9-0 Decision Shows How Far Removed Democrat Lawfare And Its Media Cheerleaders Are From Reality
If you think the only explanation for a 9-0 Supreme Court decision in Trump's favor is because Sonia Sotomayor is a MAGA extremist, you might need to touch grass.'A new low': Liberal publication fixates on doomed OceanGate submariner's history of donating to GOP candidates as air runs out
The U.S. Coast Guard indicated that as of 7:08 a.m. ET on Thursday, the crew of the Titanic-bound OceanGate submersible had run out of breathable air.
Hours earlier, while oxygen and hope were running dangerously low, the New Republic, a progressive-liberal publication, decided to focus not on the fate of the potentially doomed adventurers, but rather publish an article concerning the Republican affiliation of a suffocating man, crew member and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.
The article was met with fierce denunciations online, with some critics suggesting it was a "disgusting" effort to justify partisans' schadenfreude. The backlash was of such a magnitude that the New Republic yanked its corresponding Twitter post from the platform.
In the article, entitled, "OceanGate CEO Missing in Titanic Sub Had History of Donating to GOP Candidates," staff writer Daniel Strauss noted, "Public campaign finance records indicate that Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate currently stuck on the missing Titan submersible that was running a tourist expedition of the Titanic wreck, has been a consistent Republican donor over the years."
Strauss indicated that "Rush was not a Republican megadonor, but his donations over the years leaned heavily toward Republican candidates," intimating that he was not even redeemable by virtue of possibly being a "RINO."
The article highlighted how the OceanGate CEO had donated $1,500 to former Republican Rep. John Culberson, noting, "Culberson had a 100 percent scorecard rating from the conservative Family Research Council, a 92 percent lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union, and a 4 percent lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters."
Strauss appeared to situate his special focus amid a broader trend of "increasing scrutiny on OceanGate and its top executives."
Investigative reporter Matt Taibbi responded to the article on Twitter, writing, "Welp, I guess we should hope they all die slowly and gasping in terror, then. Congrats @newrepublic you found a new low on Twitter!"
National Journalism Center program director T. Becket Adams wrote, "Not sure which is more interesting: that this was published by a team, and not one person thought to say, 'this is extremely gross,' or the headline's use of the past tense 'had,' as if the New Republic knows something the rest of us don't."
Adams added, "The entire article – from top to bottom – is like a work of art. A how-to for how NOT to do journalism. It's beautiful, really, in a hilariously moronic sort of way."
Nicholas Fondacaro, associate editor at NewsBusters, tweeted, "The New Republic thinks the CEO of Oceangate deserves to suffocate on the bottom of the ocean because he supported Republicans."
Radio host Tony Katz of 93.1FM WIBC suggested, "When you lose your humanity, this is what you write about."
Fox News' Janice Dean wrote, "Wow. What if the missing CEO had donated to the other party? How disgusting and pathetic."
Fox News Digital indicated that commentator Noam Blum responded, "What the f*** is wrong with you?"
After removing the article from Twitter amid the backlash, the New Republic proceeded to run another piece, this time bemoaning the massive interest in the fate of the OceanGate Titan crew. Staff writer Alex Shephard suggested that the media has otherwise ignored the frequent maritime deaths of illegal immigrants in the Mediterranean, writing, "With luck, its passengers will be found alive. But it also showcases a press that will rapidly turn its attention to some issues while leaving other glaring omissions in its coverage."
The New Republic was not alone in mulling over the prospect of Republicans suffering in the briny depths.
Elie Mystal, a leftist MSNBC contributor and correspondent for the Nation, entertained the notion of conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Justice similarly sinking to the ocean floor, tweeting, "Next time some rich white person wants to take Sam Alito on an expensive trip, please take him to see the Titanic."
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Tennessee GOP accused of racism after expelling two black lawmakers
The expulsion of two Democratic lawmakers from the Tennessee House on Thursday quickly became about race.
