Since it’s been my observation that Facebook mostly just censors stuff that is too sexy for my grandmother… or too left wing for my Tea-potty turned Trumpist neighbor, I do have to kind of agree with the laughter. But I have seen that they CLAIM they’re taking down accounts and pages that support certain kinds of lying and corruption. But I haven’t actually seen it.
Says the cartoonist who never addresses right-wing violence like the Tree of Life synagogue shootings. And who isn’t going to say anything about Trump promoting the batsh*t crazy paranoid nonsense claim that Obama conspired with Seal Team Six to fake Osama bin Laden’s death. Because Fox News doesn’t cover that, and that’s Ok with Mike Lester.
Another fun fact. I was just blocked by those radical leftist censors at Twitter for commenting on racism in a Ton Stiglich cartoon.
The latest corruption story of Joe Biden and his son comes from Rudy Guiliani, well known for spreading Russian misinformation about Joe Biden, has so many holes in it that Twitter and Facebook book deemed it too questionable to propagate. That didn’t stop FOX News talking heads. As Rudy would say “Truth isn’t truth”.
The incompetent, desperate troll is mentally ill….and so is the senate for allowing his insanity to destroy America! https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/politics/trump-campaign-donation-investigation/index.html
Did you see that the story was debunked and proven false? Facebook, twitter and all respectable news outlets were right to dump it. It’s not censorship, it’s blocking election interference.
Are we to believe that Farcebook is now actively helping the Biden campaign? Interesting then that a CNBC story broke recently that in battleground states, the Trump Campaign is spending more on Farcebook ads than the Biden Campaign is, I’ll bet Trump won’t be happy to hear he’s paying $$ to a company that is actively working against him…
Have you seen the story that Trump and Putin are secret lovers and that Trump promised Putin the Statue of Liberty as a wedding gift? No? Well Twitter and Facebook censured it so it’s not true.
Of course Mikey won’t toon on Barr refusing to release results of his own investigation that found zero evidence that Obama’s administration interfered with Trump’s campaign in any way.
Have you heard the story about Jared Kushner and Qatar? They wouldn’t lend him money so Trump’s friends in Saudi Arabia blockaded their port. As soon as they gave Jared 9.2 billion dollars, the blockade evaporated.
The fact that you equate Facebook and Twitter as all sources of information, and that if it’s not there means it doesn’t exist; does not reflect well on your information sources.
Yeah… a guy knew a guy, who knew a guy who “found” a broken computer, who was just the guy to fix the computer, who was able to hack the computer, which had an unencrypted email from Hunter detailing exactly what Covid Donnie has been falsely spewing.
Can you imagine if the story was one involving one of the trump kids? It would be headline “bombshell” news for the usual suspects and twitter and fb would not suspend anyone’s account for sharing the story.
the mf was impeached for this… 2 separate GOP led investigations into this found that it was BS… but they still pushing lies. They are pathetic… and any real Republican that doesn’t see how bad he is destroying their brand for generations to come… i feel sorry for. They are no longer known as the party of family values or Law and Order… they are now the party of corruption lies and coverups… top to bottom.
Update (2000ET): Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock all day, you’ll know that Twitter and Facebook have been escalating their censorship of a shocking New York Post story showing emails (to and from Hunter Biden) that clearly contradict Joe Biden’s claims that he never discussed business with his son.
The authenticity of the contents of the emails was not denied by the Biden campaign and furthermore, the possibility of an off-the-books meeting between the VP and the Ukrainian executive was not denied:
Is it censorship to not allow information on your platform that can’t be confirmed as valid? If Twitter was news outlet, I could make an argument. Not one I would be proud of, but I could make an argument. But a social media platform. Should that be held to same standard as a media outlet? 1) if people are using social media for their news, shame on them. 2) I just don’t see how a social media platform should be expected to meet that standard. And the internet isn’t lacking for locations to get biased “information”. The point made here is disingenuous at best, purposely deceptive at worst.
A) Getting your news from Facebook or Twitter today, is like getting your news from the coffee shop, barber shop, or salon in the past. It’s more gossip and opinion than news.2) Unless the jogger is making up the story (I wouldn’t put it past Lester) he obviously heard it from somewhere. Provide the source. If it isn’t credible, then it’s not worth it.
Many people say Mike Lester is behind Q-Anon. Many people don’t know Mike Lester is an example of the Dunning Kruger effect. Many people say Mike Lester is paid by the Kremlin. Many people don’t know that Mike Lester cheats on his wife. Many people say Mike Lester’s kids are ugly. Many people don’t know Mike Lester dropped out of school at the age of 12 because of his drug use. Many people say Mike Lester steals candy from kids when they are out trick or treating.
