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🧵"I'm still in shock they dropped all charges, that they're not going to do anything about this...this is America?!? -Flint's Christina Sayyae blasts MI AG @dananessel after all #FlintWaterCrisis charges were tossed by MI Supreme Court.
"They're just traumatizing people..."
"They're just traumatizing people..."
@dananessel Christina, whose kids, her, and her ex-husband were all sickened due to drinking Flint's poisoned water, revealed Nessel's handpicked prosecutors—after she abruptly fired the original Flint criminal team—"yelled at me for crying."
"The whole room erupted and they were like 'why… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
"The whole room erupted and they were like 'why… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@dananessel After all charges against ex-MI Gov. Rick Snyder and 8 other defendants were dismissed by MI Supreme Court--after Judges ruled Nessel's prosecutors violated MI constitution in bringing Flint indictments through a one-man grand jury--Nessel's office has failed to explain to Status… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
"It's still very much a crisis, a lot of people think that [it's been solved] bc the stories have gone away, the attention has gone away, mainstream media has gone away...you said it right, this is WATERgate right here in Flint," -ex Flint Mayor Karen Weaver on #FlintWaterCrisis
9 years into #FlintWaterCrisis, Weaver says there's STILL issues with the water: "You haven't completed the pipe replacement, what do you think is going to happen when you're leaving these old lead and galvanized pipes in the ground" ...or address people's INTERIOR HOME PLUMBING?
WATCH FULL INTERVIEW w/ @karenaboutflint and @JordanChariton from Flint
"The chemical shower I got today is burning my skin, my makeup actually burns right now, everything is on fire; it gets real hard to pay for ur poison & watching them lie saying [the water] is fine" -@FlintGate on 9-YEAR-ANNIVERSARY of #FlintWaterCrisis.
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@FlintGate You can watch the FULL hour-and-a-half interview w/ Flint activist Melissa Mays and our @JordanChariton—who is now in Flint for his 19th reporting trip since 2016—below.
@FlintGate @JordanChariton READ/SHARE @JordanChariton's deep dive on where things stand on the 9-year-anniversary of the water crisis—or DAY 3,287—the water is STILL CONTAMINATED, there's STILL a COVERUP, and it's highly unlikely anyone goes to prison.
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@FlintGate @EPAMichaelRegan @nscorp @SecretaryPete @USDOT @UnitedforEP @juliakconley @commondreams @POTUS @VP @GovMikeDeWine @GovernorShapiro @SenSherrodBrown @JDVance1 @RepBillJohnson @DNC @GOP @SenateDems @SenateGOP @HouseGOP @HouseDemocrats @TheWheltonGroup @SabbySabs2 @RevBlackNetwork @WhiteHouse @EPA @johnsonjakep @RiverValleyOrg @louisd217 @AlexStarSpeak @Jaybefaunt @ComptonMadeMe @GOPGovs @onetoughnerd @DemGovs @GovWhitmer @stopitkatie @grist @SEP_US @WSWS_Updates @ErinBrockovich @JordanChariton @StatusCoup Good news. Alan Shaw, CEO of @nscorp reports business can resume since "South tracks reinstalled at site of #EastPalestine train derailment" Resuming business is the most important thing. Forget about that toxic exposure nonsense. cincinnati.com/story/news/202… #VinyChloride #Dioxin
@FlintGate @EPAMichaelRegan @nscorp @SecretaryPete @USDOT @UnitedforEP @juliakconley @commondreams @POTUS @VP @GovMikeDeWine @GovernorShapiro @SenSherrodBrown @JDVance1 @RepBillJohnson @DNC @GOP @SenateDems @SenateGOP @HouseGOP @HouseDemocrats @TheWheltonGroup @SabbySabs2 @RevBlackNetwork @WhiteHouse @EPA @johnsonjakep @RiverValleyOrg @louisd217 @AlexStarSpeak @Jaybefaunt @ComptonMadeMe @GOPGovs @onetoughnerd @DemGovs @GovWhitmer @stopitkatie @grist @SEP_US @WSWS_Updates @ErinBrockovich @JordanChariton LEAKED AUDIO: #NorfolkSouthern CEO #AlanShaw BULLSH*TS Sick #EastPalestine resident youtube.com/live/QqG2NJ7y_… @JordanChariton @louisd217 @StatusCoup #OhioTrainDerailment #OhioChemicalDisaster #VinylChloride #ControlledBurn #Dioxins #Carcinogens