The Tennessee House voted to expel Reps. Justin Jones (D) and Justin Pearson (D) for breaking chamber rules to participate in a gun control protest at the state Capitol last week. But the third member of their group, Rep. Gloria Johnson (D), narrowly survived her expulsion vote despite facing the same accusations.
The optics of the result — Johnson, a white woman, surviving her vote while two non-white men were expelled — has become the dominating narrative.
"You cannot ignore the racial dynamic of what happened today. Two young black lawmakers get expelled and the one white woman does not? That’s a statement in itself," Pearson said after his expulson.
On CNN, Johnson agreed. "I'm a 60-year-old white woman and they are two young black men."
Jones later said on MSNBC that he was expelled because some of his Republican colleagues viewed him as "an uppity Negro."
Perhaps no one gave a more stinging rebuke than Elie Mystal. He claimed on MSNBC that the expulsion of Pearson and Jones, and not Johnson, demonstrates that white people "hate" black people.
"What the racism comes from is hatred of black folks," he said. "This is just one of those rare situations where white people are getting to see it out in the open, just how desperately they hate us, just how much they do not believe that we should be allowed to be equal citizens in this country."
So why wasn't Johnson expelled?
The resolution to expel Johnson failed by a single vote; seven Republicans joined their Democratic colleagues to oppose Johnson's expulsion.
What likely swayed those Republicans is that Johnson appears to be not guilty of the conduct that her expulsion resolution claimed. On the day of the protest last week, she merely stood with Pearson and Jones. The expulsion resolution claimed she "shouted."
"She did not yell. She did not pound the desk. She did not hold a megaphone, she did not have a button on. She did nothing. She walked from there to there," explained House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Ray Clemmons.
Pearson and Johnson became only the third and fourth members of the Tennessee state House to be expelled since the Civil War.
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AOC retweets leftist Elie Mystal's claim that violence is the GOP's 'endgame'
After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul was assaulted at his own home, left-wing media figure Elie Mystal claimed that violence is the Republicans' "endgame" — and progressive Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York appeared to endorse the sentiment by retweeting Mystal's post without adding any comment.
"This is the future the Republicans want. It's the future they’ve literally been calling for on television. This is why they are so excited about the new overlord of Twitter. This, the violence, has always been their endgame. And if they win they will only get worse," Mystal tweeted.
Mystal was making the comments while retweeting a tweet from Paul Kane of the Washington Post, who wrote that according to a source, the assailant had asked, "Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?" prior to the attack.
\u201cThis is the future the Republicans want. It\u2019s the future they\u2019ve literally been calling for on television. This is why they are so excited about the new overlord of Twitter. This, the violence, has always been their endgame.\n\nAnd if they win they will only get worse.\u201d— Elie Mystal (@Elie Mystal) 1666974670
According to a statement from a spokesperson for House Speaker Pelosi, the lawmaker was not in San Francisco when the attack occurred. Paul Pelosi had "successful surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands" and is expected to fully recover, according to another statement.
During an appearance on the Fox News Channel, GOP Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas said that he believes allowing criminals out on bail instead of locking them up "created the environment where this happens."
Ocasio-Cortez tweeted in response, "Or maybe a billionaire-fueled propaganda channel that regularly generates high volumes of death threats to elected officials while pumping propaganda for an extreme right-wing that openly embraces fascism is what's creating 'the environment where it happened.'"
\u201cOr maybe a billionaire-fueled propaganda channel that regularly generates high volumes of death threats to elected officials while pumping propaganda for an extreme right-wing that openly embraces fascism is what\u2019s creating \u201cthe environment where it happened\u201d\u201d— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1666987252
California state Sen. Scott Wiener claimed in a statement that the assault was "the direct result of toxic right wing rhetoric and incitement against Speaker Pelosi and so many other progressive leaders."
\u201cMy statement on the violent political attack against Paul Pelosi:\u201d— Senator Scott Wiener (@Senator Scott Wiener) 1666982530
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