Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@504_Chris_8411 He's undergoing cancer treatment and radiation. I wonder why the right side of Joy Reid's body seems to be in the process of being consumed by some form of marine life, but nothing but best wishes to Rep. Raskin in his cancer treatment (I presume you didn't know: no problem). — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

How do you go into journalism, know anything about the history of the US, and not look around and ask: "Why is it that our ostensible news network employs huge numbers of former operatives of the FBI, CIA, DOJ, Pentagon and NSA to report the 'news'"? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Here's more more of this jingoistic insanity from MSNBC. Almost every time CNN or NBC wants to report the "news," they bring on one of their paid ex operatives of the US Security State - like the Assoc. FBI Director - to fear-monger. Listen to this shit: https://t.co/LrhBtj28aB — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The reason it's bad Fox can report on the 1/6 surveillance footage is Tucker is going to show the Kremlin where the Capitol safe rooms are and how to find them. This insanity is shared by an MSNBC host and a Dem member of Congress and seems normal to standard liberal voters: — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@dyingdidactic After 9/11, it was American Muslims who overwhelmingly were the target of mass surveillance, as I wrote about and reported on for years. But in general, the targets will be anyone the government perceives as threats and dissidents, and the demographics of that have changed. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The ACLU still employs some old-school civil liberties lawyers who continue to do important work in litigating against the government to stop mass surveillance and other privacy-infringing policies. It's sad that most of its work is partisan culture war tripe but it does do this: — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@huskyjayhawk A lot of bad things are discouraged through social educational campaigns, social stigma, more speaking out, without making it illegal. I agree that prohibition of alcohol is as destined to fail as drug prohibition. But there are other ways to communicate the harms of behaviors. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@redbirdhaus Yes, they are. Bernie successfully told his followers to march behind both Hillary and Biden and, in massive numbers, they did what they were told. Most share Bernie's oft-stated view that Trump is greatest single threat and that Russia is to blame for Hillary's defeat. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@LBCeleste Comparing 1/6 to the Holocaust is a sick thing to do on every level -- intellectual, historical, moral -- but it's something that does not surprise me in the least from US liberals whose only political and historical reference point is the Dem Party and Donald Trump. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

A major reason the US liberal-left in DC is *unanimous* in support of Biden's war policies -- even as the left all over the world is divided to hostile -- is lingering anger toward Russia because of the view they helped defeat Hillary. It's utter madness but it's how they think. https://t.co/m27XgeKeEK — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @cristy_aya: @ggreenwald https://t.co/bAwTEtQ5xq — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

A staple of left-wing foreign policy is the valorization of the "Global South" (for good reason: I share the view that they matter more than is recognized). Yet as both papers say, the "Global South" rejects support for the US view of Ukraine, yet the US left ignores this. https://t.co/gVRvuwGgUr — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The WashPost has a very similar concession this morning. While all the usual DC militarism advocates -- people like @BillKristol, @DavidFrum and @Mattduss -- pen homages to the diplomatic genius of Biden, the headline of the Post article tells a far different story: https://t.co/nIZ1rCLZPC — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

A couple of key paragraphs from the NYT story that deflates and debunks the inspiring and from-the-start obviously false fairy tale that "the international community" was united with the US in support of Ukraine: https://t.co/QLf72NT7lQ — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

There is one reason and one reason only that the Dems and (excuse the repetition) their corporate media allies are enraged (actually: scared) that Fox will now have access: Because now, if parts were concealed that undercut their narrative, you now get to see those parts, too. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Until now, control over the selective release of the 1/6 surveillance footage was in the hands of a politicized, one-sided, unanimous entity with a clear partisan agenda: the 1/6 Committee. They showed you what they wanted you to see for its narrative, concealed what they didn't. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

From the start of the war in Ukraine, the US media continuously claimed "the international community" is united behind the US (that phrase always means: W. Europe and whatever countries happen to side with the US). Today, the NYT recognizes the truth: https://t.co/VE00QIxWjn — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@JEAlexander I don't know if you've heard, but there has been some significant discrimination in medicine against both Jews and gays, but having non-Jewish or straight doctors never seemed like a problem. When my kids are sick, I look for the best doctor, not the one that matches their race. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@NickJMcGuire That I don't want doctors of a different race than me treating me is, most certainly, something I have long thought. By Nick McGuire. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @SabbySabs2: More money for Ukraine. $10 billion! When does it end? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @shashj: A year ago today, Zelensky denied there would be any invasion of Ukraine. https://t.co/MvdnPuBVen — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@apadillafilm6 If an Asian or Jewish friend of yours had a complex and potentially fatal disease, would you counsel them to seek out Asian or doctors (respectively) for their long-term care, or would you encourage them to find the best specialist for that disease regardless of race? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@apadillafilm6 If an Asian or Jewish friend of yours had a complex and potentially fatal disease, would you counsel them to seek out Asian doctors for their long-term care, or would you encourage them to find the best health professional regardless of race? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Here he says his tweet was "clunkily worded" - fair enough: we all do it - and only meant the partisan divide is "wild." But it's less than on most issues. Violent crime is also clearly a leading cause of death; the two parties just disagree on the cause: https://t.co/1tsxnhWXMc — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@DionRabouin @davidsirota We all have our dark and sadistic sides and my momentarily emerged there with that weather report. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Here he says the tweet was "clunkily worded" - fair enough: we also do that - and he only referred to the partisan divide. But it's not as large as it is on most things. Violent crime (homicide) is another leading cause of death; the parties disagree on the core cause of that. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@dkupiecki That's a different age category - of younger people - but there is no question that violent crime (homicide) is also one of the leading causes of death for younger Americans. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The vast, vast majority of "Unintentional injury" deaths -- the leading cause of deaths for all Americans 45 and under -- are from "poisoning" (65-70%), and the vast, vast majority of those (85-90% ) are drug overdoses. It's completely rational to see opioids/fentanyl this way. https://t.co/hKwx5zscqE — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

I personally wish alcohol abuse were far higher on the list of health concerns. It ravages a huge number of families, debilitates millions, and causes so many wrecked lives and premature deaths. Its glorification makes it hard to stigmatize it. But the CDC data is clear: https://t.co/7vmbZJ2Dq0 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

One need only consult CDC data to see why what's "wild" is mocking this finding as "wild." Unintentional deaths - a huge part of which are overdoses from opioids/fentanyl - is the leading cause of death for every category of Americans from 1-44. 17% of Dems also rank this as #1. — PolitiTweet.org