Elon Musk hints he's shifted to the political right over last 14 years |

 Daily Mail Online  

Twitter sees exodus of 'wokerati' since his $44B takeover with Kamala, AOC and Bernie losing thousands of followers

"Elon Musk hinted on Thursday his political sentiment has shifted rightward over the past 14 years, by posting a meme showing a moderate liberal driven into the arms of conservatives.

"The image depicts a stick figure labeled 'me' remaining stationary relative to another labeled 'conservative', as the figure at the 'liberal' end of the spectrum moves further and further to the left.

"By the final diagram, labeled 2021, the 'me' figure is to the right of the center line, as the conservative chuckles and the liberal - now labeled 'woke progressive' - accuses the centrist of bigotry.

"Musk shared the post without comment, but his political views have taken on new significance after his $44billion deal to buy Twitter and his declaration the platform should be 'politically neutral'.

"Responding to his tweet, many angry liberals claimed conservatives had grown more extreme since 2008, the year Barack Obama was first elected president."

. . ."Meanwhile, conservative influencers have enjoyed a considerable uptick in Twitter followers since the deal was announced, while public figures on the left of the political spectrum suffered a sharp decrease.

"Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump Jr. and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis - three of America's most forthright conservative mouthpieces - have experienced an influx of 175,960, 301,570 and 286,559 followers respectively since the news of Musk's takeover broke earlier this week.

"Meanwhile on the left, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), Hillary Clinton and Ellen DeGeneres have witnessed an exodus of 26,072, 21,424 and 27,141 Twitter followers respectively in the past four days.

"Vice President Kamala Harris lost over 28,000 of her supporters and Michelle Obama dropped a dramatic 32,073, while her husband Barack and US President Joe Biden appeared to be the only big-name Democrats who saw their numbers increase.

"The fluctuation in follower numbers on either side triggered a wave of conspiracy theories seeking to explain the phenomenon.". . .

Here are the 5 laptop reveals the GOP will want Joe and Hunter Biden to explain

Jankowicz

 Read this now before the Biden DHS Launching "Disinformation Governance Board" wipes it all clean!

The DHS board will be headed by Nina Jankowicz, who once claimed militarized Trump supporters would show up to the polls with weapons to intimidate voters pic.twitter.com/GNfLdh4QHr

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) April 27, 2022

 WH pick for disinformation board spread Hunter Biden laptop lie (nypost.com)  . . ."President Biden’s pick to lead his Department of Homeland Security’s Big Brother-like Disinformation Governance Board has her own history of posting disinformation online.

"Nina Jankowicz, who was a disinformation fellow at the Wilson Center, has repeatedly cast doubt on The Post’s reporting about Hunter Biden’s laptop.". . .

GOP will want Joe and Hunter Biden to explain these 5 laptop reveals if they take Congress (nypost.com)   Congressional Republicans plan to open up five avenues of investigation into Hunter Biden and his infamous laptop — and they zeroed in Wednesday on one of the first son’s former business partners.

"The minority members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform are laying the groundwork for a probe that would get underway if the GOP gains subpoena power by wresting control from Democrats in the November elections, as many political experts expect.

"Topping the list are the first son’s controversial overseas business dealings — some of which involved the state-controlled Bank of China and other companies tied to the Chinese government — and their potential impact on national security, a spokesperson said.

Here are the five issues that Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform want to investigate if the GOP takes control next year:

“Hunter Biden’s suspicious business dealings with foreign nationals in countries opposed to U.S.  interests and the effects on U.S. national security interests.”
“Joe Biden’s potential financial gain from and role in facilitating Hunter Biden’s business dealings.”
“Hunter Biden profiting during Joe Biden’s time as Senator and Vice President.”
“Hunter Biden’s newly found career as an artist and the White House’s secret agreement shielding the identities of individuals purchasing Hunter’s art.”
“Big Tech’s censorship of an October 2020 New York Post article about Hunter Biden’s laptop.”

