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Record number of USA Covid-19 cases once again.
Moments ago from The New York Times;
Rising infections and over 225,000 dead Americans. Oh yeah, quite an "accomplishment".
In response to:
U.S. reports more than 500,000 cases in a week, a record, as cities and states enact new restrictions.
The United States has reported a record of more than 500,000 new cases over the past week, as states and cities resort to stricter new measures to contain the virus that is again raging across the country, especially the American heartland.
The record was broken on the same day the Trump administration announced what it called its first-term scientific accomplishments, in a press release that included “ENDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC” written in bold, capital letters.
The first coronavirus case in the U.S. was confirmed on Jan. 21, and the country did not record 500,000 total cases until April 11. Testing was severely limited in the early days of the pandemic.
The new restrictions range from a nightly business curfew in Newark, N.J., to a two-week stay-at-home order in El Paso, Texas, to a halt in indoor dining in Chicago.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced on Tuesday that he was stopping indoor dining and bar service in Chicago, effective at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30.
The city joins New York and Wisconsin, states that earlier this month issued restrictions or outright bans on indoor dining in restaurants and bars to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The restrictions have been loudly opposed by a restaurant industry that has been decimated by the pandemic.
Chicago is now averaging more than twice as many coronavirus-related hospital admissions per day as it was a month ago, Mr. Pritzker’s office said, and the share of tests that are coming back positive has almost doubled since the beginning of October.
The U.S. has reported a record daily average of about 71,000 new cases over the past week, an increase of about 40 percent from the average two weeks earlier. Eighteen states, including Illinois, have recorded their highest seven-day average of new cases, and three states (Tennessee, Wisconsin and Oklahoma) have set a record seven-day average for deaths. On Tuesday, Oklahoma and Wyoming broke single-day death records and Kentucky reported a new daily cases record.
Mr. Pritzker’s announcement follows a similar indoor dining ban that includes southern Cook County, just outside Chicago, which was announced Monday.
In Chicago, outdoor service will be allowed if tables are spaced six feet apart; reservations are required, and service shuts down at 11 p.m. All social gatherings in the city will be limited to 25 people or 25 percent of the venue’s capacity, whichever is less.
“We can’t ignore what is happening around us,” Mr. Pritzker said in a statement. “Because without action, this could look worse than anything we saw in the spring.”
U.S. reports more than 500,000 cases in a week, a record, as cities and states enact new restrictions.
The United States has reported a record of more than 500,000 new cases over the past week, as states and cities resort to stricter new measures to contain the virus that is again raging across the country, especially the American heartland.
The record was broken on the same day the Trump administration announced what it called its first-term scientific accomplishments, in a press release that included “ENDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC” written in bold, capital letters.
The first coronavirus case in the U.S. was confirmed on Jan. 21, and the country did not record 500,000 total cases until April 11. Testing was severely limited in the early days of the pandemic.
The new restrictions range from a nightly business curfew in Newark, N.J., to a two-week stay-at-home order in El Paso, Texas, to a halt in indoor dining in Chicago.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced on Tuesday that he was stopping indoor dining and bar service in Chicago, effective at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30.
The city joins New York and Wisconsin, states that earlier this month issued restrictions or outright bans on indoor dining in restaurants and bars to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The restrictions have been loudly opposed by a restaurant industry that has been decimated by the pandemic.
Chicago is now averaging more than twice as many coronavirus-related hospital admissions per day as it was a month ago, Mr. Pritzker’s office said, and the share of tests that are coming back positive has almost doubled since the beginning of October.
The U.S. has reported a record daily average of about 71,000 new cases over the past week, an increase of about 40 percent from the average two weeks earlier. Eighteen states, including Illinois, have recorded their highest seven-day average of new cases, and three states (Tennessee, Wisconsin and Oklahoma) have set a record seven-day average for deaths. On Tuesday, Oklahoma and Wyoming broke single-day death records and Kentucky reported a new daily cases record.
Mr. Pritzker’s announcement follows a similar indoor dining ban that includes southern Cook County, just outside Chicago, which was announced Monday.
