Russia FM Spokeswoman ZAKHAROVA: “Matt Taibbi, a former Moscow correspondent for The Moscow Times, continues to spectacularly expose the inner workings of Twitter. And everything there seems thoroughly rotten. According to the latest leaked Twitter files, the US earlier established something Taibbi refers to as the Censorship-Industrial Complex. This is, roughly, how the group operated: American taxpayers sent their hard-earned money to the government, which used it to fund the various agencies responsible for national security, primarily the FBI. Instead of doing its direct duties, the FBI hired multiple employees to look out for “Russian” (“Chinese,” “Iranian,” etc.) propaganda.
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LARRY C. JOHNSON—Impotence can make men do foolish things and evoke helpless rage. While erectile dysfunction can be resolved, at least temporarily, with the help of a little blue pill, there is no remedy for political impotence other than reality. One example of Western political flaccidity is Europe’s decision to impose a new batch of sanctions on Russia, which include trying to muzzle RT. Strong nations that are prevailing in a conflict do not resort to such feckless, useless measures. These are the actions of weaklings.
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The link in that paragraph goes to “The Far Right’s Fear of ‘Glowies,’” a January 20, 2021, article in The Atlantic by Olga Khazan that explains the origins and meaning of glowie. It’s the term, Khazan writes, that far-right groups use “to describe people they suspect of being federal law-enforcement agents or informants infiltrating their communication channels, trying to catch them plotting violence, or prodding them into illegal acts.”
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Florida Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar was roundly mocked on social media after telling reporter Max Blumenthal that she wholeheartedly supports declaring a “no-fly zone” over Ukraine despite not knowing what, precisely, that means. She then doubled down on this unwitting call to launch World War III by adding, “Freedom isn’t free.”
Jimmy and American comedian Kurt Metzger share chuckles at the Congresswoman’s expense while discussing the ramifications of a no-fly zone over Ukraine and the fantasy notion of a “partial” or “limited” no-fly zone.
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GLENN GREENWALD— System Update with Glenn Greenwald. On this week’s episode of System Update, Glenn Greenwald talks to journalist Vincent Bevins about his newly launched book, The Jakarta Method. The book examines the series of mass murder programs engineered by the CIA with the purported goal of fighting communism during the Cold War, and how the consequences of these programs shape the global order — and U.S. politics — to this day.
