Nets Shun Positive Economic News to Kick Off Election Year

Thursday was the U.S. stock market’s first day of trading for the 2020 election year and as Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier said on Special Report, “stock markets picked up the new year where they left off in 2019” by setting new record highs, yet again. It was a great way to kick off the new year but as they’ve done with much of the positive economic news since President Trump took office,…
Nicholas Fondacaro
January 2nd, 2020 8:55 PM
 

Did NBC News Blame Jews for Being Attacked Amid Rise of Anti-Semitism?

NBC’s flagship affiliate WNBC in New York City faced a well-deserved backlash tsunami on Thursday for an ugly piece that appeared to blame the rise of anti-Semitic attacks in the city and surrounding communities on....Jewish people themselves. Thursday morning, an authorless piece entitled “Anti-Semitism Grows in Jewish Communities in NYC Suburbs” was tweeted from the @NBCNewYork Twitter account…
Curtis Houck
January 2nd, 2020 5:50 PM
 

Marvel President: ‘Yes, Absolutely’ a Transgender Role Is Coming

According to Kevin Feige, Marvel’s promise of a new, inclusive future is about to be fulfilled sooner than we thought. The company president was proud to announce that a transgender superhero is on the way, perhaps in one of Marvel’s next films.
Gabriel Hays
January 2nd, 2020 5:09 PM
 

Amazon Reportedly Censors Employees Over Environmentalism

Big Tech censorship has reared its head online and in media, and if reports are to be believed, tech companies may also be targeting their own employees to silence dissenting opinions in the workplace too. An employee alleged, according to The Washington Post, that Amazon threatened her with termination for merely critiquing the company’s environmental policies. “[I]f I continued to speak up, I…
Alexander Hall
January 2nd, 2020 5:07 PM
 

Daily Beast Writer Confused by Black Left Anti-Semitism, Finds Excuses

Jay Michaelson, legal affairs columnist at The Daily Beast (plus appearances on CNN and MSNBC) has an advanced degree in Jewish Thought. But that didn’t stop him from sounding appallingly ignorant, finding excuses for black liberal anti-Semitism in “What’s Behind the New Wave of Anti-Semitic Hate? -- The suspect in the Monsey, NY stabbings has some things in common with classic anti-Semitic…
Clay Waters
January 2nd, 2020 4:27 PM
 

Concerned MSNBC: Best Hope for GOP Women Is Trump Losing in 2020

The media has long running tradition of advising the Republican Party that their best way to attract female voters and candidates for federal office is to do what is to stop being Republicans. The context for the latest edition of this "advice" was a New York Times op-ed by historian Nancy Cohen where she described Republican women as "on the brink of extinction." Naturally, there was strong…
Alex Christy
January 2nd, 2020 4:21 PM
 

When Anti-Semitism Doesn’t Matter

In October 2018, during Sabbath morning services, a white supremacist attacked the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, murdering 11 people and wounding another six. In April 2019, in the middle of Passover, a white supremacist attacked the Chabad of Poway synagogue, murdering one person and seriously wounding another three. Both incidents started absolutely necessary conversations about the…
Ben Shapiro
January 2nd, 2020 3:11 PM
 

As We Move into New Decade, at Look at Life 100 Years Ago

It can be useful and instructive to observe the turning of a decade by looking back on what life was like in America a mere 100 years ago. On Jan. 2, 1920, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 108.76. Today it is over 28,000 points. In 1920, the U.S. had become an economic power, which is remarkable considering the bloody “war to end all wars” that ended just two years earlier. Republican…
Cal Thomas
January 2nd, 2020 3:07 PM
 

Colleges Dupe Parents and Taxpayers

Colleges have been around for centuries. College students have also been around for centuries. Yet, college administrators assume that today's students have needs that were unknown to their predecessors. Those needs include diversity and equity personnel, with massive budgets to accommodate. According to Minding the Campus, Penn State University's Office of Vice Provost for Educational Equity…
Walter E. Williams
January 2nd, 2020 3:02 PM
 

US Military Bans Soldiers from Using China-Owned TikTok

Apps collect data about their users. What happens when a foreign government owns that data? The U.S. military did not want to find out. According to an NBC News report, the Defense Information Systems Agency advised employees to avoid using the app, TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese regulated company ByteDance.
Corinne Weaver
January 2nd, 2020 1:56 PM
 

Ron Howard Lectures Pro-Trumpers On ‘Self-Serving, Ego Maniac’ Trump

Award-winning Hollywood director Ron Howard provided his opinion on President Donald Trump over the New Year’s holiday. He claimed that despite his reality TV success, the current president is a “self-serving, ego-maniac.” Howard’s Twitter lecture began with the Solo: A Star Wars Story director sharing The Washington Post’s piece on how the President’s economy has “performed well” but is “by no…
Gabriel Hays
January 2nd, 2020 1:38 PM
 

CBS: ‘The Iranians Want a Democrat in the White House in 2021'

CBS offered a double take moment on Thursday as contributor Michael Morell concluded that the “the Iranians want a Democrat in the White House in 2021.” CBS This Morning hosts Tony Dokoupil and Jericka Duncan  wondered about the “cycle of violence” and whether “President Trump is vulnerable when you look at him facing impeachment and an election?”  
Scott Whitlock
January 2nd, 2020 12:30 PM
 

Reuters Pulls False Story Mangling Texas AG Quote on Church Shooting

A Canadian website reports the Reuters wire service was forced to retract a false story on the Texas church shooter. The fake news was picked up by The New York Times and Canada's National Post. The incorrect Reuters article read: “The gunman who opened fire in a Texas church on Sunday, killing two before dying from gunshot wounds, owned a shooting range and had taught its parishioners how to…

Tim Graham
January 2nd, 2020 12:27 PM
 

NBC & ABC Only See Republicans ‘Vulnerable’ on Impeachment

On Thursday, the NBC and ABC morning shows rang in the new year by hyping only Republican senators being politically “vulnerable” on impeachment and “potential breaks in the GOP ranks.” There was no discussion of Democratic lawmakers paying a political price for supporting the radical action against President Trump and the coverage even seemed to place them in the driver’s seat of the…

Kyle Drennen
January 2nd, 2020 12:02 PM