{"id":64536,"date":"2022-12-26T07:34:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T12:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64536"},"modified":"2022-12-26T07:34:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T12:34:46","slug":"why-you-need-to-start-paying-attention-to-the-twitter-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64536","title":{"rendered":"Why You Need to Start Paying Attention to the &#8216;Twitter Files&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"post-header my-md-3\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/kevindowneyjr\/2022\/12\/24\/why-you-need-to-start-paying-attention-to-the-twitter-files-n1656136\">Why You Need to Start Paying Attention to the &#8216;Twitter Files&#8217;<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-header__byline clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-header__img\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/media.townhall.com\/townhall\/reu\/o\/2018\/228\/dc5dc6e9-a3b9-4a19-b1f2-f52b2d11ea1c-860x475.jpg\" \/><figcaption><em>(AP Photo\/Files)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"post-body\">This is an article to show your haughty, \u201cknow-it-all\u201d brother-in-law who thinks our government is somehow squeaky clean.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1606701397109796866&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fpjmedia.com%2Fnews-and-politics%2Fkevindowneyjr%2F2022%2F12%2F24%2Fwhy-you-need-to-start-paying-attention-to-the-twitter-files-n1656136&amp;sessionId=6f11a94161a6efa458620d86a3c273c2c0dfc517&amp;siteScreenName=PJMedia_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=a3525f077c700%3A1667415560940&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1606701397109796866\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The \u201cTwitter Files\u201d have now officially had more sequels than\u00a0<em>Planet of the Apes<\/em>\u00a0and can be difficult to absorb. Thus, I don\u2019t think they\u2019re getting the attention they deserve.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you not following the \u201cTwitter Files\u201d drops, let me catch you up on what I believe are some of the most important parts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The FBI\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11558251\/FBI-paid-Twitter-3M-devoting-staff-processing-requests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paid<\/a>\u00a0Twitter $3.5 million to censor conservatives.<\/li>\n<li>The FBI pressured Twitter to give them information that would legally require warrants, though they did not have warrants.<\/li>\n<li>Leading up to the 2020 election, the FBI would eventually hold weekly meetings with Twitter and tell them whose tweets to squelch and which accounts they wanted to be suspended. Almost all were those of conservatives.<\/li>\n<li>The FBI knew the Hunter Biden laptop story was real, they knew it was coming out \u2014 weeks before the 2020 election \u2014 and they told Big Tech to expect a \u201cRussian disinformation\u201d drop and squelch the story. That means the FBI corrupted the election to help Joe \u201ctotally showered with his daughter, Ashley\u201d Biden.<\/li>\n<li>There are so many former FBI employees at Twitter that they have their own Slack channel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>FACT-O-RAMA!<\/strong>\u00a0Hunter\u2019s laptop proves\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/kevindowneyjr\/2022\/12\/19\/the-twitter-files-part-vii-the-fbi-all-up-in-twitters-business-n1654824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beyond a doubt<\/a>\u00a0that the Biden family took in tens of millions of dollars from Chinese companies linked to the commies for no discernible work. The FBI pressured Big Tech firms to downplay the story, even making it unsharable, even thought\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2022\/12\/20\/gop_rep_comer_at_least_80_fbi_agents_worked_with_twitter_on_unauthorized_disinformation_task_force.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>the FBI knew the laptop was real<\/strong><\/a>. The commie bum-lickees at Twitter were happy to play along, even going so far as to suspend the account of the the NY Post for releasing the Hunter laptop story.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest\u2026<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why You Need to Start Paying Attention to the &#8216;Twitter Files&#8217; (AP Photo\/Files) This is an article to show your haughty, \u201cknow-it-all\u201d brother-in-law who thinks our government is somehow squeaky clean. The \u201cTwitter Files\u201d have now officially had more sequels than\u00a0Planet of the Apes\u00a0and can be difficult to absorb. Thus, I don\u2019t think they\u2019re getting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[301,33497,1426,30723,655,33498,819,827,834],"class_list":["post-64536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-fbi","tag-kevin-downey-jr","tag-misinformation","tag-pj-media","tag-propaganda","tag-the-twitter-files","tag-twitter","tag-united-states","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64537,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64536\/revisions\/64537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}