Washington Post guild doesn't want folks to read Post stories Thursday out of 'respect' for 24-hour walkout. Mockery ensues.



The Washington Post guild sent a message this week seeking widespread solidarity, asking folks not to read Post stories Thursday out of "respect" for its planned 24-hour walkout.

More than a few social media users mocked the guild's request.

What are the details?

Reuters said the daylong "strike" is a protest against staff cuts and what unionized journalists at the paper said is management's failure to bargain in good faith in regard to contract talks that have "stretched on for 18 months."

Here's a video the guild posted Tuesday to X:

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The guild also posted a message on X to the "dedicated readers" of the Post:

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"On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content," the message reads. "That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes."

Uh oh

As you might imagine, quite a number of folks hit social media to mock and ridicule the guild's request. Here's a sampling:

  • "My contempt for the @washingtonpost is rivaled only by my contempt for its employees," one commenter wrote. "So maybe I'll check out the 'Style' section Thursday."
  • "We're laughing at you, not with you," another user quipped.
  • "I will be clicking on every WaPo article I can," another commenter shot back before adding, "Learn to code."
  • "This is not going to be difficult for me. At all. Ever," another user added.
  • "I'll do better than that: I promise to not read any WaPo content ever again," another commenter promised.
  • "This legitimately might be the only time I intentionally read the @washingtonpost," another user revealed.
  • "I guess this means I'll be unblocking the @washingtonpost for a day," another commenter shared. "I despise the fascist 'journalists' more than the paper itself."

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Congressman claims Trump plans to institute 'military dictatorship and put tanks in the streets against his enemies if he seizes power'



Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. of New Jersey has claimed that former President Donald Trump "is openly planning to impose a military dictatorship and put tanks in the streets against his enemies if he seizes power again."

"I am going to post this repeatedly so no one can say they haven't been told," the congressman continued in a post on X, which also features a graphic of a tank with a Trump bumper sticker rolling over an American flag on a street. The lawmaker has both an American flag emoji and a Ukrainian flag emoji next to his name on the social media platform.

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Earlier this month, Pascrell, who has served as a House lawmaker for more than two decades, tweeted, "There is a @washingtonpost story today that donald trump is openly planning to impose a republican military dictatorship if he seizes power again. That isn't hyperbole."

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A Washington Post article claimed that Trump associates had been developing plans on possibly invoking the Insurrection Act on his first day back in office to enable him to deploy the military against civil demonstrations. The article never made any mention of military tanks rolling through the streets of America.

"Much of the planning for a second term has been unofficially outsourced to a partnership of right-wing think tanks in Washington," the outlet wrote. "Dubbed 'Project 2025,' the group is developing a plan, to include draft executive orders, that would deploy the military domestically under the Insurrection Act, according to a person involved in those conversations and internal communications reviewed by The Washington Post."

"There are no plans within Project 2025 related to the Insurrection Act or targeting political enemies," Rob Bluey of the Heritage Foundation noted, according to the Post.

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House committee: Blinken got the ball rolling on Hunter Biden 'intel' letter; Biden campaign weighed in on press strategy



The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government has revealed some damning insights into how the Biden campaign coordinated the manufacture and dissemination of the notorious Hunter Biden "intel" letter that impacted the 2020 election.

It appears as though then-senior Biden campaign adviser and now-Secretary of State Antony Blinken got the ball rolling on the bogus letter that sought to discredit the New York Post. Additionally, it is clear the Biden campaign handpicked liberal outlets to parade their handiwork in, just ahead of a critical presidential debate.

Blinken kicks off Biden disinformation campaign

The New York Post published an explosive story on Oct. 14, 2020, about the laptop Hunter Biden abandoned at a Delaware computer shop and an email thereon concerning then-Vice President Joe Biden's shady connections with Burisma, a holding company for a group of Ukrainian energy companies.
A few days later, Blinken, working for the Biden campaign, contacted former acting CIA Director Mike Morell to discuss the Post's reporting, intimating it might be Russian disinformation.

Just as Blinken was destined for a big position in Biden's administration in the event that the Hunter Biden story was rendered toothless, Morell was reportedly under consideration to be appointed Biden's CIA director.

