Some links to Q-related items today
AdvertisementAttacking media & universities. Co-opting industry. Hollowing out the civil service and replacing with loyalists. Stacking courts with partisan judges. Undermining the validity of elections. Encouraging a personality cult. Ruling by decree. Things aren’t looking good for the US.
— Chris Kavanagh (@C_Kavanagh) February 8, 2025
Musk gutting the government with his groyper coder crew while delusional Trump talks about adding new states and assumes artistic control of the Kennedy Center. Everyone is in their proper place.
— Jacob Silverman (@SilvermanJacob) February 7, 2025
Grima pandering to Theoden to reassure him that he’s a great king and is doing his best to Make Rohan Great Again. pic.twitter.com/M912JHfsDF
— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) February 7, 2025
Just a reminder that Elon Musk originally backed Ron DeSantis over Trump. pic.twitter.com/HNdxWY2Bcs
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) February 7, 2025
Four government IT employees tell @ibogost and Charlie Warzel that Elon Musk's incursion into the U.S. government may be worse than anyone realizes: “This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history." https://t.co/IephjYFRYW
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 7, 2025
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: A federal judge in New York barred Elon Musk and other allies outside the Treasury Department from accessing any sensitive payment records — and ordered any who have received such info to destroy it — until at least Feb. 14.https://t.co/N9JSo0Wun8 pic.twitter.com/d8drg0Y1yN
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 8, 2025
Mike Benz, the racist Alt-right YouTuber & brains behind the Censorship Industrial Complex got paid $253,889 by a dark money Republican group in 2023 — now his conspiracy theories are informing — or justifying — Elon Musk’s anti-USAID crusade. https://t.co/MAGQDGUIt1
— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) February 7, 2025
"I'm a free speech absolutist who thinks reporters should be fired for discovering unflattering information about public officials" pic.twitter.com/h2D0VArSC6
— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) February 7, 2025
Wielding the power of the state to intimidate news agencies against reporting on the government's illegal abuses of power is literal authoritarianism. I'm not speaking figuratively, I'm not calling it a warning sign. It's authoritarianism. It's here. pic.twitter.com/e6Qf6PHyl0
— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) February 7, 2025
Some question the usefulness of AI image generation. But honestly it’s nice that right wingers are using it to create pictures of the libs in their imagination. It’s honestly preferable to them fueling their rage by spreading and mocking pictures of real people. https://t.co/EE7Tl27VJe
— Travis View (@travis_view) February 7, 2025
Kanye West continues to imply he slept with Ivanka https://t.co/NSwRrvnl4y pic.twitter.com/AnvIJQJktU
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) February 8, 2025
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 February 8, 2025 at 08:00
