Monday, November 24, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - X 'Glitch' Exposes Foreign Propagandists

Let's see what washed up over the weekend. In the funnest story from the weekend, Fox X's new location feature exposes apparent fraudster accounts posing as Americans, Gaza journalists "Popular accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers deleted and scrutinized after being revealed as overseas operations." Pirate Wires, Foreign Rage Farmers Exposed by X in Major Update "X just revealed the location of every user on the platform, triggering chaos among foreign rage farmers and slop peddlers — the massive ranks of which have shaped our culture now for years." Rage farmers, I like that. A Driscolly post at Insty, WHOA: Major Foreign Propagandists Utterly Exposed After X Glitch Reveals Account Locations. "A temporary glitch on X led to a credibility bloodbath for a variety of foreign propaganda accounts that were either posing as Americans or lying about their locations in other ways. Days prior, Head of Product Nikita Brier had announced a new feature revealing the origin and current location of users. When it rolled out, though, only account owners could view it. That all changed on Friday night, though. In what is assumed to have been a mistake, everyone’s origins and current locations were made public for about an hour before disappearing. In one instance, it was revealed that one of Hamas’ biggest simps has been lying about being in Gaza." And Insty himself, AS MUCH OF A SCAM AS THE TIKI-TORCH NAZIS WERE: Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire, "Greatest feature in a decade. Everything is an Op." Clandestine @WarClandestine, "So it turned out a large chunk of the Jew-hating crowd were foreigners, posing as Americans. It’s almost like the woke-Right is just an astroturfed foreign op to fracture MAGA from within. Israel derangement syndrome is a psyop to make Trump’s supporters turn on him." Herr Professor Jacobson at LI, Foreign Fake MAGA Anti-Israel Accounts Exposed In X “Location” Disclosure, "Now we know that it was all a massive foreign influence operation of fake MAGA accounts meant not to promote Trump, but to turn Americans against Jews and Israel and to sow chaos and division among actual Trump supporters." Robby Soave @robbysoave, "I was reflexively disinclined to believe it was all foreign accounts promoting racism and anti-Semitism under the guise of the pro-Trump America First banner. That sounded too easy, and similar to the (now debunked) idea that all the Trump content on Facebook in 2016 was actually Russian bots. But... this "account based in" feature actually has unmaked tons of groypers as Pakistani, as far as I can tell? Very useful feature, and kudos to Elon Musk and the X team for implementing it. The hate is not coming from inside the house!"

Matt Boose at the Chronic says Trump Already Has an Affordability Agenda: Reduce Immigration. It's a step, an important step, but not the only step. I&I, About That ‘Sh*tty’ Trump Economy. "If this is what constitutes a “sh*tty economy”, then we’ll take more of it. From our perspective, it’s not Trump’s policies that are a problem (although we are not fans of tariffs), it’s his seeming unwillingness to stay focused on the economy." USA Today opines I was right about the pathetic Democrats. And most Americans agree with me. "A new poll found that in the end, Americans blamed Democrats the most for how they handled the shutdown, with 60% disapproving. Come next year's midterms, voters won't forget it." But just remember, in a poll result like that, about half of those disapproving will think Democrats didn't go far enough. Betsey McCaughey at Hat Hair, says Beware Housing Bills With Socialist Goals.

Dave Harsanyi at NYPo calls the Epstein vote a stain on cowardly Congress — whose members won’t stand up for the rule of law. Congress is already pretty stained. At Althouse, "The smart need money; the rich want to seem smart; the staid seek adjacency to what Mr. Summers called 'life among the lucrative and louche'..." ""... and Mr. Epstein needed to wash his name using blue-chip people who could be forgiving about infractions against the less powerful. Each has some form of capital and seeks to trade. . . Writes Anand Giridharadas, in "How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails" (NYT)". Mediaite reports Marjorie Taylor Greene Didn’t Tell Speaker Johnson She’s Resigning Amid Razor-Thin GOP Majority. Some reports suggest she left over Epstein, but the smart money is because Trump wouldn't support her for GA gov.

