Fox Has Been “More Fair”: Why Bernie’s Team Has Had It With MSNBC

Joy Reid hosted a body-language expert who said Sanders’s posture revealed that he was “lying” about a recent dispute with Elizabeth Warren.

Outline  (Posted just before the Feb 19th debate.)   "Faiz Shakir had seen enough. As summer turned to fall, and the 2020 Democratic presidential race entered the stretch run before the first caucuses and primaries, Shakir, who manages Bernie Sanders’s campaign, approached MSNBC president Phil Griffin to discuss his concerns with the network’s treatment of the Vermont senator’s second White House bid. “We watched a ton of terrible coverage occurring and we thought we’d at least try to address it,” he recalled.

For months, the campaign bristled at slights from MSNBC’s stable of hosts and commentators. Jason Johnson, an MSNBC contributor, predicted in January 2019 that Sanders would drop out by August, and network analyst Mimi Rocah said in July that Sanders made her “skin crawl.” On-screen graphics have omitted Sanders and misrepresented his poll numbers, a trend that inspired a sendup from the Onion.

“ 'It’s been a struggle to change the tone and the tenor of the coverage that we receive,” Shakir said in an interview. “They’ve been among the last to acknowledge that Bernie Sanders’s path to the nomination is real, and even when it’s become real, they frequently discount it.” (A study from progressive magazine In These Times buttresses Shakir’s critique). Sanders also attended the off-the-record discussion with Griffin; an MSNBC spokesperson said the network has hosted similar meetings with other Democratic candidates. Shakir said the 30 Rock chat was “open” and “cordial,” but now, months later, he’s “not sure it really changed anything' ”.  More...

Joy Behar Brings Holocaust Survivor into Border Debate, It Backfires Almost Instantly

The Western Journal  ‘The View” co-host Joy Behar attempted to compare the horrors of the Holocaust to the detention of migrants at America’s southern border, but it didn’t quite go as she hoped.
"The ABC talk show welcomed Holocaust survivors Millie and Mikhl Baran to honor Holocaust Memorial Day last month.
"The couple appeared with their two adult daughters to share their experiences and showcase an inspirational video about their lives together.
"The video, narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, depicts the couple’s journey to America after World War II. Like so many others, the Barans arrived in this country with no money and little knowledge of the English language. They spent their lives teaching children Jewish customs and sharing stories of their time in Germany.
"The Barans said they hoped their legacy would show future generations the importance of kindness and prayed their story would help ensure the Holocaust never happens again." . . . 

. . . This isn’t the first time those on the left have likened the president’s policies to those of the Nazis, but whether it’s New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or Joy Behar, this overused talking point doesn’t become any more accurate.Those waiting or detained at the southern border were not taken from their homes against their will, nor are they being executed.

Why don't "reputable journalists" leave CNN and MSNBC?

MSNBC’s Chuck Todd blasted for ‘shoddy journalism’ ahead of Dem debate . . . "Todd is being criticized for failing to ask the president of liberal advocacy group Center for American Progress about a New York Times bombshell report that 2020 Democratic hopeful Mike Bloomberg avoided critical coverage from the group after giving them money.
"“It appears the left is following the Golden Rule -- the one with the gold makes all the rules," Media Research Center vice president Dan Gainor told Fox News. "It's shoddy journalism to let them get away with this.”
"The New York Times published a feature on Saturday detailing how Bloomberg has built a powerful army of allies through philanthropic spending. According to the report,  Bloomberg’s donations put institutions in a position where they are afraid to criticize the former New York City mayor over fears of jeopardizing future financial support.
. . . 
"The report’s author, Yasmine Taeb, told the Times she was instructed to alter or remove the chapter that was harmful to Bloomberg.
“She said she found it ‘disconcerting’ to be asked to remove the chapter ‘because of how it was going to be perceived by Mayor Bloomberg,’” the Times reported, noting that group disputed Taeb’s account, while “three people with direct knowledge of the situation said Mr. Bloomberg was a factor.” . . .

MSNBC's Chuck Todd uses 'journalistic sleights of hand' to insult Trump, Sanders voters, critics say

"If Chuck Todd's wondering why Trump voters don't trust the mainstream media, one reason might be they don't like supposedly impartial reporters insinuating the real reason they support the President is because they 'want to be lied to' and comparing the Bible to 'fairy tales,'" Trump campaign deputy director of communications Zach Parkinson wrote.

