Fox's Doocy vs. the Left's Psaki

The Dooce is a serious man and not a CNN Acosta showoff

Doocy vs. Psaki: Is It Official Policy For Biden Not To Take Questions From FOX News? . . . "PETER DOOCY, FOX NEWS: Okay, and just one more about yesterday. We noticed, starting at the end of the campaign and then into the transition and here at the White House, anytime that the President has an event where he’s given a list of reporters to call on, Fox is the only member of the five-network TV pool that has never been on the list in front of the President. And I’m just curious if that is an official administration policy." . . .

She did not stammer, but gave the usual wordy obfuscation that a cornered spokesman gives a serious reporter (Steve Doocy) not from MSNBC or CNN. TD

 RedState  "Yesterday, Joe Biden did a press conference in which Fox News’ Peter Doocy was the only member of the major networks to not receive a question (see Joe Biden Shows He’s a Massive Coward at Today’s Press Conference). This follows a pattern going back to the campaign, with the now-president icing out the only reporter who might dare ask him something challenging.

"Doocy did get a question at the regular press briefing with Jen Psaki today, though. He made the most of his opportunity. With Biden now signaling support for abolishing the filibuster, Doocy read the verbatim words of the president from 2005, in which he lauded the filibuster and opposed any tampering with it." . . .

BOOM: Fox's Peter Doocy just read to Jen Psaki the 2005 comments from Joe Biden in support of the filibuster and then asked if that meant Biden was supporting "the legacy of the Jim Crow era." pic.twitter.com/VjHfoZMO4n

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 26, 2021

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The Media’s All-In Campaign to Destroy the Filibuster

National Review 

"As we speak, there is no bill on the congressional docket that would provide Democrats an excuse to blow up the filibuster — or, as the media might euphemistically refer to it, “reforming” or “overhauling” the filibuster.

"One day, of course, there will be. Democrats, after all, used the filibuster hundreds of times in the past few years. But as far as we know, the party doesn’t have the votes for their election-integrity-killing bill. They don’t have the votes for a gun-restriction bill. Not any bill

"Yet, a casual follower of politics would surely be under the impression that there is a pressing battle unfolding because the media are incessantly covering the filibuster issue as a way to pressure holdout moderate Democrats to join the Left in the efforts to destroy the Senate.

"Take Manu Raju at CNN, whose main job it seems is to badger Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema with hypothetical questions about stripping Senate guardrails to allow Democrats to jam through their agenda with a narrow majority. Would you blow them up for a gun bill? Would you blow them up for a voting bill? Would you like it in a house? Would you like it with a mouse? Would you? Could you? In a car?

. . .  "In July 2020, before Democrats had even won their slim Senate majority, Raju was already haranguing Manchin and framing the filibuster — a “stall tactic” — in left-wing terms. To which Manchin emphatically responded, “That’s bullshit.” And then noted he had opposed a Democratic Party effort to kill the filibuster in 2013 and would do it again. Boy, that seems pretty clear to me." . . .More....

But now... Democrats, undereducated public, assault filibuster :

Biden bribes Manchin, bye-bye filibuster

Those legislative priorities — passing H.R. 1 to guarantee Republicans will never win another presidency or congressional majority by mandating nationwide cheating-enabling mail-in voting with no ID requirements and much more — depend on ending the filibuster.  Manchin's vote is required to do that.

Reason: Abolishing the Filibuster Is About Power, Not Anti-Racism   . . . "We should make no mistake. This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power. It is a fundamental power-grab by the majority party," then-Sen. Joe Biden (D–Del.) said during a speech delivered on May 23, 2005, from the Senate floor.

"Calling it "the single most significant" vote he would cast in more than three decades as a member of the Senate, Biden admonished Republicans for trying to blow up the filibuster to get judicial nominees confirmed with a simple majority. "Folks who want to see this change want to eliminate one of the procedural mechanisms designed for the express purpose of guaranteeing individual rights and they also, as a consequence, would undermine the protections of the minority point of view in the heat of majority excess," he said.

"The times, they sure have changed.

"During a Thursday press conference, now-President Joe Biden indicated publicly what he has reportedly been saying behind closed doors for a while: that the Senate's filibuster rules should be changed—perhaps even abolished, allowing legislation to pass with a simple majority, though he continues to hedge on that point." . . .

Senator Collins: I Toured the Border. Cartel Members Taunted Us.

