{"id":1781992,"date":"2022-12-20T17:29:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T22:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1781992"},"modified":"2022-12-20T17:33:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T22:33:23","slug":"twitter-revelations-illustrate-deep-state-involvement-in-first-amendment-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-revelations-illustrate-deep-state-involvement-in-first-amendment-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Revelations Illustrate Deep State Involvement in First Amendment Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-revelations-illustrate-deep-state-involvement-in-first-amendment-violations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1781992&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.20-03.47-thepoliticalinsider-63a1d91c74073.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Twitter Files are a seemingly never-ending parade of jaw-dropping revelations about how power actually works in our country. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Independent journalist Michael Shellenberger has been working on the revelations, which one would think would rock the country if only mainstream media would report on it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So last night, I was doing my usual news surfing to see what everyone was talking about. While I would\u2019ve assumed the majority of the conversation would surround the proof that the FBI had interfered with our fundamental first amendment rights, I, of course, was proven wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CNN and MSNBC had hours blocked off last night to dedicate conversation on the unsurprising and toothless criminal referral of Donald Trump of the January 6th Committee. Never mind that we have damning evidence that the deep state not only exists but managed to successfully suppress a major news outlet story they knew was true.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Funny how when actual authoritarian fascism is discovered in our government, the left-wing news outlets opt to look the other way. Lucky for you, dear reader, I am here to lay out the latest Twitter File news, so grab your coffee and get ready to have your mind blown.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter Files reveal that the FBI paid Twitter $3,415,323 in between Oct 2019 and early 2021. In other words, American taxpayers paid Twitter via the FBI to censor themselves and help Joe Biden win.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1604970149806645250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/elon-musk-makes-a-point-about-power-that-conservatives-need-to-understand\/?utm_source=home-featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk Makes a Point About Power That Conservatives Need to Understand<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hunter Biden\u2019s Laptop<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Yesterday\u2019s Twitter File drop focused on the FBI\u2019s knowledge and involvement in suppressing the New York Post\u2019s Hunter Biden laptop story. You remember the laptop, don\u2019t you?<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This would be the same laptop story that 50 former intelligence officials signed their names to a letter that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/19\/fbi-biden-campaign-twitter-worked-together-to-suppress-hunter-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIt has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We now know that not only was it not part of a Russian misinformation campaign, but that the FBI was in possession of the laptop well in advance of the New York Post story. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Journalist Lee Fang explains what the Twitter Files revealed last night:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe Aspen Institute hosted reporters, media companies and social media firms in Sept. 2020 to prep for a possible Russian hack of Hunter Biden, one month before the NY Post story, at a time when the FBI had the laptop and had Giuliani under surveillance. Amazing coincidence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Aspen Institute hosted reporters, media companies and social media firms in Sept. 2020 to prep for a possible Russian hack of Hunter Biden, one month before the NY Post story, at a time when the FBI had the laptop and had Giuliani under surveillance. Amazing coincidence. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y3QrutFv5u\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y3QrutFv5u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lee Fang (@lhfang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lhfang\/status\/1604977967754461185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Amazing coincidence indeed; it almost smells like the FBI was attempting to set Twitter up to believe the story they knew was coming out was fake when they knew it was real. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But gosh, that would mean our government suppressed a story that would make a presidential candidate look bad; I think we have a term for what that is called, but it escapes me at the moment\u2026 I\u2019ll remember by the time I\u2019m done with this article.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Exercise: The Burisma Leak<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mr. Schellenberger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/twitter-files-part-7-fbi-doj-discredited-information-about-hunter-bidens-foreign-business-dealings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explains<\/a> how the media and, in particular, Twitter was teed up to believe the lies they would sell them:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cEfforts continued to influence Twitter\u2019s Yoel Roth. In Sept 2020, Roth participated in an Aspen Institute \u201ctabletop exercise\u201d on a potential \u201chack-and-dump\u201d operation relating to Hunter Biden. The goal was to shape how the media covered it \u2013 and how social media carried it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">First, let\u2019s talk about what the Aspen Institute is because organizations like these don\u2019t get nearly enough criticism. The Aspen Institute, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to its website, \u201cdrives change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the greatest challenges of our time.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/trump-announces-free-speech-plan-to-dismantle-and-destroy-the-left-wing-censorship-cartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump Announces Free Speech Plan to \u2018Dismantle and Destroy\u2019 the Left-Wing Censorship Cartel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">They hit on various sectors, but I would imagine this particular meeting fell under their subsection of Justice and Civic Duty, whose goal, according to the website, is:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe convene leaders to examine how a just society balances fundamental rights with the exigencies of public policy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fundamental rights like freedom of speech and freedom of the press? Moving on to this tabletop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This exercise, when you read through the \u2018script\u2019 is almost a direct mirror image of what ended up happening a month later with the Hunter Biden story. So what does this mean?