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The Wall Street Journal fired some serious shots at Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Saturday night, dropping a lengthy hit piece accusing him of illegal drug use to an extent that has worried executives and board members while potentially jeopardizing Musk’s various federal government contracts.

The article relies heavily on anonymous sources, described, for example,” as “people who have witnessed his drug use and others with knowledge of it.”

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The Associated Press’s latest foreign donor wants to transform journalists into “community activists on climate change.” The AP doesn’t seem interested in publicizing that.

The KR Foundation, a Danish nonprofit that seeks the “rapid phase-out of fossil fuels,” gave the equivalent of $300,000, to the Associated Press in December 2022, according to the charity’s annual report. Though the AP says it is committed to the “highest practicable degree of transparency” regarding its backers, the news outlet added the KR Foundation to its list of current philanthropic supporters only this month, according to a Washington Free Beacon review of the AP website.

It’s the latest left-wing charity to fund the Associated Press, which says it is read by four billion people each day. Philanthropies that support packing the Supreme Court, defunding the police, and other left-wing initiatives have contributed millions of dollars to the AP in recent years, the Free Beacon reported.

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Now that everyone’s tired of talking about cancel culture, it seems about the right time for us academics to weigh in. I recently read with interest Eve Ng’s Cancel Culture: A Critical Analysis, which isn’t really all that critical but does provide a useful history of the phenomenon. Unfortunately, it does not offer a clear definition or explanation of what has been going on, merely a profusion of examples. My goal here is to correct that deficiency, by providing a simple theory of cancel culture, based on an analysis of the underlying social dynamics.

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Once in place, it is nearly impossible to get rid of a public union. Florida governor Ron DeSantis found a clever way to make it possible…

In May, governor DeSantis signed a bill that requires at least 60% of workers in a bargaining unit to be dues-paying members. United Teachers of Dade (UTD) did not hit the threshold.

Also, unions also can no longer automatically deduct dues from paychecks, members have to opt in. Much of the dues are used for political purposes and resentment from many teachers has built up.

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On December 3, a radical group hosted a “teach-in” titled “From Minnesota to Palestine.” The panelists linked America and Israel as “settler colonialist” nations–the only ones, apparently, in world history–and thus the source of all evil. This is the whole thing. It goes on for more than two hours, and I don’t recommend that you watch it. Among other things, the panelists celebrate the Hamas massacre of October 7 as a model for “indigenous” uprisings.

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Whether one supports the presidential candidacy of Vivek Ramaswamy or not, it’s impossible to deny that some of the best red pill moments of the election cycle so far have been his debates with establishment spin doctors. During a Town Hall discussion in Iowa hosted by CNN, anchor Abby Phillip tried a new tactic to defuse Ramaswamy and disrupt his ability to convey the facts: She simply kept talking over top of him, contradicting his statements and then refused to give him an opportunity to answer back.

The strategy did not work quite as well as she might have hoped, as Vivek trampled her expertly.

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In a hilarious repeat from 2016, ivory tower leftists are absolutely freaking out about the prospect of Donald Trump getting back into the White House, now that multiple polls show that Trump isn’t just on track to sweep the GOP primary field – but he’d smoke Biden if a malarkey-free 2024 election were held today.

“Criminal are a superstitious cowardly lot, so my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts.” — Batman

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In a gratifying win for religious freedom and free speech, the Virginia Supreme Court concluded Thursday that embattled Virginia high school teacher Peter Vlaming, who had been fired over his refusal to use a student’s preferred pronouns because of his religious faith, was protected by the free exercise and free speech clauses of the Virginia Constitution.

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As businesses push forward on hitting diversity goals, a major insurance company in the U.K. is telling its 22,000 strong workforce that senior white male new hires must be personally approved by none other than the CEO.

Aviva’s boss Amanda Blanc said the policy forms part of the company’s efforts to stamp out sexism in the financial services industry.

Speaking at the Sexism in the City inquiry, Blanc, who became the blue-chip company’s first female chief executive in 2020, told a parliamentary committee that there was “no non-diverse hire at Aviva without it being signed off by me and the chief people officer.”

Racism and sexism, straight up.

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Democrat lawmakers in Washington State want to jail residents for using gas-powered landscaping tools such as leaf blowers and edgers.

State Rep. Amy Walen (D-Kirkland) has pre-filed legislation which would radically alter the state’s Clean Air Act, according to Jason Rantz of MyNorthwest, who reports that HB 1868 would ban “gasoline-powered and diesel-powered landscaping and other outdoor power equipment” for “contributing to climate change.”

As Rantz further explains, the bill contains a laundry list of unintended health consequences tied to the tools as well, including a claim that they cause asthma.

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Free speech video hosting platform Rumble was hit with an “unprecedented” cyber attack shortly after new security camera footage from January 6 was posted on the platform.

When you’re taking flack, you know you’re over the target.

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Even for the paranoia and hysteria that have become emblematic of Never Trumpers, the Trump-hating Atlantic magazine has outdone itself.

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On and on- and on and on – goes this massive display of Trump Derangement Syndrome. There will be “unchecked misogyny” (this from an American Left that launched an all out political freak-out over the nomination to the Supreme Court of Amy Coney Barrett), a “MAGA version of U.S. history,” and, but of course, “a judiciary more loyal to Trump than to the Constitution.” (This would be as opposed to left-wing judges more loyal to leftism and Presidents Obama and Biden then the Constitution.)

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When liberals began their war on public monuments a few years ago, we were told that only statues of Confederate generals would be dismantled. Of course that turned out not to be true. While slavery is the purported justification for these erasures of history, even monuments to Abraham Lincoln have not been immune.

Now, New York City–having, apparently, no larger issues to address–is considering tearing down statutes of George Washington, Christopher Columbus and Thomas Jefferson. Washington is on the list because he owned slaves; never mind that he was one of the few planters who freed his slaves.

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Three lawsuits attempting to bankrupt a constitutional scholar for giving the prior Republican president legal advice will cost him $3 to $3.5 million, John Eastman said Friday. Eastman was a target of Democrats’ illegal Jan. 6 Committee and has been harassed by the FBI and courts since assisting Donald Trump in 2020 constitutional litigation.

