Is Mike Pence the Traitor Behind the Bombshell Anti-Trump NYT Op-Ed? Writing Style Analysis Says YES

The New York Times dropped a bomb on the news cycle Wednesday afternoon when the paper published an op-ed from an anonymous, senior administration official that tells the story of resistance against Donald Trump within the White House. And everyone wants to know who it is.

Speculation naturally followed immediately after publication, and internet sleuthing started with the words themselves. The premise, voiced below by an MSNBC tech reporter, is that the style or choice of words will lead inevitably to the writer.

1. wow
2. i would be way too paranoid someone would ID my writing style to ever go through with something like thist.co/uIoD6fNw0y

— ಠ_ಠ (@MikeIsaac) September 5, 2018

And on that line of thinking, Panoply’s Dan Bloom noted something one fairly intriguing term: “lodestar.”

The word is “LODESTAR.” Note that it comes in the same paragraph praising John McCain. That would rule out flame-throwers like Stephen Miller and Dan Scavino and suggest someone with Senate ties. This reveal is not going to take long. pic.twitter.com/NwnUtvFlko

— Dan Bloom (@danbl00m) September 5, 2018

That word choice brought the trail to…

…an example pops up of Vice President Mike Pence using the word “lodestar” in a speech at the UN in September 2017. t.co/CI1PUzDUdApic.twitter.com/OrOYrFgP0M

— Dan Bloom (@danbl00m) September 5, 2018

Who’s the one person in the Trump administration who can’t get fired? pic.twitter.com/G4bMYUu05T

— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) September 5, 2018

Vice President Mike Pence? A theory very hard to credit, but the word choice is nevertheless almost impossible to ignore. Which then might lead one to think of Pence’s speechwriter, Stephen Ford.

Ford, you will realize, worked on the speech that Pence gave at John McCain‘s memorial, an event referenced in the anonymous op-ed.

And he’s not just a speechwriter, he’s also formerly a Koch insider and employee of Americans for Prosperity. In fact he was named in an article elaborating on how many Koch insiders were making it into the Trump administration’s upper echelons (a sort of cadre of “like-minded colleagues” if you will.) Add to that the Koch catchphrase “anti-trade” which is one of the chief criticisms of Trump in the editorial.

On Twitter, after Ford’s name was floated more than once, a turn in the other direction.

Good point. @lukasnevillesuggested Stephen Ford, Pence’s speechwriter. But Ford has only worked for Pence since 2017, and the earliest usage we have so far is 2011.

— Dan Bloom (@danbl00m) September 5, 2018

So perhaps a dead-end, or maybe “lodestar” is a favored phrase of someone who has been with Pence for a longer period of time and has influence over speeches. Or perhaps it’s the VP’s beloved turn of phrase, and a skilled speechwriter simply emulated the boss’s style.

Or perhaps the whole “lodestar” trail just goes down a rabbit hole. After all, as the Washington Post‘s David Nakamura points out, the number of people who can credibly claim to be a senior administration official is not a small one.

Most DC journalists, incl. me, have quoted a “senior administration official” in stories. But I feel as though an op-ed like this should have an editor’s note explaining what an SAO is. There are 1,212 Senate-confirmed positions, incl. 640 ‘key’ jobs t.co/9WNva10ZOrhttps://t.co/CySe7znom1

— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) September 5, 2018

Of course, not everyone is hunting on the same game trail. There are other theories.

Written by Donald Trump himself. Or, his new “communications director” Guy Incognito. t.co/GlIKm7T5ly

— Brodigan Strong Style (@brodigan) September 5, 2018

You might laugh, but still … think about it. The Trump base will certainly find this to be not only a betrayal, but a rallying cry against the “deep state” or “Never Trump” boogeyman they loathe. Just sayin’.

Everyone has a theory, or is working on one. As New York Magazine’s Yashar Ali points out, power isn’t always in the hands of the people who mug for the camera.

