‘MAGA Is Not My Mortal Enemy’: Prominent Left-Wing Pundit Cenk Uygur ‘Optimistic’ After Trump Win
‘Now, we're in the jungle. They hate that! I love it!’ Ugyur wrote
Cenk Uygur experiences leftist intolerance firsthand after volunteering to help Trump admin
Cenk Uygur of "The Young Turks" appears to have undergone a rapid metamorphosis in recent weeks. Months after calling the once and future president "an actual fascist" and a "mad king," Uygur asked to join the incoming Trump administration.
Leftists immediately attacked Uygur over his willingness to serve at the pleasure of a Republican he just days ago characterized as "unstable and unhinged." Some fellow travelers suggested that the progressive host was an insincere turncoat, while others concluded he was just another opportunistic talking head.
Ultimately, Uygur was provided with a clear demonstration of the left's intolerance and the right's relative openness.
Uygur — whose interest was evidently piqued by the promise of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency — tweeted Monday, "Hey @elonmusk, put me in charge of the Pentagon. I'll slash $400B easy. That'll get you 20% to your goal of $2T, right out of the gate. I went to Wharton three years before you. I own a media company, so I know how to run a business. If you really want to cut, put me in, coach."
Elon Musk, whom Uygur attacked on Election Day, responded, "Specific suggestions are welcome."
Afforded the opportunity to chime in — something Uygur later noted no Democratic leader had ever asked him to do — Uygur recommended precluding generals from acquiring jobs with defense contractors for 10 years, noting, "They authorize so much wasteful spending because they're going to get hired by those same companies."
Donald Trump Jr., magnanimous despite Uygur having viciously attacked his father for years, tweeted, "This is a great idea that has been discussed."
'Knock it the f*** off.'
The positive engagement stunned Uygur and enraged his fellow travelers.
Emma Vigeland, a former fan of Uygur who hosted "TYT Politics," was among the leftists who couldn't stand the thought of her former boss cooperating with the Trump administration, writing, "Why does your assessment of politics change based on who pays attention to you, specifically a billionaire?"
"Holy s***. This ain't it. You're talking about the 'lock her up,' 'retribution' guy?" wrote Joanne Carducci, the host of "Are You F'ng Kidding Me? with JoJoFromJerz." "Do not obey in advance, Cenk. Knock it the f*** off."
Another leftist podcast host tweeted, "Amazing to watch some of these life-long progressives line up, one after the other on bended knee to kiss the ring."
'Now, which side seems more open and inclusive?'
Even Uygur's nephew, Hasan Piker — a radical who justified the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks and insinuated the terrorists' civilian victims were "criminals" — lashed out, writing, "This is preferring someone to lie to you rather than one who doesn[']t even do that."
Uygur suggested that effective pragmatism was better than political impotence.
"While the left is yelling at me not to work with MAGA, here's @DonaldJTrumpJR saying we should limit generals from working for defense contractors," wrote Uygur. "That's a policy we've been pushing for and gotten nowhere with Democrats on. Who cares who does it as long as it gets done?"
"A little common sense never killed anyone," wrote Donald Trump Jr.
"Now, which side seems more open and inclusive? Which side seems more welcoming and which side tries really hard to drive you away if you disagree even a little with orthodoxy? Which side is asking for suggestions and which one is demanding compliance and obedience?" added Uygur.
While numerous liberals criticized the progressive media host, Uygur was flooded with messages of welcome from Trump supporters and other right-leaning populists.
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Here Are The Corporate Media Meltdowns You’ve Been Waiting For
As the inevitability of Donald Trump's electoral victory became clear, leftist hysteria kicked into high gear.Mark Cuban and Cenk Uygur eat crow, acknowledge Trump's epic win amid continued silence from Harris
It became abundantly clear in the early hours Wednesday that Donald Trump's transition from America's 45th to 47th president was going to be difficult for those liberals fed in recent months a constant diet of alarmist rhetoric and fascist accusations by the Democratic press.
Some Harris boosters have, however, managed to handle Trump's landslide electoral victory better than others or, at the very least, than the vice president.
