Democratic National Committee rejects Fox News for debates, citing New Yorker article

MSN

Fox News anchors Megyn Kelly, Bret Baier, right, and Chris Wallace, left, moderated the first Republican presidential debate in Cleveland in 2015.

"The Democratic National Committee has decided to exclude Fox News Channel from televising any of its candidate debates during the 2019-2020 cycle as a result of published revelations detailing the cable network’s close ties to the Trump administration.

"In a statement Wednesday, DNC Chairman Tom Perez cited a story in the New Yorker magazine this week that detailed how Fox has promoted President Trump’s agenda. The article, entitled “The Making of the Fox News White House,” suggested that the news network had become a “propaganda” vehicle for Trump.

“ 'I believe that a key pathway to victory is to continue to expand our electorate and reach all voters,” said Perez in his statement to The Washington Post. “That is why I have made it a priority to talk to a broad array of potential media partners, including Fox News. Recent reporting in the New Yorker on the inappropriate relationship between President Trump, his administration and Fox News has led me to conclude that the network is not in a position to host a fair and neutral debate for our candidates. Therefore, Fox News will not serve as a media partner for the 2020 Democratic primary debates.' ”  . . .  Full article here.

After Ted Cruz's pushback on the CNBC moderators, did you notice the glee showing on Carl Quintanilla's face?

The Republican debate on CNBC was supposed to be about the economy; instead it became a debate about media bias as candidates fought moderators over dishonest questions and cynical attacks.

How can anyone now trust Bloomberg News?

Don Surber

North Korea News Service

"Mike Bloomberg, the owner of Bloomberg News, released a column that discredits any political coverage by his business news company because he called the President of the United States a threat to Our Nation.
"In so doing, Bloomberg made his a Fake News organization.
"Bloomberg has that privilege. He owns the company. But he flushed decades of trust down the drain.
"How can any journalist cover President Donald John Trump fairly and accurately when his company's owner made it very clear to his news gatherers and editors that President Trump is the enemy.
"Here is what Bloomberg wrote: " . . .

National Border Patrol Council President: There is a NATIONAL EMERGENCY On Our BORDER -- Here's PROOF

Socio-Political-Journal...

"As a 21-year front line veteran Border Patrol agent and president of the National Border Patrol Council, I'd like to put to bed the false notion that there is no national emergency on the United States/Mexico border. I hope facts will do the trick.
"Since November of 2013, I've been called upon to give expert Congressional testimony about various aspects of border security on 18 separate occasions. I've testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, the Senate Judiciary Committee, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and the House Committee on Natural Resources.
"This is important because during every hearing regarding border security at which I testified in 2014, Democrats claimed the United States was in the state of a humanitarian crisis at the border. While Republicans agreed with the notion of a crisis, they argued it was one of immigration loophole exploitation.

"DEMOCRATS BLOCK TRUMP'S BORDER EMERGENCY, BUT THEIR ACTIONS ARE OUR ACTUAL NATIONAL EMERGENCY

"Regardless of the underlying reasoning, both parties acknowledged a crisis at the border.
"Oh the hypocrisy.
"While a plurality of Democrats claimed a humanitarian border crisis in 2014, they’ve changed their tune in 2019. Using political rhetoric instead of facts, those same Democrats are claiming that there is no crisis today except in President Trump’s mind. But a simple apples-to-apples numbers comparison reveals their hypocrisy." . . .

Why not Alexandria O-C for Fed chairman? (Chairwoman? Chairperson? Chairbeing?)

Has it occurred to anyone that if we get rid of the Electoral College those electing the President will be those who gave us AO-C and Bernie Sanders? TD

Rich Terrell

Is there a method to the madness of the Green New Deal?  "Radical firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has teamed up with Senator Edward Markey, a leftwing political dinosaur from Massachusetts, in presenting a resolution in Congress for support of AOC's Green New Deal.  The tedious details of this deal are here."