“This is what I call the authoritarian moment in our history,” Eastman told reporter Julie Kelly and podcast cohost Liz Sheld. “The whole premise here is: ‘The government has spoken and you continue to say otherwise. Therefore you must be lying.’”

Eastman’s legal defense fund has raised more than half a million dollars so far, “less than a third of what we’ve already incurred and less than about a sixth or seventh of what we’re likely to incur before we’re done,” Eastman said. To defend himself legally in a Georgia prosecutor’s case against Trump and dozens of his associates, Eastman needs to raise $1 million by February, he said: “I’m trying very hard not to completely deplete my wife’s retirement fund.”

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For the woke, the more you help people, the more you are hurting them (unless you hold a high place on the victimhood totem pole). But this juxtaposition is only part of the reason why they seem to loath YouTuber MrBeast so much.

MrBeast (real name Jimmy Donaldson) has made a successful career out of engaging in philanthropy and he gets results; helping people to gain back their eyesight, saving orphanages overseas or giving poverty stricken children shoes. All of these efforts have for years garnered accusations from the political left and their organizations of “white savior” activities.

They argue that the white savior trope seen in Hollywood movies (where a white man travels to desperate countries and helps non-white people get back on their feet) is an unacceptable image in our modern era of “equity and inclusion.” They claim that MrBeast is exploiting the white savior symbol as a way to elevate himself instead of simply helping others.

Wall Street Journal.

A search committee seeking a professor of military history rejected one applicant “because his diversity statement demonstrated poor understanding of diversity and inclusion issues.” Another committee noted that an applicant to be a professor of nuclear physics could understand the plight of minorities in academia because he was married to “an immigrant in Texas in the Age of Trump.”

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Over the last week we have seen an all-out mainstream media assault on Elon Musk and X, formerly known as Twitter. We are told that Musk is embroiled in an antisemitism scandal. We are informed that Musk liked a post which said that Jews deliberately flood white majority Western nations with immigration, and that this is a vile, far right conspiracy theory.

At the same time as Musk was personally smeared by comments on a post he had liked, a Media Matters investigation declared that X had been featuring Neo Nazi and far right material alongside adverts purchased by top companies. In other words, people who had paid for positive advertising of their own choice were actually being tainted with extremist far right content, since extremist far right content is what Elon Musk loves and has allowed to flourish.

In response to this scandal and the Media Matters ‘revelations’, key advertisers using X/Twitter, like Apple, Disney and a few other very well-known companies, have withdrawn from advertising on Musk’s platform.

Trump’s Georgia Co-Defendant Harrison Floyd Fights Back on Fani Willis’ Bid to Revoke His Bail (The Messenger)

X Sues Media Matters After Report of Ads Next to Antisemitic Content

Hamadeh Slams Arizona AG for Threatening Election Officials

Pro-Nazi posts next to Apple ads: Elon Musk’s X sues watchdog for its damning report (CNN) Damning but false report.

Texas AG Paxton Opens Fraud Investigation Into Media Matters

America’s most unhinged, unelected official (Popular Information)

Ben Shapiro Sets Record Straight, RIPS Media for Linking Musk with Radical Anti-Semitism

Twitter Files Journalist Drops BOMBSHELL Report on Anti-‘Digital Hate’ Group

Senate Republicans Say Supreme Court Probe Biased

Tux-Wearing Christian Nationalists Laugh About Their Influence, Live From Mar-a-Lago (Rolling Stone)

Johnson Pays Trump Visit as He Faces Mounting Criticism from the Right (N.Y. Times)

New Documentary Tells Story of Space Force Commander Who Spoke Out on CRT, Wokeness in Military

Mike Johnson’s America: Revisit landmark SCOTUS decisions and use government to ‘restrain evil’ (CNN) Whenever you see a headline on the order of ‘So-and-so’s America’, you know it’s a hit piece, and almost always a lie.

Wisconsin supreme court appears poised to strike down legislative maps and end Republican dominance (The Guardian)

Trump’s Dire Words Raise New Fears About His Authoritarian Bent (N.Y. Times) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH…. I don’t see the NYT worried about Biden’s ‘authoritarian bent’.

Did Trump Change, or Did You?’: We Asked a Pro-Impeachment Republican Why He’d Back Trump (Politico)

Appeals court suggests it may pare back Trump’s D.C. gag order (Washington Poop)

After the Civil War, Robert E. Lee Couldn’t Run for President, but Trump Can? (Washington Monthly) Well, yeah.

Playbook: Why the Trump gag order fight matters (Politico)

America Needs a Pro-Democracy Conservative Legal Establishment (N.Y. Times) In the Narrative media, ‘democracy’ means ‘Democrat vote fraud’.

Billionaires are lining up to fund Donald Trump’s anti-democratic agenda (The Guardian) Robert Reich is dependable, pull the string and watch his mouth move. (What billionaires? George Soros? Bill Gates? Jeff Bezos? Tim Cook?)

Trump Lawyer Accuses AG James of ‘Extortion’ in NY Case

Scarborough: If Elected, Trump Will ‘Execute’ As Many People As He Can Get Away With!

Javier Milei: Argentina’s far-right outsider wins presidential election (BBC) He’s a libertarian–when did that become ‘far-right’? (Although, I suppose, it is, to the BBC…)

Trump-admiring populist Milei wins in Argentina, edging the country closer to a dollarized economy (CNBC)

Is Argentina’s new president too divisive to fix a broken economy? (The Economist) In the Narrative media, ‘divisive’ means ‘not suffiently Leftist’.

Jeff Bezos wore a cowboy hat again. Real cowboys are rolling their eyes (The Guardian) I’m glad they have nothing more important to report on. (Nobody at The Guardian would recognize a ‘reaal cowboy’ of one pissed on their legs.)

Yaccarino On Hot Seat As Ad Execs Urge Twitter CEO To Resign (Forbes) Surely she doesn’t want to get Musk Cooties?

