A very good take here from @emptywheel
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RT @emptywheel
Glenn Greenwald Keeps Bitching about a Law Requiring Notice If You're Funded by Russian Spies
https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/04/21/glenn-greenwald-wont-stop-bitching-about-a-law-requiring-notice-if-youre-paid-by-russian-spies/
https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1649460815563554823
Glenn Greenwald teamed up with Tucker Carlson to falsely claim some socialists arrested earlier this week were arrested for their dissident activities rather than their hidden ties to Russian spies.
"WIRED learned Wednesday afternoon that senior reporter Dell Cameron's Twitter account was permanently suspended after he reported on Matt Walsh's Twitter account being hacked. Neither Dell's story nor his Twitter feed contained hacked materials. We do not believe his account violated Twitter's policy....our attempts to reach Twitter's press office were met with the customary poop emoji. ..." - WIRED Managing Editor, Hemal Jhaveri
Powerful words from TN’s Justin Pearson that recognize important truths about this country—and, implicitly, the fundamental role African Americans played in building it:
“Civil disobedience is what built this country…resisting the status quo built the United States of America…it’s my ancestors’ resistance that got me here.”
10/ Via Phang:
The ADA tells the judge that there is a very real concern about Trump's social media posts and his recent threats and his violent rhetoric, because, for example, Trump posts pictures of himself swinginga baseball bat towards an image of DA Bragg.
Acyn:
The Judge is concerned about Trump’s rhetoric
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1643329494869241861/pu/vid/1280x720/AlT8gcQzWuUvvzEH.mp4?tag=12
4/ Via Harry Litman:
#Conspiracy count grounds bigger story than Stormy-- from agreement (the gist of a conspiracy) with National Enquirer all the way to White House, where as President he signs the final checks to Michael Cohen #legal #TrumpArraignment
@emptywheel adds:
Ut oh Don Jr, you're in on it!!
9/ Litman:
Speaking indictment -- goes on at length in particular on the tax crimes.
Paragraphs 24-26 detail Trump conduct in furtherance of conspiracy while in White House. It's a total of $420k in 12 payments.
And this:
👇👇👇
What a genius...
JoyceWhiteVance:
Donald Trump Jr. has posted a picture of the judge's daughter on truth social.
REMINDER: The charges facing Trump are not based on "technical" or "bookkeeping" violation
They are part of a conspiracy to hide relevant information from voters in the days leading up to the 2016 election
On Saturday morning, Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he "WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK." Trump's comments came after widespread reports that Manhattan District Alvin L. Bragg (D) was closing in on an indictment connected to Trump's $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, a former adult film star who says she had an affair with Trump. Later, a Trump spokesman clarified that Trump had no "