MSNBC analyst tells desperate Dems why they must 'SCARE THE HELL' out of minority voters



As Democrats panic over minority voters abandoning them, as demonstrated by the Latino voter turnout in the recent Texas election, one MSNBC analyst has come up with a simple way to force voters back into compliance: just “scare the hell out of them."

Appearing on “Deadline: White House” with host Nicolle Wallace, Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher urged Democrats to scare minority voters by telling them they'll lose all their rights if Republicans win in the midterms because America will have "no democracy."

“Campaigns, we got to give them a reason to feel they have skin in the game, that this is important to them, that losing democracy is important to them. And whether or not it be telling women that, you know what, women? You think you’re losing your rights now? What do you think is going to happen if we don’t have democracy?" Belcher warned.

"And you know, African-American men who are showing the lowest motivation to turn out in this midterm, you think things are tough for you right now? Where do you think you’re going to stand in a country, in America where there’s no democracy, where they have absolutely no interest at all in respecting your rights?" he railed. "We’ve got to let these people understand they’ve got skin in this game, and we’ve got to scare the hell out of them because quite frankly, they should be afraid that we’re going to lose our democracy."

\u201c@tomselliott @cornellbelcher Aaaand they\u2019re off! With a any new hashtag and everything!\n\nhttps://t.co/pb77xe4qMO\u201d
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott) 1655329178
\u201c@tomselliott @cornellbelcher Interesting that they only believe it\u2019s \u201cdemocracy\u201d if you agree with them\u2026\u201d
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott) 1655329178
\u201c@La_Mont__ @tomselliott Crazy, isn't it?\u201d
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott) 1655329178
\u201c@tomselliott Sure let\u2019s protect democracy by implementing one party rule\u201d
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott) 1655329178
\u201c@tomselliott @cornellbelcher https://t.co/nppii8bUWw\u201d
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott) 1655329178

On “The Rubin Report” this week, BlazeTV host Dave Rubin shared a video clip of Belcher's rediculous voter strategy and discussed how Democrats are growing more desperate as they realize that minority voters are abandoning them.

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Kamala Harris gets stuck repeating the word 'joy' during painfully awkward interview with Joy Reid



Vice President Kamala Harris is becoming notorious for her embarrassing tendency to repeat certain words or phrases when she speaks.

Who could forget the time she weirdly repeated the phrase “the significance of the passage of time” four times in less than 30 seconds?

And then there was the strange "word salad" speech in which she kept repeating the phrase "work together" over and over in a single rambling sentence.


Most recently, the vice president got stuck in yet another speech loop, this time seemingly inspired by the person she was speaking to, or at least that person's name: Joy.

During an interview with MSNBC host Joy Reid, the vice president repeated the word "joy" four times in about 30 seconds while responding to a question about the Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings.

"I will tell you, Joy, I experienced great joy when I watched this brilliant, phenomenal black woman, jurist, be so smart and just cut through the political gamesmanship they were attempting to incite," Harris said of Jackson. "And she just was composed and, as far as I'm concerned, was taking a whole lot of people to school. And I watched with incredible joy because it was brilliance being displayed for the entire country to see, and I cannot wait to see, that will only be matched by the joy that I experience when I see her take the oath to be the next justice on the United States Supreme Court."

\u201c.@VP Harris always sounds like she forgot to do her homework\u201d
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott) 1655727031

Videos of Harris' comments circulated on social media have prompted an interesting array of responses.

