CNN had its lowest primetime weekly ratings overall and in the key age demographic last week, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Daily Caller  . . . From April 8-12, the network only averaged an audience of 690,000 people and 180,000 in the key 25-54 age demographic. Their coverage last week included three presidential town halls with New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro. (Every CNN Presidential Town Hall Finished Behind MSNBC And Fox News In Ratings)

"Gillibrand’s town hall only had 507,000 viewers, compared to Inslee’s 549,000 and Castro’s 654,000.

"Comparatively, last week, MSNBC’s prime time lineup averaged 1,600,000 viewers with 249,000 in the key demo. Fox News managed to beat CNN and MSNBC combined, with a total viewership of 2,438,000 and 394,000 in the age range.

"The top networks for primetime viewership last week were led by Fox News, followed by MSNBC, the Home and Garden TV, USA Network and TBS Network to round out the top five.

"CNN finished 15th, behind networks like Discovery Channel, Food Network, TLC and A&E Network. Their ratings have continued to drop following the conclusion of the Mueller report. It appears like they might have a difficult time bouncing back after investing two years of heavy coverage on the investigation into the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with the Kremlin."

LEAKED: Obama Team Kept List of Muslims For Top Jobs ...Excluded Non-Muslims

Obama and non-Muslim

Daily Caller  "The newest batch of John Podesta’s hacked emails released by Wikileaks shows Obama’s transition team kept lists of Muslim and Asian candidates for jobs in the administration.

"According to an email chain from 2008, John Podesta received lists of exclusively Muslims and Asians to be considered for jobs in the Obama administration. The email chain revealed that in this process, Middle Eastern Christians were purposefully excluded, or set aside in a separate list, with an aide writing,

In the candidates for top jobs, I excluded those with some Arab American background but who are not Muslim (e.g., George Mitchell). Many Lebanese Americans, for example, are Christian. In the last list (of outside boards/commissions), most who are listed appear to be Muslim American, except that a handful (where noted) may be Arab American but of uncertain religion (esp. Christian).

"Also notable, there was concern that some of the Muslims suggested would not survive media scrutiny, with one aide writing, “High-profile Muslim Americans tend to be the subject of a fair amount of blogger criticism, and so the individuals on this list would need to be ESPECIALLY carefully vetted.”

"She continues, “I suspect some of the people I list would not survive such a vet — but I do personally know, at least in part, virtually all of the candidates in the 1st two categories (but I know very few of those listed for outside boards/commissions).' ” . . .

Major Actor Joins the #WalkAway Movement

David J. Harris  "Hollywood actor Isaiah Washington has joined the #WalkAway movement and will even speak at an event in Los Angeles on May 1st. The #WalkAway movement was started by Brandon Straka and has been building up steam as they go along, siphoning

votes from the Democrats in sizable numbers. Washington is known as a Christian actor who was a star on Grey’s Anatomy and has appeared in Spike Lee movies. His high profile could make him a major recruiter of the movement among his fans. He could also have major pull with Blacks joining Candace Owens’ BLEXIT movement.

From The Gateway Pundit  
The #WalkAway Campaign will have the LA PREMIERE screening of our “documonial” (testimonial documentary) movie The Great Awakening:

"Breaking the Chains of the Democratic Party at the Regal Cinemas LA Live Theater. We will be using our grassroots activism to invite LA citizens to fill the Theater for the screening. Our 35 minute film is a documentary style short film created by using the #WalkAway testimonials of 20 black Americans telling their stories of why they have left the Democratic Party and can never return. It tells the TRUE history of the KKK, Planned Parenthood, media bias, Obama, Trump, and how racial minority communities are often DISCOURAGED from thinking for themselves politically."

"Recently, Hollywood actor Isaiah Washington very publicly announced his own #WalkAway, and now is joining the #WalkAway team as a panelist for this event."  . . .

PANELISTS:

•Brandon Straka, #WalkAway Campaign Founder
•Isaiah Washington, Actor
•Joy Villa, Singer/Songwriter
•Angela King, American King Foundation Founder
•Major Williams, Politician

Beto wasn't specific in 2018, either

Illustrations added by TD

Silvio Canto, Jr.  "The Dallas Morning News endorsed Beto O'Rourke last year.  It even paraphrased the Declaration of Independence to make its case:

When, in the course of human events, a people become so divided among themselves that they can no longer engage in meaningful political discourse or even remain civil to one another, it is time to take bold steps forward.

