National security officials are used to shaking off absurd conspiracy theories, but the latest rumor that’s gripped MAGA world just hits different.

The claims by Fox News and far-right influencers that pop star Taylor Swift is part of a Pentagon “psychological operation” to get President Joe Biden reelected, and somehow rig the Super Bowl to benefit Kansas City Chiefs tight end (and Swift’s boyfriend) Travis Kelce, has been met with forehead slaps in the national security world.

“The absurdity of it all boggles the mind,” said one senior administration official, granted anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly on the matter. “It feels like one of those ‘tell me you are a MAGA conspiracy theorist, without telling me you are a MAGA conspiracy theorist’ memes.”

  • Monkey With A Shell
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    10 months ago

    You took the words right out of my neurolink embedded keyboard…

    This really is one of the most amusing panics they’ve had in recent years.

      • Monkey With A Shell
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        410 months ago

        Well sure if you want to take morbid reality into account. Yet they wonder why people call for gun laws when nutcases pull things like that.

        • @Buddahriffic
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          410 months ago

          “They are trying to take away our right to shoot up a concert!” -Q cultists probably