Afternoon Dispatch

Democrats Plumb the Depths

2026-04-24T07:09:00Z

The Afternoon Dispatch is written by BillOReilly.com staff.

Did you hear the one about the Michigan Democratic Party? Unfortunately, it's not a joke. The state’s Dems just nominated a fellow named Amir Makled to serve on the University of Michigan Board of Regents. The nominee has enthusiastically shared posts that praise the terror group Hezbollah and refer to Jews as ‘demons.’ Just imagine how comfortable Jewish students will feel knowing that a virulent anti-Semite will oversee their education.

Elsewhere in the Wolverine State, ultra-radical Abdul El-Sayed is running for the United States Senate and may well win the Democratic primary. He recently mocked Vice President JD Vance and his Indian-American wife, Usha, for having ‘brown kids.’ El-Sayed also proudly appeared alongside Hasan Piker, the popular and radical podcaster who said 'America deserved 9/11' and praised mass murderer Mao Zedong as a ‘great leader.’ It’s been pointed out that Abdul El-Sayed, as his rhetoric grows more unhinged, keeps rising in popularity among Democrats.

Elsewhere in the party, Senator Chris Murphy and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz paid a visit to a gathering of lefties in Spain, which has embraced anti-Americanism more than any other European nation. Ignoring the adage that ‘politics stops at the water’s edge,’ Murphy and Walz vied to see who could be the most despicable. The senator declared that President Trump is ‘trying to end our democracy,’ but the governor went beyond that.

‘We’ve got a feeble-minded, trigger-happy president,’ Walz screamed, adding the mandatory accusation that Donald Trump is a fascist. Don’t forget, these clowns did this while their nation is embroiled in a war that they seem to want the USA to lose. Exaggeration? Well, upon returning home, Senator Murphy came across a post claiming that Iranian ships had evaded the US naval blockade. His one-word response: ‘awesome.’ Murphy claimed he was engaging in ‘satire,’ but that rings as hollow as he is.

Put simply, the party of JFK and Bill Clinton has become unrecognizable, populated by the likes of Zohran Mamdani, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Jamie Raskin. The Congressional Progressive Caucus has nearly 100 members, all of them crazed to varying degrees. What about leadership? Top Dem Chuck Schumer went on the floor of the Senate to declare that FBI Director Kash Patel is a drunkard. Schumer was quoting from a hit piece in The Atlantic that relied solely on anonymous sources.

Democrats, once staunch supporters of Israel, have abandoned that nation as their constituents lean into Marxism and Islamism. Last week, 40 Senate Dems voted to block the sale of weapons to Israel, and things are going from atrocious to worse. The newest member of Congress is Democrat Analilia Mejia, winner of a special election in New Jersey. She accuses Israel of ‘genocide,’ demands the abolishment of ICE, and will fit right in with ‘The Squad.’ Hating Israel is now a badge of honor on that side of the aisle, and at least one prominent Jew has had enough. Famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz just announced that he is a registered Republican after 67 years as a Democrat. His rationale: ‘The hard left, anti-Israel wing of the Democratic Party has moved from the fringe to the mainstream.’

But most self-described ‘progressives’ are sticking with the Democrats, united largely by a hatred of Donald Trump that supersedes love of country and common sense. Many modern Democrats will follow their party off a cliff, which is precisely where it seems to be heading.

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California, Republicans Need Not Apply

2026-04-17T07:29:00Z

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150 years ago, the British historian Lord Acton wrote one of the world’s most-quoted observations about politics. ‘Power tends to corrupt,’ he declared, ‘and absolute power corrupts absolutely.’ Lord Acton probably never heard of California, which was then a newly formed state, but his adage comes to mind today.

California has essentially become a far wealthier and more beautiful version of North Korea, a place where one party rules with an iron fist. The numbers speak volumes:t the State Assembly and the State Senate are both 75% Democratic supermajorities. California has 52 representatives in Washington, out of which seven are Republicans, and both Senators are left-wing Democrats. But more than quantity is the quality of the elected officials.

The odious Eric Swalwell was merely a bit player, a footnote in a volume of corruption and deceit. Senator Adam Schiff made his name by lying about Donald Trump’s ‘collusion’ with Russia and seemed to have spare bedrooms at MSNBC and CNN. His Senate colleague Alex Padilla managed to grab some attention by storming the stage where Kristi Noem was speaking and getting cuffed in the process.

In the House, it would be an insult to Star Wars to compare California’s delegation to that movie's bar scene. 40-year veteran Nancy Pelosi, aka the Wizard of Wall Street, recently won her San Francisco district with 73% of the vote. 87-year-old Maxine Waters lives in a mansion that’s not even in her district, while Congresswoman Lateefa Simon was among the leaders in the absurd ‘defund the police’ movement. California’s cities are run by incompetent loons like Castro-loving Karen Bass in Los Angeles and Barbara Lee in Oakland.

One-party rule has staggering costs in both money and human lives because there is absolutely no electoral competition, no incentive to expose fraud. The folly of a bullet train connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco has gone way off the rails, with the cost estimate ballooning from $33 billion to $126 billion. Imagine how many people have gotten very wealthy from the train to nowhere. Soon after the wildfires in SoCal, LA Mayor Karen Bass promised that the recovery would be ‘the fastest in California history.’

According to Politico, 34 homes have been built in the devastated area so far. The latest California scandal is massive fraud in hospice care; an anti-fraud task force estimates the cost at $600 million. No one will be surprised if it turns out that many of those millions went to Democratic politicians who greased the skids and looked the other way.

So what’s next for the once-Golden State? Eric Swalwell has taken his sullied hat out of the ring, leaving two prominent Democrats in the upcoming primary. One is the execrable Katie Porter, famous for berating staff and dumping scalding mashed potatoes on a former husband. The other is billionaire Tom Steyer, who wants ICE agents arrested and makes Gavin Newsom look like Ronald Reagan. On the Republican side, conservative former Fox News host Steve Hilton believes he has a fighting chance and actually leads in some polls. But his support is in the 18% range, and it’s a steep uphill battle in a state where Democrats dominate.

Ironically, Hilton was born in England, also home to the aforementioned Lord Acton. One Brit lamented the terrible damage inflicted by absolute power; another Brit may be California’s best chance to end the absolute corruption that has engulfed America’s most beautiful state.

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The Shame of the Left, Hoping for Failure

2026-04-10T07:00:00Z

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Imagine hating Donald Trump so much that you root against your own country. We no longer need to imagine; we see evidence every single day among many Democrats and their comrades in the anti-Trump media.

The latest examples were on full display when the president agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran. Just minutes after the deal was announced, MS NOW’s Symone Sanders, without batting a massive eyelash, declared this: ‘Donald Trump just caved, backing down from his fake deadline.’ Sanders is a former aide to Bernie Sanders, so she fits right in with the network’s stable of crazies. Over on CNN, Erin Burnett accused the president of chickening out. And even before the ceasefire, CBS’s Margaret Brennan was exceedingly tough on guests from the administration, while treating Iran’s foreign minister with kid gloves. The airwaves are overflowing with hosts and pundits who seem to revel in what they consider bad news for the president. And, like turning water into wine, they can miraculously transform anything into bad news. They blame Trump when oil prices rise, and the stock market falls; they blame Trump when the inverse occurs.

Turning to politics, here’s a riddle: What is the shortest length of time known to mankind? It’s the time that elapsed between the ceasefire and the cavalcade of Democrats complaining on friendly media outlets. You know them by now – Murphy, Auchincloss, Van Hollen, Tlaib, et al. Most warned (hoped??) that Iran would win the war, then bellyached because the ceasefire is a ‘bad deal.’ Does anyone doubt that many Democrats wake up every morning hoping to read bad news about the USA war effort? And does anyone doubt that, while they mouthed the right words after the miraculous Easter rescue of a downed airman, they were not pleased with that American military success?

These are very serious accusations, and nothing like this has happened before, at least when a war is barely a month old. Some radicals actively rooted for a US defeat in Vietnam, but that came after years of fighting. Jane Fonda’s traitorous visit to North Vietnam, where she proudly posed with an anti-aircraft gun, was in 1972, seven years after LBJ’s escalation. Some prominent Democratic Senators, most notably Robert F. Kennedy and George McGovern, opposed that war, but no one in Congress was actively cheering on our enemies.

To see how this is all playing out in Democratic politics, just look north to Massachusetts. Senator Ed Markey, who has been in DC since the Carter era, will soon turn 80 and is desperately trying to cling to his seat. ‘Donald Trump has surrendered, not the Iranians,’ he pronounced. The elderly senator is being challenged from the left by perpetually scowling Congressman Seth Moulton, who calls the president ‘incredibly senile’ and ‘clearly off his rocker.’ Both men obviously feel that the path to victory is paved with vitriol against the president, not against the terrorists running Iran.

This chapter was summed up nicely by long-time journalist John Fund, who put it this way: ‘This is the first war that I have ever experienced, or frankly have read about, in which the American news media is quietly and behind-the-scenes wishing for the war to go badly, largely because of antipathy towards President Trump.’ That's hard to dispute. Psychologists are actively studying the malady we all know as ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome,’ which causes otherwise sane people to act bizarrely. There can be no better example than this current moment in time, when even love of country is eclipsed by an all-consuming loathing of one man in the White House. 'Shameful' doesn't even begin to describe it.

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Media Bias, Thy Name is Abby Phillip

2026-04-03T18:36:00Z

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If you need a chuckle, here’s how CNN touts its ‘NewsNight’ show hosted by Abby Phillip. The once-respected network claims the host is ‘driven by the facts and pursuit of the truth.’ In fact, she is the dishonest ringleader of a shout fest that is a modern version of The Jerry Springer Show. Springer’s guests threw punches; Phillip’s rowdy gang hurls insults and invective.

CNN also boasts that the show is the network’s third-most-watched program, which is akin to being the third-ranking Ayatollah on February 28th. On a good night, if there is such a thing with NewsNight, Phillip attracts about 800,000 viewers, far behind the competition on Fox News and MS NOW. The show matches the audience of the Ultimate Baking Championship on the Food Network, but is far less savory.

But ratings aren’t the main reason the show and its host are widely ridiculed; far worse is the total absence of fairness and honesty. The conservative Media Research Center recently endured ten episodes of NewsNight and – spoiler alert! – discovered that Phillip argued with conservative guests 127 times compared to just three times with liberals. By our admittedly rusty math, that’s a ratio of 42 – 1. Heckuva job, Abby.

Phillip was in peak form Wednesday night after President Trump spoke to the nation about the war in Iran. She characterized the speech as dishonest, duplicitous, repetitive, and worthless. That is par for the course - Phillip doesn’t even try to disguise her loathing of Donald Trump and everything he does. A few days ago, when a guest praised the war effort, Abby quickly pointed out that Iran is doing just fine and ‘making twice as much money as they were making before.’ Were she injected with an effective truth serum, we suspect Abby would admit she’s hoping for a USA debacle.

And it’s not just Iran. When Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was confronted by a hostile man at a rally, Phillip blamed none other than Donald Trump. And remember when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made a fool of herself in Munich with her nonsensical answer about Taiwan? Dear Abby offered this defense: ‘Are we really going to pretend that the actual president of the United States has not made similar or perhaps worse flubs on the global stage?’ One of her most egregious blunders came when ISIS-inspired young men threw explosives at anti-Islam protesters in New York City. She falsely characterized it as a ‘terror attack against New York’s Mayor Zohran Mamdani’ and was forced to apologize a day later.

Abby admits that CNN and her show skew ‘center left,’ but most honest observers would omit the ‘center’ part. She let the mask slip during an interview with the ever-lovely Joy Reid. ‘Conservatives are living in a completely different information world,’ Phillip declared, adding that those on the right ‘don’t even hear the facts.’ No one is claiming that Abby Phillip, who studied government at Harvard, is a stupid person, but she sure does a good job of playing that role on TV. When not arguing with a conservative, she wears a blank stare that brings to mind the word ‘vapid.’

Right now, CNN’s ratings-challenged hosts are looking over their collective shoulders as the network’s parent company is likely to be swallowed up by Paramount. Will the new owners make some dramatic changes to boost those miserable ratings? And will Abby Phillip make the cut? Those are unanswerable questions right now, but we do hear that Jim Acosta and Don Lemon are looking for work.

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

2026-03-27T07:04:00Z

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… Who’s the Most Despicable Chris of All?

One side of the Senate chamber is filled with Democrats who view Donald Trump with loathing and revulsion. You know their names: Schiff, Blumenthal, Warren, Schumer, et al. But right now two fellas named Chris are vying to be, as Sinatra put it, ‘king of the hill, top of the heap.’ Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Chris Murphy of Connecticut have much in common. They were born into wealth and privilege, attended elite universities and law schools, and worked their way up the political ladder. No doubt both men, as is said about most Senators, look in the mirror and see a future president smiling back at them.

But winning the Democratic nomination requires more than breeding and smarts. These days, any ambitious Democrat must demonstrate pure disdain for the current occupant of the Oval Office. Much like a pastor offering a daily benediction, Murphy and Van Hollen put forth near-daily denunciations of Donald Trump. Van Hollen seemed to be the winner last week when he declared that he believes Tehran tyrants over his own president. Murphy responded with an implication that the Trump family is enriching itself by trading oil futures. With absolutely no proof, he accused them of ‘mind-blowing corruption.’

Chris & Chris have a rich history of saying and doing whatever it takes to prove their anti-Trump bona fides. Van Hollen notoriously went on a pilgrimage to visit illegal alien and alleged wife-abuser Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Not to be outdone, Murphy has actually asserted that illegal aliens are ‘the people we care about most.’ He also referred to illegals as ‘undocumented Americans,’ a novel term that earns big bonus points in the virtue sweepstakes. The less-than-dynamic duo is in lockstep on most issues, and a website called ‘ProgressivePunch’ ranks both in the top ten of most reliable left-wingers in the Senate. And of course, both are regulars on the anti-Trump cable networks. When MS NOW or CNN needs someone to trash the White House, either Chris will suffice.

So what’s next for Chris Van Hollen and Chris Murphy, aside from those regular TV appearances with Rachel and Jake, Dana and Jen? Murphy has launched a political action committee devoted to opposing President Trump while, of course, ‘saving Democracy.’ Beltway types see it as an indication of his presidential ambitions.

Meanwhile, last week, Van Hollen hatched a plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest and supposedly lower taxes for the less well-off. It’s a move one might expect from a guy who is already mentally decorating the Oval. One thing is certain: Both men will continue to slander and scorn Donald Trump and everything he does. It’s pretty obvious that they are rooting for failure at home and defeat abroad and will do anything to harm the president.

One irony is that the name ‘Christopher’ is based in Greek and means ‘carrier of Christ.’ These two Christophers are not exactly Christ-like in their shared obsession to destroy one man, even if it means damaging their nation in the process.

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The Death of Dr. Doom

2026-03-20T07:00:00Z

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Doom sells. Always has, always will. One of the greatest purveyors of doom was Dr. Paul Ehrlich, who died last week at age 93. In 1968, Ehrlich wrote his famous screed ‘The Population Bomb,’ which became one of the most influential books of the 20th century.

The book’s first line said it all: ‘The battle to feed all of humanity is over.’ Ehrlich confidently predicted that ‘hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death’ in the very near future. His crystal ball also told him that Earth’s population would shrink to 1.5 billion because of food shortages; in fact, today more than 8 billion people are on the planet, most of them at least adequately fed. But the book inspired tremendous fear, almost panic, and some nations took drastic measures to curb population growth. According to Smithsonian Magazine, in China alone, millions of women were forcibly sterilized.

The not-so-good doctor was wrong about pretty much everything. Much like the British doomsayer Thomas Malthus two centuries earlier, Ehrlich didn’t account for human ingenuity and technological advances. Scientists invented new ways to grow more crops than ever imagined, the population kept growing, and mass starvation never occurred. Still, after Paul Ehrlich died, the reliably ridiculous New York Times said his predictions were ‘premature.’ Not dead wrong, but premature.

The Times and other leading liberal lights probably also think that Al Gore’s predictions were premature. While Ehrlich gained widespread fame, Gore made a fortune by preaching the gospel of ‘global warming,’ aka climate change. The former VP has amassed a net worth estimated at $300-million by prophesying the end of the world as we know it. He predicted the snow on Mt. Kilimanjaro would vanish, seas would rise by 20 feet, and severe heat would lead to mass migration. When it came to accuracy, Al Gore is perhaps rivaled only by Paul Ehrlich.

All this is nothing new. ‘Experts’ have been predicting doom for thousands of years, whether from famine or flood or pestilence or nuclear winter. There is a market for stark pessimism, which may be a function of human nature. And without getting too deep into politics, data show that people on the left are more prone to believing the worst. Very few conservatives took Al Gore seriously, but he remains a venerated figure among many lefties, invited to share his wisdom at the most prestigious conferences.

As for Dr. Doom, just three years ago, the once-respected ’60 Minutes’ devoted a segment to Paul Ehrlich, during which he repeated many long-debunked claims. There are ‘too many people,’ he proclaimed, adding that ‘humanity is not sustainable.’ Correspondent Scott Pelley looked on with awe and admiration. And just last week, while snowstorms pummeled much of the country, CNN predicted that ‘human-caused climate change’ will soon unleash a disastrous heat wave. Maybe it was one more chance to spread fear before the new owners cause a true climate change at CNN.

In 1980, Paul Ehrlich made one of the most publicized wagers in modern history when he bet economist Julian Simon that five key minerals would rise in price over the coming decade because of inevitable shortages. All five commodities got cheaper, and Ehrlich was the big loser. Of course, it's entirely possible that the New York Times has it right and Ehrlich’s apocalyptic predictions were not wrong, merely ‘premature.’ Perhaps starvation and mass death are right around the corner after all.

But a word of advice: Don’t bet on it!

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New York-istan on the Hudson

2026-03-13T07:08:00Z

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There have been some disturbing reports coming out of Gracie Mansion, the stately home of New York City mayors since 1942 (with the exception of billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who didn’t want to downsize). The current occupants are Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, both of whom have been making news for all the wrong reasons.

We begin with the First Lady, who was born in Texas to very wealthy Syrian Muslim parents and spent part of her childhood in the Middle East. After the wicked slaughter of Jews on October 7, 2023, Duwaji came across social media posts celebrating the massacre. One post called the mass rape a hoax that had been ‘fabricated,’ another accused Israel of a ‘vile land grab.’ The stylish, designer-clad Duwaji moved her manicured fingers and consciously hit ‘like’ to these and many other vile posts.

She was already in a relationship with also-wealthy Zohran Mamdani, a failed rapper and member of the New York Assembly. Asked about his wife’s hate-filled history last week, Mayor Mamdani brushed it off by saying she is a ‘private person’ and holds no official office. One might reasonably wonder what might have ensued had Mayor Giuliani’s wife had ‘liked’ social media posts applauding the Oklahoma City bombing.

The perpetually smiling Mr. Mayor has also raised some eyebrows with his own words and deeds. Last weekend, two teenage terrorists tossed homemade bombs during a protest near Gracie Mansion. The young men admired ISIS and expressed a wish to kill dozens, but the mayor found a way to note that the initial protest was ‘rooted in white supremacy.’ Mamdani frequently claims he is not an anti-Semite, but his actions hint otherwise. He has enthusiastically supported boycotts of Israel, which he accuses of ‘genocide,’ and is reluctant to denounce the loaded term ‘globalize the intifada.’

Mamdani let the mask slip a couple of years ago when he blamed the Israeli army for police brutality in New York City. ‘When the boot of the NYPD is on your neck,’ he proclaimed, ‘it’s been laced by the IDF.’ Just last weekend, there was another ‘oops, I did it again’ moment at Gracie Mansion. The Mayor and First Lady celebrated Ramadan with notorious Israel-hater Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University student whose arrest by ICE sparked violent protests. Mamdani heaped praise on Khalil, saying he had endured a year of ‘profound hardship.’

Long before he was elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani sent out the same boilerplate message every year on September 11th. He paid lip service to the 3,000 who died and the first responders, but focused on the wars and deaths that followed in Afghanistan and Iraq. He recently told a dubious story about an aunt who was supposedly afraid to wear a hijab on the subway in the days after the terror attacks, as if she were as much a victim as those who perished.

Which brings us to this: Six months from now, there will be a landmark celebration in New York City, the 25th anniversary of the horrors of 9/11, when Muslim terrorists destroyed the twin towers that soared over lower Manhattan. As mayor, Zohran Mamdani will play a major role in the ceremonies that Friday morning. Will he place blame squarely on Islamic extremism, where it belongs? Will his ultra-chic and ultra-radical wife, Rama Duwaji, be at his side? It remains a most solemn day for most New Yorkers and most Americans, who will be watching intently to see what New York City’s first Muslim mayor has to say. And, equally important, what he doesn’t say.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

The Jets vs. The Sharks, The Sequel

2026-03-05T20:29:00Z

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There’s a famous scene in the great musical ‘West Side Story.’ A social worker tries to bring two rival gangs together at a dance, hoping the Jets and the Sharks will put down their switchblades and mingle. Instead, the gangsters and their molls divide into two camps, bitter and eternal enemies engaged in a turf-and-power war.

That scene symbolizes the political era we live in. Whatever President Trump does is immediately and vehemently opposed by Democrats and warmly embraced by Republicans. That was evident again when the president gave the go-ahead to wipe out Iran’s leaders, who have been sowing global terror for nearly 50 years. It’s reasonable to view the action from two perspectives – it is a good thing to rid the globe of a malign influence, but it could lead to American casualties and even more strife in a region filled with it. So, yes, thoughtful people can be conflicted regarding the wisdom of the air assault and its possible repercussions.

But who has time for thoughtfulness when there’s a political battle to be waged and points to be scored? Like the Jets and the Sharks, Democrats and Republicans race to their battle stations and start lobbing verbal bombs. The hatred between the two sides has reached a dangerous point where love of country is supplanted by loyalty to party.

There are a few exceptions to this great divide. On the left, Senator John Fetterman continues to buck his party and the left-wing base that elected him. He is unashamedly pro-Israel and insists that eliminating the Jew-despising, terror-loving mullahs is an immense good. Fetterman is joined by Democratic Congressman Josh Gottheimer, who declared that ‘the world is safer’ because of the military action. But few others are willing to go against their leadership and their increasingly radical voters. Odious and feckless Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, like many others, denounced this as Donald Trump’s ‘war of choice.’

The Republican side is nearly as rock-solid, also with a few predictable exceptions. As a matter of principle, libertarian-leaning Senator Rand Paul opposes foreign adventures, and this one is no different. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie both vociferously oppose the action in Iran, perhaps partly because of their personal animosity toward President Trump. Meanwhile, conservative Tucker Carlson, lately accused of irrational antipathy towards Israel, calls the attack ‘absolutely disgusting and evil.’ But most on the right salute smartly and line up behind their commander-in-chief.

The most distressing thing about this is the malleability on both sides. When Barack Obama unleashed strikes on Libya without approval from Congress, Nancy Pelosi hailed his ‘courage,’ and her fellow Democrats agreed in lockstep. If the Iran bombing had been initiated by President Kamala Harris, Democrats would applaud, and Republicans would grouse. In this era of unending political warfare, Republicans and Democrats view the opposing party as not merely wrong but downright immoral. It’s not a recipe for national comity.

In the final scene of ‘West Side Story, the Jets and Sharks finally make some conciliatory gestures toward peace, but only after both sides suffered grievous pain and death. We hope that our own warring gangs will eventually do the same. No one expects them to dance together, but a rational, civil debate would be a great place to start.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

The Silence of the Dems

2026-02-26T19:30:00Z

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It was an odd title for a psychological horror movie: ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ referred to a young FBI trainee haunted by innocent lambs being slaughtered at her family farm. We witnessed another horror movie of sorts on Tuesday when Democrats remained silent even when reminded of the slaughter of an innocent young woman.

Midway through the State of the Union speech, President Trump focused on the awful story of Iryna Zarutska, who was slashed and murdered in Charlotte by a man who had been arrested more than a dozen times. As the president recounted the young woman’s terror and demanded justice, the camera focused on Iryna’s weeping, grief-stricken mother Anna. Republicans applauded the promise of justice while Democrats sat in silence, prompting Trump to pose a piercing question to that side of the chamber: ‘How do you not stand?’

That may have been the most disgraceful moment of the evening, but there were others. Most Democrats refused to even applaud politely when the president raised issue after issue that most Americans support, among them decreasing crime, lower inflation, fewer fentanyl deaths, and a stronger military. Of course, the most telling moment came when President Trump posed the challenge heard ‘round the world: ‘If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support: The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.’ Republicans leapt to their feet, Democrats sat on their hands. The president denounced his political opponents, saying they should be absolutely ashamed. It was a dagger that struck at the heart of the far left, which always seems to take the side of illegal alien criminals.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tried to minimize the damage inflicted by his party’s embarrassing moment of silence by blaming ICE. ‘It was legitimate and right,’ he declared, ‘not to stand.’ Rep. Ilhan Omar, who screamed at the president and called him a murderer, rushed to friendly CNN and defended her slander. She expressed no regret, saying the president was ‘responsible for killing two American citizens.’ Next to her at the speech was the always-charming Rashid Tlaib, who proudly wore a pin reading ‘F*** ICE.’ When a chant of ‘USA, USA’ broke out, Tlaib substituted her own lyrics: ‘KKK, KKK.’ Absolutely disgusting.

There was another rally in Washington on Tuesday, something called the ‘People’s State of the Union,’ co-hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid, both of whom were too radical even for the network formerly known as MSNBC. They were joined by Trump-hating Senators Chris Murphy, Adam Schiff, and Chris Van Hollen, who notoriously visited illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego-Garcia in El Salvador. One wonders whether, had a Democratic president been giving the SOTU, Abrego-Garcia might have been an honored guest.

Movie fans had to wait a decade for a sequel to ‘The Silence of the Lambs, but there will be another State of the Union next year around this time. Nancy Pelosi will be retired and counting her money in San Francisco, but Rep. Al Green may be back for his annual get-thrown-out-of-the-chamber spectacle. The overriding question is whether Democrats will be in the majority next time around. That depends in no small part on how Americans react to Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech … and to the Democrats’ conspicuous silence.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Democrats Go Kaput in Germany

2026-02-19T18:15:00Z

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Last weekend, just as the NBA All-Stars were showcasing their talents in California, some Democrats were displaying astonishing ignorance in Germany. While the hoopers performed acrobatic dunks and hit threes from long range, the Dems were mostly chucking up air balls and bricks.

In one corner was California’s absentee Governor Gavin Newsom, who went overseas to denounce ICE and President Trump while focusing on the now-passé issue of climate change. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton grew visibly angry when she was Czech-mated by a mid-level Eastern European politician, and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer looked like a deer in the headlights when asked about Ukraine.

But of course, the undisputed champion of incoherence was Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who flailed and stumbled when asked about China and Taiwan. To call her answer a ‘word salad’ would be an insult to lettuce. She also embarrassed herself by erroneously stating that Venezuela is below the equator and, of course, accused Israel of ‘genocide.’

Some Republicans immediately predicted that AOC destroyed her political future over the course of those 21 seconds, but that’s highly unlikely. First, she will have plenty of time and many opportunities to recover. One or two well-crafted foreign policy speeches will do much to refurbish her image. More importantly, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez can always depend on her allies in the media. After the debacle in Germany, she immediately called her pals at The New York Times, who obediently hailed her as a consummate communicator under this headline: ‘Ocasio-Cortez Offers a Working-Class Vision in Munich, With Some Stumbles.’ That’s one way of putting it.

Over on CNN, Ana Navarro excused AOC, stating the obvious: ‘She’s not a foreign policy expert.’ Another panelist claimed that Ocasio-Cortez had ‘a ton of amazing answers’ and Abby Phillip, likely the most vapid host on television, contended that Donald Trump has made many gaffes that were far worse.

On the GOP side, Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a rousing speech in which he denounced the ‘climate cult’ and mass immigration. He defended Western values and accused European leaders of allowing their countries to dramatically decline. Rubio’s speech garnered high praise from just about everyone, with one notable exception being AOC. She mocked Secretary Rubio for saying that America’s cowboy culture originated with Spanish colonizers, which turned out to be accurate.

So right now Ocasio-Cortez, Whitmer, and Newsom look like lightweight politicians whose knowledge of foreign affairs is far south of the equator, but it’s way too early to count anyone out. The Democratic 2028 hopefuls will perhaps crack some books and bone up on history before their next ventures onto the world stage. There will be another Munich Security Conference next year, and it’s entirely possible that the Democrats' 2026 scrubs will be the 2027 All-Stars.

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You Don't Hate the Media Enough (An Ongoing Series)

2026-02-12T18:11:00Z

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We’ve heard it before – no matter how much loathing you may have for the mainstream media, there’s always room for a little more. The latest example comes from the tiny Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge, population 2,400, in remote British Columbia.

On Tuesday, an 18-year-old murdered eight people, most of them children, before committing suicide. Nine dead, 25 injured, but most Americans have heard little about this atrocity, especially those who get their news from the major networks and newspapers. A few reasons:

-School shootings are only supposed to happen in the United States, with its gun culture and angry young men. Mass murder in another nation conflicts with that narrative.

-Canada has very strict gun laws, the very same laws demanded by the left-leaning types who dominate our media. The Canadian government has outlawed thousands of ‘assault-style firearms’ and even frozen the sale of handguns. These draconian laws were meant to ensure there could never be something like this week’s slaughter. The media doesn’t like admitting that even the strictest gun laws can’t prevent mass murder.

-Many American outlets are totally obsessed with the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mother, saturating the airwaves with speculation, rumors, and experts who add nothing. Everyone wishes the best for the Guthrie family, but the 24/7 coverage crowds out other important stories.

-Above all else, the Tumbler Ridge killer was an 18-year-old transgender named Jesse Van Rootselaar, a male by birth who started identifying as a female a few years ago. On Tuesday, Rootselaar murdered two family members, then massacred seven at the school from which he had dropped out.

Most media types try desperately to change the subject when a trans individual is implicated in a crime. CNN described the killer only as ‘an 18-year-old female,’ while Newsweek went with this inevitable headline: ‘MAGA Reacts as School Shooter Identified as Trans.’ To the geniuses at Newsweek, the story wasn’t the murder, but the reaction from conservatives. And here's The New York Times: ‘Police Search for Motive After Deadly Mass Shooting in Canada.’ There would be no search for a motive had Rootselaar been wearing a ‘Make Canada Great Again’ cap.

Right now, the town of Tumbler Ridge, where everyone knows everybody else, is in shock and deep mourning. But police officials are so terrified of ‘misgendering’ that they’ve invented a new word, describing the killer as a ‘gunperson in a dress.’ You read that correctly. Canadian cops and most media outlets are using female pronouns, apparently out of some misguided respect for the murderer. Meanwhile, reporters and editors are desperately trying to massage their coverage so as not to cast aspersions on ‘the trans community.’

That is our current state of affairs. A massive and tragic story goes underreported because it interferes with the mainstream media’s narratives and ideologies. Go ahead, hate them some more! They’ve earned it.

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The Left's ICE Follies

2026-02-05T19:04:00Z

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In 1936, in the depths of the Great Depression, Dale Carnegie wrote his classic ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People,’ the granddaddy of all self-help books. It was 300 pages and 75,000 words of advice for Americans hoping to enhance their popularity. Now, 90 years later, winning friends and influencing people can be accomplished with two words and a punctuation mark: ‘F*** ICE!’ For the more demure, ‘ICE OUT!’ can be an acceptable substitute.

Never has it been so easy to garner affection and acceptance on the left. Just trash ICE and you get standing ovations at awards shows, approval from your fellow lefties, and plenty of ‘likes’ on social media. It’s cheap, there is absolutely no cost, and you can use the vile pejorative of your choosing: Fascists. Sadists. Nazis. Gestapo. Slave patrols. More than a few malleable sorts have used those slurs to justify attacking ICE agents with rocks, Molotov cocktails, and even vehicles.

Some prominent politicians are leading the insult parade. Senator Chuck Schumer, hanging on for dear life politically, calls ICE the ‘secret police,’ which is actually mild compared to the vitriol spewed by Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Chris Murphy, and scores of others. Even newly-elected, so-called ‘moderate’ Democratic governors Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger have joined the hit squad. Sherrill urges New Jerseyans to record videos of ICE, while Spanberger orders Virginia law enforcement to stop cooperating with the agency. It’s never too soon to display your anti-ICE virtue!

