US Politics, October 2018: next week will be even longer

hahahahaha

oh my god

New from me + @brandyzadrozny + @tom_winter:

A company called “Surefire Intelligence” has ties to this Mueller smear.

Jacob Wohl denied having ties to Surefire.

Surefire’s official phone number redirects to a voicemail box registered to Jacob's mom.https://t.co/aVPzVDjGR4

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 30, 2018

didn't a bunch of GOP senators pretty much imply they were gonna do exactly this to anyone who criticized the president

Atlantic/Mueller/FBI clowning him *before* this "info" even drops is next level jujitsu

lindsey graham implied they'd do it to the next democratic supreme court justice nominee

also hi

FLORIDA
Amendment 4, restoring voting rights of Floridians with felony convictions after they complete all terms of their sentence ...
Support 69%
Oppose 23%
(U. of North Florida, LV, 10/23-26/18)

— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 30, 2018

Atlantic/Mueller/FBI clowning him *before* this "info" even drops is next level jujitsu

All these follow-up stories are amazing. Some real entertainment after these last few days.

we tried to pick an off time and a low-traffic location to do our Georgia early voting and the place was packed

huh I would've thought one would overhear how to correctly smear your political opponents whilst hangin in hipster coffee shops

Oops.

Scoop w/@eilperin: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has been referred to DOJ for an investigation by his agency's inspector general. https://t.co/NqKWIzMZYd

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) October 30, 2018

Worth it for the photo.

Stone hired a Trump lawyer from Fla for his legal fight https://t.co/u0qZgiILU3

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 30, 2018

my brave governor and senatorial candidate:

“I believe legal immigration makes us a better and stronger country, but illegal immigration does the opposite. I have not seen the details of what the president is suggesting and would need to fully review the proposal. While I’ve been clear that Florida is a great melting pot, America’s immigration system is broken and Congress — including Senator Nelson — has done nothing to fix the problem. My priorities continue to be securing the border and fixing the long-broken immigration system.”

I understand that a photo of Mueller's accuser has leaked. It appears to be a snapshot of Jacob Wohl wearing a t-shirt that says 'IM A GIRL'.

obvious next step: "who are you to say she isn't??"

I guess the consolation prize here is that these dipshits are Guinness World Record shoo-ins (I assume there's an award for 'criminal conspiracy which most quickly unraveled in public and with almost no expenditure of effort').

so beautiful

Seems unfair that Jacob’s mom built the Wohl and also has to pay for it

— Student Loans 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) October 30, 2018

i think they're more likely to be Darwin award recipients
xp

lmao

xp

I've counted more than 25 news outlets who have reported allegations against me, claiming that I offered to pay women to make accusations against Mueller

I've looked into this "Lorraine Parsons"! Looks like she doesn't even exist!

IT'S A FAKE NEWS CON JOB!

— Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) October 30, 2018

why is that funny? cos as of yet, no news outlet (that I'd seen) had provided the name of the person who contacted them

say what you like about jacob wohl but this kid has been found guilty of defrauding investors and instigated the world’s dumbest attempt to smear a former fbi director all before he turned 21

can’t fault his moxie

just think, he was only 19 when donald trump first said "fake news'

no news outlet (that I'd seen)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-crazy-cabal-trying-to-smear-robert-mueller

ahhh, missed that.

blah, wish they hadn't dropped her name, woulda made his post look more ridiculous

More! At least three supposed Surefire employees, including "station chiefs" in DC and Tel Aviv, use fake LinkedIn headshots. The two station chiefs' pics are actually of Israeli model Bar Rafaeli and Sigourney Weaver's husband https://t.co/rxkjMs4ZPV

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) October 30, 2018

Odd. Jacob Wohl says he doesn't know nuttin' about Surefire Intelligence, the firm tied to the bizarre Mueller allegations. Take a look at the photos below of Mathhew Cohen, head of 'Surefire,' and of Jacob Wohl. pic.twitter.com/Q1rAW4wkPO

— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) October 30, 2018

but what if bar rafaeli’s life as an international supermodel was actually a cover for her deep-cover cia work

makes u think

this is some real coen bros shit

Slam Dick in Door After Reading

this is more like that movie "Good Time"

Ah, everything's clearer now.

My eyes are now wide open and now realize I’ve been used to spread messages I don’t believe in. I am distancing myself from politics and completely focusing on being creative !!!

— ye (@kanyewest) October 30, 2018

looool

lol

Surefire Intelligence's "Financial Investigator" in Zurich is Christoph Waltz. What a great hire! pic.twitter.com/Leu1KLe0XC

— Aric Toler (@AricToler) October 30, 2018

god that jane mayer tweet has me loling

how hard is it to not populate your fake website with pictures of celebrities rly

pretty hard i guess?

this level of incompetence almost makes it seem like they're being set up, like how could you be this stupid

This is so sloppy and stupid that there has to be another reason behind it.

"but you have to be at least fairly intelligent to become wealthy!"

I don't understand why Wohl is still posting on twitter about it.

god’s perfect idiot

omg is that Kanye tweet for real what a fuckin tool

imagine not even being savvy enough to work for Project Veritas

i'm sure some will claim it's a false flag operation, because everything that reflects badly on the republican party is a false flag operation.

scott stedman, one of the investigative reporters who was privy to this information before it became public, even said in one of his tweet threads that he was worried about being suckered into something designed to make journalists look bad.

the whole thing reeks of so stupid it can't be true, but apparently it's just stupid and true

Meantime.

Steve Bannon was re-interviewed by Mueller's team on Friday. The topic: Roger Stone. Via @costareports @CarolLeonnig @PostRoz https://t.co/UnsJSghS7R

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) October 30, 2018

These guys do their due diligence:

hey dumbass jim hoft and jacob wohl: Robert Mueller was SERVING JURY DUTY IN DC the EXACT DAY you claimed he raped a woman in NYC (August 2, 2010). that's some surefire intelligence for ya pic.twitter.com/h1P0y85cAP

— ʟᴠʟ 𝟺𝟻 sᴇᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴘᴏᴛᴜs (@thetomzone) October 30, 2018

Can't vouch for the accuracy, but just saw a tweet that voter turnout of people under the age of 30 in Texas is up 508% over 2014.

508%.

discussed upthread. better than down 508% but doesn't mean much unless you compare absolute numbers of this group and other groups.

you say that now, but just wait until Beto gets 508% of the vote.

Gotta give it up: of all the mindboggling stupidity we've seen from right-wing America over the last few years, this particular instance might honestly take the cake. In terms of the risk involved, the incompetence demonstrated in the management of that risk, the paltry potential reward, and the consequences they're likely to face, this might be the dumbest thing a group of humans have done in my lifetime.