New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers can read a defense‚ but he recently got caught flat-footed by journalists. Whoopi Goldberg sings from the far-Left hymnal‚ so almost anything she says will be accepted or ignored by the very same press. Almost. The difference couldn’t be more striking. It’s also terrible given our divided times‚ and it fuels our unsustainable‚ two-tier society. Rodgers‚ whose refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine caused an uproar during the pandemic‚ often defies media narratives. He leaned into that spirit during a Jan. 2 chat on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show.” The subject? The Jeffrey Epstein files.     Rodgers‚ whose NFL season ended on Week One after rupturing his left Achilles tendon‚ referred to the list’s potential release on McAfee’s show. “A lot of people‚ including Jimmy Kimmel‚ are hoping that doesn’t come out‚” Rodgers said. Stop the presses! The media went into overdrive‚ skewering Rodgers for his fact-free suggestion that Kimmel should be personally worried about the contents. Story after story. Outlet after outlet. Kimmel joined the fray‚ and understandably so‚ knowing the media machine had his back and he had been personally besmirched.   Jimmy Kimmel calls Aaron Rodgers‚ “Karen Rodgers” pic.twitter.com/fIrkyZzZnx — OutKick (@Outkick) January 9‚ 2024   Finally‚ McAfee vowed to cut ties with Rodgers following the media melee. One comment from a quarterback caused all of the above. And‚ ultimately‚ Rodgers was wrong. He misused his media pulpit although the punishment hardly fit the “crime.” Even if some of his recent statements were more accurate‚ that initial comment deserved scrutiny.   Aaron Rodgers response to Jimmy Kimmel's monologue demanding an apology from Aaron -Aaron reminds everyone that Kimmel declared that the unvaccinated should not receive treatment -Kimmel said derogatory and false statements about safe drugs ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine… pic.twitter.com/rhoiox2GVJ — Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) January 9‚ 2024   Now‚ let’s see what Goldberg has said in recent days. On Jan. 8‚ the “Sister Act” star ranted against the usual suspects – Donald Trump and the GOP in toto. You’re worried that you can’t pay your bill? Wait until the other guy becomes president‚ and you won’t have to worry about it because you’ll be in some camp somewhere because that’s his promise. His promise to us is he’s going to force people to do his bidding. That’s what he said. I’m going to be good on day one‚ and I’m going to turn into this other person. She wasn’t done. Women don’t have reproductive rights anymore over their own bodies. Why? So they can have power over women. Why is French and Mandarin and Spanish being taken away from our public schools? So that we can be a monolithic — a monolingual society and can’t compete globally. The Republicans are intentionally dumbing down our electorate‚ erasing history‚ so that past can become prologue‚ and so they can remain in power! That’s unhinged‚ of course. The Republicans aren’t in power. The Left is erasing history by tearing down statues and removing “dead white men” from the culture. Fact-checking her comments‚ though‚ is pointless. It’s like showing a photograph of the earth from space to a Flat Earther. What’s the point? Except Goldberg was just warming up. You want everybody to have the ability to say how they feel‚ what they want‚ to move forward‚ or you don’t. Or do you want somebody who says‚ ‘I’m going to be‚ on day one‚ I’m going to be a dictator.’ Who says it to you‚ tells you‚ “I’m going to put you people away. I’m going to take all the journalists‚ I’m going to take all the gay folks‚ and I’ll move you all around and disappear you. If that’s the country you want‚ you know who to vote for. If that’s not the country you want‚ you have to make a decision.” Where to begin? Why even bother? It’s fact-free commentary that slanders a large portion of the country‚ and not just Trump‚ in the cruelest way possible. There’s no concrete evidence behind anything she says‚ and Trump had four full years in office and did nothing remotely like what she describes. If he’s Hitler 2.0 his patience is remarkable. It’s unprofessional‚ uncivilized and‚ coming from an august platform like ABC with a news division‚ wildly inappropriate. Plus‚ it makes the political divide in this country worse. Except the media heard it all and yawned. No response. No outrage. No fact-checks. Nothing. Rodgers endured a week-plus of condemnation. Goldberg gets a pass. Some conservative media outlets rightly reported on it. They didn’t demand Goldberg be censored for her rant. That’s not the point. Free speech matters. So does free debate. When a major media figure says what Goldberg did it should be called out‚ corrected or at the very least addressed. Not in a two-tier America‚ which we have at the dawn of 2024. MAGA-friendly protesters are thrown in jail for modest offenses. Christians get dragged from their homes while their kids watch in horror.     