Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX, an aerospace company that he created, reportedly paid a woman $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim against him stemming from an alleged incident several years ago.
Business Insider <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/spacex-flight-attendant-said-elon-221749528.html">reported</a> that a flight attendant who worked as a contractor for SpaceX&#8217;s corporate jet fleet accused Musk of exposing himself to her, touching her, and offering to buy her a horse in exchange for an erotic massage.
Musk said that there was &#8220;a lot more to this story&#8221; and that if he &#8220;were inclined to engage in sexual harassment, this is unlikely to be the first time in my entire 30-year career that it comes to light.&#8221;
Musk said that the story was a &#8220;politically motivated hit piece.&#8221;
Musk has warned repeatedly on Twitter in recent days that &#8220;political attacks on me will escalate dramatically in coming months&#8221; in response to him buying Twitter. &#8220;Watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold,&#8221; Musk added.
The flight attendant told her friend that Musk, who is the wealthiest man in the world, asked her to come to his room during the flight &#8220;for a full body massage&#8221; and that when she arrived, he was naked and that he propositioned her during the massage and offered to buy her a horse.
The flight attendant reportedly did not engage in any sexual acts and claims that work began to dry up after the alleged incident.
The flight attendant told her friend that she felt she was being &#8220;pushed out and punished for refusing to prostitute herself.&#8221;
The report said that SpaceX has in-house massage therapists as a perk for executives, and that the flight attendant was encouraged by superiors to get professional training.
&#8220;They encouraged her to get licensed as a masseuse, but on her own time, on her own dime,&#8221; the friend said. &#8220;They implied that she would get to fly more often if she were to do this because she&#8217;d be able to give Elon proper massages. I thought that was kind of strange because — you weren&#8217;t hired to be a masseuse. You were hired to be a flight attendant. And if Elon likes massages, then he should be paying for you to go to masseuse school. But she was just so happy and eager to have the job and be able to travel.&#8221;
Musk is reported to have personally attended a session with a mediator to resolve the issue with the flight attendant and the parties entered into &#8220;a severance agreement granting the attendant a $250,000 payment in exchange for a promise not to sue over the claims.&#8221;
The agreement also reportedly &#8220;included restrictive non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses that bar the attendant from ever discussing the severance payment or disclosing any information of any kind about Musk and his businesses, including SpaceX and Tesla.&#8221;

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Analysts at a top U.S. bank are warning that nationwide gas prices could skyrocket from their current $4.589 average per gallon to more than $6 per gallon by the end of summer.
Natasha Kaneva, head of global oil and commodities research at JPMorgan, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gas-prices-could-reach-6-a-gallon-by-summer-jpmorgan/">wrote</a> in a research document that the U.S. was in for a &#8220;cruel summer&#8221; as gas prices were expected to continue smashing records.
&#8220;With expectations of strong driving demand — traditionally, the U.S. summer driving season starts on Memorial Day, which lands this year on May 30, and lasts until Labor Day in early September — U.S. retail price could surge another 37% by August to a $6.20/gallon national average,&#8221; she wrote.
&#8220;Typically, refiners produce more gasoline ahead of the summer road-trip season, building up inventories,&#8221; the analysts said. However, over the last several weeks, &#8220;gasoline inventories have fallen counter seasonally and today sit at the lowest seasonal levels since 2019.&#8221;
Gas prices continue to break records on a continual basis during Democrat President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration, with the average price for a gallon of gas being more than $4 per gallon in every state across the U.S.
The news comes as some places have already <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/average-la-county-gas-price-hits-record-high">started</a> to experience gas prices of more than $6 per gallon, including Los Angeles County and Orange County.
Twenty Republican senators, led by Sen. Ted Cruz, (R-TX), sent a <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/cruz_et_al_to_sec.raimondo.pdf">letter</a> to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo this week calling for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to quickly issue permits that are needed to ramp up production from existing offshore federal oil and gas leases.
&#8220;While the Biden Administration and Members of Congress fault the domestic oil and gas industry for sitting idle on over 9,000 drilling permits and millions of acres in ‘inactive leases’, NMFS’s permitting delays represent one example of the Administration’s de facto ban on new drilling – impeding domestic oil and gas investment, exploration, and production,&#8221; the letter states.
