the state of our politics at this moment. even though some republican leaders have condemned the attack, news has been flooded with a what about and conspiracy theories and disinformation from a whole host of right-winged media figures. all of this happening while he s still in intensive care. and while an active investigation is underway, a little more than an hour ago, federal prosecutors filed two charges, attempting to challenge a federal official. federal officials allege the attacker broke into the home intending to kidnap and hurt speaker pelosi and he came armed with a hammer and brought a rope, white tape, and zip ties. he told paul pelosi, he wanted to speaker to, quote, tell the truth. political reports that the attacker had, quote, inhabited a vifd and resentment-fueled world of conspiracy while living a fringed existence, even by the standards of the san francisco bay area, that he appears to embrace falsehoods about the without outcome of the 2020 election. the
Unfortunate that all these things connect, perhaps, but we want to bring you the facts as we have them. there are warnings about what is happening on one of the most widely read and reached rapid social media networks that exists in the world. that is twitter. in the first few hours of billionaire elon musk s takeover we ve seen a display of what can at least get by on the platform. we ll get to the nuance in a minute. but let me show you why it s a big story. anonymous users say oh, there is now because of musk a liberation of twitter. and that to them means a liberation of hate speech that they at least prior to this day didn t think would be allowed. things that range from racist to anti-semitic to anti-lgbtq, misogynistic items, et cetera. now, musk has tweeted the bird is freed while promoting the site as a place for debate noting no resort to violence. and he s talked about not wanting to create a free-for-all hellscape. washington post reporting on a spate of racial slurs, a s