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Twitter Roundup #9
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Twitter Roundup #9

little on the long side, but it's been a month.

L.B. Muñiz
Mar 20
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Been a little bit since my last round up, and it's kind of crazy how much the news cycle has shifted in that time. The question of canceling Joe Rogan over the “n-word” came and went and will likely be back. Then we had trucker protests in Canada. We watched as the Canadian government instituted emergency orders allowing them to seize and freeze bank accounts of Canadian citizens who disagree with their “elected representatives.” So much for “the people” being sovereign.

Then, almost as if on cue - WAR.

Not a direct war, but a perfect time to remind Americans what they're supposed to hate more than COVID - Russians!

But enough about the end of the world, On to the tweets!


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While everyone is talking about Russia, you shouldn't forget that internal passports are un-American.

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
Internal passports are anti-American

RNC Research @RNCResearch

Fauci says proof-of-vaccination requirements for public settings "is one of the important ways to keep the indoor environment safe." "I support it." https://t.co/7xO0LdvSX9

February 9th 2022

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Let’s not forget this gem of a distraction. I always struggle how much to comment on the culture war element of things because you feed flames with oxygen. Talking about a story whether you like it or not has the intended effect of the writer. Especially an outlet like NPR - which lest we forget is government funded.

The people who want to racialize everything are no better than slave masters. It is simply the case that racism is about social control. There is no justice or peace to be found in fretting over emojis, but creating an emotional reaction around such a choice allows for greater control over your mind.

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
🖕

NPR @NPR

Some white people may choose 👍 because it feels neutral — but some academics argue opting out of 👍🏻 signals a lack of awareness about white privilege, akin to society associating whiteness with being raceless. https://t.co/9g3rochT0K

February 9th 2022

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Anyone who tries to tell you the U.S. Government isn’t involved in Ukraine should be ignored. They are either lying or ignorant. As my recent piece shows, and a simple look outside the mainstream narrative proves - powerful USG actors have been at the center of Ukrainian corruption for the last decade at least. The degree to which the average person is being fed a narrative that says otherwise brings us closer to further escalation, as we see people calling for a no-fly zone.

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
Oh don’t worry, America isn’t on the sideline

Fox News @FoxNews

OPINION: Russia, Ukraine conflict cannot have America sitting on the sidelines https://t.co/05bNQNR44h

February 15th 2022

1 Retweet1 Like

I co-sign this tweet 100%.

Twitter avatar for @TheAntiWokeProfMichael Rectenwald, Ph.D.: Hip Hoppean @TheAntiWokeProf
When I use the term "elites" I don't mean to suggest either a natural or acquired superiority. They are neither Nietzsche's natural aristocracy nor Gramsci's organic intellectuals. In terms of civilizational attainment, these people are soap scum.

February 17th 2022

22 Retweets102 Likes

If you’ve been keeping up with evolutionary biology, you’ll understand the meaning behind this tweet. If not, make sure you subscribe as I’ll be exploring this as part of an upcoming series reviewing key lessons from Dr. Bret Weinstein & Dr. Heather Heying’s new book. “A Hunter-Gatherer’s guide to the 21st century”

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
Being blue pilled on politics is an adaptive behavior

February 17th 2022

3 Retweets14 Likes

My Quote tweet is perhaps a little too tongue in cheek for the serious nature of the accusations. There are stories on a monthly basis it seems of high level executives in media, social media, and so on being busted for wanting to have sex with minors. Pretty gross if you ask me, and even grosser they don’t receive nation-wide attention. There’s a smoke screen that exists in front of the progressive mind by design. They have been led to believe that the Catholic Church in particular has the highest prevalence of child abuse, which is not the case. Predators will seek positions that allow them access to children, and it’s a crime of commission that it’s not discussed more. The world post Epstein demands we face this evil head on so it isn’t allowed to grow.

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
What happened to being an equal opportunity employer? We're all equal in the metaverse

Ailan Evans @AilanHEvans

NEW: Meta employee Jeren Miles, captured in a viral video appearing to admit to sending sexually explicit texts to an underaged boy, is "no longer employed" at the company, a Meta spokesperson confirmed to me. https://t.co/qoLM9fEnyq

February 18th 2022


The line between symbolism and reality gets blurry. As I’ve written recently, the external borders of a government are the ones they defend. Most understand the United States to be a world super power. So when they say Ukraine is “defending all of Europe” they mean “Ukraine is defending the world order that the United States is a superpower over”

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
They’re really doing this, huh?

