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I walked in late to the J6 hearing. Obviously someone's voice is garbled to (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Jul 2022 OP
Twitter employee snowybirdie Jul 2022 #1
That's the voice of a former Twitter employee. zuul Jul 2022 #2
That witness was a Twitter moderator blogslug Jul 2022 #3
If a twitter mod knew what was going to happen, why didn't CIA/FBI/military intel know? Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #4
They did know. FBI warned Capitol police prior. Kaleva Jul 2022 #7
But the Cap police seemed woefully unprepared. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #8
I don't know why the warnings went unheeded Kaleva Jul 2022 #9
So, people were running around with their hair on fire, but nobody was listening? Baitball Blogger Jul 2022 #5
There's so much information coming out today blogslug Jul 2022 #6

zuul

(14,627 posts)
2. That's the voice of a former Twitter employee.
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:07 PM
Jul 2022

He wasn’t close to the action. He relayed activity on Twitter.

blogslug

(38,002 posts)
3. That witness was a Twitter moderator
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:10 PM
Jul 2022

Who was monitoring traffic leading up to Jan 6 and was desperately trying to get someone to do something about the possibility of violence.

Irish_Dem

(47,131 posts)
4. If a twitter mod knew what was going to happen, why didn't CIA/FBI/military intel know?
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:15 PM
Jul 2022

Or did they know and agreed with it.

Kaleva

(36,312 posts)
9. I don't know why the warnings went unheeded
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:30 PM
Jul 2022

I'm on my phone and it's not easy for me to open up other tabs to get sources

blogslug

(38,002 posts)
6. There's so much information coming out today
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:21 PM
Jul 2022

Maybe I'm overdramatizing their efforts to get people to listen?

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