Leftists either ignore Trump’s role in the peace deal or try to claim credit

 Leftists either ignore Trump’s role in the peace deal or try to claim credit

 "[Democrat] Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Gaza peace deal: "It’s good that President Trump adopted and built on the plan the Biden Administration developed.' "

"There’s one thing you can say with certainty about Democrats and other leftists: They’re sore losers. Now that President Trump has done what everyone said couldn’t be done—namely, ending the war in Gaza by supporting Israel in the fight—they’re utterly incapable of acknowledging his achievement. Instead, they’re pretending that it happened without President Trump or that they had something to do with it." . . .

Joe Biden’s plan, of course, was to slow walk weapons to the Israelis, blocking them from bringing the war to a clean and swift end. He also built a pier that washed away in hours, killing one American in the process. Throughout his tenure, Biden kept Hamas’s hope alive. Under Biden’s aegis, Israel would have been worn down, starved of weapons, and the target of ever-escalating world antisemitism.

. . . "But all these leftists are sleazes. These are people who, by hook or by crook, did everything they could to ensure that Israel lost the war or that the war dragged on forever. And now that our wonderful, iconoclastic, and quite unique president, whom they all despise, worked with Bibi Netanyahu to change the game, they’re pretending that they’re the winners."

Yoav Zitun

"People outside of Gaza call Hamas freedom fighters when they are killing innocent Palestinians for nothing. Hamas is holding the people of Gaza hostage."

 Now the Left Is Trying to Give Biden Credit for Trump’s Peace Deal – PJ Media

. . . “It’s good that President Trump adopted and built on the plan the Biden Administration developed after months of discussion with Arab partners, Israel and the Palestinian Authority,” he said.

"Let’s be real. There’s no Biden groundwork here. The reason there’s a ceasefire at all is because Trump projects strength, not weakness. Hamas understands force, not hashtags. And no amount of Blinken’s poetic hand-wringing about “hope,” “dignity,” or “the pathway to peace” can change the fact that the only reason there’s peace now is because Trump finally did what Biden never could: win.

"In stark contrast, Biden and Blinken's earlier ceasefire efforts came under fire for leaving hostages in Hamas hands and putting pressure on Israel to make concessions. It is beyond insulting to pretend that the Biden administration laid the groundwork for the peace deal, when they had two years to achieve what took Trump mere months." . . .

Unbelievable: Antony Blinken Gives Biden Credit for Gaza Deal, and It Gets Worse From There

   . . . "At no point did the Biden administration apply any pressure on the Arab nations to turn against Hamas and end the war. More importantly, they never applied pressure on Iran, which was fueling the conflict in Gaza and propping up Hezbollah in the north as a threat. In short, the entire region was on fire, and it was handed over to Trump in far worse condition than Biden and company found it.

"For Blinken to pretend the former administration laid the groundwork and showed the path forward is laughable. But he hadn't reached peak shamelessness yet. That came later in his thread when he demanded the establishment of a Palestinian state." . . . 

 . . . "Americans should be so thankful that no one is listening to these over-credentialed imbeciles anymore. The arsonists don't get to wag their fingers and lecture the firefighters who put out their fires. They certainly don't get to take credit for it. The foreign policy establishment is a joke, and it should be treated as such." 

Guess Who Democratic Leaders’ Statements on Trump’s Peace Deal Don’t Mention

The same deal that reunites families also reopens wounds that never healed

. . . "Because for every hostage who steps into the light, a terrorist steps out of the darkness. And as much as we celebrate this moment, we can’t pretend it comes without consequence. The return of life is always sacred but the release of evil is never without cost.. . . "

There is so very much more on this that I could use that will use to stifle the celebration, but MSNBC, "The View" and the media of all hours will happily do that. The Tunnel Dweller. 

To Bring Hostages Home, Israel Pays Very Steep Price  . . . "All of this will occur after Hamas releases 20 living hostages, 26 deceased hostages, and two hostages “whose lives there is grave concern.”

"This comes as Hamas has stated that it is encountering “very great complexity” in locating all the deceased hostages, and that it will need over 72 hours to find their corpses, which would violate the 48 hour timeframe allotted to return them under the ceasefire agreement. As of this writing, 10 bodies of hostages are reported to be missing.

"The following are just some of the terrorists who are expected to be released this week." . . .

IDF releases footage showing Hamas' brutal treatment of prisoners  "Solitary confinement, suffocation, and prisoners thrown down stairs: New footage reveals Hamas’ abuse of Gaza prisoners.

