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Pulitzer Prize Nomination – TIME MAGAZINE
We have to be fast approaching the time when society stands up collectively and calls out what is patent idiocy in the press. That, or we are fast approaching the total dissolving of society as we know it.
In that dystopian hellscape of Florida comes the latest nightmare scenario. Governor Ron DeSantis's policies have become so horrendous…(wait for it)...that we have come to learn…(seriously, this needs all of the proper build-up)...today in Florida, it has put up roadblocks making it difficult for a man to get an abortion.
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According to Time Magazine:
HIS pregnancy came as a shock
Jasper never considered HE might be pregnant
HE had three weeks
To make up HIS mind
HE wished
HE'D have more time
It only goes on from there, with no hesitation that TIME sounds like complete and consummate idiots while publishing this. What is all the more ludicrous is that we are told this abortion law has been oppressive toward women, and yet the worst case scenario we get in the press is how this may deny a MAN his right to an abortion – so even abortion outrage has been stolen from women by males!
If Jasper wanted an abortion, he had three weeks to make up his mind, raise the money, and schedule two appointments. He wished he’d had more time https://t.co/C8DLlghwMR
— TIME (@TIME) May 15, 2024
Reporting on the Mirror – WASHINGTON POST
When the gal who is "too online" overshares while online.
Ah, dear, sweet Taylor Lorenz, the "journalist" who has an overinflated sense of self-worth and an overly hypochondrial approach to Long Covid. Lorenz, who fashions herself as an online and social media expert, was targeted this weekend by influencers and also appears to have been duped by fake accounts claiming to be Elon Musk. In the furor, it was alleged that Musk claimed to have had an affair with Lorenz, and the savvy web maven had a slight-to-excessive meltdown over being trolled.
She put out a video refuting that she ever had an affair with Musk and hysterically went on to allege the man is intent on ruining her life by being fixated on her. That she did not pause to rewatch herself and reflect on the impression this leaves is rather remarkable, and the expected deletion coming up will in no way erase this from memory, given how many have captured this for posterity.
Wacko Washington Post 'journalist' Taylor Lorenz says she's not having an affair with @ElonMusk and that the billionaire 'goes out of his way to fuck with me, and like, interfere with my life' pic.twitter.com/sBwwbADrQx
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 19, 2024
Glossary Over Things – MSNBC
Folks at the network better keep an eye on Larry's dealings, given his opinion here!
The Donald Trump court case has been falling apart for weeks now, and today it may have become blasted into confetti by Michael Cohen. The recidivist liar has been a mess on the stand already, but today he openly admitted to making off with tens of thousands of dollars from the Trump operation without anyone knowing. For the record, this embezzlement constitutes a far greater crime than Trump is supposedly charged with in this case.
Lawrence O'Donnell has also been falling apart for weeks over this case, as we have detailed in this column. Now, he extends that drive to make this year's "Townhall 50" list with this hot take on the admission by Cohen. See, he felt he had this bonus coming to him, so he just plucked those funds for himself. Not a big deal at all, since it was not "stealing" but "rebalancing" an expected payout, according to the MSNBC socialist.
MSNBC’s @Lawrence O’Donnell defends Michael Cohen stealing from the Trump Org.: “Cohen [was trying] to rebalance the bonus he thought he deserved, & it still came out as less than the bonus he thought he deserved & the bonus he had gotten the year before” pic.twitter.com/UsdEfQUetR
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 20, 2024
Matching Media Memorandum – KANSAS CITY STAR
Imagine if he had done this during a football game!
Yes, the media continues to jump all over the comments that Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker made a week ago. You know, those faith-based comments by a faith-based athlete made at a Catholic university that were nothing more than his opinion and in no way called for anyone to actively alter themselves as a demand on society?
Well, needing to get in on the act is the local Kansas City paper, and it comes up with a daft suggestion from its op-ed section. It is not bad enough it proposes the man lose his job over expressing his opinion, but it goes further to propose he be replaced by a female place kicker. This sounds screwy, we know, but the paper bolsters its stance and declares it's not kidding.
The KC Chiefs should fire Harrison Butker and hire someone who kicks like a girl | Opinion https://t.co/cHo6rtGKer
— The Kansas City Star (@KCStar) May 20, 2024
The Kansas City Star features a picture of female place kicker Sarah Fuller, who made a kickoff for Vanderbilt. It was not…it was not good. Clay Travis has this video, and just listen to the crowd as they are cheering wildly for her, and then everyone falls silent as her flubbed kick manages to barely make it to the 35-yard line.
The @KCStar demanded @Chiefs fire @buttkicker7 and replace him with Vandy’s female kicker. Here is Butker kicking a 57 yard field goal in the Super Bowl and here is Fuller with the worst SEC kickoff ever. This is where wokeness leads, identity over talent: pic.twitter.com/xm6s80N8TT
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) May 19, 2024
DNC PR Firm – ASSOCIATED PRESS
In a refreshing change of pace, the AP has decided to refrain from its usual attempts at gaslighting us on how great the economy is doing under Joe Biden. No, it seems to have become frustrated by people making comparisons to pre-2021 years.
As a result, now the AP resorts to gaslighting us on how poor the economy had been under Donald Trump!
Many remember solid economy under Trump, but his record also full of tax cut hype, debt and disease https://t.co/3jKk4I8AIK
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 20, 2024
Democratic Custodial Services – PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER
Recall now, if Donald Trump ever stumbled, misspoke, gave a figure in error, or otherwise gave off-the-mark comments it was instantly "TRUMP LIES!!!"
One of the inescapable truths from the past couple of weeks is how egregious Joe Biden had been during the CNN interview in trying to declare he inherited a 9 percent inflation rate from Trump. No one in the press could deny that it was far, far lower, at less than 1.5 percent when Joe took office.
Yet, no one in the press has also been able to come out and declare that Biden was being deceptive – even when asserting he was incorrect. At the Philly Inquirer, Alfred Lubrano does correct the record…but cannot bring himself to go the next step and declare what took place.
Biden spoke "erroneously" as he delivered "gaffes" on the inflation rate, goes the interpretation.
President Joe Biden erroneously said twice in one week that inflation was at 9% when he took office in 2021.
— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) May 17, 2024
In reality, inflation stood at 1.4% when Biden assumed the presidency in January of 2021.https://t.co/EsdcoqR4ho
