The Washington Post has been <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2023/10/11/washington-post-buyouts-metro-cuts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hemorrhaging</a> subscribers and web traffic for years. Late last year, the paper <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/business/media/washington-post-job-cuts.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conducted</a> yet another round of layoffs, impacting hundreds of employees.
Jeff Bezos purchased the paper for $250 million a decade ago, and last year alone, it managed to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2023/10/11/washington-post-buyouts-metro-cuts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lose</a> roughly $100 million. This is not a profitable venture, and in normal circumstances, businesses that lose this much money don&#8217;t stay around very long. But the Washington Post has stuck around. Jeff Bezos has kept it on life support to fulfill a specific mission, which is to harangue and censor independent voices on behalf of Jeff Bezos&#8217; donors in the Democratic Party.
A couple of days ago, that mission was on full display.
On March 21st, The Washington Post published an <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/03/21/stopping-birth-control-misinformation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> entitled, &#8220;Women are getting off birth control amid misinformation explosion.&#8221; The Daily Beast ran a <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/explosion-of-women-ditching-birth-control-amid-misinformation-blitz-docs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">similar story</a>, warning ominously of an &#8220;explosion&#8221; of women who are ditching birth control amid a &#8220;misinformation blitz.&#8221;
First of all, it needs to be said that any time the media collectively decides to label something &#8220;misinformation,&#8221; they really mean &#8220;information that we find personally or politically inconvenient.&#8221; They&#8217;re not interested in proving you wrong, they&#8217;re interested in shutting you up. And that&#8217;s exactly what&#8217;s happening here.
As the Washington Post piece says: &#8220;Brett Cooper, a media commentator for the conservative Daily Wire, argued in a viral TikTok clip that birth control can impact fertility, cause women to gain weight and even alter whom they are attracted to. It racked up over 219,000 &#8216;likes&#8217; before TikTok removed it following The Post’s inquiry.&#8221; The piece goes on to describe other similar videos that the Post also wants to be deleted from the internet. 
For example, this one, from Ben Shapiro&#8217;s show a year ago:
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It&#8217;s hard to imagine a more anodyne clip than that. This is not a woman making up crazy, unhinged conspiracy theories about birth control. She&#8217;s not expressing some dangerous, unscientific opinion. She doesn&#8217;t even appear to be political. She&#8217;s just articulating a very reasonable, increasingly common concern, which is that taking unnatural hormones might have some unexpected and unwanted effects on the human body. Even if you don&#8217;t know anything about the scientific data on this point, that&#8217;s not a crazy thing to believe.
But as that clip goes on, they do talk about some of the research on this point. None of this is quack science. It&#8217;s widely accepted in medical literature.
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For example, a recent <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6193788/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> out of Denmark, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry found that, &#8220;hormonal contraception use doubles the risk of suicide attempt, and triples the risk of suicide.&#8221; The study specifically found that &#8220;the association between hormonal contraception and primary outcomes peaked at 2 months, but continued even after the cessation of hormonal contraception for some years.&#8221; The researchers also reported that hormonal contraceptives were connected with a 70% increase in rates of depression.
Before I get into the specifics of what other studies have found, it&#8217;s important to pause here and take another look at how the Washington Post is framing this story. Here&#8217;s the first paragraph: 
<blockquote>Search for &#8216;birth control&#8217; on TikTok or Instagram and a cascade of misleading videos vilifying hormonal contraception appear: Young women blaming their weight gain on the pill. Right-wing commentators claiming that some birth control can lead to infertility. Testimonials complaining of depression and anxiety. &#8230; Physicians say they’re seeing an explosion of birth-control misinformation online targeting a vulnerable demographic.</blockquote>
The implication of what the Post wrote is that it&#8217;s &#8220;misinformation&#8221; to say that birth control is related to &#8220;depression and anxiety.&#8221; But that&#8217;s not true. At no point in the Washington Post&#8217;s article did they debunk the study from Denmark. They don&#8217;t even mention it. Instead, they simply state, as a matter of fact, that you&#8217;re crazy if you link birth control to weight gain, infertility, or depression. They claim the only significant side effects of birth control medication are blood clots. But they&#8217;re wrong, on all counts.
