Newly disclosed document confirms billionaire Pierre Omidyar financed the public-private partnership to censor election-related Twitter and Facebook posts.
This is great reporting. It would seem you are not looking to go back to working for the Intercept anytime soon. Great job and thank you for another great article.
How much more evidence does the public need before they start demanding a just government that works for us instead of rich oligarchs and Deep State ghouls?
Agreed! The evidence and level of corruption has long past the level of starting to demand change. Writing letters to state and federal legislators seems to be futile at this point. It feels like the masses have given up on an individual level, or are so removed from reality that can’t see the imminent dangers in front of them. No organization is even calling for peaceful protests? George Floyd was killed my the police and protesters burned cities across the country. Everyone starts loosing constitutional rights, our government continues to spend our tax money on fighting wars and “disinformation” while filling their coffers and nothing happens. While I don’t condone violent protests, I still believe in our constitutional rights to assemble. Perhaps looking at it as a constitutional duty is a better way to look at it in times like this? Is the mainstream media’s propaganda machine still so effective that the threat to democracy isn’t evident? Has our individual fear of retaliation from these corrupted agencies scared us into submission? They’ve already shown their willingness to intimidate and harass innocent journalists and whistleblowers (Taibbi and the FBI) in an open public forum, no doubt meant to send a broader message. Even asking these questions likely puts you on an alphabet agencies watch list! Are we in a pressure cooker or has the lid already blown off turning us to a stew? Very curious times.
As overwhelming evidence of blatant corruption continues to pile up across a broad spectrum of agencies and individuals at various levels across America, one has to start asking the question, will anyone ever be held accountable? If not, have we already lost our constitutional republic to a totalitarian banana republic? Is it delusional to believe any one person or agency has the power, or even the will, to hold these people accountable in a court?
How to make this news spread like wildfire. I do what I can but I don't have that many Twitter followers. This needs to be printed in a bunch of large newspapers, covered on news stations, and playing everywhere. It needs reach.
Sadly the msm has no interest in actually informing the public. No idea what the answer is when the msm is nothing more than a branch of a very corrupt government.
The Intercept seemed so promising there for a minute, didn't it? Kind of like social media. Public-private partnerships, on the other hand, are just a business school term for fascism.
Lee Fang, Matt Taibbi, Glenn Greanwald, Aaron Mate, Bari Weiss, Joe Rogan Sy Hersh et al worked for much larger organizations in their past but all of them have elected to work within SubStack, Locals, and/or Rumble instead of compromising their morals and principles. I know I am speaking to the choir but we need to forward these articles to our non-paying friends in order to get them to sign up as Subscribers.
Fantastic reporting, and please keep it up. I think that at this point with all of the irrefutable evidence that real journalists like you have uncovered, Donald Trump should take a different approach to winning, not the Presidential election, but in court. A massive lawsuit against all the players whose actions cost him votes and probably the election. The damages that he can collect will be HUGE!
Maybe this unprecedented censorship bandwagon has been America's 21st c way of reacting to the unprecedented threat to the Republic from the unprecedented kind of character who was inhabiting the White House prior to the current resident.
Even if that were true, it's no justification. Sorry, as wacky, crass, and obnoxious as Trump was/is, he was not an unprecedented threat to the Republic. He is certainly a threat to the status quote these people so rely on.
Great work Lee !! I think the only way to break through to the masses is to go "Old School".
Billboards, bumper stickers, mailers with Rumble ads. When President Woodrow Wilson enacted the Espionage Act, he was going after free thinkers like Lee and Matt, but now info flows through the fiber optic cables the censorship machine owns. Like using Morris Code it has to go under the radar of today's tech and once a new "Freedom of the Press" achieves scale it will be too big to censor anymore.
This is great reporting. It would seem you are not looking to go back to working for the Intercept anytime soon. Great job and thank you for another great article.
How much more evidence does the public need before they start demanding a just government that works for us instead of rich oligarchs and Deep State ghouls?