X CEO Yaccarino: Data Will Show Efforts to Fight Hate

McCarthy: Gaetz to Meet Similar Fate as Santos

ABC’s Raddatz Chastises San Francisco Mayor Breed For ‘Reagan-Era Policies’

What Happens When the Super Rich Are This Selfish? (It Isn’t Pretty.) (N.Y. Times) The Narrative media are just full of Karens ready to tell other people what they ought to be doing.

With a new speaker, the old MTG is back (Washington Poop) Let not the new witch-hunts divert attention from the old witch-hunts.

How SCOTUS’s “ethics code” provides cover for corruption (Public Notice) Let not the new witch-huntrs divert attention from the old witch-hunts.

Democrat Dark Money Funded Supreme Court Watchdogs

Supreme Court Rejects Chauvin Appeal in George Floyd Killing

Family Guy Mocks Republican Politicians as Being Worse than the Unabomber

Michigan Takes Step To Punish Salon Owner Who Said She’ll Only Serve Men And Women

Fiery right-wing populist Javier Milei wins Argentina’s presidency and promises ‘drastic’ changes

Greene calls for new Jan. 6 select committee (The Hill) Let not the new witch-hunts divert attention from the old witch-hunts.

The lion, the wig and the warrior. Who is Javier Milei, Argentina’s president-elect? (Associated Press)

Trump congratulates Javier Milei on win in Argentina presidential race (The Hill) Oops–he now has Trump Cooties, so the Narrative media is obliged to attempt to destroy him.

CBS Reporters Lose Their Feeble Little Minds at Argentina’s ‘Far Right’ President-Elect

Sen. Mike Lee promotes a debunked conspiracy theory about a Jan. 6 rioter (NBC News)

RFK Jr. leads 2024 candidates in favorability poll

Don’t Cry for Newsrooms, Argentina

FBI Releases Special Edition Jan 6 Footage DVD With Director’s Commentary (Babylon Bee)

X CEO says Apple and others ‘temporarily paused’ ads over ‘misleading and manipulated article’

IBM-led advertising X-odus gains steam as more flee Musk’s platform

NewsGuard Paid by Gov’t to Crush Online Speech: Twitter Files

‘Hate Group’ Hackdom: NPR Rushes to Proclaim ‘The Waning Influence of Moms for Liberty’

Ron Paul: We Must Demand Justice For The January 6th Protesters!

Biden says he’s an optimist. But his dire warnings about Trump have become central to his campaign (Associated Press)

US Appeals Court to Consider Trump Gag Order in Election Case

Judge Aileen Cannon’s Games in Florida May Delay Other Trump Trials (Daily Beast)

Poll: Trump Takes 39-Point Lead Over DeSantis in Fla.

Many former Trump aides say he shouldn’t be president. Will it matter? (Washington Poop) Every time a newspaper headline asks a question, the correct answer is always ‘No’.

Trump “Has To Be Eliminated”: Another Dan Goldman Gaffe, Or Call For Assassination?

FBI Miami Field Office Chief ‘Vocally Anti-Trump’  Your tax dollars at work.

Appeals Court Weighs Reinstating Gag Order on Trump in D.C. Election Case

6 in 10 Trump voters say there’s a ‘chance’ they choose another candidate: Poll (The Hill)

Rep. Dan Goldman on MSNBC: Trump ‘MUST BE ELIMINATED’

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The Kennedy family has been ersatz American royalty starting almost immediately after John F. Kennedy’s assassination 60 years ago this week, the deliberate product of the relentless “Camelot” PR campaign. And certainly it has worked better for the extended Kennedy clan than for any other political dynasty in American history. It was enough for a Kennedy to attach himself or herself to a cause or charity for it to gain outsize media attention and elite legitimacy.

Certainly this has long been true especially of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has attached himself to an endless series of loony left-wing causes over the years, always evading any serious criticism because of his illustrious name. But now that his independent bid for the presidency threatens to derail a second term for Joe Biden, the mainstream media is suddenly saying—hey, wait a minute! RFK Jr. may be a grasping, self-serving, money-grubbing celebrity! Who knew?

GOP Sen. Mike Lee Calls for Probe of Jan. 6 Panel After Tapes Released

Wisconsin Gov. Evers says ‘Neo-Nazis, antisemitism, white supremacy have no home in Wisconsin’ after demonstration (Journal Sentinel) A bunch of ‘neo-Nazis’ marched on the state capitol of Wisconsin and no leftists showed up? No Antifa? No BLM? Seriously? I suggest that this was a put-up job by local Democrats, who need some scary press to rebuild their image.

New J6 Footage Shows Capitol Police May Have Incited Riot By Firing Munitions Into Peaceful Crowd

Taxpayer-Funded PBS, NPR Lovingly Push Sales of Brian Stelter’s New Fox-Trashing Book

Cheney, Kinzinger, And “Sham” J6 Committee Under Fire After Friday Footage Dump; GOP Senator Calls For Investigation

I Read Mike Johnson’s Legal Filings. They Reveal a Distinctive Pattern. (Politico) Let not the new witch-hunts distract us from the old witch-hunts.

Rep. Jordan Subpoenas Bank Of America Over Allegedly Sharing Jan. 6 Info With FBI

Ron DeSantis refuses to condemn Elon Musk’s endorsement of antisemitic conspiracy theory (USA Today) Probably because that never happened.

More advertisers halt spending on X in growing backlash against Musk  Panic among the chickens.

You shouldn’t be driving over 100 MPH-and your car shouldn’t let you  The world is full of people who are convinced that they have a right to tell you what to do.

Tucker Carlson spreads antisemitic message in interview with Candace Owens (CNN) I guess they figure if it works on Elom Musk they’ll try it on Tucker Carlson.

Antisemitism was rising online. Then Elon Musk’s X supercharged it. (Washington Poop) No, he didn’t. But that’s the lie they want you to believe.

Elon Musk’s X Intervenes For Student In Trouble With College Over Social Media Posts

How Many Are Feds?’ Sen. Mike Lee Pushes Jan. 6 Disinformation (Rolling Stone) In the Narrative media, ‘disinformation’ means anything inconsistent with the Narrative.

