Latest news with #Russiagate
Time of India
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Elon Musk drops a urine test report—The internet can't hold it in
Okay, buckle up—Elon Musk just went full 'Ok, I'm not even going to pretend there's anything weird here' by publicly sharing a urine test report, and the internet lost it fast. His tweet included a snapshot of some lab results, and instantly the meme machine hit warp speed. Yes, it's real: Musk posted what looks like medical-grade results, complete with numbers for everything from electrolytes to markers you probably didn't know existed. No thrill-seeking or space rockets this time—just good old science, staring us in the face. Musk didn't go into detail—no dramatic captions, just an image and let-the-shipping-happen vibes. But if you squint close enough, it reads like a detailed urinalysis you'd get during a routine physical: pH levels, specific gravity, protein, glucose—you name it. Knowing Musk, this might be a flex or a meme gambit, or maybe he's just tired of whispers about drug use. Either way, internet users had a field day scrolling through the results and roasting the moment. "So… no drugs. You just randomly backstab your friends?" "Who's gonna tell him about short lifespan of drugs and metabolism?" "So drugs aren't the reason you posted ,#Trump was on the #Epstein list ? Why did you do it then ? Being stoned was the only reason we could come up NOT BEING ON DRUGS deliberately typed that. WHY ? is it true ?" "Where is Ketamine" In the Oval Office send-off, when reporters asked him about the ketamine rumors, he didn't immediately deny it. Instead, he shot back with classic Musk sass: 'The New York Times…is that the same publication that got a Pulitzer Prize for false reporting on Russiagate? Let's move on,' according to CBS News So, a tweet with urine data, plus a defensive tweet saying he's "lol"—it's Musk's way of steering the conversation. Whether you call it bizarre transparency, a memeworthy move, or a salute to personal data sharing, it's undeniably Elon.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
FBI Director Kash Patel reveals in Joe Rogan interview that his home was targeted in swatting attempt
FBI Director Kash Patel told podcast host Joe Rogan during an interview released Friday that his house was swatted this week. Patel was a guest on "The Joe Rogan Experience," and during the interview, the FBI director broke news about his home getting swatted. "As Director of the FBI of responsibility, I'm not just gonna bring a case because somebody hurt me. They did. And they continue to do it," Patel said. "S--t. My house just got swatted yesterday." Swatting is when a person attempts to send armed law enforcement to another person's house over a fake incident, which has led to deadly consequences in the past. Dhs Boss Noem Vows To 'Hunt' Down Those Making Swatting Calls Targeting Conservative Media The FBI did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment on the matter. Read On The Fox News App Klas in Las Vegas reported that a swatting call was reported at Patel's home on Tuesday morning at about 11:15 a.m. When police reached out to the residence, they were able to determine the call was a fake before sending a response team to check it out. Patel mentioned the swatting as he spoke to Rogan about exposing the corruption of the leadership in place before President Donald Trump's return to the Oval Office. Specifically, the same leadership did whatever it could do to protect themselves and their friends, and Patel said it was his mission to educate the world that it happened. Fbi Investigating Rise In Swatting Incidents After Several Conservatives Targeted, Kash Patel Says "It's the ultimate height of hypocrisy," Patel said. "They have two sets of rules, one against you and one for them. And what I want to do is lay out that entire body of work for the American people with Congress." He also said he wants to "let the American people know that my mission has always been to put out the truth, whatever the consequences are, whoever it's against, like I did when I signed up for Russiagate. If Donald Trump was a Russian asset and I proved it, I was telling the world that. That's what matters." "If we can hold people accountable in terms of indictments, then we'll work with our partners at DOJ," he continued. "His leadership team is in place. We've got great partners at DOJ. We're the ones working on all this stuff." Patel then turned his attention to the Jeffrey Epstein case, telling Rogan that people are upset that Epstein got a "sweetheart plea deal" for committing the most horrific crimes on the planet nearly 20 years ago. I Worked With Kash Patel To Expose The Russia Hoax And Know He's The Best Pick To Reform The Fbi But under Trump's last term, it was decided to not let the plea deal go and investigate Epstein once again, which led to charges and an indictment. "I've said, [FBI Deputy Director] Dan Bongino said, we've reviewed all the