Glenn Greenwald thinks the trump indictment is abusing its legal power to a prevent trump run

[JohnSJ]

"Glenn Greenwald claims the Trump indictment is the establishment abusing its legal powers, intending to prevent Trump from running for President in 2024."

Link to tweet

[Marius25]

1. So Republicans in Congress are abusing their power by investigating Biden?

That also means absolutely any American can commit any crimes they want, as long as they submit FEC filings to run for political office.

[JohnSJ]

3. I won't hold my breath waiting for himGreenwald to say that

[UTUSN]

2. Of course he does. Or do he, Lindsey, et al., really *think* what they say they do?

[GoodRaisin]

33. No. They know they are liars. nt

[SalamanderSleeps]

4. Glen who?

Wasn't he one of the "Hudson Brothers "?
I forget.

[JohnSJ]

5. At least I think the Hudson Brothers had some talent

[vrguy]

10. Snowden

When he had his Snowden phase I had so much respect for Greenwald, now I think he is just a cook.

[JohnSJ]

12. He used Snowden to further his career, and left Snowden out to dry, just like he did

with Reality Winner when Greenwald was part of The Intercept, and exposed her as a source, which resulted in her arrest

[Comfortably_Numb]

6. Glenn Greenwald should *uck all the way off. He's longing for the time when he mattered.

[Effete Snob]

7. Of course he does

Does he still have a fan club here?

[emulatorloo]

8. Glenn continues his audition for Newsmax.

[yardwork]

9. Might this possibly be the last straw for Glenn's fans on DU?

Or will the tortured reasoning continue?

[JohnSJ]

11. One would think so. Then again, comparing the MAGAs to trump's activities, there seems to

be no last straw for them

[marble falls]

13. Nutball says what?

[JohnSJ]

14. +++

[PatSeg]

15. He just gets more and more extreme as time passes

Wasn't he a popular liberal long ago?

[JohnSJ]

18. I think he fooled a lot of people. This is someone who initially supported the Iraq

invasion, and then denied he did later.

[PatSeg]

21. It sounds like Greenwald

never really believed in anything except for himself and the furtherance of his career. I always found him to be awfully whiny.

[Hortensis]

57. Yup. IL-liberal masquerading as. The usual.

[PatSeg]

58. It seems there have been quite a few of those

over the years. There is usually something about them that isn't quite right.

[Hortensis]

63. +1000 to that!

[Cha]

16. Greenwald Never mattered to me..

fucker called us "Obamabots" as some kind of Slur.

I had his number from the get.. Traitor Snowden's too.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Hey Glenn

[Ocelot II]

19. Greenwald can fuck right off.

He's part of what one might call the authoritarian/fascist Putinite pseudo-Left, along with the likes of Tulsi Gabbard, Briahna Joy Gray and Jill Stein. You know, the folks that claim Democrats are as bad as the GOP but then crawl right in bed with the Trump defenders. And fuck them, too.

[JohnSJ]

20. +++

[Ocelot II]

43. Bobby who? Where did I mention Bobby?

I was talking about Glenn Greenwald and Jill Stein and that crowd, who aren't Democrats. Did you intend to respond to this post or some other?

[Ocelot II]

46. Bobby who? I didn't even mention a Bobby.

Where did I mention Bobby? Am I supposed to like some guy named Bobby whom I did not mention?

[sheshe2]

48. He is no RFK, and an embarrassment to his family.

[ShazzieB]

51. Amen to this!

I can't stand the guy, not after all I've read about his antivaxx shenanigans. Trying to bust into politics on the strength of his late father's name is disgusting.

[sheshe2]

52. Totally agree, Shazzie.

[Ocelot II]

50. I don't like him and I would not vote for him. That's not "bashing"

as defined in DU's TOS. We are not obligated to like all candidates who claim to be Democrats as long as we don't post "disrespectful nicknames, insults, or highly inflammatory attacks against them." I have not done that. I do admit to having bashed Glenn Greenwald, who is not a Democrat and deserves all the bashing that can be heaped upon him.

[betsuni]

56. +1

[prodigitalson]

61. this is basically what I was gonna say

at least he fuck right off part.

I would add Matt Taibbi to that list of shit stains.

