ICYMI: Alex Jones v2.0

Check the Substack son-of-a-bitch at the bottom; he's gone full Alex Jones.

Eric Kleefeld / Media Matters for America:

Right-wing media continued attacking the LGBTQ community after the mass shooting in Colorado Springs  —  Conservative pundits used the massacre at an LGBTQ nightclub as an excuse to further “grooming” smears … In the wake of the horrific mass shooting over the weekend at Club Q …

Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:   The Massacre at Club Q Was Only a Matter of Time

Ari Drennen / Media Matters for America:   Mass shooting at Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub comes amid a right-wing media hate campaign against drag queens

Jennifer Finney Boylan / Washington Post:   The LGBTQ family is united by our fear for our lives

Sara Wilson / Colorado Newsline:   ‘Sickening and devastating’: Colorado leaders react to Club Q shooting

Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:   Club Q Shooting Comes Amid Increased Attacks on LGBTQ+ Venues

Tim Ozman / The Desk Of Tim Ozman:   The Club-Q Shooting Is 100% Theatre

It's not a "false flag", it's a "psychological operation".

Last night there was an event at Club Q in Colorado Springs, CO. It has been reported as a mass shooting in which 18 were injured and 5 were killed. The pathologically lying media reports that Anderson Lee Alrich, [sic] 22, was taken into custody after being restrained by club attendees. 

I’m confident in positing that this shooting is a psychological operation and nobody died. 

I think this shooting is meant to make the right look dangerous. The recent protests against drag queens will be cited as the lead-up to this. I suspect even Alex Stein will be blamed personally as he just went viral protesting a drag show yesterday in which he apparently stiff-arms an individual preventing Stein and any others from accessing the event. Considering the timing of this Club Q’s planned drag show today, this won’t be a difficult narrative to construct. It practically writes itself.

Very elaborate, long-term operation, obviously.