The problem is that many of the people involved, especially the ones in our current administration, are CARTOONISHLY evil, so evil that it's hard to imagine a possible scenario so evil that you couldn't believe they *could* have done it without flinching. Obviously we can't believe all the totally outlanding theories, but it'd be really nice if we actually *investigated* at least some of them... we should only believe things given sufficient evidence, but we should also go LOOK FOR EVIDENCE...
What made the Q-Anon claims especially thin was the fact that most of them were just reheated antisemitic tropes that go back centuries. There wasn’t anything to distinguish them from the kind of blood libel you would have heard during the Middle Ages.
At least the litter boxes lie in school was original and did have a grain of truth to it. Schools were keeping kitty litter in classrooms but not because kids were “identifying as cats.” But it had staying power because it was precisely the kind of thing rightwingers wanted to believe.
I find myself having to check myself all the time these days. People are sharing AI slop and stuff that originated from a satirical site as fact. Did Dementia Don really call for Queen Elizabeth to pardon Andrew? I admit, it is something I am predisposed to believe because my opinion of his intelligence and mental fitness couldn’t possible get any lower at this point. But no, it’s not true.
This modern era of social media demands everyone adopt a healthy attitude of skepticism .
Just to be clear, while we cannot ever prove that nobody eats babies, this in itself is not proof that people eat babies. You still need evidence to support a claim. That's how it works.
So many problems with crazy ladies story it is difficult to know where to start. But I'll start here. Donny doesn't do boats. If Donny did boats, he'd have ten of the most garish floating casinos & strip joints on the water. He fraid of sharks and batteries because large, mean baby.
To be fair, President Redacted would also wreck our country for free. I'm confident he's being paid off by both Russia and Israel, but if all they'd done was given him the presidence and let him loose, he'd destroy all the same things just for fun, so it's hard to tell.
Just learned that one of the owners of American Pie Pizza in Richfield, Minnesota was arrested by ICE. He is a legal immigrant with a valid work visa. If you're in the area and have a yen for take-out pizza or tacos or just about any kind of bar food you can think of, this is your place.
A high-profile MAGA influencer on X with hundreds of thousands of followers has been exposed as being secretly run by a White House staffer.
According to Wired, "To its audience, Johnny MAGA looked like an independent voice, another outraged supporter in the MAGA media ecosystem. The account regularly boosts Trump’s Truth Social posts and goes to bat for the administration, attacking Democrats like California governor Gavin Newsom."
The account also pushed images of flag-burning demonstrators in Minneapolis after the killing of Renee Good, saying, “They’re burning the American flag right now in Minneapolis, and they really expect you to believe that ICE shot an innocent civilian.”
The account was created in January 2021 and has often been at the front of pushing far-right, pro-Trump content. It was also active throughout the 2024 election, going after former Vice President Kamala Harris often in very personal ways.
However, underneath the surface, Johnny MAGA was anything but organic.
"Johnny MAGA appears to actually be a White House staffer named Garrett Wade who works for the Trump administration as a rapid response manager, helping to run the very same White House account his anonymous MAGA account amplifies," said the report. "A phone number associated with Wade is linked to Johnny MAGA, according to a WIRED review of publicly available records, and the connection was confirmed by a source close to the White House."
I have been surprised that some progressive podcasts have expressed shock that the whole elite sex trafficking story was true. They weren't even talking about the wild (absurd) shit like harvesting adrenochrome, but just the basic premise of ultra wealthy creeps paying to fuck teenagers—even that was too wild for them to believe pre Epstein files. I never had trouble believing that, hell, even CSAM is created and distributed within well established underground networks
Sure, I think we all know that child abuse exists, but I'm surprised at the pedo elite angle that also roped in so many people that I wouldn't have necessarily expected (e.g., Chomsky). The Epstein network is really different than the megachurch or boyscout sort of child abuse.
There are surely additional financial and geopolitical angles to the blackmail that we haven't learned yet. Not to mention the specific of Trump's deep involvement.
2nd go round…you know HR, liberal and voted Democratic, she’s sweet, a bit tough. We know best, though.
Then ,last go round, thank goodness it’s HR who was correct all along…super caring and total forgiveness.
2nd go round might be OK, I feel very strongly, now. Being correct, it is OK
The problem is that many of the people involved, especially the ones in our current administration, are CARTOONISHLY evil, so evil that it's hard to imagine a possible scenario so evil that you couldn't believe they *could* have done it without flinching. Obviously we can't believe all the totally outlanding theories, but it'd be really nice if we actually *investigated* at least some of them... we should only believe things given sufficient evidence, but we should also go LOOK FOR EVIDENCE...
Every fucking word of this - you rock Robyn!
now i want pizza
What made the Q-Anon claims especially thin was the fact that most of them were just reheated antisemitic tropes that go back centuries. There wasn’t anything to distinguish them from the kind of blood libel you would have heard during the Middle Ages.
