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WaPo and It’s Mean Girls

Posted on 7 June, 2022 by wjjhoge
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There’s no telling how long the mean girls drama will keep going at WaPo. You can use this link to stock up on popcorn.

Posted in Main Stream Media, Main Stream Social Media, Shameless Commerce | Tagged Felicia Sonmez, Mean Girls, Taylor Lorenz, WaPo | Leave a reply

Democracy Dies in Derpness™

Posted on 18 May, 2022 by wjjhoge
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Taylor Lorenz has a “scoop” over at WaPo reporting the Disinformation Governance Board (ДГБ) is being “paused,” and that Disinformation Tsarina Jankowicz in considering resigning from the Department of Homeland Security. When I tried to retweet (with a comment) Lorenz’s tweet, Twitter posted this:However, her tweet is available. I screen capped this after my tweet was posted:Gentle Reader, it would appear that Twitter is engaging in disinformation.

Hmmm.

Posted in Free Press, Free Speech, Government, Main Stream Media, Main Stream Social Media | Tagged Disinformation Governance Board, ДГБ, Nina Jankowicz, Taylor Lorenz, Twitter, WaPo | 1 Reply

I Haven’t Changed My Twitter Avatar Yet

Posted on 26 April, 2022 by wjjhoge
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I was “permanently” banned from Twitter as a result of false complaints of “targeted” harassment filed against me by Brett Kimberlin simultaneously with the perjured peace order petition he filed against me in 2015 alleging online harassment of Tetyana Kimberlin’s elder daughter. I wound up losing both my (a)wjjhoge business account and my (a)hogewash personal account at Twitter. (Yeah, I know it seems like that’s backwards, but it’ a long story for another post.)

When the peace order petition failed in District Court and Kimberlin’s appeal failed in Circuit Court, Kimberlin had his wife file a false criminal charge of cyberharassing her daughter. The State’s Attorney’s Office refused to prosecute because there was no evidence to support the charge.

Shortly after the criminal charge was dropped, Twitter contacted me saying I could have one of my accounts back. One, not both. They would not say why I could have an account back, but I was one of the first conservatives purged. They made remarks to third parties stating exactly why my accounts had been suspended—reasons that later turned out to be false. The Gentle Reader should notice that not long after my suspension, Twitter began giving a list of nebulous reasons or failing give any reason at all when suspending an account. I believe they let me back on, hoping that I would not sue for defamation.

I chose to have my business account restored, and when it became active again, the image on the left became my avatar. Yes, that’s the headshot that I use here at Hogewash! with duct tape added across my mouth.

I’m inclined to leave the duct tape in place until I get my personal account back.

#FreeStacy
#FreeAli

Posted in Blogging, Crime, Free Press, Free Speech, Main Stream Social Media, Team Kimberlin, Trolls | Tagged Bogus Peace Order Petition, Brett Kimberlin, False Application for Statement of Charges, Montgomery County, Perjury, Tetyana Kimberlin, Twitter | Leave a reply

Much Is Proceeding As I Have Foreseen

Posted on 25 April, 2022 by wjjhoge
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As I expected, a substantial chunk of the Main Stream Media is not taking Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter very well. This is particularly true of folks at media companies owned by billionaires such as WaPo.

This headline from the NYT probably sums up the Main Stream Media’s reaction—Twitter Under Elon Musk Will Be a Scary Place.

Indeed, it likely would be scary for them to have to compete with uncensored reporting of Facts that contradict The Narrative.

That’s what Elon Musk is promising, but the deal hasn’t finally closed, and we haven’t seen how much change will come or how quickly.

Meanwhile, I’m looking forward to those changes, and I will wait to see them before I make changes of my own. Come back around midnight to read a bit more.

Posted in Free Press, Free Speech, Main Stream Media, Main Stream Social Media | Tagged Elon Musk, Twitter | Leave a reply

Everything Is Receding As I Have Foreseen

Posted on 21 April, 2022 by wjjhoge
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As my podcasting partner Stacy McCain has noted, Netflix shares are down over 60 % so far this year.

