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118th Congress - Neutered Dog Attempts to Legislate

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But he totally exists, guys. https://www.rawstory.com/james-comer-informant/

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) revealed on Sunday that Republicans had lost track of a top witness in the investigation of President Joe Biden and his family.

During an interview on Fox News, host Maria Bartiromo asked Comer about evidence he had of Biden's alleged corruption.

"You have spoken with whistleblowers," she noted. "You also spoke with an informant who gave you all of this information. Where is that informant today? Where are these whistleblowers?"

"Well, unfortunately, we can't track down the informant," Comer replied. "We're hopeful that the informant is still there. The whistleblower knows the informant. The whistleblower is very credible."

"Hold on a second, Congressman," Bartiromo said. "Did you just say that the whistleblower or the informant is now missing?"

"Well, we we're hopeful that we can find the informant," Comer said, explaining the informant was in the "spy business" and "they don't make a habit of being seen a lot."

"The nine of the ten people that we've identified that have very good knowledge with respect to the Bidens," he added, "they're one of three things, Maria, they're either currently in court, they're currently in jail, or they're currently missing."
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"Some guy told this guy who told us that the Biden family is shaking down foreign governments for money. We're taking this accusation very seriously"
 
I think George Santos is also an actor, because I keep thinking he's the guy in the Taco Bell ad pretending to be a morning tv host.
 
If these idiots had brains I'd say they're setting up a "we had an informant but the Biden Crime Family murdered him!!!!" thing. But... Occam's Razor suggests that the simple reason is likely the case here - this informant simply never existed.
 
Swansong said:
If these idiots had brains I'd say they're setting up a "we had an informant but the Biden Crime Family murdered him!!!!" thing. But... Occam's Razor suggests that the simple reason is likely the case here - this informant simply never existed.
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Indeed. When we want to believe something so, so, so badly, our brains can play tricks on us. I could easily see confirmation bias running amok in this case - third hand rumors that support the conjecture that an informant exists would immediately be accepted as absolute fact. Factor in the echo chamber effect with each of them confirming each other's bias, and voila - an informant is created out of thin air.
 
Swansong said:
If these idiots had brains I'd say they're setting up a "we had an informant but the Biden Crime Family murdered him!!!!" thing. But... Occam's Razor suggests that the simple reason is likely the case here - this informant simply never existed.
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Well yes, he never existed, but that is indeed what they are trying to imply. He went on to say

“nine of the 10 people that we’ve identified that have very good knowledge with respect to the Bidens—they’re one of three things, Maria: They’re either currently in court, they're currently in jail, or they're currently missing.”

clearly implying that the Bidens had something to do with these peoples' current predicament.

It's the 'Hilary Criminal Enterprise' playbook all over again. Except with Biden, it's even more hilarious. According to them, Biden's a doddering old fool who doesn't even know where he is, and yet simultaneously, the mastermind of a vast criminal empire.
 
LynahFan said:
Indeed. When we want to believe something so, so, so badly, our brains can play tricks on us. I could easily see confirmation bias running amok in this case - third hand rumors that support the conjecture that an informant exists would immediately be accepted as absolute fact. Factor in the echo chamber effect with each of them confirming each other's bias, and voila - an informant is created out of thin air.
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You're overcomplicating this. They're simply lying
 
If it's only the consumers and propagators who are subject to the confirmation bias, and not actively lying, well, who else is left?
 
They never had the goods on Hillary either. 10 hours of questioning under oath by the best and brightest of the GOP and they couldn't even get her on lying to Congress.

The Republican Party is the epitome of false equivalence. No one does it better.
 
French Rage said:
If it's only the consumers and propagators who are subject to the confirmation bias, and not actively lying, well, who else is left?
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Cui bono is the rule. If you are making money on the product you are lying. If you are identifying with the product, you are a dupe.

Some propagators are cynically lying (Atwater, Cheney, Koch) and some are just stupidly repeating what they've been induced to think (Reagan, Dubya, Dump).
 
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