Local TV channel gives a megaphone to a January 6 rioter. WTEN, channel 10 in the Albany, NY market featured a roughly three-minute piece tonight, spotlighting one of the January 6 rioters from Saratoga County, NY. Fresh off of a pardon from Dear Leader, the piece seemed aimed to normalize the actions of the rioters that day. We have reached a point in time, it seems,… Read More
TikTok unbanning: Accolade and Overreach To recap: The law banning TikTok went into effect yesterday. Just a few hours later, the service was restored, with a gushing message praising our glorious leader-to-be shown to all upon logging in. This is unnerving for two reasons. For one, this law was passed by the Congress, and then upheld by the Supreme Court.… Read More
Snoop Dogg Screws the Pooch on Bended Knee Not contented to hang out with just one white felon, Snoop Dogg has now joined the ranks of the Trump acolytes by performing Nuthin’ but a G Thang at a Trump pre-inaugural party, upsetting many fans. From The Independent: After previously mocking the president-elect, Snoop switched allegiances last year to praise Trump and claim he… Read More
The TikTok KowTow Challenge Over the past sixteen hours, TikTok has engaged in the ancient Chinese practice of prostration known as 叩頭, usually romanized as kowtow . . . virtually, of course. On background, a law took effect today in the US, banning TikTok. As written, the law would take effect 270 days from the day it is signed… Read More
Crypto Firms Pour Millions into Trump Inauguration Fund As the scramble for big business to shower Trump shower Trump with money to curry favor with his incoming administration, crypto companies including Ripple, Coinbase, Kraken, Robinhood and Circle have made seven-figure donations to Trump’s inaugural committee since Election Day. The crypto-currency industry is no stranger to lobbying. It has already heavily funded a Super… Read More
The Last Weekend Under the Republic As we relish these two days free of toil, those of us at Obeying in Advance wanted to take a moment to reflect upon the long roller coaster we’ve been on since June 16, 2015. And to remind Americans of one thing: This is still not normal. An America divided like never before. George Washington’s… Read More
Bill Gates Says He Was ‘Frankly Impressed’ by Donald Trump During 3-Hour Dinner After having donated $50 million to Kamala Harris’s campaign, former Microsoft CEO, and head of the Gates Foundation quickly turned tail and kneeled before our great-leader-to-be. After an “intriguing” dinner with the despot president-elect, he said he was “impressed” by Trump’s interests. “I felt like he was energized and looking forward to helping to drive… Read More
It looks like we aren’t the only ones to notice this. Political blog Electoral-vote.com has an item up today titled, “Only 4 Days Left for the Media to Preemptively Kowtow to Trump”. Here’s an excerpt: One of the most depressing storylines of the last few months has been the various media outlets falling all over themselves to curry favor with Donald Trump, prior to his re-inauguration.… Read More
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew Tries to Keep Pace with Trump As we’ve noted, Trump picks his stances by the direction green pieces of paper are blowing in the wind. As a law banning TikTok is coming to fruition, we should reiterate he was critical of the social media app as a first-term president. He even attempted an executive order to shutdown the platform. But come… Read More