The Fakest "Whistleblower" Ever mtracey.substack.com/p/the-fakest-w…
Part of the “Facebook Whistleblower” PR strategy is to insist that her prescriptions are steadfastly non-political, but in a Zoom forum she cited the rabidly pro-Democrat group “Pantsuit Nation” as an example of a Facebook-enabled social movement that she wants to preserve
Another part of the PR strategy is for Frances Haugen to speak in nonsense "natsec" jargon to demonstrate how very Serious she is. This, along with phony appeals to children's safety, is a smart tactic for duping gullible Republicans who are otherwise hostile to online censorship
Doing a stream on this shortly! (10:30pm EST)

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Have any high-profile Republican elected officials criticized Frances Haugen and her choreographed PR campaign? Because I watched the full Senate hearing last week and every GOP Senator joined with Dems in heaping praise on her amazing "courage"
I strongly recommend ditching the term "whistleblower" as a descriptor for Haugen -- because she's fake -- and replacing it with "functionary," which is much more apt
Haugen has been breathlessly portrayed as some kind of noble subversive, but she admits she has no inherent problem with the mammoth power wielded by Facebook. She is AGAINST breaking up Facebook! All she wants is for FB's power to be wielded in a way that accords with her values
Despite the skepticism of Haugen in certain quarters of Twitter, Substack, and alternative media, I don't think it's penetrated very much into mainstream consciousness, which has been dominated by brainless coverage heralding her as one of the 21st Century's great heroes
You'd think the fact that Haugen is running around claiming to be a figure of great authority on the grounds that she was a member of Facebook's "counter-espionage information operations and counter-terrorism teams" would raise more questions, such as "WTF does that even mean"
Well wouldn’t you know it. The heightened censorship demanded by Haugen has already begun, with new restrictions on criticism of activists and journalists

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30 Sep
Due Process — And Normal Social Relations — Are Being Destroyed By COVID Snitching Culture mtracey.substack.com/p/due-process-…
As much as I would love to provide specifics about this particular situation, I can't, because the student in question is extremely paranoid -- for good reason -- about going on the record. These creepy, institutionally-backed snitching protocols are disturbingly effective Image
The latest update from UC San Diego, which now classifies mask-wearing as a "psychological" safeguard. Raises the question of when a "pandemic" of emotionally-driven paranoia could ever actually end Image
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25 Sep
Here's my full stream with @MattBinder of the "Majority Report" on whether it's evidence of a "creepy infatuation" -- as was alleged on a recent @SamSeder segment -- for me to cover COVID surveillance policies

We both agreed it was a constructive convo 👍
In case you missed it (and I wouldn't blame you) here is what prompted the discussion -- the allegation that I'd only take an interest in covering extreme and arbitrary college COVID policies because of some "creepily" deep-seated psychological compulsion
After we dispelled with all the "meta" issues around my allegedly corrupt motivations, the substantive portion generated an instructive insight: @MattBinder rejects that "returning to normalcy" is a valid aspiration. I profoundly disagree. So that's a big philosophical difference
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24 Sep
To his credit @MattBinder has accepted my offer to discuss the contention that I am "creepily infatuated" with college campuses because I have covered COVID surveillance policies recently

LIVE tonight at 9pm EST

Rokfin: rokfin.com/stream/9379
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Starting momentarily...
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24 Sep
I think if anyone's "creepily infatuated," it's these weirdo YouTube pundits who choose to spend their time constantly gossiping about me
I also never mentioned "indoctrination by liberal professors," you weirdos. I've been covering the instatement of a permanent surveillance bureaucracy on a false premise of "safety," analogous to what was instated after 9/11. But I guess that's "right-wing" now 🙄
I've explained countless times -- in articles, tweets, videos -- that I'm covering this issue due to the wider societal implications. But @MattBinder & co. just ignore these explanations and claim I've suddenly developed some suspicious "infatuation" with college campuses. Creeps
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23 Sep
I feel like I need to memorialize this Image
By popular demand I have made this into an "NFT"

Bid away! opensea.io/assets/0x495f9…
This item officially has a bid! Lol. I've been launched into "NFT" superstardom
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22 Sep
Turns out one of the most nasty and bitter journalists on Twitter has cut off personal friends -- all of whom are fellow left-wing residents of Western MA -- for allegedly being "anti-vax." Now he's bragging about it in The Atlantic. Not surprising theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Not long ago, this person launched into a raging tirade because I pointed out that a GOP-leaning county in KY had a higher vaccination rate than Berkshire County, MA. Now he's filing Atlantic dispatches on left-wing anti-vax sentiment in the Berkshires? 🤔
And as many have pointed out, it's hardly "anti-vax" to recognize that natural immunity generated by contracting COVID confers significant protection. Unless the Washington Post is now a heinously "anti-vax" publication: washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0…
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