The Twitter Files

The Twitter Files
By Terry A. Hurlbut
The Twitter Files have finally found release, as Elon Musk promised. To the accusations by State Attorneys General Eric Schmitt (Missouri) and Jeff Landry (Louisiana) that Twitter and Facebook had been State actors, we can now add evidence. The political left cannot deny it any longer, which is why they try to deny its significance. More to the point, in releasing these files, Elon Musk has pledged that this will not recur. He also specifically pledges that more will come. And those pledges seem to have every leftist on edge.
Tweets containing the Twitter Files
The subject matter of The Twitter Files, or at least this part of them, is the Hunter Biden Laptop Story. The New York Post first broke it in October of 2020. This was the dreaded October Surprise – except that Twitter deliberately suppressed it. In so acting, Twitter repeated an allegation that Russian (or was it Chinese?) intelligence had planted the laptop. The Post Millennial recently released this thirty-second flashback video of then-candidate Joe Biden saying just that:
https://rumble.com/v1yj1do-flashback-biden-claimed-that-hunters-laptop-scandal-was-russian-disinformat.html
These tweets come from Matt Taibbi, author of Griftopia, The Divide, The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing, and Hate, Incorporated. In the interest of economy (and performance!), CNAV will list every other tweet. Per long-standing custom, each tweet after the first is a reply to the one before it. Such a tweet always displays with the replied-to tweet. First, the introduction:
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598824197819666435
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598825121992638465
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598825917165572099
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598827602403160064
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598828932395978752
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598830393360162817
And now, Part One of The Twitter Files.
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598830911776251906
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598831435288563712
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598832411025952768
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598833927405215744
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598834373482070016
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598835411262279680
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598836516553641989
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598837337584062466
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598838041371516929
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598839971451838465
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598840927199469569
Reaction to the release
Reaction to these tweets varied from humor to high praise to “weeping and gnashing of teeth.” The humorous tweets do not bear repeating. Of greater interest are these “pro” tweets:
https://twitter.com/brinicles/status/1598858663296311297
https://twitter.com/TRHLofficial/status/1598831356678586369
https://twitter.com/LynnCareySaylor/status/1598849739914547200
https://twitter.com/ShariRae3/status/1598847035574059009
https://twitter.com/Itsme17_1776/status/1598848970062581760
https://twitter.com/ShuForCongress/status/1598843743997636608
https://twitter.com/gendron_mathew/status/1598874856468058112
https://twitter.com/Loginov_Line/status/1598833251933569024
https://twitter.com/ShooterMcKevin1/status/1598855236621578242
https://twitter.com/TaraBull808/status/1598826528640741376
https://twitter.com/JPeters77428787/status/1598842230952718336
https://twitter.com/dantheman6606/status/1598863106503249922
https://twitter.com/Lisa_Matassa/status/1598828441012404225
https://twitter.com/tcom27/status/1598875967497199617
https://twitter.com/INFJLOVE/status/1598827207664640000
https://twitter.com/3portlyfingers/status/1598875795996299264
https://twitter.com/dogeofficialceo/status/1598843361179226112
https://twitter.com/mynerdyhome/status/1598835835751010304
https://twitter.com/pnjaban/status/1598888294968102912
The “con” tweets say more about the account holders than about Taibbi or the Twitter Files. Here they are, other than those that showed on the above list:
https://twitter.com/logosmate/status/1598834514088046594
https://twitter.com/3YearLetterman/status/1598826680923013121
https://twitter.com/teavangelize/status/1598834629439795201
https://twitter.com/David_LKaplan/status/1598849226834071553
https://twitter.com/camorris/status/1598834846876332033
https://twitter.com/tishmo76/status/1598862448463052801
https://twitter.com/BertelSchmitt/status/1598852704721571840
https://twitter.com/ozjao84/status/1598869237161811970
https://twitter.com/SougPaul/status/1598851953144270848
https://twitter.com/tee_essex/status/1598859689097191424
https://twitter.com/davematt88/status/1598857915531608064
https://twitter.com/owl_jeff/status/1598839581767790593
In addition, The Post Millennial has a copy of Yoel Roth’s post on the leftist social medium, Mastadon. There Roth writes:
Publicly posting the names and identities of front-line employees involved in content moderation puts them in harm’s way and is a fundamentally unacceptable thing to do.
Yoel Roth, former Executive in Charge of Policy, Trust and Safety, Twitter, Inc.
Oh, really? Where was Roth when his friends “publicly posted the names and addresses” of front-line patriots decrying the left’s excesses? Your editor is not a lawyer, but if Roth hasn’t yet received a summons from Harmeet Dhillon (see above), he should expect one.
Aside from that, this piece in The Bulwark from Tim Miller, out this morning at 3:32 a.m. EST, looks typical. He alleges that the only things anyone blocked, were pornographic pictures from the laptop.
https://twitter.com/Schneider_CM/status/1598832424754073601
https://twitter.com/Schneider_CM/status/1598833922028314624
https://twitter.com/Schneider_CM/status/1598836278589521921
News flash: those tweets were not all, by any means, and more will come later today.
What we know
(Other than that at least someone knows how to use The Wayback Machine, other than your editor.) To be specific, we now know not only that Twitter was a State actor. We know who at Twitter was doing the State acting.
We also have a further demonstration that the souls of many American citizens are in a very dark place. Consider the user who actually would welcome Chinese Communist Party style censorship if that’s what it took to keep Donald J. Trump out of office. Sometimes some of us like to think that only someone that coldly determined could shrug off a story like this. But seeing a leftist actor confirm his attitude should chill any freedom lover to the bone.
The Twitter Files show us that Twitter acted like a Communist platform while pretending not to be. Sadly, many consumer products and services routinely get away with such fraud – for it is not legally actionable. (Or is it? In addition to Missouri v. Biden, Harmeet Dhillon is already suing Twitter directly over this.) But the reaction to their publication shows us that too many of our fellow Americans are simpatico with it. “Anything to keep Trump out of office” is the attitude of a small-time bully joining up with a bigger bully.
Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell.
Though all things foul would wear the look of grace,
yet grace must still look so.
MacBeth IV.iii.10-12.
Link to:
The article:
https://cnav.news/2022/12/03/news/twitter-files/