"The IDF has released videos from 2023 obtained by Israeli forces and the ISA, taken from security cameras inside Hamas' "Al-Katiba" Prison in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City.

"These videos expose severe abuse by Hamas prison guards against prisoners, including holding them in brutal conditions that violate their most basic human rights." Video:  Palestinians hatred for Jews made visible.

The Israel-Gaza peace deal sounds good for Hamas, but is good for Israel

 UPDATED   . . . "However, Israelis see it differently, and I’m inclined to honor their take. Israel has been under constant rocket attack for two years, and the people are deeply traumatized. Thousands of troops and other security forces have been killed, and many thousands more wounded. The psychic wound of the hostages has been deeper than we Americans can grasp. Now, they’ll get their hostages back, the rockets will stop, and their soldiers will come home.

"More than that, while Hamas survives on paper, the fact is that there’s almost nothing left of it. Israel systematically wiped out the leadership and huge numbers of troops. The weapons are gone. And, most importantly, the support from the Arab and Muslim world is gone. Iran and Hezbollah are broken, Qatar learned that it’s not safe from Israeli reprisals, and the rest of the Middle East wants the war over. It was the Arab nations that forced this settlement." . . .

‘Ceasefire’ Democrats go quiet after Trump secures first phase of Israel-Hamas peace deal

Schumer and Jeffries Don't Give Trump Credit for Peace Deal   "There was one striking similarity between the statements released by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) about the peace deal President Donald Trump has brokered between Israel and Hamas.

"See if you can spot it. First, here’s Schumer’s statement:" . . .  Read full article here... 

That’s right, neither statement mentioned Trump — whose administration played the starring role in brokering the agreement — or even a reference to the United States government.

If we hate you, we will have to find a name for you.

The American Spectator    

"The  fact that the flyers for the John Brown Club were posted and allowed to remain for two days — while the entire community walked past them — suggests that the university’s ideological intimidation has chilled speech sufficiently so that no one, except for the courageous Shae McInniss, felt compelled to do anything about them."

"While Georgetown University administrators should be lauded for removing the violence-promoting recruiting flyers that were posted throughout the Catholic campus for the ANTIFA-affiliated John Brown Club, it is important to determine how the hateful flyers were allowed to be posted on buildings and bulletin boards in the first place. Carrying the slogan  “Hey Fascist, Catch This!” along with a recruitment QR code,  Georgetown students, staff, and faculty were confronted with the flyers as they walked through campus last week. 

"Emerging on September 24th on flyer boards in Village A, a Georgetown student housing complex, the second wave was posted in broad daylight the next day on campus activity boards and public posting areas throughout “Red Square,” the Georgetown University central free speech area on campus. Obviously fearful of retaliation for attempting to remove the violence-promoting posters on a campus that has stifled the speech of many conservative students for decades, no one attempted to remove the hateful posters until sophomore student  Shae McInnis, Treasurer of the Georgetown College Republicans, discovered the posters and reported them to university authorities.

"Describing the posters as threatening and explicitly referencing the assassination of Charlie Kirk, McInnis stated that the flyers were a “direct threat to conservative students” and called attention to their violent rhetoric, including slogans such as “Hey fascist! Catch!” The posters proclaimed themselves to be the “only political group that celebrates when Nazis die.” . . . More...

Charlie Kirk: A Conservative Advocate, Not a Fascist 

. . . "However, a close examination of Kirk's positions through established academic and scholarly definitions of fascism reveals a different picture. Far from embodying fascist ideology, Kirk's advocacy aligned more closely with classical liberalism, libertarianism, and conservative populism, emphasizing limited government, free markets, and individual liberties. This analysis draws on key definitions from academic scholarship and economists Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, and Friedrich Hayek to demonstrate why Kirk did not fit the fascist mold."

Origins of terror: Treasury Sanctions Hamas-Aligned Terrorist Fundraising Network

Treasury Sanctions Hamas-Aligned Terrorist Fundraising Network  "A Palestinian-American billionaire helped lay the groundwork for the Hamas Oct. 7 attacks, families of American Oct. 7 massacre victims alleged in a new lawsuit released Monday.

