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Blue Owl

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2. Take some old school Rove tactics...

Fri Jun 5, 2026, 06:21 PM

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Then pile on some trendy social media bot-driven hype, a dash of AI-generated slop, and a complicit M$M who are all too eager to make the story more newsworthy than say tRump’s health crisis, the daily crimes of ICE, the billionaire economic takeover, etc. etc. etc.

It’s all so tedious and it should backfire in their face if more people would just wake up…

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Hallmarks of an orchestrated smear [View all] pat_k Friday OP

Deja vue all over again al bupp Friday #1

Take some old school Rove tactics... Blue Owl Friday #2

You nailed it. pat_k Friday #5

The GOP pays pros big money for this orangecrush Friday #3

Tragically, too many media outlets are delighted to jump into a mob as it forms... pat_k Friday #8

Journalism died in 2016 dave99 Friday #14

a certain someone onethatcares 20 hrs ago #48

very few, if any, fighters left in media dave99 19 hrs ago #49

And we've got to treasure and promote each one!! pat_k 15 hrs ago #57

Remember who owns the media outlets orangecrush Friday #17

yep. it's all about 'the baddies' stopdiggin Friday #4

Who said "nothing to do with Platner?" pat_k Friday #6

And it doesn't make it right when one is supporting an adjudicated rapist, a fraudster and a credibly alleged pedophile. MLWR Friday #11

they're treating him so unfairly .. ! stopdiggin Friday #12

I see the hallmarks of a smear. YMMV pat_k Friday #16

Maybe, I donʻt know but David Costello is better qualified regardless. mahina Friday #26

Good case. We'll know who the nominee ends up being soon enough. pat_k Friday #28

P.S. I know you meant Costello, but you might correct the title. pat_k Friday #29

Thank you mahina Friday #31

2 funny, you couldn't remember his name questionseverything 17 hrs ago #51

Thatʻs a shame mahina 17 hrs ago #53

I think Platner is a wolf in wolfʻs clothing and Mainers are being deceived. mahina 17 hrs ago #55

Do you not understand how binary choices work? paleotn Friday #18

creepy Collins, asshat DoBW Friday #23

not at all what I said stopdiggin Friday #30

Irrelevant. Mills is out. There are two choices. Two. Period. paleotn 17 hrs ago #54

Iʻm excited by David Costello mahina Friday #25

yep, we're prodded to not vote. ExtraGriz Friday #7

Classic counter-resistance stuff. Demonize, demoralize. pat_k Friday #15

Exactly how this works. paleotn Friday #19

I LOVE Jane Mayer ... she is an awesome writer! FakeNoose Friday #9

"The Memo" in 2006 sent her to the top of my list of journalists to track. pat_k Friday #33

The next things they will do... Don1 Friday #10

I fear you are probably right. pat_k Friday #36

People are taught to assume that where there's smoke there's fire. Or also... Beartracks Friday #13

We are pretty flawed creatures. pat_k 16 hrs ago #56

Where's the oppo research on Collins? dlk Friday #20

Recommended! H2O Man Friday #21

Much appreciated! pat_k Yesterday #42

please tell me you are not comparing Franken and Platner Skittles Friday #22

I'm noting hallmarks of an orchestrated smear. No more. No less. pat_k Friday #40

alrighty then Skittles Yesterday #43

I do not know but more focus should be on David Costello mahina Friday #24

As I noted above, you make a good case. pat_k Friday #39

Thank you mahina Yesterday #41

"Cue the pitchforks and torches." JoseBalow Friday #27

I recently watched Young Frankenstein after perhaps 40 years. pat_k Friday #32

Thanks so much for the link! I always assumed it was even worse than what I had read -- but not that much worse. eppur_se_muova Friday #34

Thanks for posting. Seems to me too few people "get" the magnitude of the wrong. pat_k Friday #37

I was glad to see so many Dems admitting openly that they made a mistake. Sen. Gillibrand I particularly held a grudge eppur_se_muova Yesterday #44

Jane Mayer is a treasure! pat_k Yesterday #45

"Dark Money" is the one I started. Armed with new glasses, I'm going to go find it right now ! eppur_se_muova Yesterday #46

Here's a blast from the past pat_k Yesterday #47

Sudden Last Minute Things The Republican Ex GF Don1 Friday #35

I think there are people asking. But when mob mentality is triggered, thought falls by the wayside. pat_k Friday #38

Ask Hillary Clinton about last minute revelations. MineralMan 18 hrs ago #50

Dirty little Collins rats DoBW 17 hrs ago #52

While The Donald gets a pass on everthing? czarjak 13 hrs ago #58