Just days after saying that "it's not a stretch to call Donald Trump a fascist" and that it would be "Armageddon" were the Republican to win, former "Shark Tank" star and Harris booster Mark Cuban went online to wish Trump well.
"Congrats @realDonaldTrump," tweeted Cuban. "You won fair and square. Congrats to @elonmusk as well. #Godspeed."
'Mark Cuban, a really dumb guy, who thinks he's "hot stuff" but he's absolutely nothing.'
While some commentators signaled appreciation for Cuban's eagerness to congratulate the man he previously accused of fascistic tendencies, others seized upon Cuban's tweet to mock the billionaire.
A handful of critics suggested, for instance, that Cuban's recent suggestion on "The View" that Trump is never seen "around strong, intelligent women" helped mobilize women to vote for Kamala Harris' opponent.
According to NBC News exit polls from 10 key states, 44% of American women voted for Republican candidates. The New York Post noted that reflects a two-point increase among women from the 2020 election.
Trump responded at the time, "Mark Cuban, a really dumb guy, who thinks he's 'hot stuff' but he's absolutely nothing, is now out there saying that I don't surround myself with strong women. Actually, he is very wrong, I surround myself with the strongest of women - With the understanding that ALL women are great, whether strong or not strong."
'He won this one.'
Libs of TikTok replied to Cuban's congratulatory message, "Thank you for your help with your closing comments about women!"
Another user wrote, "Couldn't have done it without you."
Unlike Cuban, Cenk Uygur, co-creator of "The Young Turks," was initially not so gracious in defeat.
"Donald Trump is going to be the 47th president of the United States," Uygur said in a flop sweat on his show.
"So buckle up. Brace for impact. We're going to have four years of anarchy and chaos. My prediction, which is not a bold one, is they're going to rob the place blind."
"I'm not a big fan of the establishment, but they put some brakes in the car for Donald Trump, and he's a guy who needed brakes," continued Uygur. "Now there will be no brakes in the car. Steve Bannon is back. All the ghouls and goblins of the first administration that stayed through all of his corrupt and ridiculous demands are back. None of the people who had any sanity are back."
Despite feverishly painting a picture of a nightmare situation under Trump, Uygur had a moment of clarity, stating, "We say that Donald Trump is unstable and unhinged, and I think that is true. But you know that old saying about how insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result? So how crazy are we if we just go back to the Joe Bidens, the Nancy Pelosis, the Chuck Schumers, the Kamala Harrises — the same — the Hillary Clintons — the same dumbass people who have been taking donor money, taking it and taking it, and delivering no results."
Uygur later composed himself and tweeted, "Trump and MAGA - congratulations. I hate it and I think it's huge mistake. But you won fair and square. Trump tried to steal the last election, but he won this one. And that's also democracy. If the American people want him back in, that's the final word! I believe in democracy."
Just after 1:40 a.m. Wednesday, the Kamala's Wins account on X tweeted, "BREAKING: The other team has more electoral votes."
Unlike Cuban, Uygur, and the Harris booster account, neither the vice president nor her campaign have acknowledged Trump's landslide victory as of midmorning on Wednesday — despite having spent years complaining about Trump doing the same in 2020.
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Progressive lashes out at John Fetterman for calling Harvard too liberal, not towing Democrat's stance on Trump and Israel
Sen. John Fetterman, the Democrat representing Pennsylvania, has been attacked by progressives for calling Harvard too liberal, and not espousing the left's stance on former President Donald Trump and the Israel-Hamas war.
Fetterman ripped his alma mater, Harvard, in an interview with Semafor published on Friday.
Fetterman was first asked about his support for Israel, which has been criticized by fellow Democrats.
Fetterman told Semafor, "In that region, it’s our strongest ally, and we have a very special kind of relationship. I don’t understand how anybody could vote against the Iron Dome, or want to harm Israeli businesses or the nation or anything. I’ll never understand that. Calling them 'colonizers' — like, where does this come from? It must be TikTok or some kind of obscure classroom talk."
Fetterman then took aim at Harvard University – which has been rocked by accusations of allowing anti-Semitism to infect the campus.
"As an alum of Harvard — look, I graduated 25 years ago, and of course it was always a little pinko. But now, I don’t recognize it," Fetterman declared.
