by AM | Nov 21, 2023 | Aggregate
Karine Jean-Pierre might possibly have the worst job in the U.S. Her job is to make Joe Biden look competent. That is an impossibility to say the least.
KJP tried giving a defense to Biden’s age. “It’s not about age, it’s about the president’s experience!” Jean-Pierre said.
Based on Joe Biden’s inability to be able to get off a stage, to his nonsense ramblings, his age does matter. As far as experience goes, that is irrelevant.
“I would put the president’s stamina, the president’s wisdom, ability to get this done on behalf of the American people, against anyone — anyone, any day of the week!” KJP said on Biden’s 81st birthday.
“He’s been able to manage multiple foreign policy challenges, he’s been able to do that. That’s because of his experience. He’s been able to create jobs raise wages and lower inflation. The proof is in the pudding.” Jean-Pierre continued.
First, when it comes to foreign policy, Biden is the laughing stock of the world’s stage. No one respects him. Secondly the economy is not doing well. Inflation is very high and is evident for anyone who goes to the grocery store. Whatever pudding she is talking about has spoiled!
Watch:
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: “It’s not about age, it’s about the president’s experience! … The proof is in the pudding!” pic.twitter.com/FQ8bnEFXBu
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 20, 2023
Karine was asked about Biden’s low approval ratings and if they would challenge the accuracy of these polls.
She went on to say: “I’m not challenging the accuracy here. That’s not what I’m doing. What I’m saying to you is that, you know, we are not going to change the minds of Americans.” Jean-Pierre said.
“What I can tell you is how we see things.” Jean-Pierre continued.
There is so much to be said about that. Of course they won’t challenge those polls because the reality is Biden is failing at his job because of his cognitive issues, his age, and his lack of strength as a leader.
The way they see things must be the lies they keep telling themselves.
Watch:
Karine Jean-Pierre on Biden’s horrendous job approval rating: “We’re not gonna change the minds of Americans, I get that” pic.twitter.com/Bt3XYeuGbi
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 20, 2023
This is just further evidence that Biden is continuing on a downward slide. He is a disaster plain and simple.
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by AM | Nov 21, 2023 | Aggregate
On Monday, X (formerly Twitter) filed a federal lawsuit against Media Matters and Eric Hananoki in the Northern District of Texas.
“Media Matters knowingly and maliciously manufactured side-by-side images depicting advertisers’ posts on X Corp.’s social media platform beside Neo-Nazi and white-nationalist fringe content and then portrayed these manufactured images as if they were what typical X users experience on the platform,” according to the lawsuit.
The complaint added, “Media Matters has opted for new tactics in its campaign to drive advertisers from X. Media Matters has manipulated the algorithms governing the user experience on X to bypass safeguards and create images of X’s largest advertisers’ paid posts adjacent to racist, incendiary content, leaving the false impression that these pairings are anything but what they actually are: manufactured, inorganic, and extraordinarily rare.”
“Media Matters generated a specific, intended result that was not only inorganic, but exceedingly (and demonstrably) rare, all while taking specific steps to obscure this in its November 16, 2023 article. The overall effect on advertisers and users was to create the false, misleading perception that these types of pairings were common, widespread, and alarming. Media Matters hid its manipulations through omissions, deceptive image selections, misrepresentations, and secrecy settings.”
You can read the full lawsuit here.
It can be recalled that Elon Musk announced early Saturday morning that his company X-Corp will be filing a “thermo-nuclear” lawsuit against Media Matters “the second court opens on Monday.”
Elon added that he will sue “Their board, their donors, their network of dark money, all of them…”
In his statement he released, Elon accused Media Matters of creating a fake account that then curated the posts and advertising appearing on the account’s timeline to misinform advertisers about the placement of their posts.
Elon and X Corp caught Media Matters lying to X advertisers about their ad placements. They caught Media Matters in completely fraudulent activity.
Here are the facts on Media Matters’ research from X’s press release:
To manipulate the public and advertisers, Media Matters created an alternate account and curated the posts and advertising appearing on the account’s timeline to misinform advertisers about the placement of their posts. These contrived experiences could be applied to any platform.
Once they curated their feed, they repeatedly refreshed their timelines to find a rare instance of ads serving next to the content they chose to follow. Our logs indicate that they forced a scenario resulting in 13 times the number of ads served compared to the median ads served to an X user.
