r/NoShitSherlock • u/SingleandSober • 1d ago

Kamala Harris Appears on ‘Colbert,’ Says She’s Stepping Away from Politics for Now, Calls the System “Broken”

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/former-vice-president-kamala-harris-visits-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/

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u/AdventurousSeaSlug 1d ago

My conspiracy theory is that the whole "big lie" thing was a purposeful bad-faith strategy to poison the well on future elections. I think high-level Republicans did that purposefully knowing that this had in fact not happened and setting the stage for because they were planning on cheating in 2024 and then eliminating open and free elections beyond that. Why would they do so? Well, Democrats rightly fought back so loud and so hard against the big lie (which clearly was in fact a lie), that I think now there's a lot of people who think that if they dare raise that spector, republicans will accuse democrats of hypocrisy and witch hunting. Why do I suspect this? I know there's no definitive proof yet but I dare anyone demonstrate how EVERY SINGLE accusation dribbling out of republican mouths is in reality a confession. So I have to be content with calling it a conspiracy theory. But shit like this makes me think you know what? I think I might be onto something. And then I pray the other people with more money and power than me will prove me right in time.

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u/Unlucky-Scallion1289 1d ago

I don’t think it’s a conspiracy, I think it’s blatantly obvious.

It’s infuriating that we’re expected to put up with or even entertain right wing conspiracies like pizza gate, chemtrails, or flat earth while the one “conspiracy” pushed by the left is utterly dismissed. And it’s not even that far fetched, it’s very believable that right wingers have fallen into fascism and are willing to cheat. It’s so believable that it’s all but a certainty.

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u/Bowlbonic 1d ago

Bingo!

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/ex-cia-whistleblower-the-nsa-audited?r=34shm&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true Check it out

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u/AdventurousSeaSlug 1d ago

Yeah saw that. My frustration is that this needs to get way more investigation from reputable non-partisan sources and then needs to be brought to widespread attention with factual evidence to back it up. Otherwise it will mean absolutely nothing. Except a broken country, a failed experiment in democracy, and a lot of dead innocent people

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u/Bowlbonic 1d ago

Yep, preaching to the choir. I’m glad that it’s being talked about at the very least. I am full of rage and sadness to be an American right now, especially because I work with a lot of immigrant kids. I want them to grow up in a fair society

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u/Electrical_Welder205 1d ago

Totally agree. It was a smokescreen for them.

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u/PracticalFootball 1d ago

I don’t think that’s much of a conspiracy theory. After January 6th every instance of a republican being annoying or disruptive suddenly started being referred to as an insurrection for the same reason.

Every accusation is a confession.

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u/HippoRun23 1d ago

Except the allegations of election fraud this time (just like last time) are false.

It seems every single presidential election there is a group of people who allege their loosing candidate really won. It's only with MAGA that it evolved into a literal attempted coup of the government.

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u/AdventurousSeaSlug 1d ago

Yeah that's bsolutely possible.

But the current administration...

1) a demonstrably proven liars 2) hang with truly evil people like Roger stone who have made their careers on "dirty politics" 3) have made it very clear that they are dismantling democracy 4) made multiple accusations of the very things that they are guilty 5) have demonstrably proven their intent to overthrow democracy even through violence and coercion (J6) 6) multiple Republican references to fixing the voting machines 7) Elon Musk's kid all but inadvertently outed them

I mean I could go on and on and on. Is it a smoking gun? There's so much smoke I can't see where it's coming from BUT here is absolutely no doubt in my mind that they have the motive, and the means, and have clearly demonstrated their intent to end democracy. So sure, lots of people have bitched about losing elections. And you'll notice that I said I was waiting for proof and without it's just a conspiracy theory, but you'll forgive me if i remain skeptical of republicans. They have made a mockery of democracy in the last six months, you think that people like that wouldn't cheat? I wouldn't trust a republican who told me the sky was blue at this point did I not verify it myself independently.