Athletes are also piling on. One of the more grotesque slanders came from NBA head coach Glenn ‘Doc’ Rivers, who claimed that all ‘brown people’ in the USA, legal or not, should be terrified. Presumably, his nickname is not because Doc earned a Ph.D. And teachers, many of whose students are failing miserably, are leading their kids in anti-ICE walkouts. Reading and math take a back seat to showing the proper hatred of ICE. One wonders about a student whose mom or dad joined ICE to round up some bad guys and make America safer. What does that young ‘un do when classmates – the hipsters, the Goths, the jocks, the theater kids – all walk out and call his parents murderers?

Here’s one of those thought experiments: Suppose an award winner at the Grammys had paid tribute to a few of the young women murdered by illegal immigrants. Just as famed singers require one name only, conservative America knows some victims by their first names – Jocelyn, Rachel, Laken. Mentioning them at an awards show might elicit a smattering of applause, maybe some quizzical looks, and it could be a career-ender for any artist with the courage to do that.

The vicious war on ICE has one bright spot. Visit social media, and you’re bound to see a post from some Democratic politician denouncing ICE. It’s a mandatory part of the office these days. But browse the comments below, and you’ll see many, many people inviting ICE to visit their towns and even offering to buy them lunch. That’s hardly a scientific study, but millions of regular folks are very happy that ICE is doing its job. It ain’t always pretty, but thousands of very bad people have been removed from the United States.

ICE agents, most of them dedicated officers with good intentions, might take solace in something Dale Carnegie wrote nine decades ago in his famous book: ‘Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn … and most fools do.’

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The Ultra-Prestigious Anti-ICE Awards

2026-01-29T20:06:00Z

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This is awards season in the entertainment world, and it’s time to salute some celebrities who are far smarter than the rest of us. If you doubt that, just ask them! Dozens of singers and actors have been locked in a stiff competition to determine who can say the most despicable and over-the-top things about ICE and its agents. And the winners are ...

Glenn Close, best known for ‘Fatal Attraction,’ takes the prize for Best Writing in a Slanderous Role. ‘I have watched our democracy being systematically disemboweled,’ she declared, adding, ‘I am outraged and sickened by what is happening under the Trump regime.’ Meanwhile, John Leguizamo walks away with a statuette for Most Lack of Self-Awareness in a Parody or Satire. The B-lister warned Americans who support ICE to avoid his movies, thus deterring absolutely no one. Ironically, Leguizamo lent his voice to a sloth in the animated movie ‘Ice Age.’

Olivia Wilde, born into a wealthy family of far-left British journalists, is being honored as Best Supporting Radical. The elite private school grad complained of being ‘appalled and sickened’ and described ICE as a criminal organization. And Ed Norton won Outstanding Achievement in Overstatement. The ‘Fight Club’ star demanded a national economic strike, although he stopped short of identifying what he would stop purchasing.

One of the most prestigious awards goes to ‘Breaking Bad’ star Giancarlo Esposito. He earns the prize for Most Ominous and Unrealistic Threat by calling for a full-blown revolution. Esposito was born in Denmark and is perhaps sulking because Donald Trump has his eyes on Greenland, the most famous Danish possession since Hamlet. Esposito truly broke bad when he said millions would gladly sacrifice their lives if it meant overthrowing the government.

But just when Giancarlo Esposito was sitting atop the heap, along came Bruce Springsteen to show him who’s THE BOSS. On Wednesday, the 76-year-old rocker released his new single called ‘Streets of Minneapolis,’ dedicated to the late Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The song includes these profound and philosophical lyrics: ‘King Trump’s private army from the DHS … two people left to die on snow-filled streets … if your skin is black or brown, my friend, you can be questioned or deported on sight.’ Bruce’s latest ditty is peppered with chants of ‘ICE out now.’

‘Streets of Minneapolis’ was recorded just before a new video indicated that Alex Pretti had a history of acting violently toward federal agents, but that wouldn’t make a difference to ideologues like Springsteen and the rest. They are absolutely confident that they are on the right side of history and that protecting illegal immigrants, even criminal aliens, is the most virtuous thing they can do.

So, while many esteemed entertainers are very deserving of the highest honors, Bruce Springsteen is the man of the hour. He not only gets Best Original Soundtrack to a Riot, but also Best Actor and a Lifetime Achievement Award for posing as a champion of working Americans while denigrating and debasing the men and women of ICE. To paraphrase George W. Bush, heckuva job, Brucie!

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What's the Matter with Minnesota?

2026-01-21T22:18:00Z

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In 2004, the historian Thomas Frank wrote a book called ‘What’s the Matter with Kansas?’ His conclusion was as condescending as the title - Frank contended that Kansans and other Midwesterners were out of their minds for voting overwhelmingly Republican.

There’s a better question now: ‘What’s the Matter with Minnesota?’ The Gopher State has always tilted slightly to the left; in 1984, it was the only state to favor Walter Mondale over Ronald Reagan. But Mondale was a native Minnesotan, and residents, of course, pulled the lever for their ‘favorite son.’ What’s happening now would shock Mondale and other Minnesota giants like Hubert Humphrey.

Minnesota’s leaders and many of its citizens have effectively declared war against the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Other states are also anti-ICE, but none match Minnesota, which has taken ‘sanctuary’ to the extreme. Their defiance of the feds in effect provides safe harbor to ‘the worst of the worst.’

We’re all familiar with Governor Tim Walz, who has turned out to be far worse than a mere buffoon. Walz, who watched Minneapolis burn in 2020, infamously slandered ICE as Donald Trump’s ‘Gestapo,’ thus giving a green light to agitators and rioters. Nicely-coiffed Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey oozes sanctimony while telling ICE to ‘get the f*** out of Minneapolis.’ Across the Mississippi River in St. Paul, the runt of the Twin Cities, voters just elected a new mayor named Kaohly Her. The mayor actually went on CNN this week and defended the band of radicals that stormed a St. Paul church, screaming at children and creating utter chaos.

Then there’s Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who just referred to her adopted nation as ‘the U.S. G*ddamn States.’ You might think Omar was elected by her fellow Somalis, but in fact, her district is mostly white.

In 2024, her proud constituents elected the America-loathing Omar to a fourth term with 75% of the vote. Meanwhile, Minnesota’s top law enforcement is ultra-radical Keith Ellison, who long ago defended Louis Farrakhan and more recently posed while proudly holding an Antifa handbook. AG Ellison, Mayor Frey, and Gov. Walz have all been served subpoenas by the federal government, accused of impeding immigration officers.

All of this anti-ICE thuggery is conveniently diverting attention from the massive fraud that costs taxpayers untold billions of dollars. Minnesota’s reputation for generosity and its reluctance to investigate made it a most inviting target for fraudsters. The Scandinavians who settled the state tended to be neighborly, cooperative, and friendly, leading to the term ‘Minnesota Nice.’ It is still a welcoming place and usually ranks among the ‘happiest’ states in the USA, but there is nothing ‘happy’ about storming churches, screaming expletives at cops, and creating mayhem in the streets.

Perhaps Minnesota’s leaders knew exactly what was coming. In the 1940s and 1950s, there was a heated debate over what would be the state bird. Legislators considered the Goldfinch, the Dove, the Woodpecker, and others. Finally, in 1961, Minnesota made it official. Their state bird would be, of course, The Loon.

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Faith and Football, a Match Made in Heaven

2026-01-08T21:50:00Z

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It has been said that in America, football is a religion, played before hordes of faithful zealots in modern cathedrals. That may be a stretch, but there’s little doubt that the sport is filled with religious players and coaches, most of them devout Christians. Never has this phenomenon been more apparent than this year’s college football playoffs and the quarterbacks of the four schools that advanced to the national semifinals.

Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza, winner of the Heisman Trophy as the best college player in the land, is a Catholic who wears his faith on his crimson sleeve. After his Hoosiers demolished Alabama in the Rose Bowl, Mendoza said, ‘My team and I want to give all the glory to God.’

Oregon QB Dante Moore often leads his team in prayer and said this after shutting out Texas Tech in the Orange Bowl: ‘We’re big into faith and big into Christian life, so thank God for everything.’ He cut his post-game interview short so he could kneel and pray with one of his teammates.

The University of Miami’s signal-caller is Carson Beck, who overcame injuries and doubters to lead his team over mighty Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. ‘The biggest thing that God has taught me,’ he says, ‘is just to trust in Him and His plan.’ One of Beck’s many tattoos is the biblical phrase ‘Walk by Faith.’

Then there is Mississippi’s Trinidad Chambliss, who made the unlikely jump from an obscure small college to the killing fields of the Southeastern Conference. He prays with mom before each game and said this after his team took down heavily favored Georgia in the Sugar Bowl: ‘Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. Through and through, he’s been with me.’

Religiosity in football is not limited to the college game. One observer calculated that about 75% of NFL quarterbacks are evangelical Christians. And it’s not just the guy taking the snaps - faith is prevalent at all positions and on both sides of the ball. Sure, football has plenty of miscreants and criminals, but Christians far outnumber convicts.

One explanation is that football is especially popular in the South, aka The Bible Belt; there aren’t a whole lot of secular Manhattanites tossing the pigskin with their toddlers. The sport is also especially attractive to conservatives, who tend to be more religious than those who line up on the left hash mark. And it’s a violent game in which a knee can be snapped, a skull rattled, a career shattered at any moment. That ever-present danger may inspire faith. Just as it’s said that there are no atheists in foxholes, there are few non-believers at the line of scrimmage.

Whatever the reasons, the football field is a place where Christianity is abundant and where the faithful are not ashamed to proclaim their devotion. Whichever team wins the college national championship, its players and coaches will be pointing their fingers toward the heavens and giving thanks. Some Americans object to these overt displays of faith, but it certainly seems preferable to self-aggrandizing boastfulness. Would you rather have your kids see their idols thanking a higher power or giving all glory to themselves? The question answers itself.

While we don’t have a favorite college team, we do hope and pray that the championship game ends in a very dramatic and most appropriate fashion. With a Hail Mary pass, of course.

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The Shattered 'Tiffany Network'

2025-12-26T08:55:00Z

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Anyone of a certain age remembers that CBS was once hailed as ‘The Tiffany Network.’ The network had a reputation for excellence, especially when it came to news and the journalism giants who followed in the footsteps of Edward R. Murrow.

To illustrate how far the mighty have fallen, consider a startling statistic: In the 60s and 70s, the ‘CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite’ was must-see-TV for nearly 30 million Americans! Now, even though the population of the US has almost doubled, only 4 million tune in to the Evening News. True, network news viewing is down across the board, but no one has come crashing down like CBS.

The network’s latest stab at relevancy came earlier this year when it installed co-anchors Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson. Dickerson’s pomposity was only exceeded by an anti-Trump bias that showed through on nearly every little-watched episode. The duo’s anchor chairs barely had time to get warm before they signed off a week ago.

Meanwhile, the staff at CBS News is in open revolt because a new boss and another anchor may try to exhibit just a bit of fairness. The newly-installed editor-in-chief is Bari Weiss, a former editorial writer at the New York Times who quit the paper because of its shift to the extreme left. Weiss, a Jewish and lesbian old-school liberal, is not exactly MAGA material, but her pro-Israel and anti-woke stances make her persona non grata in the newsroom.

Weiss has named 44-year-old Tony Dokoupil as the anchor who will front the CBS Evening News. One anonymous ‘journalist’ referred to him as a ‘mediocre straight white man,’ which tells you all you need to know about the prevailing newsroom culture. Dokoupil raised the ire of lefties when he had the temerity to ask a few tough questions of author Ta-Nehisi Coates, a revered figure among ‘progressives.’ While co-hosting the CBS morning show, Dokoupil challenged Coates’ latest anti-Israel screed; network suits felt the need to apologize to the staff and reprimand Dokoupil.

Now, still another incident is causing CBS apparatchiks to collectively gnash teeth, clutch pearls, and head for the fainting couch. A ’60 Minutes’ segment on the notorious prison in El Salvador that houses Venezuelans deported from the US was pulled by Bari Weiss at the last minute. ’60 Minutes’ correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, as reliably liberal as her colleagues, is crying ‘corporate censorship’ and hurling verbal darts at Weiss. Some employees are reportedly threatening to quit, but of course, that’s a threat that is rarely carried out. The once-revered ‘60 Minutes’ was accused of editing an interview with Kamala Harris to make her look at least slightly coherent and routinely tries to damage Donald Trump.

So as CBS News rings in 2026, Tony Dokoupil will try to succeed where many others have failed, most recently Katie Couric, Scott Pelley, Jeff Glor, Norah O’Donnell, and the inglorious DuBois/Dickerson duo.

Meanwhile, Bari Weiss will do her best to restore the news operation to some measure of its former grandeur. Trying to right the CBS News ship brings to mind an analogy: Dropping and shattering a Tiffany lamp is quite easy; putting it back together is a whole different story.

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The Democrats' Very Strange Bedfellows

2025-12-11T19:05:00Z

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It’s an adage dating back hundreds of years: ‘Politics makes strange bedfellows.’ A corollary is this ancient proverb: ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend.’ Those words of wisdom are especially relevant in the Age of Trump. Democrats will crawl into bed, figuratively speaking, with almost anyone Donald Trump opposes.

Who can forget ‘Maryland dad’ Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the illegal alien who was deported to his home nation of El Salvador. Many Democrats described him as a loving husband and dad, despite his being an alleged wife-abuser and gang member. Senator Chris Van Hollen and others made pilgrimages to Central America to meet with Abrego and display their Trump-loathing, a treasured trait in liberal circles.

A new term is ‘shipwrecked sailors,’ used to describe drug-runners killed by missiles while transporting their lethal cargo to the USA. The same politicians who cheered Barack Obama’s many strikes accuse Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth of murder and war crimes. With Senator Van Hollen sitting this one out, Congressman Jim Hines is leading the league in hyperbolic Trump-bashing. He claims the U.S. military killed two ‘shipwrecked sailors,' as if they were Popeye and Robinson Crusoe. So-called progressives are clinging to this story like actual shipwrecked sailors cling to a raft.

While drug boats were being vaporized, Marjorie Taylor Greene was undergoing a radical transition. The fiery Republican Congresswoman went from the top of Democrats’ naughty list to being featured on ’60 Minutes.’ All it took was for Greene to say some nasty words about Donald Trump and, presto-chango, she went from pariah to heroine. Nothing could be easier.

Many Democrats, automatically and without hesitation, oppose anything Donald Trump does, says, or thinks. The strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, a dream of presidents past, was an undeniable success. Except for deniers such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who demanded another impeachment. When the Trump team uncovers wasteful spending, rest assured that some Democrats will be on the side of the wastrels. Right now, radical leftists are even defending the most hardened criminals when ICE comes knocking. Mayor Brandon Johnson and Governor J.B. Pritzker are vying for the anti-Trump championship belt in Chicago, while, to the northwest, Somali fraudsters in Minnesota seem to garner more sympathy than the feds who are investigating. And in the city in which many Democrats reside, they oppose Trump’s help in reducing DC crime. Their own safety is less of a priority than despising the big guy.

Trump-loathing can be effective in deep blue districts, but will it work more broadly? We may find out in Texas, where permanently unhinged Jasmine Crockett wants to be the next U.S. Senator. Her admitted strategy is to malign the president at every turn, even though Trump won the state by 13 points in November. She apparently believes that being combative and slanderous can lead her to victory, even if only by an eyelash.

So who will be the next unlikely hero? Perhaps another drug runner, illegal alien, fraudster, or violent protester. The only qualification is that they be an enemy of Donald Trump and, therefore, a cherished friend to far too many Democrats.

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The Left's New Savior?

2025-12-04T08:47:00Z

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Get lost, Kamala. Move over, Gavin. Hit the road, Tim and Pete. Sure, you lead the early polls, but there is a new guy who could be emerging as the front-runner for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination. Senator Mark Kelly has rocketed to stardom over the past two weeks and is being hailed as a Democratic voter’s dream. A few reasons:

- Resume. The son of two police officers, Kelly is a former Navy pilot who flew combat missions, thus negating the accusation that Democrats are anti-cop and anti-military. He was among the elite few selected to be an astronaut and piloted space shuttle missions.

- Family. Sen. Kelly is, of course, married to Gabby Giffords, the former Congresswoman who was nearly killed by a would-be assassin in 2011. Mark Kelly became a vocal advocate for gun control, an issue near and dear to most Democrats.

- Blank slate. Kelly has never really been in charge of anything and thus has no track record. Compare that with his prospective rivals: Kamala Harris is an abysmal candidate, Tim Walz is a scandal-ridden buffoon, Gavin Newsom has run his state into the ground, and Josh Shapiro may be a bit too Jewish for the party’s legion of anti-Semites.

-Trump hatred. Despising Donald Trump is a prerequisite for any Democratic candidate, and Kelly is taking a back seat to no one. He’s constantly on CNN and MS NOW expressing his loathing of the president and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Kelly is on their radar ever since he urged military members to disobey illegal orders in the notorious ‘Seditious Six’ video.

- Self-promotion. When it comes to tooting his own horn, Mark Kelly is right up there with the master himself, Donald Trump. He uses his incessant TV appearances to boast about his military service, to solemnly display his great virtue, and to remind everyone about his wife.

- Victimhood. In recent days, Kelly has been eagerly playing the victim, another trait that Democrat voters find irresistible. He announces that he is the target of death threats and makes bold proclamations like this: ‘President Trump is trying to silence me, threatening to kill me, for saying what is true.’ And this: ‘I’ve had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit, all for my country. I never thought I’d see a president call for my execution.’

Senator Mark Kelly is becoming the darling of many Democrats, media types, and donors, all of whom think he could be just the man to lead Democrats to the promised land in ‘28. Kelly recently visited South Carolina and Nevada, states that carry major weight in the primaries. Meanwhile, because some on the radical left see Kelly as a bit too moderate, he’s turning up the Trump-loathing amp to 11.

One final thing could turn Kelly into an absolutely unstoppable force. Imagine for a moment that he is court martialed and perhaps even serves a brief stint at Leavenworth. No other candidate could possibly match that kind of victimhood and martyrdom. One senses that at this very moment, Senator Mark Kelly may be hoping and praying for a knock on the door from the Military Police.

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Just Be Thankful ...

2025-11-26T16:47:00Z

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Coincidentally and conveniently, William DeVaughn celebrates his 78th birthday the day after Thanksgiving. Who is William DeVaughn, and why do we care? Well, in 1972, he wrote a famous song about the importance of gratitude. ‘Be Thankful for What You Got’ was a massive hit, selling millions of copies and bringing a measure of fame to the previously unknown singer/songwriter.

The lyrics are both amusing and astute: ‘You may not drive a great big Cadillac’ … ‘You may not have a car at all’ …‘You may not have a real silk suit’ … ‘Just be thankful for what you’ve got.’ To put it another way: Count your blessings!

From a more academic perspective, psychologists have produced reams of research about the importance of being thankful. One study had people sit down and write only about good things that happened over the previous week, while another group wrote about what annoyed them. Not surprisingly, the first group felt far better about their lives and even enjoyed better health.

Thankfulness is fairly common in the USA and not only on Thanksgiving; a recent Pew Poll found that 9 in 10 Americans feel a sense of gratitude at least occasionally, and 6 in 10 feel it weekly. Religious people tend to be the most grateful, atheists and agnostics the least. But there’s another crude measure of gratitude that is not quite so cheery. The familiar right track/wrong track poll indicates that a majority of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. It’s hard to feel overwhelming gratitude if you are among those.

All of us, even those who think the USA is speeding down the wrong track, would be well advised to keep things in perspective. America, both the idea and the nation, began when life expectancy was around 40, when women routinely died during childbirth, when disease and poverty were constant. As Thomas Hobbes wrote, most humans endured lives that were ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.’ Hobbes felt this was the natural state of mankind, but all that changed dramatically with a radical idea put forth by some revolutionary thinkers across the ocean. In just a few centuries, American genius, capitalism, liberty, and free markets gifted the world with miracles that even H.G. Wells could not envision. The poorest among us today are able to live longer, more prosperous, disease-free lives than the richest kings of ancient Europe and Africa.

More than a few Americans, mostly denizens of the far left, feel that the USA is inherently evil and a malignant stain on the world. Most of the rest of us believe that America remains the single greatest experiment and the mightiest force for good in human history. We feel blessed to inhabit this incredible nation, and for that we can indeed be grateful. Not only during the holidays, but every day of our lives.

Among many, many other things, we’re grateful to William DeVaughn for writing and recording that song that still gives people great pleasure. As he crooned 50 years ago: ‘Just be thankful, yeah, for what you’ve got.’

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The Current Left's Current of Hatred

2025-11-13T19:58:00Z

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In the 1960s, singer and songwriter Joni Mitchell wrote this line: ‘I’ve looked at love from both sides now.’ In the 2020s, Democratic Senator John Fetterman could do an alternate and updated version because he has looked at hate from both sides now.

Fetterman spells it out in his new book: ‘I’ve drunk deeply of the venom of both the left and the right. And as a connoisseur, I can confirm that the most poisonous, the bitterest, is from the far left.’ The senator recently paid a visit to CNN and elaborated on what he’s endured, telling a visibly stunned Dana Bash that leftists cheer for him to have another stroke and wish for his death. Fetterman earned that vitriol by supporting Israel and by voting to end the government shutdown. Among too many leftists, divergence from approved dogma is punishable by death, whether fantasized or actual.

John Fetterman is hardly the only Democrat to incur the wrath of radicals. When actress Cheryl Hines married Robert F. Kennedy Jr., she was a card-carrying member of the Hollywood elite because RFK was a liberal Democrat. But the knives came out, and old friends vanished when he campaigned with Donald Trump and joined his administration. Hines recently lamented that her ‘progressive’ pals were just plain mean.

Most of us have recognized this pattern for decades; Dr. Charles Krauthammer famously noted that Republicans think their opponents are wrong, but Democrats often believe conservatives are downright evil. That’s a huge difference because a wicked person is fair game for insults, derision, and even violence. Charlie Kirk’s assassination was followedby some disgusting celebrations, leading podcaster Joe Rogan to worry about an actual civil war between America’s extreme factions.

That may be far-fetched, but the left-right divide has certainly led to societal strife, almost always initiated by one side. A new poll indicates that many young leftists feel it’s fine to end a friendship or even shun family members based on politics. Conservatives, who tend to focus on other things in life, are far less likely to put politics over family. No doubt Donald Trump has accelerated this distressing trend, but it’s been with us for years. The term ‘politically correct,’ which originated fifty years ago, implies that the other side is wrong and needs some serious re-education.

The usual suspects on MSNBC and CNN like to assure us that hatred flows in both directions, and that is true up to a point. But on one side it’s a stream, while on the other it’s a mighty river. Just ask John Fetterman and Cheryl Hines, who have swum in both.

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Yes, Virginia, Your Top Cop is a Loon

2025-11-06T23:07:00Z

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New York Mayor Mamdani? Not a total surprise given his great smile, youthful vigor, promises of free stuff, and lousy competition.

Virginia Governor Spanberger? Okay. Former CIA officer, three-term Congresswoman, largely Democratic electorate.

New Jersey Governor Sherill? Former Navy officer and chopper pilot, member of Congress. Like Spanberger, she plays a moderate on TV.

But Attorney General Jay Jones? Nearly two million Virginians voted for a man who wished violent death on a Republican politician and his young children. As a reminder, the ever-so-lovely Mr. Jones hoped that his rival’s wife could watch her child die in her arms. That texting scandal overshadowed his prior conviction for driving 116 miles an hour. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the next chief law enforcement person in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

It’s not that Jones had no competition. He ran against Republican incumbent Jason Miyares, son of a Cuban immigrant and someone whose competence was not in question. How could a man with murderous fantasies, who was urged to drop out just a few weeks ago, earn a decisive victory? Of course, Jones checked all the left-wing boxes dealing with ‘climate change,’ LGBTQ issues, etc. He spewed the mandatory loathing of President Trump, and, fairly or not, the government shutdown played a role in areas with many federal workers. Perhaps the biggest factor for many single-issue voters was abortion. Jay Jones, who wrote about killing little children, is also very much in favor of ending pregnancies. His Republican opponent, on the other hand, is opposed to most abortions and was denounced as an enemy of ‘reproductive freedom.’

Whatever the reasons, more than half of Virginians voted for Jay Jones. This is the commonwealth called the ‘Mother of Presidents’ because eight of its native sons made it to the White House. It’s also home to magnificent patriots who wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. Jefferson and Madison are both resting in peace in the commonwealth, hopefully unaware of what just took place.

Attorney General-elect Jones vows to ‘protect children’ and reduce gun violence, which is rich coming from a man who expressed such lurid and bloody fantasies. His victory brings to mind a quote attributed to Virginia’s most illustrious resident: ‘The government you elect,’ Thomas Jefferson famously wrote, ‘is the government you deserve.’

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That Dreaded 'R' Rears Its Ugly Head

2025-10-30T20:54:00Z

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Imagine that you’re a Democratic strategist in a lab where you can create, from scratch, the perfect candidate. First, let’s make her a Black woman. That’s not foolproof, as evidenced by Kamala Harris’s defeat, but it’s a good start. Next, she’s an immigrant from Jamaica who moved to the USA as a little girl and grew up in the Bronx. Also, your candidate earned a master’s degree and then served four years as an electrician in the Marine Corps. To top it off, she led a prison ministry, directed a homeless shelter, and has led an exemplary life.

That, of course, is the partial bio of Winsome Earle-Sears, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, now running for the top job. There’s only one small problem – that above-mentioned Democratic strategist pushed the wrong button and added an ‘R’ after her name. So Earle-Sears, whatever her skills and attributes, must be rejected by the media and so-called ‘Black leaders.’

Her opponent next week is Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, who is also accomplished but not exactly charismatic. If the meek cartoon character Caspar Milquetoast had a female version, she would be something like Spanberger. In their only debate, Earle-Sears challenged her opponent to denounce her running mate, Jay Jones, who had expressed his longing to put a couple of bullets in a Republican’s head. Pressed repeatedly, Spanberger stared blankly into space and, for a moment, made Joe Biden look like Cicero. She studiously avoids questions about biological males in girls’ sports and approves of sanctuary for illegal aliens.

So how are ‘people of color’ and the media reacting to Winsome Earle-Sears, who could soon become the first Black female Governor in the history of this nation? When Stacey Abrams tried for that same distinction in Georgia, she was hailed as a courageous pioneer standing up to the forces of racism. Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama visited Georgia and beseeched people to vote for Abrams. And now? Obama, last seen scolding Black men who weren’t voting for Kamala Harris, is parachuting into Virginia to scold anyone who isn’t voting for the White woman. Meanwhile, Spanberger was invited to speak at the Virginia NAACP’s annual convention. Perhaps it should be renamed ‘The National Association for the Advancement of Colored Progressives.’

This past Tuesday, Virginia TV stations wanted to host a second debate. Abigail Spanberger, leading in the polls, declined the invitation, but Earle-Sears answered every question with her usual candor. Whatever happens next week, progressives will continue to portray themselves as champions of minorities and immigrants. But only those whose names are followed by that all-important ‘D.’

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Biden's Flacks Catching Flak

2025-10-23T17:38:00Z

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This hasn’t been a great week for two women who once earned paychecks by standing at the White House podium and shamelessly, endlessly lying.

First, there is the Great Prevaricator Karine Jean-Pierre, always quick to remind you that she made history by being Black and lesbian. KJP is now hawking a book about her time in the White House and making the media rounds. She’s sporting a vastly different look, but continues to insist that her boss was a man of wit and wisdom to the very end. Naturally, Jean-Pierre’s book tour has included only friendly venues like The View and Colbert. But even among those media pals, she has faced friendly fire – CBS’s Gayle King and others angrily implied that everyone could see Joe Biden was a dead man walking.

Karine got negative pushback at nearly every stop, but remember that these now-hostile media hacks were once her willing accomplices. Until that fateful and fatal debate, they took her word that Joe Biden was at the peak of his powers. But now, with the corporate media on life support, they’ve had a deathbed conversion.

Now, let’s circle back to Karine’s podium predecessor, the ever-smiling Jen Psaki. This week, Biden’s former foot soldier put her own foot in her mouth while appearing on a podcast that resembled an adult version of ‘Mean Girls.’ Jen, now a host on MSNBC, actually ridiculed J.D. Vance’s wife, Usha. She speculated that Usha Vance looks like a hostage, perhaps even the victim of spousal abuse, and invited her to ‘blink four times’ if she needs rescuing. Usha Vance may be the most accomplished Second Lady in history, with undergraduate and law degrees from Yale. She’s the daughter of Indian immigrants and an American success story in every way. But to Jen Psaki and her ilk, anyone marrying a Republican or harboring conservative thoughts is to be questioned and ridiculed.

Jen Psaki and Karine Jean-Pierre lied for a living and were quite adept at it. They told falsehoods about the border, inflation, Hunter, and especially their boss’s obvious decline, thus imperiling the nation. As a result, many Americans now have trouble believing anything that comes out of their mouths. It brings to mind the Scottish poet Sir Walter Scott, who wrote that famous line about lies and their lingering effects: ‘Oh, what a tangled web we weave … when first we practice to deceive.’

Jen Psaki and Karine Jean-Pierre are trapped in a web of lies that they spun with their spin. Their dishonesty will haunt them for the rest of their lives.

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Colossus ... for a Day

2025-10-16T15:26:00Z

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More than 2,000 years ago, the Greeks erected a massive bronze statue to honor the Sun God Helios. The Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is usually depicted as straddling the harbor and guarding the city.

On Monday, we witnessed a living Colossus straddling the modern world, and it was indeed a wonder to behold. First, Donald Trump received a hero’s welcome in Israel after brokering the release of every living hostage held by Hamas. The Israeli Knesset cheered the president with one ovation after another, while Jews and Arabs danced in the street and lauded the ‘President of Peace.’ Even some of his most virulent critics gave the president credit, painful as it must have been. Don’t forget, many of them had assured us that a second Trump presidency would inevitably lead to more war and the end of American prestige.

Then, after greeting newly-freed hostages and their families, the president was off to Egypt for a summit at which he signed the peace agreement that could transform the Middle East. Officially, there were more than 20 ‘world leaders’ at the summit in Egypt, but in fact, there was only one World Leader. Donald Trump was Michael Jordan; they were the bench warmers. Trump was the Border Collie; they were the flock. Trump was Gladys Knight; they were the … well, you get the picture.

It’s worth remembering that this one day was a mere snapshot, not a full-length motion picture. The Trump presidency will endure turmoil and crises – perhaps economic calamities, messy wars, scandals. The only thing predictable is that the administration will face challenges that cannot be predicted at the moment. But for one Monday in October, Donald Trump stood at the pinnacle, the Mount Everest of power, influence, and adulation. He will, of course, bask in that glory for a while, and so will his supporters. It was a remarkable day worth more than all the Nobel Prizes in the world.

By the way, the soaring and wondrous Colossus of Rhodes stood for just 54 years before being toppled by an earthquake. President Trump will now have to withstand the many earthquakes and tremors sure to come his way.

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Murder, He Wrote

2025-10-07T19:47:00Z

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As of Tuesday, a man who harbors ultra-violent fantasies about committing murder is on the Democratic ticket in Virginia, running to be the state’s highest-ranking law enforcement officer. But there is a death watch encircling Jay Jones and his candidacy for Attorney General. And death is something with which Jones is quite familiar.

You’ve probably heard about his vile text messages from 2022. Jones actually wrote that Republican Todd Gilbert should get ‘two bullets to the head’ before adding his wish that Gilbert’s two young children die in their mother’s arms. What Jones wrote is not in dispute and is no longer breaking news, but the Democratic Party’s reaction grows more astonishing by the hour.

Jay Jones shares the ticket with Abigail Spanberger, a self-proclaimed ‘moderate’ Democrat running for governor. She criticized Jones’s words, but has not demanded that he quit the race. Taking forgiveness to the next level, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine is urging Jones to remain on the ballot. Thus far, not one prominent Democrat has demanded that Jones, who was previously arrested for driving 116mph, take the next exit, politically speaking. Meanwhile, it has also been credibly reported that in 2020, Jones told a colleague that a few police officers getting killed in the line of duty may have beneficial effects. Not surprisingly, the Virginia Fraternal Order of Police is demanding that Jones quit immediately. As for the candidate himself, he issued a tepid apology and apologized to Gilbert, but has kept mostly under the radar, hoping all this blows over.