In Chicago, outdoor service will be allowed if tables are spaced six feet apart; reservations are required, and service shuts down at 11 p.m. All social gatherings in the city will be limited to 25 people or 25 percent of the venue’s capacity, whichever is less.
“We can’t ignore what is happening around us,” Mr. Pritzker said in a statement. “Because without action, this could look worse than anything we saw in the spring.”
Rising infections and over 225,000 dead Americans. Oh yeah, quite an "accomplishment".
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Why?
I post a lot of this sort of thing but to this day I still don't understand why they do it 
Trump's ridiculous threat today.
Today from CNN;
(continued in my next comment below)
In response to:
The absolutely bonkers threat Donald Trump made this week
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 4:50 PM ET, Tue October 27, 2020
(CNN)At a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said something incredible -- even by his standards.
Recounting how his campaign had to move the site of the rally to comply with Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's Covid-19 protocols, Trump said this:
"I'll remember it, Tom. I'm gonna remember it, Tom. 'Hello, Mr. President, this is Governor Wolf, I need help, I need help.' You know what? These people are bad."
Let's be very clear what Trump is doing here: He is threatening to withhold federal aid -- or some sort of other assistance -- the next time Pennsylvania needs it because the state's governor, according to the President, made it difficult to find a site to hold a campaign rally. Yes, really.
Oh, and by the way, a spokeswoman for Wolf's office insisted to Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that Trump's version of this story is simply wrong -- that the governor's office sent a letter to Trump's campaign earlier in the year requesting that they adhere to social distancing and masks guidelines, but that's it.
"Outside of that, the administration has had no contact with the Trump campaign about its events," wrote Wolf spokeswoman Sarah Goulet in an email to the Tribune-Review. "The Trump campaign is under no obligation to reach out to the administration when it is planning visits. We believe the campaign works directly with the owners of property or local officials when planning. Again, what the president said is inaccurate."
It's easy to lose sight of the abnormality of something like this because so much of what Trump says and does is deeply abnormal compared to the ways in which we have always seen our presidents act.
But we shouldn't just gloss over comments like this. For a few reasons:
1) It shows, again, that Trump believes that the federal government is essentially a tool that he can use to reward friends and punish political enemies. We've seen this time after time during Trump's first term -- most notably at the Department of Justice, where the President has wondered aloud why the FBI and the CIA aren't doing more to investigate, charge or put people he doesn't like in jail. (Trump is never clear on the exact crimes for which his opponents should be incarcerated.)
Asked over the weekend about the plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and whether he bears any sort of responsibility because of his rhetoric focused on her, Trump responded: "It was our Justice Department that is the one that's helping her. My Justice Department, if you call it that." My Justice Department. (Trump's used that construction before. Who could forget his reference to "my generals" in reference to the US military commanders.)
For Trump, the power of the federal government isn't really about doing the most good for the most people. It's about him. It's his government -- to do with as he pleases.
2) There's a chilling effect here. If you think other governors didn't pay attention to Trump's threat to Wolf, then you don't know how aware state-level officials are of the power (and the purse) of the federal government. Trump's willingness to make clear that he plans to exact revenge on a governor because of some alleged disagreement over where an event can be held suggests that he is would do the same to other governors who also slight him or make his life harder. That's not the sort of thing that a governor wants to have to factor into their calculations about what's best for their state.
Now, it's possible that Trump loses his bid for a second term next Tuesday and never has a chance to make good on that threat to Wolf. .....
The absolutely bonkers threat Donald Trump made this week
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 4:50 PM ET, Tue October 27, 2020
(CNN)At a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said something incredible -- even by his standards.
Recounting how his campaign had to move the site of the rally to comply with Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's Covid-19 protocols, Trump said this:
"I'll remember it, Tom. I'm gonna remember it, Tom. 'Hello, Mr. President, this is Governor Wolf, I need help, I need help.' You know what? These people are bad."
Let's be very clear what Trump is doing here: He is threatening to withhold federal aid -- or some sort of other assistance -- the next time Pennsylvania needs it because the state's governor, according to the President, made it difficult to find a site to hold a campaign rally. Yes, really.