In the ensuing exchange between Blinken and Morell, it was clear — from a signature at the base of one of the emails — that there were other Biden campaigners possibly involved.
Blinken forwarded to Morell a USA Today article titled, "A tabloid got a trove of data on Hunter Biden from Rudy Giuliani. Now, the FBI is probing a possible disinformation campaign." At the bottom of Blinken's email was the signature block of Andrew Bates, then-director of rapid response for the Biden campaign.
Bates, noted the Weaponization committee, was at the time tasked with defending Biden "against attacks on the campaign trail, while also employing an aggressive offensive strategy against President Trump and his team."

Morell testified that after and as a result of this exchange with Biden's future secretary of state, he began drafting the letter with the aim to get it out before the Oct. 22 presidential debate, in which Biden used the statement to great effect.

Bad intelligence

The committee indicated that Morell testified that he did not speak to anyone about potential Russian involvement with the laptop, but "rather researched the issue himself following his conversation with [then-Biden campaign adviser Antony] Blinken."

In an Oct. 18, 2020, email requesting signatures, Morell wrote that he had drafted the letter "because we believe the Russians were involved in some way in the Hunter Biden email issue and because we think Trump will attack Biden on the issue at this week's debate and we want to give the VP a talking point to use in response."

The signing campaign was a success.
James Clapper, former director of national intelligence; Leon Panetta, former head of the CIA; John Brennan, former head of the CIA; Michael Hayden, former head of the National Security Agency; Nick Rasmussen, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center; Mike Vickers, former under secretary of defense for intelligence; and dozens of others signed the letter entitled, "Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails."

The letter Morell drafted declared that the Hunter Biden laptop story and the evidence it discussed were likely all an utter fabrication — that the story 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," Clapper and his peers suggested a "laptop op" 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."

The author of the now-discredited letter added, "Our experience makes us deeply suspicious that the Russian government played a significant role in this case. If we are right, this is Russia trying to influence how Americans vote in this election, and we believe strongly that Americans need to be aware of this."

Biden campaign puppets media response

After getting a slew of signatories whom he reportedly "misled" — allegedly with the help of a CIA insider — Morell had Nick Shapiro, his former deputy chief of staff and senior adviser at the CIA, "coordinate dissemination efforts with the media."

Morell told Shapiro what to say on and off the record with reporters.

"On the record from you: What is this? A large group of former career intelligence officers, many specializing in Russia, joined by a group of former IC leaders, all saying that the Russians were somehow involved here," Morell told Shapiro. "The IC leaders who have signed here are diverse in that they worked for the past four Presidents, including Trump. The real power here is the number of former, working-level IC officers who want the American people to know."

Morell further instructed Shapiro to volunteer the following details off the record: "Make sure sure reporters know that we are not making a call on whether the materials are true or not, just that Moscow played a role in getting the information out."

Unearthed emails show that Morell stressed that the Biden campaign preferred that the Washington Post first run the story.

According to the committee, "Morell apprised Shapiro that, '[b]etween us, the campaign would like' a specific reporter with the Washington Post to run the statement first."

\u201cBut it doesn\u2019t stop there! \n\nThe Biden Campaign coordinated the dissemination of the statement to other members of the media as well. \n\n@washingtonpost, @AP, @politico\u201d
— Weaponization Committee (@Weaponization Committee) 1683714333

After packaging the intended narrative in email form for the media to disseminate, Shapiro ran the content by the Biden campaign, ostensibly for its approval.

Despite its preference that the "Democracy dies in darkness" crew at the Washington Post advance the narrative, the Biden campaign also saw fit to have the letter passed to the Associated Press with its preferred framing.

When neither liberal outlet ran the story right away, Natasha Bertrand at Politico did so dutifully, with an Oct. 19, 2020, piece entitled, "Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say."

While parroting the suggestions made in the letter, Bertrand also advanced claims by Biden's top advisers in the piece, including their rebukes of credible accusations concerning the Bidens' business dealings in Ukraine and elsewhere.

