As someone politely skeptical of the Q posts( I simply don't have the time to dive into them, but the basic premise of a secret cabal of super good guys working behind the scenes to root out the corruption sounds a bit farfetched, and a little bit like something tom clancy or michael critchton would have written), I hope you don't mind my two bits worth on this...

One thing to keep in mind is even though the general public views q as some insane cult of violent trump supporters (what else is new, right?), the q posts are public knowledge, so anyone with internet access could have read them, snipped out the useful bits, and forwarded them to a grassley staffer. While I grew up in iowa, I wasn't really keyed into politics at the time, so I can't really personally speak to his political history(though I have a stepdad who referred to tom vilsack as "tom nutsack" 😂), but it might be worth diving into.

Some things to look for while you're digging:

• has grassley said things like this pre-q/pre-2016?

• what is grassley's voting record on bills that are pro-government transparency/accountability?

• what is grassley's record on sponsorship of such bills?

• how frequently has grassley discussed transparency/accountability pre-trump?

• has grassley always held the same opinion on such things, or was there a sudden "switch" on the issue when it became popular for an extended period of time?

Also keep in mind politicians are notorious for exploiting political movements for their own ends. Look at Neolib Democrats and the progressive movement for a prominent example.

Again, I don't want to splash water on anyone's opinion, but I feel it would be irresponsible of me as an outsider not to challenge any confirmation bias. Even though I'm ambivalent on Q, I like you guys. you do good research.

(P.S.: sorry for the textwall, I kinda got on a roll. 😅

edit: as some of you pointed out, I made an ass of myself here, and I'm sorry. It wasn't my intent to bash you or what you do, and yeah, I could stand to be a lot less lazy.

again, I'm sorry

As someone politely skeptical of the Q posts( I simply don't have the time to dive into them, but the basic premise of a secret cabal of super good guys working behind the scenes to root out the corruption sounds a bit farfetched, and a little bit like something tom clancy or michael critchton would have written), I hope you don't mind my two bits worth on this...

One thing to keep in mind is even though the general public views q as some insane cult of violent trump supporters (what else is new, right?), the q posts are public knowledge, so anyone with internet access could have read them, snipped out the useful bits, and forwarded them to a grassley staffer. While I grew up in iowa, I wasn't really keyed into politics at the time, so I can't really personally speak to his political history(though I have a stepdad who referred to tom vilsack as "tom nutsack" 😂), but it might be worth diving into.

Some things to look for while you're digging:

• has grassley said things like this pre-q/pre-2016?

• what is grassley's voting record on bills that are pro-government transparency/accountability?

• what is grassley's record on sponsorship of such bills?

• how frequently has grassley discussed transparency/accountability pre-trump?

• has grassley always held the same opinion on such things, or was there a sudden "switch" on the issue when it became popular for an extended period of time?

Also keep in mind politicians are notorious for exploiting political movements for their own ends. Look at Neolib Democrats and the progressive movement for a prominent example.

Again, I don't want to splash water on anyone's opinion, but I feel it would be irresponsible of me as an outsider not to challenge any confirmation bias. Even though I'm ambivalent on Q, I like you guys. you do good research.

(P.S.: sorry for the textwall, I kinda got on a roll. 😅