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Captainant

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  1. It bears repeating: TPUSA literally ran a business model of flooding the zone with coordinated wording, powered by teens Here's a story from 2020 about it, regarding his work on election truthers conspiracies that fueled January 6 https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/09/25/fake-social-media-turning-point-usa In a statement to the Post, Turning Point USA said the notion that they are sponsoring a troll farm is a “gross mischaracterization.” Instead, they're adapting to the coronavirus pandemic and paying people to do their jobs online that they would have otherwise paid them to do in the field, the statement added. Brookie says any work done in the field like Turning Point USA suggests, such as door knocking, would have received a much smaller audience than online. The purpose of these disinformation campaigns are to go viral, he says. Twitter and Facebook seem to be concerned because they have suspended some of the accounts associated with the Phoenix troll farm. Yet it’s unclear what the grounds are for yanking these accounts, he says. The social networks are facing enormous pressure to moderate the spread of fake information on their platforms during both an election year and global public health crisis, he says. Brookie says he’s “not entirely sure” if there’s any evidence that the Republican Party itself is at all involved in funding this kind of operation or funding Turning Point USA. Kirk, the organization’s founder, is an adamant supporter of President Trump. “He has attended multiple rallies with the Trump campaign. He's an outspoken advocate and surrogate for the campaign,” he says. “And so the amplification to a larger audience, regardless of the source of funding, is the same.”
  2. Shocker! Crowder was spreading hateful disinformation. He never does that!
  3. Fascists LOVE a reason to claim victimhood status, especially when they're the oppressive party in power. It's pretty historically consistent
  4. Also, Crowder appears to be getting subpoenaed for whatever he released earlier. No idea what that means for the validity of what he posted earlier, but it's news
  5. Where? He's bending both his legs more than a rifle barrel would permit, and there would be significant printing along the whole rigid body of the rifle that I just dont see. I sweatergod this is gonna be like the Boston Marathon bombing, only led by the FBI instead of reddit Video is from before the shooting though?
  6. It's a well known phenomina that facts have a librul bias
  7. They're gonna have a problem with corporate use cases. TLS tunneling is intrinsic to networking as a protocol, they can't really turn it off unless they completely abandon modern information technology
  8. he literally paid for the bus ticket of the guy who beat a cop with a fire extinguisher
  9. that would be absolutely a vibe at the tailgate
  10. no idea where they'd get that from
  11. Quoting a passage of the Bible calling for gay people to be put to death is not exactly peace and love
  12. This is a very very very important thing to keep in mind. Crowder does have good reason to have those messages that he shared, but it's not verified and there's a reason the investigators didn't share that info. And he does not have a sterling history of factual or faithful reproduction of information. Jesus fuck, our information ecosystem is so so bad and many people don't realize the extent, even when the director of the FBI is making major mistakes
  13. Hell, the director of the FBI has been wrong multiple times already on this! We gotta get our top antiterrorism expert on the case It's going to be fascinating watching the information worm turn on this issue over the next few days as things are released and retracted
  14. I'm referencing daltxhornfan
  15. moving my reply to the appropriate thread.... Crowder certainly IS a conspiracy loon - he was a leading COVID truther and pushed Jan6 and Qanon bullshit. But in this specific case it's not surprising DOJ would reach out
  16. the running narrative that is the tone of the DT thread is that "the left LOVES this" without a hint of irony after posting "midterms secured"
  17. that's what's in the screenshot of teams.doj.gov that steven crowder posted. TBH I would consider that to be a realtively reliable source of information in this current climate on this topic. He's another conservative agitprop pundit that does the same schtick as Kirk, so it stands to reason that DOJ would reach out and loop him in. Even moreso when you consider all their working relationship to the administration
  18. can you share where you got that ATF quote from?
  19. Good lord, facts aren't political. Posting quotes of his to debunk all the claims of him being a uniter and good person is fair game.
  20. Goddamn, even the UK is taking the Epstein files more seriously than the Party https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/11/uk/peter-mandelson-uk-ambassador-fired-intl London — Peter Mandelson was fired as Britain’s ambassador to the United States on Thursday after his ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became another unwelcome problem for the embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Mandelson had been under mounting pressure over his relationship with Epstein after US lawmakers on Monday released a “birthday book,” compiled for Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003, in which the veteran Labour party politician had penned a handwritten note describing Epstein as “my best pal.” Despite the revelation, Starmer forcefully defended his ambassador on Wednesday, telling parliament that Mandelson had his “full confidence.” Hours later, the scandal snowballed after Bloomberg published a trove of emails between Mandelson and Epstein, in which Mandelson expressed support for his friend and offered to discuss his infamous 2008 Florida case with his political contacts. Epstein pleaded guilty to two state prostitution charges and served 13 months in prison after a controversial plea deal. But the emails obtained by Bloomberg showed that Mandelson continued to support Epstein after that conviction.
  21. Heaven forbid we talk about the hateful words and works of a man when the nation is bending over backwards to honor a Jan6 planner and virulent racist. He literally bussed in the guy that was attacking a cop with a fire extinguisher on Jan6, and we're putting flags at half staff. It's absurd that he is being lionized. It's mourning an arsonist that burned down in his own fire. The murder is wrong and evil, and is only going to encourage an even stronger response from the Party that was taking their rhetorical cues on which group to target next from Kirk and TPUSA
  22. Who is saying this? I'm sure lunatics on social media are posting shit like that, but it's pretty disingenuous to assert that's what "the left" is represented by whatever extreme position social media serves up to you as outrage bait
  23. In the DT thread, someone finally brought together a list of Kirk's greatest hits of hate. Share some of those hits if you care to burn bridges of FB - but it's ridiculous to see this seditionist that funded groups that attacked democracy on Jan6 treated as a national hero
  24. pretty macabre to already be celebrating political wins off of a murder, imo
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