Bertrand appears to have been rewarded with a CNN gig not long thereafter.

\u201cHow much coordination was happening between the signers of the Hunter Biden \u201cintel\u201d letter and the Biden Campaign? \n\nSo much, that the Biden Campaign signaled which news outlet they\u2019d like to break the story first. \n\nThe outlet? @washingtonpost.\u201d
— Weaponization Committee (@Weaponization Committee) 1683713787


Payoff

Then-candidate Joe Biden exploited both the Politico report and the letter, referencing them in the final presidential debate with former President Donald Trump, saying, "Look, there are 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what he’s accusing me of is a Russian plan. They have said that this has all the characteristics — four, five former heads of the CIA, both parties, say what he’s saying is a bunch of garbage. Nobody believes it except him and his good friend Rudy Giuliani."

The Blinken-triggered letter came in handy on at least one other occasion.

Biden cited the discredited letter on "60 Minutes," where he said, "From what I’ve read and know, the intelligence community warned the president that Giuliani was being fed disinformation from the Russians. And we also know that Putin is trying very hard to spread disinformation about Joe Biden. And so when you put the combination of Russia, Giuliani, and the president together, you assess what it is. It’s a smear campaign because he has nothing he wants to talk about in his — what is he running on? What is he running on?"

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Washington Post blasted for UVA shooting story's initial headline saying suspected gunman 'had troubled childhood, but then flourished'



The Washington Post was blasted on social media Monday over the initial headline of a University of Virginia shooting story that said the suspected gunman — accused of fatally shooting three players on the school's football team and wounding two other students — had a "troubled childhood, but then flourished."

\u201cThis is a real headline from the Washington Post\u201d
— TheBlaze (@TheBlaze) 1668443234

The headline appeared to have been changed sometime after 12:10 p.m. Monday to read, "Suspected U-Va. gunman was scrutinized by threat assessment team for weapon, police say."

The Post's story indicated it was updated at 12:15 p.m. as well as at 1:15 p.m., but there are no notes in the story describing what was updated.

The Post on Monday told TheBlaze in a statement that "the headline was changed following the press conference when new information was learned. This is a developing story."

'You've gotta be kidding'

A number of folks on Twitter were none too pleased with the wording of the Post's original headline, which described suspect Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. as having "flourished" after going through a "troubled childhood."

Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips tweeted, "Just an unbelievable headline from the Washington Post about the mass shooter at UVA. You've gotta be kidding ..."

Rob Eno, media critic for BlazeTV, mocked the Post by saying that "democracy also dies when you hide former headlines without even [an] editors note ... To the rest of you, this is a textbook case of the media lying to you."

Others agreed:

  • "So yea whoever wrote this headline should be fired," one commenter said. "Didn’t realize flourishing meant murdering people. Washington Post at it again."
  • "Talk about a bizarre headline," another user reacted. "Is he gonna 'flourish' in prison?"
  • "With headlines like this, you'll put @TheBabylonBee out of business," another commenter told the Post. "This is @Salon level stupidity."
  • "One of the most disgusting headlines I have ever seen printed," another user declared. "Shame on you @washingtonpost."
  • "This guy allegedly murdered three people and shot five total, and the @washingtonpost describes him as a guy who 'flourished.' Pathetic," another commenter said.

Anything else?

Jones — a former player on the school's football team — was taken into custody Monday following a manhunt of more than 13 hours after the shooting on the Charlottesville campus, the Associated Press reported. Jones was charged with three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of using a handgun in the commission of a felony, ESPN said.

The players who were fatally shot have been identified as junior receiver Lavel Davis Jr. of Dorchester, South Carolina, junior receiver Devin Chandler of Huntersville, North Carolina, and junior defensive end/linebacker D'Sean Perry of Miami, school President Jim Ryan said during a Monday news conference, ESPN said.

\u201cAll three of the UVA shooting victims are football players:\n\nDevin Chandler (from Virginia Beach)\n\nD'Sean Perry\n\nLavel Davis\u201d
— Dan Kennedy 13News Now (@Dan Kennedy 13News Now) 1668441880

Ryan said two other unidentified students were shot and hospitalized, the sports network reported, adding that Ryan said one student was in good condition, and the other was in critical condition.

