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Ben Wizner

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330 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

Yes.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

Of the platforms.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

We said he's the president.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

What he does is newsworthy.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

We're not better off if we get a sanitized version of him.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

We're better off if we get the real version of him.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

This is information we need about him to make decisions.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

To make decisions a few years later about whether to elect him.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

Trump was deplatformed from these major platforms for years.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

And then he rode back into office.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

It didn't exactly work.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

So yes, I do think that on the whole, we're better off seeing the devil with his horns.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

In 2023, we represented the National Rifle Association in a First Amendment case in the U.S.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

Supreme Court, which we won 9-0, by the way.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

But this was not a popular position among what you might say, call the progressive constituency and many of our members.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

But it's something that we need to do.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

I mean, we think these rights are indivisible.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

If you won't defend them for everyone, they won't exist for everyone.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

And we genuinely believe in freedom of conscience.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Did You Hear That, James?" We Survived MSG Surveillance... with Edward Snowden's Lawyer

Today, I put some skin in the game.