One of the main reasons they&#8217;re wrong is that hormonal birth control inhibits the body&#8217;s natural reaction to stress. As a UCLA Health study put it late <a href="https://www.uclahealth.org/news/study-shows-how-birth-control-pills-affect-womens" target="_blank" rel="noopener">last year</a>:
<blockquote> Researchers at the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences’ Laboratory for Stress Assessment and Research found contraceptive users and non-users processed stress differently at the molecular level, with contraceptive users also reporting a more negative psychological response to stress compared to non-users.</blockquote>
Is it possible that disrupting the body&#8217;s natural stress response might lead to weight gain, given that weight gain is one of the most common symptoms of stress? The Washington Post thinks you&#8217;re a science denier if you even suggest that. They&#8217;ll have you pulled off TikTok if you even mention the possibility. And that&#8217;s weird, because less than a year ago, NBC News ran this report, in which their medical experts explain that weight gain and hair loss are among the symptoms of hormonal birth control. Watch:
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I guess we&#8217;re expected to believe that at some point between May and this week, the science changed. But actually, it didn&#8217;t. Going back to the UCLA study, researchers confirmed existing research which found that: 
<blockquote>hormonal contraceptive pills may increase women’s risk for chronically elevated inflammation, which carries the long-term risk of developing illnesses such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and autoimmune disorders, as well as potential mood disorders, including depression.</blockquote>
The lead author at UCLA added: 
<blockquote>Cortisol gets a bad rap, but increases in cortisol in response to stress help the body manage stressful situations. &#8230; If women on the pill are having these increases in cortisol but their mood is getting worse, it could mean that the pill is preventing their bodies and minds from returning to normal following stress.</blockquote>
The truth is that hormonal birth control does come with all kinds of risks and side effects. All drugs do. Drugs that suppress the normal, healthy functions of the body are always especially risky. And that includes potential impacts on fertility, as much as the Washington Post doesn&#8217;t want to admit it. Right now, if you go to the Planned Parenthood <a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/birth-control-shot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, you&#8217;ll find that they recommend a method of hormonal birth control known as &#8220;the Depo shot.&#8221; 
<blockquote>The depo shot (AKA Depo-Provera) is an injection you get once every 3 months. It’s a safe, convenient, and private birth control method that works really well if you always get it on time.</blockquote>
What Planned Parenthood doesn&#8217;t mention on their website is that the &#8220;depo shot&#8221; has clear and proven impacts on fertility. This is from the WebMD website, which on most days, the Washington Post agrees is a <a href="https://www.webmd.com/baby/get-pregnant-after-birth-control">reliable source</a>: 
<blockquote>Injectable birth control (Depo-Provera): Unlike other forms of hormonal birth control, it may be harder to get pregnant after you stop getting these shots. It may take 10 months or more before you ovulate again. For some women, it will take up to 18 months for periods to start again.</blockquote>
So this is a method of hormonal birth control that does impact fertility after you stop taking it. In fact, it can make women infertile for a very long time. This isn&#8217;t some conspiracy theory — and neither is the idea that hormonal birth control can contribute to weight gain, depression and suicide. The same sources that the Left tells us to trust at every opportunity — established medical researchers — are very clear on this. But the &#8220;trust the science&#8221; crowd has suddenly become very distrusting of science.
And that&#8217;s not the only platitude they&#8217;re abandoning in order to censor anyone who speaks critically about birth control. Remember &#8220;my body, my choice?&#8221; If these people really believed in the &#8220;my body my choice&#8221; mantra, they would celebrate, or at least accept, that an increasing number of young women are choosing to forgo birth control. But birth control is central to their cultural agenda.
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With fewer women on the pill, more women will become mothers, and some of them will drop out of the workforce and discover fulfillment and happiness as wives and homemakers. This is the real crisis that the Washington Post and the other Left wing rags are worried about. The last thing that the elites want to see is a movement of women fully embracing their own womanhood, and men fully embracing their manhood. A move back towards the family, away from materialism and self-preoccupation and towards marriage and parenthood. These people have been waging a war on the family for decades, and the birth control pill is their nuclear bomb. The family is the greatest threat to them. And a society full of families — of intact, happy families, with attentive mothers and strong fathers — that is a society that has rendered these people powerless. That is their fear. And they fear it like they fear nothing else.
And politically, of course we know that unhappy career middle managers at Citibank are one of the core constituencies of the Democratic Party. If they rebel, Democrats will have real trouble winning another election. And they&#8217;re willing to do anything — including lying to women about the serious and even fatal drug side effects of birth control, and so many other drugs — to prevent that from happening.

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Amazon is looking for office space in Miami as company founder Jeff Bezos plans to move to Florida after spending 29 years in Seattle. 
The tech giant’s search for 50,000 square feet of office space in Miami began before Bezos announced his plans to move to an opulent village near the city, an Amazon spokesperson said, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-27/amazon-is-eyeing-more-miami-office-space-as-bezos-moves-south#xj4y7vzkg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bloomberg</a>. The Amazon founder — who is now the company&#8217;s executive chairman — said earlier this month that he was moving to Florida, and he recently purchased a $79 million mansion in Indian Creek’s “Billionaire Bunker,” while also paying $68 million for the neighboring property. 
An Amazon spokesperson told <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/11/28/amazon-jeff-bezos-miami-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axios</a> that the company is seeking office space in Florida due to its growth in the Miami area over the past few years. More than 400 Amazon corporate and tech employees work in the existing serviced office locations the company has in Miami, but the company’s hunt for 50,000 square feet of office space would make it the first base location in the city, Axios reported.
Amazon’s search for more office space in Florida comes as other major corporations expand in the Miami area. In 2021, Microsoft <a href="https://therealdeal.com/miami/2021/09/08/microsoft-to-lease-50k-sf-office-at-under-construction-brickell-tower/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leased</a> a 50,000-square-foot office in the city for its new regional headquarters. Nearly a year later, hedge fund Citadel fled Chicago for Miami with its CEO Ken Griffin citing rising crime rates in Chicago for his decision. 
Griffin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/billionaire-moved-to-florida-because-of-crime-in-chicago-now-hes-giving-100-million-to-elect-conservatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> Citadel’s move after two of his employees were attacked and robbed in Chicago. The CEO said one employee had “a gun to his head” during a coffee run, and another was attacked by “some random lunatic just trying to punch him in the head” while he was waiting for a car.
Earlier this year, private equity firm Thomas Bravo moved its headquarters from San Francisco to Miami after announcing the plan in 2021, <a href="https://www.thomabravo.com/press-releases/thoma-bravo-selects-830-brickell-for-its-new-miami-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointing</a> to Miami’s “fast-growing technology and business hubs.” 
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An analysis from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-economy-us-houston-dallas-nashville-miami-cities-moving-businesses-2023-11#miami-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Business Insider</a> earlier this month said cities in red states are poised to become “economic powerhouses,” challenging cities such as New York and San Francisco. Business Insider wrote that Miami, Houston, Dallas, and Nashville are experiencing a surge in businesses flocking to them while the coastal cities are seeing businesses and residents leaving. 
Miami’s population has also <a href="https://www.thenextmiami.com/miami-population-grew-1-7-last-year-fourth-fastest-among-big-cities/#google_vignette" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increased</a> at the fourth-fastest rate among the 50 largest U.S. cities between 2021 and 2022, growing by 1.7% over that time period.

