SHABBAT READING
When Moses Placed Ephraim Before Manasseh: Prof. Baruch J. Schwartz, The Torah.com, Jan. 12, 2017 — In the Torah’s account of the end of Jacob’s life, we read that Joseph, upon learning that his father is on his deathbed, brings his two sons to visit him (Gen 48:1) and that when Jacob sees them he proceeds to bless them (48:9).
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OBAMA’S LEGACY
The Twitter Files, Part 12: Twitter and the FBI ‘Belly Button’: Matt Taibbi, Twitter, Jan. 4, 2023 — By 2020, Twitter was struggling with the problem of public and private agencies bypassing them and going straight to the media with lists of suspect accounts.
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How the FBI Hacked Twitter: Lee Smith, Tablet, Jan. 5, 2022
Twitter Files Prove Evans’ Law of Inadequate Paranoia: Editorial Board, I & I, Jan. 5, 2023
How to Take the Twitter Files to Court: Jed Rubinfeld, WSJ, Jan. 4, 2023
How the FBI Copied Parts of the Debunked Steele Dossier Directly Into Its Spy Requests: Paul Sperry, Real Clear Investigations, Dec. 20, 2022
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Senator Berates Twitter Over ‘Inadequate’ Inquiry Into Russian Meddling: Nicholas Fandos and Scott Shane, NY Times, Sept. 28, 2017 — A key senator investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 election sharply criticized Twitter on Thursday for failing to aggressively investigate the Russian misuse of its platform after the company said it had largely limited its own inquiry to accounts linked to fraudulent profiles already identified by Facebook. [For the true story behind this, check out Matt Taibbi’s Twitter Files Part. 12 — Ed.]
‘We Don’t Do This’: Even Twitter’s Censors Rejected Adam Schiff’s Censorship Request: Jonathan Turley, The Hill, Jan. 5, 2023 — “We don’t do this.” That response from Twitter to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is a singular indictment, coming at the height of Twitter’s censorship operations. Apparently, there were some things that even Twitter’s censors refused to do.
A New Year, a New Hope: Sasha Stone, Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning with Sasha Stone, Jan. 1, 2023 — Two years ago, I started this Substack to find a path out of the madness that had overtaken the Left.
Why the Twitter Files Are in Fact a Big Deal: Branko Marcetic, Jacobin, Dec. 29, 2022 — On the Left, there’s been a temptation to dismiss the revelations about Twitter’s internal censorship system that have emerged from the so-called Twitter Files project.
