Takoma Torch Buys “A Miner Detail” in Moral Bankruptcy Auction
The Takoma Torch, a satirical Montgomery County website, has acquired the assets of Ryan Miner's “A Miner Detail” media outlet, which was auctioned off to pay his settlement debts after a judge dismissed a frivolous class action defamation lawsuit he filed against county residents.
Miner's suit claimed he was subjected to years of ridicule and taunts of nah nah nah boo boo by people who disagree with his political and social views on Twitter, and that he feared for the safety of his family. Other class members included his wife and their dog and five cats.
In a sharp rebuke, the judge rejected Miner's suit and ordered him to pay the legal expenses of all 1.1 million county citizens, saying, "It is not plaintiff's political and social positions advocated through his website and podcast that people find grotesque, it is his online trolling, feigned insecurities, and droning didacticism."
Everything from the platform’s Vizio studio equipment, online Narcissistic Personality Disorder training course, an armored 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser, its 572 fictitious social media accounts and even a five-room eighteen-perch catio was up for sale to the highest bidder.
“The Torch is proud to acquire A Miner Detail, and we look forward to continuing its storied tradition of regurgitating yesterday's news peppered with sophomoric insights we pretend are huge revelations for our own self-aggrandizement,” said Takoma Torch publisher Eric Saul.
The Torch said it plans to rebuild A Miner Detail into a parody restaurant review site called "A Maitre'd Fail," featuring satirical food critic "Cryin Whiner" who berates restaurant staff into tears but insists waiters spit in his food because of his poor culinary reviews.
The judge said including A Miner Detail in the settlement will, "prevent the plaintiff from profiting from an insecurity engine he built off of the fear people might discover he's actually a total dick," noting just last month Miner doubled down on his false narrative in an op-ed where he described being ostracized at the Gaithersburg Oktoberfest for wearing a Larry Hogan campaign sticker.
Kentlands residents say Miner was treated like a douche bag at Oktoberfest because he is a douche bag, not because of a sticker. Hogan, who attended the event, said on X, "Our team had a wonderful time at the Gaithersburg Oktoberfest in Montgomery County meeting residents and visitors from across the state. Thank you for the warm welcome!"
Gaithersburg hospitality left Hogan grinning ear-to-ear.
An attorney for A Miner Detail, Hessa Pusse from the firm Thinskin & Lillyliver, said her client would appeal. In the meantime, she said Miner would be podcasting on Ricochet, where Bethany Mandel invited him to join her weekly show, Stolen Truth.
