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AOC Claps Back HARD After Elon Musk Says She ‘Isn’t That Smart’

Twitter CEO Elon Musk found out the hard way that if you’re going to attack New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, you’d better bring more than some pathetic snarky putdown or else be prepared to suffer the consequences.

It seems that Musk saw a video from AOC in which she noted the stark difference in the number of immigrants being allowed into the United States these days versus the much reduced number of immigrants currently being accepted as potential citizens.

Ashely St. Clair of the right-wing Babylon Bee lamely called Ocasio-Cortez out.


That led Musk to join the debate, completely uninvited.

Not that smart? That’s laughable coming from a man who purchased Twitter for $44 billion and has almost driven it into the ground, watching the social media platform lose two-thirds of its total value in just a year’s time.

The Guardian reports:

Fidelity, an asset manager that held a stake in Twitter worth about $20m after Musk acquired the business for $44bn, said in a corporate filing that its stake was now worth just under $6.6m. That would value the overall company, now officially called X Holdings Corp after Musk’s early venture X.com, at just $14.75bn.

Ocasio-Cortez was only too happy to fire back at Musk.


When Musk attempted a retort, his response fell far short, much like his failing career in the business world.

Sorry, Elon, but no one is impressed by your massive failures. In fact, we kind of wish you’d buy a deserted island, move there, and never return.

Oh, and don’t take a cell phone or computer with you when you leave. No one wants to read your juvenile rantings.

 

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GOP Social Media

MT Greene Tries To Pay Tribute To Jimmy Buffett And Humiliates Herself By Misspelling His Name

Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to attach her name to the death of legendary singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who died on Friday, but all she managed to accomplish was drawing attention to the fact that she’s one of the dumbest people to ever serve in the U.S. Congress.

Hours after it was announced that Buffett had died at the age of 76 from lymphoma, Greene posted this on Twitter:

Very sad to hear that Jimmy Buffet passed away.

I’ve spent countless times on my boat or dock listening to his great timeless music.

Prayers for his family and friends. RIP..

As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin’ man I have chalked up many a mile Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks And I learned much from both of their styles Son of a son, son of a son Son of a son of a sailor

Here’s a screenshot in case the congresswoman decides to go back and correct or delete her tweet:

Jimmy Buffet? His last name was BUFFETT.

It’s one thing to say you’re a fan, but it’s quite another to make such a claim and not even spell the deceased person’s name correctly.

Greene also failed to mention that Buffett was a lifelong Democrat who supported progressive causes and even made fun of failed former president Donald Trump, Mediaite reports.

The Late Legendary “Margaritaville” singer Jimmy Buffett once roasted then-future President Donald Trump at a Hillary Clinton rally headlined by then-Vice President Joe Biden.

The social media reaction to Greene’s misspelled post was also hilarious.

 

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GOP Social Media

GOP’s Official Twitter Account Sends Out July 4th Tweet With The Liberian Flag On It

In celebration of July 4th and American independence, the official Twitter account of the Republican Party decided to send out a happy birthday message to the United States.

But they used the flag of Liberia instead of the U.S. flag.

The GOP message read:

“247 years ago, our forefathers told Ol’ King George to get lost! Happy Independence Day from the GOP!”

Yes, that is indeed the Liberian flag.

Granted, the stripes are the same, but Liberia is 49 stars short of the U.S. flag.

The GOP later deleted the tweet, but not before the mockery had already begun on social media.

 

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Tucker Carlson’s Twitter Video Views Plummet As He Discovers Fox Is What Made Him A Star

After he was fired from Fox in the wake of a massive $787.5 settlement to settle a lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, host Tucker Carlson announced that he would be doing weekly broadcasts on Twitter.

The first video from Carlson was a huge success, garnering 120 million views, which led some to suggest that “legacy media” was dying and totally irrelevant in the age of social media.

But subsequent episodes of Carlson’s Twitter broadcasts have not been nearly as successful, according to The Guardian, which reports that it appears Fox was exactly what made Carlson a star in the first place and continues to pursue legal actions against him for breach of the non-compete clause in his contract with them.

Fox has struggled to fill a hole in its primetime schedule as guest hosts try to replicate or replace Carlson’s blend of preppy ties and hard-right invective. But on Twitter, viewer numbers have fallen for Carlson too. Carlson’s most recent episode, on Hunter Biden’s plea deal on tax and gun charges, attracted fewer than 15m views.

From 120 million views to 15 million in a matter of weeks. That’s some major disinterest, and it suggests that Carlson and anyone else who tries to fight against the established news media model is facing a possibly intractable problem, according to Brian Stelter, the former host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources.” Fox has all the leverage while Carlson has none.

“I think it’s very clear that Fox would like to keep him off the air … for as long as they contractually can. That is not always how these things go. There’s often a compromise between network and talent. Instead of being benched for two years, he might accept one year. But I think from the tea-leaf reading, Fox wants him benched for the entire rest of the contract.”

“There’s a long history in TV news of anchors being put on the proverbial bench,” Stelter added. “It’s called pay or play. A network [doesn’t] have to play you, it can choose to just pay. [In Carlson’s case], they are paying him but they don’t have to play him.”

So where does that leave Carlson? Simply put, in a no-win situation with diminishing returns that fail to even help him get another position with any other networks as long as he’s still tied to Fox.

In other words, Tucker Carlson is quickly becoming irrelevant, and for a person who gets paid to broadcast their opinions, that’s the worst fate imaginable, though it’s certainly the one he deserves.

 

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Twitter Users Point And Laugh When Trump Shows Up With Hair Horns And A Bad Makeup Job

It’s so damn easy to make fun of failed one-term, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump. Especially when he provides all the material needed to mock and ridicule him.

It’s also easy to make fun of Trump because he’s a walking dichotomy.

He’s ignorant but pompous. Vain but somewhat slovenly. Rich but with hints of pure white trashiness.

So when he showed up in Iowa as part of the 2024 race for the White House, it was a big media event. And therein lies the problem for Donald.

He probably wanted to look his best for the good people of Iowa, but he only managed to look like a complete fool.

That brings us to this video from Friday, which was shared on Twitter by Ron Filipkowski:

Be sure and notice (how could you not?!) the hair horns he’s sporting, along with the orange makeup, which looks like it was applied with a damn trowel. It’s downright embarrassing, and you’d think he’d be ashamed to show himself in public looking like a damn clown, but as we learned some time ago, the man has no shame and will do absolutely anything for attention because he’s a malignant narcissist.

Twitter certainly noticed, and the mockery was absolutely delicious.