Have spoken to several White House reporters and senior administration officials…they all have an idea of who the writer is….and none of the guesses are famous names…but they’re powerful officials. t.co/iIYivymvuU

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 5, 2018

Whoever it is, they aren’t outed yet, but if history is a guide, it won’t be long until they are. Then the wrath, and the fallout, begin in earnest.

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I don't think it's him - better not be! Where is Pence anyway? He needs to come out in support of our President, after all the good things (unemployment, taxes, immigration, trade, and securing the Supreme Court) Trump has done for our country in his short time in office.

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you're such a sissy, that it's creepy. oh yeah, I forgot to say lodestar

unemployment=thanks to obama
tax cuts=about 80-90% went to the rich and corporations (including trump and his family) you got peanuts
immigration=literally nothing done. most notable "accomplishment" was locking up kids and separating them from parents.
trade=started a global trade war that is only hurting american businesses
securing the supreme court=as if that means anything. judges vote according to the law. "securing" is not what you think it is.

sorry, he had one YUGE accomplishment. he got elected president and 2 years later he's still bragging about it, because it's LITERALLY HIS ONLY ACCOMPLISHMENT

Wow, you kikes are mad as fuck right now aren't you?

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WE GOTTA LARP ON

READY OR NOT

YOU LIVE 4 THE LARP WHEN DATS ALL THAT YOU GOT

WHOAAAAA

.02 shekels have been deposited into your ShariaBlue account

not jewish, but yes mad
trump actually sounded pretty good on the campaign trail, like he was going to turn things around away from all the usual political bs that goes on and really shake things up. the only thing is he's only filled the swamp to record levels and the only things that have gotten shaken up is decency and respect for the presidency and the country. he's a fucking laughingstock of a "human" being and not at all presidential in any respect. not in what he stands for, what he's done, how he handles himself and others. he's like a 10 year old bully with no tact. and he's gotten shit done.

Pence better issue a denial and start defending Trump ASAP, like fucking tomorrow… or more like tonight. You know nobody's asleep in DC right now. Pence already fucked up today when he started talking about how he loves recuser attorney general Sessions, who has been nothing but a little bit cheaper for 99% of this presidency. Whoever is doing this shit needs to die in guantanamo

3 letter spook here


We can track you by the way you write
by the way you post
by what websites you visit

Sentence and paragraph Spacing,vocabulary,puncuation,political bent,sense of humor or lack of it,use of pixs for propaganda,your typos,etc

An internet users' "style" can be analysed and traced across the internet.
If you have ever posted even once anywhere and left a trace of Where your IP address can be found,you've been uncovered

We have a profile of him and he can be IDed

Sentence and paragraph Spacing,vocabulary,puncuation,political bent,sense of humor or lack of it,use of pixs for propaganda,your typos,etc
An internet users' "style" can be analysed and traced across the internet.

If you have ever posted even once anywhere and left a trace of Where your IP address can be found,you've been uncovered

We have a profile of you and you can be IDed

random user here

suck my balls

wrong he can be forced to resign, its the same as getting fired…

the word has like a billion google results before this dropping
fairly common word for $5000 alex

99.5% chance they do not exist

.5% chance that if they exist they are a low level employee many times removed

Fuck my deep state wiretapped phone made me call Sessions "cheap" when I meant to say that he's been a bitch this whole time except for supporting trump in the very very beginning. Let's hope whoever did this, the worst leak and act of betrayal ever, gets put in hell soon

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Its another fake anonymous senior official. This news contradicts what the supposed "anonymous source inside the White House" claimed was happening.

GO GET EM PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!

well i personally can't wait until this all gets sorted out so we can focus on important things like the wall which is where we left off
pence needs to just issue a statement of approval today so we can get past this. i need to decide whether to like him again.

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You should at least remove this "accomplishment" started by Clinton and ended by Trump if you do not want to be such an obvious shill.

SPOILER ALERT
the anonymous white house source is just one of the Times reporters playing pretend in order to generate buzz around the paper after all the negative PR it's been receiving recently

ROSEBUD!

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SPOILED ALERT

The anonymous user posting here is a fucking Ivan doing damage control

midterms are fucked Commie