The shooting took place on a charter bus that had returned to campus after students attended a play in Washington, D.C., as part of a class field trip, Ryan said, according to ESPN.

Angry Dem senator threatens Elon Musk after Musk savagely mocks him: 'Why does your pp have a mask!?'



Sen. Ed Markey threatened Elon Musk on Sunday after the world's richest man mocked the Massachusetts Democrat for complaining about Twitter impersonations.

After Musk took control of Twitter, he allowed users to get a blue verified checkmark if they subscribed to "Twitter Blue" for $8 per month. The service, however, was quickly abused, resulting in a wave of impersonations. Twitter has since suspended giving out the blue checkmarks.

What did Markey say?

Markey demanded answers from Musk about Twitter's verification process after the Democratic lawmaker colluded with a Washington Post writer to create a Twitter account impersonating him.

Considering all you needed was a credit card to purchase the blue checkmark, it worked. And Markey was upset.

In a letter, Markey demanded answers from Musk for the "haphazard imposition" of changes to Twitter because "[a]llowing an imposter to impersonate a U.S. Senator on Twitter is a serious matter that you need to address promptly." Of course, Markey failed to disclose in the letter that he gave the Washington Post writer permission to impersonate him.

Markey then drew attention to his complaint by going on Twitter to accuse Musk of "putting profits over people and his debt over stopping disinformation."

\u201cA @washingtonpost reporter was able to create a verified account impersonating me\u2014I\u2019m asking for answers from @elonmusk who is putting profits over people and his debt over stopping disinformation. Twitter must explain how this happened and how to prevent it from happening again.\u201d
— Ed Markey (@Ed Markey) 1668198109

How did Musk respond?

Musk responded to Markey on Sunday by accusing his official Twitter account of being a "parody" and mocked him for wearing a face mask in his profile picture.

"Perhaps it is because your real account sounds like a parody?" Musk mocked.

"And why does your pp have a mask!?" he said.

\u201c@SenMarkey @washingtonpost And why does your pp have a mask!?\u201d
— Ed Markey (@Ed Markey) 1668198109

What was Markey's response?

Markey threatened Musk, suggesting that Congress will "fix" his companies.

"One of your companies is under an FTC consent decree. Auto safety watchdog NHTSA is investigating another for killing people," Markey responded. "And you’re spending your time picking fights online.

"Fix your companies. Or Congress will," he threatened.

\u201cOne of your companies is under an FTC consent decree. Auto safety watchdog NHTSA is investigating another for killing people. And you\u2019re spending your time picking fights online. Fix your companies. Or Congress will.\u201d
— Ed Markey (@Ed Markey) 1668356216

Markey was referring to the possibility that Musk may have violated the consent agreement with the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC has not yet commented on the matter.

Meanwhile, the National Highway Safety Administration has been investigating Tesla over fatal crashes in which drivers used the car's automated driving capabilities.

FACT CHECK: It’s ‘Always Great To Hang Out’ With ‘Brilliant and Talented’ Taylor Lorenz

The Washington Post's executive fact-checker on Monday made a number of bold assertions involving a fellow journalist. "Always great to hang out with the brilliant and talented @TaylorLorenz," Glenn Kessler wrote on Twitter, the social networking platform, "a terrific addition to the @washingtonpost staff." The tweet included a photo of the two journalists posing in pandemic-era face masks and casual business attire.

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Major media figures claim that Josh Hawley is ‘transphobic’ because he thinks men can’t get pregnant



Multiple prominent media figures took the side of Berkeley law professor Khiara Bridges, who accused Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) of being "transphobic" because he does not believe that men can get pregnant in a viral clip on Tuesday.

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the impact of overturning Roe v. Wade, Bridges repeatedly used the torturous phrase "people with a capacity for pregnancy" as a gender-neutral substitute for "women." When Hawley called her out on it, highlighting the absurdity of erasing the word "women" from a discussion on abortion rights, Bridges told him that his "line of questioning is transphobic."