The Hill @thehill

Zelensky meets with Harris: Ukraine army "defending all of Europe" https://t.co/KYjRRa5ptg https://t.co/rSqQ15YVVv

February 19th 2022


Honestly, Drew Hernandez isn’t a bad guy - we’d probably agree on a lot of things. I just don’t think he really understands the significance of the “n-word” controversy because he plays by the rules of the left. I’m not a fan of racism per se, but I also understand that racism in that it’s discussed in the media and elsewhere is about social control. What this means is that using or not using the “n-word” isn’t about right and wrong its about whether you will comply with the ruling class. Mainstream conservatives think that hypocrisy is a problem because they do not like to be hypocrites. When you’re a chaotic left winger however, hypocrisy is how you get through the day, and infuriate your opponents.

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
Racism is the oldest and most persistent method of social control in America

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes

New TPUSA Contributor Drew Hernandez defends the use of the N-word, suggests it is “racist” to tell people not to. https://t.co/I8rDW4qNSD

February 19th 2022

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This is a worthwhile sentiment to understand. There is no putting the genie back in the bottle as it relates to the internet. Despite that, legacy institutions will continue to play king-makers. I’d click through to read the whole thread.

Twitter avatar for @wesyangWesley Yang @wesyang
The end of the broadcast age means that there are no stars at the center of our culture, just hundreds of influencers with a million plus followers nobody has ever heard of. We keep putting the aging last cohort of legacy stars -- well into their 50's -- on magazine covers

February 19th 2022

181 Retweets1,359 Likes

Self explanatory.

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Office of Existential Management @RachelDTobias

Liberation =\= Liberty. The modern world wants to “Liberate” you from what makes you human

February 22nd 2022

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Slowly but surely, the broader American public will begin to recognize what people like me have been saying for awhile now. “War” does not have to be kinetic. While it is true conventional warfare continues, the war over information means just as much if not more. If you don’t think members of the US Government realize this you are likely a victim of their propaganda. That’s why this newsletter exists, to demystify their approach to social control.

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the next iteration of warfare

Ukraine / Україна @Ukraine

Tag @Russia and tell them what you think about them

February 24th 2022

2 Likes

The more I write and attempt to analyze the news cycle, the more contempt I have for the average reporter or talk show host on cable TV (with few exception) The bloodlust on display has been a little terrifying.

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
The corporate press will never address “how we got here” because to answer that demonstrates the unbridled lust for war found in American Progressivism.

February 25th 2022

2 Retweets15 Likes
Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
To reach “an understanding” you need to know: 1- how we got here 2- what we do now If “we got here” because someone “is crazy” or “not rational” you don’t have an understanding, you’re being propagandized

February 25th 2022

5 Likes

Good reinforce

Twitter avatar for @MarcDClairMarc Clair @MarcDClair
"The COVID Narrative is Collapsing!" "Hey can you believe what's going on in Ukraine!?" When you're talking about the new thing they want you to focus on, the narrative hasn't collapsed, it has shifted and you're along for the ride.

February 28th 2022

22 Retweets142 Likes

This is the simple way of understanding world events.

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
So our oligarchs don't like what their oligarchs are doing? Got it

March 1st 2022

5 Retweets30 Likes

Great video if you didn’t see it.

Twitter avatar for @theblazeTheBlaze @theblaze
Ron DeSantis to USF students: "You do not have to wear those masks. Please take them off. Honestly, it's not doing anything. We've gotta stop with this Covid theater. So if you wanna wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous."

March 2nd 2022

2,058 Retweets9,499 Likes

In the below video, you’ll hear exactly what foreign policy experts have been saying since the fall of the Soviet Union. What you see on display in the video is the degree to which someone like Joe Biden is literally a mouthpiece, paid to say the right things at the right times. Just like an actor.

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
Same actor different script

Alexei Arora @AlexeiArora

Biden in 1997 saying that the only thing that could provoke a "vigorous and hostile" Russian response would be if NATO expanded as far as the Baltic states https://t.co/D0xG5uITwE

March 7th 2022

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It’s so interesting to me how things look when you’re on the inside of D.C. politics like Robby Soave, he wrote a piece saying Mitt Romney is a good choice for the GOP come 2024. The easiest way to understand why Robby Soave would write a piece like that is because he isn’t libertarian despite working for what was a respected libertarian outlet like Reason Magazine.

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
“Guys you don’t understand, every politico I talk to in New York City or Washington D.C. thinks Romney can change American politics.” -Robby Soave (probably) talk about a Reason magazine to regime apologist pipeline

Robby Soave @robbysoave

I think it's pretty obvious that the Republican with the very best shot of beating Biden in 2024 is Mitt Romney. MAGA world would never let this happen though, because Trump's feelings are more important for some reason. https://t.co/vT8QDiDTiD

March 10th 2022

5 Retweets24 Likes

I gotta have Dr. Michael Rectenwald on my show some time….. as a former Marxist he understands just how insipid the ideology is.