Oh, and by the way, a spokeswoman for Wolf's office insisted to Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that Trump's version of this story is simply wrong -- that the governor's office sent a letter to Trump's campaign earlier in the year requesting that they adhere to social distancing and masks guidelines, but that's it.
"Outside of that, the administration has had no contact with the Trump campaign about its events," wrote Wolf spokeswoman Sarah Goulet in an email to the Tribune-Review. "The Trump campaign is under no obligation to reach out to the administration when it is planning visits. We believe the campaign works directly with the owners of property or local officials when planning. Again, what the president said is inaccurate."
It's easy to lose sight of the abnormality of something like this because so much of what Trump says and does is deeply abnormal compared to the ways in which we have always seen our presidents act.
But we shouldn't just gloss over comments like this. For a few reasons:
1) It shows, again, that Trump believes that the federal government is essentially a tool that he can use to reward friends and punish political enemies. We've seen this time after time during Trump's first term -- most notably at the Department of Justice, where the President has wondered aloud why the FBI and the CIA aren't doing more to investigate, charge or put people he doesn't like in jail. (Trump is never clear on the exact crimes for which his opponents should be incarcerated.)
Asked over the weekend about the plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and whether he bears any sort of responsibility because of his rhetoric focused on her, Trump responded: "It was our Justice Department that is the one that's helping her. My Justice Department, if you call it that." My Justice Department. (Trump's used that construction before. Who could forget his reference to "my generals" in reference to the US military commanders.)
For Trump, the power of the federal government isn't really about doing the most good for the most people. It's about him. It's his government -- to do with as he pleases.
2) There's a chilling effect here. If you think other governors didn't pay attention to Trump's threat to Wolf, then you don't know how aware state-level officials are of the power (and the purse) of the federal government. Trump's willingness to make clear that he plans to exact revenge on a governor because of some alleged disagreement over where an event can be held suggests that he is would do the same to other governors who also slight him or make his life harder. That's not the sort of thing that a governor wants to have to factor into their calculations about what's best for their state.
Now, it's possible that Trump loses his bid for a second term next Tuesday and never has a chance to make good on that threat to Wolf. .....
(continued in my next comment below)
Economists conclude that Voting Trump out of office and Biden in - good for the economy !
From Business Insider;
More than 700 leading economists, including 7 Nobel winners, urge US voters to reject Trump, a 'selfish and reckless' president
Kate Duffy
Fri, October 23, 2020, 8:23 AM EDT
* More than 700 economists from major US institutions signed an open letter warning against reelecting President Donald Trump.
* They wrote that Trump's "selfish and reckless behavior" had weakened the economy and described Trump's actions as a "sustained assault" on democracy.
* "He has a poorly-informed, zero-sum view of economics that engenders needless viciousness and cruelty," the economists wrote.
* Among the economists are seven Nobel winners, including Paul Milgrom, Oliver Hart, and George Akerlof.
An open letter signed by 727 economists urges people not to vote for President Donald Trump on November 3.
More than 700 economists from major US institutions signed an open letter warning against reelecting President Donald Trump.
They wrote that Trump's "selfish and reckless behavior" had weakened the economy and described Trump's actions as a "sustained assault" on democracy.
"He has a poorly-informed, zero-sum view of economics that engenders needless viciousness and cruelty," the economists wrote.
Among the economists are seven Nobel winners, including Paul Milgrom, Oliver Hart, and George Akerlof.
More than 700 economists, including seven Nobel winners, urged US voters not to reelect President Donald Trump on Election Day.
As of Friday, the open letter, which is being updated until November 3, had been signed by 727 prominent economists from major institutions across America, including the Nobel winners Paul Milgrom, Oliver Hart, and George Akerlof.
"In just one term in office, Donald Trump has rendered the United States unrecognizable, and has faced no consequences for doing so," the economists wrote, adding that the president had "weakened the economic recovery with selfish and reckless behavior."
Among the economists' arguments were that Trump had carried out a "sustained assault" on democracy, that he had "normalized corruption," and that he had spread "dangerous misinformation."
The letter pointed out that analysts at Moody's Analytics and Goldman Sachs had predicted that Joe Biden's economic plans would generate faster employment and GDP growth than Trump's.