Bridges said Hawley was "denying that trans people exist" and opening them up to violence because he would not recognize "that men can get pregnant."

Some supposedly objective media outlets revealed which side they took in their coverage of the back-and-forth.

The Washington Post said Hawley "refused to acknowledge that some transgender men can get pregnant," which is inaccurate. Hawley never said that "transgender men" can't get pregnant — his position is that "transgender men" are women, because women are the only people who can get pregnant.

\u201cThis @washingtonpost news story hits @HawleyMO for \u201crefusing to acknowledge\u201d men can get pregnant\n\nWe need a total and complete shutdown of WaPo until we figure out what is going on\u201d
— Brent Scher (@Brent Scher) 1657677316

Most mainstream news headlines reported that Hawley was "called" or "accused" of asking "transphobic" questions, framing the story more neutrally. But a CNN video used the headline, "Hawley called out for 'transphobic' questions," which adopted the left's view of the exchange.

The U.K. Independent had more direct bias, writing that Bidges "rebuked" Hawley for his "transphobic" questions.

"In a series of extraordinary testimony to a Senate committee on the future of abortion in the US after the dissolve of Roe v Wade, an abortion rights advocate and law professor issued a sharp rebuke to Republican Senator Josh Hawley, who appeared to dismiss that transgender people could become pregnant," the Independent reported.

Meanwhile, progressive media declared unambiguous victory for Bridges over Hawley, who they insisted "got owned."

Salon and HuffPo each ran headlines that insisted the Missouri Republican was "schooled." Jezebel published a video titled, "Berkeley Law Professor Eviscerates Sen. Josh Hawley at Post-Roe Hearing." Heartland Signal said Hawley was "put in place" by Bridges.

Vox wrote that Hawley used "transphobic rhetoric to rile up the GOP's base" and sided with Bridges' contested claim that Hawley's language equates to violence.

"Bridges’s concerns reflect the fact that lawmakers’ political attacks on trans people — including denying their existence, and using legislation to limit their freedom of movement, access to activities, and availability of health care — have coincided with an increase in physical violence," Li Zhou wrote for Vox. "According to a 2021 Time report, anti-trans violence has surged in the wake of an increase in legislation targeting trans people. A 2021 UCLA report also found that trans people, particularly Black and brown trans people, were significantly more likely to be victims of violent crime than cis people."

Progressives on Twitter also praised Bridges and mocked Hawley.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Hawley "feigned shock at the recognition that he incites violence."

\u201cThank you for your service, Professor Bridges\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffd\n\nAlso lol @ Hawley\u2019s feigned shock at the recognition that he incites violence. The man raised a fist w/ Jan 6th-ers who yelled \u201cHang Mike Pence\u201d & fundraised off it.\n\nNow he wants to be all \u201cMe?? Opening people to violence??\ud83d\ude24\u201d\u201d
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1657651252

"KA-BLOW" tweeted Imani Gandy, the senior editor of law and policy for Rewire News Group, after Bridges declared Hawley was denying transgender people exist because he doesn't think men can get pregnant.

\u201cHawley: Are you saying I'm transphobic.\n\nBridges: your line of questioning is. Denying their existence leads to violence. \n\nHawley: I'm not denying they exist.\n\nBridges: Do you believe men can get pregnant?\n\nHawley: No.\n\nBridges: Then you're denying they exist.\n\nKA-BLOW\u201d
— \u2693\ufe0fImani Two-Kitchens Gandy\u2693\ufe0f (@\u2693\ufe0fImani Two-Kitchens Gandy\u2693\ufe0f) 1657641538

Many others ridiculed Hawley for his supposed embarrassment by a professor who thinks men can be women and women can be men, rendering the distinctions between the two sexes meaningless.

But Stephen Porter, the assistant editor for USA Today Opinion, urged progressives, "Don't feign ignorance about Sen. Josh Hawley's 'questions.'"

"He was making a statement. His claim? That trans men & nonbinary people who can get pregnant are ~actually~ women. He's asserting that their reproductive organs define their gender," Porter tweeted.

"That's literally ✨transphobic✨," he said.