Biden Regime Announces Creation of “Disinformation Governance Board” Under the Authority of Homeland Security with a Lunatic in Charge

 AF Branco

Gateway Pundit

Here's Nina in 2020 pic.twitter.com/u0oy72QuO5

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) April 27, 2022

"Following Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter last week, which was a triumphant victory in the ongoing war over free speech, the Biden Regime announced the creation of a “Disinformation Governance Board” that will be tasked with silencing anything deemed to be misinformation that’s related to homeland security. And, yes. It’s just as dystopian and creepy as it sounds.

The new board will operate under the authority of the Department of Homeland security with a special focus on Russia and “irregular migration,” according to the Post Millennial.". . .

. . ."The disinformation board will be led by executive director Nina Jankowicz, who, as Posobic reveals in a series of tweets, is an anti-free speech crusader and committed member of the radical left. She has even made her stance clear about crucial issues like the censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop and the stolen, rigged 2020 election. Unsurprisingly, Jankowicz has publicly slandered 2020 election concerns as damaging lies, backed the proven-false claim that the laptop from hell was Russian misinformation, and openly admitted to being just as concerned about “domestic misinformation” as she is about “foreign misinformation.”

"In other words, the worst (or best) person for the job, depending on which side you are on."

Another Government Agency Is Being Weaponized to Go After Conservatives (townhall.com)   

Jankowicz was part of a band called the Moaning Myrtles. She also said armed Trump supporters would show up at the polls to intimidate voters. And she’s a Russian collusion peddler. That alone is the disqualifying factor. If you believed that Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation and thought Trump was a Kremlin agent during the 2016 election, you got to go. Out! This board shouldn’t even exist in the first place, and it’s a little creepy that the reaction to it has been ‘meh.’ Look, no one watches these DHS hearings. They’re boring I get it which is why these folks have the perfect platform to announce such heinous projects. No one will notice.

What sort of people watch MSNBC's Joy Reid and would appear on her show?

*Racist Propagandist Joy Reid’s MSNBC Ratings Collapsing | Discover The Networks

Breitbart’s John Nolte notes correctly that a significant problem for The ReidOut is that “joyless Joy Reid has no charisma, isn’t terribly bright, is a painfully predictable ideologue, vindictive, and an intolerant bigot.”

 Joy Reid Racist Remarks Led To Low MSNBC Ratings - Was She Fired Or Cancelled? (theancestory.com) 

In 2003, she left journalism to work for the anti-war group America Coming Together, which was formed to oppose President George W. Bush and the Iraq War. She subsequently worked for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008 before returning to radio as a talk show host.

 MSNBC Slammed Over ‘Disgusting Racist Rant’ Attacking Black Republican: ‘Unbelievably Insidious’ | The Daily Wire

FBT is non-partisan, but we respect @WinsomeSears' win—the 1st black person & 1st woman elected to statewide office in VA.@MichaelEDyson's take:

“a black mouth moving"

"a white idea"

"a figure who justifies and legitimates white supremacist practices”

*Not* healthy, folks! pic.twitter.com/lQRxAh0Z7g

— Free Black Thought (@FreeBlckThought) November 5, 2021

Jack Brewer threatens to sue Joy Reid over 'child abuse' tweet (nypost.com)  "Former NFL player Jack Brewer has threatened to sue MSNBC host Joy Reid for defamation after she compared children involved in his charity program attending Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signing of an anti-critical race theory bill to “child abuse.”

“ 'Joy Reid messed with the wrong boys,” Brewer told Fox News Digital Monday.". . .

Gutfeld Says MSNBC Is ‘So Terrified’ to Fire Joy Reid ‘Because She’s Just Gonna Call Them Racist,’ Calls It ‘Her Scam’

Ron Desantis' Team Hits Back at Joy Reid's 'Child Abuse' Claim (newsweek.com)

" 'We are not going to categorize you based on your race. We are not gonna tell some kindergartener that they're an oppressor based on their race and what may have happened 100 or 200 years ago. And we're not gonna tell other kids that they're oppressed based on their race," DeSantis said."