"He has a poorly-informed, zero-sum view of economics that engenders needless viciousness and cruelty," the economists wrote.
They also slammed his response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed the lives of more than 223,000 Americans since March.
"He undermined mask use and social distancing, held indoor rallies, encouraged the use of unproven and potentially dangerous medical substances, downplayed the severity of the pandemic, and hosted a superspreader event that incapacitated the White House and forced military leadership into quarantine," they wrote.
The economists concluded: "For these reasons, we strongly recommend that the electorate do what no one else can: reclaim your democracy by voting to remove Donald Trump from office."
More than 700 leading economists, including 7 Nobel winners, urge US voters to reject Trump, a 'selfish and reckless' president
Kate Duffy
Fri, October 23, 2020, 8:23 AM EDT
* More than 700 economists from major US institutions signed an open letter warning against reelecting President Donald Trump.
* They wrote that Trump's "selfish and reckless behavior" had weakened the economy and described Trump's actions as a "sustained assault" on democracy.
* "He has a poorly-informed, zero-sum view of economics that engenders needless viciousness and cruelty," the economists wrote.
* Among the economists are seven Nobel winners, including Paul Milgrom, Oliver Hart, and George Akerlof.
An open letter signed by 727 economists urges people not to vote for President Donald Trump on November 3.
More than 700 economists from major US institutions signed an open letter warning against reelecting President Donald Trump.
They wrote that Trump's "selfish and reckless behavior" had weakened the economy and described Trump's actions as a "sustained assault" on democracy.
"He has a poorly-informed, zero-sum view of economics that engenders needless viciousness and cruelty," the economists wrote.
Among the economists are seven Nobel winners, including Paul Milgrom, Oliver Hart, and George Akerlof.
More than 700 economists, including seven Nobel winners, urged US voters not to reelect President Donald Trump on Election Day.
As of Friday, the open letter, which is being updated until November 3, had been signed by 727 prominent economists from major institutions across America, including the Nobel winners Paul Milgrom, Oliver Hart, and George Akerlof.
"In just one term in office, Donald Trump has rendered the United States unrecognizable, and has faced no consequences for doing so," the economists wrote, adding that the president had "weakened the economic recovery with selfish and reckless behavior."
Among the economists' arguments were that Trump had carried out a "sustained assault" on democracy, that he had "normalized corruption," and that he had spread "dangerous misinformation."
The letter pointed out that analysts at Moody's Analytics and Goldman Sachs had predicted that Joe Biden's economic plans would generate faster employment and GDP growth than Trump's.
"He has a poorly-informed, zero-sum view of economics that engenders needless viciousness and cruelty," the economists wrote.
They also slammed his response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed the lives of more than 223,000 Americans since March.
"He undermined mask use and social distancing, held indoor rallies, encouraged the use of unproven and potentially dangerous medical substances, downplayed the severity of the pandemic, and hosted a superspreader event that incapacitated the White House and forced military leadership into quarantine," they wrote.
The economists concluded: "For these reasons, we strongly recommend that the electorate do what no one else can: reclaim your democracy by voting to remove Donald Trump from office."
BREAKING NEWS... Trump brokering peace deal with Israel and Sudan
More details to come...
It looks like Trump is now brokering a peace deal between Israel and Sudan (another arab country.
This is a big deal.
Trump has done more good than Obama could ever dream of, not that Obama had any good intentions for the U.S. and it's allies...
It looks like Trump is now brokering a peace deal between Israel and Sudan (another arab country.
This is a big deal.
Trump has done more good than Obama could ever dream of, not that Obama had any good intentions for the U.S. and it's allies...
Goodbye to the crybaby conservative
Today from The Huffington Post;
I don't know about 400, but perhaps over 300 electoral votes is becoming a well deserved probability.
Certainly, not only most of the country, but even most of the world, has grown quite tired of the tirades by the infantile Trump.
In response to:
Conservative Icon George Will Predicts The 'Pouting' End Of Donald Trump's Presidency
Lee Moran·Reporter, HuffPost
Thu, October 22, 2020, 2:55 AM EDT
Donald Trump will end his presidency just as he began it, longtime conservative commentator George Will predicted in his new column for The Washington Post.