\u201c@metabiota_ukr @tomselliott @VP Same\u2026. Between the look on her face & the pauses to find some words that will hide the fact that she watched none of the hearings is just more than I want to experience today.\u201d
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott) 1655727031
\u201c@AmericaTrumpian @tomselliott @VP The verbal equivalent of writing twice the size that you normally write to fill the required pages.\u201d
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott) 1655727031
\u201c@tomselliott @VP What are we watching here, is this the marijuana or the thorazine?\u201d
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott) 1655727031
\u201c@tomselliott @VP I agree, but have we ruled out day drinking? \nThe way she speaks sometimes reminds me of someone who's just a wee bit tipsy.\u201d
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott) 1655727031
\u201c@tomselliott @VP It\u2019s always an episode of Veep with this one.\u201d
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott) 1655727031
\u201c@tomselliott @VP I think she may have grade schooler in charge of the teleprompter. \u201cSpace is big\u201d is a personal fav\u201d
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott) 1655727031
\u201c@randomu84249195 Deep Veep Thoughts.\u201d
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott) 1655727031

Speaking of "Veep Thoughts," BlazeTV's Stu Burguiere has been keeping track of the vice president's most mind-blowing words of wisdom in his "Veep Thoughts by Kamala Harris" series. Here are a few fun favorites in case you missed them:




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NBC reporter Yamiche Alcindor gets slammed with backlash over biased comment against Republicans



NBC News White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor was hit with angry ridicule after she made a brazenly biased comment against Republicans.

Alcindor, who formerly worked for PBS, made the comments while a guest on Nicolle Wallace's MSNBC show, "Deadline White House" on Monday.

"They took access absolutely because of a lie, but also I would say, that there also is racism in there," said Alcindor.

"And the racism is a lie," she added.

"The vote, right!" Wallace interjected.

"Right, exactly, it's like the lie, and racism which is a lie, which is that these black people don’t deserve the access to citizenship in the way that other Americans do, that they haven’t worked for it and they don’t understand, sort of, the weight of American democracy and as a result we need to make decisions for them," Alcindor continued.

"I think those two things are so intertwined in this country, we often, I think, get to talk about the political side of this but the race side of this, in the fact that [Rep.] Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) is saying, in a country where we saw George Floyd die, it's going to be two years this week that we saw this man murdered, in that same country we're still sort of arguing about whether or not we want to teach our children and our students about whether or not sort of, racism has continued to permeate all of these different structures," she explained.

"When we know graphically, when we know statistically that that is simply a fact," Alcindor claimed.

Many on social media took exception to her dishonest and one-sided framing of the voter rights issue.

"What an insanely dishonest person. We already know that her claims about the GA voting law were false based on current turnout and registration levels, but then to also use those falsehoods to smear political opponents as racist is deplorable. PBS and NBC News should be ashamed," read one critic.

"We do not think this. What an a**hole," said writer Nathan Wurtzel.

"I dare them to find one real human being actually saying that. They can't," said another detractor.

Many pointed out that contrary to claims of voter suppression in Georgia, early voting turnout had broken records with nearly a 200% increase from the 2020 primary election. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, praised the results.

Here's the video of Alcindor's comments:

NBC’s @Yamiche on Ga.’s “voter suppression laws”:

Republicans think "these black people don’t deserve the access to citizenship in the way that other Americans do, that they haven’t worked for it and they don’t understand the weight of American democracy." pic.twitter.com/UdIuiXGjed
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 23, 2022

Unfounded narrative that Kyle Rittenhouse is a 'white supremacist' relentlessly gaslights people until their 'progressive bubble' bursts



Despite the fact that all of the parties involved in the Kyle Rittenhouse shooting were white, certain media outlets and Twitter rabble-rousers haven't stopped racializing the case. The notion that the Rittenhouse shooting is based on race has duped more than one person until their "progressive bubble" popped.

During riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 25, 2021, then-17-year-old armed Rittenhouse was reportedly protecting a used car dealership from looters and rioters. During the chaos, Rittenhouse (who is white) shot and killed his attackers Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber (who are both also white). Rittenhouse also shot and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz – who was armed and also white.

The notion that the Kenosha shootings had something to do with race seems to have started with tweets by Democrats.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) wrote on Aug. 26, 2020, "A 17 year old white supremacist domestic terrorist drove across state lines, armed with an AR 15. He shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives. Fix your damn headlines."