Satire: Dems Announce Plan To Call People Racist Even Harder | The Babylon Bee

. . ." 'The real reason we didn't win these elections is because we weren't calling people racist hard enough," said Joy Ann Reid, Democrat activist/journalist. "We called voters racist on the hour, when we really should have been doing it every minute. And we should have been doing it with more anger and passion.' ". . .

 MSNBC anchor Joy Reid's crying shame: Devine (nypost.com)  "Joy Reid is a racist sociopath. How else to explain her reaction to Kyle Rittenhouse breaking down in the witness box during his murder trial last week? 

 "White crocodile tears", said the hate-mongering MSNBC prime-time anchor. 

"This is a woman on a seven-figure salary who went to Harvard and has more elite privilege in her little finger than the 17-year-old son of a single mother who was in Kenosha working as a lifeguard when all hell broke loose in the form of BLM-Antifa riots in August 2020. 

"Yet Reid continually plays the victim and makes her living punching down at white people less fortunate than she is. ". . .

The Modern Exodus: California Streamin’ ... to Florida, Texas, Arizona, and Nevada

 The American Spectator | USA News and Politics . . ."Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Peter, Paul, and Mary all asked: Where have all the flowers gone? I dunno. But I do know where all the Californians have gone, and I am hemorrhaging shul members to Florida, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Idaho, and Israel.Understand that my congregation is not some Joel Osteen 20,000-member stadium-based church such that a departure of 10 or 20 households barely would be noticed. Rather, our numbers are more modest. We have sustained serious demographic losses — as have all the synagogues, churches, temples, and cathedrals out here. It is not just Steven Greenhut writing one of his excellent columns about California nor a Tucker Carlson special about Los Angeles committing suicide. Rather, this is intense and hits everyone really close to home: people really are leaving California. And, yes, I will turn off the lights.

"California is becoming a dystopia of the rich and the poor, as the middle class not only gets the raw deal but actually makes for the egress. The weather here is the best. Our winters are mild, often even mildly warm some days in January and February. Most days are sunny. Even when it rains, three-quarters of the day ends up with the sun returning. And the summers are pleasant — none of that awful high humidity. But years of sustained illegal immigration have led to population replacement here, and the California that once gave us Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, George Deukmejian, and Pete Wilson — simply good old La-La Land — now is a one-party blue Democrat state that gives us mediocrities like Methuselah Feinstein and Kamala, Gruesome Newsom, the highest taxes in the nation, some of the worst public education, wild crime in cities overseen by Soros-funded DAs, homelessness on steroids (and on crack), mandatory ethnic studies and critical race curricula, and gasoline at $7 a gallon.

"That is what a one-party blue Democrat state looks like. Crime statistics explode as Soros-funded district attorneys stop prosecuting misdemeanors and release recidivist criminals without bail. Woke politicos impose mandates from masks to plastic bags, craft green-energy surcharges that average voters do not realize, and teach children mandated ethnic woke studies and discuss sexual matters even in the first grades.". . .

CNN+ Is Another Sign of a Crumbling Legacy Media -

"On top of all this, it’s been a long time since CNN was considered an objective outlet."

Tony Branco-BPR

 The American Spectator | USA News and Politics "CNN’s attempt to join an already crowded market for streaming services just went up in flames only three weeks after launching. Unbeknownst to most, this was inevitable. Newsrooms looking to expand their empires should take note: In today’s media environment, money can’t buy you success.

"Incoming CNN chief executive Chris Licht announced Thursday afternoon Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down CNN+ at the end of April. The shutdown comes on the heels of speculation over whether CNN’s new parent company would cut back or cease operations of the brand new service — speculations that emerged even before the merger between the two industry leaders was complete.

