Trump’s Pick for Intelligence Chief Follows a Slew of QAnon Accounts

 

LIBERTY CROSSING

John Ratcliffe’s campaign Twitter account follows Pizzagaters, JFK Jr. conspiracists, and a 9/11 Truther account with just one follower besides himself.

Spencer Ackerman

For a nominee to helm the U.S. government’s intelligence apparatus, Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) draws on some unusual sources of information. 

Ratcliffe’s official, verified campaign Twitter account follows several accounts on the political fringe, including a 9/11 truther account with just one follower besides himself and four promoting the outlandish QAnon conspiracy theory, which posits that the world is run by a cabal of Democratic pedophile-cannibals—and has been ruled a potential source of domestic terrorism by the FBI. 

Conspiracy theorists in the Trump White House?    Shocking.    Actually, the Trump administration is starting to look like an actual source of domestic terrorism.   Better keep an close eye on it.

This whole affair is book material, movie material, mini-series material, but since we’ve lived through this nightmare, who’s going to want to see it again?

CNN Accuses Trump Campaign of ‘False, Misleading, and Deceptive’ Edit of Its Footage
Tom Sykes
Published May. 05, 2020 5:11AM ET 

Kevin C. Cox
CNN has accused the Trump re-election campaign of misusing CNN news coverage in a way that’s “false, misleading, and deceptive.” The network issued a cease-and-desist letter in response to a new Trump ad, titled “American Comeback,” which edits a segment from CNN’s The Situation Room to suggest that Wolf Blitzer and a guest, Sanjay Gupta, were crediting the president’s travel ban policy issued in January for saving millions of American lives, “when in fact Mr. Blitzer and Dr. Gupta were discussing recently implemented social-distancing guidelines and stay-at-home orders issued by state and local governments.” The Trump campaign has said “the ad is accurate,” said CNN was “the only outlet” to reject the ad and called the news network “effectively a Joe Biden super PAC.”

 

 

 

                                                          

3 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

This whole affair is book material, movie material, mini-series material, but since we’ve lived through this nightmare, who’s going to want to see it again?

It will surely be a movie or a few movies.  But it really screams to be made into a premium series on HBO or Netflix.  Sort of a House of Cards meets The West Wing.  But good question, how long after the international nightmare ends will people be ready to relive it, in even more shocking detail?

Trump is in a bad mood today

 

20 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Trump is in a bad mood today

 

Pretty sure Reagan used the Make America Great Again slogan too. 

SAD!

This could bring on yet another tantrum:

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Trump’s crazypants new plan to win the 2020 election is cruel and stupid — and won’t work:

Written by Bob Cesca / Salon May 5, 2020

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Every ridiculous action taken by Donald Trump makes a little more sense when viewed through the prism of re-election. Every terrible decision, every whiny outburst, every childish tweet is issued with the goal of helping Trump get re-elected, and of course re-election explains his horrifyingly incompetent response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

https://www.alternet.org/2020/05/trumps-crazypants-new-plan-to-win-the-2020-election-is-cruel-and-stupid-and-wont-work/

Ah, memories...

Edited May 5, 20205 yr by Mr Dee

A damning whistleblower complaint details the ‘tragic’ blunders of Jared Kushner’s coronavirus task force: report

Written by Alex Henderson May 5, 2020
The phrase “coronavirus task force” is usually used in connection with the group that is headed by Vice President Mike Pence and includes medical experts such as Dr. Deborah Birx and immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci. But a separate task force, headed by White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, has used private-sector companies for coronavirus-related efforts — and according to a whistleblower complaint, things are not going well.

https://www.alternet.org/2020/05/a-damning-whistleblower-complaint-details-the-tragic-blunders-of-jared-kushners-coronavirus-task-force-report/

54 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

Ah, memories...

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1998-trump-people-quote/

Hate to do this but a lot of these quotes are not true

In these times Snopes is a very handy resource

Well, what a Republican thing to do...😉

Edited May 5, 20205 yr by Mr Dee

2 hours ago, Jpan85 said:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1998-trump-people-quote/

Hate to do this but a lot of these quotes are not true

Well, its not true in the sense that Trump didn't say it per se, but it is true in essence.

3 hours ago, Tracker said:

Well, its not true in the sense that Trump didn't say it per se, but it is true in essence.

Not to mention the fact he’s not smart enough to know what dumb is so it makes sense he didn’t say it.

4 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Not to mention the fact he’s not smart enough to know what dumb is so it makes sense he didn’t say it.

Good point. If you listen to Trump in a press conference or during a speech, it is obvious that he cannot think linearly.

 

5 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

 

Yes, Trump is that stupid. And so are his followers.

Awesome! Somebody has the chutz-pah to do that.

I only wish more people would show him that ‘courtesy’.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-treated-at-johns-hopkins-for-gall-bladder-condition/2020/05/05/2b365308-8f31-11ea-a0bc-4e9ad4866d21_story.html

13 hours ago, Tracker said:

Yes, Trump is that stupid. And so are his followers.

He's wearing glasses to protect himself. Not wearing a mask so not protecting others.

Consistent with his approach to life.

14 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

 

Seize the opportunity America. Have a recording handy of “Live and Let Die” whenever Trump is in your area..

Edited May 6, 20205 yr by Mr Dee

Trump is the swamp.