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The FBI essentially conducted a psychological operation (psyop) on Twitter\u2019s Yoel Roth, grooming him and his cohorts to consent to their request to censor the New York Post. Let that sink in.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You know who&#8217;s the most upset about being cancelled from Twitter? The FBI.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Rich\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@johnrich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnrich\/status\/1604479470097895426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/kevin-mccarthy-gop-will-subpoena-51-intel-officials-who-claimed-hunters-laptop-was-russian-disinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin McCarthy: GOP Will Subpoena 51 Intel Officials Who Claimed Hunter\u2019s Laptop Was \u2018Russian Disinformation\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pay To Play<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Before you feel sympathy for the weak-willed and easily-manipulated Twitter executives, let\u2019s ensure we don\u2019t get it twisted. This salacious relationship between the FBI and Twitter was mutually beneficial.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Twitter had dedicated so many man-hours and assets to do the bidding of the FBI that they <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/19\/fbi-reimbursed-twitter-for-doing-its-dirty-work-on-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set up<\/a> a reimbursement program. In exchange for devoting time to \u201cprocessing requests from the FBI,\u201d Twitter received over $3 million from the law enforcement agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Additionally, the FBI had flooded Twitter with so many former agents that they had an onboarding process set up at the social media giant. Mr. Schellenberger explains:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAs of 2020, there were so many former FBI employees \u2013 \u2018Bu Alumni\u2019 \u2013 working at Twitter that they had created their own private Slack channel and a crib sheet to onboard new FBI arrivals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">29. As of 2020, there were so many former FBI employees \u2014 &#8220;Bu alumni&#8221; \u2014 working at Twitter that they had created their own private Slack channel and a crib sheet to onboard new FBI arrivals. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/prVhPGohOC\">pic.twitter.com\/prVhPGohOC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShellenbergerMD\/status\/1604895371360374784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For context, allow me to explain some terms. First, Slack is just an online chat platform that companies use to communicate; I use it daily with my editor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A crib sheet just organizes information at-a-glance; in this case, who from the FBI is at Twitter, what they used to do for the agency and what they are planning to do at Twitter, as you can see in the above screenshot.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Point<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Many on social media and in the mainstream media are trying to dismiss all of this as non-news using the excuse that Twitter is a private company and can do what they want and that the FBI hadn\u2019t done anything different than they usually do. However, both of these arguments are fundamentally flawed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The government has no authority to police speech, even disinformation or hate speech. Twitter being a private company is a nonissue and is not the point of this story.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As an extension of our government, the FBI used its influence to suppress legitimate news and censor speech. The fact that they did it indirectly through the manipulation of a private company doesn\u2019t make it any less egregious than if they had done it directly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The fact that the FBI had a preponderance of former agents in critical positions working at Twitter and had kept a constant finger on the pulse of the organization indicates that what should be our most trusted law enforcement agency conducted a subterranean influence operation on a social media company in an attempt to sway the outcome of politics in our country. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What they did was what we call election interference. Welcome to the deep state, ladies, and gentlemen.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is truly worse than Nixon&#8217;s Watergate. Absolutely beyond comprehension\u2013this level of government\/media collusion. The FBI colluded with Twitter to suppress truthful coverage of the President&#8217;s son&#8217;s business dealings by the NY Post and other news media orgs fell into line. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bz11p2lqJ7\">https:\/\/t.co\/bz11p2lqJ7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jordanbpeterson\/status\/1605022132848791559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But this isn\u2019t the end of this tale. Say you are like my parents and aren\u2019t on Twitter; surely you are safe from this manipulation and censorship?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Think again. I bet dollars to donuts that if you are on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, or any other social media platform, the federal government has been watching you \u2013 analyzing what you say, what you like, and what you don\u2019t like.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But conservatives also need to understand that Twitter is unique among these platforms. It is\u00a0<em>the<\/em> place where news people and the influential coordinate the narratives that later make it to TV and newspapers. What happens there matters, whether you are aware of it or not.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">They are watching you and will continue to watch you unless something is done. Will something be done?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The fact that mainstream media and Congress seem to care more about a pointless act by a kangaroo court last night doesn\u2019t bode well for the First Amendment.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.<\/strong><br \/>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/political_blogs\/\">Feedspot\u2019s<\/a> \u201c100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Twitter Files are a seemingly never-ending parade of jaw-dropping revelations about how power actually works in our country. 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