Jon Stewart lashes out after being accused of hypocrisy over Trump criticism — and it doesn't go well



A Democratic judge sided with New York Attorney General Letitia James last year, claiming former President Donald Trump and his company committed fraud by overstating the value of their assets.

On "The Daily Show" Monday, former comedian Jon Stewart discussed where Trump's civil fraud case presently stands, zeroing in on the Republican front-runner's appeal and corresponding multi-million-dollar bond.

Stewart argued that Trump's supposed overvaluation of his properties was "not victimless," intimating further that those who do likewise in pursuit of profit are immoral if not outright criminal.

The New York Post and critics online intimated this week that Stewart might have some phantasmal victims of his own.

In response to accusations of hypocrisy, Stewart lashed out Wednesday; however, his defense fell flat absent an adoring audience ready to laugh on cue.

Stewart's critique

"What did Trump actually do to earn this penalty?" Stewart said Monday, referencing Trump's $454 million appeal bond, which a state appeals court knocked down to $175 million this week.

"Well, it turns out that for a decade, whenever Trump wanted to get a loan or make a deal, he would illegally inflate the value of his real estate. For instance, suggesting that his 11,000-square-foot penthouse was a 30,000-square-foot-penthouse," continued Stewart. "We all do it. I mean, on my license I'm not listed as 5'7''. I'm listed as 30,000 square feet."

Stewart said that Letitia James "knew that Trump's property values were inflated because when it came time to pay taxes, Trump undervalued the very same properties. It was all part of a very sophisticated real estate practice known as lying."

The host stressed that overvaluations "are not victimless crimes."

Stewart suggested that the banks were victimized, having apparently been paid back at lower interest rates. He also suggested that since "money isn't infinite," persons seeking loans who might have given "a more honest evaluation" could hypothetically have lost out.

According to the host, when it comes to the investment community, "In pursuit of profit, there is no rule that cannot be bent, there is no principle that cannot be undercut, as long as you and your f**king friends [are] making money."

For those who did not watch what Jon Stewart said, here it is. But keep in mind that it has now been found that he overvalued his NYC home by 829% after slamming Trump\u2019s civil case as \u2018not victimless.\u2019 WATCH and then read his story here by @nypost: https://t.co/ebZz6E5weS
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Stewart, criticized

On Tuesday, podcast host Tim Pool dug up a 2014 New York Times article concerning Stewart's sale of a 6,280-square-foot New York City penthouse to financier Parag Pande for $17.5 million. The article noted that Stewart bought the apartment for $5.8 million in 2005.

Pool tweeted, "Did @jonstewart commit fraud when he sold his penthouse for $17.5M? NY listed its market value at $1.8M [and] AV around 800k."

The New York Post seized upon Pool's suggestion and obtained assessor records from the year of sale, which indicated the property's estimated market value was only $1.88 million. According to the Post, the actual assessor valuation was even lower, at $847,174.

The Post alleged that Stewart had done precisely what he accused Trump Monday of doing: paying "significantly lower property taxes, which were calculated based on that assessor valuation price."

The Post noted that the New York assessor valuation on Stewart's former penthouse "is the exact same citation method and metric that New York Attorney General Letitia James used to value Trump's private and personal properties, and then sued him for inflating those assets."

Parag Pande apparently sold the property in 2021 at just over $13 million at roughly a 26% loss.

Sarah Rumpf of Mediaite suggested that it was unfair to suggest Stewart had "overvalued his property," certainly not by "a staggering 829%."

Rumpf claimed the Post and other critics were conflating different types of real estate values — the actual market value of a property, the property's taxable value, and "documentation about a property's value submitted to a lender for the purposes of securing a loan" — perhaps with the intention to mislead.

Rumpf argued further that it is common for there to be a significant delta between assessed and actual market values, stressing that in Stewart's case, a buyer was willing to pay $17.5 million.

The Post has since changed the title of its article from "Jon Stewart found to have overvalued his NYC home by 829% after slamming Trump's civil case as 'not victimless'" to "Jon Stewart benefited by 829% 'overvalue' of his NYC home even as he labels Trump’s civil case 'not victimless.'"

Stewart lashes out

While "The Daily Show" host's representatives did not respond to the Post's requests for comment, Stewart tweeted Wednesday evening, "OMG!! I've been caught doing something not remotely similar to Trump!"