Of the 5.5 billion ad impressions on X that day, less than 50 total ad impressions were served against all of the organic content featured in the Media Matters article.
For one brand showcased in the article, one of its ads ran adjacent to a post 2 times and that ad was seen in that setting by only two users, one of which was the author of the Media Matters
For another brand showcased in the article, two of its ads served adjacent to 2 posts, 3 times, and that ad was only seen in that setting by one user, the author of the Media Matters article
Media Matters’ article also highlights nine posts they believe should not be allowed on X. Upon evaluation, only one of the nine organic posts featured in the article violated our content policies, and we’ve taken action on it under our Freedom of Speech, Not Reach enforcement approach.
Here’s a summary on this all:
X will protect the public’s right to free expression. We will not allow agenda-driven activists, or even our own profits, to deter our vision.
Everyone has a choice on X. User and brand control on X is superior to a year ago.
Data wins over allegations. Media Matters does not reflect the user experience on X.
On Monday, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey told Elon Musk that his office is investigating Media Matters, the liberal organization pushing advertisers to leave the platform.
Attorney General Bailey jumped in and said, “My team is looking into this matter.”
My team is looking into this matter.
— Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) November 19, 2023
On Monday evening, the Office of the Attorney General in Texas initiated a formal investigation into Media Matters, focusing on potential fraudulent activities.
“Today I opened an investigation into Media Matters for potential fraudulent activity after X CEO Elon Musk accused the left-wing media watchdog group of manipulating data on the social media platform,” Paxton wrote on X.
Attorney General Ken Paxton expressed deep concern regarding the allegations that Media Matters, a “radical anti-free speech organization,” engaged in data manipulation. This conduct is being scrutinized under the Texas Business Organizations Code and the Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Paxton’s office has emphasized its commitment to vigorously enforce laws against nonprofit organizations that commit fraudulent acts within or affecting the state of Texas.
“We are examining the issue closely to ensure that the public has not been deceived by the schemes of radical left-wing organizations who would like nothing more than to limit freedom by reducing participation in the public square,” said Attorney General Paxton in a statement.
Elon Musk responded to this new development: “Fraud has both civil & criminal penalties.”
Fraud has both civil & criminal penalties pic.twitter.com/BdC5Zfr1XM
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 21, 2023
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by AM | Nov 21, 2023 | Aggregate
Jonathan Lewis
The Metropolitan Police Department has released booking photos of four teenagers implicated in the brutal mob beating of 17-year-old Rancho High School student Jonathan Lewis Jr.
17-year-old Las Vegas native Jonathan Lewis Jr. died following a vicious attack by an estimated group of 15 teenagers near Rancho High School.
Jonathan Lewis Sr., the victim’s father, confirmed this on Tuesday. The attack happened on Wednesday, November 1.
According to Lewis Sr., the confrontation began when his son stood up for a smaller friend, leading to an escalated attack by multiple assailants.
“Jonathan stood up for one of his smaller friends,” Lewis said. “A couple (of people) attacked him, and they weren’t able to hurt him enough, and they all attacked him at once,” he said.
“This horrific tragedy is reflective of the divisive, conflict based, uncaring state that our society and humanity is currently facing with how we interact with our community,” Lewis wrote. “Empathy and love are great strength and cowardly violence is pathetic.”
“We denounce violence as a means to sociological conflict and believe being living, caring, respectful, kind, compassion, and caring are the great strength of community and emphasize that those are the values that the warriors of our family teach,” he added.
Metropolitan Police Department released the mugshots, including Gianni Robinson, 17; Dontral Beaver, 16; Damien Hernandez, 17; and Treavion Randolph, 16. These teenagers are part of a larger group of eight who were arrested on November 14th in connection with the killing.
Gianni Robinson, 17
Dontral Beaver, 16
Damien Hernandez, 17
Treavion Randolph, 16
While these four are being tried in adult court due to the severity of the crime, the other teens, all under 16, are awaiting a certification hearing in Family Court to determine if they will also be charged as adults.
