System Update
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Independent news by Glenn Greenwald. Follow for highlights & updates. Full episodes and exclusive articles now available on Substack.
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🚨 GLENN: "Trump's an INFINITELY richer man—now—than he was when he sought the presidency in 2016." MAGA HAT: "Are you JEALOUS of that, like, 'cause he's president?" (He's not.) Glenn Greenwald on the companies that Trump helped create to personally enrich his family and allies:
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‼️ GLENN: “We’re talking about BILLIONS of dollars” in corrupt dealings by the Trump family. MAGA LOYALIST: “The Biden family received 24 to 27 million dollars.” GLENN: “I’m talking about billions!” MAGA LOYALIST: “So, you’re criticizing Trump for being a better businessman!”
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🚨 "If Russia came to the U.S. and BOMBED three different nuclear facilities, would you consider that to be an ACT OF WAR?" Glenn Greenwald presses MAGA loyalist on Trump's war-making past. (ALSO: Casus belli doesn't mean "act of war." It is the reason or excuse for declaring war.)
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🚨💰 MAGA LOYALIST: "Trump—during his first presidency, his net worth actually went lower than when he originally was inaugurated." GLENN: "It's three times greater now!" MAGA LOYALIST: "Yeah, because inflation happens..." GLENN: "He got BILLIONS of dollars from the Gulf!"
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🎯 SO STRANGE: Nobody will go fight in the wars that they cheer on—why is that? GLENN: "You seem like a young guy to me. Have you ever thought about going and fighting in this war that you're cheering on?" MAGA LOYALIST: "Uh, I mean, I've thought about joining the military before. I don't know about this war specifically." (Translation: "No.") Glenn Greenwald breaks down the always-at-war mentality that has long possessed the United States.
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⁉️ "We pay for their wars! We pay for those wars!" "It's in our interest that there is stability in the Middle East—" WHAT?! "The wars that Israel starts CREATE INSTABILITY, not stability." Glenn Greenwald outlines why Israel, not Qatar or the "Chamber of Commerce," is top of mind for so many Americans.
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‼️ "But what if they're as tyrannical BUT they're pro-American—is that fine?" Glenn Greenwald asks MAGA loyalist. "We prop up dictatorships around that region. We don't care about democracy. I just want to get a sense from you: what is your goal? Is it a pro-America dictatorship?"
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‼️ NEFARIOUS: “But that’s not AIPAC’s concern—it’s a totally stealthy and DECEITFUL campaign!” Glenn Greenwald on how the Israel Lobby, “in the shadows,” hides their agenda, “which is to keep American politicians subservient and captive to the interests of a foreign country!”
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🗣️⁉️ "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST ANSWER?!" It's an operation, a conflict, a proxy situation, a response—BUT not a war! Glenn Greenwald presses MAGA diehard on the Iran War, whether the "Biden regime" started it, and why she's unable to answer the most basic of questions.
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🚨 "It was a war that DIDN’T EXIST, that Trump created. Yes, congratulations, he ended his own war, but that is an example of a war-making president. That's just one example." Glenn Greenwald debates 20 MAGA loyalists on whether Trump is a war-making president or a peace-making one.
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![🚩 11 out of 20 people in Glenn Greenwald's Jubilee debate said they "would go right now and sign up to be part of [a] GROUND INVADING force" in Iran! 8 people raised their flags when asked if they think American ground troops should be sent to Iran. Have any of them deployed? 🤔](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2061414286203760835/amplify_video_thumb/2061411681272582147/img/vDFs99c_2gSuPZBG.jpg)
🚩 11 out of 20 people in Glenn Greenwald's Jubilee debate said they "would go right now and sign up to be part of [a] GROUND INVADING force" in Iran! 8 people raised their flags when asked if they think American ground troops should be sent to Iran. Have any of them deployed? 🤔
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🚨 Don't INSULT our intelligence: "The idea" that Thomas Massie lost because he "voted against a bill—that Marjorie Taylor Greene voted for, when she got treated at least as badly—is just laughable," says Glenn Greenwald. The real reason? Because they both OPPOSED Israel's wars.
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🚨 "The PROBLEM with the Hunter Biden case was that he was monetizing the influence that Joe Biden had in Ukraine in order to get all kinds of money for himself,” Glenn Greenwald explains. BUT THIS IS EXACTLY “what Donald Trump Jr. is doing, Eric Trump is doing and specially Jared Kushner is doing."
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🚨Glenn Greenwald: This war is happening "for the SAME REASON that the Iraq War was launched based on total lies—" Rob Schmitt: "But he trashed the Iraq War!" Glenn Greenwald: "The people that you're interviewing, who are selling the Iran War to your audience, are exactly the SAME PEOPLE who sold the Iraq War!"
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🚨"She's a scoophound reporter, a brilliant editor, and a clear-eyed leader," writes Bari Weiss, about her new Israel First CBS hire. "Shayndi," the incoming international editor, "is NONE OF THOSE THINGS." Glenn Greenwald goes into Shayndi Raice's dubious UNRWA reporting for WSJ.
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📌 "The U.S. has been ATTACKED many times over the last 30 years with horrific terrorist attacks—do you know how many of them have come from Iranian or Shia terrorists?" Glenn Greenwald asks MAGA apologist. The answer? "ZERO!" (Even the Jubilee fact-checkers agreed.)
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