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MSNBC’s @NicolleDWallace, yesterday: "Tragically anti-mask insanity has now reached the highest court in the land.”

"Nina Totenberg .. really is a true insider, well-sourced on the Court"
@NicolleDWallace Morning Joe’s @morningmika: "Chief Justice John Roberts asked the other justices to mask up. They all did, except for Gorsuch."
@NicolleDWallace @morningmika CNN’s @donlemon: "Sources say Justice Sotomayor is concerned about Covid because she suffers from diabetes and underlying health conditions."
@NicolleDWallace @morningmika @donlemon MSNBC’s @JoyAnnReid: "Neil Gorsuch, you are both a rotten co-worker, dangerous to be near in a pandemic, and tonight’s ‘Absolute Worst.’”
@NicolleDWallace @morningmika @donlemon @JoyAnnReid CNN’s SCOTUS reporter @Arianedevogue: “Sources tell us that Sonia Sotomayor feels uncomfortable sitting on the bench if our colleagues are un-masked. And they say that she made that concern clear to Chief Justice John Roberts."
@NicolleDWallace @morningmika @donlemon @JoyAnnReid @Arianedevogue MSNBC’s @chrislhayes: "Justice Gorsuch’s deeply obnoxious behavior here is just one of major facets of this extremely right-wing court …”

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Feb 15
Wouldn't it be wild if we find out Qanon was ... Jeffrey Epstein?

And that the whole thing was a plot designed to make the idea of an elite child sex trafficking ring so ludicrous, so dangerous, that we must purge the internet of such "fake news," lest we want more Pizzagate tragedies? 

Hear me out. 

In 2013, Epstein meets with the 4chan founder the day before the platform drops its infamous /pol board, which became a hive for "far right" memes and eventually Qanon. (Of note, 4chan's founder says the timing is a coincidence and he regrets his relationship w/ Epstein.)

The meeting came via Bill Gates' adviser/Epstein's friend, Boris Nikolic, who marveled of these platforms' exploitability to Epstein: "the potential for manipulation is huge." Nikolic linked a WaPo article discussing how 4Chan had been exploited to launch cyberattacks and fuel a “hive mind” mentality. justice.gov/epstein/files/…

Later in 2013, Epstein emails Joi Ito, Martin Nowak, and Joscha Bach on the importance of narratives people can emotionally invest in: "the deception of the individual is necessary for the survivability of the group... A nation needs heroes. A hero is someone who is dead, for the benefit of the group. deception between different hierarchies... work hard to become successful, benefit for the org, not you" justice.gov/epstein/files/…

We also see in these files Epstein spending a fortune manipulating online perceptions of his operations. 

In 2012, he hired Reputation Changer LLC for a comprehensive "Reputation Clearing Action Plan.™" The proposal explicitly states the goal was to "suppress negative listings that can render them nearly invisible" and achieve "full control and maintenance of Jeffrey Epstein's major search engine results to avoid permanent public embarrassment." justice.gov/epstein/files/…

Reputation Changer used a "proprietary Reputation Management and Real-Time Linking System™" designed to "push negative content about you or your brand off of the first page of the major search engines and out of general public view" [Page 7]. Their analysis showed that 95% of web users don't search past page 1, making first-page dominance crucial.

The firm identified specific "negative keywords" including "Jeffrey Epstein" and monitored search results showing problematic content like:"Jeffrey Epstein kept a diary of his under-aged victims - Telegraph""Jeffrey Epstein: How the Hedge Fund Mogul Pedophile Got Off Easy""Jeffrey Epstein: This Isn't A Sex Offender, It's An Offender!" [Page 6]2016: Wikileaks begins DNC drops. This is the first time the public encounters the kind of depraved behavior we've since learned overlaps with the Epstein files. 

Soon thereafter, Epstein is emailing his lawyer with the idea of mixing fake, extreme emails into the real ones: "What a trick could be played," he writes. justice.gov/epstein/files/…

2017: Feds turn up heat (supposedly) on Epstein, around which time the Qanon drops begin. The conspiracy theory's focus on elite child trafficking networks directly mirrored the allegations against Epstein. 

