!@#$%^&*] fits in with the hate factory Elon is making Twitter become.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/tucker-carlson-is-taking-his-show-to-twitter/ar-AA1aXZq2

Jake Sherman stays on brand:

Meanwhile, rival Beltway access outlet Semafor takes shots at Sherman and Punchbowl, insert 'let them fight' gif here (I will not be linking to Semafor):

The crazy fracas on Capitol Hill Friday night had a few winners: C-SPAN, of course; the right-wing House Freedom Caucus; lobbyists who used to work for Speaker Kevin McCarthy; and, of course, the new Speaker’s favorite news organization, Punchbowl News.

The two-year-old Punchbowl and its co-founder, Jake Sherman are perhaps the best-sourced journalists covering the incoming Speaker. A top McCarthy ally served as an informal Washington D.C. tour guide for guests at Sherman’s wedding. And people close to Sherman have cautioned him against appearing to cheer for McCarthy’s bid.

Throughout the past week, as McCarthy struggled to hold onto power, Punchbowl’s newsletters and Sherman’s Twitter feed often drove the narrative around the contested Speaker’s race.

Punchbowl was first with much of the news and McCarthy’s view, including news about crucial leadership meetings strategizing how to pick up votes, McCarthy’s private requests from HFC members, and an exclusive call with Trump calling on Republicans to back McCarthy.

Sherman declined Semafor's request for comment.

[...]

McCarthy’s enemies complained Punchbowl was too sympathetic to the Republican leader. Throughout last week, while other outlets dubbed McCarthy “weak” and said his failure to immediately secure the speakership was an embarrassment, Punchbowl News carefully avoided passing judgment on his tenuous position. And as it appeared that McCarthy was gaining momentum, Sherman was often the first to break the news of members who flipped.

“You could practically feel how giddy Jake Sherman was on Friday to see his horse finally making a move,” one congressional reporter grumbled to Semafor.

 

I don't understand: the jury says he's liable for sexual assault but not for rape?  Aren't the two one and the same?

Another example of the breathtaking hypocrisy of the increasingly irrelevant Intercept - Ken Klippenstein is encouraging harassment of Feinstein's aides while he hangs out with grifters and bigots, one of whom was a part of the far right for years and still clings to them.

 

Of all the Beltway, WaPo reporters remain the most utterly pathetic.

 

Re: tonight -

 

I thought Murdoch wasn't going to support Trump anymore, but good ol' Page Six came out with this headline the day after he was found guilty of harassment

Melania is now fully on board with the campaign, after his daughter Ivanka Trump stepped back from the spotlight, and she wants to serve as first lady again.

A source told Page Six that Trump is “really beaming next to Melania.”

Mar-a-Lago is apparently abuzz that “the couple seems . . . more bonded than ever. Friends say that Melania’s stepping up — while Ivanka and Jared [Kushner] have stepped aside — has made [Trump] more confident than ever.”

6 minutes ago, j swift said:

I thought Murdoch wasn't going to support Trump anymore

You are extremely gullible.

If Murdoch weren't going to support Trump anymore, who WOULD he support?  Certainly not Biden!

53 minutes ago, Vee said:

Re: tonight -

 

Amazing to me that people in the press still quote this garbage as the gospel truth. This has been fantastic for CNN. Tons of attention and likely big ratings, and they are helping their good friend. 

Look how giddy his people are:

 

It's been fantastic purely for the faithful, who are pre-sold on Trump. It's not fantastic for CNN, which has been trying to pretend its pivot to 'the center' is Serious Journalism and that this event would not be an embarrassment. Both of those objectives failed. Most people didn't watch this live, they watched the ugly highlights on Twitter. They should never have done this.

 

 

You'll see (and are already seeing) the usual Beltway wagon-circling for poor valiant Kaitlan Collins who is one of the gang - she even roused apolitical access robot Peter Baker to her defense while he was studiously ignoring this event - but make no mistake, it was a disaster for their rep.

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Did CNN really believe this would go smoothly?

I had forgotten about it.

Damn CNN sold its soul to the devil for ratings!

Edited May 11, 20232 yr by Soapsuds