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"Who is this coalition of current and former military, police, and other public officials Greenwald is promoting?"
Its the Oathkeepers, one of the most extreme right wing militia groups in the US, and one of many offshoots of the Patriot movement, with numerous ties to white nationalist and xenophobic anti-immigrant groups. Their founder, Stewart Rhodes, believes Barack Obama is plotting to disarm American citizens and turn US cities into giant concentration camps. He explained the goals of the group like this:
"And what does the ad Greenwalds promoting look like? (h/t: SmartyPants.)"
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/42504_Why_Is_Glenn_Greenwald_Promoting_an_Extreme_Right_Wing_Militia
I expect the snowden/putin/assange/greenwad armchair humanitarians to continue eating up everything putin, snowden, greenwad, and assange throw at them.
I just hope most Americans out there realize what a fucking hypocrite Putin is in his NYT OP. And, NYT takes a hit for giving the dic hypocrite a soapbox.
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It's always nice when a guy who thinks homosexuality is contagious gives the world lectures about dangerous ideas. #Putin2:59 PM - 11 Sep 2013
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Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka
ODS:
1 Greenwald champions extremist anti-Pres. Obama Oath Keepers militia
2 @KatrinaNation defends anti-LGBT Putin
3 Hannity defends Putin5:53 PM - 11 Sep 2013
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http://theobamadiary.com/2013/09/12/tweets-of-the-day-3/
And, President Obama's focus of getting rid of Assad's chem weapons comes to be.