Some links to Q-related items today…
DeSantis’ Martha’s Vineyard stunt helps to prove the maxim, ‘the cruelty is the point.’ But while the locals embraced the migrants who were cruelly lied to about their destination, and donations poured in to help, Tucker Carlson went on a vile, racist rant.
This is one of the most vile and racist Tucker monologues I've heard in the last few weeks.
Reminder: This is the most popular cable news show in the country. pic.twitter.com/y6Pg14nynC
— Kat Abu (@abughazalehkat) September 16, 2022
To summarize what happened:
1. GOP thought, "Lol, we're gonna send asylum-seekers to where the libs are, they're going to freak out because they don't want immigrants there"
2. The asylum-seekers were welcomed.
3. Right-wingers pretend it happened how they imagined anyway. pic.twitter.com/62PtsXWSfn
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 15, 2022
This is such an important point: DeSantis wants to play off the people he sent to Massachusetts as lazy but they only went because they were told they would be able to work there. https://t.co/TdAt0L3GLP
— Joe Patrice (@JosephPatrice) September 15, 2022
DeSantis was apparently watching Tucker.
Anyway when GOPers do depraved stuff it's worth looking for the Fox host who suggested it. Tucker Carlson, July 26: "[Martha's Vineyard residents] are begging for more diversity. Why not send migrants there, in huge numbers?" pic.twitter.com/R7Gvj9PsBE
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) September 15, 2022
Real-life consequences.
New from us: FBI arrested Catherine Leavy of Westfield, Mass, for making a bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital.
It's one of "well over a dozen" BCH has received since being targeted online by anti-trans influencers like @libsoftiktok. https://t.co/evCyp3piv3
— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) September 15, 2022
Yesterday, Libs of Tik Tok, Matt Walsh, and Jaimee Michelle jumped on Rufo's reporting to claim that the bomb threat to BCH had been fabricated. Today, none of them have amplified this confession that his reporting was false. Weird! https://t.co/vlFj3v4NH7 pic.twitter.com/AnANCjupc2
— Ari Drennen (@AriDrennen) September 15, 2022
Merriam-Webster had to close its offices for *five days* after a string of vile and violent threats from someone upset at the dictionary definitions for "female", "girl" and similar. https://t.co/AtRq4wUttu
— Dave Lee (@DaveLeeFT) September 15, 2022
Like an infestation.
"Much like termites nesting in the walls of a house, members of the Proud Boys and other right-wing extremists are quietly building inroads into local GOP politics in Florida"
Read @misstessowen's on how extremists are infiltrating the GOP in Floridahttps://t.co/Tspy7CeJO7
— David Gilbert (@daithaigilbert) September 15, 2022
During an event for NH Senate nominee Don Bolduc last year, Mike Flynn criticized Holocaust victims for purportedly not fighting back: "How could they get on that train? I would have rather attacked that machine gun nest." (Bolduc didn't refute Flynn.) https://t.co/9swSHtwO5U pic.twitter.com/eYUj8lSYXc
— Eric Hananoki (@ehananoki) September 15, 2022
How you get famous today.
For more than a decade, Catherine Engelbrecht, an early election-fraud crusader, has sown doubts about ballots and voting in the U.S. The country's right wing has now turned her into a star. https://t.co/z8l4SZYkFL
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 14, 2022
NEW from me:
How True the Vote's Catherine Engelbrecht & Gregg Phillips formed relationships with QAnon influencers to target an election software company & be a liaison between QAnon influencers & law enforcement after they claimed the FBI spurned them. https://t.co/mz8rzja71Z
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) September 15, 2022
More smoke.
They really, really planned to hurt congresspeople. https://t.co/3YvgquxLfV
— Melissa Jo Peltier (@MelissaJPeltier) September 15, 2022
Rudy urges you to shop, shop, shop.
"Fight back by shopping." https://t.co/JmnWByx6hl
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 15, 2022
Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on September 16, 2022 at 08:00
