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19 Oct, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Every now and then it's worth stopping and remembering how completely stupid and unhinged (but dangerous) was the media hysteria generated for years around Russiagate.
Probably my favorite example: when CNN trumpeted MAJOR BREAKING NEWS, claiming they had proof Trump Jr. had advanced access to the WikiLeaks archive. NBC then claimed it "independently confirmed" it. It was because they all mis-read the email date (lol):

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Just on and on and on.

They even showered themselves Pulitzers for this shit.

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20 Oct
CNN's expectation that every other outlet should adopt its view of what is worth discussing and what isn't is hilarious.

Nobody watches CNN. They are widely despised. The outlets and journalists that are thriving are the ones who reject, not copy, CNN's view of the world.
CNN expressing surprise that other outlets aren't copying their way of covering news would be like Enron executives sitting around shocked that other corporations haven't followed their ethical guidelines.

CNN is a failure on every level (except profit from cable fees).
CNN let its anchor interview his own brother repeatedly, then ignore his own brother's scandals. They just got caught red-handed lying so flagrantly about Joe Rogan that even their own correspondent admitted it, then refused to retract it.

Why would anyone copy CNN?
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19 Oct
Schiff just accused Robert Mueller of being senile to explain to the liberal flock why Mueller indicted *nobody* for conspiring with Russia.

Now he's attacking Merrick Garland for not prosecuting Trump.

The law keeps interfering with Schiff's delusions.

news.yahoo.com/schiff-vehemen…
The point of the 1/6 Committee is to feed liberals vengeance and catharsis because they know DOJ won't vindicate their Insurrection and Sedition narrative: not one person charged with that.

So they staffed it with drama queens -- Schiff, Cheney, Kinzinger -- to create theater.
Basically the only thing the 1/6 Committee will accomplish is parade around a bunch of the impoverished, already-broken Capitol rioters -- people who can't afford lawyers and have already been cowed into submission -- to satiate the sadistic liberal mob's thirst for retribution.
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19 Oct
In this video report on Democrats' authoritarianism (👇), the evidence demonstrates overwhelming Dem support for:

* internet censorship by tech monopolies *and* the state

* both FBI and CIA

* large media corporations

* no-fly lists

How is that not an authoritarian movement?
Ever since Trump descended the Trump tower escalator, self-identified followers of the Democratic Party have *rapidly* adopted the classic hallmarks of the authoritarian mind. The data we present in this video report is clear, ample and indisputable:

rumble.com/vnwyhz-the-mou…
78% of Democrats -- almost 8 out of 10 -- have a *favorable* view of the FBI, despite (or because of) two decades of reports that the FBI routinely breaks the law, spies on Americans and invades privacy rights.

Only 12% of Dems have an unfavorable view: close to a consensus.
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17 Oct
Civil Liberties Are Being Trampled by Exploiting "Insurrection" Fears.

Congress's 1/6 Committee May Be the Worst Abuse Yet.

greenwald.substack.com/p/civil-libert…
Following the 9/11 script, objections to government overreach in the name of 1/6 are demonized as sympathy for terrorists. But government abuses pose the greater threat.

Hauling citizens before Congress to be interrogated about their political activities is inherently dangerous.
There is a long line of Supreme Court cases -- from the McCarthy era but also before and after -- prohibiting exactly the kinds of congressional probes the House's Select 1/6 Committee is now pursuing. And to describe their tactics as radical is to understate the case.
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17 Oct
I read this ACLU brief. This is the first time, at least to my knowledge, that ACLU is explicitly arguing in court that the First Amendment's free speech clause has been interpreted *too broadly* by courts, and are advocating *a more restrictive view* of what free speech means.
The ACLU was a crucial influence on my political and legal outlook in childhood and early adulthood. There have been many valid criticisms of them as they changed -- including from its former leaders -- but to see them explicitly urging more free speech restrictions is shocking.
I really believe that within 18-24 months, ACLU - either a state affiliate or the national group - will argue in court that hate speech is outside 1st Amendment protections because it infringes the rights of marginalized groups. This brief is a big step.

theintercept.com/2020/10/20/is-…
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16 Oct
The actions of the 1/6 Committee with Adam Schiff, Liz Cheney and the worst people in Congress have become so abusive that even left-liberal groups and scholars (not @ACLU) are now raising concerns. Yet just like 9/11, Dems see 1/6 as so traumatizing, no questions are allowed.
There is a body of 200 years of Supreme Court jurisprudence placing serious limits on the Congressional investigative power. Some came from the McCarthy probes. A CRS report *this year* highlighted those. People who never heard of any of this insist objections are laughable.
If people really believe 1/6 was an Insurrection and an act of sedition -- the greatest attack on US democracy since the Civil War, as Biden's speechwriters put it -- how are they not indignant to the point of protests that the Biden DOJ has charged *nobody* with those crimes???
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