And that is by whining.
Trump is “a practitioner of crybaby conservatism,” Will wrote in the column published Wednesday.
“His presidency that began with a wallow in self-pity probably will end in ignominy when he slinks away pouting, trailing clouds of recriminations, without a trace of John McCain’s graciousness on election night 2008,” he added.
Will also called out the GOP, which he left in mid-2016 as Trump became its presidential nominee.
The Republican Party had “eagerly surrendered its self-respect” in the Trump era, Will lamented, warning that “having hitched its wagon to a plummeting cinder” it “is about to have a rendezvous with a surly electorate wielding a truncheon.”
Will, a vocal opponent of the Trump White House, also suggested Democratic nominee Joe Biden (whom he endorsed in July) could “become the first candidate in 32 years to capture more than 400 electoral votes.”
Conservative Icon George Will Predicts The 'Pouting' End Of Donald Trump's Presidency
Lee Moran·Reporter, HuffPost
Thu, October 22, 2020, 2:55 AM EDT
Donald Trump will end his presidency just as he began it, longtime conservative commentator George Will predicted in his new column for The Washington Post.
And that is by whining.
Trump is “a practitioner of crybaby conservatism,” Will wrote in the column published Wednesday.
“His presidency that began with a wallow in self-pity probably will end in ignominy when he slinks away pouting, trailing clouds of recriminations, without a trace of John McCain’s graciousness on election night 2008,” he added.
Will also called out the GOP, which he left in mid-2016 as Trump became its presidential nominee.
The Republican Party had “eagerly surrendered its self-respect” in the Trump era, Will lamented, warning that “having hitched its wagon to a plummeting cinder” it “is about to have a rendezvous with a surly electorate wielding a truncheon.”
Will, a vocal opponent of the Trump White House, also suggested Democratic nominee Joe Biden (whom he endorsed in July) could “become the first candidate in 32 years to capture more than 400 electoral votes.”
I don't know about 400, but perhaps over 300 electoral votes is becoming a well deserved probability.
Certainly, not only most of the country, but even most of the world, has grown quite tired of the tirades by the infantile Trump.
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Madame red knees Pelosi's TV melt downs are telling.....
...to those with real, VERY real, training in the dynamics of mental health, and pathology.
During two recent interviews on her blocking any progress on federal assistance to the world wide financial damages caused by the CHINESE C-19 virus, what cooks?
Interviewed by ueber lib, never Trumpers, Judy Woodward of NPR (National Proletarian Radio), and similar ilk Wolf Blitzer, of CNN (Clinton News Network), all could see it.
Thoroughly accustomed to the soft ball treatment by these non-, VERY non-, " journalists", how does she react when these two simply try to bring up the importance of reaching an agreement on the issue?
She melts down, as she's done many times before. "why do you support the republican agenda? ", as it were.
The psychological dynamic. Well, apart from her life long experience of dealing with yes folks, and her own underlying characterological deficits, her behavior dovetails with those which have evolved during the evolution of the biased nepotism between MSM and most DEMS.
So expectant of not being challenged are they, that even slight questions on their mantras bring----.
Well, don't take my words for it. Watch and listen.
During two recent interviews on her blocking any progress on federal assistance to the world wide financial damages caused by the CHINESE C-19 virus, what cooks?
Interviewed by ueber lib, never Trumpers, Judy Woodward of NPR (National Proletarian Radio), and similar ilk Wolf Blitzer, of CNN (Clinton News Network), all could see it.
Thoroughly accustomed to the soft ball treatment by these non-, VERY non-, " journalists", how does she react when these two simply try to bring up the importance of reaching an agreement on the issue?
She melts down, as she's done many times before. "why do you support the republican agenda? ", as it were.
The psychological dynamic. Well, apart from her life long experience of dealing with yes folks, and her own underlying characterological deficits, her behavior dovetails with those which have evolved during the evolution of the biased nepotism between MSM and most DEMS.
So expectant of not being challenged are they, that even slight questions on their mantras bring----.
Well, don't take my words for it. Watch and listen.