Trump Reminds Iowa: ‘My Attitude Is What Gets Us There’

British Magazine The Economist: Trump’s the ‘Biggest Danger to the World in 2024’  Bigger than Russia? Bigger than China? Bigger than North Korea? Bigger than jihadist Islam?

Trump Returning to Texas Border for Immigration Speech

Sideswiped by the Judge

Touting Colorado Court Win, Blasting Biden: 6 Takeaways From Trump’s Iowa Rally

Turley: Don’t Count On A Trump Conviction – None Of These Cases Are Slam-Dunks

Vulgarities, insults, baseless attacks: Trump backers follow his lead (Washington Poop) And how does that differ from the Narrative media, hmmm?

‘We Cannot Be Associated With Elon Musk,’ Says Tim Cook While Shaking Hands With Brutal Chinese Dictator (Babylon Bee)

Navy SEAL Causing Anti-Trans School Board Chaos Is Under Investigation (Daily Beast) Of course he is.

Navy SEAL Under Investigation for Extremist Activity After Fighting Transgender Rights in California (Military.com)

Navy SEAL Fighting Transgender School Policies Faces Investigation (Newsweek)

San Diego Navy SEAL under investigation for alleged extremist affiliations (KPBS)

The Bin Laden Letter Is Being Weaponized by the Far Right (WIRED) Really?

With antisemitic tweet, Elon Musk reveals his ‘actual truth’ (CNN) The witch-hunt continues.

X ad boycott gathers pace amid antisemitism storm (BBC) Musk refused to be cancelled quietly, so they pooped out this antisemitism hoax to kill his baby.

Elon Musk Plans “Thermonuclear” Lawsuit Against Media Matters  Unfortunately for the Crust, Musk is still a billionaire and pissing off a billionaire ensures that you spend the rest of your life in court.

‘No Difference’: Kinzinger Compares Johnson To The Taliban, Again

X is placing ads for Amazon, NBA Mexico, NBCUniversal, and others next to content with white nationalist hashtags (Media Matters for America) The witch-hunt continues.

Texas: Republican-controlled school board votes against climate textbooks (The Guardian) The reactionary swine!

Conservative voters in Iowa are open to moving on from Trump (NPR)

In Buffalo, Iowa, a community wrestles with Trump-fueled political apathy (NPR)

Colorado Judge Keeps Trump on Ballot but Finds He ‘Engaged in Insurrection’ (N.Y. Times)

Trump Engaged in Insurrection but Can Stay on Colorado’s Ballot Anyway, Court Rules (Daily Beast)

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For example, thinking that every dollar a rich person has was somehow stolen from a poor person. (As if poor people had anything worth stealing….)

Could evangelical leader’s endorsement upend Trump’s massive lead before Iowa’s caucus? (Fox News)

Donald Trump’s 2024 Trial Schedule Drifts Into Chaos (The Messenger)

Donald Trump Posts Tirade Against Judge, Court Clerk Hours After Gag Order Paused (Huffington Post) Apparently this came as a surprise to the AWFLs at HuffPo.

Trump Crosses a Crucial Line (The Atlantic) The witch-hunt continues.

The election interference case against Trump is taking shape (NPR) As the D.C. Crust figures out what they can get away with and what they can’t.

Donald Trump poses the biggest danger to the world in 2024 (The Economist)

The Economist names Trump “biggest danger” for 2024 (Axios)

CNN Airs New Tape of Trump Discussing Capitol Trip on Jan. 6 (CNN) Who cares?

ABC’s Karl Admits He Wrote Anti-Trump Book to Influence 2024 Election

Lying About Lying? Michael Cohen Appears To Confess To Prior False Statements Under Oath

Has Trump Gone Even Crazier? (Washington Monthly)

Trump legal ally fights ‘activist prosecutors’ in 2024 messaging preview (NBC News)

Trump says the quiet part out loud: He’ll destroy democracy (Washington Poop) Jennifer Rubin loses her shit.

Chutkan denies Trump motion to strike Jan. 6 language from indictment (The Hill)

Activists take Trump 14th Amendment fight to Michigan Supreme Court (The Hill)

Georgia Judge in Trump RICO Case Slaps Protective Order on Subpoenaed 2020 Election Records

On Stop the Steal: What If They Were Right?

As Musk endorses antisemitic conspiracy theory, X has been placing ads for Apple, Bravo, IBM, Oracle, and Xfinity next to pro-Nazi content (Media Matters for America)

Musk Replaced as APEC Speaker After Controversial Post. (NewsMax) Nothing can be permitted to get in the way of a witch-hunt.

WH Condemns Musk’s ‘Promotion’ of Anti-Semitism  Jumping on the dog-pile.

White House Condemns Elon Musk’s ‘Abhorrent’ Endorsement of Antisemitism (Bloomberg) Jumping on the dog-pile.

How R.F.K. Jr. Has Turned His Public Crusades Into a Private Windfall (N.Y. Times) Nothing can be permitted to get in the way of a witch-hunt.

IBM Immediately Suspends Advertising From X/Twitter After Discovering Its Ads Appeared Next to Pro-Nazi Content (Variety)

X Races to Contain Damage After Elon Musk Endorses Antisemitic Post (N.Y. Times) He did no such thing, of course, but they want everyone to believe that he did.

Santos calls Ethics Committee report a ‘dirty biased act’ that ‘tramples over all of my rights’ (The Hill) I don’t see any evidence of a referral to the DoJ for prosecution.

No more ads on Elon’s X, EU Commission tells staff (Politico)

EU Gets Busted ‘Microtargeting’ X Users, Rage-Quits Ad Campaign Citing ‘Misinfo’

Florida sued over ban on pro-Palestinian student groups (NBC News)

George Santos faces new motion to expel him from Congress (Washington Poop) Let not the new witch-hunts divert attention from the old witch-hunts.

House Ethics chairman introduces resolution to expel George Santos from Congress (CNN)

Hochul: ‘Very Happy’ to Call Election to Replace Santos

As the NRA fades, a more zealous US pro-gun group rises as a lobbying power (The Guardian)

VIDEO: Media HATE the Idea of Texas Enforcing Federal Immigration Law

Exclusive: Apple to pause advertising on X after Musk backs antisemitic post (Axios) ‘Ina Fried’ is a former male at one time known at ‘Ian Fried’.