"I guess all I need to do now is start a fraud college, steal classified docs, bankrupt casinos, pay hush money, grab pussies, discriminate in housing, cheat at golf and foment insurrection and you'll revere me!" added Stewart.

After Stewart threw more rocks from his glass house, critics pounced.

@jonstewart This you?
— (@)

Tim Pool doubled down, writing, "My brother[.] You sold a property NY valued at 1.8M to someone for 17.5M and they lost 4M because of it[.] And you paid taxes on a valuation of 748k. 'When it came time to pay taxes he undervalued his property.'"

Blaze TV host Mark Levin tweeted, "Caught red-handed and you make a dumb-ass argument. According to YOU, you are a liar, a fraud, a hypocrite, and you're arrogant about it. Sound familiar, Johnny?"

"They told us that others need to pay their 'fair share,'" wrote investigative reporter James O'Keefe. "Oh what a tangled web they weave!"

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Elon Musk may reveal what happened behind the scenes of Twitter's pre-election censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story



Elon Musk suggested on Thanksgiving that he might soon reveal what had gone on behind the scenes at Twitter in 2020 when the company censored the New York Post's Hunter Biden laptop story.

Extra to atoning for what has been called "election interference," the insights Musk has teased may also show to what extent governmental and private forces colluded to affect the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

Hope of transparency

Turning Point USA ambassador Alex Lorusso tweeted on Wednesday, "Raise your hand if you think @ElonMusk should make public all internal discussions about the decision to censor the @NYPost's story on Hunter Biden's laptop before the 2020 Election in the interest of Transparency."

Musk replied, "This is necessary to restore public trust."

\u201c@alx @nypost This is necessary to restore public trust\u201d
— ALX \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 #BringThemBack \uea00 (@ALX \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 #BringThemBack \uea00) 1669259868

The Twitter CEO's response was retweeted nearly 16,000 times and received just under 200,000 likes.

Musk had previously indicated that he regarded Twitter's conduct ahead of the 2020 election as questionable.

On April 26, Saagar Enjeti, co-host of The Hill's web show "Rising," tweeted, "Vijaya Gadde, the top censorship advocate at Twitter who famously gaslit the world on Joe Rogan's podcast and censored the Hunter Biden laptop story, is very upset about the @elonmusk takeover."

Musk responded, "Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate."

\u201c@esaagar Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate\u201d
— Saagar Enjeti (@Saagar Enjeti) 1651005135

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) told Fox news on Friday that she thinks it is "great that Elon Musk is going to expose this. Probably nothing interfered more with the 2020 election than the suppression of the evidence that was in Hunter Biden's laptop."

Tenney added that it is important that Musk "reveals the conversations as to why we're suppressing evidence" concerning the president, his son, and their connections with "corrupt organizations."

"It could have changed the election," said Tenney. "The 2020 election was decided in the swing states by 42,000 votes. ... This is the difference in the election."

Yoel Roth, the Twitter executive who had led the effort to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story, resigned on Nov. 10.

Roth had previously likened members of the Trump administration to "actual Nazis" and former Trump spokesman Kellyanne Conway to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels.

The laptop

In April 2019, Hunter Biden, whom President Joe Biden claimed was the "smartest guy" he knows, dropped off at least one computer to Wilmington resident John Paul Mac Isaac's Mac Shop in Delaware. Biden reportedly failed both to pick up the device[s] and to pay for the repair costs — despite multiple attempts by the shop owner to get in touch with him.

One of the devices, a MacBook laptop, was full of what may ultimately prove to be incriminating evidence of various improprieties, including 459 alleged crimes.

Mac Isaac reportedly turned the laptop over to the FBI in December 2019 and then later to a lawyer for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Mac Isaac told reporters that, with certain theories about the fate of former DNC staffer Seth Rich in mind, he made a copy of the hard drive "because I was pretty vocal about not wanting to get murdered."

The computer store owner provided files from the device to the New York Post in October 2020.

The New York Post began reporting on the contents on Oct. 14, 2020.

The establishment censorship campaign

TheBlaze indicated that the Post took incredible heat from the Democratic Party, the left, and big tech for daring to hold the powerful to account.