&#8220;Specifically, we are aware that NMFS has a backlog of applications for &#8216;Letters of Authorization&#8217; (LOA), which federal oil and gas lessees need in order to perform the specific geological surveying necessary to develop their leases located on the federal U.S. Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS),&#8221; the letter continues. &#8220;We understand some pending LOA applications have been with the agency for well over 100 days, whereas NMFS has historically approved LOA applications within 2 to 4 weeks.&#8221;
Biden previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-on-historic-gas-prices-i-cant-do-much-right-now-russias-responsible">deflected</a> any blame for rising gas prices, saying that he couldn&#8217;t &#8220;do much right now&#8221; because &#8220;Russia&#8217;s responsible.&#8221;

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Elon Musk followed up Wednesday to remarks that he made earlier in the week about voting Republican in the upcoming election, saying that he could no longer vote for the Democratic Party because it had become consumed with hate.
&#8220;I have voted overwhelmingly for Democrats, historically – overwhelmingly,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-announces-hes-switching-to-vote-republican">said</a> on Tuesday. &#8220;Like, I&#8217;m not sure, I might never have voted for a Republican, just to be clear. Now this election, I will.&#8221;
Musk said Democrats were controlled by unions, which he said was &#8220;just another form of monopoly,&#8221; and class-action lawyers.
Musk explained on Wednesday why he voted for Democrats in previous elections and why he can no longer support them moving forward.
&#8220;In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party,&#8221; Musk tweeted. &#8220;But they have become the party of division &amp; hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican. Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold.&#8221;
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In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.
But they have become the party of division &amp; hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.
Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold … 🍿
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1526997132858822658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Musk weighed in on the 2024 presidential election last week, taking shots at both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
“Even though I think a less divisive candidate would be better in 2024, I still think Trump should be restored to Twitter,” Musk wrote on Twitter, later adding: “Biden’s mistake is that he thinks he was elected to transform the country, but actually everyone just wanted less drama.”
Musk has dominated the news cycle over the past several weeks after his offer to purchase Twitter for $44 billion was unanimously approved by Twitter&#8217;s Board of Directors. However, Musk recently said that the deal had been put &#8220;on hold&#8221; until he got more information about what percentage of accounts on the platform are spam accounts.
Musk has repeatedly gone after the political Left in recent years for a variety of issues ranging from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/seven-times-elon-musk-slammed-democrats-left-wing-policies-this-year">policy</a> to wokeness.
“[Wokeness] is a prevalent mind virus, and arguably one of the biggest threats to modern civilization,” Musk said late last year. “At its heart, wokeness is divisive, exclusionary, and hateful. It basically gives mean people a reason, it gives them a shield to be mean and cruel, armored in false virtue.”

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A Boeing 737-800 that plunged vertically into a mountain range in China earlier this year was intentionally crashed by someone in the cockpit, U.S. officials say.
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-eastern-black-box-points-to-intentional-nosedive-11652805097?mod=hp_lead_pos2">reported</a> Tuesday that flight data from the plane&#8217;s black box &#8220;indicates someone in the cockpit intentionally crashed&#8221; the China Eastern Airlines plane back in May.
A person familiar with the assessment from U.S. officials said that “the plane did what it was told to do by someone in the cockpit.”
The assessment from U.S. officials also relies on the fact that Chinese authorities have not indicated that there were any mechanical or technical issues with the plane that could have contributed to the crash.
&#8220;Neither Boeing Co. nor air-safety regulators have been working on any service bulletins or safety directives stemming from the crash,&#8221; the report added. &#8220;Such messages would be used if authorities believed there was a need to alert airlines and pilots to problems the flight crew encountered in the accident or detail needed fixes to the aircraft.&#8221;
While officials have turned their focus to the actions of the pilots, the report cautioned that officials have left open the possibility that someone broke into the cockpit and crashed the plane.
The plane had been cruising at just over 29,000 feet on March 21st when it then plunged more than 20,000 feet in under a minute before later slamming into the ground. All 132 people on board the flight were killed in the crash.
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A Boeing 737 has crashed in China with 132 people on board. 
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an &quot;all-out effort&quot; in rescue operations for the passengers and for any safety hazards to be investigated.<a href="https://t.co/kNtjxwrjTG">https://t.co/kNtjxwrjTG</a> <a href="https://t.co/W7x92XA4wr">pic.twitter.com/W7x92XA4wr</a>
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The report did not give any indication as to whether investigators were looking at the incident as potential act of terrorism or a suicidal individual.