\u201cDon\u2019t feign ignorance about Sen. Josh Hawley\u2019s \u201cquestions.\u201d He was making a statement. His claim? That trans men & nonbinary people who can get pregnant are ~actually~ women. He\u2019s asserting that their reproductive organs define their gender. \n\nThat\u2019s literally \u2728transphobic\u2728.\u201d
— Steven Porter (@Steven Porter) 1657688124

In a lengthy thread, Porter went on to say that Hawley "derives some inhumane political benefit" from making "transphobic comments." He demanded that people "sympathetic to Hawley's message" but who don't want to be labeled transphobic "show us what you think it means to treat transgender people with kindness, dignity & respect."

\u201cMaybe you object to the \u201corthodoxy\u201d of trans-inclusive language. Then show us how to speak thoughtfully about reproductive health care for people who have the capacity to get pregnant & don\u2019t identify as women. Show us a better way.\u201d
— Steven Porter (@Steven Porter) 1657688124

Responding to the hysterics Wednesday morning, Hawley told Fox News that Democrats "have lost their minds."

"The Democrats have become such extremists. Now their official line is men can get pregnant — and if you disagree, you’re violent," Hawley said. "They have lost their minds and the whole country can see it."

Washington Post spirals out of control after a writer retweets a 'reprehensible' joke about women



A spokesperson for the Washington Post issued an apology after a writer retweeted a sexist joke and other writers at the news outlet objected vocally on Twitter.

Dave Weigel retweeted a joke about women on Friday and immediately regretted it after he was criticized heavily for joking on Twitter.

Weigel deleted the tweet, but it was saved for posterity by random people on Twitter and other writers at the outlet, like Felicia Sonmez, who objected to the sexist message.

\u201cFantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed!\u201d
— Felicia Sonmez (@Felicia Sonmez) 1654274227

"Every girl is bi. You just have to figure out if it's polar or sexual," read the tweet.

"Fantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed!" replied Sonmez sarcastically.

"Or perhaps @daveweigel the correct diagnosis: they’re just not that into you," responded Stephanie Ruhl, the MSNBC host.

Kristine Coratti Kelly, a Wapo spokesperson, quickly issued an apology for the offensive joke tweet.

"Editors have made clear to the staff that the tweet was reprehensible and demeaning language or actions like that will not be tolerated," said Kelly.

Weigel also apologized.

\u201cI just removed a retweet of an offensive joke. I apologize and did not mean to cause any harm.\u201d
— David Weigel (@David Weigel) 1654276091

For some on the left, it wasn't enough.

"You are still misogynistic trash. Can’t believe @washingtonpost still employs someone with such deep-seated sexist beliefs. Definitely clouds his ability to report unbiased facts," responded liberal activist Amy Siskind.

According to a report by CNN's Oliver Darcy, WaPo national editor Matea Gold addressed the controversy with the outlet's employees on a channel on Slack.

"I just want to assure all of you that The Post is committed to maintaining a respectful workplace for everyone. We do not tolerate demeaning language or actions," Gold wrote.

The whole bizarre episode was mocked and ridiculed by many on social media.

"Seriously? The Washington Post had to issue a statement about a retweet of a dumb joke? Nearly a dozen journalists in Mexico have been murdered since the start of the year and here we have people freaking out because Dave Weigel retweeted something. Goddamned babies," said editor Jay Caruso.

Here's more about sexism in society:

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Liberals are having complete meltdowns over Elon Musk possibly buying Twitter, comparing him to Adolf Hitler and comic book supervillains: 'It could result in World War 3'



Elon Musk made a proposal to acquire Twitter – which made many blue-check liberals suffer complete meltdowns. Liberals shrieked that the potential purchase would end democracy and start World War III. Some leftists compared Musk's actions with the rise of Adolf Hitler and comic book supervillains.

Musk – who is already the largest shareholder of the social media platform – announced on Thursday that he made an offer to purchase Twitter for nearly $42 billion.

There was a flood of Twitter reactions from liberals freaking out that Musk could own the platform.

