THUNDERDOME: Scott Jennings Brutally SCHOOLS a Meidas Bro
A segment on Target’s financial woes on CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip, colloquially known as the Thunderdome, laser-focused on the retailer’s recent financial woes. A liberal panelist took an opportunity to try to make hay at the expense of Scott Jennings, and it did not end well.
Remember When Colbert Said Paying High Prices Under Biden Was Moral?
Lame duck comedian Stephen Colbert went on a tirade against President Donald Trump’s tariffs and heralded the supposedly impending doom of skyrocketing prices, and ended up beclowning himself in the process.
Be Really Worried—CNN Hypes Fears Of Tariff Impact on School Supplies
A CNN This Morning segment hypes fears of the effect of Trump tariffs on back to school supplies. Host Audie Cornish suggests that people will be using buy now, pay later plans to pay for "pencils and crayons." Julie Margetta Morgan, president of the self-described "progressive" think tank, the Century Foundation, says that people should "be really worried" about that.
Remember When Krugman Implied BLS Was Fudging Numbers? He Sure Doesn’t
Economic dunce-in-chief Paul Krugman knows as much about intellectual consistency as he does about the meaning of “transitory” inflation. His proverbial brain aneurysm to that effect was put on full display during the August 5 edition of PBS’s Amanpour & Company, which also airs on CNN International.
Page 1 Editorial: NYT’s Peter Baker Seethes at Trump’s ‘War on Facts'
If there’s anyone who is least qualified to kick up a stink over anybody initiating a so-called “war on facts,” it's New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker.
NBC’s Kristen Welker BERATES WH Econ Adviser Over Firing of BLS Head
Today’s edition of NBC’s Meet the Depressed saw Kevin Hassett, Director of the White House National Economic Council, berated by host Kristen Welker, who repeatedly demanded Hassett provide “hard evidence” to justify the recent dismissal of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
WHAT GROWTH? ABC’s David Muir Snubs Stellar Q2 GDP Economic Growth
You know some serious TDS is afoot at the House of Mouse when its flagship evening news program chooses to be the only one of the Big Three networks NOT to cover the Trump economy once again defying the so-called experts.
NY Times Spins! Here's Why 3% GDP Growth Actually Sucks Under Trump
No matter what happens in President Donald Trump’s economy, you can bet your bottom dollar that The New York Times hacks will find some way to splatter it with bad news, even faced with the prospect of looking like complete imbeciles doing so. Chief economics correspondent Ben Casselman found "anemic, though positive" economic growth. Back in 2023, he was exuberant over 1.1 percent growth…
Joke’s On Me? HBO Comedian Bill Maher Admits Defeat on Trump Tariffs
Talk about being the butt of the joke. HBO comedian Bill Maher actually conceded that his typical smart aleck prediction that President Donald Trump's tariffs would wreck the economy by this point was way off the mark.
Dismissed! CNN DUMPS On Trump's Peacemaking, Trade Achievements
CNN This Morning dumps on Trump's European trip. Phil Mattingly calls Trump's ribbon-cutting at his new golf course "completely an anathema to what we think a U.S. president should be doing." He claims that the ceasefires Trump has achieved are "short-lasting," even though the India-Pakistan and Thailand-Cambodia ceasefires are holding. Jonah Goldberg says that Trump makes peace efforts only…
PROPAGANDA: NBC Implies EU Deal Was Done as a Distraction from Epstein
A weird A-block report on NBC’s Sunday Nightly News makes crystal clear the urgency of narrative for the legacy media. In this instance, a dirty frame sets up a palette cleanser following the lead story- the consequential trade agreement between the United States and Europe announced at President Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort in Scotland.
ICK: Morning Joe Hopes Tariffs Will Eventually Hike Prices, Hurt Trump
On Morning Joe, the participants acknowledge that Trump's imposition of tariffs haven't raised prices so far. But they express the hope that will eventually happen, hurting Trump. Franklin Foer of The Atlantic says: "He's gonna get slammed with that, eventually."
MEDIA FAIL: New Poll Shows Americans Spurning Doomism on Trump Economy
The leftist media couldn’t convince people that Bidenomics was the American economy’s saving grace. And now they’re failing to convince people that President Donald Trump’s policies are somehow going to drive the economy into Armageddon.
Dumb CNN Logic: Nixing Capital Gains Tax Will Increase Home Prices!
Why pay higher prices in a more competitive housing market when you can just keep paying compulsory taxes on your capital gains? That’s effectively the head-scratching argument CNN tried to make to ding President Trump’s tax-cutting agenda.
