I beg to differ, kind of. If We The People would stay off our butts and stay involved, and if elections were honest and fair, voters would decide the number of terms someone serves, and even if they get to finish the current one.
If we get a crook it won't matter if they only get a couple of terms because these Deep Staters organize and there would just be another crook lined up to carry on when the current one is termed out. Nothing will have chsnged.
Term Limits would necessitate a Constitutional Amendment and I don't see that happening anytime soon.
Though I agree about your sentiment and sincerely hope for a politically involved citizenry, I respectfully disagree about term limits ESPECIALLY for SENATORS.
Recall that the constitution specifically calls for Senators to be Appointed by the various State Legislatures, to act as their representative in Washington. The way it was designed, there was no reason for term limits because Senators were nothing more than functionaries who were there to make sure individual state governments had a say in Federal issues.
Contrast that with the House, which was elected by the citizens and had term limits as part of that. To keep corruption to a minimum.
Then the SEVENTEENTH amendment was ratified during the same time period as the income tax, federal reserve, etc. and it changed Senators from being appointed to being directly elected. So now we have two different groups both directly elected, but one without term limits.
And now here we are. In order to restore power to the states, the senators don't just need term limits - they need to be returned to their original place in the checks and balances. No more direct election of senators.
You're right, actually. I've even said somewhere around here myself that we need to go back to the State legislators choosing the Senators and not the big cities.
Not related but I've also thought that each State should have its own Electoral College where each county got an appropriate number of electors.
Wasn't Patel at all. The account is a leach account, drafting of Kash Patel's name. IMO.
Sad state of affairs. Wannabe influencers and clickers use a famous person's name and reputation in order to advance their own accounts or activities. So sad. not helpful, at all.
A lot of people, or most people, know that the “news” accounts are not accounts of those figures or people represented. The information they share, or the news, is far more important.
genuine parody accounts are relevant. if they deal in satire, and make a contribution in that way.
But leach accounts are not actually parody accounts. This account does not parody Kash, it exploits his name and recognition for the account owner's own self-focused purposes. That's why I call them leach accounts. They suck on to a famous person (eg. MTG, Kash, Musk, DJT by the dozens) and use that person's recognition and fan base to create their own following, earning $$ or attention via posting and clicks.
There have been accounts that actually did DJT news. Where the sole focus is to amplify news around DJT. But this Kash News account is clearly neither parody or amplification of Kash's work. aka "leach".
Completely agree. What's more, these accounts are also a huge vulnerability in 5GW. The DS could be running some of these, gaining followers for months and months, then put out disinfo through the channel at a critical moment.
He does not exploit Kash. He has the word “news” in his title. “News” is a category of social media accounts by people commonly accepted by the public and understood as not being that individual featured. Most people do not care. It is common knowledge they don’t care. There is no post of him claiming to be Kash Patel.
If he gets clicks and earns money for being a “news” account and what he posts is accurate, then so be it. If X or TS shut them all down and point to rules or policies in violation, that would be different. There is nothing to “bust” here because he’s in the News category of social media handles. 🤷 Everybody knows that. It’s not a mystery.
He is exploiting Kash's well known reputation and name.
Take a look at the account. Scroll down the first 20+ posts, made today and yesterday. NONE of them have one single thing to do with Kash Patel.
Indeed, the account holder comments, editorializes and posts his own content, as if it is a private or personal account.
So, the content has ZERO to do with Kash Patel. What then, is the purpose of having the name "Kash Patel" in the account name? Only one reason, pure and simple. To attract attention. Use Kash's name recognition to promote this person's own private channel.
You make lots of assumptions, and you seem to think that every person on Twitter thinks the same way you do. "most people do not care" "everybody knows"
I care. I care because we are in an information war, and there are plenty of people who are more than happy to exploit any sort of leverage for their own purposes and gains, regardless of whether its moral, appropriate, exploitative and even misleading. This does not help us.
Look at Old Patriot. He posted this. He did not know. It's not simply his fault because he wasn't paying attention. In my view, he responded exactly as the account holder wanted.
