I am a big fan of Honestly, but I don't understand what Brianna Wu provides other than to mention several times during each show that he's a trans woman. Does this fit the description of a token guest? As soon as I hear someone mention their politically-charged identity prior to a response, I stop listening. "Well, as a person of color..." Blah blah blah. We don't need anymore of this.
But even more disappointing (and I am very rarely disappointed by TFP) is to hear the discussions about racism on the right and whether or not we should be worried about it. This was mentioned in regards to the H1B visa discussions.
I don't doubt there is racism on the right. I don't think we will ever live in a world without racism. But to focus on the right's racist tendencies is to blindly ignore that the left is founded on racism. For the democrats, racism is not a peripheral issue, it's a core value. It is their platform. It is DEI. Democrats are proudly racist and sexist, and they will tell you every single day.
I am disappointed that I subscribed to the Free Press at exactly the same time Bari Weiss began platforming Brianna Wu. I have been fighting for women’s sex based rights for over a decade (long before the topic became trendy) and am painfully familiar with Wu’s history of lying as well as his multiple campaigns to deplatform women who dared to disagree with him.
Wu is a grifter, a liar, a bully, and as any woman with intact instincts can tell, a creep. Everything about Brianna Wu makes my skin crawl.
If you would like to see his unmasked misogyny on display, please listen to his interview with Nina Paley and Cori Cohn on the Heterodox podcast.
I am disgusted that I am now paying Bari Weiss money to play into this man’s fetish.
Loved this format and discussion. Diverse, thoughtful, insightful and respectful! Would love to see this become a weekly, semi-monthly or monthly thing. Bravo Bari, Batya and Brianna. B3 FTW! 💪
Before hitting an economic crisis in 1991, India had been a mediocre 2% economy for 40+ years, held back by centrally planned top down economic policy coupled with corruption and a bloated bureaucracy. Our current inability to get anything done that touches government (in the US) reminds me very much of the Indian economy in the 80s where I grew up.
Mr. Manmohan Singh was given a mandate to change course and he embarked on a very DOGE like path - cutting entire government departments. It had the twin benefit of cutting wasteful spending and getting rid of mountains of regulations that did nothing but throw sand into the cogs of the economy. That stint by him laid the foundation of the modern Indian economy that the country is still reaping the benefits of - thirty five years later.
We need DOGE to be successful in its mission. BADLY.
First, the H1B issue became an issue, not because of vivek’s tone deaf tiger mom screed, but because of Sriram’s nomination.
Second, I encourage you to do a thurough deep dive on Elon Inc and China, and really dive. Please don’t just take Elon commentator’s conclusions as fact.
He makes stuff where he sells stuff (or where FTAs allow it) and I suspect this will be the model going forward. US sold cars are routinely credited as having the most American supply chain. SpaceX, of course has to have an American supply chain. China accounts for the bulk of the profits, but instead of spinning up another factory there and exporting from it, round three of the expansion was Berlin and Texas.
Make stuff as close to where you sell it, this should be the way.
I find it bizarre that Brianna Wu has been embraced by the Free Press given Wu's long track record of lying, doubling down on lies and refusing to apologise to those Wu lied about. I'm not going to cancel my subscription but Wu's presence undermines my trust in the Free Press and fundamentally contradicts their commitment to truth
Why are we suddenly embracing Wu? He’s a grifter and totally anathema to the point of The Free Press.
I am a big fan of Honestly, but I don't understand what Brianna Wu provides other than to mention several times during each show that he's a trans woman. Does this fit the description of a token guest? As soon as I hear someone mention their politically-charged identity prior to a response, I stop listening. "Well, as a person of color..." Blah blah blah. We don't need anymore of this.
But even more disappointing (and I am very rarely disappointed by TFP) is to hear the discussions about racism on the right and whether or not we should be worried about it. This was mentioned in regards to the H1B visa discussions.
I don't doubt there is racism on the right. I don't think we will ever live in a world without racism. But to focus on the right's racist tendencies is to blindly ignore that the left is founded on racism. For the democrats, racism is not a peripheral issue, it's a core value. It is their platform. It is DEI. Democrats are proudly racist and sexist, and they will tell you every single day.
100% agree about Wu...total grifter.
I am disappointed that I subscribed to the Free Press at exactly the same time Bari Weiss began platforming Brianna Wu. I have been fighting for women’s sex based rights for over a decade (long before the topic became trendy) and am painfully familiar with Wu’s history of lying as well as his multiple campaigns to deplatform women who dared to disagree with him.
Wu is a grifter, a liar, a bully, and as any woman with intact instincts can tell, a creep. Everything about Brianna Wu makes my skin crawl.
If you would like to see his unmasked misogyny on display, please listen to his interview with Nina Paley and Cori Cohn on the Heterodox podcast.
I am disgusted that I am now paying Bari Weiss money to play into this man’s fetish.
Loved this format and discussion. Diverse, thoughtful, insightful and respectful! Would love to see this become a weekly, semi-monthly or monthly thing. Bravo Bari, Batya and Brianna. B3 FTW! 💪
We have seen a version of DOGE in India in 1991.
Before hitting an economic crisis in 1991, India had been a mediocre 2% economy for 40+ years, held back by centrally planned top down economic policy coupled with corruption and a bloated bureaucracy. Our current inability to get anything done that touches government (in the US) reminds me very much of the Indian economy in the 80s where I grew up.
Mr. Manmohan Singh was given a mandate to change course and he embarked on a very DOGE like path - cutting entire government departments. It had the twin benefit of cutting wasteful spending and getting rid of mountains of regulations that did nothing but throw sand into the cogs of the economy. That stint by him laid the foundation of the modern Indian economy that the country is still reaping the benefits of - thirty five years later.
We need DOGE to be successful in its mission. BADLY.
I think you got Ground News website (groundnews.com) link wrong. There is a Ground.news site, is that the one you are referencing?
First, the H1B issue became an issue, not because of vivek’s tone deaf tiger mom screed, but because of Sriram’s nomination.
Second, I encourage you to do a thurough deep dive on Elon Inc and China, and really dive. Please don’t just take Elon commentator’s conclusions as fact.
He makes stuff where he sells stuff (or where FTAs allow it) and I suspect this will be the model going forward. US sold cars are routinely credited as having the most American supply chain. SpaceX, of course has to have an American supply chain. China accounts for the bulk of the profits, but instead of spinning up another factory there and exporting from it, round three of the expansion was Berlin and Texas.
Make stuff as close to where you sell it, this should be the way.
I find it bizarre that Brianna Wu has been embraced by the Free Press given Wu's long track record of lying, doubling down on lies and refusing to apologise to those Wu lied about. I'm not going to cancel my subscription but Wu's presence undermines my trust in the Free Press and fundamentally contradicts their commitment to truth
Agreed
The editors seem to make a lot of choices based on friendships