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos responded to a report Monday that claimed that he was considering selling The Washington Post so he could purchase an NFL team from an owner who hates the newspaper.
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/23/jeff-bezos-will-sell-washington-post-to-buy-commanders-investors/">reported</a> that Bezos is looking to potentially buy the Washington Commanders from team owner Dan Synder.
Snyder, however, despises the newspaper because it reported on the alleged toxic management of the NFL franchise.
After the report was published on Monday, representatives for Bezos and The Washington Post both <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/23/media/washington-post-jeff-bezos">told</a> CNN that the newspaper was not for sale.
The New York Post report comes after the newspaper&#8217;s publisher, Fred Ryan, told staff last month that there would be layoffs.
Sources reportedly told the New York Post they believe that The Washington Post is for sale even though Bezos allegedly told senior staff at the paper that he had no plans to sell.
“I think Bezos’ people could go to Dan and say as a gesture of goodwill, &#8216;We are selling the paper,&#8217;” a source familiar with the matter said. “I think that would go a long way with Dan.&#8221;
The bank that Snyder hired to sell the team continues to court Bezos, even though Snyder might not want to sell to him, the report said. The first round of bidding has already started.
JP Finlay, who covers the Commanders for NBC Sports, tweeted, “Not only was I told Bezos didn’t submit a bid, I’ve had people tell me the Snyder family has absolutely no interest in selling to Bezos.”
Bezos, who purchased the paper a decade ago for a quarter of a billion dollars, said in a book that he wrote that purchasing the paper would be one of his top achievements.
“I know that when I’m 90, it’s going to be one of the things I’m most proud of, that I took on the Washington Post and helped it through a very rough transition,” Bezos wrote.
The report noted that Bezos&#8217; libertarian-leaning political views have reportedly made him an awkward fit for the paper.
Journalism professor Edward Wasserman said that he did not believe that Bezos understood how owning the paper would &#8220;muzzle him&#8221; when he bought it and that &#8220;it would make sense for him to get out of it.”

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a>, the new owner of social media platform <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> and the chief executive of automaker <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/tesla" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tesla</a>, has lost more of his wealth this year than any other billionaire.
More than $115 billion evaporated from the entrepreneur’s coffers since the beginning of the year, according to an <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2022/12/21/the-planets-billionaires-are-nearly-2-trillion-poorer-this-year/?sh=7a39e42a41e4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimate</a> from Forbes, largely because most of his net worth stems from Tesla, for which stock prices have fallen 67% since the beginning of the year.
Musk generated countless media headlines this year amid his acquisition of Twitter and work to publicize the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-responds-to-latest-release-of-the-twitter-files" target="_blank" rel="noopener">censorious actions</a> undertaken by former management. There exists evidence that reforms at the social media company are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elizabeth-warren-browbeats-tesla-board-over-elon-musks-work-with-twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">producing</a> ire among Democratic-leaning customers at Tesla, impacting the brand’s value and thereby leading to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tesla-investors-are-worried-that-elon-musks-work-with-twitter-could-hurt-automaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hesitance</a> among investors.
The world’s second-richest man has <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1600964083913588736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarked</a> that he still oversees Tesla and SpaceX, where he says the teams “are so good that often little is needed” from him.
Musk has been the frequent object of scorn among left-wing lawmakers, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pramila-jayapal-reacts-to-elon-musk-paying-11-billion-in-taxes-by-asking-rich-to-pay-their-fair-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accuse</a> him of neglecting to pay his fair share of taxes despite the $11 billion check he cut for the government last year. The multibillionaire previously moved Tesla’s headquarters to Texas after antagonism from officials in California, where Musk said he grew <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-says-tesla-moving-headquarters-from-california-to-texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increasingly frustrated</a> as government lockdowns prevented the reopening of his companies during the spring of 2020.
This year was also marked by a number of high-profile individuals losing their status as billionaires. A number of brands cut ties with Ye, the rapper previously known as Kanye West, after he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kanye-ye-west-i-like-hitler-i-see-good-things-about-hitler-stop-dissing-the-nazis-he-didnt-kill-6-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made</a> anti-Semitic remarks and praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, while the cryptocurrency empire led by former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sam-bankman-fried-released-on-250-million-bail" target="_blank" rel="noopener">evaporated</a> after users learned that the disgraced founder had commingled funds between the digital asset exchange and trading firm Alameda Research.
American billionaires lost a combined $660 billion, exceeding the losses from the ultra-rich citizens of other nations. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos lost $80 billion, Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin lost $40 billion each, and Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg lost $78 billion. As with Musk, the losses were primarily tied to poor stock performance.
Although losses in the United States exceeded the $620 billion loss faced by Chinese moguls, the latter group shed the most wealth in percentage terms as the nation experiences economic pressures from harsh lockdown policies and a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chinese-manufacturing-is-quickly-collapsing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resultant exodus</a> from foreign manufacturers. Among the Chinese billionaires who suffered the most losses was Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma, who saw more than $13 billion vanish this year.
Billionaires in Russia lost a combined $470 billion as the nation invaded neighboring Ukraine, leading many foreign powers to introduce a new round of sanctions. However, several billionaires in developing countries had a blockbuster year: Indonesian coal magnate Low Tuck Kwong gained $16 billion while Indian industrialist Gautam Adani gained over $55 billion, rendering him the world’s third-richest man.
Even beyond the global elite, the wealth of everyday people has plummeted as the global economy took a beating from geopolitical turmoil, runaway inflation, and persistent supply chain bottlenecks. Americans saving for retirement saw their IRA balances fall year-over-year by an average of 25% in the third quarter, while 401(k) balances dropped 23%, according to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/401-pain-average-retirement-savings-continue-to-plummet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">research</a> from Fidelity Investments.