Storm the White House for the Palestine cause? No problem. Say the “n-word” in a private conversation‚ as Morgan Wallen did? Watch your career implode overnight. Use the “n-word” repeatedly in text messages‚ as First Son Hunter Biden did? No ramifications‚ unless you call his burgeoning art career a consequence. That’s just a sampling of the new two-tier landscape. The Goldberg vs. Rodgers divide may seem modest by comparison‚ but the implications are profound. Just imagine 10+ months of Goldberg’s rhetoric on the body politic‚ and much worse coming from MSNBC and CNN and other far-Left media outlets. Now‚ consider an improbable Trump victory on Election Day. What happens next? Do you want to end up in a “camp?” If not‚ what’s the next logical step? Those “mostly peaceful” protests circa 2020 may seem quaint by comparison. The media giving Goldberg a pass will play a role in that nightmare scenario.

A transgender golfer won a women's tournament earlier this week‚ and is now poised to snatch a Ladies Professional Golf Association tour card.Hailey Davidson – a biological male – placed first in the NXXT Women’s Classic on Wednesday at the Mission Inn Resort and Club in Howey-in-the-Hills‚ Florida. The win in the women's tournament propelled Davidson to the top of the NXXT tour's leaderboard. Davidson has notched 1‚320 points – the most in the NXXT and 150 points ahead of the second-place golfer. Davidson has notched two second-place finishes‚ plus placed in seventh and ninth place. There have been five NXXT events this year‚ and Davidson has played in all of them. There are eight more NXXT events scheduled. According to the New York Post‚ "Along with a trophy and the 500 league points given to the winner‚ Davidson was awarded $1‚576.51‚ increasing her season total to $4‚206.84‚ with a current career total of $5‚801.89 over 8 events."NXXT claims to be "facilitating unparalleled professional growth opportunities for women golfers."NXXT offers 10 exemptions to the Epson Tour – the LPGA's developmental tour – to its top five point leaders of the season.The Epson Tour has a mission "to prepare the world’s best young women professional golfers for a successful career on the LPGA Tour."More than 600 Epson Tour alumnae have earned LPGA Tour membership since it began in 1999‚ and has awarded $4 million in prize money to female golfers since 2022. Davidson took part in the Epson Tour Qualifying School in 2022‚ but failed to qualify for the Epson Tour.The LPGA Tour removed its “female at birth” requirement in 2010. Female golfer Cristie Kerr said at the time‚ "We don't need to comment on this because it's a dead issue. She can compete if she can qualify. We certainly don't want to discriminate against anybody; that's not what the LPGA is about."''It was just a formality more than anything‚'' Kerr added. ''It was just a piece of language that said female instead of female at birth. We're talking about two words."Golfweek reported in 2021‚ "Davidson began undergoing hormone treatments on Sept. 24‚ 2015‚ a date that’s tattooed on her right forearm‚ and in January‚ underwent gender reassignment surgery‚ a six-hour procedure that’s required under the LPGA’s Gender Policy."Davidson claimed to have lost 15 mph of “club head speed” as a result of the transgender transition‚ thus alleging to lose an advantage of being a biological male. Davidson wrote on Instagram in October 2022: "In total I was on Hormone Replacement Therapy for 5 years and 8 months‚ and also had full gender reassignment surgery (which was paid for by myself not the government) before the LPGA Tour and United States Golf Association all deemed me as eligible to compete."Davidson last competed as a male in 2015 at a U.S. Open local qualifying event at Admiral’s Cove in Jupiter‚ Florida.Davidson – born in Scotland – boasts on Instagram: "World’s 1st transgender person to win a professional golf tournament."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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