Katie Pavlich

Border Patrol is overwhelmed, overworked, & discouraged by new policies. Agents took us through a dangerous path to the Rio Grande where we could hear the Cartel members taunting us across the river. Human trafficking, child abuse, & drug smuggling are rampant. This is a crisis.

— Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) March 26, 2021

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I'm at the #Border seeing this humanitarian and health crisis unfolding.

When we had the Remain in Mexico policy we 45 year record lows for border apprehensions.

Now, due to President Biden's policies, the surge of illegal migrants at the border is the worst in 20 years. pic.twitter.com/hSXUn7D8id

— Senator Mike Braun (@SenatorBraun) March 26, 2021

Democrats, undereducated public assault filibuster

Don't hold your breath for the mainstream media to call out this barely disguised bribery scheme.  They are on board with the "legislative agenda" that will transform America into a very different country.  The door is about to open for the "fundamental transformation" Barack Obama promised.

Thomas Lifson  . . . "Those legislative priorities — passing H.R. 1 to guarantee Republicans will never win another presidency or congressional majority by mandating nationwide cheating-enabling mail-in voting with no ID requirements and much more — depend on ending the filibuster.  Manchin's vote is required to do that.

"If confirmed by the Senate (almost certain, given a party line vote — though it wouldn't surprise me to see Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, and maybe other GOP solons duped by the notion of "comity" voting to confirm), Mrs. Manchin will have  major role in an agency with a $165-million budget whose "mission is to innovate, partner, and invest to build community capacity and strengthen economic growth in Appalachia' "  More...

Democrats cannot erase the history or hypocrisy of the Senate filibuster   . . . "The foundation for the filibuster here can be traced to an argument of former Vice President Aaron Burr that led to an 1806 rule change. Throughout our history, senators in the minority used different versions of the rule to block or force compromises on controversial legislation, ranging from war measures to oil regulations. It was not created during or for the Jim Crow period.

"However, Biden is correct that some of the most abusive uses of the filibuster came from segregationists during the Civil Rights period, as embodied by Senator Strom Thurmond, then a South Carolina Democrat, who set the record by filibustering the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours and 18 minutes. The filibuster was designed as a protection for the minority in what is often called “the world’s greatest deliberative body.” It is not inherently racist. If that were the case, majoritarian voting rules would be racist since all of our racist legislation was passed by majority vote, including bills that supported slavery or targeted Blacks, Chinese, Native Americans, and other groups."

 . . . "Jim Crow laws were state rules, but the Senate enabled that disgraceful era of discrimination. In the end, our laws are no better than we are, but we are worse when there is little need for consensus or compromise." . . .

 Democrats Used the Filibuster They Say Is Racist Against My Police Bill Last Year

Scott said, “It was a frustrating, irritating moment where the Democrats used the filibuster to block police reform that would have positively impacted disproportionately African American communities. Here’s what we know about the Democrats: They were for the filibuster before they were against the filibuster. I keep asking myself, will the real Chuck Schumer please stand up? Is it the one who was for the filibuster or is it the new one who’s now against the filibuster?”

  Or does the only acceptable form of speaking truth to power involve speaking truth to Republican power?   . . . "As for the filibuster, Biden endorsed former President Barack Obama's smear, which we've dismantled previously.  Even left-leaning 'Politifact' admits that the filibuster was not invented in the Jim Crow era, and of course modern-day Democrats have used it promiscuously for decades.  Biden sought to illustrate filibuster "abuse" during his presser by citing statistics from last year, during which every single filibuster was mounted by the Democrats:" . . .

Special Operations Command Hires Diversity and Inclusion Chief Who Posted Anti-Trump Memes

 Breitbart

"United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has hired as its first “chief of diversity and inclusion” a person who posted anti-Trump memes on his Facebook page, including one that compared the former president to Adolf Hitler." . . .

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Sanity at Last: Court Refuses to Kowtow to Personal Pronouns Like 'Xemself, Faerself'

PJ Media  "On Wednesday, a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals refused a male prisoner’s motion that the name on his order of confinement be changed and that he be addressed by female pronouns on account of his female gender identity. The ruling on personal pronouns sets an important precedent for free speech, judicial impartiality, and the basic meaning of pronouns against the transgender movement’s bastardization of language.

"The case involves Norman Varner, a federal prisoner who pleaded guilty in 2012 to attempted receipt of child pornography and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, partly due to his previous conviction on child pornography and his failure to register as a sex offender. In 2015, he claimed to have transitioned to being female, and asked to be referred to as “Kathrine Nicole Jett.”