A 17 year old white supremacist domestic terrorist drove across state lines, armed with an AR 15.\n\nHe shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives.\n\nFix your damn headlines.

— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) 1598488385

On the same day, Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) tweeted, "The same police department who shot an unarmed black man 7 times in the back for walking away from them just let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people."

The same police department who shot an unarmed black man 7 times in the back for walking away from them just let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people.\n\nSee the problem?

— Rep. Gwen Moore (@repgwenmoore) 1598472360

Pressley and Moore's claims that Rittenhouse was a white supremacist were unfounded when they made the damning allegations – allegations that are still unsubstantiated over 14 months later. Despite no proof of Rittenhouse being a white supremacist, liberals haven't stopped pushing their fabricated narrative.

In September 2020, the Biden campaign shared a campaign ad that linked Rittenhouse to white supremacy. Rittenhouse's attorney threatened to sue the Biden campaign if they did not retract the ad.

The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse has ratcheted up narratives that race played a part in the shooting, and that Rittenhouse is a white supremacist.

Self-proclaimed "race-baiter" Tariq Nasheed: "From that obviously bias judge doing all that over-the-top yelling at the prosecution, to killer Kyle Rittenhouse and his mother doing all that phony crying in court … this trial is basically performative art white supremacist theater."

Progressive commentator David Leavitt: "If you're defending Kyle Rittenhouse you might be a white supremacist. Just saying."

MSNBC host Joy Reid: "If you want to know why Critical Race Theory exists, the actual law school theory that emphasizes that supposedly colorblind laws in America often still have racially discriminatory outcomes, then look no further than the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse."

MSNBC legal analyst Paul Butler: "This is white privilege on steroids."

Former NBA player turned Twitter video curator Rex Chapman: "Feeling like the people rooting for Kyle Rittenhouse to be found not guilty wouldn't be rooting for him if he was black."

Progressives even claimed that the judge in the Rittenhouse trial would "defend white supremacy" because he had a patriotic ringtone on his cell phone.

Progressive "justice correspondent" Elie Mystal claimed that Rittenhouse will be found not guilty in part because of a "biased, racist judge," who has a "Trump rally cellphone" ring. "What I know is the law, and I what I know is what white people are willing to do to defend white supremacy."

Activist Bree Newsome claimed the Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder follows "a history of judges who are sympathetic to white supremacists."

Activist @BreeNewsome: Rittenhouse judge follows \u201ca history of judges who are sympathtic to white supremacists\u201dpic.twitter.com/I5YeP6RPAM

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) 1636648664

The campaign to paint Rittenhouse as a white supremacist and bring race into the case has gaslighted at least one progressive. She was fooled into believing that the shooting was motivated by race until she realized that she "needs to question everything."

Sarah Beth Burwick, a Twitter user who claims to be a former progressive now "politically homeless", said she believed that the shooting involved minorities up until Thursday.

"I am highly educated and reasonably perceptive, and it was only today that I learned the Kyle Rittenhouse victims were white," the Twitter user claimed. "My progressive bubble made this seem like a very different case than it is."

She added that all of her friends and family are progressive, but recently woke up to the "hypocrisy" of the left. She admitted that she hadn't paid much attention to the Rittenhouse case, but added, "If you hear someone called a white supremacist enough times, you believe it."

She concluded, "You realize you need to question everything you've been told, which is what is keeping me very, very busy of late."

I am highly educated and reasonably perceptive, and it was only today that I learned the Kyle Rittenhouse victims were white.\n\nMy progressive bubble made this seem like a very different case than it is.

— Sarah Beth Burwick (@sarahbeth345) 1636590853


you realize you need to question everything you\u2019ve been told, which is what is keeping me very, very busy of late.

— Sarah Beth Burwick (@sarahbeth345) 1636601810

Far-left progressive "Young Turks" host Ana Kasparian admitted this week that she was wrong about the Kyle Rittenhouse case after she too fell for false narratives.