And now, Warner’s is pulling the plug on CNN+.

UPDATE—Disney stock has set a 52-week low.

Posted in Main Stream Media, Main Stream Social Media | Tagged CNN, Netflix | Leave a reply

Concerning Anonymity

Posted on 19 April, 2022 by wjjhoge
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Hogewash! isn’t an anonymous blog. When I started blogging in 2011, I had a discussion with the late Mrs. Hoge about whether the blog should be anonymous. I wasn’t looking for controversy, but I didn’t want her involuntarily sucked into any unpleasantness that might come along. She thought that I should blog using my real name. She even suggest the blog’s name, one that’s pretty hard for me to use anonymously, and she never expressed any regret for her advice.

If you click on the DMCA Contact tab in the menu, you can find my home address and cell phone number. I’m undoxable.

I do have some noms de cyber—for example, I’m @JohnnyAtsign on Twitter—but the vast bulk of my Internet scribblings are openly tagged with my real name.

OTOH, I understand not everyone can safely be as open as I can, so I allow anonymous comments here so long as they don’t involve the use of someone else’s identity and meet the other requirements laid out in The Fine Print.

The recent doxxing of @libsoftiktok by Taylor Lorenz and WaPo was pure cyberthuggery, and the flat out lying about having posted their victim’s personal information is shameful.

But I doubt they feel any shame. Oh, I’m sure they’re displeased with being ratioed on Twitter when they tried to first defend and then deny the doxxing. Discomfort, yes. Shame, no. Next, they’ll move on to claiming that they’re the victims and go on to more thuggery.

Democracy Dies in Derpness™

Posted in Main Stream Media, Main Stream Social Media | Tagged Doxxing, Libs of TikTok, Taylor Lorenz, Twitter, Washington Post | 5 Replies

Well, That’s Interesting

Posted on 14 April, 2022 by wjjhoge
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A hot project at work kept me away from the Interwebz all day. I missed Elon Musk’s offer to buy Twitter and the ensuing panic that a billionaire might take control of a means of mass communication. I found this oped … um … interesting.
I wonder what Jeff Bezos, the owner of WaPo, thinks about billionaire ownership of mass media. Actually, I don’t wonder at all about how he feels.

Democracy Dies in Derpness™.

Posted in Main Stream Media, Main Stream Social Media, Political Correctness | Tagged Elon Musk, Twitter | 1 Reply

The Narrative Has Changed …

Posted on 30 March, 2022 by wjjhoge
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… and WaPo has got the message. They’ve joined in reporting more or less truthfully on Hunter’s laptop. So have CNN, Politico, The Hill, and NBC News.

Hmmmmm.

Posted in Crime, Election 2020, Election 2022, Main Stream Media, Main Stream Social Media, Politics | Tagged Hunter's Laptop | 1 Reply

How to Know You’re No Longer an A-Team Player

Posted on 17 March, 2022 by wjjhoge
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Isikoff says he didn’t see this coming.That implies that he’s no longer on the inside of the Media Deep State Complex.

It’s clear the reason a grand jury has been kept in business investigating Hunter Biden is to provide an indictment if The Big Guy becomes too much of a liability. Given the failures over the past 15 months, it’s not surprising that the battle space is being prepared for a change.

Hmmmm.

Posted in Crime, Election 2020, Government, Main Stream Media, Main Stream Social Media | Tagged Hunter Biden, Hunter's Laptop, Media Deep State Complex, Michael Isikoff | Leave a reply

THE Narrative Is As Changeable As THE Science

Posted on 17 March, 2022 by wjjhoge
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The New York Times is reporting that Hunter’s laptop isn’t Russian disinformation after all.

However, Twitter Safety was provided with the Narrative Change Notice in advance, and there is no indication that the NYT will be banned as the NYPost was in 2020.

