Economy
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.
'Best Biden Ever' Scarborough Boasts 'I Told You So' On Tariffs!
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says he has 10 minutes of clips from recent months proving I told you so; that he warned Republicans to be careful with the economy. Scarborough also attacks Bill Ackman, the Wall Street billionaire and long-time Democrat donor, who came to support Trump, but now says Trump should implement a 90-day freeze on the tariffs. Scarborough claims Ackman shifted to…
Politico Reporter: 'Why Trump May Get Away With His Tariff Trauma'
Despite widespread media negativity regarding President Donald Trump's tariffs, Nahal Toosi, a Politico correspondent, suggested they might succeed. Her surprising stance diverged from the typical anti-tariff narrative, exploring cautious global reactions. Many countries are opting for diplomacy over aggressive countermeasures, hoping to secure advantageous deals. Toosi highlights the…
‘WHAT I LIKE IS DATA’: Secy. Bessent SCHOOLS NBC’s Welker on Tariffs
As media-consuming stories go, Signalgate went out with nary a whimper- barely lasting a week. In its place, the media now caterwaul over the reciprocal tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discovered during his sit-down with NBC’s Kristen Welker on Meet the Depressed.
Trump Ag Secretary Laughs! Jake Tapper Insists: 'I'm Not On The Left'
On State of the Union, when Secretary of Agriculture tells host Jake Tapper that "everyone on your side, the left" is freaking out over the Trump tariffs, Tapper insists, "I'm not on the left." Oh really?
Secy. Lutnick SHUTS DOWN Margaret Brennan’s ‘Penguin Tariffs’ Question
As the media continue to convulse over the fallout of President Donald Trump’s announcement of reciprocal tariffs, there have emerged several goofy narratives. Chief among them, that the proof evident of the haphazard nature of President Trump’s tariffs is the reciprocal levy upon the largely uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands, south of Australia. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick shut…
TARIFFDOME: Scott Jennings Stands Tall for American Snacks
A very interesting exchange on last night’s CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip (AKA The Thunderdome) proved that a worthy argument can be undermined by an ineffective spokesperson. In this case, a point on the everyday effects of tariffs on imported goods that ended with Scott Jennings standing tall in defense of American snack foods.
CBS’s Kelly O Brought The Lone Voice of Calm Reasoning on Tariffs
Tonight’s evening news coverage of the reciprocal tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump bordered on hysterical, to the tune of a combined 25 minutes and 34 seconds. Of those, only about a minute and a half was devoted to explaining things in a manner the public could understand.
ICYMI: Leavitt Tangles with Fox, NewsNation, Politico Over Tariffs
Tuesday’s White House press briefing came nearly 24 hours before President Donald Trump’s alleged blockbuster tariffs against foreign countries around the globe, so the questions naturally skewed toward this issue and good-faith, legitimate questions for Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt from Fox’s Peter Doocy and Edward Lawrence, NewsNation’s Kellie Meyer, NOTUS’s Jasmine Wright, and …
Soros-Funded Group Spews INSANE Spin on Media's Bidenomics Coverage
It’s apparently Opposite Day. A leftist economic think tank funded by George Soros is crying that the media lied about President Joe Biden’s economy … by trying to convince everyone that it was bad. What is this, the Twilight Zone?
CNN Liberals Roll Eyes at Pushing 'Abundance' As Democrat Victory Path
The panel on Monday's edition of CNN This Morning discusses "Abundance," the new book by liberal commentators Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. The pair propose that liberals adopt a more relaxed approach to government regulation, which will in turn promote abundance for all. The panel is generally dubious. Host Audie Cornish points out that the energy in the Dem party is in the thousands turning…
How a Black Movement About Freedom Became a Movement About Welfare
The 36 million who watched President Donald Trump’s address to Congress also watched as Congressional Black Caucus member, Rep. Al Green, shook his cane and shouted at the president. When he refused to desist, Speaker Mike Johnson ordered him removed from the chamber. Two days later, in a bipartisan vote, the House censured Green.
