People that you've never heard of, people that are in the dark shadows -- US Politics September 2020

if there were any other similarly popular show that hosted long-form interviews with no commercials and had, yes, a similarly huge audience, I would 100% endorse that venue instead.

I just don't understand why people are even considering it like it might be a good thing.

Because the presidential debates have been dumb spectacle for years now?

Let's just compromise and agree that it should be Seth Rogen.

Complaining about the dumb spectacle of presidential debates and then thinking MMA moron Joe Rogan is the cure is . . . something else.

MMA morons, Vanderbilt morons, what's the difference?

(I know the difference.)

nobody said Rogan would be a cure, just that he's not really a radical option in the context of what the presidential debates actually are these days

legitimizing joe rogan like this is just another step on the perilous path to Secretary of Education Joe Rogan, or Chief Justice Joe Rogan.

Complaining about the dumb spectacle of presidential debates and then thinking MMA moron Joe Rogan is the cure is . . . something else.

It'd be like, I don't know, thinking US politics was a dumb spectacle and Donald Trump was the cure

Yes, it would be terrible to legitimize a guy Spotify just paid 100 million dollars.

Clearly former SBA Administrator Linda McMahon should preside over the last debate. Loser has to fight Hulk Hogan to remain in the race.

Lol, exactly.

xxp

Why stop at Joe Rogan? Let's just go straight to the source and have Alex Jones moderate the next debate.

He is the OG supplement-addled "independent" moron.

Alex Jones has to stay out of it and neutral so that he can run for president.

This was the scene outside the home of conspiracy theorist Jack Burkman this morning pic.twitter.com/jNvdHMtz90

— Bev (@BevDonahue) September 14, 2020

Staten island and bay ridge truly are another country

"I'm Max Rose, and of course I'd never defund the police." https://t.co/xs4RpBgG0R

— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) September 14, 2020

Do u all remember that this happened once upon a time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArhGkNs5uAI

also, i want a third participant in the debate. someone who is outside of the box.

Poochie. He's outside the box. We're talking about a totally outrageous paradigm.

BREAKING: The South Dakota Attorney General reported hitting a deer Saturday night but had actually hit and killed a man whose body wasn’t discovered until the next morning, according to the Department of Public Safety. Story coming ASAP. Then will update with info from relatives

— Arielle Zionts (@Ajzionts) September 14, 2020

legitimizing joe rogan like this is just another step on the perilous path to Secretary of Education Joe Rogan, or Chief Justice Joe Rogan.

xpost Or, as all the news reports state, SC Attorney General 'involved' in fatal crash. In much the same way that an axe-wielding maniac might be 'involved' in a mysterious skull-splitting incident.

SC or SD?

D. As in drunk.

what's a jack burkman

besides another white person's name i will have rattling around in my skull until i die

jacob wohl's sidekick

xp

Burkman is Jacob Wohl's partner in hilariously ill-conceived attempts to create "scandal" around various Democratic politicians.

ah very good ty

He’s the guy that got shot in the ass by a disgruntled employee in a seth rich murder “investigation” beef

just a head's up, that whole jack burkman/jacob wohl thing, unsurprisingly, might be another scam

Disgraced Washington, D.C., lobbyist Jack Burkman allegedly had his Arlington, Virginia, home “raided” by agents with the FBI early on Monday morning. Questions immediately arose about whether the raid was legitimate or a paid skit put together for attention.

Burkman’s associate, blundering GOP operative Jacob Wohl, claimed to the Daily Dot that the raid isn’t a set-up aimed at tricking the media, which their press conferences held at Burkman’s same Arlington home often hoped to accomplish. Wohl has routinely lied about his intentions with those pressers, and Wohl and Burkman have paid people to act and lie in front of the press before.

The Twitter account that posted the initial FBI “raid” photos and videos didn’t have any prior tweets to posting about the raid. The account was created in August.

...A representative for the FBI Washington Field Office told the Washington Post, “We cannot confirm that at this time” when asked about the raid. The FBI did not respond to the Daily Dot’s request for comment. The Post’s only source for its story on Burkman’s raid was Burkman himself.

It’s worth viewing this raid with skepticism, especially considering the Twitter account that announced it. Additionally, a shirt being worn by one of the FBI operatives appears to match up with one available on Amazon.

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/jack-burkman-allegedly-raided-fbi-jacob-wohl

jesus

Classic

umm

"You understand that they’re going to have to kill me, and unfortunately, I think that’s where this is going,” https://t.co/H3ipkij1n2

— Eric Levitz (@EricLevitz) September 14, 2020

i mean, it might be real too, who knows. but "The Post’s only source for its story on Burkman’s raid was Burkman himself" seems concerning

So in order to prove that they're big time and worthy of investigation, they...impersonated FBI agents? Which will pretty much guarantee a for-real FBI investigation? These two are so fucking stupid I think someone must water them every morning.

And yet...they just keep doing what they do, as-yet-unhindered.

not sure they're not actually a covert long-game Nathan Fielder project tbh

"the plan: impersonate FBI agents for clout..."

This Caputo guy sounds outstanding

Aaaaand there it is.

Jacob Wohl Staged Fake FBI Raid On Business Partner, Actor Hired For Production Says

He recruited the "agents" on Craigslist.

In a regular world that isn't the one we currently live in, presumably one would get in significantly deep shit for impersonating a federal officer and faking a raid but I'm prepared for crickets.

Wohl is like Nathan Fielder's Wario

"In emails, Wohl told Abraham the role was for “a police drama” and that he’d be “acting as an FBI Special Agent.” He was instructed to ask for Jacob Klein when he arrived on scene. He said Wohl and Burkman told him when he arrived that the scenes they were filming would be “used for multiple shows, a couple unaired pilots.”

“They said that Jacob was a director and actor,” Abraham added.

The actors who participated were promised $400 in cash, Abraham said. But Abraham said that they were told after the shoot that they couldn’t be paid in cash, and were asked to email their full names and home addresses to Burkman so that he could mail them checks.

That, Abraham said, is what raised red flags in his mind. He Googled Burkman’s name, found a photo of him with “Jacob Klein,” realized the latter was actually Jacob Wohl, and began reading up on their well-documented trail of deception and self-sabotage."

it's hard to believe their plan failed, but i guess there's no such thing as perfection

Wow @ Caputo.

“shadows on the ceiling in my apartment, there alone, shadows are so long." --> Is it too early for an October thread title?

“They said that Jacob was a director and actor,” Abraham added.

no lies detected tbf

I'd like to believe that the FBI declined comment as to the veracity of this fake raid because they are in the planning stages of a very real raid.

Women in an ICE detention center are being given hysterectomies without their consent.

what the actual fuck