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Bumbles

(495 posts)
Wed May 20, 2026, 12:43 PM 6 hrs ago

An important update from Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez - This is dead serious. They're not playing around.

"Today, Lev Parnas sent an email to an undisclosed list of recipients — including at least one of my readers — describing a Substack journalist with 48,000+ subscribers who reports on Zorro Ranch in New Mexico. He called that journalist a liar and a scammer, and warned his readers not to spend their money on her.

He was describing me."

Earlier

"Yesterday morning, I was working at my desk in my home office when I heard a brief, very high-pitched electronic sound from outside, across the street. Immediately afterward, both of my ears went muffled and began burning inside. I felt disoriented and foggy, experienced tremors, and lost my balance. Approximately twenty minutes later, it happened again."

https://alisav.substack.com/p/important-update

I fear for her safety, her life. We live in "Russia" now.



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An important update from Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez - This is dead serious. They're not playing around. (Original Post) Bumbles 6 hrs ago OP
I just resubscribed to Lev to see what's going on - TBF 6 hrs ago #1
Yeah something off here.. Joinfortmill 4 hrs ago #10
Oh no 😯 MustLoveBeagles 6 hrs ago #2
I fear the skulduggery will intensify in the next few months. erronis 6 hrs ago #3
If you were to... GiqueCee 5 hrs ago #4
One commenter said Lev Parnas was unaware of the email mainer 5 hrs ago #5
Someone may be trying to stir things up, distract from what's really going on. Bumbles 5 hrs ago #6
Maybe none of the story is true. yardwork 3 hrs ago #13
This is an odd post. It doesn't seem to align with my KPN 4 hrs ago #7
Multiple commenters on her substack agree with you mainer 4 hrs ago #8
Agree - I looked at her Substack and she's refusing to talk to him TBF 4 hrs ago #9
Kicking and rec ing for her courage. SSJVegeta 4 hrs ago #11
A high pitched sound that affected her but not her pets? progressoid 3 hrs ago #12

TBF

(37,196 posts)
1. I just resubscribed to Lev to see what's going on -
Wed May 20, 2026, 01:07 PM
6 hrs ago

He's on live trying to figure out how to reach out to her. He's a straight shooter so it's weird to see these accusations (maybe someone hacked his email?). He's done a lot to help Epstein survivors so they should have a lot in common.

Joinfortmill

(21,670 posts)
10. Yeah something off here..
Wed May 20, 2026, 03:21 PM
4 hrs ago

I'll just say that I followed her for awhile, until I didn't. Just a vibe I couldn't shake - nothing definitive.

erronis

(24,541 posts)
3. I fear the skulduggery will intensify in the next few months.
Wed May 20, 2026, 01:24 PM
6 hrs ago

The corruption is already above any historical levels (and that has been pretty bad over the last couple of centuries), but the violence and sabotage and direct personal harms will increase. They really don't want to have a (reasonably) fair mid-term vote and will do what they can to terrorize the populace.

GiqueCee

(4,745 posts)
4. If you were to...
Wed May 20, 2026, 01:34 PM
5 hrs ago

... ask a Republican if its daughter was in the line-up for perverts like Trump to fondle, would it protest... or would it expect a percentage of the gate?
Think it couldn't happen? Guess again. A number of years ago, a scumbag in the neighboring town was turning out his daughter! He was supposedly from a "good" family. And he's a Republican... of course.

mainer

(12,581 posts)
5. One commenter said Lev Parnas was unaware of the email
Wed May 20, 2026, 01:56 PM
5 hrs ago

And that he denied ever sending it. Interesting twist if it's true that someone's hijacked his account.

Bumbles

(495 posts)
6. Someone may be trying to stir things up, distract from what's really going on.
Wed May 20, 2026, 02:02 PM
5 hrs ago

The most worrisome about this is the directed energy weapon used against her.

yardwork

(69,647 posts)
13. Maybe none of the story is true.
Wed May 20, 2026, 03:39 PM
3 hrs ago

Maybe Parnas didn't say anything against her and maybe no weapon was aimed at her.

KPN

(17,512 posts)
7. This is an odd post. It doesn't seem to align with my
Wed May 20, 2026, 02:37 PM
4 hrs ago

perception of Lev Parnas. I have to wonder whether thid is legit and should even be posted here.

mainer

(12,581 posts)
8. Multiple commenters on her substack agree with you
Wed May 20, 2026, 02:42 PM
4 hrs ago

They think that Parnas's account has been hijacked and he didn't send out that email. Some claim to be in contact with Parnas and they say he's very upset about this and wants to talk to her to reassure her it wasn't him.

TBF

(37,196 posts)
9. Agree - I looked at her Substack and she's refusing to talk to him
Wed May 20, 2026, 02:46 PM
4 hrs ago

and made light of "drama" - which she started. Along with her insistence that she had been attacked by some sort of laser. IDK, she seems a little off. I follow a lot of substackers, and of course everyone has freedom of speech, but it's not the type of thing that people come to DU for. This is more of a news/political site.

progressoid

(53,387 posts)
12. A high pitched sound that affected her but not her pets?
Wed May 20, 2026, 03:33 PM
3 hrs ago

Then she mentions Havana Syndrome. AKA Mass psychogenic illness.

Hmmm

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