Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Del4163 Nobody is claiming the lab leak theory is definitively proven and the debate now closed You're extremely confused about the point. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@the_best_frank It's an idiotic bill proposed by a single state legislator. There is no indication it has any chance to pass and, if it did, it'd be declared unconstitutional. I'm not here to serve your trivial partisan obsessions. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Del4163 Nobody is claimed the debate is closed and that the lab leak theory is definitively proven. You're extremely confused about the point. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Very good reporting from @woodruffbets on how a program inside DHS devoted to likely illegal domestic intelligence-gathering on political protests and dissidents includes interrogating prisoners without lawyers, with whistleblowers intimidated: https://t.co/IKNHkMrgNx — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Every now and then I recall that Don Lemon -- who spent the Trump years building his new brand by lecturing everyone on how anyone opposed to Dems are bigots and troglodytes -- is now undergoing "formal training" to cure his serial misogyny. And each time, I find it hilarious. https://t.co/saNcT2GusT — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Exactly. If one theory of COVID's origin had to be racist - and, for liberals, every view deviating from theirs must be - mocking the Chinese's primitive, filthy food markets was vastly worse than suspecting it leaked from a sophisticated US-supported lab https://t.co/kOx4ApEcEe — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

When it came to COVID's origin, all that should have mattered is the truth. But since liberals can't engage in debate without calling everyone racists, somehow "lab leak" became racist. Far more racist were liberals who blame COVID on China's primitive, filthy food markets. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

To ban the "lab leak" possibility, liberals like the NYT's main COVID reporter did the only thing they do: labeled as "racist" any views that diverge from theirs. Listen to Colbert *still* defending the wet market theory and - if one theory must be racist - tell me which it is: https://t.co/4QW3Dk7EYG — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Probably the most incredible media fact -- one so shameful the NYT has to ignore it -- is that their lead COVID reporter maligned the lab leak theory as **racist**, only for key parts of the USG itself to now admit it's a likely explanation. Fauci gave the orders; they obeyed. https://t.co/p3sOcKBW0C — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Add this near the top of the mountains of media scandals. On a vital question of this generation - how did COVID originate? - they claimed a certainty they lacked, and banished a theory that was fully viable, because they prioritized their partisan allegiances above reporting. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Everyone saw this happen. It was never justified to treat as proven COVID's zoonotic origin, nor any reason to mock the "lab leak" theory. But media outlets did. That's because COVID's origin became politicized, and media outlets, as always, sided with their ideological tribe. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@wesyang Jon Stewart deserves no sympathy. He aggressively employs these tactics against liberal enemies that he's now decrying. He's just hurt because he thought he was supposed to be immune - he's proved his Goodness to them over the years - and instead they turned it on him.😢 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@theramblingfool @kittypurrzog I agree it's not technically false, but by headlining the dismissal in the first sentence and in all-caps, the strong impression is that is ended in the defendant's favor. All it took was a little asking to know she paid him, and the tweet at best underplays if not hides that. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@philoshua Yes, I've praised them multiple times which I why I'd be willing to bet anything they act with independence from Colbert. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@philoshua Stephen Colbert is a standard Trump-era liberal in every way. Any deviation from liberal dogma is mocked and condemned by him every night as fascist and racist. Of course he gave his friend and boss more leeway, but when Stewart didn't stop, Colbert did the same thing to him. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

As @kittypurrzog notes, that the creator of the vile "Shitty Media Men List" is now paying is being predictably ignored by the part of the media that cheered it and her. One of them is even trying to imply the case was "dismissed" as though Donegan won: https://t.co/82eveINpCZ — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Circulating an anonymous industry-wide list that allowed people to be wildly defamed with no safeguards was a repulsive thing to do. It damaged the careers of many people and terrorized others on the list. Good that its creator, @MoiraDonegan, is paying with some accountability. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@philoshua Colbert ended the segment by desperately placing the worst insult possible in Left-Liberalville on Jon Stewart's forehead: "Since when did you start working for Ron Johnson?" When Stewart there is saying he got accused of being alt-right, it started with Colbert's reaction. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Dore also reviews the pathetic way Colbert responded to the "lab leak" news. That "wet market" v. "lab leak" got polarized along partisan lines was insane, but if you're intent on calling one racist, watch how Colbert defends the "wet market" theory: https://t.co/IibLAcvTGy — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

It took Stewart almost 18 months to mention this again, doing so only once the USG said its key science teams also think this. Stewart spent the time earning absolution by performatively embracing every left-liberal piety. @jimmy_dore has a great review: https://t.co/nfV6QVZJds — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

In mid-2021, Jon Stewart infuriated his liberal flock - and visibly frightened Colbert - by saying he thought "lab leak" was the most likely COVID origin. Now he says he learned US liberals are like a cult: any deviation gets you labeled a far-right fascist and racist enemy: — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@BryanSamuels427 The LP does grasp it - they know Trump saw that their establishment ideology became hated by and incompatible with the GOP base - and he successfully exploited it to expel them from power. That's why they hate him. The "Principles First" bullshit is for liberal idiots who don't. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The neoliberal order wants the GOP controlled by the Paul Ryans, Karl Roves and Jeb Bushes, because they are far more controllable and their worldview far more compatible with Dem leaders. A populist ideology scorning the Bushes and neocons is far more threatening to all. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The neoliberal order liked that the GOP was controlled by the Paul Ryans, Karl Roves and Jeb Bushes, because they far more controllable and their worldview far more compatible with Dem leaders. A populist ideology that hates the Bushes and neocons is far more threatneing to all. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Do liberal pundits have any idea why Trump vows the GOP will "never go back to the being the party of Paul Ryan, Karl Rove and Jeb Bush," and why the CPAC crowd cheers? Maybe all the heroic and principled #NeverTrump Resistance patriots do understand, and are motivated, by this? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

But when it comes to the tale that all liberal media is echoing and that @jheil in that clip recited - Fox's prime-time host spread the "voting-fraud" theory while privately admitting it was false - look at the evidence to see what bullshit this story is: https://t.co/G41rgsrOzs — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Also, I know that once liberal media and the Dem Party unite in lockstep to affirm a narrative - the "lab leak" theory is debunked, Biden laptop is "Russian disinformation," the Kremlin controls Trump - all critical thinking stops. No dissent is even included in the discourse. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Establishment media can only understand the world through a binary prism: 1) affirm every liberal piety or 2) "far-right." For some, the "far-right" label is a coercive tool for those who reject their orthodoxies, but most are just too dumb to see past those 2 crude categories. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

There's a reason why establishment pundits can't understand @rustyrockets's worldview, so resort to screaming "far-right!". There's also a reason he has his ]show on @rumblevideo, where - after just 6 months - his audience size exceeds many cable shows: https://t.co/a60kPwT4YF — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

His whistleblowing at the time was very controversial. The US Security State falsely smeared him (of course) as being a Kremlin agent. He would have gone to prison for life if not for the USG's misconduct. Anyone that courageous for a cause deserves immense respect. — PolitiTweet.org