Posted in Election 2020, Free Press, Main Stream Media, Main Stream Social Media, Political Correctness | Tagged Hunter Biden, Hunter's Laptop, New York Times, The Narrative, Twitter "Safety" | 1 Reply

The Usual Suspects

Posted on 15 March, 2022 by wjjhoge
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This has turned up on Teh Twitterz—The Gentle Reader may remember that Ms. Chalupa is a Democrat operative who worked with her contacts in the previous Ukrainian regime in 2016 to oppose the election of Donald Trump. Real Clear Investiagations reports:

Former DNC contractor and opposition researcher Alexandra “Ali” Chalupa not only worked closely with the Ukrainian Embassy and Clinton campaign, trading dirt on Manafort and Trump, but also Congress and the Obama White House, State Department and even the FBI.

Chalupa appears connected to the anti-Trump conspiracy plot Special Counsel John Durham is investigating, according to sources familiar with his probe. She is a material witness at least, but it is not known if she has been interviewed by his investigators.

Ms. Chalupa was part of a propaganda operation that failed. Perhaps she is jealous of Tucker Carlson’s success in presenting views she opposes.

Posted in Election 2016, First Amendment, Foreigners, Main Stream Media, Main Stream Social Media | Tagged Alexandra Chalupa, Democrats, Ukraine | Leave a reply

Quote of the Day

Posted on 5 February, 2022 by wjjhoge
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Also I think the difference between a conspiracy theory and an announced fact is down to 2 weeks.

—Sarah Hoyt

Posted in Main Stream Media, Main Stream Social Media | Tagged Sarah Hoyt | Leave a reply

As Pop Music Evolves

Posted on 29 January, 2022 by wjjhoge
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Posted in Culture, Main Stream Social Media, Political Correctness, The Arts | Tagged Boomers, Spotify | Leave a reply

Advice from an Algorithm

Posted on 30 December, 2021 by wjjhoge
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When I clicked on a link to a tweet criticizing the Xiden Administration for restricting access to monoclonal antibody treatments for Covid, I found the tweet had been tagged with this notice—I suppose that’s better than flat out censorship.

Posted in Main Stream Social Media | Tagged The Narrative, Twitter | 1 Reply

Orwellian Censorship

Posted on 3 December, 2021 by wjjhoge
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I saw this on Gab this morning.

Ms. Attkisson’s post is about being temporarily suspended on Facebook because she posted an accurate quote from an historical figure. She notes that she is being punished while certain Facebook users are routinely allowed post false information without any consequences.

Facebook is indeed an Orwellian operation—it follows the principle that all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

Posted in Main Stream Social Media, Political Correctness | Tagged Animal Farm, Censorship, Facebook, George Orwell | 2 Replies

Change Coming to Twitter?

Posted on 29 November, 2021 by wjjhoge
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It’s being rumored that Jack Dorsey will step down from the CEO job at Twitter. Twitter stock was up 11 % in the premarket this morning.

UPDATE—

Posted in Main Stream Social Media | Tagged Jack Dorsey, Twitter | Leave a reply

Polling Too Far in Advance

Posted on 23 November, 2021 by wjjhoge
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Politico reports that early polling gives Donald Trump the edge over Joe Xiden in a 2024 rematch.

Well, duh, Xiden’s approval is almost as low as it deserves to be. Buyer’s remorse has surely set in. Indeed, I’d be surprised by any polling that showed Xiden ahead of any of the potential candidates now on the radar. No, strike that. Xiden might poll better than Kamala Harris. Baring a miracle, he’s toast. No polling is required to see that.

However, there’s almost a year to go before the mid term elections. I concentrate on them for now.

Posted in Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Main Stream Media, Main Stream Social Media, Politics | Tagged Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Polling | Leave a reply

An Interesting Defamation Case

Posted on 17 September, 2021 by wjjhoge
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Congressman Devin Nunes has filed a defamation lawsuit against Ryan Lizza and Hearst Magazine Media for publishing an allegedly false story about a farm operated by his family. The district court dismissed the suit, but the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has reinstated two of the claims—one related to Lizza’s republishing the story on Twitter and the other about an alleged conspiracy between Lizza and Hearst.

