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It's clear we don't have a legitimate administration anymore
Elon Musk gambled big on Twitter. Tesla is going to pay the price. There is one troubling option for Elon Musk to try and keep Twitter afloat: siphoning cash from Tesla.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-elon-musk-could-use-tesla-money-prop-up-twitter-2022-12
WOW.
While I hate to dole out hopium, I really do believe that eventually, this era will be a dark stain on US History and especially the Media.
This "era" is 20 years old, REALLY - nothing has changed within that time.
I'll go to Matt Taibbi being celebrated for his Financial Crisis series. Now literally the SAME people who praised him for it, are calling him a traitor for processing the Twitter-Deep State collusion trail.
It really changed around 2012-2015. The key moment was the elimination of local news and media comment sections, pushing everybody to a handful of Social Media platforms.
The result of turning off comment sections is that nobody gives a shit what they even say anymore.
But that's not what happened --- People went onto Social Media to comment. Then, they sprung the shadowban/suspend trap - too fast.
It's why goolag and LGBTQMozilla went apeshit over Dissenter and similar comment add-ons.
I honestly believe Trump's candidacy forced them to advance the crackdown before they gave it enough time to thoroughly normalize it.
Baker has been featured repeatedly in the Russian investigations launched by the Justice Department, including the hoax involving the Russian Alfa Bank. When Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann wanted to plant the bizarre false claim of a secret communications channel between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, Baker was his go-to, speed-dial contact. (Baker would later testify at Sussmann’s trial). Baker’s name also appeared prominently in controversies related to the other Russian-related FBI allegations against Trump. He was effectively forced out due to his role and reportedly found himself under criminal investigation. He became a defender of the Russian investigations despite findings of biased and even criminal conduct. He was also a frequent target of Donald Trump on social media, including Twitter. Baker responded with public criticism of Trump for his “false narratives.”
After leaving the FBI, Twitter seemed eager to hire Baker as deputy general counsel. Ironically, Baker soon became involved in another alleged back channel with a presidential campaign. This time it was Twitter that maintained the non-public channels with the Biden campaign (and later the White House). Baker soon weighed in with the same signature bias that characterized the Russian investigations.
Weeks before the 2020 presidential election, the New York Post ran an explosive story about a laptop abandoned by Hunter Biden that contained emails and records detailing a multimillion dollar influence peddling operation by the Biden family. Not only was Joe Biden’s son Hunter and brother James involved in deals with an array of dubious foreign figures, but Joe Biden was referenced as the possible recipient of funds from these deals.
The Bidens had long been accused of influence peddling, nepotism, and other forms of corruption. Moreover, the campaign was not denying that the laptop was Hunter Biden’s and key emails could be confirmed from the other parties involved. However, at the request of the “Biden team” and Democratic operatives, Twitter moved to block the story. It even suspended those who tried to share the allegations with others, including the White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who was suspended for linking to the scandal.
Even inside Twitter, the move raised serious concerns over the company serving as a censor for the Biden campaign. Global Comms Brandon Borrman who asked if the company could “truthfully claim that this is part of the policy” for barring posts and suspending users.
Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Dec 6
Last night on our show, we dissected the mentality of people like Twitter execs Vijaya Gadde and @yoyoel to see why these people really believe they should censor what information you can get: up today.
But first: @TimJDillon has a great breakdown of their sociopathic arrogance:
A little bit of sunlight is painful to those living in the dark
The people who:
☢️ created a weaponized chimera virus;
🚩 blocked access to safe & effective medicines;
☠️ forced you to take the most toxic shot ever invented;
🤥 while running the largest censorship, propaganda, & surveillance system in history...
🤡 want you to think that “Elon Musk is a threat to democracy!?”
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