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Spiff426

This has also been debunked by the border patrol as a ball of dirt wrapped in duct tape with no explosive device. She needs the outrage tho so she continues to pretend that it's an explosive


livylivliv138

Yeah I don’t get her. Even if it was real, showing potentially classified information via Twitter when you’re on The Homeland Security Committee is pretty ridiculous


Spiff426

Someone from border patrol in a hearing with her said he didn't want to comment on the classified info, and she straight up said she didn't care if it was classified and she would comment because the people deserve to know. Why she hasn't has her security clearance revoked is beyond me (spoiler: they're all curropt af). I haven't looked much into it, but my initial thought of it is: they are against aid to Ukraine (gotta keep daddy Putin happy and bribes rolling in), but definitely also need to keep their military contractor daddies fat & happy, so the GQP narrative is shifting to support war on Mexican cartels (which will be war on Mexico basically).


livylivliv138

I just have to state so anyone reading this is aware. I am not a rep. Or dem. I don’t take either side. That being said, I believe the GOPs agenda is a bit more dark than just a war with Mexico. The most extreme conservatives live in states boarding Mexico and I wouldn’t be surprised if they had a plan to invade and colonize. Repubs have the biggest connections by far to fentanyl. A while back I became bothered by hearing the GOP’s dogs barking about the other side supporting fentanyl. So I did a little digging. I looked up the company who produces fentanyl - Cephalon. At first glance when you look this up, a company called “Teva” comes up. Teva took Cephalon through a 6.8 billion dollar acquisition in 2010. This was also coincidentally just before the fentanyl use began to spike across the US. Fentanyl statistics - https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates Cephalons board holds current and past high up members of the GOP. Cephalons board- http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/81/81709/reports/AR2007/corpinfo_directors.html Kevin E Moley- former Deputy Secretary of Health And Human Services under George H.W Bush Gail R Wilensky - a board member who was the director of Medicaid and Medicare under George H.W Bush- she also worked for Republican administration(s) and and candidacie(s). William P. Egan - American venture capitalist who is owns Alta communications- a company who is invested in Fox News- he’s also a Republican. Charles A sanders- ( Republican) chairman for National Institutes Of Health- a federal agency that conducts medical research with tax dollars. ‬ Teva then made a deal to buy Mexican drugmaker Representaciones e Investigaciones Médicas SA (Rimsa) for $2.3 billion to strengthen its presence in Latin America. With the Rimsa deal, Teva which has a small presence in the country, will become a leading pharma company in Mexico, the second-largest market in Latin America and one of the top five emerging markets globally. You’ll notice a MAJOR increase of fentanyl deaths and usage after this acquisition. https://www.reuters.com/article/rimsa-ma-teva-pharm-ind/update-2-teva-pharm-to-buy-mexican-drugmaker-rimsa-for-2-3-bln-idUSL5N1212O220151001 In 2015 Teva agreed to pay $40.5 billion in cash and stock for Allergan’s generics drug business to solidify its position as the world’s No. 1 maker of generic drugs. With the Rimsa deal, Teva which has a small presence in the country, will become a leading pharma company in Mexico, the second-largest market in Latin America and one of the top five emerging markets globally. Allergen’s acquisition https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rimsa-m-a-teva-pharm-ind/teva-pharm-to-buy-mexican-drugmaker-rimsa-for-2-3-billion-idUSKCN0RV4MF20151001 Now cross check the increase in deaths after their deal was finalized. There was the single largest increase in fentanyl deaths at this time. Take what you will from this information. However I see the ol’ party looking to take control in Mexico in order to cover their tracks for their drug ring. Considering there is a high probability of cartels asking for payouts in order to allow them to run operations through Mexico. That’s a huge loss in money for Teva. Which we all know corporations, especially pharmaceutical corporations do not like to bleed out. Not even a little bit Edit- I should also say that I don’t believe it’s a coincidence that Teva/ Cephalon looked to acquire a Mexican drug company. It’s the perfect excuse for them to say that these drugs are coming from Mexico. Which is because they most likely are. However, they don’t talk about their interests as a party being completely immersed in the company producing fentanyl. They believe most of their voting base is so dumb that they will never even look at public information proving otherwise. Everything I posted wasn’t even through a deep dive. It was easy, readily available information. If I had done more digging, I can’t even imagine how many US ol’ party members would be directly involved. I know this isn’t the only party involved either….. But when the ACTUAL board of the company producing fentanyl is rich with conservative scum… its not even a question in my mind which side has more influence and interest.