"Honey, We Molested The Kids!"

And now the BSA has been whiplashed into bankruptcy by liberals demanding, on one hand, that the scouts allow gays to be troop leaders and, on the other hand, filing lawsuits accusing the scouts of not taking strong enough measures to prevent gay troop leaders from molesting boys.

Ann Coulter  "I wonder if any liberals are re-thinking their insistence that the Boy Scouts allow gay men to take 13-year-old boys on overnight camping trips.

HEADLINE: Boy Scouts Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in the Face of Thousands of Child Abuse Allegations

"The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have long been on the left’s hate list. Any organization that has the temerity to train young men in the virtues of integrity, patriotism and self-reliance is putting itself on the fighting side of liberals!
"At the 2000 Democratic National Convention, a little group of Boy Scouts took the stage as part of the opening ceremony -- and were promptly booed by the delegates.
"For decades, the BSA has fended off lawsuits demanding that they embrace the holy trinity of G's: girls, gays and godless atheists. (If only it had occurred to the plaintiffs to start their own organizations! They could have given them names like “The Girl Scouts.”)
"Why would any liberal want to join an organization that was, according to them, sexist,

Bible-thumping and bigoted? They didn’t. The lawsuits were kill shots.
"For the left, what’s not to hate about the Boy Scouts? Their oath is: “On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.”
"Nearly 200 NASA astronauts were Boy Scouts. The great outdoorsman, Teddy Roosevelt, was such a BSA booster than he was made the one and only “Chief Scout Citizen,” a scout for life.
"A Louis Harris & Associates study in 1996 found that men who had been scouts placed a higher value on honesty than those who had not.
 '"But now the lawsuits have killed them. Congratulations, Democrats, The New York Times and corporate America. (I hope all their future employees steal from them, after being raised on “Grand Theft Auto” instead of the Boy Scout oath.)

"From the beginning, BSA has had to deal with child molesters eagerly signing up to go camping with 13-year-old boys in isolated areas away from all observation.

"Within a decade of its 1910 founding, the BSA began keeping internal files on “ineligible” scouting volunteers, known as “the perversion files.”
"Scout leaders were not to be alone with boys and, starting in 1988, all adult applicants were subjected to aggressive background screening. The organization promptly removed any scout leaders based on mere suspicion and alerted law enforcement in about a third of the cases.
"Nonetheless, between 1970 and 1991, up to .04% of Boy Scouts may have been molested. That’s about 2,000 out of several million boys.
"Given all of this, what sort of escaped mental patient would demand that the Boy Scouts admit openly gay scout leaders?
"Yes, we know most gays aren’t child molesters. How could we not? It’s part of our secular catechism, along with the one about most Muslims not being terrorists and most immigrants not being criminals." . . .

REPORT: Attorney General Barr to Quit Over Trump's Tweeting?

PJ Media  "Sources have told the Associated Press that Attorney General William Barr is considering leaving the Justice Department after President Donald Trump "wouldn’t heed his warning to stop tweeting about Justice Department cases."
"Last week, Attorney General Bill Barr said Trump should stop tweeting about Justice Department matters because his tweets “make it impossible for me to do my job.” Trump essentially ignored Barr and claimed he has the “legal right” to intervene in criminal cases.
"A resignation by Barr would be pretty damaging to Trump, who has experienced a high turnover rate for higher-level positions in his administration. Barr has been a strong advocate of Trump's law-and-order agenda and is also a Trump ally. If he and Trump can't work this issue out, the media and the Democrats would have a field day with it. Barr has reportedly been discussing his issues privately with Trump for weeks, but apparently to no avail.
"Trump acknowledged to the media that he knows his tweets make Barr's job harder, but gave no indication he plans to change course. Trump said that he has “total confidence in my attorney general” but insisted “everybody has the right to speak their mind."
“And I probably wouldn’t have gotten here without social media because I certainly don’t get fair press,” he added."  . . .

