I've got a theory (that I don't totally believe but will put out there) that Mensch and Taylor are being cultivated as misinformation sources; someone (possibly multiple people) who do have legitimate connections, fed them some true information that would eventually become public knowledge, so that it increases the profiles of each and causes them to trust their sources. Now, they're being fed increasingly outlandish information, which results in the left going down these conspiracy theory fantasy rabbit holes. I don't quite know what the end-game of such a plan would be, but it seems about as legit as the possibility that everything they're reporting on is true.
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