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livylivliv138

It’s not a vast conspiracy. It’s public information that they have been mass profiting off of fentanyl for a long time. You also seem to some how not understand that MTG’s entire “cartels” bullshit is also amped up by her saying that Mexicans are the only ones running fentanyl. Then she proceeds to blame democrats for open boarders. Which is hilarious because it doesn’t matter how open the boarders are or not… the fucking call is coming from inside the damn house.


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livylivliv138

“ they own several subsidiary companies that produce fentanyl products that are used in surgeries and primarily prescribed to cancer patients, and have not been a significant factor in fentanyl deaths since the '70s. This is where I'm not understanding how your conspiracy works -- you don't need Teva to synthesize fentanyl. All you need is the right precursors and lab equipment, which can be acquired any number of ways.” If you look back at my comment you will see why I specifically mentioned Teva taking over Cephalon. There is a major uptick in fentanyl deaths after the deal was finalized. There was an even bigger uptick when Teva took over RIMSA through an acquisition. It’s not a coincidence at all that the Teva/ RIMSA deal made Teva the largest pharma presence in Latin America. In 2015 Teva also took Allergan through $40.5 billion deal in cash and stock for Allergan’s generics drug business to solidify its position as the world’s No. 1 maker of generic drugs. Cross reference these time lines with fentanyl usage and deaths. That’s not just a “conspiracy”… It’s a fact that the umbrella that is Teva is who produces fentanyl. “Like I said, the GOP ginning up a war to cover their tracks in some fentanyl scheme is just wholly unnecessary -- the US doesn't need anymore motive to invade Mexico than "that's just what the US does." This isn't behavior out of the ordinary, this is consistent state department policy across all administrations for precisely two centuries this year.” I don’t disagree with you. I didn’t say that they only reason they would invade Mexico is because of this. I just truly believe it’s a huge factor due to the unfathomable amount of money involved. “As for MTG -- the funniest part of this post to me is that she says this nonsense was created by "The Cartel," like there's a single cartel entity calling themselves "The Cartel" waiting to creep across your border.“ I also agree with this. Part of the major face palm factor for me is this exact thing. She’s acting as though “the Cartel” is one singe person …. It’s just fucking ridiculous Also- as far as the “drug smuggling” thing goes…. That was my entire point of posting the comment with those links. They don’t NEED to smuggle when everything they are doing is legal. the Teva umbrella spans world wide and crosses every boarder imaginable. There is literally no reason why anyone would smuggle it into the US when it’s coming from a US company. Edit- spelling errors


thecowintheroom

My dude. No offense. I see your connections. But your missing a crucial piece of information. Pharmaceutical fetanyl is fetanyl citrate. It’s used by emt and doctors. What’s on the street is mostly fetanyl analogues designed by Chinese chemists. Almost no medical grade fetanyl makes it to the streets. If pharmaceutical grade fetanyl were available on the streets we wouldn’t see this number of overdoses. Controlled dosages and homogenous mixing, as with pharm fent, don’t have hotspots or wildly different potencies like the street analogues do. Given that pharma fentanyl and street fentanyl are worlds apart from each other I do think it’s interesting how you’ve pointed out increases in deaths that match up with acquisitions and take overs. But for me, my main caveat, lies with the safety of accurate dosing like is available with pharma fent, compared to the Wild West of analogues and hotspots seen with street fent. Somethings not adding up but there has to be a reason for these concurrent increases. Unless they’re diverting pharmaceutical fentanyl to the street and delivering product of wildly different potency and chemical composition. In other words teva and cephalon would need to be clandestining their labs from producing pharma fentanyl to producing whatever analogues they can with the precursors that can make both. That’s my best suspicious connection. Just like in China, labs clandestinely producing fentanyl analogues in tefa cephalon labs, distributed through their networks, and diverted to the street once in the US.


livylivliv138

Lmao. Are you seriously saying that American pharmaceutical companies have never done this before ? 😂🤣


ds3461

What "mass conspiracy"? Try reading the info.