The South China Morning Post, which is owned by the Chinese Alibaba Group, reported back in March that the flight data “depicted a battle for control of China Eastern Airlines flight” as the plane had temporarily recovered altitude followed by a second nosedive that took the plane straight into the ground.
Australian aviation expert Neil Hansford noted at the time that even if the plane had suffered a total loss of power that &#8220;no aircraft plummets to the ground from 20,000 feet in two minutes with an event at 8,000 feet.&#8221;
“I think aircraft technical failure can be ruled out and it will be an external event … I would get on a Boeing 737-800 in an instant with an Australian carrier, so my suggestion would be it won’t be Boeing or aircraft technical related,” he said. “It is very unlikely the pilot passed out as the non-flying pilot would have been able to very safely take over the flying and land the aircraft.”
He said that pilot suicide was among the leading likely causes of the crash.
U.K. aviation expert Sally Gethin said that she believed that &#8220;there had already been a catastrophic incident on board for it to be able to drop so dramatically in that way.&#8221;
This report has been updated to include additional information.

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The man accused of opening fire at a church in California is a Chinese immigrant who was allegedly motivated by hate for Taiwanese people.
The 68-year-old man is accused of killing one and injuring five others before members of the Taiwanese congregation disarmed him and hog-tied him using extension cords.
The Orange County Sheriff&#8217;s Department said in a statement that they recovered two firearms at the scene and that the suspect was not believed to live in the area.
The suspect, who is being held on $1 million bail, has been charged with one count of murder and five counts of attempted murder.
The shooting comes as communist China is rapidly ramping up its military capabilities to challenge the United States for dominance in Asia.
Part of that military build up includes developing the capability to invade and takeover Taiwan, which China claims belongs to its country.
This is a breaking news story; refresh the page for updates.

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Elon Musk called out Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal on Monday over claims that Agrawal made about spam accounts on the social media platform.
The remarks from Agrawal, which were featured in a lengthy Twitter thread, come after Musk said last week that his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter was &#8220;on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users.&#8221;
Musk said at the time that he was still committed to buying the company and that his team would do their own audits to gauge what percentage of accounts might be fake.
Agrawal said that spam harms the experience that real users have on the platform and thus negatively affects the business. He said that the company was &#8220;strongly incentivized to detect and remove as much spam as we possibly can&#8221; and that the company removed roughly 500,000 accounts per day.
Agrawal said that spam campaigns can be difficult to detect and that many accounts that people assume are spam are actually real and some accounts that look very real are fake.
Agrawal talked about internal reviews that the company does to determine how many spam accounts slip through efforts to weed them out. He claimed those reviews indicate that fewer than 5% of the accounts are spam.
&#8220;Unfortunately, we don’t believe that this specific estimation can be performed externally, given the critical need to use both public and private information (which we can’t share),&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;Externally, it’s not even possible to know which accounts are counted as mDAUs on any given day.&#8221;
Musk responded with the &#8220;pile of poo&#8221; emoji and later added, &#8220;So how do advertisers know what they’re getting for their money? This is fundamental to the financial health of Twitter.&#8221;
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So how do advertisers know what they’re getting for their money? This is fundamental to the financial health of Twitter.
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1526250477456965634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos slammed the Biden administration on Monday for the third time in less than a week after the White House tried to distract from Bezos&#8217; comments about inflation.
The statement from the administration comes after Bezos twice called out Democrat President Joe Biden last week for trying to use &#8220;misdirection&#8221; to displace blame for skyrocketing inflation rates.
&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t require a huge leap to figure out why one of the wealthiest individuals on Earth opposes an economic agenda for the middle class that cuts some of the biggest costs families face, fights inflation for the long haul, and adds to the historic deficit reduction the President is achieving by asking the richest taxpayers and corporations to pay their fair share,&#8221; the White House claimed in a statement. &#8220;It&#8217;s also unsurprising that this tweet comes after the President met with labor organizers, including Amazon employees.&#8221;
&#8220;Look, a squirrel!&#8221; Bezos fired back, adding that administration officials &#8220;understandably want to muddy the topic.&#8221;
&#8220;They know inflation hurts the neediest the most,&#8221; Bezos continued. &#8220;But unions aren’t causing inflation and neither are wealthy people. Remember the Administration tried their best to add another $3.5 TRILLION to federal spending. They failed, but if they had succeeded, inflation would be even higher than it is today, and inflation today is at a 40 year high.&#8221;
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their best to add another $3.5 TRILLION to federal spending. They failed, but if they had succeeded, inflation would be even higher than it is today, and inflation today is at a 40 year high.
