Tweets Of The Day

 

CNN still clueless, circling the wagons --

 

This is incredible bullshit from @andersoncooper - the idea that producing a live Trump rally with is somehow "breaking down silos" is patently ridiculous. Absurd. Offensive. Deeply stupid. I'm embarrassed for him. https://t.co/380v4pt42T

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) May 12, 2023

 

We’re not in a “silo”, @andersoncooper. @CNN has been shoving this Nazi down our throats for 8 long, sickening years. We’re aware if what this “other side” is. Are YOU? Read the room. https://t.co/2TJnukB4P6

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) May 12, 2023

 

This reflects a lack of imagination. The arg is not that media should not cover Trump or what he does. Instead, media must be more thoughtful in its coverage and platforming of Trump, lest they become the de facto production company for disinformation & anti-democratic rhetoric. https://t.co/ZJM0oababy

— Hakeem Jefferson (@hakeemjefferson) May 12, 2023

 

Does CNN have some explaining to do?

According to this Puck interview with Tara Palmeri, CNN set audience ground rules that you could applaud Trump but you couldn’t boo. pic.twitter.com/ZHKxr5rozo

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 12, 2023

 

“We did it wrong,” said an on-air personality. “We treated him like a normal politician who could be fact-checked. We ended up dancing around a demagogue” https://t.co/DFeDzSreGM

— Jonathan Martin (@jmart) May 12, 2023

 

The rift between Chris Licht and most of the journalists who work for him is not sustainable. https://t.co/Jh7nhGJfv8

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) May 12, 2023

 

Wasting no time grifting off CNN's debacle --

 

Guess who's out selling t-shirts today based on his CNN appearance last night?

Very presidential indeed. . . pic.twitter.com/Y0VQTqOwjI

— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) May 11, 2023

 

The destructive gyre of the Malignant Loser & his MAGAts and CNN's myth-making --

 

"Carroll had it exactly right in 2019: The worse Trump’s behavior, the more trouble he gets in, and the less he’s tethered to reason and truth, the more intense and loyal his admirers become."@JillDLawrence on Jean Carroll as a window onto our times:https://t.co/fC5ldX3317

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 12, 2023

 

New in Public Notice: CNN’s Trump town hall was a reminder that he and his followers are, in fact, deplorable https://t.co/gNbZG4c7Jb

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 12, 2023

 

What's that Musk-y smell? Twitter's new fascist CEO, that's who! --

 

Linda Yaccarino (@lindayacc), the woman who is reportedly the new CEO of Twitter, follows:

- Chaya Raichik
- Jesse Watters
- Michael Shellenberger
- Ron DeSantis
- The Babylon Bee
- Giorgia Meloni
- Maye Musk
- Catturd
- Vivek Ramaswamy
- Tulsi Gabbard
- Bari Weiss

— Max Berger (@maxberger) May 11, 2023

Or, "Bug out in Bakhmut" --

 

Russian MOD confirms that Russian troops redeployed to “more advantageous defensive positions” along the Berkhivka reservoir north of Bakhmut — or, in plain English, retreated by several km.

— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) May 12, 2023

 

Evergreen --

 

I’ll just drop this here! pic.twitter.com/IjarAQOXYt

— Rhonda💙 (@Rhondizzle3) May 11, 2023

 

Evolution (Happy Friday!) --

 

100 years difference in athletic ability pic.twitter.com/CQ3D8VluOL

— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) May 12, 2023