Friday, November 23, 2018

Some Tweets from Aaron Mate


  •  Pinned Tweet
     Oct 29
    From midterm meddling to vote hacking to wild Trump-Kremlin conspiracies, the respectable outlets & lawmakers/officials peddling Russiagate alarmism have been disingenuous, irresponsible, & outlandish. Is the jig finally up? My latest for :
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  •  1 hour ago
    Here's the short version: mainstream Trump-Russia conspiracy theorists are about to get really excited that a fringe right-wing pro-Trump conspiracy theorist could likely be indicted in the investigation into their conspiracy theory
    Stone associate Jerome Corsi is in plea negotiations with special counsel, according to a person with knowledge of the talks
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  •   Retweeted
     Nov 16
    Where is and ? ? Silence from international community as a citizen movement is violently repressed ahead of planned November 18 anticorruption demonstrations.
    Local human rights group, FJKL, report on massacre earlier this week in La Saline. 15-25 dead. Group documents links between armed conflict, corrupt police and government officials. Connects it all to the ongoing movement.
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  •   Retweeted
     14 hours ago
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    “I think Europe needs to get a handle on migration because that is what lit the flame,” Imagine, after being Secretary of State, and almost President, that this is your take. She never reaches back further to identify why people suddenly started fleeing their homes in terror.
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  •   Retweeted
     20 hours ago
    Why are Clinton and Blair are solicited as voices of reason on Europe’s rightward drift and not pressed to take responsibility for their role in it by creating millions of refugees through deranged regime change wars?
    Hillary Clinton: Europe must curb immigration to stop rightwing populists
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  •  20 hours ago
    The portrayal of the Russian characters in Creed 2 isn’t perfect, but has far more humanity/respect than the cartoonish & conspiracy-laden portrayal of Russians by our media/politicians. The filmmakers should get a lot of credit for avoiding the prevailing jingoism & Russophobia.
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  •   Retweeted
     24 hours ago
    Thank you for being the only press freedom group to acknowledge ’s attempt to intimidate me into silence.
    The consulate in has used its official twitter account to harass journalist over his criticism of the coverage of the escalating violence in the Strip via
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  •  24 hours ago
    The belief that HRC & her circle are principled & progressive is just as fictitious as the belief that they lost to a reality TV host because of stolen emails, social media trolls, & a (fictitious) conspiracy between the reality TV host & the Kremlin:
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  •   Retweeted
     Nov 22
    or, here are a few novel ideas: 1) go after the right. THEY are to blame, not the immigrants. 2) stop destabilizing others' nations (via )
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  •  Nov 22
    Preferable to disingenuous elite sanctimony that Trump is somehow betraying US values by supporting the Saudi regime that every predecessor has supported. Speaking of elite, that's what defines "national" here -- whose "interests" does backing this regime actually "service"?
    Every president since Harry Truman has aligned with unsavory Middle Eastern rulers in the service of national interests. President Trump is just being unusually blunt about it.
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  •   Retweeted
     Nov 22
    It was an honour for me to meet & record this podcast with renowned addiction expert, physician & best-selling author . A fascinating chat about society, addiction & how our childhood can shape our health. Thank you, Gabor.
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  •   Retweeted
     Nov 22
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  •  Nov 22
    Clinton says Europe should make clear that “we are not going to be able to continue provide refuge & support.” Isn’t this the attitude we denounce Trump for? Speaking of irony, Clinton’s regime wars in Libya & Syria (& Iraq, indirectly) fueled the migration she wants to stop.
    Hillary Clinton: Europe must curb immigration to stop rightwing populists
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  •   Retweeted
     Nov 21
    It’s Noam Chomsky’s 90th birthday soon. I’m helping his wife, Valeria, gather tributes to him for a birthday book. If Chomsky’s work has affected you, pls write a message addressed to him explaining how & send to chasingthescream@gmail.com
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  •   Retweeted
     Nov 22
    Even the most vehemently anti-Trump, Russia-obsessed, reliably liberal outlets have warned that is a Louise-Mensch-level unhinged conspiracist charlatan. Either The doesn't read, or they now value monetary clicks over standards: genuinely sad either way:
     
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  •  Nov 21
    Would we expect anything different from GOP? Trump not only won the WH & took over the base, but the party has moved far-right long before him. Meanwhile, was it pre-ordained that Democrats would avoid meaningful self-reflection after losing to him & become conspiracy theorists?
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  •  Nov 21
    Far more shocking to me has been the total acquiescence of the Democratic Party leadership to a Trump-Russia conspiracy theory & the notion that bureaucrats/intel officials are our saviors, weakening an effective resistance to Trump-GOP's lies, corruption, and authoritarianism:
    8) The most shocking story in American politics these last two years is not Trump, it is the total acquiescence of the Republican Party to lies, corruption, and authoritarianism. Funded, of course, by unchecked dark money facilitated by the Citizens United decision.
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