retweeted @RonBaalke 16:27:18 Asteroid 4864 Nimoy has been named in honor of Leonard Nimoy. @TheRealNimoy @WilliamShatner http://t.co/mVn6Fhz6qw
16:41:48 Reading – Speaking Out Against Autism Speaks, Even if It Means No Ice Cream (David Perry) http://t.co/lK4mduOxC8
17:04:41 Retweeted @JFKucinich 17:04:21 So many people are running for president now the "breaking news" alerts just don't feel special anymore. Sigh.
18:31:34 [Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: The Search for Missing Keys http://t.co/DF93F8k9NA
19:58:02 Retweeted @zefalafez 19:57:30 . @abulsme Who's stopping you from using it? in reply to abulsme
19:59:10 .@zefalafez I do as much as possible. :-). Also have all my clocks on UTC/GMT. But I am an admitted oddball. :-) in reply to zefalafez
20:02:25 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 20:01:08 Is this what an existential crisis looks like? Please help my dad in his time of need. <symbol><symbol> #Praying4Abulsme @abulsme http://t.co/BnIuQNBw0F
20:03:05 .@AmyNotAmy That was supposed to be things! Plural! Oops! in reply to AmyNotAmy

@abulsme tweets from 2015-06-03 (UTC)

00:14:13 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 00:07:43 "This is my big [bike] helmet. It is big enough to fit 251 baby heads." Alex (5)
02:04:57 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 00:42:03 The slugs are attacking – Alex
02:05:00 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 00:42:39 Hooray for apples and not for fire-crash diesel engines. – Alex
03:13:44 Reading – Let’s Put Bernie Sanders’s вЂњMomentumвЂќ in Perspective (@brianbeutler) http://t.co/8O4nJp419P
03:21:12 Retweeted @fordm 02:32:59 "Gentlemen, we can't ALL be Gandalf at Comic-Con this year." http://t.co/d0BdvurRqP
13:05:16 I have 1 of 5 for Curmudgeon's Corner. :-) -> 5 Essential Pieces of Gear for Making Better Podcasts (@danbenjamin) http://t.co/C3fLjrcUvI
18:19:02 Check out @elakdawalla tweets from the last hour or so for highlights of @NASANewHorizons Pluto briefing! Good stuff!
18:20:45 Retweeted @imbou 18:18:10 A friend of mine should be pleased! https://t.co/lYq62corBN
18:40:36 Retweeted @morningmoneyben 18:37:58 "Chafee 2016: Because all the other candidates might die."
21:51:42 Retweeted @EricKleefeld 21:49:17 Lincoln Chafee: For peace, Edward Snowden, free-trade deals, and the metric system. A winning platform if ever I saw one.
22:17:50 Retweeted @PeteKDCNews 21:49:46 Chaffee hits on the kitchen-table issue we all talk about each and every night… the metric system…
22:17:58 Retweeted @JohnEkdahl 21:54:01 About time someone tried tapping into the single issue metric system voters.
22:18:28 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 21:57:14 How can I help ppl understand Rhode Island? Here. RT @moody Linc Chafee is running for president on a platform of adopting the Metric System in reply to moody
22:18:33 Retweeted @politicalmath 21:57:43 Chaffee 2016:
Kill daylight savings
Switch to the metric system
Dvorak keyboards
Fuck it, let's just change our name to "Canada"
22:18:44 Retweeted @pourmecoffee 22:02:33 Spontaneous crowds forming now in DC in support of Lincoln Chafee's call to join the metric system http://t.co/x0bkR71JU5
22:19:44 Retweeted @bennyjohnson 22:08:31 Countries Not Using the Metric System. I, for one, am proud to stand with Burma & Liberia. http://t.co/A7OW13xxf6
22:19:44 Retweeted @kairyssdal 22:12:50 Wait, are you guys serious about Chafee and this metric stuff?
22:21:33 Of course, the metric system is better & we SHOULD use it. But including it in your candidacy announcement for President? C’mon son! #Chafee
22:26:40 Retweeted @aedwardslevy 22:24:19 On the other hand, we are all now actually talking about a Lincoln Chafee policy proposal
22:28:43 Not good -> Twitter Just Killed Politwoops (J K Trotter) http://t.co/TfXgwsHX0w
22:30:02 Retweeted @HollyASwanson 22:29:34 @abulsme @BACCV Novelists use the metric system in their books. Real life average Joes do not. #PoliiticalHelpfulHints in reply to abulsme
22:35:31 Retweeted @SoothingDave 22:35:14 .@abulsme @BACCV celsius sucks. 0-100 F is normal human weather extremes in reply to abulsme
22:36:15 .@SoothingDave @BACCV Screw Celsius, we should be using Kelvin. in reply to SoothingDave
22:37:44 Retweeted @BACCV 22:37:29 @HollyASwanson @abulsme Sure we do every time we take medicine & for other things. It's consistent and easy. It's NOT a pres. campaign issue in reply to HollyASwanson
22:38:31 Retweeted @politicalmath 22:38:05 The Green 1.6 Kilometers #LincolnChafeeMovies
22:40:03 Retweeted @BACCV 22:39:49 @abulsme <– I would be very afraid if the weather man predicted a low temp of zero LOL @SoothingDave in reply to abulsme
22:42:08 Retweeted @BACCV 22:41:55 @SoothingDave Can't argue. 0 – 100 C is normal (pure) water freezing to boiling extremes.@abulsme in reply to SoothingDave
22:56:04 Retweeted @SoothingDave 22:55:52 @abulsme @BACCV degrees are still too big. Use Rankine. in reply to abulsme
23:00:55 Retweeted @BACCV 22:59:55 @SoothingDave @abulsme Why not? If we have to start at absolute zero, the rest will be easy :-) in reply to SoothingDave