Actually, Elon made a big point early on after acquiring Twitter/X about people NOT masquerading as others, and made it important for people to indicate they are not the person by notifying "Parody account" in the byline.
Sadly, many of them are NOT parody accounts, but rather, leaching accounts. Just putting "parody" in a title does not mean the content is actual parody, which is comedy or satire.
"There is nothing to “bust” here because he’s in the News category ...."
Seriously? Bust? Is the point that the account holder cannot be busted? Or is the real question whether the account holder is being exploitative, manipulative, and very potentially detrimental to the info war because of the deliberate confusion they inject while exploiting someone else's work?
I'm not advocating that X should shut this down. I'm saying that anons and frogs should recognize that this and the trend it is an example of are detrimental to our cause, AND on a personal note, not the sort of operation I would want to support (because its deliberately exploitative). It does not harm Kash Patel. It harms us, it harms noobies and people who are not paying attention, and injects NOISE into the truth sphere instead of clarity and responsibility.
I mean, do you think its OK to lie, simply because the government has not passed a law against lying? Me? I care less about government laws or X regulations than I do about a person's motive, moral validity.
Don't Tread made an excellent point about the potential damages that accounts like this can cause.
Fwiw, here is what the account as IT'S byline:
"Fmr Chief of Staff for DeptofDefense. Dep Dir of Nat Intel. Led Russia Gate probe. Fmr Public Defender. Fmr DOJ Pros. Kash News Account. FBI Director Nominee."
This directly implies that somehow, this account is the account of the "Fmr Chief of Staff for DeptofDefense. Dep Dir....."
It could have said "Kash Patel IS the Fmr Chief of Staff for DeptofDefense..... This Account Is About Kash Patel News" but it didn't.
Even Parody accounts state that they are parody accounts, and even if they obscure this (which many, many do), it's provides plausible deniability while STILL exploiting the person's name recognition.
In my view, the purpose here is specifically to exploit Patel's name recognition.
If you cannot see the problems with this overall trend in the social media sphere, you're not understanding the war we are in.
In conclusion, sure, there are some accounts on TS or even elsewhere that are honest fan accounts. They want to support the person in question, and actually promote what they are doing. Even if people might mistake such accounts for the actual person (which is doubtful), there is no intent to exploit but to support.
To me, accounts like "Kash Patel News" do not fall in this category, as evidenced by the content the account posts.
The account holder could have put "deep state news" or "Awakening news" or any other News title to do with his content. But he didn't. Why.... ?
Addendum: It's a topic that I do care a lot about, and to some extent are passionate about. So perhaps we simply have to agree to disagree. Either way, thanks for the response.
Little late here I know, but as u/LRAD pointed out this is not the real Kash Patel and so I am removing this post.
These "News" accounts never give sources. Sharing them makes us vulnerable to disinfo from the DS. u/Oldpatriot please do not post these accounts in the future.
Although a true statement, it should be recognized this is not an account run or managed by Kash.
Important point indeed
Critical point.
u/Oldpatriot, take note, fren!
This is NOT Kash Patel.
Thanks for the heads up
Step by step. wwg1wga
He got $1 million dollars just for being a jew and he got the other $80 million by selling us out.
Purely a cohencidence.
Oy vey the target!
Nah. He's just good at investing. /s
kek
He's the poster child for something else entirely.
Chuck Schumer is the poster child for an isolation box in a remote corner of GITMO. When he smiles, 3 people die at once.
This is how you spell corrupt.
I beg to differ, kind of. If We The People would stay off our butts and stay involved, and if elections were honest and fair, voters would decide the number of terms someone serves, and even if they get to finish the current one.
If we get a crook it won't matter if they only get a couple of terms because these Deep Staters organize and there would just be another crook lined up to carry on when the current one is termed out. Nothing will have chsnged.
Term Limits would necessitate a Constitutional Amendment and I don't see that happening anytime soon.
Though I agree about your sentiment and sincerely hope for a politically involved citizenry, I respectfully disagree about term limits ESPECIALLY for SENATORS.