Until now, 36-year-old Jerrauld ‘Jay’ Jones led a charmed life. Born into a prominent and wealthy Black family, he earned a law degree at the University of Virginia and seemed destined for big things in politics. That was put on hold when his murderous and rage-filled text messages came to light last week.

So now what? Will Democrats circle the wagons and protect Jones? It seems unlikely, but don’t put it past a party that spent four years pretending Joe Biden was at the top of his game. Among too many left-wing Democrats, power takes precedence over principle; they will force Jones out only if he becomes an anchor dragging Abigail Spanberger and other Democrats down with him.

We predict that Jay Jones will not make it through this week and that his hope to be Attorney General has, shall we say, taken a fatal bullet. But that could certainly be wrong. What is your prediction about the delightful and charming Mr. Jones?

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Readin', Writin', and Race Hustlin'

2025-10-03T18:32:00Z

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This has not been a banner week for public schools in a couple of American cities. To be fair, most weeks are dismal but they’re now reaching new lows.

You’ve probably heard about the Des Moines Debacle, where school superintendent Ian Andre Roberts was found to be an illegal alien, an academic fraud, and a gun-toting felon. The school board in Iowa’s largest district was no doubt beaming when they hired Roberts two years ago. He checked all the boxes, being Black and an immigrant from Guyana with a Ph.D. In modern educrat-speak, his presence meant that minority children in Des Moines would finally have a leader who ‘looked like them.’

The not-so-good-doctor had in fact lied about his various degrees and had a prior arrest, but no one did much verifying. As is often said about an irresistible news story, his bio was simply ‘too good to check.’ His fabrications having finally been exposed, Roberts is now, shall we say, on ICE and in prison. The lefty school board chair, a former aide to Michelle Obama, expressed grief because Roberts had given so many people ‘hope.’ Meanwhile, the Justice Department is investigating whether he was hired because of his race, which doesn’t seem like much of a stretch.

But while the Des Moines incident is shameful and embarrassing, what took place in Chicago is downright obscene. The Teachers Union gave a soaring tribute to Assata Shakur, who died last week at age 79. The union’s message: ‘Rest in Power, Rest in Peace.’ She was hailed as a ‘revered elder of Black liberation.’

In 1973 Shakur, soon after ditching her more pedestrian name Joanne Chesimard, murdered New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster, who left behind a wife and infant son. Two years into her life sentence, her colleagues in the Black Liberation Army broke Shakur out of prison and she eventually surfaced in Cuba, free to live out the rest of her years in that communist paradise. Perhaps her greatest accomplishment was being the first woman to earn a spot on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list. This bears repeating: The Chicago Teachers Union lavished praise on a cop-killer who had escaped from prison and was protected by Cuba for more than four decades. Naturally, there was no mention of Officer Foerster’s widow or son.

One final note of disgrace: public schools in Des Moines are the worst in Iowa, while Chicago has a full-blown educational crisis. But apparently what really matters is that one district hired a ‘superintendent of color,’ while the other’s teachers sang hosannas to a murderer. These incompetent ‘educators’ again demonstrated that morality, truth, and decency all matter far less than skin color, a concept that is imparted every day to captive students in our most wretched schools. In much of America the far left has a monopoly on public education and revels in its decline. That is the saddest lesson of all.

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The Vanishing Race Card

2025-09-18T22:34:00Z

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Last week, lost amid the mourning for Charlie Kirk and the axing of Jimmy Kimmel, another firing indicated that we may be in a positive cultural shift.

It's worth going back nearly a decade to marvel at how MSNBC's then-hater-in-chief Joy Reid clung to her job. It came to light that Reid had mockingly implied that Democrat Charlie Crist was a closeted homosexual. When her slander was exposed, Reid claimed she had been 'hacked' and enlisted the FBI to track down the culprits. It was the most sordid episode in Joy Reid's hate-filled career, but guess what? Despite the homophobia and the lies, Reid kept her job. Any white person would have been cut loose immediately, but she was immunized by her pigmentation. Call it 'Black privilege.'

But how things have changed! Last week, The Washington Post canned opinion writer Karen Attiah, a dishonest woman who finally went too far. Attiah mangled a quote to make just-murdered Charlie Kirk look like a virulent racist who shouldn't be mourned. Kirk had once taken aim at four specific Black women, among them Ketanji Brown Jackson and Joy Reid, who freely admitted that their success was due to affirmative action. Kirk addressed them directly: 'You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously.' But here's what that quote looked like after passing through Karen Attiah's mind and keyboard: 'Black women do not have the brain processing power to be takenseriously.'

Attiah blatantly, probably intentionally, made it appear that Kirk denigrated ALL Black women, not just a few. She also described him as 'a white man that espoused violence.' Her bosses were eager for an excuse to fire Attiah, citing dismal performance reviews, and they did just that. Karen Attiah, of course, took on the martyr role, saying she was fired for 'speaking out against political violence, racial double standards, and America's apathy toward guns.' Nice try, Karen, but you were fired for dishonesty and for slandering a guy who had not yet been buried.

In recent years, some other prominent Black 'journalists' have also been axed, including Don Lemon, the aforementioned Joy Reid, and the loathsome Tiffany Cross, who called Florida' the d**k of the country' and urged its castration. Cross was amused by her wit; not even MSNBC could stomach her endless smears.

Network honchos were once reluctant to boot Black writers and anchors, knowing that the wrath of Al Sharpton may come down upon them. But things have changed, and perhaps Donald Trump has something to do with it. Black and White reporters are finally being held to the same standards, which is good for the media and for the country. You might say that the race card has been Trumped!

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The Worst of Times

2025-09-12T07:02:00Z

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Like most liberal media outlets, The New York Times had to be dragged kicking and screaming into noticing the gruesome murder in Charlotte, where 14-time loser Decarlos Brown massacred Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska. When the so-called ‘newspaper of record’ finally got around to covering the story, it was done in typical Times fashion. First, the headline:

Ukrainian Refugee Stabbing in North Carolina Ignites a Firestorm on the Right

So the story wasn’t that a 23-year-old woman was slaughtered by a lunatic; it was the reaction by conservatives. In the bizarre Times world, the only crimes worthy of attention and outrage are ‘hate crimes’ involving a Black victim. You know the names – Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor, Jordan Neely et al. Their deaths ignited charges of racism, months of articles, and often bloody and destructive riots. You might call it a ‘firestorm on the left.’

Even worse than the headline was a gem of a paragraph in the body of the piece. The paper’s writer decided to harken back in time, way back:

“In North Carolina, as in other Southern states, newspapers in the Jim Crow era often egregiously exaggerated stories about Black criminality.”

Talk about gratuitous! What possible reason can there be for bringing up a dark era in America’s past? Perhaps it’s to justify the media’s reluctance to cover the murder, perhaps it’s the writer’s attempt to show some virtue. Admittedly, we can’t peer into the mind of a leftist faced with writing about a crime he’d rather ignore.

Right now, The Times and its allies in the whitewashing business really have their ink-stained hands full. A Black man named Rashad Dabney is accused of murdering a White female professor in Alabama, and a Black man named Jamel McGriff allegedly killed an elderly White couple in New York City.

What an incredible conundrum for the left-leaning media! All three killers used knives, so they can’t blame guns. All were Blacks killing Whites, so out goes the racism angle. What’s a newspaper to do? Most likely, they’ll again claim that crime is down and quickly move on. As the media likes to say about ICE, the stories will soon be ‘disappeared.’

This sordid episode reinforces something you’ve heard often but is worth repeating: No matter how much you hate the media, it’s just not enough.

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The Ugliest People's Conference

2025-09-04T17:42:00Z

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‘Make America Hate Again!’ That was the apparent goal of the ‘People’s Conference for Palestine,’ which recently wrapped up three days of venom and vitriol in Detroit.

First, a digression – that seemingly innocuous word ‘People’s’ is a warning sign, often employed by Marxists, Communists, and others on the outer fringes. The People’s Republic of China has lots of people, not much in the way of Republicanism, while the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea is Kim Jong Un’s failed state. Closer to home, People’s Action is a band of ultra-radical, anti-capitalist malcontents. True, there are exceptions – the reality show The People’s Court seemed pretty harmless with kindly old Judge Wapner on the bench.

But back to the conference, where the main debate seemed to be whether Israel or the United States is more Satanic. One speaker, a charming ‘influencer’ named Hasan Piker, once declared that ‘America deserved 9/11.’ Mayor Eduardo Martinez of Richmond, California, actually praised Hamas, and another speaker hinted that factory workers in Detroit might consider sabotaging production of fighter jets bound for Israel.

Perhaps the most disturbing thing about the gathering was the enthusiastic participation of a sitting United States Representative, namely Rashid Tlaib of Michigan, who returned to her home town to deliver this profane message: ‘Look at this room, motherf******,’ she declared. ‘We ain’t going anywhere!’ The crowd erupted in wild applause. Tlaib, one of four Muslims in the House, accused America of having been ‘built on slavery and genocide and rape and oppression’ and declared that her nation promotes genocide and starvation.

While it is remarkable that a member of Congress so thoroughly despises her country, it’s equally astonishing that not one of her Democratic colleagues has stepped forward to rebuke the odious Tlaib. Republican Buddy Carter is calling for her to be censured for ‘celebrating terrorism,’ but that will have zero effect. Tlaib was officially censured two years ago for lying and calling for Israel’s destruction, which only served to inspire her defiant response: ‘I will not be silenced.’ She has lived up to that vow.

So Tlaib will remain in Congress and will continue to spew pure hatred towards Israel and America. And she’ll have no problem getting reelected in her heavily Democratic district. Actually, you could call it by another name: The People’s Republic of Southeast Michigan.

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Whining, Women, and Song

2025-08-28T07:00:00Z

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You may have noticed the resurgence of a certain kind of folk music recently. Whenever President Trump takes an action that lefties don’t like, there will inevitably be singing, usually off-key and cringe-inducing.

The latest example came last week when Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the notorious ‘Maryland Man,’ reported to immigration authorities in Baltimore. Garcia, of course, is the Salvadoran who became a hero to far-left politicians and activists, despite being an alleged wife-beater, human smuggler, and all-around bad guy.

The singers in this case were members of the ‘Rapid Response Choir,’ a Maryland group claiming to stand for ‘truth, justice, and democracy.’ One thing it doesn’t seem to stand for is diversity, at least of the age and race variety. The choir is whiter than a hockey team, older than CNN’s audience, more feminine than a nail salon. The RRC’s web page declares that it is open to everyone and ‘no prior singing experience is required.’ That last part is obvious to anyone who has heard them. In this case, the choir’s set included a rendition of ‘This Little Light of Mine’ that included these inventive lyrics: ‘Kilmar is our neighbor, you can’t have him, Trump.’ Move over, Cole Porter and Bob Dylan

Meanwhile, back when Elon Musk was public enemy number two, a band of Democrats got together to mangle the folk song ‘Which Side Are You On?’ The elderly singers crooned this about Donald Trump: ‘He wants us all to fail … but we want him in jail.’ It’s worth mentioning that the song was made famous by Pete Seeger, a dyed-in-the-red-wool communist.

Another embarrassing musical moment came in the sanctuary city of Boston, where Mayor Michelle Wu hired a mariachi band to protest enforcement of immigration laws. On the plus side, at least the band members were a little younger and a lot less pale. Democratic lawmakers also reacted to Rep. Al Green’s censure by belting out ‘We Shall Overcome’ in the well of the House.

Thus far, these musical passages have elicited more ridicule than results; they remind one of a famous line from Macbeth: ‘Sound and fury, signifying nothing.’ As for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, his fate will inevitably be summed up in the words of a song written by John Denver and popularized by the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary:

‘I’m leavin’ on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again.’

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'Juking the Stats,' DC-Style

2025-08-21T07:00:00Z

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Almost every ranking of the greatest TV dramas in history has ‘The Wire’ at or near the top. The HBO series portrayed cops – some clean, some corrupt – trying to fight crime in drug-infested Baltimore, along with junkies and killers, politicians and crime victims. The show introduced viewers to the term ‘juking the stats,’ meaning a concerted effort to create fake crime statistics to please the top brass and City Hall. ‘Making robberies into larcenies, making rapes disappear,’ declared one character. ‘You juke the stats and majors become colonels.’

The Wire came to mind when Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops in Washington, just 40 miles to the south. That inspired cacophonous caterwauling among Democrats and TV hosts who claim the move is ‘fascistic’ and unnecessary because DC is already safe. Mayor Muriel Bowser insists that violent crime has dropped by 27% over the past year.

But is Washington really getting safer?  Or is someone cooking the books in our nation’s capital?  The feds are investigating after a top police official was suspended for allegedly altering crime data.  You know, ‘juking the stats.’  The boss of DC’s police union says the official numbers are ‘preposterous,’ adding that ‘crime is ubiquitous in every quadrant of the city.’

But one particular crime, the ‘Big M,’ is not very conducive to statistical manipulation because dead bodies are hard to hide.  DC’s murder rate, while lower than the bad old days of the 1990s, is double what it was a dozen years ago.  Washington has the fourth-highest homicide rate of any major U.S. city; if it were a state, DC would lead the league in murders.

But right after the federal takeover, Washington had zero homicides for a full week, something that hasn’t happened since March.  And that killing-free week came in the dog days of August, when murders tend to be far more frequent.  It can’t be proven that the lack of murders and the lives saved are a direct result of Trump’s actions, but it does seem like a reasonable deduction.  Carjackings and other violent crimes are also way down in recent days.

Will any Democrat applaud that fact?  Will any left-wing analyst on MSNBC or CNN give the president a smidgen of credit?  Nah.  They’ll continue to rail against the ‘dictator’ in the White House because, as we know, if Trump did it, it’s gotta be wrong. Dead wrong!

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War and Peace, Crime and Punishment

2025-08-15T18:05:00Z

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The insane positions put forth this week by Trump Haters Unlimited brings to mind the monumental works of 19th-century Russian literary masters Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky.

War and Peace: President Trump is trying mightily to stop the madness in the blood-soaked killing fields of Ukraine.  His latest gambit is a sit-down with Vladimir Putin, which is admittedly akin to dealing with Satan himself.   But what is there to lose?  Well, just ask some of the usual suspects on the left.

CNN analyst Josh Rogin calls the meeting a ‘disaster’ and ‘the Ukrainian people’s worst nightmare.’  This genius delivered his verdict long before Air Force One departed for Alaska.  Other critics include former Biden aide Neera Tanden, who was denied a Cabinet post because of her notorious nastiness, and John Bolton, who has never recovered from hearing Donald Trump’s pithy command: ‘You’re fired!’

Crime and Punishment.  By now, you’re familiar with over-the-top left-wing reactions to President Trump’s initiative against wanton violence in Washington.  CNN and MSNBC trotted out the tired old cast of characters to portray the president as the second coming of Hitler because he is fed up with killing, looting, and carjacking in the nation’s capital.

This has become standard operating procedure for too many Democrats.  If Trump is for something, they absolutely, positively have to be against it.  This particular malady goes far beyond ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ – it’s more of a virulent cancer eating away at their souls and spirits.  Speaking of which, if Donald Trump cures cancer, the haters will blame him for a sudden spike in unemployment among oncologists.

The political ramifications of this bitterness may have lasting effects.  Medical studies document that chronic anger can dramatically shorten life expectancy.  Combine that with the fact that conservatives have far more children than liberals, and it spells demographic doom for self-proclaimed progressives, who are long on bitterness, short on fertility.

They may be wise to recall the words of American author Mark Twain, a contemporary of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky:  ‘Anger is an acid,’ Twain wrote, ‘that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.’  Put another way, unrelenting hatred of all things Trump is detrimental to the body, the mind, and the soul.

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Turn Left, Then Head Toward Oblivion

2025-08-07T17:21:00Z

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Howard Stern and Stephen Colbert followed a similar path. First came humor and creativity, followed by bitterness, left-wing advocacy, and ultimately cancellation. Reports suggest that SiriusXM, which has been paying Stern a king’s ransom, will not renew his contract later this year. He’ll be departing about the same time as Colbert and for nearly identical reasons.

No one should overlook the genius that made Howard Stern the ‘King of all Media,’ as he immodestly dubbed himself. He changed talk radio from strictly local to national as he dominated the ratings in one city after another. In addition to his cast of misfits and highly sexualized humor, a major part of the Stern formula was mocking the powerful, be they politicians or movie stars or tycoons. Liberals and conservatives were equal opportunity targets.

But Stern took a hard left turn and became a Democratic cheerleader. Last April, when everyone knew Joe Biden had mentally left the building, Stern sat with the president for an interview that was more tee-ball than softball. He listened to Biden’s tall tales and sat in rapt admiration as Biden claimed to have saved ‘half a dozen’ lives as a lifeguard. The former ‘shock jock’ was shockingly sycophantic. Then, when Kamala Harris was anointed as Biden’s successor, one of her few one-on-one interviews was with Stern, who gushed over her intelligence and experience.

As for Colbert, here are a few of his recent guests: Gov. J.B. Pritzker, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, Sen. Adam Schiff, MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace, and, of course, cackling Kamala. They are neither funny nor interesting, but they share a pathological hatred of Donald Trump. If Colbert is trying to sabotage his show as it winds down to cancellation, he is picking the perfect guests to do just that.

Howard Stern and Stephen Colbert both decided that being popular with their lefty pals was more important than being funny, and both lost their cushy and ultra-lucrative jobs. Next in line could be ‘CBS Mornings’ host Gayle King, whose show is shedding viewers. President Trump himself pronounced her a goner: ‘Gayle King’s career is over,’ he wrote. ‘No talent, no ratings, no strength.’ Other virulent Trump-haters have also paid a price.

But will other entertainers ever get the hint that alienating half your audience is not a great business model? Or is it just too tempting to bash Donald Trump and earn plaudits from your peers? They should probably decide soon because they are rapidly running out of time … and viewers.

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Rethinking Zohran Mamdani?

2025-07-31T18:32:00Z

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It's very likely that Donald Trump sealed his victory with the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania in July of 2024. His astonishing reaction turned some never-Trumpers into supporters. It's also possible that Zohran Mamdani's hope to be New York City's next mayor ended one year later when a crazed gunman killed four people in midtown Manhattan.

Admittedly, this prediction may not age very well. According to a new poll, Mamdani is en route to an easy victory over Mayor Eric Adams, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani is sitting - and smiling - pretty with 50% of the vote, and his Wednesday press conference reaffirmed that he is a tremendously slick and attractive candidate.

But consider that the poll was taken before a police officer was executed in that midtown massacre, an immigrant from Bangladesh with a wife, two children, and another on the way. And before New Yorkers witnessed the outpouring of grief by other cops, who are called 'New York's Finest' for a reason. They are the men and women who protect citizens from mayhem and anarchy and death.

Then consider some of Zohran Mamdani's past slanders. Here's one of his lovely tweets: 'The NYPD is racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety.' Mamdani repeatedly endorsed the lefty mantra, 'Defund the police.' The Z-man also displayed his stark racism: 'Black + brown solidarity will overcome white supremacy.' He proudly gave the middle-finger salute to a statue of Christopher Columbus and demanded that it be torn down. Arrivederci, Italian vote.

Mamdani seems to cherish Marxist slogans. 'Each according to their need, each according to their ability,' he wrote. And he declared that the ultimate goal is 'seizing the means of production.' C'mon, the guy makes Bill de Blasio look like Rudy Giuliani. Thus, the questions: Are those 50% aware of his ultra-extreme positions, and who can stop the Mamdani juggernaut? That depends on who stays in, who drops out, who shows up to debate, and how voters react when anti-Mamdani ads start filling the airwaves. Sure, he is the favorite of 20- and 30-something white college grads, but he'll need more than just the young swells. And while he undoubtedly has a lock on the Criminal-American community, they don't usually flock to the polls.

So will the nation's most important city, the capital of finance, media, and advertising, really elect a 33-year-old red-behind-the-ears, Israel-hating rich kid? We doubt it, but perhaps that's a terminal case of wishful thinking.

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First They Came For the Comedians

2025-07-24T18:57:00Z

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Perhaps some left-wingers in Congress are contemplating a new amendment to the Constitution. It might read something like this:

'The right of a citizen to lose money without consequence shall not be

denied, so long as that citizen is of the proper political persuasion.'

It could be the 28th Amendment or perhaps an extension to James Madison's Bill of Rights as Amendment 10-A.

That kind of constitutional protection would help victims of severe abuse like Stephen Colbert. His talk show, a nightly barrage of 'humor' aimed at conservatives, reportedly loses tens of millions annually. But because he is a man of the left, the show's cancellation ignited paroxysms of outrage. Celebrities clutched their very expensive pearls, politicians demanded investigations, and other talk show hosts predicted doom while crying 'censorship.' A typical reaction came courtesy of The View's not-very-bright Sunny Hostin: 'If the comedians are being attacked,' she declared, 'our Constitution is being dismantled.' She said it with a very straight face.

Keep in mind that Paramount and CBS are giving Colbert ten months to ridicule and slander President Trump while collecting his $385,000 weekly paycheck. Any self-respecting 'censor' would have yanked him off the air immediately, but his 'Late Show' will grace the airwaves until May.

Colbert's sycophantic supporters argue that he has the highest ratings in late-night network TV. That's damning by very faint praise since Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and the others are also hemorrhaging viewers. The only exception is Fox News' 'Gutfeld!,' which averages about a million more viewers than Colbert. Greg Gutfeld is unquestionably conservative and mercilessly skewers Democrats, but he never forgets rule number one: Be Funny.

Stephen Colbert lost his humor – and much of his audience – as his Stage 4 Trump-hatred metastasized. And if your ratings sink while your show loses money, you will eventually be shown the door, given the pink slip, pick your cliché.

Turn a profit or lose your job! It's a timeless and ironclad rule of business that can only be changed by expanding the Bill of Rights. So where is Jimmy Madison when he is so desperately needed, especially by his fellow Jimmys?

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Smiling Faces Sometimes

2025-07-18T07:00:00Z

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If you’re of a certain age, you remember the blockbuster 1971 Motown hit from The Undisputed Truth:

‘Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes they don’t tell the truth.’

Here’s another undisputed truth: Zohran Mamdani has an absolutely fabulous smile. The New York mayoral candidate knows it and proudly flashes that big grin every chance he gets. His seductive smile is one reason this communist stands a decent chance of winning, despite espousing an ideology that led to tens of millions of deaths.

Mamdani will tell you (with a smile!) that he’s no communist, just a friendly, run-of-the-mill democratic socialist who has nothing in common with Marx except a beard. But just a few years ago, Mamdani endorsed ‘seizing the means of production,’ a phrase that really separates the men from the boys when it comes to left-wing radicalism. The Bolsheviks did some seizing a century ago and paved the way for mass murder on a scale Genghis Khan would envy. Smilin’ Zohran also wants to institute city-run grocery stores, free transportation, and assorted other inanities.

Mamdani isn’t the only prominent individual who tends to smile while spewing vile words. Watch Ilhan (Somalia First!) Omar grin while downplaying the horrors of 9/11 or demonizing America. Gavin Newsom’s standard expression is more of a wicked smirk that seems as inauthentic as the rest of him. Meanwhile, MSNBC anchors past and present, notably Jen Psaki and Joy Reid, wear permanent smiles while denouncing the evils of Donald Trump and conservatives. No doubt there are Republicans with the same deceitful trait, but it seems to be largely a left-wing phenomenon.

In contrast, there is the perpetual scowl of Border Czar Tom Homan. He is arguably the most effective person in all of government, but his smile is reserved for when he’s challenging a heckler to a fistfight. Who would you rather have on your side, Grinnin’ Zohran or Glowerin’ Tom? The question answers itself.

We claim no scientific proof that smiling politicians are probably shady, but we do suggest that you observe the facial expressions of those who tout their own virtue and vow to make your life better. And never forget this priceless and timeless advice from The Undisputed Truth:

‘Smiling faces show no traces, Of the evil that lurks within. Can you dig it?

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Opening the Floodgates of Idiocy

2025-07-10T23:09:00Z

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You know the old saying attributed to Mark Twain: ‘To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.’ Perhaps we should now say, ‘To a cisgender whose birth-assigned sex is male …’ Anyway, you get the point.

These days, Democrats have only one tool in the toolbox, actually in the entire shed – hatred of Donald John Trump. So whenever anything negative occurs, many of them instinctively and immediately cast blame by pointing at the White House and the ogre inside. The most recent example is the horrible flooding in Texas, an unspeakable disaster that has left hundreds dead and missing. Even before the water in the Guadalupe River receded, even as search missions were underway, a few Democrats threw caution and shame to the wind. Two United States Senators stand out for their eagerness to abandon every shred of decency.

One is Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy, a rich kid who no doubt looks in the mirror every morning and sees a future president. Murphy has apparently decided that his path to higher office (and there is only one higher office) is to show up as frequently as possible on MSNBC and spew the most vile things about Donald Trump. Without a shred of evidence, the senator predictably implied that the deaths resulted from cutting government weather forecasters. That was quickly refuted, but Murphy got his attention and TV time, which was the entire point.

Then there is Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who has never held a job outside of politics. If there is ever a remake of the 1957 classic ‘The Incredible Shrinking Man,’ Schumer is ideal for the title role. He has been rapidly diminishing in every way possible – in power, in morality, even in physical stature. The 74-year-old knows he is through and that no amount of arm flailing or judge-threatening will rescue him. Last week, the Incredible Shrinking Senator demanded an investigation into the National Weather Service, falsely implying that ‘staffing shortages’ contributed to the death toll.

There has been plenty of other foolishness, with politicians blaming Trump, conservatives, Elon Musk, and, of course, ‘climate change.’ The fearless Karoline Leavitt delivered a pithy response to all of them: ‘You should be deeply ashamed.’

But they won’t be ashamed, and they are standing by, ready to blame Donald Trump for whatever happens next, be it a plane crash, a hurricane, or a bunion. At the moment, the Democrats have only one instrument available to use, but it turns out that they are the tools.

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Donald Trump Swims a Victory Lap

2025-07-03T07:00:00Z

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The President has been on a hot streak, racking up wins in the Supreme Court, at the border, in Iran, and even against CBS News. But when it comes to an utter shellacking, few things can match his crushing defeat of the University of Pennsylvania.

The elite Ivy League school and the President have been in a cage match since Inauguration Day. Despite the administration’s insistence that biological males should not compete in women’s sports, educrats at Penn were determined to protect the records of Lia Thomas, the 6’4” swimmer formerly known as William Thomas. Thomas was an average swimmer on the men’s team, but after transitioning, Thomas joined the women’s team and smashed school records, even winning an NCAA championship in the 500-yard freestyle.

Thomas was prominent in the Penn record books, but now that name is missing and those records are rightfully held by women. But Penn’s utter humiliation extends beyond records. The school will formally apologize to every female defeated by Thomas. ESPN should also feel some shame, if the network is capable of that, after featuring Lia Thomas in a Women’s History Month special. The network has yet to issue an apology to its viewers or to the women who trained for so many years only to be left in Thomas’s wake.

The most bizarre element of this disgraceful chapter was the silence of other athletes, college administrators, Democrats, and most of the media. The fear of being ‘canceled’ was so overwhelming that nearly no one spoke up against this obvious outrage. Aside from Riley Gaines, Martina Navratilova, and a handful of other heroes, most went along with the charade.

One might hope that Penn did the right thing after some conscious searching, but old-fashioned cash was the primary motivator. The Trump team unfroze $175 million in aid after the school went down on bended knee. Very few have spoken out against the school’s kowtowing to Trump, although one LGBTQ activist accused the President of using ‘bullying and threats’ and asked Penn to reconsider.

That’s not going to happen. Donald Trump and his administration’s checkbook have prevailed. The decision will help end the madness that has extended from youth leagues to college, from volleyball to track. More women athletes can now compete against other females without fearing being crushed, whether figuratively on the scoreboard or literally on the field. They can thank a few courageous people who spoke up and, yes, the President of the United States.

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The Tears of the Clowns

2025-06-26T18:33:00Z

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There is nothing new about politicians weeping in public.  Dwight Eisenhower, both Bushes, Gerald Ford, and a host of other presidents cried openly, usually over a personal tragedy or when talking about great heroism. At the extreme, former Speaker John Boehner shed tears so frequently that he boosted Kleenex’s bottom line.

But there is something different these days when the tears are often preceded by getting handcuffed.  Most recently, little-known Senator Alex Padilla became extremely emotional as he described the horror of being removed from a press conference he had crashed.  Padilla portrayed himself as another Nelson Mandela, a great man fighting for a great cause.

Other Democrats have also been seen wearing silver bracelets, always because they were protesting ICE and the deportation of illegal immigrants.  Rep.  LaMonica McIver was recently booked for assaulting immigration officers in New Jersey.  Like Padilla, McIver is playing the martyr, declaring, ‘They will not intimidate me!’

New York City politician Brad Lander was arrested and cuffed when he pulled a similar stunt at an immigration court.  Lander made a media tour that included an interview with radio host ‘Charlamagne tha God.’  Charlamagne shocked his guest with this observation:  ‘I feel like a lot of that sh*t y’all do is performative … y’all just doing it for the attention.’

That’s exactly what many Americans think, that Democrats now see handcuffs and tears as badges of honor, tickets to higher office.  It certainly worked in the past.  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was not yet famous when she went to the border and ‘wept’ over the plight of migrant children.  The image of AOC, dressed in pristine white, bending over and crying, accelerated her growing fame.

It’s not only politicians who turn on the waterworks, but it always seems to be the same subject.  Actress Selena Gomez made an Instagram video showing herself sobbing uncontrollably about deportations, and last week, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace got weepy and admitted that she ‘can’t stop thinking’ about alleged gang bangers being deported.

All this raises questions: Do these folks cry when the cameras aren’t rolling, or are they putting on a show?  And have they ever shed tears for the many victims of the illegal criminals for whom they now weep?
One mark of a great actor is the ability to cry on cue.  Unfortunately, it’s also becoming the mark of an ambitious politician.

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The ABCs of Insanity

2025-06-19T16:24:00Z

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ABC News must be so proud! One of the news division’s most prominent stars just put forth perhaps the most deranged, delirious, and demonic argument in history, a rant that deserves a cherished spot in the Museum of Bad Broadcasting.

Caryn Johnson, better known as Whoopi Goldberg, actually declared that life for women in Iran is pretty much the same as life for Blacks in America. Perhaps she spells it AmeriKKKa in her addled brain. Whoopi has previously taken heat for bizarre comments about the Holocaust, rape, and many other subjects, but her most recent tirade puts those to shame.

If you missed it, she said the USA has treated Blacks and gays with unspeakable cruelty, and, as always, some in the audience clapped like trained seals. Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, daughter of an Arab man, tried to inject a dollop of sanity by pointing out that living in the United States of America in 2025 is ‘very different’ than living in Iran. Whoopi’s astute reply: ‘Not if you’re Black.’

For a reality check, we turn to the Center for Human Rights in Iran. The Center reports that girls’ faces must be covered beginning in first grade and that all females are required to cover their hair and entire bodies. And there’s this: ‘Those who defy the dress code can face punishments that include flogging, fines, and imprisonment.’

The Islamic Republic of Iran is a wretched and barbaric place, a country where Whoopi’s dreadlocks would have to go into hiding. But this TV host, who once claimed that she has a ‘hard time’ getting by on $8 million a year, contends that it’s pretty much the same as the USA. She is the poster child for perennial victimhood.

Remember that ABC News was once home to Peter Jennings, Ted Koppel, Diane Sawyer, and Brit Hume. Now it is a playground for the likes of George Stephanopoulos, who falsely labeled President Trump a rapist, and Terry Moran, who was just fired for posting an anti-Trump diatribe. But ABC’s greatest shame is on display every weekday morning at 11:00.

Whoopi’s bosses at ABC and parent company Disney have reportedly told the women of The View to tone down their vitriolic assaults on Donald Trump. But apparently, their home country, aka The Great Satan, is still fair game. We hereby suggest a new signoff every morning: ‘This is Whoopi, Joy, and Sunny, proudly reporting for ABC News.’