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Country music legend Dolly Parton has received a $100 million award from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Parton is the 2022 recipient of his Courage and Charities Award for being a person who &#8220;leads with her heart.&#8221; The award is provided for the winner to donate to a charity or charities of their choice.
&#8220;We’ve just announced a new Courage and Civility award recipient — @DollyParton, who leads with her heart, and will put this $100 million award to great use helping so many people. She joins prior awardees, @VanJones68 and @Chefjoseandres. Congrats, Dolly!&#8221; Bezos announced on Saturday.
Parton responded with a commitment to use the winnings to help others.
&#8220;I try to put my money where my heart is. I will do my best to do good things with this money. Thank you,&#8221; she tweeted.
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I try to put my money where my heart is. I will do my best to do good things with this money ❤️ Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffBezos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JeffBezos</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LaurenSanchez?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LaurenSanchez</a> <a href="https://t.co/8RHh51z3jT">https://t.co/8RHh51z3jT</a>
&mdash; Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) <a href="https://twitter.com/DollyParton/status/1591600947972935680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Parton also shared her thanks during a video that announced the award.
&#8220;When people are in a position to help, you should help. I know that I&#8217;ve always said I try to put my money where my heart is and I think you do the same thing,&#8221; she said.
Parton has long been known as a philanthropist. She donated $1 million to COVID research and is known for her Imagination Library through the <a href="https://dollywoodfoundation.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dollywood Foundation,</a> which donates books to young children in the U.S. and internationally.
In February, her Dollywood Parks and Resorts <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dolly-partons-dollywood-to-pay-100-tuition-fees-and-books-for-any-employee-pursuing-higher-education" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that any part-time, seasonal, or full-time employee desiring to further their education could apply for 100% funding of tuition, books, and fees associated with schooling. Approximately 11,000 employees are eligible for the program. It officially launched on February 24, 2022, for employees across its 25 U.S. attractions, including The Harlem Globetrotters, Dollywood Parks &amp; Resorts (Tenn.), Silver Dollar City (Mo.), Adventure Aquarium (N.J.), Newport Aquarium (Ky.), Kentucky Kingdom (Ky.), Wild Adventures (Ga.), and Pink Adventure Tours (Ariz., Tenn., Nev.).
The country music star also recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dolly-parton-reacts-to-making-it-into-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reacted</a> to the news that she made it into the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class despite previously seeking to have her name taken off the ballot.
During an interview with Billboard magazine, Parton joked that when her manager told her she would be inducted, she thought, “Well, I guess I’m a rock star now.” She went on to explain how she felt so “honored,” <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/dolly-parton-rock-roll-hall-fame-interview-1235066988/">reported</a> the outlet.
“And I appreciate the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame people for staying there with me,” the country superstar shared. “I never meant to cause trouble or stir up any controversy. It was just always my belief — and I think millions of other people out there too — always thought the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame was just set up for the greatest people in the rock ‘n’ roll business, and I just didn’t feel like I really measured up to that and I don’t want to take anything away from the people that have worked so hard.”

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Jeff Bezos may be angling to buy the Washington Commanders, according to multiple reports.
Sources close to Bezos told People magazine and the Washington Post that Bezos, the second richest man in the world and founder of Amazon, is interested in buying the team, after it was announced that team owner Dan Synder was exploring potential transactions for the team. Snyder and the Commanders have been embroiled in a series of scandals in recent years, some of which have made the company a target of Congressional investigations.
The source told <a href="https://people.com/sports/jeff-bezos-interested-buying-washington-commanders-source/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&amp;utm_content=new&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_term=6363ed0b96327400011278e4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People</a> that Bezos was &#8220;looking into buying the Washington Commanders.&#8221; Bezos may also be inclined to include rapper Jay-Z in his purchase.  A separate source confirmed People&#8217;s report to the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/11/03/jeff-bezos-jay-z-washington-commanders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Post</a>. The source also said that both Bezos and Jay-Z were interested in buying the team, but he did not know whether or not the two moguls would partner on their offer.
Bezos has previously expressed interest in owning an NFL franchise. A <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-playoff-picture-after-eight-weeks-predicting-final-seeding-ravens-take-advantage-of-remaining-schedule/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS Sports</a> report from 2019 said that Bezos had &#8220;become close with several current owners &#8230; and [had] strong support within the league to eventually join their ranks.&#8221; Snyder was one of the NFL owners Bezos had interacted with, CBS reported. Bezos had previously been rumored to be interested in buying the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-jeff-bezos-may-buy-seattle-seahawks-nfl-team-report-2019-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Seattle Seahawks</a> after owner Paul Allen died in 2018. Meanwhile, Amazon, the company Bezos founded and serves as executive chairman of, currently holds exclusive broadcasting rights to &#8220;Thursday Night Football.&#8221;
Jay-Z previously owned a stake in the NBA&#8217;s Brooklyn Nets from 2004-2013. The rapper&#8217;s entertainment firm, Roc Nation, <a href="https://www.nfl.com/news/jay-z-s-roc-nation-entering-partnership-with-nfl-0ap3000001041162#:~:text=Roc%20Nation%2C%20the%20entertainment%20company,the%20league's%20social%20justice%20efforts." target="_blank" rel="noopener">partnered</a> with the NFL in 2019 to provide entertainment for live game experiences, including selecting talent for Super Bowl halftime shows and partnering with the NFL&#8217;s social justice initiatives.
Commanders owner Dan Snyder announced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/storied-nfl-franchise-goes-on-block-could-fetch-5b-or-more" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wednesday</a> that he and wife Tanya Snyder hired Bank of America Securities to &#8220;consider potential transactions&#8221; for the team, which could include adding a minority owner or selling the team outright. The team could fetch up to $5 billion on the market.