Cenk Uygur – progressive host of "The Young Turks" – lashed out at the Democratic senator.
"Now John Fetterman is telling everyone how he's not a progressive, he rejects us and is now calling Harvard 'pinko.' What the f***? This is why people lose hope, because of frauds like Fetterman. You work hard to get a progressive elected and they turn into Republicans instantly," Uygur wrote on the X social media platform.
Semafor journalist David Weigel asked Fetterman why he isn't a progressive any longer.
"The thing is, though — I was surprised that when I said I wasn’t a progressive, that it made news," Fetterman replied. "I’ve been saying that for years. Even before the [2022] primary, I did an interview where I said that. Those earlier progressive kinds of beliefs have now become political boilerplate. What really is a progressive now? With respect to Israel, that’s just not something that I identify as anymore."
Two days after Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on Oct. 7, Fetterman proclaimed: "I unequivocally support any necessary military, intelligence, and humanitarian aid to Israel...I also fully support Israel neutralizing the terrorists responsible for this barbarism."
Fetterman also caused Democrats to be concerned with his opinions on other critical topics.
The Democrat politician slammed attempts to remove Trump from the ballots ahead of the 2024 election.
"I just want to just go on the record to say how incredibly unhelpful it is to have other states removing him from the ballot," Fetterman told The Daily Beast on Friday. "All of that is a gift to Trump. And all it does is just make him more popular and strong. That's just going to energize his base—it's just not helpful."
"You know, he just absorbs this kind of energy," Fetterman said of Trump. "The only way that we're going to put him away is going to be in an election."
Fetterman also proclaimed that there is a "crisis" at the southern border with record numbers of illegal immigrants surging into the United States – a completely different perspective than President Joe Biden.
"There's a crisis at the border, and I don't know how anybody could pretend that there isn't," Fetterman said on Friday.
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Big tech censors Vivek Ramaswamy and RFK Jr. more than any other presidential candidates, new study shows
A new study of big tech censorship claimed that online companies such as Google, X, and Meta had censored President Biden's opponents who are running for the Oval Office 162 times.
Topping the list, according to NewsBusters, were Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and newly independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. The Republican was censored 18 times, while RFK Jr. was censored 17 times. These numbers did not include any community notes added to messages on Elon Musk's platform X.
Third on the list was Nikki Haley (14), followed by Larry Elder (13) and Donald Trump (nine). President Biden was reportedly censored by big tech platforms seven times, as were six other candidates such as Chris Christie and Ron DeSantis.
Young Turks host Cenk Uygur was even noted on the list as being censored twice, while the Green Party's Jill Stein was hit with one infraction.
Nearly every major platform participated in the alleged censorship: Google/YouTube, Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok all reportedly engaged in at least one act of alleged censorship of at least one candidate. Google was reportedly the worst for this and censored every candidate except for President Biden.
This totaled 112 different acts by the search-engine giant.
Ramaswamy was censored chiefly by Google, which reportedly included not showing his campaign website on the first page of search results. As well, Google AI allegedly left him off a list of presidential candidates for 2024 when prompted by researchers.
Ramaswamy was also hit by a flurry of context labels for his comments on climate change in YouTube videos. As well, LinkedIn temporarily suspended his account in May 2023 for three specific posts that allegedly violated the platform's user agreement.
The most censored candidate - for the high crime of stating hard facts about the climate agenda.— (@)
Ramaswamy said that "the CCP is playing the Biden administration like a Chinese mandolin" in one of the posts. LinkedIn told Media Research Center that it restored the candidate's access to his account after it took the action "in error."
Ramaswamy called it "an intentional act of censorship."
The censorship runner-up, Kennedy Jr., had seven videos deleted by YouTube for speaking about COVID-19, vaccines, and the assassination of his father.
Google's AI chatbot didn't much care for Kennedy either and allegedly left him off lists of 2024 presidential candidates, as well as a list of 2024 specifically Democratic presidential candidates, despite the fact that he was polling higher than Governor DeSantis for the former and was second to President Biden in polling for the latter.
Also according to the report, X applied at least 115 community notes to posts made by 2024 presidential candidates.
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