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Justice Ginsburg’s family decries bestowing RBG award on Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch – Mother Jones

Posted: March 18, 2024 at 2:37 am

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On Wednesday, the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation announced the 2024 recipients of the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award. The winners: businessman Elon Musk, right-wing media kingpin Rupert Murdoch, lifestyle guru Martha Stewart, felonious Wall Streeter turned philanthropist Mike Milken, and actor Sylvester Stallone. The Foundation hailed these iconic individuals for their extraordinary achievements.

Veteran corporate lawyer Brendan Sullivan, who was Oliver Norths attorney during the Iran-contra scandal and who now chairs the RBG Award, noted, The honorees reflect the integrity and achievement that defined Justice Ginsburgs career and legend. And the chair of the foundation, Julie Opperman, a big Republican donor and the widow of publishing titan Dwight Opperman, who once was CEO of Thomson Reuters, remarked that the award embraces the fullness of Justice Ginsburgs legacy.

Attaching Ginsburgs name to Musk, who has amplified racist and antisemitic posts and ideas on X, and Murdoch, whose Fox News purposefully spread Trumps disinformation about the 2020 election and has repeatedly deployed falsehoods to challenge and undermine the values that Ginsburg fought for her entire life, seemed an odd and inappropriate choice. Thats what Ginsburgs family believes.

It has released a statement denouncing the awards:

The decision of the Opperman Foundation to bestow the RBG Womens Leadership Award on this years slate of awardees is an affront to the memory of our mother and grandmother, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Her legacy is one of deep commitment to justice and to the proposition that all persons deserve what she called equal citizenship stature under the Constitution. She was a singularly powerful voice for the equality and empowerment of women, including their ability to control their own bodies. As it was originally conceived and named, the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Woman of Leadership Award honored that legacy by recognizing an extraordinary woman who has exercised a positive and notable influence on society and served as an exemplary role model in both principles and practice. This year, the Opperman Foundation has strayed far from the original mission of the award and from what Justice Ginsburg stood for.

The Justices family wish to make clear that they do not support using their mothers name to celebrate this years slate of awardees, and that the Justices family has no affiliation with and does not endorse this award.

The statement noted that the Ginsburg familythe Supreme Court justice died in 2020fully supports the sentiments expressed in a letter Trevor Morrison, a professor of law at New York University and a former clerk for Ginsburg, sent to Julie Opperman on Friday. He wrote that he was appalled by the news of these awards. Morrison pointed out:

Justice Ginsburgs extraordinary legacy is one of a deep commitment to justice and to the proposition that all persons deserve what she called equal citizenship stature under the Constitution. She was a singularly powerful voice for the equality and empowerment of women, including their ability to control their own bodies. Beyond those substantive values, Justice Ginsburg had an abiding commitment to careful, rigorous analysis and to fair-minded engagement with people of opposing views.

It is difficult to see how the decision to bestow the RBG Award on this years slate reflects any appreciation foror even awareness ofthese dimensions of the Justices legacy. I will not single out any awardee individually, and I do not mean to raise the same objections about each of them. But I do mean to register in the strongest terms my concern that not everyone on this years slate reflects the values to which the Justice dedicated her career, and for which the Justice is rightly revered around the world.

According to Morrison, the foundation did not consult Ginsburgs family about the awardees. He informed Opperman that Ginsburgs two children, Jane and James Ginsburg, have indicated to me that, unless the original award criteria, as accepted by Justice Ginsburg, are restored, they very much want their mothers name to be removed from the award. He added, Each of this years awardees has achieved notable success in their careers, and each may well deserve accolades of one form or another. But the decision to bestow upon them the particular honor of the RBG Award is a striking betrayal of the Justices legacy.

Julie Opperman according to Federal Election Commission filings, is a major Republican donor. In 2016, she donated $50,000 to Rebuilding America Now, a super PAC founded by Paul Manafort and Tom Barracktwo top Trump advisersto support the Trump presidential campaign. That year, she also donated $2,700, the legal maximum, directly to the Trump campaign. In 2020 Opperman contributed $200,000 to Republican campaigns and PACs, including a $100,000 donation to the Take Back The House 2020 PAC and $92,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee.