Many people say stuff about Mike. As for me, well, I don’t know Mike or the facts, so I don’t want to spread any rumors about Mike Lester. But many people say Mike is a serial shoplifter. Or maybe he shoplifts cereal. Many people don’t know Mike steals cereal from the supermarket. I’m not saying he steals cereal, it’s what many people say.
Hey Mike, are you behind Q-Anon? Do you cheat on your wife? Are your kids ugly? Does the Kremlin pay you? Are you really a drug addict? You know many people say you are.
I think you should rebut everything that people say, Mike. What’s the matter? Why don’t you admit you are a drug addicted Q-Anon founder who cheats on his wire, has ugly kids and shoplifts cereal. So why won’t you answer the questions Mike?
You can easily find it by looking it up. That’s not exactly censorship. And Twitter and Facebook only lowered its priority while it was undergoing fact-checking. Also, there were problems with the fact that it was private information that had been hacked, that they have policies against.
Oh, and by the way, the email(s) at most allege(s) that another Burisma board member met or was planning to meet with Biden. We don’t know if Biden went to this meeting, or even new of these plans. The official schedule shows that he was occupied at the time (he has an alibi). Furthermore, there is no evidence of policy being influenced by this meeting.
Truly amazing Mike. You can’t seem to grasp how absurd a story has to be to make Facebook, AND Twitter, BOTH censor it? Do you not know how reluctant a business is to lose money? Do you think they censor the Orange Idiot thinking they’ll make money from it?
The other part of it is that it’s nonsensical that you think that Facebook and Twitter are the only platforms somebody might get this story from.
Someone has been watching too much Crox News. Pravda is alive and well. They are trying to find anything that they think will help Rump. They are in panic mode. When Rudy Giuliani is involved, you know it’s crap.
I agree that if your wife goes missing and search parties are formed as the husband you don’t want to be the one who discovers her body -like Giuliani discovering Hunter’s emails. But that doesn’t change the content of the clearly criminal content of those emails nor the inescapable fact that the Biden’s were cashing in on the vice presidency. If it were not so then @Jack/twitter wouldn’t have apologized and wouldn’t be ordered to appear next week before the Senate.
Regardless of your political affiliation Big Tech is cheating you and me the American people by helping one party over another. It’s no more complicated than that. -ML
C’mon Mikey, that story fell apart quicker than some of Rudy’s marriages. The guy who claims he received the laptop says he has a medical condition that prevented him from recognizing the person who gave him the laptop. No, he’s not blind.
There’s no reason to think it’s anything but 100% fabrication. It’s barely worthy of Jacob Wohl, let alone Russian disinformation ops.
“Regardless of your political affiliation Big Tech is cheating you and me the American people by helping one party over another. It’s no more complicated than that. -ML”
Yeah, it really is a shame they took so long to actually start cracking down on the outright falsehoods and crackpot idiocy spouted by conspiracy theorists and then parroted by their incredulously simple followers.
Because nobody is blocking the “story” you seem to think exists. You just don’t like the real story because it doesn’t say what you were hoping it would.
Rudy didn’t “discover” any emails. They were fed to him by a Russian operative. The IC tried to warm Trump that this was going on, but that doesn’t fit his narrative, so let’s blame the media for being responsible and not spreading information until it’s verified. 17 more days!
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 3 years ago
Rump fluffers like Lester here will never believe that the other party is not as corrupt as his.
Concretionist over 3 years ago
Since it’s been my observation that Facebook mostly just censors stuff that is too sexy for my grandmother… or too left wing for my Tea-potty turned Trumpist neighbor, I do have to kind of agree with the laughter. But I have seen that they CLAIM they’re taking down accounts and pages that support certain kinds of lying and corruption. But I haven’t actually seen it.
RAGs over 3 years ago
Lester WANTS twitter users to spread lies, as long as they are about Democrats, but he doesn’t want anyone to spread the truth about republicans.
Judge Magney over 3 years ago
Says the cartoonist who never addresses right-wing violence like the Tree of Life synagogue shootings. And who isn’t going to say anything about Trump promoting the batsh*t crazy paranoid nonsense claim that Obama conspired with Seal Team Six to fake Osama bin Laden’s death. Because Fox News doesn’t cover that, and that’s Ok with Mike Lester.
Another fun fact. I was just blocked by those radical leftist censors at Twitter for commenting on racism in a Ton Stiglich cartoon.
braindead Premium Member over 3 years ago
Twitter and Facebook exercise censorship and are thus able to prevent conspiracy lies from appearing anywhere?
Like all Trump Disciples, Lester lies about EVERY issue and in this case makes up more LIES about his LIES.