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Bad Vibrations

2025-06-13T07:00:00Z

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Perhaps no single person ever did more to glorify California than Brian Wilson, who died Wednesday at age 82.  The California of Wilson and his Beach Boys was a land of eternal sunshine, surfing, prosperity, love, and good times that would endure forever.  His music helped California become a magnet for millions of people who moved west to this Earthly Paradise.

And perhaps no single person has ever mangled that image more than Governor Gavin Newsom, who delivered an apocalyptic speech the night before Brian Wilson’s death.  Newsom has helped turn Eden into a place now known for homeless encampments, outdoor drug markets, and looting.

How dramatically has California been transformed?  Consider that the Beach Boys’ great song ‘Good Vibrations’ was released in the fall of 1966.  One month later, Ronald Reagan was elected governor in a landslide.  At the same time, both senators from the Golden State were moderate Republicans.

Now the state’s boss is the snake oil salesman, while Los Angeles is run by hapless former Castro-worshipping Karen Bass.  The senators are far-left Democrats, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla.  To a man and woman, all of them excuse the anti-ICE protests, blame Donald Trump for the chaos, and ignore the many ills infecting their state.

How did this happen? The great writer Ernest Hemingway famously described how one of his characters went bankrupt: ‘Gradually, then suddenly.’  The same trajectory applies to California’s descent into moral bankruptcy.  The state went from moderate Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger to loony Newsom faster than the Beach Boys’ ‘Little Deuce Coupe’ on the 101.

Brian Wilson apparently never gave up on California.  Describing one of his later albums in 2008, he said this:  ‘We tried to capture the vibe of Southern California and how beautiful it is to be here.’  But now, not many years later, anarchy threatens the state and city to which he dedicated those many love songs.

What would it take for California to return to sanity, to again be the Promised Land for Americans and people around the world?  To use a term familiar to Californians, it would require no less than a tectonic shift in political leadership.  Can that happen?

God Only Knows.

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Democrats, Needles, Haystacks

2025-06-05T21:28:00Z

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You may have noticed a pattern among Trump haters on the left. Whenever the president does something intended to keep Americans safer, Democrats object by finding the proverbial needle in a haystack, something that makes Trump, Homan, Miller, and Noem look cruel and heartless.

One example was the outrage over Kilmar Abrego Garcia. In March the Trump team shipped hundreds of illegal gang members to a prison in El Salvador, undoubtedly making life better in the cities where they had been living. But Democrats and their media allies latched on to Abrego Garcia, portraying him as a harmless ‘Maryland man.’ He was the needle in the haystack, a convenient excuse for the left to run wild.

It’s true that Abrego Garcia should have been deported to a different country, but he was in the USA illegally, and it was soon revealed that the ‘Maryland man’ was an alleged gang member, human trafficker, and wife-beater. The Democrats who made the pilgrimage to visit him in prison have mostly moved on.

More recently, ICE has been on a roll in Massachusetts, rounding up 15-hundred illegal aliens. Most had criminal records, but lefties again found their cherished needle. This time it was 18-year-old high school student Marcelo Gomes Da Silva. Democratic politicians pounced, painting immigration agents as evil monsters.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu called ICE ‘secret police’ who are snatching people off the streets. There were few media reports about the heinous crimes committed by the other detainees, only a focus on the high schooler. Marcelo may be a terrific young man who will someday be a great American, but right now he’s merely a convenient tool for the left.

Then there’s the unspeakable crime in Colorado, where an Israeli-hating Egyptian man set Jews on fire with a makeshift flamethrower. Mohamed Soliman was in the country illegally after overstaying his visa, so the left really had to stretch to denounce Trump. They found a way! Here’s an actual headline from USA Today: ‘Boulder Suspect’s Daughter Dreamed of Studying Medicine. Now She Faces Deportation.’ Someone might inform the young woman and USA Today that there are fine medical schools in Egypt.

It’s a long tradition for politicians on both sides to blame the other guys, but today’s Democrats have perfected it to an art form, usually with plenty of help from their pals in the media. Remember that next time the administration does something that seemingly helps ordinary Americans. Dems will find the needle, and the media will ignore the haystack.

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Where Have All the Young Men Gone?

2025-05-30T18:27:00Z

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Folk singer Pete Seeger asked a rhetorical question in a 1955 song: 'Where Have All the Young Men Gone.' That's the exact same query now being posed by Democrats, who are searching for all the young men who have jumped ship and now vote Republican.

The Democratic Party has just launched a $20-million study on how to reach American males. You know, the very males many of them have denigrated for a couple of decades, labeling them 'toxic' and 'predators' and 'oppressors.'

Men have been driven to the right for many reasons, but one sticks out because it also alienates many women. Namely, the question of whether biological males should be allowed to play in female sports. No male athletes are competitively harmed by the policy, but almost all men know it's insane, a violation of common sense, physiology, and human nature.

Every recent poll shows that a vast majority of Americans, including 72% of young men, want transgender athletes banned from female sports. But Democrats, dominated by very vocal far-left activists, stubbornly remain on the other side of the issue. Just try to find a prominent Democrat willing to speak out against trans athletes in women's sports.

California Governor Gavin Newsom half-heartedly said it may be 'unfair,' but his state has done little, and last weekend, a 16-year-old biological male dominated a high school track meet in the Golden State. Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton also broke ranks and made a candid admission: "I have two little girls, I don't want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat I'm supposed to be afraid to say that." Moulton was blasted by activists, one of his top aides resigned, and he's avoided the subject ever since. When a bill came up in Congress to ban transgender athletes from girls' sports, Moulton voted against it.

So, if Democrats genuinely want to solve their man problem, they might start by defying the radicals and embracing common sense. Their aforementioned new plan is called 'Speaking with American Men,' code-named SAM. It should include a very simple suggestion: Allow Samantha to enjoy her sports and victories; don't make her compete against Samuel. Young women will appreciate it, and so will most of those young men whose votes you so desperately seek.

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Donald Trump, Cabinet Maker

2025-05-22T18:01:00Z

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Remember Rex Tillerson? How about David Shulkin, Scott Pruitt, or Alexander Acosta?

Probably not, and neither do most people outside their immediate families. They were all in Donald Trump’s Cabinet when his first term began in 2017. And now? Unlike most movies (‘The Godfather Part II’ notwithstanding) the sequel is far better than the original. The Trump Cabinet Part II has some stars that rival Al Pacino and John Cazale.

In the past few days, we’ve watched a few of them verbally eviscerate Senate Democrats. There was Secretary of State Marco Rubio mocking Chris Van Hollen for fawning over an illegal criminal; EPA boss Lee Zeldin mauling Sheldon Whitehouse over spending priorities, and HHS head Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accusing Patty Murray of ignoring America’s health crisis.

Cabinet members used to dread going to Capitol Hill to be grilled by hostile Senators, but now it’s often the Senators who are doing the dreadin’. It’s not just that the Cabinet is stocked with competent people; it also seems like they’ve been coached to take go on offense from the very first question.

Trump was a Washington neophyte the first time around and relied on advice from long-time swamp dwellers. This time, the president picked fighters and got all of them, aside from the ill-considered Matt Gaetz, confirmed by the Senate. Trump the First began firing department heads a year into his term, and only six survived the entire four years. Meanwhile, Joe Biden’s team had the job security of a postal worker. No one, not even Merrick Garland, Lloyd Austin, or the execrable Alejandro Mayorkas, was shown the door.

Trump’s apostles will certainly stumble. Homeland Security’s Kristi Noem recently face-planted when asked about the fundamental right of habeas corpus. Perhaps the comely Secretary can skip a few photo ops and bone up on the Constitution. And no doubt the volatile president will give someone the boot, but it’s hard not to be impressed thus far.

In addition to ‘The Godfather Part II,’ another much-praised movie sequel was ‘The Empire Strikes Back.’ For the moment, that may also be a very fitting title for Donald Trump’s second term.

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Cheap Fakes, Human Edition

2025-05-16T07:00:00Z

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Remember way back in June of 2024 when the Great Prevaricator Karine Jean-Pierre popularized the term ‘cheap fakes?’ She was urging us to not believe our lyin’ eyes and insisting that all those videos of Joe Biden looking lost were deceptive. The media eagerly followed KJP’s lead, and the cable networks were filled with White House sycophants chanting the ‘cheap fakes’ mantra.

Of course, the videos weren’t fake at all, but now there are some Democrats and media types who are the human version of ‘cheap fakes.’  Two men stand out as the cream of this rotten crop.  One is Chuck Schumer, who is well past his sell-by date but remains the most powerful Democrat in the Senate.  Schumer unveiled a new and slippery tactic last week when he was asked about Joe Biden’s mental decline.  His terse and oft-repeated reply: ‘We’re looking forward!’  So the Senate’s top Democrat is totally mum on perhaps the most dangerous cover-up in American history.  It’s no mystery why his ‘favorable’ rating, according to a recent CNN poll, sits at 17%.  Wave goodbye to Chuck, say hello to Senator AOC.

An even more odious ‘cheap fake’ is CNN’s Jake Tapper, co-author of a new book about the Biden cover-up.  The oleaginous anchor spent years declaring that Joe Biden was pretty darned nimble and astute.  He claimed Joe’s verbal lapses were due to a stutter and described the president as mentally ‘sharp.’  Last June, just before the debate debacle, Tapper ridiculed Wall Street Journal reporting that revealed the president’s cognitive slippage.  That was Tapper then, a stark contrast to Tapper now.  While Jake tepidly admits that he could have been more aggressive, he blames the White House for misleading the public, the press, and even Cabinet members.

If you’re reading this, if you have eyes and ears, if you watch something other than MSNBC, you knew long ago that Joe Biden was not a well man and in some stage of dementia.  Veteran reporter Mark Halperin says he noticed Biden’s decline as early as 2017, and he is now denouncing Jake Tapper for participating in ‘the biggest media scandal in American history.’  Halperin mocks Tapper for swallowing and ingesting the spin and for ‘hiding the truth.’

Chuck Schumer and Jake Tapper are liars, frauds, and cheap fakes.  They know it, most Americans know it, and probably even Karine Jean-Pierre knows it.  They are the personification of the term she infamously made famous.

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Donald Trump, Afflicting the Comfortable

2025-05-09T07:00:00Z

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It was once a motto for hard-nosed reporters: ‘Comfort the afflicted, afflict the comfortable.’ That was back when newspaper writers were ‘ink-stained wretches’ who hailed from the working class and used shoe leather to track down a story. The breed was epitomized by Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in ‘His Girl Friday.’

But media types rarely afflict the comfortable these days; they are the comfortable, raking in hefty salaries and accepting awards while promoting left-wing causes. A great example is The Atlantic, a publication that was rescued by Steve Jobs’ billionaire widow. The publication trashes Donald Trump, sneers at his followers, and attracts readers who are comfortable, affluent, and educated.

So, who is left to champion the working class? Well, it’s too early to tell whether Donald Trump will comfort the afflicted, but he sure is afflicting the comfortable. The president is generally despised by wealthier Americans who are far more concerned about their stock portfolios than real wages for factory workers.

Many of those elites gathered last Monday for the Met Gala, a New York tradition where beautiful people shell out $75,000 per ticket. The fashions are revolutionary; the attendees talk like revolutionaries while living like plutocrats. So just as Bernie and AOC were railing against ‘The Oligarchy,’ some of America’s true oligarchs were at the Gala, strutting like peacocks in their colorful plumage.

The event is run by Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue and chief arbiter of who is worthy of attendance. She was once asked who would never be invited to the Met Gala. Her very predictable, terse reply: ‘Donald Trump.’ So there were no Trumps to be seen, but Kamala Harris was hobnobbing with the rich and famous. She dined on papaya piri-piri salad and delivered a word salad of her own: ‘Artistic expression - whether it’s dance, music, visual arts, or fashion - has a way of capturing the mood and language of the people without words.’

If there were any Republicans at the Gala, they no doubt kept very quiet about their political leanings. This was a one-party event in a one-party town in a one-party industry. And that party is now home to many of the most comfortable people in the USA.

As for the afflicted, they’re working their butts off on farms and in factories. But while they’re overlooked by the swells at the Met Gala, they truly believe they have a champion in the White House. Making their lives better seems to be Donald Trump’s primary goal, and achieving it will partly depend on his tariff gamble. In the meantime, he’s doing a bang-up job when it comes to alienating America’s wealthy and powerful. And that’s half the battle.

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The Primal Scream Primary

2025-05-01T20:55:00Z

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It's way too early to look ahead to the 2028 Democratic presidential field, but, darn, it's irresistible. At this early stage, one noticeable feature is seething rage.

Leading the anger parade is Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. He can't rail against billionaires, being one himself, but Pritzker is an heir on fire. The big guy went to New Hampshire and issued a threat, calling for 'mass protests' before adding this: 'Republicans cannot know a moment of peace.' J.B. denied that he was inciting violence, but his fighting words got the attention he craves.

Another peeved prospect is Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey. He followed his 25-hour Senate speech by sitting on the steps of the Capitol and screaming about a 'moment of moral urgency.' Booker, known for comparing himself to the rebellious slave Spartacus, seems to be a slave to his own feigned outrage.

Kamala Harris returned to the stage Wednesday with a blistering attack on Donald Trump, accusing him of overseeing 'the wholesale abandonment' of American ideals. Meanwhile, her running mate Tim Walz, disguising bitterness with faux folksiness, has been making the rounds and apparently views himself as a masculine kind of guy who can bring his party back from the wilderness.

Perpetually angry Bernie Sanders may have missed his chance for the brass ring, but he is teaching his protégé Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez how to rail against the evil' oligarchy.' AOC does not flash the fury of other Democrats, and the same holds true for Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Both women may be running in the 'nice' lane once occupied by Amy Klobuchar.

Other Democrats in the mix, to name a few, include Pete Buttigieg and Governors Gavin Newsom, Josh Shapiro, and Wes Moore. Right now, they're content to wait in the background while Pritzker and Booker vent their rage.

It's actually likely that the 2028 Democratic nominee will be none of the above. Perhaps it will be a political neophyte, a left-leaning version of Donald Trump. In 2015 Trump proved that genuine anger can be enormously effective if it's aimed at the right target and in the proper direction, and he showed it again last year.

But while Trump is genuine to a fault, some Democrats seem to be forcing their fury, employing it as a prop. They're kind of like Grampa Simpson yelling at a cloud. However, anger is always ineffective against a cloud … and it may not do much to sway voters.

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The Left's Bad Boy Complex

2025-04-24T23:00:00Z

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It’s a well-documented psychological trait – some women are powerfully attracted to the ‘bad boy,’ the rebellious guy who sneers at social norms. The phenomenon has been the topic of songs, one of them by The Crystals: ‘He’s a rebel and he’ll never ever be any good.’

In film, the archetypes have included James Dean and Marlon Brando, but the ultimate real-life bad boy was Fidel Castro’s murderous henchman Che Guevara, still a darling of some lefties. This is nothing new, and we’ll even wager that some 5th-century European women secretly wanted to call Attila their hon.

Bad puns aside, there’s a point to this. Some Democrats, men, and women alike, have recently been smitten by bad boys left and right. Well, mostly left. Senator Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador for a cozy audience with an alleged wife-beater and alleged human trafficker, Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Other Democrats made their own pilgrimage to see Abrego Garcia, while another delegation headed to Louisiana to pay homage to Hamas supporters Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Öztürk, both of whom face deportation after spewing hate speech on campuses.

Meanwhile, ‘progressives’ tend to look the other way, maybe even silently cheer, when lunatics get their left-wing wings by damaging Teslas. A few even fawn over cold-blooded killer Luigi Mangione.

So, how to make sense of this? According to Psychology Today, siding with the bad boy can ‘provide a sense of purpose.’ It’s easy to picture these Democrats feeling far more alive when in the presence of a real-life rebel. But there’s something else in play. This is still one more way to express unbridled hatred for Donald Trump. It always gets back to the same thing: If Donald Trump does something, it is by definition horrible and must be fought.

‘Bad boy’ sympathizers throw around terms like ‘rule of law’ and ‘due process,’ but they really don’t care about that. They are following the old adage, ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend.’ In this case, the miscreants are Donald Trump’s enemies. That’s all that’s needed to turn a ‘bad boy’ into a hero. Such is the state of today’s Democratic Party.

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Democrats Channel George Costanza

2025-04-17T18:54:00Z

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You may remember the episode of Seinfeld in which hapless George Costanza decided to go against every single instinct he had ever possessed. It worked out pretty well for George, who landed a plum job with the New York Yankees.

Many Democrats seem to be taking a similar route. Whatever Donald Trump says or does, they must do the exact opposite. If Trump is in favor of tariffs or deportations or whatever, Dems stand opposed. If Trump is against DEI or giving billions to Harvard, they must be in favor.

This has reached an extreme in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the illegal alien who was deported back to his native El Salvador. The administration concedes that there was an ‘administrative error’ and that he should have been sent to any other nation. The question then became whether Abrego Garcia should be removed from prison and returned to the United States, where he would inevitably be deported again. Courts have issued various rulings, and we’ll let the lawyers – and those who play lawyers on TV – argue about the fine differences between ‘facilitate’ and ‘effectuate.’

But what’s truly bizarre about this case is how Democrats have adopted Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien and alleged gang member, as their poster child. The left-wing media portray him as a ‘Maryland dad’ who was living the American Dream. James Carville declared that getting him back must be the Democratic Party’s ‘top agenda.’

Senator Chris Van Hollen actually boarded a flight to El Salvador in hopes of talking to the inmate and perhaps escorting him back to Maryland. While the Senator was en route, it emerged that the ‘Maryland dad,’ in addition to his other crimes and unsavory associations, had a history of spousal abuse.

Whatever Democrats, the media, and liberal judges say, Kilmar Abrego Garcia will likely spend the rest of his days in El Salvador, and leftists will soon move on to another cause. But why do they keep picking issues that put them at odds with the vast majority of Americans?

One possible explanation, other than pure Trump hatred, is a religious one. Senator Chris Van Hollen’s bio lists him as an Episcopalian, and perhaps what he gave up for Lent is common sense. Well, Senator, Lent ends at sundown on Thursday, and it may be time to start representing your law-abiding constituents. Even ‘Opposite George’ Costanza only lasted for one episode.

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This Week's Loon

2025-04-10T23:29:00Z

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Drum roll please! The winner of this week’s I-Hate-Trump tournament is … Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. During an appearance on MSNBC (where else?) Glaude accused 78 million Trump voters of unalloyed racism.

Those who chose Trump over Kamala Harris would ‘rather destroy the republic’ than elect a Black woman, the professor declared. Not just some, not just a few, but ALL of them. The professor pompously urged all 78 million to ‘grapple with what motivated them.’ Host Nicolle Wallace sat in hypnotic adoration as Glaude unleashed his diatribe.

Glaude, who orates with the well-practiced cadence of a country preacher, probably does not believe his own words. He was not speaking the truth but hoping to garner attention. And, man, did it work! Glaude’s dishonest and hateful screed played on a loop on Fox News and other conservative outlets. He was ridiculed there but, of course, celebrated in most of the corporate left-wing media.

The professor is no doubt a very smart person and has authored some little-read scholarly tomes. But it’s his willingness to spew venom, usually about race, that makes him a favorite on MSNBC. ‘The ugly underbelly of America is in full view,’ he once declared. And this: ‘The Republican Party vomited up Donald Trump.’ Glaude was totally suckered by the hoax surrounding the NASCAR ‘noose’ incident, citing it as another example of America’s ‘ugliness.’ He was dead wrong, but no apologies are needed when you make a lush living as a bomb thrower.

Eddie Glaude is officially a Distinguished Professor of African American Studies. What he said about Trump voters is not quite ‘distinguished,’ but it earned him the headlines he desperately craves.

So, the week went to Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr. But can he keep his title? Because it’s now baseball season, we’ll note that the progressives have a very deep bench of hate-filled sluggers eager to dislodge Glaude from the top spot. The dugout is stocked with heavy hitters like Ana Navarro, Adam Schiff, Joy Behar, James Carville, and Jasmine Crockett, a modern-day Murderer’s Row. Like Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, they swing for the fences … and they all swing from the left.

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Those Three Little Words

2025-04-03T22:49:00Z

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The inimitable Nat King Cole sang this verse in 1950: 'Oh what I'd give for that wonderful phrase, to hear those three little words.' We feel the same way right now, except the words are these: 'I Don't Know.'

According to economists, TV anchors, union leaders, and just about everyone else, Donald Trump's tariffs will be ruinous, fabulous, catastrophic, and marvelous. They will usher in a new 'Golden Age' and another 'Great Depression.' Everyone must have an opinion, but what you don't hear is the undeniable truth – no one really knows how this will eventually play out. It could lead to the best of times, the worst of times, or somewhere in between.

What we do know is that many Americans feel that they must pick a side. Trump haters are positive that tariffs will demolish the economy. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries proclaims that April 2nd wasn't 'Liberation Day,' but rather 'Recession Day.' I'll see your 'recession' and raise you a 'depression,' chimes in the International Chamber of Commerce, predicting a 1930s-style cataclysm.

Meanwhile, the president and his team seem to truly believe that the tariffs will ignite an economic nirvana in which U.S. factories boom, blue-collar workers thrive, and everyone lives happily ever after. Donald Trump is rolling the dice, betting the farm, and going for broke … pick the cliché of your choice. Will it work? We don't know, you don't know, the self-proclaimed experts don't know.

Sixteen Nobel Prize-winning economists recently signed a letter warning that tariffs will lead to doom, just like the economists who assured us that Biden's inflation was 'transitory,' and the 'intelligence experts' who positively knew that Hunter's laptop was a Russian plant.

Earlier this week, Republican Senator John Kennedy, erudite as always, said this: 'For every economist, there's an equal and opposite economist, and they're both usually wrong.' His pithy conclusion: 'The truth is that we do not know yet what the impact of these tariffs is going to be.'

That's an eloquent way of saying something very simple: 'I don't know.' It's a tremendously valuable three-word, nine-letter phrase we could all utter more often. Try it; it won't hurt a bit!

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The Rise and Fall of Miss Jasmine Crockett

2025-03-27T20:32:00Z

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Jasmine Crockett has become bad for business, very bad. Other members of the Democratic Party know her toxicity has damaged their brand.

The trajectory of the Congresswoman from Texas has been fascinating to watch. Soon after being sworn in two years ago, Ms. Crockett decided that lobbing verbal bombs was her ticket to stardom. It worked beyond her wildest dreams. Through slander and slurs, Jasmine Crockett became a regular on CNN and MSNBC and even the Sunday chat shows. They wanted red meat, or blue meat in this case, and she never failed to deliver.

Most intriguing was Crockett’s personal transformation. The well-off daughter of a pastor who sent her to the finest private schools adopted an entirely different image. She became the bad girl, peppering her diatribes with slang and jive. Her star rose even faster.

But then Jasmine Crockett, like Icarus of Greek mythology, flew too close to the sun. Speaking to an LGBTQ advocacy group in Los Angeles, Crockett looked out at the sea of white liberals and knew she had them in the palm of her hand. She hesitated briefly before going ahead with the slur heard ‘round the world. Jasmine Crockett mocked Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who has been confined to a wheelchair for decades, as ‘Governor Hot Wheels.’

The crowd ate it up, but the backlash was fierce, and not just from the right. CNN’s Van Jones denounced her, as did other Democrats and even the ladies of The View. Crockett laughably claimed she was not referring to Gov. Abbott’s disability, but no one bought her lame excuse.

This reminds us of September 10, 2016, when Hillary Clinton was just two months away from winning the presidency. She was addressing an adoring crowd of donors in New York City and trotted out a line she had used once before. Mrs. Clinton, of course, described half of Trump voters as a ‘basket of deplorables.’ No one can say whether that comment cost HRC the presidency, but she probably regrets those three words more than anything in her life.

Jasmine Crockett is now feeling the same sting of regret. Sure, she’ll get some weekend spots on MSNBC, but her stardom has dimmed. In the case of Icarus, he died when his wax wings melted from the heat of the sun. Jasmine Crockett will survive, but her wings have been clipped.

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The Pursuit of Happiness

2025-03-21T16:20:00Z

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It’s right there in the Declaration of Independence. In 1776, for the first time in human history, a document stated that citizens have the right to pursue happiness.

Which brings us to the ‘World Happiness Report,’ released every year on March 20th, which just happens to be ‘World Happiness Day.’ As always, Finland leads the pack, followed closely by other Nordic nations. The United States, meanwhile, has been sinking in recent years and is now 24th. One wonders why so many Mexicans, whose country is ranked 10th, are so eager to cross the Rio Grande.

Other questions abound. Why do ‘happy’ Finns and Swedes have relatively high suicide rates? Why do Scandinavian nations ingest so many antidepressants? Why does Lebanon, near the bottom of the ‘Happiness Report,’ have one of the lowest suicide rates in the world?

When it comes to the USA, the report laments that Americans are suffering from loneliness and lack of connection. Our fractured politics also doesn’t help, although studies consistently find that conservatives are more content than liberal Americans. It could be that ‘progressives’ find fault with the country and society, while right-leaning types tend to cherish America, warts and all.

Similarly, religious Americans consider themselves happier than non-believers. One can ask, then, why are so many non-religious nations at the top of the index while more-faithful America is dropping?

So what to make of the ‘Happiness Report,’ which always garners a lot of attention? It should probably be taken with many grains of salt. Contentment is extremely difficult to measure, so we’ll propose our own yardstick: Do you know anyone, Rosie O’Donnell and other Trump-haters notwithstanding, who is eager to relocate, even to ultra-happy Finland? Meanwhile, people from all over the world continue to stream here for freedom and opportunity.

By that very important measure, Americans live in the greatest country in the history of the world. Most of us know it … and are pretty darned happy about it.

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Dear Dems: Schadenfreude Is Not a Policy

2025-03-13T19:45:00Z

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One German word captures a universal trait - taking pleasure in the misfortune of others. ‘Schadenfreude’ is so perfect a descriptor that the only synonym in English is ‘gloating.’

It’s an unfortunate aspect of being human; who among us hasn’t silently rejoiced when a foe stumbles? We’ll lay odds that even Gandhi, Buddha, and Mother Teresa succumbed to the feeling at one time or another in their virtuous lives.

This is relevant right now because schadenfreude seems to be the only thing in the Democratic playbook. Trump-haters are actively rooting for bad things to happen in America. Egg prices down? Bad! Stock market plummets? Excellent! Possible peace in Ukraine? Terrible!

The most sickening example came recently – and unsurprisingly - on MSNBC. While reporting on the explosion of an Elon Musk SpaceX rocket, co-host Symone Sanders broke out in song, while her colleague Michael Steele was downright giddy. Because it was bad news for Musk, who plans to rescue stranded astronauts and help blind people see, it was fabulous news for them. Even for that despicable network, it was a blitzkrieg of schadenfreude.

It should be pointed out that Democrats have no monopoly on gloating. Bad news in the Biden administration was celebrated by Republicans, whether overtly or internally. But there was one major difference: The GOP offered some genuine policy prescriptions. They vowed to drill for oil, kill DEI, cut waste, seal the borders, deport criminals, and more.

What policies are Democrats putting forth? The party is offering resistance, profanity, and a celebration of any Trump failure. But they have to face a painful reality: Schadenfreude alone is not a winning strategy … in any language.

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Night of the Living Dems

2025-03-06T21:46:00Z

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The Democratic Party finds itself in a horror movie, a nightmarish tale where they are being devoured by The Orange Monster. That was abundantly clear during Donald Trump’s speech to both chambers of Congress.

It’s often observed that Trump has broken the brains of many Democrats. It now seems like he has also broken their souls and spirits. We don’t mean ‘soul’ in the divine or eschatological sense. It’s the soul of their humanity that’s been stripped away, and that was on full display Tuesday night.

Many Democrats are so infused with Trump hatred that they have lost any capacity to salute the best of humanity if he is involved in any way. You’ve seen the shameful examples of Democrats sitting on their hands, literally and figuratively, when President Trump brought attention to a released hostage, a terrorist’s capture, and, most notably, a 13-year-old boy who has been battling brain cancer.

Democratic Senator John Fetterman, now the party’s voice of reason, described the display as ‘a sad cavalcade of self-owns and unhinged petulance.’ A few other Democrats, most choosing anonymity, also denounced their colleagues’ clownish behavior.

What’s next? Well, the famous 1968 horror movie ‘Night of the Living Dead’ ended very badly for the protagonists. The Democratic Party may have a happier future, but it won’t be easy. They have to finally jettison their left-wing lunatics and rejoin the world of the normal. If the Dems can be re-souled by the midterms, if they focus on issues and not just the bogeyman in the Oval, they can regain the House and fight the monster in a more traditional political way.

One more thing: We admit to having a fantasy in which 13-year-old newly-minted Secret Service agent DJ Daniel pursues Congressman Al Green and puts him in cuffs for threatening President Trump with a cane. No such luck. DJ Daniel is returning home to Texas, where his representative is ... the one and only Al Green. It’s a heavily Democratic district, so let’s hope young DJ doesn’t get booed.

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The Privilege of Being Joy

2025-02-27T19:50:00Z

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You may remember a book called ‘The Jordan Rules,’ which examined the special treatment afforded to Michael Jordan by the NBA and his teammates. Well, MSNBC’s recently fired host Joy Reid also had her own set of rules.

Everyone is aware of Reid’s recent axing, which was due more to lousy ratings than to her many racist diatribes. She regularly denounced conservatives in starkly racial terms, compiling an impressive list of slanders that should have had her sacked years ago.

But often forgotten is Ms. Reid’s shameful anti-gay episode for which she emerged unscathed. Back in her blogging days, Reid frequently implied that twice-married former Florida Governor Charlie Crist was a closeted homosexual, derisively referring to him as ‘Miss Charlie.’ She unleashed other rants against gay men and lesbians.

That was Strike One, right down the middle. Strike Two came when those posts were discovered, by which time Joy Reid was a rising MSNBC star. With a straight face, she claimed hackers were to blame and that she had hired cyber-security experts to investigate. Lyin’ Joy promised to uncover the chicanery, just like O.J. vowed to find the real killer.

Strike Three: When there was no longer any doubt about her hateful screeds, Reid claimed she couldn’t remember the slurs and that they just didn’t align with her enlightened thinking. This was 2018, and Joy Reid seemed doomed to be fired by MSNBC. After all, what other host could possibly get away with such blatant bigotry? Only one: Joy-Ann Lomena-Reid, the wealthy daughter of highly-educated African immigrants. She offered a limp semi-apology and conceded that her incendiary words were ‘tone-deaf.’

When Joy Reid was finally shown the door last week after years of hurling invective, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow implied that her employer was racially insensitive. Meanwhile, the web is teeming with people claiming that Reid was fired because she is Black.

No, Joy Reid wasn’t dismissed because of her skin color. It was her skin color and nothing else that prevented her from being fired long, long ago.

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Great Expectations?

2025-02-21T20:43:00Z

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‘Under-promise, over-deliver.’ That’s a favorite saying among some business types who claim it’s the secret to satisfying customers and clients. But Donald Trump has certainly never adhered to the first half of that mantra.

The ever-optimistic president tends to promise incredible things and seems to genuinely believe what he’s saying. Lately, he’s been heralding a new Golden Age of American greatness. Trump sees prosperity at home, DOGE dividend checks for all, and lasting peace overseas. Perhaps he envisions Russians and Ukrainians, Muslims and Jews, gamboling by day on the pristine beaches of Gaza before gambling by night at the Trump Mediterra Royale. That’s Donald Trump, whose native tongue is hyperbole.

But Trump’s deputies and aides, the people who actually manipulate the levers of government, may want to avoid the grandiose promises. Exhibit A is Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who visited Fox News soon after being confirmed. The secretary confidently predicted the following: a trillion dollars in tax cuts, a trillion in new revenue, a balanced budget, the abolishment of the Internal Revenue Service, plummeting interest rates, and cheap gas.

Howard, tap the brakes a bit. The mammoth ship of state changes direction very, very slowly, and our nation is still beset with problems that won’t vanish quickly. Americans are deeply in debt, chronically unhealthy, often addicted to substances and hand-held devices. It’s great to wish for the best, but Nirvana is not around the corner.

Most of us take President Trump’s words with a grain of salt. We don’t expect a land of perpetual milk and honey; we just want a quart of milk and a jar of honey to be affordable. Everyday Americans desire more jobs for factory workers, fewer jobs for DEI hustlers. We want pilots who are hired on merit, not gender; teachers who celebrate, not denigrate, our history. We’d like our daughters to play sports against other little girls before biking home on safe streets. We want illegal immigrants to return home, we welcome legal immigrants who make our country better and wealthier.

