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Roundup of Articles on the Hunter Biden Controversy

Chris Spangle
Oct 15, 2020
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I am still processing this Hunter Biden stuff. Here are some foundational articles from different sides.

  • Emails reveal how Hunter Biden tried to cash in big on behalf of family with Chinese firm

  • Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad

  • Hunter Biden’s alleged laptop: An explainer

  • Fact-checking Trump’s latest claims on Biden and Ukraine

  • Here’s a great roundup of tonight’s news on Joe and Hunter Biden’s bombshell story

  • Rudy Giuliani's supposed Biden 'smoking gun' looks like an obvious Russian propaganda frame-up

  • The Media Do Not Want You To Read, Share, or Discuss The New York Post's Hunter Biden Scoop

  • Man Who Reportedly Gave Hunter’s Laptop to Rudy Speaks Out in Bizarre Interview

  • Trump Presses Loyal Pompeo, Barr for Dirt to Use Against Biden

  • Anti-Biden Disinformation Decried by Disinfo Experts, Social-Media Giants

  • Trump Knew for Days That Rudy’s Hit on Hunter Biden Was Coming

First take: Creating the appearance of corruption without solid information is why so many of us wrote off the narrative of the Trump campaign colluding with Russia. I can't imagine anyone caring beyond Trump's supporters.

  • Jack Dorsey: Twitter Did ‘Unacceptable’ Job of Explaining Why NY Post Story Blocked

  • Facebook Limited The Reach Of An Unconfirmed Story About Joe Biden’s Son Hunter. Twitter Blocked It.

I took so much shit from Republicans and right-leaning libertarians when I defended Alex Jones and his right to be on these platforms. "muh property rights!" The time to fight censorship was before the decision was made to engage in editing political content, not two years after the fact. Republicans were tepid and mealymouthed about it when libertarians warned they would be next after things like Alex Jones and Liberty Memes and I have zero sympathies for them.

First, they came for the hackers. Then the sex workers. Then the conspiracy theorists. Then the libertarians. Shouldn't have been weak bitches when it mattered, conservatives.

Sen. Hawley demands answers from Facebook for ‘censoring a news report’ on Hunter Biden

The power government maintains sucks. Instead of Jack Dorsey worrying about building a platform that allows us to decide what we click on, he spent his day yesterday worrying whether to piss off Senator Hawley or Senator Wyden. It's about two and not 7 billion.

Our content on social media censorship.

CSS 16: First They Banned Alex Jones. Joe Rogan Will Be Next.

Open Speech is Essential To Correcting the Bad Behavior of Alex Jones

305: Alex Jones Gets Deplatformed, Dems Want Social Media Regulation, Death Penalty

CSS 2: Rob Kendall and Chris Spangle on Alex Jones and Social Media Censorship

Spangle: Podcasts Are More Trusted than Mainstream Media

324: Liberty Memes Banned By Facebook

309: Senator Wants to Pass Social Media Regulation

CSS 6: Sen. Ron Wyden Wants To Regulate Speech on Social Media

306: The Building and Destruction of a Media Brand


The Governor's race in Indiana has been extremely active, and it bodes well for the future of the Libertarian Party here.

I have been getting a lot of nice notes from people that I knew in the Tea Party. Many of these folks are apologizing for how dismissive they were ten years ago towards the LPIN, and they are glad to have an alternative. There are a lot of people that are going to cross a personal Rubicon and vote Libertarian for the first time in their lives this year. Once they've done it, they will look to do it again.

Combine that with the under-40 voter Libertarian base being 10%, and you have a scary proposition for Republicans and Democrats moving forward in this state. The Republicans are more vulnerable than they realize. Their establishment "Mitch" voter is turned off by the President. Their grassroots voter is turned off by the Governor.

None of this concerns the modern Indiana Republican because they have near-supermajorities. Why navel-gaze when you have power? Their pride and arrogance don't allow them to see defectors as anything other than people that "don't get it." They should see Libertarians, Rainwater Republicans, and Biden Republicans as a canary in a coal mine. None of this is their fault, of course. It is the media or other parties or voters or some other barely-responsible group for their short-sightedness.

Their base is old and dying out and their message doesn't appeal to the two biggest, and youngest, generations moving up. Bask in 2020 wins because, in 2040, it could look a lot like the Joe Donnelly Democrat Party for the IN GOP.