&mdash; Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/1526239684392669184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Bezos’ remarks come after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released data last week that showed that the Consumer Price Index <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/11/cpi-april-2022.html">increased</a> 8.3% in April from a year ago, which is higher than the projected 8.1%.
Bezos first took a jab at Biden last week after the president said that the key to bringing down inflation was making sure that “the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share.”
“The newly created Disinformation Board should review this tweet, or maybe they need to form a new Non Sequitur Board instead,” Bezos responded. “Raising corp taxes is fine to discuss. Taming inflation is critical to discuss. Mushing them together is just misdirection.”
Later in the week, Biden again tweeted about inflation, claiming that he lowered the deficit and that lowering the deficit was helping &#8220;ease inflationary pressures.&#8221;
“Under my predecessor, the deficit increased every single year,” Biden claimed on Twitter. “This year, we’re on track to cut the deficit by $1.5 trillion – the biggest one-year decline ever. It matters to families, because reducing the deficit is one of the main ways we can ease inflationary pressures.”
Bezos responded to Biden&#8217;s statement by writing: “In fact, the administration tried hard to inject even more stimulus into an already over-heated, inflationary economy and only Manchin saved them from themselves.”
“Inflation is a regressive tax that most hurts the least affluent,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Misdirection doesn’t help the country.”
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In fact, the administration tried hard to inject even more stimulus into an already over-heated, inflationary economy and only Manchin saved them from themselves. Inflation is a regressive tax that most hurts the least affluent. Misdirection doesn’t help the country. <a href="https://t.co/a8cygcunEG">https://t.co/a8cygcunEG</a>
&mdash; Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/1525846743278944256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Democrat President Joe Biden is reportedly set to remove five extremist groups from the official Foreign Terrorist Organization list.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly claimed in a notification to Congress that each of the organizations is now defunct.
&#8220;The groups include Basque Fatherland and Liberty, also known as ETA; Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese doomsday cult; Kahane Kach, a radical Orthodox Jewish group, as well as two Islamic groups, the Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem, and Gama&#8217;a al-Islamiyya,&#8221; Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-administration-to-remove-five-terror-groups-blacklist">reported</a>.
&#8220;The Biden administration dragged out briefings about this for months, then went radio silent, then quietly rushed it through hoping no one would notice until it was a done deal,&#8221; a senior Republican congressional aide told the network. &#8220;Republicans on the Hill believe this was a dress rehearsal for trying to remove terrorism sanctions on the IRGC.&#8221;
The move comes as Biden is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-considers-lifting-terrorist-designation-on-irans-irgc-in-exchange-for-public-commitment-report">reportedly</a> considering lifting the Foreign Terrorist Organization designation on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in exchange for a public commitment from Iran that they will play nice in the region.
“An agreement to restore the 2015 nuclear deal is nearly complete, but Iran’s demand that President Biden reverse Donald Trump’s decision to designate the IRGC as a Foreign Terrorist Organization is a key remaining sticking point,” Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/us-weighs-deal-remove-irans-irgc-from-blacklist-c4aa21ed-5b57-4be7-bce6-3670a5dac453.html">reported</a>. “The IRGC is not only Iran’s most feared military branch, it’s also a powerful political and economic player. The terror designation means that even if Biden lifts nuclear sanctions to return to compliance with the deal, criminal penalties could still be imposed on anyone doing business with individuals or businesses connected to the IRGC.”
The report said that Israel was “concerned about the idea, and in particular, the fact that the U.S. didn’t demand specific commitments from Iran not to target the U.S. and its allies in the region.”
Numerous Biden administration negotiators working on the Iran nuclear deal have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/3-biden-admin-negotiators-leave-team-working-on-iran-nuclear-deal-because-biden-being-too-soft-report">quit</a> their roles because they said that the administration was being too weak toward Iran.
