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“Unfortunately, when governments or institutions are hiding the truth about what they’re up to or they’re playing fast & loose with certain regulations or they’re not imposing certain laws on different people,” Donovan said, “it is much easier to believe in a conspiracy against oneself than it is to believe that the system has become rotted.”

#TrumpLies #Trump #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media

“Unfortunately, when governments or institutions are hiding the truth about what they’re up to or they’re playing fast & loose with certain regulations or they’re not imposing certain laws on different people,” Donovan said, “it is much easier to believe in a conspiracy against oneself than it is to believe that the system has become rotted.”

#TrumpLies #Trump #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media

“Unfortunately, when governments or institutions are hiding the truth about what they’re up to or they’re playing fast & loose with certain regulations or they’re not imposing certain laws on different people,” Donovan said, “it is much easier to believe in a conspiracy against oneself than it is to believe that the system has become rotted.”

#TrumpLies #Trump #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media

“Unfortunately, when governments or institutions are hiding the truth about what they’re up to or they’re playing fast & loose with certain regulations or they’re not imposing certain laws on different people,” Donovan said, “it is much easier to believe in a conspiracy against oneself than it is to believe that the system has become rotted.”

#TrumpLies #Trump #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media

Jared Holt, a snr researcher at the online extremism tracking group Open Measures, said the statistics show how conspiratorial thinking is becoming more common in the US.
“Those poll numbers don’t terribly shock me. They’re definitely bleak,” Holt said. “Conspiracy theorizing has infected our body politic now to the point where it has become a gut reflex for a seemingly growing portion of the population.”

#TrumpLies #Trump #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media

Jared Holt, a snr researcher at the online extremism tracking group Open Measures, said the statistics show how conspiratorial thinking is becoming more common in the US.
“Those poll numbers don’t terribly shock me. They’re definitely bleak,” Holt said. “Conspiracy theorizing has infected our body politic now to the point where it has become a gut reflex for a seemingly growing portion of the population.”

#TrumpLies #Trump #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media

Jared Holt, a snr researcher at the online extremism tracking group Open Measures, said the statistics show how conspiratorial thinking is becoming more common in the US.
“Those poll numbers don’t terribly shock me. They’re definitely bleak,” Holt said. “Conspiracy theorizing has infected our body politic now to the point where it has become a gut reflex for a seemingly growing portion of the population.”

#TrumpLies #Trump #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media

Jared Holt, a snr researcher at the online extremism tracking group Open Measures, said the statistics show how conspiratorial thinking is becoming more common in the US.
“Those poll numbers don’t terribly shock me. They’re definitely bleak,” Holt said. “Conspiracy theorizing has infected our body politic now to the point where it has become a gut reflex for a seemingly growing portion of the population.”

#TrumpLies #Trump #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media

Joan Donovan, a Boston University professor who researches media manipulation, said the results are an indicator of the role of showmanship in #Trump’s presidency. “It just seems incredibly Hollywood to imagine that this is staged,” Donovan said of the correspondents’ dinner shooting. “The entire apparatus of the government has been turned into a reality TV show.”

#TrumpLies #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media

Joan Donovan, a Boston University professor who researches media manipulation, said the results are an indicator of the role of showmanship in #Trump’s presidency. “It just seems incredibly Hollywood to imagine that this is staged,” Donovan said of the correspondents’ dinner shooting. “The entire apparatus of the government has been turned into a reality TV show.”

#TrumpLies #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media

Joan Donovan, a Boston University professor who researches media manipulation, said the results are an indicator of the role of showmanship in #Trump’s presidency. “It just seems incredibly Hollywood to imagine that this is staged,” Donovan said of the correspondents’ dinner shooting. “The entire apparatus of the government has been turned into a reality TV show.”

#TrumpLies #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media

Joan Donovan, a Boston University professor who researches media manipulation, said the results are an indicator of the role of showmanship in #Trump’s presidency. “It just seems incredibly Hollywood to imagine that this is staged,” Donovan said of the correspondents’ dinner shooting. “The entire apparatus of the government has been turned into a reality TV show.”

