Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@davidcnswanson Also, my husband spent 6 years as an elected official in Brazil in a socialist party so he and many others like him probably count as my talking to leftists, beyond the large number of left-wing presidents and leaders I've interviewed or otherwise participated in talks with. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@davidcnswanson I interviewed Evo, Lula, Dilma, Corbyn, Chomsky and AOC, among others. So I'm acutely aware of the difference between the international left and what passes for the US "left." Who are the prominent US leftists objecting to Big Tech censorship and DHS/FBI's role? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

I already know most on the liberal-left see nothing wrong with the US Security State (and Dems generally) instructing Big Tech how to censor, but Americans should instinctively recoil. It's too much even for this #Resistance professor & WPost columnist: https://t.co/JdJMNMUbjp — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

This has been demonstrated many times -- most recently by the reporting of @lhfang and @kenklippenstein: here are Big Tech execs saying they meet regularly with the US Security State (FBI/DHS) to hear their demands for censorship and talks about "threats" https://t.co/eZZXAJc4Gn — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

A classic hallmark of "fascism" is uniting corporate and state power to control the population, particularly by dictating what they can and can't say. This is exactly what Dems have been doing with the internet, as the very people claiming to be "anti-fascism" warriors cheer. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

It goes without saying that a Senator using his power to punish private companies for mocking him -- or, worse, for refusing to obey his censorship orders -- is a grave and dangerous abuse of power. That so many left-liberals cheer this tells you who they are and how they think. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

And @SenMarkey in particular has been one of the Democrats most explicit in telling Big Tech executives: you either "take down" the posts we regard as dangerous, or you will face legal and regulatory punishment. This is a core Democratic Party threat: https://t.co/kTmOH4gzjM — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

This has been the most overlooked part of the debate over Big Tech censorship from the start. This is not, as liberal censorship defenders claim, a case of private companies deciding to censor. They're doing it under explicit punishment threats from Dems: https://t.co/KBMZpFjqpj — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

So revealing how many liberals and "leftists" are telling Musk he's stupid and reckless for speaking irreverently to a Senator (!), especially one with power over his companies. These people are such fucking authoritarians: you speak to Democratic Senators with respect or else! https://t.co/7kPtUEbVsd — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@here4theshtshow That's part of the argument expressed in the article. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@here4theshtshow Did you read the article before commenting on it? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

There's always been an interesting tension in how anti-semitism accusations are treated in "anti-cancel culture" discourse and how similar types of bigotry accusations are treated. The above article is designed to examine whether these principles are consistently applied. https://t.co/ES3FH012e0 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The Cudgel of Antisemitism: Is there a crisis of hatred against Western Jews, or are they just another causality in the game of victimhood politics? By Sam Kriss, for our "Outside Voices" op-ed section on Substack: https://t.co/FVAKGw0AWC — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RepThomasMassie: Taxing Americans, printing money, and taking on more debt, to send billions of dollars overseas with very little overs… — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@abradacabla David Frum is a fascist. You just deny that because he's a Democrat now, but if I'm "defending" Kent, then you're "defending" Frum, and between the two of them, Frum has far more blood on his hands, and far more lawless authoritarianism, than Kent can get close to. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@EdAsante77 You're correct. I noted it in the prior tweet. He actually vowed to vote on authorizing military force (Obama, of course, didn't are about Congressional authorization as he proved in Libya). But mostly DeSantis was aligned with GOP on these issues: https://t.co/am8hMhC1Nx — PolitiTweet.org

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@Chateaubriand__ https://t.co/mLkn2oF90Z — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@elonmusk @SenMarkey @washingtonpost Here's @SenMarkey demanding tech companies censor in accordance with his political views, all in the context of his party threatening social media companies with legal and regulatory reprisals if they fail to obey their censorship orders. Classic tyranny: https://t.co/j64rCdZ82L — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

And here's @justinamash -- always a consistent voice and vote against needless US wars and surveillance -- on both DeSantis and Pompeo, with whom he served in the House. It'll be interesting to see how DeSantis positions himself now on foreign policy: https://t.co/6qcjn2f6u3 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

One last point on DeSantis' record in the House on foreign policy and how it compares to Trump's 2016 campaign vision (which, again, Trump's Admin often did not follow). DeSantis did denounce and oppose Obama's intent to use military force in Syria: https://t.co/ZfBtvP31XY — PolitiTweet.org

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@callmebonesaw @HeerJeet I'm in full agreement that the liberal-left wields anti-gay tropes and bigoted homophobic lies to for their own advantage -- and to smear their enemies -- exactly the way the lowest sectors of the American right do. That's my point. Also applies to racism and misogyny. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Watch this and marvel at how easy it is to train part of the American population (the super-enlightened liberal class) to believe that what was always unthinkable and unacceptable is, in fact, totally normal and always has been: https://t.co/ZsZS3XkbCe — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@JarekFA @HeerJeet Thank you. The “rumor” is an absolute lie spread by the liberal-left because they know that the easiest way to discredit a gay man is to claim he has sex with under aged boys, so they gleefully exploit that bigoted trope. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@haildvorak They key phrase there is "to the extent there even is one." The votes to send tens of billions of dollars to Raytheon, General Dynamics and CIA "for Ukraine" with no safeguards of any kind was *unanimous* among Dems. 6 or 7 dozen Republicans voted no. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@hunkenjoyer @HeerJeet Wise choice, you little coward. Go run away and stay hidden, if you can. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

There are valid reasons why Dems like David Frum would dislike Joe Kent politically. But it's possible only for so long to keep getting Americans to send billions and their kids to wars that only benefit the David Frums and Pelosis of the world, elites who hate those they send. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The international left continues to be anti-war and opposes the US's Endless War posture. But that is sadly absent in the US "left," which stands united in support of those policies. Maybe it's Hawley, or Rand Paul, or someone needed to denounce this: https://t.co/Mdi8A8hX7h — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

This is why Ron Paul was able to go around Iowa and SC in 2008 and say: why are we allowing neocons and the Cheneys to send your kids to die in pointless wars that only benefit them while you struggle with poor jobs and no health care? That's the tension Trump recognized in 2016 https://t.co/qSzja7GgYw — PolitiTweet.org

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Look how repulsive this is. @joekent16jan19 risked his life to fight in the wars that @DavidFrum sent other American families to go fight in, but not his own kids. Kent lost his wife in those wars. And now Frum depicts *himself* as the Paragon of Decency, and Kent as "indecent." https://t.co/fA5dZSDqsH — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

And on DeSantis, what @ZaidJilani says is true. I'm not assuming DeSantis still advocates old GOP foreign policy. Many people evolve as they see more (smart people by definition do so). Just saying his House votes were aligned with traditional GOP policy: https://t.co/ZZfqmzvgbW — PolitiTweet.org