Outrage Over Dems Getting Their Way

Many Democrats and members of the media were dismayed by the move, and one was Andrea Mitchell. As she discussed the matter on her show, she described the move as a “retaliatory action”. What seems lost on Andrea, and any others outraged at this decision is that every single Democrat voted to remove McCarthy, the man who was allowing Nancy to retain that office.

Andrea Mitchell got triggered by former Boehner and Ryan communications adviser Brendan Buck claiming "I don't have any problem with Patrick McHenry taking away an office space from Nancy Pelosi." She huffs "Well, the fact is they changed the locks while she was in San Francisco" pic.twitter.com/1Gs2qMvUxh

— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) October 4, 2023

Both Kinds of Standards – WIRED MAGAZINE

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• Isn’t this called “dead-gendering”, or some other manufactured offense?!

In a video, offered up by our Larry O”Conner,  that is equal parts encouraging and hilarious, an all-female tech conference had been overrun by a large number of unwelcomed men. It turned out that the guys, seeking to get a shot at some of the jobs offered, had registered for the conference as “non-binary”, beating the system by…well, by playing by the rules of the system.

One sign they were asking for trouble was in holding a conference that was female-only. Just try to imagine if the conference had swung the other way, being declared as a male-only job fair and women were excluded. The wailing would reverberate throughout the World Wide Web.

In covering this infiltration, Wired detailed what took place, and in so doing committed what we have been told are deeply grievous social infractions – they dared question the gender of these participants and declared them to be men!:

Some registrants had lied about their gender identity when signing up, and men were now taking up space and time with recruiters that should go to women. “All of those are limited resources to which you have no right,” said an organizer.

We are sorry, but this sounds like drastic intolerance for preferred genders, as well as exhibiting sexist discrimination.

Grace Hopper Celebration was meant to be a week for women in tech—but this year, men crashed the party in search of lucrative tech jobs. https://t.co/Bi5siyCfo9

— WIRED (@WIRED) October 2, 2023

First Amendment Strike Force – LIBS OF TIKTOK

• Don’t you first need to be offensive in order to be accused of being offensive?

On her account on X-itter it was announced by Chaya Raichik, who operates the popular and polarizing Libs Of TikTok account, that she is facing the latest for of being canceled. By no means novel, her LoTT has been blocked, suspended, deplatformed or other interruptions by the likes of FaceBook, Instagram, Twitter, Slack, LinkTree, and probably others. But Raichik just let people know of a preemptive version just taking place.

She announced that her account on the email marketing site AWeber was closed outright, with no explanation given. Making this all the more disturbing is that there was no legitimate reason for them to cite – they canceled her account before she had even been able to use it, after opening it with the company just one day prior.

.@AWeber just closed our account one day after opening it. We didn’t even get a chance to use yet. They refused to tell us why.

.@AWeber does not believe in free speech or in protecting children. They are targeting those with dissenting views.

Feel free to let them know what… pic.twitter.com/emn7F73xc7

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 29, 2023

Presentation Paradox – ESPN

• Now, cut him some slack, his error was only off by a few seasons. Okay, a lot of seasons…

As the first round of the baseball playoffs began this curiosity came about courtesy of longtime baseball announcer Karl Ravech. While introducing the game and commenting on the hometown crowd Ravech saw the camera pan to Phillies shortstop Trea Turner, and he made a rather curious statement about the player:

Trea Turner, learning for the first time what it means to be in a postseason

The only problem is Turner is a longtime veteran in the league and has not only been in the postseason before but has played in 43 playoff games with two other teams, including winning the World Series with the Washington Nationals.

"Trea Turner, learning for the first time what it means to be in a postseason" was a swing and a miss from Karl Ravech. pic.twitter.com/ULt2qw3Yz4

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 4, 2023

Artisanally-Crafted Narratives – WHITE HOUSE PRESS OFFICE

• Man, we sure hope this all comes to a Swifty end soon…

It took only two weeks for the Taylor Swift “NFL phenomenon” to become intolerable. After appearing at her second KC Chiefs game to cheer on her new boyfriend, Tight End Travis Kelce, fans already tired of the hype. She was featured on the broadcast well over a dozen times, the League used her as a designator in reporting on the Chiefs record (The Chiefs are 2-0 as Swifties – Really?!) and even Kelce himself is tiring of all of the hype. 

Now the White House has even gotten in on the hype routine, and it comes off with all of the hipness and grace of your parents attempting to show how “down” they are with rap music. During the Daily Briefing Karine Jean-Pierre brought out John Kirby, and we think they were attempting to display playful banter…?? It was a true cringe-fest as they pretended to talk playfully about the singer, and even members of the press joined in.

Just – Stop – It.

• MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I should say that our conversation back in the back — (laughter) — should I call you out?
• MR. KIRBY:  Don’t (inaudible).
• Q: Tell us more.  (Laughter.)
• MR. KIRBY:  She probably will. 

MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  I don’t know.  We didn’t — wasn’t sure if you knew who Taylor Swift is.

• MR. KIRBY:  I know who Taylor Swift is.  (Laughter.)
• MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  All right.  
• MR. KIRBY:  Apparently, she’s dating a football player. 
• MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Yes.  Yes.
• Q: Do you have the inside scoop on that?
• Q: That’s, like, the biggest story of the week, John.  (Laughter.)  That’s, like, the biggest story of the week.
• MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Right?  That’s what we — 
• Q: Anything you can tell us on that front would be welcome.
• MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  On that front.  Oh, you know.  All the gossip here. 
• Q: Does President Biden think it’s real?  (Laughter.) 
• MR. KIRBY:  The relationship?  I — you know, in the vernacular of the National Security Council, I can neither confirm nor deny those reports.  (Laughter.) 
• Q: Will you take the question?
• MR. KIRBY:  I will happily take the question back to our analysts.  (Laughter.)

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