Talking to Elon. There's a lot of it right now.

Just one example:

Please make public whatever you find about the previously secret policies of shadow banning, algorithm rigging etc

It’s critical that users know how they’ve been unfairly silenced and screwed over in recent years

Thank you

— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) October 28, 2022

"'Most revered military leader' now joins 'austere religious scholar' and 'mourners' trying to storm our embassy as word choices that make normal people wonder whose side the American mainstream media is on."

“Most revered military leader” now joins “austere religious scholar” and “mourners” trying to storm our embassy as word choices that make normal people wonder whose side the American mainstream media is on pic.twitter.com/JR83xMYCtO

— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) January 3, 2020

"If you want to know what .@politico thinks about the victims of #Harvey, here is the cartoon they just tweeted, then deleted."

If you want to know what .@politico thinks about the victims of #Harvey, here is the cartoon they just tweeted, then deleted. pic.twitter.com/9cr0Ne2Z06

— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) August 30, 2017

Via Aaron Blake (at WaPo) who identifies 4 problems:

1. The "crassness" of making fun of people who are suffering.

2. The stark and negative stereotypes. (The "dismissive" attitude toward Christianity especially bothers Blake.)

3. The assumption that because it's Texas, people are conservative, when, in fact, Houston skews strongly Democratic.

4. The idea that "people who believe in smaller government and lower taxes believe everything should be privatized and that the government shouldn't be counted on to do anything."

Here's the second-highest-rated comment at WaPo:

I disagree completely. The cartoon epitomizes the essence of the rabid right-wingers ruling Texas, who insist that government IS the problem... until they need some government help. The hypocrisy of religious right fanatics like Cruz is so thick you could cut it with a spoon. Meanwhile, the PumpkinFührer in the White House hasn't drained the swamp, he's made it much, much worse. And remember, these are the same fanatics who insisted that President Obama was planning a forceful takeover of their State to remove all their guns. Personally, that would not have been a bad idea.

I wanted to call attention to that comment because we're talking about the idea of "pumpkin spice" Trump over in my post "After all the titillation and anguish of Houston, will the news media ever find its way back to the hate-Trump story?" I answer my question "no," based on signs that include the fact that the NYT has a front-page-teased article today on the early return of pumpkin spice products. In the comments, I said:

Suddenly, it's fall and everyone's into orange... and the President is orange! Just add cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves and everyone will love him.

That made me remember pumpkin spice Trump jokes from last year. In September, there was "Trump Launching New Pumpkin Spice Version of Himself to Woo White Women Voters." And, from Funny or Die: "Theory: Trump Rising in the Polls Because Voters Think He’s Pumpkin Spiced." 

With kids heading back to school and the first hints of an autumnal nip in the morning air, there is something about Trump’s rich cinnamon-orange skin, with its artificial hues of nutmeg, an ample yet airy frosting of whipped sugary golden-white strands sitting on top of it all, that just feels comfortable to certain folks as fall’s shorter, crisper days approach. It’s like a warm cup of cider. Or a comfy sweater. Or, yes, like delicious, delicious pumpkin spice. That’s right—Voters must think Donald Trump is pumpkin spiced.

And, most hilarious, on November 1st, just before the kick-in-the-head of Trump actually winning, "Ways Trump is like a Pumpkin Spice Latte":

1. Orange-ish
2. Liked by too many white people
3. Will hopefully go away after November