CNN and MSNBC spent months dismissing the Hunter Biden laptop story, calling it "Russian disinformation."

CNN's Wolf Blitzer said on Oct. 16, 2020, "Serious questions tonight about whether the Russians are using Rudy Giuliani to interfere in the U.S. presidential election … There are fears that what Giuliani is now pushing here in the United States could actually be part of Russia's latest and very massive disinformation campaign in the U.S. presidential election."

Back when Brian Stelter still had a show on CNN, he claimed that the Post story was a "classic example of the right-wing media machine."

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said the Post's article was "false." Joy Reid, also o the left-leaning network, downplayed critiques of Hunter Biden as "nefarious conspiracy theories."

NBC News, NPR, CBS News, and a host of print media publications were similarly guilty of downplaying the Post's reports about the Bidens, ostensibly working in lockstep with the intelligence community.

On Oct. 19, 2019, Leon Panetta, former head of the CIA; John Brennan, former head of the CIA; Michael Hayden, former head of the National Security Agency; Jim Clapper, former director of national intelligence; Nick Rasmussen, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center; Mike Vickers, former under secretary of defense for intelligence; and dozens of others penned a letter entitled, "Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails."

The email declared that the Hunter Biden laptop story and the evidence it discussed was likely all an utter fabrication — that it had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."

Despite admitting in the letter to not knowing whether the Hunter Biden emails provided to the New York Post were "genuine" and having no "evidence of Russian involvement," the intelligence community authors suggested a "laptop op" aimed "designed to discredit Biden ... would be consistent with some of the key methods Russia has used in its now multi-year operation to interfere in our democracy."

Twitter censorship

Twitter censored posts about the story and locked the Post — the very publication founded by Founding Father Alexander Hamilton — out of its Twitter account, demanding that the outlet remove its story.

Twitter claimed that "hacked materials" had been used in the Post's exposé about Hunter Biden's emails — despite the Bidens not having expressly claimed they had been hacked.

Twitter told the Post, "In line with our Hacked Materials Policy, as well as our approach to blocking URLs, we are taking action to block any links to or images of the material in question on Twitter."

Not only had the Post been prohibited from posting about a story relevant to the 2020 election, but users were similarly blocked from sharing links to the article about Hunter Biden's party with his father and a rep from the Ukrainian gas company paying his bills.

Users who had clicked on the link were hit with a warning that said, "The link you are trying to access has been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially spammy or unsafe."

Only after the election took place did then-CEO Jack Dorsey admit to Congress that Twitter had made a "total mistake" by shutting down the Hunter Biden laptop story. Dorsey also claimed that the tech giant had locked the Post out of its account due to a "process error."

Washington Post goes on the offensive against Elon Musk, warns Tesla CEO has 'power to unleash mobs' and is targeting Twitter employees



Since it became official that Elon Musk had reached a deal to purchase Twitter on Monday, the Washington Post has run 27 articles pertaining to the Tesla CEO. One of the articles cautioned that Musk has the "power to unleash mobs against people."

The Washington Post proposed, "Musk’s tweets have singular power to unleash mobs against people with much lower profiles — in 280 characters or less. As Musk stakes his $44 billion takeover of one of the world’s most influential social platforms on the promise of restoring free speech there, his rhetoric is at odds with the way his supporters have weaponized Twitter — prompting people to lock down their personal profiles and public information."

"Musk has actually used Twitter as his slingshot when going after critics," April Glaser – a senior research fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School – told the Washington Post. "It's not surprising he would then want to have greater control of that slingshot."

In the article titled "Elon Musk boosts criticism of Twitter executives, prompting online attacks," the outlet warned, "The targeting of employees by Musk’s massive Twitter megaphone is a major concern for workers."

On Wednesday, Musk shared a meme accusing Twitter of having a left-wing bias. The meme was based on an episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" from March 2019 – which featured Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, independent journalist Tim Pool, and Vijaya Gadde – Twitter's head of legal, policy, and trust – who reportedly earned $17 million in 2021. The episode – which has been viewed over 7 million times on YouTube – saw Pool challenge Dorsey and Gadde over claims of censorship and discrimination against conservatives on Twitter.