Earlier this year, <a href="https://www.sportico.com/feature/nfl-team-values-ranking-list-1234684165/">Sportico</a> listed Washington as the league’s eighth-most-valuable franchise, at $4.78 billion. Snyder bought a majority interest in the team in 1999 for $800 million and last year consolidated full ownership. The team was founded in 1932 as the Boston Braves, but moved to Washington five years later and was rechristened the Washington Redskins. In 2020, under pressure from activists, the team dropped the name and was known for the next two years as simply The Washington Football Team. This season, it unveiled its current name.
Snyder, 57, made his fortune in indoor advertising and marketing. His tenure as an NFL owner has been stormy, marked by a losing record and only a few brief playoff appearances. In addition, a 2021 investigation into the team’s workplace culture, prompted by an explosive Washington Post report alleging rampant sexual harassment, uncovered <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-cheerleaders-blast-leagues-sexist-culture-following-topless-email-scandal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">incidents of harassment</a>, bullying, and intimidation throughout the organization.
The team was fined $10 million by the league, and Snyder was forced to relinquish his role in running the team’s day-to-day operations.
If the team is sold, it could be the second team under new ownership in less than a year. An ownership group led by Walmart heir S. Robson Walton purchased the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-walmart-heir-expected-to-buy-denver-broncos-for-4-5-billion-largest-sports-team-purchase-in-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Denver Broncos</a> for $4.5 billion in June, the largest purchase of a sports team in history.
Greg Wilson contributed to this report.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> predicted a global recession that could last until 2024.
In a Twitter exchange Thursday, Musk predicted that a global recession would last until Spring of 2024. Musk&#8217;s prediction follows comments he made earlier this week saying that many of the major economies are already in recessions. It also follows warnings from fellow titans of industry Jeff Bezos and Jamie Dimon, who have also warned in recent days about a coming recession.
The exchange began with a tweet from Billy Markus, the creator of the Dogecoin cryptocurrency. &#8220;[O]h wow coronavirus numbers are actually pretty low [I] guess all we have to worry about now is the impending global recession and nuclear apocalypse,&#8221; Markus wrote on Twitter.
&#8220;It sure would be nice to have one year without a horrible global event,&#8221; Musk replied.
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Then a Twitter account called Tesla Owners Silicon Valley replied to Musk, asking how long and how bad the recession would be.
&#8220;How long you think the recession will last,&#8221; Tesla Owners Silicon Valley asked.
&#8220;Just guessing, but probably until spring of ‘24,&#8221; Musk replied.
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Just guessing, but probably until spring of ‘24
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1583320632174837760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
&#8220;How much worse do you think it will get??&#8221; Tesla Owners Silicon Valley asked. &#8220;Like a little worse or a ton worse?&#8221;
&#8220;Varies a lot,&#8221; said Musk. &#8220;Tesla &amp; SpaceX are in good positions, but many other companies are not. Recessions do have a silver lining in that companies that shouldn’t exist stop existing.&#8221;
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Varies a lot. Tesla &amp; SpaceX are in good positions, but many other companies are not.
Recessions do have a silver lining in that companies that shouldn’t exist stop existing.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1583340073319530497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
Musk&#8217;s comments on Twitter follow comments he made about the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-makes-bold-predictions-about-tesla-performance-global-recession-twitter-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state of the global economy</a> at Tesla&#8217;s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday. After Tesla shareholders asked about the global economy and its impacts on business in China, Musk remarked that the communist nation is experiencing “a recession of sorts,” while Europe is likewise seeing “a recession of sorts driven by energy.”
Musk believes that North America, in contrast, is in “pretty good health,” although he said that the Federal Reserve is raising rates too quickly and will eventually adopt a more even-handed approach.
Musk is not the only billionaire CEO sounding the alarm about the prospect of a recession, whether in the U.S. or globally. Amazon CEO <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/1582517044020273152?s=20&amp;t=b8qY6r10LgSKLcH1U-Pg6A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeff Bezos</a> endorsed a prediction of a recession in the United States by Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon. &#8220;Yep, the probabilities in this economy tell you to batten down the hatches,&#8221; Bezos wrote on Twitter Tuesday.
On Monday, JPMorgan Chase CEO <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/finance/3681676-jamie-dimon-warns-us-faces-likely-recession-next-year/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamie Dimon</a> also predicted a recession in both the U.S. and the global economy. &#8220;These are very, very serious things which I think are likely to push the U.S. and the world — I mean, Europe is already in recession — and they’re likely to put the U.S. in some kind of recession six to nine months from now,” Dimon said at an event with CNBC.
Despite these stark warnings from some of the top CEOs in the country, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-between-bites-of-ice-cream-brags-the-economy-is-strong-as-hell-ice-cream-prices-are-up-13-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Joe Biden</a> and the Biden administration are continuing to downplay or deny the threat of a recession. “Our economy is strong as hell,” Biden told a reporter at a Baskin Robbins in Gresham, Oregon, last week. “The internal — inflation is worldwide, it’s worse off everywhere else than it is in the United States. So the problem is a lack of economic growth and sound policy in other countries, not so much ours.”
Ben Zeisloft contributed to this report.

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/amazon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amazon</a> founder <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/jeff-bezos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeff Bezos</a> warned on Tuesday that the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">economy</a> is headed for choppy waters.
The United States economy has met the rule-of-thumb definition of a <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/recession" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recession</a>, two consecutive quarters of negative growth, as the economy contracted at a 1.6% annualized rate in the first quarter and a 0.6% pace in the second quarter. Inflation has remained near four-decade highs, prompting the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/federal-reserve" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal Reserve</a> to hike interest rate targets.
While responding to a video of Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon cautioning investors to expect “more volatility on the horizon,” Bezos <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/1582517044020273152" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affirmed</a> on social media that “the probabilities in this economy tell you to batten down the hatches.”
