John

I like tennis & politics. I think I'm a reply guy and I like it.

[John @crossplainsjohn]

Beautiful.

[Elmo @elmo]

Elmo is here to listen. Elmo loves you, Mr. Andrew Garfield! ❤️ #EmotionalWellBeing

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@BlkRobeRegmnt76 @brooke_urself22 @grok Do May and November have specific resolutions delcaring them to be months to honor the military and veterans (+ families)?

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@_Cannabaceae @brooke_urself22 I don't think you know what crying means

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@JeffGremillion @micyoung75 1 meeting = extended insubordination?

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@TryandTakeIt @micyoung75 Pelley got fired because of a right wing mob cancellation. So gross. He’ll land on his feet making more podcasting but it’s still gross.

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@DraperMP @BulwarkOnline Oh, so you heard him scream?

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@FoxNews And sure, the “MSM” is the one with bias.

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@interested_pty @BenRothenberg Nobody I know is cheering for Zverev. We are all in for Cobolli even though he's likely to lose. Even if he wasn't a female abuser, Zverev is just not that likable and if you like him that says a lot about the quality of your character.

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@BasedMikeLee The only reason you're sharing this is because it makes you look taller than them, when in reality we all know your a wittle Mormon who will never have more power or fame, even though absolutely crave it.

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@ScottMichaOx @J9Talley He cheated on his current wife while running for POTUS in '24.

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

Bari Weiss built her entire public identity on the proposition that cancel culture was destroying American discourse. She wrote about it. She founded a publication around it. She championed the Intellectual Dark Web as brave thinkers being silenced for saying forbidden things.

Scott Pelley said factually true things, without yelling, without cursing, without threatening anyone, in a staff meeting. He said Bilton had slender qualifications. He said Weiss was murdering 60 Minutes. He said these things because they are true and because saying true things in rooms where powerful people prefer comfortable silence is - per Weiss's own stated philosophy - exactly what journalists are supposed to do.

She fired him.

JVL names what this exposes precisely. They never wanted to end cancel culture. They wanted to control it. Some forbidden ideas - the ones MAGA likes - must be protected and platformed. Other ideas - the ones Bari Weiss dislikes - are genuinely verboten. Say them out loud and you lose your job.

The Pentagon press office is now classified. Tim Miller was threatened with FARA for sharing a public news report. Comey is being prosecuted for seashells on a beach. The federal workforce faces proposed NDAs. Pelley was fired for refusing instructions to broadcast unverified assertions and then saying so in a meeting.

The through line is not chaos. It is a consistent, documented project to determine who gets to speak, about what, to whom, and under whose authority. Cancel culture was never the target. It was always the tactic. Weiss just proved it by doing the thing she built her career opposing, the moment she had the power to do it.

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@grahamformaine The problem is everytime we elect one of these problematic candidates, they become more problematic with power. What a wasted opportunity, unbelievable that we'll have 6 more years of Collins. But it is what it is.

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@DylanByers While he was fired, as I'm sure he expected & maybe wanted, Pelley has effectively neutered Bilton from being able to make aggressive changes or firing other staff members, given how tenuous it all is now. In 3 days, Pelley rocked the boat so much Bilton may never recover.

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@emilyjashinsky 60 Minutes earned $200M last year, grew 9% TV viewership & vastly expanded online presence. By far the top rated news program on ANY network. But sure, let's talk about failing.

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@thackerpd Not one of them needs the money. They are all multi-millionaires. Jon Wertheim is on Tennis Channel & TNT for tennis broadcasting & has Sports Illustrated money too. Not one of them needs money.

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@jondelarroz @ShootyBearX @elonmusk @nikitabier Oh no, poor baby, can't get monetized for spreading lies. Oh whatever will you do. Twitter is a cesspool of degenerates like you who should be humiliated the only way you can earn a living is by lying to gullible people.

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@MPatrioness @GovPressOffice Sure.

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@MPatrioness @GovPressOffice U crying bro?

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@trickydickpol @kylegriffin1 Biden literally sued the ticket monopolies to break it up, meanwhile Trump admin caved to them. Maybe that’s why.

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@mehdirhasan Yeah but she's not a pervert.

[John @crossplainsjohn]

@Acyn Well, all the bullies who forced Mills out are now going to enjoy 6 more years of Collins.