The times they are a-changin’.
While the mainstream media went wall-to-wall throughout the weekend with breathless coverage of protests over the Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday overturning Roe v. Wade, a new report says more than 1 million Americans have switched to the Republican Party in the last 12 months.
“A political shift is beginning to take hold across the U.S. as tens of thousands of suburban swing voters who helped fuel the Democratic Party’s gains in recent years are becoming Republicans,” the Associated Press <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-covid-health-presidential-e50db07385831e67f866ec45402be8b9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“More than 1 million voters across 43 states have switched to the Republican Party over the last year, according to voter registration data analyzed by The Associated Press. The previously unreported number reflects a phenomenon that is playing out in virtually every region of the country — Democratic and Republican states along with cities and small towns — in the period since President Joe Biden replaced former President Donald Trump.”
The AP said the explosion of Republicans in key battleground states could play a factor in the 2022 mid-terms and the 2024 presidential election.
“But nowhere is the shift more pronounced — and dangerous for Democrats — than in the suburbs, where well-educated swing voters who turned against Trump’s Republican Party in recent years appear to be swinging back. Over the last year, far more people are switching to the GOP across suburban counties from Denver to Atlanta and Pittsburgh and Cleveland,” the AP wrote. “Republicans also gained ground in counties around medium-size cities such as Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Raleigh, North Carolina; Augusta, Georgia; and Des Moines, Iowa.”
While Democrats now have the abortion issue heading into the November elections, even liberal CNN says things look grim for the party in the mid-terms.
“CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten on Monday predicted a 2022 midterm election landslide for Republicans in the House of Representatives,” the HuffPost <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cnn-harry-enten-midterm-forecast_n_629f1c90e4b016c4eefd4339">wrote</a>.
“The November elections are months away, but Enten’s findings are pointing in the wrong direction for Democrats, who hold a 12-seat House majority. Enten said Republicans are in their best position in more than 80 years. ‘My estimate for the 2023 House makeup, if the election were held today, which again, it isn’t&#8230; would be Republicans, 236 seats to 241 seats. Democrats, 194 to 199,’” he said.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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More Than 1 Million Voters Have Switched To Republican Party In Last Year, Associated Press Finds

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President <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration">Joe Biden</a> said in a Thursday <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-ap-interview-4d2c2f9015341f280d8078182601ec58">interview</a> with the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/associated-press">Associated Press</a> that a <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/recession">recession</a> is “not inevitable,” instead encouraging Americans to wait and see whether repeated warnings from <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/economy">economists</a> are correct.
The interview came amid a week of poor economic news. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inflation-reaches-8-6-setting-new-four-decade-high">8.6%</a> year-over-year as of May and the Producer Price Index (PPI) increased <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inflation-for-businesses-continues-at-double-digit-pace">10.8%</a> over the same period in a continuation of record-high <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/inflation">inflation.</a> The stock market also entered <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bloodbath-on-wall-street-as-stock-market-plunges-into-bear-territory">bear territory</a> and the Federal Reserve <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-reserve-takes-most-aggressive-action-to-fight-inflation-in-three-decades">hiked interest rates</a> by the highest increment since 1994. Meanwhile, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wall-streets-key-recession-indicator-just-went-off">yield curve inverted</a>, constituting one of Wall Street’s key recession indicators.
Yet despite <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/even-obamas-former-economic-advisor-recognizes-corporate-greed-isnt-to-blame-for-high-inflation">economists</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/every-single-business-leader-surveyed-in-new-poll-thinks-a-recession-is-coming">business leaders</a> sounding the alarm, Biden is still alleging that the economy is not in dire straits.
“You&#8217;ve got serious economists who warn of a recession next year… What should Americans believe?” AP White House reporter Josh Boak asked Biden.
“They shouldn’t believe a warning. They should just say: ‘Let’s see. Let’s see, which is correct.’ And from my perspective, you talked about a recession. First of all, it’s not inevitable,” Biden replied before claiming that he <a href="https://twitter.com/BenZeisloft/status/1537643707150831622">reduced the budget deficit</a> and referred to a <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/2021-report-economic-well-being-us-households-202205.pdf">survey taken last year</a> to allege that Americans have more robust savings.
Though unemployment is at near pre-recession lows and wages are nominally rising, real average hourly wages have <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm">dropped</a> 3% year-over-year as of May — meaning Americans are tightening their budgets or working more than last year to enjoy the same standard of living.
Boak noted the same reality. “They are less dependent on unemployment benefits and the government for aid, and yet more of them say they’re having trouble with meeting their weekly expenses… What’s that paradox?” he pressed. In response, Biden pivoted to the Trump administration’s “failure… to act on COVID” and Americans’ poor mental health.
Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-claims-inflation-is-worse-everywhere-but-here-thats-not-even-close-to-true">repeated his argument</a> that inflation is higher “in every other major industrial country in the world” — which Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thats-not-true-peter-doocy-throws-cold-water-on-white-house-claim-inflation-is-worse-everywhere-but-here">pressed</a> White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about on Thursday. The 8.3% inflation rate seen in the United States from April 2021 to April 2022 was higher than the 7.8% rate in the United Kingdom, the 7.4% rate in Germany, the 6.8% rate in Canada, and the 2.5% rate in Japan, according to the most recent available <a href="https://www.oecd.org/sdd/prices-ppp/consumer-prices-oecd-06-2022.pdf">data</a> from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Earlier in the AP interview, Boak pointed to the University of Michigan’s benchmark <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UMCSENT">Survey of Consumers</a>, which has shown consistent declines in consumer sentiment since April 2021. Yet Biden appeared to argue that respondents to the survey “had a very different view” until the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Biden also said there was “zero evidence” that the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan caused inflation, then disagreed with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s earlier assertion that the package could end up causing a marginal contribution to inflation.
“Now you just said two different things. You said Republicans said I caused inflation. She said it may have a marginal impact on it,” Biden told Boak. “You could argue whether it had a marginal, minor impact on inflation. I don’t think it did. And most economists do not think it did. But the idea that it caused inflation is bizarre.”
Last year, an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comparing-trump-and-bidens-covid-relief-bills">analysis</a> from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School showed that the American Rescue Plan was less effective than President Donald Trump’s $2.3 trillion CARES Act, because the latter passed when the economy was at the worst point of the recession and therefore provided a more immediate boost to economic output.

