Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Tubewayarmy29 @gluonspring @mattyglesias You just claimed I vehemently advocated for the Iraq invasion. I didn't start writing about politics until late 2005: 2 1/2 years after the debate over that invasion. *Can you link to my 2002/2003 advocacy?* I started a blog in Oct 2005 to oppose Bush/Cheney's War on Terror.👇 https://t.co/G0DQnUNzjz — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@mattyglesias Did you criticize Obama when he spent years refusing to send lethal arms to Ukraine on the ground that Ukraine is and always will be of vital interest to Russia, but never has will be of vital interest to the US, certainly not risking war over with Russia? 2016: https://t.co/tvzlsH1naM — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Tubewayarmy29 @gluonspring @mattyglesias You're confusing me with Hillary, Biden, John Kerry and Matt. I wasn't writing or speaking about politics in 2002 and 2003 during the debate over Iraq. The first time I wrote about it was in my 2006 book - 4 years later - when I described my ambivalence due to being apolitical. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@readonlyfollow @mattyglesias I spent the morning having this discussion with them in which many were named: https://t.co/WC8wj5ZZrz — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@mattyglesias Yes, I'm talking about the progressive media figures who insist they are vehemently opposed to the US role in Ukraine in general andBiden's $40b war package in particular who have said nothing about the Squad's unanimous support even though their brand is built around the Squad. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@TanaGaneva Nobody wants to risk nuclear war but you and AOC are doing it anyway. AOC voted for this for the same reason Hillary and Biden voted for the Iraq War in 2002: she has aspirations for higher office. Plus, in AOC's case, she's afraid of Pelosi and Dems' punishment for disobedience — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Real_Steve_P https://t.co/rcCaV5bbtO — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@CuateBoliviano What does that have to do with the Squad's unanimous support for Biden's $40b war package to Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and the CIA? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@SandyMoly They don't want to go on record supporting all of this because they know it will turn into a shit show and they want to pretend they opposed it all along, but they're also not allowed to criticize the Squad, so they just abstain from the single most important US war in decades. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Real_Steve_P My husband is an elected member of Congress in Brazil, so I'd prefer not to abandon him and our children by leaving them to move back to the US in order to prove something to you. I do, however, think David provides an excellent model of how to maintain principles and do deals. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@TanaGaneva My plan is to encourage people like you (and AOC) who claim it's worth risking nuclear war over to heed, not ignore, Zelansky's pleas that people like you go to Ukraine and help them fight Russia instead of staying on Twitter posturing like Churchill. https://t.co/y4dcSsA8KT — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@CuateBoliviano I answered that, but what does that have to do with the Squad's unanimous support for Biden's $40b war package to Raytheon, Lockheed and the CIA? As I said, cowards like you will try to talk about anything other than the Squad's support - you just showed how it's done. Thanks. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@mtracey Right, the imbeciles of the Bernie/AOC left concocted ways to fall into line behind Bernie and Maddow in support. Those who thought they were too smart for that postured with ironic, above-it-all detachment. All along, it was used to foster anti-Russian animus & a new Cold War. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

https://t.co/S6gpVh2962 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The gulf between the international left and the US Bernie/AOC "left" could not be larger. https://t.co/OAlHsY9jQz — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The gulf between the international left and the US Bernie/AOC "left" would not be larger. https://t.co/eAmlySsNex — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@TanaGaneva Anyway, the progressive media figures I'm talking about are the ones who aren't so gullible and propagandized as to think the US fights wars for benevolent ends. They're the ones who oppose the US role in Ukraine but are afraid to criticize the Squad for supporting it. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@TanaGaneva LOL. Yes, everyone knows the way to fight wars of aggression and defend human rights is to give billions without end to Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and the CIA. This is exactly what was said to justify the Vietnam War: the US is benevolently fighting North Vietnamese aggression. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@MarkNyes I have never cared *why* a politician does the right thing, only that they do. I believe that many Dem politicians and pundits who opposed the Iraq War did so only because it was a GOP President and they represented liberal districts (<cough>Obama<cough>): it was still right. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@PatrickofBama She me on the doll where I hurt you. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Steve_in_TO It's a fact that most of the $40b goes to weapons manufacturers and the CIA. This is what Cori Bush said when explaining her YES vote: https://t.co/rUjOanVb9A — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

What makes this subject infinitely more uncomfortable for progressive media figures who say they're against US involvement in Ukraine is the only elected officials willing to ask questions or dissent are right-wing members of the GOP. This fact is shattering to their world-view. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The lengths to which progressive media figures have gone to avoid having to directly criticize the Squad for unanimously voting for Biden's $40b war package to Raytheon and CIA is amazing to behold. They will literally talk about anything to avoid having to address this. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@TemujinSubodai He was also a huge fan of Rachel Maddow and all of his animating views were ones shared by Chait and other standard DNC pundits. https://t.co/u57Fw2J4C7 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@MsMet5 Jon Chait isn't my friend and I'm not defending his hateful rhetoric. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Jonathan Chait repeatedly used NY Magazine and MSNBC to insist that Trump and his GOP allies were traitors to the country, fascists, white nationalists and Russian assets -- *exactly* the ideas that drove James Hodgkinson to spree-shoot and almost murder Steve Scalise. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The Homeland Security Disinformation Board died at the exactly the same tragically young age as CNN+: 22 days. Apr. 27-May 18, 2022: #RIP It's a bad two months for agents of disinformation masquerading as anti-disinformation crusaders. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @redsteeze: False. This is dangerous transphobia being pushed by The NY Times. https://t.co/QU2x1C8wQU — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

What, specifically, is the "DHS's work" when it comes to disinformation? Do they decide what is and is not disinformation? Do they use specific powers to "combat" it? It's not just the new Board itself that is unclear. DHS's entire role in all of this is unclear - and creepy. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@WobblyLeft @NathanJRobinson Nathan knows that's the point. He just doesn't want to criticize the Squad for supporting such a dangerous and grotesque war bill, especially when the only Congressional opposition comes from the right -- this fact is shattering to his worldview and his readers' -- hence this. — PolitiTweet.org