"The lawsuit targets Bashar Masri, a Palestinian-American billionaire who allegedly used his Gaza-based companies to quietly aid Hamas in building key infrastructure that would be used in the conflict, including tunnels, buildings for high-level meetings and even power generation. Some of the construction was done using U.S. taxpayer funds, according to the lawsuit, which pointed to funds doled out by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

“ 'By actively working with Hamas to build and maintain its attack tunnel infrastructure while simultaneously advancing Hamas’s campaign of deception, Defendants aided and abetted and conspired with Hamas, and the October 7 Attack and the deaths of soldiers and civilians thereafter were a foreseeable consequence of Defendants’ collaboration with Hamas,” the lawsuit reads. “Plaintiffs—American victims of the October 7 Attack and its aftermath, and their family members and their estates—therefore bring this action under the Anti-Terrorism Act (“ATA”) as amended by the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (“JASTA”).” . . .

Well-Connected Billionaire Leveraged US Tax Dollars To Help Hamas Gear Up For Oct. 7, Lawsuit Alleges   "A Palestinian-American billionaire helped lay the groundwork for the Hamas Oct. 7 attacks, families of American Oct. 7 massacre victims alleged in a new lawsuit released Monday.

"The lawsuit targets Bashar Masri, a Palestinian-American billionaire who allegedly used his Gaza-based companies to quietly aid Hamas in building key infrastructure that would be used in the conflict, including tunnels, buildings for high-level meetings and even power generation. Some of the construction was done using U.S. taxpayer funds, according to the lawsuit, which pointed to funds doled out by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)." . . .

 New York Times Obtains a Memo Hamas Leader Ordering October 7th Massacre  "The NY Times has obtained a handwritten memo by Yahya Sinwar with plans for the October 7 Massacre & intercepts of Hamas communications.

The cruelty was premeditated. Burning houses with people inside. Stomping on people’s heads. Filming it all for the whole Islamic world.

Language:  ‘Journalists’ Defense Of Islam BACKFIRES In Footage From A Second Camera!

'Go to Hell': Hamas Spox Gets Touchy As Accountability Looms in Arab World

 Hot Air 

 “It’s a great deal for Israel, but it’s a great deal for everybody,” he told reporters in the Oval Office. “I can tell you that I saw Israel dancing in the streets, but they were dancing in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, many, many countries.” DJT

Does Mandami know these guys personally?

"Hamas might have expected a hero's embrace in the Arab world after signing off on the hostage-exchange and ceasefire agreement. They have spent the last two years proclaiming their victory for "Palestine" in the October 7 massacres that started the war, and they have doubled down on that spin since agreeing to Donald Trump's proposal this week. 

"After two years of destruction -- much of it involving investment from the Arab world in Gaza -- reality could be a bit different. In the cold light of a cease-fire, not even nominally friendly forums are letting Hamas spokespeople off the hook. Hamas co-founder Mousa Abu Marzouk told a Qatari interviewer to "go to hell" and show him some respect for asking the obvious question: What the ever-loving f*** were you idiots thinking on October 7?

"To be fair, the Pan-Arab Ghad interviewer put it more politely, but still ...

Abu Marzouk, who lives in Qatar, tried to justify the terror organization’s crimes by saying that Hamas “fulfilled its national duty.” At that point, the journalist asked: “Was what you did on October 7 to lead the Palestinians to liberation?”

Visibly annoyed and embarrassed, Abu Marzouk remained silent and then responded that “no sane person would claim that on October 7, with just a thousand or so fighters, it was possible to liberate Palestine.”

He then demanded from the interviewer: “Please, at least make your questions respectful.”

The journalist calmly continued, “I am asking you the questions that are being asked on the streets of Palestine, by the residents of Gaza.”

At that point, Marzouk lost his temper and began to shout: “These are your questions! Show some respect for yourself. I don’t want to talk to you. I don’t want to see you. Cut it out. Cut it out. Go to hell!”

"Marzouk had better get used to this question. Those left in Gaza will ask it, especially when Hamas has to step aside for the proposed pan-Arab force that will take control of Gaza at the end of the ceasefire proposal. At that point, the only accomplishments that Hamas can claim will be:

• 1200 dead Israelis and foreign workers
• Tens of thousands of dead Gazans
• The destruction of Gaza infrastructure, in the tens of billions of dollars
• The presence of the IDF in Gaza
• The elimination of Iranian domination
• The loss of Syria
• The destruction of Hezbollah
• At least another decade of miserable poverty in Gaza . . .  More...

Brandon out of control

 Silvio Canto, Jr. 

"What makes Mayor Johnson even more ridiculous is that he is doing nothing to attract prosperity or support local businesses desperately trying to keep thieves from their stores.  He is a first rate demagogue obsessed with President Trump, rather than making his city a better place to live."