@FlintGate @EPAMichaelRegan @nscorp @SecretaryPete @USDOT @UnitedforEP @juliakconley @commondreams @POTUS @VP @GovMikeDeWine @GovernorShapiro @SenSherrodBrown @JDVance1 @RepBillJohnson @DNC @GOP @SenateDems @SenateGOP @HouseGOP @HouseDemocrats @TheWheltonGroup @SabbySabs2 @RevBlackNetwork @WhiteHouse @EPA @johnsonjakep @RiverValleyOrg @louisd217 @AlexStarSpeak @Jaybefaunt @ComptonMadeMe @GOPGovs @onetoughnerd @DemGovs @GovWhitmer @stopitkatie @grist @SEP_US @WSWS_Updates @ErinBrockovich @JordanChariton @StatusCoup "Norfolk Southern has a dubious history of using questionable environmental testing contractors" Whose Test Results Should #EastPalestine Believe? prospect.org/environment/20… @gurleygg @TheProspect #OhioTrainDerailment #OhioChemicalDisaster #VinylChloride #ControlledBurn #Dioxins
🧵on SVB: whether you think vulture capitalists and SV titans are getting a bailout or not (they are), the bigger picture here is what the IMMEDIATE govt response says about our political system: when plutocrats are threatened, govt acts in 48 hours. When ppl of East Palestine...
Flint, poor Black & brown communities, and name-your-Native-American reservation are poisoned by their govt and/or corporate America--politicians hide behind bureaucracy, red-tape, and legal excuses to basically do nothing...while regurgitating BS "all clear" declarations from...
the EPA, state environmental agencies, etc. Think about this...a month from now is the 9 year anniversary of the ONGOING #FlintWaterCrisis & residents STILL get rashes, receive smelly water, & have burning eyes in the shower. And ALL THE DESTROYED PIPES haven't been replaced...
#WoodyHarrelson Calls #BigPharma a Cartel! Alexandra Pelosi Loves “Daddy” GW Bush! W/ #KshamaSawant @cmkshama of @wrkrsstrikeback & @SocialistAlt rumble.com/v2b70am-woody-… @jimmy_dore @miserablelib & @kurtmetzger #TheJimmyDoreShow
@cmkshama @SocialistAlt @jimmy_dore @miserablelib @kurtmetzger Workers Strike Back workersstrikeback.org @wrkrsstrikeback
@cmkshama @SocialistAlt @jimmy_dore @miserablelib @kurtmetzger @wrkrsstrikeback Workers Strike Back Demands: workersstrikeback.org/petition @wrkrsstrikeback
🧵FYI this is the time, after 2 weeks of coverage, when mainstream media moves off of a catastrophic story like #EastPalestineOH—when the cameras leave & coverage shifts from hourly/daily to occasional updates to abandon the story altogether. This happened w/ #FlintWaterCrisis.
Mainstream media outlets typically only care when they deem an URGENCY to a catastrophe—when it's new and the flames, or poison water, or adverse health symptoms seem most dire. In my experience, once they predictably stop covering and caring, is when the REAL coverup begins...
That coverup is a mixture of government, media, and in the case of East Palestine, the corporate (Norfolk Southern), pushing forward flawed testing in order to provide the "all clear" sign and sweep things under the rug. The void of media coverage—particularly ON-THE-GROUND...
BREAKING: Flint water crisis charges dismissed against seven former officials. This is despicable. #flintwatercrisis 🧵: mlive.com/news/flint/202…
I'll break down what happened. 1st, here's statement from prosecution team. "Despite the prosecution’s tireless pursuit of justice for [#FlintWaterCrisis victims] the courts have...[sided with] wealthy individuals w/ political power & influence instead of the families& children."
"[The prosecution's #FlintWaterCrisis case was] thwarted based upon a new interpretation of a nearly century-old law."
🚨🚨THREAD: Just like what happened in Flint, around now—about a week of major coverage—is when national media will stop covering the #JacksonWaterCrisis & begin lazily regurgitating cherry-picked/manipulated water data and PR coming from the state govt that caused the crisis...
