My unified theory of Russia Today is it would not have gained ground if not for the legacy media’s refusal to cover Occupy Wall Street in anything approaching a real way theatlantic.com/technology/arc… It was the early days of social media, people were clamoring for coverage, and most existing outlets didn’t listen and just didn't do it, or, if they did, it was to make fun of it. Enter Russia Today.

Perfect.

https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1507336368518844431

“At least he stood up for JK Rowling” is the “at least he made the trains run on time” of our stupid era

Feel lucky to have met Madeleine Albright a few times, she was always gracious and had great stories, especially about the early days of being one of very few women in her field. She came to BuzzFeed in 2015 to urge the US to do more as Syrians fled their country en masse, it’s worth (re)reading today buzzfeednews.com/article/hayesb…

This thread has gotten a lot of attention and reminds me of early attempts to warn against the tech bro optimism that social media would be an unfettered good that would lead to the inevitable democratization of the world.

https://twitter.com/navalny/status/1347969772177264644

In the wake of the Arab Spring, many people tried to temper the optimism by warning that authoritarian governments would absolutely figure out how to use social media to their advantage — enter troll farms, etc.

I’ve had an insane experience. Having raged about threads, this might be hypocritical, feel free to mute/unfollow/whatever, I just need to get this off my chest. .@wethefifth has been asking me to join as a guest for months and we finally made it work. Here’s the link, it’s LONG but the segment at issue starts around 42min. It’s about the Bernie/Warren fight: open.spotify.com/episode/7lTasS…

Prosecutors say source of hidden $1 million sent to the account of Parnas's wife was …. Firtash reuters.com/article/us-usa… If you need a quick reminder on Firtash: buzzfeednews.com/article/miriam…

Here is Fiona Hill’s testimony (sorry if the link is already dead, I don’t know why that happens so soon after they post it!) docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG… Hill says she became aware in Jan/March 2019 of Giuliani’s interest in Ukraine through Solomon’s articles in The Hill and says she’s never met Giuliani

Testimony of Bill Taylor, named charge d’affaires in Ukraine after Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was recalled, is out: docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG… Taylor says he was weary of taking the job because “there was — I think I put it — a snake pit in Kyiv and a snake pit here [DC],” referring in part to the campaign against Yovanovitch.

Here is the link to Sondland’s full testimony: docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG… Sondland says he saw Trump before his testimony and that the president told him to “go tell the truth”

Talked to Giuliani, he won’t say if he has an actual agreement to act as Trump’s lawyer, which matters as Congressgional investigators try to get information from him: buzzfeednews.com/article/miriam… Giuliani said “I have not made a decision” on whether to comply with his subpoena — and then said invoking attorney-client privilege is a form of compliance buzzfeednews.com/article/miriam…