In other words, we simply desire a government that works for Americans, a country where decency is not the exception. As Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders puts it, we just want an America that embraces the normal and rejects the crazy.

That’s really not too much to ask, is it? In the meantime, Heaven Can Wait.

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Disturbed, Demented, and Deranged

2025-02-13T22:39:00Z

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Many Democrats claim to be anti-war, but lately, they’re dropping ‘f-bombs’ all over the place. Their targets, of course, are Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the DOGE detectives. Let that sink in – their shrieks and screams are opposing efforts to eliminate government waste. And who are the most unhinged Dems? Here is a brief rundown.

In the Senate division, there are the old standbys – Liz Warren and Bernie Sanders are crazed as always. And coming up fast is Connecticut’s Chris Murphy, whose warnings of a ‘constitutional crisis’ are frequently heard on those Sunday morning chat shows.

But the House is where the looniest loons make their nests. Reliable ol’ Maxine Waters was last seen threatening a stoic security guard, while her fellow octogenarian Emanuel Cleaver issued this charming demand to Elon Musk: ‘Get your musty hands off of our money or go to Moscow, you musty moo moo moo.’ Yes, that’s the exact quote.

Like in the Senate, the old folks are being out-outraged by the next generation of cranks. Rep. Robert Garcia went on CNN to call Elon Musk a 'd**k,' while Kwesi Mfume described DOGE as the Department of Government Evil. Squaddie potty-mouth Ayanna Pressley actually called Elon a 'Nazi, nepo baby,' and camera-lovin’ Jamie Raskin took to the House floor and accused Musk of being a closet racist.

But the rising star among the haters is Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, who has been raising eyebrows – and eyelashes – with her incendiary rhetoric. Last week the lovely Ms. Crockett made this vow: 'We are gonna be in your face, we are gonna be on your asses.' Much like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Crockett combines passion and photogenicity, making her a favorite guest on MSNBC.

A few saner Democrats, among them James Carville and former Rep. Dean Phillips, are advising the party to keep its powder dry to save the outrage for fights that actually put them on the side of normal Americans. But it’s far too late for that – the spigots of outrage are wide open, and the venom is gushing out.

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Three Cheers for Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

2025-02-06T22:54:00Z

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As you no doubt noticed, many Democrats are in a state of high dudgeon. They are incensed, indignant, and infuriated, threatening to take their anger ‘to the streets.’

The source of their ire is Elon Musk and his merry band of Gen Z cost-cutters, who are poring over federal spending like accountants of yore in their green eyeshades. In other words, many on the left object to rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse.

But DOGE has been let off the leash, and it’s sniffing around the US Agency for International Development, whose benign name masks some nefarious deeds. You know all about the multi-million dollar projects earmarked for the left’s most cherished tenets, things like DEI, LGBTQ, and atheism.

USAID was established by JFK with the admirable goal of promoting America and providing help to the world’s neediest. But like many DC institutions, the agency was subverted by left-wing bureaucrats who do not think the USA is a particularly noble country. President Trump is prone to exaggeration, but his description of USAID leaders as ‘radical lunatics’ is apt.

Last week, Samantha Power, a DC fixture who ran USAID under Joe Biden, sat for a softball interview with Stephen Colbert, during which she praised the agency as ‘the face of American values.’ Sam, tell that to the warehouse worker in Ohio, whose values are starkly at odds with those of your former organization.

This entire USAID brouhaha may be merely the opening act. Just wait until Trump, Musk, and associates shift their focus to PBS and NPR. Musk has made it very clear that he wants NPR to be defunded, but the network’s mostly older, white, well-off listeners will do anything to save their cherished left-wing outlet and its smooth-voiced, $500,000-per-year hosts.

There has been lots of squealing in DC during Trump’s first two weeks. But as Al Jolson sang a century ago, ‘You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet.’

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The Slander Sweepstakes!

2025-01-30T21:53:00Z

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Right now, Democrats are competing in their own Super Bowl, a contest to see who can hurl the most vile accusations against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump's unorthodox pick to run the Health and Human Services leviathan. Even if one thinks RFK is exactly the wrong person to head the department and its $1.8-trillion budget, his vilification is, to borrow an old Irish expression, beyond the pale.

Unknown Democratic Senator Brian Schatz stood in front of microphones and accused Kennedy of planning to run large-scale versions of the notorious Tuskegee experiments, in which Black men were intentionally infected with syphilis. Not to be outdone, Sen. Elizabeth Warren claimed RFK's main priority is making heap big wampum.

Perhaps the unkindest cut of all came from Kennedy's cousin Caroline, who conveniently ignored Uncle Teddy's high crimes and misdemeanors. 67-year-old Caroline called her cuz a 'predator' who is addicted to attention and power.

The worst part of all this can be demonstrated with another of those thought experiments. Suppose, just suppose, that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had been nominated not by Donald Trump but by President Kamala Harris.

At this very moment, Democrats would be hailing his background as an environmental hero who helped clean up the Hudson River. They would laud his courage for taking on vaccine makers and big pharma in general. And Dems would be absolutely reverential of his last name and family pedigree.

Of course, hypocrisy cuts both ways. Had RFK Jr. been nominated by a Democrat, Republican senators would be denouncing him as a loony conspiracy theorist, an anti-vaxxer, and a muscle-bound, testosterone-laden guy who dumped a dead bear in New York's Central Park.

As we witness every day, Republicans and Democrats can turn just about anything into a brawl, be it a flood or a wildfire or a nomination. As Bruce Hornsby sang, 'That's just the way it is'... and it's downright depressing.

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Who Will Tell the Truth?

2025-01-23T22:09:00Z

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Joe Biden has shuffled off the stage after an administration that was, in fact, one of the great cover-ups in American history. It was, as Carl Bernstein is fond of saying, ‘worse than Watergate.’

There are books after every presidency, but which insider will write the unvarnished truth about Joe Biden? Every sentient being knows he was not running the show, even back when he emerged from his basement to be sworn in four years ago.

According to most accounts, Joe Biden’s strings were pulled by a handful of puppeteers, trusted old friends. If they wrote the truth about Biden’s decline they would be betraying a pal. Karine Jean-Pierre certainly couldn’t handle the task because she was a willing accomplice to the great cover-up.

White House reporters will also have a hard time telling the story because, like KJP, they chose to cover up the obvious. Peter Doocy and Jacqui Heinrich were on hand at the White House all four years, but insiders might not cooperate with anyone from the despised Fox News.

The most likely scribe is perhaps one of the president’s speech writers, the folks who crafted the words that he garbled and mumbled. They had access to ‘the big guy’ and got a very close look at his mental infirmities.

After Ronald Reagan departed the White House, his celebrated speechwriter Peggy Noonan wrote her book ‘What I Saw at the Revolution.’ She avoided her former boss’s mental lapses, which were minor compared to Joe Biden’s. Watch Reagan’s final press conference, and you’ll see a witty, sharp 77-year-old man reeling off facts and figures and bon mots.

In stark contrast, Joe Biden skipped the traditional term-ending presser because he was simply not up to the task. Everyone around him knew that, so who will step up to write the definitive book?

We’ll even give them a title at no charge: ‘What I Saw at the Devolution.’

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Peak Progressivism?

2025-01-17T00:35:00Z

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Apotheosis. It’s a great but seldom-used word meaning the absolute peak, the pinnacle. The word comes to mind when observing California, which has seemingly reached the apotheosis of liberal insanity.

For many years, the state and its Democratic leaders have been reading chapters and verses from the sacred book of progressivism. The first and most important commandment is that skin color, gender, and sexual preference are far more important than competence and character.

Does anyone believe Mayor Karen Bass is qualified? As everyone now knows, she cut the fire budget while spending millions on the homeless, illegal immigrants, and, of course, ‘diversity.’

Her fellow Dems halted a wildfire prevention program to save a small shrub. Mundane reservoir maintenance was overlooked while tens of billions were lavished on ‘green energy’ projects and the glamorous pipe dream of a high-speed train. That’s progressivism at its finest.

Mayor Bass is through, and slick Governor Gavin Newsom is flailing. But will Angelinos and Californians wise up and elect problem-solvers? Or will they continue the liberal insanity that has ruined the most populous state in our nation?

Yes, California has reached the pinnacle, it has scaled the Everest of lunacy. But it’s worth noting that most people who have died on Mt. Everest have perished not on the ascent but on the way down.

We all, whatever our politics, should hope that our most beautiful state will climb down from its peak of madness. And that it will survive the descent.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Big, Big Trouble on the Far, Far Left

2025-01-10T18:29:00Z

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To borrow from Dickens, these are the worst of times for American leftists. To begin with, the man they hate more than Lucifer is about to take up residence in the White House. But the left’s troubles run deeper than that.

The looniest of the loons have been roundly rejected by sensible citizens. Soros-funded, soft-on-crime prosecutors George Gascón and Chesa Boudin are gone, leaving chaos in their wake. Radical ‘Squad’ members Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush were ousted by their own Democratic constituents.

MSNBC, the left’s cable outfit of choice, has shed half its viewers and all its credibility, while NPR, the playground of elderly white women, may soon lose federal funding. Network news shows, almost exclusively run by men and women of the left, have seen their once-considerable influence collapse. Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg now declares that Facebook will treat conservatives and their ideas fairly, while once-censorious Twitter/X is run by Donald Trump’s BFF.

Because of the far left’s inordinate influence, the Democratic Party has been abandoned by much of America’s working class. And vice versa. The party is now the province of wealthy, educated folks who tend to sneer at anyone who doesn’t share their ideas about race, religion, guns, and everything else.

Even many Californians now realize that their lefty leaders are beyond inept. LA Mayor Karen Bass put diversity ahead of competence; Governor Gavin Newsom listened to enviro-nuts and put tiny fish ahead of sensible water policy. They are credibly accused of letting their skewed priorities add ideological fuel to the wildfires that have ravaged Southern California.

True, left-wingers are excellent at devising theories and slogans. Who can forget such gems as ‘defund the police?’ But sloganeering and governing are vastly different skills, and left-wing politicians have failed their cities, states, and nation. ‘Progressives’ are eternally eager to display their virtue, even as their policies lead directly to death and chaos.

So it’s accurate to say the left is on the ropes, taking body shots and getting pummeled. But don’t forget that Muhammad Ali was on the ropes fifty years ago during the opening rounds of ‘The Rumble in the Jungle’ in Zaire. We might ask George Foreman how that worked out.

Common sense is ascendant at the moment, but no one should get complacent. Leftists and their wretched ideas – unlike George Foreman – never get knocked out.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

The Night MSNBC Died

2024-12-31T08:00:00Z

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Looking back at 2024, all Americans have their favorite moments and events. For many of us, of course, one particularly memorable day was November 5th. Not only because Donald Trump's victory saved the country from four more years of incompetence and radicalism but also because it marked the unofficial end of a hateful network filled with hateful people delivering hateful messages.

Yes, we admit to suffering from a severe case of schadenfreude, the German term used for obtaining pleasure in the misfortune of others.  In this case our happiness comes from witnessing, in real time, the collapse of MSNBC on the first Tuesday in November.

You may have seen one of the many compilation videos showing the network's hosts and panelists, left-wing Trump-haters all, shifting from joy and optimism to outright despair.

The most hilarious part comes when despicable Joy Reid heaps praise on Kamala Harris for her 'flawlessly-run campaign.'  This is the same Kamala Harris who, after being anointed as the Democratic nominee, roamed in the media desert for 40 days and 40 nights without giving an interview or holding a press conference.  She eventually sat down for mostly friendly chats but refused an invitation from influential podcaster Joe Rogan.  No doubt books are now being written about the Harris campaign's utter incompetence.

As it turned out, MSNBC's election night was the network's high-water mark as more than six million Americans tuned in for coverage that turned downright funereal.  MSNBC actually had more viewers than CNN, although both were dwarfed by Fox News.

But immediately after Trump's victory, MSNBC's normal prime-time audience was slashed in half, and some familiar hosts are reportedly taking pay cuts.  On some recent occasions, the failing network has had fewer viewers in the most desired demographic than upstart NewsNation, which tries to play the news straight down the middle. After years of being lied to by MSNBC's deranged hosts and guests, many self-proclaimed 'progressives' have abandoned the network and TV news in general.

Parent company Comcast has revealed that it will sell off MSNBC and some of its other properties.  Sure, the network will continue to exist, perhaps with a different name, and there will still be a place for Joy Reid, Jen Psaki, Nicolle Wallace, Lawrence O'Donnell, Joe Scarborough, and the rest of the crew.

But MSNBC's influence will never again reach the heights of Tuesday, November 5th.  That's bad news for America's forlorn lefties; it's good news for America.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Now They Tell Us!

2024-12-28T02:22:00Z

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The leaks have begun; the deluge will come very soon. Members of the Biden administration are finally admitting, anonymously for now, that their boss has long been non compos mentis. That’s a fancy Latin phrase meaning, in effect, ‘tetched in the head.’

The cognitive decline of Joe Biden was obvious for years to anyone who listened to his garbled syntax and watched him try to find his way off a stage. But the Trump-hating corporate media did everything in their power to hide the big guy’s deterioration. This willful blindness was best illustrated by MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, who affirmed in March that Joe Biden was ‘far beyond cogent.’

Then Joe Biden’s feeble mental state was exposed for all to see on the night of June 27th, when the president was ‘far beyond incoherent’ in his debate with Donald Trump. His stumbling and bumbling were no surprise to anyone whose media intake extends beyond MSNBC and The Atlantic.

Three weeks before that campaign-ending debate, The Wall Street Journal reported that the White House had long been working overtime to hide the president’s decline. That article was met with a barrage of criticism from the president’s Democratic and media defenders. Prevaricator-in-Chief Karine Jean-Pierre insisted that the president simply had a badnight and all those damning videos were mere ‘cheap fakes.’

Last week, of course, another Journal report documented how the president has been diminished for years, unable to focus and childlike in his need of constant supervision. But the liberal media continued to play their assigned role; at a recent press briefing, KJP was not asked one single question about the Journal piece. After his Fox News colleague Jacqui Heinrich was not called on, Peter Doocy scorned the White House press corps for having ‘no curiosity.’

But there’s no doubt that the emperor’s nakedness has finally been exposed. Expect the floodgates to open very soon, with magazine articles and full-length books about Joe Biden’s long deterioration. We’ll eventually learn the full extent of the White House cover-up.

One question remains: How will the left-wing media handle the imminent revelations? One Washington veteran, former CNN pundit Chris Cillizza, has just confessed to irresponsibly overlooking President Joe Biden’s mental and physical decline. Any honest reporter will do the same. If, that is, there are any left.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

A Man in Full

2024-12-17T23:26:00Z

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Did you catch Donald Trump’s Monday press conference at Mar-a-Lago? It is Must See TV, a perfect illustration of the president-elect’s standing right now as, in the words of Van Jones, ‘the most powerful human on earth and in our lifetime.’

In contrast, the reporters who questioned Trump were relatively mild-mannered and meek, mere shadows of their former arrogant selves. There was no Jim Acosta, whose displays of disrespect turned him into a left-wing idol. Hostility may return after the inauguration, but right now, the press corps resembles frightened turtles.

Donald Trump stands atop the political mountain, having vanquished nearly all his foes. Prosecutors have been held in check, recalcitrant Republicans are in tow, corporate media is a low-rated mess, and tech titans are making the trek to Florida on bended knee. The late Tom Wolfe wrote a novel called ‘A Man in Full,’ which centered on a real estate tycoon who had it all. Right now, Donald Trump is a man at the peak of his powers.

But while Trump’s legion of enemies is very quiet at the moment, no one should think his adversaries are defeated. Rather, Democrats and their media allies are lying in wait, ready to pounce at any sign of weakness. Donald Trump, who has gained much wisdom over the past eight years, knows that his foes are badly wounded … but certainly not dead.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Disturbing Reactions

2024-12-11T20:36:00Z

There are multiple things wrong regarding the reaction to UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder in New York City, most notably how people have reacted online and in the media.

The first reaction from online observers is how "hot" Luigi Mangione is. America's obsession with killers has evolved into an internet beauty contest for people who commit horrible acts.

The second reaction is to ignore the initial horrible act and put sympathy on the killer because of the victim's profession. While insurance companies deserve scrutiny, and there is no doubt many of these companies have impacted people in awful ways, it's no excuse to justify murder.

Third, the person at McDonald's who reported Mangione is being labeled a snitch and a "rat" by keyboard warriors for calling authorities on the suspected killers. Is this bizarro world?

Finally, there is a lack of sympathy for Thompson's family. You can be right about insurance companies all you want. It wasn't right for Mangione to kill that man in the street and leave his wife and kids without a father. It's also not right for people to put any family through this type of reaction.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Imagine Dragons?

2024-11-22T19:37:00Z

Joy Behar proved the absurdity of her show The View Thursday by trying to diminish podcaster, actor, comedian, and broadcaster Joe Rogan for 'believing in dragons.'

The longtime comedic staple of the ABC News-produced show lamented how America went from "Walter Cronkite, basically, to this guy Joe Rogan who believes in dragons."

The irony is that many people feel that way about ABC News' presentation of The View, where the ladies ramble on about whatever left-wing talking point they like on free television.

Would Cronkite have been a fan of The View? I wonder.

Behar said she fact-checked Rogan's belief in dragons, but it looks like Rogan had a discussion with a biologist years ago about whether the idea of dragons was the result of fossil interpretation or ancient encounters with large land lizards.

There's a little more there, it seems.

To summarize: The comic on The View is upset with the comic who runs the most popular podcast around for allegedly misinforming people and then misinforms people herself about his beliefs on her national TV show.

Yep, Cronkite is rolling over in his grave.

And how does Rogan feel about this? He sees the absurdity of it all, "declaring" his belief in dragons on his X profile.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

The Dramatic Left

2024-11-14T21:54:00Z

'Desperate Housewives' actress Eva Longoria revealed that she's left the U.S., calling it "dystopian."

A little dramatic, don't you think?

But some members of the left can be dramatic, often citing The Handmaid's Tale or, The Man in High Castle, or whatever else is popular on Hulu or Amazon Prime.

She now splits her time between Spain and Mexico, living among the lavish while the everyday citizens in Mexico struggle to make ends meet and die at the hands of terrorist drug cartels.

Meanwhile, Spain struggles with flooding problems, an economic crisis, and their own immigrant crisis, all enflamed by socialist policies.

But, America is dystopian?

Longoria told Marie Claire magazine that she was privileged and could "escape" the country. She's right about her privilege.

Longoria has no perspective anymore when it comes to being a civilian.

Meanwhile, millions of immigrants allegedly fight for hope to stay, appreciating the American dream more than Longoria.

Ironic?

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Ana Navarro's Latest Take

2024-11-11T21:05:00Z

What should you expect from a political commentator?

Thoughtful analysis? Sure. Honesty? Probably. Reason? Well, not so fast.

Enter Never-Trumper Ana Navarro, who works for CNN and The View.

Monday, she made the case that President Biden should pardon his son Hunter. The reason? Because the American people essentially "pardoned" Donald Trump by electing him.

Yep.

Biden has said he will not pardon his son. President Trump may end up pardoning Hunter. Who knows.

But Navarro is so mad at Trump and the voters who elected him that she wants anything to annoy or upset them. That's the kind of analysis ABC and CNN are paying for.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

The Endorsement Blitz

2024-11-05T08:00:00Z

The blitz is on!

Both candidates are pulling out all the stops today as America votes for its next president.

Donald Trump has racked up some big endorsements. Joe Rogan and other influencers have jumped on board the Trump train.

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Meanwhile, Democrats want you to know "Democracy is on the line," and they've called in every Hollywood connection they have in their Rolodex to help sway people who haven't been paying attention. This includes Cardi B and Ricky Martin.

Bill said on NewsNation last night that you are 'Living La Vida Loca' if you support Harris, and many people agree with that sentiment.

Conservative Hollywood types who've stayed quiet in the past, and people not necessarily sold on the personality of Donald Trump, have declared their support.

A large number of Republicans, conservatives, Libertarians, and moderate Democrats are concerned with the direction of the country and believe Trump is the safer bet than Kamala Harris.

It should say a lot that Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., two former Democrats, have become Trump's biggest supporters, fearful of a Kamala Harris presidency.

What was lost in the bad Puerto Rico joke controversy from Madison Square Garden was that the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe was on the cover of Variety earlier this year and was considered the breakout star of Netflix's Tomy Brady Roast, a program watched millions.

Putting the controversy aside, what does it say that Hinchcliffe made the decision to tie himself to Trump and irk the entertainment industry?

What a wild 2024.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Filthy Politics

2024-10-21T20:41:00Z

Politics are filthy. There's no denying that.

Donald Trump spent the weekend working at McDonalds. Showing voters that he's not afraid to get dirty like the working people do.

But his opposition mocks him, arguing that the photo-op was beneath the office. Weird.

It's amazing to think that the former president was shot in the ear almost three months ago by an attempted assassin, which has been brushed away by his critics.

Meanwhile, Kamala Harris has been campaigning with Liz Cheney, a Republican, and has former Presidents Obama and Clinton campaigning.

Trump has former Democrats Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. working for his effort to become the second president to serve non-consecutive terms.

It is a very historical and crazy time in America.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Remembering Pete Rose

2024-10-02T00:13:00Z

Baseball legend Pete Rose died yesterday at the age of 83.

The embattled hit king was essentially two people.

On the field, he was a hard-working competitor who turned a nickname meant to disparage him into a badge of honor. That nickname was Charlie Hustle.

Off the field, ego and vices tarnished his reputation with disgrace. He served a prison stint for tax evasion, was banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame for gambling, and later admitted to it.

He said he never bet against his team. But was that enough to forgive him for violating the rules?

Now he is gone, everyone who loves the sport will debate whether or not he should be honored in the Hall of Fame. The numbers would garner unanimous support for that were they not connected to the faults of a human being who didn't live up to the expectations set by his on-field accomplishments.

We should have sympathy for the man lost and his family, who are grieving his passing. We should respect the accomplishments on the field and the way he played the game.

As for the debate about his place in baseball's Hall of Fame, it seems too soon to respectfully sort that out.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

As the World Turns

2024-09-17T23:06:00Z

Bill's new book "Confronting the Presidents" is out, highlighting the more dramatic history involving some of the most powerful men the country and world have ever seen.

But it seems years from now, this political cycle will reign supreme when it comes to drama.

Joe Biden's terrible debate performance, Biden dropping out, Kamala Harris stepping in, Donald Trump being shot in the ear by a would-be assassin, Trump's much-debated bad debate, another assassination attempt. It never ends.

Let's not forget that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who dropped his campaign and is supporting Trump, is now under investigation for sawing a whale's head off. Let's not dive deeper into the RFK Jr. saga.

Everyone is calling for both sides to drop the violent political rhetoric while blaming the other side for violent political rhetoric and escalating the situation.

Some people on the right are mad that Bill voices his opinion on Trump's fumbles, ignoring that he still makes the case that a Kamala Harris presidency would push a dangerous progressive agenda and that Trump's term as President was a good time for the American economy.

Maybe people just need to evaluate one thing at a time or risk going crazy.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Interesting Storylines

2024-08-27T19:08:00Z

One of the most interesting storylines from this 2024 election cycle, and obviously outshined by Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Donald Trump, is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

At one point, the anti-vax environmentalist, shunned by his famous family, was set to take away key voters from Trump and Biden as a third-party candidate.

Then things got weird, or weirder, with stories leaking about dead bear cubs in Central Park and sawing off whale heads.

Pundits debated which candidate he would help or hurt in the election; reports said he tried to get a job with the Harris camp before ultimately aligning himself with Trump.

Now he's telling Tucker Carlson he will have input on who Donald Trump selects to help run the nation if Trump wins.

Some things are just unpredictable.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Political Decisions

2024-08-06T21:08:00Z

As the country's future hangs in the balance, all three candidates have made bold decisions that may not work out for them in their hopes to seal up the nomination.

Donald Trump. His selection of J.D. Vance to be his VP pick hasn't started off on the best foot. While things have settled, it's hard not to argue that a less controversial candidate would have calmed those who were less MAGA and more anti-Democrat policies.

Kamala Harris. The pick is in, and it's another progressive in Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Bill will explain why Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania didn't make the cut, but Kamala is doubling down on progressive policies, as one could argue Trump doubled down on MAGA.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., we've known his VP for months, but now he's talking to Roseanne Barr about leaving a dead bear cub in Central Park.

What?

That's surprisingly not enough to remain the top headline in this crazy election circus.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Alienating Christians

2024-07-30T20:25:00Z

For an event about sports and sportsmanship, the Olympics really knows how to win when it comes to alienating people.

It seems the French Olympic people who were responsible for the Last Supper debacle were just trying to make a point about inclusion... by alienating Christians. [Cricket noises]

It doesn't make sense. None of it ever does.

People are also going after sportscaster Pat McAfee for saying that maybe the Olympics concentrate on sports.

That would be nice, wouldn't it?

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

The Media's Double Standard

2024-07-09T20:29:00Z

One of the most interesting storylines from the Joe Biden debate debacle has been the media's coverage.

For years, conservative media and social media has been documenting every flub made by the President, every gaffe.

While some were small, many were not. Many were noteworthy of some coverage but the media ignored it until the debate, when they had no choice and were shocked.

The mainstream press ignores the fact that they ignored the obvious signs of the Presidents decline.

Yet, they jumped on Donald Trump when he said Covid originated from China. Which has been confirmed. They took everything Trump said literally, often generalizing his comments for not explicitly laying out every time that his problem is with criminal migrants crossing the border. But the press says he calls all Mexicans criminals.

Every flub Trump has made makes headlines, but Biden gets the benefit of the doubt until they are forced to address.

Is there a double standard there?

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Trump's VP Nominees

2024-06-24T18:29:00Z

According to a CNN report, Donald Trump has narrowed his list of vice-presidential nominees to three men.

Doug Burgum, J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio.

Some were hoping or speculating Trump would pick a Black Republican like Tim Scott or a woman, like Kristi Noem.

Noem, essentially removed herself from the conversation after she revealed in her memoir that she killed her puppy.

But just how important is the VP nominee to you the voter? And of these three, who do you prefer?

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Anti-American Protestors

2024-06-10T18:32:00Z

It's hard to watch the anti-America/anti-Israel protests taking place in this country.

This weekend, a bunch of activists burned American flags, called for 'intifada,' berated the Secret Service, threw garbage at law enforcement, and acted awful, all while playing dress up as Hamas terrorists.

If this was truly about Israel's actions and not about antisemitism or hatred of the American way, these people would not be celebrating Hamas and their costumes.

They would be quick to point out that Hamas has a lot of blood on their hands. Gallons!

Logic and reason are lost on these protesters.

Condemn Israel, make it about casualties of war. Fine.

But when you start cosplaying as terrorists, you've lost your point.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Leaving the Democratic Party

2024-05-31T19:02:00Z

In the wake of the Trump verdict, Sen. Joe Manchin has officially left the Democratic Party.

One has to ask after the unbelievable display in New York, if many Democrats that were sitting on the fence, like Manchin, have had enough with the left.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Trump opponent, spoke out about the ruling in New York City, blasting it.

This November, Americans will stand as the real jurors, deciding if they buy Thursday's verdict.

The American voting population will be Donald Trump's ultimate judge and jury, as well as the Democratic Party's.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Controversial Commencement

2024-05-23T21:26:00Z

It's hard to remember a time when people could look past opinions and differences to continue friendships.

Don't get me wrong, if someone says a race is inferior or a something just awful, relationships should be reconsidered if not terminated.

But in regards to politics and religion, a Democrat and Republican should be able to stay friends. Or a religious person and an atheist should be able to respectfully disagree.

So it's nice to see that NFL superstar Patrick Mahomes didn't just cast aside or outright denounce his kicker Harrison Butker.

Mahomes let people know he didn't agree with some of Butker's takes but called his fellow Kansas City Chief a "good person."

There were a few things wrong with Butker's speech and his viewpoints. That's my opinion. There were a few valid points made. My opinion, also.

But those calling for his removal from the team or the NFL over his religious viewpoints, they go way too far.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

The Hypocrisy of Mad Maxine and MSNBC

2024-05-07T20:49:00Z

Congresswoman Maxine Waters is afraid for the lives of Americans.

The other day on MSNBC, the Congresswoman pledged to speak to President Biden and the DOJ about a significant problem lurking in the hills.

According to Waters, violent right-wing groups "tied" to former President Trump are set to bring violence to the masses if and when Mr. Trump loses the election in November.

Violence is a big concern for Waters; she was quick to condemn protest violence during the George Floyd riots.

Actually, she called for Floyd protesters to "get more confrontational" and "stay on the streets" if then police officer Derek Chauvin was acquitted.

Yeah.

Come to think of it, there's no evidence or legit connection between Trump and right-wing militias.

There are loony right-wing people who hide in the hills with weapons and bombs, that is true, but any suggestion Trump controls them and that there are plans for an insurrection is wildly speculative.

Waters' statement is an example of a double standard in politics.

When Donald Trump says something wacky, speaks in generalities, or makes a joke, he's widely condemned by the left and the mainstream media.

MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart, who conducted the interview, prodded and made no attempt to moderate 85-year-old Waters, asking her if she believed Trump when he told Time Magazine that he had no intention of exploring a third term if elected President.

Surprise. She didn't.

Congressman Robert Garcia, the other guest along with Waters, declared Trump would "destroy America" and extend his term in office.

The lower banner read, "TRUMP LAYS OUT AUTHORITARIAN VISION FOR A SECOND TERM."

Just to be fair, Trump was asked about violence following the election multiple times by Time Magazine, dismissing it outright in the first interview before giving this response the second time.

"I don't think we're going to have that. I think we're going to win. And if we don't win, you know, it depends. It always depends on the fairness of an election," Trump told Time Magazine when asked about if he worried about violence if he loses in November. "I don't believe they'll be able to do the things that they did the last time. I don't think they'll be able to get away with it. And if that's the case, we're gonna win in record-setting fashion."

Was this the smoking gun?

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Here We Go Again

2024-05-02T07:00:00Z

Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, a Republican, says there's no difference between House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democrat leader Hakeem Jeffries, opting to eject Johnson for Jeffries.

Georgia Congresswoman Majorie Taylor Greene, another Republican, wants Johnson out.

And just like that, the GOP begins to self-inflict punishment.

Meanwhile, the Biden administration and Democrats continue to be focused on their agenda, no mater what the impact is on the American people.

Most Republican, even some of the fringe, recognize there is a big difference between a Democrat controlled Congress and Republican House.

Is this the smartest strategy?

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Failing the Folks

2024-04-29T20:08:00Z

The Biden administration and the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend have showcased how the mainstream media has failed us during this presidency.

In the time before Trump, Barack Obama was taken to task by the media for limiting access and avoiding the press.

While that wasn't the lead story on the newscasts or front pages, it was made public that many journalists did not like former President Obama's dismissal of the Fourth Estate.

POLITICO wrote a story in 2010 about how the White House reporters felt that the Obama administration was "thin-skinned, controlling, eager to go over their heads and stingy with even basic information."

The publication described Obama's relationship with the press as "hostile."

Fast forward to Donald Trump's four years in office, when the President made the position of White House press secretary almost obsolete. For all the criticism directed at Trump, including the now-debunked Russia collusion campaign, he took the press head-on.

Trump sparred with the White House press corps and took questions regularly. If anything, he interacted too much, freely speaking his mind and sometimes saying things that he should have kept to himself. I would argue that his comments about bleach during the pandemic weren't necessary, but I digress.

Fourteen years later, POLITICO has written another report this past week, showcasing the quiet conflict between The New York Times and the Biden administration.

The Times does come across as arrogant and full of themselves, but the Biden White House has been careful to protect the octogenarian President, even skipping a softball Super Bowl interview with CBS News.

Last week, Biden gave an in-depth interview with Howard Stern, a former shock jock who simulated sex on the airwaves, wore blackface to mock Whoopi Goldberg, mocked Mexicans, and the murder of Latina singing sensation Selena.

But Trump called ALL Mexican migrants criminals! Can someone explain how cancel culture works again?

