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A nation that metabolizes as "normal" the fact that red-pilled, conspiracy-obsessed ideologues with zero qualifications and zero concern for empirical reality are running the country, is a nation that doesn't have much of a future ahead of it as either a democracy or a remotely prosperous place.
Great reporting from @wired.com and @davidgilbert.bsky.social here, building on our reporting from last week: www.wired.com/story/twitte...
An Account Using the Same Name as Trump's BLS Pick Posted Red-Pilled Conspiracy Theories
A WIRED review of a now-deleted Twitter account that used the screen name “Dr. Erwin J. Antoni III” shows it posted conspiratorial content about the 2020 election, Covid-19, and Jeffrey Epstein.
www.wired.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
A nation that metabolizes as "normal" the fact that red-pilled, conspiracy-obsessed ideologues with zero qualifications and zero concern for empirical reality are running the country, is a nation that doesn't have much of a future ahead of it as either a democracy or a remotely prosperous place.
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How did the poor guy mowing your lawn every two weeks become the biggest national security threat, rather than a Defense Secretary posting war plans on Signal?
July 4, 2025 at 3:32 AM
How did the poor guy mowing your lawn every two weeks become the biggest national security threat, rather than a Defense Secretary posting war plans on Signal?
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This is what rule by the confidently ignorant looks like; sabotage stuff you don't understand and then discover it was actually doing vital work well at trivial cost
US scrambles to bring back VOA’s Persian service amid Iran-Israel conflict politi.co/3HHsTQ4, via @politico.com
US scrambles to bring back VOA’s Persian service amid Iran-Israel conflict
President Donald Trump ordered the service to shut down in March.
politi.co
June 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This is what rule by the confidently ignorant looks like; sabotage stuff you don't understand and then discover it was actually doing vital work well at trivial cost
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The most incompetent collection of dipshits to ever enter government service.
March 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The most incompetent collection of dipshits to ever enter government service.
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And to be clear, the kind of “onerous regulations” that “vex” entrepreneurs are often the ones that prevent them from shutting down commercial air traffic when their experimental technology fails, and maybe even fines them when they endanger life and property.
March 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
And to be clear, the kind of “onerous regulations” that “vex” entrepreneurs are often the ones that prevent them from shutting down commercial air traffic when their experimental technology fails, and maybe even fines them when they endanger life and property.