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TomCADem

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37. Okay, others, what about Glenn Greenwald, Who Was...

Sat Mar 22, 2025, 01:35 AM

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...once widely quoted on DU for attacking Democrats from the "left," but is now shilling for Trump on Fox News. You also have Matt Taibbi, who was once a progressive who was known for attacking prominent Democrats for not being progressive enough, but now spends more time attacking "groupthink" on the left. Jonathan Turley is another once respected law professor who went from cautioning against Dubya's Constitutional over reach and voting for President Obama to being a paid Fox News commentator who rails against activist judges blocking Trump's agenda.

Higgin, a writer for the Nation, wrote a whole book about the phenomena of how many well known "contrarian" voices on the left eventually sold out: Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left

So, when I see a Democrat or progressive increasing getting social media traction for attacking Democrats from the left, I wonder whether it is the start of yet another progressive star being groomed to become a right wing mouth piece.

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Comparing AOC to Tulsi ignores everything MadameButterfly Mar 15 #18

Dunno.There was a Time When Pointing Out Tulsi's Flaws... TomCADem Mar 16 #24

You are citing 3 Progressives who sold out MadameButterfly Mar 16 #30

Two Progressives Who Are In the Trump Administration... TomCADem Mar 18 #33

There are others? That's like Trump saying "many people say...." MadameButterfly Mar 18 #35

Okay, others, what about Glenn Greenwald, Who Was... TomCADem Mar 22 #37

I'll check out the book MadameButterfly Mar 23 #41

I never suggested I knew Tulsi Gabbard MadameButterfly Mar 18 #36

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