BREAKING: Attorney General Barr Responds To Reports On Possible Resignation  
"Barr spokeswoman Kerri Kupec wrote on Twitter: “Addressing Beltway rumors: The Attorney General has no plans to resign.”
"The administration officials said Barr seemed to be sharing his position with advisers in hopes the president would get the message that he should stop weighing in publicly on the Justice Department’s ongoing criminal investigations.
"Barr had a previously scheduled lunch with the White House counsel Tuesday and was still the attorney general by day’s end — indicating that the president’s moves that day were not enough to push him to resign." . . .

Kent State to Pay Hanoi Jane $83k for May 4 Commemoration Speech; Ohio SOS Wants Her Yanked, Calls It a 'Disgrace'

PJ Media

"That doesn't erase what she did, however, or the betrayal felt by Vietnam veterans who came home damaged, disabled, and despised by their countrymen, in no small part thanks to the constant drumbeat of venom and slander that spewed forth from Fonda and her comrades at the time."

     "It's hard to believe, but May 4, 2020, is the 50th anniversary of the tragic shooting at Kent State University, where Ohio National Guard troops fired on a crowd of students during a massive anti-Vietnam War protest, killing four students and injuring nine.

     "Witnesses, military and law-enforcement experts, historians, and activists are divided on whether the shooting was justified (that's a discussion for another day), but it appears that Kent State is going all-in on pouring salt in the wounds of America's Vietnam veterans.

    "In a move that surprised many in the Northeast Ohio area and beyond, Kent State President Todd Diacon announced that actress, activist, and (former?) communist sympathizer Jane Fonda will be one of the speakers at an anniversary commemoration of the shooting on May 3—and she'll be paid a whopping $83,000 to ostensibly reminisce about her anti-war activism.

    "Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican and veteran, is not having it.

     " 'The 50th anniversary of one of Ohio’s darkest days has the potential to serve as a moment of unity, understanding & healing in a nation that is deeply divided," LaRose wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday. "However, Kent State’s decision to pay Jane Fonda $83,000 to speak at their commemoration event does the very opposite."

     "LaRose, who served in the 101st Airborn Division and later as a Green Beret, earning a Bronze Star for his service in Iraq, observed that American service members returning from Vietnam "deserved a much better reception than the one they received. They weren’t the politicians who chose which battle to fight -- they were the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines sent into the battle. And we should say one thing to them: Welcome Home."

     "But that wasn't all. While LaRose says he understands that people can disagree on policy issues, especially matters of war, "What’s not ok is providing aid and comfort to the enemy and willfully serving as a propaganda tool for those engaged in hostilities against the United States."

     " 'And Ms. Fonda did that – the very definition of treason," he added." . . .

"His Arrogancy" the former Mayor Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg Flunks Ag 101. . . "Thirty minutes of research would have informed His Arrogancy that big-time crop farmers -- 2,000 acres or more- -- need to know everything from soil chemistry, to genetic engineering, to global commodities markets, to managerial economics, to GPS interfaces, and drone technology.

Watch out, Mike! Warren's coming after you at the debate!

. . . "As a result, she was so thoroughly owned by former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg during the December Democrat debate that I was surprised when she claimed that socialist Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders told her a woman couldn’t win the presidency." . . .  With the flagrant help of a compliant CNN moderator. To wit:. . . MODERATOR: So Sen. Sanders — Sen. Sanders, I do want to be clear here, you’re saying that you never told Sen. Warren that a woman could not win the election?

SANDERS: That is correct.
After Sanders said “that is correct,” the same moderator asked " . . .
[MODERATOR]: Sen. Warren, what did you think when Sen. Sanders told you a woman could not win the election?   (LAUGHTER) . . .

Did you know in 2007, Mike played the role of Mary Poppins?

Bernie Sanders: It Offends Me That Michael Bloomberg Is Trying to Buy the Presidency  Will you still feel that way, Bernie, when you're the candidate and Bloomberg wants to give you money?

Watch as Victor Davis Hanson destroys Bloomberg for his ignorant remarks denigrating the skills and intelligence of farmers

http://www.terrellaftermath.com/

Thomas Lifson  "Victor Davis Hanson is the perfect person to refute the arrogance of former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, who denigrated the "gray matter" needed by farmers in now infamous remarks to a group of elitists at Aspen.  Hanson is not only a brilliant historian of ancient Greece and a political commentator with few if any peers, but also a fifth-generation farmer.

