Matt Taibbi
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Really? Yes.
Really? Yes.
Really? Yes.
Yeah. Or to keep the public's attention elsewhere. That's what I mean. What possible reason would there be to do this? You're not really going to make any military gains by doing this. So, you're doing it either to provoke the other side or to create a headline. The headline, I don't think it gets you anything. So, what were they doing? And, you know, if that's what you're saying, there were...
Yeah. Or to keep the public's attention elsewhere. That's what I mean. What possible reason would there be to do this? You're not really going to make any military gains by doing this. So, you're doing it either to provoke the other side or to create a headline. The headline, I don't think it gets you anything. So, what were they doing? And, you know, if that's what you're saying, there were...
Yeah. Or to keep the public's attention elsewhere. That's what I mean. What possible reason would there be to do this? You're not really going to make any military gains by doing this. So, you're doing it either to provoke the other side or to create a headline. The headline, I don't think it gets you anything. So, what were they doing? And, you know, if that's what you're saying, there were...
fiddling with regime change in the interim. Yeah, I think that was a fear that a lot of people had. I didn't think that, frankly, that Trump would become president. I thought, you know, for a variety of different reasons, I don't know exactly what could have happened to stop that, but... It was hard for me to accept that it did happen.
fiddling with regime change in the interim. Yeah, I think that was a fear that a lot of people had. I didn't think that, frankly, that Trump would become president. I thought, you know, for a variety of different reasons, I don't know exactly what could have happened to stop that, but... It was hard for me to accept that it did happen.
fiddling with regime change in the interim. Yeah, I think that was a fear that a lot of people had. I didn't think that, frankly, that Trump would become president. I thought, you know, for a variety of different reasons, I don't know exactly what could have happened to stop that, but... It was hard for me to accept that it did happen.
It does, but I think the moment has passed for the real, like there was a moment where They could have installed, you know, a European-style regime to stop misinformation. This is the new trend, right? Remember the hurricanes happened and immediately FEMA's talking about setting up an anti-misinformation center, right? It just happened in California.
It does, but I think the moment has passed for the real, like there was a moment where They could have installed, you know, a European-style regime to stop misinformation. This is the new trend, right? Remember the hurricanes happened and immediately FEMA's talking about setting up an anti-misinformation center, right? It just happened in California.
It does, but I think the moment has passed for the real, like there was a moment where They could have installed, you know, a European-style regime to stop misinformation. This is the new trend, right? Remember the hurricanes happened and immediately FEMA's talking about setting up an anti-misinformation center, right? It just happened in California.
Right. I mean, the fact that Gavin Newsom had time to try to come up with a state bureau for protecting my reputation. But they could really have done that. They could have basically put a net over everything.
Right. I mean, the fact that Gavin Newsom had time to try to come up with a state bureau for protecting my reputation. But they could really have done that. They could have basically put a net over everything.
Right. I mean, the fact that Gavin Newsom had time to try to come up with a state bureau for protecting my reputation. But they could really have done that. They could have basically put a net over everything.
I mean, that's the thing that's scary about the European situation is they already have that massive infrastructure in place to completely control the flow of information, what people see, what people don't see. They can punish people who step out of line. And we were this far away from being part of
I mean, that's the thing that's scary about the European situation is they already have that massive infrastructure in place to completely control the flow of information, what people see, what people don't see. They can punish people who step out of line. And we were this far away from being part of
I mean, that's the thing that's scary about the European situation is they already have that massive infrastructure in place to completely control the flow of information, what people see, what people don't see. They can punish people who step out of line. And we were this far away from being part of
something like that and if they were going to do that if they had done that and i think there there was probably some thinking that that would have been accomplished by 2024 if you go back and look at some of the european union's papers on the subject they were anticipating that we were
something like that and if they were going to do that if they had done that and i think there there was probably some thinking that that would have been accomplished by 2024 if you go back and look at some of the european union's papers on the subject they were anticipating that we were