#TrumpLies #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media

This is what happens when you lie ALL THE TIME

Many Americans think #Trump #assassination attempts were fake

About 1 in 4 adults say the #WHCD shooting was staged, 1 in 3 Democrats said they believed the event was fake, & 1 in 8 Republicans also think it was staged, according to a survey published Monday by NewsGuard, a company that rates the reliability of online news outlets.

#TrumpLies #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/11/trump-assassinations-staged-conspiracy/

This is what happens when you lie ALL THE TIME

Many Americans think #Trump #assassination attempts were fake

About 1 in 4 adults say the #WHCD shooting was staged, 1 in 3 Democrats said they believed the event was fake, & 1 in 8 Republicans also think it was staged, according to a survey published Monday by NewsGuard, a company that rates the reliability of online news outlets.

#TrumpLies #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/11/trump-assassinations-staged-conspiracy/

This is what happens when you lie ALL THE TIME

Many Americans think #Trump #assassination attempts were fake

About 1 in 4 adults say the #WHCD shooting was staged, 1 in 3 Democrats said they believed the event was fake, & 1 in 8 Republicans also think it was staged, according to a survey published Monday by NewsGuard, a company that rates the reliability of online news outlets.

#TrumpLies #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/11/trump-assassinations-staged-conspiracy/

This is what happens when you lie ALL THE TIME

Many Americans think #Trump #assassination attempts were fake

About 1 in 4 adults say the #WHCD shooting was staged, 1 in 3 Democrats said they believed the event was fake, & 1 in 8 Republicans also think it was staged, according to a survey published Monday by NewsGuard, a company that rates the reliability of online news outlets.

#TrumpLies #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/11/trump-assassinations-staged-conspiracy/

Indeed, on Tuesday morning #JimComer was planning to hold a “deposition” at the time that #Clinton had been summoned, with a chair left empty to illustrate his absence, & move quickly to hold the couple in #contempt should he fail to show up.

#law #Epstein #RevengePolitics #PerformancePolitics

Indeed, on Tuesday morning #JimComer was planning to hold a “deposition” at the time that #Clinton had been summoned, with a chair left empty to illustrate his absence, & move quickly to hold the couple in #contempt should he fail to show up.

#law #Epstein #RevengePolitics #PerformancePolitics

Indeed, on Tuesday morning #JimComer was planning to hold a “deposition” at the time that #Clinton had been summoned, with a chair left empty to illustrate his absence, & move quickly to hold the couple in #contempt should he fail to show up.

#law #Epstein #RevengePolitics #PerformancePolitics

Indeed, on Tuesday morning #JimComer was planning to hold a “deposition” at the time that #Clinton had been summoned, with a chair left empty to illustrate his absence, & move quickly to hold the couple in #contempt should he fail to show up.

#law #Epstein #RevengePolitics #PerformancePolitics

https://youtu.be/Bhil91-uRRk?feature=shared
#TrumpUTurn #migrants #PerformancePolitics #uspolitics
I wonder how many of those employees, migrants, business owners, farmers , whose businesses and lives were upended by that man's performance politics, will sue the Administration?

I hope all of them.

https://youtu.be/Bhil91-uRRk?feature=shared
#TrumpUTurn #migrants #PerformancePolitics #uspolitics
I wonder how many of those employees, migrants, business owners, farmers , whose businesses and lives were upended by that man's performance politics, will sue the Administration?

I hope all of them.

https://youtu.be/Bhil91-uRRk?feature=shared
#TrumpUTurn #migrants #PerformancePolitics #uspolitics
I wonder how many of those employees, migrants, business owners, farmers , whose businesses and lives were upended by that man's performance politics, will sue the Administration?

I hope all of them.

https://youtu.be/Bhil91-uRRk?feature=shared
#TrumpUTurn #migrants #PerformancePolitics #uspolitics
I wonder how many of those employees, migrants, business owners, farmers , whose businesses and lives were upended by that man's performance politics, will sue the Administration?

I hope all of them.

#Trump has told advisers that he wants to announce the agreement in his address to #Congress Tuesday evening, 3 of the sources said, cautioning that the deal had yet to be signed & the situation could change.

#Ukraine #extortion #geopolitics #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #PerformancePolitics #USpol #StandWithUkraine

#Trump has told advisers that he wants to announce the agreement in his address to #Congress Tuesday evening, 3 of the sources said, cautioning that the deal had yet to be signed & the situation could change.