Twitter avatar for @TheAntiWokeProfMichael Rectenwald, Ph.D.: Hip Hoppean @TheAntiWokeProf
Marxism doesn't fall merely because "human nature" is corrupt. Marxism is flawed to the core. It wouldn't work if we were heavenly angels.

March 13th 2022

50 Retweets257 Likes

Lex Friedman doesn’t seem like a bad person, but he is extremely naive. Which seems to correlate with highly intelligent people.

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
Correction @lexfridman, it’s harder today for people to ignore that “Truth” is like history, the editor allowed it

Lex Fridman @lexfridman

It is becoming harder and harder to know what is true.

March 15th 2022

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The house always wins

Twitter avatar for @realKingpilledMatt Erickson ☦️👑 @realKingpilled
The regime is reactive. It waits for its opponents to move and show their hands, then responds from a position of strength, acting as if they’ve been forced to take the actions they wanted to take anyway. This is a luxury afforded he who controls those who record the narrative.

February 24th 2022

5 Retweets16 Likes

This is a video everyone needs to watch.(click throu Compare the rhetoric of then to the rhetoric of today and grasp that USG has been meddling with Ukraine since Stephen Colbert was on Comedy Central.

Twitter avatar for @Gramatikgramatik.eth @Gramatik
@ComicDaveSmith here you go

March 17th 2022

14 Retweets46 Likes

Palette cleanser, highly recommend this comedy special by Ryan Long

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
Definitely check out “white immigrant” I cracked up the whole time Would have loved to see the set in person
youtu.be/TIY-Q92siHE as the saying goes, @ryanlongcomedy has his finger on the pulseRyan Long: White Immigrant - Full SpecialWATCH MY LAST SPECIAL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWJhMnYv6Mg&t=306sFOLLOW MY OTHER CHANNEL: http://youtube.com/theboyscastwithryanlongNASHVILLE 25th/26...youtu.be

March 18th 2022


Insufferable people have insufferable opinions. It’s why I look for thoughtful people (and arguably why you’ve found this website)

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
2012- step one:democracy sucks for everyone whether they admit it or not step two: step three: anarchy rules 2022- step one:democracy sucks for everyone whether they admit it or not step two: step three: monarchy rules 👇👇

Don The Pleb @HeloProcurement

@Surfer_Binary In the end I don't give a damn if muh based monarchy is the way to go or not. Figure out a way to get from where we are to anywhere better or just shut the hell up. Sperging "MuH bAsEd MoNaRcHy! ReAd BoOk!" into the internet is not helping.

March 18th 2022

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This may seem “out there” but it’s closer to what is than what you read in the NYT.

Twitter avatar for @jon_hartmannNot Jon Hartmann @jon_hartmann
Realize that there are currently two realities battling it out for space, time, and consciousness. Recognize the people that are living in the reality opposite of the one that you’re living in and move on. There is no saving them. There is no changing their hearts and minds.

March 19th 2022

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Here’s another example of the blatant lying going around to serve the cause of Ukraine fighting for Europe aka USG world order. An article claimed Russian Cosmonauts were wearing blue and yellow in solidarity with Ukraine, when the flight suits that Russian Cosmonauts wear are in fact yellow and blue and have been. The average corporate journalist puts no more thought into writing something than a cobra does to bite - they’re following their programming.

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
2/10 fl oz (5.9mL) of Cobra venom 🐍is enough neurotoxin to kill 20 men.☠️ How much damage will one poisonous article produce? Poison the well, we all become sick The only people who notice the disease drink from a different source. https://t.co/2bMHGoQTMx

Perfect Sweetie Pagliacci (Devilish!) @NeoPagliacci

this is embarrassing. @thetimes literally just forced a political statement onto these cosmonauts, they've worn this uniform before lmao https://t.co/b5TdrE2cJ1

March 19th 2022

1 Retweet3 Likes

The Zelensky government is banning political parties in the name of Democracy, and working with neo-nazis in the name of Democracy.

What good is democracy then?

Twitter avatar for @TheLBMunizL.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz
Democracy! https://t.co/0O5b3dtuyg

Al Arabiya English @AlArabiya_Eng

#Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree that combines all national TV channels into one platform, citing the importance of a “unified information policy” under martial law. https://t.co/DQvGRTc0GB

March 20th 2022

1 Like

I like doing these twitter round-ups because twitter is a great way to catch the tempo of the news cycle. Make sure you’re subscribed for future original works and fun round ups like this one.

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