Twitter Execs Didn’t Have a Good Explanation for Censoring Hunter Biden’s Laptop, New Emails Reveal

After Twitter CEO Elon Musk teased a massive reveal Friday afternoon, journalist Matt Taibbi released a Twitter thread revealing the confusion at the social media company after it censored the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election. Taibbi’s Twitter thread, which Musk retweeted, revealed that Twitter’s top executives didn’t have a good explanation for censoring the story, but stuck with the decision, anyway. It also showed that Republican and Democratic congressional staff weighed in against the move. Taibbi recounted that Twitter took…

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State Department Emails Reveal Diplomats’ Concern About China’s ‘Invasive’ Swab Testing

Emails recently obtained by Judicial Watch show how U.S. officials scrambled over reports that the Chinese government was requiring anal swab tests to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The communications were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State. “It took six months and a federal lawsuit to confirm that our embassy in Beijing was concerned about the Chinese government’s invasive anal swab and other COVID testing of our diplomatic personnel—at that as many as two people were asked to submit to a test,” Judicial Watch…

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U.S. government says Iran was behind threatening emails sent to Democrats in multiple states, including Alaska – Anchorage Daily News

U.S. government says Iran was behind threatening emails sent to Democrats in multiple states, including Alaska  Anchorage Daily News US officials link Iran to emails meant to intimidate voters  The Associated Press FBI says Iran behind threatening emails sent to Florida Democrats  NBC News US blames Iran for spoofed Proud Boys emails threatening Democrat voters  ZDNet Feds say Russia and Iran have interfered with the presidential election  CNN View Full Coverage on Google News “us democrats” – Google News

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US Republican campaign emails hacked months before election – Reuters

Reuters US Republican campaign emails hacked months before electionReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Email accounts for a campaign group supporting Republicans candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives were hacked before this year's congressional elections, according to a person familiar with the investigation.US mid-term elections: Republican committee reports hacking to FBIBBC News US Republican campaign e-mails hacked ahead of electionThe Straits TimesHouse Republican campaign arm hacked during 2018 midtermsCNNNew York Times –Politico –Associated Press –CNNall 953 news articles » us republicans – Google News

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