Pure Malarkey

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mostly yelling impotently into the void

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

journalist who broke the story of Mitch McConnell's cardiac arrest says he's braindead (per her sources) 👇
https://t.co/4rWP3s47a7

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This is properly insane: quite literally the worst example of censorship I've ever heard of anywhere.

I checked the actual ruling (which you can see here: https://t.co/dBKFWZ2ZWm) and, to be clear, it isn't just censorship in the conventional sense - blocking access to a website or removing content from platforms - this is the criminalization of information relayed by private citizens, with prison sentences attached.

And the most insane aspect if that it does NOT matter if the information relayed is accurate or not. It just matters that it originates from RT or other media outlets banned in the EU.

In other words, truth isn't a defense anymore in the EU, it literally doesn't matter. It's purely based on the identity of the speaker.

The ruling is actually explicit about this: the regulation, quoted by the Court says that the prohibition applies to "any content," and they draw no distinction based on what the content actually says. If it originates from banned outlets, it's banned.

It is, quite simply, a complete unraveling of the entire post-Enlightenment legal and philosophical project where entire generations of Europeans fought to move from "who says it" to "is it true" as the operative question.

Think about the absurdity of it: if RT publishes a video saying the sky is blue and you share it on a publicly accessible website in the EU, you'd fall within the scope of this ruling, making you liable to criminal prosecution.

Completely and utterly absurd. But that's the EU today for you 🤷

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

trump is talking about no mail in ballots at the 250th 4th of july speech

[ettingermentum @ettingermentum]

Fact: more incumbent House Democrats have lost to insurgent challengers in just New York and Colorado this year (three) than all of the incumbent House Republicans in all 50 states who lost to Tea Party challengers in 2010 (only two, one if you don’t count a former D who flipped)

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

🚨 Months ago, The Intercept lost control of its Signal tip line to an unknown third party, which has been operating it actively.

The Intercept recently learned of the breach and posted the innocuous-sounding update below, chalking up a change in the Signal account username to "security best practices."

In reality, it's a devastating operational security collapse and The Intercept should publicly address it so that sources who may have been trying to leak to the outlet understand they may have been compromised.

Please share this post so potential sources become aware of the risk they may have been duped into. Details below:

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

They’re building concentration camps. Wondering if legacy media will find this newsworthy.

[Mel @Villgecrazylady]

TL;DR: Concentration camps. The US is going to help Israel build and run concentration camps in Gaza.

[Antifa HR Director @berniehoe2]

This is the guy that has all my data and you want me scared of China? Please grow up.

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

anyone who's on good terms with party leadership should be primaried

[The Last Farm @TheLastFarm]

Please ask yourself WHY she would introduce an amendment with a loophole the size of a monster truck that happens to align perfectly with Netanyahu’s position

If you think this is a sincere effort, you’re a total rube. AOC continues to support genocide

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

Here are the 22 Democrats who voted with Republicans to protect Trump's ability to get militarily involved in Lebanon:

[Christopher Hooks @cd_hooks]

If you’re expressing relief about the birthright decision, you still don’t quite get what’s going on

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

⚡️ The House Rules Committee has blocked a bipartisan amendment from Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna that sought to remove a provision significantly expanding U.S.-Israel military technology integration from the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act.

The decision means the amendment will not receive a vote on the House floor. The underlying provision, now advancing in the NDAA, would deepen U.S.-Israel defense technology cooperation, including joint weapons development and other military collaboration.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

House looking to fuse the American and Israeli militaries in significant ways without a vote on the floor, just ramming it through tucked in the NDAA

[The General @GeneralMCNews]

BREAKING: The United States House has rejected Thomas Massie’s amendment to stop the integration of the United States military with Israel’s under Section 219 (formerly Section 224) of the NDAA.

[QuoProQuid @TNOQuoProQuid]

5-4 for a guarantee that is written in plain text in the constitution

[Nikolaj🇺🇦🇵🇸 @nikicaga]

Will the NYC Council ever do something about the fact that one of its members repeatedly calls for murder of her colleagues

[JR @pdxbrocialite]

As an early 2000s Blazer fan, I love this move

[Pure Malarkey @puremalarkey]

cool, everyone loves mass surveillance bills

real inspiring stuff here from some of our most beloved dem pols

[Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu12]

NEW - Dems' "Project 2029" first major policy proposal: an online child safety plan — narrowing Sec. 230, banning social media for kids under 16, promoting phone-free childhoods and more

Already backed by Cory Booker, Mikie Sherrill, Randi Weingarten + Jonathan Haidt