Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

One of the most amazing things I've seen is the complete disappearance of this war from US left-liberal discourse. Other than a Chomsky video here and a rogue Jacobin writer there, this war basically doesn't exist in mainstream left US discourse. They have *nothing* to say. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

By Biden's own account, these actions have brought the world *closer to nuclear armageddon than at any time since 1962*. Shouldn't Congress at least openly debate and then vote on whether the US should be involved so extensively in this dangerous war?👇 https://t.co/t7702uUw0S — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

It's always a bad sign when the US military starts embedding the largest media corporations to enable exciting war shots for the evening network news. Biden has done literally everything to make the US a belligerent in the war in Ukraine short of deploying full battalions there. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@PigbirdJetFan @REWearmouth @NewStatesman Political, campaign, and NatSec officials are perfectly capable of speaking on their own. If the only point of journalism is to uncritically parrot what they say, that's not journalism: just acting as a spokespeople. Giving anonymity to disseminate false claims is even worse. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@jriley8832 John Riley is a pedophile, sources say. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@DougHenwood I don't need to prove anything to utter zeroes like you, who couldn't find Brazil on a map with a gun to your head, but this is a major story by all accounts - reported in every Brazil news outlet for obvious reasons - and it will surpise nobody you don't know what journalism is. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

In the video posted by the ex-Congressman, he called one of the Supreme Court judges a "used whore" (rough translation). In response, the other Supreme Court judge ordered him arrested. He taped a video vowing to resist. There was a shootout at his home with the Federal Police. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

To add a bit more detail (see NYT articles above): one Supreme Court judge has been extremely aggressive in criminalizing pro-Bolsonoro politicians and bloggers, accusing them of plotting to overthrow democracy. This ex-Congressman violated an order not to use social medial. https://t.co/aOIV5kvfDM — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Disturbing scene in Brazil as a pro-Bolsonaro ex-Congressman, already ordered imprisoned at home by the judge referenced in the above NYT article, was ordered arrested by the same judge for insulting a different judge. He resisted, shot an officer, and is now taken to a hospital. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@gngrjc My credibility to opine on and arbitrate such matters probably has something to do with this: https://t.co/ak5mQ4s3NH — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

One more time, all together: The worst and most destructive sources of disinformation aren't 4Chan, FB groups or QAnon. It's the largest media corporations, which insist on the power to censor in the name of "disinformation": yes, protecting *their* disinformation from dissent. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Here's the most notorious example of this corrupted journalistic practice in the last 5 years. It doesn't get enough attention. The Guardian added "sources say" only after the story was proven false. Their excuse now is: we won't retract it because sources *did* tell us this. https://t.co/hvthMgXHTB — PolitiTweet.org

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To be clear: this process isn't passive. They're not just mindless receptacles for false propaganda. They choose who they regard as Experts, *and who they don't,* based on who aligns with their ideology. Their core function is to serve as spokespeople for establishment power. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

This is exactly how most of them think: Our job is to go to those we regard as the Experts, the Elites, the Authorities, and then write down what they tell us to say: *without the slightest regard for whether it's true or not.* That's what produces destructive trash like this: https://t.co/x2FHHKxvQY — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Please show me a single tweet that encapsulates the rotted journalistic mindset that has done the most to destroy public trust in journalists -- deservedly so. Oh, thank you @REWearmouth, Deputy Politics Editor of the @NewStatesman, for such an usually explicit expression of it! https://t.co/kaHdRCoHgJ — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @cliftonaduncan: @chrislhayes I think it's very hard to communicate to bourgeois, out of touch "professionals" just how savvy "median vo… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @teddyschleifer: NEW: How Pete Buttigieg became the new toast of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest donors. Here's a deep look at Buttigieg, M… — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The job of journalism, at its core, is to shine a light on, critique, and hold accountable the nation's most powerful actors. People who use the gigantic megaphones of NBC, CNN, the WPost obviously qualify. Of course employees of media corporations merit scrutiny and critique. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

As the hysteria forms over this, could someone *please offer the rationale for why it is permissible for @BrandyZadrozny to use the world's most powerful media corporation to target and expose citizens whose politics she dislikes, but it's a moral evil for others to critique her? — PolitiTweet.org

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@pacoromane @mattlieb About leftists using my husband's life-threatening illness that he's been fighting in an ICU bed for close to 3 months? Yep, pretty mad about it. Not surprised though. I know that's what people like you are. — PolitiTweet.org

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@oadegbolamdphd @GOPLeader Yes, I seriously doubt it. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

It's inherently bizarre that the movement to agitate for more and more internet censorship in the name of "disinformation" is led by "journalists." That they work in a profession dominated by the worst liars -- where lying is *rewarded* -- makes it all the more amazing. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

During the Iraq War debate, there were 3-5 journalists who stood out for most brazenly ratifying outright lies. Almost all *thrived.* Arguably the worst was @JeffreyGoldberg, who went on to become Editor-in-Chief of the Atlantic. What does one expect such a magazine to produce? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

If GOP wins House and Kevin McCarthy starts copying Pelosi's unprecedented tactics - banishing various House Dems from all Committees, rejecting Pelosi's choices for Committees - there will be endless articles in the Atlantic and New Yorker on this "fascist" attacks on norms. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @redsteeze: https://t.co/n7gFsgmVXR — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@delance2 Without doubt. The phrase "freedom of speech" is now treated as a right-wing or even fascist value by certain sectors of the Brazilian left if one explicitly defends it. I can show that first-hand. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Last month, NYT profiled the same judge, asking if he seized powers typically regarded as authoritarian in the name of "saving democracy." This is the same debate happening throughout the West: whether censorship and other authoritarian powers are noble: https://t.co/WLdbdkgkj4 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The NYT profiles what is probably the most powerful judge on the planet: Alexandre de Moraes of Brazil's Supreme Court. He's imprisoned a Congressman, forced bloggers into exile, closed entire apps, and now is the sole power to remove "fake news" online: https://t.co/4JGqeox9DC — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@RobertLusetich @Cirincione I'm not suggesting an equivalency. I'm suggesting that the only rational step when patriots like you discover a network of disloyal Americans whose real allegiance is to Moscow is to have some competent body conduct an investigation into their unAmerican activities. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@RobertLusetich @Cirincione That's why I'm suggesting a sequel to the HUAC. There are, as he (and you) warn, many people with questionable loyalties and it's important that we root out anyone with possible sympathies for Moscow or the Kremlin from all key American institutions to ensure full patriotism. — PolitiTweet.org