Biden removed another Iranian-backed terrorist organization from the list during the opening weeks of his presidency only to see the decision blow up in his face. Not only did Biden lift the terrorist designation on the Yemeni Houthis, he also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-already-struggling-on-international-stage-as-expert-warns-he-may-be-making-middle-east-war-worse">announced</a> in 2021 that the U.S. would no longer support Saudi Arabia’s war against the terrorists.
The Houthis have since been responsible for numerous attacks in the region.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-plots-to-assassinate-ex-trump-official-biden-admin-resisting-public-indictments-due-to-iran-deal-hopes-report">Iran Plots To Assassinate Ex-Trump Official, Biden Admin Resisting Public Indictments Due To Iran Deal Hopes</a>

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The leading Democrat candidate in the U.S. Senate race out of Pennsylvania was hospitalized late last week after suffering a stroke.
John Fetterman, who is currently the state&#8217;s lieutenant governor, made the revelation in a statement that he released on Sunday afternoon.
&#8220;On Friday, I wasn&#8217;t feeling well, so I went to the hospital to get checked out,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to go — I didn&#8217;t think I had to — but Gisele insisted, and as usual, she was right.&#8221;
&#8220;I hadn&#8217;t been feeling well, but was so focused on the campaign that I ignored the signs and just kept going,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;On Friday it finally caught up with me. I had a stroke that was caused by a clot from my heart being in an A-fib rhythm for too long. Fortunately, Gisele spotted the symptoms and got me to the hospital within minutes.&#8221;
&#8220;The amazing doctors here were able to quickly and completely remove the clot, reversing the stroke, they got my heart under control as well,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;It&#8217;s a good reminder to listen to your body and be aware of the signs.&#8221;
The statement did not reveal whether or not he was still in the hospital.
Fetterman has a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fetterman-oz-mccormick-lead-pennsylvania-senate-democratic-republican-primaries-poll-2022-5">commanding</a> lead over his next closest Democrat challenger in the race.
On the Republican side, candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund executive David McCormick are in a tight race for the nomination.
Fetterman holds far-left views on subjects like abortion, where he has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pennsylvania-democrat-there-shouldnt-be-any-limits-on-abortion">stated</a> that he does not believe that there should be any limits on abortion.
“Abortions are going to continue in America whether it is legal or not. They just won’t be safe, if they are illegal, and we can’t ever go back to that. We just can’t.”
Asked if there were “any limitations on abortion” that he would “find appropriate,” Fetterman responded, “I don’t believe so, no.”
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Fetterman has faced renewed controversy over an incident that happened years ago when he chased down a black man and pulled a gun on him and detained the him until police arrived, thinking that the man had been involved in a shooting.
NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/fettermans-gun-incident-rattles-black-democrats-pa-senate-race-rcna25649">reported</a>:
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It turned out that the man was jogging and wearing running clothes. According to a police report, the manwas unarmed and said the sound of gunfire was actually fireworks, although two witnesses thought they heard shots.
The man Fetterman pulled a gun on is Black. Fetterman — the mayor of the Pittsburgh-area borough of Braddock at the time and now the state’s lieutenant governor — is white. Fetterman, 52, said he couldn’t tell the jogger&#8217;s race initially because of how he was bundled up in the winter cold.
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“He’s not shooting straight on this, no pun intended. Just &#8216;fess up. Apologize,” said Michael Nutter, Philadelphia’s last Black mayor, who is neutral in the Senate primary. “All this other stuff — that he was the chief law enforcement officer or that he didn’t know the guy was Black — just doesn’t really sound like he wants to tell the truth. It’s not helping him. Figuratively speaking, he’s shooting himself in the foot, and he doesn’t have to.”
This report has been updated to include additional information.

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Elon Musk and other top figures praised Netflix&#8217;s new corporate culture memo that effectively tells woke employees that the company will not censor content and that if they have a problem with something that the company is producing that they are free to go work somewhere else.
Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/netflix-culture-memo-update-censorship-spending-1235264904/">reported</a> late last week that the change in Netflix’s company culture appears to be in large part due to the backlash the streaming service faced from woke employees last year over its Dave Chappelle special, which the employees claimed was transphobic.
The updated Netflix Culture memo includes a new section called “Artistic Expression” that states that it will not “censor specific artists or voices” even if employees consider the content to be “harmful.”
