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11 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Wow. Just watched @stoolpresidente 's press conference. It's even more apparent that the BI piece was an intentionally dishonest hit piece targeted at someone the author didn't like. The author took 8 months trying to dig up anything on Portnoy.
She ended up with 2 very weak claims related to admittedly consensual sex that weren’t worthy of a news story and then tried to go after advertisers. And Portnoy has now presented evidence those 2 claims were also false and it seems BI had access to at least some of the evidence.
I wrote about this b4 Portnoy’s press conference & additional evidence. My concern isn’t for Portnoy, who has resources & a platform to defend himself, but ppl targeted in a similar manner often don’t have that ability and can be destroyed. patreon.com/posts/58511291
Journalists/publications have immense power. With that power comes immense responsibility, but it’s increasingly clear they can’t be trusted w it. Many misused that power by covering for abusers like Harvey Weinstein 4 years. Now some abuse it by targeting people they don’t like.

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12 Nov
It is absolutely insane that the NYT pays this person to write about history or that any schools would then adopt that history and try to teach it to children, but making a completely revisionist and false claim about American history to smear America is par for the course.
No, we didn’t drop the bomb as Japan was about to surrender just to test it out. That’s 9-11 truther level nonsense.
And actually, I have to retract part of my tweet. I don’t really know what the NYT actually pays her for because she is listed as a correspondent but her last byline was in June 2020. nytimes.com/by/nikole-hann…
Read 4 tweets
11 Nov
Are all these reporters ignorant of the supply chain issues at the Long Beach Harbor port or do they not understand the joke?
Honestly some of the most ignorant and humorless people on the plant.

The Long Beach Harbor port has a lot of freight from Asia that is currently delayed. It’s a supply chain joke about food being delayed bc they are hungry.
Didn’t even need to check to know who was promoting this nonsense.
Read 5 tweets
8 Nov
If anyone is surprised at how the Rittenhouse trial is going, they weren’t paying attention. Even the initial complaint (thread summarizing below) made it obvious that the prosecution was going to struggle making their case for some of the charges they filed.
The prosecutor with his head in his hand near the end here is just brutal.
If you want to understand why no one trust the press, today’s headlines about the trial are a perfect example. This witness got caught in multiple lies and his testimony ended up making a clear case for self-defense. This is how the major outlets reported on it: ImageImageImage
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2 Nov
Come on.

Multiple reporters just happened to take the a picture of the back of the jacket of the one guy with a confederate flag there and no one got his face or name.

After what happened a few days ago, at some point it becomes intentional.

If we hadn’t had the hoax a few days ago, I could maybe accept this as just reporters being sloppy. But after that became such a big incident, how do you intentionally post these photos without even asking the person for basic info? At best, it’s gross incompetence.
And a 3rd reporter happened to get a picture of the same guy. Also from the back so you can’t see their face and without any identifying information. What a crazy coincidence.
Read 4 tweets
29 Oct
McAuliffe's comms team said this should be disqualifying so I can only assume if it discovered these individuals are associated with that campaign or VA Democrats that McAuliffe will voluntarily be dropping out of the race.
At least 2 of the individuals have already seemingly been identified as associated with @vademocrats and subsequently locked their accounts. Will the @TerryMcAuliffe staffers that claimed this was disqualifying condemn it and apologize?

@christinafreund? @jengoodman75?
Trying to collect all the large media and political accounts that promoted this obvious stunt as if it was real. Here are some. Please share those I may have missed.
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17 Oct
Hahahaha

My family is from the USSR. The shared poverty doesn't seem like a big deal when that's all you've ever known, but no one that has experienced freedom and prosperity has any interest in going back.
It's easy for people that never actually experienced daily life there to suggest it was great. People found ways to survive and enjoy life (as most people do in poverty), but that doesn't mean that anyone would sign back up for it when they have the opportunity at much better.
Yes. The argument is essentially that shared misery brings people together more than liberty and prosperity so that's preferable.

Sorry, I'll take freedom and prosperity over spending a few extra hours suffering together with neighbors.

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