Musk did not specifically name Gadde in the tweet, but the meme did have a photo of her.

pic.twitter.com/1CE7rjBrNH
— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1651082781

On Tuesday, Musk responded to a tweet from "Breaking Points" podcast co-host Saagar Enjeti – who shared a Politico article claiming that "Gadde cried during the meeting as she expressed concerns about how the company could change."

Enjeti tweeted, "Vijaya Gadde, the top censorship advocate at Twitter who famously gaslit the world on Joe Rogan's podcast and censored the Hunter Biden laptop story, is very upset about the @elonmusk takeover."

The world's richest person responded by criticizing Twitter for suspending the New York Post's official account for sharing its reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop.

Musk wrote, "Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate."

Dorsey admitted in 2020, "Our communication around our actions on the @nypost article was not great. And blocking URL sharing via tweet or DM with zero context as to why we're blocking: unacceptable."

Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate
— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1651010201

The Washington Post reacted, "Twitter users quickly piled onto the criticism of Gadde, including calling on Musk to fire her and using racist language to describe her. Gadde was born in India and immigrated to the United States as a child. One user said she would 'go down in history as an appalling person.'"

Enjeti – who himself is Indian-American – roared back at the Washington Post, and accused them of smearing him.

"The Twitter executive I mentioned *literally* went on the Joe Rogan Experience and is therefore the definition of a public figure," Enjeti wrote. "My criticism of her for a policy she publicly has defended is in no way responsible for what some rando account may say to her."

Enjeti continued, "Furthermore, I had no idea @elonmusk would reply. Accusing me of bringing him into it is *INSANE* What was I hoping to accomplish? What does anyone hope to accomplish when sending a f'ing tweet?"

"This is a great example of how the media smears you," Enjeti declared. "I make a substantive point, randos say something. Now myself and @elonmusk and somehow racist/responsible for them! All to cover up the fact that they substantively agree with censorship."

On Monday, the Washington Post published another critical piece aimed at Musk with the headline: "Twitter workers face a reality they’ve long feared: Elon Musk as owner."

The article claimed that Twitter "may lose its workforce" if Musk takes over the social media network, and said employees fear "widespread demoralization and layoffs."

"Some employees were already looking for the exits, something that could create chaos for Twitter users in the coming months," WaPo reported.

"Others spent Monday and Tuesday posting crying emoji, memes of people having nervous breakdowns, and emotional messages in support of colleagues and their teams," the report said. "They expressed frustrations over the lack of answers from management about how the company might ride out the transition to becoming private."

The outlet said, "Management experts pointed out that a company with staffing shortages or broad resistance from its workforce would be dysfunctional, at least in the near term, and that Musk — who has no experience running companies that moderate content — would greatly need the expertise of people who have done so."

The article stated, "Musk's own companies have been marked by turnover due to his harsh management style, and he has shown a willingness to fire or push out employees who disagree with him."

The Washington Post wrote, "Also troubling to some workers, Musk on Tuesday replied to another tweet that called attention to Twitter’s deputy general counsel Jim Baker, who previously held a high-ranking position at the FBI."

Political commentator Mike Cernovich tweeted, "Twitter lawyer Jim Baker, when general counsel of the FBI, personally arranged a meeting between the FBI and Michael Sussmann. In this meeting, Sussmann presented fabricated evidence in the Alfa bank matter. @elonmusk, this is who is inside Twitter. He facilitated fraud."

Musk simply replied, "Sounds pretty bad."

Sounds pretty bad \u2026
— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1651028993

On Tuesday, the Washington Post published an opinion piece titled: "Twitter is good. I hope Elon Musk doesn’t ruin it."

"That power-balancing is why I’m worried about Musk," wrote columnist Perry Bacon Jr. "It's hard to imagine that he wants to run a service that helps left-wing academics shape American culture while wealthy and powerful people, like Musk and his friends, get mocked and shamed."

"His political views are often described as complicated — but he seems like a typical rich guy to me, supportive of same-sex marriage and abortion rights but wary of unions, activism and anything else that would meaningfully threaten his power," Bacon claimed. "I suspect he will make subtle changes that make the product less threatening for other rich elite people."

Washington Post boss Jeff Bezos floated a conspiracy theory in regards to Musk purchasing Twitter.

