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NPR's Embarrassing Excuse, Another Socialist Victory, and Smug Serena Williams, with Matt Taibbi and Rob Finnerty | Ep. 1351
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Jussie Smollett's Pride Comeback and Cancel Culture's One-Way Ratchet
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Kelly plays video of Jussie Smollett dancing at Harlem Pride to the lyric 'I ain't hurt no more,' suggesting he's signaling a comeback. Finnerty notes Smollett is not a bad dancer, but that's beside the point: this is a man who staged a fake hate crime, humiliated Robin Roberts with a false interview, avoided meaningful jail time, and is now performing at a Pride headliner slot. [1] — Megyn Kelly "Jussie Smollett appeared at a Harlem Pride event dancing under the lyric 'I ain't hurt no more.' Finnerty and Kelly argue the episode confi…" 1:14:50 Finnerty makes a broader structural argument: cancellation simply does not apply to left-leaning public figures. He notes Matt Lauer — accused of far worse — has been largely absent for a decade, while Smollett, whose offense was fabricating a racial attack on MAGA supporters, is welcomed back within a few years. Kelly adds that Smollett was able to walk free partly because of COVID-related release conditions, and predicts he will get a second career in Hollywood because he is a 'leftist, gay, Black man' whose race hoax targeted the acceptable target.
Jussie Smollett appeared at a Harlem Pride event dancing under the lyric 'I ain't hurt no more.' Finnerty and Kelly argue the episode confirms there is no real cancellation on the left — a race-hoaxer who humiliated Robin Roberts and avoided meaningful jail time can simply re-emerge when the moment suits him.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker called Trump cognitively unfit. Finnerty points out the obvious: the same Democratic media ecosystem that suppressed Biden's visible cognitive decline for years — including Jake Tapper, who later wrote a book about it — now diagnoses Trump from the armchair. The hypocrisy is undeniable.
