Social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, issued a brutal context update on a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-post" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Post</a> piece about Barstool founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dave-portnoy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dave Portnoy</a>, who earlier in the week taped a call he had confronting one of the reporters writing what he deemed a &#8220;hit piece.&#8221;
During his taped conversation, Portnoy pressed reporter Emily Heil about why she was contacting participating pizzerias and sponsors of his &#8220;One Bite Pizza Festival&#8221; and seemingly asking them to defend their decision to participate in the event, while describing Portnoy as having a &#8220;history of misogynistic comments and other problematic behavior.&#8221; Notably, Heil told Portnoy on the call that she wanted the advertisers to think something negative was going to be printed, which she said is a press tactic used to get a response.
&#8220;A phone call between Emily Heil and Dave Portney was shared prior to publication, in which the WaPo journalist admits to intentionally misleading advertisers into speaking negatively of the One Bite Pizza Festival,&#8221; X said in a note labeled &#8220;Readers added context,&#8221; adding, &#8220;They agreed to an interview the next day but Wapo cancelled.&#8221;
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This weekend, New York will host Dave Portnoy&#39;s One Bite Pizza Festival.
Participating pizzerias have had to navigate buzz around the festival and backlash against the Barstool Sports founder&#39;s controversial remarks and allegations of sexual misconduct. <a href="https://t.co/v2XqLxkJwg">https://t.co/v2XqLxkJwg</a>
&mdash; The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1705322338189705308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It&#8217;s surreal we live in a country where activist reporters can openly get caught lying and admitting they are creating a false narrative to generate engagement and controversy AND still publish the article,&#8221; Portnoy commented following the Post&#8217;s publication of the story.
In a video of the call, which has garnered 43 million views, Portnoy pressed Heil about her journalism tactics. &#8220;We have this Pizzafest happening on Saturday, and you’re reaching out to our advertisers,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You’re basically sending an email that says, to the effect, ‘Dave’s a misogynic racist. Do you want to defend yourselves advertising at this event?’ Right?”
“We are planning to write about the festival and how some of the sponsors and participants have drawn criticism by seeming to associate themselves with Dave Portnoy, who has a history of misogynistic comments and other problematic behavior,” Portnoy read Heil&#8217;s email.
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During the conversation, the reporter shockingly told Portnoy, &#8220;You know, sometimes you have to say something like this is like, you know, it&#8217;s sort of a reporting tactic. When you want someone to respond, you kind of have to indicate that there might be something negative and then you get them to engage. That&#8217;s all I was trying to do.&#8221;
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It&#39;s surreal we live in a country where activist reporters can openly get caught lying and admitting they are creating a false narrative to generate engagement and controversy AND still publish the article <a href="https://t.co/kUtVMsFI9M">https://t.co/kUtVMsFI9M</a> <a href="https://t.co/R9wk8B9d3V">pic.twitter.com/R9wk8B9d3V</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1705333557860696414?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Portnoy on Saturday commented on the Post receiving the context update from X. &#8220;That [Washington Post] got community noted for lying,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Ain&#8217;t no fun when the rabbit got the gun.&#8221;
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@washingtonpost</a> got community noted for lying 😂😂😂. Ain&#39;t no fun when the rabbit got the gun <a href="https://t.co/kUtVMsFI9M">https://t.co/kUtVMsFI9M</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1705558780765782366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Notably, none of Portnoy&#8217;s sponsors pulled out of the event, despite the Post&#8217;s apparent efforts.
&#8220;None of the pizzerias or sponsors contacted by The Post indicated that they were pulling their support,&#8221; the piece said. &#8220;Some said they lent their name and reputation to the event in exchange for publicity or access to the young, social media-savvy audience that Portnoy attracts. And some support Portnoy, whom they see as a champion of small business. His pizza reviews, they say, can increase revenue up to 50 percent. They point out that his Barstool Fund has raised tens of millions of dollars to help restaurants and other small businesses during the pandemic.&#8221;
Portnoy&#8217;s supporters cracked jokes about the Post during the festival, and when the Barstool CEO ran into a New York Times reporter, he told the pizza shop owner that the reporter is &#8220;bad news.&#8221;
&#8220;New York Times reporter trying to play nice to my face,&#8221; he captioned video of the interaction. &#8220;I know they&#8217;re nothing but bad news.&#8221;
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New York Times reporter trying to play nice to my face. I know they’re nothing but bad news <a href="https://t.co/JcERlGvpFE">pic.twitter.com/JcERlGvpFE</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1705724251272073643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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X Adds Brutal ‘Context’ Update To WaPo ‘Hit Piece’ After Dave Portnoy Tapes Call With Reporter

X, Formerly Twitter, Adds Brutal ‘Context’ Update To WaPo ‘Hit Piece’ On Dave Portnoy

