jeremy scahill

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@TahoeBoulder @eduardog3000 @MrBigNaps Feel free to head on over to @JoeBiden’s account and ask him to stop telling activists not to vote for him. — PolitiTweet.org

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@UdeyJohnson Instead of tweeting at me complaining about stating facts, why don’t you mosey on over to @JoeBiden’s account and ask him to stop telling activists and others not to vote for him. — PolitiTweet.org

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People Joe Biden has publicly told not to vote for him: —immigrant rights activists. —climate change activists. —people who believe Tara Reade. — PolitiTweet.org

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The troubling history of the Georgia bureau now investigating the Ahmaud Arbery cover-up https://t.co/5Jaouspo1E by @akela_lacy — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @michaelwhitney: All Biden has to do is genuinely endorse ideas like Medicare for All and a Green New Deal and he can raise that money h… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ryangrim: Remember that Democrats said this is a messaging bill. This is the message they want to send. No Republican forced them to do… — PolitiTweet.org

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@CarignanShaun @VinegarJoe3 One of Awlaki’s young daughters was killed in an early Trump authorized strike, yes. — PolitiTweet.org

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@aaronjmate Flynn had calls with Kislyak in December 2016. January 12 media report a call happened. Spicer denies they discussed sanctions. Flynn lied to Pence on January 14, 2017, before the new administration took power. At that time, yes, you can make a case there was blackmail concern. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mryanbrennan1 @ggreenwald I think that @ggreenwald has done a good job of detailing some of the ways in which the FBI and US intel abused their authorities/powers in this case and what that says about the broader abuses toward non-famous surveillance targets. — PolitiTweet.org

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7/ Trump does not care one iota about the rule of law and is not motivated by principle, but by hatred of Obama and a desire to distract from the coronavirus and to help his reelection. — PolitiTweet.org

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6/ The US Senate just voted overwhelmingly, 80-16, to give sweeping surveillance authorities to the FBI and ultimately to Trump’s White House. This grotesque system of facilitating systematic civil liberties violations is bipartisan — PolitiTweet.org

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5/ The FBI is notorious for violating its own rules and abusing its authority. It seems clear that some of that was at play in how the Flynn case was handled. And that should be investigated and purveyors of misconduct held accountable. — PolitiTweet.org

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4/ Flynn sought to encourage Russia to block efforts by the Obama administration to allow a vote critical of Israel at the UN to go forward & to possibly delay the vote so the new administration could veto it. That isn’t just chatting or getting familiar with a foreign diplomat. — PolitiTweet.org

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3/ Flynn's connections to Turkey also should have been probed, ideally through a vetting done by Trump’s team (what a joke), but also potentially by US intelligence. — PolitiTweet.org

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2/ There were legitimate grounds for US intelligence to be concerned that Flynn was open to blackmail, particularly after he lied to Pence. — PolitiTweet.org

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A few thoughts on the Gen. Mike Flynn situation. First, Flynn should have been investigated long ago for his role in US assassinations under Bush and Obama, spanning his time at JSOC and through his leadership at DIA. But we don’t have that kind of government. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TbitoVictory @BernieSanders Third, the bill passed with overwhelming support from the senate Democrats. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TbitoVictory @BernieSanders First, Sanders was one of 4 senators who did not vote on that amendment. It’s bad he didn’t vote for sure but Sen. Murray didn’t either. Second, the people most responsible for this are the 10 Democrats who joined McConnell in defeating that amendment. — PolitiTweet.org

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When people on the left rightly say that the Democratic leadership is hypocritical and spineless, this is exhibit A. They say constantly that Trump is the most dangerous president in history yet constantly give him widespread surveillance and military powers. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ah yes. The famed resistance to the dangerous authoritarianism of Trump blazes the path forward once again by joining their GOP colleagues in giving Trump and Barr sweeping surveillance authorities. — PolitiTweet.org

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@pramsey342 @nathanielwords What I meant by that is that Cheney could never have achieved the levels of support for… https://t.co/WKirLVMrZt — PolitiTweet.org

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@pramsey342 @nathanielwords Also, Bush and Cheney operated a lawless Murder Inc. and we still don’t know the extent… https://t.co/qVZwoDUmgX — PolitiTweet.org

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@pramsey342 @nathanielwords That was definitely a factor. The CIA and JSOC pitched Obama early on in his admin on t… https://t.co/A9J6YYllmV — PolitiTweet.org

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@pramsey342 @nathanielwords I’ve reported in extensive detail how this program evolved, the role of Cheney in parti… https://t.co/watW5StgWC — PolitiTweet.org

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@debnumbers I addressed it extensively at the time and discussed it on multiple episodes of @intercepted and made a video about it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@pramsey342 @nathanielwords I wrote a book about this history. Obama, a Constitutional law scholar, dramatically ex… https://t.co/NiTpSJxXHT — PolitiTweet.org

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@canshootrabbits @ME17286848 @RyanJac23600471 @rememberrosa19 Actually, it was already in the bill Pelosi’s House passed. The amendment Wyden offered was to STRIP those powers from the FBI. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Smart_Sapper12B He killed an enormous number of civilians and, as classified documents show, in some cases 9/10 of people killed in strikes were not the intended target. One of his first strikes killed scores of civilians. He killed an American teenager. You supported all that? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @amnestyusa: BREAKING: Amnesty International USA calls on @realDonaldTrump to release whistle-blower Reality Winner, jailed for sharing… — PolitiTweet.org

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@esstheman I’ve done extensive reporting on this, including talking to senior Obama administration officials. They’ve given many conflicting versions of why this kid was killed. You’re just making things up and pretending to know what happened. — PolitiTweet.org