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[Superbone]

Haha, I like Tom Fitton, but don't endorse the weird flexing thing.

Hey, it’s ok. No judgement here.

[In2ition]

Haha, I like Tom Fitton, but don't endorse the weird flexing thing.

Hey, it’s ok. No judgement here.

It's not gay if it's TSA.

[Mori Chu]

His shirt doesn't fitton his body very well.

[In2ition]

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[In2ition]

As a member of the Brazilian Congress who has been exposing and combatting the abuses of our Supreme Court for years, I want to express my deepest gratitude to @elonmusk.

Elon, you are currently aiding Brazil more than many members of the Brazilian House and Senate. You are representing millions of Brazilians who oppose censorship and tyranny far better than their elected representatives, who still refuse to investigate and impeach Supreme Court justices.

I am confident that this will change now: @shellenberger's collaboration with @david_agape_ and @EliVieiraJr on the Brazilian Twitter Files, in a genuine investigative journalism effort, exposed the Brazilian dictator @alexandre de Moraes to the world.

By the way, I am one of the countless Brazilians featured in the files for being illegally monitored by the Supreme Court. I was also censored without due process and threatened with a hefty fine per day if I posted anything the Court disapproved of - but I never remained silent. In the case of Twitter, the former legal counsel Rafael Batista's refusal to provide Moraes with user information without valid grounds, even under the threat of illegal prosecution and persecution, was heroic.

Your determination, @elonmusk, to commend that stance and go further by lifting all restrictions on the accounts of Brazilians who were illegally censored shows a man of principles and provides us all with inspiration and renewed motivation to fight the tyrants.

There are currently thousands of Brazilians persecuted by Moraes: ordinary citizens censored, with their assets illegally frozen; journalists and judges exiled, with their passports seized by Mr. Moraes without justification; lawyers denied access to their clients' cases; hundreds still imprisoned without due process, let alone conviction.

One man, Clezão, passed away last November in prison after nearly a year of incarceration in deplorable health conditions by order of Alexandre de Moraes. The federal prosecutor had requested his release more than two months before his death, but Moraes ignored it. Clezão's wife, Jane, and their two daughters, Ana Luiza (22) and Klezia (19), will no longer have their father's company due to the tyrannical actions of Alexandre de Moraes.

We want none of this, no more! This is why I proposed a parliamentary committee to investigate the Court's abuses, including censorship.

The request garnered the support of the necessary 171 representatives and is now awaiting the Speaker of the House, Arthur Lira, to initiate its activities. The Brazil Twitter Files have given new momentum to this endeavor. We cannot rely on most legacy media or the establishment.

But we can rely on principled individuals like you, @elonmusk and @shellenberger. You may not be Brazilian, but you are fighting for freedom in our country in a way that inspires millions in my homeland to raise their voices and fight even harder to overcome this dire situation.

And we WILL overcome it. Thank you!

#CensuraNao
#CPIdoAbusoJa
#ImpeachmentJa

[In2ition]

So, Elon isn't going to back down and suspend accounts by the totalitarian judge. Now they are threatening to cancel the Starlink contracts, which many schools in Brazil uses. Elon said he would keep Starlink on for them anyway. He seriously is not going to be threatened by loss of money.

[In2ition]

Sheesh, the Brazilian government is now threatening to arrest the X employees.

[Mori Chu]

Q: So didn't a Brazilian court rule that these accounts should be suspended? How do social media companies usually handle rulings like that?

[Split T]

Should a court be able to rule that an account should be suspended?

[In2ition]

Supposedly, other social media platforms have told the courts to "go fish" in the past and the demands went away.

[In2ition]

Decide for yourself if this NPR journalist is correct or not, when you read the article.

For those wanting to know(without looking him up) who Uri Berliner is. Here are his credentials:
Uri Berliner is a senior business editor and reporter at NPR. His work has been recognized with a Peabody Award, a Loeb Award, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and a Society of Professional Journalists New America Award, among others.

[In2ition]

This is probably the least surprising thing to people that moderately pay attention to NPR.

[Nodack]

Ya, FOX News would never tell people what to think.

[Mori Chu]

This made me laugh.

[Mori Chu]

Another big drop.

[Mori Chu]

Tiktok remains sketchy.

[In2ition]

This isn't going to help people trust NPR more, but what do they care, they are publicly funded.
NPR suspends editor who claimed left-wing bias at outlet had ‘lost America’s trust’
Oliver Darcy
By Jon Passantino and Oliver Darcy, CNN
Updated 9:04 AM EDT, Tue April 16, 2024
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/16/media/np ... index.html

NPR has suspended the senior business editor who penned a scathing online essay claiming the radio network had “lost America’s trust” by embracing a “progressive worldview,” prompting fierce right-wing backlash and calls to defund the public radio network.

NPR’s David Folkenflik reported on Tuesday that Uri Berliner’s five-day suspension without pay began last Friday. In a written letter notifying Berliner of the suspension, the network said he did not first seek approval for work in other outlets, as is required by NPR. It described the notice as a “final warning,” stating Berliner would be fired if he violated NPR’s policy again, Folkenflik reported.

An NPR spokeswoman told CNN the outlet “does not comment on individual personnel matters, including discipline.” Berliner did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment.

The disciplinary action came after Berliner openly ridiculed NPR’s news coverage in a 3,500-word piece for the anti-establishment publication The Free Press, claiming the broadcaster had failed to properly cover allegations Donald Trump colluded with Russia in the runup to the 2016 election, the controversial Covid-19 lab-leak theory and the New York Post’s Hunter Biden story.

[Mori Chu]

A lot of jobs have a non-disparagement clause in the contract. This is not that unusual. The guy went on some fringe conservative web site and trashed his employer and undermined their journalistic integrity.

[In2ition]

Disparagement? He just said it like it was. It's become a left-wing propaganda voice with zero dissenting views. Kind of like this place, if I wasn't around. Just an onanistic room.

[In2ition]

If for some reason you can't get enough propaganda you'll make another excuse for it.