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Former Fox News host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tucker-carlson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson</a> indicated this week that he believes former President Donald Trump should have participated in the first Republican Party presidential debate and that both Trump and President Joe Biden are too old to be president.
Carlson made the remarks during an interview with Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy this week.
&#8220;I thought Trump should have done, I thought he should’ve done the debate,&#8221; Portnoy said.
&#8220;Yeah,&#8221; Carlson agreed.
&#8220;For the betterment of the country, I think he should be on the debate stage,&#8221; Portnoy added.
&#8220;I kind of agree,&#8221; Carlson responded. &#8220;I like the debates, personally.&#8221;
Carlson then took an apparent shot at his former employer, saying that the problem with the organizations that host the debates is that they are &#8220;rotten and corrupt.&#8221;
Portnoy later added that he believes there has been &#8220;a shift where, internally, maybe the Democrats don’t think [Biden] can win and they’re setting the stage to do somebody else.&#8221;
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&#8220;To be honest, I think both Trump and Biden are too old,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I don’t think you should be able to be that old to be president.&#8221;
Carlson interrupted to say, &#8220;I agree 100%.&#8221;
Trump is 77, Biden is 80.
The interview comes after Carlson interviewed Trump and aired the footage during the debate last week.
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Tucker Carlson agrees with Dave Portnoy that Trump is too old to hold office. He also agreed that Trump should have participated in the primary debate. 
Portnoy: &quot;Both Trump and Biden are too old.&quot; 
Tucker: &quot;I agree 100%.&quot;
Portnoy: &quot;How are these people running our country?&quot;… <a href="https://t.co/hM5vNfdcpi">pic.twitter.com/hM5vNfdcpi</a>
&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1697639332688105794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A host of celebrities stand to lose massive stakes in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/cryptocurrency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cryptocurrency</a> platform FTX after the company suddenly went under last week.
FTX filed for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/30-year-old-billionaire-loses-entire-fortune-overnight-as-his-bahamas-based-cryptocurrency-empire-implodes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bankruptcy</a> on Friday after users discovered that firms controlled by Sam Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old founder of FTX, were likely fraudulently intertwined. The entrepreneur went from maintaining a $15.6 billion net worth to having “no material wealth” virtually overnight, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-11/bankman-fried-s-effective-altruism-implodes-with-his-fortunes#:~:text=The%20Bloomberg%20Billionaires%20Index%2C%20which,to%20have%20no%20material%20wealth." target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Among other aggressive marketing efforts, FTX had solicited a number of professional athletes to participate in advertisements featuring the exchange platform. Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bündchen, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-brady-confirms-divorce-from-wife-gisele-bundchen-after-13-years-of-marriage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">divorced</a> last month, were once <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uymLJoKFlW8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brand ambassadors</a> with the company and held equity stakes, according to a <a href="https://blog.ftx.com/blog/mid_year_review_2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from FTX.
Golden State Warriors player Steph Curry was also made an ambassador for the company and given shares, according to a <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tom-brady-steph-curry-and-kevin-oleary-set-to-lose-big-from-ftx-bankruptcy-filing-11668205535?mod=banking" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from MarketWatch. Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence agreed to a multi-year sponsorship contract with FTX in which he would receive cryptocurrency as part of his signing bonus. The company also signed deals to become the “official cryptocurrency exchange partner” of Major League Baseball and paid to call the Miami Heat’s home court the FTX Arena until at least 2040.
Blockfolio, a subsidiary of FTX, became a sponsor of Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy’s retail investing show Davey Daytrader Global. According to Portnoy, the company was their “biggest client ever.” Influencer and athlete Logan Paul partnered with FTX ahead of his fight with Floyd Mayweather, while comedian Larry David appeared in a Super Bowl <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH5-rSxilxo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commercial</a> for FTX earlier this year.
Los Angeles Angels pitcher and outfielder Shohei Ohtani became a global ambassador for the company at the end of last year and received “all of his compensation in equity and cryptocurrencies,” according to a <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mlb-superstar-shohei-ohtani-joins-ftx-as-global-ambassador-through-long-term-partnership-301425911.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. Other ambassadors included basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal, celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary, retired baseball player David Ortiz, and tennis star Naomi Osaka, according to a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-celebrities-including-tom-brady-tied-to-ftx-see-the-list-11668109684" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The Wall Street Journal.
Account holders reportedly had difficulty removing their assets from FTX after the company filed for bankruptcy. It is not clear whether the celebrities paid in cryptocurrency continued to manage the digital coins in FTX accounts.
At least some celebrities and investors, however, were wise enough to avoid FTX and Bankman-Fried. As revealed in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/he-set-off-my-bs-detector-musk-wanted-nothing-to-do-with-now-bankrupt-crypto-billionaire-who-wanted-a-piece-of-twitter-buyout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">messages</a> between Elon Musk and investment banker Michael Grimes, the purported wunderkind had expressed interest in joining the world’s richest man as he acquired social media company Twitter, through both a multibillion-dollar stake and assistance with engineering a blockchain component for the platform.
When approached by Grimes about the potential partnership, Musk said that he was “backlogged with a mountain of critical work matters” and observed that supporting Twitter via blockchain would be “impossible,” since the bandwidth requirements would demand an “absolutely gigantic” peer-to-peer network that would defeat the purpose of decentralization. After Grimes said that Bankman-Fried would still be interested in Musk’s vision for Twitter purely from an investment standpoint, the world’s richest man agreed to speak with him later as long as he did not “have to have a laborious blockchain debate.”
Once the cryptocurrency exchange fizzled, Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1591224814597189633" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> on social media that he had never trusted Bankman-Fried. “He set off my bs detector,” Musk said, “which is why I did not think he had” $3 billion.
Bankman-Fried, a self-proclaimed “effective altruist,” contributed nearly $39 million to support Democrats in the recent midterm elections, which occurred days before his company imploded, according to <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/top_donors/2022?disp=D&amp;type=V&amp;superonly=N" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from Open Secrets. He had been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/billionaire-ftx-founder-who-lost-entire-fortune-gave-massive-sum-to-democrats-before-empire-collapsed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preparing</a> to spend as much as $1 billion during the 2024 election cycle to keep the Democratic Party in control of the White House.