"So they endorsed the guy who will bring us together by taking your AR-15 away, defend late-term abortion, and introducing articles of impeachment. 

"Since then, the paper has written more and more articles about how unspecific Beto is running for president.

"Check out the front-page story from Sunday:

Five weeks into his presidential campaign, Beto O'Rourke still hasn't shaken the rap that he's a bit of a lightweight.

There are no white papers.  He's delivered no major policy speeches.  The section of his campaign website devoted to "vision" reads like a cut-and-paste version of comments he delivers on the stump — more flowery eloquence than nitty-gritty.

"You mean that the editorial staff just figured that out?

"Later on, the article tells us this:

Even on immigration, a marquee issue for O'Rourke, his tendency toward lofty rhetoric in lieu of specificity can fuel a perception that he's more talk than action.

"Really?  More talk than action?

"The Dallas Morning News must be having second thoughts or losing readers or both.  I can tell you that the newspaper is getting lighter every morning I pick it up.

"In the meantime, we can confirm that this the same unspecific Beto that drove around Texas saying nothing for two years."

Pictured below: he who would confront America's enemies and defend our allies

Dems' Rejection of Mueller's Exoneration of Trump Endangers our Republic

Rich Terrell

Dems' Rejection of Mueller's Exoneration of Trump Endangers our Republic  "Old pols like Pelosi and Schumer and Biden surely knew the accusations that President Trump was a traitor, working hand in glove with Putin, were absurd and unfounded.  In throwing their lot in with those accusing Donald Trump of being a traitor, they betrayed their country, their voters, the rule of law, and the foundations of our republican form of government.  

"Their rejection of the Mueller exoneration was fore-ordained.  They cannot and will not return to normal politics. 

"The information that the Russia collusion investigation was based on Team Hillary’s oppo research was soon known.  We quickly learned that Comey hid that vital information from the FISA court.  We learned that the Obama DOJ and intelligence agencies went beyond eavesdropping, to blatant entrapment efforts.   Revelations on the dirty work of Susan Rice, Clapper and Brennan, Rosenstein, followed swiftly. " . . .

Mark Levin: Volume 2 of the Mueller report is a 200-page op-ed that should never have been written

The world will end SOON! Our children and their heroes are, like, terrified!

Fact-checking Beto and AOC claims about climate change

Stop having children! We're all going to die!

Supporting AOC is the climate change pablum being spoon-fed our children by not only schools but by shallow teen culture sources such as this from Teen Vogue magazine:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Said Climate Change and Immigration Are Connected — Here's Why She's Right

. . . AOC is right. The environmental impacts of climate change and disaster-level events related to itare displacing people from their homes all across the planet. Many of these people are fleeing destroyed homes and livelihoods in the wake of climate change-related crises. But at the same time, it’s getting harder to seek refuge." . . .

Teen Vogue Promotes Staring At Women's Butts, For Liberalism!

Why The Left Suddenly Thinks Teen Vogue Is A Great News Source

In general, the rise of Trump has convinced many in the media that the traditional rules of news coverage are not sufficient to make clear his dark and duplicitous nature. This is a dangerous idea. What they see and admire in Teen Vogue is not courage, it is the abandonment of journalism standards.

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Preezy Candidates Gillibrand And Buttigieg, What?

Noisy Room  "We already know about Bernie Sanders praising Fidel Castro and the communist takeover of Nicaragua. Yet, he still seems to appeal to the millennial class while enjoying their campaign contributions. This demonstrates the failure of the education system for decades. Okay, so how about Kirsten Gillibrand and Pete Buttigieg?"

Gillibrand: 

BuzzFeed reported Tuesday that the New York senator will endorse a new report recommending steps to reduce the racial wealth divide, including policies such as a commission to study slavery reparations.

“A draft of the report, titled ‘Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide,’ will be jointly released this week by the Institute for Policy Studies, the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition,” they report. Gillibrand told BuzzFeed News that she was “proud” to support the document.

One of the organizations Gillibrand is “proud” to partner with, the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), was infamous during the Cold War for its defense of Communist governments and for its kneejerk support of the Soviet line. . . .

Buttigieg:  

The father of Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg was a Marxist professor who spoke fondly of the Communist Manifesto and dedicated a significant portion of his academic career to the work of Italian Communist Party founder Antonio Gramsci, an associate of Vladimir Lenin.