information, and the American public is going to get as much as we can release," he said. "He killed himself. Do you think, let's play out the logical conclusion of this? Do you think that myself, Bongino, and others would participate in hiding information about Epstein's grotesque activities, or do you think we would also participate in not prosecuting people we had evidence to prosecute people on? "But the problem is there's been like 15 years of people coming in and creating fictions about this that doesn't exist," Patel continued. "I'm working my ass off along with the leadership at the Bureau and DOJ to get you what we're allowed to give you. And you're going to get the video of the cell. And you're going to see for yourself." Patel's comments come days after Bongino told Fox News host Sean Hannity there is nothing in the Epstein file indicating he died by any other way than suicide. Bongino updated Hannity on the investigation into the Epstein file as conspiracies continue to float that he was murdered in prison. "The evidence we have in our files clearly indicates that it was, in fact, a suicide. We do have video. It's not the greatest video in the world. I don't want to set expectations on fire," Bongino said. "However, the video does show in that specific block, that he goes in, made a phone call; you'll see 12 hours of guards going in basically check on him, come back. You'll see nobody really comes out of that bay in that area than him. There's no one in there. "There's nothing there in the file at all that indicates anything other than in fact a suicide," Bongino added. The American financier died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking article source: FBI Director Kash Patel reveals in Joe Rogan interview that his home was targeted in swatting attempt
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Musk denies using drugs after NYT report: ‘Lying their a‑‑ off'
Tech billionaire Elon Musk denied he is taking drugs over the weekend, claiming The New York Times was 'lying their a‑‑ off' in a report about his alleged drug use on the campaign trail last year. 'To be clear, I am NOT taking drugs! The New York Times was lying their a‑‑ off,' Musk wrote Saturday in a post on the social platform X. 'I tried *prescription* ketamine a few years ago and said so on X, so this not even news. It helps for getting out of dark mental holes, but haven't taken it since then.' Musk was responding to a report from The New York Times on Friday about concerns over his drug use on the 2024 campaign trail. The Times reported Musk told people during the campaign he was using ketamine so often that it impacted his bladder, along with using psychedelic mushrooms and taking ecstasy. The report cited photos and messages with people who knew him and claimed he would travel every day with a box containing 20 pills, some of which were marked as Adderall. The Times defended the reporting in a post on X. 'Kirsten Grind and Megan Twohey's thoroughly sourced report provides an important and fair look into Musk's drug use and family conflicts,' the Times communication team wrote. 'They interviewed a dozen people who have known or worked with him, and saw private text messages, legal documents and photographic evidence.' 'Elon Musk is just lashing out because he doesn't like our article,' it continued. The Times said Musk had multiple opportunities to reply or rebut the report before its publication. 'He declined, opting instead to try to distract with a social post and no evidence,' the team wrote. Musk slammed the outlet a day earlier, telling reporters, 'Is The New York Times — is that the same publication that got a Pulitzer Prize for false reporting on the Russiagate? Is that the same organization? I think it is.' President Trump, who sat next to Musk in the Oval Office, replied, 'It is.' 'I think the judge just ruled against New York Times for their lines about the Russiagate hoax, and they may have to give back their Pulitzer Prize. That New York Times. Let's move on,' Musk said, referring to a recent ruling permitting Trump's lawsuit against the Pulitzer Board to proceed. Trump sued the board in 2022 over Pulitzers awarded for stories about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Lawyers for the Pulitzer Board urged the judge to pause the suit until Trump is no longer in office. There is no indication that The New York Times's Pulitzer Prize award has been impacted as the case plays out in court. Trump on Friday said he was not aware of Musk's reported drug use but signaled he was not concerned by it, calling the Tesla CEO a 'fantastic guy.' The report was released on Musk's last day as a special government employee. Musk led Trump's Department of Government Efficiency efforts to reduce the size and scope of government. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
02-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Musk denies using drugs after NYT report: ‘Lying their a– off'