The awards are to be handed out April 13 at a gala at the Library of Congress that will be part of an exclusive three-day event for 100 invited guests, which, according to the foundation, is the most anticipated in Washington, DC. With guests arriving from across the country and from around the world, gala chair Amy Baier said, we aim to make this as memorable an event for them as we are for these outstanding honorees. Yet with the Ginsburg family absent, it will be little more than a high-rent farce and an insult to her legacy.

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Elon Musk is letting Tesla loyalists cut the line and buy Cybertrucks before everyone else – Fortune

Posted: March 18, 2024 at 2:37 am

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Elon Musk Spotted on Rare Father-Son Outing With His and Grimes’ Son X A-XII – E! Online – E! NEWS

Posted: March 18, 2024 at 2:37 am

Elon'sfather is an engineer and like Elon, was born in South Africa. In the 2015 biography Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, author Ashlee Vance wrotethat Elon and his dad had a difficult relationship.In an emotional 2017 Rolling Stone interview, Elon criticized his father and talked about his upbringing, saying that after his parents split, he moved in withhis dad, which, he said,"was not a good idea."

However, Errol toldRolling Stone,"I love my children and would readily do whatever for them."

In a 2015 Forbesinterview, Elon's dad said he used to take his kids on trips overseas. "Their mother and I split up when they were quite young and the kids stayed with me," he said. "I took them all over the world."

After divorcing Elon's mother Maye, Errol married Heide, whose daughterJana Bezuidenhoutwas 4 years old at the time. Errol and Heide went on to havetwo daughters together beforethey, too, broke up.

Years later, Jana reached out to Errol following a breakup. "We were lonely, lost people," Errol explainedin a 2018 interview with The Sunday Times. "One thing led to anotheryou can call it God's plan or nature's plan." Either way, the duo welcomed son Elliott in 2017 and then a baby girl in 2019. As Errol put it to The Sun, "The only thing we are on Earth for is to reproduce. If I could have another child I would. I can't see any reason not to."

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Don Lemon says Elon Musk canceled his show on X after ‘tense’ interview – Entertainment Weekly News

Posted: March 18, 2024 at 2:37 am

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has announced the end of his partnership with X owner, Elon Musk.

The TV personality was days away from launching The Don Lemon Show, a new program to be released on the social media platform, when Musk pulled the plug. In a statement on X, Lemon revealed that he was informed of the decision just hours after filming a tense interview with Musk for the show.

Lemon added, We had a good conversation. Clearly he felt differently.

Although X will no longer debut the series, Lemon said that episodes including his conversation with Musk will still be available on YouTube and various platforms on March 18, the day it was slated to launch: While Elon goes back on his word, I will be doubling down on my commitment to free speech.

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In an Instagram follow-up video, Lemon offered more details about the disagreement.

Elon Musk is mad at me, he told followers. Theres a whole lot that went down and Im gonna tell you about it in the coming days.

Lemon, who was abruptly fired from CNN in 2023, went on to explain that he originally struck the deal because of his belief in freedom of speech. Speaking of free speech, I thought the first person to interview, no brainer, Elon Musk the man who calls himself a free speech absolutist,'" he said.

Though Musk willingly agreed to the interview, things took a turn while they were filming.

Throughout our conversation, I kept reiterating to him although it was tense at times I thought it was good for people to see our exchange, and that they would learn from our conversation, Lemon said. But, apparently free-speech absolutism doesnt apply when it comes to questions about him from people like me.

Following Lemons post, the X Business account shared a statement which read, The Don Lemon Show is welcome to publish its content on X, without censorship, as we believe in providing a platform for creators to scale their work and connect with new communities. However, like any enterprise, we reserve the right to make decisions about our business partnerships, and after careful consideration, X decided not to enter into a commercial partnership with the show.