View this document on Scribd

This one should be worth watching.

Posted in Lawfare, Main Stream Media, Main Stream Social Media | Tagged Defamation, Devin Nunes, Hearst Magazine Media | 1 Reply

The Grand Jury Charges That:

Posted on 16 September, 2021 by wjjhoge
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View this document on Scribd

Hmmmmm.

UPDATE—”[H]e was acting on behalf of specific clients, namely, Tech Executive-1 and the Clinton Campaign.”

Tech-Executive-1?

Posted in Crime, Election 2016, Main Stream Social Media, Politics | Tagged Indictment, John Durham, Michael Sussmann, Russia Collusion Hoax, special prosecutor | 1 Reply

Leaks in the Memory Hole

Posted on 21 August, 2021 by wjjhoge
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Too many of the wrong people have been caught up in the Afghanistan fiasco for The Media to quietly go along with the Xiden Administration’s attempts to edit the news. During the long war, reporters who spent time in Afghanistan made friends among the Afghan people. Other reporters have college friends or family members working with NGOs in the country. These personal connections to real people in real distress are The Media them to challenge Xiden’s spin.

Here are a couple of examples.

The Guardian has reported in a significant difference between the American and French governments’ version of the minutes of a phone call between Joe Xiden and French President Macron. A British newspaper is reporting on the French lecturing us on moral behavior.

The White House’s readout of a call between Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron on the crisis in Afghanistan leaves out an impassioned plea from the French president that the US and its allies have a “moral responsibility” to evacuate Afghan allies.

ABC has now published the entire transcript of the Xiden interview conducted by George Stephanopoulos, including about 1,000 words that were edited from the broadcast version. The full version simply makes Xiden look even less prepared to handle the crisis.

People who haven’t been to Room 101 yet tend to be supportive of friends and family, even over the demands of the Inner Party.

Posted in Culture, Government, Main Stream Media, Main Stream Social Media, Middle East, Military, Political Correctness, Politics | Tagged Afghanistan, White House Press Corps | 1 Reply

Welcome to the Club

Posted on 28 June, 2021 by wjjhoge
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YouTiube cited the same alleged reason when they banned my account, and they blew off my appeal as well.

Heh.

Posted in Free Speech, Main Stream Social Media | Tagged Censorship, Right Wing Watch, YouTube | 1 Reply

Quote of the Day

Posted on 28 June, 2021 by wjjhoge
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It is my firm belief, and I say this as a dictum, that all these tools now at our disposal, these things part of this explosive evolution of means of communication, mean we are now heading for an era of solitude. Along with this rapid growth of forms of communication at our disposal—be it fax, phone, email, internet or whatever—human solitude will increase in direct proportion.

—Werner Herzog

Posted in Main Stream Social Media, Manners | Tagged Werner Herzog | Leave a reply

Well, That Didn’t Take Long

Posted on 7 June, 2021 by wjjhoge
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Bye, bye. Rebekah!

Posted in Main Stream Social Media | Tagged Rebekah Jones, Twitter | Leave a reply

Meanwhile, On Teh Twitterz …

Posted on 7 June, 2021 by wjjhoge
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When I checked on Rebekah Jones’ media accounts today—Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.

Stay tuned.

UPDATE—Her campaign account is gone too.

Posted in Main Stream Social Media, Political Correctness, Pseudoscience | Tagged Rebekah Jones | 2 Replies

Et Tu, India?

Posted on 5 June, 2021 by wjjhoge
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Reuters reports that the Government of India has issued an ultimatum to Twitter—the platform has one last chance to comply, or face “unintended consequences.”

Everything isn’t with the program yet, but some things are beginning to proceed as I have foreseen.

Posted in Main Stream Social Media | Tagged India, Twitter | 1 Reply

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