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Everybody gets something wrong every once in a while.
Even the Associated Press. But the international wire service is often considered the arbiter of truth and has a <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check">website</a> that features &#8220;fact-checking, accountability journalism and misinformation coverage from AP journalists around the globe.&#8221;
The AP published a piece on Thursday about a new group led by prominent liberals buying up Spanish-speaking radio stations.
&#8220;The Latino Media Network, a startup founded by two political strategists who worked for President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, reached a $60 million deal to acquire 18 AM and FM stations in ten U.S. cities from Televisa/Univision,&#8221; the AP reported. &#8220;The agreement announced June 3 still needs Federal Communications Commission approval.&#8221;
In the piece, the reporter claimed to interview one prominent Hispanic, Martha Flores, who served for years as a host of a show on Radio Mambi.
The only problem is Flores died in 2020.
In one correction, the AP wrote: &#8220;This story was first published on June 9, 2022. It was updated on June 11, 2022 to remove comments erroneously attributed to Martha Flores, former host of a show on Radio Mambi in Miami, one of the stations in the proposed deal. Flores died in 2020. The comments were made by another woman. This version of the story removes those comments.&#8221;
On Twitter, the Associated Press wrote: &#8220;MIAMI (AP) — In a story published June 9, 2022, about the purchase of Spanish-language radio stations, The Associated Press erroneously identified a woman as Martha Flores, former host of a show on Radio Mambi in Miami, one of the stations in the proposed deal. Flores died in 2020. The woman’s identity was unclear but she attended an event expressing concern with the sale held by a coalition called the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance.&#8221;
Twitter had a field day with the correction.
&#8220;I&#8217;m so confused by this article. The AP says it interviewed Miami Radio host Martha Flores on Wednesday, but she&#8217;s been dead for two years. How the hell did they pull this off? Séance? An ouija board? Did they hire a babalawo to talk to her?&#8221; one Twitterer wrote.
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I&#39;m so confused by this article.
The AP says it interviewed Miami Radio host Martha Flores on Wednesday, but she&#39;s been dead for two years.
How the hell did they pull this off? Séance? An ouija board? Did they hire a babalawo to talk to her? <a href="https://t.co/YCVwlJgG7O">pic.twitter.com/YCVwlJgG7O</a>
&mdash; Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) <a href="https://twitter.com/GiancarloSopo/status/1535627101998661633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Typical example of the journalistic standards of the AP. Claiming that they interviewed someone who is not even alive… and they want you to believe their &#8216;fact checks,'&#8221; wrote Christina Pushaw, a spokesperson for Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis.
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Typical example of the journalistic standards of the AP. Claiming that they interviewed someone who is not even alive… and they want you to believe their “fact checks” <a href="https://t.co/cqkAWVaLaq">https://t.co/cqkAWVaLaq</a>
&mdash; Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1535628061395374080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Factcheckers? AP Issues Correction After Saying Last Week It Interviewed Radio Host … Who Died In 2020

Associated Press Issues Correction After Saying Last Week It Interviewed Radio Host Who Died In 2020 

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An Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/Russia-ukraine-war-mariupol-theater-c321a196fbd568899841b506afcac7a1">investigation</a> has revealed that around 600 people, and potentially many more, were killed in the attack on a Mariupol theater in Ukraine when the Russian military bombed the building that was being utilized as a primary bomb shelter in the country.
“When people came in, they thought they were safe,” Elena Bila, who was a stage manager at the theater for 19 years, said. “In fact, they weren’t safe.”
Russian forces bombed the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater in Mariupol on March 16, shocking the world. According to the AP, the bombing was “the single deadliest known attack against civilians to date” in the war.
An AP investigation found proof showing that the true death toll was likely nearer to 600 people who were inside and outside of the structure. The number is nearly double the toll that has been discussed up to this point, with a lot of survivors saying there were probably even more deaths.
In its investigation, the AP recreated the events inside the theater using the descriptions of 23 survivors, people rescuing others, and individuals closely aware of the use of the structure as a bomb shelter. The outlet also used two sets of the theater floor plans, as well as pictures and videos taken inside the building from before, during, and after the day. It also relied on comments from experts who looked into the outlet’s <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-donetsk-0e361756c6acc287e8974103913abfc6">strategy</a> of investigation.
The outlet noted that it is not possible to know an exact number since communication was cut off and people were constantly going to and from the building. A document gathered by the AP noted that the government initially thought that around 300 people had died and has since started a war crimes investigation.
AP reporters used a 3D model of the theater’s layout, which witnesses also looked at multiple times, who spoke about where people were inside the building.
Lots of survivors reportedly said that around 1,000 people were in the building when it was attacked, but the highest amount that anyone saw get out, as well as rescuers, was about 200 people. People who survived mostly got out through the main exit or a side door. The back of the building and the opposing side were demolished.
The AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-donetsk-0e361756c6acc287e8974103913abfc6">noted</a> that there were a few other witnesses who had different accounts, with one saying there were only a couple of hundred people inside, and one saying around 1,300 people were in the building.
Russia has also reportedly claimed that the building was destroyed by Ukrainian forces or said it was operating as a base for the Ukrainian military. The AP investigation said this is not true, as no one witnessed Ukrainian soldiers working inside the structure.
The outlet added, “And not one person doubted that the theater was destroyed in a Russian air attack aimed with precision at a civilian target everyone knew was the city’s largest bomb shelter, with children in it.”
Survivors continue to be distressed by the Russian military’s attack.
“They came not to capture the city — they came to destroy it,” Maria Kutnyakova said, whose mother escaped out of the building and whose sister survived the attack. “They are trying to hide how many people actually died in Mariupol, hide their crimes.”
“This strong witness testimony will be important in establishing that (Russian illegal) conduct was widespread or systematic,” James Gow, a professor of international security at King’s College London, said, per the outlet.
Around a week prior to the attack, the set designer at the theater wrote “CHILDREN” in Cyrillic letters and white paint outside the building on the ground, hoping to deter a potential air attack. The AP noted that the signs, which were written at the front and back entrances, were able to be deciphered from satellites.
Russian government media collected video showing no bodies in the building. The low amount of bodies made a police officer and an official with the Mariupol Red Cross believe that maybe fewer than 500 people were killed, but the majority of survivors &#8220;suggested the bodies were either pulverized into the dust or removed by the Russians,” per the outlet.

