c/Kansas · by PlainsKeeper316@kbin.social · 2y

How a fake Keanu Reeves convinced a Kansas woman to abandon her dream of being president - Kansas Reflector

https://kansasreflector.com/2023/10/05/how-a-fake-keanu-reeves-convinced-a-kansas-woman-to-abandon-her-dream-of-being-president/

Joan Farr's presidential campaign hinged on support from the actor Keanu Reeves — but after $9,000 in Bitcoin transfers, she reached the conclusion that she had been scammed by a CIA poser.

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HarkMahlberg@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

...CIA poser?

Farr dreamed of joining Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a third-party alternative to the inevitable rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in next year’s presidential election.

Like RFK Jr., Farr refuses to believe the avalanche of credible evidence that shows the COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective.

There’s another reason she believes they would be natural running mates. The way Farr sees it, President Lyndon Johnson was responsible for killing both her father and RFK Jr.’s uncle.

Ohhh, she's a crackpot, I get it now.

Farr envisioned a “Camelot 2.0,” in which she would provide reparations for families who lost a loved one from COVID-19 or the vaccines, remove innocent people like herself from the terrorist watch list, and introduce a “justice amendment” to the U.S. Constitution that would level the playing field between the rich and poor.

HarkMahlberg@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y

I was going to make a joke that she's one of the people Reagan so generously freed from the asylums, but oh no...

Last year, when she took advantage of a loophole that allowed her to file for U.S. Senate races in two states, U.S. Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma tried to have her committed to a mental health institution, she claimed. And she believes Moran schemed with Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab to flip votes.

Farr sued Inhofe, Moran, Schwab, the CIA, the FBI and the IRS, along with various other state and federal entities, after her stinging defeats in both Oklahoma and Kansas. She represented herself in the case, as she had done with two previous lawsuits that had been dismissed earlier in 2022.

Clay Barker, general counsel to Schwab, referenced Farr’s lawsuit when he appeared last week before a special elections committee. As lawmakers courted conspiracy theories, Barker tried to convince them of the integrity of Kansas elections.

Barker talked about the absurdity of claims brought by people like Farr, who also had tried to convince Crabtree that the CIA used cloaks of invisibility to infiltrate her home and steal the secret algorithm that allows officials to control the outcome of elections.

Props to the editors of the Kansas Reflector, I don't know how you played this article so straight. It's just... pure gold.

MajorHavoc@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Holy shit. Wow. Just wow.

For those wondering if this is a parody... The rest of Joan's web presence says no...no it's not. Or someone worked very hard on the joke.

Wow.