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Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, vented his rage after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell protested he didn’t know why Portnoy had been banned from NFL games.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) asked Goodell, “Why do you ban Dave Portnoy from NFL games? He’s a journalist. In fact, he’s a sports journalist. Why is he banned?”
“Congressman, I’m not familiar with that issue,” Goodell replied.
“Really?” Jordan interjected.
“I’m happy to check with my staff but I’m unaware of that,” Goodell continued.
“LIAR! LIAR! LIAR! YOU CAN’T LIE LIE LIE! HITLER!” Portnoy tweeted.
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LIAR! LIAR! LIAR! YOU CAN’T LIE LIE LIE! HITLER! <a href="https://t.co/a37veG8IQP">pic.twitter.com/a37veG8IQP</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1539642152438964227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Barstool Sports was banned from NFL games after the group protested at NFL headquarters in 2015 and wouldn’t leave; they were protesting then-New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s suspension for his participation in Deflategate. Portnoy is a strong Patriots fan.
After Portnoy &amp; co. protested at NFL headquarters, Portnoy created 70,000 towels that had Goodell&#8217;s face with a clown nose on them.
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I didn’t see any clown towels at the game
&#8211; Roger Goodell <a href="https://t.co/F5eeH35QWf">pic.twitter.com/F5eeH35QWf</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1539656377383387136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In 2018, Portnoy and Eric Sollenberger <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/commanders-news-rodger-goodell-hitler-says-barstools-dave-portnoy-amid-daniel-snyder-fiasco/">sneaked</a> into Super Bowl Media Day, then interviewed some players before they were arrested.
“Both Sollenberger and Portnoy disguised themselves and made fake media badges to ensure they would not be stopped by security,” <a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-why-dave-portnoy-banned-nfl-games">Sportskeeda</a> recalled. “Portnoy would wear a hat and a fake mustache and go under the name Frannie Lydon. Barstool Sports founder would go further by having a &#8216;I heart Roger Goodell&#8217; on the hat he was wearing.”
In 2019 Portnoy was dragged out of that year&#8217;s Super Bowl. “Video shared on Barstool’s Instagram page shows a group of security guards swarming around Portnoy, then grabbing and literally carrying him out of the stadium as his feet flopped against its stairs,” <a href="https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2019/02/03/dave-portnoy-super-bowl/">Boston magazine</a> reported.
Team Portnoy issued a satiric response after Goodell’s testimony to Jordan, writing:
<blockquote>Adolf Hitler. Kim Jong-un. Henry Blodget. Roger Goodell. The Mount Rushmore of despicably evil leaders. Today Roger Goodell erased any doubt that he belongs on that list after he committed perjury, lying under oath to the US government.</blockquote>
Commenting on Goodell’s protestation that he was not familiar with the ban on Portnoy, Portnoy wrote, “We’ll take ‘Big Fat Lies’ for $2000, Alex.”
After calling Goodell’s reply “hogwash,&#8221; Portnoy continued, “We’re not sure what the punishment for lying to the US government and American people should be. But you have to assume the death penalty is on the table. In the meantime, Portnoy will continue to defend the First Amendment of the US Constitution and help bring truth to all Americans.”
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Team Portnoy Press Release: <a href="https://t.co/5DyVDKRIIB">pic.twitter.com/5DyVDKRIIB</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1539663534392774656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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‘Liar! Liar! Liar!’: Dave Portnoy Slams NFL’s Roger Goodell After Testimony Before Congress

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Barstool founder Dave Portnoy is going after Business Insider and anyone connected to an article the outlet published on him earlier this month accusing Portnoy of violent sexual misconduct.
Portnoy appeared on Tuesday’s episode of “Candace” with Daily Wire host Candace Owens to talk about his battle with Business Insider and the reaction the piece got in the media. Since the article dropped on November 4, Portnoy has gone to great pains to debunk it and prove his side of the story, posting DMs and social media posts from the two major accusers quoted in the piece.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/david-portnoy-produces-messages-from-his-accusers-casting-doubt-on-business-insider-article">evidence</a> that Portnoy has published has cast doubt on the claims made in the Business Insider article while bolstering Portnoy’s recollection of what happened with each woman. Despite some of the additional evidence being out for weeks, Business Insider has yet to update its <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/barstool-sports-dave-portnoy-sex-choking-violent-stoolies">article</a> on Portnoy, titled, “‘I was literally screaming in pain’: Young women say they met Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy for sex and it turned violent and humiliating.”
“This is where I think they made a mistake. I don’t mind conflict, and I’ve been an open book for two decades. I have nothing to hide. Everything that’s embarrassing about me is out there,” Portnoy told Owens. “I know they can dig. They can do whatever. There’s nothing.”
“This is a baseball game. We’re in the top of the second. Like, there’s no chance I’m letting this go. They tried to basically discredit me with one of the most heinous crimes you can commit,” Portnoy said, asserting that the accusations made in the Business Insider article are tantamount to rape. “And if they think I’m just gonna walk away, like, ‘Okay, I cannot prove myself,’ they’re terribly mistaken. There is no chance I’m going to let this just kind of disappear in the coming months.”
“You cannot accuse somebody of a crime without [basis],” he continued. “As I’ve said, the way they describe what happened in the story, that’s rape. They’re like, basically, the woman was running away screaming ‘no, no, no,’ and I continued. That did not happen at all.”
Portnoy conducted a roughly hour-long live stream on Friday where he walked through the Business Insider article and laid out a case of reporting bias coupled with sources with questionable motives. He showed evidence of the reporter having anti-Trump bias. He also published messages and social media posts of one of the accusers in the article showing a similar bias.
Portnoy interviewed former President Donald Trump at the White House in 2020 in what was widely viewed as a friendly interview between the then-president and the CEO of Barstool.
Portnoy also published messages from the other accuser, casting doubt on her claims that her relationship with Portnoy left her in a deep depression. In the messages, she allegedly told Portnoy that she had bragged about her having sex with him.
“I’m going to do whatever I can to make sure that they – you know, if you want call it revenge, whatever – that they pay as much as I have the ability to make them pay for what they did, which to me is knowingly falsely accusing me of rape,” Portnoy said. “They went through my entire social life in eight and a half months and I was able to … discredit the two girls that they found in three days. Eight and a half months.”
“So none of it adds up, and they didn’t include any of the stuff that basically casts serious doubt on why she’s telling me these stories,” he said.
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Barstool Founder Dave Portnoy Promises War On Business Insider: ‘There’s No Way I’m Letting This Go’

