The United States' descent into fascism
The United States' descent into fascism
Jan 15 2026, 7:09 PM
Quote:Quote:White House aide Stephen Cheung suggested the site was made as a trolling effort, writing he couldn’t believe media outlets “actually fell for our trap.”
This is the dumbest most pathetic shit. What "trap"? They reported on a formerly respected government website now hosting crazy revisionist propaganda and they're backpedaling by calling it a "trap"? "Hurr durr I was only pretending to be absolutely fucking unhinged now that you happened to call me out on it." It also reminds me of the thing mentioned by someone about how Trump frequently "jokes" about things before he actually does them -- one of those things is "joking" about cancelling midterms. :/ This feels so blatant. It's meant to exhaust too. Like you get outraged over this "petty" shit (it's not it's fucked up) so that when they get to more serious shit like "joking" about cancelling midterms too many people are too tired to call it out. The goal is to make everyone tired and confused and dull to insanity so they can impose any unhinged thing Dear Leader can imagine.
Edited Jan 15 2026, 7:10 PM by Clover.
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Quote:Quote:White House aide Stephen Cheung suggested the site was made as a trolling effort, writing he couldn’t believe media outlets “actually fell for our trap.”
This is the dumbest most pathetic shit. What "trap"? They reported on a formerly respected government website now hosting crazy revisionist propaganda and they're backpedaling by calling it a "trap"? "Hurr durr I was only pretending to be absolutely fucking unhinged now that you happened to call me out on it." It also reminds me of the thing mentioned by someone about how Trump frequently "jokes" about things before he actually does them -- one of those things is "joking" about cancelling midterms. :/ This feels so blatant. It's meant to exhaust too. Like you get outraged over this "petty" shit (it's not it's fucked up) so that when they get to more serious shit like "joking" about cancelling midterms too many people are too tired to call it out. The goal is to make everyone tired and confused and dull to insanity so they can impose any unhinged thing Dear Leader can imagine.
