It's not supposed to "prove" anything. Just give examples.

I've changed my mind I'm not going to put in the work collecting together the stuff just to give WE an opportunity to go on one of his denial of reality rants.

You could write it for him. It's the bias of the sources, it's the supposed private company (that's essentially an arm of the Democrats and not independent). It's security services doing their job when they are interfering in elections. He has literally no shame and the lies drip like rain.

Edited by Stirlingsays (30 Dec 2022 3.41am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

What a surprise!!! What you really mean is you know that any “example“ you put forward will be swiftly dismissed because none have any merit at all.

This was all a publicity stunt by Musk to try to drive traffic back to Twitter after his stupidity had driven it away. All it has done is given the conspiracy theorists some red meat to chew on. It’s very sad to see anyone in the UK being duped by this nonsense.

If Twitter wants to support the Democrats (they don’t) then they can. That’s their right. In fact an independent analysis found there was more moderation of Democratic content than Republican. Not that you would believe it. Their purpose is to make money for their shareholders, just like any business. That means giving their users what they want so that advertisers spend money with them. It’s not complicat ed.

The security services don’t interfere in elections. They protect elections. That most of the protection that’s been needed has recently involved the right is only because that’s where the threats come from. Surely with Trump’s activities that’s obvious!

A good deal of the froth that was generated over this concerns the so called “laptop” story. If you haven’t already done so I seriously suggest you listen to the episode of the “Perfect Storm” podcast which deals with this. The guy that worked for Steve Bannon on the laptop and gave the copy to Giuliani speaks openly about their intentions. He laughs and jokes about the outcome and how he edited it. There is only one authentic copy and that’s on the original laptop which is in the hands of the FBI. All the “copies” aren’t true copies. They have been edited. Exactly how is unknown but when you know what the intended outcome was you can make an informed guess. For sure much is real and incriminating but that’s not the point. It’s what might have been removed, reordered or otherwise tampered with that matters.

That being so, and with the FBI”s warnings of a new misinformation dump about to happen, it’s hardly surprising that social media companies were reticent in allowing this story to gain traction.

There seems to be a belief that Musk has done all this deliberately for some obscure political objectives. It doesn’t make sense to me as he is driving people away from Twitter, losing good people and undermining Tesla at the same time.

Time alone will tell.

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You can't 'dismiss' anything. You're just a dishonest narcissistic waffle merchant wasting people's time on the Internet with his opinions. You make claims that you don't back up and then ask others to provide evidence.

No, you made the claims, it should be you who backs them up. Instead you write nothing but opinion.

There's no point providing Twitter file documentation to you because you're not an honest actor. Whenever people show evidence you just obfuscate and dismiss and then, like here, claim what you said amounts to something. You're just a modern day regime propagandist.

If I decide to post the Twitter files revelations it'll be because I'm interested in doing it. It won't be in a reply to a malignant entity like yourself.

Edited by Stirlingsays (30 Dec 2022 11.27am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

What is happening over choosing the next Speaker of the House?

It seems that the battle for control of the GOP has now broken out into open warfare, the consequences of which will be very interesting.

How it will be resolved in the short term is less interesting than the long term implications. I foresee two possible outcomes. Either enough Democrats will vote for . McCarthy or they will themselves nominate one of the never Trump Republicans. Pity Liz Cheney isn’t there now. She would have been a shoe in.

Hopefully it’s another nail in the coffin of Trumpism and signals the eventual return of a once great party to the realms of reality.

2 years of chaos looks certain, which is all good for the Democrats who can just watch their opponents do the job for them.

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Despite there being a widespread belief on the right in the USA, which is shared by the usual.crew on here, that the Democrats are responsible for the various legal messes Trump is embroiled in, I don’t think it’s true, for exactly the reason you identify.

I think it is simply the slow grind of justice working it’s way through due process to inevitable conclusions. The Democrats might like to stop it and let him fade away rather than remain as a martyred hero but it’s not theirs to determine.

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