Glenn Beck walked a Boston Globe magazine story this week and consider me baffled. A lesbian bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts, wants one Saturday mask-optional and all hell breaks loose.
The title to Beck's segment is almost like a joke: A Clown, A Drag Queen, And A Lesbian Walk Into A COVID Friendly Bar...
The default story is the Iran conflict. Crude did jump when the war started—from the low $60s toward $90. Ellsworth’s point is that this is not why the pump stays near $4.
What the driver pays is set in the middle, between the well and the station. That number is the crack spread.
Terry Moran spent nearly three decades at ABC News. Last week he sat down with the hosts of The Fifth Column and said something most people inside the networks still won’t: [VIDEO]
Asked straight out whether ABC News is a liberal institution, Moran answered “Yes.” He didn’t blame individual bias so much as the absence of any real disagreement inside the building. “It’s because of lack of viewpoint diversity,” he said. “That was one of the problems in covering Trump. Nobody had voted for him.”
He described sending internal emails urging colleagues to cover Trump more fairly and getting quiet thank-yous from engineers and the occasional producer—people outside the on-air and senior editorial ranks. The bubble, he insisted, is real. Journalists who never encounter the worldview of the people who actually voted for Trump struggle to understand why those voters see someone like Stephen Miller as a defender of borders rather than a “world-class hater.”
I wanted to share these two videos regarding The Daily Wire.
First: The Business Side
This clip from Valuetainment is a segment from a recent PBD Podcast. It discusses the company taking on more minority investors and exploring a potential IPO (similar in timing to SpaceX's moves this month).
Why does this matter? Before this news, The Daily Wire had been taking a serious beating. There were reports of major layoffs in May 2026 — roughly half the staff (around 100 jobs) in one round alone, part of multiple cuts. Former co-CEO Jeremy Boreing addressed the restructuring, while voices like Candace Owens sounded alarms earlier about ongoing struggles. Owens has since pointed to expensive missteps like the Pendragon project (over $50 million spent with little return), subscriber losses after high-profile departures, and broader leadership/operational challenges as key factors in the slowdown.
The outlet, known for voices like Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, and Michael Knowles, is now seeking fresh capital at a reported $750 million+ valuation with IPO talks potentially reaching $2 billion.
Big changes are shaking up one of television’s most iconic news programs. Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley was fired this week after a heated clash with new management. The story, covered sharply in this PBD Podcast video (“Bought His Own Hype”), highlights the tension between legacy journalists and the fresh direction CBS News is taking under Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss.
Here you can watch the clip from the PBD Podcast [VIDEO]
[VIDEO] This is funny and I admire this guy's spirit. He has a right-wing store in California and we see the reaction of those people who don't like it.
It starts off with someone looking for a Biden flag and it ends with the owner showing a Fcuk Biden flag. 🤣🤣🤣
You know what how many people display signs or flags with Fcuk Bush or Fcuk Trump. One creative one I had seen once-upon-a-time was Buck Fush....
Anyway if you like what you see support this man at Beachin Seal Beach before some unhinged California leftist actually does shut him down.
[VIDEO] How is Meta's (FB & IG) new Threads app doing since it's release this month? Well according to this clip from Valuetainment's PBD podcast which features Dave Rubin Threads after being something of a hit when it was first released are now predicting it will soon be forgotten about.
We'll see if Threads will be the Twitter "killer" and perhaps Mark Zuckerberg won't be as gung-ho for that cage-fight with Twitter owner Elon Musk.
ALSO, I'm making sure to let Zuckerberg and Mossieri (he runs IG) know about my original IG account @levois because I want that handle back!
OH, and what problem was Threads designed to solve? And it took me a long time to figure out how to use Twitter. Was Threads only about censorship which is what FB & IG got heavily accused of my many on the right. Of course, Twitter was part of that also although since Elon Musk bought the company free speech has again become a priority.
I see there is another episode of Tucker on Twitter due tomorrow, Tuesday. And it was in the news today that Tucker Carlson's former employer - FOX News where he actually remains under contract - sent him a cease and desist letter.
What's the game? Well he's breaching his contract by taking his act to Twitter. I've been seeing that he's expecting to stay off the airwaves (or be silenced) until 2025.
Next Episode of Tucker on Twitter coming Tuesday: Tucker’s response to the indictment of President Donald Trump
[VIDEO] Kim Petras is on the currently a cover model for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. Petras is known for being on stage at the Grammy's in a hellish themed set with Sam Smith. Petras is also known for being a transgendered artist.
Born a boy Petras had a sex-change at 16 and I do understand is originally from Germany. So Petras is a current cover model with Megan Fox and the 81-year-old Martha Stewart. And making Petras a swimsuit model as a transwoman is proving to be controversial.
