Glenn Greenwald wants the U.S. to defund Israel and pardon Assange | The Reason Interview

[@williamcharles2117]

The US hypocrisy regarding Assange is truly nauseating.

[@ChristaFree]

You're nauseating

[@johansjournal]

yeah and trump is against him too because assange expose trump stuff as well

[@garzila]

Trump hired Mike Pompeo that started the Assange witch-hunt

[@williamcharles2117]

@@Johnconno - disappointed more than surprised. Despondent too.

[@williamcharles2117]

Wanting a political choice without fealty to Zionist thugs is like wanting a menu item with no SPAM in that Python bit.

[@Greg-xc8pi]

Glenn one of the best journalist at this time. Keep it up Glenn. We proud of your work

[@AntonioGarmsci-cy5vt]

BS

[@kevinduty2894]

​@@AntonioGarmsci-cy5vt I agree, GG is the man.

[@barryfinnerty3480]

Clear aware thinking will save American democracy thanks Glen👍🏻👍🏾👍👍🏿👍🏼👍🏽🫵🏾👏🏽👏🏼👏🏻👏

[@darrenmiller6927]

One of the best journalists this century. I follow a few online, I can't watch cable corporate news anymore. Glenn's my favorite news guy

[@JG-qt3pn]

Glen destroys the, "They hate us because of our freedoms", argument.

[@sergiyavorski9977]

No, he did not.

[@anyq_CS]

​​@@sergiyavorski9977 nobody hate america for your freedom. people just want their own freedom and america hate them for wanting "freedom". look what they did to once prosperous african country? they just want sovereignty over their natural resources but they cant have that freedom dont they?

[@DavEstra01]

I haven’t heard that in a long time and the only time I hear the “They hate us because of our freedoms” is when someone wants to make an argument like you just did. Everyone pretty much knows that’s BS now.

[@TheMrg59]

@@sergiyavorski9977 Are you seriously dumb enough to think they "hate us" because of our "freedoms"?

[@hglavina908]

What freedoms? The freedom to choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee for president? People in most other western countries have greater happiness scores . . . Ask yourselves why?

[@user-wo9ye1id3f]

Glen is the best journalist of our time, he gives us hope

[@KM-po5kk]

Glen is literally the very best person in any news space we have right now. His integrity is impeccable and he’s 100% consistent. I agree more with him than any other public figure.

[@swayne1441]

Consistently brain dead. He doesn't even think, he just says "America bad" His thinking is exactly the same as a far left person even if his total conclusion is not. No depth of analysis all extremely surface level.

[@BlackSunRX2008]

He literally destroyed Brazil by making a hit piece against a prosecutor fighting corruption. Glen's bullshit undermined an entire investigation giving corrupt judges the power to nullify it, releasing confessed criminals which are now ruling the country. Glen might pose as a freedom fighter in the US, but here in Brazil he's shamelessly a far-left conmunist.

[@user-dc3zr5mi5l]

Same. Inconsistency is the most annoying quality. Glenn is keeping me sane

[@Mr_Fairdale]

Yeah consistently simps for the worst governments in the world. Super consistent.

[@JoeBeThere]

@@Mr_Fairdalelearn some history

[@Loveandpeace2357]

🚨free America from Aipac 🚨

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

Based

[@tuckerbugeater]

Too late

[@jennybleasdale1815]

Free yourselves. The US has allowed this to happen!

[@Loveandpeace2357]

@@jennybleasdale1815 unfortunately

[@Loveandpeace2357]

@@jennybleasdale1815 it’s our dumb leaders

[@Taylor-xc6pr]

Greenwald is the man.

[@Isabelle2k9]

Did you actually check that?

[@BlackSunRX2008]

That conmunist is more like a power bottom

[@tuckerbugeater]

Communist and Libertarians agree on mmt

[@TurdFerguson.]

@@tuckerbugeaterdo libertarians support mmt?

[@BarryMcCockiner-em5sv]

​@@TurdFerguson.No, lol.

[@spiritof6663]

Glenn is, quite simply, the GOAT. His kind are nearly extinct now, so we're incredibly lucky to have him at this moment.