They will move from broadcast/digital coverage to occasional news article updates--which will become less & less frequent until the story is completely out of the news. The void of news, interviews w/ residents, or investigative reporting into...
1) who caused the crisis
2) who and what entities have profited
3) who is covering it up
4) The ongoing racism behind it
5) Disastrous health affects on residents...
2) who and what entities have profited
3) who is covering it up
4) The ongoing racism behind it
5) Disastrous health affects on residents...
🧵With the full expectation mainstream media will soon move on from #JacksonWaterCrisis—like they did for ONGOING #FlintWaterCrisis—here's list of other cities across U.S. w/ serious water quality issues
🚨Detroit
🚨Chicago
🚨Milwaukee
🚨Pittsburgh
🚨Newark
🚨Wilmington NC
🚨Detroit
🚨Chicago
🚨Milwaukee
🚨Pittsburgh
🚨Newark
🚨Wilmington NC
🚨Philadelphia
🚨Denmark SC
🚨Benton Harbor MI
🚨 Gadsden AL
🚨 MULTIPLE cities/towns in Texas
🚨MULTIPLE cities/towns in California
🚨Denmark SC
🚨Benton Harbor MI
🚨 Gadsden AL
🚨 MULTIPLE cities/towns in Texas
🚨MULTIPLE cities/towns in California
These are just SOME of the cities/towns with problems ranging from lead, bacteria, PFAS (cancer causing byproduct of the manufacturing of TEFLON), fracking fluid, toxic herbicides, arsenic, and more. National and local media mostly ignore while local water utilities cheat on...
@jennelizabethj This is unbelievable. Michigan Supreme Court voids indictments against former state officials related to #FlintWaterCrisis cnn.com/2022/06/28/us/…
@jennelizabethj EXPOSED: Is Flint's Water Really "Restored"? @JordanChariton @jennelizabethj @tommie_tyhefe @StatusCoup #FlintWaterCrisis #FlushingFlint
@tommie_tyhefe @StatusCoup Wiped phones and the battle for evidence in former Michigan Gov. #RickSnyder’s prosecution interc.pt/2W663Kd @JordanChariton @jennelizabethj @theintercept #FlintWaterCrisis #LeadPoisoning #ColiformBacteria #CarcinogenicTHMs #PFASExposure #EnvironmentalRacism #FlushingFlint
#BREAKING THREAD: As I warned, #FlintWaterCrisis charges against ex-MI Gov. Rick Snyder and 7 other defendants have been dropped due to MI AG Dana Nessel’s stunning bungling of the case…abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/wir…
REMINDER: From 2016 through 2018, an independent Flint special prosecutor & lead investigator (former head of Detroit FBI office) had built a widespread crim prosecution charging 15 state and city officials with crimes ranging from involuntary manslaughter to financial fraud…
As we broke, that team was building case against Snyder for invol manslaughter & had compiled evidence showing Snyder helped cover up deadly Legionnaires outbreak that killed many in Flint. Yet Nessel fired the special prosecutor & chief investigator…theintercept.com/2021/01/13/fli…
TRAGIC PREDICTION (THREAD): It seems like the writing is on the wall for #FlintWaterCrisis charges against ex-MI Gov Rick Snyder and other state officials charged will be tossed due to the incompetence of MI AG Dana Nessel and her prosecutors... mlive.com/news/flint/202…
Nessel came into office in 2019 and almost immediately fired the entire team of prosecutors and investigators—including the former head of the FBI Detroit office who helped bring down the Gambino crime family—that had been building momentum on filing major financial fraud...
charges for the fraud that led to the water crisis as well as building a case against Gov. Snyder for INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER (Nessel's team went on to charge him w/ a misdemeanor). Nessel's team failed to use a taint team--a team of independent lawyers who go through all...
THREAD: Today is the 8-year anniversary of the #FlintWaterCrisis in which:
🚨Despite manipulated/cherry-picked water testing, water still not safe
🚨No state or city official is in prison or faced a jury trial
🚨Not all of the busted/corroded pipes in Flint have been replaced..
🚨Despite manipulated/cherry-picked water testing, water still not safe
🚨No state or city official is in prison or faced a jury trial
🚨Not all of the busted/corroded pipes in Flint have been replaced..