Ga. Football Coach Fired After Hosting Baptisms

Lionsgate Has Suspended All Advertising on X, Spokesman Says (Bloomberg) Let’s all join the witch-hunt dogpile.

Canceling Magellan

The American Mind.

Until very recently, the term “decolonization” was familiar only to those within the hothouse of contemporary academia. The concept figures prominently in “cultural studies,” “ethnic studies,” and “postcolonial studies”—pseudo-disciplines that serve to disseminate leftist propaganda on campus. Decolonization supporters endorse the process of returning “occupied” lands to the groups who were displaced or marginalized by “settlers.” As much as academics talk about this topic, they say precious little about how decolonization is to be achieved. That’s smart, because short of the “colonizers” deciding to pick up and leave, “decolonization” can only be achieved through bloodshed.

These scholars don’t have any qualms about a little bloodletting if it advances the cause of social justice. Still, most are usually smart enough not to say the quiet part out loud. Nevertheless, in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks on Israel, they couldn’t conceal their exuberance. On X/Twitter, a writer from Teen Vogue asked, “What did you think ‘decolonization’ meant? Papers? Essays? Vibes? Losers.” The idea was that we shouldn’t be offended by the brutality of Hamas: this is simply how decolonization works. This sentiment, “liked” by thousands of social media users, is an open endorsement of ethnic violence. One is left to wonder why the American university (historically, our loudest institution when it comes to opposing any warfare) has never challenged decolonial rhetoric, leaving it to flourish on campus.

Since the attacks last month, many universities have shown that they don’t simply tolerate these ideologies: they tacitly endorse them. Given that it is garden-variety campus activism, aiming to abolish the “decolonizing” rhetoric that justifies violence against “settlers” is something of a fool’s errand. We are better off pursuing a deeper understanding of the hypocrisies and contradictions inherent to decolonization, so we might more effectively challenge its claims and undermine its power. These contradictions are best illustrated by contrasting the usage of two related terms in public discourse: “settler” and “migrant.”

Republicans now say they want ‘compromise’ on abortion. That’s a lie. (MSNBC)

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on abortion (NPR)

For a Republican Party struggling with abortion messaging, Haley now appears to have the answer (Politico)

Republicans Are the Party of Asinine Toxic Masculinity (Daily Beast) Don’t hold it in–tell us how you really feel.

‘Same clown car with a different driver’: House GOP goes off the rails

Rudy’s Ukraine caper looks even worse now (Public Notice)

A rare look at the devastation caused by AR-15 shootings (Washington Poop) How about a look at black teen gangbanger handgun shootings, which kill vastly greater numbers of people, most of them black?

Georgia prosecutors ask judge to jail Trump RICO co-defendant for witness intimidation.

Colo. Bid to Bar Trump from Ballot Goes to Judge

Trump’s own fraud-trial expert testifies about ‘glaring’ problems in his financial statements — but blames the accountants (Business Insider)

How Trump plays the media on abortion (Popular Information) Not to mention how the Narrative media play the country.

Trump’s new Latino strategy casts him as victim of socialists (Axios) Which he quite plainly is.

Trumpworld Is Already at War Over Staffing a New Trump White House (Daily Beast) ‘Trumpworld’ is a fabulous fantasy land that only the Narrative media can see.

Where efforts to disqualify Trump from 2024 ballot stand (Axios) In a corner, wearing a Dunce Cap.

Christie warns Trump’s ‘vermin’ remark could incite others: ‘He doesn’t care’ (The Hill) He certainly doesn’t care about the opinions of a toad like Christie.

Univision Anchor Out After Trump Interview

2 Judicial Strikes Against Efforts to Keep Trump Off Ballot

Punching Politicians and Trump’s Belligerence (The Bulwark)

Sen. Joe Manchin says Donald Trump would destroy US democracy if he wins a second term as president (Associated Press)

Special counsel investigating Joe Biden’s handling of classified material is not expected to bring charges (CNN)

NY Judge Lifts Limited Gag Order on Trump

Wall Street megadonors warm to Nikki Haley as their anti-Donald Trump Republican (Financial Times) Another Mitt Romney! No, no, another John McCain!

Richard Epstein: Trump Facing Misguided Disqualification Efforts

The American Mind.

As if you had not been told already, hardly a day goes by without a headline reminding us that, after something of an autumnal carnival, habemus—we have a speaker of the House. A theme has emerged in the media coverage. Mike Johnson is a “Christian nationalist,” we are told over and over again, in pieces from Time, from Politico, and from New York Magazine, from Salon, from the Washington Post, and from the New York Times (those are just the outlets you have heard of).

And if, as the Jesus and John Wayne author Kristen Du Mez said on MSNBC this weekend, they mean by that tag just what sociologists have labeled “Christian nationalism,” then they are right, so far as it goes. But throat-clearing clarifications that this is a non-pejorative academic label should feel like fig leaves, surrounded as they always are by the breathless language of danger, fear, and condemnation.

The assessments of Johnson highlight an ambiguity in the discourse about Christian nationalism and in the term itself, which American Christians in particular should bear in mind as the confusion is used to marginalize and manipulate them. The signifier “Christian nationalist” acts as both an allegedly dispassionate sociological descriptor and, usually with “white” attached at the front, a catch-all for the bad people who don’t want to replace the stars and stripes with the vexillologically dysphoric “progress” flag. Plus, of course, some people even call themselves Christian nationalists in defiance of the condemnation.

This Ripped Up Note Could Help Jack Smith Take Down Donald Trump (The New Republic) They hope, they hope, they hope….

Fani Willis predicts Georgia election case could go into early 2025 (Axios)

Univision, the Spanish language news giant, shifts its approach to Trump (Washington Poop)

Network News Bosses Want No Republican Challengers to Donald Trump

Biden compares Trump’s ‘vermin’ remarks to Nazi rhetoric (NBC News) Took him long enough to get the memo.

Donald’s Desperate Demand: Trump Files for Mistrial in New York Bank Fraud Case (Daily Beast) Nothing ‘desperate’ about it; it’s an obvious move–for those who’ve been paying attention. Another case of Prog Projection?