"The $300 million investment to bring segments from prominent pundits like Chris Wallace and Audie Cornish on board was an extreme miscalculation. Wallace, who left Fox News after hosting the highly rated Fox News Sunday for nearly two decades, told viewers in December 2021 he was “ready for a new adventure.” Yet, Wallace — and all those involved in CNN+ — were knowingly entering uncharted territory. CNN had barely marketed the concept of a premium digital streaming platform before it pulled the trigger.

"CNN+’s unproven business model might be considered the most spectacular failure seen in digitized media. Former CNN president Jeff Zucker may have had a vision for CNN+’s target audience, but its initial investment was far too much too soon. With only 150,000 subscribers after three weeks, their results failed to match the network’s long-term vision to turn net positive.

"This catastrophic miscalculation is just the latest episode marking CNN’s decline. The media giant has been riddled by endless scandals that have sabotaged its already ravaged credibility." . . .

The Real Reset is Coming... But Not the One the Elites Expect

 

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

The Real Reset is Coming... But Not the One the Elites Expect - American Thinker

“The ‘Real Reset’ is Coming,” As Victor Davis Hanson writes on the upcoming midterm elections.

In truth, we are about to see a radical reset – of the current reset.  It will be a different sort of transformation than the elites are expecting and one that they should greatly fear. . .

In the November 2022 midterms, we are likely to see a historic “No!” to the orthodox left-wing agenda that has resulted in unsustainable inflation, unaffordable energy, war, and humiliation abroad, spiraling crime, racial hostility — as well as arrogant defiance from those who deliberately enacted these disastrous policies.

"The public has been marinated in false narratives and disinformation spread by our elite ruling class and echoed by the dominant media. For example, climate change (more), green energy and its consequences, and Putin inflation.  Then there’s the COVID-19 origin and authoritarian mandates fostered by the spurious meme follow the science, the Russian collusion narrative, there was no election fraud in the 2020 Election, voter suppression, wokeism, and equity-speak.  Don’t forget gender fluidity/grooming, the mask mandates by woke schoolboards supported by teachers' unions,  cops shooting Black men, and Critical Race Theory, including the divisive memes of White Supremacy/domestic terrorism/systemic racism and many other crises de jour. ". . .

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Opinion What Tucker Carlson’s fury at Kevin McCarthy says about the GOP

From the WaPo, an anti-Republican newspaper. CNN and MSNBC will love this. TD

 Opinion | What Tucker Carlson's fury at Kevin McCarthy over leaked audio says about the GOP - The Washington Post

"Once again, leaked audio has captured House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy privately admitting the truth about the dangers posed by Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. Only this time, the leak has triggered (as it were) Tucker Carlson’s fury.

“Kevin McCarthy is a puppet of the Dem Party” pic.twitter.com/oNUExc5qL0

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 27, 2022

  In the latest installment, the California Republican worried just after the insurrectionist violence that Trump’s allies in the House might incite violence against other lawmakers. This comes after audio leaked of McCarthy suggesting he might call on Trump to resign over the coup attempt.

In both cases McCarthy never acted on his fears

" Which is reviving a familiar argument from commentators: That Republicans fully understand the threat Trump poses, but are too cowardly to do anything about it. . . ."

 Ann Coulter   "I want to send flowers and chocolates to the Twitter employee who permanently suspended The Babylon Bee. Maybe a car. Apparently, it was the inanity of that decision that incensed Elon Musk, whereupon he decided to purchase the entire platform to stop the censorship.

"Liberals, until five minutes ago: Elon Musk is a climate hero! Electric cars! Solar power! He loves Obama!

"Liberals, five minutes ago: He believes in free speech? Fascist!

"Loads of liberals are threatening to leave Twitter if Musk’s deal goes through. To those who will miss The New York Times’ Charles Blow, I understand. I will try to ease the pain by tweeting, every day for the rest of my life: “[FILL IN THE BLANK] is racist!”

"If you’re wondering why liberals are freaking out over the idea of free speech on one single internet platform, it’s because their ideas are so well thought-out and compellingly argued that they must have total control of all social media, mainstream media, entertainment, elementary schools, colleges, universities, nonprofits, corporate PR departments, government funding agencies, advertising firms and on and on and on. Any interruption to Big Brother being pumped into our brains 24 hours a day, and everything falls apart.

