Jake Tapper and His Co-Author Get Nuked Into Orbit Over Insulting Interview With Bari Weiss

 Jake vs. CNN

. . ."I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure proclaiming that "we were all cowards who were too scared to cross the Biden administration" doesn't make this situation any better. On the contrary, I'd argue that's even worse than if the cover-up was solely driven by partisan ambition. At least I can understand that, as distasteful as it is. But to claim fear of being "ostracized by peers" and "intimidation from the White House" as reasons for not only lying about Biden's condition but viciously attacking those who didn't is laughable. If that's the case, every single journalist in question should be fired, including Tapper and Thompson." . . . 

That's the Tapster on the left. TD

Lara Trump Says Jake Tapper Called Her to Apologize for Rebuking Her Claims of Biden Decline  "In 2020, Lara Trump appeared on Jake Tapper’s CNN show and expressed concerns about Joe Biden’s mental acuity. Not only did Tapper not take her seriously, he berated her for even raising the issue. He claimed that she was mocking Biden’s stutter, a thing that no one had even heard about in Biden’s long career." . . .

Semper Why responded: "I think you’re close, but not quite on target. Tapper is trying to rehabilitate himself not because he wants to court sources in the Trump administration but because he needs the public to trust him again in time for the 2026 midterm elections. He doesn’t care if Trump officials leak him information – he’ll just make up sources or cloak Democrats behind “anonymous sources” again.But Trapper needs to get his credibility back so that enough voters believe him when he says Trump needs to be stopped by electing Democrats."

Viral Clip of Jake Tapper Bashing Dem Party for How They Talk to Men

"CNN's Jake Tapper is trying to sell quite a story with his book. 

"Not the story of Joe Biden's cognitive decline, but the story that somehow he didn't realize the depth of Joe Biden's issues because he was put off by the Biden team telling him everything was fine. Not many people are buying that take." . . .

Freed Israeli hostage says Hamas treated him better after Trump was elected — and that terror group wanted Harris to win

NY Post   

"Shem Tov said Hamas captors told him “we’re gonna shoot you” if they heard Israeli forces nearby, but his biggest fear was dying from Israel’s military campaign in the Palestinian enclave."

"A freed Israeli hostage revealed his Hamas tormentors “immediately” treated him better when President Trump was elected — and claimed the group of terrorists wanted Kamala Harris to win the 2024 election.

"Omer Shem Tov, 22, provided insight into Hamas’ political calculations as he detailed the hellish conditions he endured for more than 500 days after he was kidnapped during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.

" 'As soon as Donald Trump was elected, they understood that he wants to bring the hostages back home,” he told CNN in a new interview published Wednesday.

“ 'So immediately the way they treated me changed … when Trump became president the way they treated us changed for me personally.”

"His captors provided him with more food while they stopped cursing at and spitting on him, Shem Tov told CNN’s Bianna Golodryga.

The Agony Of 60 Minutes’ Scott Pelley

"His self-important and ridiculously pompous rant of a commencement speech fell flat." But did it? I visualize many of Pelley's audience wearing Keffiyehs, chanting pro-Hamas slogans like "Free, free Palestine!", without a clue what a Nazi is, holding signs saying "Hitler didn't finish the job!" and no fear of resistance from pro-Israel students. The Tunnel Dweller

The American Spectator   

The Scott Pelleys of the world have destroyed what used to be a profitable TV network and are now a drag on the ability of the parent company of that network to sell out and save itself from oblivion. 

 "Megyn Kelly was having none of it, for example…

. . ."This is a big part of why the Democrat Party is losing young people.

"Young people are genetically skeptical of authority, and here comes a humorless and smug Scott Pelley, all puffed up with himself, lying to them about how America is entering its darkest days under President Trump.

"Contrast that with Trump himself, who at least has a sense of humor, a sense of playfulness, optimism, and belief in the future.

"Think of Caddyshack. The Pelley v. Trump contest for the hearts and minds of the young is Judge Elihu Smails (Ted Knight) v. Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield). That’s no contest. So I’m not accused of being partisan, there’s a reason why former president Bill Clinton prevailed over his Republican political enemies, men who might have been morally right but came off as prudes and hypocrites.

"Plus, young people can feel how manipulative Pelley is. They instinctively understand that he is 1) fabricating a dark world so 2) people join his cult, his side of the political aisle.

"Also, don’t forget that these are people in their early 20s who suffered through the unnecessary and fascist COVID shutdowns and school closings, who had their proms, graduations, and homecomings canceled. They know who the villains are — and that’s authority that accuses you of being evil and racist if you question them.

"Pelley went at them in the exact wrong way. A sense of humor, some self-deprecation, and a little faith in the future go a long way with young people.

"Young people can smell a phony a mile away, and Scott Pelley is not only insufferable, he’s one of the phoniest." . . .

Larry Elder: The Extreme Tolerance For Black Racism

 Larry Elder

 Anti-black racism, as an obstacle to success, has never been more insignificant. Thomas Sowell has said, "Racism is not dead, but it is on life support — kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as 'racists.'" 

"Piers Morgan, in a February podcast, accused his guest, "trans activist" Blossom Brown, of "race-baiting." Brown replied, "Black women cannot be racist to white women." Brown then added this inability to be racist to white women extended to Morgan: "How am I racist to you? I'm Black. I can't be racist to you." Brown also accused Morgan of lacking "the intellectual capacity to understand" this position.

"Ryan Clark is a black ESPN host. After Donald Trump won reelection, he posted a video in which he said he voted for Kamala Harris, that former President Barack Obama's administration was "scandal free" and that Obama conducted his presidency with "grace and with elegance and with decency." As for Trump, Clark said: "The difficult part is I do understand that not everyone that supports him believes in his rhetoric. Not everyone that supports him thinks bigotry is OK ..."

"Ryan Clark recently spoke about the conflict between WNBA stars Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark and criticized former NFL star Robert Griffin III, who tweeted in support of Caitlin Clark. Ryan Clark said: "The one thing we know about RG3 is he's not having conversations at his home about what black women have to endure in this country. About what young black women and athletes like Angel Reese have had to deal with being on the opposite side of Caitlin Clark's rise and ascension into stardom.

"If you're RG3, when is the last time within your household you've had a conversation about what (Angel Reese is) dealing with? You haven't been able to do that because in both of your marriages, you've been married to white women."

"Ryan Clark insisted the failure to appreciate challenges faced by black females applies to black men who chose to "date or marry" white women. The man who referred to Trump's alleged "bigotry" engaged in his own. And, get this, Ryan, married to a black woman, has a biracial child through a previous relationship with a white woman.

"Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) made a similar slur against Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.). In a discussion about the breakdown of the nuclear family, Donalds factually noted that during Jim Crow, a black child was more likely than today to be raised by a married mother and father. Crockett said: "The fact that you're sitting around talking about 'life was better under Jim Crow,' like, is this because you don't understand history? Or literally it's because you married a white woman and so you think that whitewashed you?"

" 'Whitewashed"?

"Does this apply to Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, former Vice President Kamala Harris, ex CNN host Don Lemon, to name a few, who married "outside their race"?" ...

"Today we see black politicians like Crockett — with no comment, let alone pushback, from Democratic Party leaders — using ugly rhetoric reminiscent of the white "crackers" of yesteryear."