Bezos asked, "Interesting question. Did the Chinese government gain a bit of leverage over the town square?"

The second-richest person on the planet continued, "My own answer to this question is probably not. The more likely outcome in this regard is complexity in China for Tesla, rather than censorship at Twitter. But we'll see."

Bezos conceded, "Musk is extremely good at navigating this kind of complexity."

Interesting question. Did the Chinese government just gain a bit of leverage over the town square?https://twitter.com/PekingMike/status/1518675370895097858\u00a0\u2026
— Jeff Bezos (@Jeff Bezos) 1650929384

The Biden vs Kamala Cold War Continues? Joe Reportedly Gives Kamala Cold Shoulder at Soup Kitchen



The food may have been hot, but behind the serving counter of a DC soup kitchen, Biden gave Kamala the cold shoulder, giving more attention to the kitchen staff than his VP. I can't really blame him after Kamala's staff all but explicitly called him a racist on Kamala's behalf just a couple of weeks ago.

Biden gives Harris cold shoulder at DC soup kitchen after reported tensions https://t.co/DqhV07IHiI pic.twitter.com/3hlj7YjWds
— New York Post (@nypost) November 24, 2021


It's entirely possible that he completely forgot who she was…. https://t.co/UvH5OulgbI via @nypost
— Steve McLaughlin (@SteveMcNY) November 24, 2021

The only person who seemed to have anything to say to the VP was Jill Biden, who was nice enough to tell Kamala exactly where to stand and exactly what to do. Kamala Harris is so inept, she needed to be directed to scoop green beans. I'm sure she received an entire presentation prior on the proper procedure, too.

The rift between the former vice president and Kamala Harris seems to be growing, or at least, it certainly isn't closing anytime soon. The relationship looks to be going the way of Biden and Harris' approval numbers.

As we go into the holiday weekend, let's hope your Thanksgiving gatherings aren't nearly as awkward as theirs. Let's just hope that Biden/Harris voting aunt from Portland doesn't show up with her vegan tofu again, either.

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Idaho company speaks out after Biden claims he received his 'first job offer' from there: 'We have no record'



An Idaho company spoke out Monday after President Joe Biden claimed that he received his "first job offer" at that company. But according to the company, records indicate that Biden never applied to work there.

What did Biden claim?

While speaking in Idaho, Biden recalled a story that he claimed to have shared with a former Senate colleague, the late Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho).

"I used to tell Frank Church this, I got a — my first job offer, where I wanted — my wife, deceased wife and I, wanted to move to Idaho because we — not a joke — it's such a beautiful, beautiful state. And I interviewed for a job at Boise Cascade," Biden said.

"And in the meantime there was a war going on, anyway," he continued. "But the whole point was that I used to always kid Frank."

Joe Biden says his “first job offer” was from Idaho lumber company Boise Cascade.The company told the @nypost the… https://t.co/3rtT0Y59rR

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) 1631571475.0

What did the company say?

Boise Cascade, a publicly traded lumber company that generates billions of dollars in annual revenue, told the New York Post the company does not have any record of Biden applying for a job with the company, let alone an interview or job offer.

"We have no record of President Biden's application or of him having worked for the company," Boise Cascade spokeswoman Lisa Tschampl said. "We checked our system internally, and nothing has turned up."

Tschampl qualified, however, that some records may have been lost over the last half-century.

"We had a diverse portfolio in the '60s and early '70s ... so my guess is any records have been purged or transferred for the businesses/projects we are no longer involved in," she explained. "I would not want to speculate about what type of role he may have applied for in 1972. Today we are a wood products manufacturer and wholesale distributor of building materials."

Does the timeline add up?

As the Post noted, it's not immediately clear where an Idaho move — let alone being offered a job in Idaho — fits in Biden's career.

Biden married his first wife, the late Neilia, in 1966, and graduated from the Syracuse University Law School — a degree that typically requires three years to complete — in 1968. Upon graduating, Biden worked as a public defender and law clerk in Delaware before running for the New Castle County Council in 1970.

Biden then ran for the U.S. Senate two years later, winning election to become one of the youngest U.S. senators in American history at the age of 30 years and 44 days. Biden remained in the Senate until he became vice president in 2009.

