EVENT 1: Voting Rights Legislation
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘voting rights, texas democrats, texas, voter suppression, voting, people act, #forthepeopleact, #votingrights’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
WATCH: Texas Democrats sing "We Shall Overcome" on Capitol Hill after leaving the Lone State State in bid to block state Republicans' push to revise the election and voting laws. https://t.co/WgvdkCWtv3 pic.twitter.com/nKggXJbYZg
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 13, 2021
Biden will deliver his most forceful condemnation yet of the wave of voting restrictions proposed in Republican-led states across the country — efforts the president will argue are the biggest threat to the integrity of U.S. elections since the Civil War https://t.co/QpzWRQzmXx
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 13, 2021
Video: Out of options in Austin, Texas House Democrats flew to Washington, D.C. on July 12 to press Congress to pass federal voting legislation. https://t.co/5RZioHHk3Z
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 13, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 2: Coronavirus: Delta Variant, Vaccinations
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‘health, vaccine, delta variant, #covid19, kids, covid19, vaccination rates, #deltavariant, booster shots’
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A surge in Covid shot appointments in France followed an announcement of new vaccination requirements, including mandatory inoculation for health care workers and proof of immunization or a negative test to enter restaurants and cultural venues. https://t.co/fBDZyS2t4S
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 13, 2021
Almost an entire family from Texas — a father, mother, and three of their kids — were charged on Tuesday with breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6. “We were in capital!!…I do mean IN the building!!” Dawn Munn wrote in a Facebook message obtained by the FBI. https://t.co/zt3quio2TN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 13, 2021
Israel began administering a booster shot of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine to people with weak immune systems, as it confronts an outbreak of the Delta variant https://t.co/seXMBGnndQ
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 13, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘inflation, prices, june, consumer, #inflation, cpi, price’
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U.S. consumer prices rose 5.4% in June from a year ago, keeping inflation at the highest annual rate in 13 years as the economic recovery gained steam https://t.co/HbP9VXcWMp
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 13, 2021
A scramble for natural gas is creating pockets of scarcity in the global market, boosting prices for the fuel and for the electricity generated by burning it. @davidhodari explains. #WSJWhatsNow pic.twitter.com/YVAGryvJ8H
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 13, 2021
The electric truck maker Lordstown Motors has burned through hundreds of millions of dollars in cash since going public in October. Its stock price has plunged. Investors are suing. And it has yet to begin producing its first vehicle. https://t.co/9De9Q9SBs7
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 13, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 4: Critical Race Theory Controversy
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‘race’
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FAQ: What is critical race theory, and why do Republicans want to ban it in schools? https://t.co/RGOLFTjqyS
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 29, 2021