it's such a bizarre theory. I hate republicans but when a bunch show up to trump rallies I am totally willing to accept they're genuine. Don't these people all have liberal family members who no longer talk to them? Do they think they're paid too?
I think it's an old antisemitic thing, too. I recall a Jewish friend snapping back at someone who thought all Jews got money from some cabal that yeah she'd missed her cheque last month, did they have the address so she could complain?
This has been a big thing on the right at least since the "2000 Mules" fraud purported to show ballot stuffing or something at vote-by-mail dropboxes: they get data on which phones were where when (turns out a lot of this is available both to law enforcement and private buyers, which is disturbing).
Next step is, they wildly overinterpret it to suit their biases.
It would not be surprising if, with staff and reporters and superfans, there were dozens of people at more than one rally. Hundreds is conceivable (MAGA tailgate parties migrated with Trump rallies like a concert tour). Not thousands.
In his followup thread, he says his algorithm removes "redundant devices" ie multiple devices which show the same coordinates for some set period, ostensibly to remove things like smartwatches.
But it would also remove couples that travel to and from the rally together.
this sounds like the kind of interview question X would ask its software engineering hires, along with how many soccer balls fit in a spacex phallus booster
George Soros is given a list of cities and a set of protestors. What method should he use to calculate the optimal route his fake protestors should take to minimize the distance traveled and maximize the effect of his Trump derangement syndrome?
Since it's not practically possible, that just means we're dealing with photoshop/AI! AI imagery can probably send spoof GPS signals or whatever, I assume
Right? Look at the logistics Trump had to go through to get 100 "supporters" hired and in place for his infamous gold escalator ride to announce in 2015, and it was still obvious! Imagine trying that x340!!!
This reminds me of my favorite perpetual urban legend told about a good dozen or more old pop stars: "that washed-up singer has roadies put cardboard cutouts of people in empty seats" without explaining the logistics of transporting and placing hundreds of life-sized cutouts into individual seats
Exactly! Typical narcissists think others do as they do, ergo the blame shifting and projecting.
Frankly, the longer those beasts feel unopposed, the better.
I would not be particularly shocked to find out that the same people went to the same political rally in different cities. I'm pretty sure you'd see the same thing with Taylor Swift concerts.
The simplest explanation for Musk is, “ego, in many forms, foremost is masculinity. It will affect all areas of ego for heterosexual and homosexual men.”
Gee…whoever is orchestrating this conspiracy sure does have a lot of money if they are shuttling 34000 employees around the country at a moment’s notice.
Right, protestors are paid, voters are either fake ballots, dead people, or 'illegals', govt workers never show up and just suck up money, dems are (((puppets))), and public programs are all a waste going to made up things. And they're the brave Ayn Rand protagonists to reveal the truth
Ok so someone explain to me who I need to call to make sure my Soros protester check shows up on time !? The last one was almost two weeks late and I couldn’t use it to by my avocado toast and transgender soy latté !
So far their bumbling incompetence and "logistics are gay" mindset has not faced any terrain of struggle in which basic material reality is a significant factor in whether or not they fail
They seem intent on moving to that stage as fast as they can. Not sure they'll like it as much as they expect
I attended this rally. They had one entrance with security and actually had people with digital counter physically counting every single person who entered the park. The numbers are actually higher than 34,000 because hundreds more people attempted to see the Sander/AOC from outside the entrance.
A quick google finds that it came from calling someone a spanked child - ‘butthurt’ that they had been punished by a parent. It had no sexual overtones, and was more an accusation of childishness.
Google searches are generally dubious but I won't dismiss this as it does ring true in an occams razor sort or way but I think the connotation has shifted over time.
I really don’t think it has? I certainly wouldn’t associate ‘butthurt’ with homophobia, it’s an aggro and insulting thing to say but it’s about as homophobic as ‘butthead’ I.e. not really.
I think it knows it has opposition but that it groves the opposition it has isn’t effective especially within the structures of congress and senate (and they a rent wrong)
They can't function if they believe the stupid masses don't love them. Everything falls apart with the lightest of pushes, which is why what Senate Democrats are (not) doing infuriates me.
How does one get to be a paid protester? Where are these jobs listed?
I’m retired and now that my social security is in jeopardy I need a job.
Since the weather is getting nice, this seems like a good gig.
Uhhh midterm elections in 2026 and the amount of pissed off tRump supporters? I passed through an area that ever since tRump was a thing in politics, a house in this area had a TRUMP sign up next to 2 USA flags. Trump sign is not up anymore but the same American flags are still on their gates.
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Now I live by the maxim that all conspiracy theories will end up blaming the Jews. Somehow.
It's so fucking weird.
It would not be surprising if, with staff and reporters and superfans, there were dozens of people at more than one rally. Hundreds is conceivable (MAGA tailgate parties migrated with Trump rallies like a concert tour). Not thousands.
But it would also remove couples that travel to and from the rally together.
Not to mention how obvious the flow of people would be.
Frankly, the longer those beasts feel unopposed, the better.
https://apnews.com/article/musk-1-million-giveaway-trump-voters-petition-b4e48acbfe04fde735e60b1911ad0197
Post truth reality is a fucking nightmare. I'm going to start boxing to cope with how much my body wants to hit idiots. 🤣
https://bsky.app/profile/asherlangton.bsky.social/post/3l435w22peq23
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1918
is AOC/her media team calling people butthurt now
He wants to 42069ify the world into ideocracy?
“You butthurt about it, jagoff? Cry more!”
None with anything like sufficient power.
They seem intent on moving to that stage as fast as they can. Not sure they'll like it as much as they expect
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I’m retired and now that my social security is in jeopardy I need a job.
Since the weather is getting nice, this seems like a good gig.