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You are here: Home / Economics / Grifters Gonna Grift / Late Night Comic Relief Open Thread: Business Report from the Right-Wing Grifterverse

Late Night Comic Relief Open Thread: Business Report from the Right-Wing Grifterverse

by Anne Laurie|  March 8, 20221:50 am| 36 Comments

This post is in: Grifters Gonna Grift, Media, Open Threads, Republicans in Disarray!, Trumpery, Schadenfreude

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A little dispatch from inside Donald Trump’s purple place, Truth Social, where everything looks more or less like an emptied-out Twitter: https://t.co/zPCeYhQHsh

— Ruby Cramer (@rubycramer) March 5, 2022

Trump’s latest ‘social media’ venture, like every Trump enterprise, remains ten pounds of manure in a three-pound sack. Because cutting corners is his hallmark, not that stupid logo.

… Jimmy Carter built houses with Habitat for Humanity. George W. Bush learned to paint. Barack Obama hung out with Bruce Springsteen. And Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States, created his own alternate online universe for the MAGA-loving, Big Tech-hating common man. After months of hype, the site was here — and it looked a lot like the thing it’s supposed to replace.

Inside Truth Social, everything once blue was now a bright, jewel-toned purple. Tweets, a.k.a. posts, were now “Truths.” Retweets were now “ReTruths,” capital T. And above my username, I saw the site’s default avatar: Twitter’s cream-colored egg icon, the image given to all new users, had apparently given birth to a proud purple eagle. The rest of the site appeared familiar: Replies were still replies. Likes were still likes. Direct messages, still in development, were still direct messages. And Donald Trump was still @realDonaldTrump — followed, as of this writing, by 140,000 people, a tiny fraction of his onetime total audience on Twitter. Only one Truth appeared on his page: “Get Ready! Your favorite President will see you soon!” he wrote two weeks ago, before the app’s launch. The Truth displayed 7,750 ReTruths, 30,500 likes and 4,700 replies. (Inexplicably, unlike replies on other user posts, none of the responses to Trump’s message were visible to me.)…

The site promises a safe space for “free expression,” encouraging of “all viewpoints,” according to the welcome email, “as we do not discriminate against political ideology.” But inside the app, digital tumbleweeds blew through my feed. The site is a bit slow, and a bit empty. Its stalled roll-out, led by Devin Nunes, the Trump supporter and former Republican congressman from California, has become a source of frustration and confusion in MAGA-world, according to my colleague Meridith McGraw. Republican lawmakers like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy already have accounts and appear to be posting similar or identical content to both Truth Social and Twitter, along with right-leaning platforms like Gettr and Parler. (Apparently, no one is quite ready to turn their backs on an actual audience yet.) But when they do finally get their welcome emails, the thousands of regular Trump fans still waiting in line, eager for their chance to search for truth, will find a Twitter knock-off with no immediately discernible improvement on the original — a vanity project that has yet to prove its utility.

Put simply, there isn’t much happening on the site…

On Truth Social’s own account page, @truthsocial, site administrators advised users to please be patient as the platform continued to move through its waitlist and address tech bugs and inconsistencies. The site is the marquee offering of Trump’s tech venture, Trump Media & Technology Group, founded last year as part of a SPAC deal, with $1 billion from undisclosed investors, according to the company (which is now reportedly under investigation by federal regulators). Truth Social’s page is filled with memes: a car veering off the highway, away from a sign for “Big Tech” to an exit ramp for “Truth Social”; two doors, one for Twitter, showing a vacant room, another for “Truth Social,” with dozens of people trying to get in. But from the inside, Truth Social feels empty…

…given the massive amount of money (and cult-figure political celebrity) behind the supposed attempt at a right wing social media empire

— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) March 5, 2022

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  1. 1.

    Villago Delenda Est

    March 8, 2022 at 2:00 am

    “Favorite President”. What a terrible, unfunny joke that is. William Henry Harrison was more accomplished than TFG.

  2. 2.

    RaflW

    March 8, 2022 at 2:11 am

    One sees a parallel between what Russia spent on armaments and what was delivered vs. what siphoned (by oligarchs and run of the mill diesel ‘entrepreneurs’), and what will later turn out to have been a billion dollar burn pile for Trump’s ‘investors’.