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The Michigan Liberators are now in Lester’s Hall of Heroes, along with Putin.
jdeathlogan over 3 years ago
The latest corruption story of Joe Biden and his son comes from Rudy Guiliani, well known for spreading Russian misinformation about Joe Biden, has so many holes in it that Twitter and Facebook book deemed it too questionable to propagate. That didn’t stop FOX News talking heads. As Rudy would say “Truth isn’t truth”.
Zebrastripes over 3 years ago
The only way the desperate cowards win an election is to bring out their dirty playbook….that’s all they ever got….pathetic….
Zebrastripes over 3 years ago
The incompetent, desperate troll is mentally ill….and so is the senate for allowing his insanity to destroy America! https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/politics/trump-campaign-donation-investigation/index.html
FrankErnesto over 3 years ago
Trump serves as a lie detector. If he says it, it’s a lie.
ed27 over 3 years ago
Did you see that the story was debunked and proven false? Facebook, twitter and all respectable news outlets were right to dump it. It’s not censorship, it’s blocking election interference.
Tralfaz Premium Member over 3 years ago
Are we to believe that Farcebook is now actively helping the Biden campaign? Interesting then that a CNBC story broke recently that in battleground states, the Trump Campaign is spending more on Farcebook ads than the Biden Campaign is, I’ll bet Trump won’t be happy to hear he’s paying $$ to a company that is actively working against him…
Patjade over 3 years ago
Any desperate conspiracy theory in a storm. Did Q-Anon give you this one as well, Mike?
ChristopherBurns over 3 years ago
Have you seen the story that Trump and Putin are secret lovers and that Trump promised Putin the Statue of Liberty as a wedding gift? No? Well Twitter and Facebook censured it so it’s not true.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Pat Towey over 3 years ago
Mike, I’m really sorry that a republican panel already cleared Jo and Hunter of any suspicion. I guess you didn’t get that memo.
Madzdad the bard over 3 years ago
I don’t see republicans as healthy runners to start. No real evidence to continue and compared to what, the Trump family corruption?
thelordthygod666 over 3 years ago
Of course Mikey won’t toon on Barr refusing to release results of his own investigation that found zero evidence that Obama’s administration interfered with Trump’s campaign in any way.
robcarroll1213 over 3 years ago
“Hi! I’m Mike Lester and when I’m not drawing I’m kissing Trump’s ass!”
DrDon1 over 3 years ago
So, Lester is almost as “reliable” as Giuliani!
grange Premium Member over 3 years ago
Have you heard the story about Jared Kushner and Qatar? They wouldn’t lend him money so Trump’s friends in Saudi Arabia blockaded their port. As soon as they gave Jared 9.2 billion dollars, the blockade evaporated.
jader3rd over 3 years ago
The fact that you equate Facebook and Twitter as all sources of information, and that if it’s not there means it doesn’t exist; does not reflect well on your information sources.
T Smith over 3 years ago
Yeah… a guy knew a guy, who knew a guy who “found” a broken computer, who was just the guy to fix the computer, who was able to hack the computer, which had an unencrypted email from Hunter detailing exactly what Covid Donnie has been falsely spewing.
Yeah, that sounds plausible.
RalphConti over 3 years ago
Yes, and it’s sad that anyone would think either is a news source.
guyjen2004 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Can you imagine if the story was one involving one of the trump kids? It would be headline “bombshell” news for the usual suspects and twitter and fb would not suspend anyone’s account for sharing the story.
Jimathai Premium Member over 3 years ago
the mf was impeached for this… 2 separate GOP led investigations into this found that it was BS… but they still pushing lies. They are pathetic… and any real Republican that doesn’t see how bad he is destroying their brand for generations to come… i feel sorry for. They are no longer known as the party of family values or Law and Order… they are now the party of corruption lies and coverups… top to bottom.
littleann over 3 years ago
Update (2000ET): Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock all day, you’ll know that Twitter and Facebook have been escalating their censorship of a shocking New York Post story showing emails (to and from Hunter Biden) that clearly contradict Joe Biden’s claims that he never discussed business with his son.
The authenticity of the contents of the emails was not denied by the Biden campaign and furthermore, the possibility of an off-the-books meeting between the VP and the Ukrainian executive was not denied:
StackableContainers over 3 years ago
Is it censorship to not allow information on your platform that can’t be confirmed as valid? If Twitter was news outlet, I could make an argument. Not one I would be proud of, but I could make an argument. But a social media platform. Should that be held to same standard as a media outlet? 1) if people are using social media for their news, shame on them. 2) I just don’t see how a social media platform should be expected to meet that standard. And the internet isn’t lacking for locations to get biased “information”. The point made here is disingenuous at best, purposely deceptive at worst.
brihye Premium Member over 3 years ago
Maybe you can open another Bengazi investigation. Convene the Warren Commission to work on it.
