{"id":586,"date":"2025-07-24T19:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T19:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackmanwrites.com\/?p=586"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:13:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:13:52","slug":"maybe-maga-was-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackmanwrites.com\/?p=586","title":{"rendered":"Maybe MAGA was right."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/the_deep_state.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/the_deep_state.jpg?w=724&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/the_deep_state.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning I heard Lurie Daniel-Favors say she might owe MAGA an apology\u2014for calling them crazy over all that \u201cdeep state\u201d talk. And you know what? I\u2019m running with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For years, the far-right screamed about secret elites, sex trafficking, pedophilia rings, and the ultra-rich using fetal tissue to make face cream. They called it <strong>Pizzagate<\/strong>\u2014centered around Comet Ping Pong, a D.C. pizza joint that didn\u2019t even have a basement. Didn\u2019t stop one man from driving across state lines and <em>shooting up the place<\/em> in his self-appointed investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And while they blamed Democrats as the deep state&#8230; maybe they just got the party wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We now have the power to <em>shut down Congress<\/em> to avoid talking about Epstein\u2019s client list.<br>A president screaming everything from \u201cIt\u2019s a hoax!\u201d to \u201cInvestigate Obama!\u201d to \u201cI don\u2019t need you anymore, I got your vote.\u201d<br>And now we find out that <strong>Pam Bondi told Trump his name appears multiple times in the Epstein files.<\/strong><br>Child porn was included in the original prosecution materials against Epstein and Maxwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if your buddy got locked up for trafficking underage girls, and you\u2019re in <em>multiple photos<\/em> with that buddy and some of those girls&#8230; how far-fetched is it to ask what was on your hard drive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe MAGA was right.<br>You were just looking at the wrong side of the aisle.<br>You got the conspiracy, just swapped the guilty letters.<br><strong>D \u2192 R.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"emaillist\" id=\"es_form_f1-n1\"><form action=\"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F586#es_form_f1-n1\" method=\"post\" class=\"es_subscription_form es_shortcode_form  es_ajax_subscription_form\" id=\"es_subscription_form_69e378a6dbf98\" data-source=\"ig-es\" data-form-id=\"1\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_form_id\" value=\"1\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_lists[]\" value=\"380868b10e60\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"es\" value=\"subscribe\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es_form_identifier\" value=\"f1-n1\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es_email_page\" value=\"586\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es_email_page_url\" value=\"https:\/\/blackmanwrites.com\/?p=586\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_status\" value=\"Unconfirmed\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es-subscribe\" id=\"es-subscribe-69e378a6dbf98\" value=\"d369ebe2e5\" \/>\n\t\t\t<label style=\"position:absolute;top:-99999px;left:-99999px;z-index:-99;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span hidden>Please leave this field empty.<\/span><input type=\"email\" name=\"esfpx_es_hp_email\" class=\"es_required_field\" tabindex=\"-1\" autocomplete=\"-1\" value=\"\" \/><\/label><span class=\"es_spinner_image\" id=\"spinner-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/email-subscribers\/lite\/public\/images\/spinner.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Loading\" \/><\/span><\/form><span class=\"es_subscription_message \" id=\"es_subscription_message_69e378a6dbf98\" role=\"alert\" aria-live=\"assertive\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I heard Lurie Daniel-Favors say she might owe MAGA an apology\u2014for calling them crazy over all that \u201cdeep state\u201d talk. 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