Not since Twitter has chosen to start "shadowbanning" users. When this happens, you can explicitly follow someone, but you will not see their messages in your t

Not since Twitter has chosen to start "shadowbanning" users. When this happens, you can explicitly follow someone, but you will not see their messages in your timeline. Unfollowing/refollowing the user seems to clear it at least for a time, but you have to be really paying attention to even notice that it happens. I'm going to guess that it takes the form of a "silent" unfollow on their backend. And on a more opinionated note: No prizes for guessing the political leanings of those this happens to.