The Proliferation of Democrats’ Buts

December 16th, 2024 2:48 PM

Democrats are slowly, but surely, building a permission structure for progressive activists to kill those they determine are bad. From the rise of antisemitism to, now, the murder of an insurance CEO, few Democrats seem capable of condemning violence without adding a “but.” To their credit, Gov. Josh Shapiro and Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania have condemned both without buts.…

The Devil’s Logic in the UnitedHealthCare Murder Suspect

December 16th, 2024 9:53 AM

This week, a deranged 26-year-old anti-capitalist allegedly shot to death the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, on the streets of New York. The alleged shooter carried a manifesto with him, decrying the nature of America’s health care system: “Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming.” The manifesto claimed that America spends more than any other country on health care, and yet “we…

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Ruhle Ties Celebrating Murder To Taking Daniel Penny To Army-Navy Game

December 14th, 2024 12:00 PM

By her own admission, MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle was making a bad analogy on Friday’s edition of The 11th Hour when she tried to compare the reaction to the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson to the reaction to Daniel Penny’s acquittal of manslaughter after he subdued a threat to fellow New York City subway riders. However, Ruhle still tried to make the analogy work as she…

HUH? Geraldo Gives Luigi Props for Driving the Healthcare Debate

December 12th, 2024 12:51 AM

On the one hand of the issue of the CEO shooting, you have reasoned vioces rightly calling the shooter a coward and indicating that violence is not the answer in the face of such disputes. On the other, you have The Artist Formerly Known as Jerry Rivers giving the shooter credit for driving the discussion on healthcare reform.

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CBS Is Bothsidesing and Normalizing the Murder of a Healthcare CEO

December 11th, 2024 11:32 PM

The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson continues to dominate the headlines. In the wake of the horrific shooting, the media have taken the left’s cue and begun to provide coverage that “bothsides” and normalizes murder.

 

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Sunny Hostin Makes Excuses for Assassinating Healthcare Executives

December 11th, 2024 2:42 PM

For the second time in two different weeks, The View’s Sunny Hostin made comments that were at best indifferent and at worst permissive of extremists assassinating insurance company executives. This time, she opined about how many Americans didn’t trusting the healthcare system, how America was “built on violence,” and how many believe “violence is justified right now” against…

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PBS Blames X After CEO's Murder, Not Left-Wing Ghouls on Bluesky

December 11th, 2024 12:57 PM

The PBS News Hour avoided the nihilist-leftist take of too many media and social media liberals in its Monday evening segment on the capture of a suspect in the murder in Manhattan of UnitedHealthCare chief executive Brian Thompson. Co-anchor Geoff Bennett…

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Kimmel Staffers Fall In Love With UHC CEO's Alleged Murderer

December 11th, 2024 9:47 AM

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel reported on his Tuesday show that several members of his staff have become infatuated with UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s alleged murderer. During his monologue, Kimmel read several text exchanges between the staff and their friends and family, including ones who promised to bake him cookies and those who desperately wanted to get on the jury.

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MSNBC Goes On Pro-Socialist Bender After CEO's Alleged Murderer Caught

December 10th, 2024 2:42 PM

After the alleged murderer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was caught on Tuesday, MSNBC’s Joy Reid was extra Joy Reid-y on The ReidOut. She gleefully noted that people on the internet are not angry at the murder, and when she welcomed progressive author and radio host Thom Hartmann, wondered how such reactions could be made in the same country that just elected Donald Trump.…

A New Low? Ex-WashPost Journalist Excuses Health Executive Shooting

December 7th, 2024 4:00 PM

As our own Nicholas Fondacaro has noted here, ex-Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz has made her reaction to the execution shooting of health care executive Brian Thompson perfectly clear.

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CNN Wonders If Healthcare CEO 'Orchestrated' His Own Assassination

December 7th, 2024 2:00 PM

CNN’s self-asserted desire for facts took a back seat on Friday’s Inside Politics in favor of wild speculation as former Maryland State Police Commander Neill Franklin joined host Dana Bash to raise the possibility that United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson “orchestrated” his own assassination.

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Sunny Hostin Highlights Ghoulish Takes About Healthcare CEO’s Murder

December 6th, 2024 3:12 PM

Since the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was one of the biggest news stories all week, it was only a matter of time before one of the cast members of ABC’s The View said something abhorrent. On Friday, despite claiming she was against the violence, co-host Sunny Hostin highlighted some of the ghoulish social media comments mocking the murder and stoked fear of…

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CBS Tries to Sympathize With Those Celebrating Insurance CEO’s Murder

December 6th, 2024 2:10 PM

With the heavy and repeated use of the word “but,” Friday’s CBS Mornings and CBS Mornings Plus sought to emphasize with, normalize, and explain away the disgusting and widespread celebrations of the far-left on social media celebrating the murder of the UnitedHealthCare’s CEO and wondered if this assassination would lead to “something good” like socialized medicine.

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Acosta Hypes 'Discussion' Sparked By Health Insurance CEO's Murder

December 6th, 2024 12:33 PM

If a group of conservatives took to social media to dance on the grave of someone who was recently murdered, CNN Newsroom host Jim Acosta would fiercely and unequivocally condemn them, and rightfully so. He certainly would not hype how “an entire discussion” had been raised in the aftermath of their murder, but that is exactly what he did on Friday after United Healthcare CEO Brian…