The world’s third-richest man is the latest among several business magnates to predict economic calamity. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-banker-brace-yourself-for-looming-economic-hurricane" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in June that no one knows whether the forthcoming market “hurricane” is “a minor one or Superstorm Sandy,” while Tesla CEO Elon Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-has-a-super-bad-feeling-about-the-economy-wants-a-massive-layoff-at-tesla" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> managers at the automotive company to “pause all hiring worldwide” because of his “super bad feeling” about the economy.
Amid persistent supply chain bottlenecks, labor shortages, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all of which have contributed to worsening inflationary pressures, officials at the Federal Reserve increased rate targets by 0.75% last month to address rising price levels in a move that followed identical hikes in June and July. A contractionary monetary regime from the central bank dampens prices by increasing the cost of borrowing money.
“The moderation in demand due to monetary policy tightening is only partly realized so far,” Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-federal-reserve-official-reveals-consequence-of-higher-interest-rates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a> last week. “The transmission of tighter policy is most evident in highly interest-sensitive sectors like housing, where mortgage rates have more than doubled year to date and house price appreciation has fallen sharply over recent months and is on track to soon be flat.”
Uncertainty in the housing market has indeed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/housing-affordability-plummets-trade-group-calls-out-biden-for-ignoring-the-problem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">diminished confidence</a> among homebuilders and prospective buyers. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate remained below 3% for much of the past two years, according to <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from government-backed mortgage company Freddie Mac. Since the beginning of the year, however, the rate has surged from just over 3% and reached 6.9% as of last week, marking a jump of nearly 1% in less than one month.
High energy prices, which have driven a large portion of rising price levels over the past two years, likewise continue to loom over the economy. As winter power bills are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-how-much-power-bills-could-rise-this-winter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">projected</a> to soar, President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that his administration would release 15 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve by the end of the year, a move that will <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-to-release-more-oil-from-strategic-reserve-ahead-of-midterms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increase</a> the supply of oil and thereby reduce gas prices, which have increased nearly 62% since Biden assumed office at the beginning of last year.
The economy and inflation are key issues among voters preparing to cast ballots in the midterm elections, with 84% considering the former to be a top factor on their minds. The Republican Party leads the Democratic Party by a 16% margin and a 19% margin with respect to trust in handling the economy and inflation, respectively, according to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-midterm-poll-spells-bad-news-for-democrats-on-the-economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> from ABC News and The Washington Post.

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Mackenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, has given a <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/madeleine-mccann/article-11328009/84-5M-MacKenzie-Scott-gift-shows-confidence-Girl-Scouts.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">staggering</a> $84.5 million to Girl Scouts of the USA.
The massive donation is the biggest one the organization has gotten from one person since they were established over one hundred years ago in 1912.
Scott divorced Amazon executive chairman and founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, bringing her worth to $31.6 billion. She also has a 4% share of Amazon, which has made her one of the richest women on the planet.
The Girl Scouts has been struggling since the COVID pandemic, which resulted in fewer members. The group will reportedly use the money to help volunteers and employees, as well as make camp locations more durable against weather events, and enhance the science and technology schooling for its younger scouts. It also wants to incorporate diversity and inclusion efforts, according to <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/10/18/1129638080/girl-scouts-mackenzie-scott-donates-85-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NPR</a>.
Young members in the organization dropped around 30% in 2019-2020 to 2021-2022.
&#8220;Our traditional way of supporting girls was really upended during the pandemic as troops couldn&#8217;t really meet in person,&#8221; Sofia Chang, CEO of Girls Scouts of the USA, reportedly <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/10/18/1129638080/girl-scouts-mackenzie-scott-donates-85-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;So to build back stronger than we ever had before, we&#8217;re really listening to our Girl Scouts, listening to their families and to our volunteers to really ensure that what comes next for us is truly impactful in this moment.”
Chang also said that Scott’s “support of our organization means honestly just as much as the donation.”
&#8220;We are so appreciative,&#8221; Chang noted in a statement <a href="https://people.com/human-interest/mackenzie-scott-girl-scouts-donation-history-divorce/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> by PEOPLE. &#8220;This is a great accelerator for our ongoing efforts to help girls cultivate the skills and connections to lead in their own communities and globally.&#8221;
&#8220;The support from all our donors, including this generous support from MacKenzie, is critical in delivering on our work of reimagination and transformation,&#8221; added Chang. &#8220;We&#8217;re excited to prove how MacKenzie&#8217;s investment in girls will change the world — because when one girl succeeds, we all succeed.&#8221;
Southern Arizona’s Girl Scout council will use the money it was given — $1.4 million — to lift up the initiatives it is already taking part in, according to the group’s CEO Kristen Garcia-Hernandez.
“We are a small council and we’re certainly not in a major metropolitan hub. So for us, gifts of this magnitude don’t come around very often,” Garcia-Hernandez <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/millions-cookies-mackenzie-scott-girl-scouts-85m-91677020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
In 2019, Scott <a href="https://mackenzie-scott.medium.com/116-organizations-driving-change-67354c6d733d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> she wanted to donate most of her money. She has given around $12 billion to organizations since then, including a massive <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/03/23/1088390733/mackenzie-scott-donation-planned-parenthood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donation</a> of $275 million to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its regional partners.
Scott said in an announcement at the time that the main focus of her giving is to support &#8220;underrepresented people from groups of all kinds,” adding, “[t]he cause of equity has no sides. Nor can it have a single solution.”
&#8220;We are all human. And we all have enormous energy to devote to helping and protecting those we love,&#8221; she said.

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There’s no denying it: most viewers cannot stand “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.”
The new Amazon series has a 39% rating on Rotten Tomatoes despite the contradictory 85% critic rating. Showrunners and mainstream media insist that people hate the J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation because they can’t stand seeing black actors added to the cast.