Oklahoma mom flies to Afghanistan, rescues members of all-girls Afghan robotics team



An Oklahoma mother of 11 children dashed to Afghanistan in early August to rescue 10 members of the country's all-girls robotics team as the country fell to the Taliban's control, according to a report from the New York Post.

What are the details?

Allyson Reneau, a 60-year-old Harvard graduate with a master's degree in international relations and U.S. space policy, flew into Qatar on Aug. 9 to see if she could intercept the girls before the Taliban could get to them.

Reneau was previously in contact with the team in 2019 when she worked on Explore Mars' board of directors, the outlet reported.

She said that she knew she needed to do something for the promising young women, who are 16 to 18 years old, before the Taliban could do their worst.

Reneau said that she first called the office of Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe to discuss a possible intervention, but the senator — who serves on the Armed Services Committee — became inundated with requests for help from American citizens in Afghanistan.

Oklahoma mom of 11 rescues members of Afghan all-girls robotics team https://t.co/awrsW3aANt https://t.co/IqWY3Caaum

— New York Post (@nypost) 1629424543.0

That's when lightning struck, she said.

"I remembered my former roommate in D.C. a couple of years ago was transferred to Qatar," she recalled. "She said she worked in the U.S. Embassy in Qatar. ... She was sure her boss would approve helping the girls. ... She wrote up a request and I got all of their passports together. She went back to the Embassy at midnight and worked all night to prepare the documents [and] packets for the girls."

Reneau said that she was thrilled to help out the girls on the team.

"It's a very narrow window of opportunity," she said. "I knew that if I didn't run through that door now — it's now or never. Sometimes you only get one chance."

The young women were able to fly out of the Kabul airport and were transported to a "secure location" in the United States, where they will pursue higher education, Reneau reported.

The outlet reports that Reneau is still working to secure safe passage to America for 25 more girls from the team.

Inmate placed in cell with man who raped his little sister. After request for different cellmate allegedly ignored, he kills rapist — and gets 25 years.



Shane Goldsby said he couldn't believe it when he was placed in same Washington state prison cell as Robert Munger.

In 2019, the 70-year-old Munger was sentenced to a minimum of 43 years for multiple child rape charges.

And one of Munger's rape victims was Goldsby's younger sister, KHQ-TV reported.

Man sentenced to 25 years for murdering sister's rapist in prison https://t.co/oBzzCWE1qq https://t.co/197JOHWToe

— New York Post (@nypost) 1628396768.0

'I was in shock'

"I was in shock," Goldsby told the station in a 2020 interview in regard to being placed in the same cell as Munger. "I was like, 'what the f***?'... This stuff doesn't happen. You're talking the same institution, the same unit, the same pod in the same cell as this dude. That's like hitting the jackpot in the casino seven times."

More from KHQ:

Goldsby was the first to admit that he hasn't been a good person. He was arrested in 2017 for stealing a Kelso Police patrol car, taking law enforcement on a lengthy pursuit, then hit a Washington State Patrol vehicle, injuring a trooper inside. He also claimed he's been in more than 20 altercations with correctional officers during his time in prison.

Goldsby said the violent incidents resulted in him being transferred multiple times to different correctional centers, including Shelton, Walla Walla, and Clallam Bay.

Then, "out of the blue," Goldsby said, he was transferred to Airway Heights Correctional Center.

He told the station that Munger "kept... giving me details about what happened and what he did. About the photos and videos of him doing this stuff, and it was building up."

Goldsby also told KHQ he tried at least twice to inform prison staff about what was going on.

"When I showed up in that unit, I walked out of that pod, went to an office and said, 'Hey, I need a new cellie.' And the correctional officer ... was like, 'What? No. We didn't call you.' ... Then I went back to my cell. We got something in there called a button. You hit it if something's going on. So, I hit that button, too, and nobody came on that mic at all," he noted to the station. "So, in my head, I'm not in my head at this point and time. I'm completely feeling like this is what they wanted to happen."

Goldsby kills Munger

Finally in a prison common area last summer, KHQ — citing court documents — reported that Goldsby "[hit] Munger in the face and head area about 14 times, [stomped] on his head at least four times and [kicked] a couple more times before walking away and being taken into custody by Airway Heights Corrections Guards."

Munger later died.