Also of note: News of Epstein's death was posted to 4chan more than half an hour before it became public, leading the NYCFD to investigate if someone leaked. This indicates the platform's potential use for seeding narratives as part of larger psyops. 

The Epstein files also include an email from a redacted source (although I can see it's his friend, the late author Edward Jay Epstein) with CIA Document #1035-960 from April 1967 marked "PSYCH" for Psychological Warfare Operations, which provided instructions for "media assets" on how to label critics as "conspiracy theorists." Epstein responded: "great, i would frame it and highlight the words our ploy" (emph. added). (I also can't help but note: Edward Jay Epstein was a published author whose most famous book skeptically examined the Warren Commission report; he would have been well experienced to help manufacture fake Qanon posts, but THIS IS PURE SPECULATION.)  justice.gov/epstein/files/… 

Also of significance is Ghsillane Maxwell's prominent role in Reddit. Maxwell's Reddit account The account "accumulated 14,993,132 Karma since March 11, 2016," per the FBI, and "served as an influential moderator for many subreddits. This is an extraordinary amount of karma indicating either highly popular content, or more likely, systematic posting. justice.gov/epstein/files/…

The FBI noted "gaps in posting surrounding the death of Ghislaine Maxwell's mother (Elisabeth Maxwell), suggesting the account's activity correlated with real-world events in Maxwell's life. Unsurprisingly, Maxwell used the account to try persuading people toward more lenient attitudes on child sex trafficking, posting links like:

"Falkvinge: Three strong reasons child porn must be re-legalized in the coming decade"
"Girl steps in front of man's car. He grabs her arm and lectures her about traffic safety. Result? He is now a convicted sex offender"

Finally, the Qanon craziness ended up playing a role in Maxwell's trial. During one of the proceedings, "Qanon activists" began interrupting proceedings, and her lawyers used the apparent risk of Pizzagate/Qanon violence to insist she be granted bail. 

OF COURSE, I have identified NO SMOKING GUN that Jeffrey Epstein was surreptitiously running the Qanon psyop. But there is certainly a lot of circumstantial evidence that overlaps with his own strategic interests. 

Ultimately, in the Qanon conspiracy, Trump was the hero who was secretly arranging to have pedos lined up & arrested. In reality, he doesn't seem particularly interested in us pulling this thread any harder. Opinions as to why will surely differ.Image
Btw I found the emails showing Epstein’s interest in psychological operations via @IanCarrollShow’s ridiculously clutch @Thewebb_io (which btw seems to be shadowbanned as it doesn’t appear in X searches)
@IanCarrollShow @Thewebb_io Another curiosity: Did you know the Pizzagate shooter was recently killed in a police shooting? cbsnews.com/news/pizzagate…
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Feb 6
Thread: Epstein emails related to he & his friends' enthusiasm for pizza ... Image
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"Please let me know what you find out about the pizza place." Image
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Oct 17, 2025
Flashback: In 2013 @AmbJohnBolton said @Snowden "ought to swing from a tall oak tree"
In 2017, John Bolton, commented on Hillary's illegal server, saying if he used a private email server, he'd be prosecuted.

Varney: “You were ambassador to the United Nations. You dealt in secret material. I’m sure you did. If you played fast and loose with it, what happened to you?”
BOLTON: “Look if I tried to set up my own separate email communications system it would have been leaked to ‘The Washington Post’ and ‘The New York Times’ simultaneously with my asking for it. If I’d going ahead and set it up I think I would be liable to prosecution."
@AmbJohnBolton @Snowden In 2023, Bolton commented on Trump: "He was kind of a collector of things that he thought were of interest to him for some reason or another, clippings, mementos, classified documents. And it was very disturbing."
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Sep 11, 2025
Thread: Democrats have recently been agitating for increased violence against conservatives.

1) @ChrisMurphyCT: "We're in a war right now ... you have to be willing to do whatever is necessary in order to save the country.”
2) Ali Velshi uses his MSNBC platform to stir up political violence, telling Democratic leaders it’s time to “fight with both hands” & “fight a bit dirty”
3) Tim Walz tells fans to remain hopeful that Trump will die soon
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Jun 25, 2025
Thread!

