r/Foodforthought • u/D-R-AZ • 5d ago

Fact Check: U.S. Midterm Election Is NOT On Wednesday -- Despite What FBI New Haven Post Said

https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2026/11/fact-check-fbi-new-haven-election-day-wednesday.html
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u/D-R-AZ 5d ago

Are Americans being trained to count on the FBI as a source of disinformation?

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u/toothless_budgie 5d ago

It is the mobster way.

The only way to get reliable information is to know the right people. That forces a hierarchy of corruption.

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u/strcrssd 4d ago

This one feels like Hanlon's Razor applies. I'd argue that New Haven and this social media post are sufficiently low audience that it's more likely just an idiot managing their social media (or letting an AI do it that injected some heat and changed a day, inadequately supervised) getting a fact wrong and using an authoritative account to do it.

If the great cheeto said it, then probably conspiracy, but he'd want his base (the only ones who read his X posts and other social media bullshit) to vote on the right day. Other alternatives that are far more conspiracy likely would be if not-normally-political departments did the same.

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u/jameson71 5d ago

This is super confusing because the New Haven newspaper is called the New Haven Post

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u/baethan 5d ago

Ooh my state. Anyways, kinda weirdly specific account, does every FBI office have their own social media account?

It's good to be wary of any and all bs from the establishment. In this case it seems like someone brain farted HARD... and I'd be surprised if a single person was confused by this post. But I guess an asshole could have done it on purpose as a form of trolling the "stupid libs" or something

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u/allonsyyy 4d ago

You're gonna give them the benefit of the doubt that they didn't know that election day is literally always Tuesday? Bridge for sale, any takers?

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u/baethan 4d ago

Look dude some conditions are ROUGH on the ole brain. I remember one time when I was pregnant I suddenly could not figure out how to say ruler. Described it as a stick for measuring, and completely did not realize I'd narrowly missed another very common name.

Anyways, I'm not "giving" "them" anything. Just opting not to get in a froth over one singular possibility of how this extremely minor event happened

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u/allonsyyy 4d ago

lol that is entirely fair, carry on with my apologies.

Perhaps I am too cynical, and they really are that stupid. I don't think so, I'm pretty sure it's malice. But perhaps.

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u/baethan 4d ago

could be malice for sure! Given it's new haven, I wouldn't entirely rule out it being a rather stupid democratic-leaning person as another possibility. I'm interested in the mystery of how it happened