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Writing about the media @freebeacon. Also seen in: @nytimes @NRO @washingtonpost @foxnews @FDRLST and more. Keeper of receipts. Maker of🧵threads🧵
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Jun 1 7 tweets 4 min read
When Donald Trump walked slowly down some wet stairs the entire mainstream press lost its mind. ImageImageImageImage Have we tracked down an explanation of Biden’s fall yet @washingtonpost? Image
Jun 1 8 tweets 4 min read
Yet again, the media has written Kevin McCarthy's political obituary too soon. Me @FreeBeacon.

And a quick 🧵🧵 of some of my favorites. ⤵️ freebeacon.com/media/kevin-mc… This was mere hours before the bill got over 300 votes. nytimes.com/2023/05/31/us/…
May 19 6 tweets 4 min read
🧵THREAD🧵

Biden’s border crisis is making immigration hawks out of blue state Dems.

These leaders went from promoting open borders to deeply concerned when people took them up on it.

Follow along at my @FreeBeacon piece ⤵️

freebeacon.com/democrats/demo… @GovKathyHochul

Started // Going ImageImage
May 17 13 tweets 9 min read
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There are 2 Dem senators who are clearly not able to do their jobs.

The media is working to push one - @SenFeinstein - out, while protecting the other, @JohnFetterman. I took a look @FreeBeacon.

Let me know if you spot the difference.⤵️

freebeacon.com/democrats/dian… Before we start, for anyone who would argue that Fetterman is fine, I would encourage you to watch this @FreeBeacon video and think long and hard about that idea.

May 16 10 tweets 9 min read
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Durham’s report on the origins of the Trump/Russia probe is damming for the FBI. But they aren’t the only ones with egg on their face.

The corporate press looks horrible, too. Me for @FreeBeacon, follow along here ⤵️

freebeacon.com/media/media-du… The biggest takeaway from Durham’s report is that Russiagate - the biggest story of the last 7 years - never should’ve happened. The FBI had insufficient evidence to launch their investigation into the Trump campaign. @ChuckRossDC has more. @FreeBeacon freebeacon.com/elections/durh…
May 16 6 tweets 4 min read
The corporate press is pulling a bait-and-switch on an issue that has been a problem for Biden among voters.

Me for @FreeBeacon freebeacon.com/media/media-bi… Remember: Biden’s decision to revoke Title 42 wasn’t popular among voters.

Underwater by 30 points among independents. Image
Apr 26 8 tweets 4 min read
@rweingarten then // now ImageImage This is patently false. A quick run through:

August 2020 ImageImage
Mar 10 4 tweets 2 min read
On What
Mar 9 23 tweets 16 min read
🧵THREAD🧵

As the Covid lab leak hypothesis gains institutional traction, I wanted to take a moment to highlight the enormous shift in press coverage it’s received.

Originally the idea was a right wing conspiracy theory. Now, the press accepts it may be true.

Follow along ⤵️ For my money, they worst offender here is @NPR.

While they now begrudgingly admit that the Energy Department believes the lab leak hypothesis is likely accurate, they ran an April 2020 piece titled “Scientists Debunk Lab Accident Theory of Pandemic Emergence”
Mar 8 5 tweets 2 min read
Alternatively, you could simply not do this. There is no compelling reason to “monitor” the tweets of a private citizen. It is incredibly bizarre that people feel compelled to do this. And the fact that it - by their own admission - is unpleasant for those doing so makes it an even more discombobulated enterprise
Mar 1 4 tweets 1 min read
Biden admin narrative // reality According to Biden’s own admin, there isn’t a single region in the United States where electricity was cheaper in Dec 2022 than in Dec 2021, when it was already higher. eia.gov/electricity/mo…
Feb 21 9 tweets 3 min read
I know I’ve been quiet on here for a while.

Long story short, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. I recently finished chemotherapy and started radiation.

The prognosis is really good, but as I’m sure you can imagine it’s been a slog.

Quick personal 🧵 The type of tumor I have is really treatable but that treatment entails chemo and radiation.

It’s responded really well so far - which is great news - but I’m not out of the woods yet. I appreciate any and all prayers if you can spare them.
Jan 18 7 tweets 3 min read
The most persistent thought I have lately is that, in recent years, a large segment of well-to-do American adults has become breathtakingly neurotic. washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023… This just seems like a preposterous way to think about one’s kid having a sleepover.
Jan 9 4 tweets 3 min read
How it started // how it’s going ImageImage Glad we cleared this up ImageImage
Jul 11, 2022 22 tweets 21 min read
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The Biden Admin finally admitted that a viral story about CBP agents “whipping” migrants at the border was a hoax.

Will the outlets, Dems & others who pushed it come clean?

I’ve been waiting to post these receipts for a long time ⤵️

freebeacon.com/media/how-jour… Some background: Back in September 2021, Dems and the media alleged that Border Patrol agents on horseback had used whips against migrants.

Last Friday, a review conducted by the Biden Admin found that there wasn’t any evidence of wrongdoing:

freebeacon.com/latest-news/no…
May 23, 2022 16 tweets 10 min read
🧵THREAD🧵

You may recall, in May ‘21, Dems & the MSM alleged that “Jim Crow 2.0” had arrived in Georgia over new voting laws.

As votes roll in for this week’s election we’ve learned early voting is up 300% & black early voting is at record highs.

Care to explain, guys?⤵️ The original outrage was led - stumblingly, haltingly - by @JoeBiden, who referred to the measure as “Jim Crow 2.0,” and “Jim Eagle” (an evolved version of Jim Crow, perhaps?)

I can just feel the unity.

Any follow up, Mr. President?
May 12, 2022 14 tweets 10 min read
🧵Thread🧵

Biden’s new press secretary @K_JeanPierre made waves this week for old tweets claiming that multiple US elections had been “stolen.”

A review of the rest of Biden’s cabinet found that many of them had done so, too.

Start here⤵️ ImageImage First, Jean-Pierre takes over the reins from the current press secretary, @jrpsaki, who also pushed the Big Blue Lie that Russia installed President Trump as leader of the free world. ImageImage
Apr 28, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
Media perception // reality freebeacon.com/media/the-medi…
Apr 27, 2022 13 tweets 9 min read
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The corporate press has gone from reporting on Florida’s parental rights legislation to advocating against it in the blink of an eye.

I break it down for @FreeBeacon, with a few callouts below.⤵️
freebeacon.com/media/watch-th… Outlet after outlet went from using the bill’s actual name or indicating that critics called it the “don’t say gay” bill to adopting the misleading title without qualifier, parroting the language of progressive advocates.

It only took @CNN a week.
Apr 25, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
This is heartbreaking and the least surprising thing in the world. nytimes.com/2022/04/23/hea… submitted without comment. Image
Apr 14, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
Okay, some of these are too good.

Quick 🧵 of the wackiest @elonmusk potentially buying Twitter takes vs. what those folks had to say when Twitter booted President Trump. ⤵️ From Twitter is a private company “to which the 1st Amendment doesn’t apply” to “this is what oligarchy looks like” in the twinkling of an eye.