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Michael Tracey
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Shoutout to @theintercept staffer who saw fit to anonymously trash Greenwald, without whom the organization you're working for never would have existed. Coward politico.com/magazine/story…
By the way, is this a promo for the new season of "24" or a profile of a media organization
I have no issue with criticizing a colleague if it's in good faith (I actually encourage it) but the anonymous back-biting is so cowardly. As though GG can't handle direct criticism. Also, the notion that his Russia stance could compromise the "legitimacy" of the org is laughable
Journalists love to malign the amoralism and cowardice of DC operatives and such, but often employ the same sleazy tactics when it suits their purposes
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Michael Tracey
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OK, so the Robert Kraft arrest had nothing to do with rescuing helpless underage sex trafficked victims. It was all about busting adults engaged in consensual sexual activity. Everyone who bought the cops' story because they disliked Kraft was a total dupe
Prosecutors now admit that no "sex trafficking" was uncovered. Moreover, some of the tactics employed by the Jupiter, FL police were absolutely ridiculous, such as fabricating a "bomb scare" to clear out the Spa so they could surreptitiously install video surveillance equipment
Amateur hour at the Jupiter, FL police department: Detective misrepresented the Spa workers' ages. This case is fairly likely to be thrown out. Funny, when the news initially broke and I encouraged skepticism of the cops' claims, I was accused of "defending" sex trafficking rings
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Michael Tracey
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This is a complete disgrace. Butina, who was falsely smeared by prosecutors and journalists as a transactional whore and then thrown in solitary confinement, is now getting even more prison time for the crime of essentially "networking" in Washington, DC
The sentencing judge apparently suggested that Butina had something to do with "Russian interference" in 2016, but Robert Mueller interviewed her and her name appears nowhere in the report. This was a transparent political prosecution and it's despicable
I truly have nothing but contempt for the media scolds and Twitter moralizers who felt authority to opine on Butina's private life and romantic decisions. As if she was the first woman in history to date an older man. Just disgusting
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Michael Tracey
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This is still one of my proudest accomplishments. (Although I didn't "sneak in," Kurt publicized his estate sale on Twitter and invited the general public to attend. Also never entered his bedroom. Either way, Kurt's the one who decided to sell his socks and nosehair trimmer)
By an Act of God I coincidentally happened to be in the Dallas area at the time. Here's the thread from my journey to the lair of Eichenwald. It was a hoot!
My favorite part might have been when Kurt denied that the socks on sale were his, only to later admit that they were in fact his socks
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1. I was raised in a born-again Christian household, so I laugh a little when I see items like this: vox.com/2018/10/30/180…
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I wrote a piece for Politico's "Big Ideas" section. With all due respect to Orwell, or current problem isn't that truth isn't out there, somehow, but rather that it's buried or distracted from. Attention, not information, is the corrupted resource. politico.com/magazine/story…
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The duplicity of deception. They did everything they could to fling Russia allegations on Trump using Christopher Steele. This included clandestine contact with Russians. The same Mark Warner who spread Russia rumors about Trump
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