Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

At the Intercept, Pierre Omidyar never interfered in the editorial process. He never told anyone what they couldn't say. But he became a fanatical, vocal Russiagater and #NeverTrumper, so senior editors - desperate to keep their huge salaries - hired writers to echo his views. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Of course Bezos, like most owners of major media corporations, doesn't pick up the phone or write emails telling journalists what to say. He doesn't need to. Everyone knows what the taboo ideas are and the pieties they must affirm. Large corporations only hire those who conform. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The typical denial from corporate journalists that they're totally free to say whatever they want and operate with no constraints - because they never get memos ordering them what to say - is such a naïve and even infantile way of understanding how corporate power works. Chomsky: https://t.co/gKv8Hwdx6O — PolitiTweet.org

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@VivekGRamaswamy Exactly. And I still want to know what possible work the Department of Homeland Security can legitimately conduct when it comes to decreeing what is and is not "disinformation." — PolitiTweet.org

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For starkly revealing the unbearable absurdity of US discourse over the past 3 months -- and the people who leading it -- I never imagined anything could surpass this surreal and dizzying Fox moment with Condoleezza Rice. Yet George Bush blew past it: https://t.co/JAIeGBcrs4 — PolitiTweet.org

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This captures the absurdity and deceit of our current discourse so completely and fully that it's hard to believe it actually happened. It's so rare for perfection this pure to materialize. The universe is speaking loudly here. Appreciate what it just provided: — PolitiTweet.org

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Starting now! — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

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@ajwimsatt @vonbrauckmann @elonmusk You're absolutely right. Trying hard to have more complex discussions on Callin, in deep-dive video reports on Rumble, in long-form journalism on Substack, rather than the distortion-chamber of Twitter. Not always succeeding! But trying. — PolitiTweet.org

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@guygiberson @jonathanchait It did manifest many times. Numerous examples of people killing in the name of anti-police hatred or a view that murder is necessary to combat white supremacy. The Scalise shooting was a perfect example: a Maddow-worshipping Dem targeting GOP lawmakers: https://t.co/90dFTbCA8Z — PolitiTweet.org

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@DylanLeigh03 Like this, as but one example: https://t.co/x5iwBFc5Gl — PolitiTweet.org

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@jonathanchait Your view that Trump and his GOP allies are traitorous Kremlin agents, white nationalists, fascists, and eager to overthrow US democracy and replace it with racist tyranny is also inherently conducive to extremism. Violence isn't irrational for those who you convince of that. — PolitiTweet.org

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@2ndalexhiggins @44lomba @RichSandersen @jonathanchait LOL. Other than those little things, he sucks. One day I hope to reach the towering heights of journalistic accomplishments where Chait and only a small handful of other giants reside. https://t.co/EYqIe8LqNP — PolitiTweet.org

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@richgjaci @getcallin He's been on the cover of NY Magazine with his conspiracy theories and on MSNBC. So many have heard his rantings. But Maddow surely does, and the Scalise shooter proclaimed his lover for her and was driven 100% by her core views. https://t.co/u57Fw2J4C7 — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a key point. DHS doesn't regret what they did. They don't want to relinquish control over what can and can't be said over the internet through the power they seized to declare Truth and Falsity. Their only mistake was a messaging one. Hence the "pause" to rebrand: — PolitiTweet.org

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@danieldersch @elonmusk I don't either. — PolitiTweet.org

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On my @GetCallin podcast tonight, 9pm ET, I'll examine if there are consistent standards for blaming political/media figures for violence carried out by others. Plus: DHS's creepy Truth Ministry is dead. And: the Squad, Ukraine and progressive media: https://t.co/8b5u08F8Tt — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davidmirandario: Questionei hoje o ministro das Relações Exteriores, Carlos França, sobre alguns pontos críticos da diplomacia brasilei… — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattsteinglass 1. It shows people like you are total frauds for deciding that Ukrainian lives are so much more valuable than the Yemeni and other non-white lives your governments routinely extinguish or whose freedom they gleefully crush. 2. Humor me. What's the answer to my stupid question? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ytyukhnin Yes, obviously there are many actual people, who have been on Twitter for a long time, who vehemently disagree with me about Ukraine. While huge numbers in the Global South reject the US/NATO consensus, most in the West fully support it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@vonbrauckmann @rochampbeaux @elonmusk The compliments and expression of support I value most are from those who say they disagree with me on some or even many key issues. That's the type of readership I always tried to cultivate. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattsteinglass Yes, the US supports all kinds of heinous, homophobic despots who engage in wars of aggression and other acts of tyranny, with US/UK support. Putin isn't special. Have you heard of Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt? Can you answer my question? I'm genuinely interested to know. — PolitiTweet.org

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@readonlyfollow @mattyglesias No, I get it. There are left-wing writers who are genuinely opposed to the escalated US role in Ukraine, including at Jacobin. That's what makes the large-scale silence over the Squad's unanimous YES vote for Biden's war package so conspicuous. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattsteinglass Yes, in that regard Putin is very similar to, and in some case better than, many of America's closest and most important allies: regimes that exist only due to US support. But since you feel so strongly about it, why haven't you heeded Zelensky's pleas? https://t.co/y4dcSsA8KT — PolitiTweet.org

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@rochampbeaux @elonmusk Yes, it's also true that many people who attack me are those who believe that journalists have a life-long obligation to echo and support each and every one of their opinions, and get sad and disappointed if they don't. I didn't say *all* critics are new accounts. I said many. — PolitiTweet.org

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Democratic leaders can simultaneously tell their followers they're horrified and enraged by the attempt to outlaw abortion, all while they campaign for an anti-abortion Dem against a viable pro-choice challenger, because they understand the subservient mindset of Dem herd-voters. — PolitiTweet.org

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I don't know if @ElonMusk is right that there are far more bots and multiple users on Twitter than the company admits, but I know a large percentage of the people who attack me daily about Ukraine are ones who have created their account in the last 4-8 weeks and have 0 followers. — PolitiTweet.org

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@readonlyfollow @mattyglesias Many writers at Jacobin are indeed vocally opposed to the US role in Ukraine. That's my whole point. Many on the left are opposed to the US proxy war in Ukraine yet few to none have criticized the Squad for their support for it. You just illustrated my point. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TheOneNOnlyWes @readonlyfollow @mattyglesias He has 88k followers and you have 116, showing many people - including me - read his magazine and listen to what he says. Either way, people asked for examples of the category I described and he - along with the others named in that thread - are some of the examples I referenced. — PolitiTweet.org

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@cameronmattis @mattyglesias Obama long refused to send lethal arms to Ukraine despite bipartisan demands he do so -- even after Russia annexed Crimea and was fighting supporting separatists in Eastern Ukraine -- based on his argument that Ukraine wasn't a vital interest to the US:👇 https://t.co/hCvrjmGt2q — PolitiTweet.org