@abulsme tweets from 2015-06-02 (UTC)

14:14:58 Reading – The Unrealized Horrors of Population Explosion (Clyde Haberman) http://t.co/UzPDga7MOr
14:16:02 Reading – Campaign To Draft Warren Calls It Quits (Caitlin MacNeal) http://t.co/e5K6lKbmXk
14:19:46 Reading – The Legal Logic of the Case Against Hastert (Jeffrey Toobin) http://t.co/7FRSkY8n5H
14:38:57 Reading – Why the Media's Fight for Clinton Access Matters (Chuck Todd) http://t.co/xpO9nz1EeT
14:48:35 Reading – Now that Snowden claimed his whistle-blower crown, 3 outstanding questions come into focus (Michael Kelley) http://t.co/zSMponNMLM
14:51:50 Reading – Four hours on your feet at work? We won’t stand for that. (Joel Golby) http://t.co/KfT50pTUT8
20:36:32 Retweeted @kgosztola 20:31:48 #USAFreedomAct passes with 67 votes. Though has few reforms, it reconfigures mass surveillance & resurrects expired Patriot Act provisions

@abulsme tweets from 2015-06-01 (UTC)

00:14:32 Retweeted @ChadPergram 2015-05-31 23:42:41 Paul: The PATRIOT ACT will expire tonight. But it will only be temporary. They will ultimately get their way.
00:15:49 Retweeted @RandPaul 2015-05-31 23:43:15 We need to discuss this in the open. Law should not be discussed in secret. #StandwithRand
00:15:53 Retweeted @ACLU 2015-05-31 23:43:16 If #Section215 of the #PatriotAct expires tonight, even temporarily – it is thanks to Edward Snowden
00:18:20 Retweeted @ywxwy 2015-05-31 23:44:37 No discussion or acknowledgement in the Senate about internet data collection. All talk about "phone records", a dying tech.
00:27:49 Retweeted @mkraju 2015-05-31 23:49:32 If 29 sens don't yield an hour apiece to Rand or if he can't convince them to join him, McConnell plans to move to final vote by Tuesday
00:28:57 Retweeted @pourmecoffee 2015-05-31 23:52:28 Patriot Act provisions expire at midnight but it will take a few days for ISIS to get to your cul-de-sac. Get supplies and assign watches.
00:31:27 Retweeted @emptywheel 2015-05-31 23:53:02 At AT&T right now:
https://t.co/55TUY15JR8
00:32:43 Retweeted @bobcesca_go 2015-05-31 23:53:17 Rand Paul's inexperience/naivete: he expects NSA reform to grow stronger with time. No, no. That's not how Congress works. Ever.
00:34:06 Retweeted @chrisgeidner 2015-05-31 23:52:59 FYI: Sen. Ron Wyden was the first U.S. senator to support marriage equality. He announced support when running for the Senate. In 1995.
00:35:10 Retweeted @emptywheel 2015-05-31 23:56:47 .@RonWyden ODNI has given 5 different explanations for why [Clapper lied] abt collecting data on millions of Americans.
00:36:46 Retweeted @frankthorpNBC 2015-05-31 23:53:25 Sen @RandPaul leaves the Capitol in a Tesla with license plate "NDFED" driven by Rep Massie (R-KY): http://t.co/MXQKBHRBPL
00:37:55 Retweeted @EFFLive 00:03:50 Senators @RonWyden and @MartinHeinrich: USA Freedom isn't perfect, but let's pass it and move on to other issues.
00:38:45 Retweeted @emptywheel 00:05:02 Wyden, again: "Databases get violated all the time."
Huh. Seems to be a theme.

