This is the type of stuff that really makes me dislike the press.
First, the promote a false viral claim from Rupar about what he said today.
Then, they try to direct a mob at this cop over a t-shirt he once wore in a photo.
The reporters and editors behind this piece could never withstand this type of scrutiny, but they abuse their platform to go after and try to destroy this random police spokesman.
It’s completely irresponsible and an abuse of their platform.
And it’s worth noting that the NY Post got this nonsense from Buzzfeed, which was even worse in labeling it a “racist” shirt.
Next they should check all of the social media posts of the victims of the shooting to make sure they didn’t post any offensive memes 7 years ago that they should be cancelled for as well.
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Berenson: Cases are starting to rise with vaccinations, just like in Israel.
Reality: Cases have crashed overall in Israel and the US. And far more so among the elderly, which are the population that have been vaccinated. Small inc are among unvaccinated groups due to variants.
Israel went from almost 10K new cases per day in late January to 1-2K per day over the last week. From~70 deaths per day to less than 10 in the same period. You have to be a complete idiot or intentionally dishonest to not recognize what vaccines have done.
Rupar misled tens of thousands of people into thinking this was the officer giving his own view of the suspect’s motive. That narrative got picked up by several major outlets. And his defense is that the officer wasn’t directly quoting, just paraphrasing.
And then journalists that fell for that false narrative decided to go further by stalking through the social media of this private officer and smearing him as a racist in several major outlets because he once posted a picture of what he thought was a funny shirt re Covid/China.
I’m rarely surprised anymore, but one of the more despicable media pile-ons I’ve seen recently. Especially because it was targeted at a private figure that happened to be the spokesperson for the Sheriffs Department on the case.
Is anyone going to follow up on this talking point?
How does a party with a split Senate, a fractional majority in the House, and the WH not being able to pass radical bills without any minority support = Democracy not functioning?
The talking filibuster is silly. If you think the 60 vote threshold is too high because things are too partisan, lower it to 55. But don't pretend like not passing country-shifting bills with a tiny majority is somehow the end of Democracy.
Also, so much for the people who argued that Biden would defend norms and institutions as President. Suddenly there is a lot of picking and choosing about which norms and institutions are worthy of defending.
So I've seen left-wing and media Twitter repeatedly respond to Salazar's tweet with this, mostly because they are ignorant about most of the stuff they tweet about.
The bill Salazar is talking about had nothing to do with the $1.9 trillion dollar package that was just passed.
Salazar had proposed to extend the repayment time for Covid-19 related EIDL loans by one year. The SBA just announced they would do exactly that as a matter of policy.
It was an administrative change, not a legislative one.
That's putting aside a discussion over whether one can support/push provisions within a bill while opposing the final bill. But just check how many blue checks responded ignorantly suggesting this was about the recent package.
These guys spend all day spreading nonsense conspiracies that media figures and most of the left promote without investigation. This is no different than the voter fraud stuff, only gets more prominent support.
FL was more transparent w their data than most states so you could see both methods, but hospitalizations/deaths speak for themselves (FL is below national average).
Deaths claim was nonsense from May 2020 (!!!) where TBT confused excess deaths w Covid deaths over short period.
Again, repeating the same baseless conspiracies for a year now while we have the real data in front of us. All because they'd rather keep digging than admit they were wrong about DeSantis and the FL approach.
Meanwhile, wealthy people from all over spent all winter in FL.
Middle school and younger high school students are the ones facing the most harm from keeping schools closed. What these selfish clowns are doing to children is unconscionable. Those kids will pay the price for this for years to come.
Get rid of public-sector unions and fire anyone that refuses to actually do their job. Teaching is not a job you can effectively do from home. If you don't like it, get a new profession. But we can't let these people continue to hold hostage the health of millions of children.
Oh and btw it's not like these kids are going to be sitting in these homerooms alone. That means schools will be paying for other adults to sit there with the students while the teachers zoom from home. Apparently, it's fine for those minimum wage adults.