"A hysterical Twitter employee in the “toxicity and health” department (I’m not making that up) denounced Musk to a Times reporter, saying, “he doesn’t know anything about our policies and what we do … his statement about our [algorithm] was f***ing insane … Were (sic) just gonna let everyone run amok?”

"Running “amok” is defined as: calling a man in a dress a “man.” That’s the Babylon Bee tweet that led to a Twitter death sentence, with no trial, no due process, no appeal." . . .

Facing House GOP, McCarthy defends himself after audio reveals he blamed Trump for Jan. 6 attack

 On the recording, McCarthy can also be heard telling House Republicans that he planned to tell Trump that “it would be my recommendation you should resign.” 

Kevin McCarthy defends himself after audio reveals he blamed Trump for Jan. 6 attack - The Washington Post  "House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) defended himself Wednesday in his first face-to-face encounter with House Republicans after audio recordings revealed that he had blamed then-President Donald Trump for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, voiced alarm about fellow GOP lawmakers and pledged to urge Trump to resign.

"McCarthy’s line of argument — that he was merely engaging in a “conversation of scenarios” about Trump — papered over the sharp concerns he had shared about the former president and several fellow House Republicans in a phone call with other GOP leaders January 2021.

"But it was one that many in the House Republican conference appeared willing to accept Wednesday in their first meeting since the New York Times first reported on the audio last week.

"The stakes are high for McCarthy, who seeks to become speaker of the House if Republicans retake the chamber in November.

"So far, Trump has been willing to accept McCarthy’s explanations — the GOP leader called the former president after the first audio recording surfaced Thursday — and as long as McCarthy has Trump’s backing, the House GOP will probably not abandon him.

Why a Biden comeback may be coming

 BY BRENT BUDOWSKY, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 04/27/22 7:15 AM ET; THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL

Budowsky at The Hill  . . ."On COVID-19 and Ukraine Biden has demonstrated sound judgment, strong leadership, good management, and important results for which he deserves great credit. 

"In the near future I will write part two of this column involving economic and domestic issues. 

"For now, two points. First, Biden and Democrats are competing against Republicans whose Senate and House leaders are among the most unpopular politicians in America, and are spending much time now publicly discussing their stated contempt for Trump. Trump is dodging subpoenas, court orders and investigations while he still, incredibly, seeks to overturn the 2020 presidential election today.

"Second, there is a chance that Democrats can gain Senate seats, because of Trump’s interventions and some good Democratic candidates, and could maintain control of the House. " . . .

  Budowsky was an aide to former Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas) and former Rep. Bill Alexander (D-Ark.), who was chief deputy majority whip of the House of Representatives.

Brent Budowsky: Obama can rise again | The Hill

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Biden White House Deflects Blame for Bishop Evans’s Death

 

National Review

The Texas National Guardsman was at the border as part of Governor Abbott’s operation to secure the border — because [Democrats] failed to do so.

“Well, of course, we are mourning the loss of his life, and we are grateful for the work of every National Guardsman.” But: “I would note that the National Guard worked for the states, and so he is an employee of the Texas National Guard, and his efforts and his operation were directed by there, not by the federal government.”

"While she is technically correct, her answer glossed over the Biden administration’s own role in exacerbating the border crisis — a situation that produces avoidable tragedies such as this one. President Joe Biden’s more “humane” approach is encouraging a dangerous system for illegal immigrants and Americans alike.". . .

Bishop Evans: Body of Drowned Texas National Guard Soldier Found | National Review  . . .“The service member selflessly attempted to help two [illegal immigrants] who appeared to be drowning as they illegally crossed the river from Mexico to the United States,” the Texas Military Department said in a statement on Saturday. "

 Rangers have determined that the two migrants were involved in illicit transnational narcotics trafficking. They remain in the custody of US Customs and Border Patrol.”