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Sep 9 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I can’t tell you what a pleasure it is to have the New York Times re-report your work years later with the absolute minimum amount of credit nytimes.com/2024/09/09/us/…
As ever, and I can’t stress this enough, the Times is ON IT.
Sep 6 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
One day after the DOJ accused Tenet Media of receiving $10 million in covert funding, a "reporter" for the company announced that Tenet "has ended." Tenet's founder Lauren Chen and her husband Liam Donovan still haven't commented on any of this. Normal! motherjones.com/politics/2024/…
Having worked for companies that have, for instance, gone bankrupt, there's usually a lot of leadup!
Aug 28 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I wrote about what Dan Bilzerian and Andrew Tate are up to, vis-a-vis all the Jew stuff motherjones.com/politics/2024/…
What other timeline could you have Dan “explaining” the Talmud? That’s right: Just this one, which is the wrong one
Oct 10, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Tim Ballard is being sued by five women accusing him of sexual misconduct and detailing what precisely they say happened. The suit was first reported by the Utah outlet KSL. vice.com/en/article/4a3…
One detail in this suit that we've previously heard, but had not yet reported, is that Mr. Ballard would tell the women that the psychic medium Janet Russon told Ballard that he was "married to them in a previous life, and so their conduct was appropriate.”
Sep 18, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
We're now able to report that Tim Ballard's departure from Operation Underground Railroad followed a sexual misconduct investigation. This news was first broken by Utah journalist Lynn Packer. vice.com/en/article/pka…
From our piece: "Sources familiar with the situation said that the self-styled anti-slavery activist... invited women to act as his “wife” on undercover overseas missions ostensibly aimed at rescuing victims of sex trafficking."
Aug 9, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
The Ohio State Medical Board just approved the indefinite suspension Dr. Sherri Tenpenny's medical license, an osteopathic physician and longtime figure in the anti-vaccine movement. The board got around 350 complaints into her behavior, but that's not why she's being suspended.
Since 2021, the medical board has been asking to interview her as part of an investigation, the details of which are confidential. Tenpenny told the board that she did not believe they have “a lawful basis for the investigative office conference” and said she wouldn’t participate
Jun 27, 2023 • 53 tweets • 7 min read
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "health" panel tonight, which features a welter of anti-vaccine and medical freedom activists, is proceeding apace even though the candidate has not yet shown up.
I will try not to live tweet this but I make no promises whatsoever
Oct 12, 2022 • 31 tweets • 2 min read
It is, and I cannot stress this enough, the 17th day of the Sandy Hook families' defamation trial against Alex Jones and Infowars in Connecticut. Jury's still deliberating and we're still waiting on a verdict.
I'm taking up this thread again as @NYTLiz is reporting that the jury has reached a verdict and will emerge at 3:30 PM to leap off the top rope onto Alex Jones neck and-- sorry
Oct 11, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Exclusive: we obtained unaired footage from Tucker Carlson's interview with Ye, in which the artist makes numerous inflammatory comments about Jews and describes a bizarre claim that "fake children" were planted in his home to manipulate his own kids. vice.com/en/article/3ad…
Carlson and Ye together outlined some of Fox's favorite boogeymen: the Clintons, COVID restrictions, cancel culture, the liberal elites; but what Fox left on the cutting room floor is just as revealing.
Sep 29, 2022 • 22 tweets • 3 min read
It's day 11 of Alex Jones and Infowars' second defamation trial in Connecticut. There's simply no denying that it's day 11.
The sidebar discussion is about how to make the jury charge shorter, which is going to be a whole nother fucking thing
Sep 28, 2022 • 46 tweets • 7 min read
It's day ten of Alex Jones and Infowars' second defamation trial, in Connecticut. I'm going to be tweeting less today so I can do other parts of my job. But I will let you know if something significant and/or very stupid happens!
We have reached docket number 1,000 in this case. Lol. Lmao. God help us.
Sep 27, 2022 • 69 tweets • 11 min read
It's day nine of Alex Jones and Infowars' second defamation trial. Yes! It is still happening! I may not be able to live tweet all day due to needing to do other parts of my job! Also follow @NYTLiz, @SebastianMurdoc and @MoString for updates.
As a reminder please mute me immediately and never unmute me, both because I'm covering this and just generally
Sep 23, 2022 • 31 tweets • 6 min read
Good morning. It's day eight of the second defamation trial against Alex Jones and Infowars in Connecticut. He's set to take the stand again today.
The Sandy Hook plaintiffs managed to make it through their difficult testimony without having a meltdown, yelling at an attorney, shilling Brain Force Plus, asking for crypto donations or mocking court proceedings, something Alex Jones couldn't quite do vice.com/en/article/ake…
Sep 22, 2022 • 167 tweets • 21 min read
It's day seven in Alex Jones' second defamation trial in Connecticut. Jones is set to take the stand at some point today. Here's his lawyer, predicting the outcome:
It’s day six (??) of Alex Jones’ second damages trial in Connecticut and it sounds like the big red man himself may take the stand this afternoon. That should be normal
Yesterday a bankruptcy judge in TX dismissed an attorney and chief restructuring officer for Free Speech Systems, citing Funny Business nytimes.com/2022/09/20/us/…
I just tuned into this hearing and the judge sounds... legitimately upset. "I do think there was a lack of candor" he says, in both the previous Infowars aborted bankruptcy and this one.
Sep 20, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Jump scare warning for this lead photo; I wrote about Alex Jones monetizing his second (second of three!) defamation trial. vice.com/en/article/ake…
As we wind down for the day, Pattis is cross-examining Watts, the expert witness, seemingly by having him confirm his long list of credentials, articles, bona fides, guest appointments and media appearances. Bold strategy!
Sep 20, 2022 • 38 tweets • 6 min read
It's day five of Alex Jones and Infowars' second damages trial, in Connecticut. Right now the network that's livestreaming the trial is broadcasting Norm Pattis, Jones' attorney, standing on the sidewalk looking somewhat anxiously down the street:
I don't know if the big red man himself is supposed to be in court today but the sidewalk streaming indicates maybe so
Sep 18, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
We’ve known for a long time that the IRA routinely tries to capitalize on wedge issues and I’m not disputing that it’s newsworthy that they did so here. But! nytimes.com/2022/09/18/us/…
I think this framing under-emphasizes the extent to which Sarsour was already being demonized on the right, and it lets the Times itself off the hook, namely one Bari Weiss, who leapt into this one with both feet
Sep 14, 2022 • 86 tweets • 13 min read
Day 2 of Alex Jones and Infowars' second defamation trial, in Connecticut, should begin in a few minutes. I will be blogging and livetweeting and questioning my life choices. Please mute this thread because I cannot.
Yesterday we heard from FBI Agent Bill Aldenberg and Carlee Soto Parisi, the sister of slain teacher Vicki Soto, both of whom were deeply affected by both the shooting and the decade of lies about them, personally, that followed.
Sep 13, 2022 • 175 tweets • 22 min read
Testimony in Alex Jones’ Connecticut damages trial is scheduled to start today, which means, of course, I am emitting an endless silent scream, and also doing a live tweet
The court's stream isn't up yet, so I'm watching here (Law and Crime)
