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🌊 Brigitte Macron and the Trans Theory
The accusations about Brigitte Macron and what they say about modern media
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By Max Frost
“We are revolting against this,” Candace Owens declared last week. “We are revolting against the perverts that run the world, and I want to be very clear here – I count you among them. I think you’re sick. I think you’re disgusting.”
Owens was addressing Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron. One of the world’s top podcasters, Owens gained that position by pushing the theory that Brigitte is a man. And not just a man: She states as fact that Brigitte is Emmanuel’s uncle and potentially part of a CIA-backed pedophile cabal that selects the world’s rulers.
Owens has pushed these claims as much as anyone can: “I would stake my entire professional reputation on the fact that Brigitte Macron is in fact a man,” she declared in March 2024.
Last week, the Macrons fired back with a 219-page, 22-count lawsuit accusing her of defamation-related offenses. Owens replied: “We are revolting against this. We are revolting against the perverts that run the world…On behalf of the entire world, I will see you in court.”
The story of how we got here is emblematic of the failure of the mainstream media. But how? And what’s Owens’ evidence and the lawsuit’s rebuttal? Those are the subjects of today’s deep-dive.
To understand Owens’ claims, we need to understand her rise – which began when she was a bullied teen at her Connecticut high school.
In 2007, at age 17, Owens’ classmates left racist voicemails on her phone, allegedly inducing anorexia and leading her to be homeschooled. The NAACP – which she would later call “one of the worst groups for black people” – took up her case and sued her school board for failing to protect her, winning her a $37,500 payout.
Within a few years, Owens found herself working at Vogue in New York City and launching her own blog, where she wrote articles including, “Donald Trump most likely has a penis the size of an infant,” and “The Republican Tea Party will eventually die off… peacefully, we hope.”
A few years later, in 2016, she attempted to launch her own online platform, SocialAutopsy.com, “A searchable database of people who spew hate online.” The site sparked a backlash, and critics responded by releasing Owens’ own personal details. Owens blamed the progressive left and said the experience made her a conservative “overnight.” Soon after, she launched a YouTube channel for black conservatives.
In the years that followed, she flew through the ranks of right-wing stardom, meeting with President Trump, becoming the communications director of pro-Trump student group Turning Point USA, and securing a show on Ben Shapiro’s The Daily Wire. Each year made her more of a firebrand. By last March, it had become too much: She declared that month, “I would stake my entire professional reputation on the fact that Brigitte Macron is in fact a man.”
Shapiro fired her from The Daily Wire days later – providing the perfect opportunity to go independent. Owens launched a podcast and used an eight-part investigation into Brigitte Macron’s gender to blow it up.
According to Owens, Brigitte was born Jean-Michel Trogneux.
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Tons of responses to yesterday’s email on Sydney Sweeney and Kamala Harris. If you missed it, read it here. Now, to those replies…
Kat from PA wrote:
If you’re from the perspective that all publicity is good publicity, I’d think it was a calculated risk on AE’s part since people are talking about the brand. I personally thought it was just a weird move. Why do a campaign about genes if you’re just going to use one hot, white, everywhere celeb? If you’re going to make a genes/jeans pun, why not have an array of models so that it doesn’t make people who dont fit the picture you’re using feel alienated?
I’ve also seen others (Chicks In The Office does a segment on this) talking about how as women, it kinda just feels like “oh i don’t look like Sydney Sweeney so those jeans wont work for me” instead of making people want to try on the jeans. Overall just weird vibes for me. (Maxes - be thankful you’ve never had to be a teen girl trying on the ever changing sizes of womens jeans before)
Kamala on Colbert isn’t a great move, but it’s expected. It’s what sets other Dems apart that ARE going on podcasts or shows with different views or where hard hitting questions are going to be asked. If Dems are going to rally, that’s where progress will be won.
Bob wrote:
Sydney Sweeney can do no wrong. Put that girl/ in all the ads.
I think you’re off base on Kamala though. She’s not my top choice, but hard to fault her for starting things off within her base stronghold. She’s still testing the waters and I don’t see it as crazy to test her core support first.
Luke wrote:
I’m not outraged and it hasn’t affected my probability of buying American eagle jeans, but I think we can say that the sweeny ad campaign is a little weird. A company promoting a type of genes, mentioning the blue eyes blonde hair thing - just feels icky. They shouldn’t be necessarily be punished for it, but they’re choosing to walk a very fine line.
Lucia from Los Angeles wrote:
I don't understand why Sydney Sweeney has become the poster girl for hate towards fit and pretty women. It shows that the whole "women supporting women” is a bunch of BS that's used when it's convenient in a particular narrative. As a central-liberal woman, this type of fake outrage from journalists and so-called influencers just for clicks is what has the rest of the country rolling our eyes. Stop punishing women for wanting to be and look healthy and fit.
And Tim wrote:
You nailed it. A corporations job is to tap into the market and make money. The ad is great, as it’s counter to all the woke BS we’ve been forced to see. The outrage from the screaming minority just gives it more fuel, and drives the point home even more. Enough is enough. The Liberals / Democrats say they support an all inclusive culture, just not this one apparently.
There’s NOTHING wrong with this ad campaign, and people just need to get over their highly sensitive selves, rather than expecting the world to change and cater to them.
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