Brooklyn Dad Compliant And Other Political Hacks

The Fedora Chronicles Radio Show · 2021 - 3-18 - Brooklyn - Dad - Compliant

Jason Cousineau, Super Fan Melissa from Missouri, and Eric Fisk | March 27th, 2021

Recorded on St. Patrick's Day! Jason Cousineau, Super Fan Melissa from Missouri, and Eric Fisk discuss the controversy around the character from Twitter known as "Brooklyn Dad Defiant" and the revelation that Majid Padellan has been a bought and paid for operative during the entire 2020 Primary Season and General Election. Can you trust the opinion of someone who is getting paid to tweet?

How do you know their views are actually their own?

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The Independent UK: Popular left-wing blogger Brooklyn Dad hits back after it’s revealed he was paid by Democrat party ‘A bunch of folks thought I was hiding information clearly stated in my profile’ Oliver O'Connell New York | March 11th, 2021

Popular left-wing blogger Brooklyn Dad Defiant has brushed off criticism that he was being paid by a Democrat political action committee during the 2020 election.

Majid Padellan pointed out that his Twitter profile states he is a senior adviser to ReallyAmerican.com, and thanked his followers for standing up for him in the face of criticism from the left and progressives.

“Just woke up, saw Brooklyn Dad trending because a bunch of folks thought I was hiding information clearly stated in my profile, but even MORE of you stood up for me,” he tweeted on Wednesday. “Thanks you guys. I love you!”

According to a vendor recipient profile on OpenSecrets.org, Mr Padellan received a total of $57,088 in 13 payments from the Really American PAC between 13 July 2020 and 24 December 2020.

Refinery29: "The Controversy Behind The “Brooklyn Dad Defiant” Is Weirder Than You’d Think," Lydia Wang | March 10th, 2021

With nearly 900,000 followers, Majid Padellan (known as @mmpadellan, Brooklyn Dad Defiant, or just Brooklyn Dad) is one of Twitter's most vocal supporters of Joe Biden. It comes with some confusion, though, as the account prides itself on being a whistleblower and steadfast liberal. But during the past election cycle, Padellan received backlash from leftists for, among other things, urging Bernie Sanders to drop out of the presidential race and discrediting Tara Reade's allegations of sexual assault. Now, he's facing renewed backlash amid revelations that he accepted tens of thousands in donations from a Democratic PAC.

On Tuesday, several tweets began circulating with evidence that Really American, a pro-Biden PAC, paid Brooklyn Dad nearly $60,000 in 2020. In his bio, he says that he works for the PAC as a "senior advisor," but many users began arguing that major Democratic donors are paying him to espouse certain opinions and theories with his large following.