[@WJHDetroit]

Wow. I didn’t realize Glenn’s husband passed away. RIP David. Glenn, thank you for everything.

[@TurdFerguson.]

He’s been amazingly resilient through a more difficult period of his life than most of us can imagine. Glenn is a hero.

[@galaxytrio]

Glenn is at the top of his game. Smart, moral and charming.

[@jaybirddee3790]

I hate it when interviewers cut off the person they’re interviewing so that they can grandstand and show how smart they are. It’s so rude.

[@terrygivens132]

He’s cutting Glenn off bc Glenn was telling the truth. He got quite nervous about Israel.

[@KarlDMarx]

Indeed ...

[@stricklandfan]

It's wild that a progressive journalist has a greater value for liberty than a supposedly libertarian journalist for Reason.

[@LEGObiWanKenobi]

Negative freedoms vs positive freedoms. Would be nice if more progressives like Glenn and libertarians could team up on common issues

[@bperez8656]

Jews have been oppressed more than any group in history Muslims want to subjugate all non Muslim infidels This country was founded on judeo Christian values via the constitution…. It makes sense libertarians defend liberty in Israel

[@JoeBeThere]

A libertarian “journalist” who is absolutely clueless

[@holidaytrout5174]

Who exactly are you talking about and why?

[@JoeBeThere]

@@holidaytrout5174 can’t you figure it out? Who is the libertarian?

[@redcloud8444]

Glen is such a stable person in a world full of lunatics.

[@steveclapper5424]

We do not have a justice system we have prison systems.

[@cornbread4everyone555]

Glenn is the only "Reason" I will watch this

[@jackjrabbit]

we'll just ignore all the other good content that Reason produces. like for instance the Soho forum debate that Glenn greenwald just participated in.

[@swagmoney1036]

I agree! The host is despicable-dropping sly lies here and there

[@DubcityTX]

Makes me laugh the host talking about legacy media as if Reason doesnt act the same way as them

[@user-xw7ny2gl3s]

Where do we find the student interviews?

[@rettro6578]

@@jackjrabbitthey have good stuff and shit takes on covid too.

[@pratahsinnetamby]

Never seen the clown who hosted this - but Glenn was excellent as always.

[@stevensica5918]

He is a Libertarian Party shill. Which means that in reality he is a conservative who enjoys recreational drug use and commercial sex but will not man up to it. You haven't missed much; he is barely worth the effort to criticize. And he does that phony thing waving around a pen while he speaks. WHO started that trend? It doesn't make you look smart, it makes you look stupid beyond words.

[@ElvisBosnjakovic-dc3hy]

Glen is what Journalists should be Proud of you Glen

[@NFTeve]

Defund all Foreign wars! Pardon Assange!

[@joyduncan9434]

Hear hear !

[@bellolibr]

"First they came ...", every time non-democratic states expand their power of influence, even worse when they invade sovereign states, your liberty diminishes. Make no mistake, defined borders are only respected by those who follow the rules. You are not helping to fight a war, you're protecting your liberty. "Don't tread on me" directly or indirectly.

[@drakekoefoed1642]

assange has good reason to fear a usa prison. worse than north korea

[@imbilta]

The interviewer should work for CNN. He fits perfectly there.

[@TheFreedomGypsy]

Glen is so great.

[@theimperialist2686]

Agreed. No more wasting taxpayers money on pandering to Israel.

[@izzykhach]

When protesters side with Hamas or chant that they want to dismantle Israel, they're not saying that they have an issue with US funding of Israel. That's pretty much beside the point

[@genericscout5408]

@@izzykhach You're ignorant. The vocal minority is what you see on the screen. The majority of people want to spend our tax dollars at home so kids eat real food in schools instead of state sponsored lunchables. A diet mind you which is worse than what concentration camp victims got in old time Germany.

[@gorequillnachovidal]

we waste tax payer money ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR ALLIES. Get a clue.

[@nmc5657]

@@izzykhach divestment is/was a significant part of the campus protests, even if you zio-shills want to pretend the protests were primarily focused on hurting your feelings.