The national, state & Flint media have abandoned the story & poisoned Flint residents who @StatusCoup continue to cover. They've also ignored several bombshell stories we broke including ex-Gov Snyder's top adviser offering payoffs to sick Flint residents vice.com/en/article/z3b…
@StatusCoup And us breaking that Flint water investigation prosecutors concluded Snyder, his chief of staff, and health director were actively trying to cover up the deadly Legionnaires outbreak 16 months before he claimed to have known about it.
theintercept.com/2021/01/13/fli…
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🚨HELP! @TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators issued @StatusCoup w/ a strike for election "misinformation" on a livestream from NEARLY A MONTH AGO. NO IDEA what "misinformation" was & we're unable to upload/go live for a week.
SC has CONSISTENTLY pushed back on election fraud LIE...
SC has CONSISTENTLY pushed back on election fraud LIE...
@TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators @StatusCoup .@TeamYouTube didn't provide info on what part of the livestream contained "misinformation" or what the "misinformation" was. This comes over a year after @TeamYouTube took down our HISTORIC livestream from the 1/6 attacks shot by @JonFarinaPhoto...forbes.com/sites/rachelsa…
@TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators @StatusCoup @JonFarinaPhoto This historic 1/6 footage Jon Farina captured for @StatusCoup was licensed by @cnn @NBCNews @ABC @CBSNews @nytimes @washingtonpost @BBCWorld and a whole host of domestic/global news outlets yet Status Coup—the original NEWS OUTLET who shot the footage live—had it taken down...
🚨EXCLUSIVE: Prosecutors were on the verge of filing major #FlintWaterCrisis racketeering charges against govt officials—for financial fraud that led to the crisis— b4 MI AG Dana Nessel took office, fired prosecutors, & "let it go."
By me + @Charlieleduff theguardian.com/us-news/2022/j…
By me + @Charlieleduff theguardian.com/us-news/2022/j…
@Charlieleduff The RICO charges—often used against organized crime/mafia—would've charged state officials over an allegedly fraudulent bond deal that allowed the broke city of Flint to borrow nearly $100 mill to join the new KWA water pipeline & temporarily use Flint River while KWA was built..
@Charlieleduff But when AG Nessel took office, she fired prosecutors on verge of pressing RICO charges & restarted Flint investigation.
“Nessel let it go,” Eric Mays, Flint City Council chair, said. "Was it a lack of political or legal will? I cannot say. But it bothers me to this day..."
“Nessel let it go,” Eric Mays, Flint City Council chair, said. "Was it a lack of political or legal will? I cannot say. But it bothers me to this day..."
THREAD: After state of Michigan & Flint taxpayers paid $8.5 million for millionaire Gov. Rick Snyder's criminal defense attorneys related to the #FlintWaterCrisis while he was governor, the state just approved ANOTHER $1.45 million for Snyder's defense.
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In July, me + @JennElizabethJ broke major story on the Flint water cover-up showing Snyder's top officials destroyed/tampered with evidence and Snyder himself obstructed justice. To this day, not one national or MI media outlet has covered the scandal.
In January, me and @JennElizabethJ broke major story obtaining Snyder's phone calls w/ his top officials in Oct. 2014 months after Flint water switch. Criminal prosecutors concluded the calls showed Snyder covering up deadly Legionnaires Disease outbreak theintercept.com/2021/01/13/fli…
#FlintWaterCrisis EXCLUSIVE: Top officials in Rick Snyder's admin had phones "wiped" or altered w/ no messages on them from 18-month period Flint used Flint River.
Snyder also refused to give key Flint documents to prosecutors. By me + @JennElizabethJ
theintercept.com/2021/07/21/fli…
Snyder also refused to give key Flint documents to prosecutors. By me + @JennElizabethJ
theintercept.com/2021/07/21/fli…
"When I turned in my phone, it got wiped,” Snyder's press sec Sara Wurfel told Flint prosecutor about her phone being wiped when she left job in Nov. 2015—shortly before launch of the Flint criminal investigation.
“That is not standard,” ex-state official told The Intercept.
“That is not standard,” ex-state official told The Intercept.