Metro Undersheriff Andrew Walsh has declared that all suspects, ranging in age from 13 to 17, will be confronted with murder charges – a position reflecting the heinous nature of the crime. Nonetheless, Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson has indicated that there’s ongoing assessment over the disparate levels of involvement among the teens, leaving open the question of whether each individual will indeed face formal murder charges, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
During initial court appearances in front of Hearing Master Daniel Westmeyer, Beaver, Hernandez, Robinson, and Randolph were ordered to be held without bail at the Clark County Detention Center. They are scheduled for another court appearance on Tuesday.
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by AM | Nov 21, 2023 | Aggregate
In a significant legal escalation, the Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of the social media platform Truth Social, has filed an unprecedented defamation lawsuit against twenty far-left media outlets. The lawsuit, announced on Monday, targets a series of reports that the company alleges falsely claimed it suffered tens of millions in losses.
The announcement comes as X filed a lawsuit against left-wing Media Matters. The tide is turning.
“Today Truth Social filed a defamation lawsuit that is likely unprecedented in history, incorporating twenty publications—and even more may be added. All of them published the same false information about Truth Social and refused to fully retract their stories. To the Fake News outlets that think themselves above accountability: we’ll see you in court,” the social media company announced on its platform.
Screenshot: Truth Social
The complaint alleges that these media organizations conducted a coordinated campaign to falsely report that Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. had lost $73 million. This figure is a complete fabrication and is not found in any public Securities and Exchange Commission filing by the company.
The complaint asserts that this was a deliberate effort to damage the reputation and financial standing of Trump Media & Technology Group, hinder its access to capital, and negatively impact its anticipated merger with Digital World Acquisition Corporation.
Below is the list of fake news media outlets named in the lawsuit filed by Truth Social:
Guardian News and Media LLC
Hollywood Reporter LLC
McClatchy Company LLC (doing business as Miami Herald)
Reuters News & Media Inc.
Rolling Stone LLC
Nexstar Media Inc. (doing business as The Hill)
Deadline Hollywood LLC
Accretive Capital LLC (doing business as Benzinga)
Marketwatch.com LLC
Forbes Media LLC
Axios Media Inc.
The Daily Beast Company LLC
G/O Media Inc. (doing business as Gizmodo)
Salon.com LLC
New York Daily News
Newsweek
MSNBC Cable LLC
Mediaite LLC
DMG Media Ltd. (doing business as Daily Mail)
CNBC LLC
“The $73 million loss figure does not appear anywhere in the DWAC S–4 filing, and the Defendants knew that it did not—or were at least reckless in their disregard for the truth—because each of them had access to the publicly-available S-4 that was the purported basis of their articles. Indeed, many defendants cited to and/or directly quoted from the filing,” according to the complaint.
“Another false statement made by 19 of the 20 Defendant (all except for Axios), was to claim that the SEC filing showed a loss of $50 million in 2022. No such loss is shown in the DWAC S-4.”
“As a result of these widespread lies, TMTG has suffered actual damages. Committed and potential investors have reacted negatively to the false news of TMTG supposedly losing $73 million, and TMTG’s ability to raise additional capital has been impaired.”
“Defendants are ostensibly in the business of publishing factual information. However, their business models revolve around generating clicks, and driving views to their websites. In this case, Defendants used the occurrence of a news event—the filing of DWAC’s S-4 with the SEC, a significant milestone in TMTG’s proposed merger with DWAC—as a pretext to intentionally or recklessly report the fabricated $73 million loss figure and sensationalize the news with anti-Trump, click- bait articles.”
“The incredible circumstances of all 20 Defendants publishing nearly identical articles, within hours of one another, using the same fabricated figures that appear nowhere in the S-4 filing upon which they ostensibly rely, would seem nearly miraculous were it a coincidence. Instead, this chorus of falsehood evinces a deliberate, malicious, and coordinated attack on TMTG and Truth Social,” the company said in the complaint.
You can read the full complaint here.
In May, The Gateway Pundit reported that Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) took legal action against The Washington Post, filing a defamation lawsuit seeking a staggering $3.78 billion in damages.
The case was filed in Sarasota County, Florida, which alleges that far-left WaPo published false and defamatory statements about the Truth Social platform, its CEO, Devin Nunes, and former President Trump, damaging its reputation and causing significant financial harm.
“WaPo has been on a years-long crusade against TMTG characterized by the concealment of relevant information in its possession—a bitterly ironic truth for a publication whose motto is “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” the suit said.