There has been a pushback on the false accusations that Rittenhouse is a white supremacist.

Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald: "The word 'white' appears 20 times in the Intercept's very long article on Rittenhouse (based on the unquestioned premise that he's guilty, needless to say). Each time, the word is used to accuse him of being a white supremacist, never once to identify the race of his victims."

Former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard: "With no evidence, MSM & antifa-loving politicians immediately labeled Rittenhouse a white supremacist terrorist. It's obvious now that he was just a foolish kid who felt he needed to protect people & the community from rioters & arsonists because the government failed to do so."

Jimmy Kimmel says 'sexism and racism' are the 'obvious' reasons for Kamala Harris' 28% approval rating. But observers are having absolutely none of it.



Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel punctuated a sometimes humorous segment focusing on wildly unpopular Vice President Kamala Harris by saying "sexism and racism" are the "obvious" reasons for her 28% approval rating among Americans.

One might take such a statement as another attempt at a joke, but Kimmel's tone came across as anything but humorous when he made his "sexism and racism" statement:

.@jimmykimmel: The reason @VP Harris is so unpopular is because Americans are sexist and racistpic.twitter.com/Bnhzpvvnrd

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) 1636543865

How did folks react?

Observers on Twitter weren't about to accept yet another tired charge of American "sexism and racism" to cover for Harris' failings:

  • "Or the fact she said she believed all the accusations of sexual assault against Joe Biden then immediately became his VP running mate," one commenter noted. "Integrity? What's that?"
  • "No, she's incompetent and has a nasty personality," another user said. "Did you see her 'talk' with 'school age children' about NASA. She was totally incompetent and had to hire child actors to play the role."
  • "The reason Harris is unpopular is because she has no personality," another commenter said. "Comes off so phony & I'm guessing her little space TV show with child actors didn't help her fake persona. And yes, the nervous cackle response to hard questions is annoying. Assholes come in all colors & genders."
  • "Imagine when you have almost nothing to do, and you still fail miserably in it. That is what you have with @VP," another user said. "She was asked to go to the border...did she? Has she done anything to improve that situation? You know the answer @jimmykimmel, and it's not race or gender."

And a few folks dug their claws into Kimmel over his decidedly hypocritical "sexism and racism" call out. Here's one striking example:

As many folks know, Kimmel openly engaged in plenty of sexism and racism on Comedy Central's "The Man Show," long before his higher profile job on late-night TV. And when America's reckoning with race took place in 2020, Kimmel's past caught up with him, culminating with him issuing a rather defensive apology for wearing blackface numerous times onscreen (apparently without using the word "blackface," mind you).

(H/T: Red State)

Pfizer CEO declares that people who spread 'misinformation' about vaccines are 'criminals'



Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla does not appreciate people spreading what he calls "misinformation" about his company's COVID vaccine. He's so adamant about it that he has declared that people who share lies about vaccines are actually criminals in his mind.

According to Bourla, these miscreants are responsible for the deaths of millions of people.

What's that now?

Bourla, whose company has received billions of dollars from the U.S. government alone for its vaccine, made his comments Tuesday while speaking with the Atlantic Council, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, CNBC reported.

During his conversation with Atlantic Council CEO Frederick Kempe, Bourla ripped into a "very small" number of people who share misinformation about the vaccines on purpose and intentionally mislead the vaccine-hesitant population.

The deaths of millions of people are their heads, according to the drug company chief.

"There are two groups of people," he said. "There are the people that are vaccinated; there are people that are skeptical about the vaccination. Both of them are afraid. Those that are getting the vaccine, they are afraid of the disease, and they believe, because people are not getting vaccinated, they are increasing their risk to them, they are increasing their exposure. They are mad [at] them that they don't get the vaccine."

"Those that don't get the vaccine, they're afraid of the vaccine," Bourla continued. "And they are mad [at] the people that are pressing them to get it."