#Ukraine #extortion #geopolitics #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #PerformancePolitics #USpol #StandWithUkraine

#Trump has told advisers that he wants to announce the agreement in his address to #Congress Tuesday evening, 3 of the sources said, cautioning that the deal had yet to be signed & the situation could change.

#Ukraine #extortion #geopolitics #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #PerformancePolitics #USpol #StandWithUkraine

#Trump has told advisers that he wants to announce the agreement in his address to #Congress Tuesday evening, 3 of the sources said, cautioning that the deal had yet to be signed & the situation could change.

#Ukraine #extortion #geopolitics #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #PerformancePolitics #USpol #StandWithUkraine

#Trump’s #immigration crackdown plays into misperceptions

When the first migrant detainees arrived at the US naval base in #Guantánamo Bay on #military planes, the Trump admin described them as hardened #criminals.

"It is holding those that are the worst of the worst," DHS Sec #KristiNoem told FauxNews….

#law #USpol #PerformancePolitics
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5310556/trump-immigration-crackdown-misperceptions

#Trump’s #immigration crackdown plays into misperceptions

When the first migrant detainees arrived at the US naval base in #Guantánamo Bay on #military planes, the Trump admin described them as hardened #criminals.

"It is holding those that are the worst of the worst," DHS Sec #KristiNoem told FauxNews….

#law #USpol #PerformancePolitics
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5310556/trump-immigration-crackdown-misperceptions

#Trump’s #immigration crackdown plays into misperceptions

When the first migrant detainees arrived at the US naval base in #Guantánamo Bay on #military planes, the Trump admin described them as hardened #criminals.

"It is holding those that are the worst of the worst," DHS Sec #KristiNoem told FauxNews….

#law #USpol #PerformancePolitics
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5310556/trump-immigration-crackdown-misperceptions

#Trump’s #immigration crackdown plays into misperceptions

When the first migrant detainees arrived at the US naval base in #Guantánamo Bay on #military planes, the Trump admin described them as hardened #criminals.

"It is holding those that are the worst of the worst," DHS Sec #KristiNoem told FauxNews….

#law #USpol #PerformancePolitics
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5310556/trump-immigration-crackdown-misperceptions

#Trump said he’ll stop Diversity, Equity & Inclusion efforts “all across the government”

Trump said he will repeal #Biden’s executive actions “within hours” of taking office.

Trump aides are considering putting a desk on the #inauguration stage tomorrow for him to start signing executive orders there.

#PerformancePolitics #USpol #law #democracy

#Trump said he’ll stop Diversity, Equity & Inclusion efforts “all across the government”

Trump said he will repeal #Biden’s executive actions “within hours” of taking office.

Trump aides are considering putting a desk on the #inauguration stage tomorrow for him to start signing executive orders there.

#PerformancePolitics #USpol #law #democracy

#Trump said he’ll stop Diversity, Equity & Inclusion efforts “all across the government”

Trump said he will repeal #Biden’s executive actions “within hours” of taking office.

Trump aides are considering putting a desk on the #inauguration stage tomorrow for him to start signing executive orders there.

#PerformancePolitics #USpol #law #democracy

#Trump said he’ll stop Diversity, Equity & Inclusion efforts “all across the government”

Trump said he will repeal #Biden’s executive actions “within hours” of taking office.

Trump aides are considering putting a desk on the #inauguration stage tomorrow for him to start signing executive orders there.

#PerformancePolitics #USpol #law #democracy

The Sunday night #Trump rally was his first such event in the city since the address at the Ellipse shortly before his supporters attacked the Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.

Trump promised everyone in the arena that they’ll be “very happy” tomorrow when they hear his decision on the Jan. 6 “hostages” who stormed the Capitol.

#PerformancePolitics #USpol #law #democracy

The Sunday night #Trump rally was his first such event in the city since the address at the Ellipse shortly before his supporters attacked the Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.

Trump promised everyone in the arena that they’ll be “very happy” tomorrow when they hear his decision on the Jan. 6 “hostages” who stormed the Capitol.

#PerformancePolitics #USpol #law #democracy

The Sunday night #Trump rally was his first such event in the city since the address at the Ellipse shortly before his supporters attacked the Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.