Themes from Wyden tend to be correct.
00:39:33 Retweeted @shaneharris 2015-05-31 22:52:48 Ok, at 12:01, everyone go call Al Qaeda.
00:44:07 Retweeted @ywxwy 00:17:59 USA FREEDOM ACT (PATRIOT ACT renewal) extends until Dec 15, 2019. It will be easy to bury its renewal mid-Dec right before 2020 primaries.
00:45:30 Retweeted @mattblaze 00:21:17 Wyden: we're soon going to have to talk about encryption.
00:45:38 Retweeted @jmhattem 00:16:35 According to the White House, we're now 15 min beyond point at which phone records program couldve been turned back on without interruption
00:46:22 Retweeted @ForecasterEnten 00:21:51 And this is why Rand Paul will not be the GOP nominee…
00:46:25 Retweeted @nielslesniewski 00:15:55 No further roll call votes expected tonight in the Senate, folks.
01:03:54 Retweeted @asymmetricinfo 00:26:30 This seems like as good time as any to announce that I am running for the Republican presidential nomination.
01:05:30 Retweeted @MattMurph24 00:28:43 Rand Paul will now filibuster from his bedroom.
01:17:48 Retweeted @ChadPergram 00:41:36 After vaulting procedural hurdle earlier, "post-cloture" time for Senate to actually get on Hse's NSA bill expires at 1:08 am Tues.
01:20:29 Retweeted @Gus_802 00:43:13 Telecoms will still collect metadata. There will be ways to access said data. Can't get rid of it.
01:39:08 Retweeted @RonWyden 00:47:26 Congress has the opportunity for further surveillance reform in the coming months. We must take it. http://t.co/ZNZfbQHVcC #EndThisDragnet
01:40:06 Retweeted @kenrudin 00:47:39 No Senate deal, thus NSA domestic surveillance program ends at midnight tonight. Is McConnell still wearing his Rand Paul for Prez button?
01:48:11 Retweeted @DLin71 00:01:40 12:00am – Patriot Act expires
12:01am – Sharia law replaces Constitution