Agreed! The evidence and level of corruption has long past the level of starting to demand change. Writing letters to state and federal legislators seems to be futile at this point. It feels like the masses have given up on an individual level, or are so removed from reality that can’t see the imminent dangers in front of them. No organization is even calling for peaceful protests? George Floyd was killed my the police and protesters burned cities across the country. Everyone starts loosing constitutional rights, our government continues to spend our tax money on fighting wars and “disinformation” while filling their coffers and nothing happens. While I don’t condone violent protests, I still believe in our constitutional rights to assemble. Perhaps looking at it as a constitutional duty is a better way to look at it in times like this? Is the mainstream media’s propaganda machine still so effective that the threat to democracy isn’t evident? Has our individual fear of retaliation from these corrupted agencies scared us into submission? They’ve already shown their willingness to intimidate and harass innocent journalists and whistleblowers (Taibbi and the FBI) in an open public forum, no doubt meant to send a broader message. Even asking these questions likely puts you on an alphabet agencies watch list! Are we in a pressure cooker or has the lid already blown off turning us to a stew? Very curious times.
As overwhelming evidence of blatant corruption continues to pile up across a broad spectrum of agencies and individuals at various levels across America, one has to start asking the question, will anyone ever be held accountable? If not, have we already lost our constitutional republic to a totalitarian banana republic? Is it delusional to believe any one person or agency has the power, or even the will, to hold these people accountable in a court?
Looking forward to digging into this work. Thanks for the continued good works!
How to make this news spread like wildfire. I do what I can but I don't have that many Twitter followers. This needs to be printed in a bunch of large newspapers, covered on news stations, and playing everywhere. It needs reach.
Sadly the msm has no interest in actually informing the public. No idea what the answer is when the msm is nothing more than a branch of a very corrupt government.
Lee Fang. Great reporting and even better case building material for trial lawyers. Thank you!
Thank you !!!
It is now 1000% certain that 2020 elections were stolen by DNC/CIA/FBI cabal.
The Intercept seemed so promising there for a minute, didn't it? Kind of like social media. Public-private partnerships, on the other hand, are just a business school term for fascism.
Lee Fang, Matt Taibbi, Glenn Greanwald, Aaron Mate, Bari Weiss, Joe Rogan Sy Hersh et al worked for much larger organizations in their past but all of them have elected to work within SubStack, Locals, and/or Rumble instead of compromising their morals and principles. I know I am speaking to the choir but we need to forward these articles to our non-paying friends in order to get them to sign up as Subscribers.
These true Journalists are the best!
This is good. Name the names.
Keep digging. The truth of this conspiracy to illicitly influence our elections must come out. Thank you.
Thank you !!
Ep. 2 – Jun. 8 – Cling to your taboos !!
https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1666928190445477890?s=20
Fantastic reporting, and please keep it up. I think that at this point with all of the irrefutable evidence that real journalists like you have uncovered, Donald Trump should take a different approach to winning, not the Presidential election, but in court. A massive lawsuit against all the players whose actions cost him votes and probably the election. The damages that he can collect will be HUGE!
Maybe this unprecedented censorship bandwagon has been America's 21st c way of reacting to the unprecedented threat to the Republic from the unprecedented kind of character who was inhabiting the White House prior to the current resident.
Even if that were true, it's no justification. Sorry, as wacky, crass, and obnoxious as Trump was/is, he was not an unprecedented threat to the Republic. He is certainly a threat to the status quote these people so rely on.
Exactly. The chump of the Apprentice? Really? That’s the great monster?
Lol
Destroy everything to stop Orange Man?
Not a great plan.
Thank you for this excellent and much needed investigative reporting. Please keep it up!!
Great work Lee !! I think the only way to break through to the masses is to go "Old School".
Billboards, bumper stickers, mailers with Rumble ads. When President Woodrow Wilson enacted the Espionage Act, he was going after free thinkers like Lee and Matt, but now info flows through the fiber optic cables the censorship machine owns. Like using Morris Code it has to go under the radar of today's tech and once a new "Freedom of the Press" achieves scale it will be too big to censor anymore.