But as usual, the true reason is something very different from the narrative being pushed.
Amazon spent a whopping $250 million buying the rights to “LOTR” and then another $715 million producing it, making the series the most expensive project ever made. Jeff Bezos had allegedly told his team he wanted the company to make the next “Game of Thrones,” and he was willing to spend whatever it took to make it happen. The cost, and the stakes, are what’s making the bad reviews so catastrophic. The media can’t fathom that anything other than racism can be the reason for so many one-star reviews.
Most recently, a few stars from the Tolkien movie adaptation, Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” (2001) made their position on the bad reviews clear. Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boyd donned shirts that said “You Are All Welcome Here” in Elvish as a show of solidarity against the perceived racist reviews.
Whoopi Goldberg and “The View” panelists weighed in, mocking fans for accepting the existence of mythical creatures but taking issue with black actors joining the cast.
“Are you telling me black people can’t be fake people, too?” Goldberg said. “I don’t know if there’s, like, a hobbit club, I don’t know if there are gonna be protests. But people: What is wrong with y’all?”
“What I think is fascinating is like, dragons are OK, fire-breathing dragons, and people with white hair that are born like that when they’re little, and violet eyes, but the black people in it is just a bridge too far for these folks,” panelist Sunny Hostin chimed in.
“It’s just racist. Call it what it is,” Joy Behar insisted.
So what’s going on? Are fans just super racist, or is something else at play? 
A quick perusal of the one-star reviews on Rotten Tomatoes reveals that most detractors take issue with the script and character development in the series. They don’t like how showrunners have twisted Tolkien’s original story, but for most people, it’s not the race of the characters that they have issues with.
“The film has some breathtaking visuals but has no substance… it&#8217;s almost like looking at an amazing cake that you know was expensive and take a bite and it&#8217;s not good. No flavor…nothing to bring you back,” one person shared.
“The problem with this show is that it is boring and looks cheap most of the time,” another reviewer wrote. “The story is barely existent, the protagonist isn&#8217;t interesting or sympathetic, the script is poorly written. I&#8217;m listening to some of what they are saying and it&#8217;s just nonsensical verbal cotton candy.”
A third person wrote, “The show so far is visually gorgeous, but sadly the characters are bland &amp; the story boring. I very much hope that it improves. The first two episodes start a story that is Tolkien adjacent at best.”
Meanwhile, media outlets accuse “racist trolls” of “review bombing” the series just because of black character additions. They never explicitly quote these racist reviews, likely because they’re few and far between — if they exist at all. One tweet from activist Angus Johnston went viral as he railed against reviewers decrying the show’s “wokenes,” which he says is a thinly veiled metaphor for diverse casting.
The only review that these highly offended critics can cite as being racist comes courtesy of <a href="https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2022/03/07/media-getting-desperate-in-its-defense-of-the-woke-lord-of-the-rings-n532752">RedState</a>. Brandon Morse does mention the diverse casting if only to point out that it became the focus of the series at the expense of other more important elements, such as the script itself. Mainstream critics screaming racism keep quoting this one review but leaving out the most important part.
“It began when actors within the show began putting emphasis on the skin color of their characters and the word ‘diversity’ began being thrown around as if it was a focus of the show,” Brandon Morse wrote.
“Diversity isn’t a bad thing by itself, but when it becomes a major focus it usually means the story is being shoved further back in terms of importance.”
Even if Morse had come out and said that he hated the fact that black actors got cast in lead roles (which he absolutely didn’t), he’d be alone in that assessment. The vast majority of negative reviews have nothing to do with race.
In the end there’s proof that hordes of racist, fantasy-loving trolls don’t roam the earth. It all comes from the best direct comparison to “The Rings of Power,” which is of course, “House of the Dragon.”
“House of the Dragon” is a spinoff prequel which returns “Game of Thrones” fans to Westeros. The HBO Max series premiered just a few days before “Rings of Power” and as another epic fantasy based on a book with a rabid fan base, making it the perfect comparison.
One element that’s not being discussed enough is that like “LOTR,” the casting directors for “House of the Dragon” intentionally added a bevy of black actors as main characters in the series.
“It was very important for Miguel [Sapochnik] and I to create a show that was not another bunch of white people on the screen,” co-showrunner Ryan Condal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-of-the-dragon-showrunners-didnt-want-another-bunch-of-white-people-for-the-cast">told</a> Entertainment Weekly ahead of the premiere. “We wanted to find a way to put diversity in the show, but we didn’t want to do it in a way that felt like it was an afterthought or, worse, tokenism.”
To achieve this, the creators added the Velaryons as wealthy black conquerors who arrived in Westeros from the west. Author George R.R. Martin was very supportive of the concept even though he didn’t specifically write those characters as black in his books.
But the real test is with the fans. What do reviews look like for “House of the Dragon?” Has the series experienced the same review-bombing that “The Rings of Power” was subjected to because of these overt diversity measures?
In short, no. “House of the Dragon” currently has an 85% critic rating and 84% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Though the series had a lot to live up to following the massive success of “Game of Thrones,” so far fans are on board with the prequel set 200 years before the events of the original. No one seems to mind that many of the main characters are black.
“Finally a great fantasy show with excellent acting, competent writing, and great costumes and cinematography. I love how this show is written, for adults,” one reviewer gushes. “They let the viewers figure things out rather than spelling things out for them. In addition to this, they respect the lore of the world, thank you writers and producers! Hollywood take note, this is the content we like and are willing to pay for.”
“Fantastic storytelling. Great acting,” another says. “A character literally stole the episode without saying a word. It makes me excited for Sunday night again! Great prequel!”
As expected, some fans of one series overlapped the other.
