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Arlene Meaney's avatar

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck.........

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Patricia Grier's avatar

Those stats ain't correspondin' either

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Sharon Otstot's avatar

I vote for Russian influence again. No proof. Just track record.

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Monica Drouin's avatar

I can’t freaking stand all the lies anymore! Do people actually feel like they’ve accomplished something or got somewhere by lying and cheating? There is another guy on YouTube, the name escapes me, who uses completely false headlines to grab your attention. He doesn’t show up until about halfway through the video With his fat face continuing to lie to you. Of course the headline issue never comes up. I’ve reported him several times, but he’s still on. honestly, the only people I trust is Midas touch network , BTC, and the TYT and David Packman . I have no use for most of the other ones because I just don’t trust them like the mainstream media. I used to trust everyone like that, but nobody has shown me anything that gives me an iota of trust towards them anymore. Thank you ,you useless orange stain, we can no longer afford to live, have no basic rights and will be broke very soon. The people we COULD trust have been compromised by the lowlife POS

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GypsyGirl's avatar

Influencers = money. They don't care they're ruining everyone's lives. It's going to go through the roof when the orange traitor dies. They'll have to make stuff up even worse when he is gone to keep the $ coming in.

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Monica Drouin's avatar

Maybe worse. The orange stain is NEVER , health wise, both physically and mentally, gonna make it 4 years ! The couch f***ker Vance may be even worse. I do believe he is as stupid, if not more then trump. I think he will be easier to manipulate all the while with that shit eating grin and the really ODD eyeliner. Stephen Miller alone will eat him for a lite snack…..we are sadly the rest of the meal !

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Douglas Trapasso's avatar

Isn't it equally logical to think that when/if Trump dies, the infrastructure supporting these "influencers" (seriously, is that what they declare as an occupation on their IRS return?) will collapse overnight? You need a Father Figure to revolve your material around and I don't see Pres. Trump in any hurry to name an heir apparant.

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Josh Fitzpatrick's avatar

Influencer as a career was cringe enough when it was lifestyle and pop culture. The fact that political influencers exist and actually make money by inciting the worst of us is extremely alarming. The internet is a failed experiment that is here to stay. It generated amounts of wealth that are nowhere near commensurate with what it has provided. Revenge of the Nerds isn’t just a bad 80’s movie which has aged terribly; but in real life they have proven to be even worse.

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Dan C @storymapsdan's avatar

You don't need a Father Figure, you just need an ENEMY. They have multiple enemies (immigrants, pedophiles, socialists, Muslims, etc. ) but the meta-enemy is "Liberals." No matter how bad Trump gets (and they knew he was bad when they voted for him, they did it anyway) they've been convinced that the liberals are worse. It's been a 25+ year campaign funded by big business and Fox News and they're winning. How to break the spell, knock people out of their hypnosis... I don't know. Even worse, neither do the Dems. 😞

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Josh Fitzpatrick's avatar

Actually it started with talk radio in the 80’s. This is the long game. Generations growing up hearing about the evil of liberals. That we want homosexuals to prey on their children and brown people to take their jobs. In the meantime look how many MAGAts are abusers, and how many jobs have been shifted to low cost locations.

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Dan C @storymapsdan's avatar

Yes, but I suppose I was thinking of the Clinton impeachment as the big watershed moment where the Repubs learned they could weaponize a secret like the President having an affair and use it to entrap, humiliate and attempt to remove him. I feel like the audacity to do that was new, and the ability to convince the American people that an affair was tantamount to being the Antichrist when half of Congress had been caught in public affairs. And in our modern era, they've got so good at it that the president can have an affair with a *porn star*, use campaign funds to pay her off, get convicted for it... but he's still a better Christian than the black woman who fought for gay and trans rights. It's so preposterous that people are this gullible and hypocritical, but... they are. Whattaya gonna do with stupidity like this? No, really, l'm asking, what are we going to do? 🤪

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Ellen CW's avatar

Monica, I feel the same! You are spot on. 👏👏☮️

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Mike's avatar

Whatever the source of an inflated subscription number, I find it interesting that they have just a little bit more subscribers than Meidas , which I believe recently became the largest political site by subscription on YouTube.

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MeidasTouch Network's avatar

By views — not subscribers. The fact that Benny had such a surge in subscribers, without a corresponding view increase, is suspicious.

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Mike's avatar

Sorry about that. Thanks for correcting me.

The above statement is by Mike, not as originally reported by DJT

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Timmy's avatar

MeidasTouch Is brainrot

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Dr Cannie Stark's avatar

Evidence for your claim?

How is this comment even relevant to the points being made by David Pakman?

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Ellen CW's avatar

The comment isn’t relevant at all! 👍

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Aocm🇨🇦's avatar

Bye bye Timmy BOT. Blocked, building the wall 🧱

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Georgie Davies's avatar

David, Thanks for this information!

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PeterMacKinleyIII's avatar

Did you miss your nap time again "Timmy"? What kind of GROWN ADULT goes by the name "Timmy"? LOL

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LG's avatar

Do you really think he is a "GROWN ADULT"? lmao

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PeterMacKinleyIII's avatar

Did you miss your nap time again "Timmy"? What kind of GROWN ADULT goes by the name "Timmy"? LOL

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bjd19's avatar

He is being bought and paid for. By who?

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meloncholymaam's avatar

The party that actually bots constantly accusing liberal media of botting.. Every accusation is a confession

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R T's avatar

Hi David. As a cybersecurity pro I can tell you that since YouTube is a system it can be gamed, it can be hacked, it can be twisted as you describe or speculate on. It's just a system. And there are any number of people, institutions, or groups that would be highly motivated to do so. Just takes some time and lots of resources. Looks like a hack to me.

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Sharon Otstot's avatar

Thanks for this informative article. Keep safe.

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LG's avatar

Russia!!! If you are listening, tell those bots to unsubscribe. lmfao

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Fez Noor's avatar

Benny and the NIETS!

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Mary Lou's avatar

Some of these Christians are crooks with a Cross!

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Mike's avatar

Thanks for helping us understand the world of YouTube chicanery.

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Richard Lang's avatar

This is a particularly clear and eloquent analysis of what’s likely going on. Thanks for shining a light on this important element of influence peddling.

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Lynda Phoenix's avatar

Seems suspicious. He's had dealings with Russia before. Where there's smoke there's probably fire.

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Tyler Frey's avatar

Russia Russia Russia 🍊

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jperin001's avatar

Putin, Putin, Putin!

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Douglas Gilligan's avatar

Youtube should definetly take steps, if just to protect their own reputation. These numbers are supposed to mean something in the Youtube universe, or they wouldn't track them.

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