Let's be fair. Stern apologized for his Selena comments. He probably apologized for some of the other stuff; the man has reinvented himself in the last decade. But he is not a hard-hitting interviewer. He is a Biden supporter, though.

The reality of the situation is that Biden is being protected, and while he can read jokes off a teleprompter written by liberal writers, he can't work off script.

Who knows where he'll Forrest Gump himself in American history when he speaks at another campaign event?

And why won't the press speak more about this? Most liberal reporters believe Donald Trump is a 'threat to democracy.'

They think they're working for the greater good, and they're trying to force those good times back. That's why the press is soft on this issue.

Meanwhile, if you want to know how Vice President Kamala Harris feels about people making fun of her laugh, watch Drew Barrymore's talk show this week.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Gen Z Games

2024-04-09T20:50:00Z

There's been a long history of the older generations picking on younger generations, calling them softer.

But Gen Z is really making it hard to buck that criticism.

Toy maker Mattel just announced they're adding a version of the game Scrabble that's easier and less competitive.

The reason? Gen Z folks think it's too hard and just aren't into competition.

For 75 years Scrabble was unchanged. But now kids born in the 90s and 2000s just don't have it in them to compete with their friends, or test themselves mentally.

Is this a good thing?

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

The Rock's Endorsement

2024-04-05T22:35:00Z

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson says he won't endorse Joe Biden this election cycle, expressing regret for endorsing him in 2020.

Johnson described his endorsement as divisive, adding he wants to unite the country.

Could it also be that Johnson is involved with the WWE and UFC, and this time doesn't want to aggravate their conservative fan?

Possible.

But the hope is that The Rock is sincere.

Does his endorsement matter?

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

A Bad Guy

2024-03-25T20:17:00Z

If you wanted confirmation that the President of Mexico is a bad guy, here it is.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador appeared on "60 Minutes" this week, where he shifted the blame for fentanyl away from criminal cartels to the decline of the American family.

Really?

Obrador also downplayed Mexico's drug consumption, saying demand in America is the prime cause of the problem.

The President of Mexico downplaying the cartel's role in the fentanyl trade showcases his culpability.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Gun Violence

2024-03-18T20:03:00Z

The kicker for the Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs raised some eyebrows this week when discussing the shooting that marred the victory celebration.

You see, Harrison Butker dismissed the usual shooting reaction and spoke about what he felt was the cause of the gun violence issues: the lack of fathers in the home.

Rather than jump on the 'ban the guns' bandwagon, Butker instead offered a thoughtful commentary on how many young men lack a positive male role model to help them cope with anger.

Some may dislike his take.

But give Butker credit; he's addressing the problem, not just calling for a band-aid.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

SEMANTICS

2024-03-08T22:21:00Z

There are many issues to be had with President Biden's State of the Union speech, but media and members of his own party want to take issue with his word choice.

While addressing Laken Riley, Biden used the word "illegal" in describing the man who killed the young University of Georgia student.

Nancy Pelosi commented on CNN, saying he should have used another word. There are reports that some Democrats are angry, painting the word use as a slur.

In defense of Biden, it came across as if he was paraphrasing Marjorie Taylor Greene.

But how silly is it that this term, which progressives designated as bad sometime in the last 20 years, is their focus while the death of Laken Riley and the issues that come with an essentially open border continue to impact our country in a negative way.

Instead of focusing on that, and Biden's policy mistakes, they focus on words.

What about the big issues?

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Biden's Delusion

2024-03-07T23:11:00Z

Bill contends that Joe Biden is the second worst President in the history of the United States, only to James Buchanan.

But Ol' Joe may have the lead when it comes to delusion.

The National Guard has been put in New York City subways to combat crime. Innocent Americans, and immigrants, are falling victim to criminal enterprises walking through an unregulated border.

But, the President has a speech to make and the only ones who can help him get the American people back behind him are five actors who once held his role on the big screen.

How do you fix the border? Geena Davis could have the answer.

Stop crime? Morgan Freeman may know, he once helped the world recover after a meteorite hit earth in fantasy land.

It makes you wonder if the White House is a serious place.

The views expressed in the Afternoon Dispatch are those of BillOReilly.com staff.

Dueling Border Visits

2024-02-27T18:28:00Z

Do Americans buy that Joe Biden cares about the southern border as much as Donald Trump?

It's interesting that President Biden is visiting the porous border on the same day that Donald Trump is set to visit, after ignoring the issue during most of his presidency.

Trump was criticized for his call for a wall, but now the nation tends to agree with him, or at least agree something should be done.

Cities like New York are reluctantly seeing the impact not only illegal migrants are having on the communities but also how progressive policies make it worse.

San Francisco Facts

2024-02-19T20:42:00Z

Basketball great Charles Barkley is facing heat for disparaging San Francisco's homeless and criminal element during an NBA All-Star Game broadcast.

“If you had a chance of being in the cold, or being around a bunch of homeless crooks in San Francisco, which would you take?” Barkley asked fellow Hall of Famer Reggie Miller, telling him to choose between Indianapolis or San Francisco.

Next year's All-Star game is set for the Bay. Sunday's game was held in Indianapolis.

But what did he say that was so off?

Last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom had to clear the homeless to make the city presentable for Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Was he wrong?

Dazed and More Confused

2024-02-09T18:19:00Z

During his Thursday press conference in which President Biden aimed to prove he wasn't senile, the curmudgeonly Commander-in-Chief mixed up Mexico with Egypt.

This brain slip immediately countered his defense.

But it also could answer a few questions, like his lack of effort on the southern border.

Think about it: why worry about cartels when they're on the other side of the world?

It could be an honest mistake. Everyone knows that Egypt is the Mexico of Africa.

Trump Support

2024-01-31T22:30:00Z

It was interesting to read that rapper and pop culture icon Snoop Dogg has done a full 180-degree flip on Donald Trump yet again.

In 2017, Snoop released a song and video portraying the then President as a clown before pulling a gun on him.

But after Trump commuted the prison sentence of his former business manager, Snoop started thinking differently about him.

"He ain't done nothing wrong to me," Snoop Dogg told The Sunday Times.

And while many prominent celebrities support Biden, Trump has been praised by some famous UFC fighters and rappers, perplexing the mainstream media.

Snoop isn't the only person that's changed course.

Trump's numbers among Black voters have risen, while President Biden's numbers have dropped significantly.

So, we ask, does Snoop's change toward Trump signify anything?

Oscar Time

2024-01-24T00:43:00Z

The Academy Awards were announced today.

"Oppenheimer," "Poor Things," "Barbie," and "Killers of the Flower Moon" lead the way with nominations.

While 'Barbenheimer,' the media's nickname for those who chose to watch both films back-to-back became a social media phenomenon, the rest of the nominees and films had fleeting runs in the theaters. Martin Scorsese's 'Flower Moon' was another marathon, three and a half hours from the iconoclast director.

One must ask, who were these movies made for?

This year's Oscars appear to be another self-indulgent showcase, made for critics and movie snobs.

Are you still interested in the Academy Awards?

Covid, Epstein, and Pat McAfee

2024-01-10T21:56:00Z

The battle between late night host Jimmy Kimmel and New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers continues to garner attention from the media, after the former's appearance on ESPN's The Pat McAfee Show.

Rodgers has strong opinions on Covid, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Jeffrey Epstein and tends to lean into the conspiracy theories surrounding them.

Is living in a conspiracy theory world healthy? Probably not. But Rodgers reflects a portion of Americans who were/are unhappy with the government's reaction to Covid, the virus' origins, and the suspicious death of billionaire pedophile Epstein.

"It's been a very interesting week and a lot of things have been said..

This history between Jimmy Kimmel and I goes back to Covid times" ~ @AaronRodgers12 #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/PVinCJtzp8
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) January 9, 2024

Kimmel, represents a portion of the country that thinks it's unpatriotic to diminish the vaccine and that "crazy" conspiracy theories should not be indulged in.

And while Kimmel was unhappy with Rodger's alleged accusations he was tied to Epstein, he did start the feud with Rodgers by mocking him incessantly on his ABC show. That's a pretty large platform.

The most interesting part of this feud is McAfee, who is barraged by criticism for allowing Rodgers on, criticism that his program shouldn't be on ESPN.

McAfee and his crew try to be positive, don't present themselves as journalists, and represent a large portion of the country who either don't feel strongly either way on the issues, or just want to be respectful of all opinions from their sports guests.

What's wrong with that?

Fetterman's Turn

2024-01-08T21:41:00Z

Is Sen. John Fetterman a secret conservative?

The former Democrat darling is getting left-wing criticism for being honest in his assessment of his alma mater, Harvard, saying he doesn't recognize his former school anymore and using the word "pinko" to describe it.

He's also taking heat for backing Israel.

So, is he now a conservative? No.

But after all the drama regarding his health, his attire, we've learned something more important about the Senator. He can be honest and he is willing to take a position that will give him criticism from a large part of his party.

It's up to you if you want to give credit to the man.

Controversial Tabloid Star

2024-01-03T23:31:00Z

Influencers and online celebrities are nothing new but every once in a while, a new subject raises eyebrows.

Enter Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who served seven years in prison for the murder of her mother with the help of an online boyfriend.

Blanchard's abuse at the hands of her mother is well documented, and Blanchard has been painted and should be portrayed as a victim, a somewhat sympathetic figure. That's understandable.

But it feels weird to see the woman, not in her 30s, be celebrated on social media, talking about her sex life with her husband, and generally being treated like a reality show star.

Is that too far?

Haley's Fumble

2023-12-28T22:33:00Z

2023 is not over, yet. Some wish it was, and Nikki Haley may be on that list.

The other day Haley fumbled when asked about the Civil War.

She says the man who asked the question was a plant. Critics on all sides hit Haley for not responding with the obvious.

DeSantis, declared dead recently as Haley surged, says Haley just proved she's not ready for the job.

One thing is for sure, 2024 will start quickly.

Missing the Mark

2023-12-12T01:03:00Z

Maybe some of Israel's detractors are beginning to come around on the country's war on Hamas.

Sen. Bernie Sanders admitted this week that the terrorist group wants to destroy the country and its people.

The head of three of the prestigious schools in America are taking flack, one already resigned, for their weak testimony on antisemitism.

Al Gore even called them out.

But leave it to Saturday Night Live to turn the situation into a sketch that really just missed the mark.

SNL chose to mock Congresswoman Elise Stefanik more than the smug, convoluted response from the school administrators.

Worse, it just wasn't funny.

Far-Left Delusion

2023-11-29T21:30:00Z

What happened to the people of Oakland?

New video from a city council special session shows many far...far, far, far left citizens denying that Hamas was responsible for the Oct. 7 attacks, calling criticism of Hamas racist, and just generally being insane.

I think it's safe to say many reasonable Americans are startled by the amount of people protesting in favor of Hamas.

Bill says people believe what they want to believe.

But it is shocking how many delusional people are in the country, right now.

Getting Trump

2023-11-14T23:31:00Z

An interesting way to evaluate former President Trump is to watch the reaction he received at this weekend's UFC fights.

Before Trump, you would never find a sitting or former President at any type of fight. The general consensus by many is that it is beneath the office.

There he was Saturday night in New York City, getting a generally positive reaction from the crowd.

Fighters, of different walks of life didn't try to avoid him. Michael Chandler, Justin Gaethje, and Chito Vera all took pictures with him.

Whether you agree or disagree with the former President, there's a reason fighters, rappers relate to Trump.

He represents himself, isn't afraid to talk out loud, and isn't afraid to walk among the people. While he has had a privileged life, these people see Trump as an authentic person.

Whether they're right or wrong, authenticity is something we can all agree is scarce in Washington.

Comfortably Numb on Hamas

2023-11-07T22:41:00Z

Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters continues to sympathize with Hamas versus Israel in the wake of the October 7 terrorist attacks.

To make matters worse, in his latest comments, the rock legend, who's gone off the deep end, heavily implied that much of what has been reported about the atrocities, beheaded babies, committed by Hamas are not true, and merely propaganda from Israel.

To make matters worse, Waters invoked 9/11, reminding viewers of his conspiratorial beliefs regarding one of, if not the most horrific event in the country's history.

Many critics of Israel's actions in the wake of October 7 often make the case that they are concerned with Palestinian civilian casualties. So it is surprising that Waters would then parse over lives, arguing that Israeli soldiers, not civilians, make up the majority of Hamas' victims.

What's real here is that Mr. Waters will believe Hamas' propaganda without questioning it, but when it comes to Israel or the United States, he won't give them the benefit of the doubt.

That's comfortably dumb.

Pence Drops Out

2023-10-30T21:18:00Z

People often ask why, when evaluating the reason someone decides to run for President, even when they have no chance of ever winning.

Some surprise with a stronger showing than expected, others usually fade away hoping for lesser roles with the frontrunner.

But no candidacy has been more perplexing than that of former Vice President Mike Pence, who announced his campaign's suspension Saturday.

Once Donald Trump's more traditional political figure on the ticket, he has since been reviled by the MAGA crew. He has been blamed for not acting in the former President's best interest. MAGA would never vote for him.

On the other side of his Party, Republicans who are not fans of Trump and unhappy with initial allegiance. They would never support him.

Let's not even talk about Democrats.

So why did Pence feel he could win over a divided Republican base?

Divided States

2023-10-20T20:55:00Z

It's amazing to see how chaotic it is in America.

Terrorism is now being justified by the progressive left. Protesters are taking to the streets to defend people who would kill them if they stepped on their land.

LGBTQ+ for Palestine? Believe it, it's not a joke.

Democrats are split in many ways over Israel and Hamas.

Meanwhile, the House Republicans can't even get someone elected House Speaker, embarrassing themselves during a dire time for America.

Are we becoming too divided?

Dog Days

2023-10-04T22:48:00Z

Lost in the weekly madness of the Biden family is the news that their German Shepard, Commander, has a problem with biting Secret Service agents.

Last week, Commander had his 11^th biting incident, again with an agent. Last year their other German Shepard, Major, also had his run with agents.

Joe Rogan posted on X that German Shepards are "smart working dogs," not meant to be sitting around "bored."

The reality is, the Biden's should look out for the Secret Service agents and their animals by getting the dogs out of the White House and their Delaware residence. Send them to a place where they would be happy.

Both the dogs and agents are likely miserable.

Blaming Cuba

2023-09-26T22:40:00Z

Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat representing the great state of New Jersey, once again has been indicted, this time for bribery.

I say "once again" because Menendez was indicted in 2015 for advocating on behalf of a donor friend's business interests; the Senate's Ethics Committee also admonished the Senator in 2018 for taking gifts. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in many people's eyes, accepted gifts inappropriately, and so has Menendez, who's been "around" numerous "fishy" situations.

There's a reason why many of his fellow Senators are calling for him to resign, including casual Sen. John Fetterman.

It is not a surprise that Menendez would deny all accusations, but color me surprised when, during his press conference, New Jersey's "best" invoked his Cuban heritage as an explanation for having $500,000 in cash, as well as gold bars in his house. Money that allegedly has DNA evidence of the person who allegedly bribed him.

Apparently, Fidel Castro's communist Cuba, a place Menendez's parents fled before he was born, was the reason the Senator claims he took large amounts of money from his savings and hoarded it in his house.

Menendez seemed to be blaming his Cuban culture for his financial faux pax.

A Cuban New Jersey resident told CBS News that what Menendez did was not unusual in his community, as there is major distrust of the government.

What that person didn't seem to acknowledge is that Menendez is part of the government. He's been a Senator for a couple of decades now. He knows the rules.

Castro's been dead since 2016. It's hard to connect him to this.

Even Latina Democrat Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is advising Menendez to step down.

No one is buying this narrative, Senator.

Senate Wear

2023-09-19T00:28:00Z

Dress to impress is out, and loungewear is in.

Sen. John Fetterman hates wearing a suit. He also suffers from health problems. But part of me thinks this is more about the suit.

Instead of opting for a polo shirt and some elastic waistband khakis, the Senator opts to dress like a middle school kid heading to gym class in the winter.

And the Democrats just gave him a license to continue doing so.

Is it that big of a deal? No. On the other hand, President Biden puts on the suit when meeting with world leaders, when you know he'd prefer some gray sweatpants and tie-dye Crocs.

Get ready to turn on C-SPAN and see someone making a motion while wearing a Van Halen t-shirt and jeans. Is that where we're headed?

Everyone wants to be casual. This may be too casual.

Swamp Land

2023-09-05T22:23:00Z

Last week, Bill appeared with Chris Cuomo, and the duo discussed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's latest medical episode in front of the cameras.

While Bill and Cuomo don't agree on much, they found common ground regarding term limits.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has called for a competency test.

What's clear is that people like President Joe Biden and McConnell are not on their game. These are career politicians who've turned their positions into what's best for them. While maybe they got in the game to better the country, they're doing what's best for them, and in these cases, it's not helping the country and making the swamp muckier.

Fox News Debate

2023-08-23T20:23:00Z

Fox News will be the focus of the media world tonight. Bill will react in real-time on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Fox failed to get former President Trump to participate and oddly has released a number of restrictions to other media who will react to the other Republican candidates and their case for the nomination.

Basically, Fox is trying to dictate how they are presented and how long people will be able to react to the clips.

Or is this a strategy to stop Donald Trump from using the debate to prove his points and turn the focus on Fox and the attacks from his opponents in a future ad?

What's more, these rules are peculiar.

The Absurd

2023-08-16T00:09:00Z

What's sillier than a couple of grown men sniping at each other and threatening to fight each other?

What's worse is two grown billionaires offering to scrap and promoting it on their social media outlets.

No matter if you are Team Zuck or Team Elon, it's been ridiculous watching two rich people challenge each other to a fight, renege on the showdown and then threaten each other, breaking down to name-calling.

Imagine if Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk focused their money and smarts on something that could benefit Americans struggling.

Birthday Brouhaha

2023-08-02T22:42:00Z

Famous or infamous, attorney Alan Dershowitz revealed the other day that former President Obama wouldn't attend his birthday party unless he disinvited former Fox Newser Geraldo Rivera.

What?

Dershowitz, to his credit, refused to abandon his friend.

Whether or not Obama or a member of his team made the silly request, it is still important for people to interact with those who don't politically align. That's what this country is all about.

The odd part about this story is that Geraldo is very moderate, liberal on many topics.

What a crazy time we live in.

Fighting Mad

2023-07-12T01:03:00Z

Trump haters are once again taking aim at the UFC, Dana White, and celebrities for interacting with former President Trump this past weekend.

UFC head Dana White has repeatedly refused to abandon the controversial Trump, citing his previous business dealings with the mogul and President's support for mixed martial arts.

Now some lefty celebs are attacking Joe Rogan, a Trump critic himself, Mark Wahlberg, and Mel Gibson for interacting with the President at the event.

What were they supposed to do, spit in his face?

Whether you like him or not, Trump attending the event showcases his appeal to his supporters. Rogan noted on his podcast that Trump was loudly cheered.

An Economy Tour?

2023-07-06T19:10:00Z

Move over Taylor Swift, "Bidenomics" is the next big tour that's set to sweep the nation.

The White House has decided to brand its economic vision as "Bidenomics" in the hopes that the American people will embrace the Democratic regime's plans, something they believe is confusing Americans.

VP Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Xavier Becerra, and more cronies will try to explain the president's agenda.

But what the administration has not considered is that most Americans do get his "vision" and are struggling to live their lives under these policies.

Sometimes the obvious answer is the correct one.

Border Issues

2023-06-15T21:46:00Z

Former Border Patrol honcho Rodney Scott testified before Congress Wednesday, revealing the stark difference between the Trump administration's border agenda and Bidens.

According to Scott, Homeland boss Alejandro Mayorkas only wanted to get more migrants into the U.S., ignoring the ramifications and problems.

Scott laid out that Mayorkas and the Biden administration had "subverted at least 10 laws passed by Congress," according to the New York Post's reporting.

Isn't it ironic that Trump's critics in the Biden administration call him out over his violations of the law, while the Biden administration has their own legal issues?

A Wheel of a Time

2023-06-13T22:04:00Z

Longtime game show host Pat Sajak surprised many Monday by announcing his upcoming retirement from "Wheel of Fortune" after over 40 years on the job.

Sajak is a beloved figure by many.

He's also a conservative who's avoided getting canceled after pictures surfaced of him posing with controversial conservative figures.

There are many that are happy that Sajak will be able to walk away on his own terms.

The Age Issue

2023-05-23T00:59:00Z

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton weighed in on President Biden's age this weekend after his latest stumble was brought up.

Clinton threw her support behind the president, which was no surprise. But she did add that "people have every right to consider."

Many of Biden's critics are worried about his many stumbles.

What's even more concerning is the pain Americans are in and the president's obliviousness toward that.

Republicans and some Democrats have had enough.

Tapped Out

2023-05-01T20:49:00Z

It's amazing how people lose their minds when they become public officials.

Let's look again at outgoing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

While talking to CNN about Texas Governor Greg Abbott's controversial shipping of illegal immigrants to large cities run by Democrats, Lightfoot said she had requested he stop.

The reason, the city of Chicago is "completely tapped out," unable to take care of the misguided immigrants.

However, she and fellow liberals expect Texas and other border states to absorb the influx of illegal immigrants.

Seems she's also tapped out when it comes to logic.

Kevin McCarthy Joins the No Spin News

2023-04-20T23:15:00Z

On tonight's edition of the No Spin News, Bill will interview House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for the first time.

McCarthy is tasked with uniting the Republican Party and working with the Biden administration to fix the United State's economic woes, among other issues.

Bill covers that, asks about Biden, the southern border and whether or not McCarthy regretted giving the January 6^th video to Tucker Carlson.

Don't miss tonight's extensive interview, available on BillOReilly.com. Sign up today to become a Premium or Concierge Member to watch the No Spin News.

A Fringe Candidate

2023-04-19T23:32:00Z

Is it possible that Democrats have lost so much faith in Joe Biden they'd consider voting for a fringe candidate?

A new poll says that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., not the most mainstream of the family, takes away 14 percent of Biden's presidential candidacy supporters.

Kennedy, a controversial anti-vaxxer, has come under fire in recent years by members of his own party for his stance.

What does it say about Biden that 14 percent of Democrats would jump ship to someone who is a longshot?

Cage Fight

2023-04-10T21:04:00Z

Isn't it funny that many in the mainstream press ignored the ovation former President Trump received this weekend in Miami while taking in a UFC fight?

Pro-Trump, pro-DeSantis, fighter Jorge Masvidal, retired after losing his fight Saturday but used his goodbye to call the 2024 presidential candidate the "greatest president in the history of the world."

Not all those fans in the arena attended Trump's rallies. Yet, most of them were cheering on the former president and joining in when Masvidal started an anti-Biden chant.

What should you take from all this?

Don't count Trump out.

Jill Biden's Mishap

2023-04-04T21:47:00Z

Joe is not the only Biden saying silly things anymore.

Dr. Jill's now making goofy suggestions that people on both sides are barking about.

The First Lady recently called for NCAA women's basketball champions Louisiana State University and the University of Iowa, runner-ups, to be invited to the White House.

Usually, winners are the only ones invited.

Dr. Biden's suggestion sort of took away from LSU's win as she made it about Iowa.

Biden tried to explain it was about women's empowerment, but it got so convoluted the White House had to clarify that LSU was the only team invited.

Awkward.

Fixing CNN

2023-03-28T23:37:00Z

Will Gayle King help CNN rehab their failing ratings?

It's hard to determine if Oprah Winfrey's BFF will help the struggling cable news network fix their primetime problem.

Jake Tapper couldn't do it. Don Lemon was and still is a disaster.

The problem for the network is thay lost the trust of the people. By embracing the partisanship under Jeff Zucker, CNN became unreliable.

It's obvious the viewers don't like what liberal TV host Stephen Colbert's former executive producer is doing.

It's not enough.

San Francisco's Reparations Plan

2023-03-22T21:14:00Z

Has San Francisco gone too far?

Their plan to give reparations to Black citizens is being panned by liberals like Bill Maher and Andrew Yang, who pointed out that the city's plan doesn't make sense on many different levels, especially financially.

Just how far is too far? Maher said it's "madness."

While progressives clearly have President Biden's ear, are liberals starting to split?

Economic pain, for everyone, seems to be the area where some liberals may elect to change course.

Crazy Talk

2023-03-14T19:55:00Z

Estas loco.

That should be the response from the United States to Mexican President Andres Manual Lopez Obrador.

No translation needed, we hope.

Mr. Obrador said his country is "safer than the United States" in response to inquiries surrounding the kidnapping of four Americans, two of them killed. A Mexican bystander was also killed.

A Reuters article points out that Obrador's declaration may not be the case, citing missing American women and a homicide rate on track to give the Mexican President a record number for his term.

Obrador blamed American conservatives for criticism of his country.

He should be looking at himself.

The MVP's Race

2023-03-09T00:11:00Z

While not everyone may be into sports, an interesting battle is being waged among NBA talking heads over one ESPN analyst's controversial take on the league's MVP.

Kendrick Perkins, a former player, alleged that MVP voters are racist because the winner of the last two season's awards is possibly in line for a third.

Nikola Jokic, the Denver Nuggets center and a Serbian national, has kept his team a playoff contender in the age of the "super team," which is why he is on the hardware hot streak.

NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley and others have dismissed Perkin's opinion on the matter, but one could ask, is the voting press invested in a White winner?

Among the past 30 winners, Jokic joins Canadian Steve Nash (two) and German Dirk Nowitzki (1) as the only "White" winners. The other 25 trophies have been taken home by Black men.

One could easily credit the international game rather than race for Jokic's success. Milwaukee Bucks star GiannisAntetokounmpo, a Greek national, preceded Jokic with two MVP awards.

But racial accusations, that's a layup.

The Faith

2023-03-03T00:18:00Z

Faith has moved to the forefront recently after New York Mayor Eric Adams made controversial remarks about the separation of church and state as well as its impact on crime.

Whether it is a political ploy or genuine has yet to be seen.

There are many of the faithful, on the left and right, who may agree with the notion.

One thing for certain is that the philosophy now implemented in Democrat-run big cities isn't working, and people are exhausted by crime.

Meanwhile, in Boulder, Colorado, head football coach Deion Sanders is being criticized by some for refusing to be less brazen about his belief in God.

He hasn't even coached a game yet.

The man known as "Coach Prime" doesn't seem like the kind of person who tones anything down.

We'll see how the university reacts.

Rewrites to Raold Dahl's Books

2023-02-22T21:13:00Z

The slippery slope exists.

One minute you're trying to make sure you're not offending anyone. Next thing you know, you're banning words, changing definitions, and rewriting history.

Let's look at the recent controversy surrounding the much-loved Raold Dahl books.

What's the point of editing such established works? How does describing a fictional character as "fat" or "ugly" offend a reader?

Where do we stop?

When both the right and left can agree, for the most part, you know you've gone too far.

Changing the work of a dead man is too far and teaches children nothing.

"The defining scam of our time"

2023-02-20T17:44:00Z

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“It’s not just ruining companies… it’s dividing our country to a breaking point.”

The founder of a major U.S. Corporation… who took his company public as the biggest biotech IPO at the time… is sounding an alarm.

He is warning of “an invisible force at work in the highest ranks of corporate America.”

He calls it the “defining scam of our times” and says it is “not just ruining companies… it’s dividing our country to a breaking point.”

This phenomenon has been responsible for major losses for American investors this year.

One company alone lost $120 billion… thanks largely to this scam.

But it is far more widespread than one company… its infecting almost the entire market.

That’s why Bill O’Reilly recently sat down for an interview with financial expert Alexander Green.

They discussed the big moves investors need to make now to protect themselves.

You can watch their interview right here.

But do so quickly.

Green says this phenomenon is the single biggest threat to your money going forward.

The Real Reason Stocks Tanked Under Biden?

2023-02-17T14:30:00Z

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This problem could last for years.

2022 was the worst year for stocks since the 2008 financial crisis.

Globally, investors lost $30 trillion.

And while many investors rightly blame inflation, higher interest rates, and runaway government spending… one financial expert says there is another much bigger problem to blame.

One CEO, who led one of the biggest IPOs of all-time, says of this problem…

“It’s not just ruining companies. It’s polarizing our politics. It’s dividing our country to a breaking point.”

That’s why Bill O’Reilly recently sat down with financial expert Alexander Green to discuss what could be the “real reason stocks are tanking under Biden.”

Plus, they get into what investors might do to make money going forward.

You can access their enlightening interview right here.

Firing Squad

2023-02-14T21:35:00Z

Whether you agree or disagree with Donald Trump, whether you like him or not, it's hard to dismiss that there is a concerted effort by some to make sure he never gets into public office again.

Consider a new report by Rolling Stone magazine that claims the former President is openly considering bringing back firing squads and public executions if reelected somehow.

Yes, if reelected, you will be able to watch people killed publicly on television by a firing squad.

At which point do you, as a reporter/writer, consider your sources may be messing with you?

An Assessment of China

2023-02-03T19:44:00Z

If you watch Bill's extensive interview with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, you'd learn a lot about many things.

Pompeo is honest, if not blunt, on many matters, including his assessment of China and the threat they pose.

You also get a stark reminder of how differently the Trump administration dealt with the communist regime than the Biden administration does.

Years removed from declaring that China would not eat the U.S. 's lunch, to paraphrase, we watch as the Biden government sits idly by and monitors what many believe is China's spy balloon floating over the U.S.

Sure, they could shoot it down and take action. Instead, they canceled a meeting and are monitoring the situation, saying the balloon poses no physical threat.

A different approach, indeed.

Ineffective Press Briefings

2023-01-19T22:57:00Z

CNN is reporting that many White House correspondents are unhappy with the press briefings held by Karine Jean-Pierre.

Interesting since her partner just left her CNN correspondent position.

The sources in the report described the briefings as a "waste of time" and were critical of Jean-Pierre's effectiveness.

These news outlets were also critical of the Trump administration's use of their White House press secretaries, and their elimination of the daily press briefings.

The Trump White House was at least honest in that by eliminating their spin-fests, they acknowledged the theater of the event.

The reality is that the corporate media has been so reluctant to hold the Biden administration accountable that the White House has been able to deflect from any inquiries.

The media is responsible for their own doing and their own frustration.

Biden's Defenders

2023-01-17T22:32:00Z

It's funny that many of President Biden's defenders over his recent classified document disaster have yet to look introspectively at the issues.

They blame the media, even when the media is doing much of their work for them, and they invoke former President Trump's own classified document issues in their defense.

But what they don't do is look at how they treated Trump or how they reacted to the raid and the aftermath.

Are they different situations? The similarities in what they did are obvious.

It makes matters worse that Biden came down on Trump so hard when he would later be discovered to do the same thing—being careless with classified documents.

Royal Family Trauma

2023-01-11T20:42:00Z

There are many people obsessed with the British royal family. Look at the turnout anytime they get married. It becomes a spectacle.

While some of you don't care about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, there's a lesson to be learned from his book and the following media blitz: How you should not handle family trauma.

Simply put, Harry has publicly tried to blame his older brother for any mistake he's ever made, including dressing like a Nazi. He has trashed his father and stepmother publicly. He's accused his family of racism and sensationalized his military service and the lives he took, only to blame the media for reporting on it.

He has lamented his life in the limelight by doubling down on his life in the limelight.

Does that make any sense?

The Divide

2023-01-04T21:31:00Z

Social media once again highlights America's extreme division, not just between Democrats and Republicans but within other groups.

Obviously, we are seeing a divide among Republicans who could not take advantage of the midterm elections and are now turning the selection of their congressional leadership into, as Bill would call it, a dog and pony show.

Then there's the tragic story, possibly the more important story, of Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin who collapsed Monday on national television and was revived on the field after suffering cardiac arrest.

What started as unity in support of a 24-year-old man in critical condition has now turned into people determining who deserves blame and outrage over sports personalities delivering hot takes in real-time.

His teammates are pleading with people not to share Hamlin's collapse online, and people wondering when the game will resume are being trashed.

Unity and humanity are two things missing so far in 2023.

The Liar

2022-12-29T08:00:00Z

New York Congressman-elect George Santos is being blasted by everyone for being a liar.

Which he is.

Santos, a Republican, blames Democrats for his fabricated resume, lying about his education, and false claims he's Jewish.

He says that he "identifies" with being a Jew, even though he's a practicing Catholic who is not Jewish at all.

He's using semantics to defend his claim that he worked for companies like Goldman Sachs or Citigroup, which he did not. He didn't even graduate college, which he said he did.

