Donald Trump Jr. has surpassed his father for the first time in his life. Unfortunately, Telegram subscribers don't matter much.
If you consider Don Jr. a politician, then consider the other politicians who have verified Telegram accounts managed by the same people as Don Jr. Those would be Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene. (Madison Cawthorn's has been set up, but he hasn't claimed it).
To make sure you know it's him, Don Jr. filmed a special video just for Telegram... and then he didn't stop. After the intro video (below), he's basically been campaigning through other videos exclusively on Telegram.
In his first Telegram exclusive, Don Jr. suggests that the REAL reason the National Guard was brought to DC was to give Joe Biden an audience at his inauguration.
In his second Telegram video, Don Jr. jumps on the #BidenErasedWomen bandwagon. This is complete garbage. (By the way, please let me know if these videos are on Facebook. I don't use it, so I don't know).
As I'm working on this thread, Lauren Boebert just uploaded her first Telegram exclusive video. She's standing in the snow just so there's a flag in the background.
There are four other Telegram videos from Don Jr. so far, but I'll save you from having to see them. The most absurd one is him accusing Democrats of trying to kill us because Chicago is opening restaurants while COVID is still bad. Let that sink in.
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(THREAD) Last week, Donald Trump Jr. joined Telegram, the app that conservatives are treating like Parler. He is one of many verified members of "Conservatives on Telegram (COT)," a network of GOP accounts managed by one group or person. But who is really behind the movement?
I've been trying to answer that question, and I can't find a simple answer. COT isn't a huge project like Parler. The outlet (Telegram) already existed without the GOP's involvement. All they have to pay for is the COT website and someone to manage the network of accounts.
Since there's not a money trail to follow or a CEO to research, I looked into the people in the COT network. What I uncovered is an interesting relationship between Turning Point USA, newly elected Republicans, and a political consulting firm called X Strategies.
1. Trump Taj Mahal opened on April 2, 1990, and it was already tied to transnational organized crime. trumpfile.org/trump-taj-maha…
2. Trump told supporters that moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem was to fulfill a biblical prophecy. In reality, he was just returning a favor. trumpfile.org/trump-announce…
3. Just 24 hours after announcing William Barr's resignation, Trump tells Jeffrey Rosen to use the DOJ to support election conspiracies. - 12/15/2020 trumpfile.org/trump-pressure…
2. Both the National Security Council and the C.I.A. thought Ezra Cohen-Watnick should be demoted to a less powerful position. Bannon and Kushner wouldn't have it. - 03/12/2017 trumpfile.org/trump-bannon-k…
3. Updated: After Bill Barr told AP that there was no evidence of election fraud, Trump forced him into a meeting we know basically nothing about. - 12/01/2020 trumpfile.org/barr-doj-fbi-h…
Trump File is a new website documenting the life and crimes of Donald J. Trump, his family, his administration, and his co-conspirators. Unlike a news site, I'm "filing" these events by the date they happened, not the date they were reported. (1/9)
I believe it's important to have a timeline of events related to Trump and his crimes. For journalists, investigators, and future deprogrammed Trump supporters who missed out on reality these past four years. (Plus it's like a "Trump crimes" search engine, so that's cool!) (2/9)
When I started Trump File, I had just finished reading @sarahkendzior's book, Hiding In Plain Sight. Before, I didn't understand everything the news told me about Trump. I knew he was BAD, but I didn't see the big picture. Sarah's book woke me up, but I was still naive... (3/9)
Fernand's intro music is hypnotizing. I'm kind of bopping in my chair.
"We named this podcast the Strange Days Podcast because we felt the title embodied the feeling of the country, and sadly.. it feels as if the title is going to be appropriate for many days to come." - Fernand
Fernand introduces @ruthbenghiat and @sarahkendzior as "two of the most respected and, frankly, the most accurate and precise of the chroniclers of the Trump nightmare."
"This was intentional... We've seen their assault on democracy for the last five years." - Andrea
.@AndreaChalupa goes through a timeline of events before and during January 6th. A couple things in here that I didn't know already. (I'm curious why the Kremers want so much credit for the march. That whole thing between them and Ali is confusing, but maybe GN will go into it).
.@SarahKendzior reads from an article she wrote in 2016. It's STILL relevant!
"This was coming so far in advance that you literally cannot tell the difference between an article that I published before he was even president and one that comes out now." qz.com/807615/donald-…