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AP Investigation Finds Around 600 Died In Mariupol Theater Bombing, Likely More

AP Investigation Finds Double Amount Of People Killed In Russian Bombing Of Mariupol Theater

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The Associated Press took a rare swipe at President Joe Biden over his characterization of Russia’s war on Ukraine as &#8220;genocide,&#8221; joining a chorus of world leaders uncomfortable with using a term that has international implications.
“When President Joe Biden declares Russia’s Ukraine war ‘genocide,’ it isn’t just another strong word,” the AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-united-nations-general-assembly-biden-boris-johnson-0203afd4e88249fb68c06f00a1686e27">wrote</a> in an article titled “EXPLAINER: Why the term ‘genocide’ matters in Ukraine war.” “A formal U.S. follow-up accusing Russia of a campaign aimed at wiping out a targeted group could carry obligations on the world to consider action. That’s because of a genocide treaty approved by the U.N. General Assembly in the years immediately after World War II, signed by the United States and more than 150 other nations.”
That treaty declares that countries that commit genocide “shall be punished,” and if one of the signers acknowledges that a genocide is taking place, it means they are “committed to ensuring investigation and prosecution, at the least,” the AP reported.
In another <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-biden-europe-moscow-c3a7bc9ddc55cf8d06d8cfd20488f48e">article</a>, written by two other authors, the AP chastised Biden for saying he was “speaking from the heart.”
“There’s no such thing as a purely personal opinion from the Oval Office on policies that matter. Armchair quarterbacking when you’re the president is fraught when you’re the one with the ball. Armies can move on your words; markets can convulse; diplomacy can unravel,” the outlet reported. “That has not stopped President Joe Biden from viscerally weighing in on the Ukraine war — labeling Russia’s Vladimir Putin a war criminal, appearing to advocate an overthrow in Moscow, branding Russian war actions as genocide — then saying it’s all his personal, not presidential, opinion. It’s sowing confusion in dangerous times.”
Hot Air’s Jazz Shaw <a href="https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2022/04/14/biden-thrown-under-the-bus-by-the-associated-press-n462256">noted</a> that a scan of the AP news feed found “more overt criticism of Biden, or a least an acknowledgment that his efforts at leading the nation on the domestic front haven’t been working out.” The outlet also accused Biden of “thinking small” when it comes to his domestic agenda and “scrounging” for ways to salvage his falling poll numbers.
The genocide criticism is key, however, as other international leaders have avoided the term. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, for example, said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “doesn’t look far short of genocide,” but his administration has not officially made a declaration.
French President Emmanuel Macron has also refused to label Russia’s actions as genocide, saying an “escalation of words” wouldn’t help the situation, The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/13/emmanuel-macron-genocide-ukraine-russia-biden">reported</a>. Macron reportedly said that the Russian army had committed war crimes, but said he was “prudent with terms today.”
“Genocide has a meaning. The Ukrainian people and Russian people are brotherly people,” Macron said, according to the Guardian. “It’s madness what’s happening today. It’s unbelievable brutality and a return to war in Europe. But at the same time I look at the facts, and I want to continue to try the utmost to be able to stop the war and restore peace. I’m not sure if the escalation of words serves our cause.”
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison also declined to say the current invasion was a “genocide,” but said Russian President Vladimir Putin should be “held to account” for his actions in Ukraine.

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Associated Press Calls Out Biden For Describing Russian Invasion Of Ukraine ‘Genocide’: Not ‘Just Another Strong Word’

