According to Wikipedia, the FBI’s covert 1956-1971 operation COINTELPRO (short for Counterintelligence Program) was “aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting American political organizations.” COINTELPRO is just one example, mind you, since “the FBI has used covert operations against domestic political groups since its inception.”
Long before the first notion of social media was conceived by a concupiscient teenager, the Church Committee found that the FBI used tactics like: psychological manipulation, planting evidence, witness tampering,
fake news stories to discredit targets, infiltration of domestic political groups, provoking illegal conduct or self-discrediting acts,
disinformation,
character assassination, and
encouraging infighting and factionalism.
The FBI’s goal was to avoid the appearance of outright repression. They don’t want to create any pesky martyr figures, which are harder to get rid of than Hunter Biden at a Burisma board meeting after-party. Instead, special agents covertly provoke their targets into tearing themselves apart from the inside. It’s a sophisticated, effective, and diabolically insidious strategy.
I’m not picking on the FBI in particular. We can fairly assume that these long-proven tactics have been revised for the Internet era not only by the FBI but every other three-letter agency and the entire military. Not only that, but it would be
madness to not assume our enemies are just as skilled at these rancid psyoperations as our own government is. And if there is one tactic that works beautifully against online conservatives, it is the manufacturing of destructive outrage over
bad motives — in other words, by
encouraging infighting and factionalism through
character assassination. In short, COINTEL.
Let me put it another way. During the pandemic, they reverted to outright censorship. Remember all the “former” FBI and CIA agents found infesting Facebook’s middle and upper management? But it backfired. It minted martyrs, launched lawsuits, and initiated investigations. Do you think they’ve given up?
Don’t be ridiculous, Martha. They haven’t given up. They’ve reverted to form, and that’s all. Back to psyops. Back to COINTEL.
We think we’ve captured the Deep State on Twitter, but they’re using Twitter to capture
us.
I won’t bury the lede. I will tell you exactly how they’re doing it to us. And then I will show you just where it has cropped up next.
Step One: Pick an effective conservative figure with influence or political power.
Step Two: Wait for them to do something even slightly open to interpretation.
Step Three: Seed social media with just enough innuendo to turn skepticism into a purity spiral.
Step Four: Place the popcorn bag in the microwave, label side down.
Let me now introduce you to one Pamela “Jane” Bondi, Trump’s pick for Attorney General:
You already know the maddening story. For ages, Pam promised to release the Epstein files. Last week, the highly anticipated Epstein reveal exploded like a DNC pipe bomb in a chaotic, misfired disaster. Blame ricocheted to the FBI’s SDNY field office, and within days, its never-Trump assistant director abruptly resigned. But what
didn’t happen was any Epstein data dump. Instead, we got a mess of official explanations—none of which made sense.
In immediate response, as though from nowhere, a huge black-pilled mob rose up to take Pam down.
She’s part of the coverup! She’s on the list! She was probably in on it from the start! Progressive media, otherwise allergic to Epstein stories, suddenly discovered a fresh sense of urgency, sprang into action, and began excavating a massive pig-pile of blame.
Headline, far-left Vox, February 28th:
For another example, of
many, on February 25th,
the leftwing Daily Dot excreted its Pam Bondi hit-piece, using
conservative rage for the story’s fiber:
Some high-follower-count influencers dug up old allegations that “Pam let Epstein slide.” For example,
this November 2024 Times of India headline made the rounds:
For its evidence, the Times of India cited zero
facts. To prove its astonishing claim, the Times cited …
Democrat claims:
And we all know how much Democrats want the Epstein files disclosed, right? They never shut up about it. Oh wait. Sorry, I meant to say,
they never talk about it at all.
COINTEL. It has all the hallmarks. Let me show you. But first, to answer the inevitable objection, I am
not saying we shouldn’t hold conservative leaders to account or nudge them in the right direction.
Of course we should. But
keeping our own side accountable should not involve character assassination or unsupported allegations or imputed motives.
Yesterday, some people were convinced to jettison a conservative Supreme Court Justice based on an ambiguous
facial expression. That is
not how we should hold our key conservatives to account.
Here are the red flags that Bondi’s character assassination is a psyop. First,
Democrats are gleefully joining in. These are the same people shrieking about DOGE getting access to private IRS files, but now, they suddenly reject the idea that Pam might need to redact witness and source information? When did Democrats become the champions of full disclosure?
Second, all the angst is based solely on guesses about Pam’s dark motives, with zero rational examination of the actual facts. Here’s a fact: If Pam releases the Epstein files too quickly and even
one accidentally unredacted sex-trafficked victim claims her life is ruined—or if
one confidential source is put “in danger”—Democrats will never shut up about it. And they’ll use it to take down the entire Trump Administration. It will be evidence of Trump’s recklessness and “moving too fast.” That’s the minefield Pam is tiptoeing through.
Of course, she must be careful. She must be
double-careful, since there are malign actors inside the FBI who might mis-redact the files
on purpose just to create that scandal.
Here’s another fact. Pam said the FBI was resisting her directives. And people just dismissed that? Out of hand? Really? After everything we’ve seen, does anyone seriously doubt that the FBI has people trying to sabotage her?
Another fact: Pam has been on the job for a few weeks. And yet, some people think she can just log in, click “Epstein
Files.zip,” and hit “Download.” Guys, be serious. Realistically, pulling it all together could take years.
The point isn’t to make excuses for Pam Bondi. That’s not
my job. I’m not even arguing that everything is legit. The point is that
no reasoned discussion is happening—and that is a red flag. What we see is pure outrage. Manufactured outrage.
At our own side. And it’s doing exactly what it was designed to do: creating infighting, breeding factionalism, and tearing MAGA apart from within.
There are enemies within. Let’s not make things easy for them.
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