But Goldsby said of the prison, "You put me in the same cell as this dude. I feel set up. I'm the victim," KHQ reported.

Goldsby sentenced

Last week Goldsby was sentenced to 298 months in prison for murdering Munger — just under 25 years, the station said.

KHQ said that before Goldsby was sentenced, he read from a prepared statement but was overcome with emotion, after which his court-appointed attorney finished it: "I cannot imagine what it would be like to lose a loved one in this kind of way. To his wife and his whole family I apologize. I am so sorry, and I hope you are able to heal from what I caused."

Anything else?

The state Department of Corrections has a cellmate policy that is designed to prevent situations like the one that placed Goldsby and Munger together, the station said. But KHQ added that an independent investigation found that prison screeners had no knowledge about the connection between Goldsby and Munger when they were placed in the same cell.

Guests forced to delete photos and videos of maskless Obama at boozy birthday party



Despite COVID-19 cases soaring in recent weeks, due much in part to the highly contagious delta variant that has the U.S. averaging over 100,000 new cases per day, former President Barack Obama went forward with his celebrity-laden birthday party in Massachusetts on Saturday. A few photos and videos were leaked out to the public from the swanky soirée, which show a maskless Obama dancing with his guests, who also did not wear face coverings.

Obama's birthday bash was held in massive tents on his spacious estate in Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, which was designated as a "high transmission" area for COVID-19 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. High transmission communities fall under the CDC's updated guidance recommending that masks be worn indoors, even by people who are fully vaccinated.

Barack and Michelle Obama from his 60th party https://t.co/amGMRgsInO

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) 1628430831.0

Singer Erykah Badu was performing at the former president's 60th birthday party, but managed to record a video of maskless Obama dancing with a woman and other attendees who were not wearing face coverings. Badu uploaded the video to Instagram, but then quickly deleted it. But she didn't manage to delete it quick enough and the footage was shared online.

Video of Obama’s maskless Martha’s Vineyard birthday party before Erykah Badu deleted it https://t.co/ge0k23XioV

— Jewish Deplorable (@TrumpJew2) 1628432153.0

Rapper Trap Beckham and manager TJ Chapman were also at Obama's birthday party, and shared photos of the event before deleting the images that were saved by the New York Post.

Chapman estimated that Obama spent at least $1 million on the event, which he called "the party of all parties."

The Daily Mail reported that guests were treated to "a specially constructed espresso martini bar, salt station and s'mores station."

Attendees were also provided custom-designed face masks and cocktail napkins emblazoned with "44x60," a logo for the 44th president on his 60th birthday.

However, Beckham revealed that he was forced to delete all of the images of the Obama shindig.

"Had to delete everything due to the rules," Beckham said after the party. "It was epic for sure. If any videos surface, it's going viral. He danced the whole time. Nobody ever seen Obama like this before."

In a video posted to social media, Chapman was upset he had to delete his videos.

"Epic night last night," Chapman said in a video. "I posted some stories of myself. Didn't think anybody gave a damn, and I guess they did. That's not cool. That's not cool."

DJ posts stealth pics of Obama's 'epic' birthday party — before being forced to delete them https://t.co/9fGUVeXaM0 https://t.co/aRO5KOzi9K

— New York Post (@nypost) 1628408783.0

Celebrity guests included Beyoncé, Jay-Z, George Clooney, Steven Spielberg, Bradley Cooper, Don Cheadle, Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Gabrielle Union, Dwayne Wade, Questlove, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Gayle King, Steven Colbert, and Tom Hanks.

John Legend allegedly sang "Happy Birthday" to Obama.

The party allegedly wrapped up around midnight, and the celebrities leaving caused a traffic "s***show," according to a local police officer.

The phrase "maskless Obama" trended on Twitter when the photos and videos of the former president not wearing a face covering hit the internet on Sunday.

Obama faced criticism over the party for claiming to "scale back" the festivities and include "only family and close friends," only to have celebrities fly into Massachusetts from all over the country.

Amazon deplatforms book on transgenderism by conservative author without explanation



Amazon's web store has removed a best-selling book by a conservative author on the science and politics of transgenderism without notifying the author or giving him a reason why the book was deplatformed.

Ethics & Public Policy Center President Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., on Sunday discovered that his book, "When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment" had been removed from Amazon's online store.