In the hyper-partisan world we live in, Santos is trying to deflect all of his dishonesty by invoking liberals and Democrats when in fact, the man presented a false presentation of who he is.

Soon he'll be in Washington, D.C., representing the people of New York who thought they were voting for someone else.

The Media Continues to Fail

2022-12-14T23:43:00Z

The corporate media continues to fail Americans.

Elon Musk has dropped a large amount of data showing how Twitter did business under the old regime, political influence and more.

But a large part of the corporate media refuses to cover the issue.

Thousands of illegal immigrants are gathering at the southern border near El Paso, Texas.

The corporate media continues to ignore.

What will it take for the media to rediscover their purpose?

Royal Indifference

2022-12-05T23:29:00Z

People are obsessed with irrelevant celebrities, but not Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla.

It's a breath of fresh air when someone of prominence just diminishes people who just aren't important, when you look at them closer.

Mazzulla did just that after Prince William and Kate Middleton took in a courtside game, dismissing their royalty and showcasing his reverence for his faith.

How does Prince William really impact or help you?

He doesn't.

Putin Just Screwed up Royally... Even for Him

2022-11-29T08:00:00Z

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China's Problems

2022-11-28T21:59:00Z

China does not want you to know what's happening in the communist country.

That's why they're attacking Twitter.

The social media platform is being overwhelmed by Chinese bots because the communist country doesn't want you to see protest videos of people voicing their displeasure over the country's oppressive Covid lockdowns.

Covid is very real and is still a continuing health threat, but the Chinese government's actions have also had a negative impact on their citizens.

One thing is for sure, the world is paying attention.

Private Party

2022-11-22T23:28:00Z

Looks like the Biden family didn't really want privacy. What they meant to say was they wanted to control how the wedding of their grandaughter was covered.

The press is crying foul, after Vogue was given the scoop on the White House wedding.

Why wouldn't the Biden's want to invite the media? Because it would look like a bunch of privleged Washington bureaucrats throwing a lavish party at the taxpayers expense.

Is that a fair take? Who knows.

What is true is that media is suprised when the Biden administration refuses to throw them a bone and let them into a private event.

The Washington Post even had a reporter compare this White House to Trump's White House.

Uh oh.

Letting Go

2022-11-16T01:11:00Z

Sometimes the hardest part is letting go.

Democrats are refusing to let go of what they view as "the positive," with some like Jim Clyburn doubling down on President Biden and the Democratic agenda.

The left is hanging on the delusion that the midterms proved what they've done in the past two years is working.

Meanwhile, the Republican leadership hangs on. Ronna McDaniel and Kevin McCarthy are making their case to keep their positions even though what looked like a slam dunk turned out to be a dud.

As much as things change, they seem to stay the same.

A Reminder From China

2022-11-14T22:41:00Z

It's no surprise the Chinese government is a little "touchy" when addressing the issue of human rights.

During President Biden's recent trip to meet China's President, a reporter/producer shouted questions on the issue before a "Chinese official" grabbed her and other reporters intervened.

Reporters inside China usually don't have the luxury of the United States around to cloak themselves in freedom.

Just another example that companies and people who do business with China are blatantly turning a blind eye to the realities of the communist country.

Election Storylines

2022-11-07T20:53:00Z

On the eve of election day, there are many odd story angles that have shown what state both parties are in.

The Democratic Party, by continuing to push John Fetterman, has shown that they'll push someone whose health is compromised as long as it means they get the win. Whether or not he can do the job is a secondary concern.

Dem leaders continue to ramp up the rhetoric, evoking images of fascism.

MSNBC hosts talk down to Republican voters, letting them know they are too dumb to recognize they are being manipulated.

Herschel Walker, in any other election, would be buried by scandal, yet he still stands a chance to win over his Democratic opponent.

Kari Lake looks to become governor of Arizona by utilizing the playbook of former President Trump.

Top Priorities

2022-11-03T20:55:00Z

As the midterms elections loom, even The View recognizes that Biden's deficiencies are making it easier for Republicans to get their message across.

Well, they don't say that. They say the Republicans are better at messaging.

While Democrats concentrate on election denial and the alleged threat of losing democracy, Americans are concerned with making it through the week.

Money is an issue.

Sure, many Americans, members of different parties, are concerned with election denial and any threat to democracy, but feeding the family comes first.

Tom Brady Haters

2022-10-25T00:25:00Z

We're seeing the price of fame play out before our eyes if you're a sports fan.

NFL living legend Tom Brady is having a bad year, and his home life is conflicting with his professional life.

Bill has written about the price of fame in his latest bestseller, but we are watching it play out with Brady, whose marriage has been the focus of tabloids and the sports media.

It feels like there are many people who love celebrating that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers leader is human and can't win every game.

It's hard to have sympathy for a billionaire for many, but you shouldn't be rooting for someone's life to be terrible.

O'Reilly EXCLUSIVE (For You To See Now!)

2022-10-19T22:07:00Z

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The Stubborn Left

2022-10-17T23:20:00Z

If you watch the corporate media, they often highlight the fringe elements of the Republican Party, painting a picture of madness.

They also ignore the Democratic Party's descent into absurdity.

But even former President Barack Obama sees what most Americans not affiliated with his party see.

Democrats can be a bummer.

"Democrats can be [buzzkills], right? Sometimes people just want to not feel as if they are walking on eggshells... and that all of us at any given moment can say things the wrong way, make mistakes."

Interview with @BarackObama out tonight on @SIRIUSXM and everywhere tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/xi65vTNWZH
— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) October 14, 2022

The Biden administration has given Americans so little but Americans are so polarized right now that many on the left refuse to admit that things are headed in the wrong direction.

A new poll shows the majority of Democrats think socialism is the way to go.

But go where?

Troy's Misstep

2022-10-11T22:51:00Z

The social media masses love to be outraged.

Today's latest controversy involves ESPN broadcaster and former Dallas Cowboys QB Troy Aikman making a "misogynistic" comment.

Aikman was working Monday night's game, addressing whether or not referees have overcorrected regarding hits on quarterbacks following a couple of "questionable" calls.

The sportscaster wondered out loud if the league's competition committee would "take the dresses off," prompting millions of keyboard warriors (and bots) to slam the former player as a caveman.

While the comment is a little dated, you'd think he called women a bad word if you were on Twitter.

At least the poor sportswriters have something to write about.

Omar, Abortion, and Iran

2022-10-11T00:34:00Z

Does Ilhan Omar realize how absurd she sounds?

Friday, the Congresswoman compared America's abortion rights debate to the ongoing protests in Iran.

I doubt that most Iranian Muslim women who are dying over a hijab would compare their plight with abortion rights.

And whether you agree or disagree with recent abortion changes in America, it is a leap to connect those events.

Adios, Trevor!

2022-10-01T01:56:00Z

Bye-bye, Trevor Noah.

We hardly knew you!

In the seven years he's carried "The Daily Show," he's done very little.

Jon Stewart was at least funny and engaging. He was a lefty but an entertainer first.

Noah was just a lefty.

Here's to hoping his replacement can find a better formula.

The Audacity Of This Man

2022-09-27T22:28:00Z

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The Global Citizen

2022-09-27T02:45:00Z

There she stood, draped in white with actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas fawning over her.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared at the Global Citizen Festival to bless the event and get some of the limelight.

Let's forget the New York concert had Mariah Carey, Metallica, the Jonas Brothers, and Usher.

Democrat activists fought climate change the only way they knew how with some sick jams.

As for Pelosi, she was booed heavily. Why do you ask? There are two realistic answers.

People don't want to hear from politicians when they could be listening to music, and people are fed up with elite politicians who have really accomplished nothing.

I'd like to think it is a combination.

Defying Heritage

2022-09-22T01:20:00Z

Why do people use nicknames?

To distinguish themselves from others. To avoid confusion. To rebel against the name given to them by their parents.

Nimrata Nikki Haley, like many other women before her, chooses to use her middle name. Is that because she's ashamed of her Indian heritage? She acknowledges her background quite often.

But that's not good enough for The View host Sunny Hostin, who called her "a chameleon," implicating that the former U.N. ambassador is trying to downplay her ethnicity.

The irony in this accusation is that Hostin's given first name is Asunción. Hostin's mother is Puerto Rican.

Why does she defy her Puerto Rican heritage? Who cares. The only reason she made the accusation is that Haley is a Republican.

Just another day in the absurd.

No Grip on the Border

2022-09-20T23:41:00Z

President Biden once again proved that he has no grip on the border situation. In fact, he may not understand it.

Reporters shouted to the leader of this country, asking why the southern border situation was "more overwhelmed" on his watch.

Biden's response invoked Cuba and Venezuela. It really didn't give a clear answer. It was likely an excuse for his administration's failures.

Then when asked about the possibility that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would send migrants to his home state of Delaware, Biden joked that DeSantis himself should visit.

Does he understand the gravity of the situation?

Border Town

2022-09-08T23:58:00Z

A D.C. City Council member described Washington, D.C. as a "border town" after the Mayor declared a public emergency in response to the migrant influx.

City officials are blaming the governors of Arizona and Texas for busing in illegal immigrants to the nation's capitol, saying they are unprepared and overwhelmed with the situation.

Obviously, they're missing the point of the exercise, that Arizona and Texas are also overwhelmed by the situation.

Washington is now dealing with what border states have to deal with, made more difficult by progressive policies on the matter.

One would hope they figure it out.

Elvis on Film

2022-09-03T00:19:00Z

Baz Luhrmann's Elvis made its streaming debut on HBO Max Friday.

The film, which explores the relationship between the singer and his manager Col. Tom Parker opened up oddly and dizzyingly.

Unfortunately, it plays out as a bit of a parody of itself.

There was no subtlety in the film, from Tom Hanks' prosthetic jowl to the cartoonish effects.

That's the problem when it comes to portraying such a charismatic and legendary figure as Elvis Presley. Instead of portraying the man, you begin to portray the impression of the man.

Bill's upcoming book "Killing the Legends" lays out the downfall of The King, as well as John Lennon and Muhammed Ali.

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NYC Madness

2022-09-01T21:47:00Z

If you think liberal policies regarding crime aren't a big deal, then take a closer look at New York City.

The NYPD is looking for three men who attacked another man in broad daylight with a baseball bat.

BROAD DAYLIGHT!!!

If you've ever seen the movie Warriors, that's where NYC is headed.

Criminal reform and bail reform laws have made criminal punishment irrelevant.

When there are no consequences, there's only chaos.

Nothing's Free

2022-08-24T20:19:00Z

Most people have had someone tell them that nothing's free.

People will say it will cost you nothing, then you find out later you're paying for it in another way.

So when President Biden announced his student loan forgiveness plan, just know that country will pay for it in some way later.

You will feel it and probably relatively soon.

College should be affordable, students shouldn't be gouged. But why does someone's decision to pay for higher education impact everyone else?

The Issues of Illegal Immigration

2022-08-19T22:34:00Z

One thing that seems perplexing when it comes to the issues of illegal immigration is that Mexico often finds itself at the bottom of the list when it comes to criticism.

First, the U.S. is often blamed for the majority of the issues when it comes to "attracting" migrants to this great country. That's unfair.

Second, there are those who blame the immigrants for trying to come here, taking the risk. But who wouldn't want an opportunity to make their lives better for themselves or their family?

Third, the cartels are brutal regimes that are responsible for driving people from their homes, killing people, and flooding the U.S. with illegal drugs. There is no sympathy for them.

But the Mexican government has been unable to reign in the cartels for decades; corruption has led to criminals overrunning various parts of the country and a largely unmanned border on the Mexican side.

It's become so bad that the U.S. is warning travelers there is a risk of kidnapping if they travel to Mexico.

So why isn't anyone asking the Mexican government why they continue to fail their citizens as well as U.S. citizens?

BREAKTHROUGH (Part II): Important follow-up....

2022-08-17T16:00:00Z

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The medical invention Alex and Bill unveiled is winning award after award…

In fact, it won an Apple Design Award for excellence in innovation.

Fast Company awarded it the “World Changing Idea” in the field of health and wellness.

And Inc. Magazine says the invention will “change healthcare forever.”

Green calls it, “The biggest development in medical technology in about 50 years.”

He also says the company behind the invention “has a stock that trades for well under $10... making it an incredible opportunity for everyday investors.”

You’re going to want to see Bill grill Alex on the important details…

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P.S. The founder of the invention is a brilliant scientist and entrepreneur.

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A genomics company he founded once saw its stock rise from $3 to more than $100 in just ten months.

How high will his newest company climb? It was in the $3 range last month. It’s above $4 now.

(*UPDATE: It’s now hit nearly $8)

Get more details here.

New York's High Price

2022-08-11T19:31:00Z

According to the latest data, rent in New York City is at an all-time high, with some people forking out as much as $4,000 a month to live in a one-bedroom apartment.

If you want to live in Houston, it'll cost you half as much.

New Yorkers should be asking themselves why they would tolerate such high prices to live in a city where liberal politicians have instituted policies that enable criminals.

A place where crazed loons randomly hit people on the street, like actor Rick Moranis.

New York is an amazing city. But under the last two mayors, chaos has ruled, and the amount paid to live in this once great city doesn't seem to be worth it.

Gascon's War on Punishment

2022-08-09T22:00:00Z

As Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon faces a recall campaign, he's turned his attention toward more pressing matters impacting his constituents who are facing a crime epidemic.

Gascon is trying to get lighter sentences for the 215 inmates currently on the "racist" death row.

No, you read that correctly. Instead of focusing on the crime and the criminals currently impacting Los Angeles, Gascon has turn his attention to the death penalty and lightened sentences for criminals who have already been convicted.

Whether you are for or against the death penalty, it's amazing that this man has prioritized helping the criminals instead of working on protecting victims currently coping with crime.

Talk about mixing up your priorities.

Shine On You Crazy Rock Star

2022-08-08T17:26:00Z

Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters lectured Michael Smerconish on CNN this weekend, calling Joe Biden a war criminal as well as backing Russia and China.

The man that brought the world the brilliant albums Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall has always been political, but this recent interview showed he has transcended into delusional, blaming the United States for the prolonged invasion of Ukraine, justifying Russia's actions and then taking China's position on Taiwan.

It's odd to hear the aging rocker praise Russia, especially when they just imprisoned WNBA star Brittney Griner for nine years over something like cannabis oil.

And if a Russian citizen or anyone inside Russia were too critical of their leader or government, they would be locked up or disappear.

It must be the privilege of a rich rock star born in a free country to take such an insane position.

God save the queen.

Chinese Democracy

2022-08-05T22:58:00Z

If you're the type of person that doubted China's power, this week's events probably changed your mind.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Tawan, in defiance of the Communist country, garnered outrage from the superpower.

Now multiple American companies are showing their belly in reaction to Pelosi's trip, including Apple and Snickers, for implying that Taiwan was its own country.

Biden once said that China wouldn't "eat our lunch." It sure won't make your tablets or eat your candy bars unless you comply with them.

The Celeb Struggle

2022-08-02T23:39:00Z

It's hard out there if your parents are famous and successful.

Ask Gwyneth Paltrow.

She'll admit to you it's easy for celebrity kids to get their foot in the door, but once they're in, they have to do the work just like everyone else. Maybe even twice as much.

Meanwhile, those of us who aren't the child of a big-time Hollywood producer and an award-winning actress get no pressure.

Congrats Gwyneth. You saw what you wanted and overcame.

MSNBC Racism

2022-08-02T01:20:00Z

Why does MSNBC continue to push racism on its programming?

Ellie Mystal attacked Georgia's GOP Senate nominee Herschel Walker, denigrating his intelligence and calling him a "Black token."

Walker responded by saying Mystal and the network needed Jesus.

My response to @MSNBC and the man who called me the N word. @ReverendWarnock and the left wing crazies believe America is a fundamentally bad country full of racist people. But you and I know this is a great country, full of good people. #gasen pic.twitter.com/JCDsQr19Jh
— Herschel Walker (@HerschelWalker) August 1, 2022

Mystal's real problem is that he doesn't like anyone disagreeing with his hate-mongering or liberal philosophy, so he will do whatever it takes to take anyone who opposes his politics down.

Walker, who admits he isn't a perfect person, has a more positive outlook when it comes to America. Whether the people in Georgia choose to support his policies is up to them.

But most people agree that Mystal's attack on Walker is low, even for Mystal.

The Attack on Zeldin

2022-07-25T23:15:00Z

Films are made where attacks on political candidates and the ramifications of it are explored throughout.

But the corporate media doesn't seem that concerned that longshot Republican contender Lee Zeldin was attacked. They're also not interested in the fact that the liberal laws many are upset with are responsible for the attacker being released immediately.

It seems the media doesn't seem to recognize that it is now viewed by the majority of the country as a political operative.

People are paying attention to what's happening, even if the media won't do their job.

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The AOC Show

2022-07-21T01:48:00Z

Were Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar trying to be deceptive by holding their hands behind their back, making it appear that they were handcuffed?

AOC blamed Republicans for stoking conspiracy theories regarding the incident.

Maybe they weren't being deceptive, but they were putting on a show for the crowd.

These two Congresswomen aren't endearing themselves to the opposition with their display.

One could ask why both women couldn't put more time and effort into legislation to help their movement instead of participating in antics that turn people off.

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Bye Bye Bill de Blasio

2022-07-20T01:15:00Z

Goodbye, Bill de Blasio.

It's hard to believe that there was a time when he was the mayor of one of the greatest cities in the world. Between his leadership and the pandemic, it's hard to determine who did the most damage to the city.

The now former politician finally got the hint that people were fed up with him after new polling showed New York wanted anyone but him in Congress.

We'll never forget his appearance on Sean Hannity's show during the presidential campaign no one asked for.

Let's hope he's being honest about his retirement.

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Looney LeBron

2022-07-13T01:25:00Z

Leave it to NBA superstar LeBron James to ignore the facts in a story.

While lamenting that the American government has been unable to expedite WNBA superstar Brittney Griner's return from Russia, where she is detained for cannabis oil, James slammed the U.S. saying Griner may question why she would even want to return home.

Obviously, James wasn't thinking when he said those remarks.

The U.S. is not even close to Russia, or China dictates James in a way.

Let's ignore the Biden administration's role in this situation.

If James was in Russia and said what he said about them, they'd lock him up like Griner.

The reality is James is a billionaire and it's because of the United States. Maybe he should spend some of his money and reach out to Russia to cut a deal.

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Saving Brittney

2022-07-06T17:50:00Z

WNBA star Brittney Griner is concerned. She's been locked up in Russia since February for allegedly having "cannabis oil" and it appears the Biden administration is dragging its feet on negotiating her release.

Who knows if that's true, but since she's been detained another hostage has been released and there was a very public and embarrassing report last month regarding Griner missing a scheduled phone call with her wife because no one picked up the phone at the U.S. embassy.

That's a pretty big deal when you haven't spoken to a loved one in months.

The U.S. basketball star released a letter on July 4^th letting everyone know that she appreciates America's freedom now more than ever since her detainment while also pleading with President Biden not to forget her.

One could argue that if Russia respected the Biden administration a deal would already be done.

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Talking Trash

2022-06-30T21:37:00Z

I remember just a few years ago that the main complaint against then-President Trump was that he ran his mouth constantly, that he was too brash, and spoke when he shouldn't have.

So, many people chose not to vote for him—fast forward to now and President Biden.

It was once believed that it was improper for a President, current or former, to speak negatively about the country and its institutions in a foreign land.

Yet, there Biden was ripping the Supreme Court in front of the world press in Spain, slamming their rulings on abortion and guns.

This is the political equivalent of bad-mouthing your sibling to their high school rivals or insulting your Mom's cooking in front of the gossip at church.

It just makes your family look bad on a multitude of levels.

But is the corporate media calling out Biden? They are not.

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What About Mexico?

2022-06-29T01:20:00Z

It's not the Jan. 6^th Committee hearing or the abortion debate the corporate media loves to talk about incessantly, but the 50 dead migrants found in a tractor-trailer around San Antonio, TX is an important story.

Americans were outraged by the Uvalde school massacre that took the lives of 21 people, including 19 innocent and defenseless children. They should be just as outraged that between 60 to 70 people were stacked into a tractor-trailer, including children, and left for dead after being abandoned while trapped in a metal box in the hot Texas summer.

16 people, including four children, are in the hospital.

It's sickening that Americans value life more than the country of Mexico. It's sad that the Biden administration won't enforce border security, and that the Mexican government has been unwilling or unable to control the brutal drug cartels who are ultimately responsible for the border security issues and the deaths that happened in San Antonio.

Mexico and many other countries in Latin America continue to chide the United States about our border security and lecture about humanity but are unable to control crime and violence in their own country and protect their own people.

Uvalde was a tragedy and our government should try and make sure events like that never happen again. People should be critical. But the left often forgets that outside our borders is a violent and criminal world that can only be changed if other governments agree to do something about it.

Where's the criticism for Mexico?

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No Sympathy for the Devil

2022-06-28T00:49:00Z

While conspiracy theories continue to surround the death of Jeffrey Epstein, it's safe for most people to feel the billionaire deserved worse than suicide or that he got off easy.

Friday it was announced that his socialite conspirer Ghislaine Maxwell is on suicide watch. Her legal representation denies that she is suicidal.

Pushing aside conspiracy theories that Epstein and Maxwell knew or know incriminating evidence that could implicate other celebrities or rich people in crimes, it is safe to say that Maxwell also deserves worse than suicide for her crimes.

It would be fishy if she suffered the same fate as Epstein did in his cell.

Maxwell continues to complain about her living situation but hasn't really shown no remorse for the crimes she's been convicted of.

Don't feel bad for Maxwell.

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Deflector-In-Chief

2022-06-23T00:02:00Z

Ultimately the man in charge is responsible for everything that's happening.

Even when there are outliers impacting his organization, it's up to the boss to lead and make things tolerable.

That's why it continues to be perplexing that President Biden won't, not only take responsibility for his mistakes but stop blaming everyone else.

The fact is, his ideology and political moves have put the country in a difficult place.

To try and use flawed logic that we couldn't help Ukraine and keep gas prices from skyrocketing is insulting to Americans.

He's the commander-in-chief, not the deflector-in-chief.

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Biden Gets Snippy

2022-06-21T19:01:00Z

President Biden seems to be cracking under the scrutiny that comes with a tanking economy, getting snippy Monday with a reporter who dared ask about a looming recession.

The President is unhappy that his poll numbers are tracking below former President Donald Trump's and with the criticism that he's not doing enough to help Americans.

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One might imagine how Trump felt as he was slammed by the media daily and had low poll numbers.

The difference is that the press and the people who disapproved of Trump didn't like his tweets and how he carried himself; they ignored a flourishing economy, among other positives.

Biden has been propped up by the press, given every benefit of the doubt... until now.

The American people will ultimately determine what flops.

George Floyd Protests vs. Jan. 6th

2022-06-09T11:50:00Z

NFL coach Jack Del Rio is getting slammed by social media and the press for describing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as a 'dust-up.'

What happened on Jan. 6 was hardly a 'dust-up,' to diminish that is just plain wrong. But one must wonder if the controversy and reaction is more about Del Rio's tweet question where he asked why the George Floyd protests do not warrant an investigation.

The murder of Floyd by a now-convicted police officer was followed by days of violence that crippled the nation.

Most reasonable people would agree that all three events, Floyd's death, the violent aftermath, and the Capitol clash were terrible.

The White House and BTS

2022-06-02T01:52:00Z

In case you didn't hear, the South Korean "K-pop group" BTS was at the White House to discuss hate against Asians in America.

The press swooned over the group, never asking why the global phenomenon was the right choice to break down violence against Asians in America.

Clearly, some White House officials have children who needed a selfie with the group to increase their TikTok followers.

The country is getting killed by inflation. Americans are struggling but don't worry; Suga has some thoughts for President Bidenon on how to stop violence against Asians in America, even though he's not a citizen of this country and a revered celebrity.

Clueless doesn't even begin to describe the situation.

Uvalde and the Anthem

2022-06-01T00:03:00Z

San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler's misguided anthem protest in the wake of the Uvalde shooting is already being walked back in a way as the Giants manager decided to not offend those who have lost their lives serving their country on Memorial Day.

Many other managers, excluding Tony LaRussa, gave support to Kapler's right to protest. LaRussa believes the anthem isn't a place for protest.

Kapler is upset, as the whole nation should be with Uvalde.

The fact is we have a problem in this country. Now is not the time to put on a show for voters like Beto O'Rourke or parse over factors like mental illness.

Kids have been murdered. Now is not the time for politics.

The Real Victim

2022-05-24T22:50:00Z

Well, it's now confirmed that the man who attacked Dave Chappelle earlier this month was "triggered" over jokes the comedian made regarding transexuals, the homeless, LGBTQ people, and more.

Not only that, the attacker says he was inspired by Will Smith slapping Chris Rock, saying that Smith was justified.

What does this all mean?

It means this guy is crazy. No one should have been inspired by Smith or so sensitive about every issue that he would be inspired to attack someone while holding a weapon.

Some would have you believe that this attacker is the victim.

Remember, he is not.

Disinformation Breakdown

2022-05-19T09:19:00Z

Is the so-called "Ministry of Truth" over before it began?

It looks like it is.

Reports say that the Disinformation Board head Nina Jankowics offered her resignation after the Biden administration second-guessed the misguided venture.

They're blaming the right for the stumble.

Most reasonable Americans on the right and left knew the government-sanctioned group would eventually, if not already, become a political weapon.

Goodbye to a bad idea.

Inflation Deflection

2022-05-18T00:45:00Z

President Biden, it seems, cannot address the inflation issue and continues to deflect by attaching himself to any other topic.

The Biden administration would rather talk about white supremacy, abortion, and whatever else is happening than inflation.

Why? Because inflation is strangling Americans right now and is the most critical issue on the table.

The bad news for Biden is that people aren't buying into his agenda or the media's agenda.

Elon Musk pointed it out recently, comparing Biden to the fictional Ron Burgandy.

Joe can't hide from the issue forever.

The Ultra-MAGA

2022-05-13T21:34:00Z

It says a lot about the left's disconnect with half of America when a perceived insult ends up being a rallying cry.

Hillary Clinton did it with her infamous "deplorables" debacle and now President Biden has done it with "Ultra-MAGA."

The President is oblivious to the fact that half of America is happy to associate with the "Make America Great Again" movement started by former President Trump.

Despite the left's efforts to paint MAGA and Trump as racist nationalist idiots, half of this country either disagrees with that notion or chooses not to admonish those disenfranchised with Washington.

And leave it to Biden and his crew to attack a group by giving them a cool nickname. Ultra-MAGA sounds like Ultra-Mega.

Then he doubled down and called Trump the "Ultra-MAGA king." Why didn't he just call Trump "Captain Cool Dude"?

Trump has already adopted it and owned it.

Hunter's 'Sugar Brother'

2022-05-10T22:35:00Z

Why would anyone bail out Hunter Biden?

The controversial son of the President is apparently being funded by a big-time Hollywood lawyer who made his bones as an attorney for the South Park guys.

According to the New York Post, Biden's buds describe the guy as his "sugar brother." Think "sugar mama," get it?

Hunter's financial knight in shining armor, has paid off millions owed and is consulting on his art sales.

That seems very strange.

LA's DA Problem

2022-05-06T00:43:00Z

Apparently, crime is not crime in the city of Los Angeles, California.

We reported on the man that attacked comedian Dave Chappelle while he was doing stand-up at the Hollywood Bowl, he was carrying a fake gun with a very real blade attached to it.

Just over a day later, the LA District Attorney's office has announced they won't charge the man with a felony, meaning he'll likely be charged with a misdemeanor.

The DA, George Gascón, is notoriously soft when it comes to criminals.

Chappelle is a rich man that can hire security, sure. But this type of thinking just gives criminals an excuse to try anything.

Instead of working for the victim, the DA is working for the criminal.

Obsessed With Fame

2022-05-04T22:56:00Z

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked on stage at the Hollywood Bowl by some aspiring rapper nut, who knows for what reason.

There is a seriously unhealthy obsession with fame and celebrity in this country and worldwide. It's not Mr. Chappelle's fault.

People are obsessed with becoming famous themselves; social media factors in, and they will go to great lengths.

Will Smith didn't help when he slapped Chris Rock and became the media's focus. Unfortunately, he reminded people of the fast way to fame.

And it sets a bad example when people like John Hinckley Jr. can shoot a president, injure people, spend decades in prison, and can sell out a venue in Brooklyn for his weak guitar folk performances.

This is bad.

Bad Presentation

2022-05-02T22:21:00Z

The White House Correspondents Dinner returned this weekend with comedian Trevor Noah as the master of ceremonies.

After a two-year Covid break, the "nerd prom" again highlighted what's wrong in Washington, D.C.

Watching the government and media elite mingle and joke about the President's failings while Americans suffer due to the administration's policies doesn't seem like an intelligent presentation to put forward.

Republicans and Trump took the brunt of the jokes, and Biden put forth his best public form so far as he read jokes written for him by up-and-coming comedians behind the scenes.

Like Noah's iteration of The Daily Show, the event was a dud.

Nothing's Free

2022-04-29T01:34:00Z

Nothing is free!

You know you have good people in your life if they emphasize that to you at some point in your early life.

As much as Democrats try to ignore that, some of the establishment is treading carefully when it comes to forgiving student debt. A move that will alienate people who have spent their whole lives paying it off.

President Biden even pushed back at a suggestion from Sen. Chuck Schumer, who suggested Biden was close to signing off on $50,000 in forgiveness.

Even the President knows committing to that type of number isn't a good idea.

Again, no one is addressing who will eventually pay for the debt.

The Biden

2022-04-26T23:34:00Z

Holy cow, President Biden!

Once again, the commander-in-chief made another verbal flub in front of the world. This time the President called National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman... Gary BATMAN.

Like his predecessors before him, think Gerald Ford bumbling as portrayed by Chevy Chase, Biden has a reputation for his mistakes.

A few of the players on the Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning seemed amused by the thought of their 69-year-old commissioner donning a cape and cowl to fight those that oppose ice hockey.

But many continue to be concerned that our leader may be having trouble keeping his deck of cards together.

Help us, Gary Batman!

Not Funny, Ridiculous!

2022-04-25T22:02:00Z

If you don't accept that social media can be corrupted or just be stupid, look no further than the latest King Tut controversy.

The Twitterverse is currently debating whether actor/comedian Steve Martin's spoof song about the national traveling display of artifacts from the Egyptian Tutankhamun's tomb was not only funny but... cultural appropriation.

The Saturday Night Live bit aired in 1978.

Maybe our problem as a society is we can't move on. Context is important, but many people on social media want to judge history within today's parameters. It doesn't work that way.

So continue making yourself look foolish by overanalyzing a song/sketch from the 70s.

I'm curious about what Mr. Musk sees as the actual value of Twitter.

Biden Part 2?

2022-04-20T01:07:00Z

If an article from The Hill is to be believed, President Biden plans to run for reelection in 2024 telling former President Obama that this is his intention.

Many on the left, in addition to the right, have admitted Biden hasn't looked his best during his term. If he plans to campaign and run again it'll take the combined efforts of not only the Easter Bunny but Santa Claus, and a St. Patrick's Day leprechaun to save the president from avoiding blunders.

With sinking poll numbers, it's hard to believe Democrats would rally behind Biden after this term.

A lot is at stake in 2024, for everyone.

Wrong Tune

2022-04-14T23:33:00Z

The country is in a very strange and depressing place right now.

Nothing says that more than the fact that the man who shot and tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan is set to play a sold-out concert in Brooklyn, New York.

15-years ago that would be unfathomable.

The man injured others in the shooting, including Press Secretary James Brady who was paralyzed.

Think about this. What if someone tried to kill President Trump and this hypothetical assassin then played a sold-out concert in San Francisco. Or what if President Biden's hypothetical killer then decided to play an acoustic jam in Alabama?

All scenarios and John Hinkley Jr.'s concert in Brooklyn are outlandish. Whoever put this event on should be ashamed.

BREAKTHROUGH (Part II): Important follow-up....

2022-04-13T21:00:00Z

The medical invention Bill and Alex unveiled is winning award after award…

In fact, it won an Apple Design Award for excellence in innovation.

Fast Company awarded it the “World Changing Idea” in the field of health and wellness.

And Inc. Magazine says the invention will “change healthcare forever.”

