Thread by @saradannerdukic

I'm still stuck on this—because it's amazing—and I have a few more thoughts on it.

https://twitter.com/saradannerdukic/status/1023784435790086145

First of all, think of the reaction you would've gotten if - before everything was neatly tied up by the FBI - you'd said "You know, I think the McDonald's Monopoly game is rigged. I think the mob's in on it, and probably even the security firm McDonald's hired! No really!!!"

You're not crazy. We're not crazy. We're being mind f*cked on an unprecedented level.

Second: just want to point out that the amount of time that passed from getting the call with "you might want to see what's up with the McDonald's Monopoly game" to bringing the whole thing down was: 17 MONTHS.

17 months. In 2000-2001. When our cell phones looked like this:

Third: as I've said, the GOP is backed into a corner. They know that THE FBI KNOWS. They know they have shit on them (as do our allies). They just don't know exactly WHAT or WHEN or HOW it's going to come home to roost. And they're freaking out. #gymjordan

I'm CALMER 'N YOU ARE!!

They can't dispute the CONTENT of what the FBI has, because it's pretty hard to put a positive spin on child sexual abuse, accepting $ gotten from drugs, murder and misery; and other horrible, despicable, disgusting things.

So all they're left with is smearing the people who collected it. The smearing is asymmetric and they know it. They know intelligence can't defend themselves by saying "yeah, well we got it all on tape! Here! We'll prove it! Listen!" Because that would be muy stupido.

But what the FBI *CAN* do is release info on older cases that demonstrate (GLORIOUSLY) their abilities.  Their patience.  Their attention to detail. Their hustle.  Their zero tolerance for corrupt f*ckbags.

"The camera crew listened patiently to his rambling story, silently recognizing the inconsequential details found in stories told by liars...The two men behind the camera were not from McDonald’s. They were undercover agents from the FBI."

Who ELSE compulsively adds unnecessary details and just can't seem to shut his f*cking mouth?

"he realized that his tip had led to a super-sized conspiracy. Jacobson was the head of a sprawling network of mobsters, psychics, strip club owners, convicts, drug traffickers, and even a family of Mormons"

Mob, drugs, strip clubs, conspiracy...supposedly squeaky-clean religious people?

YOU DON'T SAY.

"If they apprehended a “winner” too soon, he or she might alert other members of the conspiracy who would destroy evidence, or flee. With the scheme still in full-swing, the FBI needed to team up with McDonald’s to catch Uncle Jerry and his crew red-handed."

HELLO.

“This intentional delay...proved very fruitful,”

GO ON.

“the Bakers accosted her and found she had $20,ooo in cash and a cashier’s check for $480,000. Their tense confrontation was filmed by an undercover team of local FBI agents.”

OH. THE CRIMINALS STARTED TO TURN ON EACH OTHER?

This is a move you make AT THE END.
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Look at the OTHER MOVES that have been made.

https://twitter.com/saradannerdukic/status/1020340552871612417

What is our job?  UNITE UNITE UNITE.  VOTE IN A CONGRESS THAT WILL SUPPORT BRINGING THESE TRAITORS TO JUSTICE.

READ.  PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL. USE CRITICAL THINKING.

Our rights and the technology we live with are a double-edged sword.  Use YOUR part of the sword while we still have it.

SPREAD TRUTH.  FIGHT FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE WE LOVE AND CALL HOME.

It's WORTH IT.
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@threadreaderapp unroll per favore; mille grazie.