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@VeraMBergen
Sep 30, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
.@ByBrianBennett, @Philip_Elliott and I are anchoring @TIME's main story tonight - follow our coverage here ⤵️ time.com/5894289/debate… #Debates2020
Before tonight's debate, Fox News' Chris Wallace said his job as moderator was not to fact-check either candidate in real-time: “My job is to be as invisible as possible."

But Trump seems to be pushing him to do it whether he wants to or not.
Biden recounts the sobering toll of the COVID pandemic in the U.S. and says it happened on Trump's watch: "When he was presented with that number he said 'It is what it is.'

"'It is what it is' because you are who you are."
This is going well, per my watch. #Debates2020
Trump keeps implying that he *will* release his tax returns, which will prove everything that's been written about his finances for the past five years is fake news, but just can't yet. This has been his defense for four years - here's my story from 2016 mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-…
Asked too disavow white supremacists, Trump said, “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by" - which...⬇️

Reminder that in the early days of his presidency, Trump gutted the DHS office focused on US violent extremism & pulled funding for grants meant to go to organizations countering neo-Nazis, white supremacists & far-right militias time.com/5647304/white-…
The Trump administration has come under fire for repeatedly downplaying the threat of white nationalist violence, including by whistleblowers from inside the Department of Homeland Security

Here's our analysis time.com/5894289/debate…

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Aug 5, 2024
Frank Carillo, a 66-year-old from Virginia, has been arrested & charged with threatening online to kill Vice President Kamala Harris along with a series of other violent threats against her and others (including President Biden & FBI Director Wray) Image
Amazing: When the feds showed up to arrest him (after threatening to kill VP Kamala Harris, "personally pluck out her eyes" and light her on fire), Carillo seems surprised.

"This is ridiculous, for a comment. I guess I'm gonna need a lawyer." Image
This is part of a recent pattern—online violent rhetoric against public officials has become so normalized that people are shocked (shocked!) when the feds show up at their door for threatening to murder politicians Image
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Jun 27, 2023
New: How Prigozhin used Telegram to build an online platform that in just seven months allowed him to morph from an unofficial extension of the Kremlin to a prominent figure with his own online audience & direct channel to the Russian public time.com/6290378/yevgen…
Prigozhin built Wagner in the shadows for almost a decade and was rarely seen in public, denying his connection to the group and even suing news outlets for correctly linking him to Wagner. That all changed abruptly last September. time.com/6290378/yevgen…
Prigozhin used Telegram to circumvent the Kremlin’s state media apparatus, meeting Russians on the platform where they sought uncensored news from the war in Ukraine. https://t.co/7nWs5ojYyytime.com/6290378/yevgen…
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May 16, 2023
The CIA launched a new Telegram channel today to recruit Russians who might be willing to provide state info, complete with a cinematic video in the gray tones of a Cold War thriller.

Analysts say there's a glaring flaw: "they're not offering anything." time.com/6280190/cia-re…
The video “goes from grainy sad life in Russia to what–grainy, sad life on the CIA side? Most Russians are suspicious of America & CIA in particular. So associating this with the CIA is only likely to reinforce the belief they’re the ones doing the lying.” time.com/6280190/cia-re…
“Are you a military officer? Do you work in intelligence, diplomacy, science, high technology or deal with people who do?” reads a message in the new CIA video, which ends with both Russian characters deciding to contact the agency on their phones. time.com/6280190/cia-re…
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May 15, 2023
NEW: Right-wing doctors who made millions off conspiracies & fake Covid drugs are thriving, setting up new telemedicine schemes & buying $3M mansions.

Families who say they caused their loved ones deaths are still fighting for accountability.

My story on how they got away w/ it
In 2021, I investigated how America’s Frontline Doctors, which despite its name is actually a right-wing political org created to support the Trump admin's reopening push, was making $$ off bogus Covid cures & anti-vax conspiracies. It only got worse.
As the US officially closes the book on the pandemic, many families have remained silent about this aspect of their loved ones’ deaths. Some are embarrassed or reluctant to tarnish their relatives’ memories.

They're much more common than you may think. time.com/6278831/iverme… Image
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Apr 13, 2023
From traitor to hero in less than a day. ImageImageImageImage
FWIW, all the facts contradict the emerging whistleblower narrative.

- Teixeira didn’t actually do any whistleblowing - he didn’t expose docs to the public/the press
- He posted docs in group & told them not to share
- His friends in group vehemently deny he’s a whistleblower Image
More here, with @wjhenn time.com/6271787/jack-t…
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Apr 13, 2023
"Two U.S. officials confirmed that investigators want to talk to Airman Teixeira about the leak of the government documents to the private online group. One official said Airman Teixeira might have information relevant to the investigation." nytimes.com/2023/04/13/wor…
"Members of Thug Shaker Central who spoke to The Times...who came together over a shared love of guns, racist online memes and video games" is both an incredible and completely predictable line re: a classified intel leak in 2023 nytimes.com/2023/04/13/wor…
"When asked if Airman Teixeira was there and willing to speak, the man said: “He needs to get an attorney if things are flowing the way they are going right now. The Feds will be around soon, I’m sure.” nytimes.com/2023/04/13/wor…
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