“Enjoying the story so far, its VASTLY more interesting than Rings of Power,” a reviewer shared. “I actually have some reason to care about the characters, they aren&#8217;t either totally incompetent or god-like in their power level, they feel like PEOPLE with flaws and relatable issues. Its not perfect, but its the best thing on right now, without a doubt.”
These two shows are likely to keep being pitted against each other as new episodes are released. Maybe the mainstream media will eventually figure out that great shows will get great ratings, and not everything negative is rooted in racism.
On the other hand, the wimpy male characters and turning Galadriel into a warrior princess tougher and braver than the male elf warriors is the chief criticism of Tolkien fans. That&#8217;s not racial. That&#8217;s objecting to a woke feminist rewrite of Middle Earth.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Amazon founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeff-bezos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeff Bezos</a> slammed a Carnegie Mellon professor on Thursday who called for the death of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/queen-elizabeth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Queen Elizabeth II</a> to be “excruciating[ly]” painful.
Queen Elizabeth II, who ascended to the British throne at age 25, counted Winston Churchill and former President Reagan as close friends, and became the longest-reigning monarch in the nation’s history, died Thursday at the age of 96.
Professor Uju Anya, who teaches linguistics and critical race studies at Carnegie Mellon University, according to the school’s website, sent out her maleficent remark via Twitter. At the time, the beloved queen’s death had not yet been announced.
“I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/may-her-pain-be-excruciating-professor-wishes-dying-queen-elizabeth-more-suffering">tweeted</a>. &#8220;May her pain be excruciating.&#8221;
Bezos responded to the tweet, writing: &#8220;This is someone supposedly working to make the world better? I don’t think so. Wow.&#8221;
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This is someone supposedly working to make the world better? I don’t think so. Wow. <a href="https://t.co/2zoi6CdFMq">https://t.co/2zoi6CdFMq</a>
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Bezos&#8217; tweet garnered tens of thousands of retweets and likes within a short period of time, and helped blow up the professor’s tweet so quickly that Twitter later removed it from the platform.
After the news broke of the queen’s death, Anya, who hails from Nigeria, doubled down with another nasty social media missive.
“If anyone expects me to express anything but disdain for the monarch who supervised a government that sponsored the genocide that massacred and displaced half my family and the consequences of which those alive today are still trying to overcome, you can keep wishing upon a star,” she wrote.
Though the British monarchy is largely ceremonial from a legal standpoint, Queen Elizabeth II did wonders for national morale throughout her life, especially in times of political and cultural turmoil. Yet one of her greatest achievements came early in her career, when she served as a steadfast symbol following the drama that preceded her ascension to the throne in the early 1950s.
Her Majesty was active during the entirety of her decades-long reign. The most well-traveled monarch in history, the Queen visited 110 countries and was received so well that major parks, cities, and statues bearing her namesake can be found in nearly every corner of the globe. She was ubiquitous in popular culture, appearing in ceremonies, sporting events, and on coins, and was the subject of films and shows. As of 2021, Queen Elizabeth II was named the third most admired woman in a <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/queen-elizabeth-beats-oprah-winfrey-most-admired-women-2021-meghan-markle-1659194">global survey</a>. She was the only royal on the list.
Hank Berrien and Amanda Harding contributed to this report.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a> is weighing in on the new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/amazon">Amazon</a> series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” and it sounds like the billionaire Tesla CEO is not a fan.
“Tolkien is turning in his grave,” Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1566849074762059777">tweeted</a> Monday in response to the series, which just released episodes one and two last Thursday.
“Almost every male character so far is a coward, a jerk or both,” the world’s richest man shared in a follow-up tweet. “Only Galadriel is brave, smart and nice.”
The tweet attracted several quick responses, but most were from bots, Musk claimed in yet another follow-up. The South Africa-born investor filed paperwork to back out of a historic deal to purchase the social media company, alleging that Twitter undercounted the number of fake and spam accounts.
Bots aside, many viewers agree with Musk’s assessment of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">Rings of Power</a>.” The new project is the most expensive television series ever created, but Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is betting big on creating the next “Game of Thrones.” Amazon paid $250 million for rights to Tolkien’s intellectual property in hopes of capturing his large, devoted fan base.
Early reviews have critics raving about “Rings of Power” while user reviews are abysmal. Things got so bad that news outlets accused trolls of “review bombing” the series, which is the practice of leaving 1-star reviews despite never watching the show or movie. Amazon suspended user reviews for three days because of these allegations.
<a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_rings_of_power">Rotten Tomatoes</a> reviewers are still weighing in, however. The new “Lord of the Rings” has an 84% critic rating and a 39% audience score. Most take issue with the writing and acting, and they agree with Musk that the character development leaves much to be desired.
“A disgrace to Tolkien. Music and cinematography are good but everything else is a betrayal to Tolkien&#8217;s world. The integrity of the story is ruined,” one person <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_rings_of_power/s01/reviews?type=user">shared</a>.
“Beautiful but boring,” another agreed. “The main characters were two dimensional and unlikable. The dialogue is unnatural, the story is bland, and my suspension of disbelief was broken several times. The music was nice and the visuals were beautiful. I would have preferred it be a music video.”
Super fans hated that Amazon took so many liberties with the storytelling, saying it was an offense to Tolkien’s original story.
“Using names of characters and places from a book do not make this related to Tolkien,” one Rotten Tomatoes reviewer wrote. 
“The locations look nothing as described. The characters are absolutely, all around, nothing as described. The plot is entirely invented. This is a random dnd fantasy show with b-tier casting masquerading under the guise of names Tolkien used in his separate, entirely unrelated successful books.”

‘Tolkien Is Turning In His Grave’: Elon Musk Shares His Review Of Amazon’s ‘Rings Of Power’

Elon Musk Shares His Review Of Amazon's 'Rings Of Power'

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