South Carolina Poll: Trump Has Majority in Haley’s Home State

Ratings Gold? CNN Analyst Elle Honig Says ‘Smart Move’ for Trump to Back a Televised Trial!

Damage Control: RNC Chairwoman McDaniel Pledges To Support Trump If Voters Choose Him  Sure, I believe that.

After ‘Vermin’ Remark, PBS NewsHour Turns to Historian for ‘Trump Mimics Hitler’ Talk

Trump Jr. Just Uttered the Word That Could Trip Up His Family’s Entire Defense (The New Republic) They hope, they hope, they hope….

Trump calling opponents ‘vermin’ draws rebukes from White House, some in GOP (Washington Poop) But Hillary calling people ‘deplorables’ is fine, just fine.

‘The boss is not going to leave’: Proffer videos show ex-Trump lawyers telling Georgia prosecutors about efforts to overturn 2020 election (ABC News)

Trump Tests D.C. Gag Order, Blasts ‘Deranged’ Special Counsel

Trump Will File For Mistrial In NY Fraud Case ‘Soon,’ Attorney Says

Trump Campaign Officials Try to Play Down Contentious 2025 Plans (N.Y. Times) Said ‘plans’ existing only in the fever dreams of the proglodyte media.

Unmarried to the Mob (The Nation)

Trump Denies Report He Threatened to Leave GOP: ‘That’s Bulls–t’ (The Messenger) Don’t believe everything you read in an anti-Trump book. Just sayin’.

Ex-Trump allies detail efforts to overturn election in Georgia plea videos (Washington Post)

Checks and Balances Are for Losers (N.Y. Times) The NYT steps up its anti-Trump witch-hunt in preparation for the coming election.

Johnson Said in 2015 Trump Was Unfit and Could Be ‘Dangerous’ as President (N.Y. Times) “When the facts change, sir, I change my opinions. What do you do?” — John Maynard Keynes

After Trump case video leak, Georgia prosecutor seeks emergency seal for evidence (Washington Poop)

House Speaker Mike Johnson endorses Trump, defends ‘stolen election’ claims (CNBC)

Arizona Poll: Trump Crushing GOP Field, Beating Biden

Trump to remain on Michigan ballot after judge rejects another 14th Amendment challenge (CNN)

Democrats get surprisingly good news from America’s Trumpiest court (Vox)

California middle-schooler banned from sports over ‘black face’ — but group says he was just wearing eye paint (N.Y. Post)

CPAC Board Member Wrote Brutal Letter Trashing Matt Schlapp (Daily Beast)

It’s Not the Gaffes. It’s the Plans. (The Bulwark) Charlie Sykes channels the hard-left fringe.

Mike Johnson’s Shady Finances Are Already Coming Back to Bite Him (Daily Beast) They must have mistaken him for a Democrat.

How Deep-State Bureaucrats Used a Middleman to Try to Censor Americans in 2020

New York’s Hunger Games Governor Is Now “Collecting Data” From “Surveillance Efforts” On Social Media To Monitor “Hate Speech”

Polish MEPs Facing Three Years in Prison Over Anti-Migrant Video

‘He’ll be out’: Santos’ GOP critics anxiously await report they hope will help boot him (Politico) With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats?

Finnish Court Vindicates Politician Who Faced ‘Hate Speech’ Charges for Bible Verse Tweet

Dems prepare to save another GOP speaker from a shutdown

PBS Pushes SCOTUS ‘Ethics’ Reform Led By Democrats: ‘So What’s the Holdup?’

A wasteland: Political coverage ignores the threat to democracy (Washington Poop) Jennifer Rubin loses her shit.

Sinema left the Democratic party. Democratic donors left her too. (Politico)

Bishop Schneider: Strickland Part of ‘Purge’ of Traditionalists

UK Shakeup: Fmr PM Cameron Now Foreign Secretary; Conservative Sacked

House GOP proposes two-step plan to fund government, raising shutdown risk (Washington Poop) The D.C. Crust, of course, are aghast.

Could George Floyd Revelations Help Overturn Chauvin Conviction?

How Moms for Liberty and a notorious English teacher exploited a high school student (Popular Information)

Stephen Miller’s “America First Legal” is more dangerous than you think (Public Notice)

MAGA-dominated state Republican parties plagued by infighting, money woes (Washington Poop)

Dems Defund Arizona’s Independent Sen. Sinema

Pro-Hitler and Holocaust denier account: X has paid me $3,000 in ad revenue sharing (Media Matters for America)

Who Paid for Mike Johnson to Attend This Conservative Conference? (Daily Beast)

Ex-Fox News Reporter Claims Network Fired Him for Calling Out Jan. 6 Lies (Daily Beast) Translation: Fired him for repeating Democrat Jan. 6 lies.

“Absolute Torture”: Jan. 6 Inmates Put Renewed Spotlight On Use Of Solitary Confinement

Raided Pro-Life Activist Sues DOJ For ‘Malicious Prosecution,’ Emotional Distress

Should Joe Manchin Run for President? (N.Y. Times) Ross Douthat says the quiet part out loud.

UCLA faculty call on school to condemn protests, speech ‘crossing the line’ (The Hill)

European Parliament Lifts Immunity Of Conservative MEPs Facing Criminal Charges For Retweeting Criticism Of Illegal Immigration  What use is any ‘immunity’ that can so easily be lifted for witch-hunt purposes?

NBC Compares Criticism Of Hunter’s Influence Peddling To Haley’s Daughter’s TikTok Posts

Maher Rebukes Obama: ‘Enough With the Moral Equivalencies’

NPR, Nina Jankowicz Whine It’s ‘Open Season’ on Social-Media Censors In Runup to 2024

Moms for Liberty Sets the Record Straight on 7 ‘Harassment’ Claims

Pope Francis Fires Bishop For Being Too Catholic (Babylon Bee)

Trump’s Vow to World, N.H. Voters: ‘I Will Be Your Peacemaker’

Trump Jokes He’d Make UFC’s Dana White His ‘Offense Chief’

Is Abortion, Not Trump, The GOP’s Albatross?