Hillary lets the NY Times know that she didn’t really mean it when she said she wasn’t going to run for president

Thomas Lifson  "A day after telling a local New York television station, News 12 Westchester, “"I'm not running, but I'm going to keep on working and speaking and standing up for what I believe," Hillary Clinton seems to have had second thoughts. Someone (my guess is Hillary herself) told New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman that she didn’t really mean it:" . . .
"Watch her statement on camera and decide for yourself if “she wasn’t trying to be emphatic”:"

. . . "My guess is that she was a bit surprised and upset at the speed with which sighs of relief were heard from most Democrats – not just the contenders for the nomination, but across the board, including the rank and file. She is rightly afraid that she is now relegated to has-been status, someone who can be ignored. The comment on John Kerry reveals the jealousy and fear she feels that other Democrats may eclipse her in prominence, influence, and the ability to command speaker’s fees and raise money.

"This is a woman who, after all, has lusted after power her entire adult life, ever since studying Sail Alinsky and taking on the role of agitator, and then discarding it for power-wielder instead." . . .

Donkey Hotey

Vice President Hillary Clinton?  . . . "Since HRC has covertly managed to position herself as the bread and butter of the DNC, it is unlikely that any 2020 Democratic presidential candidate would refuse her if she made the request to be a running mate.  I am predicting that is exactly what she has done or will do.

"If, and it’s a big if, the campaign is successful, Clinton would still get her coveted title as “First Female,” in this case first female Vice President.  She would also be first in line for the seat of President if anything unfortunate happened theoretically to the Democratic President.  Certainly, she does have a history filled of unfortunate happenings to people in her inner circle." . . .

Will history compare Clinton with British Prime Minister Lady Margaret Thatcher as much as I do? 

Hillary is no Lady Thatcher

Masterpiece Cakeshop wins again – Colorado drops prosecution for refusal to bake ‘gender-transition cake’

Legal Insurrection

Jack Phillips dropped his federal lawsuit after the State backed off: “Today is a win for freedom. I’m very grateful and looking forward to serving my customers as I always have: with love and respect” 

"The second attempt by the State of Colorado to punish Jack Phillips and his Masterpiece Cakeshop has come to an end, once again, with a victory for the baker.

"Round 1 was the baker’s refusal to create a custom cake for a same-sex marriage, on the ground that it violated the baker’s Christian faith to create a message celebrating same-sex marriage.

"The baker also refused to create Halloween cakes and other cakes whose messages he viewed as religiously unacceptable. He didn’t refuse to sell to LGBT people, he just didn’t want to have to create the message. He won the case in the Supreme Court, mostly on procedural grounds with the court not reaching the larger constitutional issues of freedom of religion and freedom of speech (to avoid compelled speech).

"Round 2 was when the State went after him because he refused to create a cake celebrating a transgender transition. We covered the lawsuit in Colorado goes after Masterpiece Cakeshop again – this time over “gender transition” cake:" . . .

. . . 

But we shouldn’t let this victory lead us to complacency.

Jack has been targeted multiple times by customers seeking to harass him, including people requesting cakes celebrating Satan. And it wouldn’t surprise us if Jack is harassed again because of his faith.

"The targeting of the Cakeshop has cost it business, but not yet put it out of business:

“Today is a win for freedom. I’m very grateful and looking forward to serving my customers as I always have: with love and respect,” Phillips told Fox News, adding that he never imagined this chapter of his life — which has cost him over 40 percent of his business — when he opened up his cake shop years ago.

"Let’s seek if Colorado starts Round 3."

ISIS Bride Who Wants To Return To U.S. Is Asked About Her Tweet Urging People To Slaughter Americans

Daily Wire

. . . "In an interview with NBC's Richard Engel two weeks ago that has gotten more attention online this week after being highlighted by NewsBusters' Curtis Houck, Muthana was asked why people should believe that she has actually renounced radicalism, particularly because of some of the tweets she posted. Muthana laughed and responded dismissively, "I know that, but it was an ideology that really was just a phase."

"There's one tweet in particular where you talk about calling on Americans to do drive-by shootings, to rent a truck to drive over people, spilling their blood — and you say Memorial Day, Veterans Day, go out and do it," Engel said, speaking with Muthana inside her tent in a section of a Syrian refugee camp reserved for foreign ISIS families.

