Emptywheel - WHERE WAS DOUG JENSEN RADICALIZED? RUSSIA'S 2016 ELECTION TAMPERING

[Ohio Joe]

From the end of the article:

There are few better summaries of the damage done by the sustained information operations that both Russia and Trump pursued — with the Burisma attacks, at least, provably in coordination — over the last six years. The self-described poster boy for the insurrection got there as a result of a sustained series of information operations that started with Russia’s attempt to tamper in the 2016 election.

Only, Doug Jensen makes it clear: Russian didn’t just tamper in the election. It tampered with the American psyche.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/04/12/where-was-doug-jensen-radicalized-russias-2016-election-tampering/

Yet another great Emptywheel article. This one on how Jensen was radicalized... It shows how qnuts poisoned so many Americans. A scary read but it shows what can happen when one abandons facts and reality to go down the rabbit hole.

[dchill]

1. Is there a "Q Street?" If not, why not?

Just asking the question...

[Johnny2X2X]

2. Just incredible

Q has taken over the GOP, it's an existential threat to our Democracy.

[genxlib]

3. For those wondering before clicking through

Doug Jensen was the Jan 6 guy chasing the guard up the stairwell.

I love this tidbit from his interrogation by the FBI

...I don’t know what the deal with Russia is, but I don’t know, Vladimir Putin, he seems to be like a decent person, but I could be crazy, you know...

That didn't age well. At least he was right about being crazy