The book, which was an Amazon and Washington Post best-seller, surveys the debate on gender dysphoria, sex reassignment surgeries, and anti-discrimination law and considers biology, psychology, and philosophy to address what the public policy response should be for individuals who struggle to accept their bodies.

Anderson told TheBlaze that Amazon did not provide him with notice or an explanation for why his book was made unavailable to purchase. He only found out after people attempting to buy the book told him the listings on Amazon were taken down. Customers cannot purchase a used copy, the Kindle edition, or even the Audible version of Anderson's book.

I hope you’ve already bought your copy, cause Amazon just removed my book “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to t… https://t.co/Mr35GE61oS
— Ryan T. Anderson (@Ryan T. Anderson)1613939645.0
While you can’t buy the book on Amazon, you can still get it (for now?) at Barnes and Noble. Given the aggressive p… https://t.co/QkuuyEusV4
— Ryan T. Anderson (@Ryan T. Anderson)1613941172.0

"When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment was released exactly three years ago (Feb 20, 2018 to be precise). It was attacked twice on the New York Times op-ed page. The Washington Post ran a hit piece on it that they then had to entirely rewrite to fix all their errors. It was obvious the critics hadn't read the book," Anderson said. "People who have actually read my book discovered that it was a thoughtful and accessible presentation of the state of the scientific, medical, philosophical and legal debates. Yes, it advances an argument from a certain viewpoint. No, it didn't get any facts wrong, and it didn't engage in any name-calling."

He noted that his book received widespread praise from various medical and psychology academics and professionals.

"It was praised by a who's who of experts: the former psychiatrist-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a longtime psychology professor at NYU, a professor of medical ethics at Columbia Medical School, a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University, a professor of neurobiology at the University of Utah, a distinguished professor at Harvard Law School, an eminent legal philosopher at Oxford, and a professor of jurisprudence at Princeton," said Anderson.

"None of that matters. It's not about how you say it, it's not about how rigorously you argue it, it's not about how charitably you present it. It's about whether you dissent from a new orthodoxy. Three years after publication, in the very same week that the House of Representatives is going to ram through a radical transgender bill amending the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Amazon erases my book opposing gender ideology from their cyber shelves. Make no mistake, both Big Government and Big Tech can undermine human dignity and liberty, human flourishing and the common good."

Anderson said that his publisher had contacted Amazon but had not yet received an explanation for why the book was deplatformed.

The timing of Amazon’s disappearing of my transgender book is, uh, timely... My op-ed in today’s @nypost is on the… https://t.co/elqpyAdV3O
— Ryan T. Anderson (@Ryan T. Anderson)1613996492.0

TheBlaze also reached out to Amazon, but comment for this article was not made available prior to publication.

Amazon was widely criticized by conservatives on social media for deplatforming the book.

Amazon accounts for over 83% of books sold in the US. When @amazon decides to stop selling a best-selling book, it… https://t.co/4mhOyB3qa9
— Abigail Shrier (@Abigail Shrier)1613942169.0
Hey @JeffBezos, why will you let Americans read Hitler on his Kampf, but not let us read @RyanTAnd on gender ideolo… https://t.co/cf9qsNhjP1
— Rod Dreher (@Rod Dreher)1613943245.0
This is ridiculous. @amazon please fix this error and restore @RyanTAnd’s book immediately. Unless this was intenti… https://t.co/6ftH01CNJ6
— Lila Rose (@Lila Rose)1613947651.0
I am transgender and this book is enlightening, thoughtful and well-researched. It provides necessary and important… https://t.co/203UuIIxOC
— Chad Felix Greene (@Chad Felix Greene)1613950082.0
Bear in mind Amazon has approaching 50% of the entire ecommerce market. One out of five books sold is a Kindle book… https://t.co/LNN0hSNHY7
— Mark Hemingway (@Mark Hemingway)1614002728.0
Some mid-level censor at Amazon appears to be conducting an experiment in what they can get away with:https://t.co/uQTf8XIxbr
— Ross Douthat (@Ross Douthat)1614002207.0
Progressive corporations banning books seems bad. https://t.co/UUOYEJN4Yo
— J.D. Vance (@J.D. Vance)1613952102.0