10% figure: https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/exit-polls/indiana


He keeps saying this and he probably shouldn't.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar
Trump tells his story about he how and Melania recently watched the evening news expecting to see coverage of his Nobel nominations, but were dismayed that the news was covering a hurricane in Florida and flooding in Iowa instead. This is supposed to make the media look bad.
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Dreaming Of A Landslide

Videos show conservative activists cheering on voter suppression: 'We need to stop those ballots from going out'

Chuck Todd has a new podcast series out covering the 2000 recounts.

Look up the Chuck Toddcast. It is a good recounting of what happening while also examining the current context.

Florida Florida Florida, Episode 1: Butterfly ballots & Butterfly effects


We are still raising money to support WAL cohost Tricia. She's had a rough year with multiple lost jobs due to lockdowns and an unexpected pregnancy. Her hourly job and doctors say she shouldn't be working. Financially, that isn't possible. So we wanted to raise funds to support our friend and her unborn child. I hope you'll consider pitching in: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-tricia-stuart-mann-libertys-ginger-queen


Tweets

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John McAfee @officialmcafee
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Brad Polumbo 🇺🇸⚽️ 🏳️‍🌈 @brad_polumbo
I have yet to see any policy proposal coherently articulating what the government could do to improve the state of Big Tech that wouldn't make things far, far worse and have exponential unintended consequences.
5:31 PM ∙ Oct 15, 2020
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Marc Caputo @MarcACaputo
Florida Democrats are returning an historic number of vote-by-mail ballots so far.
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9:51 PM ∙ Oct 13, 2020
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Chris Spangle @chrisspangle
Let's say the Rudy stuff is all true, and Biden met with Burisma. We aren't sure what may have been said. Isn't assigning nefarious aims to it the same error as pretending the Trump Tower meeting was about more than adoption when we don't really know?
3:39 PM ∙ Oct 15, 2020
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Chris Spangle @chrisspangle
I've never felt unsafe from reading information. Words aren't violence.
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The power government maintains sucks. Instead of Jack Dorsey worrying about building a platform that allows us to decide what we click on, he spent his day yesterday worrying whether to piss off Senator Hawley or Senator Wyden. It's about two and not 7 billion.
3:51 PM ∙ Oct 15, 2020
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Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald
Once you convince yourself you're fighting literal Hitler -- as many, if not most, DC Democratic operatives (including in media) believe -- then anything becomes not just justifiable but mandatory: including censorship. And they're still going to think this way if they win.
9:40 PM ∙ Oct 14, 2020
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Chris Spangle @chrisspangle
I hate bad journalism unless it helps the guy I like!
4:00 AM ∙ Oct 15, 2020
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Eric Boehm @EricBoehm87
Okay, I'm convinced. Hunter Biden shouldn't be elected president.
3:25 AM ∙ Oct 15, 2020
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Chris Spangle @chrisspangle
The media can’t put you in jail.
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Kaitlin Garcia (Libertarian) @kaitlin4liberty
I'm starting to hate the media more than the government.
2:11 AM ∙ Oct 15, 2020
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Ken Jennings @KenJennings
Look: we all wish we were doing better with suburban women.
1:17 AM ∙ Oct 15, 2020
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fivethirtyeight.comWhat Pollsters Have Changed Since 2016 — And What Still Worries Them About 2020If you ask Americans whether they trust the polls, many seem unable to let go of what happened in 2016. Polls taken since then have generally found that a major…
4:12 PM ∙ Oct 14, 2020
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The freakout over NBC and Habermann today shows the left doesn't think old media isn't left-leaning enough. They want them to be the Daily Caller and Daily Wire of the Democratic Party and ignore half the country.
3:04 PM ∙ Oct 14, 2020
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war is peace freedom is slavery ignorance is strength
amgreatness.comTrump Is the Integrity Candidate - American GreatnessThe election campaign, now finally approaching its climax, will long be studied because of the paradoxical reactions of American public opinion to an astonishing series of events and revelations.
11:02 AM ∙ Oct 14, 2020
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Thomas Rid @RidT
CAUTION ADVISED with this morning's Burisma-Biden E-mail story. For several reasons.
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