Mollie✓
@MZHemingway
Editor-in-chief, @FDRLST. Senior Journalism Fellow, @Hillsdale. Fox News Contributor. A very smart woman, respected by everyone. Je suis Charlie.
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- MollieRT @jk_rowling: I'm seeing quite a bit of comment about this, so I want to make a couple of points. I'm not owed eternal agreement from any actor who once played a character I created. The idea is as ludicrous as me checking with the boss I had when I was twenty-one for what opinions I should hold these days. Emma Watson and her co-stars have every right to embrace gender identity ideology. Such beliefs are legally protected, and I wouldn't want to see any of them threatened with loss of work, or violence, or death, because of them. However, Emma and Dan in particular have both made it clear over the last few years that they think our former professional association gives them a particular right - nay, obligation - to critique me and my views in public. Years after they finished acting in Potter, they continue to assume the role of de facto spokespeople for the world I created. When you've known people since they were ten years old it's hard to shake a certain protectiveness. Until quite recently, I hadn't managed to throw off the memory of children who needed to be gently coaxed through their dialogue in a big scary film studio. For the past few years, I've repeatedly declined invitations from journalists to comment on Emma specifically, most notably on the Witch Trials of JK Rowling. Ironically, I told the producers that I didn't want her to be hounded as the result of anything I said. The television presenter in the attached clip highlights Emma's 'all witches' speech, and in truth, that was a turning point for me, but it had a postscript that hurt far more than the speech itself. Emma asked someone to pass on a handwritten note from her to me, which contained the single sentence 'I'm so sorry for what you're going through' (she has my phone number). This was back when the death, rape and torture threats against me were at their peak, at a time when my personal security measures had had to be tightened considerably and I was constantly worried for my family's safety. Emma had just publicly poured more petrol on the flames, yet thought a one line expression of concern from her would reassure me of her fundamental sympathy and kindness. Like other people who've never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she's ignorant of how ignorant she is. She'll never need a homeless shelter. She's never going to be placed on a mixed sex public hospital ward. I'd be astounded if she's been in a high street changing room since childhood. Her 'public bathroom' is single occupancy and comes with a security man standing guard outside the door. Has she had to strip off in a newly mixed-sex changing room at a council-run swimming pool? Is she ever likely to need a state-run rape crisis centre that refuses to guarantee an all-female service? To find herself sharing a prison cell with a male rapist who's identified into the women's prison? I wasn't a multimillionaire at fourteen. I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous. I therefore understand from my own life experience what the trashing of women's rights in which Emma has so enthusiastically participated means to women and girls without her privileges. The greatest irony here is that, had Emma not decided in her most recent interview to declare that she loves and treasures me - a change of tack I suspect she's adopted because she's noticed full-throated condemnation of me is no longer quite as fashionable as it was - I might never have been this honest. Adults can't expect to cosy up to an activist movement that regularly calls for a friend's assassination, then assert their right to the former friend's love, as though the friend was in fact their mother. Emma is rightly free to disagree with me and indeed to discuss her feelings about me in public - but I have the same right, and I've finally decided to exercise it.Sex Matters @SexMattersOrg“I think she’s going to find that you can’t sit on the fence... The real win is when ordinary people can say these things.” @DerryBanShee speaks to @joshxhowie about Emma Watson’s comments about JK Rowling. 📺069.1K02.7K
“I think she’s going to find that you can’t sit on the fence... The real win is when ordinary people can say these things.” @DerryBanShee speaks to @joshxhowie about Emma Watson’s comments about JK Rowling. 📺3679888.7K22.9M- MollieRT @JsnFostr: 🧵 1/ Someone should ask the FBI's #3 in charge about his communications with the two people arrested today...U.S. Department of Justice @TheJusticeDeptFloris and Benavides each were charged with making false statements in a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2). The charges stem from an ongoing investigation into the since-dissolved FBI Foreign Influence Task Force, or FITF, which led the FBI’s efforts to secure the 2020 election from foreign malign influence. 🔗:05403.5K
Floris and Benavides each were charged with making false statements in a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2). The charges stem from an ongoing investigation into the since-dissolved FBI Foreign Influence Task Force, or FITF, which led the FBI’s efforts to secure the 2020 election from foreign malign influence. 🔗:733701.7K54.9K- MollieRT @lyndseyfifield: A DC story with a little bit of everything. I said out loud “oh of course you did, you little shit” at every detail. Of course this little America hating commie went to Georgetown. Of course he was a naval reservist. Of course he was granted a TS clearance. Of course he threw it all away for an antisemitic screed posted on a substack with lower engagement than the one your cousin in Ohio started years ago but never actually published content on. Of course he’s a Bernie bro. Of course the TS info he leaked sounds like… fever dream war games. And of course writing this has made me late for Pilates.Kaelan Deese @KaelanDC🚨 NEW: Meet Ian Brinksman, 42, a Washington, DC-based government contractor arrested by the FBI today for allegedly leaking TOP SECRET national defense information to a romantic partner who published classified material on Substack. His LinkedIn lists Deloitte, national security consulting, and a current reserve intelligence officer for the US Navy.019203.7K
🚨 NEW: Meet Ian Brinksman, 42, a Washington, DC-based government contractor arrested by the FBI today for allegedly leaking TOP SECRET national defense information to a romantic partner who published classified material on Substack. His LinkedIn lists Deloitte, national security consulting, and a current reserve intelligence officer for the US Navy.