"Those I understand," he said. "They are very good people. They are decent people, but they have a fear — and I understand it. And they don't want to take chances."

"But there is a very small part of professionals [who] circulate, on purpose, misinformation, so that they will mislead those that have concerns," Bourla added. "Those people are criminals."

"They're criminals because they are literally costing millions of lives," he added.

Kempe agreed, saying they "should be treated as criminals as well."

The Pfizer top dog also lectured Tuesday that people's lives can get "back to normal" once many of the millions of vaccine-hesitant Americans move from unvaccinated to vaccinated.

"The only thing that stands between the new way of life and the current way of life is, frankly, hesitancy to vaccinations," Bourla told the Atlantic Council, CNBC reported.

.@pfizer CEO Albert Bourla: People who share "misinformation" on vaccines' efficacy are "criminals."\n\n"They're not bad people. They're criminals because they have literally cost millions of lives."pic.twitter.com/VjIXs5rQCg

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) 1636483687

According to the New York Times' latest data compilation on vaccinations in the U.S., nearly 80% of people 12 years old and older have receive at least one dose of a COVID vax. About two-thirds of all Americans have received at least one jab, which includes children not yet eligible for the shots, the Times said.

The most vaccinated states are Massachusetts and Vermont, where 81% of residents have received at least one shot. Close behind are Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Hawaii at 80%.

The least vaccinated state is West Virginia. Less than half (49%) of Mountain Staters have received at least one dose.

Teachers union president and Chuck Schumer caught maskless at political retreat in Puerto Rico



Democratic New York lawmakers, union leaders, and lobbyists flocked to Puerto Rico last week to participate in the annual SOMOS legislative conference. The SOMOS conference featured prominent New York Democratic politicians, including New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams, Attorney General Letitia James, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Also in attendance at the political retreat were Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, both of whom were spotted maskless during the conference.

In Puerto Rico, masks are required in all indoor spaces, regardless of vaccination status. However, Weingarten was seen maskless with other conference attendees who were also not wearing face coverings.

Gotta love when school leaders @rweingarten @DOEChancellor mingle with others..in a packed room...with no masks..yet...I wonder if everyone needed proof of Vax to attend this 'work vaca'...they sure didn't need masks...@AppletoZucchini @daniela127 @Chalkbeatpic.twitter.com/Tjr4dQsiu1

— Adriana Aviles (@nanalatinaAA) 1636151440

Ironically, Weingarten has previously called for all students and children to wear masks. "Universal masking in schools can save lives," she wrote in August.

Universal masking in schools can save lives. \u00a0https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/opinion/covid-schools-masks.html\u00a0\u2026

— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) 1628645131

AFT\u2019s @rweingarten says \u201cuniversal masking\u201d is needed to keep schools open: \n\n\u201cWe see the Delta variant be very transmissible. And so that\u2019s why what masks do is masks stop transmission. So universal masking is going to be very helpful to keep kids safe."pic.twitter.com/mjH0Fg9IPB

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) 1627914849

440 students in Palm Beach County in quarantine two days into school year, superintendent says- we need universal masking in Fla schools \u2066@FloridaEA\u2069https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-students-quarantined-20210812-tva5ecdlnjdbjbcdxukekzyi4e-story.html\u00a0\u2026

— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) 1628801136

After being called out for her hypocrisy, Weingarten attempted to explain why she wasn't wearing a mask.

"I wear a mask most of the time indoors," Weingarten responded. "We took them off as people were having a hard time hearing us."

"You could not be Somos or the hotel or panel w/o proof of vaccination. I had also just done a rapid Covid test & was negative," said Weingarten, the head of the second-largest teachers union in the nation. "Frankly I think you are right. If kids are wearing masks in schools to protect themselves & others educators must wear masks inside as well. I'm sorry."

She wrote on Twitter, "I wore my mask the rest of the conference."

