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However much we berate the conservative commentariat, we usually presume their opinions\u00c2\u00a0are actually their<\/em> opinions.\u00c2\u00a0 Turns out\u00c2\u00a0we might have been wrong<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Turns out some of them, a crew of ten or so, were on the payroll of the anti-democratic government of Malaysia. \u00c2\u00a0I wonder if Malaysia got what they wanted.\u00c2\u00a0 I also wonder who else is paying these jokers.\u00c2\u00a0 An interesting graph:<\/p>\n According to Trevino’s belated\u00c2\u00a0federal filing<\/a>, the interests paying Trevino were in fact the government of Malaysia, “its ruling party, or interests closely aligned with either.” The Malaysian government has been accused of multiple human rights abuses and restricting the press and personal freedoms. Anwar, the opposition leader, has faced prosecution for sodomy, a prosecution widely denounced in the West, which Trevino\u00c2\u00a0defended<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0as more “nuanced” than American observers realized.<\/strong> The government for which Trevino worked also attacked Anwar for saying positive things about Israel; Trevino has argued that Anwar is not the pro-democracy figure he appears.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I’m sure it was very nuanced.\u00c2\u00a0 In total they received over 400k.\u00c2\u00a0 Nice work, if you can get it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" However much we berate the conservative commentariat, we usually presume their opinions\u00c2\u00a0are actually their opinions.\u00c2\u00a0 Turns out\u00c2\u00a0we might have been wrong.\u00c2\u00a0 Turns out some of them, a crew of ten or so, were on the payroll of the anti-democratic government of Malaysia. \u00c2\u00a0I wonder if Malaysia got what they wanted.\u00c2\u00a0 I also wonder who else … Continue reading Opinions for hire<\/span>