12:02am – Starbucks closes, re-opens as chain of victory mosques
01:50:05 Retweeted @Gus_802 00:52:21 People drive down the street texting. All of that is logged and saved for months if not years. Won't stop.
01:50:25 Retweeted @Gus_802 00:52:49 Your emails are saved. Sometimes when you delete emails or texts it's not even a real delete.
01:51:34 Retweeted @mattblaze 00:53:56 Also, if we don't let the NSA collect all the metadata, our cities will soon be clogged with it and many will die of metadata poisoning. in reply to mattblaze
01:53:07 Retweeted @Gus_802 00:55:22 Patriot Act might lapse but won't expire. Most they might see is metadata collection officially ending. Wink, wink.
01:53:13 Retweeted @Gus_802 00:55:45 Will likely pass tomorrow some time. in reply to Gus_802
01:56:41 Retweeted @joshgreenman 00:53:29 Totally taking this opportunity to call all my old friends in the mountainous border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
01:59:50 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 01:01:26 tell me the truth @abulsme https://t.co/IEMMCeJ1WL
02:00:54 .@AmyNotAmy No insights here. I have never sneezed loudly in my life. in reply to AmyNotAmy
02:03:12 Retweeted @ChadPergram 01:05:08 Senate remains in session in lengthy quorum call. Burning post-cloture time after they broke filibuster on motion to get onto Hse NSA bill.
02:04:11 Retweeted @AlexJamesFitz 01:05:33 Libertarians bout to drop the sickest mixtape http://t.co/TtpfLefUMM
02:28:08 Retweeted @normative 01:09:10 At midnight, 2% of the Patriot Act sunsets & little of importance changes. More importantly, this week the Senate will pass USA Freedom.
02:30:50 Retweeted @JimmySky 01:12:22 Rest easy, America. Very soon all of your privacy will be returned to its rightful steward, the telecom industry.
02:51:31 Retweeted @ChadPergram 01:19:33 ACLU: Today’s vote..(is) a reflection of strong support..for meaningful and comprehensive reform of the surveillance laws.
02:51:38 Retweeted @ChadPergram 01:19:53 ACLU: Congress should take advantage of this sunset to pass far reaching surveillance reform, instead of the weak bill..under consideration.
03:14:03 Retweeted @DSenFloor 01:39:44 The Senate adopted the motion to proceed to HR 2048, the USA Freedom Act, by voice vote.
03:16:28 Retweeted @DSenFloor 01:44:53 The Senate stands adjourned until noon tomorrow.
03:17:25 Retweeted @mkraju 01:46:43 And it's official. The Senate adjourns without extending any of the three provisions of the PATRIOT Act that are expiring at midnight.
03:17:50 Retweeted @guypbenson 01:47:18 Parts of it. Temporarily. https://t.co/90EAhzFeOn
03:18:09 Retweeted @ChadPergram 01:47:21 McConnell also trying to complete all action on the Hse-passed NSA bill by mid-week. Files cloture to end debate on the entire bill.
03:19:23 Retweeted @DoctorWho_BBCA 01:48:01 "If the square on the hypotenuse equals the sum of the square on the other two sides, why is a mouse when it spins?" – Fourth Doctor, Robot
03:19:50 Retweeted @ChadPergram 01:48:40 If Senate ends debate on NSA bill via cloture Tues, final passage could come that day or Wed if post-cloture time is required.
03:21:05 Retweeted @byersalex 01:49:15 Here's why Senate procedure is wack: Technically, we just endured two late-night sessions just to decide whether to start debating something
03:30:44 Retweeted @ericgeller 01:59:50 White House: "We call on the Senate to ensure this irresponsible lapse in authorities is as short-lived as possible." http://t.co/F425iL5Ir9
03:37:51 Retweeted @damianpaletta 01:55:12 Accuracy counts. The Patriot Act doesn't expire at midnight tonight. Just three provisions do. There's a big difference.
03:44:23 Retweeted @ericgeller 02:14:27 .@RandPaul statement: "This is a victory no matter how you look at it." http://t.co/JGhAUdNcpC
03:49:55 Retweeted @NSA_PR 00:38:51 Daisy
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03:50:38 Retweeted @roseveleth 02:29:54 Dog wisdom http://t.co/fjejATVYEh
04:08:57 Retweeted @BreakingNews 04:08:33 Portions of USA Patriot Act expire after Senate fails to act before midnight; surveillance powers likely to be renewed within days – @AP
04:10:24 Reading – Angry John McCain Calls Rand Paul вЂthe Worst’ (Matthew Fleming) http://t.co/7g3poK81en
04:10:59 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 02:51:32 That is a big lie, you liar. https://t.co/HPrOTfKtSJ
04:18:01 Retweeted @speechboy71 02:58:35 So "Patriot Act expires" actually means three provisions expire … for now, to be renewed later in the week
04:49:38 Retweeted @mattblaze 03:53:41 In just 5 minutes, analysts at NSA will finally disconnect their firehose of intrusive metadata and use a different firehose instead.
04:53:17 Retweeted @csoghoian 04:01:23 Thank you Edward Snowden.
04:53:28 Retweeted @LisaDNews 04:01:35 TIME’S UP. Three key Patriot Act provisions just expired. Libertarians cheering. National security folks concerned.
04:53:36 Retweeted @normative 04:01:38 Ok, 2% of the Patriot Act has now sunset for, oh, about the next two days. Go ahead and take a shot!
04:54:37 Retweeted @ezraklein 04:03:08 That we are modifying the PATRIOT Act with the USA FREEDOM act suggests we didn’t learn the lessons about flag-waving acronyms
05:10:09 Retweeted @AthertonKD 04:41:45 While bulk metadata collection expires, bulk metalore collection is allowed to continue http://t.co/GiPrYZlrMq
05:10:21 Retweeted @csoghoian 04:43:03 If only Congress could also, through inaction, rein in NSA surveillance conducted under Executive Order 12333.
05:19:10 Retweeted @csoghoian 04:59:58 NSA can still engage in bulk surveillance of innocent foreigners. Sorry foreigners, I guess your privacy is just not as important as ours.
05:33:53 Retweeted @mattblaze 05:03:54 OK, it's been about hour and nothing catastrophic has happened yet. Best not to chances, tho. Spending the night in metadata-proof bunker.
05:38:08 Retweeted @binarybits 05:14:23 Good night everyone! We journalists have a big week ahead of us covering all the terrorist attacks Section 215's expiration will unleash.
06:02:32 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 05:58:44 Today on my way to work I saw a girl my age trying to catch a duck on the corner of an intersection next to a pond. Stay classy, Everett.
06:02:58 Retweeted @csoghoian 05:59:33 Americans: Yay, the 3 sunsetting provisions of the Patriot Act have expired!
DOJ: Actually, we can keep using them. http://t.co/BEE2fpHQjM
06:03:10 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 06:00:40 Alex (5) invented a dessert called Whipped Cream Delight that's a pineapple ring w/a black olive in the center all covered in whipped cream.
17:50:58 Reading – Lindsey Graham May Have Already Won (@ForecasterEnten) http://t.co/meZmjJKMKq
20:32:33 Reading – Small Victories: Rand Paul and Spying Within Limits (Diana Bruk) http://t.co/sjW9vrUPTz
20:42:29 Reading – How to Kill the Background Briefing (Ron Fournier) http://t.co/bnyywgeUgr
20:43:26 Reading – New York Times reporter blows up Clinton campaign’s вЂbackground’ e-mail (Erik Wemple) http://t.co/DwdN0WGo6J
20:47:09 Reading – 2016 Republicans are completely ignoring the lessons of their 2012 'autopsy' (Michael Brendan Dougherty) http://t.co/wRhtV2K83s
20:51:30 Reading – Rand Paul just sacrificed his presidential campaign for his libertarian principles (Michael B Dougherty) http://t.co/4w8OIemTQI

@abulsme tweets from 2015-05-31 (UTC)