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Associated Press reporter Matt Lee grilled State Department spokesman Ned Price on Thursday in a clip that quickly went viral online due to the ferocity of Lee&#8217;s demanding that Price provide evidence to back up claims that he made about Russia.
Price claimed that the Biden administration has information that &#8220;Russia is planning to stage fabricated attacks by Ukrainian military or intelligence forces as a pretext for a further invasion of Ukraine.&#8221;
&#8220;One possible option the Russians are considering, and which we made public today, involves the production of a propaganda video – a video with graphic scenes of false explosions – depicting corpses, crisis actors pretending to be mourners, and images of destroyed locations or military equipment – entirely fabricated by Russian intelligence,&#8221; Price claimed. &#8220;To be clear, the production of this propaganda video is one of a number of options that the Russian Government is developing as a fake pretext to initiate and potentially justify military aggression against Ukraine. We don’t know if Russia will necessarily use this or another option in the coming days.&#8221;
&#8220;Russia has signaled it’s willing to continue diplomatic talks as a means to de-escalate, but actions such as these suggest otherwise,&#8221; he added.
Lee was the first reporter called on at the press conference and he wasted no time going after the claims that Price made while demanding that he provide actual evidence to back up his claims.
&#8220;And I’m going to get to the next question here, which is: What is the evidence that they – I mean, this is – like, crisis actors? Really?&#8221; Lee said after several moments of grilling Price. &#8220;This is like Alex Jones territory you’re getting into now. What evidence do you have to support the idea that there is some propaganda film in the making?&#8221;
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Reporter: “It’s an action that you say they have taken, but you have shown no evidence to confirm that. [&#8230;] This is like &#8211; crisis actors? Really? This is like Alex Jones territory you’re getting into now.”
Must-watch exchange between <a href="https://twitter.com/APDiploWriter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@APDiploWriter</a> Matt Lee and <a href="https://twitter.com/StateDeptSpox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StateDeptSpox</a>. <a href="https://t.co/RPIPb2zwf5">pic.twitter.com/RPIPb2zwf5</a>
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<blockquote>NED PRICE, STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN: Good afternoon. We have previously noted our strong concerns regarding Russian disinformation and the likelihood that Moscow might create – seek to create a false flag operation to initiate military activity. Now, we can say that the United States has information that Russia is planning to stage fabricated attacks by Ukrainian military or intelligence forces as a pretext for a further invasion of Ukraine.
One possible option the Russians are considering, and which we made public today, involves the production of a propaganda video – a video with graphic scenes of false explosions – depicting corpses, crisis actors pretending to be mourners, and images of destroyed locations or military equipment – entirely fabricated by Russian intelligence.
To be clear, the production of this propaganda video is one of a number of options that the Russian Government is developing as a fake pretext to initiate and potentially justify military aggression against Ukraine. We don’t know if Russia will necessarily use this or another option in the coming days. We are publicizing it now, however, in order to lay bare the extent of Russia’s destabilizing actions towards Ukraine and to dissuade Russia from continuing this dangerous campaign and ultimately launching a military attack.
Russia has signaled it’s willing to continue diplomatic talks as a means to de-escalate, but actions such as these suggest otherwise. We will continue to diligently work together with our allies and partners to expose Russian disinformation and other hybrid tactics used against Ukraine. We continue to work to prevent any effort Moscow might make to justify further military action in Ukraine. We again urge Russia to stop its destructive and destabilizing disinformation campaign, to de-escalate tensions, and to engage in diplomacy and dialogue for a peaceful solution.
Thank you.
MATT LEE, AP REPORTER: Thanks. Okay, well, that’s quite a mouthful there. So you said “actions such as these suggest otherwise” – suggest meaning that they suggest they’re not interested in talks and they’re going to go ahead with some kind of a – what action are you talking about?
PRICE: One, the actions I have just pointed to, the fact –
LEE: What action? What —
PRICE: The fact that Russia continues to engage in disinformation campaigns.
LEE: Well no, you’ve made an allegation that they might do that. Have they actually done it?
PRICE: What we know, Matt, is what we – what I have just said, that they have engaged in this activity, in this planning activity —
LEE: Well, engage in what – hold on a second. What activity?
PRICE: But let me – let me – because obviously this is not – this is not the first time we’ve made these reports public. You’ll remember that just a few weeks ago –
LEE: I’m sorry, made what report public?
PRICE: If you let me finish, I will tell you what report we made public.
LEE: Okay.
PRICE: We told you a few weeks ago that we have information indicating Russia also has already pre-positioned a group of operatives to conduct a false flag operation in eastern Ukraine. So that, Matt, to your question, is an action that Russia has already taken.
LEE: No, it’s an action that you say that they have taken, but you have shown no evidence to confirm that. And I’m going to get to the next question here, which is: What is the evidence that they – I mean, this is – like, crisis actors? Really? This is like Alex Jones territory you’re getting into now. What evidence do you have to support the idea that there is some propaganda film in the making?
PRICE: Matt, this is derived from information known to the U.S. Government, intelligence information that we have declassified. I think you know —
LEE: Okay, well, where is it? Where is this information?
PRICE: It is intelligence information that we have declassified.
LEE: Well, where is it? Where is the declassified information?
PRICE: I just delivered it.
LEE: No, you made a series of allegations and statements —
PRICE: Would you like us to print out the topper? Because you will see a transcript of this briefing that you can print out for yourself.
LEE: But that’s not evidence, Ned. That’s you saying it. That’s not evidence. I’m sorry.
PRICE: What would you like, Matt?
LEE: I would like to see some proof that you – that you can show that —
PRICE: Matt, you have been —
LEE: — that shows that the Russians are doing this.
PRICE: You —
LEE: Ned, I’ve been doing this for a long time, as you know.
PRICE: I know. That was my point. You have been doing this for quite a while.
LEE: I have.
PRICE: You know that when we declassify intelligence, we do so in a means —
LEE: That’s right. And I remember WMDs in Iraq, and I —
PRICE: — we do so with an eye to protecting sources and methods.
LEE: And I remember that Kabul was not going to fall. I remember a lot of things. So where is the declassified information other than you coming out here and saying it?
PRICE: Matt, I’m sorry you don’t like the format, but we have —
LEE: It’s not the format. It’s the content.
PRICE: I’m sorry you don’t like the content. I’m sorry you —
LEE: It’s not that I don’t like it or —
PRICE: I’m sorry you are doubting the information that is in the possession of the U.S. Government.
LEE: No, I —
PRICE: What I’m telling you is that this is information that’s available to us. We are making it available to you in order – for a couple reasons. One is to attempt to deter the Russians from going ahead with this activity. Two, in the event we’re not able to do that, in the event the Russians do go ahead with this, to make it clear as day, to lay bare the fact that this has always been an attempt on the part of the Russian Federation to fabricate a pretext.
LEE: Yes, but you don’t have any evidence to back it up other than what you’re saying. It’s like you’re saying, “We think – we have information the Russians may do this,” but you won’t tell us what the information is. And then when you’re asked —
PRICE: Well, that is the idea behind deterrence, Matt. That is the idea behind deterrence.
LEE: When you’re asked – and when you’re asked —
PRICE: It is our hope that the Russians don’t go forward with this.
LEE: And when you’re asked what the information is, you say, “I just gave it to you.” But that’s not what —
PRICE: You seem not to understand —
LEE: That’s not the way it works.
PRICE: You seem not to understand the idea of deterrence.
LEE: No, no, no, Ned. You don’t – you seem not to understand the idea of —
PRICE: We are trying to deter the Russians from moving forward with this type of activity. That is why we are making it public today. If the Russians don’t go forward with this, that is not ipso facto an indication that they never had plans to do so.
LEE: But then it’s unprovable. I mean, my God, what is the evidence that you have that suggests that the Russians are even planning this?
PRICE: Matt, you —
LEE: I mean, I’m not saying that they’re not. But you just come out and say this and expect us just to believe it without you showing a shred of evidence that it’s actually true – other than when I ask or when anyone else asks what’s the information, you said, well, I just gave it to you, which was just you making a statement.
PRICE: Matt, you said yourself you’ve been in this business for quite a long time. You know that when we make information – intelligence information public we do so in a way that protects sensitive sources and methods. You also know that we do so – we declassify information – only when we’re confident in that information.
LEE: But Ned, you haven’t given any information.
PRICE: If you doubt – if you doubt the credibility of the U.S. Government, of the British Government, of other governments, and want to find solace in information that the Russians are putting out —
LEE: Solace?
PRICE: — that is for you to do.
LEE: I don’t want – I’m not asking what the Russian Government is putting out. And what do you – what is that supposed to mean?</blockquote>
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US-POLITICS-UKRAINE