Joseph Buttigieg, who died in January at the age of 71, immigrated to the U.S. in the 1970s from Malta and in 1980 joined the University of Notre Dame faculty, where he taught modern European literature and literary theory. He supported an updated version of Marxism that jettisoned some of Marx and Engel’s more doctrinaire theories, though he was undoubtedly Marxist.

He was an adviser to Rethinking Marxism, an academic journal that published articles “that seek to discuss, elaborate, and/or extend Marxian theory,” and a member of the editorial collective of Boundary 2, a journal of postmodern theory, literature, and culture. He spoke at many Rethinking Marxism conferences and other gatherings of prominent Marxists.   . . .

. . . . "So, now you have a head start on 3 of the candidates for President. How about choosing to do a few others and see what you will find. Here is a tip, Kamala Harris’ father, Donald, a Professor Emeritus of Economics at Stanford straddles between socialism and Marxism himself."

Howard Kurtz regresses to CNN ways

"Fox News isn't as bad as CNN in much the same way as poison ivy isn't as bad as the German measles, but I don't want to have either."

Don Surber  "Fox News is unwatchable. Too many of its personalities are trying to impress their buddies at other news outlets. I used to tolerate Shep Smith, respect Chris Wallace, and like Neal Cavuto. Now I would rather watch the Kardashians.

"Howard Kurtz, meanwhile, has reverted to his CNN form.

"Breitbart News reported, "On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s 'Cavuto: Coast to Coast,' Fox News Analyst and host Howard Kurtz stated that some people on the right 'are going too far' by claiming that the Mueller report completely exonerates President Trump “as if there’s no embarrassing or damaging material in here.' He added that 'too many' people in the media aren’t accepting that there are no further charges."

"How is it not vindication?

"The American news media -- including many people on Fox News -- said Donald John Trump colluded with the Russian government to rig the election in his favor.

"Two years, $25 million, 500 witness and 2,800 subpoenaed documents later 16 Democrat lawyers and Bob Mueller could not find a smidgen of evidence of Russian Collusion.

"There was none to be found because there was none.

"The peeing prostitutes that CNN promised us do not exist.

"I get that Kurtz is trying to play it up the middle by saying gee both sides were wrong but the problem is only one side was wrong.

"The investigation vindicated President Trump of a very awful and unsubstantiated allegation brought by the highest officials in the Obama administration: Clapper, Comey and the Commie Brennan.
"Fox News isn't as bad as CNN in much the same way as poison ivy isn't as bad as the German measles, but I don't want to have either.
"I would rather keep up with the Kardashians, thank you."

A Message to Mayor Pete from a Latina Mama: “Don’t Force Your Sexual Ideology on Me and My Children”

The Public Discourse

Yes, be polite to us, and we will be polite to you. But we know that we are in an intense battle over the hearts and minds of our children. Mothers are very good at educating and protecting our children from harm when we believe they are in danger. This time, that danger is the harmful sexual ideology of the Left.

"Transgender propaganda"

. . . "Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is a man in a same-sex marriage. The tweet’s sub-text is that anyone who refuses to cheer for same-sex marriage or support the Left’s sexual ideology is a bigot—someone who is out to harm Mayor Pete and his family.
"Mayor Pete, it cuts both ways. As a Latina mama in touch with a number of other Latinas with traditional family values, I can tell you we are faced every day with people who are “polite to us in person” but who advance and execute policies that assault our values, harm our families, and hurt our children.  
Enough Is Enough
"I’m talking about policies that undermine our parental rights and duties by seeking to indoctrinate our children in progressive sexual ideology without our consent and sometimes in spite of our explicit protest. Consider just a few examples:
     "The public schools in my area where reading assignments from the Language Arts curriculum ask: “What is heteronormativity and how is it harmful?” (Mind you: this is a question from the school district’s recommended language arts curriculum for eighth graders, not from a single health teacher or counselor. It is not unusual for the LGBT theme to find its way into history classes, foreign language studies, and even STEM courses. The explicit goal is to normalize LGBT lifestyles throughout curricula).
     "Pediatricians who ask to see our teenagers alone and then push to prescribe them contraceptives or ask them about sexual behaviors that we find offensive. Our teens themselves bring these pediatricians’ inappropriate behavior to our attention. (One OBGYN slipped a prescription for oral contraceptives stealthily to a 14-year-old daughter of a Mexican friend of mine, after she had explicitly stated to his face that she did not wish to see her daughter on oral contraceptives.)  

