{"id":2524909,"date":"2025-12-25T11:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T16:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-easy-to-lose-hope-but-twitter-x-has-gotten-massive-victories-we-never-would-have-gotten-in-the-past-and-even-more-wins-are-coming\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T11:21:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T16:21:24","slug":"its-easy-to-lose-hope-but-twitter-x-has-gotten-massive-victories-we-never-would-have-gotten-in-the-past-and-even-more-wins-are-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-easy-to-lose-hope-but-twitter-x-has-gotten-massive-victories-we-never-would-have-gotten-in-the-past-and-even-more-wins-are-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Easy to Lose Hope, but Twitter\/X Has Gotten Massive Victories We Never Would Have Gotten in the Past &#8211; and Even More Wins Are Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">52<\/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%2Fits-easy-to-lose-hope-but-twitter-x-has-gotten-massive-victories-we-never-would-have-gotten-in-the-past-and-even-more-wins-are-coming%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=2524909&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--><p>The article is an opinion piece praising Elon Musk&#8217;s 2022 purchase of Twitter (now X) as a turning point for free speech and investigative exposure.It credits X with bringing attention to stories and viewpoints the author says legacy media would suppress, including alleged sexual crimes by groups of Muslim men in the U.K., and critiques of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >transgender medical treatments &#8211; citing<\/a> a Department of health and Human Services-published study the author says highlights long-term harms from sex\u2011reassignment procedures. The piece also cites reporting on large-scale COVID\u2011relief fraud tied to Minnesota&#8217;s Somali community and notes that the Department of Education canceled roughly $350 million in DEI contracts after Christopher Rufo publicized programs on X. Politically, the author asserts that X helped inform voters about perceived failures and dishonesty by Democratic figures (naming Tim Walz, Kamala Harris, and Joe Biden) and claims the platform aided Donald Trump&#8217;s accomplished 2024 campaign. the article presents X as an vital, three\u2011year\u2011old tool for exposing wrongdoing and countering what the author views as harmful mainstream narratives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>With so much evil afoot, it&rsquo;s not hard to see why many God-fearing people would grow despondent. but take heart &mdash; there&rsquo;s great success to celebrate and more to come.<\/p>\n<p>Telsa CEO Elon Musk&rsquo;s purchase of Twitter in 2022 proved to be the catalyst for free speech needed on a platform notorious for censoring views that dissented from leftist dogma.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter &mdash; now X &mdash; has evolved from being a simple social media platform to an information hub where the most scathing of expos&eacute;s draw the public&rsquo;s attention to issues that would otherwise be suppressed or at best downplayed by the legacy media.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine what little would be known about the gangs of Muslim men plaguing Europe with their perverse, demonic urges to traffick and rape young girls in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>The official narrative was that all immigration to Europe is beneficial. We were told that these are a peaceful and civilized people that only enhance Europeans&rsquo; quality of life. Under X&rsquo;s former leadership, that would be the narrative flourishing.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Without Musk, transgender ideology would also likely go unchallenged, with only supposed benefits being put on a pedestal in favor of surgeries that mutilate children and adults alike.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is this madness constantly exposed, but medical experts are pushing back.<\/p>\n<p>In November, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/press-room\/hhs-releases-peer-reviewed-report-discrediting-pediatric-sex-rejecting-procedures.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">peer-reviewed study<\/a> published by the Department of Health and Human Services found that &ldquo;the harms from sex-rejecting procedures &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-abbott-to-texas-agencies-investigate-sex-change-procedures-for-trans-youths-as-child-abuse\/\" title=\"Gov Abbott to Texas Agencies: Investigate \u201cSex Change\u201d Procedures for Trans Youths as Child Abuse\">including puberty blockers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/very-complicated-dr-rachel-levine-dodges-sen-pauls-issue-about-sex-adjustments-for-children\/\" title=\"\u2018Very Complicated\u2019: Dr. Rachel Levine Dodges Sen. Paul\u2019s Issue About Sex Adjustments For Children\">cross-sex hormones<\/a>, and surgical operations &mdash; are significant, long term, and too often ignored or inadequately tracked.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Imagine trying to highlight such a study under X&rsquo;s old leadership.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz&rsquo;s state was exposed for its Somali population committing fraud to steal taxpayers&rsquo; money under the guise of COVID relief.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/29\/us\/fraud-minnesota-somali.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> reported that 59 people have been convicted &mdash; with hopefully more on the way &mdash; and that over $1 billion was stolen.<\/p>\n<p>In February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/government\/2025\/02\/17\/education-department-cancels-350m-contracts-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inside Higher Ed<\/a> reported that the Department of Education canceled 10 contracts worth over $350 million for diversity, equity, and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet reported this decision was made after Manhattan Institute senior fellow Christopher Rufo exposed several DEI programs being funded through the Department of Education on X.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, we cannot overlook the fact that X helped to secure President Donald Trump&rsquo;s second term.<\/p>\n<p>Because of Musk&rsquo;s purchase, the public knew about the constant lies of Walz after he was chosen to be former Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo; running mate.<\/p>\n<p>We were able to be reminded of Harris&rsquo; constant failures at the southern border under former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Further, we were also constantly reminded of Biden&rsquo;s cognitive deficiencies that led to his dropping out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>There are countless other examples of critical information the voter needed to know &mdash; and did &mdash; because X allowed the information to be made public.<\/p>\n<p>It has only been three years.<\/p>\n<p>With no shortage of evil in the world, X can hopefully continue to serve as an honest means of outing it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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