Daniela Jampel — mother of three and founding member of the grassroots, nonpartisan group Keep NYC Schools Open — told Fox News, "Ms. Weingarten's response articulates what so many parents already know - masks are a hindrance to communication and to learning. But unlike adults, when kids in school can't understand or hear their teacher, or can't be understood or heard themselves, they do not have the option of simply removing their masks."

Also at SOMOS, Chuck Schumer was caught without a mask while indoors surrounded by people in a crowded room with no social distancing being practiced. Schumer was seen maskless dancing hand-in-hand with New York City Council member Carlina Rivera (D), who was also not wearing a mask.

How many Speaker race points for a Merengue with @SenSchumer? @CarlinaRivera goes all in:pic.twitter.com/gR547gwbL8

— Gloria Pazmino (@GloriaPazmino) 1636160620

Schumer is feeling the music at Somos pic.twitter.com/voQZ7KgsMb

— Emma G. Fitzsimmons (@emmagf) 1636160167

There is a long list of Democrats who have violated COVID-19 guidances, including: President Joe Biden, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, Biden's special envoy on climate John Kerry, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, and Los Angeles County supervisor Sheila Kuehl.

Joe Rogan roars back at CNN for doubling down on 'horse dewormer' narrative, calls Don Lemon a 'dumb motherf*****'



Joe Rogan fired back at Don Lemon after the CNN anchor doubled down on the false narrative that the podcast giant took "horse dewormer" to treat COVID-19.

Rogan announced on Sept. 1 that he fell ill with COVID-19, but rebounded from the respiratory disease within a few days. Rogan said he "threw the kitchen sink at it," which included treatments of monoclonal antibodies, ivermectin, Z-Pak, and prednisone. Rogan pointed out that he was prescribed these treatments by a doctor.

The media zeroed in on Rogan's use of ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medication that is is listed on the World Health Organization's "essential medicines list." There have reportedly been 3.7 billion ivermectin doses distributed globally in the past 30 years to treat parasitic infections in humans. The Food and Drug Administration acknowledges that there is a human version of ivermectin and one designated for animals, but does not recommend the use of either to treat COVID-19.

Despite knowing that ivermectin is a drug made for humans, the media pushed a narrative that Rogan was taking a "horse dewormer," "horse paste," and a "livestock drug." Grabien created a compilation of the media attempting to discredit Rogan by saying the podcast giant was taking a "horse dewormer."

SUPERCUT!Media mock @JoeRogan for claim they invented about horse pills https://t.co/D5CuBEKgBw

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) 1634300188.0

CNN was one of the mainstream media networks that repeatedly asserted Rogan was taking "horse dewormer." So much so that Rogan openly contemplated suing the network for lying about his treatment with a doctor-prescribed medication for humans.

"They keep saying I'm taking horse dewormer," Rogan said last month. "I literally got it from a doctor. It's an American company. They won the Nobel Prize in 2015 for use in human beings and CNN is saying I'm taking horse dewormer. They must know that's a lie."

CNN contributor Mary Katharine Ham slammed her own employer for its "dishonest" reporting on Rogan's COVID-19 treatment.

"Rogan is right that it's dishonest to say he took horse dewormer when he did not. It was irresistible to dunk on him for a lot of people, so they went with that instead of sticking to 'hey, this anti-parasitic isn't recommended for COVID treatment,' which would've been credible," Ham said.

Despite CNN besmirching him on multiple occasions on various TV programs on the network, Rogan welcomed CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on the massively popular "The Joe Rogan Experience."

During the mostly friendly three-hour podcast episode, Rogan confronted Gupta on why his network is "lying" about him taking horse dewormer.

"They're lying at your network about people taking human drugs versus drugs for veterinary," Rogan told Gupta.

"It's a lie. It's a lie on a news network … and it's a lie that they're conscious of. It's not a mistake," Rogan ripped CNN. "They're unfavorably framing it as veterinary medicine."

