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Glenn Greenwald



How do the people and outlets which spent five years trying to scare Americans into believing that Russia took over the US and controlled its institutions through sexual blackmail not have any self-awareness when they try to accuse *others* of being deranged conspiracy-mongers?

They showered themselves with Pulitzers and enriched themselves with NYT best-selling books for spreading demented conspiracy theories about Moscow so of course they don't recognize that they're the functional equivalent of Q Anon (except with more power) but they are.

The idea that the Kremlin seized control of the levers of American power was as batshit and deranged a conspiracy theory as anything you'll find on Q Anon. It just doesn't seem that way to those who spread it because all their friends who they think are smart were repeating it.