Moving to foreign affairs, Sundance hosts Secretary of State Marco Rubio's Press Conference from Geneva Switzerland During Discussions with Ukraine Officials and Sunday Talks – Senator Mark Warner Not Happy with Ukraine Peace Proposal. Ward Clark at RedState sees A New Wrinkle: SecState Distances U.S. From 'Unacceptable' Ukraine Proposal. Althouse, "Is it really possible that big progress is being made in Peace Talks between Russia and Ukraine??? Don’t believe it until you see it..." ""... but something good just may be happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA." Wrote Trump, on Truth Social." I'm confused, but only time will tell. Lee Smith at Tablet says Farewell to the Abraham Accords "MBS’s White House visit marked a return to normalcy in the Middle East, and a U.S. pivot toward China." I don't know if I agree. Sarah Anderson at PJM sees The Skies Empty Over Caracas As the Dictator Dances. For Af's, Elliott Abrams explains How to Topple Maduro "And Why Regime Change Is the Only Way Forward in Venezuela."

Sundance says I Fully Support Donald Trump Because the Alternative Is to Support a Republican. I understand his point, but it's not that bad. There is only one Trump, and he can't stay in office forever. Sasha Stone, MAGA Might be Chaos, but the Left is an Unhinged, Dystopian, Doomsday Cult. Thad McCotter at Am Great looks at The Progressives’ Practical Amorality: ‘Reid Alert!’ "Harry Reid’s false attack on Mitt Romney endures as the template for a progressive movement that wins by bending language, ignoring truth, and blaming others when its policies fail."

Larry Elder at Hat Hair is not amused by Michelle's 'Hair'-Raising Theory: 'White Folks' Stop Blacks From Learning How To Swim.

Sundance at CTH sees CIA Senator Elissa Slotkin Attempts to Change Conversation Away from Seditious Video Promotion Twitchy, GRRL, BYE: Elissa Slotkin Accuses Trump of Putting Words in Her Mouth and HOOBOY Was THAT Stupid. Shipwreckedcrew thinks DOJ Should Begin A Criminal Investigation Of The Democrat Members Of Congress Appearing on Video To Undermine The Military Chain-Of-Command. "18 U.S.C. Sec. 2387 makes it illegal to advise, counsel or in any manner cause insubordination or refusal of duty by any member of the military." Let the process be the punishment. 

Sundance thinks there's Something Sketchy About Narrative Underway Against Deputy AG Todd Blanche. Tom Knighton at BA laughs because Mother Jones and The Trace Are Very Upset That DOJ Is Defending All Civil Rights Now. At TownHall, Scott McLallen likes the way Scott Jennings Blasts Kara Swisher for Calling Hunter Biden Laptop Cover-Up Just 'Politics' and Jeff Charles notes She Punched a Pro-Life Activist and Avoided Charges – but It's Not Over Yet. At the Chi Trib an Editorial: A woman was set on fire on the Blue Line. Chicago can’t shrug this off.

Ryan King at NYPo reports Trump vows to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. From Twitchy, Somali Sheriff in Minnesota Just Called American Officers ‘Foreigners’ and Said He Serves Somalis First. Josh Hammer at Hat Hair explores What Is an American? AG @AGHamilton29, "Reminder Keith Ellison met with the culprits behind the $240 million Feeding our Future MN fraud scheme before they were charged and then he and his son took donations from them amid promises to deter the investigation. We have audio of that meeting." Nick Ballasy at JTN hears DOJ say an investigation underway into pro-Palestinian group surrounding Park East Synagogue. "Dhillon pointed out that obstructing access to a house of worship is a federal offense." From Calling All Rushbabes, Thank you, Secretary of State Rubio! English commentator on our State Department policy toward “international migration.” The FOO @PolitiBunny, "Measles is back because Biden allowed millions of unvetted and unvaccinated illegals into the country." Quote Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @SenatorWarnock "Secretary Kennedy has spent his time in office spreading doubt about vaccines. Now measles is back." At Shooting News Week, Trump Redirecting BSCA Grant Money Away From ‘Gun Violence’ NGOs to Fund Deportation of Illegals.

From the College Fix, U. Texas professors ponder exit due to academic freedom worries: ‘unbearable,’ ‘unwelcoming place’ "SB 17 forbids diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices in system schools as well as various DEI-related trainings and programs. U. Texas closed its Gender and Sexuality Center last year in response to the law. According to a survey by the student paper The Daily Texan, approximately 60 percent of over 430 (mainly undergraduate) professors said they have “considering leaving” UT due to SB 17, which includes 75 percent of College of Liberal Arts faculty." Great, now git! I suspect they can find some candidates who are not political hacks. Campus Reform remembers 5 times deranged leftists attacked conservative campus tables.

Dmitri Bolt at TownHall reports a Trump Ordered Report finds Experts Say No Evidence Supports Gender Treatments for Kids. Critics will, of course, say it was biased, but after the clowns and criminals in the Biden administration, I am not concerned. 

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Finally, A Winning Week up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

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