At least the litter boxes lie in school was original and did have a grain of truth to it. Schools were keeping kitty litter in classrooms but not because kids were “identifying as cats.” But it had staying power because it was precisely the kind of thing rightwingers wanted to believe.
I find myself having to check myself all the time these days. People are sharing AI slop and stuff that originated from a satirical site as fact. Did Dementia Don really call for Queen Elizabeth to pardon Andrew? I admit, it is something I am predisposed to believe because my opinion of his intelligence and mental fitness couldn’t possible get any lower at this point. But no, it’s not true.
This modern era of social media demands everyone adopt a healthy attitude of skepticism .
I went through the same process on the Queen Elizabeth thing!
I don't know much about pizza-gate, but thank you for not using a picture of deep-dish and calling it pizza.
Just to be clear, while we cannot ever prove that nobody eats babies, this in itself is not proof that people eat babies. You still need evidence to support a claim. That's how it works.
Fat Bastard?
Remember when the moon was made of green cheese and there are actually living Martians? I was 8 and I didn’t believe it then.
So many problems with crazy ladies story it is difficult to know where to start. But I'll start here. Donny doesn't do boats. If Donny did boats, he'd have ten of the most garish floating casinos & strip joints on the water. He fraid of sharks and batteries because large, mean baby.
In less than a year, Trump erased 12 years of solvency for the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/in-less-than-a-year-trump-erased-12-years-of-solvency-for-the-trust-fund-that-pays-for-medicare-part-a/ar-AA1WV3QA
They were put in place to wreck the country and thoroughly loot it.
They're accomplishing what they've been bought and paid for to do.
To be fair, President Redacted would also wreck our country for free. I'm confident he's being paid off by both Russia and Israel, but if all they'd done was given him the presidence and let him loose, he'd destroy all the same things just for fun, so it's hard to tell.
Just learned that one of the owners of American Pie Pizza in Richfield, Minnesota was arrested by ICE. He is a legal immigrant with a valid work visa. If you're in the area and have a yen for take-out pizza or tacos or just about any kind of bar food you can think of, this is your place.
https://www.americanpiepizza.com/
Can confirm. Good pizza.
A high-profile MAGA influencer on X with hundreds of thousands of followers has been exposed as being secretly run by a White House staffer.
According to Wired, "To its audience, Johnny MAGA looked like an independent voice, another outraged supporter in the MAGA media ecosystem. The account regularly boosts Trump’s Truth Social posts and goes to bat for the administration, attacking Democrats like California governor Gavin Newsom."
The account also pushed images of flag-burning demonstrators in Minneapolis after the killing of Renee Good, saying, “They’re burning the American flag right now in Minneapolis, and they really expect you to believe that ICE shot an innocent civilian.”
The account was created in January 2021 and has often been at the front of pushing far-right, pro-Trump content. It was also active throughout the 2024 election, going after former Vice President Kamala Harris often in very personal ways.
However, underneath the surface, Johnny MAGA was anything but organic.
"Johnny MAGA appears to actually be a White House staffer named Garrett Wade who works for the Trump administration as a rapid response manager, helping to run the very same White House account his anonymous MAGA account amplifies," said the report. "A phone number associated with Wade is linked to Johnny MAGA, according to a WIRED review of publicly available records, and the connection was confirmed by a source close to the White House."
https://www.rawstory.com/johnny-maga/
This is a shocking report.
/s
He’s probably not the only one either.
I'm betting there is an entire army.
Wasn't this predicted in 'Ender's Game'??
[redacted]
look,
the week is half over, right?
sorry, that's the best I can do by way of feel-good news rn, but on the other hand, yrrrrrrr
smoking lamp is lit nao yesss!
Huzzah!
Is this some sort of fifth column effort to discredit legitimate rape claims?
That was my fear. That those are purposefully seeded in there.
But maybe not. There are always people calling into tip lines making up stories just for the lolz (or b/c they are deranged).
It's not as if doing so is anything NEW.
I have been surprised that some progressive podcasts have expressed shock that the whole elite sex trafficking story was true. They weren't even talking about the wild (absurd) shit like harvesting adrenochrome, but just the basic premise of ultra wealthy creeps paying to fuck teenagers—even that was too wild for them to believe pre Epstein files. I never had trouble believing that, hell, even CSAM is created and distributed within well established underground networks
Sure, I think we all know that child abuse exists, but I'm surprised at the pedo elite angle that also roped in so many people that I wouldn't have necessarily expected (e.g., Chomsky). The Epstein network is really different than the megachurch or boyscout sort of child abuse.
There are surely additional financial and geopolitical angles to the blackmail that we haven't learned yet. Not to mention the specific of Trump's deep involvement.
Well, let me guess whose podcasts (generally, not specifically).
Okay, but that pizza looks pretty good.
it better, it came from the Comet Ping-Pong basement