Leftist ideologue claims she successfully sabotaged right-wing dating site, having catfished then reported users to FBI
The prospect of a popular right-wing dating app where like-minded people could meet up so enraged one leftist, she donned a false persona and set about the ruin of the men thereon seeking love.
Caitlin Berg claimed on TikTok that she found her way onto the invite-only app, the Right Stuff, by playing a "yeehaw'd version" of herself, reported the Daily Mail.
The Right Stuff touts itself as an app whereon conservatives can "connect in authentic and meaningful ways."
"Other dating apps have gone woke," says the company's site. "We bring people together with shared values and similar passions."
The app was founded by John McEntee, who served as a personal aide to former President Donald Trump, and Daniel Huff, a Trump appointee in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, reported The Hill.
PayPal co-founded and invested $1.5 million into the app, which launched in late 2022.
Users must agree not to "use information gleaned in whole or in part from the Service to harm the reputation of or cast unwanted publicity upon any other user" and not to "misrepresent your identity, age, current or previous positions, qualifications, or affiliations with a person or entity."
Berg, who in recent days has made her personal site private and ostensibly deleted her socials (including her TikTok), explained in a now-deleted TikTok video, that she had called herself Keightlynne Brandy and sent a message to the Right Stuff saying, "I just joined from NYC, but I don't have any friends on the app and can't get referred. ... As a new New Yorker, I would love the chance to meet like-minded individuals in such a liberal city."
The company provided Berg with an access code just hours later, which she used to connect with various unsuspecting individuals who had, unlike "Keightlynne Brandy," provided accurate identifying information.
The scammer used dehumanizing language to describe the individuals she encountered on the app, calling men "rodents from the depths of hell."
The Daily Mail noted that Berg's mission evolved beyond denigrating strangers after she realized that some among those looking for human connections on the app were individuals who had been at the Jan. 6, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol building.
Berg revealed to her TikTok followers that she began doing pro-bono snitching on behalf of the state.
She reportedly took screenshots of self-identified Jan. 6 protesters' profiles, corroborated their identities with the Instagram or LinkedIn accounts she had them link her to, then provided their information to the FBI.
One of the dating app's profile prompts, used to help characterize users for prospective suitors, appears to have made easy work for Berg's snitching.
Shawn McCreesh of New York Magazine, noted that "January 6th was ... ," "Favorite liberal lie ... ," and "Biggest risk I've ever taken ..." were among the prompts.
\u201cPrompts on the conservative dating app "The Right Stuff" ...\u201d— Shawn McCreesh (@Shawn McCreesh) 1664561048
Some on Twitter were skeptical around of the app's launch, with one suggesting in September 2022, "This has got to be an FBI dragnet."
In October, liberal TikToker Cheyenne Hunt ridiculed a user who indicated the app might be a honeypot after he had been contacted by the FBI after using the app for "hardly an evening."
Dan Huff, the app's co-founder, told the Mail, "Leftists are attacking our app because it’s taken off in recent months. Their lives are miserable, and they can’t stand to see other people happy."
Berg indicated in a 2021 blog post that she supported then-candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in 2020, looked forward to "progressive policy making," and was previously "inspired by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign."
The dating app scammer also admitted to having been "radicalized" and failing at a career in politics only to "pursue comedy and theatre production full time."
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Dad's app nets millions of downloads after daughter's heartwarming TikTok video goes viral
A Maryland dad's little-known marine navigation app topped the charts after his daughter posted a heartwarming, 12-second TikTok video asking viewers to help.
"There wasn't really a plan," Argo founder Jeff Foulk said in a video posted on CNN Business. "I didn't even know Megan was going to take the video."
Megan Foulk's short TikTok video shows her bespectacled father at a Chicago boat show. There, Jeff Foulk is seen attempting to pass out flyers promoting his app as disinterested attendees pass him by. Text accompanying the video says, "[H]elp blow up my dads boating app, he's worked so hard on it and just wants people to try it out."
@argonavigationIt’s called Argo, it’s a free navigation app for boaters. Please try it out and let captain Jeff know what you think. He’ll really appreciate it:) #boating #boatlife #foryoupage #navigation #app #developer
Viewers took Megan's request to heart.
After the TikTok video went viral, Foulk saw millions of downloads of the app, which offers both free and paid versions. The original video amassed more than 20 million views, WBAL reported. On @argonavigation's account, the video amassed 3.2 million views and over 50,000 comments, the bulk of which are supportive and kind.
One commenter, "g" says, "Suddenly I'm downloading a boating app without a boat."
Commenter Artist Mariam Paré said, "This is so sweet. I never comment. But I always want to support hard-working people and loving families!"
