{"id":1393278,"date":"2022-03-22T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1393278"},"modified":"2022-03-22T08:01:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T12:01:27","slug":"7-times-the-babylon-bee-reported-history-before-it-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-times-the-babylon-bee-reported-history-before-it-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Times The Babylon Bee Reported History Before It Happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F7-times-the-babylon-bee-reported-history-before-it-happened%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1393278&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-2022-03-21T135132.188-1024x576-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After USA Today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/male-doctor-wins-woman-of-the-year-award\">named<\/a> Rachel Levine, the male head of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, one of its \u201cWomen of the Year,\u201d Twitter suspended popular satire site The Babylon Bee for bestowing a similar award on Levine: Man of the Year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>Twitter threatened to keep the account locked until the Bee deletes the satirical tweet, something CEO Seth Dillon has pledged not to do. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"H0skenD7Qmr5uMXmVP0N7skFo8jGIAzYqwt5SM4162KIT9ayauihpJcqf2ULgOcT\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;re not deleting anything. Truth is not hate speech. If the cost of telling the truth is the loss of our Twitter account, then so be it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SethDillon\/status\/1505674884222967810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>While Twitter struts its bully power to shut down free speech and keeps us all from our favorite source of <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">satire<\/span> accurate predictions of insanity, it\u2019s a good time to reflect on all the times the Bee has proven a more reliable source of news than corporate outlets like The Washington Post and CNN. Here are a few of the most memorable times the Bee\u2019s satirists predicted history before it was written.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"1-biden-briefs-tiktokers-on-foreign-wars\">1. Biden Briefs TikTokers on Foreign Wars<\/h2>\n<p>On August 16, 2021, the Bee wrote the satirical headline: \u201cBiden Administration Deploys Elite Squad Of TikTok Influencers To Stop Taliban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the Bee <a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/biden-administration-drops-elite-squad-of-tiktok-influencers-into-kabul-to-stop-taliban\/\">joked<\/a>: \u201c\u2018I\u2019m sorry it has come to this, but I\u2019m left with no other choice,\u2019 said Biden to a chocolate eclair in the Camp David situation room as beloved TikTok star Benny Drama and others parachuted from a C-130 into Kabul. \u2018If anyone can influence those Gen Z Taliban youth, it\u2019s those flamboyant youngsters.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But truth is stranger than satire, and seven months later after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Biden administration actually did call in a TikTok brigade. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recognize this is a critically important avenue in the way the American public is finding out about the latest so we wanted to make sure you had the latest information from an authoritative source,\u201d White House director of digital strategy Rob Flaherty said while <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/15\/bidens-tiktok-propaganda-puppets-will-be-rewarded-for-their-gullibility\/\">briefing<\/a> TikTok stars on the Biden administration\u2019s talking points about Ukraine: specifically, blaming Russia for rising gas prices here in the United States that have been climbing for a year under Biden\u2019s anti-oil policies.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"2-sources-say-trump-attacks-babies\">2. Make Your Groceries Stretch Further, You Poors<\/h2>\n<p>Just two weeks ago, the Bee took aim at the Biden administration\u2019s tone-deaf <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/09\/joe-biden-doesnt-want-your-gas-to-be-4-a-gallon-he-wants-it-to-cost-even-more\/\">suggestions<\/a> that rising gas prices and inflation create a great opportunity for Americans to cut back on our \u201cdependence on fossil fuels\u201d and buy expensive electric cars. \u201cBiden Admin Suggests Adding More Water To Your Instant Ramen To Feel More Full,\u201d the Bee <a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/add-more-water-to-your-instant-ramen-to-feel-more-full-says-biden-administration\">headlined<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Someone at Bloomberg News\u2019 opinion desk must have been reading the Bee, because three days later Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2022-03-13\/inflation-stings-most-for-those-earning-under-300-000\">published<\/a> Teresa Ghilarducci\u2019s tone-deaf piece \u201cInflation Stings Most If You Earn Less Than $300K. Here\u2019s How to Deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While she didn\u2019t mention ramen, Ghilarducci suggested Americans swap out eating meat in favor of lentils and beans. \u201cThough your palate may not be used to it, tasty meat substitutes include vegetables (where prices are up a little over 4%, or lentils and beans, which are up about 9%),\u201d she wrote, alongside recommendations like letting your pet die of cancer and selling your car.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"3-kamala-harris-goes-to-hillary-clinton-charm-school\">3. Kamala Harris Goes to Hillary Clinton Charm School<\/h2>\n<p>After six months of Vice President Kamala Harris snipping at reporters and laughing awkwardly at all the wrong times (plus all of her cringy campaign trail moments), the Bee wrote a July 2021 piece <a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/to-improve-public-perception-kamala-harris-takes-likability-lessons-from-hillary-clinton\">entitled<\/a> \u201cTo Improve Public Perception, Kamala Harris Taking Likability Lessons From Hillary Clinton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bee\u2019s satirists wrote: \u201c\u2018First things first Kamala,\u2019 explained Clinton. \u2018Next time you\u2019re tempted to cackle uncontrollably, just call half of the U.S. \u2018a basket of deplorables\u2019 instead.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But in December, it came out that Kamala actually was turning to Hillary for advice on how to be more popular. \u201cFaced with declining approval ratings, a series of staff departures and a drumbeat of criticism from Republicans and the conservative news media, she has turned to powerful confidantes, including Hillary Clinton, to help plot a path forward,\u201d The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/23\/us\/politics\/kamala-harris-biden-administration.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe two speak every few months on the phone; in November, Mrs. Clinton visited Ms. Harris in her West Wing office.