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dixiegrrrrl

(60,148 posts) Tue Sep 29, 2015, 11:25 AM Sep 2015

PSA: Snowden is on Twitter now! [View all]

His profile says:

I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public.

and his first Tweet, 23 minutes ago, is:

Can you hear me now?

https://twitter.com/Snowden

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PSA: Snowden is on Twitter now! [View all] dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 OP

Ah. It seems like only yesterday when DUers got knocked for writing about what Snowden exposed. Octafish Sep 2015 #1

FTR: The ONLY Telco CEO NOT to go-along with illegal NSA ops got railroaded and imprisoned. Octafish Sep 2015 #2

another political prisoner questionseverything Sep 2015 #7

Let's hope Vlady allows him to keep it. nt msanthrope Sep 2015 #3

He only has access to a PC when Vlady is away from home! randome Sep 2015 #8

Land of the Free and Home of the Brave -- NOT ... Octafish Sep 2015 #12

He's not a whistle-blower. But you pose an interesting question.... msanthrope Sep 2015 #27

Because the Senate offered zero protection to Snowden and whistleblowers. Octafish Sep 2015 #28

Hah! Up to 342K followers already. My fav so far Catherina Sep 2015 #4

20,000 more followers in the past 15 minutes alone!! riderinthestorm Sep 2015 #6

Now over half a million followers Catherina Sep 2015 #10

MSM starting to catch on and report his growing number of followers. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #11

That's 18,000 between the time I took that screenshot & you posted! Catherina Sep 2015 #16

Dunno if you caught the conversation about mobile media dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #22

Talk about out of touch lol Catherina Sep 2015 #25

He's picking up followers at same pace as Obama - more than 500k in 2 hours riderinthestorm Sep 2015 #15

573K now! & we were assured that outside of the "fringe left", no one cared n/t Catherina Sep 2015 #17

Add 200k more to that darkangel218 Sep 2015 #26

Snowy must be getting lonely I guess his lawyer lady dumped him snooper2 Sep 2015 #5

Wonder when he and his 'fish-out-of-water' fiance are getting married. randome Sep 2015 #9

Now, you can ask him. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2015 #14

Excellent point. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #23

Snowden exposed State Criminality and Unconstitutional Mass Surveillance and that's what you get? Octafish Sep 2015 #13

Yep, and I'm on a call with a call recording vendor right now LOL snooper2 Sep 2015 #19

History won't be kind. Octafish Sep 2015 #20

oh dear, the swooners are gonna be upset Skittles Sep 2015 #18

Sweet...Now I can ask him my questions directly Blue_Tires Sep 2015 #21

His tweets will certainly be more interesting than the empty rhetoric of our elected officials. AppalachianAmerican Sep 2015 #24

Over 1 million followers in less than a day darkangel218 Sep 2015 #29

SMILE. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #30

R&K! /nt RiverLover Sep 2015 #31

K&R n/t bobthedrummer Sep 2015 #32