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‘I appreciate Elon for allowing me to vent;’ Kanye West’s X account goes dark

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‘I appreciate Elon for allowing me to vent;’ Kanye West’s X account goes dark

After days of firing off hate-filled posts to the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Kanye West’s account has gone dark.

Kanye West, otherwise known as “Ye,” wrote a farewell post on Sunday night hours after his Super Bowl ad aired, advertising his shoe brand Yeezy.

“I’m logging out of Twitter,” the artist wrote. “I appreciate Elon for allowing me to vent. It has been very cathartic to use the world as a sounding board.”

Elon Musk, owner of X, did not publicly reply to West’s note or the disappearance of his account as of Sunday night.

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On Saturday, Friends star David Schwimmer spoke out against West’s X rampage, calling out Musk for being complicit.

“We can’t stop a deranged bigot from spewing hate filled, ignorant bile… but we CAN stop giving him a megaphone, Mr. Musk,” Schwimmer said in an Instagram post. “Kanye West has 32.7 million followers on your platform, X. That’s twice as many people than the number of Jews in existence.”

According to Billboard, West was initially banned from X in October 2022 for antisemitic posts, briefly reinstated in November, then re-suspended later that month. 

Musk reinstated West’s account eight months later, according to Billboard.

In the past week alone, some of West’s most controversial posts to X included antisemitic claims such as “I’m a Nazi,” and “I love Hitler.”

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Schwimmer’s post also mentioned West’s posts that said “I’m racist,” “I’m never apologizing for my Jewish comments,” and more.

“Silence is complicity,” Schwimmer’s post concluded.

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L.A. police in pursuit of suspected car thief

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L.A. police in pursuit of suspected car thief

Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department are in pursuit of a person behind the wheel of a vehicle that has been reported stolen. Preliminary, though unconfirmed, details suggest the suspect stole the vehicle, a 2012 Hyundai, in downtown L.A., near the intersection of 7th and Figueroa streets. The suspect is believed to have struck […]

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2 women killed after being struck by BMW in Orange County intersection

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2 women killed after being struck by BMW in Orange County intersection

An investigation is underway after two women were struck and killed by a driver in Orange County on Monday night. Dispatchers received multiple 911 calls around 9 p.m. reporting that a BMW had hit two pedestrians at the intersection of Magnolia and Cerritos avenues in Stanton, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson confirmed. When deputies […]

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Jurors to decide who's financially responsible for Iskander boys' deaths

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Jurors to decide who's financially responsible for Iskander boys' deaths

Closing arguments were held today in the civil trial to determine the financial responsibility for the deaths of 11-year-old Mark Iskander and 8-year-old Jacob Iskander, who were hit and killed while crossing the street with their family in Westlake Village in September of 2020. Jurors will decide how much responsibility two defendants bear for the […]

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