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Barstool Sports&#8217; Dave Portnoy was left totally confused after Twitter tagged one of his tweets scorching Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for wearing a dress emblazoned with the words &#8220;Tax the Rich&#8221; across the backside to attend one of the ritziest and most exclusive celebrity events of the year.
Portnoy tweeted, “‘Tax the Rich’&#8230;&#8230;But first I&#8217;m gonna go have the time of my life partying with them all at the most extravagant over the top party of the year that is essentially a celebration of richness.&#8221;
Portnoy later tweeted a screenshot of his previous message, this time with an overlay claiming that the tweet was misinformation because it was &#8220;Missing Context.&#8221;
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What? <a href="https://t.co/acnOm8E36w">pic.twitter.com/acnOm8E36w</a>
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&#8220;Independent fact-checkers say this information could mislead people,&#8221; Twitter claimed.
The post was also reportedly removed from search, according to users who responded to Portnoy&#8217;s tweet.
The Met Gala is, of course, an extremely exclusive party. Although Ocasio-Cortez is reported to have been &#8220;compted&#8221; a ticket to the event by the Metropolitan Museum of Art itself, tickets typically range from $35,000 to $250,000, and attendees, per economics commentator Megan McArdle, often use their ticket purchase as a sort-of &#8220;tax shelter.&#8221;
Regardless, even those who purchase or receive free tickets must have their attendance approved by &#8220;Vogue&#8221; legend Anna Wintour, who hand-picks the crowd at the Met&#8217;s annual fete.
Ocasio-Cortez also may have gone as a guest of the Met, but she attended alongside the designer of her dress, Aurora James, whose boyfriend is the heir to the Seagram&#8217;s family fortune &#8212; an estimated $2.5 billion.
Twitter users, of course, immediately set about mocking the social media platform&#8217;s decision to fact-check Portnoy.
&#8220;Independent Fact Checkers at Snope (sic) state that the party is &#8216;actually not the most extravagant over the top party of the year&#8217; per data compiled by party experts,&#8221; one user joked.
&#8220;The missing context is that they detected you didn’t agree with her,&#8221; noted another.
&#8220;This is disturbing,&#8221; added another. &#8220;That Twitter so overtly trips over itself to ensure supposedly balanced takes of certain political darlings but allows outrageous misinformation from others so long as they are aligned with a specific narrative.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez faced a wave of criticism for her decision to attend the Met Gala &#8212; a decision she defended by claiming that she was there representing the &#8220;working class.&#8221; She later branded criticism of her Met Gala dress &#8220;sexist&#8221; and suggested it was propagated by &#8220;haters.&#8221;
“And before haters get wild flying off the handle, New York elected officials are routinely invited to and attend the Met due to our responsibilities in overseeing and supporting the city’s cultural institutions for the public,” the representative wrote on Twitter. “I was one of several in attendance in this evening.”
Her gown was custom made (though AOC noted later that it was &#8220;borrowed&#8221; from designer James. Her accessories, also likely borrowed, as The Daily Wire noted Wednesday, totaled over a thousand dollars.

