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Aug 25, 2019 3 tweets 1 min read Read on X
In the past few years, the media has deployed its resources against:

- anonymous Redditors
- meme makers
- a forklift driver
- conservatives in tech
- high school kids wearing MAGA hats

The same journalists who were OK with that are now mad because "it's only OK when we do it."
The NYT complains that investigating its journalists doesn't count as "scrutinizing people in positions of power."

"People in positions of power" like high school kids, forklift drivers, and random Reddit users?
The NYT uses a strawman, saying reporters are being investigated because of "coverage critical of the president."

No. It's because the media is happy to use its power against ordinary, private citizens who oppose its agenda. They aren't journalists anymore - they're inquisitors.

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Guidehouse Inc. is a massive recipient of U.S. taxpayer dollars.

Total govt payouts to Guidehouse over the years: $700m

Agencies working with Guidehouse include the FBI, DHS, DoD, State, and HHS.

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🇪🇺 23 U.S. FUNDED ORGS BACK EU CENSORS

The EU is an existential threat to free speech.

Its Digital Services Act imposes crippling fines on platforms over disfavored speech - a tariff in all but name.

We found a trail of soft-power money that leads back to the State DepartmentImage
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The kicker? Up till now, EU tyranny had U.S support. Image
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The EU's Digital Services Act is the global death star of online censorship.

It can fine tech companies 6 percent of their global annual turnover for failure to comply with demands to censor "hate speech" and "disinformation."

A crippling imposition on U.S. tech companies.
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19th Century Elite Human Capital: Weeb Edition 

Does xenophobia doom nations? 

You cannot compete, we are told, if you care about where your CEOs & geniuses come from.

Is that true?

Let's learn about one of the most successful-and xenophobic-national modernizations ever /1Image
Edo (Tokyo), 1852: 

Japan is COOKED. 

An American fleet has forcibly docked in the harbor, demanding an unequal trade treaty. 

Japan has been isolated for 200 years.  

It’s a feudal society with no modern industry or military.  

ZERO Elite Human Capital. 

Is it... over? Image
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They wanted to kick them out!  

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🇬🇧 The Transatlantic Censorship Blob 🇺🇸

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Would be less of a big deal if 100 Labour party activists hadn't campaigned for Kamala in the swing states...Image
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U.S. TAXPAYERS PAYING BILLIONS TO COMPANIES THAT BOYCOTTED @X

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They also gobble up billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars through federal contracts...👇Image
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