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Marquardt Refuses to Apologize for Alleged Defamation, Doubles Down

January 13th, 2025 8:06 PM

Week Two of the $1 billion defamation trial against CNN kicked off Monday with the testimony of CNN chief national security correspondent Alex Marquardt, the architect of the allegedly defamatory report. The key moments from this time on the witness stand were when he refused to apologize to Navy veteran and Plaintiff Zachary Young, doubled down on the false assertions that Young was…

Good News & Bad News: Cain Gets 4pm Hour, But Maddow Back to 5 Nights

January 13th, 2025 6:01 PM

Monday was not only a week until Inauguration Day, but one filled with media news. In addition to Jennifer Rubin quitting The Washington Post, the other top headlines were MSNBC announcing their $20-million-plus woman (Rachel Maddow) would at least temporarily return to five days a week and, on a positive note, Fox News Channel announcing Will Cain will move from Fox & Friends…

NYT Leads With Jeremiad From LA: 'Warming Will Make Disasters Worse'

January 13th, 2025 4:50 PM

Alongside actual news about the awful wildfires plaguing Los Angeles, the front page of Sunday’s New York Times lead story slot featured more doomsaying environmental religion by the paper’s long-time true-believing environmental reporter David Gelles, along with the equally religious climate desk reporter Austyn Gaffney: “Fires in Los Angeles Area Are Grim Look Into Future – Warming…

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Hilarious: Jen Rubin Quits WashPost, Launches New Site in CRINGE Video

January 13th, 2025 4:00 PM

Two-time Hack Madness champion, walking cartoon, fake conservative, and Washington Post columnist Jen Rubin quit the paper on Monday to launch an absurdly named site called The Contrarian with former Obama official Norm Eisen, which CNN’s Brian Stelter gushed wouldn’t simply be “anti-Trump” but “pro-democracy.” Rubin, a rich, Northern Virginia-based white woman, seems to have left The Post…

Leftists OUTRAGED After Minn. School District Removed Gay Sex Book

January 13th, 2025 2:21 PM

A Minnesota school district removed "The Rainbow Parade," a children's book depicting nudity, from an elementary library due to concerns about inappropriate content for young students. The decision sparked controversy, as a committee of educators and community members voted to retain the book, arguing it represents diverse perspectives. Superintendent Kent Pekel defended the removal based on…

Chuck Todd's Exiting NBC, Exploring His Options After Sunday Dumping

January 13th, 2025 12:57 PM

Maxwell Tani at the website Semafor reports “Chuck Todd has quietly been meeting with Washington media organizations about his post NBC-future.” His contract is up this year, and Todd says he’s leaving and exploring other broadcast and…

Democrats Hold Their Noses and Certify ‘Insurrectionist’ Trump

January 13th, 2025 12:25 PM

After President-elect Donald Trump leaned on dissident Republican U.S House members and strong-armed the reelection of Speaker Mike Johnson, congressional Democrats -- and Republicans -- marveled at Trump’s power and influence. When the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Colorado could not prevent Trump from appearing on that state’s primary, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a member of the…

Dumbing Down New Jersey Schools

January 13th, 2025 9:49 AM

Among the many laws that took effect at the beginning of this new year is one in New Jersey that will astound and should anger people with children in the state’s public schools. It’s called Act 1669 and it removes a requirement that teachers pass a basic reading, writing and math test to be eligible to teach. The law was signed by Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) last June.

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CBS Host Asks Newt If Trump Might Block the Next Einstein from America

January 13th, 2025 8:08 AM

CBS Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan asked Newt Gingrich if Donald Trump putting a strict limit on refugees to America would block the next Albert Einstein. Or maybe... the next murderer?

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Mollie Hemingway Lays the SMACK DOWN on the Censorship Cartel

January 12th, 2025 10:55 PM

The left continues to whine over Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to do away with censorship of free speech across his platforms, and allow the marketplace of ideas to decide which ideas win and which do not. While discussing this on Fox News Sunday, Editor-in-Chief of The Federalist Mollie Hemingway laid waste to those organizations vested in online censorship.

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NBC Softball Interview Aims to Rehab Gov Newsom into Looking Competent

January 12th, 2025 7:55 PM

The horrific California wildfires have left many stories in their terrifying wake: some heartbreaking, some inspirational, with many more to be told as the fires continue to burn. In addition to reporting these, the media seem bent on telling another story: that of Governor Gavin Newsom as a competent state executive completely in control and proactively responding to the fires.

PBS’s Barron-Lopez: Pinning Wildfires on Democrats Is ‘Disinformation’

January 12th, 2025 6:05 PM

Friday’s edition of Washington Week with The Atlantic played defense for the Democratic Party in California over the raging wildfires that have destroyed tens of thousands of acres and thousands of houses, with one panelist in particular taking the time to chiding Trump and call Republicans liars for daring to point out the obvious failures of human response. 

The Age of Censorship Is Ending

January 12th, 2025 11:05 AM

This week, in a stunning volte-face, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would now be revising its censorship policies to accord with his older vision of free speech. Specifically, Zuckerberg committed Facebook to revising a series of standards: reliance on left-wing fact-checkers will end, replaced by an X-like community notes system in which fact-checking will be crowdsourced; political…

FLASHBACK: The Media’s Rabid Reaction to Gingrich-Era Budget Cuts

January 12th, 2025 10:05 AM

Conservatives are hopeful that incoming President Donald Trump’s new “Department of Government Efficiency” will find ways to cut bloated government spending, freeing up scarce resources for better uses and reducing the massive federal budget deficits that threaten America’s future prosperity. But if history is a reliable guide, today’s budget-cutters should expect a massive media counterattack…