Democrats send ridiculously hypocritical letter to Open AI CEO Sam Altman questioning donations to Trump

January 20th, 2025

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January 20, 2025

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January 20th, 2025

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Democrats send ridiculously hypocritical letter to Open AI CEO Sam Altman questioning donations to Trump

 Our take: Nothing about this story is surprising, but it is still worth covering because of the blatant hypocrisy these so-called leaders demonstrate.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told Fox News in December he would donate $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund, saying he was “eager to support” Trump’s efforts to “lead our country into the age of AI.”

Cue the outrage from elected officials with Trump derangement syndrome. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Michael Bennet decided to send Altman a letter, accusing him of attempting to buy favor for his company. Among their statements in the letter was this gem: “Warren and Bennet claimed Altman and the companies used their ‘massive contributions” to ‘avoid scrutiny, limit regulation, and buy favor,” saying Altman has a ‘clear and direct interest in obtaining favors” from the incoming administration as OpenAI faces probes by the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission.”

On its face, there is nothing wrong with this line of inquiry. There could well be a conflict here. The issue is that Altman has previously donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democrat candidates, which were accepted without question.

This is one of the big issues with politics—the blatant hypocrisy that both sides exhibit when it benefits them. The selective outrage and posturing that happens on both sides of the aisle is enough to make us throw up.

You can use whatever phrase you want: people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, the pot calling the kettle black, or simply what a crock of shit.

Last we checked, citizens and companies were free to make political donations to whomever they choose. Sitting Senators trying to stop citizens, even rich ones, is abhorrent. Plus, we don’t like Warren at all. She is a shrill, phony Karen who uses her position to further herself at the expense of others. No one likes a bully, even a shrieking little one.

COURTESY: FORBES

Biden farewell interview beaten in ratings by comic reruns from the 90’s

Our take: Joe Biden leaving office is the perfect example of something having both positive and negative effects. On a positive note, we will no longer have a president who cannot finish sentences, knows what day and time it is at all times, and can actually do the job instead of letting those around him decide policy. The big negative we see is the lack of material we will have to write about. Biden’s bumbling antics have been a gold mine from a content perspective.

To prove that not many will miss him, look no further than his exit interview with MSNBC fossil Lawrence O’Donnell. The snoozefest between these two boring, self-righteous geezers was ratings poison. Airing in the coveted Friday night 1-pm time slot (that’s a joke—no one is intentionally glued to their TV on Friday nights), they drew a whopping 97,000 viewers in the most important demographic of the 25-54 age group.

The interview was beat out by several reruns whose original air date was over 20 years ago—Seinfeld, Friends, Family Guy, and The Office all drew a larger segment of this audience.

What an impact he has made in the last 4 years. People would rather rewatch a show they have likely seen 15 times than listen to Biden sputter out sentence fragments while O’Donnell fellates him like we did not see what happened the last 4 years.

Good riddance. Today is a great day for our country.

COURTESY: MSN

Winter weather to hit large parts of the country to start the week

Our take:  Cold weather is set tp grip large areas of the MIdWest and Eastern United States to start off the week. 150 million people, almost half the country, are under cold weather warnings from Sunday night through Wednesday midday.

Despite the breathless claims that global warming will kill us all in less than 2 decades, cold weather is responsible for more deaths than warm weather every year, even in areas where warm weather can present health issues at points of the year.

If you are in one of these areas, avoid unnecessary travel, make sure you have heat and shelter, and wait this cold spell out until conditions are safer for you to go back outside.

COURTESY: MSN

TIP OF THE DAY

Before you speak, ask yourself these 3 questions: Does this need to be said? Does this need to be said by me? Does this need to be said by me right now? If the answer to all 3 questions is yes, say what you need to say. If the answer to any one of these questions is no, keep your mouth shut and listen.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion" — Orrin Woodward 

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