Video clip of Biden dismissing Hunter Biden laptop as Russian disinformation:
https://rumble.com/v1yj1do-flashback-biden-claimed-that-hunters-laptop-scandal-was-russian-disinformat.html

The Twitter Files, Introduction:
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598824197819666435
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598825121992638465
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598825917165572099
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598827602403160064
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598828932395978752
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598830393360162817

Twitter profile on Open Secrets:
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/twitter/summary?id=D000067113

The Twitter Files, “Part One”:
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598830911776251906
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598831435288563712
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598832411025952768
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598833927405215744
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598834373482070016
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598835411262279680
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598836516553641989
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598837337584062466
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598838041371516929
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598839971451838465
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598840927199469569

Reaction (pro):
https://twitter.com/brinicles/status/1598858663296311297
https://twitter.com/TRHLofficial/status/1598831356678586369
https://twitter.com/LynnCareySaylor/status/1598849739914547200
https://twitter.com/ShariRae3/status/1598847035574059009
https://twitter.com/Itsme17_1776/status/1598848970062581760
https://twitter.com/ShuForCongress/status/1598843743997636608
https://twitter.com/gendron_mathew/status/1598874856468058112
https://twitter.com/Loginov_Line/status/1598833251933569024
https://twitter.com/ShooterMcKevin1/status/1598855236621578242
https://twitter.com/TaraBull808/status/1598826528640741376
https://twitter.com/JPeters77428787/status/1598842230952718336
https://twitter.com/dantheman6606/status/1598863106503249922
https://twitter.com/Lisa_Matassa/status/1598828441012404225
https://twitter.com/tcom27/status/1598875967497199617
https://twitter.com/INFJLOVE/status/1598827207664640000
https://twitter.com/3portlyfingers/status/1598875795996299264
https://twitter.com/dogeofficialceo/status/1598843361179226112
https://twitter.com/mynerdyhome/status/1598835835751010304
https://twitter.com/pnjaban/status/1598888294968102912

Reaction (con):
https://twitter.com/logosmate/status/1598834514088046594
https://twitter.com/3YearLetterman/status/1598826680923013121
https://twitter.com/teavangelize/status/1598834629439795201
https://twitter.com/David_LKaplan/status/1598849226834071553
https://twitter.com/camorris/status/1598834846876332033
https://twitter.com/tishmo76/status/1598862448463052801
https://twitter.com/BertelSchmitt/status/1598852704721571840
https://twitter.com/ozjao84/status/1598869237161811970
https://twitter.com/SougPaul/status/1598851953144270848
https://twitter.com/tee_essex/status/1598859689097191424
https://twitter.com/davematt88/status/1598857915531608064
https://twitter.com/owl_jeff/status/1598839581767790593

TPM article quoting Yoel Roth’s post on Mastadon:
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-former-twitter-trust-safety-boss-enraged-by-publication-of-hunter-biden-files-claims-posting-names-of-censors-puts-them-in-harms-way

Tweets from someone purporting to check out since-deleted tweets:
https://twitter.com/Schneider_CM/status/1598832424754073601
https://twitter.com/Schneider_CM/status/1598833922028314624
https://twitter.com/Schneider_CM/status/1598836278589521921

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