DNI Ratcliffe Scrambles To Boost Laptop Conspiracy Theory, Push For Trump Re-Election | Talking Points Memo

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This is from a Daily Beast article I read the other day.

Mac Isaac (laptop repair shop owner) said he had a medical condition that prevented him from actually seeing who dropped off the laptop

In other words. He’s BLIND! When you do the deep dive into this story, as I did for some unknow reason this past weekend, it starts to sound like an Elmore Leonard book. I’d gather that’s why no one, outside the CONservative bubble, believes this and is reporting on it. It’d be funny too, the bumbling, if what they were doing wasn’t attempting to interfere in an election and ruin a man’s life.

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Well my question is why is all this shit being presented to Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business News? It seems like the place Trump and Trumpers go to air some of their craziest shit.

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So did Mr. Isaac also do the diagnostics on Hunter Biden’s laptop?

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Everybody who owns a colicky Mac, that I know, including me, takes it to an Apple store, to let the evil geniuses fix it, often for no charge.

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Ship them all off to some small island where they could join Trump in a local reality show (no cameras, no internet, no video).

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Oh, then, never mind…

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Wow, I didn’t see this coming… :smirk:

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That is exactly how the Russians roll… (bah-dum pah…!)

What’s super troubling to me, is that the GOP seem to have embraced the methodology whole cloth. It’s also synonymous with their “flood the zone with shit” tactics. Stir in some smokescreens and obfuscation, hey presto.

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“For once,” I agree with you.

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Doesn’t say he’s blind, and I rather expect that would be a challenge in being a repair person for computers which aren’t configured for impaired access?

Phrasing is distinctly odd, almost like they never expected to be challenged on that question and just had to think up something on the fly.

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Oregon has another good one… our Secretary of State, appointed by a Democratic governor is keeping the process smooth and even talks with postal officials here.

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I’ve always thought so too, but for me that makes him appear to be goofy.

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If this tale were true, every major news outlet would have wanted it. They didn’t, even the ones bent GOP.

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Yes, very little in his story makes sense.

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They will not be willing or able to produce:

  • the actual MacBook Pros
  • the actual HDD’s
  • any evidence that Hunter Biden was ever in the store - ever
  • examinable electronic versions of the documents

… and not a single one of these bastards would ever testify under oath as to a single detail about any of this - never!

it is one huge FAKE “scandal”

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Biden: " I have all of the leaders of NATO on a zoom meeting at this moment, if you’d like to get the first hand scoop."

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Has Hunter Biden confirmed whether or not he dropped off the laptops at the Delaware repair shop? If he didn’t, why doesn’t he come out and say it? That would completely blow up the story. Since we haven’t heard from Hunter on this (as far as I know) should we assume it’s true?

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Yes. Yes he does realize that. I hope he ends up in prison.

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Don’t get too close to the flame @moonlight_will_graham!

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