2271.3K4.8K1M- MollieRT @DailyMail: The Bush family are determined to bring down Trump - even if it means turning Texas blue to achieve it: 'It's political civil war'01.1K03.6K
- MollieRT @ChuckDeVore: It's great to see @SecWar @PeteHegseth has officially designated Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes as a national security threat. 14 years ago, @StevenWMosher and I recommended the same: Self-interest and willful blindness too often conspire to make the obvious difficult. @TPPF02103.7K
- MollieRT @RealTheoWold: The problem for Ilhan Omar is that there is no good explanation for how she came to America as a refugee of the Siad Barre regime when her father served as a high-ranking military official in that same regime … unless, of course, she came fraudulently.036203.6K
- MollieRT @GrayConnolly: Good morning all & OTD in 1956, Hungarians rose in revolt against the brutal Communist regime & Hungary’s occupation by the Soviet Union. Thousands of civilians died but Hungarians gave an example of rebellion against Communism that would inspire free peoples everywhere🇭🇺03203.4K
- MollieRT @JCNSeverino: Watch: Justice Kagan calls Justice Alito “a master of questioning” and jokes about following him in oral arguments during the pandemic.03503.9K
- MollieRT @ProfMJCleveland: So I just finished reading the affidavit used to support the criminal complaint and am just jaw-dropped to understand why Floris and Benavides would respond as they did to Congress given what the documentary evidence shows? 1/FBI Director Kash Patel @FBIDirectorKashTwo former senior FBI officials, Nikki Cole Floris and Bradley Benavides, were taken into custody today on charges of allegedly lying to Congress about their involvement in the FBI’s investigations into Hunter Biden. The charges stem from an ongoing investigation into the since-dissolved FBI Foreign Influence Task Force. Floris led the FITF as a Deputy Assistant Director from mid-2019 through mid-2022. Benavides was the FITF Section Chief from mid-2019 through the 2020 election. Both testified that the FITF was not involved in the Hunter Biden investigations. Documentary evidence, contemporaneous communications, and witness accounts contradict their testimony. Floris is also on record privately claiming to be “running a shadow government” during the 2020 election in her role on the FITF. Lying to Congress by senior FBI officials strikes at the heart of our system. No one is above the law. The FBI has already dismantled the corrupt CR-15 squad that engaged in political weaponization targeting their opponents, including President Trump. Thanks to @TheJusticeDept @FBIKansasCity and @USAttyPirro. -DKP🇺🇸041203.3K
Two former senior FBI officials, Nikki Cole Floris and Bradley Benavides, were taken into custody today on charges of allegedly lying to Congress about their involvement in the FBI’s investigations into Hunter Biden. The charges stem from an ongoing investigation into the since-dissolved FBI Foreign Influence Task Force. Floris led the FITF as a Deputy Assistant Director from mid-2019 through mid-2022. Benavides was the FITF Section Chief from mid-2019 through the 2020 election. Both testified that the FITF was not involved in the Hunter Biden investigations. Documentary evidence, contemporaneous communications, and witness accounts contradict their testimony. Floris is also on record privately claiming to be “running a shadow government” during the 2020 election in her role on the FITF. Lying to Congress by senior FBI officials strikes at the heart of our system. No one is above the law. The FBI has already dismantled the corrupt CR-15 squad that engaged in political weaponization targeting their opponents, including President Trump. Thanks to @TheJusticeDept @FBIKansasCity and @USAttyPirro. -DKP🇺🇸3.9K15.8K71.8K3.2M- MollieRT @ASwoyer: A Trump DOJ prosecutor caught ‘liking’ the president’s legal losses, will @realDonaldTrump say “you’re fired” 😳 Assistant U.S. Attorney Sailaja Paidipaty’s social media habits are raising eyebrows. Ms. Paidipaty, who works in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of California, has been hitting “like” on posts celebrating President Trump’s legal losses or praising President Biden. @WashTimes011103.9K
- MollieRT @KeenanPeachy: Give him the nation’s highest honor, this is an insane act of tremendous bravery by a civilian. 🙏🙏🙏Peachy Keenan @KeenanPeachyThis is frankly more impressive than the Seal taking out Osama, because this is a regular guy had no training, no warning, no backup, no prep, no idea where shooter was, the shooter was wrestling with a teacher, and little kids were in the room. Absolutely insane level of control under that kind of adrenaline.04603.6K
