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Jan 26 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I'm so used to conspiracy theories about the health/death/retirement of SCOTUS justices that it's shocking to see one that's just sort of normal and predictable.
There will, of course, be conspiracy theories. But Breyer is old and wants to get out while Dems still technically have a majority. It's not outlandish at all.
RW infotainment claimed Antonin Scalia was murdered. Liberals thought Anthony Kennedy conspired with Trump and the Federalist Society to pay Brett Kavanaugh's mortgage and get him on the court. Q believers thought RBG was both dead and being kept alive by secret drugs. Fun times.
Conspiracy theories almost always originate from the people out of power explaining what they believe the people with power are hiding from them. Breyer's retirement is so predictable that it's hard to see what the plot will be. But it will eventually come.

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Bob Saget's death was announced an hour ago, and antivax ghouls are already blaming it on the vaccine. Absolutely demented.
Why give these monsters any attention at all? Because it will be a major right wing talking point tomorrow.
Bob Saget was a vaccine victim, but also apparently a pedo, because all celebs or performers are pedos to these people. Conspiracy theories with one hand, defamation with the other.
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Jan 9
Tens of millions of Americans won't get vaccinated, won't wear masks, and won't personally do anything to curtail their behavior in the face of omicron. Most people are, but many would rather die. That's not Joe Biden's fault.
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From an ethical standpoint, I can't cover this leak, because a decent amount directly (and falsely) references me. But there's a story here for a journalist who isn't involved with any of the players or previous Q-related drama.
Stewartson was completely obsessed with defaming and creating conspiracy theories about me as far back as August 2020, before I even knew who he was. So I can't write this story, but someone else can.
Before the "OSINT badass" crew shows up with their "receipts," I did interact with Jim a few times in August 2020 - in what could be best described as "polite disagreement." I didn't even remember until I looked it up. And for that, Jim created a conspiracy theory about me.
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My 1/6 story: I've been writing about QAnon since January 2018 - when almost nobody knew what it was or took it seriously. I took did, because I saw its similarities to scams and frauds that had lasted decades by promising the same thing Q promised, except in blood, not money.
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