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"Is there a worse city mayor than Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago?  I don’t know, but it’s hard to deny that Chicago is a mess.  This is from Professor Jonathan Turley:

As a native Chicagoan, I must confess that I have little patience for Mayor Brandon Johnson, a politician who has been a disaster for the city. One of the most unpopular mayors in the city’s history, Johnson has been using the increased ICE operations to try to ride a wave of rage back into popularity. His language has become more and more inflammatory in calling for citizens to ‘resist’ and ‘fight’ federal law enforcement. Now, he is claiming the authority to not only mandate ‘ICE-free zones’ in the city but to arrest federal officers.

Ironically, Johnson has declared that President Donald Trump wants a ‘rematch of the Civil War.’ However, it is Johnson who is pursuing antebellum policies. It was the South that claimed independence from the Union and fought to expel federal troops.

"I guess that Mayor Johnson don’t know much about history either, as Sam Cooke’s song goes.  (“Don't know much about history....”)

"The latest nonsense from Mayor Johnson is to effectively exempt Chicago from federal law.  Back to Professor Turley:

Johnson signed a ridiculous executive order creating ‘ICE-Free Zones’ to ban federal agents from using city-owned properties and property of unwilling private owners as staging areas for immigration enforcement.

The federal government has its own jurisdictional authority and can enter city and private property in pursuit of lawful operations. In terms of ‘staging’ operations, the Constitution, not Brandon Johnson, protects citizens from having their property seized or used for the quartering of troops.

"So Mayor Johnson doesn’t know that one about the federal government and supremacy over state law (of course, as long as it’s “in pursuance” of the Constitution). Maybe he should chat with President Obama and how they attacked Arizona for trying to pass a secure border law back in 2012.  Remember that one?  I do." . . . More...

Trump’s Middle Eastern success recipe: Don’t do what Democrats did

 Jack Hellner 

 . . . "The media and other Democrats have said Trump doesn’t like strong women, but he surrounds himself with very strong and intelligent women, including his wife. It is a shame that the mainstream media doesn’t cover Melania’s speech from yesterday about Russia, Ukraine, and the children she helped save."

"For confused journalists and other analysts or supposed experts wondering how Trump is succeeding in bringing peace to the Middle East, all that they must do is look at how Obama, Biden, Europe, and their career diplomats handled Iran to see why they failed where Trump has succeeded. The Democrats’ goal has been to harm the West; Trump’s policy has been to benefit America and the Western world.

"Iran has been a threat to the World for decades, as they developed dangerous weapons and supported multiple terrorist groups that were killing and maiming people throughout the Middle East and the world. So, what did Obama and Biden do? They spent years building up Iran and appeasing the mullahs instead of trying to destroy them.

"Trump, on the other hand, has spent his first and second terms working on weakening Iran by destroying their finances. Doing so also cuts off the funds Iran delivered to terrorists.

"In Trump’s first term, he finally kept the promise several U.S. presidents had made to move our embassy to Israel, despite warnings about how dangerous that was to the region. It didn’t cause problems, but it did show the world and the region that he would keep the promises.

"Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who is not a career Middle East expert, worked to implement the Abraham Accords across the region.

"Trump took out a top terrorist Iranian terrorist (Qassim Soleimani). Biden and the Democrat crowd said that doing so was terribly dangerous. It wasn’t. Iran barely retaliated.

"Trump imposed severe sanctions on Iranian oil. Biden refused to enforce any sanctions, allowing Iran to go back to funding its war machine and terrorist organizations.

"Heck, Obama shipped Iranian leaders billions in unmarked cash and also dictatorially shut down a long investigation into Hezbollah’s billion-dollar drug-running operation to reach the worthless and dangerous Iranian nuclear deal.

"Trump also did everything he could to keep oil prices low, which greatly harmed both Iran and Russia. Biden set out to destroy low-priced oil. He succeeded in jacking up prices, which hurt Americans and financed wars and terrorism.

"In Trump’s second term, he began by meeting with several Middle Eastern leaders to negotiate business deals and improve relations." . . . More...

Who's Paying for Antifa and Why Are They Protected by Progressives? Let's Look at the Books.

Victoria Taft 

 "I asked Bruner to come back on my Adult in the Room Podcast to break it all down for us. And I asked him why do these progressive blue-city, blue-state governments force their citizens to tolerate this violence?"

"How do they afford it? How do Antifa militants on the streets of Portland afford all the stuff that allows them to spend hours a day in waiting till the night so they can make life a living hell for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers trying to come in or go out of the driveway? And why does the city protect them? 