Recall that the constitution specifically calls for Senators to be Appointed by the various State Legislatures, to act as their representative in Washington. The way it was designed, there was no reason for term limits because Senators were nothing more than functionaries who were there to make sure individual state governments had a say in Federal issues.
Contrast that with the House, which was elected by the citizens and had term limits as part of that. To keep corruption to a minimum.
Then the SEVENTEENTH amendment was ratified during the same time period as the income tax, federal reserve, etc. and it changed Senators from being appointed to being directly elected. So now we have two different groups both directly elected, but one without term limits.
And now here we are. In order to restore power to the states, the senators don't just need term limits - they need to be returned to their original place in the checks and balances. No more direct election of senators.
You're right, actually. I've even said somewhere around here myself that we need to go back to the State legislators choosing the Senators and not the big cities.
Not related but I've also thought that each State should have its own Electoral College where each county got an appropriate number of electors.
Not a bad idea - though that would have to be passed on a per state basis and added or amended to their constitutions
There are no term limits for members of the House, either.
But yes, repeal the 17th Amendment, which is an unconstitutional amendment, anyway.
got that right.
In a perfect world.
Yeah. Plus I'm not even sure that this is a real Kash Tweet/Truth/X/Gab/Whatever.
Chuck Schumer worth 2.5 million** https://www.yahoo.com/news/social-media-post-exaggerates-sen-230123461.html Chuck Schumer wife (Iris) worth private https://mailmarketing2.constance.com.br/abc-news7/chuck-schumers-wifes-net-worth-unveiling-the-facts.html***iris the wife worth 10 million https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/wealth/chuck-schumer-wife-iris-weinshall/
Reminds me of "Watch the wives."
Exactly.
Was this during, or just after the confirmation hearing, or is this an older post? I don’t see a date.
Wasn't Patel at all. The account is a leach account, drafting of Kash Patel's name. IMO.
Sad state of affairs. Wannabe influencers and clickers use a famous person's name and reputation in order to advance their own accounts or activities. So sad. not helpful, at all.
A lot of people, or most people, know that the “news” accounts are not accounts of those figures or people represented. The information they share, or the news, is far more important.
Yeah, but I've seen this account quoted a few times, and it has nothing to do with Kash Patel.
Still leaching, in my view.
Great question … I’m not certain
This is a parody account..
genuine parody accounts are relevant. if they deal in satire, and make a contribution in that way.
But leach accounts are not actually parody accounts. This account does not parody Kash, it exploits his name and recognition for the account owner's own self-focused purposes. That's why I call them leach accounts. They suck on to a famous person (eg. MTG, Kash, Musk, DJT by the dozens) and use that person's recognition and fan base to create their own following, earning $$ or attention via posting and clicks.
There have been accounts that actually did DJT news. Where the sole focus is to amplify news around DJT. But this Kash News account is clearly neither parody or amplification of Kash's work. aka "leach".
Completely agree. What's more, these accounts are also a huge vulnerability in 5GW. The DS could be running some of these, gaining followers for months and months, then put out disinfo through the channel at a critical moment.
He does not exploit Kash. He has the word “news” in his title. “News” is a category of social media accounts by people commonly accepted by the public and understood as not being that individual featured. Most people do not care. It is common knowledge they don’t care. There is no post of him claiming to be Kash Patel.
If he gets clicks and earns money for being a “news” account and what he posts is accurate, then so be it. If X or TS shut them all down and point to rules or policies in violation, that would be different. There is nothing to “bust” here because he’s in the News category of social media handles. 🤷 Everybody knows that. It’s not a mystery.
I think you are being extremely naive here.
He is exploiting Kash's well known reputation and name.
Take a look at the account. Scroll down the first 20+ posts, made today and yesterday. NONE of them have one single thing to do with Kash Patel.
Indeed, the account holder comments, editorializes and posts his own content, as if it is a private or personal account.
So, the content has ZERO to do with Kash Patel. What then, is the purpose of having the name "Kash Patel" in the account name? Only one reason, pure and simple. To attract attention. Use Kash's name recognition to promote this person's own private channel.