    Though Nunes I think is too stupid to even know how to steal from these idiot money men. The leaky lucre is in the contracts dumbass Devin signed.

  3. 3.

    Dangerman

    March 8, 2022 at 2:17 am

    Nothing says Tech CEO more to me than a dairy farmer.

    Too bad “Fucked Company” isn’t still around. The stories from the inside woulda been legendary.

  4. 4.

    MisterForkbeard

    March 8, 2022 at 2:35 am

    Look, taking what someone else did and copying the look and feel while advancing grift and corruption is ENTIRELY standard operating procedures for conservatives. This is on brand for the whole damn party.

    I mean, look at framing “CRT” as “protecting kids”. Or advocating for white supremacy under “voter protection” laws. The left and other groups actually do these things, but the GOP wants to profit off of them and use the marketing approach that has already proven successful by people who actually did the work.

  5. 5.

    Elizabelle

    March 8, 2022 at 2:46 am

    Truth Social.

    George Orwell wept.

  6. 6.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 8, 2022 at 3:02 am

    @Elizabelle:

    Truth Social.

    George Orwell wept.

    You sure he’s not laughing at how much more of a loser the orange shitstain is now?

  7. 7.

    prostratedragon

    March 8, 2022 at 3:23 am

    @MisterForkbeard:  Not only mere copying, but often deliberately malicious copying. They get the added benefit (or the main point for some of them) that vocabulary and meanings that others have built up in making their arguments are now obscured. This gives them a nice way to lie and try to fool people about their own objectives and those of others.  Who doesn’t want to protect kids?

  8. 8.

    matt

    March 8, 2022 at 3:30 am

    Unpopularity is going to be the only thing keeping that site up. Twitter has solved a lot of very hard engineering problems, which a Trump and Nunes run organization won’t be able to do.

  9. 9.

    Villago Delenda Est

    March 8, 2022 at 3:32 am

    @prostratedragon: It’s like how they co-opt music without bothering to negotiate with the artists, or the copyright holders, for royalties.  They just steal any intellectual property they want to use that they come across.

  10. 10.

    HumboldtBlue

    March 8, 2022 at 3:43 am

    Comic relief: We don’t talk about Tracy Ullman enough.

  11. 11.

    Dangerman

    March 8, 2022 at 3:44 am

    @matt: Full Con (job) and the Showman. I’m not sure which is which.

    Given that Boyce/Dalton were Soviet owned, the name seems even more apropos.

  12. 12.

    Dangerman

    March 8, 2022 at 3:48 am

    @Dangerman: Oops. Second Dudes last name was Lee.

  13. 13.

    Brachiator

    March 8, 2022 at 4:18 am

    But when they do finally get their welcome emails, the thousands of regular Trump fans still waiting in line, eager for their chance to search for truth, will find a Twitter knock-off with no immediately discernible improvement on the original — a vanity project that has yet to prove its utility.

    I suppose that right wing grifters will be happy if this Truth Social thing takes off. Not only will conservatives have a custom made echo chamber, but all the suckers will be in one place, ripe for the plucking for fund raising, etc.

    Do the rubes have to pay to sign up for this thing? That would keep a lot of them away.

    I also presume that Trump has not put any of his own money into this thing. Fools and suckers from top to bottom.

  14. 14.

    NotMax

    March 8, 2022 at 4:29 am

    Word on the street is that people are Russian to sign up.

    //

  15. 15.

    bjacques

    March 8, 2022 at 4:34 am

    @HumboldtBlue: she was the best Angela Merkel. I especially liked her starstruck assistant.

  16. 16.

    JWR

    March 8, 2022 at 4:38 am

    Good interview with Craig Unger on today’s Background Briefing.

    Background Briefing: March 7, 2022

    The Consequences Today of Trump’s 40-Year-Long Effort to Help Russia by Getting the U.S. Out of NATO
    With Craig Unger

    The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Global Food Supply
    With Thomas Homer-Dixon

    Replacing Russian Oil With Venezuelan Oil in a Global Ban on Putin’s Oil and Gas Exports
    With David Smilde

    I’ve only listened to the Unger segment so far, so can’t vouch for the other two interviews.