"He understands the skills and brainpower needed to be an academic or other elite member of the analytical class, and he understands the skill sets and brainpower needed to be a successful farmer today.  In his mind, there is no contest.

"This is absolutely must-see TV.  I almost stood up and cheered when I saw it." . . .

. . . "When done with Hanson's remarks, stay tuned for Mark Steyn, who follows immediately, also slamming Boomberg's arrogance."

Why South Bend residents are warning America about Pete Buttigieg

“I found it ironic that when he announced his presidential run, he did it in front of Studebaker Building 84, which had sat vacant since 1963,” Hupfer said.“But it was $3.5 million from then-Gov. Mike Pence’s Regional Cities Initiative that made that project go.”

NY Post  SOUTH BEND, Ind. — When residents of this city’s impoverished West Side reflect on Pete Buttigieg’s two terms as mayor, a few things come to mind:

The Rev. Sylvester Williams said the city
had a “record number of homicides” when
 Buttigieg was mayor of South Bend.

"A spike in violent crime, development that largely ignored the African American community and how their only well-lit street is the one that leads to Notre Dame University.

"So how, they wonder, can Buttigieg possibly be trusted to run the country?
“If he’s the next president, I fear for our country. He couldn’t run our city. How can he run the United States?” said Michelle Burger, 42, a stay-at-home mom who lives in South Bend’s impoverished and predominantly black West Side.
“Look at all the crime — he didn’t do anything about it. Look at our quality of life. If he becomes president, the United States will become one big South Bend — a giant sinkhole. We’ll be in a new depression.”
Another West Side resident, Cornish Miller, 62, said of Buttigieg, “Rating him 1 to 10, I’d give him a 2.”
“Buttigieg talked about all the improvements he made, but he hardly made a dent,” said Miller, who works for a military supply company.
“The West Side is the most neglected part of town. The street I live on is the only street around here that has lights. That’s because we’re a gateway to Notre Dame.”
Buttigieg’s young age — 38 — along with his Rust Belt childhood, elite education and moderate liberalism, have drawn comparisons with French President Emmanuel Macron, who was elected in 2017 at age 39.
"On the stump, Buttigieg comes off as cool. . . 

How can this couple visit Muslim countries?  

He's long been "at odds" with the local black community:

. . . "Shortly after taking office, Buttigieg fired the city’s first black police chief, Darryl Boykins, over allegations that Boykins secretly recorded the phone calls of high-ranking white cops suspected of using racist language against him and others.

"From 2012 to 2018, the number of black cops fell by almost half — from 29 to 15, compared to more than 200 whites — and in June, the city was rocked when a white police sergeant shot and killed 54-year-old Eric Logan, who was black, while responding to a report of someone breaking into cars." . . .

Sorry, Pete Buttigieg, but South Bend hasn't prepared you to be president 

. . . "As South Bend's mayor, Buttigieg tackled the surprisingly contentious issue of pet chip scanners within city limits, but that doesn't mean he is prepared now to tackle Iran, Russia, or North Korea. He may have presided over a successful redesign of South Bend's flag — the new one really is an improvement — but that does not qualify Buttigieg to hold the nuclear codes. He may have succeeded in making the local drivers tolerate roundabouts, but that does not qualify Buttigieg to lead his party through tough negotiations with the Republican opposition." . . .

South Bend Residents Have a Message for America: Don't Elect Pete Buttigieg

A job that most would see as entry-level employment in politics as a stepping stone to the presidency? That's sort of like a burger flipper applying for the CEO position at McDonald's.

A former White House science advisor speaks out about "settled science" (2014)

"Feeling unsettled? Try new Climate Science™, now with extra certainty!"

Climate Science Is Not Settled

"We are very far from the knowledge needed to make good climate policy, writes leading scientist Steven E. Koonin

"The idea that “Climate science is settled” runs through today’s popular and policy discussions. Unfortunately, that claim is misguided. It has not only distorted our public and policy debates on issues related to energy, greenhouse-gas emissions and the environment. But it also has inhibited the scientific and policy discussions that we need to have about our climate future.

