Tim Miller and Sarah Longwell from The Bulwark dive deep into the wild world of right-wing YouTube and the bizarre viral success of creators like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool.
Tim. The Oval Office looks BETTER? My dude, you are going to lose your gay card. It is tacky and gauche. A poor man's idea of a rich man. Trump may be the reason the term "white trash" was invented.
If I had to defend you in court you could use the NOLA defense. The festive vibe has skewed your outlook.
The point is not that the news is “real”, what you aptly call the right wing fantasy. It hits the grievance “g” spot, endlessly. It’s like eating empty calories. Sadly, some people like to live on empty calories.
You should not spread crap about Obama unless you are going to push back with facts. Because I remember in 2016 after Trump won, THEN information was released about the Russia investigation. Obama had not wanted it released before the election because he didn’t want to “put his hand on the scales.” I was literally screaming at MSNBC. Why didn’t Obama release it BEFORE the election. I was so angry. The only talk of Russia before the election was that they hacked DNC emails. It wasn’t until after the election that stuff about “the dossier” and details about possible election interference came out. On 10/31/216, NYT broke story that Trump connections with Russia were being investigated but they had not found anything per NYT and Hillary was pissed that Comey hid the investigation since he kept blabbing about her emails.
Also, Trump didn’t say seditious. He said “sedaytious.” Cuz he’s a moron.
And Tim, your take on the Oval Office is totally OFF. I’ll take Biden’s grace over Trump’s weird gold fetish any day!
I hadn’t even heard of Benny Johnson until maybe 2 weeks ago. I would be pretty skeptical that such a dramatic surge in followers would happen organically. You can easily buy an army of bots. NY Times covered this years ago (funny enough, the sham address given by the bot farm just so happened to be the office building I was working out of at the time).
Another paid subscriber here saying keep your chin up. The online community and in particular Social Media is crazy. Broadcast TV is fading like blacksmiths at beginning of the 20th century. Keep providing thoughtful content for a variety of audiences.
Tim. The Oval Office looks BETTER? My dude, you are going to lose your gay card. It is tacky and gauche. A poor man's idea of a rich man. Trump may be the reason the term "white trash" was invented.
If I had to defend you in court you could use the NOLA defense. The festive vibe has skewed your outlook.
The point is not that the news is “real”, what you aptly call the right wing fantasy. It hits the grievance “g” spot, endlessly. It’s like eating empty calories. Sadly, some people like to live on empty calories.
You should not spread crap about Obama unless you are going to push back with facts. Because I remember in 2016 after Trump won, THEN information was released about the Russia investigation. Obama had not wanted it released before the election because he didn’t want to “put his hand on the scales.” I was literally screaming at MSNBC. Why didn’t Obama release it BEFORE the election. I was so angry. The only talk of Russia before the election was that they hacked DNC emails. It wasn’t until after the election that stuff about “the dossier” and details about possible election interference came out. On 10/31/216, NYT broke story that Trump connections with Russia were being investigated but they had not found anything per NYT and Hillary was pissed that Comey hid the investigation since he kept blabbing about her emails.
Also, Trump didn’t say seditious. He said “sedaytious.” Cuz he’s a moron.
And Tim, your take on the Oval Office is totally OFF. I’ll take Biden’s grace over Trump’s weird gold fetish any day!
rzzn bots. yawn.
I hadn’t even heard of Benny Johnson until maybe 2 weeks ago. I would be pretty skeptical that such a dramatic surge in followers would happen organically. You can easily buy an army of bots. NY Times covered this years ago (funny enough, the sham address given by the bot farm just so happened to be the office building I was working out of at the time).
Another paid subscriber here saying keep your chin up. The online community and in particular Social Media is crazy. Broadcast TV is fading like blacksmiths at beginning of the 20th century. Keep providing thoughtful content for a variety of audiences.
You two are so wonderful together. The topics may be sad, but you both make it enjoyable and humorous.
Subscribed ✅
Subscribed✅ it was between you and Crooked but they pissed me off.
YES! Sarah!!! Y’all don’t have to continue the search; it’s over.
The Bulwark can absolutely fill the shoes, hat, and smedium t-shirts of Joe.
Let’s do this!
It’s bots.
Don’t beat yourself up - they’re bots.
https://youtu.be/0UzgOiyKKLs?si=YpsqKxl8ImWYq4-w
Tim and Sarah, I absolutely love The Bulwark. You are all classy, entertaining, and great journalists. Keep up the good work.
I thought fresh water pearls were the oblong lumpy shaped pearls, I’m so confused
Trump saying “lock her up” isn’t pulling numbers anywhere, so now it’s about putting Obama in jail
You two crack me up. 😆
Love Sarah!!! Tim is okay but Sarah… really makes these clips amazing!!! Both my husband and I love her!!! 💕
How much of this is bots, Tim?