Posts @nicksortorThis is frankly more impressive than the Seal taking out Osama, because this is a regular guy had no training, no warning, no backup, no prep, no idea where shooter was, the shooter was wrestling with a teacher, and little kids were in the room. Absolutely insane level of control under that kind of adrenaline.18581.3K59.9K- MollieRT @FBIDirectorKash: Earlier today, the @FBI arrested a government contractor after he was caught allegedly betraying his oath and leaking classified defense information on at least one occasion. Protecting America’s secrets is a top counterintelligence priority of this FBI. Anyone caught abusing their position of trust within the government by jeopardizing national security and putting our brave warriors at risk will be met with the full weight of justice.05.9K02.8K
- MollieRT @ltthompso: Seeing as Ted Stevens was the victim of vicious, politically-motivated prosecutorial misconduct, W absolutely should have said that. Instead, a fatuous obsession with media-enforced, but substantively empty, norms - combined with GOP cowardice - led to an injustice.Jonathan Martin @jmartImagine W saying: no, don’t raid Ted Stevens’s home, we gotta hold the seat06803.8K
Imagine W saying: no, don’t raid Ted Stevens’s home, we gotta hold the seat8287177K- MollieRT @SenRonJohnson: Floris and Benavides provided an unsolicited briefing to me and @ChuckGrassley in August 2020 — then someone leaked it to the media to smear me. There is much more to this story and more players involved. I certainly hope the @FBI and @TheJusticeDept use these charges to extract and expose the whole truth.FBI Director Kash Patel @FBIDirectorKashTwo former senior FBI officials, Nikki Cole Floris and Bradley Benavides, were taken into custody today on charges of allegedly lying to Congress about their involvement in the FBI’s investigations into Hunter Biden. The charges stem from an ongoing investigation into the since-dissolved FBI Foreign Influence Task Force. Floris led the FITF as a Deputy Assistant Director from mid-2019 through mid-2022. Benavides was the FITF Section Chief from mid-2019 through the 2020 election. Both testified that the FITF was not involved in the Hunter Biden investigations. Documentary evidence, contemporaneous communications, and witness accounts contradict their testimony. Floris is also on record privately claiming to be “running a shadow government” during the 2020 election in her role on the FITF. Lying to Congress by senior FBI officials strikes at the heart of our system. No one is above the law. The FBI has already dismantled the corrupt CR-15 squad that engaged in political weaponization targeting their opponents, including President Trump. Thanks to @TheJusticeDept @FBIKansasCity and @USAttyPirro. -DKP🇺🇸096503.6K
- RCP Polling Minute: Democratic Sweep Odds and Where All 8 Senate Toss-Ups Stand29117441.1K
- MollieRT @kipconlon: Me: I don't sign anything without a lawyer. Co-worker: Okay. Can I TELL Kathy you hope she gets well?09103.7K
- Shameful news out of Georgetown Law.Emily Jacobs @emilyfjacobsNew from me: Georgetown Law’s Student Bar Association passed a resolution this week condemning a Jewish attorney on Sen. Ted Cruz’s staff and accusing her of Islamophobia after she appeared on campus to discuss the Muslim Brotherhood and her work representing victims of terrorism. Erielle Azerrad, Cruz's deputy chief counsel, spoke to students about the Brotherhood’s origins and how the group had expanded its operations in the US. She also noted the Muslim Students Association’s ties to the Brotherhood, though she disputed that such ties meant all Muslim students, or even all MSA members, were connected to the terrorist group. The resolution accused Azerrad of promoting "Islamophobic beliefs and conspiracy theories" at the event and having a "well-documented record of false, bigoted, and harmful anti-Muslim rhetoric." Full story for @jewishinsider here:665293.2K88.9K
New from me: Georgetown Law’s Student Bar Association passed a resolution this week condemning a Jewish attorney on Sen. Ted Cruz’s staff and accusing her of Islamophobia after she appeared on campus to discuss the Muslim Brotherhood and her work representing victims of terrorism. Erielle Azerrad, Cruz's deputy chief counsel, spoke to students about the Brotherhood’s origins and how the group had expanded its operations in the US. She also noted the Muslim Students Association’s ties to the Brotherhood, though she disputed that such ties meant all Muslim students, or even all MSA members, were connected to the terrorist group. The resolution accused Azerrad of promoting "Islamophobic beliefs and conspiracy theories" at the event and having a "well-documented record of false, bigoted, and harmful anti-Muslim rhetoric." Full story for @jewishinsider here:107208893218K