00:52:59 Reading – Rand Paul: 'I will force the expiration' of the PATRIOT Act (@mkraju) http://t.co/5RE9HmY012
00:58:20 Reading – Why not Google? (@marcoarment) http://t.co/5bOzoptYnN
01:07:14 Watching – Conan Says Thank You To David Letterman (Team Coco) https://t.co/jaqPK1XPsF
01:09:18 Retweeted @RandomSpaceFact 01:00:20 After days of silence, #LightSail is communicating again! http://t.co/E9trtywyDT
01:58:34 Retweeted @ericgeller 01:38:23 Oh no. @VP Biden announces in a statement that his son Beau has died of brain cancer. http://t.co/KPUG6FB3jN
01:59:38 Retweeted @ericgeller 01:44:35 Biden has endured unimaginable tragedy. His first wife and 1-year-old daughter died in a car crash a month after he won his Senate seat. in reply to ericgeller
01:59:44 Retweeted @ericgeller 01:46:12 Beau and Biden's other son Hunter were in that car and survived. Beau had a broken leg. Both sons made it to their father's swearing-in. in reply to ericgeller
01:59:48 Retweeted @ericgeller 01:55:04 POTUS statement: "Michelle & I humbly pray for the good Lord to watch over Beau Biden, and to protect and comfort his family here on Earth."
02:01:07 I have always really liked @vp Biden. Very sad for him and his family this evening. So much loss in that man’s life. :-(
02:01:59 Retweeted @stevebruskCNN 02:00:13 The vp's office says Beau was diagnosed in 2013, given clean bill of health in Nov '13 after treatment, suffered recurrence this spring.
02:02:14 Retweeted @edatpost 01:47:13 Not since John F. Kennedy has a sitting president or Vice President buried a child.
02:03:30 Retweeted @RepUnderwoodSC 02:00:15 Fuck cancer.
02:17:18 Retweeted @brithume 01:58:25 Regardless of politics, we should all be Joe Biden supporters tonight. We are not meant to bury our children. Beau Biden, dead at 46. Cancer
02:19:00 Retweeted @BuzzFeedAndrew 02:18:22 Biden took his 1973 Senate oath at the bedside of his children who were injured in crash that killed his wife. http://t.co/DDqwcucsD9
02:22:38 Retweeted @IsaacDovere 02:18:07 The vice president and the entire family were at Beau Biden's side at Walter Reed Saturday night when he died
02:23:54 Retweeted @CecileRichards 02:21:05 Vice President Biden and Beau – he was so proud of his son. Prayers to the family. http://t.co/Taf324khWO
02:27:51 Retweeted @WhiteHouse 02:02:53 "Michelle and I humbly pray for the good Lord to watch over Beau Biden, and to protect & comfort his family" вЂ”@POTUS http://t.co/KilnFEDbN4
03:41:24 Retweeted @GlennThrush 03:16:40 U want a substantive primary debate? Here it is MT @TomBeaumont: Jeb says Rand 'wrong' on ending surveillance. (AP). http://t.co/DW23M6yoDS in reply to TomBeaumont
03:45:04 Retweeted @IsaacDovere 03:20:10 Beau was a fierce defender of his father – when Obama said VP got over his skis on gay marriage, Beau said "My dad is a phenomenal skier.вЂќ
03:53:57 Retweeted @pkcapitol 03:28:44 Dad's Senate seat was handed to Beau on silver platter. He said no. Wanted to chart own path, as AG, then Gov. RIP.
http://t.co/TDWyGRz7zY
03:55:22 Retweeted @ctatplay 02:18:52 Still weird to me that Barnes & Noble named their e-reader after an illiterate Dr. Seuss creature. http://t.co/er2sVbk0dD
04:30:24 Retweeted @AntheaButler 02:34:19 Joe Biden has been made fun of a lot for his exuberance, he has endured a lot of pain in his life. The fact that he can laugh is a miracle.
14:28:27 Retweeted @JonasCottingham 13:57:49 I've noticed some people have lost the battle with autocorrect. They type whatever and say, "they'll figure it out."
That's valid.
17:55:34 Reading – The government’s fearmongering about Rand Paul’s filibuster is absurd (@binarybits) http://t.co/AmGrJRkzz8
18:48:41 Retweeted @jeremyscahill 2015-05-27 21:41:12 this whole thing is just a ploy to get ISIS to google "Santorum" so CIA can say "we found porn on their computers"
19:51:33 Reading – Mitch McConnell expected to swallow USA Freedom Act (Raju/Kim) http://t.co/UVJqNYr3y1
20:11:11 Retweeted @davidsirota 19:40:36 The American Right's argument seems to be: Hillary Clinton should be blamed for Benghazi, but George W. Bush shouldn't be blamed for 9/11.
20:35:24 Retweeted @SenateDems 20:01:38 The opening bell of the Senate's special Sunday session has sounded. Watch CSPAN2 for round-by-round coverage. http://t.co/lvkKFeZpiD
20:44:45 Retweeted @daveweigel 20:11:36 Lots of traffic in DC. Probably from people enjoying their last hours before the PATRIOT Act expires and we all die.
20:48:00 Retweeted @ChadPergram 20:43:48 Senate EXPECTS 3 votes around 6 pm et. 3rd vote would be voting on cloture again to get onto Hse NSA bill. Needs 60. Got 57 last Sat am.
21:09:55 Listening to C-Span radio for surveillance debate. Hearing equal parts tributes to Beau Biden. :-(
21:19:20 Retweeted @stevenportnoy 20:56:09 Sen. Rand Paul tries to grab the floor. McCain intervenes !
"The Senator from Kentucky should learn the rules of the Senate."
21:19:25 Retweeted @attackerman 20:56:29 Rand Paul & John McCain not even pretending they respect each other anymore.
21:25:29 Retweeted @ywxwy 21:02:41 John McCain is such an ass but it's always fun to watch him get testy.
21:25:56 Retweeted @dcbigjohn 21:02:56 pretty much everybody is pissed at Rand Paul in the Senate right now
21:30:14 Retweeted @normative 21:05:28 You don't have a second for your motion! Would you like to phone a friend? Quorum Call!
21:31:46 Retweeted @Mudflats 21:08:02 @ACLU , Tea Party Patriots, and progressives all on the same page. Because spying on citizens sucks. https://t.co/yC7YI0CJ9Y
21:32:17 Retweeted @KevinBankston 21:07:35 Got to give it to the man. This is one of the best, longest, and least expensive presidential campaign ads ever.
21:32:57 Retweeted @daveweigel 21:09:33 What you can't see on C-Span: At least 30 young people in Senate gallery wearing #StandWithRand shirts.
21:34:19 Retweeted @DSenFloor 21:11:23 The Senate stands in recess subject to the call of the chair.
21:35:19 Retweeted @byersalex 21:09:56 Coats & Paul had lengthy talk after that little floor dust-up. Paul was pissed. He ended with a handwave and "whatever." McCain chuckling
21:45:16 Retweeted @NSA_PR 2015-05-07 17:07:02 *Peels off 215 label*
*Places 12333 label*
There, happy? We're no longer collecting data under section 215 of the Patriot Act
21:45:23 Retweeted @ywxwy 21:30:58 Regardless of what happens today, this is what the effective outcome will be for the US Intelligence Community: https://t.co/072TNKbndw
21:54:45 Retweeted @frankthorpNBC 21:36:03 You know who left the Capitol just as the GOP conference meeting began?
@RandPaul
22:00:53 Retweeted @seanmdav 21:42:17 The world's most exclusive debating society is infuriated that one of its members wishes to debate something.
22:03:15 Retweeted @ChadPergram 21:07:17 Paul: This is a debate over a right to be left alone..we Re here tonite because the president continues to conduct an illegal program.
