Idiocracy

Media Matters has the transcript: TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): I mean the urge to have sex and to procreate is, after breathing and eating, the most basic urge. How has it been subverted? ELON MUSK (GUEST): Well it’s just, in the past we could rely upon, you know, simple limbic system rewards in order to procreate. But once you have birth …

The Insider reports: “You know, during my time, during the hospital, the fringy fringies really came up with a conspiracy theory that I have a body double. And I just want you to know that’s just crazy. That’s not true,” Fetterman say in the video. A split-second later, the body double John Fetterman — who is actually just Fetterman, for …

Florida Politics reports: In comments exclusive to “The Benny Show,” the Governor vowed never to drink the domestic lager again before offering another big reveal of his own: that his favorite brew isn’t even American. “Why would you want to drink Bud Light? I mean, like, honestly that’s like them rubbing our faces in it and it’s like these companies …

QAnon “influencer” Utsava has new warning on 5G: The deep state has teamed up a taken over the wireless providers such as Verizon and they are hijacking the wireless technology 5G. It has been used as tool for surveillance, mind control, and tracking. People are getting harassed by all sorts of technology. For instance, they make people hear voices. So …

The Daily Beast reports: The National Republican Congressional Committee quietly deleted a fundraising page Saturday that took aim at one of their largest donors, the parent company of Bud Light, Anheuser-Busch. In the 2022 cycle alone, Anheuser-Busch and its employees gave the NRCC $464,505. The NRCC’s back peddling follows conservatives calling for a boycott of the beer company after they …

Philadelphia’s CBS affiliate reports: Police are investigating a case of dimes and dash. They say a trailer containing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of dimes was broken into overnight inside a Walmart parking lot in the 4300 block of Byberry Road in Northeast Philadelphia. According to police, the truck had about $750,000 in dimes in it. Investigators believe at …

The Hill reports: Elon Musk and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) called for NPR to be defunded after the outlet announced it would no longer use Twitter due to the social media platform slapping it with a “government-funded media” label. “Defund @NPR,” Musk tweeted on Wednesday, after sharing an email that said the media outlet was no longer using Twitter. Boebert …

The Houston Chronicle reports: Houston-area Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) joined in on the wave of backlash to the commercial with an Instagram post over the weekend. In a video published to the platform on Sunday, Crenshaw vows to throw out all the Bud Light in his fridge—only to find it stuffed with Karbach. “Saw Bud Light’s stupid ad campaign,” Crenshaw …

Mediaite reports: A purported “artist’s rendering of Trump’s penis” was included in a parody ad for a coin commemorating ex-President Donald Trump’s indictment that aired on the CBS television network. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert opened with a gag commercial pegged to the idea of Trump raising money off of the arrest, and included a joke based on Stormy …

The Washingtonian reports: When Republican megadonor Harlan Crow isn’t lavishing Justice Clarence Thomas with free trips on his private plane and yacht (in possible violation of Supreme Court ethics rules), he lives a quiet life in Dallas among his historical collections. These collections include Hitler artifacts—two of his paintings of European cityscapes, a signed copy of Mein Kampf, and assorted …

NPR reports: Twitter CEO Elon Musk said the platform’s recent labeling of NPR as “state-affiliated media” might not have been accurate during a series of email exchanges that provided a glimpse into the billionaire’s thought process on decisions that reverberate far beyond the social network. Regardless, as of late Thursday, the designation remained. In one email exchange, Musk appeared to …

“President Donald Trump — this was technically in police custody today, going from processing into the arraignment. And somehow he looks even more presidential. “I’m serious. I mean, we’re talking eye of the tiger. This is why so many people are drawn to him, he fights. And, by the way, this is all nonsense. I’ve seen the indictment and it’s …

Orlando’s NBC affiliate reports: The longtime principal of a charter school in southeast Volusia County resigned under fire Tuesday night after it was discovered she wrote a $100,000 check out of the school’s account to an Internet scammer posing as Elon Musk. Jan McGee claims she was scammed online by a fake Elon Musk after spending months talking to this …

Posted yesterday to Trump’s Trump Social account: Here we go again with the USGA wanting to cut the distance out of a golf ball! Remember, you still have to chip, putt, and do everything else. They really have bigger problems, like LIV. People want to feel and watch the long ball. Also, they want to see the great players hit …

Mediaite reports: Credit where due: Bethany Mandel correctly foretold the viral nature of her awkward answer to a fairly straightforward question about what she meant by “wokeness.” After repeating the word “wokeness” several times, cohost Briahna Joy Gray pressed Mandel on what exactly she meant. “So, I mean, woke is sort of the idea that…” Mandel stammered, after which she …

Posted today to Joe Exotic’s website: Thank you for your interest in my Campaign. Yes, I know I am in Federal Prison and you might think this is a joke but it’s not. It is my Constitutional right to do this even from here. I have been put here only because of the corruption in the Department of Justice, three …

Vice News reports: Just before 7 am on March 3, Danny Lemoi posted an update in his hugely popular pro-ivermectin Telegram group, Dirt Road Discussions: “HAPPY FRIDAY ALL YOU POISONOUS HORSE PASTE EATING SURVIVORS !!!” Hours later, Lemoi was dead. Lemoi had taken a daily dose of veterinary ivermectin. In 2021, as ivermectin became a popular alternative COVID-19 treatment among …

Vice News reports: A 25-year-old man who espoused beliefs that aligned with the so-called “sovereign citizen” movement was shot dead by police officers in Utah after being pulled over for driving without a proper license plate. On March 1, Chase Allan, 25, was pulled over by police in the small Utah town of Farmington after cops noticed he was driving …

Axios reports: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is teaming up with House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to investigate the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, Axios has learned. Republicans in both congressional chambers now will throw their muscle into investigating FTC actions and defending Musk. Cruz is the top Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee. The “FTC’s …

The Associated Press reports: Frozen human embryos can legally be considered property, or “chattel,” a Virginia judge has ruled, basing his decision in part on a 19th century law governing the treatment of slaves. The preliminary opinion by Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard Gardiner – delivered in a long-running dispute between a divorced husband and wife – is being …