“If you’d find it hard to support our content breadth, Netflix may not be the best place for you,” the memo states, later adding that employees may be required to work on projects that they “perceive to be harmful” and that if they have a hard time accepting their work assignment, they might want to consider working somewhere else because the company is not going to bend to pressure.
Musk responded to the news on Sunday, writing on Twitter: &#8220;Good move by @netflix.&#8221;
&#8220;The currents are changing,&#8221; businessman Vivek Ramaswamy said. &#8220;Netflix says it stands for artistic expression and that employees who don’t want to work on content they find offensive can work somewhere else. And they reportedly fired the employee who led the trans &#8216;walkout protest&#8217; earlier this year.&#8221;
Robert J. O&#8217;Neill, the U.S. Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden, wrote: &#8220;Turns out the blue-haired screamers are wrong and capitalism is right.&#8221;
Other notable responses included:
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<li>Christopher F. Rufo, writer: &#8220;We should call this &#8216;The Disney Effect.'&#8221;</li>
<li>Rita Panahi, political commentator: &#8220;DeSantis standing up to Disney (&amp; the media’s) lies about Florida’s parental rights bill is having all sorts of positive consequences.&#8221;</li>
<li>Piers Morgan, political commentator: &#8220;Finally… better late than never @netflix.&#8221;</li>
<li>David Sacks, venture capitalist: &#8220;Netflix gets real.&#8221;</li>
<li>Ayaan Hirsi Ali, human rights activist: &#8220;Common sense is coming back at Netflix.&#8221;</li>
<li>Nick V. Flor, professor: &#8220;Go Woke, Go Broke.&#8221;</li>
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The new section later added that the company supports “the artistic expression of the creators we choose to work with” and that “we let viewers decide what’s appropriate for them, versus having Netflix censor specific artists or voices.”
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos slammed Democrat President Joe Biden on Sunday for trying to claim that his administration had lowered the deficit amid skyrocketing inflation.
Bezos&#8217; remarks come after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released statistics last week that showed that the Consumer Price Index <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/11/cpi-april-2022.html">increased</a> 8.3% in April from a year ago, which is higher than the projected 8.1%.
&#8220;Under my predecessor, the deficit increased every single year,&#8221; Biden claimed over the weekend on Twitter. &#8220;This year, we’re on track to cut the deficit by $1.5 trillion – the biggest one-year decline ever. It matters to families, because reducing the deficit is one of the main ways we can ease inflationary pressures.&#8221;
The Neoliberal Project responded to Biden&#8217;s tweet by writing: &#8220;This is so silly. The deficit is decreasing because we’re not doing pandemic aid anymore, and federal receipts are up because of inflation. Congress, or the Biden administration, didn’t do anything to lower the deficit.&#8221;
Bezos responded to the Neoliberal Project&#8217;s tweet and accused Biden of again trying to deceive the public.
&#8220;In fact, the administration tried hard to inject even more stimulus into an already over-heated, inflationary economy and only Manchin saved them from themselves,&#8221; Bezos wrote. &#8220;Inflation is a regressive tax that most hurts the least affluent. Misdirection doesn’t help the country.&#8221;
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In fact, the administration tried hard to inject even more stimulus into an already over-heated, inflationary economy and only Manchin saved them from themselves. Inflation is a regressive tax that most hurts the least affluent. Misdirection doesn’t help the country. <a href="https://t.co/a8cygcunEG">https://t.co/a8cygcunEG</a>
&mdash; Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/1525846743278944256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Bezos took aim at Biden late last week too after Biden again tweeted about inflation.
“You want to bring down inflation?” Biden tweeted. “Let’s make sure the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share.”
Bezos responded several hours later, writing: “The newly created Disinformation Board should review this tweet, or maybe they need to form a new Non Sequitur Board instead.”
“Raising corp taxes is fine to discuss. Taming inflation is critical to discuss,” Bezos continued. “Mushing them together is just misdirection.”
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The newly created Disinformation Board should review this tweet, or maybe they need to form a new Non Sequitur Board instead. Raising corp taxes is fine to discuss. Taming inflation is critical to discuss. Mushing them together is just misdirection. <a href="https://t.co/ye4XiNNc2v">https://t.co/ye4XiNNc2v</a>
&mdash; Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/1525309091970699265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Wall Street Journal noted the current wave of high inflation rates has multiple causes that are primarily linked to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Consumers have been flush with savings from government stimulus programs and depressed services spending as a result of restrictions on businesses, leading them to open the spigot for goods that are in scarce supply,” the report said.
