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https://mobile.twitter.com/bonchieredstate/status/1530592364066230273
Plenty of takes similar to this.
https://mobile.twitter.com/mldauber/status/1529236648386473984
Maybe it’s notable that you aren’t willing to even look to see if your sources speculated that this incident was white supremacy or tried to tie this to white supremacy. Or that the New York subway shooters were white supremacists. Or that the kid who set up the sniper’s nest in DC last month was a white supremacist.
This was a downward revision of 1Q. We’re not in a recession until 2Q numbers come out in July. To the extent bad news can be piled into the first quarter, and any pent up demand can be released in the second quarter, we may still avoid a recession. I’m not hopeful (inflation covers some reductions in units sold, for example, and the durable goods order numbers were terrible), but it is still possible.
[quote quote=6122]And no surprise, other right wingers claiming this was a false flag conspiracy by the government to justify tighter gun control. https://www.npr.org/2022/05/26/1101479269/texas-uvalde-school-shooting-misinformation-conspiracy-far-right[/quote]
I believe Ms. Owens (who amplified the fringe theories) should just own her mistake, and Rep. Gosar is prone to being suckered by these folks. But if you want to go down this path, let’s talk about all the people who immediately hoped / thought the shooter was a white supremacist. Not fringe elements as admitted in the NPR article, but a Stanford law professor, and a LA Times columnist. Interesting that NPR went to the depths of 4chan and Patriotfront (?), but they didn’t want to cover bad takes and conspiracy theories on the other side. Did NPR cover the white supremacy angle or the hoaxer? Did businessinsider? See how it works?
https://nypost.com/2022/05/27/salvador-ramos-arrested-four-years-ago-pol-says/
I’ll pre-empt you by saying I don’t believe this because there’s no evidence. It may be true and it may not be true. Rep. Gonzales wants it to be true, but until someone with access to a sealed juvenile record comes forth, in my view it isn’t true.
When there is a tragedy, humans try to process it in different ways. In this politicized environment, both sides tend to rationalize in a way consistent with their beliefs. My point was that “mainstream” journalists, celebrities, and pundits have primed the public to believe hoaxes and false information that they want to believe, and sell that information as legitimate. Then they turn around and create a disinformation industry and a fact checking process to further launder their opinions and make them feel superior.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JohnTheMainGuy1/status/1529815896407134210
A reference to a chief editor’s tweet saying AR rifles were designed for the Nazis (Armalite was founded in the 50’s), and another journalist’s critique of the one entrance during instruction hours policies. Tell me again why we should value the opinions of journalists.
On a side note, the more we learn about the Uvalde shootings, the more we learn that adults failed those kids. Especially the officers. No one appears to be praising the Border Patrol officers, strangely enough. Apparently it goes against the narrative.
https://mobile.twitter.com/WHCOS/status/1528418302812471298
Approval is recovering! Like gas prices that one time.
https://mobile.twitter.com/awstar11/status/1528419399454994432
Seems like a pattern.
https://mobile.twitter.com/dccc/status/1466494036630544394
Math seems extraordinarily hard for this administration.
https://mobile.twitter.com/SteveKrak/status/1528380263197294594
Clever, neo.
8:30 am Initial jobless claims May 14 218,000 200,000 197,000 8:30 am Continuing jobless claims May 7 1.32 million — 1.34 million 8:30 am Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index May 2.6 15.0 17.6 Not terribly off expectations, although the Biden administration has been touting the low initial jobless claims. Unfortunately, I don’t think the economy is doing well.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/more-u-s-subprime-borrowers-are-missing-loan-payments-11652964729
As for that last number… “This labor market pain echoes weakness seen in recent survey data – such as ISM Manufacturing and Empire Fed and this morning we saw Philly Fed’s Business Outlook survey plunge from 17.6 to 2.6 (massively missing expectations of 15.0).”
Sen. Rick Scott’s plan to “Rescue America” is one of the worst self-owns I’ve ever seen. Why is he in charge of the push to capture Senate seats? I think Joe Biden says every day that Republicans plan on raising your taxes, citing Rick Scott’s plan. It’s the brilliant thing about progressive tax systems… you can’t cut taxes without giving tax relief to the rich, and if you really want to raise revenue, you kind of have to get some out of the middle class, because of the numbers of taxpayers.
Joe Biden is now blaming "ultra-MAGA"?? for inflation.