Tech billionaire Elon Musk denied he is taking drugs over the weekend, claiming The New York Times was 'lying their a– off' when it published a report about his alleged drug use on the campaign trail last year. 'To be clear, I am NOT taking drugs! The New York Times was lying their a– off,' Musk wrote on X Saturday. 'I tried *prescription* ketamine a few years ago and said so on X, so this not even news. It helps for getting out of dark mental holes, but haven't taken it since then.' Musk was responding to a report from The New York Times last Friday about concerns over his drug use on the campaign trail. The Times reported Musk told people during the campaign he was using ketamine so often that it impacted his bladder, along with using psychedelic mushrooms and taking ecstasy. The report cited photos and messages with people who knew him and claimed he would travel every day with a box containing 20 pills, some of which were marked as Adderall. The Times communications team defended the reporting in a post on X. 'Kirsten Grind and Megan Twohey's thoroughly sourced report provides an important and fair look into Musk's drug use and family conflicts,' the Times wrote on X. 'They interviewed a dozen people who have known or worked with him, and saw private text messages, legal documents and photographic evidence.' 'Elon Musk is just lashing out because he doesn't like our article,' the team continued. The Times said Musk had multiple opportunities to reply or rebut the report before its publication. 'He declined, opting instead to try to distract with a social post and no evidence,' the team wrote. Musk slammed the outlet a day earlier, telling reporters, 'Is The New York Times — is that the same publication that got a Pulitzer Prize for false reporting on the Russiagate? Is that the same organization? I think it is.' President Trump, who sat next to Musk in the Oval Office, replied, 'It is.' 'I think the judge just ruled against New York Times for their lines about the Russiagate hoax, and they may have to give back their Pulitzer Prize. That New York Times. Let's move on,' Musk said, referring to a recent ruling permitting Trump's lawsuit against the Pulitzer Board to proceed. Trump sued the board in 2022 over the Pulitzers awarded for stories about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Lawyers for the Pulitzer Board urged the judge to pause the suit until Trump is no longer in office. There is no indication that The New York Times's Pulitzer Prize award has been impacted as the case plays out in court. Trump on Friday said he was not aware of Musk's reported drug use but signaled he was not concerned by it, calling the Tesla CEO a 'fantastic guy.' The report was released on Musk's last day as a special government employee. Musk led Trump's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts to reduce the size and scope of government.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Opinion - Too little, too late: A media in crisis blames Democrats for the Biden cover-up
In May 2025, days before it was announced that former President Biden had been diagnosed with cancer, NBC ran a sensational headline: 'Biden didn't recognize George Clooney at June fundraiser: new book.' It cited 'Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,' co-authored by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios's Alex Thompson, detailing how the president's team concealed his cognitive and physical decline — and raising ethical questions about transparency. Tapper now claims that the White House 'was lying … to the press, the public, their own Cabinet.' But as a journalist, Tapper's surprise is both revealing and disingenuous. His book shifts blame to Democrats, ignoring how the media aided the cover-up. It's the latest in a string of reputation-saving moves from a media industry in crisis. Credibility in journalism — hard to earn, easy to lose — once demanded rigorous objectivity. Olivia Nuzzi was fired from The New Yorker merely for private contact with RFK Jr., not even for proven bias. But such standards already seem archaic. During COVID-19, CNN's Chris Cuomo used his show to flatter his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), masking Andrew's deadly mismanagement of nursing homes and corruption, behind jokes about Q-tips. The abandonment of objectivity accelerated with Donald Trump's rise. In 2016, New York Times writer Jim Rutenberg and Univision's Jorge Ramos argued objectivity should give way to moral clarity. But this rationalization led to partisan reporting, such as the Russiagate exaggerations and slanted pandemic coverage. In trying to 'save democracy,' journalists undermined the very pillar that sustains it. By Biden's inauguration, the press seemed to have learned nothing. CNN's David Chalian likened spotlights to Biden's 'arms embracing America.' Wolf Blitzer said Biden 'put his soul' into his speech. NBC's Chuck Todd dubbed him 'the Better Angels president.' Meanwhile, the media dismissed or mocked concerns about Biden's