The Twitter Files and the FBI

The FBI as a Democrat Censor

In the event you missed last night’s thread of The Twitter Files, here it is:

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1. Thread: THE TWITTER FILES

To give a short explainer, the talented Matt Taibbi posted internal Twitter documents around the 2020 presidential election which demonstrated how political operations – such as the Biden presidential campaign and the DNC – petitioned the company to remove “offending” tweets. Twitter complied. The Trump White House would make similar requests, but as Taibbi observe, “this system wasn’t balanced.” Instead, it was based on contacts. And as you can imagine, Twitter’s staff, especially at the highest levels, was far left and supported the Democrats.

What of the other Twitter Files? Elon has promised more transparency and Taibbi posted on his Substack that “there may be a few more big surprises coming.” Catch Taibbi and Walter Kirn, both of whom we’re big fans, explaining the Twitter Files on Episode 15 of America This Week, available through Taibbi’s site.

But there’s a bigger story slowly emerging: the FBI’s involvement in political censorship.