Here's a partial list of Biden's prior explanations for inflation:
-There's no inflation
-It's transitory
-High-class problem
-Just a delayed treadmill
-Chicken farmers
-COVID
-Big oil
-Corporate greed
-Putin price hike pic.twitter.com/yrNrhRZoEf— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) May 9, 2022
*shrug* I remember when the press kept a running “ticker” of a President’s lies and excuses, and claimed that the President never took responsibility for problems.
https://mobile.twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/1525293982133407744
Huh. Interesting thread from an observer with a complicated history with the US government.
On the afternoon of Election Day, Hannity texted Meadows at 1:36 p.m. to ask about turnout in North Carolina. Two hours later, Meadows responded: “Stress every vote matters. Get out and vote. On radio.”“Yes sir,” Hannity replied. “On it. Any place in particular we need a push.”“Pennsylvania. NC AZ,” Meadows wrote, adding: “Nevada.”“Got it. Everywhere,” Hannity said.Are you just cranking out Aaron Rupar takes (taking things out of context and using misleading edits)? Is Hannity asking for directions to suppress stories, hide facts, or push lies in this context? No. He’s being lazy, and asking the obvious (what states are close) and what states Hannity should push turnout. After reading the CNN article, I’m not sure that this is the dunk that you, or CNN, thought it was.As for Cuomo, CNN, consistent with journalistic ethics, put a firewall between Chris Cuomo and Andrew Cuomo. That firewall was promptly ignored. Not only ignored, but Chris Cuomo gave Andrew Cuomo advice on how to suppress the truth. I’ll let cardcrimson defend his own points, but we’ll see how that lawsuit shakes out. I predict there will be a settlement, because if the discovery starts leaking, it won’t be good for CNN.https://technofog.substack.com/p/durhams-latest-he-has-hundreds-of?s=w
How about e-mails between Fusion GPS / Hillary campaign and Slate, ABC News, the NY Times, and the Washington Post? Included are e-mails where reporters from the Post specifically say their sources in Russia think the Steele Dossier is full of false information… and yet they pushed it for three years.
The left’s ideology is not popular among the broader community (it is popular among the coastal elites and the media). Once people heard what was actually in the bill, it was overwhelmingly popular. I’m less sure about the move to strip Disney of its tax breaks, because I’m not sure how the law of unintended consequences plays out here.
Of course, this leads us to the unmasking of the LibsofTikTok account, a previously anonymous account that reposted TikToks by (mostly) teachers where they admit attempting to politicize students / teach gender ideology and sexuality to children. Taylor Lorenz, a “journalist” who two weeks ago went on MSNBC about “online bullying” and broke down in tears. She then threw MSNBC under the bus when people made fun of her crocodile tears, saying that the MSNBC clip being released resulted in her being cyberbullied. I use crocodile tears because of how she can dish it out, but can’t take ANY criticism (and she’s constantly been wrong). Anyhow, Taylor Lorenz outed an anonymous account, including knocking on the doors of relatives, and then the Washington Post lied about exposing personal information. Brian Stelter, professional narrative launderer, then interviewed her so she could get out her justifications.
NEW: Taylor Lorenz says it's "patently false" that her Libs of TikTok story linked to any personal info despite the WaPo admitting it had removed a link (the paper said it was just "professional" info).
More from her interview w/ Brian Stelter. (Thread)https://t.co/OuJX4dRAeq
— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) April 23, 2022
How thin-skinned is she? She doesn’t allow the Internet Archive Wayback Machine to archive her tweets. Probably because then there’s no record of her being wrong.
Taylor Lorenz's Twitter feed has been "excluded" from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
Internet Archive's stated mission is to "provide universal access to all knowledge." pic.twitter.com/j9CI9aqymt
— Rob Shimshock (@ShimshockAndAwe) April 20, 2022
As for DeSouza, he was convicted of illegal bundling / campaign contributions. Look closely at how the Democrats / elites protect their own when they finance their campaigns. Whether “2000 Mules” holds up, we’ll see. As far as I know, there haven’t been any prosecutions based on the evidence.
Read this for your answer.
We took away a bunch of people’s support structures and access to healthy coping measures and shamed them if they sought them out, barred them from in-person (or any) treatment, school, jobs, sports, gyms.🤷🏻♀️ https://t.co/I1JjbAiXw2
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) April 21, 2022
Ms. Hammer is correct. Dr. Wen, who helped peddle masking, lockdowns, etc., is also correct, but has zero self-awareness of the why, which is plainly obvious. If you make the cure worse than the disease (especially true during Omicron), this is the result. We have yet to see the ramifications of how we treated children.