[@nmc5657]

@@gorequillnachovidal we've given more money to israel than any other "ally" over the last half-decade. this is america, and america comes first. deal with it, snowflake.

[@gregorycarver9256]

Glenn Yes! End the endless wars!! Thank you sir!

[@XOY321]

Glenn rocks.

[@aptorres01]

Glenn Greenwald one of the best to ever do it.

[@tareksadmi7153]

Always a pleasure to hear Glenn!

[@jayobannon5359]

Why is a reasoning, rational and honest journalist called a "Maverick". He is what every journalist should strive to be.

[@jackjrabbit]

He is what every journalist should strive to be. Doesn't mean that he's not breaking the mold. He is. This makes him a Maverick😊 unorthodox and independent-minded. Greenwald quit the intercept because they were bending to the orthodoxy. he is anti-establishment. which I do think is a part of being a true journalist please read the definition

[@slappyfun]

he is what journalists used to be before that whole industry got corpo captured.

[@chillende]

It's the kind of depiction one would expect from someone who throughout this exchange has been parroting centrist positions with regard to US politics and its heinous foreign policy (especially where blind support for Israel is concerned).

[@hero.ambition]

i respect and love glenn

[@FM-ln2sb]

Amazing that the central question is almost never asked: Do Palestinians have the right to fight for liberation from ethic cleansing and genocide by Israeli apartheid state?

[@88GhostWriter88]

Just an humble opinion, what about people like Greenwald and Finkelstein get nominated for the Pulitzer or Nobel price?

[@KarlDMarx]

Would they really want a Nobel prize that has been tarnished too many times?

[@kaypee4704]

Nobel prize has no significance and meaning anymore...it's lost its value and respect a long time ago....what did Obumma, Al Gore, and Greta do to accomplish it..‼⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️🇺🇸

[@imbilta]

I love and respect Glen Greenwald. He's just one amazing human being. I would love to see Glen G. and Chris Hedge work together. They would make two intellectual, principled and compassionate power houses.

[@Mockracy]

“Reason TV” this host, you can see what stance he has…..Libertarian, sure buddy….

[@bperez8656]

Very establishment hack vibes

[@carmelsileo6520]

​@@bperez8656And pro Israel

[@TickleMeChelmno]

I didn’t know anybody still pretended to be an LOLberg

[@Tiasung]

@@carmelsileo6520 Establishment is anti-Israel. So pick one. Pro Israel or pro establishment.

[@vinnierotondaro358]

The hair

[@Downey-2000]

Israel has the right to exist without our support.

[@liberaltears1714]

They can try 😂

[@TheFreedomGypsy]

I'm starting to think Israel doesn't have a right to exist.

[@pacoshuman7642]

Glad to hear Glenn...but his host has to 'protect' israel. This is the problem with journalism.

[@MunDonna-vk6tw]

Here for The Marvelous Mind of Glenn Greenwald

[@popradcan]

Glenn Greenwald is one of the best journalist in the world ,common sense is so rare these days that it should be considered a superpower.

[@mojtabayousefi5184]

Glenn is a true hero for freedom of speech. Love and respect glenn

[@zacboyles1396]

Does Nick think, if he didn’t butt in to remind the audience about October 7 or that there is an “ally” in the Middle East, the audience would never know these little repeated “facts”? Plus, he interrupts with a sense of reflexive panic that reminds me more of a hostage or a victim of abuse,

[@Linkacide]

Man I wish buddy would stop cutting Glenn off when he’s trying to answer

[@terrygivens132]

Glenn made him so nervous telling the truth that he tried to manage the conversation, mainly about Israel. He about hot out of his chair.

[@sarahg2653]

Glenn is everywhere lately. I love it.

[@ChelseaHicSalta]

take a shot every time the host interupts glenn making an important point to make an unfunny joke that falls flat

[@hashimrahman51]

A journalist with a spine.

[@marinauretic9529]

Respect for Glen!❤

[@ComradeFromRhody401]

Absolutely adore and respect Glenn Greenwald. He has more integrity and honor in his pinky toe than any mainstream corporate journalist.