  • Washington Post columnist Max Boot: "I am frightened by the impact on society and politics if Elon Musk acquires Twitter. He seems to believe that on social media anything goes. For democracy to survive, we need more content moderation, not less."
  • Journalist Jeff Jarvis: "Today on Twitter feels like the last evening in a Berlin nightclub at the twilight of Weimar Germany."
  • Political commentator Robert Reich: "I hate to break it to the so-called defenders of capitalism out there, but oligarchy isn't good for markets or freedom. It's one step removed from feudalism. We are watching a hostile takeover of Twitter by the richest man in the world who regularly tries to silence critics. This is what oligarchy looks like."
  • Journalist Anand Giridharadas: "Elon Musk is why to abolish billionaires. Asking them to chip in their fair share isn't enough. Regulating them isn't enough. When people are allowed to acquire this much concentrated influence, they will inevitably manspread economic power into every other form of power."
  • Correspondent Elie Mystal: "I'm not *really* worried about the racist white man buying this dumb platform because all the racist white man wants to do with it is make it easier for his friends to be racist. Which, like, they already are, all the time. And I make fun of them and they block me so whatever. Besides, if they make it too bad Black people will just leave to some other platform owned by white people who have access to venture capital. And we will make the culture there. And whites will follow us because racists are boring an unimaginative."
  • CEO Christopher Bouzy: "This game Elon Musk is playing with Twitter is dangerous. Twitter isn't just another social media platform, and Elon clearly recognizes that."
  • Political analyst Jared Yates Sexton: "I don’t know. Maybe a society where billionaires have enough money lying around to start space programs and control communication while people starve and ration their medicine isn’t the best system."
  • Journalist Sarah Stierch: "Please no Elon Musk buying Twitter. Please no."
  • Writer Dave Pell: "Elon Musk is Donald Trump with money. If he owns Twitter, I’m out."
  • Writer Matthew Rozsa: "If Elon Musk allows Trump back on Twitter, it will be a death blow to the free world. Trump's Big Lie will spread like a virus. I discussed the danger of Trump's Big Lie for @Salon. Like Hitler's Big Lie, it must not be normalized, lest fascism return."
  • Technology analyst Lauren Weinstein: "Elon Musk makes $41.4 billion cash offer to buy Twitter, presumably to turn it into a hate speech and disinformation playground in line with his sensibilities. Oh, and to get Trump elected president again. If Elon succeeds, a mass exodus from Twitter is appropriate."
  • Educator Morten Rand-Hendriksen: "Here we go: Elon Musk targets Twitter with $41 billion cash takeover offer. This could mean the end of content moderation and the platform descending into disinformation and far-right extremism."
  • Journalist David Leavitt: "If Elon Musk successfully purchases Twitter, it could result in World War 3 and the destruction of our planet."
  • Activist Bree Newsome: "Y’all we knew Twitter wasn’t gonna last lol."
  • Political activist Pam Keith: "I love you all, but I am 100% OUT if Musk takes over Twitter."
  • Social justice activist Whitney Dawn Carlson: "F*** you, @elonmusk."
  • The USA Singers: "Twitter should tell Elon Musk to go f*** himself, then delete his account. That’s how you deal with an out of control narcissistic bully."
  • Tech writer Michael Crider: "Oh f*** right off Elon. There are cheaper ways to stroke your ego, pay for another cartoon guest spot or something."
  • Attorney Walter Shaub: "Elon Musk making a play for Twitter out of his petty cash drawer is one more example of why the pooling of so much wealth in the hands of a few is a societal disease."
  • Columnist David Rothkopf: "We are the assets of @Twitter. If we walk out the door the moment @ElonMusk takes it over, it is nothing. And, I can tell you, I for one, have no desire to participate in the social engineering experiment of that particular out-of-control megalomaniac."
  • Researcher Ahmed Ali: "Elon Musk launching a hostile takeover bid for Twitter is giving Lex Luthor buying the Daily Planet vibes."
  • Axios: "The world's richest man — someone who used to be compared to Marvel's Iron Man — is increasingly behaving like a movie supervillain, commanding seemingly unlimited resources with which to finance his mischief-making."
  • The Washington Post: "Musk's appointment board to Twitter's board shows that we need regulation of social-media platforms to prevent rich people from controlling our channels of communication. For starters, we need consistent definitions of harassment and of content that violates personal privacy."
  • Ezra Levant pointed out that wealthy individuals own some of the most influential media outlets: "I'm excited to hear objections to Elon Musk buying Twitter from: @nytimes (owned by Carlos Slim, Mexico's richest man) @washingtonpost (owned by Amazon's Jeff Bezos) @TheAtlantic (owned by Steve Jobs' widow) @globeandmail (owned by Canada's richest man) Etc."