"Again, my lawyer told me not to speak about these things," she responded.

"Here’s a clip of the moment tweeted out by Houck:

Video: The treasonous ISIS bride has been such a sympathetic figure in the liberal media, but there's one clip that needs to be shown more - When NBC's Richard Engel asked her about a tweet calling on people to carry out terror attacks on Memorial or Veterans Day, she goes silent pic.twitter.com/hzVHlZ0WhA

"We’re going to need the cisgendered Olympics."

In Defense of Women’s Sports   "We’re going to need the cisgendered Olympics.

"The state of Connecticut has offered a dismaying picture of the future of female athletics, with two transgender runners routinely outpacing the competition at the state track championships. 
"The two biologically male students, Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood, finished first and second respectively in the 55-meter dash this year, crushing the competition. Miller set a new girls indoor record, and also won the 300-meter. The year before, the two finished first and second in the 100-meter state outdoor championships.
"Connecticut allows students to compete in sports as the gender they identify as, with no further requirements. If fashionable opinion has anything to say about it, this will be the universal trend. 
"Everyone is supposed to ignore the madness of it. In sports, the alleged subjectivity of gender identity runs up against the ineluctability of sex." . . .

Martina Navratilova asks: ‘where did I go wrong’ on ‘the transgender problem’? Umm... Trans-advocating magazine attacks her:

. . . "It’s been heartbreaking to many that an icon celebrated for their leadership on LGBTQ and human rights issues would break away from allyship, and join our enemies in advocating for exclusion of the most marginalized members of our community." . . . 

Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. Should Not Have Authorized Use Of Force Against 9/11 Perpetrators

Daily Wire

Ocasio-Cortez's comments came as she was defending Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-NY) most recent anti-Semitic remarks from over the weekend.

" 'It is disturbing that Rep. Omar continues to perpetuate hurtful anti-Semitic stereotypes that misrepresent our Jewish community. Additionally, questioning support for the U.S.-Israel relationship is unacceptable," Democrat Rep. Juan Vargas (CA) tweeted. "Israel has and remains a stalwart ally of the United States because of our countries’ shared interests and values. I condemn her remarks and believe she should apologize for her offensive comments."
"Ocasio-Cortez responded in a dishonest manner, suggesting that Vargas was calling out Omar's foreign policy stances, not her anti-Semitism.
" 'I‘m curious if Rep. Vargas will further explain his stance here that it’s unacceptable to even *question* US foreign policy," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. "Plenty of Dem members have asserted that discussion + debate on this issue is fair and merited. Is this stance a departure from that?"

Political Insider gets more to the point: . . .  "Whatever point Ocasio-Cortez is trying to make in debating military action against the perpetrators of 9/11, she is sorely lacking in historical acumen.

"Nobody debated the need for military action against al Qaeda in 2001 because it was an essential response to an act of war. Even Barbara Lee agreed, opposing the AUMF on grounds that it was too broad in allowing the President to take action further down the line, not because she opposed an actual military response.
“ 'Like everyone throughout our country, I am repulsed and angered by these attacks and believe all appropriate steps must be taken to bring the perpetrators to justice,” Lee wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle at the time.
“ 'We must prevent any future such attacks. That is the highest obligation of our federal, state and local governments. On this, we are united as a nation.' ” . . .

New York's high-flying Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dropped a startling social media bomb Tuesday, arguing that not only was the post-9/11 war on Afghanistan a "mistake," but that "non-intervention" might have been an appropriate answer to the terrorist attacks.

Jake Tapper asks AOC what would she have done? . . . “ 'I think that our decision to enter unlimited engagement in Afghanistan, particularly through the AUMF + Congress’ abdication of power + decision-making w/ passage of the AUMF, was a mistake. Other options: targeting the network itself, limited engagement, non-intervention,” Ocasio-Cortez responded." . . .