[Sky Jewels]

22. Putin Fluffer says what now?

[spanone]

23. glenn is a GD idiot

[Caliman73]

24. Glenn Greenwald has been stupid for some time now.

I have no problem critiquing the way that power is used to protect power. I have said before, that I think it was a mistake by the House under Nancy Pelosi, not to dig in on Bush and Cheney lying to take us to war in Afghanistan and Iraq. It was a mistake for Ford to pardon Nixon. Too often, people in power have not been held to account. This is what led to Trump. He is the culmination of various administrations literally getting away with crime.

With the advent of right wing propaganda posing as "news" we now have a situation where ANYTHING done to hold people to account, is going to be seen as completely partisan.

The difference is, that if there were actually credible information that came up showing the President Biden did anything illegal, liberals would not blindly support him in the face of actually evidence. The problem is that right wingers have NO evidence and think that their unsupported allegations should have the same weight as the mountains of evidence that investigations have turned up on Trump's wrongdoing.

Greenwald had a brief moment in time, where he was actually trying to hold people in power to account, but he has since sold himself to the right wing for a chance at relevance, which will never come again.

[maxrandb]

25. Hopefully, he will soon discover that those Rubles aren't as valuable

as they used to be

[Mr. Ected]

26. I think a Trump run is abusing the legal system's ability to indict

Intentionally. And so do you.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. Glenn Greenwald is always wrong

[JohnSJ]

29. Yes he is. +++

[BlueLucy]

28. Why won't people who defended him here ever admit they were wrong? Ego?

[Hortensis]

59. Maybe most just clued in and moved on?

Never actual Greenwald-heads in the first place? Just endorsed things that sounded good?

I sympathize. It takes time and bother to learn enough about issues to recognize and confirm often subtle patterns of dishonesty. To recognize that statements seemingly mostly compatible with those of Democrats in general are actually delivery vehicles for very different messages.

Of course there will be those who still agree with his messaging and resent that so many don't.

[inthewind21]

30. Who

cares what Glenn Greenwald thinks!

[FSogol]

32. Why would Democrats be interested in these probable Putin-funded idiots?

[FSogol]

35. LOL. Scary! I have no respect for science denying frauds pretending to be Democrats.

The thinner ice will be what time the library closes.

[johnp3907]

37. Thanks!

I'll be sure to avoid that like the plague!

[johnp3907]

39. My finger just stopped itching.

[intrepidity]

40. He doesn't even look or sound like the guy I used to like

way back when. Are we sure that's even him?

[Hortensis]

60. Lol, how MANY have to say that when someone they admired

turns out to be...a Greenwald?

So many extremists and miswired whatevers start out posing as generally liberal, sharing the values of naive Democratic sheep but posturing as wiser, more principled voices, less in thrall to corrupt corporatists and warmongers.

While they establish, like, an income? A marketable reputation, tenure if they're in academia, get published, etc? Even fame and a large, admiring following?

Then later, after they've become successful and/or after they self-destructed because of what they aren't...?

[Baltimike]

41. Baltimike thinks Glenn Greenwald is a Rusasian asset. nt

[betsuni]

55. +1

[okaawhatever]

64. +1,000

[Hortensis]

65. Sure. He unquestionably is, as are tRump and anyone else whose actions

make them an asset to Russia's political warfare. Whether intentional or unintentional, paid or unpaid, knowing or clueless, earnestly well meaning or subversive, as long as they function as assets.

And of course the crowds open to influence by assets are considered "useful idiots." After electing tRump and throwing congress and SCOTUS to the Republicans, IMO the useful idiots deserve a less dismissive term -- en mass useful idiocy can be extremely dangerous. And in the internet/social media age...

[Hekate]

44. Who dat?

[johnp3907]

49. Ruby, we hardly knew ye!

[FSogol]

53. She probably had to go get a covid booster vaccination.

[betsuni]

54. Teh Establishment means Democrats, of course, who "embody" fascism, are "envious of Putin," the

true "bloodthirsty" "authoritarians" who will stop at nothing to silence enemies, shut down the internet, take over the world.

Oh, Glenn.

[Hortensis]

62. Oh, Glenn, not nice to meet (the real) you.

But under the circumstances, how nice that a lot more have been undergoing that unpleasant experience.

Bumpety-bump.