But this isn’t just a regular account. Johnny MAGA appears to actually be a White House staffer named Garrett Wade who works for the Trump administration as a rapid response manager, helping to run the very same White House account his anonymous MAGA account amplifies. A phone number associated with Wade is linked to Johnny MAGA, according to a WIRED review of publicly available records, and the connection was confirmed by a source close to the White House.
Wade and the White House did not respond to requests for comment.
The Johnny MAGA account was created in September 2021, according to its X profile. (It originally used a different handle, which referenced Wade’s birth year, according to records reviewed by WIRED.) While the account’s earliest available posts focused on NFTs, it has been a consistent pro-Trump presence since at least 2022.
The operator of the Johnny MAGA account has not disclosed an official relationship with the White House while operating the Johnny MAGA X account. Multiple media outlets, including Mother Jones, TownHall, and the New York Post, have all linked out to posts on the Johnny MAGA account seemingly as organic reflections of public sentiment on political issues.
This is very good reporting that sheds light on just how small the extremely pro-Trump online right really is. The online right is totally astroturfed. The White House's own staffers are running meme accounts to make them look more popular than they are. www.wired.com/story/a-whit...
25.02.2026 19:45
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I could never forget you. #ffxiv
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unmatched energy to this very day
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All-time good will squanderers:
Curt Schilling
Rudy Giuliani
2026 U.S. Men's Hockey
Charles Lindbergh
Bill Clinton
Who am I missing?
25.02.2026 00:36
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U.S. men's hockey with Curt-Schilling-in-Boston levels of good will squandering. A 25-mile lead in the good will marathon and they tripped on their dicks right at the finish line.
24.02.2026 23:06
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all time photo editor performance
24.02.2026 13:18
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You think "the online left" is unhinged, dog please talk to an independent voter IRL. They want universal healthcare and abolish taxes. They want to dissolve the coast guard. They want to rename the army the coast guard. They want their alien implants removed, and they also want more alien implants
24.02.2026 00:04
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The Mighty Milkshake Ducks
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Mspaint doodle- a person strides forward, wearing a shirt with a trans flag. They say "I LOVE being trans!". They have an expression of pure glee.
The person is stopped by someone else, who accusingly points while they say "You! Justify your happiness to me!"
The accosting person says "Debate me no-". They are cut off by the person in the trans shirt saying "No thank you!" as lasers shoot from their eyes, exploding the head of the other character in a cartoonish fashion.
The accosting person stands, alive but expressionless as their headless torso smolders. The person in the trans shirt walks away, a stupidly happy grin still present.
Happy 3-year anniversary to Don't Play Defense #Art #Pride
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What you idiot commies don’t understand is that if we tax rich people they will JUST LEAVE, depriving our nation of tax cheats, political bribery, and national acts of perversion
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They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me— and I welcome their hatred.
Something I think about often is, if a Democrat said this today, it would've been a hot mic moment and they'd have to apologize and say it was out of context. FDR said it at Madison Square Garden, 3 days before a presidential election
23.02.2026 22:58
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here's my takeaway on Slay the Princess
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We are going to war with Iran to follow up on our decisive and perfect war with Iran 8 months ago.
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If you’re an American service member who gets killed in a retaliatory strike, your family can take comfort in the fact that it was done in service of making the host of Celebrity Apprentice feel like a big man for a minute, before he moved on to something else and forgets about this forever
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Letting Republicans off the hook without legal consequences for their crimes isn’t “bringing people together,” it’s encouraging them to keep committing crimes. After January 6th, there should be no more confusion about this.
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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
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Dem voters on a panel unanimously saying they want a progressive candidate, not a moderate
And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
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photograph from the 80's of the wrestler Sting wearing a Gold's Gym shirt and sunglasses, leaning against a shelf in a bookstore and positively cheesing at an open copy of The Far Side Gallery 2, a collection of Far Side Cartoons.
what if i told you, through the power of forensic analysis, we are closer than ever to knowing the exact Far Side cartoon that is making Sting smile in this iconic photo. 🧵 👇
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A screenshot from Pokemon Scarlet.
HEADLINE: Nintendo and The Pokémon Company Receive Patent on Running Games at 12 FPS.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently granted Nintendo and The Pokémon Company a patent that states any game running at 12 frames per second is a direct infringement of their copyright.
paletteswap.site/dif...
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Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.
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Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
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I do think there’s a certain type of Democrat that realizes it’s possible we are dealing with a perfect storm where almost any Democrat will win, and are terrified we might nominate radical candidates who will actually engage in needed change instead of status quo corporate centrist bullshit.
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Tangle and Shadow hanging around, Shadow tells tangle: "A Latina uh? I see you got good tastes. I respect that." to which Tangle thanks shadow and calls him Edgy Sonic. Shadow didn't like that too much but it's fine.
#whispangle #tanglethelemur #shadowthehedgehog
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parody of a tintin comic panel. speech bubbles say:
"What an expansion, huh?"
"WoL, it was a level 83 quest-"
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I'm assembling a team
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#rizzidentevil
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