“WaPo’s latest defamation creates an existential threat for TMTG, causing enormous loss. TMTG brings this case to recover special damages to its business and good will, actual injury to its name and reputation, and punitive damages for WaPo’s gross misconduct.”
The lawsuit was filed against the Post, stating it “published an egregious hit piece that falsely accused TMTG of securities fraud and other wrongdoing.”
The lawsuit centers around an article released by The Washington Post, which reportedly obtained information from Will Wilkerson, a former employee of TMTG, who was also the source of the Guardian’s false and defamatory “money laundering” story.
Trump Media and Technology Group alleges that the article contained inaccuracies and malicious intent to harm the company’s interests.
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by AM | Nov 21, 2023 | Aggregate
The relationship between the POTUS and the VPOTUS can be a fickle thing.
Sometimes things start out well enough but end badly, as they did with former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence.
Other times, things sputter and struggle to even start out well, as with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
And then there’s whatever is going on between former President Barack Obama and Biden, who served as the former’s VP in both presidential terms.
The two-term Democrat ticket of Obama-Biden has always seemed like an odd fit from the outset — far more a marriage of convenience than anything else.
Biden, very much a swampy, career politician, never quite felt like a natural extension of Obama, very much part of the new breed of far leftism infesting the Democratic Party (think the “squad.”)
It doesn’t help dispel the odd couple vibe that Obama, for the many, many, many faults he has, at least has some semblance of a human personality — whereas Biden has all the charisma of a comatose wildebeest.
Obama’s personality largely stems from his speaking ability, and it’s an ability the man clearly puts time and effort into. Whatever you may think of the man, when Obama speaks, it’s very deliberate, crafted and curated.
So when Obama mentions — or doesn’t mention — something when speaking publicly, people take notice.
In a less-than-glowing Sunday article from The Washington Post, the outlet that threatens democracy with darkness (or something to that effect) chronicled the way in which Democrats are furiously working to overturn the less-than-stellar image of the incumbent president — except for Obama.
Earlier this month, Obama and his team planned a lavish event in Chicago that was both a Democrat rah-rah event and a celebration of the 15-year anniversary of Obama’s 2008 general election victory.
WaPo reported that, speaking to unnamed attendees of the event, there was a “pointed absence of any meaningful cheerleading for Biden.”
Obama allegedly “barely mentioned” Biden in a speech at that event, nor did he offer much praise for the incumbent on a podcast appearance earlier that day.
Now, Obama’s camp appears to be trying to squelch any anti-Biden chatter, as a representative told the Post that the Chicago event was hosted by the Obama Foundation, which is “a nonprofit that cannot legally engage in partisan political activity.”
That explanation seemed to defy the general sentiment of the event that WaPo reported on: “Yet several attendees said the tensions were evident.”
“The takeaway of the weekend was not, ‘Hey team, we’ve got to get the band back together to help Biden out,’” one unnamed attendee told the Post. “If this is a supposedly existential threat and democracy is so challenged, then why aren’t you being more overt about it.”
Well, the reason that Team Obama is not “being more overt” is a rather simple one: The entire Obama brand is about being a frontrunner and Biden’s losing all over the place right now (in polls, in public sentiment, you name it.)
The self-preservation of his own legacy far outweighs any love that Obama may have had for Biden once upon a time, and that’s because, simply put, Biden is toxic.
And, to be sure, Obama is wildly self-obsessed with his legacy.
It’s a genuinely difficult task to name one tangible aspect of American life that has improved under Biden’s watch, particularly when juxtaposed against what his predecessor accomplished. In fact, it’s hard-pressed to name a single thing Biden has even done better than Obama — which is a pretty damning assessment.
And, evidently, Obama wants as little to do with that sort of poor presidency, his own notwithstanding, as possible.
So yes, America has seen presidents and vice presidents bicker and ultimately despise each other (again, look at the sniping that still exists between Trump and Pence)… but this still feels exceptionally cold and like bad news for Biden.
Obama isn’t bashing Biden or anything like that. But he’s also not really acknowledging Biden or his presidency.
That almost feels worse, because if the ostensible patriarch of the modern Democratic Party isn’t even acknowledging you… that’s more worrisome than any poll could possibly be.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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