In mid-August, a conservative activist using the digital moniker “Datarepublican” quietly admitted she was employed by the Pentagon as a “special government employee.” For months, she’d been pocketing a government paycheck while intensely lobbying for President Trump’s imperialist misadventures online and tracking their most vocal critics in a digital database.
Datarepublican was identified in 2025 as Jennica Pounds, a Utah-based mother with nearly a million followers whose stated raison d’etre is “fighting communists” – a moniker she applies liberally to anyone perceptibly to the left of Barry Goldwater.
That sounds a lot like Average Joe, doesn't it?
https://thegrayzone.com/2026/09/15/covert-pentagon-propagandists-tracking-americans/
Named in the Pentagon’s army of influencers were retired Air Force colonel Rob Maness, and retired Army colonels Kurt Schlichter and Thomas Anderson. Like Pounds, Anderson also operated in relative anonymity until recently, posting under the Twitter handle “Cynical Publius.” Schlicter, for his part, is a prolific right-wing troll who has frequently fantasized about the ethnic cleansing and extermination of Palestinians.
That sounds a lot like Rajk999, doesn't it?
Are Rajk999 and Average Joe a couple of the Pentagon’s army of influencers?
@Metal-Brain saidIf they are they're making a terrible job of it. If I was paying them I'd want my money back.
In mid-August, a conservative activist using the digital moniker “Datarepublican” quietly admitted she was employed by the Pentagon as a “special government employee.” For months, she’d been pocketing a government paycheck while intensely lobbying for President Trump’s imperialist misadventures online and tracking their most vocal critics in a digital database.
Datarep ...[text shortened]... Rajk999, doesn't it?
Are Rajk999 and Average Joe a couple of the Pentagon’s army of influencers?
@Metal-Brain saidThe part of this story that should make everyone mad is that the Pentagon is paying these people a lot of money from congressionally-appropriated budget (tax dollars) to post propaganda.
In mid-August, a conservative activist using the digital moniker “Datarepublican” quietly admitted she was employed by the Pentagon as a “special government employee.” For months, she’d been pocketing a government paycheck while intensely lobbying for President Trump’s imperialist misadventures online and tracking their most vocal critics in a digital database.
Datarep ...[text shortened]... Rajk999, doesn't it?
Are Rajk999 and Average Joe a couple of the Pentagon’s army of influencers?
In addition to wasting tax dollars to pay "influencers", this tells two things:
1) The Pentagon does not need a larger budget, and
2) The war is going very poorly.
@Indonesia-Phil saidThere are still 1/3 of Americans who support this war effort. Those are the folks who are mired in a cesspool of social media propaganda and AI slop.
If they are they're making a terrible job of it. If I was paying them I'd want my money back.
@Metal-Brain saidYOU are repeating propaganda now dumbass!
In mid-August, a conservative activist using the digital moniker “Datarepublican” quietly admitted she was employed by the Pentagon as a “special government employee.” For months, she’d been pocketing a government paycheck while intensely lobbying for President Trump’s imperialist misadventures online and tracking their most vocal critics in a digital database.
Datarep ...[text shortened]... Rajk999, doesn't it?
Are Rajk999 and Average Joe a couple of the Pentagon’s army of influencers?
The gray zone...
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@wildgrass saidReaders should note that wildgrass has no problem sending billions to the Ukraine so their generals can live like kings.
There are still 1/3 of Americans who support this war effort. Those are the folks who are mired in a cesspool of social media propaganda and AI slop.
@T-R-O-L-L saidOh. I get it.
Readers should note that wildgrass has no problem sending billions to the Ukraine so their generals can live like kings.
T R O L L
lol
@Mott-The-Hoople saidHow much did Pete Hegseth pay you to post this here?
some got it some aint...you aint