Biden shifts into campaign mode with more attacks on Trump (NBC News)

Giggling Judge, Gloating AG—VDARE Mugger Letitia James’s Trump Show Trial

Raids, Detention Camps, Mass Deportations: Trump’s Immigration Plan For Second Term

In Veterans Day Speech, Trump Promises to ‘Root Out’ the Left (N.Y. Times) Speed the day.

“Covering him as a normal candidate”: Extremism scholars say TV news “normalizing” Trump’s threats (Salon) When ‘normal’ is Democrat totalitarianism, we need somebody un-normal.

Trump Compares Political Foes To ‘Vermin’ On Veterans Day—Echoing Nazi Propaganda (Forbes) Not to mention every Democrat speaking about Republicans.

It’s Official: With “Vermin,” Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk  (The New Republic) More accurately, straight-up Democrat talk.

Trump Lawyer Habba: Mistrial Filing Coming ‘Very Soon’

Trump defense at New York fraud trial set to counter state attorney general (CNN)

RNC Chair McDaniel: I Will Support Trump as Nominee  Very white of her.

Trump’s plans if he returns to the White House include deportation raids, tariffs and mass firings (Associated Press) They have no idea what Trump’s plans are, so they just make shit up.

WaPo’s Shipley Hand-Selected Hamas Cartoon He Pulled Amid Woke Blowback, Cartoonist Ramirez Says

Peter Thiel Is Taking A Break From Democracy (The Atlantic) George Soros, who isn’t mentioned, is of course actively trying to destroy it.

In very rare move, Pope dismisses conservative US bishop Strickland (Reuters)

Ohio Republicans Say It’s Their ‘God Given Right’ to Restrict Abortion Access (Rolling Stone)

Inside Mike Johnson’s Ties to a Far-Right Movement to Gut the Constitution (Politico)

CENSORTRACK: Five Worst Times Big Tech Silenced Veteran Voices on Their Platforms

Ramaswamy now selling merch after Haley’s ‘scum’ comments (The Hill)

“Malpractice”: Ramaswamy Denies Claim By RNC Chair McDaniel That He Voted For Obama

Sen. Blackburn Seeks Epstein Flight Logs to Identify Perps  Epstein cooties are even more powerful than Trump cooties.

Teacher Fired for Using Gender-Neutral Honorific Title

Stelter Returns To CNN To Attack Fox, The ‘Beating Heart of the GOP’

Bill Maher and Ted Cruz Stage Unexpected Mutual Love Fest (Daily Beast)

Taibbi: According To Pundits, “Ignorance” Makes Americans Give “Wrong” Answers To Economic Confidence Poll+

Pastor Indicted With Trump in Georgia Asks Evangelical Supporters for Help (N.Y Times)

Good Samaritan Arrested After Stopping NYC Subway Assault By Firing Warning Shots

Even this Supreme Court knows it shot itself in the foot with a disastrous decision (MSNBC)

Bannon Appeals Contempt Conviction at Hearing

Running On Censorship: A California Candidate Seeks To Ride The Anti-Free Speech Wave

FEC Commissioner Calls Out Her GOP Colleagues in Brutal 5-Sentence Takedown (Daily Beast) Let’s see … nope, no mention of the Biden Crime Family….

MTG Is Trashing Lauren Boebert as a ‘Whore’ to GOP Colleagues (Daily Beast) Pretty rich, the Daily Beast complaining about somebody else’s ‘high school’ behavior. Mote, meet beam.

Taibbi: The Tragic Victimhood Of “Disinformation Experts”

Georgia Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Rep. Greene

Dr. Robert Malone Reveals How The Government Tore His Reputation Apart, “Piece By Piece”

Justice Barrett gets standing ovation at Federalist Society gala (Washington Poop)

Lefties Trash NBC News for Hosting a Debate with Media ‘Extremists’

McCarthy Predicts Nancy Mace’s Downfall After She Voted Him Out (Daily Beast)

House GOP’s Dysfunction Inches Government Toward Shutdown (Daily Beast)

Arizona fake electors led vocal campaign to overturn the 2020 election – they’re now part of a ‘robust’ state investigation (CNN) Who better to look for hanky-panky?

How the GOP muzzled the quiet coalition that fought foreign propaganda (NBC News) In the Narrative media, ‘foreign propaganda’ is whatever disagrees with the Narrative.

The Key to Mike Johnson’s Christian Extremism Hangs Outside His Office (Rolling Stone) How dare he be a Christian! The swine!

Inside Mike Johnson’s Ties to a Far-Right Movement to Gut the Constitution (Politico) Bias? What bias?

Why Is Mike Johnson Flying a Christian Nationalist Flag Outside His Office? (The New Republic) They say that like it was a bad thing.

Why is Eric Adams being investigated?  (The New Neo) Apparently he wandered off of the Democrat plantation.

Minnesota Supreme Court Dismisses Case To Keep Trump Off The Ballot

Trump’s Lawyers Argue Judges Don’t Have a Role in Enforcing 14th Amendment Challenge on Day One of Michigan’s Oral Arguments (The Messenger)

Trump’s false election claims lurk in background as court weighs robocall case (Politico)

Trump suggests he could investigate opponents if reelected (The Hill) Sauce for the goose….

Trump’s right, the system is RIGGED. In his favor  Right, it’s so rigged in his favor that he’s under … how many indictments?

The Warnings About Trump in 2024 Are Getting Louder (The New Yorker) Especially from the sort of people who write for The New Yorker.

Rep. Elise Stefanik files ethics complaint against judge in Trump’s civil fraud trial (NBC News) It’s about time somebody did.

Trump: I Could Also Weaponize Government Against Enemies  Sauce for the goose….

Billionaire Home Depot Founder Bernie Marcus Endorses Trump  Apparently not all the billionaires are Democrats. Who knew?

Trump turns to oil barons to boost his White House bid (Washington Poop)

Trump Warns He Could ‘Certainly’ Indict Political Opponents if He’s Reelected (Rolling Stone) Sauce for the goose….

NewsMax.

The Republican National Committee said 2024 GOP presidential candidates who participate in the Family Leader’s Thanksgiving forum will be barred from future Republican primary debates.