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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy is transforming the “Barstool Fund” into a permanent charity.
In December, Portnoy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/portnoy-announces-barstool-fund-to-save-struggling-businesses">created</a> the Barstool Fund as he watched small businesses crumble under government-imposed lockdowns. 
“I’ve been ranting and raving lately about the plight of small business in the United States,” he said in an “emergency press conference” video posted to social media. “New York City just shut down indoor dining. It’s like, how do you expect these people to survive? How are restaurants going to survive? They’re already on their last legs and you’re pulling the plug on them, and nobody seems to care in the government.”
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Introducing The Barstool Fund
If you are a small business that needs help staying in business because of covid email us your story to barstoolfund@barstoolsports.com. We will try to help as many people as we can. <a href="https://t.co/9BS8HeyHaq">pic.twitter.com/9BS8HeyHaq</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1339674567447556098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Though the group has slowed donations over the past several months as officials scrapped COVID-19 mitigation efforts, Portnoy desires to continue supporting American entrepreneurship.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve decided to turn The Barstool Fund into a full-time charity,” said Portnoy on his Instagram page. “Something that will be existing not only during COVID, and hopefully COVID doesn&#8217;t come back… but [for] decades and making positive impacts for entrepreneurs, which I truly believe are the backbone of the United States.”
&#8220;We&#8217;ve done something very special, very unique, and we&#8217;ve created a brand and a name that people trust,” he added. “They know that when you donate to The Barstool Fund, we&#8217;ll get the money and get it to small businesses instantly.&#8221;
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The Barstool Fund — which has <a href="https://www.barstoolsports.com/the-barstool-fund">raised</a> nearly $42 million to aid 443 small businesses — is seeking a full-time <a href="https://jobs.lever.co/barstoolsports/50cdd702-e079-47a2-9b12-bedef4f9c298">director</a> with experience in running nonprofits.
Several large cities throughout the United States are returning to stricter regulations amid a surge in the COVID-19&#8217;s Delta variant and some are introducing vaccine passport-like measures. 
For instance, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-mayor-announces-city-will-require-proof-of-covid-19-vaccination-to-enter-indoor-restaurants-work-out-inside-gyms">unveiled</a> a “Key to NYC Pass,” which will require proof of vaccination for citizens to solicit indoor dining, gyms, and performances. As de Blasio described: “If you want to participate in our society fully, you’ve got to get vaccinated.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health <a href="https://twitter.com/lapublichealth/status/1415801207151493123">reinstated</a> a mask mandate for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals within indoor public settings.
“Wearing a mask indoors with others reduces the risk of both getting &amp; transmitting the virus,” said the agency’s Twitter page. “We’re requiring masking for everyone while indoors at public settings &amp; businesses, regardless of vaccination status so that we can stop the increased level of transmission we&#8217;re seeing.”

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Dave Portnoy’s ‘Barstool Fund’ Will Become Established Charity, Help Entrepreneurs For ‘Decades’ To Come

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Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, praised Fox Business host Charles Payne for calling Portnoy a “little b****” during a live interview.
Payne and Portnoy’s exchange on Fox Business made headlines Thursday after Payne <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-charles-payne-tells-dave-portnoy-youre-being-a-little-b-on-live-tv">called</a> Portnoy a “little b****” during a discussion about Portnoy’s stock trading. Portnoy later praised Payne for putting “a**es in seats” with the vulgar jab, brushing off attempts from Fox representatives to apologize.
“I have our pr people and Fox show being like ‘so sorry’ blah blah blah. I loved it. That’s how you put asses in the seats @cvpayne you little b****,” Portnoy tweeted.
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I have our pr people and Fox show being like “so sorry” blah blah blah. I loved it. That’s how you put asses in the seats <a href="https://twitter.com/cvpayne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cvpayne</a> you little bitch. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/amc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#amc</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DiamondHands?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DiamondHands</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1408139544503980035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Payne responded, “We have to do it again soon, Dave.”
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We have to do it again soon, Dave <a href="https://t.co/Xu6IlDXVbE">https://t.co/Xu6IlDXVbE</a>
&mdash; Charles V Payne (@cvpayne) <a href="https://twitter.com/cvpayne/status/1408140638219083785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Portnoy has gotten in scuffles with media figures and outlets in the past, though his fights don’t always end so congenially. Earlier this month, Portnoy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dave-portnoy-trashes-politico-over-report-on-barstools-popularity-with-gop">ripped</a> Politico and its contributing editor, Derek Robertson, for writing a piece that included “all the 1 sided lazy examples taken out of context people use to trash me.” As The Daily Wire reported:
<blockquote>Portnoy accused Robertson of spreading “lazy” criticisms of Portnoy’s sports and pop culture site while omitting its successful pandemic charity work with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/portnoy-announces-barstool-fund-to-save-struggling-businesses">Barstool Fund</a>, which raised money for struggling small businesses at risk of permanent closure during the pandemic.
“This man wrote an 8 gadzillion word article on me trying to explain why Ive become pop with Republicans. It included all the 1 sided lazy examples taken out of context people use to trash me. Yet in the entire essay not 1 mention of Barstool Fund,” Portnoy tweeted Sunday along with a photo of Robertson.
Robertson <a href="https://twitter.com/derek_j_rob/status/1406643565925646341">tweeted</a> back: “thank you for reading, dave.”
“fwiw, i think the barstool fund both fits perfectly into the dynamic i describe here and was a salutary thing to do,” Robertson added. “this piece wasn’t meant to ‘trash’ portnoy or the GOP, just to accurately describe a cultural dynamic that’s impossible to ignore. make your own judgments!”
Portnoy challenged Robertson’s claim that the article was not meant to “trash” anyone, pulling a quote from the second paragraph of the piece: “[Portnoy] also heads an online outlet that has shamelessly stolen content and engaged in flagrant racism and misogyny, leading harassment campaigns against anyone who would dare call them out.”
“Ohh. Derek chose to omit it even though he admits it fit perfectly. Thank god he was unbiased. Nice and unbiased per below paragraph,” Portnoy <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1406654529857261572">responded</a>, referencing the quote he pulled. “Ironically ‘Dereks’ are why people like me in 1st place. I enjoy life. I got no agenda. Don’t lie and believe actions speak louder than words.”</blockquote>
In May, Portnoy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dave-portnoy-rips-spineless-jellyfish-at-nantucket-magazine-that-apologized-for-featuring-him">slammed</a> the bosses at N Magazine after the publication ran, then apologized for, a profile on the Barstool founder.
“It’s unfortunate that the powers that be at N Magazine are spineless jellyfish who are held hostage by the whims of the vocal minority,” Portnoy said at the time. “Meanwhile, I will continue to do my best to make Nantucket and America a better place while those who hate me can continue to throw cry parties for themselves about how I made a joke they didn’t like 20 years ago.”