Gupta finally admitted, "They shouldn't have said that."

Days after Gupta's appearance on "The Joe Rogan Experience," he appeared on CNN's "Don Lemon Tonight" show. Lemon doubled down on the narrative that Rogan was taking "horse dewormer."

"[Rogan] did say something about ivermectin that I think wasn't actually correct about CNN and lying," Lemon told Gupta. "Ivermectin is a drug that is commonly used as a horse dewormer. So, it is not a lie to say that the drug is used as a horse dewormer. I think that's important. And it is not approved for COVID. Correct?"

Gupta replied, "That's right. That's correct. It is not approved for COVID. And, you're right. I mean, the FDA even put out a statement ... that said, 'You're not a horse, you're not a cow, stop taking this stuff'" in reference to ivermectin.

Rogan roared back at Lemon and CNN for continuing to falsely claim that he took veterinary medicine. During an interview this week with cultural commentator Michael Malice on "The Joe Rogan Experience," the podcast king bashed Lemon as a "dumb motherf*****."

"This is what's so funny about that. They don't understand that when they say things that are absolutely untrue, it diminishes their authority. They're not even aware of what they're doing," Rogan said of CNN. "When Don Lemon goes on with Sanjay Gupta and says, 'Actually, it really is a veterinary medicine. It really is horse dewormer.'"

"This was the lie- he goes, 'It's not a lie to say it's also used as horse medicine.' But that's not what you said," Malice added. "You didn't you say, 'This drug, which also is used for horses.' Of what relevance is that?"

"It doesn't have any relevance," Rogan replied. "It's exactly what you're talking about with penicillin and with a gigantic number of medicines that also have veterinary applications. But by doing that, you just, you just proved my point."

"They don't even understand what they just did. You think no one's, like, it's going to end with you? Because it used to be that way. They would say something and no one would have recourse. But when you're saying something, and then the person you're saying it about has literally tens times the audience you do, you dumb motherf*****. Do you know what you did? You just proved my point," Rogan added.

Fox News reported this week, "Don Lemon continues to suffer in the 10 pm ET primetime slot, averaging just 619,000 viewers two weeks into October, a 15% drop from his 724,000 average last month."

Meanwhile, Rogan reportedly received 190 million monthly downloads in 2019, with approximately 15 episodes a month.

Rogan then gave some advice to CNN president Jeff Zucker, who Rogan said he likes and knows him from when he hosted "Fear Factor" and Zucker was the head of NBC at the time.

"They need better people. They need people that are respected because it's not that CNN is beyond repair," Rogan claimed. "Look, I know Jeff Zucker… He's a nice guy… He's a great guy. It's just there, it's like everything else, these people are managing at scale. And but you can't allow people to say things that are absolutely untrue when you have a f***ing news organization."

CNN issued a statement on the row with Rogan to Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple this week, and defended saying the stand-up comedian was taking medicine for livestock.

"The issue is that a powerful voice in the media, who by example and through his platform, sowed doubt in the proven and approved science of vaccines while promoting the use of an unproven treatment for covid-19 — a drug developed to ward off parasites in farm animals," the cable TV network stated. "The only thing CNN did wrong here was bruise the ego of a popular podcaster who pushed dangerous conspiracy theories and risked the lives of millions of people in doing so."

Rogan responded to CNN's statement on his podcast, "And it's not about my feelings… I like it when my feelings get hurt. How about that? I like it. I hurt my own feelings. Like there's not a f***ing human being that's a worse critic of me than me, alright? That's not what the problem is."

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Canadian school health policy counts all sick students and staff who decline COVID tests as if they're COVID-positive



A public health official in Canada recently announced a head-scratching new policy relating to schools and the COVID-19 pandemic that is sure to spark controversy among the public.

What are the details?

While speaking to reporters last week, Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Deena Hinshaw indicated that moving forward, all individuals who are absent from school due to illness but decline to take a COVID-19 test will be counted as if they had tested positive for the virus.