The report noted that supply chain disruptions, which have been an issue throughout the pandemic, have worsened with the war in Eastern Europe and China going into lockdown again because of a rise in coronavirus cases.
“Energy prices, including gasoline, have gone up. Truck drivers, seaport slots and warehouse spaces are all in short supply, leading to costly delays and rising shipping rates for goods,” the report continued. “Fewer workers are in the labor market, encouraging those who are working to demand raises. And low interest rates from the Federal Reserve have made borrowing cheaper, making big purchases more attractive.”

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A Russian oligarch close to the Kremlin was reportedly secretly recorded telling a Western businessman that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “very ill with blood cancer.”
The report comes as there has been speculation for years that Putin is battling some sort of a serious illness ranging from <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-russia-putin-health/uk-media-report-that-putin-is-ill-and-poised-to-quit-is-nonsense-says-kremlin-idUKKBN27M17H">Parkinson&#8217;s Disease</a> to some type of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/putin-to-have-cancer-surgery-hand-off-temporary-power-to-former-intelligence-leader-reports">cancer</a>.
New Lines magazine <a href="https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/is-putin-sick-or-are-we-meant-to-think-he-is/">reportedly</a> obtained audio from a Western venture capitalist who secretly recorded an oligarch close to Putin back in March saying that Putin was “very ill with blood cancer.”
&#8220;The source provided the recording to New Lines on the condition that we not publicly identify him,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;He says he betrayed a colleague’s trust out of disgust with the war in Ukraine — a disgust his secretly recorded interlocutor evidently shares.&#8221;
The oligarch reportedly said on the secret recording that Putin has “absolutely ruined Russia’s economy, Ukraine’s economy and many other economies — ruined [them] absolutely.”
“The problem is with his head,&#8221; the oligarch reportedly added. &#8220;One crazy guy can turn the world upside down.”
The publication said that it was &#8220;easily able to authenticate the oligarch’s identity and voice&#8221; and that it was not publishing the person&#8217;s name due to the likelihood that they would face serious consequences from the Russian government.
The oligarch reportedly blasted his country for using the false pretext of invading Ukraine to try to find “Nazis and fascists.”
The oligarch reportedly said that “we all hope” Putin dies from his cancer or that some other action is taken in Moscow to remove Putin from power.
The oligarch also blames Putin for killing “more than 15,000 Russian soldiers and 4,000 or 5,000 civilians in Ukraine.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s unbelievable. For what?&#8221; the oligarch continued. &#8220;He killed more people than in 10 years in the [Soviet] Afghan war.”
The Cancer Treatment Centers of America <a href="https://www.cancercenter.com/blood-cancers">notes</a> that there are numerous types of blood cancer, with the most common being leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma:
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<li>Leukemia is a blood cancer that originates in the blood and bone marrow. It occurs when the body creates too many abnormal white blood cells and interferes with the bone marrow’s ability to make red blood cells and platelets.</li>
<li>Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a blood cancer that develops in the lymphatic system from cells called lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell that helps the body fight infections.</li>
<li>Hodgkin lymphoma is a blood cancer that develops in the lymphatic system from cells called lymphocytes. Hodgkin lymphoma is characterized by the presence of an abnormal lymphocyte called the Reed-Sternberg cell.</li>
<li>Multiple myeloma is a blood cancer that begins in the blood’s plasma cells, a type of white blood cell made in the bone marrow. Also, learn about the stages of multiple myeloma.</li>
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Putin&#8217;s health has become a top concern for officials as there has been worry that he could do something erratic, like use nuclear weapons, in his invasion of Ukraine.
“I wish I could share more, but for now I can say it’s pretty obvious to many that something is off with Putin,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) tweeted. “He has always been a killer, but his problem now is different &amp; significant. It would be a mistake to assume this Putin would react the same way he would have 5 years ago.”
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I wish I could share more,but for now I can say it’s pretty obvious to many that something is off with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Putin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Putin</a>
He has always been a killer,but his problem now is different &amp; significant
It would be a mistake to assume this Putin would react the same way he would have 5 years ago
&mdash; Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1497393912821915648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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