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Refuses To Denounce Venezuelan Dictator Maduro…

Anonymous Strikes — Again and Again

Victor Davis Hanson

The premise of efforts to undermine Trump is that the establishment has such power, prestige, and authority to overturn the verdict of the 2016 election.

"On September 5, 2018, the New York Times published an anonymous editorial by a supposed “senior official” in the Trump administration. In astounding fashion, the unnamed writer claimed that he/she was part of a legion of administration appointees and government officials who were actively working to undermine the Trump presidency by overriding his orders, keeping information from an unknowing Trump, or acting independently of his directives. Or as Anonymous unapologetically put it:

Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.

It’s not just that the special counsel looms large. Or that the country is bitterly divided over Mr. Trump’s leadership. Or even that his party might well lose the House to an opposition hellbent on his downfall.

The dilemma — which he does not fully grasp — is that many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.

I would know. I am one of them.

"The Times author then continues by confessing to a sort of slow-motion coup to undermine the Trump presidency:" . . .  Read more...

Democrats seek to financially destroy anyone connected to Donald Trump

House Democrats are inadvertently forming the Beria Caucus: "Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime."

Thomas Lifson . . . "As a result of this demand, the targets will be forced to hire pricey lawyers, and for those who are not wealthy, the burden can be financially disastrous.  This is an old D game elevated to the level of scorched-earth tactics.  Anyone contemplating working for Donald Trump (or any future swamp-drainer) is on notice that financial ruin is in prospect once Democrats control either house of Congress.

"If, as is widely predicted, the Mueller reports finds no evidence of Russia collusion, there is great peril for the Democrats.  Don't take it from me, though; even David Axelrod, the former Obama political guru, sees the danger." . . .

I've maintained since Obama was president that America had become a third-world country. TD

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'supports' impeachment, says Trump's finances should be focus instead of Russia  Still the "greatest country on earth"?

How can the US media NOT be seen as a star chamber*?

CNN's Toobin Rewrites History: Unlike Trump, Obama Had No Scandals!

. . . "This is the way Washington works now. You go work in the White House, you sort of presume you're going to end up having to hire a lawyer for better or for worse,” she shrugged. That’s when CNN’s chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin jumped in to argue this was only a Trump problem, not a politics problem:

“ 'You know, people in Barack Obama's White House, they didn't have to hire lawyers because there were no scandals. It's true,” Toobin gushed. Trying not to appear partisan, he quickly added, “George W. Bush, there were no scandals to speak of in the White House there.”

"Borger agreed. “That's the way it is now. It's the way it is now,” she stated. Toobin continued defending Obama:

“ 'Well, no, I don't think it's just the times. I think it's the presidency,” he stated, adding, “[I]t's like not all presidents are the same. I mean, this is a president who is under investigation for good reason.' ” . . .

The Seven Most Undercovered Obama Scandals
IRS Targets the Tea Party 
Fast and Furious Scandal

VA Scandal Gets Less Coverage Than Local New Jersey Story 
Relying on “Stupidity of the American Voter” to Pass ObamaCare
ObamaCare Failures
Solyndra Scandal
Ransom for Hostages? 

Exposed: Media Double Standard in Attack on Karen Pence’s Christianity
. . . "The media sunk to a new low when they attacked second lady Karen Pence this week for her decision to teach art at a Christian school in Virginia.

"CNN’s chief national correspondent John King even questioned whether or not Pence should receive taxpayer-funded security protection or government housing because she is working for a Christian school." . . .

Tony Branco

Quora comments that CNN is most unbiased!:  . . . "Two channels clearly take a one sided view of the news. MSNBC's reporting clearly favors the left (liberal Democrat) viewpoint. Fox News should be renamed RNNN (Republican National News Network) because of its close alignment with the a Republican Party and its radically right bias.

"Of all the U.S. news channels, CNN is certainly the most unbiased. However, as with all U.S. based new channels, CNN reports predominantly US news." . . .

*Star chamber . . . "Definitions for an ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases mainly criminal which sat without the intervention of a jury It consisted of the king's council or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses it could apply torture" . . .