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17 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
*cough* New York Post *cough*
Sorry. Had something stuck in my throat.
The NY Post's October story about Hunter Biden's laptop smelled from the jump. The main source was Rudy Giuliani—whose story of how he got the info changed a few times—and Steve Bannon also helped.
Multiple NY Post reporters refused to have their name associated with the report.
It wasn't the first time the NY Post published questionable info about Hunter Biden.
In December 2019, I mapped out a smear campaign that ended up in a NY Post article, tracing the origins to something an American (not Russian) private investigator made up
arcdigital.media/revealed-new-d…
People who wanted Trump to beat Biden—from NY Post editors to Glenn Greenwald—strawmanned criticisms with things like "you're saying Russia just made this all up?"
No. But Russian intel helped amplify it, and may have passed some stolen emails or partially fabricated info to Rudy

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18 Mar
Don't change the filibuster to allow the majority to legislate, Dems, or Republicans will go all-out on the judiciary, which is a thing that hasn't been happening but could, or has been but it's Harry Reid's fault, or... look there's no real argument, but I don't want you to, ok? ImageImage
Saying that a GOP-run Congress will be able to pass legislation isn't a threat if:
1) You're pro-democracy and think GOP electoral victories should allow them to pass legislation.
2) You've watched the GOP change rules and push things through by bare majorities when it wants to.
The argument is not "we reluctantly accept that you get a minority veto in exchange for us getting a minority veto because a minority veto is inherently good." It's "we can do what we want with bare majorities, and want to be able to stop you from doing what you want regardless."
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17 Mar
A lot still unknown about the tragic shootings in Atlanta that killed 8, including 6 Asian women. Could've been targeted because they're Asian, because they're women, or because it was a massage parlor. Nothing is lost by waiting for more info before drawing conclusions.
1/2
But whether or not the Atlanta attack was driven by anti-Asian bigotry—we'll likely learn more soon—anti-Asian violence rose substantially in 2020 relative to 2019.
That's a serious problem, whatever the motivations for the massage parlor killings.
2/2
 AP: apnews.com/article/victim…
UPDATE: Atlanta killer's statements make it seem like his attack was more about sex (women, massage parlors) than race (Asians).
His word is not the only piece of evidence, so still worth waiting. And as noted above, anti-Asian violence an issue regardless
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16 Mar
I'm pro-accuracy & glad WaPo issued a correction.
Yet how different is meaning of "fraud" from "dishonesty," or "national hero" from "most important job in the country"?
If article said investigator recounted it, rather than attribute to Trump with quote marks, would've been ok. Image
Putting words in quotation marks that are not confirmed as accurate quotations is wrong, no question. WaPo deserves criticism for that.
The corrections just don't strike me as changing the meaning of the article nearly as much as those trying to discredit it claim.
Important to note that WaPo's correction concerns a conversation between Trump and Georgia's election investigator, not the long recording of a call with Trump pressuring GA SecState Brad Raffensperger to change the state's vote, despite efforts to use former to discredit latter. ImageImage
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13 Mar
Great example of how right-wing media has become like superfans of a fictional universe, where people speak in references that only others like them get.
In this case, you need to know Biden set July 4 as a target for mostly normal life, and you need to know why that’s oppressive
It’s not. Not in reality, anyway.
But in the Fox News Cinematic Universe, Biden expressing cautious optimism that people can safely gather on July 4 turned into something about the president somehow banning people from gathering then, which is un-Americanly anti-freedom.
This fan-like communication style doesn’t win new converts, and doesn’t really work with casual fans either.
When Star Wars or comics fans speak in references, they’re being exclusionary. Like people telling inside jokes, it doesn’t work unless you come with background knowledge.
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6 Mar
I'm not a conservative, but I find parts of conservatism appealing.
@BillKristol in @BulwarkOnline emphasizes "liberty, justice, good government, democracy, stability" and follows them to their natural conclusion: prioritizing US Constitutional democracy.
thebulwark.com/the-facts-of-l…
Kristol recognizes something many conservatives prefer to deny: America has a two party system, and today, on the question of US Constitutional democracy, one party is pro- and one is anti-.
That's new, and nothing is more important to conserve than US Constitutional democracy.
I know why many US conservatives don't like Kristol's clear-eyed point. Partisan identity is powerful, policy preferences matter, and both say to oppose Dems.
I got negative reactions when I made a similar argument about NeverTrump conservatives in 2017.
arcdigital.media/the-republican…
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22 Feb
"Mean tweets" is an interesting moment for "Twitter is not real life." Because in the real world, if a bunch of people you'll have to work with think you're a jerk due to past interactions, that's a normal reason not to hire you, esp. when there are other qualified candidates.
Some Twitter users presume it's not "real life," which means interactions on the platform don't count, so you can be as abrasive as you want and if anyone holds it against you offline they're wrong.
But in the Information Age, public parts of the internet very much are real life
As with the things I've written about cancel culture, I think the "mean tweets" thing is complicated, with the exact line hard to determine. How far is too far, and what should people let slide?
Either way, I disagree with those who argue from the position that any line is wrong.
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