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"Communist Blogger" is my favorite Neutral Milk Hotel song

 Anyway, here are some of the "communist" blog posts about the Qongresswoman from Georgia (thread)
In 2018, she agreed with someone who said that 9/11 was an inside job and argued that the school shooting in Parkland, FL was a false flag. https://t.co/vFPWjcZJHy
And then there's another time she said that the Parkland shooting was fake https://t.co/XbwpEotSon
She claimed that there was "never any evidence" that a plane was flown into the Pentagon on 9/11 https://t.co/lYpm0niPZo
She once recorded herself going on a deranged rant arguing that Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are illegitimate members of congress because they didn't take their oaths on the Bible (you do not need to take your oath on the Bible, but MTG is a goddamn moron)
https://t.co/W4Ci35ZgNy
In December 2018, she posted a video that claimed that Jewish people were trying to destroy Europe through immigration. https://t.co/No2ZwtsQPK
When a Trump supporter mailed pipe bombs to Democratic politicians, Greene called it a "hoax," arguing that Dems mailed them to themselves. (It was not a hoax. The man who did it pleaded guilty. 20 year sentence.) https://t.co/405TWigo58
She posted a video (she posted a LOT of videos) making the absolutely bonkers claim that Obama hired MS-13 to assassinate DNC staffer Seth Rich https://t.co/ALhGdJ5MAH
Also in 2018, she posted a video claiming that Obama was a Muslim, and that he "opened up our borders to an invasion by Muslims" (she *really* does not like Muslims) https://t.co/lYpm0niPZo
In a 2018 speech, she praised the militia movement: "Because when our government gets to a place where it’s a tyrannical government, we’re guaranteed the right to bear arms and make a state militia so that they do not run us over" https://t.co/gi5LKsUWJm
And then some stuff that other places reported:
Last year, Green posted an image of her holding a gun next to images of Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, and Tlaib, saying that it was time to go on "offense against these socialists" https://t.co/ph0OiLPKoa
And she once wrote that she believed the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville was an "inside job." https://t.co/t1dhS3Od7I
NBC reported that she wrote "dozens of articles" for the conspiracy theory site American Truth Seekers that spread all sorts of conspiracy theories (a belief that Hillary Clinton murders her enemies, mass shootings are fake, etc.) https://t.co/i0UstN3715
Politico reported that she said Muslims don't belong in government, said that black people "are held slaves to the Democratic Party," called George Soros a Nazi, and added that if she were black (she is not), she'd be proud to see confederate monuments.

https://t.co/BTsb4Uie03
If this thread is getting a bit unwieldy, fear note. Here's a lot of that stuff all in one place: https://t.co/iI6fAmlYkl
The Qongresswoman is Qrazy, but not Qommunist, I guess

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Not sure who needs to hear this, but if you're continuing to baselessly argue that there was widespread fraud and/or that the election was somehow "stolen" from Trump, you're encouraging people to attack again.

It's time to stop lying to your audiences, to your constituents.

Fox News host Mark Levin on January 3:

"Our Declaration of Independence and Constitution are being destroyed by the Democrat Party and the media. ... We're standing at the precipice and we're looking into the abyss."

Seriously, watch this.
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This is trash, @AP. Utter garbage. Shame on the “journalists” who wrote this (really? You needed 2 people to report out this garbage?) Also, you don’t even make clear that this lady is wrong. You treat it as a legitimate position. What the fuck is wrong with you?


Look at this. This treats both views as legitimate. Fucking garbage.


Have you learned nothing?! This is such bullshit. Why the fuck do I even bother trying to push back on bad journalism? No one in positions of power ever listen.

I used to think that bad journalism was mostly the result of honest mistakes, but the past few years have really hammered home for me how much it is intentional trash. Shame on @AP for that bullshit. Shame on @ABC for letting Rand Paul rant about his election conspiracy theories.

Seriously, @AP @ClaireGalofaro @JulietLinderman? You didn’t even bother to note that this lady’s delusions are false.
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My latest piece at @mmfa:

Fox News keeps trying to justify GOP efforts to object to the Electoral College vote by pointing to the number of people who think the election was stolen (after spending 2 months telling their audiences that it was

This is Fox, basically:

Another comparison to the role Fox is playing here via one of my favorite Onion articles:

Or maybe a human centipede, but with the front connected back to the end for a loop of shit-eating. Yeah, that's it. That's the role Fox is playing here.

But seriously, check out the *more than 2 months* of Fox-enabled conspiracy theories (a partial list):
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why is everything so weird


This is almost fitting because I used to make fake "In Memoriam" videos for whenever a Trump official left the administration back in 2017 set to this song until they all got pulled because of copyright complaints. haha


Beat it


Now playing: Tiny Dancer

This is actually just the Trump campaign playlist he's used at rallies since his 2016 campaign, if you can believe it
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Anyone who is legally eligible to cast a ballot in an election should be allowed to do so in whatever way is most convenient for them. If that's in-person on election day, great; by mail, great; in-person in the weeks leading up to an election, great.

That is the only acceptable way for a democratic republic to function. Voting should be easy and it should be encouraged. There should be:

- Automatic voter registration.
- No excuses needed to vote absentee.

This is not controversial.

It's telling how people defend more restrictive voting methods. Look at this ridiculous quote from Pete Hegseth about how everyone being able to easily cast a ballot somehow stripping people of the "recourse" of the ballot box.
https://t.co/4AcTPT2HfD


They know there's not widespread fraud. It's not about "fraud." It never was.

They just want to put as many obstacles in the way as humanly possible, to make it more difficult for people to vote.

"We could've voted in person. I can go to Walmart. I can go to a store, I can go to a restaurant, I can go to sports games in some places. You tell me we couldn't have voted? I just don't buy it."

No one stopped you from voting in person, Pete!
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Panchbhootasthalam representing vayu element, also called Dakshin Kailasha.
As per Shiva’s boon, Vayu is incarnated here as Shiva and worshipped as Kalahasteeswara.
The kshetram is also associated with Rahu and Ketu.


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