As we're learning with Bud Light we see companies trying for woke points doing campaigns that really go against the target demographic of their customers. Men who drink Bud Light don't want to see a man masquerading as a woman. And men don't want to see a man in a swimsuit of an issue that is known for showing young beautiful women.
It's in the news currently that Adidas has a man modeling a Pride 2023 women's swimsuit. I mean really? A man modeling a piece of attire that is designed for women?
As you see Lauren Chen of The Blaze argue, what is it with essentially replacing women with men?
[VIDEO] This was discussed last nite on Tim Pool's podcast, the appointment of former World Economic Forum (WEF) Chairwoman Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter. Musk who still owns the platform will reduce his role as executive chairman & Chief Tech Officer.
I see the concerns of many including a man named Billboard Chris - he's known for protesting the idea of gender transition of children - about Yaccarino taking over the platform.
[VIDEO] So Mark Dice is discussing the ongoing decline of Anheuser-Busch with the debacle over using a transgender influencer - whom I don't want to give anymore attention to as he really needs professional help - to promote the Bud Light brand. He even shows a Project Veritas video which seems like satire of a Anheuser-Busch executive making a pitch to selling their products to Muslims hoping to "dominate the market". LOL!
Since Biden went into office we've been hearing about Army officers engaging in a fetish called "puppy play". As you see here in Dice's video we see an Army General talking about LGBTQ issues and how that affects the US Army which could be described as the military going woke. We also see a high ranking transgender officer in the military's newest branch the Space Force being interviewed.
How in the name of I don't know what is a drag queen going to help with recruitment? The time for me to join the Navy has passed, however, if that window was still open I just closed it with that foolishness.
[VIDEO] Patrick Bet David owns the operation and he's making quite a bet on Tucker Carlson who presumably is still under contract with FOX News who let him go last week. I'll share a tweet from P.B.D. and you see it on this clip above just to show exactly what he's offering Carlson who surely is plotting his next move.
[VIDEO] And again there is a certain invidual named in this video whom I will not give anymore attention to and merely believe this person needs serious help in his need for attention. And sadly he was the lightning rod for the controversy involving the VP at Anheuser-Busch named Alisa Heinerscheid.
You know the brand of Bud Light and the company that produces the beer has been taking a beating for most of the past month due to their association with individual who shall not be named here. And in a podcast Heinerscheid had only exposed her mentality as far as the advertising produced for the brand and approved by her.
Now this person who shall not be named was proven to be a lightning rod because they identify as trans and for the consumers of Bud Light or any other beverages produced by Anheuser-Busch this proved to be a tipping point which you see Tim Pool and others discuss. And Heinerscheid's attitude towards this merely shows how she views the customers. She views them as very fratty with out of touch humor. As a result we hear about how Bud Lights sales have been dropping.
Also discussed in this video is there is no brand loyalty for light beer such as Bud Light. I might add I'm not a beer drinker at all - no alcohol at all - and I might not be aware of various marketing campaigns by other companies. Especially as it might relate to the idea of pride.
So what's the difference between marketing towards pride - well LGBTQ+1 pride at least - vs the individual who seeks attention at any costs that shall not be named here? What if what that person represents individually is just so obnoxious and disliked that perhaps Bud Light's customers just couldn't support this? That Anheuser-Busch was very willing to use that individual as an influencer to help promote their brand?
Could this be a tipping point in this new cultural war? Also consider another thing another tipping point in this cultural war is allow biological men who identify as female are being allowed to play sports with and against biological women?
[VIDEO] So I will not make any reference to that person who shall not be named because I believe that person is generally starved for attention and legit needs to talk to a therapist about some real deep seeded issue.
That person was shown in an video on social media which at this point I've seen numerous times. See this person is celebrating a "year of girlhood" and they got a pack of Bud Light with an image of this person's face. And that's a controversy since well beer does have a very masculine image.
As you see in this Mark Dice video they showed the different between the ads for Bud Light in the 1990s vs the 2010s. It's just grown men stealing beer or in one ads case trying to protect the supply of beer only to see legit fratboys pilfer from that same fridge not knowing where it came from.
And then we see Bud Light ads that discuss pay inequality between men & woman and get into the debate over gay marriage. How did Bud Light get so political?
While people drink beer for almost any occasion. Why did Anheuser-Busch decide to take stands on certain social issues? We drink beer at a bar with friends or we drink beer at a sports game - personally when I think of beer I think of baseball though that's not the only sport where you can buy beer at concessions. I can go on and on and still beer in my head has a masculine image.
