DOGE's "Big Balls" Was Beaten Up--and Musk Is Already Lying About It

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19. That's a lot of disinformation for one OP.

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The OP is based on an opinion piece in The New Republic. TNR has labeled it "Breaking News," which is odd, because it didn't appear until 10:29 a.m. Wednesday morning, well after Trump's rant.

If you read the parts of the article that were left out here, you'll see it is clearly an opinion piece. Parts that do appear here have been so carefully edited as to be disinformation. From TNR:

While Trump and Musk claimed a brutal assault involving a gang of men, the MPD reported an unarmed carjacking, with only two 15-year-old suspects detained, a girl and a boy.

TNR's Malcolm Ferguson has left out an important fact. From elsewhere at DU:

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:21 AM: Here's the MPD report. It was "a group of approximately ten juveniles."

Two members of the group were caught. The rest fled.

Link to tweet

Will Sommer's tweet appeared twelve hours before TNR's article appeared, so Malcolm Ferguson had access to it.

Here's MPD's press release:

MPD Makes Two Arrests in Swann Street Attempted Carjacking

Tuesday, August 5, 2025
The Metropolitan Police Department announces the arrests of two suspects in an attempted unarmed carjacking that occurred in Northwest.

On Sunday, August 3, 2025, at approximately 3:00 a.m., the suspects approached the victims, who were standing next to their vehicle, in the 1400 block of Swann Street, Northwest. The suspects demanded the victim’s vehicle and then assaulted one of the victims. During the assault, an MPD cruiser pulled into the block causing the suspects to flee. Two of the suspects were apprehended by the on-scene officers. One of the victims was treated on scene by DC Fire and EMS for injuries sustained in the assault.

A 15-year-old juvenile male and a 15-year-old juvenile female, of Hyattsville, MD, were arrested and charged with Unarmed Carjacking.

This case is under investigation by MPD’s Carjacking Taskforce, which comprises MPD detectives and agents of the FBI Washington Field Office. Multiple suspects remain outstanding. Anyone who has knowledge of this incident should take no action but call police at [phone] or text your tip to the Department's TEXT TIP LINE at 50411.

The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $10,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for a violent crime committed in the District of Columbia.

CCN: 25117536

The two juveniles arrested were unarmed. As for the ones who fled, who knows?

DU's accelerating descent into spreading disinformation is disturbing.