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‘That’s How You Put A**es In Seats’: Dave Portnoy Applauds Fox Host Who Called Him A ‘Little B****’

For the second time in one week, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy trended on Twitter after Fox Business’ Charles Payne called Portnoy “a little b****” on live television.
“You’re being a little b****,” said Payne, after which Portnoy broke out laughing.
“THE LITTE B**** SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD,” Portnoy tweeted.
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THE LITTE BITCH SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD <a href="https://twitter.com/cvpayne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cvpayne</a> <a href="https://t.co/BpsdbPmjqJ">pic.twitter.com/BpsdbPmjqJ</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1408136792738603010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Meanwhile, Barstool Sports tweeted, “Charles Payne just called David paper hands Portnoy ‘a little b****’ on live TV.”
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Charles Payne just called David paper hands Portnoy “a little bitch” on live TV <a href="https://t.co/LODm2U5vhD">pic.twitter.com/LODm2U5vhD</a>
&mdash; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href="https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1408146077891575818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Portnoy trended on Twitter last Friday evening after it appeared that Portnoy’s account was suspended by the Big Tech giant. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-dave-portnoy-suspended-on-twitter-barstool-sports-founder-posts-freeportnoy-to-instagram-story">The Daily Wire</a> reported at the time, “Users who tried to access Portnoy’s Twitter profile, which is followed by over 2.5 million people, were presented with the recognizable ‘Account suspended’ banner, followed only by the words, ‘Twitter suspends accounts that violate the Twitter Rules.’”
The verified account titled, “BFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards” — the Twitter account for the weekly podcast presented by Barstool Sports — tweeted a screenshot of Portnoy’s apparently suspended account, alongside the hashtag, “#FREEPORTNOY.”
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FREEPORTNOY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FREEPORTNOY</a> <a href="https://t.co/MYY4l9vh9C">pic.twitter.com/MYY4l9vh9C</a>
&mdash; BFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards (@BFFsPod) <a href="https://twitter.com/BFFsPod/status/1406037138282631171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2021</a></blockquote>
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“Twitter’s purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment, and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely,” the social media platform states in their “<a href="https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules">Twitter Rules</a>.”
Twitter then restored Portnoy’s account on Friday evening following a widespread backlash. 
“Portnoy’s handle @stoolpresidente, which had 2.5 million Twitter followers, was shut down with an ‘Account suspended’ message,” Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-dave-portnoy-suspension">reported</a>. “#FreeDavePortnoy began dominating social media as it was unclear what led to his suspension.”
Speaking with Fox, Portnoy said, “The will of the people will be heard. #freeportnoy.” He also celebrated his return to Twitter with “I’m back. #freeportnoy.”
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I’m back. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/freeportnoy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#freeportnoy</a> <a href="https://t.co/EeY0hnelrO">pic.twitter.com/EeY0hnelrO</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1406056468571471872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The Barstool Sports founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dave-portnoy-talks-sports-politics-and-why-he-fights-back">spoke</a> with Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro on “The Ben Shapiro Show: Sunday Special” in April and explained why he doesn’t refrain from engaging in social media altercations.
Portnoy told Shapiro during an interview that aired on Sunday, April 25, that he’s willing to debate with anyone — even in front of a crowd — but that he’s not willing to just stand around and take it when critics come at him first.
“There is an audience that appreciates, and it’s not even Left or Right, it’s kind of both, like, ‘I like how these guys aren’t backing down.’ And our audience allows us to do that, so people have always asked, ‘Why do you fight back’ or ‘Why do you push back’ or ‘Why don’t you just shut up when someone takes a shot at you that you feel is unfair.’ It’s like, I’m not going to do that. I will never throw the first punch, but if you throw a shot at me on Twitter — out of the clouds — it’s not my responsibility to protect you,” said Portnoy.
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WATCH: Charles Payne Tells Dave Portnoy ‘You’re Being A Little B****’ On Live TV

