Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The Church Committee was the first time most Americans learned of the limitless powers of the US Security State and how they were abused. Its goal was to reform that. But I'd argue the power of these agencies today is greater than ever, as are the abuses: https://t.co/mSqdyNkThX — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

On last night's @SystemUpdate_, we explored the newest key revelations from the Twitter Files - particularly the covert partnership between FBI/DHS and Big Tech. Given calls for a new Church Committee investigation of FBI, we put this into historical context with Frank Church: https://t.co/vVJALcFujJ — PolitiTweet.org

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@KilladazeMusic That's bullshit. There's no question these groups would invite pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel Jews like, say, Norman Finkelstein or Noam Chomsky or Max Blumenthal. It's about viewpoint, not ethnicity or race or religion. — PolitiTweet.org

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Twitter is the worst place to discuss these dynamics, so I won't. We're trying to get some of the professors and students to come on our show to talk about it. I hate campus controversies, but this is a law school, it's on the NYT front-page, and it illustrates broader debates. — PolitiTweet.org

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Always an interesting dynamic where the right treats many accusations of racism, misogyny, homo/transphobic, etc. as trivial, inflated, designed to suppress debate, while the left insists it's a grave threat. That inverts 100% for anti-Semitism accusations. Key point: https://t.co/QS1DQBspH3 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

This is an interesting controversy. Pro-Palestinian groups at Berkeley bar Zionists as event speakers, sparking accusations of intolerance and anti-semitism. Meanwhile, pro-Israel groups bar any anti-Zionists or those who "delegitimize" or "apply a double standard to Israel." — PolitiTweet.org

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@elonmusk @RandPaul The bipartisan rage toward Rand Paul -- simply because he wanted some accounting, safeguards and transparency provisions to that last $40 billion they sent "for Ukraine" -- said everything about what's going on here. And, of course, they rejected it all: https://t.co/n2ossg6Cy0 — PolitiTweet.org

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@saadmsa8 @snarwani @samyou101 You're both dumb. — PolitiTweet.org

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@snarwani It's the Kremlin doing it. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The idea in this tweet is spectacular, and particularly important as the US is about to enter winter: https://t.co/2GtGK4Hq8t — PolitiTweet.org

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@michaelbrandorg Yeah, and I could easily give that same speech today word for word - and, in various venues basically do - yet now, in establishment liberal circles, it's read as "far-right." Some people have definitely changed: that part is at least true. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

I'd like to remind everyone: the last time the US sent $40 billion to Ukraine -- just 7 months ago -- 68 GOP lawmakers (57 in the house, 11 in the Senate) voted NO. Every single last Democrat -- including Bernie, AOC, the Squad -- voted YES. Unanimous. https://t.co/joHvic1mc5 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Sarkosiaunbound I began writing in Oct, 2005 about politics - never did before. And a main theme was that Bush/Cheney had become lawless by adopting radical executive power theories. I still think that, hence my shock/disgust when I see their operatives held up now as beacons of the rule of law. https://t.co/Lebzu0HK2R — PolitiTweet.org

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I just noticed that speech because it was written about today by @StaufferVaughn in the @dcexaminer regarding the Twitter Files. Read what she says about it: all of that appeared in every left-liberal outlet a decade ago, now it rarely does. Instead:👇 https://t.co/Kf2hbgQmUY — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

That speech -- and I gave a dozen like it on that same speaking tour at various colleges -- was pre-Trump, and it was therefore before Democrats were taught to revere the CIA, FBI, DOJ and their operatives, and thus before they were taught to interpret such views as "far-right." — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The things I write about and talk about today -- the dangers of the US Security State, their authoritarian merger with Big Tech, the way in which it threatens core democratic values -- are what I've been talking about for a decade at least, in the same ways. And yet, every day: https://t.co/oxufklekVL — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

I'm not sure why, but this speech I gave at the Univ of Utah in 2015 -- entitled: "Edward Snowden and the Secrets of the National Security State" -- ended up being watched by 14 million people on YouTube. It's about the same themes I talk about today: https://t.co/omyvaCvUX0 — PolitiTweet.org

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@RevGiant The other funny part of that is that how that Anna/Dasha joke - which I dropped in replies thinking there's was a 60% chance it'd get picked up - ended up causing outrage in several countries. I watched as new countries discovered it and the viral outrage cycle started anew. 🤣 — PolitiTweet.org

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@apcsoftwares Yeah, I fucked up the math in favor of McFaul. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's Obama's ex-Amb to Russia spreading fake news: 1) The watch is 6m rubles, not dollars - just a difference of $5.2m. 2) Someone tell him about the wealth of Pelosi, Obama, the Clintons and Bushes - and Zelensky! 3) He wants the return of USSR: https://t.co/l0cMN8eV1F — PolitiTweet.org

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Don't worry. I'm sure this $100b is scrupulously accounted for. Ukraine is renowned for its clean and meticulous bookkeeping, as is the US military-industrial complex. That's why they rejected @RandPaul's amendment for oversight: no need! Everyone involved is super trustworthy! — PolitiTweet.org

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Good morning. The US Congress is about to send another $44 billion to Boeing, Raytheon and the CIA "for the war in Ukraine." That's a total of $100 billion sent by the US in 10 months. The entire Russian military budget for the year is $65 billion. https://t.co/wszK7RHFos — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Starting live, in 5 minutes: we'll take an in-depth look at why it's uniquely dangerous to allow FBI, DHS and CIA to interfere in and manipulate Big Tech's censorship regime and the flow of information. Plus: @ShellenbergerMD on the latest revelations: https://t.co/Aa1AVSB5gG — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Tonight on @SystemUpdate_, live at 7 pm ET, we'll examine the most significant revelations from the Twitter Files, put the infiltration of FBI and DHS into historical context, and speak with the journalist, @ShellenbergerMD, who reported the latest batch: https://t.co/Aa1AVSB5gG — PolitiTweet.org

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Put another way: any politician demanding the power to dictate who can and can't speak on the internet is infinitely more dangerous than whoever they are trying to censor. A key property of fascism is the union of state and corporate power to control the population. — PolitiTweet.org

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Western politicians now have an obsession with issuing dictates like this about who can and cannot be allowed to speak online, usually accompanied - as here - by threats of legal compulsion. Anyone who says: "freedom of speech is vital, but.." means: "I oppose free speech." — PolitiTweet.org

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@GunnarBj Why would he hand secret files showing pervasive corruption to the very media corporations that were key players in it in the first place? Do you think they would honestly report their own culpability? Do you think Snowden should have given his archive to the NSA to report? — PolitiTweet.org

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@TheMikeOldfield Do you know who Frank Church is? He subjected himself to risk to expose the many ways CIA and FBI were spying domestically on Americans. Then you come along and want to show you're some brave dissident leftist with this "we all knew" Twitter cliché. That clip is about NSA systems — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ByronTau: Twitter in 2017 appears to have assisted in keeping a U.S. backed online psychological operations campaign on the platform ru… — PolitiTweet.org

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CNN: How come Elon Musk didn't choose to hand the Twitter Files -- showing how Twitter censored reporting about Joe Biden based on a CIA lie -- to the same "major credible news organizations" that spread and ratified that CIA lie in the first place? https://t.co/jwvEIC8v2z — PolitiTweet.org