The Kings College professor and Acton Institute Research Fellow Dr. Anthony Bradley shared a graphic of rich people buying media outlets.

What's the big deal with @elonmusk buying Twitter? #ElonMuskpic.twitter.com/Hp5Y3aeoDO
— Anthony B. Bradley, PhD (@Anthony B. Bradley, PhD) 1649949319

As hyperbolic as the Twitter reactions were, billionaire Mark Cuban cautioned it could possibly get worse for left-leaning individuals if Musk teamed up with Republican venture capitalist Peter Thiel. Cuban tweeted, "Want to see the whole world lose their sh*t? Get Peter Thiel to partner with Elon and raise the bid for Twitter."

There were people who supported Musk in his quest to purchase Twitter.

Liberal commentator Jimmy Dore mocked, "'I’m leaving Twitter cuz I’m scared that if Elon Musk buys Twitter he will protect free speech rights of people I don’t like & won’t censor enough, censorship is what everyone wants….I mean, it’s what every tweet that I’m allowed to see wants.'"

Congressional candidate Dr. Willie J. Montague tweeted, "A man willing to spend $41,000,000,000 for free speech is a good man that I can admire."

Author Frank Fleming joked, "Elon Musk has also offered to buy CNN+ for twenty-eight bucks."

Liberals lash out at WaPo over 'infuriating' opinion piece by man who regretted transitioning at 19 years old



Transgender activists and their allies lashed out at the Washington Post on Monday after they published an opinion piece by a transgender woman who said her transition was harmful and unnecessary.

The piece was entitled "What I wish I'd known when I was 19 and had sex reassignment surgery" by Corinna Cohn who was born a male but transitioned at 19 years old.

“From the day of my surgery, I became a medical patient and will remain one for the rest of my life," wrote Cohn.

"I shudder to think of how distorting today's social media is for confused teenagers. I'm also alarmed by how readily authority figures facilitate transition. I had to persuade two therapists, an endocrinologist and a surgeon to give me what I wanted," Cohn continued. "None of them were under crushing professional pressure, as they now would be, to 'affirm' my choice."

Many transgender supporters objected to the article being published and they excoriated the Washington Post on social media. Many objected to the piece on the basis that Cohn had been a vocal critic of the extremism from the transgender lobby.

"WTF is the WaPo doing publishing this bull s***," replied one social media user.

"WaPo bravely publishes another op-ed by a bitter older trans woman taking the side of far-right bigots banning affirming healthcare for trans youth, comparing it to 'fad diets'... 'Democracy Dies in Darkness' but trans kids die on the @PostOpinions page," replied Morgan Artyukhina.

"It's infuriating to see the @washingtonpost opinion page continually platforming anti-trans narratives. Corinna Cohn is a trans woman who has lobbied against trans rights and is being used as a tool by anti-trans orgs. WaPo doesn't give the same platform to happy trans people," tweeted gender writer Alejandra Caraballo.

"I don't want to give them any more clicks on this piece, but I'm disappointed in WaPo for publishing an OpEd by someone agitating against gender-affirming care, especially in this moment when so many states seem intent on harming trans and nonbinary kids by denying such care," responded another critic.

"Their experience in 1991 is not representative of outcomes today. Many of their disappointments appear cultural, not surgical. Shame on @PostOpinions for printing this without context," said a transgender user.

Others called the piece "honest and poignant" and applauded the Washington Post for publishing it.

Here's more about the transgender debate:

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