Green calls it, “The biggest development in medical technology in about 50 years.”

He also says the company behind the invention “has a stock that trades for well under $10... making it an incredible opportunity for everyday investors.”

You’re going to want to see Bill grill Alex on the important details…

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P.S. The founder of the invention is a brilliant scientist and entrepreneur.

In fact, he built and sold multiple companies in the past. One sold for $93 million. Another sold for $140 million. And another sold for $375 million.

A genomics company he founded once saw its stock rise from $3 to more than $100 in just ten months.

How high will his newest company climb? It was in the $3 range last month. It’s above $4 now.

Get more details here.

Sympathy For Mexicans

2022-04-12T21:20:00Z

With everyone focused on Ukraine and Russia's vile attacks, many are forgetting about what's happening south of the border.

The Mexican people are victims of brutal cartels that have corrupted a government and an army, that has been historically corrupt.

On the surface, it seems that America is more prone to help Ukraine refugees while Mexicans continue to be dismissed, even though their situation grows similar.

This is further complicated by the left's open border agenda.

Is it race motivated? That can't be dismissed outright but here's the bulk of the problem.

Although it'll get denied by most liberals, former President Trump had made progress on the border with Mexico. He motivated Mexico to protect the border and straighten out its military.

The left has no real solution to solve the problems regarding immigration, has no intention of getting tough with Mexico to not only protect the border but to motivate their government to prioritize their people.

Ukraine needs our compassion, and so does Mexico. An open border won't help.

A Dying Twitter?

2022-04-12T00:56:00Z

Does Elon Musk declining a board seat mean Twitter is dying?

Many are speculating that after the billionaire spent millions, promising change, then changing direction.

What everybody should know is the platform is toxic. What was once a promising way to exercise free speech has been taken over by misinformation and political agendas.

Or maybe people have moved on to the next trend.

No one should weep for Twitter.

Breakthrough

2022-04-09T00:57:00Z

Bill O’Reilly has been a loyal subscriber to The Oxford Club’s research for nearly 20 years.

He recently teamed with their longtime Chief Investment Strategist Alexander Green to spread the word about a brand new invention.

It’s a breakthrough device Green says, “is the most promising investing opportunity I’ve seen in 37 years.”

It could replace technologies that bring in billions of annual sales like, MRIs, CAT scans and X-Rays.

That’s because it was created to be 100 times cheaper, 100 times faster and provide imaging with 100 times the resolution.

Fortune Magazine says it “will change the world.”

Inc. Magazine says it “will change healthcare forever.”

And the story behind it is absolutely fascinating.

We encourage you to take a look immediately… especially considering Green says the stock behind it is shockingly inexpensive (well under $10).

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Opening Day

2022-04-08T00:29:00Z

Baseball is back and today is Opening Day.

While it was delayed by billionaire owners squabbling with millionaire players, it's nice to have something to watch besides President Biden.

There'll be things to argue about like the DH in the National League, extra-inning changes, and 150 dollar plus burgers with gold leaf-wrapped foie grass. Yes, those are all real.

A lot has changed. The Indians are now the Guardians. The Mets are expected to contend.

It's going to be a crazy season.

Bad View

2022-04-07T01:14:00Z

How can anyone watch The View?

It continues to be unwatchable and, for conservatives, slanted left.

Why would you want to be the show's token conservative when the job includes a four-on-one verbal tongue lashing if you sway away from the liberal narrative.

Disney should put the show out of its misery or, at the very least, quit pretending it's fair.

It's a farce.

Elon Musk & Twitter

2022-04-05T20:56:00Z

Can Elon Musk save Twitter?

Can Twitter be saved?

Social media is a funny thing, and it can be a hateful place. It's too early to know if Musk can change the culture of Twitter and give Americans, and the world, something worth keeping.

The truth is that the conservative versions of social media have all been failures.

If a billionaire who's not exactly in line with the liberal elite and the corrupt Silicon Valley leaders is ready to do something, then more power to him; maybe this is the way to change.

It would be nice to have a platform that's not targeting those out of step with the far-left.

As with anything, we'll see.

The Cost of Hunter

2022-04-05T00:52:00Z

How much is too much?

Whether you love him or hate him, Hunter Biden needs Secret Service detail.

But it's a hard pill to swallow when it's costing the Secret Service $30,000 a month in rent just to be able to properly protect Hunter who is spending an exorbitant amount of money to live in a four-bedroom, three-bathroom home in posh Malibu.

It would be easier to accept if Hunter wasn't so unlikeable and wasn't such a screw-up.

Maybe a future administration and Secret Service can figure out how properly work with people and cut costs down.

And maybe those who need protection could factor in the taxpayer. Maybe.

Eric Church's Foul

2022-03-31T22:51:00Z

Country music singer Eric Church recently opened himself up to criticism and backlash by canceling a sold-out concert in Texas to attend a basketball game.

To be fair it's not just any basketball game, it's the first time ever Duke has met the University of North Carolina in the Final Four.

Church is a Tar Heels mega-fan and this is the final season for Duke's long-time coach, the winner plays for the championship. This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime games.

But the musician had already sold out the arena in San Antonio, where up to 18,500 people may have lost out on not only seeing Church, but travel arrangements, hours for workers, and more.

Church admitted the move was selfish in a statement but asked his fans to understand.

He surely will take a hit for the move but we can't fully hate on him for his fandom.

However, his fans who put down their hard-earned money are justified to be critical, that's not unreasonable in this type of situation.

Will Smith, the Victim?

2022-03-31T02:18:00Z

Entertainer Will Smith's assault of comedian Chris Rock at this past Sunday's Academy Awards continues to dominate the social media atmosphere.

Recently, Oscars co-hosts Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes voiced their shock over Smith's actions. Sykes criticized the Academy for allowing him to stay and receive his award, saying it sent the wrong message.

NBA legend and civil rights activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said the incident hurt the Black community, young men, and women, among other groups.

What's even more startling is that many people feel that Smith, not Rock, was the victim.

NBA superstars Paul George wrote a long post justifying Smith's actions, and Damien Lillard commented that others deserve the same treatment.

Maybe we should ask if Rock sent the wrong message by not filing charges.

Oscar Decline

2022-03-29T20:31:00Z

What can we say about the Academy Awards?

They blew it. The ratings popped up just a little, but that's because one of the world's greatest entertainers either felt entitled or lost his mind.

Award shows have long promoted the mild roastings of actors by edgy comedians, and they finally got the reaction they wanted. Unfortunately, it looked bad that Will Smith seemed to be rewarded for it.

While he was sobbing onstage, no one seemed to have any sympathy for Chris Rock, who did exactly what they asked him to do.

And to make matters worse the show once again omitted some of Hollywood's beloved actors like Bob Saget and Norm Macdonald who appeared in numerous films, slapping their fans in the face.

It's over.

Protecting Your Money

2022-03-24T19:39:00Z

Growing and protecting your money is important.

It seems lately there is just no guessing which way the stock market goes next.

For example, when the Fed announced a new rate hike on March 16, the market inexplicably went up!

Alternately, seemingly good news can send the market into a nosedive.

So while short-term volatility in the market may make you feel uneasy… consider this:

Had you invested $1,000 in the S&P since March, 2020, your money would have more than doubled (102%) in just two years to $2,020, according to a new report by Acorns/CNBC.

And it’s important to remember that over the long run, the markets generally move up, no matter who’s in charge of the country. Even amidst geo-political strife.

Again, your hard-earned money is important. Whether you grow it or lose it could be the difference between a great retirement, or a lousy one.

That’s why Bill O’Reilly has hosted special projects with Alexander Green of The Oxford Club to help show folks like you how to protect and grow your money in the markets.

Green’s stock recommendations have far outpaced the S&P for the past 20 years, by more than double.

Take a look at Bill and Alex’s most recent project together… and see how you can get started growing and protecting your money – even if you have zero investing experience.

Over the Awards?

2022-03-24T03:08:00Z

Are the Academy Awards and Grammy's D.O.A.?

Y.E.S.

And it's not because the music and movies are not up to snuff.

It's because the political grandstanding and politics of the privileged left have grown tiresome for the American public.

Fans of the show loved the self-indulgence and celebrations for the stars, but what they didn't like was people with money and means telling those without it what to do. They didn't like the hypocrisy.

The ratings will reflect that.

Someone tell Kanye West not to bother with them.

Listening To Kid Rock

2022-03-22T23:11:00Z

Some people are appalled with the revelation from Kid Rock that former President Trump sought advice from the musician on such issues as North Korea.

How could Trump take such actions based on the opinion of a guy who sang American Bada**?

Let's be honest. It's highly doubtful that Trump would attack or sanction North Korea based on a best-selling artist.

Did Trump ask for his opinion? Sure, I don't think Kid Rock is lying. Would he use the view of the Detroit singer to make a significant policy move? Most reasonable people would say no.

He was probably being kind to his friend Kid Rock and trying to be inclusive. They were having a conversation.

How does being so literal help Trump haters?

A Dishonest Press

2022-03-21T22:41:00Z

Years from now, scholars and historians will ask why the people lost faith in the press.

The Fourth Estate has long been an essential part of America's development, never perfect but essential.

Then Donald Trump ran for office in 2016.

Trump secured the Republican nomination. Suddenly reports and unflattering videos were released. But his supporters overlooked them because they disliked being manipulated by the press and their suspect timing.

Trump won the presidency. The Russia Collusion narrative took off. Two impeachments led to nothing.

During the 2020 election, the press overtly rallied around Joe Biden, discrediting the New York Post's reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop. A story that raised important questions regarding Joe Biden and his son and could have changed the outcome of the election

Over a year into Biden's presidency, that story which was hammered by the press, was now confirmed as accurate by the liberal New York Times.

When you write it out, it seems obvious.

Going Boldly

2022-03-17T23:44:00Z

Since Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams burst onto the political scene, the Democratic Party has been obsessed with putting her into office, whether it is in Georgia or the White House.

The fact is Abrams came up short during her 2018 run and her response echoed the same sentiment President Trump said about his 2020 election results. But you won't hear that in the mainstream media.

Leave it to the entertainment industry to do what Abrams or Democrats couldn't do, put her in office—in this case, making her the President of the United Earth.

If you watch Star Trek: Discovery, Abrams runs the planet in the 32^ndCentury. Some wishful dreaming?

The question is, will this put her on track to be governor of Georgia this November?

New York's Covid Mandate Problem

2022-03-16T21:40:00Z

As most of America dials back Covid-19 restrictions, New York City continues to struggle with the issue.

Controversial NBA superstar Kyrie Irving has stuck to his guns this season, refusing to get vaccinated, opting to stay home. That was until his team needed him and decided to allow him to play with the team everywhere but on his home court. Why so much drama?

He plays for the Brooklyn Nets.

With the playoffs looming, Irving may only be able to play away games. But to make his point that NYC's mandates are silly, he was permitted to buy a ticket and support his teammates in Brooklyn. None of this makes any sense, and his colleagues know it.

Now, as baseball season is finally underway, the same situation may pop up for the Yankees and Mets.

It's never easy.

Jake Paul's Idea

2022-03-15T22:58:00Z

YouTube influencer and boxer Jake Paul suggested he could set up fights between Vladimir Putin and billionaire Elon Musk, as well as Kanye West and comedian Pete Davidson.

The point of these fights would be to 'squash a beef,' end a feud or a dispute.

This was after Musk challenged Putin to a fight on Ukraine's behalf.

One could wish that a pugilistic faceoff between rivals was possible and would be better than the situation we face now where innocent people are dying, including journalists who are covering the atrocities.

All of this is a pipe dream, like Kanye and Pete burying the hatchet but another reminder that everyone is consumed by the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Hoping for an end to the conflict.

Where To Find Truth

2022-03-11T00:48:00Z

It's a tough time to know what's really going on in the country and the world.

Politicians and TV news personalities consistently give people misinformation and, even worse, propaganda.

Democrats are blaming Donald Trump for everything, Biden is misleading on the fuel situation, fringe Republicans are pulling for Russia, and many Democrats are God knows where on a multitude of issues.

Just know this, BillOReilly.com is home for honest analysis on all topics with no agenda but to give you the truth.

That's important during times like these.

Joy Reid and Ukraine

2022-03-10T00:58:00Z

Joy Reid can't help herself.

As the world watches the Russia-Ukraine crisis and people worry about gas prices, nukes, innocent civilians murdered in the street, Ms. Reid can only think about one thing.

That one thing is skin color.

Once again, America is racist for caring about Ukraine, a White Christian country.

The truth is we should be concerned about refugees, Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, Native, everyone. Conflicts and tragedies involving people of color should make it on our TV screens, tablets, and phones. Americans can always show more empathy and support for people struggling in the world and on their streets.

But the real problem Joy has is that Ukraine is diverting attention from her narrative.

In Their Heads

2022-03-08T01:41:00Z

An amusing thing happened this weekend on NBC's cable news channel.

During a segment on the Russia-Ukraine crisis, one of the members of the loaded liberal panel reluctantly gave Donald Trump credit for his dealings with Russia.

She still criticized the president on his handling of Ukraine but gave him a small sliver of a compliment on his foreign policy dealings.

After the break, with the segment moving on, another liberal panelist couldn't let that slide and offered his own correction, slamming the former president.

This proves what many of Trump's supporters already know. He's in their heads.

A Feather In Pat Sajak's Cap

2022-03-03T22:25:00Z

In a world of 24/7 social media criticism, it's hard to be a normal person and make a mistake. It's even harder when you do it on a syndicated game show.

That's what happened to three "Wheel of Fortune" contestants who couldn't piece together the dated phrase "another feather in your cap."

The cruel Twitterverse mocked the contestants for missing the easy layup and guessing "map" instead of "cap."

Enter the game show's longtime host Pat Sajak who took to Twitter to defend the contestants from the meanies, letting them know they could never understand the pressure of being on national television.

Good job Pat. That's why America loves you.

If you really analyze the phrase, it's also easy to see that it's not used as much anymore.

But we all know this is not about being rational.

Bad Behavior

2022-03-03T00:43:00Z

Last night's State of the Union wasn't just about the Biden presidency taking a nosedive but the end of an institution once respected by most everyone.

Both parties will blame each other but last night two Republican lawmakers made fools out of themselves by heckling Joe Biden as he spoke to Congress and America.

In 2020 it was Nancy Pelosi ripping up Donald Trump's speech in protest and Democrats shouting "HR3."

It seems to have started in 2009 when during a joint session of Congress, Congressman Joe Wilson shouted "you lie!" at then-President Obama during his speech.

Maybe it started earlier.

But I thought that was the purpose of the rebuttal.

Paying the Price

2022-03-02T00:40:00Z

With gas prices rising and the Americans expecting 10 dollars a gallon gas, don't expect the Biden Administration to give you any hope that they may change direction.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said as much on Fox today.

As the president gives his big speech the country continues to suffer.

And Democrats risk losing the people as an election looms.

A Lame Excuse

2022-03-01T02:05:00Z

Let's say if you are an elected official, you should be smart enough to know when White supremacists are hosting the event you're attending.

It's a pretty lame excuse to say you or your staff and advisors had no idea who the event host was like Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene did.

That's what staff and advisors are supposed to know if you don't.

If you want to show that you are a capable politician and someone who will work for the people, then the least you should do is not embarrass them by affiliating yourself with such an ugly movement that hurts people and the country.

Is Biden Focused?

2022-02-26T00:19:00Z

As the world marches to chaos, President Biden decided today was the day to announce his pick for the Supreme Court.

But is that a distraction? Is Biden focused on Russia?

What other moves will the U.S. make to show Russia our country's strength?

There are many more questions that need answers.

Can Biden stop the bleeding?

A Question For Alexander Ovechkin

2022-02-25T01:35:00Z

As Russia invades Ukraine, the corporate media and those on social media are looking for all angles on Vladimir Putin's move.

One sports angle that's become interesting is that of future Hockey Hall of Famer, Russian national and current NHL star Alexander Ovechkin, who plays in this nation's capital.

Ovechkin, a celebrated hockey icon in Russia, is being asked to comment on the crisis.

His family is in Russia while he plays in Washington and the team has yet to make him available, saying he's asking for more time before he comments.

So I ask you, reading this on BillOReilly.com, is that fair?

Should Ovechkin go on the record?

Click on the homepage poll and let us know what you think.

The Thin-Skinned President

2022-02-23T23:34:00Z

Once again President Biden appeared to be irked by a question from the press regarding his administration's capabilities.

Fox's Peter Doocy ground the commander-in-chief's gears by asking if he underestimated Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

This isn't the first time Biden has been offended by a question from Doocy or other members of the press but it comes at a time when many pundits and politicians are labeling him as appearing weak.

It doesn't help his case for strength when he continues to react in a perturbed manner when a journalist asks valid questions.

And for those who ask why Biden is criticized while Donald Trump wasn't for his reactions. Trump took questions from the press consistently and was consistently adversarial. Two different presidents, two different situations.

Where the Money Comes From

2022-02-22T00:56:00Z

Golfer Phil Mickelson is under fire for justifying his business dealings with Saudi Arabia's government despite outright admitting the country's royal family "killed" Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi and executed gay citizens.

He then described them as "scary motherf---ers."

Mickelson's justification for working with the Saudis was weak, and the criticism that came along with it was warranted.

But many sports journalists and athletes must also look inward and ask how their promotion and defense of the NBA and superstars making deals with China is any different.

Liberal icon Bill Maher recently made this point, calling out Olympian Eileen Gu, adding that comparing these countries to America is not a fair comparison or justification.

People that do business with oppressive and deadly regimes have to ask themselves what that country or group is really buying.

Stop Comparing Everyone to Hitler

2022-02-18T03:14:00Z

Can we give the Hitler comparisons a break?

Hitler set a high bar with Nazi Germany regarding pure evil and general awfulness.

At this point in history, during the modern era, it's hard to say anyone is as bad or worse than Hitler. His attempt to eliminate a race of people, racial ideology, and the number of casualties left in the wake of his chaotic madness are hard to measure up to.

So when you compare someone to this madman, you essentially lose all credibility, and your points are dismissed because everything we're dealing with now is hard to compare to that.

I disagree with Canada's Justin Trudeau but to make the leap to Hitler. That's a little bit much.

The Eric Adams Saga

2022-02-16T23:28:00Z

New York Mayor Eric Adams decided to play the race card Tuesday, angry at the coverage and criticism of his leadership.

Instead of addressing any issues raised by the press or voicing his displeasure about specific coverage, he decided to criticize the media for their lack of diversity and threatened to shut down his interaction with them.

Adams' criticism of the media may have harbored a point, but the fact is many people had high hopes for the mayor because of his pro-police views. Adams has instead waffled between progressive stances and doing what he promised his constituents he would do: stop crime.

It's time for Mayor Adams to look inward and do what he promised to do.

L.A. Hypocrisy

2022-02-16T01:21:00Z

For those asking why anti-mask sentiments have continued to linger throughout the Covid pandemic, one must look no further than the Super Bowl.

Pictures continue to flood social media of celebrities and politicians enjoying their life and not wearing a mask.

Over 70,000 people gathered indoors, paid 17 dollars for a Michelob Ultra, and watched football.

Among those people, The Rock, Drake, Justin Bieber, Kendall Jenner, Matt Damon, and LeBron James, to name a few, didn't seem to bother with face coverings.

Meanwhile, the man responsible for many of Los Angeles' mandates, Mayor Eric Garcetti, didn't bother once again with wearing a mask even though the L.A. County Department of Health warned those attending to make sure they covered up.

The hypocrisy is unbelievable.

A Kanye Break

2022-02-15T02:23:00Z

Can we please get a break from Kanye?

BillOReilly.com doesn't usually deal in Kanye West news, but the rapper's life seems to be imploding once again. He's getting divorced, his wife Kim Kardashian is dating a guy who's been around the block, he's begging her to come back even as he dates models, and it's all happening in real-time.

They're putting it all on social media.

The saddest part is the couple's four children have become part of the story and will be the ones to suffer the most.

Can anyone help these people?

Bada-Biden

2022-02-12T00:23:00Z

Forget about it.

At least that's what President Biden would like the media and Americans to do when it comes to inflation and any other bad news.

God forbid a "wise guy" like NBC's Lester Holt ask a legit question to the leader of the free world.

At least he didn't call Holt a "stupid son of b---" like he did Fox's Peter Doocy.

The president needs to learn to self-evaluate or else it's going to be a rough 3 years.

White House Madness

2022-02-10T02:47:00Z

Somebody please call a meeting at the White House and decide where they're going to stand on Covid moving forward.

It seems President Biden, the CDC, and whoever else is involved are not coordinating their efforts and continuing to give Americans a mixed message on moving forward.

While on some fronts it seems the White House and liberal states are moving away from strict mask mandates, there are others doubling down.

At this point, it would be nice for the government to look like they're coordinated.

Is that too much to ask?

Not the Right Time

2022-02-08T22:23:00Z

God bless Al Michaels.

The iconic NFL play-by-play man appeared on the Howard Stern show earlier today (why?) where the host tried to harangue Michaels into opening the Super Bowl by encouraging Americans to get vaccinated.

The legendary sports broadcaster thoughtfully and articulately declined Stern's suggestion explaining that people watch football to watch football and that during the game is not the proper situation for a thoughtful discussion about vaccinations or in depths on other NFL topics like the Brian Flores situation.

Before the crazies on both sides attack Michaels for not being pro-vaxx or anti-vaxx enough let's make it clear. He's just saying people want to enjoy the game and it's not right to attempt a discussion on Covid, which consumes cable news, while he is describing what's happening in the most important football game of the year.

That's pretty sound logic.

Also, the one thing Stern was right about in the interview with Michales is that NBC is stupid for allegedly electing to move on from Michaels, who still performs at the top of his game.

See you at Amazon next season Al.

Bad Games

2022-02-07T23:52:00Z

Many international Olympic athletes are complaining about their stay in China. According to reports, they are not being given adequate food or hotels, and many are trying to make sense of Covid quarantine rules.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is sure to receive backlash after the Beijing sporting event ends.

Imagine how the Chinese people feel under the rule of a Communist government that doesn't care about them.

The IOC should be ashamed of themselves.

Absurd

2022-02-04T22:32:00Z

Absurd. That's the only way to describe Nancy Pelosi.

Thursday, the Speaker of the House warned athletes participating in the Olympics to avoid irking China, the host country because they are "ruthless."

She called on these athletes to not protest the country's violation of Human Rights while condemning China on the issue.

It's not absurd to warn athletes who could be imprisoned by China for speaking out. What's absurd is that Pelosi, if she really means what she says, should talk to President Biden, who continues to be soft on the Communist country.

Being Better

2022-02-03T21:22:00Z

Kicking someone while they’re down may feel good, but it isn’t right. Bill and Sean Hannity both refused to do that to Whoopi Goldberg yesterday, as some detractors make a play for the ‘The View’ host to get fired.

Yeah, a conservative would have been ejected before the show ended if they had made the same mistake, but that shouldn’t justify it.

Goldberg apologized and clearly was confused on the issue.

Today actress Susan Sarandon is getting panned for kicking the NYPD while they’re down, tweeting some dumb and insensitive comments about cops while they mourn Jason Rivera.

Sarandon is nuts.

We should all try to be better, and we should avoid getting baited by the dark side.

Mixed Message

2022-02-02T00:20:00Z

When America looks back to this time period, the pandemic era, it'll be easy for people to determine why it was such a stressful and divisive time.

Leadership has failed the country and citizens are still confused about the situation regarding Covid.

One minute government officials are asking people to sacrifice their holidays and time with family. Telling people to avoid crowds and large groups. Then, days later, those same people are in a stadium with 70,000 people enjoying a football game with their masks off.

But officials in California saying one thing and doing the opposite isn't the "new normal."

No Spark

2022-02-01T00:03:00Z

If you're pushing electric vehicles to the American people and expressing that gas will soon be in the country's past, you'd think you'd invite the company that has been at the forefront of this movement.

Elon Musk's Tesla has become synonymous with electric vehicles, specializing in them and making them a hip choice with those concerned about fossil fuels.

However, last week President Biden left Musk and Tesla out of an important meeting on the topic with Ford and GM, prompting the businessman to voice his displeasure with the President.

Whether you are a supporter of electric over gas vehicles, one must ask how serious Biden is about the issue if he excludes the leading company dedicated exclusively to popularising electric vehicles.

Biden's New Cat

2022-01-28T23:36:00Z

The Bidens welcomed a new pet this week to the White House. A two-year-old rescue cat named Willow.

But it's unclear how much Willow will be able to help the President with problems the country faces, like the border and inflation among other issues.

This is the Biden family's fourth White House pet in just over a year, poor Champ died in office, and sadly Major was reassigned back to Delaware. Commander, a German Shephard puppy joined the ranks in September.

It would be easy to criticize the Biden's for the number of pets they've cycled through at the White House but after some quick internet research, it seems that 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has acted like an animal farm on many occasions for the leaders of the free world and their families. Teddy Roosevelt and JFK were pretty much living in a zoo.

In this era, White House animals are often used as a publicity stunt or distraction, meant to deflect from the realities surrounding Washington.

So we wish Willow good luck! Our best to you and Commander. And if you have any ideas to help the country, please convey them to your owner.

Neil Young's Ultimatum

2022-01-27T23:01:00Z

Maybe aging rocker Neil Young overestimated his worth, maybe he got what he wanted but what we learned is that comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan is worth more to Spotify than the old catalog of a left-wing musician who hasn't released significant music in years.

Young gave the company an ultimatum, saying he wanted his music pulled from the audio company if they didn't remove Joe Rogan and his content from the service over his Covid discussions.

The Canadian-born Young who sang "keep on rockin' in the free world" apparently doesn't care for open discussion.

In the end, the Swedish company chose Rogan over Young. Most likely because of the money his podcast makes them and probably because they, like many people in the U.S., dislike people telling them what to do.

Breyer Retires

2022-01-26T22:06:00Z

With the announcement that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, President Biden now has an opportunity to put his own stamp on America's highest court.

However, Biden now puts himself back in the spotlight for pledging to nominate a Black woman when he was a presidential candidate.

Let's be honest, conservatives will be unhappy with Biden's pick no matter what - but it will be interesting to see if the President sticks to his pledge.

In an ideal world, we would get the most qualified person for the job, which may be a Black woman. But instead, President Biden has made it about himself and filling quotas to appease racial groups on the left.

Let's see if Biden can come out of this self-inflicted situation unscathed.

Out of Touch

2022-01-25T20:54:00Z

No one ever said the corporate media was smart but a new report may reinforce that they are completely out of touch with the American public.

According to The Hill, CBS News is looking to upgrade their evening newscast anchor position and their solution for Norah O'Donnell's replacement was none other than Brian Williams. Yes, that Brian Williams who recently left NBC News.

Word is he passed on the gig.

During a time when trust in the press is at an all-time low, CBS News was allegedly set to hand over the reins of its "straight" news flagship to a man who was demoted in disgrace at NBC News for presenting fiction as fact.

Williams then spent 6 years hosting a show on the partisan MSNBC.

How CBS News didn't see this as a bad move shows us that they don't really care about credibility or getting it right anymore. This is why the evening newscasts are irrelevant.

China's Olympics

2022-01-24T22:25:00Z

This coming weekend China once again has the privilege of showcasing its power and prestige by hosting an Olympics.

Due to Covid, NBC isn't sending their announcers to China and spectators will be limited to the government's approval. Basically, the games are a propaganda showcase but without the thin veil of sports journalism.

But in this case, it's worse. The corrupt International Olympic Committee is aiding a country that actively participates in genocide, with their treatment of the Muslim Uyghurs. A country that has a commitment to stamping out freedom of speech, take a look at Hong Kong, and a country that is responsible for the Covid pandemic.

Even with obvious Human Rights issues and blatant questionable actions, like a top-tier Chinese tennis player disappearing after she accused a Chinese official of sexual assault, the IOC and NBC refuse to take a financial hit and make a stand.

So now it's up to Americans to voice their displeasure with China. Hopefully, the ratings will show that Americans will not tolerate tyranny.

Goodbye Meat Loaf

2022-01-21T22:32:00Z

This morning, singer and actor Meat Loaf became the latest addition to the sad list of iconic celebrities lost in 2022.

Many media outlets are highlighting his accomplishments, noting his milestones in music and film. But some media outlets have decided to use Meat Loaf's passing as a Covid lesson as it's speculated that the virus was the cause of the 74-year-old singer's death.

Last year Meat Loaf voiced his frustrations with mandates, expressed pandemic fatigue, and vowed to live his life despite the risks of the virus.

In other words, Meat Loaf was a human trying to deal with the current state of the world.

The fact is no one knows the "Bat Out of Hell" singer's vaccination status, not yet.

So it's a shame that some questionable media would take his life's accomplishments and try to paint him as only a cautionary tale when he accomplished so much.

R.I.P Meat Loaf

Biden Fantasy

2022-01-20T20:56:00Z

With the U.S dealing with a multitude of serious issues, some on the right continue to get distracted, in some cases obsessed, with conspiracy theories regarding President Biden.

Following last night's press conference by the president, your humble correspondent hosted a live No Spin News outlining everything wrong with what the president said.

Breaking down why the current administration has been a failure, Bill gave a stark assessment of Biden’s presidency based on reality. It's bleak.

But for some, the reality of the situation is not enough. Instead, they get caught up in fantasy.

Our point to those bogged down in hypotheticals regarding whether the president is really at the White House or whatever fringe theories are being floated is this. With technology being as advanced as it is, and the number of resources available, do you really think that it would look this bad?

Even CNN saw what most intelligent people saw yesterday, describing Biden's answers as "meandering."

Instead of looking for secret or subliminal messaging, just listen to what is being put forth. If Biden does what he says he wants to do, that may be enough.

Censoring Joe Rogan

2022-01-19T21:21:00Z

Comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan is still ruffling the feathers of those who have decided for the public that there is only one acceptable way to behave in the age of Covid.

Although Rogan has said multiple times that he is not anti-vaccine, has advised people to listen to their doctors, and has had experts on his show - including CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta - that doesn't seem to be enough for some people who are now going to his employer in an effort to censor him.

Rogan's podcasts are mostly freeform discussions with his friends and guests about their lives, going over current events.

So it's no surprise that as we've all tried to cope with the pandemic, so too has Rogan.

So what's the problem here?

The problem is that there are some people who are using Covid to push a selfish agenda. That is what really hurts the seriousness of the virus and the country.

China's Human Rights Problem

2022-01-18T20:35:00Z

While there’s no denying that the United States is not perfect and there have been missteps throughout our history, there is a delusion among many on the left that the United States today is comparable to countries that continue to act atrociously.

Let’s look at Silicon Valley billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya’s recent comments dismissing the plight of China’s Muslim Uyghur population.

Keep in mind that China is holding roughly a million Muslim Uyghurs in concentration camps!

Palihapitiya says the Uyghurs don’t make the cut for his concerns, stating there are “more important” things concerning him, like the potential economic consequences of China invading Taiwan.

Palihapitiya, a minority owner of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors who expressed his opinion freely on his podcast, turned his criticism towards his own country (he holds U.S. and Canadian citizenship), yapping about fight clubs in New York’s Riker’s Island prison.

Let’s be clear: in the year 2022, there is nothing this country does regarding Human Rights that is comparable to what China does.

While the Biden administration may be afraid to speak up and do anything about injustice in China, billionaires like Palihapitiya could stop doing business with China and perhaps have a speedier impact on a dire situation.

But that won’t put money in the billionaire’s bank account.

Palihapitiya should consider taking his money and at least buy some real empathy.

It's Called Integrity

2022-01-17T18:00:00Z

At some point, Senators Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema will return to being generalized by many Republicans or far-right conservatives. They’ll be berated for backing some liberal policies or standing with their fellow Democrats on an issue that Republicans dislike.

And for sure, many folks in the Democratic Party will not forget what they consider disloyalty or traitorous actions that have denied President Biden of his most controversial and questionable legislation.

But if you look at what Manchin and Sinema continue to do despite the pressure of the media and those consumed by political emotions, you’ll appreciate it no matter which party you belong to.

These two senators continue to make decisions with their constituents and the American people in mind, refusing to change positions due to peer pressure.

As Washington continues to further resemble a middle school popularity contest it’s nice to see the adults that people voted to represent them act like adults.

Integrity isn’t a common trait in the Capitol anymore. It’s like seeing an endangered species.