Who Framed Dominika Švarc Pipan?

Muddy Hollows got its knickers in a twist yesterday as recordings started leaking out of people in the Big Bird’s orbit saying impolitic things about other people in his orbit. For example, Dominika Švarc Pipan offhandedly suggesting at things that could be interpreted as corrupt and/or criminal. Which is awkward, to say the least. It is also lost on precisely no-one that these things are coming out ten days before the election. It is kind of like an October surprise, only in March.

Dominika Švarc Pipan doing her Roger Rabbit bit. Vesna Vuković is probably nearby. (some AI was used)
Dominika Švarc Pipan doing her Roger Rabbit bit (some AI was used)

For all the brouhaha that this story is attempting to generate – and for the time being, it is mostly right-wing spin doctors who are pretend-clutching their pearls over this – it is important to see what the story is not. This is not about high-ranking government officials asking for bribes or admitting to criminal activities. It is GS-adjacent influence peddlers talking shit about their competition and brandishing their own credentials. At least for now.

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When You’re In A Campaign Hole…

With three weeks left in this campaign, the race in Slovenian parliamentary election is tightening. And this being Muddy Hollows and whatnot, of course (some) parties chose the stupidest of hills to die on.

Seats in Slovenian parliament. The prize in every election and the focus of any campaign.
Seats in Slovenian parliament. The prize in every election

The hill in question being the digital presence of influencer Aleksandar Repić. Like, fucking everything is in play and yet the right wing picked a influencer-pimp as their cause célèbre. You literally cannot make this shit up.

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