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Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports, slammed Politico and contributing editor Derek Robertson over his report on the “Barstool-ification of the GOP.”
Portnoy accused Robertson of spreading “lazy” criticisms of Portnoy’s sports and pop culture site while omitting its successful pandemic charity work with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/portnoy-announces-barstool-fund-to-save-struggling-businesses">Barstool Fund</a>, which raised money for struggling small businesses at risk of permanent closure during the pandemic.
“This man wrote an 8 gadzillion word article on me trying to explain why Ive become pop with Republicans. It included all the 1 sided lazy examples taken out of context people use to trash me. Yet in the entire essay not 1 mention of Barstool Fund,” Portnoy tweeted Sunday along with a photo of Robertson.
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This man wrote an 8 gadzillion word article on me trying to explain why Ive become pop with Republicans. It included all the 1 sided lazy examples taken out of context people use to trash me. Yet in the entire essay not 1 mention of Barstool Fund. <a href="https://t.co/TcnJ890eZ0">https://t.co/TcnJ890eZ0</a> <a href="https://t.co/vuPKXD4mVg">pic.twitter.com/vuPKXD4mVg</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1406638957279035397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Robertson <a href="https://twitter.com/derek_j_rob/status/1406643565925646341">tweeted</a> back: “thank you for reading, dave.”
“fwiw, i think the barstool fund both fits perfectly into the dynamic i describe here and was a salutary thing to do,” Robertson added. “this piece wasn’t meant to ‘trash’ portnoy or the GOP, just to accurately describe a cultural dynamic that’s impossible to ignore. make your own judgments!”
Portnoy challenged Robertson’s claim that the article was not meant to “trash” anyone, pulling a quote from the second paragraph of the piece: “[Portnoy] also heads an online outlet that has shamelessly stolen content and engaged in flagrant racism and misogyny, leading harassment campaigns against anyone who would dare call them out.”
“Ohh. Derek chose to omit it even though he admits it fit perfectly.  Thank god he was unbiased. Nice and unbiased per below paragraph,” Portnoy <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1406654529857261572">responded</a>, referencing the quote he pulled. “Ironically ‘Dereks’ are why people like me in 1st place. I enjoy life. I got no agenda. Don’t lie and believe actions speak louder than words.”
Politico published Robertson’s roughly 1,800-word <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/06/20/barstool-sports-republican-politics-portnoy-trump-495221">article</a> titled “How Republicans Became the ‘Barstool’ Party” on Sunday. The piece is an attempt to describe the cultural pressures that grassroots voters are putting on the GOP and an attempt to pinpoint what carried President Donald Trump to victory in 2016 and earned him nearly 75 million voted in 2020.
Robertson contends that Portnoy encapsulates the right-wing populist and anti-politically correct attitude that propelled Trump to the White House, quoting Portnoy’s own 2015 endorsement of Trump in a 200-word <a href="https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/351804/im-officially-voting-for-donald-trump">blog post</a>: “I am voting for Donald Trump. I don’t care if he’s a joke. I don’t care if he’s racist. I don’t care if he’s sexist. I don’t care about any of it. I hope he stays in the race and I hope he wins. Why? Because I love the fact that he is making other politicians squirm. I love the fact he says s*** nobody else will say, regardless of how ridiculous it is.”
Throughout the piece, Robertson does not mention the Barstool Fund that has floated small businesses through the pandemic and heavy-handed lockdowns. Portnoy himself was one of the most vocal critics of lockdown regulations, citing the harm they were doing to small businesses.
Robertson claims that the uniting feature among “Barstool Republicans” is a willingness to criticize Democrats. Robertson writes, “… those willing to trash the Democratic cultural regime most loudly and consistently are firmly in command, with more staid Republicans forced to at least provide cover, if not actively follow their cues.”

Dave Portnoy Trashes Politico Over Report On Barstool’s Popularity With GOP

Twitter restored the account of Barstool Sports founder David Portnoy on Friday evening after the far-left social media platform faced instant widespread backlash for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-dave-portnoy-suspended-on-twitter-barstool-sports-founder-posts-freeportnoy-to-instagram-story">banning</a> him.
&#8220;Portnoy&#8217;s handle @stoolpresidente, which had 2.5 million Twitter followers, was shut down with an &#8216;Account suspended&#8217; message,&#8221; Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-dave-portnoy-suspension">reported</a>. &#8220;#FreeDavePortnoy began dominating social media as it was unclear what led to his suspension.&#8221;
Portnoy told the network immediately following the ban, &#8220;The will of the people will be heard. #freeportnoy.&#8221; Portnoy said he did not know why he had been banned.
Portnoy posted the following message on Twitter after the company restored his account:
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I’m back. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/freeportnoy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#freeportnoy</a> <a href="https://t.co/EeY0hnelrO">pic.twitter.com/EeY0hnelrO</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1406056468571471872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Twitter users had speculated that Portnoy might have been suspended because he tweeted about dropping his “nuts” on someone’s “head,” but the tweet remained on his account after the account was restored.
Twitter later said that it had no comment about banning Portnoy and the sudden reversal.
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NEW: Twitter finally issued a statement regarding the now-reversed suspension of Dave Portnoy. 
&quot;We&#39;ve no comment at this time however the account you reference has been reinstated.&quot;
&mdash; Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/JosephWulfsohn/status/1406072674510589957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Portnoy spoke with The Daily Wire&#8217;s Ben Shapiro in April on a wide range of issues during an episode of “The Ben Shapiro Show: Sunday Special.”
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dave-portnoy-talks-sports-politics-and-why-he-fights-back">reported</a> at the time:
<blockquote>From disputes with AOC to defending his company from online attacks, Portnoy has a strong following on social media among fans who he says appreciate the candidness of his style. Just last month, for example, Portnoy took on a hockey commentator who accused Barstool Sports, the media company he founded in the early 2000s, of having a history of “unapologetic” racism and misogyny.
Portnoy told Shapiro in an interview airing Sunday, April 25, that he’s willing to debate with anyone — even in front of a crowd — but that he’s not willing to just stand around and take it when critics come at him first. </blockquote>
“There is an audience that appreciates, and it’s not even Left or Right, it’s kind of both, like, ‘I like how these guys aren’t backing down.’ And our audience allows us to do that, so people have always asked, ‘Why do you fight back’ or ‘Why do you push back’ or ‘Why don’t you just shut up when someone takes a shot at you that you feel is unfair,’ it’s like, I’m not going to do that. I will never throw the first punch, but if you throw a shot at me on Twitter — out of the clouds — it’s not my responsibility to protect you,” said Portnoy.
Portnoy said, “I will never throw the first punch, but if you throw a shot at me on Twitter — out of the clouds — it’s not my responsibility to protect you.”
Portnoy also discussed past incidents that he has had with the NFL, including getting removed from NFL events.
“When they suspended him for four games, we went and protested and — myself and three other Patriot fans who work for me — handcuffed ourselves to each other at NFL headquarters,” the Barstool Sports founder told Shapiro. “We got arrested, spent a night in jail for that, and it continued to escalate.”
“I got dragged out of the Super Bowl, it was Patriots-Rams Super Bowl. I bought tickets, and at half-time, they literally had about ten security guards drag me out, in hand-cuffs, because they banned me from the Super Bowl,” he said.

