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16 Sep, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Today's DOJ indictment of a Hillary/DNC lawyer who spread lies as part of Russiagate is a huge deal. And it's absolutely true: the NYT & @charlie_savage this morning -- before anyone could see the indictment -- cast it in the most favorable light possible, as it if were trivial:
Most media outlets mindlessly spread the fraudulent Trump/Alfa-Bank story because they spread anything they were fed without caring. To its credit, the Intercept -- led by @samfbiddle & @lhfang -- pointed out the glaring flaws in the story at the time:

theintercept.com/2016/11/01/her…
It wasn't just Hillary's lawyer who got indicted today, or their media servants, who spread this fraud about Trump's secret server with a Russian bank. Hillary herself endorsed and spread as her lawyer concocted the whole fraud in the first place:

In 2019, @mtaibbi declared: "Russiagate is this generation's WMD" and he's absolutely right, in terms of the quantity of media fraud if not the impact. It's impossible to count how many fraudulent stories the media spread recklessly or with ill intent:

taibbi.substack.com/p/russiagate-i…
Virtually all of the corporate media will ignore this vivid window into the fraudsters and liars who concocted the Russiagate scam because the true villains are the leading stars of corporate media, who profited in every way from this conspiracy theory:

theintercept.com/2019/01/20/bey…

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18 Sep
The Pentagon's Lies About the August 29 Drone Strikes Were Spread For Days By An Unquestioning Media

Over and over, US security services lie and corporate media spread them uncritically. This is a particularly vivid case. Watch:

rumble.com/vmncz9-the-pen…
It's hard to overstate how common this behavior is. I'm not speaking here with 20/20 hindsight now that the Pentagon admits its story was false. I published a video on August 30 - one day after - criticizing the media for its complete lack of skepticism about these drones strikes Image
The only reason the Pentagon was forced to admit its drone strike story was false is all eyes were on Kabul, which enabled the NYT's superb investigation proving the story was false. But usually, the same thing happens and they don't get caught - thanks to media stenographers.
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17 Sep
There was nothing unusual about what the US did in Afghanistan: extinguishing an entire family and then getting friendly NYT & NBC reporters to ratify their lie that they killed terrorists but no civilians - except this time the whole world was watching:

nytimes.com/2021/09/17/us/…
One of the most embarrassing tweets from a major media figure in years, though highly illustrative of how they so often do the propaganda work of the CIA, the Pentagon and other security state agencies: Image
Anyone honest knows what happened: the Biden WH, facing rage over the attack at Kabul Airport that killed 13 Marines, was desperate to do *something* -- anything -- to make Biden look tough, so they wiped out a whole family to avoid a bad news cycle accusing him of weakness.
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17 Sep
Neera Tanden is lying here, smearing Politico reporters for violating an off-the-record agreement by publishing Jen Rubin's deranged email.

An "off-the-record *agreement*" requires both sides' consent. People can't unilaterally bar journalists from reporting what they say.
I guess I should acknowledge that it's unclear if Neera is lying as she usually does to exploit the ignorance of her supporters, or herself is just ignorant, but either way, the only way an off-the-record discussion happens is if both sides agree, not by someone proclaiming it.
“His sympathies for the Muslim World take precedence over those, such as they are, for his fellow citizens" -- liberal hero and MSNBC favorite Jen Rubin, on Barack Obama after he supported construction of a mosque near Ground Zero in 2011.

politico.com/newsletters/we…
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16 Sep
The Special Counsel investigating the various frauds of Russiagate, John Dunham, is about to indict a Perkins Coie lawyer for feeding a fake story about Trump and Alfa Bank to the FBI and media, then lying by denying he represented the Clinton campaign:

nytimes.com/2021/09/15/us/…
The scam that Trump was using a secret server to communicate with a Russian bank was promoted by Hillary herself, and touted by media outlets led by @Slate. Like so much that comprised Russiagate, it was a total fraud concocted by the DNC & media allies:

slate.com/articles/news_…
In sum, a DNC-linked lawyer -- partners with Clinton lawyer @marceelias -- fabricated a Trump/Russia link, fed it to DNC operatives masquerading as journalists, had Hillary trumpet it, then lied to FBI about who he worked for.

Russiagate in a nutshell:

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16 Sep
Democratic Party YouTubers trying to dictate to
@NICKIMINAJ what she can and can't say, who she is and isn't permitted to cite, what partisan box she must stay in.

It went poorly for @JoyAnnReid when she tried and I doubt it will go better for these 2 DNC socialist soldiers.
The only thing that enrages liberal gatekeepers more than urging people to make their own decisions rather than getting bullied into obedience is refusing to submit to their partisan prison. But since she's who she is, she can say what she wants, making it more dangerous still.
In about two years, Twitter and Facebook will just be Chris Hayes, Amy Klobuchar, Jen Rubin and Adam Schiff arguing about whether Nancy Pelsoi is or isn't more awesome than Kamala Harris and everyone else will be banned.

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16 Sep
Democratic Officials Continue to Threaten Tech Companies to Censor More

The latest example is one of the most egregious: @SenWarren & Rep. @AdamSchiff demanding Amazon remove or suppress books on COVID:

rumble.com/vmkc0j-democra…
A few points to highlight about the above-linked video report we just published on the attempts by Sen. Warren & Adam Schiff to demand Amazon suppress certain books.

First, this is part of a year-long campaign by Dems to use their majority power in DC to mandate censorship.
There are so many reasons why this attempt by the Democratic Party to commandeer Big Tech censorship power for themselves is so dangerous.

Perhaps the gravest is that this is all about imposing a framework where dissent from or questioning of decrees from authorities is banned.
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