“Old dudes are eating Jell-O, everyone is talking about how great they are,” Sinema recounted to gales of laughter. “I don’t really need to be there for that. That’s an hour and a half twice a week theintellectualist.com/members/the-in…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Mar 22 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
🚨NEW:
Scientists have delivered a “final warning” on the climate crisis, as rising greenhouse gas emissions push the world to the brink of irrevocable damage that only swift and drastic action can avert. @guardian
Question: How many logical fallacies can you spot here? List below. 1. False Equivalence: "False equivalence is a logical fallacy that occurs when someone incorrectly asserts that two or more things are equivalent, simply because they share some characteristics, despite the fact that there are also notable differences between them."
Mar 21 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
🚨NEW:
Business Insider’s Mattathias Schwartz spoke with two ex-CIA officials who gave a blow-by-blow account of how the Bush administration misrepresented their intel and knowingly lied to the US public about the invasion of Iraq. theintellectualist.com/members/the-in…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
CIA Official 1 to @BusinessInsider:
"Nobody in Washington comes out and calls Bush a liar. Everybody is too polite. They use some other term for what he did.
But he lied.
I want to be clear about what I mean by that. He knew what he was saying was not true."
Mar 21 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
🚨BREAKING:
"Interviews with 11 current and former agency employees, including trainees at the E.I.S., as well as a review of text messages and other documents obtained by The New York Times, portray an agency under intense pressure from the country’s nytimes.com/2023/03/21/hea…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
"Young researchers often see public health — and particularly the E.I.S. — as a sort of higher calling, far removed from politics and the marketplace.
“A Fox News producer who has worked with the hosts Maria Bartiromo and Tucker Carlson filed lawsuits against the company … accusing Fox lawyers of coercing her into giving misleading testimony in” Dominion lawsuit.”
“A Fox News producer who has worked with the hosts Maria Bartiromo and Tucker Carlson filed lawsuits against the company in New York and Delaware on Monday, accusing Fox lawyers of coercing her into giving misleading testimony in the nytimes.com/2023/03/20/bus…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Mar 19 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
🍿NEW:
"Former President Donald J. Trump’s political operation is trying to use the news of his expected indictment by a Manhattan grand jury to turn the strident base of the Republican Party against his expected rival for the 2024 presidential nytimes.com/2023/03/19/us/…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
🍿NEW:
"Immediately after the former president predicted on Saturday that his arrest was imminent, Mr. Trump’s operatives and friendly media outlets began publicly pressuring Mr. DeSantis to condemn the law enforcement officials in New York, portraying nytimes.com/2023/03/19/us/…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Mar 19 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
🚨NEW:
As a young Navy lawyer at Guantanamo Bay, Ron DeSantis advised on force feeding, which detainee lawyers and international groups say was torture.
*There is no paywall. This article has been gifted.
Read here: wapo.st/3LAcKvz
"As the governor of Florida and a potential 2024 presidential contender, DeSantis has largely skimmed over his experience at the base, giving it a brief mention in his new book, “The Courage to Be Free,” and rarely speaking in depth about his actions in Guantánamo — where… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Mar 18 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
🚨NEW:
In 1980, powerful Texas politicians went to the Middle East on a secret mission orchestrated by one of them:
To get Iran to hold onto US hostages to help swing election to Reagan, who was running against Carter.
The techniques used by Fox News to manipulate its viewers are no different than those used by Joseph Goebbels.
Fox aims to keep its viewers angry by priming them with emotionally charged propaganda meant to confuse and undermine their understanding of reality.
Fox and other propagandists have long sought to influence election outcomes by promoting mistrust of institutions and general cynicism about the role of government.
This cartoon captures how the Right has used propaganda for decades to promote their longterm interests.
Mar 11 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
🏧 The Silicon Valley Bank's collapse is the second-largest banking failure in U.S. history.
Peter Thiel, the pro-Trump billionaire, advised companies to withdraw their funds from the bank prior to its collapse.
🚨NEW: A life-changing condition called POTS, which can cause fainting, irregular heartbeats and dizziness, particularly among young women, appears to be on the rise as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
🚨NEW: A Florida death row inmate and convicted killer used his last words before he was executed to insult Governor Ron DeSantis, saying the Republican politician has "done a lot worse" than he has in life:
"I know I hurt people when I was young. I really messed up," Dillbeck… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Feb 24 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The techniques used by Fox News to manipulate its viewers are no different than those used by Joseph Goebbels.
Fox aims to keep its viewers angry by priming them with emotionally charged propaganda meant to confuse and undermine their understanding of reality.
Fox and other propagandists have long sought to influence election outcomes by promoting mistrust of institutions and general cynicism about the role of government.
This cartoon captures how the Right has used propaganda for decades to promote their longterm interests.
Feb 23 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
🚨NEW: A lawyer’s attempt to have his pregnant client released from jail ahead of trial by arguing that her fetus has been subject to “unlawful and illegal detention” could have profound consequences for the rights of women in Florida.