In Oklahoma, a domestic militia calling itself “Veterans on Patrol” is systematically targeting weather radars. Their leader, Michael Lewis Arthur Meyer, claims the military is controlling the weather through Doppler radar systems and that these machines are part of a divine affront — a “weather weapon” — that is “mocking God Himself.”

He’s encouraging his followers to sabotage these radars under an operation he calls “Leaning Tower.” This isn’t just fringe paranoia: it’s part of a growing anti-reality insurgency that threatens our democracy itself.

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    21 hours ago

    Maybe, but I kinda doubt it. I think this psyop is Made in AMERICA™

    ETA: Actually, I have no clue what to believe. I’m just a Texan screaming at an echo chamber of stupidity. I forgot that just because we’ve become a self-drinking glass of idiocy doesn’t mean that there could have been an external catalyst.

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      Yeah, you just got a throw your hands up and say yeah, I realize someone’s pulling the strings, it’s just that there’s so many possible “someones” that I can’t begin to imagine who it actually is. Which is also by design.

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      Social media can influence a lot of people into doing things that go against their own interests