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There are conflicting reports on this. I've updated the title accordingly.

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[–] buh@hexbear.net 39 points 3 months ago

all this he said she said blame game shit over $15 πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ you can't even get a month of netflix without ads for that much smh

[–] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 34 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also, The progressive turnout project was a scam account that targeted older folks, apparently.

More than 40 percent of Facebook ads from Stop Republicans and the Progressive Turnout Project reached users over 65, according to a public database compiled by Bully Pulpit Interactive, a Democratic digital consultancy. In comparison, the Biden campaign devoted 18.5 percent of its Facebook ads to that demographic.

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago

Interesting.

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 28 points 3 months ago

Damn I liked the Radical Centrist theory!

[–] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

My first thought is that the supposed insta account is real and this was Epstein related. Other possibilities is that this guy was upset about Trump having "national abortion ban" taken off of the GOP platform, or Trump's support for Israel or Russia.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

hadn't heard about the insta account, what's the Epstein angle?

[–] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This is rumored to be his insta account. I don't know if it's been confirmed or deboonked since I first saw this, but I think I saw someone say they confirmed this account was made in 2022. The pfp is maybe photoshopped which is potentially an indication it's a fake account, but not necessarily.

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 months ago

You act like facts matter. They'll believe he is a Dark Brandon agent if that is what Alex Jones tells them.

[–] join_the_iww@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

Interesting.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago

edgeworth-smug i don’t care if he donated to al Qaeda

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm really starting to believe that this guy had no real motive beyond a desire for fame. Truly the most amerikkka-clap possible motive.

[–] buh@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago

He was trying to impress jodie foster

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wait what? Is that screenshot on the right the list of people who donated to ActBlue?

Is that not β€œThomas M Crooks, 20” right below the Thomas Crooks, 69 in the very screenshot?

As in, Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20 year old shooter?

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

No. The list on the right lists people with the name living in PA. It’s a people search engine, like yellow pages. Donation search engines don’t list your relatives