"A lower court had denied his motion and he appealed. The 5th Circuit panel ruled that the lower court lacked jurisdiction to consider the request because Varner’s motion was not authorized by any statute.

"The most salient part of the ruling deals with the requested use of personal pronouns.

“ 'Varner cites no legal authority supporting this request. Instead, Varner’s motion simply states that ‘I am a woman’ and argues that failure to refer to him with female pronouns ‘leads me to feel that I am being discriminated against based on my gender identity,'” the ruling explains.

"The panel made three key arguments against such a notion."  More...

Trans Backlash: Lesbian Veteran Asks Elizabeth Warren to 'Stop With the Pronoun Silliness' (2019)   . . . “ 'With civility and no ill-will: Please. Stop with the pronoun silliness,” Ben-Shalom wrote. “We know you are a woman. Perhaps a million trans-humans will not elect you. But common sense women could.”

"Ben-Shalom brought up real concerns that transgender activism is harming women across America." . . .    More...

The filibuster: Peter Doocy Hits Jen Psaki With Biden's Words From 2005.....

She did not stammer, but gave the usual wordy obfuscation that a cornered spokesman gives a serious reporter (Steve Doocy) not from MSNBC or CNN. TD

 RedState  "Yesterday, Joe Biden did a press conference in which Fox News’ Peter Doocy was the only member of the major networks to not receive a question (see Joe Biden Shows He’s a Massive Coward at Today’s Press Conference). This follows a pattern going back to the campaign, with the now-president icing out the only reporter who might dare ask him something challenging.

"Doocy did get a question at the regular press briefing with Jen Psaki today, though. He made the most of his opportunity. With Biden now signaling support for abolishing the filibuster, Doocy read the verbatim words of the president from 2005, in which he lauded the filibuster and opposed any tampering with it." . . .

BOOM: Fox's Peter Doocy just read to Jen Psaki the 2005 comments from Joe Biden in support of the filibuster and then asked if that meant Biden was supporting "the legacy of the Jim Crow era." pic.twitter.com/VjHfoZMO4n

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 26, 2021

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FBI Sees No Racism Motive In Atlanta Spa Shootings, Despite Media/Democrat Claims Otherwise

The FBI statement is consistent with the Atlanta Police initial statement, yet claims that the incident is an anti-Asian hate crime are being pushed by the media and Democrats for political gain

Legal Insurrection   "Earlier this week, Mary reported on the Atlanta spa shootings. Atlanta police reported at that time that the shootings were not race-related, but the media unleashed an avalanche of articles claiming, without facts or evidence, that the shootings were indeed race-related (and also misogynist. And stuff.)

"The FBI has now officially backed the initial Atlanta PD assessment and stated that the Atlanta spa shootings do “not appear to be racially motivated.”

Forbes reports:

FBI Director Christopher Wray told NPR Tuesday’s Atlanta-area shootings that killed eight people — six of whom were Asian-American — do not seem to be linked to race, backing up local police who say the alleged shooter was probably motivated by a sex addiction rather than racial animus, a theory that’s drawn skepticism and pushback from some corners.

"Of course this FBI finding has “drawn skepticism and pushback from some corners.”  It has done so in leftist media corners in which today’s anti-white elements dwell.  In their myopic, narrow little world, there is only one reason anything ever happens: race hate. We can toss in all the other sects in the leftist intersectional buffet of resentment and victimhood, but at rock bottom, race is the “new” class in their cultural Marxist revolution.  It’s the reason for everything since the dawn of time and will always be the driving force for everything . . . if they have anything to say about it."  More...

School Principle Fired for Saying She'd Prefer a Potato as President Over Joe Biden

Neon Nettle

"A veteran elementary school educator has been fired from her job after she shared conservative posts on social media, including one meme that said she'd rather have a potato as president than Democrat nominee Joe Biden.

"Amy Sacks was fired from her role as principal of Evergreen Elementary School after the Perkiomen Valley School District and Superintendent Barbara Russell decided her social media postings were "offensive, unacceptable, and unprofessional."

"After working at the school for 20 years, Sacks was fired after she posted a number of conservative memes to her Facebook page, which can be viewed in the report at The Daily Mail.

"Sacks revealed in a Facebook post that the school district and Superintendent Russell "decided that the First Amendment Freedom of Speech has no place in public schools and that teachers and administrators are unfit to serve if they hold and express political beliefs that are right of center." . . .