Reporter Shreds Biden Official Over Russian Claims In Viral Video: ‘This Is Like Alex Jones Territory’

Ned Price

State Department

The Associated Press on Tuesday provided a wildly inaccurate description of a basic civil rights bill being pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), <a href="https://apnews.com/article/business-florida-lawsuits-ron-desantis-racial-injustice-3ec10492b7421543315acf4491813c1b?utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow">falsely insisting</a> that it would “prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel ‘discomfort’ when they teach students or train employees about discrimination in the nation’s past.”
The <a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/148/BillText/Filed/PDF">bill</a> mentions race but does not single out white people, and the relevant portion of the bill insists that subjecting people as a condition of their “employment, membership, certification, licensing, credentialing, or passing an examination, to training, instruction, or any other required activity” that members of any race, sex, or national origin are inherently racist, sexist of oppressive is wrong. The language is a shade more specific than typical civil rights protections.
The bill does mention the word “discomfort” twice, but it is not specific to white people. One section says that “An individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin.” The second mention is the same but is a subsection relating to the legislature’s acknowledgement that “all individuals are equal before the law and have inalienable rights.”
DeSantis’ spokeswoman Christina Pushaw pushed back against the AP report, noting that the word “white” nor any other specific race, is mentioned in the bill.
“The bill was introduced by a Hispanic lawmaker to prevent any kind of race essentialist indoctrination,” she added.
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The word “white” (or any other race) is not even in the bill. The bill was introduced by a Hispanic lawmaker to prevent any kind of race essentialist indoctrination. But you wouldn’t know that if you rely on American Pravda and its “kind” Tallahassee reporter for news. <a href="https://t.co/9FR4CLKS0D">https://t.co/9FR4CLKS0D</a>
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1483792441148940292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Pushaw also asked the AP what part of the bill was racist, including an image of a quote from the bill included in the AP article, which read “An individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, does not bear responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex. An individual should not be made to feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race.&#8221;
Pushaw also noted that the AP reporter who wrote the article originally included a line claiming “The governor’s office didn’t respond to an emailed request for comment.”
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Guess who&#8217;s back?
American Pravda&#8217;s most infamous Florida activist writes a story implying that <a href="https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovRonDeSantis</a> is a white supremacist, then LIES that our office did not respond to a request for comment.
Our comms director did respond. Brendan just didn&#8217;t like her response. <a href="https://t.co/zaHyTKM7wK">pic.twitter.com/zaHyTKM7wK</a>
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1483570719527215106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In another tweet, Pushaw provided an exchange from the AP reporter asking DeSantis’ office to respond to the reporter’s question to Florida state Sen. Shevrin Jones about whether DeSantis is racist.
“I asked Sen. Jones if he thought Gov. DeSantis is racist. He said his policies are. Do you have a comment?” the AP reporter asked DeSantis’ office.
DeSantis’ Communications Director Taryn Fenske responded to the absurd question from the AP by saying: “I just want to clarify – that you, without any context, asked a sitting State Senator if the Governor of Florida is a racist, while on the clock, being paid by the Associated Press?”
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The absolute state of the Tallahassee Press Corps. <a href="https://twitter.com/AP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ap</a> American Pravda ☠️ <a href="https://t.co/1D7XpdKHja">pic.twitter.com/1D7XpdKHja</a>
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1483629799335776259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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This information was not included in the AP article. An updated version of the article includes the following revised claim about the governor’s response:
<blockquote>Asked for comment, the governor’s spokeswoman reiterated comments DeSantis made at a news conference last month in which he referred to the late civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.
DeSantis said at the time, “You think about what MLK stood for, ‘He said he didn’t want people judged on the color of their skin but on the content of their character. You listen to some of these people nowadays, they don’t talk about that.’ ”</blockquote>

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a press conference at

No, A Proposed Florida Law Doesn’t Make It Illegal To Make White People Feel ‘Discomfort.’ It’s A Hit Piece Against DeSantis.