. . . "And last but not least, the latest round of violence against children: efforts to entice children to question the reality of their sex through school gender-transitioning ceremonies, pronoun-sensitivity training, and other transgender propaganda. " . . .

Ana Samuel, PhD, is the daughter of Mexican immigrants, the wife of an Argentine immigrant, and the mother of six awesome children. She completed her undergraduate studies at Princeton University and her doctoral degree from the University of Notre Dame before becoming a founding mother and the Academic Director of CanaVox.

Why the Effort to Demonize Attorney General Barr?

Victor Davis Hanson  "The current progressive effort to demonize attorney general William Barr is creepy, but then again not so strange. He came into the office with singular experience and an excellent reputation from past service. As attorney general, he has followed the law to the letter in handling the release, redactions, and dissemination of the Mueller report. His summaries of the report proved factual. They were not contested by Robert Mueller or his team. His decision not to pursue “obstruction” was not just his own, but logically followed from the Mueller report that did not find enough evidence to make such a positive recommendation. His congressional testimony that there was “spying” during the 2016 campaign is, of course, factually undeniable, and Barr added the qualifier of being interested in finding whether such surveillance was warranted or not.

"As for the charge that Barr, a former Bush appointee, is Trump’s “hand-picked” choice –how odd, given that all attorney generals are presidents’ hand-picked selections. How could they not be?

"It is not as if Barr has referenced himself, in Eric Holder’s partisan fashion, as Trump’s “wing-man.” Nor has he ordered surveillance on, for example, a Fox News reporter, or had the communication records of 20 Associated Press journalists seized, as happened during the Obama administration in efforts to stop leaks of unwelcome news stories. Nor has he been held in contempt of Congress for failure to turn over subpoenaed documents under the cover of a presidential order of executive privilege. There is no suggestion that Barr has abused the perquisites of the office, for example, by using a government jet to go to the horse races with his family. He has avoided controversial value judgements about the nature of the American people and polarizing rhetoric.

"So, more likely, the effort to delegitimize the professional Barr is the opening, preemptory salvo in the second and quite different round of investigations." . . .

Wilkow

Mike Huckabee Slams Mitt Romney: ‘Makes Me Sick’ You Could Have Been President

Romney: a CNN Republican

Breitbart. . . "Romney wrote, “I am sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office of the land, including the President.”

“ 'I am appalled that, among other things, fellow citizens working in a campaign for president welcomed help from Russia,” Romney added, “including information that had been illegally obtained; that none of them acted to inform American law enforcement.”

"Huckabee ran against Romney in the primaries for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, and some pointed out that Huckabee was a “bitter rival” of Romney at the time. But Huckabee took note of that, too.

“ 'More context-rivals in 08 for sure [they were rivals] but in 2012 I campaigned across USA for him, spoke for him at RNC. He doesn’t have to like @realDonaldTrump as a lot of elitists don’t. But we need flip-flops on the beach, not in the Senate”: . . ."

Teen girls walk out of school to protest biological males being permitted in their bathroom

The Bridgehead  

"The backlash against the relentless assault on nearly every civilizational institution by transgender activists seems to be slowly increasing as ordinary men and women realize the implications of the transgender agenda and the abolition of gender. Muslim parents in the UK pulled hundreds of children out of school, forcing a shutdown of recently-implemented LGBT programming. And as I reported back in February, students are pushing back, signing petitions demanding the return of their gender-segregated bathrooms and even suing their high schools in order to retrieve their right to privacy.

"Last week, the debate erupted again in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Two groups of students staged a walkout at Abraham Lincoln High School over bathroom privacy, with the protest being sparked by a girl who stated that her privacy was violated by a biological male who “recently began to identify as a girl” using the female bathroom. She was joined by about twenty other high school girls who left the school at 10:30 AM and began “chanting for privacy in restrooms, saying they don’t want boys transitioning into being girls to be in the restroom with them.” . . .

"It is worth noting that much of the transgender ideology is so new that if someone had predicted high school girls would be fighting to keep biological males out of their bathrooms ten years ago, LGBT activists would have accused those making these predictions of fearmongering, bigotry, and deceit. Now, of course, if you defend the right of young girls to be uncomfortable with penises in their bathrooms and change rooms, you are guilty of transphobia. Some trans activists have gone so far as to say that girls uncomfortable changing in the presence of biological boys need to get over their internalized transphobia." . . .

Man argues he’s really a dog using transgender talking points  There is too much news bombarding us; if it is mentioned in print it must have validity and reasonableness.