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Twitter Restores Dave Portnoy’s Account Following Massive Backlash, Portnoy Responds

[UPDATE]: Twitter has restored Portnoy’s account. The Daily Wire reported on Twitter’s restoration of Portnoy’s account <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-restores-dave-portnoys-account-following-massive-backlash-portnoy-responds">here</a>.
Original Story Below:
The founder of Barstool Sports, Dave Portnoy, started trending on Twitter on Friday evening after it appeared that Portnoy’s account was suspended by the Big Tech giant.
Users who tried to access Portnoy’s Twitter profile, which is followed by over 2.5 million people, were presented with the recognizable “Account suspended” banner, followed only by the words, “Twitter suspends accounts that violate the Twitter Rules.”
The verified account titled, “BFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards” — the Twitter account for the weekly podcast presented by Barstool Sports — tweeted a screenshot of Portnoy’s apparently suspended account, alongside the hashtag, “#FREEPORTNOY.”
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FREEPORTNOY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FREEPORTNOY</a> <a href="https://t.co/MYY4l9vh9C">pic.twitter.com/MYY4l9vh9C</a>
&mdash; BFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards (@BFFsPod) <a href="https://twitter.com/BFFsPod/status/1406037138282631171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2021</a></blockquote>
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A few minutes earlier, the same account posted a cryptic tweet, which read, “you’ll want to tune into next week’s episode.”
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you’ll want to tune into next week’s episode 🧐
&mdash; BFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards (@BFFsPod) <a href="https://twitter.com/BFFsPod/status/1406035692988383234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Others were quick to notice that Portnoy’s account was suddenly inaccessible.
NBC News social media editor, Evan Rosenfeld, tweeted, “Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy has been suspended from Twitter.”
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Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy has been suspended from Twitter <a href="https://t.co/EMDq7Yx8n3">pic.twitter.com/EMDq7Yx8n3</a>
&mdash; Evan Rosenfeld | אבן רוזנפלד (@Evan_Rosenfeld) <a href="https://twitter.com/Evan_Rosenfeld/status/1406040269913354244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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“Twitter&#8217;s purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment, and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely,” the social media platform states in their “<a href="https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules">Twitter Rules</a>.”
Under the header of “safety,” various offending behavior is not permitted. This includes violence, terrorism/violent extremism, child sexual exploitation, abuse/harassment, hateful conduct, suicide or self-harm, sensitive media (including graphic violence and adult content), and illegal or certain regulated goods or services.
Under the header of “privacy,” users are not permitted to publish content which contains private information or examples of non-consensual nudity.
Finally, under the header of “authenticity,” users cannot engage in platform manipulation and spam, impact “civic integrity,” impersonate other users, or “deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm.”
At this time, it remains unclear why Portnoy was suspended from Twitter. However, some Twitter users speculated that the Barstool Sports founder was targeted following an alleged threat to &#8220;drop my nuts on your head&#8221; regarding a disagreement over Penn National Gaming stock.
On his Instagram account, which has 3.7 million followers, Portnoy posted an image to his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stories/stoolpresidente/2599134255523351611/">story</a> in which he appears to pose with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, with the caption “#freeportnoy,” tagging the Twitter chief executive.
The Barstool Sports founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dave-portnoy-talks-sports-politics-and-why-he-fights-back">spoke</a> with Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro on “The Ben Shapiro Show: Sunday Special” in April and explained why he doesn’t refrain from engaging in social media altercations.
Portnoy told Shapiro during an interview that aired on Sunday, April 25, that he’s willing to debate with anyone — even in front of a crowd — but that he’s not willing to just stand around and take it when critics come at him first.
“There is an audience that appreciates, and it’s not even Left or Right, it’s kind of both, like, ‘I like how these guys aren’t backing down.’ And our audience allows us to do that, so people have always asked, ‘Why do you fight back’ or ‘Why do you push back’ or ‘Why don’t you just shut up when someone takes a shot at you that you feel is unfair.’ It’s like, I’m not going to do that. I will never throw the first punch, but if you throw a shot at me on Twitter — out of the clouds — it’s not my responsibility to protect you,” said Portnoy.
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