mental acuity, even as video evidence suggested otherwise. Biden confused even basic facts — calling himself the 'first Black woman' to serve in the White House and declaring that 'I wouldn't have picked vice president Trump to be vice president,' not to mention his glitch at a concert and his lack of focus at a G-7 event. Each time, the press downplayed the issue. MSNBC dismissed cognitive concerns as 'hysteria' and used terms like 'cheap fakes' to discredit video evidence. Others, such as The View's Whoopi Goldberg, dismissed the importance of the president's cognitive abilities, and exclaimed that she does not care 'if he's pooped his pants,' she is voting for him anyway. Similarly, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough responded to those questioning Biden's cognitive ability with an 'F you' on the air. Scarborough had argued a mere three months before the debate that Biden 'is far beyond cogent … in fact, I think he is better than he has ever been,' and this is 'the best Biden ever.' This dismissal continued even after a Department of Justice investigator, Robert Hur, described Biden as a 'well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.' In response, media personalities attacked Hur instead of engaging with the facts. However, now new audio has leaked of the interviews, giving weight to Hur's contention that Biden behaved like an unfocused and confused elder. Biden's disastrous June 2024 debate, where he blanked mid-sentence and claimed 'We finally beat Medicare,' ended the charade. He soon dropped out. When Kamala Harris's chaotic campaign also failed, media credibility cratered. MSNBC lost 61 percent of its key demographic post-election, while audiences turned to outlets like MeidasTouch. In response, some journalists tried rebranding. Chris Cuomo adopted populist critiques of both parties, conveniently forgetting his own CNN record. Tapper, meanwhile, portrays himself as deceived, positioning his book as a reckoning. But 'Original Sin' evades the real question: did this cover-up begin before the election? The answer is yes — and Tapper was part of it. Concerns about Biden's cognition emerged well before 2020. During a 2019 debate, Julián Castro asked the president if he was 'forgetting' his own statements. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) publicly worried about Biden's ability to 'carry the ball' without 'fumbling.' Yet the press framed criticisms as attacks on a childhood stutter. Around that same time, journalist Ryan Grim described Biden's debate performance as 'staggeringly incoherent.' -The press failed to adequately address these concerns until five years later. Even by 2020, the year of the election, the red flags were impossible to miss. Biden fabricated stories about being in a war zone, called a voter 'fat' for no apparent reason, told Charlamagne Tha God 'If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black' and misnamed his own campaign website as 'Joe 3-0-3-3-0' instead of These were just a few of the many moments, captured on video and widely shared on YouTube, that fueled concerns about Biden's cognitive decline before he ever took office. Tapper's interviews, so far, have conveniently sidestepped the question of whether this cover-up started before the election. For example, in 2020, just prior to the election, Lara Trump raised Biden's cognitive issues on Tapper's show. Tapper responded by dismissing her assertion, and scolded her for making children who stutter feel bad. The media knew Biden's mental decline was an issue in 2019. By 2020, it was impossible to ignore. But fearing a Bernie Sanders upset in the primary, Democrats and their media allies closed ranks. Tapper's post-facto outrage avoids this context — and his own complicity. Journalism isn't stenography. Blaming sources for lying ignores the journalist's job: to interrogate power, not merely repeat it. The public deserves better than a press that performs truth only when it's convenient. Now, with Trump back in office, journalists claim they'll be watchdogs again. But the public isn't buying it — not after watching the media abandon objectivity when it mattered most. Credibility, once lost, isn't easily reclaimed. And the damage isn't just to journalism, it's to democracy itself. Nolan Higdon is a founding member of the Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas, Project Censored National Judge and university lecturer at Merrill College and the Education Department at University of California, Santa Cruz. All of his work is available at Substack. He is the author of 'The Anatomy of Fake News: A Critical News Literacy Education,' 'Let's Agree to Disagree: A Critical Thinking Guide to Communication, Conflict Management, and Critical Media Literacy' and 'The Media And Me: A Guide To Critical Media Literacy For Young People.' Higdon is a regular source of expertise for CBS, NBC, The New York Times and The San Francisco Chronicle. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
