02.21.24
Low Octane Gas Lighting – MSNBC
Yes, we gave our fortune, but they deserve our wealth!
Checking in on President Biden’s favorite news program, it appears everything is as overheated as always. Scar-Joe is wailing that the Republicans have become the Communist Party of America.
How did this occur, you may ask? Well, because the GOP has been hesitant to fork over another passel of tens of billions of dollars to Ukraine, after all the billions already granted.
MSNBC’s @JoeNBC on Republicans so far sending Ukraine $110 billion instead of $170 billion: “They’ve surrendered to the communists” pic.twitter.com/jeBRkvHpkw
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) February 20, 2024
We guess this means that the GOP was NOT considered communist when it approved the prior payments, totaling over $100 billion, but today it is. We also guess Scar-Joe missed one reason for this hesitancy was a recent report that over $1 billion in hardware granted to that country is not accountable.
More than $1 billion in military weapons and equipment that the United States has provided Ukraine to fight invading Russian forces cannot be accounted for and is not being fully tracked:https://t.co/PNF1pjspft
— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) January 11, 2024
DNC PR Firm – BBC
Why are we being lectured by someone from Britain?!
Sticking with the dysfunctional MSNBC morning crew, Scar-Joe had on Katty Kay of the BBC to clear Joe Biden’s good name.
MSNBC’s @KattyKay_: “To say that, you know, Joe Biden locks up his political enemies or if you’re a journalist, you get thrown into jail if you report critical things of this administration, or that there’s any — that the Justice Department is warped one way or the other. It’s —… pic.twitter.com/ShPyNFyu7q
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) February 21, 2024
The press continues to think people cannot see their insistence of an oppressive Trump presidency is an attempt to distract from the fact this administration is waging multiple legal broadsides against a political opponent.
Low Octane Gas Lighting – VARIOUS OUTLETS
If this keeps up, they are bound to be right about something.
Our good pal Drew Holden has a quite revealing thread where he details many of the claims over the years made in the press about Trump and Biden. The starkness in their wrongness is almost impressive.
This @DrewHolden360 thread lays out the fractured media narrative:
— Brad Slager: Flips On The Highbeams In Fog Of War (@MartiniShark) February 21, 2024
- Trump will launch us into war (never happened)
- Trump will roil the Mid-East (4 years of peace)
- Biden promised to calm the world (Putin invades under Biden)
- Gaza war breaks out (Blame it on Trump policies) https://t.co/a2lwWvPYx0
Legalized Press-titution – CNN (formerly)
CNN’s pundit who is/was the very emodiment of the term “smarmy” is John Avlon. He announced last month he was stepping away from his role at the network, and there had been leaked rumors of him making a run for political office. Well, John has come out to formally announce that he will be vying for the congressional seat of New York’s 1st District, hoping to flip a seat held by Republican Nick LaLota.
It's official: I'm running for Congress in #NY01 because there's too much at stake for the country & community I love. Long Island families deserve someone who fights for their values, not Trump's. It's time for us all to get off the sidelines. Join Me. https://t.co/fMu8RdLyBL pic.twitter.com/RHWAam8yif
— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) February 21, 2024
Gilded Reframe – THE HEARTLAND SIGNAL / WCPT 820am
“So, that detail that we ridiculed him over is actually rather positive, but apologies are not needed…”
As Republican Eric Hovde announces his bid for Wisconsin’s Senate seat, the Heartland Signal felt it had him pegged in a hypocritical position. As Hovde mentioned child trafficking at the southern border, the outlet had to take a mocking approach and announce he owns multiple homes in that area, as if that were a disqualifying feature.
Announcing his bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Wisconsin, Republican Eric Hovde says he understands the tragedy of children being trafficked through Central America because he owns three homes there. pic.twitter.com/LsQhPWvpAc
— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) February 20, 2024
Then it became harsh for the site. It turned out the “homes” it felt it had pegged him as owning in a disqualifying factor are actually for a foundation Hovde operates and are used for housing the victims of human trafficking. The lame effort at a correction was made, with barely a fraction of the attention its lie received.
While not mentioned in his speech, Hovde appears to be referring to his charitable foundation, Hovde Homes: https://t.co/5V2Z8ZtouO
— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) February 21, 2024
Note the hint of desperation as it tries to say Hovde is at fault because he failed to note that detail in his speech, not that the outlet completely failed in doing the due research into the matter it was reporting on.
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