    Good to see Seth Meyers up there. Tonight’s A Closer Look was good, also, too. ;)

  17. 17.

    HumboldtBlue

    March 8, 2022 at 4:45 am

    @bjacques:

    So smart. So funny.

  18. 18.

    p.a.

    March 8, 2022 at 5:18 am

    Since tRump knows no loyalty, as everything around him turns to shit, how long before he turns from attacking his support group/parasites to actually bad-mouthing his MAGAt followers?  Is even he stupid enough to publicly bad-mouth his fawning supporters?

  19. 19.

    ETtheLibrarian

    March 8, 2022 at 5:41 am

    I am surprised that tRump isn’t on it more. The site likely needs him to be active for the whole thing to be active. Of course we always knew much of his following were bots but still, him posting would generate activity from his cult followers. He can pretty much do/say anything there and he isn’t.

    We all assumed that this was all just grift and that seems to be true because he’s done nothing to make the thing a success.

  20. 20.

    Frankensteinbeck

    March 8, 2022 at 5:59 am

    Trump is far less popular than he is portrayed.  People mistake “Fuck you, libs, we will never admit you won!” and the screaming fury of his remaining fan base for general enthusiasm.  The GOP power structure doesn’t give a shit about what he wants or listen to him anymore.  THEY want rigged elections and claiming Democrats cheat.  They haven’t given him squat else lately.  He is popular at the trolliest events and absent elsewhere.  The base will never say he wasn’t perfect.  That would be giving the libtards a victory.  They just have no investment anymore.

  21. 21.

    JoyceH

    March 8, 2022 at 6:12 am

    @Frankensteinbeck: well, someone sure has an investment in the guy! – one billion dollars worth. It astonishes me that investors were willing to spend that kind of money on a guy who’s failed at absolutely everything he’s done in his long life.

  22. 22.

    Frankensteinbeck

    March 8, 2022 at 6:31 am

    @JoyceH:

    Conning people out of money has always been his biggest talent.  One billion dollars is a strangely large number.  At their most frothing and numerous, hoping to overturn the election, his fans could only raise a quarter of that.  Where DID it come from?  Who is throwing away such a vast fortune, and since almost none of it will be spent on the platform, who is taking this money?

  23. 23.

    JAFD

    March 8, 2022 at 6:34 am

    Good morning, jackals and gentlebeings !

    Here is your WQXR playlist for today:

    We asked four contemporary female composers who have upcoming premieres with major symphony orchestras what International Women’s Day means to them. Reflecting on their careers and achievements, they echoed the importance of amplifying women’s voices, the necessity of representation, and, above all, the value of mentorship.

    READ THE INTERVIEW

    ?

    Thanks for being a WQXR member!

    Here’s your exclusive preview of today’s playlist.

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    6:00 AM
    Luise Adolpha Le Beau
    Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 17: I. Allegro molto

    Helena Munktell
    Dala Suite, Op. 22: III. Scherzo. Danses Rustiques

    Germaine Tailleferre
    Harp Sonata: III. Perpetuum mobile

    Alice Mary Smith
    Symphony in C Minor: IV. Allegro maestoso

    Undine Smith Moore
    Afro-American Suite: IV. Allegro Molto

    Jana Obrovska
    Sonata in modo antiquo: Allegro leggiero

    Hildegard von Bingen
    Ordo Virtutum: Anima processional

    Valborg Aulin
    String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 17: IV. Finale. Allegro Vivace

    Mel Bonis
    Suite en forme de valses, Op. 35

    Isabella Leonarda
    Magnificat, Op. 19: Magnificat
    7:00 AM
    Amy Beach
    Four Sketches, Op. 15: No. 4 Fireflies

    Maddalena Sirmen
    String Quartet No. 6 in E Major

    Louise Farrenc
    Overture No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 23

    Florence Price
    Symphony No. 3 in C Minor: III. Juba: Allegro

    Elena Kats-Chernin
    From Anna Magdalena’s Notebook: Aria

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    Johanna Muller-Hermann
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    Ina Boyle
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    Errollyn Wallen
    Chorale

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    Sonata for Flute and Basso Continuo in F major

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    Love Bade me Welcome

    Isobel Waller-Bridge
    Emma: Suite

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    Shirley Thompson
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    Gena Branscombe
    A Memory
    11:00 PM
    Laura Mvula
    Sing to the Moon

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    Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 35

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    L’Adieu et le Retour, Op. 25

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    Piano Quartet in D Minor, Op. 25: III. Allegretto grazioso

    Have great day !

