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Chelsea Manning's Release and Snowden Comparison
from Kind Of A Minister · #28
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4 minTim riffs on Chelsea Manning getting out of prison, jokes about her dating prospects, fantasizes about her joining ISIS, and compares her case to Edward Snowden fleeing to Russia, before pivoting into a defense of Obama's record.
- 0:37Chelsea Manning getting out of jail
- 0:54Tim imagines Chelsea Manning introducing her girlfriend to her parents versus rotting in jail
- 1:36The government tortures people just to plant evidence on their cell phones
- 1:51Tim says he'd drag Chelsea Manning out of an open mic and kill her on the street
- 2:19Manning got 45 years for her leaks while Snowden fled to avoid prosecution, proving he should have run
- 2:40It's convenient that Snowden ended up in Russia while Russia ramps up computer espionage operations
- 3:09It would be funny if Chelsea Manning got out of prison and joined ISIS in a burka
- 3:44Obama's drone strikes ramped up after he took office, blowing up weddings
- 4:11Obama wasn't really pushing the social issues of the poor that hard