"We all know somebody's paying for all the prepared deli sandwiches and pastries that keep that topless lady in the wheelchair and her theater kid pals in rolls and butter. 

"That storage unit full of their supplies costs money. Who's paying for that safe house down the street that Antifa militants use for rest and costume changes? Why do they get a pass from the cops? Why do elected officials make excuses for their violence and pretend it's not happening?

"Someone's getting paid for being willing to go to jail for harassing people and picking fights. How much did they get paid for being willing to hold armed checkpoints on behalf of Black Lives Matter on the streets of Portland in 2021, and beating two drivers? Who pays for their training? 

"Antifa thugs chased reporter Andy Ngo through the streets of Portland and beat him... again. Why? Holding a summer camp in Portland parks to grow a new generation of mind-numbed bots isn't cheap.

"One of my West Coast, Messed Coast™ readers tasked me with the question: Why are they protecting Antifa?

"There are probably many answers, but the easiest one is that the big-money donors and unions handing out cash to politicians are also funding this unrest. They're of one hive mind. They are ideological twins. 

"In Oregon, where a lot of this unrest plays out, the biggest funders of the progressive causes, not necessarily street violence, is government. But as we know, money is fungible. 

"This is according to Open Secrets:

• Oregon Health & Science University: $491,765

• Portland State University: $343,309

• State of Oregon: $750,194

• VoteVets.org: $1,832,500

• WE Communications: $808,166

• Nike Inc: $695,141

"The Associate Director of Research at the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), Seamus Bruner, has written a book about the billionaires funding all manner of direct action violence on the streets. That means Antifa, BLM, and their fellow violence merchants. He presented his findings to the president and his key cabinet members at Wednesday's Antifa summit. 

"In his presentation to the president, Bruner named five funders whose money is used for violence on the streets, whether they know it or not. The information is contained in his book The Controligarchs: Exposing the Billionaire Class, Their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life." . . .  More...

Antifa Has Awakened the Sleeping Giant   "It is recorded in our history books that when he looked down at the ship full of smiling, victorious faces… faces of his flyers, just having returned from Pearl Harbor, Japanese fleet Admiral Yamamoto was quiet, pensive, even apprehensive. He later wrote in his private diary, 

“I fear all I have done is awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.”

"It took the attack on Pearl Harbor to awaken Americans to the threat that the world faced, a bit over 82 years ago. A couple weeks ago, in my daily column, I raised what I considered at the time an unlikely but logical parallel between the 9/11 attacks and Charlie Kirk's death. I may have even used the same Yamamoto passage in that piece. But in researching today's piece over the last few days, and particularly in light of recent Antifa activity, I find the comparison more even more apt than I did then." . . .

. . . "I always liked the French philosopher Michel de Montaigne’s quote, which given the attachment of Antifa to our supposed institutions of "higher leaning" seems very appropriate here:  

“I prefer the company of peasants as they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.”

"I note that there seems to be an inverse relationship between educational credentials and  what we used to refer to as common sense. Alas, that sense seems lacking in commonality in those places, these days." . . .

Disney World raises ticket, annual passes prices: Here's when, how much

 FOX 35  "Walt Disney World tickets and annual passes are going up, including annual pass renewals.

• • Disney previously added dynamic pricing to its theme parks, meaning pricing varies depending on the park and the day.
  • Individual theme park tickets will increase after October 2026 and could cross the $200-a-day threshold around the holidays, one of the busiest times for Walt Disney World's parks.
  • New annual passes will increase by $20-$80. Renewals for the Incredi-Pass and Pirate Pass will increase $40-$80.
  • Renewals for the Sorcerer and Pixie Dust passes do not have an increase.RLANDO, Fla. - The cost for that Disney magic is going up. Walt Disney World has confirmed that it is raising prices on its theme park tickets, annual passes, and on some annual pass renewals.
  • Disney World previously implemented "dynamic pricing," which means daily tickets to its theme parks vary by theme park, day, and demand. That will continue. Beginning during the 2026 holiday season, Disney confirmed that the highest ticket price point – only on its busiest days – could top $200 per person for a one-park, one-day ticket.
• Here is what we know.
• How much are Walt Disney According to a Disney spokesperson, individual theme park tickets will not increase until after October 2026. Disney sells its theme park tickets based on demand, theme park, and offers add-ons, like the park hopper, which allows people to visit more than one theme park within the day, and lightning lane, which allows people to get the its rides and attractions faster.

