Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@mortimerstokes Yeah, I mean entertainment and venting are important in political discourse. You can't constantly be chiding and ponderous. It's one of the things people on the left often have trouble with. But you can also delve into these sorts of insults excessively in a way that distracts. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@mtracey @mattduss Who is Matt Duss and when he will become a card-carrying member of The Blob? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@cheryleliz Clearly. The living, breathing embodiment of that attribute. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @Snowden: You are holding Julian Assange in a dungeon for exercising the freedom of expression you so ardently claim to defend. How abou… — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

"Web Summit has always been a platform for rigorous debate" but journalists we invited have views on Ukraine that aren't shared by the majority of our audience and make some of them angry so therefore - in the name of "robust dialogue on contentious issues" - they're disinvited. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Value your good faith critics; they're assets. https://t.co/R2bE4bZ7y9 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ilpomodoro2 Right: seems like pretty convincing proof that I'm not willing to spout bullshit I don't believe in order to be on cable, since I easily could have continued my bookings on MSBNC/CNN and even increased them by ratifying Russiagate and endlessly screeching that Trump is a fascist. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Novatecho The US successfully negotiated with every Soviet leader, with China, with Iraq, with the Saudis, with North Korea, with Iran. They always tell you that the latest enemy is the Worst Ever! -- never seen since Hitler! -- Beyond Reason! - and people like you always fall for it. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@lennartreus There is far more to NBC News Corp. (and Comcast Corp. that owns it), and CNN and Time Warner Corp. that owns it, than just shows on cable. That these shows attract no audience doesn't mean these corporate behemoths are powerless. Few use Meta's VR; FB is still immensely powerful — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Forcing House Progressives to grovel and retract their own statement - as Bernie chided them for their letter - is designed to ensure all Dems know that they must pledge to fund and arm Ukraine without limits, conditions or timeframe. Dissent can reside only in a minority of GOP. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Why did the DC Blob - its political and media mavens - react so furiously to the letter of the House Progressive Caucus when they only have 30 votes? They are desperate to equate diplomacy with immoral appeasement, and ensure there's no space in the Dem Party to advocate for it. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Jeet has spent the day sitting on the part of his couch into which his cells have physically morphed berating the WPost for failing to note that Lula's convictions were the result of corruption, while accusing the reporter who revealed this of being a far-right fascist activist: https://t.co/6F8xfWStps — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The reason the world knows that Lula's convictions were the result of corrupt judges and prosecutors is because @HeerJeet -- tweeting from the part of his couch into which his cells have physically morphed -- heroically risked his liberty in 2020 to reveal this to the world: — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ilpomodoro2 Why would I be mad that I can only go on the most-watched shows but not the shows nobody watches? And use common sense: if I'm so eager to be on MSNBC and CNN, why didn't I just say the obvious things to keep me on there (namely, Russia took over and Trump is Orange Hitler)? — PolitiTweet.org

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@lennartreus I claim that about NBC News, the NYT, CNN and the TV networks which -- despite having small audiences for their prime-time cable shows -- still are massive media corporations, owned by even larger corporations, with huge platforms and the ability to shape how millions think. — PolitiTweet.org

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@EvanHiester I always find it weird when someone convinces themselves that they somehow speak for a huge group of people that is unaware of that person and unaware that they elected someone as their spokesperson. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@LizMair I think there's a huge misunderstanding of how often that show criticizes GOP politicians (way way way more than MSNBC/CNN criticize Dem politicians). but also there's a huge gap between the closed discourse system of online Dems and what many Dem voters believe. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Chaos_515 I provided this update yesterday in response to someone in Brazil asking if he's better yet: https://t.co/K510tlGUGm — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Meanwhile, the cable show that has **the largest audience of younger Democrats** -- meaning self-identified Democrats between the ages of 24-54 -- is . . . the Tucker Carlson Show, appearing 8 pm ET on Fox News: https://t.co/8uGI2um1Ks — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Less than 10% of MSNBC's extremely small prime-time audience -- less than 10%!!!! -- is under 55 years old. Their prime-time shows barely draw more than 100k people under 55 watching: an audience size comparable to a mid-sized YouTube show. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @lhfang: Read this thread. Reporters get harassed if they raise any questions about Stacey Abrams’ policy or political record. This quot… — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@_AnarchoIndi I'm not saying to have empathy for him as a politician. I'm saying to have empathy for him as a human being. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The only thing lower and more pathetic than obsequiously *retracting your own beliefs in less than 24 hours to appease the anger of DC's Blob is bashing anti-war NGOs for what you did. The only thing lower than that is blaming your own staff. House Progressives did it all. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The House Progressive Caucus issued a letter very deferentially requesting Biden pursue more diplomacy. Duss cheered it. But the DC Blob - govt and media - became enraged. Progressives meekly retracted, needed someone to blame leftists NGOs. Duss volunteered. Big future in DC. https://t.co/lMfmfpHT6S — PolitiTweet.org

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Such a DC tale: Duss got to be Bernie's Foreign Policy Aide by bashing US support for Israel: became a hero to the left. But as Bernie led leftists back into captivity to Dems - so he could be Finance Comm Chair - Duss is now the person who goes to TNR to bash leftists on war. https://t.co/Bj81qAL8dq — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

If you want to see how DC warps people, look at this behavior from Bernie's very-DC NatSec Advisor, @mattduss. He first heaped praise on the Ukraine letter. Then when House Progressives recanted and Bernie condemned it, he switched course: bashing it and blaming anti-war "NGOs": https://t.co/Jp2O82YioK — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

This debacle with the House Progressive Caucus and their willingness to abase themselves and apologize and crawl and repent -- due to the slightest pressure from the DC Blob over the slightest dissent possible -- is one of the most embarrassing and damaging spectacles in awhile: — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @ryangrim: I wonder if Adm. Mullen will withdraw this borderline treasonous suggestion on how to end the war: "That is up to Tony Blinke… — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Joe Biden often has no idea where he is, is often unable to string together two coherent sentences, and has started to fall asleep in the middle of interviews. Why are you so bigoted against people who struggle with a stutter? — PolitiTweet.org

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The attempt to render concerns about Fetterman's cognitive abilities off-limits and even bigoted are similar to the attempts to do the same for Biden. Anyone can compare Biden's abilities now to a decade ago, but any attempt to raise concerns was cast as hatred for "stutterers." — PolitiTweet.org