System Update
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Journalist Glenn Greenwald reacts to Tucker Carlson's BOMBSHELL report about the Trump administration and its plans to use nuclear weapons against Iran: "What Tucker is trumpeting there is not that a decision has been made but that this is being discussed at the highest levels — and anybody who has any sources or contacts in the Trump administration knows this is true!"
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![MEGYN KELLY: "Their argument is, 'The reason Iran didn't go well is because [Trump] didn't double and triple down, he didn't put ground troops—'" GLENN GREENWALD: "That's always their argument. Iraq. Vietnam. Same thing. 'We fought with one hand tied behind our back.'"](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2117835621540483581/amplify_video_thumb/2117834441376530432/img/3Z_RANFEAoKwSZlX.jpg)
MEGYN KELLY: "Their argument is, 'The reason Iran didn't go well is because [Trump] didn't double and triple down, he didn't put ground troops—'" GLENN GREENWALD: "That's always their argument. Iraq. Vietnam. Same thing. 'We fought with one hand tied behind our back.'"
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![MEGYN KELLY: “The [Republican] Party cannot just keep limping along in this condition. Massive change does have to come!” GLENN GREENWALD: “I was thinking about both parties—how both parties need a kind of destruction and realization. The Democrats also need a radical and fundamental transformation!”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2117854504074748103/amplify_video_thumb/2117854391986233344/img/wZqSoYGesh_Tg5z1.jpg)
MEGYN KELLY: “The [Republican] Party cannot just keep limping along in this condition. Massive change does have to come!” GLENN GREENWALD: “I was thinking about both parties—how both parties need a kind of destruction and realization. The Democrats also need a radical and fundamental transformation!”
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MEGYN KELLY: "What does this mean for A.I.P.A.C.?" GLENN GREENWALD: "Yeah... I mean, Trump himself came out this morning—it was kind of desperate—and said, 'We're cutting off aid to Israel.'" That doesn't mean the lobby or its influence will disappear, however. Watch more here:
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"BOO-HOO!" Glenn Greenwald torches Ed Sheeran and his defenders on Piers Morgan's show: "It's a little bit difficult to endure Ed Sheeran self-victimizing in this way, crying on stage, when you have in Gaza the HIGHEST NUMBER of child amputees ever! Those are the real victims."
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What word captures tonight's potential Republican blowout? "BETRAYAL," says Glenn Greenwald. Contrast Trump's current preoccupations with his nascent 2016 pledge: "I'm standing up for the forgotten men and women. We're gonna reorient Washington to care about you—America first!"
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What are two big lessons we can learn from Brazil's shock election? First, Lula is one of the 21st century's few, true political giants. "There are few people who have more significantly changed their country and the world than Lula." Second, this was not a "shock" election:
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Yesterday, Piers Morgan told Glenn Greenwald he couldn't believe that James Talarico, "a gay vegan," might join the Senate from Texas. Glenn had to remind him: "Piers, he's actually not gay, nor is he vegan." Rich Lowry jokes: "Republican messaging is working!"
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PIERS MORGAN: "You're putting a lot of trust in Putin! Say he took the Donbas as part of a settlement. The idea he would stop there, the idea this contains Putin, when his clear history shows he would just go and want more—" GLENN GREENWALD: "Putin has been the president of Russia for 25 years. Every American president who dealt with him, from Bill Clinton to Obama, said that he's an incredibly rational actor, if you make deals with him, he abides by them." PIERS MORGAN: *proves Glenn's point*
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![😡 TRUMP LOYALIST: “Jewish Americans have a vested interest in Israel!” GLENN: “Why? Why do they have that?” TRUMP LOYALIST: “Well, a lot of them—some don’t. Like, you, right? You’re Jewish?” GLENN: “Yeah, I don’t [have a vested interest].”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2061810563840102724/amplify_video_thumb/2061810462631636992/img/XTIvaccpiHrdm4xl.jpg)
❗️ SAY IT WITH US: "U.S. foreign policy is not and has never been motivated by human rights or democratic values!" Glenn Greenwald and Erik Sperling discuss two cases that explode this myth: "Saudi Arabia tends to be the most prominent example, but Pakistan is such an important one as well." "We don't even make any pretense about the fact—and, again, this was done under Biden—that you have this incredibly popular leader," Imran Khan, "who was democratically elected." "And because that will of the Pakistani people didn't serve the American and Israeli vision of that region, we just said, 'Yeah, get rid of him and we'll support this military junta.'"
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🚨 Brazil's Censorship Regime Becomes Even More Despotic Monark, "Brazil's Joe Rogan," is now being criminally investigated and fined ~$75,000 for online conduct—fully silencing the once mega-popular podcaster without any due process. This is what's coming for everyone. The West is using Brazil as its censorship laboratory, learning how to implement and escalate their totalitarian assault on free expression.
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![PIERS MORGAN: "This argument: that these seven guys have all had their lives turned upside down, they've all been named, [...] whereas the Jane Doe has remained anonymous. Is that fair?" GLENN GREENWALD: "No, it's totally unfair — and here I'm speaking as both a journalist and a lawyer." "This whole thing was triggered by the fact that somebody brought a civil lawsuit, a lawyer, who is working on contingency, which means that if he wins money, he will stand to win millions of dollars." "I hope it doesn't shock anybody, but oftentimes in civil litigation, people motivated by money do lie." "In order to investigate this case, we have to know who the seven defendants are, so we can try and talk to people who know them — but also, we have to know who she is!"](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2107542118692466921/amplify_video_thumb/2107539053440593925/img/TsIl2sApzEv_fyh1.jpg)
PIERS MORGAN: "This argument: that these seven guys have all had their lives turned upside down, they've all been named, [...] whereas the Jane Doe has remained anonymous. Is that fair?" GLENN GREENWALD: "No, it's totally unfair — and here I'm speaking as both a journalist and a lawyer." "This whole thing was triggered by the fact that somebody brought a civil lawsuit, a lawyer, who is working on contingency, which means that if he wins money, he will stand to win millions of dollars." "I hope it doesn't shock anybody, but oftentimes in civil litigation, people motivated by money do lie." "In order to investigate this case, we have to know who the seven defendants are, so we can try and talk to people who know them — but also, we have to know who she is!"
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