09.20.23
Legalized Press-titution – THE MESSENGER
- The sophomoric attacks from the adolescent-outfitted senator are deeply impressive!
One thing lost in the controversy for the Senate dress code flap is how the Democrats are so willing to lower the bar to appease John Fetterman's needs, after claiming he would be perfectly operational and there would be no impact on his ability to serve. After his arrival all we have seen it the Senate equivalent of putting up guardrails over the gutters at a bowling alley in order to be able to hit the pins.
What is more revealing is how the press is rushing to Fetterman’s side, defending his “honor” and praising the way he delivers cutting messages on Xitter. That they are aligning with someone calling his opponents “jagoffs” and insulting other politicians while acting like a petulant child is not a good position for any journalist, but let’s just keep this alliance in mind as they will inevitably attempt to lecture on decency in the future.
NEW with @MarcACaputo: ‘Native Sh-tposter’ Fetterman Breaks Right-Wing Brains
— Matt Holt (@mattholt33) September 19, 2023
Between his victory in 2022 and now the latest news about the Senate dress code, nobody is triggering conservatives quite like Fetterman these days https://t.co/kn3Sdkt8u7
First Amendment Strike Force – YOUTUBE
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- Your line on morality seems like a wadded-up ball of yarn.
YouTube came out to announce it was demonetizing Russell Brand’s videos on its site, as a result of “off-platform behaviors that harm our users, employees, or ecosystem”. This, while the uproar is based on nothing more than anonymous allegations that have not even been investigated by authorities, let alone resulted in charges filed.
Meanwhile, the site is content to allow others to remain viable on the site who have been convicted of serious crimes, such as convicted mobster Sammy “The Bull” Gravano.
YouTube Blocks Russell Brand From Making Money Through Its Platform - The comedian’s channel has over six million followers, but he will be unable to draw income from advertising around his videos. https://t.co/vrInPClbpB
— Truth in Advertising (@TruthinAd) September 19, 2023
DNC PR Firm – MSNBC
- There’s lowering the bar, and then there is placing it on the ground, hoping he doesn’t trip over it.
Not to say that it takes very little for the minds at MSNBC to be impressed by the president, but when you are deeply impressed that he appears on an international stage and is not openly mocked, then maybe you need to recalibrate things, just a little.
Nobody laughed at him?! HEADLINE!
Really lowering the bar on "BREAKING NEWS" over at MSNBC when it comes to President Biden...
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) September 20, 2023
"BIDEN NOT LAUGHED AT DURING U.N. ADDRESS" pic.twitter.com/yAugumgOQL
Low Octane Gas Lighting – MICHAEL WOLFF
- Seems a weak attempt to have DeSantis saddled with his dog-on-the-roof-of-the-car moment…
The publishing version of a sh**-poster, Michael Wolf, has a new scandal tome set to be released concerning gossip from inside Fox News. One entry is about a visit Ron DeSantis and his wife paid to Tucker Carlson in his home. It did not go well, according to Wolff.
- Despite hoping to impress Carlson—arguably a top GOP kingmaker—the presidential hopeful and Trump rival failed the “Susie Carlson test” during the visit. For two hours Ron DeSantis sat at her table talking in an outdoor voice indoors, failing to observe any basics of conversation ritual or propriety, reeling off an unselfconscious list of his programs and initiatives and political accomplishments.
What a monster. But oh, it gets worse!
- “DeSantis pushed the dog under the table. Had he kicked the dog? Susie Carlson’s judgment was clear: she did not ever want to be anywhere near anybody like that ever again. Her husband agreed. DeSantis, in Carlson’s view, was a ‘fascist.’
In his upcoming book on the Fox News universe, Michael Wolff details a bizarre incident that allegedly occurred when Tucker Carlson shared a meal with Ron DeSantis. He may have used physical force against one of the Carlson family’s beloved spaniel pups. https://t.co/V7SFbE7Ign
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 20, 2023
But, as usual with any Wolff release, the details are contested. The difference is this time the dispute arrives before the book release, and it is not denied by his target (DeSantis) but by Tucker Carlson.
DeSantis spokesman @andrewromeo33 also says the story is false: pic.twitter.com/lIv9hw1iNl
— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) September 20, 2023
First Amendment Strike Force – GOOD MORNING AMERICA
- “Your free speech aggression sounds lovely, can you stay for a cooking segment??”
With all manner of world leaders pouring into New York to speak at the United Nations this week, one was former prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, and as any gravely important leader would do on the international stage, she went on…Good Morning America. And why not when, after delivering a deeply troubling speech about limiting people’s ability to enjoy free expression, in the name of safety, she would not be challenged on it while sitting in with Robin Roberts.
"I had a few women say to me, 'Thank you for showing me that it's okay to say that I'm tired or to say, I don't have enough in the tank to do a job well.' I think we carry a huge sense of responsibility to just keep going." — Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern on leaving office pic.twitter.com/A5ROvOkrFV
— Good Morning America (@GMA) September 20, 2023
After all, why would anyone take issue with these comments, as she sounds like the villain from a dystopian novel?
Okay, she is LITERALLY cribbing from Orwell now… https://t.co/rlFuOp62Hj pic.twitter.com/T3weocEnVj
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) September 20, 2023
Pulitzer Prize Nomination - POLITICO
As the White House is eager to get everyone back into panic mode regarding COVID, with an eye on pushing vaccines and masking requirements once again, the administration is rather stymied that most of the reactions to their plans come down to a pair of reactions: Abject apathy, or uproarious laughter.
Also seemingly baffled by this reaction is Sam Stein, as he claims Biden had made “tremendous strides” previously with vaccines while promoting this piece from his site.
NEW -- The Biden adm made tremendous strides in getting people vaccinated for Covid. But increasingly, aides and advisors say, they're at a loss as to how to combat anti-vaccine sentiment. A dive into the challenges they're confronting by @adamcancryn https://t.co/1zxMUilDUB
— Sam Stein (@samstein) September 20, 2023
Yep, after threatening people with job loss and other penalties if they did not succumb to mandates regarding a vaccine that had been wildly exaggerated or even lied about, it sure is baffling why people do not give a toss what these same voices have to say on the matter today.
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