Florida

Media Bias

Ron DeSantis

The Associated Press crafted an entire article around a mayor’s attacks against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) over his alleged inaction against the Omicron variant — without mentioning the article’s subject is married to a woman who considered running against DeSantis for governor earlier this year.
“The mayor of one of Florida’s largest counties on Tuesday blasted Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, saying he has been missing in action during the latest wave of COVID-19, as some counties brought back mask mandates,” begins the story from the AP, one of the world&#8217;s largest and most influential news organizations.
“Our residents, all Florida residents, should be outraged and they should ask the question, ‘Where is our state? Where is our governor? Where is Ron DeSantis now?’ When is the last time you saw the governor do a press briefing on COVID-19?” the article quotes Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings.
Only in the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-health-miami-florida-ea2f4f557acb1262621529ee1a9ad3eb">sixth paragraph</a> does the Associated Press identify Mayor Demings as a Democrat. At no point in the article does the AP note that Mayor Demings’ wife, Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), had been heavily invested in toppling DeSantis.
Rep. Demings openly mulled the possibility of driving DeSantis, who is widely considered a frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, out of the governor’s mansion in Tallahassee. “Many have asked me to run for governor,” she <a href="https://www.local10.com/news/politics/2021/05/07/former-orlando-police-chief-congresswoman-val-demings-weighing-run-for-governor-she-says/">told</a> a Florida TV station in May. “Many have asked me to run for the Senate. I’m still in the process of making the decision.”
“Fun fact: AP stands for American Pravda,” <a href="https://twitter.com/christinapushaw/status/1476016759404564490">tweeted</a> Governor DeSantis’ press secretary, Christina Pushaw. She retweeted a <a href="https://twitter.com/jimstinson/status/1476002356202463232">message</a> from Jim Stinson, a <a href="https://transportdive.com/">transportation industry</a> reporter, who observed the AP’s Omicron omission. “AP bases article about FL Gov. Ron DeSantis being missing in action on omicron spread on remarks from Jerry Demings, the husband of Congresswoman Val Demings (D), who is challenging Sen. Marco Rubio in 2022. (Doesn&#8217;t disclose this.),” he wrote. &#8220;AP has fallen far.&#8221;
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Fun fact: AP stands for American Pravda. <a href="https://t.co/ASQKks6aSi">https://t.co/ASQKks6aSi</a>
&mdash; Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1476016759404564490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Ultimately, Rep. Demings opted to run for U.S. Senate against incumbent Senator Marco Rubio (R).
The Rubio campaign declined to comment on this story.
The AP story also bolsters the severity of the Omicron variant by noting the number of cases statewide — a metric even the governor’s most <a href="https://twitter.com/jrubinblogger/status/1437250489876459530">die-hard critics</a> have come to dismiss. “As we recognize that covid-19 is not a deadly or even severe disease for the vast majority of responsible Americans, we can stop agonizing over ‘cases’ and focus on those who are hospitalized or at risk of dying,” <a href="https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1475851939371962368">wrote</a> Jennifer Rubin, a columnist for The Washington Post. Rubin previously <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/02/businesses-try-thwart-republicans-death-cult/">called</a> DeSantis the leader of “a sort of death cult that elevates ‘owning the libs’ over the prevention of needless death.”
Florida’s infection rate per 100,000 people <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/map">remains lower</a> than states that imposed — or continue to impose — stringent lockdowns, such as New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and Massachusetts.
In November, Governor DeSantis signed legislation <a href="https://www.flgov.com/2021/11/18/governor-ron-desantis-signs-legislation-to-protect-florida-jobs/">barring</a> employers, government entities, and educational institutions from imposing vaccine mandates. The governor signed the bill, which also bans school mask mandates and lets parents sue offending schools, in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-trolls-biden-by-signing-bills-against-vaccine-mandates-in-brandon-florida">city of Brandon</a> — an apparent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/is-anti-biden-criticism-really-far-more-vulgar-and-widespread-than-any-other-president">rebuke to President Joe Biden</a>.
The AP&#8217;s editorial leadership has indicated earlier this week that the wire service will take a hard line against Republicans who question whether the 2020 election featured any electoral improprieties. Julie Pace, executive editor and senior vice president of The Associated Press, did not dismiss requests from CNN’s Brian Stelter to “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/call-out-gop-extremism-brian-stelter-tells-associated-press">call out GOP extremism</a>” as part of its traditional news stories. “You’re going to see us really focus on” the “January 6th insurrection” — not only in “the event itself, but I think what it also symbolized about threats to democracy and what is happening in the United States,” said Pace on Sunday’s “Reliable Sources.”
“Can you be full-throated about the reality? <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/call-out-gop-extremism-brian-stelter-tells-associated-press">Can you call out GOP extremism</a> for what it is?” requested Stelter.
“I think we have been extremely clear,” Pace replied.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Governor DeSantis Holds Press Briefing

AP Quotes Mayor Attacking Ron DeSantis, Doesn’t Mention He’s Married To DeSantis’ Political Rival

Val Demings

CNN’s Brian Stelter had a request for the world’s largest news organization: “Can you call out GOP extremism?” And The Associated Press’ leader said that as the nation moves closer to the 2022 midterm elections, her news organization would hyperfocus on the 2020 election and its aftermath.
Stelter asked Julie Pace, executive editor and senior vice president of The Associated Press, to name the biggest stories of the year “beyond the pandemic, if that&#8217;s possible.” Pace immediately said the biggest story of 2021 was “the January 6th insurrection.”
“As we push into 2022 and beyond, I think that&#8217;s something you&#8217;re going to see us really focus on,” said Pace of The Associated Press, whose content is republished by <a href="https://www.ap.org/about/">15,000 news outlets</a> worldwide. She said she was interested not only in “the event itself, but I think what it also symbolized about threats to democracy and what is happening in the United States … We want to be really clear with people about the threats that we are seeing to democratic institutions. We want to try to amplify who is behind them, expose the money and the forces, the powerful forces that are behind these efforts, because I think this is one of the great, kind of, challenges of our time right now.”
Stelter asked whether AP would paint the Republican Party as extremists trying to crush American democracy — and Pace appeared willing to do so. “Can you be full-throated about the reality? Can you call out GOP extremism for what it is?” Stelter asked.
“I think we have been extremely clear when we talk about, for example, the realities of the 2020 election,” Pace replied. She added that “every time we wrote a story,” the AP journalists would insist that 2020 “was a free and fair election,” devoid of electoral quirks.
Stelter then challenged the editor-in-chief of Reuters, Alessandra Galloni, if her news wire has “a democracy beat? You have lots of political reporters, but we need democracy reporters?” Stelter had maintained that newsrooms should put reporters on “a democracy beat,” covering Republican voter integrity measures and election concerns as an all-out assault on representative government since at least the <a href="https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/rs/date/2021-05-16/segment/01">May 16 episode</a> of his show. “The most important dividing line in American politics right now isn&#8217;t between Democrats and Republicans. It&#8217;s between Republicans versus democracy,” said Stelter’s guest, Ari Berman of the far-Left Mother Jones magazine.
Stelter expressed the need for this new reporting focus after House Republicans voted to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) from its fourth-highest leadership position — a vote that Stelter’s colleague, Dana Bash, called &#8220;existential, not just for the GOP; it is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-hair-on-fire-emergency-leftists-react-to-liz-cheneys-ouster">existential for democracy</a>.” She did not explain how the democratic vote threatened democracy.
Months later, Stelter sketched out a Manichean alternate reality in which only news outlets that meet his approval can stop Republicans from using misinformation to foment a second civil war in the United States. As this author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/red-state-dawn-brian-stelter-imagines-how-anti-cnn-insults-lead-to-shooting-in-2024">reported</a> at The Daily Wire:
<blockquote>CNN’s Brian Stelter dedicated his Halloween monologue to predicting a dark, dystopian future in which insults from Fox News personalities and Republican politicians lead to “bombs in newsrooms” of honest news outlets, like CNN. The only thing that can prevent a full-blown civil war, Stelter said, is the power of genuine “news sources” like CNN.</blockquote>
CNN may have a less altruistic reason to hype the January 6 D.C. riot: The ratings-starved network enjoyed the <a href="https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2021/01/07/yesterday-was-cnns-most-watched-day-in-history/">highest ratings of its four-decade history</a> on January 6. CNN has covered or referred to the one-day riot on virtually every ensuing day of 2021. Yet CNN attracted just <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-bottomed-out-in-2021-will-viewers-come-back">585,000 viewers</a> in prime time earlier this month, making it the 17thnetwork on basic cable. Meanwhile, conservative competitor Fox News celebrated its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/1-fox-news-celebrates-sixth-year-as-the-top-channel-on-basic-cable">sixth year as the number one network</a> on basic cable.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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‘Call Out GOP Extremism,’ Brian Stelter Tells Associated Press