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"4-california-lets-men-into-women-s-prisons\">4. California Lets Men into Women\u2019s Prisons<\/h2>\n<p>All the way back in 2017, the Bee <a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/inclusivity-win-state-california-make-prisons-gender-neutral\">wrote<\/a> the headline \u201cInclusivity Win: State Of California To Make All Prisons Gender-Neutral.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI promise you that felt outlandish in 2017,\u201d the Bee\u2019s Editor in Chief Kyle Mann said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-cdBZ0jubWM\">video<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>But sure enough, in September 2020, California Gov. Gavin Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/insidecdcr\/2020\/09\/29\/governor-newsom-signs-senate-bill-132-to-respect-gender-identity-during-incarceration\/\">signed<\/a> a law to let \u201ctransgender, non-binary and intersex\u201d inmates pick which sex to identify with and be housed accordingly. In the first few months after the law went into effect, the state received <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/04\/22\/new-california-law-could-put-male-serial-rapists-into-womens-prisons\/\">hundreds<\/a> of transfer requests, mostly from men hoping to be moved to women\u2019s prisons.<\/p>\n<p>After fears and reports of rape, California\u2019s solution was to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/08\/12\/california-dishing-out-condoms-to-female-inmates-after-newsom-forces-them-to-live-with-men\/\">pass out condoms<\/a> to female inmates. Just in January, a leaked memo from Biden\u2019s Department of Health and Human Services <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/05\/leaked-biden-plan-would-house-violent-men-in-womens-prison-cells\/\">indicated<\/a> the administration\u2019s plans to follow suit in federal prisons as well. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"5-people-who-thought-2016-election-was-rigged-say-2020-was-foolproof\">5. People Who Thought 2016 Election Was Rigged Say 2020 Was Foolproof<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cStudy Finds Connection Between Believing Russia Rigged 2016 Election And Believing 2020 Election Was Foolproof,\u201d the Bee <a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/study-finds-people-who-screamed-about-russia-for-last-4-years-have-100-chance-of-now-believing-elections-are-foolproof\">wrote<\/a> in mid-November 2020. \u201cIf you believed that Vladimir Putin somehow hacked voting machines, purchased a bunch of memes, and raised an army of millions of Russian bots to disrupt the election and get Donald Trump elected, you certainly now believe that our elections are completely safe and secure,\u201d the Bee said, citing a pretend researcher.<\/p>\n<p>Just days later, a poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/its-only-free-and-fair-when-we-win\/\">reported<\/a> that 91 percent of Democrats believed Biden\u2019s election was \u201cfree and fair,\u201d compared with 43 percent who said the 2016 election of Donald Trump was trustworthy.<\/p>\n<h2>6. Sources Say Trump Attacks Babies<\/h2>\n<p>A month before the 2020 presidential election, the Bee <a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/anonymous-white-house-source-claims-trump-punched-a-baby\">published<\/a> \u201cAnonymous White House Source Claims Trump Punched A Baby,\u201d writing \u201cThe media has reached out to the baby, who chooses to remain anonymous. According to media investigators, the baby, in his first words, has anonymously endorsed Biden for president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Mediaite apparently couldn\u2019t take the joke about the insane, baseless attacks that corporate outlets and anonymous \u201csources\u201d have ginned up about the former president. Four days later, Mediaite\u2019s Tommy Christopher published a video and an accompanying article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/watch-98-times-trump-disparaged-babies-by-using-them-as-an-insult\/\">titled<\/a> \u201cWATCH: 98 Times Trump Disparaged Babies By Using Them as an Insult\u201d and going to bat for the sensitivities of \u201cinfanto-Americans.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the interest of posterity, especially all the babies who are currently too stupid or busy ruining America to understand them right now, we\u2019ve compiled examples, which you can watch above,\u201d he wrote in a piece that wasn\u2019t satire (but should have been).<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"7-anything-leftists-disagree-with-is-violence-and-will-get-you-deplatformed\">7. Anything Leftists Disagree with Is Violence (And Will Get You Deplatformed)<\/h2>\n<p>Way back in 2018, the Bee <a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/violence-officially-redefined-as-literally-anything-at-all-that-makes-you-feel-the-slightest-discomfort\/\">joked<\/a> \u201cViolence Officially Redefined As \u2018Literally Anything At All That Makes You Feel The Slightest Discomfort.&#8217;\u201d That was before the 2020 summer of rage, of course, when even literal silence was deemed \u201cviolence\u201d while scenes of burning cities were described moronically by corporate journalists as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/08\/27\/cnn-chyron-on-kenosha-fiery-but-mostly-peaceful-protests-after-police-shooting\/\">mostly peaceful<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Twitter\u2019s own actions against the Bee have helped cement this once-comedic headline into reality. In its message threatening to keep the Bee\u2019s account locked until its satirical-but-actually-factual story about Rachel Levine is taken down, Twitter invoked its rules against \u201chateful conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou may not promote violence against, threaten, or harass other people on the basis of \u2026 gender identity,\u201d the rules note, despite no indication that the Bee\u2019s article did anything remotely resembling violence, threats, or harassment. \u201cWe applaud this precious and perfectly made child of God for all his accomplishments and hope he stays true to who God made him to be,\u201d the piece <a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/the-babylon-bees-man-of-the-year-is-rachel-levine\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The joke is on Twitter. Not only is the Big Tech bully showing its ridiculous vendetta and giving the Bee a lot of publicity, it\u2019s also helping the Bee\u2019s prophesies come true.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Elle Reynolds is an assistant editor at The Federalist, and received her B.A. in government from Patrick Henry College with a minor in journalism. You can follow her work on Twitter at @_etreynolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After USA Today named Rachel Levine, the male head of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, one of its \u201cWomen of the Year,\u201d Twitter suspended popular satire site The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":500,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1393278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/500"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1393278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1393278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1393278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1393278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}