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6 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
New study confirms even further what has long been known: a key cause for future pandemics is the animal agriculture/factory farm industry. It’s a menace on all levels.

If we don’t find new ways to feed ourselves as a species quickly, this will worsen:

independent.co.uk/news/health/co…
As this excellent @NRO article documents, the bravery and efficacy of animal rights activists — taking on one of the most powerful and toxic industries in the world, which harm humanity and the planet on every level — deserves far more attention.

nationalreview.com/2020/10/the-an…
For decades, animal rights was considered even on the left to be a fringe, trivial cause. It’s increasingly recognized that it’s central to every major challenge humanity faces: not even really a left-wing cause any more. Its activists are among the bravest & more studied I know.
Speaking of incredibly brave and effective activists against the factory farm industry, one of the best — @waynehhsiung of @DxEverywhere — is running for Mayor of Berkeley. He has several felony charges pending in multiple states for noble activism:

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7 Oct
The documentary “Mighty Ira” — about the life of Ira Glasser, who lead the @ACLU from 1978 to 2001, including when it defended the right of Nazis to march through Skokie — is exceptionally good. Debuts on Friday. Trailer here:

The film has obvious relevance to many contemporary debates, particularly given the wavering commitment to free speech among sectors of the liberal-left. If you’re someone who doubts the mission of defending free speech even for toxic reactionary groups, this film is vital.
“Mighty Ira” highlights why many civil rights leaders supported ACLU’s work in defense of free speech rights of racist groups - knowing they’d be next if censorship prevailed. It also explores why free speech has long been a vital leftist - and specifically Jewish leftist - cause
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1 Oct
When it comes to the actions by the world’s most powerful governments, I’d rather hear what they have to say than have newspapers protect me from it. We should just explain to adults that when a newspaper publishes someone’s opinion, it doesn’t mean they agree with it:
When the Obama Admin seized the right to target US citizens for assassination with no due process, and then went on an unprecedented orgy prosecuting whistleblowers for espionage — 2 of the gravest civil liberties threats in decades — I wanted to hear from them justifying it.
Same when Bush/Cheney set up worldwide torture camps as CIA black sites, kidnapped people off the streets, created a due-process-free island prison, etc. Media should tell us how they defend it.

Same reason the US media blackout of Al Qaeda explaining 9/11 was a disservice.
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26 Sep
Adoption is one of the most beautiful things that exists in the world, and while — like everything, including biological families — it can foster abuse, casually insinuating that for adoptive parents is despicable.

And yes, @DrIbram, it matters that you used the wrong picture:
These vile attacks are a perfect distillation of contemporary liberal discourse: it doesn’t matter what you do in your life, how you treat people, what actions you take — to be anti-racist, you must recite the right phrases & properly preen & posture (& buy Dr. Kendi’s book).
I can’t even fathom how rotted your soul has to be to attack people’s families like this for petty political gain. We endured it a lot in Brazil and what always leaves me amazed is the sociopathic contempt for the kids involved. Even if you hate ACB, why malign her family?
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22 Sep
Thanks to the @RollingStone podcast with @mtaibbi & @kthalps for having me on to discuss the amazing spectacle of dozens if not hundreds of journalists spreading obvious falsehoods about the Reality Winner/Intercept story. There's a valid reason why people don't trust media:
Twitter, beyond fostering fatal group-think among journalists, has also become a crucial weapon they use to craft and then spread false narratives, knowing they can assert claims without anyone expecting verification, and people deciding to spread it if it's validating:
Here's the final part: as I've said before, there's nothing that lets you realize just how constantly & casually mainstream journalists spread lies like being at the center of a story & having first-hand knowledge. None of them care about Reality Winner; they used her to for fun:
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21 Sep
LOL. For 3 years, we were told Bob "WMD" Mueller was a man of such integrity, probity & courage that it was unpatriotic to criticize him & he would reveal All Truth.

Then he failed to deliver what liberal stars had promised, so now it's open season: he's a weakling & a coward:
Conspiracy theorists can never be defeated. Any outcomes that negate their claims just get integrated into the conspiracy.

When Mueller concluded there was no evidence to establish the conspiracy they touted for years, they turned on Mueller rather than re-assess their beliefs.
This is what establishment media stars were feeding people for years, profiting off of with ratings & books, and showering themselves with Pulitzers for saying.

What else can they do to salvage their humiliation other than blame Mueller, not themselves?

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21 Sep
On @glennbeck's program, @mattyglesias went on and he and the host found common ground on their jointly perceived need to combat Chinese hegemony and the ways for the US to do so. Congrats to both!
Has that Vox video dunce who built a career by sitting in front of his TV & posting clips to shame people for going on Fox yet posted a clip of his own colleague giggling with Glenn Beck about the need for the US to maintain world dominance against China?

Matt Ygleisas followed up his playful appearance with @glennbeck with a chat with @benshapiro, and the Vox video dunce whose career is sitting in front of his TV tattling on people for talking to Bad People has said nothing, like it's not a real standard:

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