Here it is, from Matt Taibbi. It’s about the tale that Russian bots influenced the 2016 election, which appears to have been an actual disinformation campaign by the Democrats, who tried to convince Twitter to spread the word. Even the … Continue reading →
It’s very common for me to see a question – sometimes rhetorical and sometimes otherwise – that can be answered rather easily with a simple search. Most of the time I don’t mind doing that search, but I wonder why … Continue reading →
I certainly hope so. The end might just be that the rebels have extracted enough concessions – some of them improvements on business-as-usual – and McCarthy gets elected. The latter is something that’s okay with me although not ideal because, … Continue reading →
I’m no Einstein. (I thought I’d get that out of the way first.) However, I’ve always liked that word: Gedankenexperiment, otherwise known as “thought experiment.” I’ve got one for you about the current brouhaha over electing a Speaker in the … Continue reading →
The GOP margin is tiny, and a small portion of the conservative wing in the House sees its chance to wring more concessions from would-be Speaker Kevin McCarthy. At least, I hope that’s what’s going on, because no realistic alternative … Continue reading →
I’m both fascinated and puzzled by this essay by Russell Jacoby, a professor (now emeritus) in UCLA’s history department. He writes: …[M]y ’60s generation [posed as] much more radical than previous American intellectuals. We were the leftists, Maoists, Marxists, Third … Continue reading →
The GOP is on the warpath, and the victim is the FBI. Why are the Republicans doing this to those agency innocents, fighting for truth, justice, and the American Way? It’s because of Trump, of course: The attacks on [FBI … Continue reading →
After all, Republican lies are SO much worse than Democrat lies (which don’t exist). This is particularly hypocritical, in light of Joe Biden and family: Another New York Democrat, Rep. Ritchie Torres, urged the House Ethics Committee to probe the … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I see that Twitterfiles #6 is now up [hat tip: commenter “Griffin]. I plan to deal with it in a post tomorrow.] John Hayward writes: The corruption Musk is exposing at Twitter makes it seem more obvious in retrospect … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Part V of the Twitter files can be found here.] The powerful wokesters at Twitter wanted to ban Trump, the guy they all knew – just knew – is a Nazi. And so when he didn’t violate their rules, … Continue reading →
The amount of coordination between federal agencies such as the FBI, DOJ, and DHS was vast, according to the latest analysis by Matt Taibbi, third in the series. Here’s one small part of it: 17. During this time, executives were … Continue reading →
I may write more later tonight about what’s revealed in this batch, but I’m more likely to do it tomorrow. If you’d like to read up, here’s the link. Taibbi mentions that the next group of files will be dealt … Continue reading →