Glenn Greenwald

We're very excited to be returning to @Substack after 3 great years of doing our live nightly show, System Update, on @rumblevideo.

I'm particularly happy to be getting back to written reporting and long investigations. We'll have our first up today.

greenwald.substack.com/p/welcome-back…

A dinâmica do pensamento de grupo é fascinante (e repugnante) de observar: quando uma determinada ortodoxia ou crença é elevada à condição de sagrada -- como aconteceu com Alexandre de Moraes e o Inquérito das Fake News -- ninguém pode questioná-la, se opor a ela ou criticá-la.

Quem ousa fazer isso é imediatamente rotulado de fascista, golpista, inimigo da democracia, ou coisa pior.

Aí, no exato momento em que as principais instituições de autoridade passam a considerar aquilo errado e condenável, todo mundo finge que sempre foi contra e que, desde o início, já enxergava o quanto aquilo era perigoso e destrutivo.

The chances were always low that House Dems would elect anyone other than Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker because of how rigidly hierarchical and pro-institution they are.

But any chance of choosing someone else was permanently crushed months ago when AOC announced on Meet the Press that Jeffries was the candidate she supports for Speaker (even though he supported, armed and funded what she claims she believes is a "genocide" in Gaza and he still defends it). AOC's support made Jeffries' elevation a foregone conclusion.

Leave the mega-viral tweet with the false sensationalistic claim, continue to profit off of that false claim as it continues to viralize, then tack on a "correction" TWO FULL DAYS LATER that nobody sees, just so you can say you did.

Ladies and gentlemen: The Free Press.

My full interview with Flávio Bolsonaro, recorded yesterday in Miami, exclusively for @Folha (with English subtitles):