From his own account, Musk voiced his criticisms of the program: His approach was basically just CNN, but on social media, which doesnt work, as evidenced by the fact that CNN is dying, he wrote. And, instead of it being the real Don Lemon, it was really just [former CNN boss] Jeff Zucker talking through Don, so lacked authenticity. All this said, Lemon/Zucker are of course welcome to build their viewership on this platform along with everyone else.

Aside from the canceled Don Lemon project, X has partnered with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, former Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, and sports talk show host Jim Rome to launch new shows.

Musk has called himself an advocate of free speech and often points to his buying Twitter (which he renamed X) and reinstating accounts that were permanently suspended under prior management including that of former President Donald Trump. That said, Musk has been heavily criticized for suppressing free speech since taking over the website, and has presided over X while several critics of the company have been banned and suspended from the platform.

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Don Lemon Reveals What May Have Spurred Elon Musk to Cancel His Deal With X – The Daily Beast

Posted: March 18, 2024 at 2:37 am

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon gave some context Wednesday for Elon Musks decision to cancel the newsmans forthcoming show on X, providing CNN with some clips of Lemons pre-recorded interview with the billionaire.

Speaking to former colleague Erin Burnett on Out Front about Musks change of plans, Lemon was asked how the reversal came about.

Thats a good question for Elon Musk, quite frankly. What happened, I dont know, Lemon said, before referring to his statement earlier Wednesday, in which he said he was informed of Musks decision hours after an interview I conducted with him last Friday.

While acknowledging the interview was tense in moments, Lemon said he still felt really good about it.

Musk, for his part, tried to explain away the controversy by saying that Lemon was somehow being controlled by ex-CNN chief executive Jeff Zucker.

His approach was basically just CNN, but on social media, which doesnt work, as evidenced by the fact that CNN is dying, Musk posted on X after news of Lemons cancellation broke.Instead of it being the real Don Lemon, it was really just Jeff Zucker talking through Don, so lacked authenticity. All this said, Lemon/Zucker are of course welcome to build their viewership on this platform along with everyone else.

Lemon responded by saying that Musks stated desire for free speech is maybe talking points for him.

CNN then aired a few contentious excerpts from their discussion, beginning with Lemon asking Musk about the rise of hate speech on his site.

Hate speech on the platform is up. Do you believe that X and you have some responsibility to moderate hate speech on the platform? That you wouldnt have to answer these questions from reporters about the great replacement theory as it relates to? Lemon asked before Musk replied.

I dont have to answer these questions, Musk said.I dont have to answer questions from reporters. Don, the only reason Im doing this interview is because youre on the X platform and you asked for it. Otherwise, I would not do this interview.

Lemon followed up: Do you think that you wouldnt get in trouble or you wouldnt be criticized for these things?

Musk replied that hes criticized constantly and that he couldnt care less.

Lemon later mentioned to Burnett the January trip Musk took to Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp, which he took amid furious backlash after he seemingly agreed with an antisemitic post claiming that Jewish communities have been pushing to replace white Americans with immigrants of color, a conspiracy theory commonly known as the great replacement theory. As a result of Musks post, several high-profile advertisers stopped spending on Xsomething Musk claimed was blackmail.

During his appearance on CNN Wednesday, Lemon said that Musk showed a blind spot when it comes to how the problematic ideas he pushes affects others.

He doesnt understand that that sort of rhetoric that he talks aboutthe great replacement theory and a migrant invasionthats what radicalized shooters used in their manifestos. Those exact words, Lemon said.

Mass shooters in New Zealand, California, Texas and New York have left manifestos citing the great replacement theory as inspiration.

It doesnt seem that he feels that he has any responsibility with [his online presence] because he seemed really averse to facts, Lemon continued. That facts did not matter to him. It didnt matter that he retweeted things that were offensive to people.

Later on, Lemon said he thinks Musk is getting information from right-wing bloggers or extremists.

When you go and look at the things that he points to, it is oftenquite oftenfrom extremist groups and extremist groups who are putting out information that is just false.

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Cognition Therapeutics to Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results

Posted: March 18, 2024 at 2:36 am

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