  24. 24.

    Ken

    March 8, 2022 at 6:36 am

    And he’s demanded to know why more people aren’t using it.

    Who gets to explain to him about what the Russia sanctions have done to the real twitter’s numbers?

  25. 25.

    Morzer

    March 8, 2022 at 7:05 am

    @jhollymc

    Breaking news: GOP Rep. @robints has been indicted on federal charges of wire fraud in the Middle District of Tennessee. Story to follow.

  26. 26.

    Geminid

    March 8, 2022 at 7:39 am

    @Morzer: From her Twitter profile, Robin T. Smith is the representative from a Tennessee House district and former chair of the Tennessee Republican party. Also a weekly contributor to @Patriot Post.

  27. 27.

    SFAW

    March 8, 2022 at 7:58 am

    @JAFD:

    Those are all cricketers, Bruce

    ETA: Joking aside, nice list. Thanks, ‘QXR.

  28. 28.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    March 8, 2022 at 8:01 am

    Hey wait, you mean there was no Truckpocalypse on the DC Beltway today like we were promised? Were are the thousands of enraged hardworking REAL American workers screaming “What do we want?” “Nothing!” “When do want it?” “Now!” “Go to Freedom-Convoy.Com to make your’ donation!” during a work day bring rush how traffic to a still?

  29. 29.

    Other MJS

    March 8, 2022 at 8:02 am

    What fun is your own Twitter without libs to piss off?

  30. 30.

    Mai Naem mobile

    March 8, 2022 at 8:02 am

    Has anybody verified that a billion dollars was actually invested in Truth Social or if its just another of TFG’s ‘bigliest evah inauguration crowd’ boasts? I find it hard to believe that even conservative business people gave him that kind of money. A million here and there from different folks who saved way more from his tax cuts but not a billion.

  31. 31.

    SFAW

    March 8, 2022 at 8:05 am

    @Mai Naem mobile:

    “Well, a billion cents is the same as a billion dollars, right, Devin?”

    “Yes, Master!”

  32. 32.

    Another Scott

    March 8, 2022 at 8:18 am

    Meanwhile, …

    Short thread.

    I hate to be this scold but with democracy at stake, no one should be investing a dime in a +39 Trump district that Greene couldn’t lose unless she married Hunter Biden. pic.twitter.com/4DaZRthPlI

    — LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) March 8, 2022

    Yup. It helps to fight everywhere, but we have to be smart about it.  (I.e., run candidates and participate, but don’t spend millions on unicorns.)

    Eyes on the prizes.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  33. 33.

    Bruce K in ATH-GR

    March 8, 2022 at 8:34 am

    I may have said it before, but in my ranking of favorite presidents, TFG doesn’t make it into the top fifty, and the only way he avoids last place is if the list includes Jefferson Davis.

  34. 34.

    Daoud bin Daoud

    March 8, 2022 at 9:58 am

    @Villago Delenda Est: hey, it’s not theft if you’re wealthy and white!

  35. 35.

    Chip Daniels

    March 8, 2022 at 11:11 am

    It shows a fundamental truth about contemporary conservatism, that they exist only to torment their hated outgroup.

    They don’t want to be left alone to discuss things, they want to troll liberals.

    They don’t want to be free to go to church, they want the power to force YOU to go to church.

    They don’t want to be free to manage their own sexual life or reproductive choices, they want to manage and control YOUR sexuality and reproductive choices.

  36. 36.

    WaterGirl

    March 8, 2022 at 5:42 pm

    @Chip Daniels: Truth.  You should repost this comment on a thread that isn’t dead. :-)

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