Trump promised everyone in the arena that they’ll be “very happy” tomorrow when they hear his decision on the Jan. 6 “hostages” who stormed the Capitol.

#PerformancePolitics #USpol #law #democracy

The Sunday night #Trump rally was his first such event in the city since the address at the Ellipse shortly before his supporters attacked the Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.

Trump promised everyone in the arena that they’ll be “very happy” tomorrow when they hear his decision on the Jan. 6 “hostages” who stormed the Capitol.

#PerformancePolitics #USpol #law #democracy

#House votes to ban #transgender students from girls’ sports

The new House made transgender students in sports one of their first priorities for 2025. The bill’s path in the #Senate is unclear.

#law #FarRight #HouseRepublicans #Republicans #GOP #hate #discrimination #fear #CultureWars #PerformancePolitics #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTQ #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/01/14/transgender-students-sports-bill-house/

#House votes to ban #transgender students from girls’ sports

The new House made transgender students in sports one of their first priorities for 2025. The bill’s path in the #Senate is unclear.

#law #FarRight #HouseRepublicans #Republicans #GOP #hate #discrimination #fear #CultureWars #PerformancePolitics #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTQ #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/01/14/transgender-students-sports-bill-house/

#House votes to ban #transgender students from girls’ sports

The new House made transgender students in sports one of their first priorities for 2025. The bill’s path in the #Senate is unclear.

#law #FarRight #HouseRepublicans #Republicans #GOP #hate #discrimination #fear #CultureWars #PerformancePolitics #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTQ #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/01/14/transgender-students-sports-bill-house/

#House votes to ban #transgender students from girls’ sports

The new House made transgender students in sports one of their first priorities for 2025. The bill’s path in the #Senate is unclear.

#law #FarRight #HouseRepublicans #Republicans #GOP #hate #discrimination #fear #CultureWars #PerformancePolitics #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTQ #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/01/14/transgender-students-sports-bill-house/

#Republicans advance #Mayorkas #impeachment as Democrats decry process as a sham

#HouseRepublicans voted Tues to advance an impeachment case against #DHS Secy #AlejandroMayorkas to the full chamber, moving one step closer to impeaching the first Cabinet member in almost 150 yrs.

#PerformancePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/30/mayorkas-impeachment-house-republicans/

#Republicans advance #Mayorkas #impeachment as Democrats decry process as a sham

#HouseRepublicans voted Tues to advance an impeachment case against #DHS Secy #AlejandroMayorkas to the full chamber, moving one step closer to impeaching the first Cabinet member in almost 150 yrs.

#PerformancePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/30/mayorkas-impeachment-house-republicans/

#Republicans advance #Mayorkas #impeachment as Democrats decry process as a sham

#HouseRepublicans voted Tues to advance an impeachment case against #DHS Secy #AlejandroMayorkas to the full chamber, moving one step closer to impeaching the first Cabinet member in almost 150 yrs.

#PerformancePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/30/mayorkas-impeachment-house-republicans/

#Republicans advance #Mayorkas #impeachment as Democrats decry process as a sham

#HouseRepublicans voted Tues to advance an impeachment case against #DHS Secy #AlejandroMayorkas to the full chamber, moving one step closer to impeaching the first Cabinet member in almost 150 yrs.

#PerformancePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/30/mayorkas-impeachment-house-republicans/

Every time a government official (Eg the AG’s like TX, MO, FL, etc) sue any other govt entity or agency, they are spending taxpayer $$ TWICE.

It is especially hypocritical when they do so in opposition to the voices of the people & just #PerformancePolitics

#DoubleJeopardy spending & WASTE

#VoteThemOut

Every time a government official (Eg the AG’s like TX, MO, FL, etc) sue any other govt entity or agency, they are spending taxpayer $$ TWICE.

It is especially hypocritical when they do so in opposition to the voices of the people & just #PerformancePolitics

#DoubleJeopardy spending & WASTE

#VoteThemOut

#JohnSolomon inadvertently detonated the #Republican #House #impeachment case. Last month, he published a #StateDept briefing memo which irrefutably proves that it was U.S. policy to seek #ViktorShokin's removal at the time #Biden was pushing for it as VP.