ArtieEl over 3 years ago
A) Getting your news from Facebook or Twitter today, is like getting your news from the coffee shop, barber shop, or salon in the past. It’s more gossip and opinion than news.2) Unless the jogger is making up the story (I wouldn’t put it past Lester) he obviously heard it from somewhere. Provide the source. If it isn’t credible, then it’s not worth it.
twclix over 3 years ago
Many people say Mike Lester is behind Q-Anon. Many people don’t know Mike Lester is an example of the Dunning Kruger effect. Many people say Mike Lester is paid by the Kremlin. Many people don’t know that Mike Lester cheats on his wife. Many people say Mike Lester’s kids are ugly. Many people don’t know Mike Lester dropped out of school at the age of 12 because of his drug use. Many people say Mike Lester steals candy from kids when they are out trick or treating.
Many people say stuff about Mike. As for me, well, I don’t know Mike or the facts, so I don’t want to spread any rumors about Mike Lester. But many people say Mike is a serial shoplifter. Or maybe he shoplifts cereal. Many people don’t know Mike steals cereal from the supermarket. I’m not saying he steals cereal, it’s what many people say.
Hey Mike, are you behind Q-Anon? Do you cheat on your wife? Are your kids ugly? Does the Kremlin pay you? Are you really a drug addict? You know many people say you are.
I think you should rebut everything that people say, Mike. What’s the matter? Why don’t you admit you are a drug addicted Q-Anon founder who cheats on his wire, has ugly kids and shoplifts cereal. So why won’t you answer the questions Mike?
VadimUzdensky1 over 3 years ago
You can easily find it by looking it up. That’s not exactly censorship. And Twitter and Facebook only lowered its priority while it was undergoing fact-checking. Also, there were problems with the fact that it was private information that had been hacked, that they have policies against.
Oh, and by the way, the email(s) at most allege(s) that another Burisma board member met or was planning to meet with Biden. We don’t know if Biden went to this meeting, or even new of these plans. The official schedule shows that he was occupied at the time (he has an alibi). Furthermore, there is no evidence of policy being influenced by this meeting.
ferddo over 3 years ago
Once again, all Trump has to do is accuse and his followers assume that makes it unassailable truth…
Dave Ferro over 3 years ago
Biden’s chickens coming home to roost…
Wlly Blly over 3 years ago
Truly amazing Mike. You can’t seem to grasp how absurd a story has to be to make Facebook, AND Twitter, BOTH censor it? Do you not know how reluctant a business is to lose money? Do you think they censor the Orange Idiot thinking they’ll make money from it?
The other part of it is that it’s nonsensical that you think that Facebook and Twitter are the only platforms somebody might get this story from.
I had been expecting so much more from you.
DeepState over 3 years ago
Someone has been watching too much Crox News. Pravda is alive and well. They are trying to find anything that they think will help Rump. They are in panic mode. When Rudy Giuliani is involved, you know it’s crap.
mlester101 creator over 3 years ago
I agree that if your wife goes missing and search parties are formed as the husband you don’t want to be the one who discovers her body -like Giuliani discovering Hunter’s emails. But that doesn’t change the content of the clearly criminal content of those emails nor the inescapable fact that the Biden’s were cashing in on the vice presidency. If it were not so then @Jack/twitter wouldn’t have apologized and wouldn’t be ordered to appear next week before the Senate.
Regardless of your political affiliation Big Tech is cheating you and me the American people by helping one party over another. It’s no more complicated than that. -ML
IDEALeducation over 3 years ago
Dad?
Uncle Joe Premium Member over 3 years ago
C’mon Mikey, that story fell apart quicker than some of Rudy’s marriages. The guy who claims he received the laptop says he has a medical condition that prevented him from recognizing the person who gave him the laptop. No, he’s not blind.
There’s no reason to think it’s anything but 100% fabrication. It’s barely worthy of Jacob Wohl, let alone Russian disinformation ops.
pc368dude over 3 years ago
Lordy but I absolutely love your wacko drawing style!
Not so much your support of the fat, cowardly bully presently coating the Resolute with SARS-CoV-2 RNA.
Andara over 3 years ago
“Regardless of your political affiliation Big Tech is cheating you and me the American people by helping one party over another. It’s no more complicated than that. -ML”
Yeah, it really is a shame they took so long to actually start cracking down on the outright falsehoods and crackpot idiocy spouted by conspiracy theorists and then parroted by their incredulously simple followers.
Because nobody is blocking the “story” you seem to think exists. You just don’t like the real story because it doesn’t say what you were hoping it would.
rmfrye Premium Member over 3 years ago
Rudy didn’t “discover” any emails. They were fed to him by a Russian operative. The IC tried to warm Trump that this was going on, but that doesn’t fit his narrative, so let’s blame the media for being responsible and not spreading information until it’s verified. 17 more days!