Brian Stelter

On Saturday, an Associated Press reporter sparked a national story by claiming that a Southwest Airlines pilot had signed off his greeting last Friday to passengers by saying, “Let’s Go Brandon,” the ubiquitous phrase used as a substitute for “F*** Joe Biden.”  But further reports indicate that not only was the <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/10/31/southwest-launches-internal-investigation-into-lets-go-brandon-incident/">phrase in the audio clipped</a> so it was possible the pilot was saying “Let’s Go Braves,” rather than “Let’s Go Brandon,” the audio reportedly did not come from last Friday, but at least two weeks earlier.
The Daily Wire <a href="applewebdata://FDE6934D-40FD-4B59-A2F9-107D9EAA808B/v">reported</a> on Monday:
<blockquote>Southwest Airlines is conducting an internal investigation into reports that one of its pilots said “Let’s go, Brandon” over the intercom during a flight The airline released a statement Sunday condemning the reported incident and announcing an internal investigation. The pilot allegedly said “Let’s go, Brandon” &#8212; an anti-Biden phrase popularized after a reporter misheard a crowd chanting “f*** Joe Biden” &#8212; during a flight from Houston to Albuquerque.
“The Southwest Team takes pride in providing a welcoming, comfortable, safe, and respectful environment for the millions of customers who fly with us each year. Southwest does not condone Employees sharing their personal political opinions while on the job serving our Customers, and one Employee’s individual perspective should not be interpreted as the viewpoint of Southwest and its collective 54,000 Employees,” the airline said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/SouthwestAir/status/1454900992718352387">statement</a>.</blockquote>
AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/lets-go-brandon-what-does-it-mean-republicans-joe-biden-ab13db212067928455a3dba07756a160">reported</a> on Saturday:
<blockquote>On Friday morning on a Southwest flight from Houston to Albuquerque, the pilot signed off his greeting over the public address system with the phrase, to audible gasps from some passengers. Southwest said in a statement that the airline “takes pride in providing a welcoming, comfortable, and respectful environment” and that “behavior from any individual that is divisive or offensive is not condoned.”</blockquote>
The AP reporter boasted, “TFW you’re trying to go on vacation and then the pilot says the very thing you’re working on over the loud speaker and you have to try to get him comment but then almost get removed from plane.”
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TFW you’re trying to go on vacation and then the pilot says the very thing you’re working on over the loud speaker and you have to try to get him comment but then almost get removed from plane. <a href="https://t.co/xZI5FtLzJB">https://t.co/xZI5FtLzJB</a>
&mdash; Colleen Long (@ctlong1) <a href="https://twitter.com/ctlong1/status/1454460154435362817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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She added, “Also in defense of airline I was asking them to open locked cock pit and probably sounded insane!”
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Also in defense of airline I was asking them to open locked cock pit and probably sounded insane!
&mdash; Colleen Long (@ctlong1) <a href="https://twitter.com/ctlong1/status/1454472349399453700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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also, as far as i can tell, the sole source for the southwest story is a lone AP lunatic who bragged she demanded access to the locked cockpit after she supposedly heard the pilot say the phrase. so, you’ll excuse me as i await secondary confirmation before I believe the story.
&mdash; tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) <a href="https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1455149076069208070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Uh if that&#39;s the actual audio, then that&#39;s not remotely close to being clear &quot;Brandon&quot; I don&#39;t really do the amateur sleuth thing but it sounds like &quot;let&#39;s go braves,&quot; to me.
&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1455151904514707457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2021</a></blockquote>
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And then there’s this:
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***hold up, guys*** 
the audio included that New York Post story dates back to at least Oct. 12. See date on this tweet:<a href="https://t.co/fmFQuX22KV">https://t.co/fmFQuX22KV</a>
the Associated Press reporter claims she heard her pilot say “LGB” on **Oct. 29**
&mdash; tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) <a href="https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1455180708436131849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Forbes article today ( 30 mins ago) says her article is the same audio you&#39;ve noted. Strange goings on. <a href="https://t.co/bwrvWNeq2J">pic.twitter.com/bwrvWNeq2J</a>
&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1455184035857063943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2021</a></blockquote>
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huh??? her Oct. 30 article specifically says, &quot;On Friday morning&#8230;&quot; meaning Oct. 29. but Forbes says she&#39;s referencing an incident from several weeks ago?
&mdash; tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) <a href="https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1455184644249427972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The “Let’s Go Brandon” meme was triggered on October 3 when NBC sports reporter Kelli Stavast was interviewing NASCAR driver Brandon Brown at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama after Brown scored his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series win. Stavast stated, as shown in a video, that the crowd was chanting “Let’s go, Brandon!” when in reality they were chanting “F*** Joe Biden.”
<a href="https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/10/02/brandon-brown-brandon-jones-justin-allgaier-daniel-hemric-wins-xfinity-playoff-race-at-talladega/">NBC Sports</a> wrote in its coverage of Brown’s win:
<blockquote>Brandon Brown earned his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series win when Saturday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway was called for darkness six laps from the scheduled distance.
“Oh my God! Oh my God!” Brown said on his team’s radio. “Wow! Just wow! Oh my God! This is a dream come true! This is a dream come true!”
Brown’s victory came in his 114th career series start.</blockquote>
Brown told NBCSN, “Oh my God, Dad, we did it!! Everything we hoped and dreamed for. Everything I wanted to do is take the trophy home to Mom and Dad.”
On October 10, asked by an announcer to “help kick this thing off” at the NAPA Super DIRT Week Pro Stock 50 event at Oswego Speedway on Sunday, one young boy, who was asked along with another young boy and young girl, continued after the three intoned “Drivers, start your engines” by asserting, “Let’s Go, Brandon.”
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&quot;Drivers, start your engines&#8230; LET&#39;S GO BRANDON&quot; <a href="https://t.co/y2HUtESThe">pic.twitter.com/y2HUtESThe</a>
&mdash; The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1447970181481963527?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Southwest Airlines Pilot ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Claim By AP Under Question

