Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@RagnarWeilandt @martyrmade The point is that those who were saying it were routinely and reflexively vilified as Saddam apologists, including the Europeans you mentioned. The hatred toward France was so intense that there were weekly neocon columns attacking them, "Freedom Fries", boycotting wine, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @martyrmade: “Iraq doesn’t have WMD” was once a Saddam talking point & Ba’athist propaganda. — PolitiTweet.org

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@annawoine @tomgara Some people believe -- and get as close as possible to saying -- that in certain critical moments, journalism should largely be geared toward propaganda, and journalists should refrain from reporting any facts that negate the popular propagandist narrative: not "useful." — PolitiTweet.org

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2019: https://t.co/XK15gfMSRy — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@SnitchCrumby Fascism, like having the US insist that the "real President" of a foreign country is someone who never received a single vote to be President by any citizens of that country but would serve the interests of the US if he were? — PolitiTweet.org

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It's borderline-amusing that the entire bipartisan US political class spent years proclaiming that the real leader of Venezuela is "President Juan Guaidó," but the minute they need something, that's instantly abandoned for: "President Maduro, we'd like to meet with you." — PolitiTweet.org

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@trickamsterdam I did. Your brain wasn't able to concentrate enough to get to the third tweet that contained the evidence. And there's plenty more. https://t.co/7De8nonm1u — PolitiTweet.org

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@tomgara That's bullshit. Whatever Zelensky is doesn't justify or even bear on Russia's invasion. But there's a huge propaganda campaign about who he is that's based on falsehoods, and who he is is vital to assessing the US strategy. Journalism isn't supposed to be cheerleading for anyone — PolitiTweet.org

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@FeelsLlc You got deceived by dishonest journalists taking one tweet out of context to make it appear as if I presented no evidence. I've been citing prominent people saying this for weeks, and that thread includes ample evidence: the opposite of what you believe: https://t.co/YM6slUu2X9 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

In every war that interests the US, any dissenters of any kind are automatically branded by its corporate media as traitors, on the side of the Enemy, sympathizing with the Evildoers. A WashPost column today maligns a large number of media figures this way. Here's Peter Hitchens: https://t.co/PArHcm0vv6 — PolitiTweet.org

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@drinkwaterjoh https://t.co/7BscTGqzsK — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

All of his utterances go viral as unquestioned fact, often included in major western media outlets, no matter how bereft of evidence they are. Again, maybe you don't care. You like what he says, don't want to know. But journalism isn't about pleasing. https://t.co/7BscTGqzsK — PolitiTweet.org

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One of the most beloved and influential accounts about the war has been @IAPonomarenko of the "The Kyiv Independent." 40k followers on Feb. 21, now almost 1m. He has ties with Azov, a neo-Nazi group. Maybe you care, maybe not. But journalism should include facts, not boosterism. — PolitiTweet.org

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The US/NATO are flooding this country with very dangerous weapons. It's clear they intend to arm an insurgency for years to keep Russia bogged down. Some journalists have decided their role is activism for Ukraine, but journalism must highlight the risks from this, including Azov https://t.co/1XTud0M7y5 — PolitiTweet.org

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Just last year, even **the Atlantic Council** was warning about Zelensky's deeply disturbing and seemingly corrupt dependence on this Ukrainian oligarch, under sanctions in the west, and the favors and silencing of dissent done on his behalf: https://t.co/VmUayy4dRO — PolitiTweet.org

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It's not as if people are suddenly inventing or dredging up these claims about Zelensky's massive wealth being laundered and hidden throughout the west through his ties to the Ukrainian oligarch funding Azov. Read this, from 2021 on the Pandora Papers: https://t.co/j3OVLDpz68 — PolitiTweet.org

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There are so many relevant facts that run counter to the mandated narrative for which no space exists now. But it's always the same cycle with wars: it takes weeks, usually months, sometimes years for the mob inebriation to wear off, and only then does sobriety and regret emerge. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @schwarz: The expansion of NATO after the end of the Cold War only outraged ultra-nationalist revanchist Russians such as Mikhail Gorbac… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FortyDeuceTwits: it is wild to me that very smart people who absolutely should know better are just RT’ing blatantly unsourced claims a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @abovetheclouds: @IAPonomarenko This you? https://t.co/gmzpNFna4R https://t.co/ojuuo11lWD — PolitiTweet.org

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And as one stays engrossed by the lockstep media messaging on this platform, it's worth keeping this in mind: https://t.co/gyLplX8thJ — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

No matter how certain one is about their convictions regarding the war, it's still worthwhile - urgent even, given how united the consensus is - to read informed alternative views, such as this article by Peter Hitchens, who has long covered this region: https://t.co/ebsSQJkclv — PolitiTweet.org

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I realize the current situation is an important emotional moment -- we get to unite to be proud of our government; CIA is back!; we're fighting on the right side against the New New Hitler -- but that bar criticism of US/NATO or questioning if its stated goals are its real ones. — PolitiTweet.org

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Beyond the evidence above, read this thread from Univ. of Ottawa Political Scientist @I_Katchanovski on US/NATO goals in Ukraine: "Western governments want to fight #Russia to the last Ukrainian...the US treats Ukrainians just as tools to fight Russia."👇 https://t.co/CuKoY4isak — PolitiTweet.org

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@TimJDillon @jessesingal @kittypurrzog And you know when it breaks down, she pulls that wrench out and fixes it with great ease, and joy. I was going to say she puts on her overalls but she's wearing those always, car work or not. — PolitiTweet.org

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@carrtmannnn No, he knows that Burisma's large payments to a totally unqualified Hunter Biden signify that at least some US elites have financial and other selfish interests in Ukraine, not just a benevolent and selfless desire to help out of love of democracy and freedom. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jessesingal It also reveals their incredibly condescending view that nobody except enlightened liberals can think for themselves, and that nobody would have had any questions about radical changes in gender ideology had it not been for the professional pundit class putting it in their heads. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Bowl_of_Worcel I don't think that was his point. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jonbirenbaum Me neither. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@talkrealopinion Hope some liberal sees the video and then goes up to him on the street and asks him whether the Russian sanctions have interrupted his Kremlin stream of rubles. — PolitiTweet.org