Black Leaders Tell Democrats They're 'Racist' for Not Supporting End of Filibuster

Please do not vote as the demagogues want you to!

 Rick Moran

"Black civil rights leaders, voting rights advocates, and elected officials are pulling out all the stops to pressure Senate Democrats into getting rid of the filibuster. They know it’s the key to enacting not just the voting rights bill, but the entire radical agenda the Democrats have concocted to transform America.

"The radicals smell blood in the water. In this hypersensitive race-conscious time, black leaders are shamelessly using race to lean on Democratic senators who aren’t entirely convinced getting rid of the filibuster would be a good thing.

Politico:

Rev. Al Sharpton, the civil rights leader and former presidential candidate, said in an interview that he and others have begun talks to hold town halls and rallies in the home states of senators such as Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), who have said they oppose scrapping the filibuster. 

 “The pressure that we are going to put on Sinema and Manchin is calling [the filibuster] racist and saying that they are, in effect, supporting racism,” Sharpton said. “Why would they be wedded to something that has those results? Their voters need to know that.”" . . .

Habitually vocal women’s groups mum on Bill Clinton hosting women’s empowerment event with Kamala Harris

 BPR  "Women’s groups that backed sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh are silent following news that former President Bill Clinton will co-host an event on women’s empowerment with Vice President Kamala Harris, despite allegations of sexual assault and rape against the former president.

"The Daily Caller News Foundation reached out to a number of prominent women’s groups regarding the upcoming Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) event, including Planned Parenthood, Emily’s List, the Women’s March, Time’s Up Now, the Center for Reproductive Rights, the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), and the American Civil Liberties Union." . . .

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Biden's presser: Who was more corrupt, Biden or that ridiculous press?

Carville on Biden Presser: WH Press Corps ‘Ridiculous’   . . . "On Biden being asked if he will run in 2024, Carville said, “Well, first of all, he’s going to say he’s going to run. He won’t be two months into a four-year term and say I’m not going to run. Then some fool asked if Harris would be his running mate, please. The White House press corps, I give a D-plus, and that’s only because I’m notoriously an easy grader. Some of this stuff was utterly ridiculous. I’m serious, Ari. No one is going to say I’m not running for reelection, so you’re a lame duck two months into your term?”

"He added, “All the questions being driven by Fox News and Newsmax on the so-called border crisis, which is a border problem, not a crisis, and not one question about COVID. Again, I’m changing my D-plus to a D. The more I think about it, the worse it is.”

Biden's 'News' conference lite  "Biden obviously had a stack of well ordered notes on his podium.  No paper was flipped.  He barely blinked.  He called on ten predetermined "diverse" people.  He was not surprised by any question.  He picked the reporters by first name.  He conspicuously did not call on the representative from Fox News."

"When it started, it was a case of "queue the predictable questions."  Biden would look down at his notes, then look the camera in the eye, advertise his good-guy status, and skewer Trump whenever possible." . . .

Without the filibuster Democrats will have a permanent hold on power.

Chuck Grassleassley

@ChuckGrassley

2day Pres Biden again falsely stated when he came to Senate u had to talk until collapse to filibuster getting to final vote. Never the rule He’s confused w Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Been 60 votes since 1975, 2/3 before.

Morning Greatness: Biden Dodges Softballs at Presser   "The press pool at Thursday’s briefing was limited to 25 reporters and Biden only took questions from a list of journalists whose names and outlets he read from a cue card.

"Trump noted in the interview how Fox News’ Peter Doocy was not called upon by Biden. 

"In Thursday’s press conference, Biden at times lost his train of thought, forgetting questions and pausing for extended periods of time.

. . . "Biden only took questions from a list of journalists whose names and outlets he read from a cue card. A photo of the card shows circled numbers around select reporters." (Below)

Joe Biden notes show the faces of reporters at the press conference.

UK Daily Mail noticed Biden's cheat sheet. 

This May Have Been the Dumbest Line of Biden's Painful Press Conference

. . . "But perhaps one of most ridiculous parts of the press conference, when Biden actually succeeded in getting through a sentence without losing his train of thought, was when he made an absurd attack on Republican efforts to strengthen election integrity in various states.

“ 'What I’m worried about is how un-American this whole initiative is. It’s sick. It’s sick,” he said. “I’m convinced that we’ll be able to stop this, because it is the most pernicious thing— this makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.”

"Yes, he actually said that." . . .

Media Slobbers Over Biden's Press Conference Performance, but Even With One Reporter, Reality Creeps In