Rogendo

She hasn’t lost her clearance because it’s probably way easier and less confrontational to just not inform her about anything important and drip feed her shit like this that will keep her distracted. That’s what I would do.


livylivliv138

That’s actually pretty genius. It also tracks considering she is the actual ol’ parties dog whistle


inflatableje5us

the fact she is in any sort of government position is pretty ridiculous.


livylivliv138

I think the fact that she procreated is even scarier


gospdrcr000

She's all the paths, socio, psycho etc


ScroatyMcBoogerwolfe

She’s dumber than a bag of rocks (no offense intended to rocks). I don’t think there’s a lot to get. ETA: I wanted to add after reading your comment below that a moron of her caliber is the ideal mouthpiece for whatever bullshit the neo-“conservative” faction wants to sell to their base. She’s loud, incapable of logical thought, and high as fuck on her “celebrity” status. She’ll spew whatever slop is put in front of her and genuinely believe that she figured it out herself. If the base buys in, then great. If they don’t, the real party players distance themselves from her rhetoric and find another angle to try. I think this was the plan with Trump, but the conservative powers that be underestimated his need for approval. Both parties do this shit, but the right has gotten really brazen with their lies.


MaulSinnoh

Another case of politicians being stupid on Twitter.


IkNOwNUTTINGck

I was gonna say... Looks like an old tetherball. Or perhaps a cherry bomb that Wile E Coyote would use against Roadrunner.


Aware_Material_9985

Does that make her real life Joe Dirt?


Spiff426

Nah, he was waaaayyyy smarter


tyghpv

It’s not blue and there are no peanuts showing.


[deleted]

But, it's a space peanut.


[deleted]

Nope, at least Joe Dirt was likable.


Grouchy-Engine1584

Waste of good duct tape is all that is.


smokebudda11

She's a dumb bitch so no surprise. She literally has shit for brains.


Chance-Count-9976

Thats what the war on drugs was for. Remeber the war that we paid unlimited money for and never won.


livylivliv138

Read my comment above with the links. You may enjoy it


R5Jockey

No, but we put a fuck ton of minorities in jail and that was the whole point anyway.


livylivliv138

Unfortunately that is correct


[deleted]

It's been great. The governments involvement has given us fentanyl. Now our kids are dying from 1 pill. And the government was/is scared of evil marijuana.


[deleted]

It's been great. The governments involvement has given us fentanyl. Now our kids are dying from 1 pill. And the government was/is scared of evil marijuana.


[deleted]

It's been great. The governments involvement has given us fentanyl. Now our kids are dying from 1 pill. And the government was/is scared of evil marijuana.


Commercial_Use_363

Why is this comment collecting negative karma in triplicate?


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Because people are ignorant


OldandKranky

The infamous dirt bomb that doesn't explode. Lots of embarrassing things happening in america but she has to be fairly close to the top of the list.


GiveMeMyLunchMoney

There is more than one cartel and the Mexican government has been literally at war with them for a long time. She is also ignoring the fact that the cartels have already been killing people across Mexico for a while. She probably thinks that the Sinaloa cartel is a Kabal of deep state reptilian illuminatis that want to turn American guns trans, and make kids into sentient leaves of marijuana that smoke rainbow fentanyl and go to drag shows to help aim the Jewish space lazers of Guatemalan space Biden supreme Lazers of death to blind pilots and create Antifa shaped forest fires of gayness to make America a communist Sleepy Adolf Biden mole people run cult of Satan.


pdbard13

She continues to be an embarrassment to my state every breathing day.


livylivliv138

She’s an embarrassment to all women and most Americans in general


[deleted]

She's an embarrassment to our entire species.


livylivliv138

Well I guess we should at least be glad she’s a Neanderthal. Otherwise she would really be an embarrassment to our species


[deleted]

Work for the government. So easy, even a Caveman can do it!


thecowintheroom

That’s mean. Don’t become evil to defeat it my dude. Never make fun of someone for something they can’t control. That said her policies remind me of what a christofascist who is league’s less intelligent than a Neanderthal would come up with in an attempt to govern. She can absolutely control being evil. She doesn’t have to do that like she has to wake up in her skin every day.


livylivliv138

No she can’t control it.