[@AndrewDunn-lw2uu]

Nick is a neocon

[@justoguillermomontoya3821]

He really is. He buys into all the war propaganda about Iran being some unique evil and buys the lies about the nuclear weapons

[@MS-ig7ku]

They control Cato and Reason.

[@vibesverily]

libertarianism is just an aesthetic to sheepdog narcissistic dullards that fancy themselves as smart into being ancap neocons

[@JoeBeThere]

Nick plays dumb as to how the media has failed. Please. And then “Why is it bad to extradite Julian Assange?” What a dumb question to come from the representative of a libertarian organization.

[@bperez8656]

He gives off establishment vibes

[@user-zh1th8sz2l]

He's just a grifter. Or whatever, a careerist. Being a libertarian is just the gig. It suits him, but what really matters is the money and the status and the cool job.

[@JoeBeThere]

@@user-zh1th8sz2l when he’s not asking dumb questions he’s being sarcastic. Not a good look for anyone wanting to be taken seriously

[@jackjrabbit]

do you actually watch any other reason content? Reason is constantly talking about The plight of Julian Assange

[@PaulRiebe-i4d]

It's an interview, that question was directly intended to give an opening for Greenwald to give his thoughts. I've heard Gillespie talk about Assange before, it's not as if he doesn't know why Assange should be pardoned.

[@bryonbiondolillo6545]

Heck yes defund.....USS Liberty....never forget

[@paulpeartsmith]

Glenn's argument is rock solid.

[@glennmitchell9107]

No government employee, contractor, or unelected official should ever be allowed to push information to the public. If an elected official wants to get a message to the citizens of his electoral district, he can write a letter to the editor, make a speech at a prestigious institution of higher learning, host a podcast or appear on a popular podcast. The buck stops with elected officials. As a corollary, all government employees, contractors, and unelected officials should be required to maintain all unclassified government information on a website where any U.S. citizen can easily and quickly access such information. Any U.S. citizen should be able to sue any government employee, contractor, or unelected official who fails to place such information on that website or who places false information on that website.

[@Random2027hgk]

If our government is committing crimes against humanity we need to know. The government is supposed to serve us, and if they are shooting journalists or torturing people in our name then we need to know.

[@LocoGeorge123]

And no government employee, contractor,’or unelected official should ever be allowed to take bribes in order to change policy in favor of certain companies at the expense of the people. Bring back actual free markets

[@glennmitchell9107]

@@LocoGeorge123 Bribery is already illegal.

[@saadahmed1523]

​@@glennmitchell9107 Taking money from lobbies is a form of bribery, and it's illegal in the US unlike many other countries.

[@user-hn7my8ow4s]

Another excellent interview with Glenn ....

[@EricVoegelin]

The weaknesses of libertarian thought manifest in Gillespie’s questions. Not deep.

[@4850937]

From the river to the sea, Al Jazeera should speak free. Stop the unexplained settlements.

[@fundidoarrojo269]

Love you Glenn! ❤️

[@trav9074]

At the end when Glenn talks about Gerintocracy (politicians too old and decrepit) THEY INTENTIONALLY PLAY THE MUSIC TO CENSOR IT ! who are these establishment goons 🤔

[@MIKEMIKE-te2dt]

Thanks for this interview with Glenn Greewald.

[@harriet4564]

Love me some Glenn Greenwald always a based truthtelling courageous legend! Always for truth and what’s right ❤️

[@teddyhutchinson5567]

the host definitely thinks he's funnier than he is... it gets annoying

[@kenzieworld197]

I lost alot of respect for Nick, Matt, Robby and others at Reason for their shit take on this genocidal rampage Israel has been on.

[@jeffrp8388]

Genocidal rampage? Sheesh.

[@bperez8656]

What’s their shit take? Also, Muslims want all non Muslim infidels dead They are unyielding It’s not a black and white issue.

[@eemoogee160]

​@@jeffrp8388 War crime oopsies?

[@ljmolly4029]

@@jeffrp8388 7 month civilian massacre. Does that make you feel better?

[@jeffrp8388]

@@ljmolly4029 Me? No. Hamas? Obviously.