I guess RNC stands for ‘RINO National Committee’. Good to have that cleared up.

Ivanka Trump testimony: Why ‘I don’t recall’ is a common legal strategy (BBC News) Plus it’s the correct answer if you, say, don’t recall.

Trump shows off disclaimer clause he tried to show judge at civil trial and claims it clears him of fraud (N.Y. Post) As indeed it would.

Judge Engoron’s Handling of Donald Trump Comes Under Scrutiny (Newsweek)

What Trump stands to lose in his New York civil fraud trial (Axios) Any commitment to the American legal and political system, for one.

New York Times Oozes Sympathy for Lefty House Members Trapped in ‘Far-Right’ Hellhole

SPLC Goes to Extreme Lengths to Brand Speaker Mike Johnson ‘Racist’ on Immigration

Who’s Blackmailing Whom? EU Continues to Withhold Funds from Hungary

Republican Party Checks Into Rehab For Addiction To Losing (Babylon Bee)

Republicans Join the Rich-Bashing

The Supreme Court appears poised to rein in its worst decision on guns (Vox)

Supreme Court reviews domestic abuser gun ban (MSNBC)

Supreme Court appears likely to hand Biden DOJ a win on challenge to gun law (Fox News)

Why American women of childbearing age now have another Supreme Court case to watch (CNN)

A boneheaded state official may have just handed the NRA a big Supreme Court victory (Vox)

Texas man’s challenge to gun ownership, domestic violence law heads to Supreme Court (CBS Texas)

Supreme Court facing record case related to domestic violence with guns (WOAD)

The Supreme Court may make America’s gun violence problem even worse (CNN) Or better, depending on your point of view.

Biden primary challenger Dean Phillips sees little support from past home state donors in Minnesota (CNBC)

Elon Musk’s Free Speech Stance Is “Dangerous”, Columbia Journalism Fellow Warns

Speaker Mike Johnson Faces Looming Battles Over Biden Impeachment, Shutdown

Are ‘MAGA’ Republicans Worse Than Hamas? Many on Far Left Appear to Think So. (The Foundry)

Christian Wedding Photographer Who Refused to Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage Wins Settlement

Woke Teachers Trying To Ban Classic Novel From Schools To “Protect Students”

Tommy Tuberville Is Just the Face of a ‘Broken’ Confirmation Process, Critics Say

House Report: Newsmax Among Targets of Censorship in 2020

Hawley Challenger Suggests Republicans Are Like the Nazis Who Planned the Holocaust  Hey, Republicans aren’t the ones hating on Jews.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Shows Congress How to Lose Friends and Not Influence People (Daily Beast) I’d rather have MTG as a friend than anybody at the Daily Beast.

Squad: It’s Super ‘Dangerous’ to Criticize Us, You Guys

YouTube Censors Steven Crowder After He Exposed Nashville School Shooter Manifesto

Conservative Watchdog Alleges Retaliatory IRS Audit After Exposing Biden Nominees

Why Does the Right Hate America? (N.Y. Times) The only hate I see is coming from Paul Krugman.

She/her/or/else

Letitia James Reportedly Broke Into Laughter During Trump Testimony  Trump’s a funny guy.

‘Chill over much of courtroom’: Expert on Trump’s impact as witness in NY civil fraud trial Monday (MSNBC)

Trump testifies in New York civil fraud trial (CNN)

Extra Time: Trump testifies in New York civil fraud trial; gearing up for Election Day 2023 (WABC-TV)

Lawrence: Trump incriminated himself and his children with one word on the stand (MSNBC) Still no crime here. No lender takes the borrower’s word for property characteristics; all of a borrower’s assertions are vetted by trained professionals.

Trump Tangles With Judge, Complains of Treatment at N.Y. Fraud Trial (NewsMax)

‘Control Your Client’: Judge Quarrels With Trump and Lawyers During Fraud Trial (Washington Free Beacon)

4 things we learned from Trump’s testimony in the New York fraud trial (Washington Poop)

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is set to endorse Trump at his Florida rally this week (NBC News)

Jack Smith Could Be On Shaky Ground In Trump Charge: Analysts

Trump doesn’t just want to win. He wants revenge. (Washington Poop) And who could blame him?

Jan. 6 riot was ‘culmination’ of Trump conspiracies to overturn 2020 election, special counsel says in new filing (NBC News)

Prosecutors Assail Trump’s Bid to Have Federal Election Case Dismissed (N.Y. Times) Does this come as a surprise to anybody?

Trump Forgets What Years He Was President While on the Stand in NY Trial (Daily Beast) Who care? (Other than the arrested adolescents in the Narrative media.)

Trump kids’ blame claims don’t match with fraud case facts: reporter (Raw Story) I’d sooner believe the Trump Kids (Is that a band?) over some Narrative media ‘reporter’.

Grievances, insults, tangents: Trump brings his 2024 campaign into the courtroom (Washington Poop) How does that differ from what the Narrative media bring into their Trump coverage?

Trump belief that 2020 election was stolen is not a defense, DOJ says (Washington Poop) Sure sounds like a defense to me.

‘He’s a child’ Trump is imploding because he thinks ‘rules don’t apply to him’: biographer (Raw Story) Yet he’s a billionaire businessman and was a successful President of the United States. Can this ‘biographer’ show more success?

TV Ignores Trump’s GOP Rivals, Blasts Ex-Prez With 93% Bad Press

‘Stop It!’ Scarborough Screams At Team Biden for Not Trashing Trump Enough on TV

Trump’s Wealth Has Grown $500M Since Leaving Office

Trump’s day in court paints a dark preview of the national ordeal ahead (CNN) Poor iddle baby….

Trump Plots Against His Enemies (The Atlantic) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH….

Trump’s Recipe for a Shockingly Raw Power Grab (Politico)

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After journalists Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss and Michael Shellenberger won a $100,000 award from the National Journalism Center / DAO for excellence in investigative journalism regarding the Twitter Files, WikiPedia editors threw a fit – with one, who goes by “Specifico”, removing all mention of the award until other editors were in ‘consensus for inclusion.’