The Philly Soda Tax Scam…5 Years Later
Want a soda? You’ll pay more for one in Philadelphia, because local politicians decided to tax it five years ago. They’re “protecting” people, they said. The tax would “reduce obesity” and “lower diabetes rates.” But their main goal was to bring in more money, which they said would “fund early childhood education” and “help a lot of families.” I reported on this five years ago, right after the…
O'Brien: Trump And Liberal Reaction To Him 'Hurt Comedy'
As the late night comedy shows remain on strike, former late night host Conan O’Brien joined Kara Swisher of New York Magazine on her podcast to discuss the future of the format. During their long discussion, O’Brien argued that Trump and the angry reaction to him from current comedy hosts “hurt comedy.”
CBS, NYT Rally Behind VA Dem After WashPost Reveals Her Porn Sidejob
The Washington Post committed a random act of journalism on Monday in “Va. Dem. House candidate performed sex online with husband for tips” by Lauren Vozzella that revealed Susanna Gibson, a nurse practitioner running in a competitive Virginia House of Delegates race, had an account on the porn site Chaturbate with the username HotWifeExperience in which she and her husband had sex…
Maher, Gaffigan Throw Dirt on Late Night TV’s Grave
Bill Maher has been a late-night TV staple for years, but he doesn’t consider his HBO show a typical “late night” destination.
NewsBusters Podcast: The ‘No Evidence’ Liberal Media Faceplant
NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck and Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro were at the helm for another episode to close out the short week in which they repeatedly mocked the liberal media’s insistence that there’s “no evidence” to Biden family corruption. Thanks to our Bill D’Agostino, we have a thorough beatdown of the willfully blind and partisan press.
Vogue Gets Weak Knees Over ‘Blunt,’ ‘Realist’ KJP in Nauseating Piece
On Thursday, Vogue spilled 3,700-plus words swooning over White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre like millennials screaming at a Taylor Swift concert in a puff piece so nauseously pathetic it’d make the lady in North Korea or those who toil away at, say, China Daily blush.
Debating Polis: Legal Discrimination, CO Crime, Equity & School Choice
Colorado has a popular Democratic governor, Jared Polis. He’s a rare Democrat who says, “I’m for more freedom and lower taxes.” But is he really? At least he’s willing to come to Stossel TV to debate. Refreshingly, Polis supports charter schools. He even founded two. Unfortunately, his state’s school choice program only applies to government schools. Florida, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, West…
The View: CA’s Homelessness Crisis Is Fine, They Have Climate Policies
During Wednesday’s edition of ABC’s The View, fill-in moderator Joy Behar led the rest of the liberal cast in a “game” of floating other possible Democratic candidates for president if President Joe Biden decided to get out of the race. Racist co-host Sunny Hostin put up her heartthrob, California Governor Gavin Newsom. But when pressed on his state’s rampant homelessness crisis, she…
Column: Democrats Expect a Promotional Press Corps
When they engage with the national media, Republicans expect that the exchanges will be skeptical, if not openly hostile. The press works for the Other Party. Democrats expect the media to be the wind beneath their wings, and get upset when journalists don't help them at every turn.
CNN Cheers Anti-Gun Group Targeting Generation Z
On Saturday, CNN weekend anchor Jim Acosta shoveled some predictable liberal activism by promoting an anti-gun group that lobbies teens by portraying guns as making people more unsafe and unseemly. That's despite many and all evidence on the benefits of safe, self-defensive gun use.
CNN Remembers Joe The Plumber As The Star Of 'White Identity Politics'
Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, died on Monday and for Tuesday’s Inside Politics on CNN, the assembled panel recalled his confrontation with Barack Obama in 2008 on taxes by labeling it the beginning of “grievance politics” for white working class men while lamenting that Democrats have not been able to connect with such voters despite the passing of the…
CNN Anchor Rips Ramaswamy for Speaking 'Trash' Against 'Squad' Member
On Monday morning, CNN regulars devoted a segment to griping about Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy calling out racism by some Democrats, comparing them to the KKK.
Return of the King: Doocy Goes Guns Blazing Post-Paternity Leave
Fox White House correspondent Peter Doocy finally made his return to the White House Briefing Room Monday after paternity leave and, given his long time away, he came out guns blazing on Biden family corruption and even the latest attempt by the federal bureaucracy to further encroach on the lives of ordinary Americans. On both counts, he made Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre look even more…
Nets Swoons Over ‘Renewed Energy’ for March on Washington Anniversary
From Saturday night through Monday morning, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC got weak knees over the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech that, based on even a cursory view, was no more than a far-left political rally led in part by ethnic and racial arsonist, MSNBC host Al Sharpton.
