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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald

22 Dec

https://twitter.com/PeterBeinart/status/1341400373861466126

That would be awkward.

https://twitter.com/PeterBeinart/status/1341400373861466126

What kind of monstrous country goes around hacking into and spying on the government agencies of other nations?

It's unthinkable, rogue behavior that must be punished.

@jacklgoldsmith

"The lack of self-awareness in reactions to the Russia breach is astounding. The US has no principled basis to complain about the Russia hack since the U.S. government hacks foreign government networks on a huge scale every day" - @jacklgoldsmith

thedispatch.com/p/self-delusio…

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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald

21 Dec

https://twitter.com/BFriedmanDC/status/1340722685924544512

What about the argument that because African-Americans and Latinos are harder hit by COVID, they should go before old whites? Doesn't this justify Rubio getting one?

Also, AOC, almost 20 years younger than Rubio, got vaccinated yesterday. Same people angry she went to the front?

https://twitter.com/BFriedmanDC/status/1340722685924544512

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1340789190431281153

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1340789190431281153

We need and expect Congress to work, including by passing a COVID relief package. Anyone who society demands leave their house to work for the good of everyone should have priority to get a vaccine (such as Rubio, AOC, etc.), along with the highest-risk populations.

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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald

21 Dec

@ErikWemple

Anyone who works in journalism has heard for years that Rukmini Callimachi's reporting - not just on "Caliphate" but many stories - was shoddy, unreliable, unethical and often false. @ErikWemple examines how and why top NYT editors ignored these concerns:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…

Many of the loudest objections to Callimachi's work came from Muslims, Arabs & others from the region who actually speak its languages. They, as usual, were ignored. But they also came from other NYT journalists. But her rising star, awards & narrative-boosting subordinated all.

So ironic - and revealing - that the NYT being forced to retract much of its award-winning "Caliphate" podcast came days after the Guardian op-ed warning of the dangers of "sinister" podcasts spreading "disinformation" - meaning not the NYT but Joe Rogan.
theguardian.com/media/2020/dec…

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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald

20 Dec

https://twitter.com/jonst0kes/status/1340703667473805312

After 2020, do public health experts deserve the public's trust as apolitical scientists? Do they have a valid claim of entitlement to discourse-monopoly regarding COVID-related policies? Should we defer in silence to their wisdom?

A thread insightfully explores these questions:

https://twitter.com/jonst0kes/status/1340703667473805312

I'll never forget how public health experts & media fans spent months viciously shaming anyone who left home - to go to a deserted beach or outdoor political rally - only to shift on a dime & announce attending densely packed street protests was not only permissible but mandatory

After humiliating anyone who left home for any reason as a sociopath who wanted to kill Grandma, they instantly invented a new rationale to say that participating in mass protests was not just obligatory politically but *mandated by the public health!*

theintercept.com/2020/06/11/sys…

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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald

19 Dec

Noam Chomsky on censorship and the left. Please listen:

Here's the second part of Chomsky's answer.

He's absolutely right: censorship & "cancel culture" have long been weapons used by the establishment against the left, and nobody cared until the left did it.

But he's also right that it's profoundly wrong on principle & strategy.

The Right is good at objecting to censorship when they're the targets. But it's often used against the left as well.

It's easy to defend free speech when it comes to ideas you like. But it only matters if you do it universally, especially for views you hate. It's a principle.

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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald

18 Dec

@AOC

In 2018, when @AOC was running against Joe Crowley, I interviewed her and asked whether she thought Nancy Pelosi (and Steny Hoyer) should continue in their leadership roles or be replaced, and whether she'd agitate for replacements. Here's what she said:

https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1339768555466760198

I never criticized her for quickly voting for Pelosi because she had a cogent rationale: the alternative (Tim Ryan or whoever) was worse. The problem is this is her reward for supporting Pelosi is losing a key Committee seat to a rival who opposed Pelosi:

https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1339768555466760198

@jimmy_dore

As I told @jimmy_dore last month, I also have more empathy for the dilemmas faced by those who choose to play the "inside" role within a corrupt institution, as a result of my husband @davidmirandario's work in Congress. I daily see the conflicts: they're genuine and hard: