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Don’t Listen to the Lizard People

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Virginia Heffernan talks to cyberwarfare expert Molly McKew, author of the Great Power newsletter, about the Russian SolarWinds attacks, digital spies, 5G, lizard people, and other conspiracy theories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This bombing was a reminder of the destructive power of an individual or a small group can

0:05.8

muster in the need for continuing vigilance across the board.

0:12.3

This reptilian theory, which basically says that there are individuals on planet Earth that are

0:18.7

lizard sent here to do harm. I've now been vaccinated as Joe likes to say, there's a big difference

0:25.2

between the vaccine and vaccinations. I want to encourage everyone to get the vaccine.

0:30.6

Literally, this is about staking on us.

0:36.0

Hello and welcome to Trumpcast. I'm Virginia Heffernan. You know the early work of spinal

0:40.8

tap. I'm talking about way before the big hits like big bottoms, swallow my love,

0:45.6

nerve damage, give me some money, and tonight I'm going to rock you tonight. Okay, in 1968,

0:51.2

spinal tap were a very different group. And they introduced this sweet,

0:55.2

foaky number called listen to the flower people. Listen to these in parentheses.

1:02.1

Listen to the flower people. And it went like this. Actually, Melissa, can you help me out?

1:22.4

That's just such an awesome song. I'm sorry, I have to wipe it here from my eye. Well, anyway,

1:26.7

today as we bring Trumpcast to a sweet, folksy landing, we're going to listen to what the lizard

1:35.3

people say. Listen, yes, that's right. Trumpcast superstar Molly McEw is joining us at Trumpcast

1:43.6

to make sense, not just of the terrifying Russian SolarWinds attack, but the lizard people.

1:50.0

Now remember, the Russian SolarWinds attack has left our government's digital infrastructure

1:55.1

bugged as if by teaming termites, but termites that are spying on our biggest agencies and can't

2:01.0

be got out for decades. But then there are also the lizard people that haunt the dreams of the people

2:06.3

who also panic about 5G, Bill Gates aliens, George Soros, and of course the formidable kitchen sink

2:12.8

where the cabal of Hillary Clinton assassins talks through the faucets. With the presumed Nashville

2:19.7

suicide bomber Anthony Warner in the news for his alleged belief in dangerous, you got it lizard

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