[@juliaeberle4095]

Scahill and Greenwald are the most amazing journalists. The intercept is a gift for the world.

[@awen777]

We are all like a flock of birds chattering away in the treetops. Doesn't matter if it is joyous chattering or look! there's a hawk coming! We are ignored and our voices diminished . How do we take back the power?! Seems unlikely. Seems unattainable.

[@steve7236]

Jan 6 could have started something to take the power back. Nothing says that can't happen again.

[@leviashanken2506]

I dunno but cool metaphor!

[@PaulRiebe-i4d]

It's not, unless you decide not to try.

[@shadfurman]

Jfc RFKs position isn't that he "doesn't believe in vaccines." Whats with all the shitty misrepresentation?

[@djmikio]

I find myself disagreeing with many of Glenn's positions but I'd have to say that I believe he is the most credible, uncompromised, courageous, journalist out there these days. It's actually tremendously validating to me of the core value of a free press to place such value in a voice that I am not in complete ideological alignment with.

[@funlegomathteachathome1256]

Blessings. Go truckers and railway workers. Cleveland

[@99guspuppet8]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ LOVE G G

[@glennmitchell9107]

The popular assumption that people don't think participating in government (voting) has any positive impact on their lives, is the correct thought. Government shouldn't affect our lives, good or bad. Unfortunately, government affects individuals too often and too much. Eliminating all government effects on the individual is impossible and not even desirable. However, it wouldn't hurt to minimize the size and scope of government.

[@fundidoarrojo269]

Drugs aren't legal in Portugal, are decriminalized as you say, which in practice it means that nobody is prosecuted for USING drugs, but drug dealing and distribution is still ILLEGAL and prosecuted. And this approach is not a novelty in Europe. Drug use has been mostly decriminalized is Spain for decades, though only in private spaces, i.e. you can take all drugs your want in your home, but you cannot do it in public spaces.

[@kaypee4704]

Interestingly, they criminalize people for certain drug-use ... However, the most used drugs today in the West are Prescription drugs... Abuse of psychiatric medications by Mental Healthcare..rather than using herbal and naturopathic approach, and Behavior modification... Heart, Diabetes and Blood pressure medications instead of Diet, Exercise and Lifestyle changes.... Why criminalize people ????? : because there's no $$$ in it for Authorities and Government to manipulate.... Ashame, but that's how the world operates.... FDA, CDC, NIH, and BigPharma with their board members, Politicians, and Lobbyists gets $$$$$$$ when they approve drugs...‼⁉️🇺🇸

[@Hassan-lx5kj]

FREE USA COUNTRY AND LEADERS FROM ZIONEST

[@visitperaiagreece]

As soon as they mentioned Rumble, I forgot that I should've looked there first for this.

[@deusakremosa]

Glenn, a gente te ama, cara! 💛💚

[@BrewsterMcBrewster]

Bring the troops home and defend our own borders!

[@xqt39a]

Is Glen wearing a bulletproof vest??

[@robertkier9343]

Vietnam protests ended with the end of the military draft.

[@moneypennysloverboy]

Isn't Milei giving up sovereignty by dollarizing?

[@bperez8656]

He’s kicking out the central banks

[@yellow1one]

He already gave up sovereignty by not abolishing their central bank, rejecting BRICS membership, and declaring his devotion to Israel! He was a plant who won’t be re-elected if his country survives.

[@vibesverily]

lmao i wouldve loved to hear this dullard host actually try to uphold milei as some kind of brilliant visionary. he's a stooge, libertarianism is a joke, and milei is proving that in spades with each passing day. glenn knows that but dodged getting side tracked by it since he knows that would just alienate the reason audience and just deftly said something like "itll be interesting to see how that goes". he's a smooth operator and one of the few mainstream personalities that actually knows how to do real politics

[@Pope_John_Auspol_II]

I'm liking the boldness in your fashion choices, Glenn, if not the choices themselves

[@danstewart2770]

America is the most warring nation on Earth. • We glorify militarism and war. It's at the very heart of our culture, our values, and our national identity. • The U.S. has killed more people in their homeland-both combatants and, by an order of magnitude more, innocent civilians-than all other nations in the post-WWII era combined. • It was true in 1967 when Martin Luther King said it, and it remains true today: _"The US is the greatest purveyor of violence in the world."_ • No one reading this comment will live to see the day when the US is not at war somewhere on the globe.