"My training as a computational physicist—together with a 40-year career of scientific research, advising and management in academia, government and the private sector—has afforded me an extended, up-close perspective on climate science. Detailed technical discussions during the past year with leading climate scientists have given me an even better sense of what we know, and don’t know, about climate. I have come to appreciate the daunting scientific challenge of answering the questions that policy makers and the public are asking.

"The crucial scientific question for policy isn’t whether the climate is changing. That is a settled matter: The climate has always changed and always will. Geological and historical records show the occurrence of major climate shifts, sometimes over only a few decades. We know, for instance, that during the 20th century the Earth’s global average surface temperature rose 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit.

"Nor is the crucial question whether humans are influencing the climate. That is no hoax:". . . 
Hat tip to  WattsUpWithThat.com, . . . "the world’s most viewed website on climate. I’m a former AMS Television Seal Holder (Seal 676 retired) television meteorologist who spent 25 years on the air and who also operates a weather technology and content business, as well as continues daily forecasting on radio, just for fun.

President Trump slaps back when Obama tries to take credit for his economy

As always with Obama, the only spotlight is on himself.  There's no room for the American workers in this piece of undeserving self-congratulation. Trump, naturally (because he fights), had a response:

Andrea Widburg "It's been fascinating watching the Democrats try unavailingly to address the fact that the economy under President Trump has been rocket-fueled.  That effort reached its apex on Monday, when Barack Obama put out a tweet boasting about how it was his Recovery Act, which he signed on February 17, 2009, that not only saved the economy but laid the groundwork for its current strength.  The responses to his tweet were swift, especially from President Trump.

"One of the things that truly riles the Democrats is that President Trump has so much to crow about.  And crow he did during his State of the Union address, making sure to distinguish his economic accomplishments from the Obama malaise." . . .

 . . . "One of the funniest videos you will see today is Tom Steyer, who claims that Trump is presiding over a dismal economy, fighting Martha Raddatz as she points out that, even if Trump's lying about his economic numbers, Americans also happen to think things are great:"

. . . After watching Steyer getting slapped down by another committed leftist, you'd think Obama would have known better than to tangle with the Trump economy. But no...Obama waded right into it: @BarackObama Eleven years ago today, near the bottom of the worst recession in generations, I signed the Recovery Act, paving the way for more than a decade of economic growth and the longest streak of job creation in American history." . . .

It’s Over For Hillary And Her Sisterhood of the Plus-Size Pantsuits

Bill Thomas

Could the Hillary-Bernie feud, now entering its final phase, be responsible for everything the Democratic Party has put the country through for the last four years? We may soon find out.

Now three years later, it still goes on.

 "Politics is the business of getting voters to like you. The problem is, most Washington politicians are inherently unlikeable. This is one reason the subject rarely came up until Donald Trump was elected president.
"Now the question of likeability is all that Trump-crazed Democrats talk about—except when they’re talking about each other. That’s why it’s news when one Democratic politician calls another one unlikeable.
"It’s especially newsworthy when the former happens to be ex-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, whose personal un-likeability is legendary, and the latter is Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), an equally annoying old-time Bolshie, who fought Clinton for the Democratic nomination four years ago, got screwed over by the party, and now not only is running again—he’s in the lead.
"Clinton made her observation about Sanders in a new four-hour “docu-series,” entitled “Hillary.” The carefully crafted piece of long-form PR is scheduled to premiere on Hulu March 6, the week of Super Tuesday and the weekend of International Women’s Day (a.k.a. Communist Valentine’s Day) March 8.
"At one point in the film Hillary is asked what she thinks of Bernie, who probably would have beaten her in 2016 if the Democratic National Committee hadn’t rigged the system.
“ '[Sanders] was in Congress for years,” Clinton says. “He had one senator support him. Nobody likes him . . . .”
"When the comment went viral, Sanders had a comeback worthy of Rodney Dangerfield: “On a good day, my wife likes me.”
"Bernie is a well-known pain in the ass. But look at Hillary. Outside a small circle of paid lackeys, who actually likes her? Or, put another way, after the four decades she’s been in the public eye, who could?
"In the trailer for her new movie, Bill Clinton comes off as tellingly tentative on the subject. While they were dating, he says, he told Hillary, “I really want to marry you, but you shouldn’t marry me.' ” . . .