Some may refer to it as "blue collar wine". And yet this VP at Anheuser-Busch has made a decision to take this brand away from its rather "fratty" marketing and make it more "inclusive". The question is will this more "inclusive" brand sell more beers.
Well does the owners of Anheuser-Busch see a decline in sales? Does the owners of Anheuser-Busch see the price of their publicly traded stock take a nose dive?
[VIDEO] If Dave Ramsey wasn't that clear about what happened other than trying to state that what happened to Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank isn't likely to happen at a bank near you. I think there were some points in this discussion without bringing up politics or the culture war about where these banks went wrong. There were some mismanagement and perhaps the expectation that the Federal gov't will swoop in and save the day. So perhaps mismanagement because Uncle Sam got you!
[VIDEO] I've followed Steven Crowder off an on for many years. He was on PJTV and most recently he worked with The Blaze. He used to make appearances on FOX News. He's know for going onto college campus picking a controversial issue and then debating with students - for example the issue of whether or not there are two genders are an issue on college campuses. He's known for humor and is also known according to Anthony Brian Logan as the biggest conservative personality on YouTube currently.
So what you see here by ABL is Crowder's comments about how right-wing media isn't on the same page as their consumers. And then we hear a response from Jeremy Boreing at The Daily Wire. You see The Daily Wire - who is known for personalities such as Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, and Candace Owens - made an offer or was in talks with Crowder. Daily Wire wanted to do business.
However, due to Crowder's comments which didn't specifically refer to Daily Wire, Boreing was compelled to respond with documentation of his talks with Crowder. I suppose this has to be a lesson with regards to contract negotiations and how talent should be able to discuss business with a potential employer.
I could liken this to a wrestler or any athlete negotiates with a promotion or a particular team. The promotion or team is a business. Both sides want to make money, however, the business wants to make money with the talent. Of course Crowder is the talent and it's in the best interest of Daily Wire to ensure that Crowder as talent is able to produce content that makes that company money.
I suppose what I'm not entirely clear on is what Crowder was up in arms about for him to make these comments. Is it possible he's only proving to be very difficult to work with?
[VIDEO] Over the weekend Elon Musk who owns twitter put up a "straw poll" with the question as far as whether or not he should step down as CEO of Twitter. Well here are the results.
Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.
Well he didn't immediately respond to the results of this poll especially if he claims he will abide by the results of the poll. However, sometime on Tuesday he finally tweeted this:
I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software & servers teams.
So this is what Forbes is discussing. Some might say Musk was already planning for this long before he took over Twitter. Besides he's still producing Tesla electric vehicles and launching objects into space. I could suspect Twitter is just a toy to him though I'm happy with the company's new direction.
And of course the ongoing revelations that Twitter is being used by federal law enforcement and Democrat operatives to effectively censor opposing voices.
This was one hiccup of the Elon Musk era of Twitter, $8/mo for Twitter Blue to be verified. It wasn't a bad idea, you want to be verified you had to pay some money. Some took it for granted including the so-called progressives of Twitter, indeed Musk trolled the hell out of Congresswoman AOC for her complaints about having to pay to be verified.
Of course, the basic $8 to be verified whether or not you are a public official or even a public figure or even a well known entity such as a foundation or a company caused some hiccups. Via Crain's:
Twitter is struggling with impostor accounts since the company allowed paying subscribers to get verified blue check marks. One account posing as Indianapolis-based pharma giant Eli Lilly & Co. tweeted that insulin was now free — forcing the company to issue an apology. “We apologize to those who have been served a misleading message from a fake Lilly account,” the official account tweeted. Eli Lilly's stock then fell 4.9% on Friday.
The company has also reinstated “official” badges for high-profile accounts, with the gray badge reappearing below the profiles of businesses and major media outlets Friday based on an internal approved list, according to the person. The identification marker was rolled out earlier this week before being scrapped.
Well before it was temporarily scrapped I was thinking about being part of the verified crowd and becoming one of the "cool kids". Which well I'm not a public figure of any kind so there's really no great need just a boost for the ole ego.
Either way, insure organizations and public figures get verified have them go through the process - which is probably used to be done in the beginning anyway before it being connected with Twitter Blue. I don't think it's unreasonable to have verified people pay a subscription to the blue checkmark.
[VIDEO] It's now official. Elon Musk owns Twitter and he immediately fired many of their top executives including the CEO, CFO, and the one who's responsible for permanently suspending the personal twitter account of former Pres. Donald Trump. Musk's new ownership taking the social media site private is expected to restore free speech and also reactivate those accounts that were suspended for not following Twitter's "speech codes".
And of course Mark Dice makes fun those who really have a problem with Musk's takeover!