Three Shirts Deep: Bannon's Latest Dance with Democracy's Demise
One Layer of Conspiracy Just Isn't Enough!
MIXTAPE ON THE TITANIC: More of the Soundtrack to Democracy's Demise
2025.02.23.
Before we dive into the disastrous details of how America's financial infrastructure is being handed to ex-Shxitter engineers with the financial acumen of a drunken casino gambler, let's set the mood with this Wag Team hit.
"Three Shirts to the Wind"
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The Chief Architect of Chaos
Remember when Bannon was just the "evil genius" behind the throne? The Darth Vader of the MAGA movement1 who supposedly read books? (Though apparently just the chapter titles, and mostly about fascists,2 but still...) Now my mostest FAVoritest multi-shirted maven has evolved into something a little more dangerous: the architect of democracy's destruction by information overload.
The strategy? "Flood the Zone with Shit."
MagaNation - These turds set out to misinform and destroy. And you appear to still be good with all that. Like you have no duty to change the channel from Fox or even invite an actual news source in.
Pump out so many lies that truth drowns in the sewage. Make reality so exhausting that people just give up trying to sort fact from fiction. Create enough chaos that "both sides" starts to sound reasonable, even when one side is, you know, advocating for the end of the rule of law and stuff.
The whole point was never to win the argument. The goal was to make sure no one could even follow what was being argued anymore. And it worked. It worked so well that we're now watching people who used to scream their precious little lungs out about election integrity applaud actual election interference.
And this crazy MF minority is being allowed to wreck democracy. HELLO - THIS IS THE MOMENT WE STOP WAITING FOR MAGIC.
FLOOD THE ZONE: A Recipe for Democratic Collapse
The Strategy: Overwhelm media with contradictions and conspiracies
The Execution: Multiple conflicting narratives released simultaneously
The Goal: Make truth impossible to find, exhausting to seek
The Effect: "Both sides" becomes default when one side abandons reality
The Escape: Claim information overload after helping create it
So no, MAGA nation, you don't get to do the "it's all too confusing" thing now. Not when you spent years manning the firehose of falsehoods. Not when you're still sharing those "everyone else is a sheep" memes while following the most obvious shepherd of all.
From Strategy to Sabotage: The X Files
Just when you thought the flood of disinformation couldn't get worse, a whistleblower from X (formerly Twitter, formerly a functioning company) has revealed the digital democracy destruction machine in action. Turns out Musk's platform didn't just passively allow election interference - they engineered it from the ground up.3
The whole algorithm was overhauled to push pro-Trump content while strategically boosting just enough left-wing critics to create the illusion of "balance." They deployed advanced AI systems (Grok and Eliza) to create thousands of sophisticated fake accounts. These weren't your garden variety bots - these were precision-engineered propaganda machines.
And here's the kicker: they gave free rein to state-backed groups from Israel, Iran, and Russia whenever "their goals aligned with ours." Because nothing says "America First" quite like letting foreign powers mess with your democracy, amiright?
What started as US election interference quickly spread to Germany and other European nations. The smoking gun? Early access to Eliza AI before its official October 2024 release, courtesy of Marc Andreessen himself. They even left "bread crumbs" in the Eliza AI Agent software docs, apparently feeling pretty confident nobody would check. 4
People don't know what's real anymore, and that's exactly what they wanted.
DEMOCRACY DELETION LOG: The X Files
The Takeover: Platform weaponized for mass manipulation
The Algorithm: Rigged to amplify targeted voices while faking "balance"
The Tools: AI systems deployed for industrial-scale disinformation
The Allies: Foreign actors given green light when "goals aligned"
The Spread: US interference template exported globally
The Evidence: Unauthorized AI access traced to Silicon Valley elite
The Goal: Total erosion of shared reality
The Salute and the Subtext
Let's talk about that "wave" at CPAC. Yes, focusing on Bannon's maybe-it-was-maybe-it-wasn't Nazi salute feels like falling for the oldest trick in his chaos playbook. It's designed to get us frothing about symbolism while they quietly dismantle democracy's machinery behind the scenes.
But here's the thing: these gestures matter because they're meant to distract us. Every "ironic" salute, every "joking" reference to third terms, every "playful" nod to authoritarianism is a test balloon for what they can get away with next. It's normalization through "just kidding" - until suddenly, they're not kidding anymore.
Remember when a tan suit was a scandal? When a coffee cup salute could dominate news cycles? Now we're debating whether actual Nazi salutes are "just enthusiastic waving" while they openly discuss ways to circumvent term limits.