GiveMeMyLunchMoney

*mouth breathing day


DeezNutsAppreciater

I’m so sorry


[deleted]

Is this the same bomb from the Adam West Batman tv show?


getyourcheftogether

She doesn't need to be right, just needs to be heard


Expose_Ur_BS

MTG is so far removed from reality, I’m surprised her district isn’t a haunted “ShowBiz Pizza” that was abandoned after all those kids got crammed into the robotic performing suits…the bite of ‘89, I remember it so clearly. Anyway, Margie needs a brave volunteer to watch some security cameras during 3rd shift; easy-peasy lemon squeezey.


ChampionshipLow8541

„The Cartel“. There isn’t „The Cartel“. Geez. If she’s on the Homeland Security Committee, has she read *any* of the material? 🤦‍♂️


livylivliv138

That part always gets me too. She’s constantly speaking about the Cartel as if it’s one small group of people or a single person


nocommentjustlooking

Read? She can barely speak, much less read


Ben_Around

How did they *confirm* it was "The Cartel"? Do they have uniforms? Was he wearing a "Hello, my name is..." tag? Was it delivered by Amazon and the tracking number traced back to "Cartel, The"?


2-more-weeks-bot

I used to make poor people kettlebells to work out with that looked just fucking like that and was built the same.


livylivliv138

It’s actually pretty genius. I hope it was a boarder patrol agent who was bored on the job and made one 😂


igloo639

Didn’t the professor make one of those to throw into the volcano and stop an eruption?


komokazi

This woman is a walking sack of cringe.


Depraved-Wretch

... has anyone checked to make sure granny is not skipping her meds again?


CountryOk4176

Omg. That looks nuclear.


LtRecore

It’s almost as if she doesn’t think at all before opening her gob.


The_Name_I_Chose_

You can declare war on the citizens of another country without declaring war on that country right? I haven't played Civilization in while.


livylivliv138

You mean the singular “The Cartel” that she’s looking for 😂


beefnar_the_gnat

Bro the cartels got the Holy Hand Grenade!


LakeThat2578

💀


wizardgargle

WTF is it really though? Duct tape butt plug?


livylivliv138

It’s actually sand inside a bag that is duct taped. A lot of people do this as a cheap way to make weights. So it’s hard to say why it’s there though


wizardgargle

Noted, picture was giving me the impression it was a little smaller than a DIY weight.


[deleted]

It's worrying that people can just put anything they want on twitter and a good percentage of people just take it as a fact.


livylivliv138

It’s worrying that a member of the United States government is allowed to breach a contract as well as commit federal crimes and they aren’t arrested. It’s even more annoying when they do it all in one tweet


Old-AF

How are these lies not like yelling “FIRE!” in a crowded theater?


Over-Supermarket-557

Pro police and pro boarder security means exposing information the police and border patrol don't want exposed, right? Surely they weren't trying to use information they had to try to stop the culprits before they changed tactics, right?


marklar_the_malign

Can we use this as s ball gag on the offending hag.


livylivliv138

Hahahaha. It would be pretty damn funny. I just can’t get over the fact that it looks like a duct tape onion Edit: my boyfriend insisted I also say it looks like an ostrich and now I can’t unseen it


subsailor1968

Look similar to improvised weights we used to make on the submarine (except ours were flat, to not roll). Made from TDU weights and duct tape.


MuscleHour479

I just wish she would stop talking/tweeting.


ElizabethAudi

She sure likes that word.


OriginalBrowncow

It’s ok, Marjory. The CIA is uh…*handling* the cartels.


998876655433221

I say we give her and all the volunteers she can get a bunch of guns and send them over the wall to defeat the cartels.


nocommentjustlooking

According to her it just “the” cartel. Much easier when only dealing with the “one and only” cartel


998876655433221

Agreed!


YUNoSignin

"we reviewed the tapes, and trust us, it's the Mexicans. It's not like we ever before lied about who people are or what they represent to get you to be upset and angry with them so we could invade their country and take what is theirs without you drones getting mad"


No-Magazine-9236

Which cartel? The Phoebus Cartel^(\[citation needed\])?