Let's Go Brandon

Southwest Airlines

Republican Gov. Kristi Noem (SD) on Tuesday slammed the media for &#8220;trying to destroy&#8221; her children, following a report from The Associated Press claiming Noem engaged in a conflict of interest — a claim the governor&#8217;s office has denied as a wholly political attack.
&#8220;Just days after a South Dakota agency moved to deny her daughter’s application to become a certified real estate appraiser, Gov. Kristi Noem summoned to her office the state employee who ran the agency, the woman’s direct supervisor and the state labor secretary,&#8221; <a href="https://apnews.com/article/business-discrimination-kristi-noem-south-dakota-age-discrimination-7942a78d5545205dff41a696ef9fc251">The Associated Press</a> reported Tuesday. &#8220;Noem’s daughter attended too. Kassidy Peters, then 26, ultimately obtained the certification in November 2020, four months after the meeting at her mother’s office.&#8221;
Peters told the AP, &#8220;My upgrade to become a Certified Residential Appraiser was very lengthy and I was expected to navigate through many obstacles from the very beginning.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m glad I have it now and that I have the privilege to serve my clients in South Dakota,&#8221; she added.
&#8220;Listen I get it,&#8221; Noem posted to Twitter. &#8220;I signed up for this job. But now the media is trying to destroy my children.&#8221;
The Republican then slammed legacy media for ignoring or even running cover for numerous scandals concerning President Joe Biden&#8217;s son, Hunter. &#8220;This story is just another example of the double standard that exists with the media&#8230; going after conservatives and their kids while ignoring Liberals <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AskTheBigGuy?src=hashtag_click">#AskTheBigGuy</a>,&#8221; she wrote. 
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Listen I get it. I signed up for this job. But now the media is trying to destroy my children. This story is just another example of the double standard that exists with the media&#8230; going after conservatives and their kids while ignoring Liberals <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AskTheBigGuy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AskTheBigGuy</a>
&mdash; Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) <a href="https://twitter.com/KristiNoem/status/1442566632526606339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Noem spokesman Ian Fury told Fox News the attack was completely political.
&#8220;The Associated Press is disparaging the Governor’s daughter in order to attack the Governor politically – no wonder Americans’ trust in the media is at an all-time low,&#8221; Fury said. &#8220;South Dakota is open for business. We won’t allow bureaucratic red tape to get in the way of South Dakota’s sustained economic growth.&#8221;
&#8220;Having more quality appraisers in the market will help keep our housing market moving and home prices down,&#8221; the spokesman added.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gov-noem-effectively-bans-telemedicine-abortions-restricts-chemical-abortions-in-south-dakota">Gov. Noem Effectively Bans Telemedicine Abortions, Restricts Chemical Abortions In South Dakota</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-wanted-2-million-to-help-libya-unfreeze-its-assets-while-joe-biden-was-vp-report">Hunter Biden Wanted $2 Million To Help Libya Unfreeze Its Assets While Joe Biden Was VP: Report</a>

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‘Trying To Destroy My Children’: Noem Slams Media Attacks 

Kristi Noem

The Associated Press had to issue a correction to an article published in late August that claimed 70% of calls made to the Mississippi Department of Health were from people who had ingested the livestock version of Ivermectin.
The story followed media hyping the idea that people were taking a common horse dewormer to treat COVID-19. Someone, somewhere may have done this, but the media has treated it as if it is a common phenomenon &#8212; and have been proven wrong.
The AP issued the following correction to its article:
<blockquote>In an article published Aug. 23, 2021, about people taking livestock medicine to try to treat coronavirus, The Associated Press erroneously reported based on information provided by the Mississippi Department of Health that 70% of recent calls to the Mississippi Poison Control Center were from people who had ingested ivermectin to try to treat COVID-19. State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers said Wednesday the number of calls to poison control about ivermectin was about 2%. He said of the calls that were about ivermectin, 70% were by people who had ingested the veterinary version of the medicine.</blockquote>
So, doing the math, a total of 1.4% of the calls to Mississippi Poison Control were from people who said they had ingested the livestock version of Ivermectin.
The correction was issued on August 25, two days after the story was published. It follows another serious journalism error in recent days relating to Ivermectin, which is used to treat humans as well as animals, although, obviously, in different ways.
Over the weekend, Rolling Stone and Rachel Maddow repeated claims from a doctor in Oklahoma who told local outlet KFOR that emergency rooms in the state were overwhelmed by patients who had taken the livestock version of Ivermectin, forcing gunshot victims to wait. As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-ivermectin-overdoses-didnt-overwhelm-oklahoma-hospitals-and-force-gunshot-victims-to-wait">reported</a>, that story was debunked by a hospital in Oklahoma who said the doctor, Jason McElyea, is affiliated with a group that sometimes covers the hospital’s emergency room, he hadn’t worked there in more than 2 months. The hospital also said it hadn’t had any cases of Ivermectin ingestion. The hospital’s full statement read:
<blockquote>Although Dr. Jason McElyea is not an employee of NHS Sequoyah, he is affiliated with a medical staffing group that provides coverage for our emergency room.
With that said, Dr. McElyea has not worked at our Sallisaw location in over 2 months.
NHS Sequoyah has not treated any patients due to complications related to taking ivermectin. This includes not treating any patients for ivermectin overdose.
All patients who have visited our emergency room have received medical attention as appropriate. Our hospital has not had to turn away any patients seeking emergency care.
We want to reassure our community that our staff is working hard to provide quality healthcare to all patients. We appreciate the opportunity to clarify this issue and as always, we value our community’s support.</blockquote>

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Associated Press Adds Embarrassing Correction To Article Claiming 70% Of Calls To Mississippi Poison Control Were About Ivermectin Ingestion

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