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  1. The tweets by @CrimeADay are amusing, but its notion that there are 304K federal crimes is garbage. Look more closely and 99% turn out to be the breezy claim that there are 300k regulations that are criminally enforceable, which is a myth -- real # is more like 3k-4k. @CrimeADay/1019386610125885446
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      See, e.g. pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2f22/b70965df2e71930cb4d8a2965c8e4af920e5.pdf
      oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their APIoh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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        Should've screenshot FN 18. Here is the apparent source of the dubious claim that there are 300,000 regulations whose violation is a federal criminal offense, which people have credulously echoed in print and speeches so much that it has taken on the appearance of a real fact.
        oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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