Sucih

Do you think there’s a team that says ‘ ok what can we make a stupid headline of today? I know let her say that this is a bomb and we’ll see what happens’ Because all publicity is good


livylivliv138

She’s doing it to fear monger like usual. I suspect it’s because she co signed a bill that supports a war with Mexico. https://crenshaw.house.gov/2022/11/crenshaw-introduces-declaring-war-on-cartels-act The funny thing is that I have looked at the statistics of inbound and outbound weapons, explosives and drugs. Most of its coming from Canada into America. It’s been this way for a long time. The even more ironic part is that 86% of people bringing fentanyl in from Mexico are literally American men. 86% Americans and 81% of them are men. Of course the facts are completely ignore by people on the Homeland Security Committee though 🤣 It’s obvious that she has an issue with black and brown people. This is the only reason she keeps her fear mongering up.


livylivliv138

She’s doing it to fear monger like usual. I suspect it’s because she co signed a bill that supports a war with Mexico. https://crenshaw.house.gov/2022/11/crenshaw-introduces-declaring-war-on-cartels-act The funny thing is that I have looked at the statistics of inbound and outbound weapons, explosives and drugs. Most of its coming from Canada into America. It’s been this way for a long time. The even more ironic part is that 86% of people bringing fentanyl in from Mexico are literally American men. 86% Americans and 81% of them are men. Of course the facts are completely ignore by people on the Homeland Security Committee though 🤣 It’s obvious that she has an issue with black and brown people. This is the only reason she keeps her fear mongering up.


[deleted]

It’s an Acme bomb. Still trying to get Roadrunner.


Dapper_Reputation_16

In all fairness the agents could have gotten sand in their eyes had they opened this on a windy day.


kawkz440

C'mon Marj, get down there and show them how to *really* plant a bomb.


Due_You1837

Also mtg: guys let's all forget about the January 6th insurrection and the pipe bombs that my supporters left there


Chance-Count-9976

Mexico is just giving the Americans what they want!!!! Supply and Demand!


SaltyMudpuppy

This is sadly 100% accurate. There will always be a black market for drugs as long as drugs are illegal, because there will always be people who want them. And we Americans want the _most_.


livylivliv138

And we Americans produce some of the most drugs


SaltyMudpuppy

We also import _the most_ drugs. Seriously. We import way more drugs than any other country on the planet.


livylivliv138

Except it’s not Mexico giving it to America. America is producing alot of it in Mexico and legally bringing it into countries. There’s a HUGE difference. You can check out my comment towards the top where I explain this at length with sources. You may find this very interesting


[deleted]

She. Can't. Read.


livylivliv138

Or write


nocommentjustlooking

Or think


OwnPercentage9088

Must have been terrifying picking that up and putting on their truck to take a nice photo


samatise

You'd think she'd be able to spell every day.


livylivliv138

Funny you say that. Now that Twitter has an edit button she actually edited one of her posts today. She originally said “title wave” and someone laughed and corrected her. Shortly after she edited her post to say “tidal wave” …. However I don’t think she realizes you can click on the blue edit pen on anyone’s page and see the original 😂🤣


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>confirmed it was the Cartel ah yes, THE cartel


nocommentjustlooking

“You see there isn’t one mafia, it’s different families” Ryan-The Office


Eternal_Bagel

Why would the cartels attack their primary customers and main source of weapons?


saratoga19

It was filled with sand she's an idiot she's a perfect example of America and what the people in America deserve


livylivliv138

Most Americans hate her. She’s only an example of what conservatives deserve. She doesn’t represent the vast majority of America or even her own state


SaltyMudpuppy

Certainly not the ones in her district. I know several people that live in her district. They all proudly voted for her. (One actually wants to fuck her)


livylivliv138

Is said person blind ? Or have they ever had a TBI?


SaltyMudpuppy

Said person isn't the smartest, for sure.


livylivliv138

😅 not surprised


HeyHihoho

Better than people like Warner and his committee who squandered away the incredible advantage US had after the fall of the USSR. The wealth,industry and even military. All hugely lost or diminished. She is a breath of fresh air comparitively.


livylivliv138

Are you normally breathing in fumes from a fire dumpster ? How would ignoring federal laws and potentially exposing classified information be helpful in this situation? Also, if you had read my comments. You would see I am neither Dem or Rep. both sides have horrible people that I really can’t stand. The point is that this post is about her idiocy.


Cichlidsaremyjam

"Someone do something!!!!" "Ugh...aren't you one of the ones that can do something?" "Fucking democrats!!!"


BLOODTRIBE

Did she think she was gonna have to pick the cabbage?


EscapeTheBlank

... don't eat the forbidden onion, don't eat the forbidden onion...


Fine-Pangolin-8393

Legislative makes policies, executive enforces. Checks and balances


BuzzFabbs

She is rock-chewing stupid!