🚨NEW:

Kysten Sinema on Democrats:

“I’m not caucusing with the Democrats, I’m formally aligned with the Democrats for committee purposes,” Sinema said.

“But apart from that I am not a part of the caucus.”

theintellectualist.com/members/the-in… Sinema on caucus lunches with Democratic senators:

“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…

🚨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

theintellectualist.com/members/the-in… @guardian "In sober language, the IPCC set out the devastation that has already been inflicted on swathes of the world.

1.Extreme weather caused by climate breakdown has led to increased deaths from intensifying heatwaves in all regions.

2. Millions of lives and theintellectualist.com/members/the-in…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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."

🚨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."

🚨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.

...But the arrival of the pandemic laid to rest those illusions. The first big shock came in February nytimes.com/2023/03/21/hea…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

🚨BREAKING:

“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.”

*No paywall. This nytimes.com/2023/03/20/bus…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 🚨BREAKING:

“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…

🍿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…

🚨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…

🚨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.

*No Paywall. This article has nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… "It has been more than four decades, but Ben Barnes said he remembers it vividly. His longtime political mentor invited him on a mission to the Middle East. What Mr. Barnes said he did not realize until later was the real purpose of the mission: to nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

As we near the 20th anniversary of the invasion, the Intellectualist is posting the last letter of Tomas Young, an Iraq War veteran.

Tomas addressed his last letter to former President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

Tomas was close to death, and wanted to speak… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… The Last Letter

To: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney
From: Tomas Young

I write this letter on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War on behalf of my fellow Iraq War veterans.

I write this letter on behalf of the 4,488 soldiers and Marines who died in Iraq. I write this letter on… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

"I am a f***ing animal!"

-Sara Carpenter, January 6 rioter

"Get me the manager!"

There is more than enough public information to confidently assess Governor Ron Desantis's character, intentions, and his approach to governance.

The press is treating him like an ordinary candidate, when he is anything but.

DeSantis is a small, thin-skinned demagogue who has… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Attorney @davidrlurie wrote about Ron DeSantis's performative sadism in @thedailybeast.

thedailybeast.com/the-performati…

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.

🏧 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.

https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1634336844673433603

Here is more about the developing story.

cnbc.com/2023/03/10/sil…

In 2024, Democrats should run on:

1. A federal right to privacy

2. Democracy reform

3. Legalizing marijuana

4. Instituting a 4-day workweek.

5. Raising the minimum wage to $15 and permanently indexing to the cost of living.

6. A renewed ‘Expanded Child Tax Credit.’… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… A Federal Right to Privacy that recognizes substantive due process -

This would protect contraception, abortion, and LGBTQ rights.

history.com/news/supreme-c…

Do you believe him? It's also very likely that it could have been something else.

Lauren Boebert: "Contrary to popular belief, I have never been as escort for Senator Ted Cruz."

***This was an oddly specific denial.

h/t @atrupar

From Jul 23, 2022.

🚨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.

*No paywall. This article has wapo.st/3Y7OMe3… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… This article has been gifted to followers of the Intellectualist.

🚨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… If you can give us a follow, it would be much appreciated. Thank you.

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.

🚨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.

The attorney is theintellectualist.com/members/the-in…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… The filing argues that the fetus “is a person under the Florida constitution and the United States constitution” and therefore has the right to due process.

theintellectualist.com/members/the-in…