Economy

NY Times Columnist Tom Friedman Simps for China to Get Trump...Again
The New York Times’s mustachioed “China for a Day” propagandist Thomas Friedman is having a nervous breakdown because President Donald Trump isn’t a climate change nut like he is. And true-to-form, he’s simping for the Chi-Coms to get Trump… Again.

Snooty Nicolle Wallace: Walmart's Where You Go If You Forgot Something
On Deadline White House, snooty host Nicolle Wallace suggests that Walmart is the place you shop if you forgot an item. Blaming President Trump, Wallace also claims that the economy is in "mortal danger." Her evidence: the stock market was down 700 points today.
Climate Change Myths: Polar Bears, Arctic Ice, and Food Shortages
I guess United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres didn’t think his hyping global warming risks brought him enough attention, so now he says, “The era of global boiling has arrived!” Global boiling? Give me a break. Yes, the climate is warming. We can deal with that. What annoys me is politicians, activists and media pushing hysterical myths.

American Sméagol Carville Schemes How to Exploit Trump Econ 'Chaos'
Mr. “It’s the economy, stupid” James Carville is scheming how to exploit the economy for hapless Democrats to use as a political cudgel against President Donald Trump.

‘A NATION OF COBBLERS’: ABC’s Jon Karl Slights Working Americans
Elite Acela journalist Jon Karl showed his true colors during an exchange with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over the reshoring of American industry. In response to Lutnick’s remarks on the national security component of the tariffs levied against China, Karl questioned whether America would go back to being “a nation of cobblers.”

CNN: No Credit to Trump for Better Than Expected Inflation Rate Drop
In a report on a surprising drop in the inflation rate, CNN reporter Matt Egan highlights a significant decline in the Producer Price Index, with prices decreasing by 0.4% and an annual rate of 2.7%, better than expected. Egan attributes this to factors like plunging oil prices and a drop in egg prices, noting the report’s focus was limited to price changes before the full impact of recent…

Look In the Mirror, Sport: Krugman Accuses Trump Of ‘Junk Economics'
It seems impossible for former New York Times columnist Paul Krugman to stay out of the limelight and make himself look even more ridiculous.

IT’S (D)IFFERENT: Legacy News Barely Covers Positive Inflation Report
An inflation report coming in lower than expected with a core inflation number under 3 for the first time since the pandemic would have drawn elated A-block coverage across the “legacy” evening news. But a similar report at the outset of Trump II? Not so much.

Axios Founder On Trump Tariff Pullback: 'Make No Mistake—He Panicked'
On today's Morning Joe, Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei declared, purporting to explain Trump's tariff pull-back declares: "Make no mistake: he panicked."

THUNDERDOME: Jennings and Singleton WRECK the Panel
CNN’s Thunderdome, more commonly referred to as NewsNight with Abby Phillip, was particularly lively tonight. Given the issue array, there was bound to be fireworks. And sure enough, there were.

MSNBC Regulars Paint 77 Million Trump Voters as Racists
In the past few days, two MSNBC regulars have aimed the kind of race-obsessed vitriol at Republican voters that the liberal news network has long been known for, claiming that the 77 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump are racists.

Audie's 'Republican Group Chat'—Two Critics of Trump's Tariffs
On Wednesday's CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish calls two of her guests her "Republican chat group." The Republicans in question are Charlie Dent, a Never Trumper who says he is "very cynical" about Trump's tariffs, calling them a "bad rule," and Kristen Soltis Anderson, who has written a New York Times op-ed warning Republicans about the path they're going down. Anderson suggests there's…

‘Jackass’ Scarborough Walks Back ‘I Told You So’ Stock Market Panic
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough is having a rough day. The same media schlub who waved around the “I told you so” foam finger when stocks whipsawed on April 7 over President Donald Trump’s tariffs is doing the backstroke now after the markets surged just a day later.

AMAZING! Inverse Cramer Does It Again With Botched 'Black Monday' Call
CNBC’s Mad Money host Jim Cramer may really be an inverted soothsayer, as yet another of his predictions went in the complete opposite direction. That’s probably what happens when your brain just happens to be screwed on backwards.