Prosecutors discovered that top officials w/ MI Dpt. of Health and Human Services-including chief medical executive Dr. Eden Wells and MDHHS chief deputy director Tim Becker-had no messages on their phone before Oct. 2015 (Flint used Flint River from Apr. 2014 through Oct. 2015)
"Corruption" conjures images of bags of cash changing hands in deserted parking garages, but I'd like to propose a simple and concrete definition that goes beyond that: "Corruption" is when something bad happens because its harms are diffused and its gains are concentrated.
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Here's what I mean. West Virginia is known as coal country, but coal is actually a small, dwindling industry in WV; WV's biggest industry is chemical processing, dominated by Dow - chem processing, like many industries, is heavily concentrated into a few global monopolies.
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THREAD: On the 7th anniversary of the disastrous Flint River switch, Flint STILL does not have clean water, #MedicareForAll for its citizens, all of its lead service lines replaced, residents' damaged interior plumbing fixed, & no state or city government official is in prison...
The #FlintWaterCrisis is a story w/ a lot of layers: environmental racism, water privatization gone horrifically wrong, greed, corruption, etc....but it is as much a story of national and local mainstream media completely abdicating its responsibility to cover and INVESTIGATE...
With MUCH LESS resources than larger outlets, I've reported in Flint 17 times since 2016. I've interviewed 100s of residents. I've dug through 1000s of documents. In this time, I, along w/ @JennElizabethJ, uncovered:
1) Gov. Rick Snyder was involved with massive cover-up...
1) Gov. Rick Snyder was involved with massive cover-up...
OUTRAGEOUS that @twitter @TwitterSupport BLOCKED @JennElizabethJ @StatusCoup from boosting tweets w/ our #FlintWaterCrisis cover-up bombshell showing Gov Rick Snyder knew about deadly Legionella outbreak WAY earlier than he said
THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL AD
THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL AD
Twitter has INTENTIONALLY blocked the ability for us to boost a major bombshell report that shows serious potential crimes because it has decided to suppress and censor reporting and ridiculously label it political campaigning and advertising...
.@Twitter @twittersupport should explain to sick Flint residents why IMPORTANT reporting on the govt officials who permanently damaged their health isn't allowed to spread bc Twitter has RECKLESSLY blanketed INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING into the same category as sleazy SUPER PACS ads
Just received the most **baffling** response from @TwitterSupport Twitter ads in the world. My eyes literally wide, my jaw to the floor. More to come on this soon. For now I will just say, what the fuck.
Yes, this has to do with silencing @JordanChariton & my Flint reporting.
Yes, this has to do with silencing @JordanChariton & my Flint reporting.
Okay, it's time. Delay is only bc I'm exhausted from COVID & working non-stop on Flint story & pushing Flint story so people see it. & @JordanChariton is on literally no sleep and sick and we are both broken fighters. So he will chime in later, as only Jordan can, but here we go!
This past week, @JordanChariton and I broke a very important exclusively reported story on former MI Gov. Rick Snyder's role in the #FlintWaterCrisis in @theintercept - you can read that story here: bit.ly/RickSnyderFlint
Today, former Michigan governor Rick Snyder was arraigned in Genessee County along with 8 others in connection to the #FlintWaterCrisis - he's facing two counts of willful neglect of duty for the 2014 scandal
#Snyder #Flint @FOX17
#Snyder #Flint @FOX17
Nick Lyons, former MDHHS director - 9 counts of involuntary manslaughter & 1 count of willful neglect of duty
Jarrod Agen, former chief of staff - 1 count of perjury
NEWS: How a Flurry of Suspicious Phone Calls Set Investigators on Rick Snyder's Trail
My investigation w/ @JennElizabethJ #FlintWaterCrisis theintercept.com/2021/01/13/fli…
My investigation w/ @JennElizabethJ #FlintWaterCrisis theintercept.com/2021/01/13/fli…
Snyder "knew about a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Flint as early as October 2014, when there was still a significant amount of time to save lives. That was the accusation of investigators looking into the Flint water crisis"
"According to the findings of an investigation launched by Nessel’s predecessor, then-Attorney General Bill Schuette, Snyder was involved in a mad dash of phone calls in October 2014 at the same time the deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Flint was raising alarm bells"