Citigroup first puts employee on leave pending Qanon link investigation & now he's TERMINATED
From Fortune;
Looks like the scammer will likely lose his job for violating company policy as well as a lifetime of reputation.
All so he could build up a loyal following to his p*dophile fantasy he was pushing and get paid for hits to the site. A lot of dimwits fell for the ridiculous b.s. hook, line & sinker.
In response to:
Citigroup puts employee who ran QAnon website on paid leave
By
William Turton, Jenny Surane, and Bloomberg
September 17, 2020 6:08 AM EDT
Jason Gelinas, an employee at Citigroup Inc., has been placed on paid leave pending an internal investigation after he was identified as the operator of the most prominent website dedicated to the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Gelinas, who lives in New Jersey, was identified Sept. 10 as the operator of the website QMap.pup and its associated mobile apps by the fact-checking site Logically.ai. Since then, the website has shut down and now simply provides links to alternative websites offering information on the QAnon conspiracy.
Gelinas earned over $3,000 a month on a crowd-funded Patreon site dedicated to supporting the QAnon site, which he said helped cover the monthly operating costs.
“As outlined in our Code of Conduct, employees are required to disclose and obtain approvals for outside business activities,” Citigroup said in a statement, declining to comment on Gelinas’s status.
Gelinas didn’t respond to a message seeking comment.
Gelinas is a senior IT group manager, holding the rank of director, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
QMap.pub received more than 10 million visitors in July according to web analytics company SimilarWeb. The site served as an aggregator of “Q drops,” which are anonymous posts on the website 8kun by someone claiming to have a high-level government security clearance providing inside information.
The QAnon theory posits that President Donald Trump is battling a “deep state” ring of child-sex traffickers. Some adherents of QAnon are running for public office, but some others have committed violent acts or threatened them, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Because 8kun is difficult to navigate and rife with other disturbing content, many people interested in QAnon instead use aggregators that collect and present the Q drops. QMap.pub became the most popular by offering user-friendly features like tags on posts to allow people to search more easily for themes, said Travis View, a researcher who co-hosts the podcast QAnon Anonymous. “It was very effective because it allowed people to go down their own rabbit holes,” he said.
Citigroup puts employee who ran QAnon website on paid leave
By
William Turton, Jenny Surane, and Bloomberg
September 17, 2020 6:08 AM EDT
Jason Gelinas, an employee at Citigroup Inc., has been placed on paid leave pending an internal investigation after he was identified as the operator of the most prominent website dedicated to the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Gelinas, who lives in New Jersey, was identified Sept. 10 as the operator of the website QMap.pup and its associated mobile apps by the fact-checking site Logically.ai. Since then, the website has shut down and now simply provides links to alternative websites offering information on the QAnon conspiracy.
Gelinas earned over $3,000 a month on a crowd-funded Patreon site dedicated to supporting the QAnon site, which he said helped cover the monthly operating costs.
“As outlined in our Code of Conduct, employees are required to disclose and obtain approvals for outside business activities,” Citigroup said in a statement, declining to comment on Gelinas’s status.
Gelinas didn’t respond to a message seeking comment.
Gelinas is a senior IT group manager, holding the rank of director, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
QMap.pub received more than 10 million visitors in July according to web analytics company SimilarWeb. The site served as an aggregator of “Q drops,” which are anonymous posts on the website 8kun by someone claiming to have a high-level government security clearance providing inside information.
The QAnon theory posits that President Donald Trump is battling a “deep state” ring of child-sex traffickers. Some adherents of QAnon are running for public office, but some others have committed violent acts or threatened them, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Because 8kun is difficult to navigate and rife with other disturbing content, many people interested in QAnon instead use aggregators that collect and present the Q drops. QMap.pub became the most popular by offering user-friendly features like tags on posts to allow people to search more easily for themes, said Travis View, a researcher who co-hosts the podcast QAnon Anonymous. “It was very effective because it allowed people to go down their own rabbit holes,” he said.
Looks like the scammer will likely lose his job for violating company policy as well as a lifetime of reputation.
All so he could build up a loyal following to his p*dophile fantasy he was pushing and get paid for hits to the site. A lot of dimwits fell for the ridiculous b.s. hook, line & sinker.
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