Of 2018 when a racist nutcase killed 11 jews during shabbat morning services. we did not take it seriously enough after the el paso massacre in august of 2019, when and latino hating monster killed 18 people at a walmart store. we did not take it seriously enough after the buffalo shooting in may of last year when a rope far-right bigot targeted black people in a tops serk supermarket, killing ten. we did not take it seriously enough after the allen, texas massacre this past may after a man with a swastika tattoo murdered eight people, half of whom were asian. and now, jacksonville, florida. white supremacists armed with an ar-15 style rifles gunning down black and brown people, attacking synagogues, setting fire to mosques and black churches. at what point do we say enough is enough? at what point do we ask how we came to live in an america where racist violence is on the rise again, where white supremacists are emboldened again? where mainstream politicians are silent again. they are silent. florida governor and presidential candidate ron desantis has strongly condemned the violence in jacksonville, but had nothing to say about the far-right ideology behind it, where it comes from, where to stop it. he had nothing to say about the swastika or weapon of choice. perpetrating violence of
After the charleston massacre in june 2015, when a hate filled sociopathic gunned down nine african americans during a bible study. we did not take it seriously enough after the pittsburgh synagogue massacre in october of 2018 when a racist nutcase killed 11 jews during shabbat morning services. we did not take it seriously enough after the el paso massacre in august of 2019, when and latino hating monster killed 18 people at a walmart store. we did not take it seriously enough after the buffalo shooting in may of last year when a rope far-right bigot targeted black people in a tops serk supermarket, killing ten. we did not take it seriously enough after the allen, texas massacre this past may after a man with a swastika tattoo murdered eight people, half of whom were asian. and now, jacksonville, florida. white supremacists armed with an ar-15 style rifles gunning down black and brown people, attacking synagogues, setting fire to mosques and black churches. at what point do we say enough
Misinformation. he shared a link to a violent, utterly false conspiracy theory about the brutal attack of paul pelosi, an early indicator of where things were headed. he insisted a texas mass shooter was not a white supremacist, despite a mountain of evidence, including yes, the swastika tattoo. he proudly shared antisemitic tropes about holocaust survivor george soros, and laughed when he was confronted about it. you tweeted thing about george soros. i m looking for, because i want to make sure that i was quoted properly. you know what you wrote. it reminds me of the vetoes. come down people. let s not make a federal case out of it. on top of all of this, musk has brought chaos to the twitter user experience. then yesterday, along comes a new platform from another billionaire, who must has integrity is. mark zuckerberg says that the new threads have signed up over 30 million users, in its for 16 hours, which is a kind of unthinkable growth rate. today, in a sign that musk views it as a real threat, twitter s lawyer accused zuckerberg of stealing trade secrets. mike isaac is a technology reporter for the new york times
Now bellingcat is not russian. it is a russian social media site. it s currently abandon russia. but it is not just bellingcat but aren t seeing the shooter had neo-nazi affiliations. it is also the new york times, nbc news, and get this it is the texas department of public safety that also said last week that just like bellingcat reported, the guy with the swastika tattoo, and the hail hitler entries was a neo-nazi. we do know that he had neo-nazi ideation. he had patches, tattoos, even his signature verified that. that was one thing we do know. joining me now is aric toler, he reporter whose work elon musk attacked and smeared. he wrote the report on the island, texas shooter. it is great to have you here. i want to start with your
That just like bellingcat reported, the guy with the swastika tattoo, and the hail hitler entries was a neo-nazi. we do know that he had neo-nazi ideation. he had patches, tattoos, even his signature verified that. that was one thing we do know. joining me now is aric toler, he reporter whose work elon musk attacked and smeared. he wrote the report on the island, texas shooter. it is great to have you here. i want to start with your methodology. how you do the work that you did. before we get to the case, could you talk a bit about what you were able to incur about the individual who leaked all that classified information onto discord channels? if i am not mistaken, you sort of sniffed him up before the government did, and my right? not really. the government actually knew where he was.
Every aspect of it, and it s dependent on. him the board has over the years avoided a proclivity to rein him in, they like him is the bad boy of corporations, i guess. they like what tesla has done. but twitter, twitter is a company based on ad revenue. tonight he also talked about the mass shooting that took place in allen, texas. we know, police confirmed, that the shooter had white supremacist views. he had a swastika tattoo on his body. but elon musk decides he wants to call that into question. why? four days ago he announced, my former colleague linda yaccarino, who s an ad sales genius, she s going to come in and be the ceo of a company. why would he then just roll the dice on nonsense like this? like psyops, that kind of thing? saying it s fake an all part of a conspiracy? because he s very, he is steeped in this stuff, it looks
The mass shooting that took place in allen, texas. we know, police confirmed, that the shooter had white supremacist views. he had a swastika tattoo on his body. but elon musk decides he wants to call that into question. why? four days ago he announced, my former colleague linda yaccarino, who s an ad sales genius, she s going to come in and be the ceo of a company. why would he then just roll the dice on nonsense like this? like psyops, that kind of thing? saying it s fake an all part of a conspiracy? because he s very, he is steeped in this stuff, it looks like. i don t think he s playing around. i don t think he is just saying what he wants. i think he s starting to believe this stuff. as you know from covering this, misinformation ultimately grabs peoples heads and squeezes it dry, essentially. so what he is doing is what is
A nation, what a person with hateful views and unfettered access to weapons is capable of, we are pretending that a person, with a little swastika tattoo with a literal swastika swastika tattoo cannot be a white supremacist. we will be right back. that was this over your melia back to pedal thought you $26,000 per employee that s right your business support within five full-time of lawyers in 2024 2021 and your business was affected by the covid pandemic you eligible from $26,000 per employee to check your company s eligibility to receive $26,000 per employee goal about 70