"So we do have that framework where schools, if they see that there are an increased number of children who are ill because of respiratory illness — or teachers or staff — they can work with Alberta Health Services," Hinshaw said. "In some ways that is adding an additional layer of protection, because if individuals choose to not get tested for COVID but are home with an illness, they're now counted in the list as part of that outbreak."

"And so it's less dependent on needing a test to be a part of identifying where there is an issue," she added.

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"In schools, again, we are taking the approach that an illness that fits that definition — a respiratory illness — is treated the same way whether its someone who has been diagnosed with COVID or not."

Hinshaw noted that her team is working with education officials to determine if any adjustments need to be made to the approach.

What else?

The policy appears to be part of a new government initiative to help schools track whether an outbreak is under way on their campuses and consequently whether a shift to increased online learning is needed.

According to CBC, Alberta's return-to-school plan, released in August, ended contact tracing in schools and no longer required schools to notify each other of known COVID-19 cases. But that decision angered some members of the community who argued the government is not doing enough to protect educational institutions.

So in response, Alberta Health Services now instructs schools to alert them if 10% or more of their student and staff population are absent with a respiratory illness, regardless of whether or not it is confirmed to be COVID-19. In the event an outbreak is declared, a medical officer may then recommend additional safety measures to the school.

But CBC reported that the policy is not going over well: "Parents and staff now say that they're receiving vague notices about outbreaks that don't specify whether or not cases of COVID-19 are present in the school."

"This is going to create misunderstandings on the part of parents, that they may underestimate the risk at school if they receive this letter and return," one parent told the news outlet.

Dem lawmaker swiftly fact-checks CNN host who claims Border Patrol agents used 'rope,' 'lasso' against migrants



Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) fact-checked a CNN host in real time Tuesday after the host repeated misleading claims that Border Patrol agents were using whips to corral Haitian migrants at the southern U.S. border.

What happened?

Cuellar — the congressional Democrat who has been the most outspoken about the border crisis — rebuffed CNN host Victor Blackwell for perpetuating misinformation about Border Patrol agents.

Blackwell accused Border Patrol agents, "mounted on horseback," of "charging or chasing" migrants. He said one agent "appear[ed] to use what looks like a rope or lasso" against the migrants.

"Well, you know, certainly, we got to make sure we treat all the immigrants with respect and dignity," Cuellar said. "But I will say this: Border Patrol has had those horse brigades for a while, they've had them for a while, number one."

"Number two, they don't carry whips and they do not carry lassos," Cuellar continued. "I think the picture you're talking about, at least the one I've seen is the rein, the rein of the horses."

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When pressed by Blackwell whether horse reins should be used against the migrants, Cuellar advertised caution against assuming the worst of Border Patrol agents.

"Well, again, if there was a problem, it should be investigated, and I think that's it. But we cannot paint the Border Patrol with that same type of paintbrush," Cuellar said. "Look, you know, what are they supposed to do? Just stand there and let everybody come in?"

"You know, they're supposed to be enforcing the law," he continued. "But again, as to how you enforce the law, you got to make sure you treat people with dignity and respect."

What is the truth?

Pictures show that mounted Border Patrol agents maintaining security in Del Rio were not using whips, ropes, or lassos against the migrants. As Cuellar pointed out, agents were photographed holding the reins used to control a horse.

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Unfortunately for the anti-Border Patrol narrative, it's difficult to draw conclusions about behavior of Border Patrol agents from photographs, for they are missing the context necessary to ascertain what actually happened. While a few images purportedly suggest misbehavior, video does not irrefutably corroborate what Democrats and some media members have suggested.

In the above photo, for example, the mounted Border Patrol agent appears to be guiding his horse by tugging on the rein, not using the rein against the migrant.

Still, the Department of Homeland Security has promised a swift investigation into actions of the mounted Border Patrol agents.