Ted Cruz and Jillian Michaels. Peter Thiel, Amy Chua, Douglas Murray, Kimbal Musk, and Coleman Hughes. Oh, and RFK Jr.’s kids. Pics from our first D.C. bash!
Guys - that's just shockingly tacky. What were you thinking writing out an entire article which is little more than a waterfall of dropped names? (And what names! Conor McGregor is a convicted rapist.)
That's not even the worst of the bad taste. You held a 'party' to celebrate the return to power of the most imbecilic, venal and lowest-ranked US President in history. And the party's twin sponsors were ... the gig economy and social media: the two most toxic tech phenomena of the last 15 years.
Looks like a great party. Wish I could have made it, maybe next time. Did Elon and Peter Thiel catch up and trade Silicon Valley yarns? I would pay money to see those two on a podcast.
The Washington press corps secret desire to rub shoulders with power and wealth, sidling up to influence, is never wholesome nor pretty. It is pretentious. Sorry the Free Press does no better. Disappointing.
I can certainly understand some of the concerns outlined in these comments regarding whether The Free Press is going the way of all media outlets and becoming part of the Washington establishment rather than a watch dog over said establishment.
The immediate optics do not provide encouragement, nor does accepting sponsorship from two major companies with a major stake in the political sphere. However, the interviews carried out during this Inaugural Week were extremely illuminating, interesting, and to my opinion balanced. Having said that, I would love to see Bari interview Chuck Schumer.
Socialization and networking is certainly a part of getting news as well as getting powerful people drunk and relaxed to get the news, but it would’ve been nice if, along the other inviteest there could have been a farmer from Iowa, a McDonald’s franchise owner from West Virginia, or an auto worker from Michigan. Their opinion and their insights provide value in that people like Peter Thiel on Elon Musk have no idea what is really going on in the real lives of people.
I would just ask Bari to look at chapter 47 line 27 of a book of Genesis. It describes how Jacob and his sons acquired houses and other property in Egypt. The same word that is used in Hebrew can mean “to acquire” or “to be acquired” and could be be interpreted as the land having seized the Hebrews and the Hebrew is becoming and enamored of the Egyptian way of life and becoming part of their society. I would hope that a similar phenomenon is not occurring with The Free Press that they are in DC to observe and do their best to investigate Washington society, but not to become part of it.
Congratulations to the new Washington elite! I can't think of anything more painful to attend. Then again I'm antisocial. The gathering made me think of a line from a song by the Who, 'Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.'
I hope it was a fun party. You deserved one. I could tell from your eyes you had the legs of a dancer. Ignore all the moaning minnies, nay,mattering nabobs.
What is this bullshit? Quit trying to be Vanity Fair. Reporters aren’t supposed to be stylish and cool. Get back to your lonely apartments, nerds, so you can explain what’s happening in Venezuela to me.
captions would be nice. who are these people?
Guys - that's just shockingly tacky. What were you thinking writing out an entire article which is little more than a waterfall of dropped names? (And what names! Conor McGregor is a convicted rapist.)
That's not even the worst of the bad taste. You held a 'party' to celebrate the return to power of the most imbecilic, venal and lowest-ranked US President in history. And the party's twin sponsors were ... the gig economy and social media: the two most toxic tech phenomena of the last 15 years.
Is this all some kind of self-directed satire?
Would it have been too much trouble to caption the photos?
Wow.....such a strange look for an "uNbiAsEd jOurNaliSt" organization.
It's day one. Ukraine war is still going on and groceries are still costly. Where is Trump?
Looks like a great party. Wish I could have made it, maybe next time. Did Elon and Peter Thiel catch up and trade Silicon Valley yarns? I would pay money to see those two on a podcast.
The Washington press corps secret desire to rub shoulders with power and wealth, sidling up to influence, is never wholesome nor pretty. It is pretentious. Sorry the Free Press does no better. Disappointing.
Washington parties always are fun, especially when the hosts and sponsors have deep pockets, good lobbyists and controversial agendas.
I can certainly understand some of the concerns outlined in these comments regarding whether The Free Press is going the way of all media outlets and becoming part of the Washington establishment rather than a watch dog over said establishment.
The immediate optics do not provide encouragement, nor does accepting sponsorship from two major companies with a major stake in the political sphere. However, the interviews carried out during this Inaugural Week were extremely illuminating, interesting, and to my opinion balanced. Having said that, I would love to see Bari interview Chuck Schumer.
Socialization and networking is certainly a part of getting news as well as getting powerful people drunk and relaxed to get the news, but it would’ve been nice if, along the other inviteest there could have been a farmer from Iowa, a McDonald’s franchise owner from West Virginia, or an auto worker from Michigan. Their opinion and their insights provide value in that people like Peter Thiel on Elon Musk have no idea what is really going on in the real lives of people.
I would just ask Bari to look at chapter 47 line 27 of a book of Genesis. It describes how Jacob and his sons acquired houses and other property in Egypt. The same word that is used in Hebrew can mean “to acquire” or “to be acquired” and could be be interpreted as the land having seized the Hebrews and the Hebrew is becoming and enamored of the Egyptian way of life and becoming part of their society. I would hope that a similar phenomenon is not occurring with The Free Press that they are in DC to observe and do their best to investigate Washington society, but not to become part of it.
So Bari was the only pic to get captions?? Lazy...
Congratulations to the new Washington elite! I can't think of anything more painful to attend. Then again I'm antisocial. The gathering made me think of a line from a song by the Who, 'Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.'
But 60 years ago the Who also said*I hope I die before I get old*
I hope it was a fun party. You deserved one. I could tell from your eyes you had the legs of a dancer. Ignore all the moaning minnies, nay,mattering nabobs.
To those criticizing this article/party, 3 words. Get..A...Life!
I'm offended that I didn't receive an invite...probably a mistake, right? Bari, my dear...?
What is this bullshit? Quit trying to be Vanity Fair. Reporters aren’t supposed to be stylish and cool. Get back to your lonely apartments, nerds, so you can explain what’s happening in Venezuela to me.
I hope TFP will do an article on the meme trump and melania crypto coins. Pretty shady stuff Imo.