A bill in the Senate that would offload some of the central government’s land holdings is stirring up a lot of talk online, and I think it’s time for conservatives to remember two quick important points:

1) If you care about the preservation of land, getting it out of the control of the feds is the priority, not the risk.

2) Teddy Roosevelt is hands down one of the top 5 worst presidents in American history.

Let's start with the latter and then segue into the former.Image
Before I quickly address Roosevelt as a politician, I’ll note that as a man he was indeed very brave. He was beset with all kinds of health issues as a child but largely overcame them through sheer determination. He also overcame tragedy; his wife and mother died on the same day, Valentine’s Day 1884. Most of us already know of his affinity for exploration, travel, hunting — he was an ubermensch who relished overcoming the hardest challenges life offers. He declined running for re-election in 1908 so he could instead go on a 2-year African safari. Toward the end of his life he organized a trip through the Amazon from which he barely escaped alive.

And yes, once while en route to a speech, he was shot, but still attended & delivered the speech, only seeking medical attention afterward. (Roosevelt's 50 page speech and steel glasses case saved his life, but the bullet remained lodged in his ribs for the rest of his life.)

However, some of this bravery is probably better classified as bravado, and he had a tendency toward violence even as a child. (When his girlfriend broke up with him as a youth, he was so angry he shot & killed his neighbor’s dog.) After helping engineer the start of the Spanish-American War — he once wrote, "I should welcome almost any war, for this country needs one” — Roosevelt created his own unit, “The Rough Riders,” made up largely of privileged Ivy Leaguers who sought glory. In his book glamorizing the experience, he recounted how once when he saw one of his fellow soldiers dodging gunfire, he felt it cowardly & badgered him into charging into the gunfire, which of course led to his immediate death. TR was amused.Image
Nonetheless, Americans hear his stories of bravery and automatically assume someone so valiant could have only been a great president. And that's true, if you dislike freedom, the Constitution, and a humble foreign policy. As a politician, Roosevelt regulated railroads, regulated curriculums, regulated what we can eat and drink, & ultimately tried to turn the United States into the British Empire, conquering distant lands merely to expand the supposed American Empire.

J.P. Morgan, desperate to create a central bank that would help consolidate his power while phasing out smaller local banks, played Teddy Roosevelt like a puppet. Despite Roosevelt branding himself as an anti-capitalist "trust buster" who helped create the Progressive Era, his second run for the presidency, via the Bull Moose Party, was actually a Wall Street endeavor. (Roosevelt only realized he'd been played after suffering a humiliating defeat to Woodrow Wilson, perhaps another Top 5 terrible president.) Although maybe this wasn't entirely necessary since Teddy Roosevelt himself supported the creation of a central bank.

Roosevelt’s faith in the state, after all, was absolute: "I have always believed that it would be necessary to give the National Government complete power over the organization and capitalization of all business concerns in inter-state commerce."Image
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Apr 29, 2025
THREAD: Does the early administration of vaccines increase the risk of autism? Let's see what Pubmed says.

"A review of medical literature and US government data suggests that: (i) many cases of idiopathic autism are induced by early mercury exposure from thimerosal; (ii) this type of autism represents an unrecognized mercurial syndrome; and (iii) genetic and non-genetic factors establish a predisposition whereby thimerosal's adverse effects occur only in some children." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11339848/
"Thimerosal-treated mice exhibited neural development delay, social interaction deficiency, and inclination of depression. Apparent neuropathological changes were also observed in adult mice neonatally treated with thimerosal. High-throughput RNA sequencing of autistic-behaved mice brains revealed the alternation of a number of canonical pathways involving neuronal development, neuronal synaptic function, and the dysregulation of endocrine system." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24675092/
"In phase I, it was observed that there was a significantly increased risk ratio for the incidence of ASD reported following the Thimerosal-containing DTaP vaccine in comparison to the Thimerosal-free DTaP vaccine. In phase II, it was observed that cases diagnosed with an ASD were significantly more likely than controls to receive increased organic-Hg from Thimerosal-containing hepatitis B vaccine administered within the first, second, and sixth month of life."

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC38…
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