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rampartd

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31. "they are eating the dogs"

Reply to Beartracks (Reply #18)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 04:26 PM

11 hrs ago

vance explained, at the time, that they these things so that the press will run with the story. here is the quote.....

“The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes," Sen. Vance said. "If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do." j d vance

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Former Alex Jones employee says: 'It was nonsense, it was lies' [View all] AStern 15 hrs ago OP

Note to Josh: this isn't surprising for anyone who isn't an idiot. harumph 15 hrs ago #1

also note to Josh ... You (intentionally) lied to people (on repeat) stopdiggin 15 hrs ago #3

The Knowledge Fight Podcast Hstch05 12 hrs ago #27

Yeah, love the way those guys expose and mock this oversized nitwit. Marie Marie 12 hrs ago #29

Say it isn't soooo ! (content creaters actually 'creating', 'fictionalizing' - content ?) - - - - - - - - -(nt)- stopdiggin 15 hrs ago #2

Wow,... berksdem 15 hrs ago #4

Josh Owens' book cbabe 15 hrs ago #5

So, Alex Jones isn't paying him directly anymore, but he's found a way for Alex Jones to pay him indirectly . . . hatrack 14 hrs ago #10

As Owens said in the interview, he was warned by Alex Jones his name was forever cbabe 14 hrs ago #11

I blame Alex Jones for the mess the United States is in. Initech 15 hrs ago #6

Agreed. Limbaugh and Faux are the other two, one of which still feeds the orange beast. At least El Rushbo passed on.... Evolve Dammit 13 hrs ago #16

Exactly. yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #32

Eff that guy big time! Shambala 15 hrs ago #7

Can't seem to find my pearls...... Just Jerome 15 hrs ago #8

OMG, I'm shocked! 😱😭 I'm shocked, I tells ya! mwmisses4289 14 hrs ago #9

I listened to the interview on NPR tonekat 14 hrs ago #12

Hey, josh, WTF are you ACTIVELY doing to correct some of the harm niyad 14 hrs ago #13

These days you wouldn't need such an elaborate hoax; you now have AI to promote your lies. MLWR 14 hrs ago #14

Any sane person who listened to any part of his program would have come to the same conclusion. Martin68 13 hrs ago #15

Gotta sell those fake supplements lame54 13 hrs ago #17

"There was no evidence... but we 'just knew' it was true... so we staged it." Beartracks 13 hrs ago #18

"they are eating the dogs" rampartd 11 hrs ago #31

"There was no evidence... but we 'just knew' it was true... so we staged it." Beartracks 13 hrs ago #19

Sure thing, Josh AverageOldGuy 13 hrs ago #20

Grifters all the way down Politicub 13 hrs ago #21

All the people sucked into that nonsense are horrible human beings wolfie001 12 hrs ago #22

For those haven't read the whole article... ShazzieB 12 hrs ago #23

Only the lame D00ver66 12 hrs ago #24

So can the remaining copies Delmette2.0 12 hrs ago #25

Now, imagine if they had AI back then. Buddyzbuddy 12 hrs ago #26

And AI seems to favor MAGA Christian megachurch bullshit. Initech 12 hrs ago #28

Another member of the "buy my book" club. mucifer 11 hrs ago #30