22:03:19 Retweeted @ChadPergram 21:08:50 Paul: We are not collecting the information of terrorists. We are collecting the information of all Americans all the time.
22:17:13 Damn good speech by @RandPaul -> https://t.co/9SnWAN066n
22:17:47 Retweeted @libcasey 21:18:52 Rand Paul's Sen floor speech goes after Pres Obama, not his GOP colleagues who actually want to extend full #PatriotAct @ajam
22:18:19 Retweeted @alvarombedoya 22:02:08 For everyone watching tonight, the key question is really not what happens tonight, but what happens tomorrow and the day after that….
22:21:05 Retweeted @Bencjacobs 22:07:40 Senate will offer amendments to USA Freedom tonight and a cloture vote expected tonight
22:22:57 Retweeted @toddzwillich 22:07:34 Sen Cornyn says he expects USA freedom act to get cloture tonight, then a series of amendments, hopes to pass "before the week is out."
22:23:32 Retweeted @StevenTDennis 22:09:15 Apparently the USA Freedom Act is now deemed of critical importance. But also, apparently, was going home for a week of recess.
22:24:02 Retweeted @attackerman 22:12:38 So if there are amendments to USA Freedom, presume House will have to pass them, & that won't happen before the Patriot provisions expire.
22:27:29 Retweeted @AJentleson 22:16:56 Sen. McConnell is asking consent to extend two FISA authorities for two weeks. Sen. Wicker, in chair, speaks over Sen. Paul as he objects.
22:27:37 Retweeted @AJentleson 22:17:39 Sen. Paul's fellow Republicans appear to be teaming up to shut him down on the Senate floor. Truly remarkable and stunning to watch.
22:27:45 Retweeted @AJentleson 22:18:55 Sen. Wicker, presiding from the chair, appears to have received instructions to talk over Sen. Paul as Paul articulates his objections.
22:30:32 Retweeted @AJentleson 22:23:27 Senate Democrats' stance in the current debate: Pass USA Freedom? Yes. Vote on amendments? Yes. Conflict is entirely between Republicans.
22:30:55 Retweeted @hillhulse 22:24:31 Sen McConnell needed to show he couldn't extend the current program before he could throw his support to the USA Freedom bill.
22:31:26 Retweeted @attackerman 22:26:11 Cloture vote on USA FREEDOM Act. Failed last year. But now McConnell says it's the only way forward.
22:32:00 Retweeted @astepanovich 22:26:49 McConnell just lost. This is a win for privacy and individual rights. We are now bound for reform or sunset. Wins all around.
22:32:36 Retweeted @ChadPergram 22:26:40 Senate now revoting cloture motion to proceed to Hse NSA bill. Needs 60. Got 57 last Sat morning.
22:32:42 Retweeted @ChadPergram 22:27:40 If they get 60 on this, Paul can still require 30 hrs burn off clock before Senate can get on Hse's NSA bill. Means pgms would lapse.
22:33:08 Retweeted @StewSays 22:27:45 If there are 60 votes to end debate, there will be "up to" 30 hours of debate. But each member is limited to a maximum of ONE hour each. in reply to StewSays
22:33:49 Retweeted @attackerman 22:31:09 Thru series of errors by the pro-surveillance side, this debate is betw end of bulk phone records collection & deeper surveillance rollback.
22:35:59 Retweeted @markknoller 22:30:05 Maj Leader McConnell tells Senate that allowing Patriot Act provisions to expire tonight at midnight is "totally unacceptable."
22:40:25 Retweeted @cspan 22:39:18 Happening Now: U.S. Senate vote to limit debate on #PatriotAct extension – LIVE on C-SPAN2 http://t.co/WTqElicPeE http://t.co/l7KTrUn5yZ
22:42:21 Looks like we just hit 60.
22:43:02 Retweeted @StevenTDennis 22:40:23 There can't be any amendments until Senate votes on motion to proceed. And that will depend on how many Sens chat for an hour each.
22:46:15 Retweeted @kgosztola 22:45:57 Motion to limit debate on USA Freedom Act passes. Before, McConnell failed to jam thru extensions of "roving wiretap"/"lone wolf" provisions
22:49:47 Retweeted @jmhattem 22:47:21 in part, these 74 Yes votes say that many lawmakers like recess week more than they care about Patriot Act one way or the other
22:54:41 Retweeted @ericgeller 22:53:23 The Senate voted to end debate and proceed to a final vote, but Paul will object at some point during that stage, forcing expiration.
22:56:07 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 22:55:45 @abulsme $60 all for me? That's so sweet, dad, thank you. in reply to abulsme
22:56:28 .@AmyNotAmy Uh, nope. Not this time. in reply to AmyNotAmy
22:57:02 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 22:56:52 @abulsme he giveth, then taketh away. How rude in reply to abulsme
23:00:47 Retweeted @DrewMTips 22:51:40 When Team GOP Surveillance says, "the NSA would never abuse this program" keep in mind it's very existence is an illegal abuse.
23:11:24 Retweeted @ChadPergram 23:06:25 Even if Hse planned to come back tonight on NSA, Amash/Massie would object to passing new bill by unanimous consent or demand roll call vote
23:13:53 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 23:09:55 Sometimes I wonder if politicians are real ppl or if they're just three toddlers standing on eachother's shoulders in a big trenchcoat.
23:15:22 Retweeted @ChadPergram 23:11:50 Paul says he fears NSA computers will now just be at phone companies & not on gov't property in Utah.
23:17:44 Bottom line is most of this is just noise. USAF just changes some details, doesn’t substantially change govt abilities.
23:20:37 Retweeted @damianpaletta 20:16:42 At 3:59 pm, US intel agencies began formally shuttering the bulk telephone collection program. They say it will shut down at 11:59 pm.
23:21:39 Retweeted @EFFLive 23:15:35 .@RandPaul: The people who argue that the world will end at midnight tonight are trying to use fear. They take your liberty by using fear.
23:23:51 Retweeted @JakeLaperruque 23:16:54 Generally agree with lots of what @RandPaul is saying but stretching this out is delaying ban on bulk collection through non 215 authorities
23:32:42 Retweeted @alexburnsNYT 23:24:14 Rand showing how much he can do for his core issues with the platform of the Senate–does a prez campaign make this more or less effective?
23:33:39 Retweeted @astepanovich 23:15:42 I have a big problem with Paul's "us v. them" mentality – please remember that people outside the U.S. have rights, too
23:34:01 Retweeted @shaneharris 23:23:52 Paul spelling out proposed amendments now. House has already indicated it's in no mood for tweaks of USA Freedom at this point.
23:52:33 Retweeted @ChadPergram 23:37:14 Even if the Senate votes to alter NSA pgms, inclear what the House can accomodate. This would be different from what got 338 yeas
23:55:19 Retweeted @ACLU 23:39:35 .@RandPaul, we too would like to know what's being collected under Executive Order 12333 https://t.co/oXqnhwRpXl
23:57:25 Retweeted @EFFLive 23:42:51 Sen. @RandPaul: "The Patriot Act will expire tonight. It will only be temporary. [USA Freedom supporters] will get their way."