"I feel like a lot of people overlook social media as a really great tool, especially TikTok. Like, TikTok, the people on TikTok want to help each other out," Megan Foulk told WBAL TV 11.
"I'm really glad I could help him with his app. He works really, really hard on it. You can tell it's a passion because it's always on his mind," Megan Foulk said in a video posted on CNN Business.
After the video, Argo hit number one among navigation apps in the app store, WBAL also reported.
"It crashed the app for a little while," Jeff Foulk told the outlet. "I told my developer, 'I thought we were ready for this?' And, they said, 'Yeah, we were ready for the boating season. We were not ready for TikTok and a couple of million people jumping on the app.'"
Chinese-owned TikTok has been roundly criticized for the mental health-related harm it can cause young users. In addition, government entities have banned the app over data privacy concerns. But in this case, it is easy to see that the controversial, video-based social media platform can also be used for good.
By Friday, in Apple's app store, Argo boasted 5 of 5 stars, 19,000 ratings, and is ranked #12 in the navigation category charts.
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Dem. governors in New Jersey, Delaware set to drop in-school mask mandates: We need to get kids 'back to normal'
Blue-state governors of both New Jersey and Delaware have set timelines to wrap up in-school mask mandates, according to a Monday report from the New York Times.
What are the details?
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) and Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) on Monday announced mask mandates in schools would soon wind to a close.
A spokesperson for Murphy's office told CNN on Monday that the governor's office plans to announce a timeline to end the state's school mask mandate next month, allowing students and school officials to be unmasked as of March.
Murphy, along with other state officials, is expected to hold a COVID-19 briefing on Monday.
Murphy told the Times on Sunday that the March timing is due in part to the region's improving weather and added that getting rid of masks would be a "huge step toward normalcy."
Carney on Monday added that Delaware is in a "much better place than we were several weeks ago in the middle of the Omicron surge[.]"
"I want to be clear about this point — COVID is still circulating in our communities. And the virus still poses a risk of serious illness, particularly among those who are not up to date on their vaccinations," he continued. "But we have the tools to keep ourselves and each other safe."
Carney announced that the in-school mask mandate is set to expire on March 31.
In January, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) rescinded the state's in-school mask mandate, and Democratic governors of states such as Connecticut and New York are also in the process of re-evaluating mask mandates in schools, the Times added.
What else?
Dr. Lucy McBride, a Washington, D.C.-based internist, said that it's high time for school and students to get "back to normal."
“We need to get them back to normal,” McBride said, calling for an end to mask mandates "I think the dam is breaking. It’s hard to speak out because there’s been this sort of protect-against-COVID-at-all-costs attitude, which made sense in 2020, when we had no vaccines. It just doesn’t add up any more.”
At the time of this reporting, at least 13 states still have school mask orders in place, according to the National Academy for State Health Policy.
On Sunday, former Food and Drug Administration head Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CBS News that he believes more and more states will begin removing mask mandates.
“When prevalence is low ... we can start to lean forward and take a little bit more risk and try to at least make sure that students in schools have some semblance of normalcy for this spring term,” Gottlieb added.
Pandemic is at a 'turning point' after Omicron cases nosedive in South Africa, says vaccinology prof
A professor of vaccinology said that the declining cases in South Africa were a "turning point" in the pandemic as the region came out of lockdown without significant interruption to people's lives.
Professor Shabir Madhi told Debora Patta, the foreign correspondent for CBS News, that vaccines and high rates of previous infections had led to a precipitous drop in coronavirus cases.
"The Omicron wave now accounts for less than 5% of all of the deaths that have occurred due to COVID-19 [in South Africa] since the start of the pandemic," Madhi explained.
He went on to say that even if other variants arise, South Africa is likely to avoid the devastating death and hospitalization rates of earlier waves of the pandemic.
"I'm highly optimistic that we have reached a turning point in this pandemic," he said. "I can't see us revisiting what we experienced during the course of the first three waves in South Africa."
Many experts have voiced their hopes that the pattern of falling coronavirus cases seen in South Africa is just beginning in Britain and will soon follow suit in the United States.
“It’s going to come down as fast as it went up,” said Ali Mokdad, a health metrics sciences professor at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Mokdad explained that the reason for this is very simple: "Everybody who could be infected will be infected."
One study found that while Omicron is far more infectious than other versions of the coronavirus, it results in far fewer hospitalizations and much less severe symptoms.
"We're almost there, it is now the beginning of the end, at least in the U.K.," said Professor Julian Hiscox, head of infection and global health at the University of Liverpool, to BBC News. "I think life in 2022 will be almost back to before the pandemic."
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