[@glennmitchell9107]

Are there more or less democracies in the world since the U.S. became the lone superpower after the end of WWII?

[@vibesverily]

lone superpower? i mean, i guess thats probably largely accurate since the USSR was decimated in ww2 and was never not on the backfoot in terms of industrial development compared to the west... but i think youre confusing the post ww2 era with the 90s post cold war era, as the USSR still maintained a massive sphere of influence throughout the cold war besides that though, just in general its a rather unscrupulous question. how are you determining what a democracy is? it is beyond obvious, (and has essentially been proven regardless of its obviousness) that the US functions as an oligarchy, and that there is virtually no correlation between what average voters actually want and what their "democratically elected" politicians actually do. israel is also obviously not a democracy, and in even starker terms than that of the US (at least not a "liberal democracy", since palestinians and all non jews are literally codified into law as second-class citizens). "democracy" in the west really just means a relatively high standard of living (thanks most chiefly, but not only, to accumulated wealth from third world plunder and quasi slave labor) with the thinnest patina of liberal values to put some lipstick on the pig for the ruling classes that have a personal and emotional interest in believing that their class positions are justified by some kind of merit

[@glennmitchell9107]

@@vibesverily The USSR's 90's era sphere of influence was a hollow sphere. It was mostly bluff. You are wrong to imagine western wealth is maintained by colonial plunder. Western wealth is based on advanced technology, higher education, and more rational and efficient economic systems. The labor and natural resources western nations obtain from third world nations are negligible contributors to western wealth. All that excess labor and unused natural resources are worth nothing to societies that lack the means to develop those resources or usefully employ that labor.

[@matthewdavis4655]

Guys, get your editors to start and stop the intro/outro music at a reasonable time, not overlapping people talking.

[@chrimony]

Indeed, very rude to blare music over Glenn's closing remarks.

[@madelinecoren483]

Free Assange

[@kevinduty2894]

Here for Glen, if he is talking, I am listening.

[@1848revolt]

Glen is right.

[@aaronday7537]

Even with a husband, I really never thought Glenn was gay until this vest.

[@JNJ1014]

I love Glenn but I couldn't agree more, fellating 6 dudes at the same time would be FAR less gay than his outfit 😂😂😂

[@TheFreedomGypsy]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@viero7632]

Hes dressed like a christmas elf

[@heatherlucybrenner9869]

I love you both! Great interview! Great questions! 😬🥰

[@culturalpioneers]

Glenn is right on topic

[@stephenobisanya]

I wish this could’ve gone on for 3 hours. 😢

[@chabellavillanueva2827]

Loved this interview

[@lizdegerdon5689]

Immediately! No more rule of we the people !! NO more f,'n warring !!😡😠🐷

[@terrygivens132]

Nice to hear the truth.

[@cseguin]

Please stop calling it "legacy" media . . . That term has positive attributes that do not apply to what should be called "vestigial" media.

[@CoreyElliot-f1p]

My number one idol after my father and mother.

[@RobbieGeorge-j9x]

All true

[@gammasmash1924]

#FreeAssange

[@andrewcriscione]

If the mainline protestants can keep the evangelicals in Brazil in check, then Brazil might be the world’s next superpower. Israel better not be stupid and prop up the evangelicals.

[@victoriahawes7118]

How rudely he interrupted Glenn to stop the conversation about the two-party system

[@nadiawheeler4772]

Excellent ❤

[@kolyapankratz8616]

Greenwald is dressed like a Bat-Man villain

[@karmakazi3836]

"GGN the most trusted name in news"!

[@prg54]

¡Gracias!

[@marlbankian]

Excellent interview

[@kimcarsons7036]

One fulfilled, as Assange walks free. One to go

[@truthsayer1111]

#DefundIsrael

[@bangun172]

Greenwald speaks truth

[@CaptainDeebag]

Two of my favorite journalists ❤