@abulsme tweets from 2015-05-30 (UTC)

03:21:34 Retweeted @pastordan 01:26:46 Oh hey, the next leader of the United Church of Christ is counter-protesting Islamophobes in Phoenix. https://t.co/MF4aTz44bm
04:17:15 Retweeted @scottknaster 2015-05-29 16:45:06 A scandal is a -gate. A natural event is -henge. Potential disaster is -geddon. Big event is -palooza. This is how we name things now.
04:31:19 Retweeted @CK_MacLeod 04:29:10 @scottknaster @abulsme namegateapaloozageddonhenge in reply to scottknaster
04:50:58 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 04:48:04 "Do you want me to tell you the name of a Wizard?"
Sure!
"Gandalf" Alex says w/a big smile.
@abulsme @Scatterbrandy he's being raised right
14:44:11 Retweeted @breakingpol 14:19:23 Sen. Rand Paul vows to force the expiration of the Patriot Act by refusing to allow expedited debate – @politico http://t.co/wnsHhasnNC
14:44:15 Retweeted @BreakingNews 14:42:16 Ex-Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley says he's running for president, warns American Dream is 'hanging by a thread' http://t.co/NcZswOZwp3
19:17:18 Retweeted @DaveMc99TA 19:11:53 If after 6 months of thinking about running for office you can't get 5%+ interest in a poll then don't embarrass yourself by running #2016
21:39:36 Reading – Polling’s Secrecy Problem (@Nate_Cohn) http://t.co/kG240TJeWk
21:46:40 New 2016 PA poll by @ppppolls added. Details @ http://t.co/DURWAhb7mq & @ElecCollPolls. There is a change worth noting, so blog post coming.
23:51:02 [Abulpost] Electoral College: For the first time in over a year, Christie improves a little http://t.co/QZv7XW2YYj

