This is the type of absolute denial of facts and reality occupying the #MAGA crown. There is no where in America, not one state, where the average gas price is not higher, generally by between 40-50 cents, according to the AAA, not known for faking basic data for partisanship.
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The link to where you can see this for yourself is provided. I just looked at all fifty states. No state has longer cost gas today than a year ago. And for this particular statement to be true, the cost would actually need to be approx $1.30-$1.50 cheaper than current averages.
For many places, that would mean it being down by almost 50% or more from the average price. Wherever this half of gas sale is, I’d love to know. So there are two options here: this person lives in the one place in America where gas prices are at $1.75 or so, or they are wrong.
I’m not going to say “lying” though I’ll happily call BS on it. This person may have genuinely convinced themselves that this is true. It isn’t. It’s just not, and if they’d like to claim it is, I’ll happily call the gas station of their choice and check the price. Just tell me.
And that’s why this #QAnon nonsense is so dangerous. People believe this nonsense is true, and that the things #Trump et al spout out is true, and he’s the key to the largest takedown of a government conspiracy in history, because someone is posting cryptic anonymous messages on
8Chan. Somehow, a #POTUS under multiple separate investigations, which have turned into convictions, guilty pleas, and most of all: cooperation. Here’s a hint kids: you don’t plead guilty/take lesser charges and cooperate if you’re innocent. Not when, as these did, to fight it.
The #taxcuts have slashed government revenues, and the #budget has inflated our spending. Now what happens when you make less money, but spend more of it? You go into debt. Wasn’t the #GOP going to fix the deficit? Not what’s happening. We have an a bubble in the market. Great.
Stock growth compared to #GDP, corporate revenue, and wage growth is insane. It’s the beginning of a disaster. As more and more boomers retire, the largest population of retired Americans in history, many whose retirements lie purely in 401ks, would be gutted by a large crash.
And we won’t have the funds or the systems in place to offer assistance. Because the right is working diligently to destroy the very programs that would help pick up the slack. When the deficit explodes (which it will, no one is really contesting that; just that GDP increase will
Offset the additional debt. Few agree, and it’s a completely unknowable thing to place the well being of the American economy into. The #GOP would love nothing more than to gut healthcare, #SocialSecurity, and privatize our #jails and #schools. That deficit increase will be the
Means by which they finally put those program down for good. They know that they’re doing. I don’t believe (some exceptions) that these are dumb people. But they’ll make millions off of it, and people like the gentlemen quoted above will keep voting for it because of a refusal
To see the world as it is, on even the most basic factual level. Buddy, you’re gas isn’t in the $1 range. No states is. You’ve been told the economy has gotten better and you’re letting yourself believe gas was more expensive a year ago than it was. It most definitely is not.
So while the #GOP steer us boldly into financial ruined and lessened opportunities for our children, #TheResistance cannot be idle. The midterms are coming. Do not get complacent. Dirty tricks will be played. It’s already observable on social media. More and better bots etc.
If we want a #BlueWave2018, we’re going to need everyone who can legally cast a ballot to make sure they do so. Get registered. Check your voter registration. Cast absentee or early mail in ballots. Help others get registered, offer a neighbor a ride to the polls. Do something.
We’re not going to talk the #MAGA crowd out of it. The only way to win is at the polls, and we need to win big. A good resource is the Voter Toolkit available on unhackthevote.com, collects links for registration, absentee, local #elections/#VoterID laws, just find your
State. What we do now decides how our children and grandchildren’s world will be. This matters. So do whatever you can to help make sure the world we leave our grandkids is better than the one we got. That was the American Dream. Now, it’s a memory. Let’s fight for it.
As promised link to AAA up to the day averages by state. For any one who made it this far, thanks for reading. gasprices.aaa.com
My apologies for spelling/grammar issues, at times like this I really wish there was an edit button.
One last thing: the account that posted the quoted tweet, supposed to be the neutral account for the group but regardless, represents a veterans group combating suicide amongst vets. This is not directed at the group, and wish them well in that endeavor. Still call BS on the post
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Meet Tim Graboski, aka whiterook6. He works for AggregateIQ as software developer. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because they helped #CambridgeAnalytica during the 2016 election. And apparently they’re still interested in our elections. #Midterms2018#osint#infosec
We know that part of the seed data for the models used by CA came from Facebook surveys users filled in as part of an app. Well doesn’t this look familiar....this is a project called Campaign Pillar aka Check-In. “AIQ” is plainly visible. As are the targeted election questions.
Well this little gem comes to us courtesy of Tim’s GitHub repository, found here : github.com/whiterook6/che… Currently available to the public (cloned in case it comes down).
That date was 7/10/2018. Given that all domains were registered through GoDaddy’s anonymous registration service, WHOIS doesn’t tell us much. But the site is copywritten to @judicialnetwork, so we know they’re involved. Let’s take a look at the page source for the .com site:
Notice something? A template created for a Gorsuch themed site is being used for #Kavanaugh. Was there a confirmgorsuch(.)com too? Blank page currently, but sure enough one was setup 12/19/2016. And taken down 7/9/2018. Well, when did confirmkavanaugh(.)com go live?
First thing that turned up was this article from the site newsbeezer(.)com (site title: Bulgaria Evening News). As you can see in the screenshot, @PropOrNotApp is quoted discussing conditions during fires in neighboring Greece. Sure, why not?
What else is on this site? Well, they appear to be big fans of the National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria, normally abbreviated to NFSB, though oddly they seem to alternate the abbreviation between NFFS and NPSB. Neither appear affiliated with another political party.
For YEARS, advocates of election integrity have been pointing out these issues. This isn’t new. After 2000, the Help America Vote Act was passed to modernize our elections, first proposed by Robert Ney (R-OH). Signed into law by George W. Bush. So much for this theory:
At the same time, Bush’s @TheJusticeDept began an investigation into alleged #VoterFraud. Guess what it turned up? No masses of non-citizens voting, nothing that could come close to altering an election. nytimes.com/2007/04/12/was…
In conjunction with @SlickRockWeb, now let’s take a look at #WalkAway from a different perspective. Who’s the man behind the curtain, and who’s backing him? His name is Brandon Straka, know here as @UsMinority. Let’s get to know him a bit. #infosec#osint#psyops
Before #WalkAway took off (with surprising rapidity), Straka was a performance artist and stylist in New York. His most recent work appears to have been this show, showing his evolution away from #TheResistance. Here’s a link to the GoFundMe gofundme.com/resist-a-rock-…
His first announcement of the #WalkAway campaign was on May 26th. However, shortly after the dates of his show, on a Facebook post dated 10/27/17, we see the following exchange after a post about @TheEllenShow, which appears to be the first public use of the “walk away” idea.