Glenn Greenwald

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The most bizarre part of the Taylor Lorenz discourse has always been: if you criticize her, people will yell at you for "bullying a young woman." Aside from the fact that she writes for the West's most influential papers, she somehow convinced everyone she's 23, not close to 40 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The most bizarre part of the Taylor Lorenz discourse has always been: if you criticize her, people will yell at you for "bullying a young woman." Aside from the fact that she's writes for the West's most influential papers, she somehow convinced everyone she's 23, not close to 40 — PolitiTweet.org

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@MaxAbrahms How many leaders have been declared the New Hitler in the last 20 years? https://t.co/SUdy42BHWq — PolitiTweet.org

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That it's vital that we accept that anyone who questions or challenges the pronouncements of authorities must be banned and silenced from the internet by Silicon Valley monopolies, no matter how wrong those authorities have proven to be: an important two-year training session. — PolitiTweet.org

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@froomkin @nytopinion FIRE is one of the only groups in the country that consistently defends the rights of Palestinians and other critics of Israel from the systematic attacks on their free speech rights on campuses. What a bizarre thing for a "right-wing group" to do: https://t.co/lVyNFNCorm — PolitiTweet.org

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@zfurnas Do you know what Yemen is? Have you checked out what the Saudis have done to that country and/or what they are doing right this moment? https://t.co/w3CPKQpQDb — PolitiTweet.org

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What's the argument that Saudi Arabia is more moral, ethical, humane and/or democratic than Russia, and buying oil from the Saudi despots instead of Russia is an advancement of noble or virtuous values? Does anyone have a link to an article that would help understand this view? — PolitiTweet.org

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I don't think the discourse has been as united, closed, and intolerant of questioning or dissent since the days after 9/11. Due to social media, it may even be worse now. Most disturbingly, every day it gets worse, not better, due to the unprecedented media attention on Ukraine. — PolitiTweet.org

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There's no space to question anything justified in the name of stopping -- and destroying -- Russia. Any attempt to suggest that it's misguided or not thought through or irrational or will produce more suffering in the long-term produces instant accusations of pro-Putin sympathy. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Dorkseid1 @RPBradley1 Do you know what Yemen is? — PolitiTweet.org

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@RPBradley1 Saudi Arabia is now "the lesser of two evils"? I can't fathom how warped, insular, selfish, and stunted someone's moral framework must be to assert this. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AliAbunimah: Check this out. In 2019, @nytimes accurately described Azov Battalion as "Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitary organization" (l… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @IlhanMN: The consequences of flooding Ukraine with billion dollars in 🇺🇸 weapons, likely not limited to just military-specific equipmen… — PolitiTweet.org

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Apparently, the way to get a "clean conscience" is to stop buying oil from Russia and buy it instead from Saudi Arabia (which, with US/UK help and along with Iran, has been waging a hideous war in Yemen that, for some odd reason, gets little attention). https://t.co/cOyhpNnbqi — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ryangrim: .@IlhanMN tells us she’s a no on the legislation being written to ban Russian oil imports, which’ll include additional sancti… — PolitiTweet.org

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Stephen Colbert -- who earns $15 million per year from CBS and has a net worth approaching $100 million -- says it's worth it to endure higher gas prices so that you have a "clean conscience." — PolitiTweet.org

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Stephen Colbert -- who earns $15 million per year from CBS and has a net worth approaching $100 million -- says it's worth it to endure higher gas prices because so that you have a "clean conscience." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ClintEhrlich: The West thinks sanctions are hurting Putin. They have it backwards: His power inside Russia is surging. A thread on… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @aaronjmate: On the Biden admin's strategy in Ukraine: "I do think the plan is to prolong the fighting… to complete the destruction of… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Lefty_Jew: That's right. Get ethical gas and oil from Saudi Arabia. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SirajAHashmi: blocked, but the List comes for all, @MaxBoot. ✍️✍️✍️ https://t.co/7IcSgeD2Vg — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RichardEngel: Checkpoint in kyiv stuffed with Soviet-era books. Many about communism and political theory in the USSR. A local commande… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Isikoff: In new @SkullduggeryPod @RepMalinowski urges Biden Admin to consider putting NATO troops on the ground in western Ukraine - to… — PolitiTweet.org

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@jazzscribe The Feb 23 poll was taken after weeks after warnings from the US Govt and the media that Russia was going to invade. They had amassed a huge number of troops on the border. It wasn't a poll from 8 years ago. It was from less than 3 weeks ago. — PolitiTweet.org

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From a Feb. 23 poll, just over 2 weeks ago: "A majority of Americans oppose a major US role in the ongoing tensions between Ukraine and Russia." When both parties' leaders fully unite in messaging with almost all of the US corporate media, it's potent. https://t.co/5SDiIFMNs4 https://t.co/X9tzgMUaEE — PolitiTweet.org

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And note there's almost zero partisan difference. These views are fully bipartisan. There was (and, to a lesser extent, still is) some heterodoxy and debate within right-wing media circles, but GOP officials themselves have been 100% pro-Ukraine along with Dems from the start. — PolitiTweet.org

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It's definitely reasonable to assume -- and the Reuters article suggests -- that many people who say they support a no-fly zone don't realize all that it entails. But just 2 weeks ago, large majorities didn't want a major US role in Ukraine. That changed radically and quickly. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Some 74% of Americans - including solid majorities of Republicans and Democrats - said the US and its allies in the NATO should impose a no-fly zone in Ukraine, the poll found. An equally bipartisan 80% of Americans said the United States should stop buying Russian oil." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ICRC: We’ve received thousands of questions on the Geneva Conventions. So, we’re going to break down the rules of war you need to know… — PolitiTweet.org

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@SatiricalJW @neontaster This was the Bush/Cheney argument for why the Geneva Conventions don't apply to detainees in the War on Terror. It's now regarded as a shameful argument (though not by all: Liz Cheney still supports it). Ukraine itself rejects your argument: https://t.co/U8nYI0TFeM — PolitiTweet.org