I’m not gonna amplify the content on purpose but professional cretins like michael tracey & david reboi are part of an elite goon strike force who recognize the crisis of AOC recounting her capitol experience & immediately go crashing in with the shittiest takes possible
they want to get dunked on as hard as possible so the more sophisticated members of the goon squad can say shit like welllllllll I don’t agree with how they said it all BUT
and then the top tier most erudite members of the goon squad can crank out their “wow you just want to cancel anyone who’s just asking questions huh I guess they’re onto something” takes
honestly, the churn-em-out political book industry and the bizarre downstream effects caused by its gross incentive structure is one of the most under discussed aspects of the modern state of alternate reality politics
there’s increasing evidence a lot of these books exist solely as money laundering vehicles to relocate PAC money into campaigns without leaving a clear trail. it’s a very fascinating scheme that’s not yet reached broad awareness
one of the funnier genres of trump tweets were his constant book promotions of books by all the MAGA mill hacks, the most obvious paid commercials of the era
the calculus here is expectations are low but by having the conversation joe gets the upper hand in narrating the who’s who of unreasonable players
you’d rather get to say “I tried but listen jack these people would say no to a free ice cream cone, whattayagonnado god love ‘em” than not be able to say it
this is fascinating in that anybody who COULD do the job competently simply won’t take it, meaning his only options are kamikaze incompetents who cannot actually not bring any value to the table beyond what trump himself could do himself
he is CLEARLY not taking advice from anyone with half a clue so realistically why would he even feel the need to pay for advice from the crazy lawyer bin that’s going to be just as bad as the advice he gives himself for free?
oh, I’ve gotta file briefings? here’s my briefing *photocopies his ass*
am I really watching a dude already being sued for defamation by dominion go on the air at a network about to be sued for defamation by dominion and defame dominion some more