@abulsme tweets from 2015-05-29 (UTC)

00:37:08 Retweeted @bengreenman 2015-05-28 21:43:18 It might be easier for the GOP to just tell us who's not in the Republican primary.
02:26:27 Retweeted @Green_Footballs 02:26:13 Every single Republican who has so far announced they’re running for president is a creationist. Doesn’t this disturb anyone?
02:33:33 Retweeted @mattblaze 02:21:55 Can we please either 1) eliminate time zones & have everyone do everything on UTC or 2) make shared calendars work right?
(1) seems easier.
16:37:43 Reading – Patriot Act Provisions Expire (NYT Editors) http://t.co/OlhYp2xYMP
17:26:59 :-( -> Reading – Oh no! Bill Nye’s solar sail spacecraft has lost contact with Earth (@b_fung) http://t.co/hSYftl4hkl
18:10:01 Reading – Dennis Hastert And Federal Prosecutorial Power (@popehat) http://t.co/eA06IlKNOw
20:59:58 Retweeted @rkearney 2015-05-28 14:15:44 We filled in the empty spaces in that "find your purpose" Venn diagram. http://t.co/LOBXyWRxyB http://t.co/fqNferhJ6h

@abulsme tweets from 2015-05-28 (UTC)

16:57:22 [Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: Massive Corruption is Always Fun http://t.co/5CUMczJZGE

@abulsme tweets from 2015-05-27 (UTC)

03:23:57 Reading – Hillary, Carly to Face Off in South Carolina (Michael Warren) http://t.co/Xs7JQxmYJC
03:27:47 Reading – Julian Castro just basically tried out to be Hillary Clinton’s vice president (Amber Phillips) http://t.co/jWLLg9Z6kq
03:32:40 Reading – Apple drops discoveryd in latest OS X beta following months of network issues (Benjamin Mayo) http://t.co/iTlzOBEXtq
03:37:03 Reading – Should OS X 10.11 be Apple's last Mac operating system? (Peter Cohen) http://t.co/g151NQEriH
03:45:38 Reading – The real problems with Obama’s ISIS strategy, in one paragraph (Zack Beauchamp) http://t.co/Cnx3HQYzTv
03:46:06 Yup -> Oopsy (Atrios) http://t.co/FWzDWqOiLu
04:02:08 Retweeted @worrydream 2014-06-15 08:12:29 60% of my fav links from 10 yrs ago are 404. I wonder if Library of Congress expects 60% of their collection to go up in smoke every decade.
11:37:09 Retweeted @Yair_Rosenberg 11:23:07 From what I understand from the news, Americans are no longer content to simply mock soccer and are now arresting everyone responsible.
15:42:04 Retweeted @apod 04:30:09 Approaching Pluto: http://t.co/S0xu6DlEgk https://t.co/foj7oRqDJx
16:11:26 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 16:09:10 Next year I will be able to bike to work and that makes me more excited than it probably should
18:39:08 That would be my daughter… :-/ MT @wsdot_traffic: On I-405 S just south of SR 522 there is a disabled vehicle blocking the center lane.
18:47:41 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 18:46:56 Look, I'm famous https://t.co/BXw2ziRyaH
21:00:17 Retweeted @mattdpearce 20:59:35 BREAKING: Nebraska's Legislature overrides governor's veto and BANS the death penalty.
21:07:52 Retweeted @Alex_Parker 18:14:21 These are the highest resolution images of Pluto ever taken! http://t.co/No0T8uGAzX in reply to Alex_Parker
21:36:34 Retweeted @jbarro 21:36:15 Carly Fiorina detailed her plan to fight ISIS today. Mostly, it involves luring them into the low-margin personal computer business.

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