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conservative provocateur James O'Keefe recently attempted to ambush billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban while he was at the gym in an apparent 'gotcha' attempt, but it didn't work out as planned.

O'Keefe — who founded the far-right media outlet Project Veritas and is known for doctoring video and audio to suit GOP-aligned causes — had a run-in with Cuban as part of his ongoing efforts to discredit both vaccines and DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) initiatives. Cuban posted the highlights to his X (formerly Twitter) account, including a part of the conversation where he repeatedly insulted O'Keefe to his face with profanity.

"So @JamesOKeefeIII decided to ambush me during the water break of my workout class," Cuban tweeted. "I wanted to give the highlights as I enjoyed the conversation. First the part I enjoyed the most I asked him if he was recording this. (Of course he was). He wouldn’t answer. He kept mumbling s---. So I looked him in the eyes and called him a Motherf-----g P---y."

"I asked again. I think the 2nd time I may not have MF’d him," he continued. "The next 2 or 3 times I asked, as we were walking, and he deflected , I definitely called him a motherf-----g p---y."

In a subsequent tweet, Cuban elaborated that O'Keefe asked him specifically about Cuban's previous assertion that he was a "liar" regarding a video in which O'Keefe confronted a Pfizer official. While speaking about the Pfizer confrontation to an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), O'Keefe said that the video proved Pfizer "mutated" the Covid-19 virus. Cuban asserted to O'Keefe that there was never any mutation.

O'Keefe also apparently asked Cuban why he blocked Chinese student Wei Wu, who launched an online trolling campaign to have Cuban add her to the Dallas Mavericks roster and make her the first official female player in the NBA in the name of DEI. Cuban added that he at first just muted Wei, but then became annoyed at Wei's followers brigading the replies of his tweets, ultimately leading him to block her.

"I told him only a motherf-----g moron thinks DEI is about quotas," Cuban added. "[I]t was the middle of an hour leg day, I was going to MF everything lol."

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Occupy Unmasked is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Stephen Bannon and produced by David Bossie, which is critical of the Occupy movement and was produced by Citizens United Productions.

The documentary was released in limited theaters on September 21, 2012, distributed by Mark Cuban's Magnolia Pictures. Cuban stated "I don't have any politics" and that his company released the documentary solely "because we believe there is an audience for it" before the 2012 U.S. Presidential election.^[1]

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Synopsis

The film takes a critical look at the Occupy movement. Andrew Breitbart and producer Stephen Bannon contend that the Occupy movement is sinister, violent, and organized with the purpose of destroying the American government. The film also discusses allegations of rape, drug use, and property destruction at the Occupy encampments.^[2][3]

Premiere

The Occupy Unmasked premiere was introduced by Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann in a tent theater outside of Tampa Bay Times Forum during the 2012 Republican National Convention. 250 people identified as Occupy Wall Street demonstrators attempted to buy tickets but were turned away by the event organizers.^[4]

Reception

Writing in The Nation, Michael Tracey allows that it would be possible to sensibly criticize some aspects of the Occupy Movement, but nonetheless characterizes Occupy Unmasked as "total fantasy" and "a deranged hodge-podge of bizarre memes, wild dot-connecting and unadulterated fury."^[5] Reviews from right-leaning outlets were more positive, with Perry Chiaramonte of Fox News declaring that the "explosive" documentary raises many important questions about the roots and motivations of the Occupy movement, but fails to conclusively link the protests to the Obama administration.^[6]

References

Jump up Jay A. Fernandez (2012) Mark Cuban on Releasing 'Occupy Unmasked' Documentary Before the Presidential Election: 'I Don't Have Any Politics' Indiewire.com, 06 August 2012, accessed 28 November 2012
Jump up "Occupy Unmasked (2012) Synopsis - Plot Summary". Fandango.com. 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
Jump up "Occuoy Unmasked (2012". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
Jump up Bond, Paul (August 30, 2012). "2012 Republican Convention: 'Occupy' Screening Brings Cheers, Protests". hollywoodreporter.com. hollywood reporter. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
Jump up Tracey, Michael (9 October 2012). ""Occupy Unmasked" — Unmasked". The Nation. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
Jump up Chiaramonte, Perry (2012). "Breitbart film bares roots of 'Occupy' movement" 09 September 2012, accessed 27 November 2012

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