You make lots of assumptions, and you seem to think that every person on Twitter thinks the same way you do. "most people do not care" "everybody knows"
I care. I care because we are in an information war, and there are plenty of people who are more than happy to exploit any sort of leverage for their own purposes and gains, regardless of whether its moral, appropriate, exploitative and even misleading. This does not help us.
Look at Old Patriot. He posted this. He did not know. It's not simply his fault because he wasn't paying attention. In my view, he responded exactly as the account holder wanted.
Actually, Elon made a big point early on after acquiring Twitter/X about people NOT masquerading as others, and made it important for people to indicate they are not the person by notifying "Parody account" in the byline.
Sadly, many of them are NOT parody accounts, but rather, leaching accounts. Just putting "parody" in a title does not mean the content is actual parody, which is comedy or satire.
"There is nothing to “bust” here because he’s in the News category ...."
Seriously? Bust? Is the point that the account holder cannot be busted? Or is the real question whether the account holder is being exploitative, manipulative, and very potentially detrimental to the info war because of the deliberate confusion they inject while exploiting someone else's work?
I'm not advocating that X should shut this down. I'm saying that anons and frogs should recognize that this and the trend it is an example of are detrimental to our cause, AND on a personal note, not the sort of operation I would want to support (because its deliberately exploitative). It does not harm Kash Patel. It harms us, it harms noobies and people who are not paying attention, and injects NOISE into the truth sphere instead of clarity and responsibility.
I mean, do you think its OK to lie, simply because the government has not passed a law against lying? Me? I care less about government laws or X regulations than I do about a person's motive, moral validity.
Don't Tread made an excellent point about the potential damages that accounts like this can cause.
Fwiw, here is what the account as IT'S byline:
"Fmr Chief of Staff for DeptofDefense. Dep Dir of Nat Intel. Led Russia Gate probe. Fmr Public Defender. Fmr DOJ Pros. Kash News Account. FBI Director Nominee."
This directly implies that somehow, this account is the account of the "Fmr Chief of Staff for DeptofDefense. Dep Dir....."
It could have said "Kash Patel IS the Fmr Chief of Staff for DeptofDefense..... This Account Is About Kash Patel News" but it didn't.
Even Parody accounts state that they are parody accounts, and even if they obscure this (which many, many do), it's provides plausible deniability while STILL exploiting the person's name recognition.
In my view, the purpose here is specifically to exploit Patel's name recognition.
If you cannot see the problems with this overall trend in the social media sphere, you're not understanding the war we are in.
In conclusion, sure, there are some accounts on TS or even elsewhere that are honest fan accounts. They want to support the person in question, and actually promote what they are doing. Even if people might mistake such accounts for the actual person (which is doubtful), there is no intent to exploit but to support.
To me, accounts like "Kash Patel News" do not fall in this category, as evidenced by the content the account posts.
The account holder could have put "deep state news" or "Awakening news" or any other News title to do with his content. But he didn't. Why.... ?
Addendum: It's a topic that I do care a lot about, and to some extent are passionate about. So perhaps we simply have to agree to disagree. Either way, thanks for the response.
Learned something today, thanks for the thorough explanation! Cheers mate
Little late here I know, but as u/LRAD pointed out this is not the real Kash Patel and so I am removing this post.
These "News" accounts never give sources. Sharing them makes us vulnerable to disinfo from the DS. u/Oldpatriot please do not post these accounts in the future.
Chuckie Schumer's never had a REAL job in his LIFE.
Poster child for Congress and Senate to be non paid positions.
this. so much this...
and next election, NYS republicans and conservatives need to do a lot more door knocking and get their candidate known. replace gillibrand as well...
i wonder what he would say if u asked him how he made his money
Poster child for corruption
Maybe "Audit" our so-called "Leadership" in Congress?
https://x.com/KashPatel_News/status/1886148242892579319?t=ImT_kanTe0w_0NXYQS6lng&s=19
Probably took a lot of his payment in little boys.
Or he got his wealth selling them. Allegedly. Imo lol
How does anyone involved in government becomes a millionaire! Simple they are corrupt! Government salaries don't make anyone a millionaire!