A one-day, one-park ticket varies by theme park:

Disney's Animal Kingdom: $119-$174

EPCOT: $129-$194

Disney's Hollywood Studios: $139-$194

Magic Kingdom: $139-$199

"Disney said increases would begin after October 2026 and the highest of its price points would be around the major holidays, such as Thanksgiving and Christmas." . . .

JUST IN: Biden Undergoing 5-Week Radiation Treatment for Prostate Cancer

 The Gateway Pundit  

"Joe Biden is reportedly undergoing radiation therapy to treat his prostate cancer. Fox reports that the treatment will last five weeks."

"Per NBC News, a spokesperson for Biden said, “As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment.”

" 'He has already been taking a pill form of hormone medication,” NBC reports.

"As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Biden’s office announced that he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, which had spread to his bones, in May.

"Many, including medical professionals, questioned how long the former president’s team knew about his condition, given the severity of his initial diagnosis. According to multiple doctors, Biden likely had cancer for years.

"This wouldn’t be the first time they covered up Biden’s health concerns. Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, has been accused by House Oversight Chairman James Comer of engaging in a “conspiracy to cover up President Biden’s cognitive decline” after he refused to testify and pleaded the 5th Amendment at his deposition.

"It is believed that O’Connor likely also knew about Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis long before it was made public.

"Biden was also recently treated with surgery for skin cancer." . . .

15 YEARS LATER? WashPost Editorial Board Says Obamacare ‘Was Never Actually Affordable’

 Joseph Vazquez

That is how the Democrat Party works. Install entitlement, blame Republicans when anyone tries to limit it in any way. 

"Hold on to your britches because you’re not going to believe this one. The Washington Post Editorial Board just admitted that the so-called "Affordable Care Act," one the most notorious pieces of Obama-era legislation foisted upon consumers by legislators and the liberal media as the saving grace of American health care, turned out to be an expensive mess.

"The Post tried to play both sides of the fence in the ongoing government shutdown stand off with Republicans and Democrats, the latter of which demanded “Republicans agree to extend the Covid-era insurance subsidies without proposing any way to pay for it.” Then The Post ran one of the biggest plot twists ever to hit American politics in the last 15 years: “The real problem is that the Affordable Care Act [Obamacare] was never actually affordable.”

"Nope, your eyes didn’t deceive you. The architects of former President Barack Obama’s 2010 “signature achievement,” wrote The Post, “assumed that risk pools would be bigger than they turned out to be. As a result, policies cost more than expected.”

"Gee, that’s an awfully different tone than the liberal rag was striking in 2024 when the editorial board celebrated how “Obamacare is working brilliantly — for now.” That’s despite the fact that premiums for individual market plans doubled in costs and “the per enrollee cost of Medicaid expansion is nearly 60 percent greater than what experts projected,” as the Paragon Health." . . .(All emphases in the original).  More...

With A Single Question, Brennan Proves Schumer Has No Interest In Ending Shutdown: All The Questions From Face The Nation

 The Federalist  

"Have you tried calling President Trump? He seems to take phone calls directly. . . "So, no. OK."

"Perhaps even Democrat accomplice Margaret Brennan has lost faith in Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., a regular guest on her CBS Sunday show, Face The Nation.

"During a discussion about the government shutdown, Schumer, 74, was going on and on — the way an oldster sometimes does — about how the Republicans are “not serious” about negotiating a solution.

He complained about Trump’s memes, whined that Trump was busy playing golf, and said Speaker Mike Johnson is not serious either. Schumer had a nice little narrative going about those darn Republicans when Brennan hit him with the most beautifully obvious question.

“ 'Have you tried calling President Trump? He seems to take phone calls directly.”

"Schumer stammered just a little, then said Democrats “tried to get Trump to sit down” weeks before the shutdown.

"Brennan tried to stop him there with three words.

“ 'So, no. OK,” Brennan said, but Schumer kept yapping, claiming there was a meeting a while back where Schumer claims Trump “didn’t even know what was happening.”

"In one question Brennan zeroed in on the problem and the solution. Schumer knows how the phone works, and he knows Trump is always ready to talk. If he does not make the call, Schumer remains the grandfather of this shutdown.   

"Brennan also asked Schumer about comments Majority Leader Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. made on Fox News, saying there are “there are conversations with Democrats who want to find an offramp here. Is he having conversations with Democrats other than you?”

"Peel away the hemming, hawing, and redirection in Schumer’s answers and the questions reveal the real story — Schumer is losing control of his party." . . .  More...