Call the meme police: BuzzFeed wants to ban tweets that offend Democrats

Published time: 7 Feb, 2019 18:21

2019 hasn’t started well for BuzzFeed, After false articles and staff layoffs, the clickbait-merchant-turned-liberal-news-outlet has now taken to trying to ban memes that offend America’s Democratic party.

The controversy began at President Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Among the sea of suits in attendance, a group of female congresswomen stood out, wearing white to honor the suffragettes who fought for women’s right to vote 100 years earlier.

Crafty meme-smiths had other things in mind. After Virginia’s Democrat governor Ralph Northam was rumbled for appearing in a photo showing two men posing in Ku Klux Klan robes and a minstrel-style blackface, the internet got to work. A photo depicting the Congresswomen in Klan hoods did the rounds on Twitter, eliciting chuckles from the right and groans from the left.

BuzzFeed intervened, lobbying Twitter to ban the offensive meme. “Twitter is allowing this altered photo comparing women members of Congress who wore white to the State of the Union to the KKK to circulate on its platform despite its own policy that doesn’t allow ‘symbols historically associated with hate groups,’” the news site complained.

https://www.rt.com/usa/450920-buzzfeed-twitter-ban-meme/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

>>5068160

TALK ABOUT GOVERNMENT GETTING IN YOUR LIFE… FFS

AGAIN WHERE THE HELL IS POTUS

>>5068144

ANOTHER ONE… WHY ISN'T POTUS CALLING FOR POLICE TO DO THEIR JOBS AND NOT TAKE STAND DOWN ORDERS GIVEN BY SOMEONE BELOW HIS AUTHORITY

>>5068177

I DON'T GET THIS

REPEATING MY LOVE FOR ISRAEL IS NOT A REPLY TO JQ SHILLS- BUT IF THE SHOE FITS WEAR IT???

MAYBE WHATEVER, SURE OKAY BUT REPEATING YOUR LOVE FOR ISRAEL ALMOST MAKE YOU A TRAITOR TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOWING WHAT HE DOES ABOUT THEM.

AND IF HE MEANS THE MODERN JEW THEN AT THE VERY LEAST HE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE BAD SHIT THE FAKE JEWS DID.

>>5068233

JUST ALL RIDICULOUS LIKE KIDS PLAYING HANGMAN

SCHIFF SLAMMED: President Trump BLASTS Adam Schiff for ‘Unlimited Presidential Harassment’

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President Trump slammed Rep. Adam Schiff Thursday morning for his “unlimited presidential harassment,” saying his decision to open additional investigations into the White House was just a “continuation of the Witch Hunt.”

“So now Congressman Adam Schiff announces, after having found zero Russian Collusion, that he is going to be looking at every aspect of my life, both financial and personal, even though there is no reason to be doing so. Never happened before! Unlimited Presidential Harassment,” tweeted the President.

“The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama, there would be no time left to run government. I hear other committee heads will do the same thing. Even stealing people who work at White House! A continuation of Witch Hunt!” he added.

https://www.hannity.com/media-room/schiff-slammed-president-trump-blasts-adam-schiff-for-unlimited-presidential-harassment/

Global lawmakers investigating election meddling to invite Zuckerberg to hearing in Canada

BY GRAHAM KATES

UPDATED ON: FEBRUARY 7, 2019 / 2:08 PM / CBS NEWS

When an unprecedented committee of lawmakers from around the world investigating online disinformation campaigns first tried to meet with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in November, the company said he was unable to be in London for the hearing.

Now they're planning to invite him to a location a bit closer to Silicon Valley: Ottawa, Canada.

The lawmakers, who held their inaugural hearing in Britain's Parliament, hail from the U.K., Canada, Brazil, Latvia, Argentina, Ireland, Singapore, France and Belgium. They have repeatedly asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear before the panel, known as the International Grand Committee on Disinformation and 'Fake News.'

For the London hearing, Facebook sent Richard Allan, the company's vice president for public policy, who sat next to an empty chair reserved for Zuckerberg. Right from the start, Allan faced a series of fiery exchanges with lawmakers bewildered by Zuckerberg's absence and angered by incidents involving Facebook in their countries.

The upcoming hearing on May 28 will focus on "holding digital platforms to account… foreign influence in our democracies, and data as a human right," according to a press release.

"With several countries, including Canada, holding elections this year it is vital that we continue collaborating to protect our democracies from the global threats of foreign influence and disinformation on digital platforms," said Bob Zimmer, Chair of Canada's Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in a press release. "This meeting will also provide us with the opportunity to hear from these platforms about what they are doing to protect our citizens from the threats of manipulation that we know are active online."

Zimmer said in an email to CBS News that the committee will once again invite Zuckerberg, as well as other leaders "from the big platforms."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/international-grand-committee-investigating-election-meddling-to-invite-facebook-ceo-zuckerberg-other-platform-heads/

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>>5068588

that is definitely a man

Panera Bread Tries Socialist ‘Pay-What-You-Can’ Experiment, Ends Up Blowing Up in Their Face

At least that’s what the company would have you believe. The bakery-style restaurant chain will be closing its last few donation-based locations, aptly named “Panera Cares,” after being unable to cover operating costs, according to the food news site Eater.

The last “Panera Cares” is scheduled to close in Boston on Feb. 15, according to the Nation’s Restaurant News.

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The restaurant’s original concept was deceptively simple — menus would have no posted prices, instead offering a suggested donation amount. If able, visitors could pay that amount (or more) for their meal.

Those without the means to do so were given the meal for free or at an amount they could pay.

https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/panera-bread-tries-socialist/?utm_source=push&utm_medium=westernjournalism&utm_content=2019-02-07&utm_campaign=manualpost

We’re Not Joking: Ocasio-Cortez Wants To Upgrade or Replace Every Single Building in the US

Far-left New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released her laughable “Green New Deal,” proposal Thursday morning and it’s filled with absurd, infeasible proposals and extreme socialist talking points.

Ocasio-Cortez, a self-identified socialist, has been hyping up her plan to tackle climate change for months.

In November, the 29-year-old representative claimed that her climate change plan is necessary because “people are going to die” otherwise.

Thankfully, Ocasio-Cortez has taken it upon herself to save humanity from certain doom with her genius plan.

How is Ocasio-Cortez going to save us? In part, she’s proposing upgrading or replacing every single building in the United States.

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With the help of Democratic Sen. Ed Markey, Ocasio-Cortez drafted a FAQ to answer questions about her climate change plan, and it includes this ridiculous infrastructure proposal.

“Upgrade or replace every building in US for state-of-the-art energy efficiency,” the document proposed.

In other words, homes, schools and businesses must conform to Ocasio-Cortez’s energy efficiency standards or be knocked down and rebuilt.

The idea is so asinine, this almost doesn’t need to be said — but there’s no way every single building in the country could be upgraded or replaced in 10 years (yes, that’s her proposed time frame), and that’s not even mentioning the astronomical cost or the government overreach.

The Green New Deal resolution (is) a 10-year plan to mobilize every aspect of American society at a scale not seen since World War 2 to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and create economic prosperity for all,” the document reads.

There are several other ridiculously impossible goals outlined in the “Green New Deal” that Ocasio-Cortez expects to achieve within 10 years.

“Meet 100% of power demand through clean and renewable energy sources,” the document reads. “Repair and upgrade U.S. infrastructure. ASCE estimates this is $4.6 trillion at minimum.”

https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/not-joking-ocasio-cortez-wants-upgrade-replace-every-single-building-us/?ff_source=push&ff_medium=westernjournalism&ff_campaign=manualpost&ff_content=2019-02-07