DOUBLE STANDARD WATCH: Just imagine...
The AOC Scenario: If she made this gesture, Fox News would run it until 2030
The Biden Version: We'd have 47 congressional investigations by sunrise
The Reverse Case: A Democrat suggesting term limit "loopholes" would face treason charges
The Memory Hole: From tan suit outrage to Nazi salute excuses
The Hypocrisy: "But Hunter's Laptop" crowd ignores actual election interference
The Never-Ending Grift
The "We Build the Wall" scheme would be hilarious if it weren't so perfectly emblematic of the entire MAGA movement. Bannon promised donors every penny would go toward building a border wall.
(It didn't.)
He raised over $20 million, built a few miles of fencing, and lined his own pockets.
But here's the cutest part: prosecutors found an email where Bannon himself wrote "Isn't this a scam? You can't build the wall for this much money" followed by "Poor Americans shouldn't be using hard-earned money to chase something not doable." He KNEW it was impossible, said so explicitly, then did it anyway.
The result? A slap on the wrist. One count of scheme to defraud, a three-year "pretty please don't commit no more crimes you bad bad boy" period, and a ban on running New York charities that feels less like punishment and more like consumer protection. Meanwhile, his co-conspirators are doing actual prison time. But Bannon? Left court saying he "felt like a million bucks" - roughly the amount his donors wish they could get back. 5
GRIFT WATCH: The Wall That Never Was
The Pitch: Every penny goes to the wall
The Take: $20 million raised, minimal fencing built
The Proof: Bannon's own emails called it "a scam"
The Plea: One felony count, no jail time
The Ban: No more NY charity scams (for now)
The Contrast: Partners in prison, Bannon walks free
The Attitude: "Felt like a million bucks" after guilty plea
The Global Reach
The timing couldn't be more perfect for revisiting our YankoBoop. Just as the song warns about "Space Nazi's got that membership card of gold," we're watching Bannon's influence spread across the Atlantic. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz just dropped this bomb about their recent election:
"The interference in the German elections by Elon Musk and Trump's Washington was no less radical and outrageous than that of Moscow." 6
What's Next in the Three-Shirt Saga?
So what's a democracy to do when faced with a multi-layered menace who keeps finding new ways to undermine it? As our YankoBoop suggests, sometimes the best response is to keep the receipts and remember that history has a way of sorting these things out.
Until next time, keep your democracy on life support and your guillotine jokes tastefully vague.
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Three Shirts to the Wind
Once upon a time, you dressed so fine Three shirts at once, like some kind of shrine Didn't you, Stevie B? People called you "strategist divine" Now you're screaming on streams online About the Space Nazi, oh my, oh my What does it mean to be... Out in the cold, with no one to hold Your Motel-a-Lago access card has gotten old Like a Rotting Stone No direction known Just another podcast drone All alone... You used to ride in the golden ride Now you're just outside with your wounded pride Ain't it hard, Stevie B? Trading war rooms for YouTube rants While Space Nazi does his victory dance In all those rooms you used to chance How does it feel to be... "Listen y'all, we're doing the research here, Layer by layer, shirt by shirt, The algorithm of TRUTH is about to emerge!" Now you're trying to torch it all Like a prophet of partisan sprawl Aren't you, Stevie B? But your influence keeps getting thin Like those shirts you layer on your skin While others waltz right in How does it feel to be... Out in the cold, your stories getting old While Space Nazi's got that membership card of gold Like a Rotting Stone No direction known Just another podcast drone All alone... "This broadcast has been brought to you by: Multiple Shirts™ - When one layer of conspiracy just isn't enough..."
https://www.salon.com/2016/11/18/dick-cheney-darth-vader-satan-that-is-power-steve-bannon-speaks-out-for-first-time-since-being-named-donald-trumps-top-white-house-adviser/
https://www.salon.com/2016/11/18/dick-cheney-darth-vader-satan-that-is-power-steve-bannon-speaks-out-for-first-time-since-being-named-donald-trumps-top-white-house-adviser/
Twitter Whistleblower, The Concerned Bird - https://substack.com/home/post/p-154577954
Message board posts - not sources of fact - but have ample striking plausible corroboration. https://viztales.com/2025/02/07/phil-2-7-2025/ - The point is: we should at least be talking about this.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-ally-steve-bannon-pleads-guilty-to-fraund-avoids-jail-time-in-border-wall-fraud-case
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/23/germany-election-explainer-new-government-coalition