- @MattGertz, media matters
#FoxNews #FauxNews #PerformancePolitics #HouseRepublicans
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/john-solomon-inadvertently-detonated-house-impeachment-case

#JohnSolomon inadvertently detonated the #Republican #House #impeachment case. Last month, he published a #StateDept briefing memo which irrefutably proves that it was U.S. policy to seek #ViktorShokin's removal at the time #Biden was pushing for it as VP.

- @MattGertz, media matters
#FoxNews #FauxNews #PerformancePolitics #HouseRepublicans
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/john-solomon-inadvertently-detonated-house-impeachment-case

#JohnSolomon inadvertently detonated the #Republican #House #impeachment case. Last month, he published a #StateDept briefing memo which irrefutably proves that it was U.S. policy to seek #ViktorShokin's removal at the time #Biden was pushing for it as VP.

- @MattGertz, media matters
#FoxNews #FauxNews #PerformancePolitics #HouseRepublicans
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/john-solomon-inadvertently-detonated-house-impeachment-case

#JohnSolomon inadvertently detonated the #Republican #House #impeachment case. Last month, he published a #StateDept briefing memo which irrefutably proves that it was U.S. policy to seek #ViktorShokin's removal at the time #Biden was pushing for it as VP.

- @MattGertz, media matters
#FoxNews #FauxNews #PerformancePolitics #HouseRepublicans
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/john-solomon-inadvertently-detonated-house-impeachment-case

Speaking to the #HouseJudiciaryCommittee, #Wray sounded exasperated at times w/both the criticisms & the premise behind them — that as a Republican appointed by fmr President Donald #Trump, he was nevertheless out to get #Republicans.

#RepublicanIneptitude #ChrisWray #FBI #DOJ #Justice #WeaponizationOfGovernment #Law #PerformancePolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/12/fbi-wray-criticism-trump-hunter/

Speaking to the #HouseJudiciaryCommittee, #Wray sounded exasperated at times w/both the criticisms & the premise behind them — that as a Republican appointed by fmr President Donald #Trump, he was nevertheless out to get #Republicans.

#RepublicanIneptitude #ChrisWray #FBI #DOJ #Justice #WeaponizationOfGovernment #Law #PerformancePolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/12/fbi-wray-criticism-trump-hunter/

Speaking to the #HouseJudiciaryCommittee, #Wray sounded exasperated at times w/both the criticisms & the premise behind them — that as a Republican appointed by fmr President Donald #Trump, he was nevertheless out to get #Republicans.

#RepublicanIneptitude #ChrisWray #FBI #DOJ #Justice #WeaponizationOfGovernment #Law #PerformancePolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/12/fbi-wray-criticism-trump-hunter/

Speaking to the #HouseJudiciaryCommittee, #Wray sounded exasperated at times w/both the criticisms & the premise behind them — that as a Republican appointed by fmr President Donald #Trump, he was nevertheless out to get #Republicans.

#RepublicanIneptitude #ChrisWray #FBI #DOJ #Justice #WeaponizationOfGovernment #Law #PerformancePolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/12/fbi-wray-criticism-trump-hunter/

…#Lieu asked #Wray about #RogerStone, #ElliottBroidy, #MichaelCohen, #PaulManafort, #RickGates, & #GeorgePapadopoulos, all of whom were found #guilty of various #crimes in federal court.

Lieu pointed out that all of the advisers were prosecuted by Trump appointees: #BillBarr, #MatthewWhitaker, & #JeffSessions. Wray, who was already leading the #FBI at the time, is also a #TrumpAppointee.

#ChrisWray #DOJ #Justice #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #WeaponizationOfGovernment #Law #PerformancePolitics

…#Lieu asked #Wray about #RogerStone, #ElliottBroidy, #MichaelCohen, #PaulManafort, #RickGates, & #GeorgePapadopoulos, all of whom were found #guilty of various #crimes in federal court.

Lieu pointed out that all of the advisers were prosecuted by Trump appointees: #BillBarr, #MatthewWhitaker, & #JeffSessions. Wray, who was already leading the #FBI at the time, is also a #TrumpAppointee.

#ChrisWray #DOJ #Justice #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #WeaponizationOfGovernment #Law #PerformancePolitics