Cuomo Echoes Trump: Hillary 'Very Low Energy' In Newspaper Interview

About the last person you'd expect to have a Vulcan mind meld with Donald Trump is Chris Cuomo. But at a time when the focus is Star Wars, Cuomo went Star Trek today, sounding much like Trump in his description of Hillary Clinton. Trump of course made the phrase "low-energy" famous as he repeatedly battered Jeb Bush with it. Recently, Trump took a similar tack with Hillary, saying she lacked the…
Mark Finkelstein

A Revolt Against Islamic Indoctrination

At the same time that schools are censoring "Silent Night" from being sung at their annual "holiday" concerts, others are forcing students to pay homage to Muhammad. Regarding the latter, when a teacher at Riverheads High School in Virginia assigned students to practice calligraphy by writing, "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah," the school district defended the…
Bill Donohue

'Historic' Climate Accord in Paris? Media Hype Skips the 'Hard Part'

James Taranto at The Wall Street Journal had some fun with the liberal praise for the latest global-warming accord in Paris, which was uniformly described as “historic.” For example he noticed this from Elizabeth Kolbert for The New Yorker: “The climate accord approved in Paris over the weekend has, justifiably, been described as ‘historic.’ It represents the most significant step forward since…
Tim Graham

Christmas Shopping Funny Video: ‘As Seen on TV’ Products

An amusing video collection as we enter the last shopping day before Christmas: From ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live last week, clips from some of the wackiest product offers in TV ads. Kimmel dubbed it the “As Seen on TV Gift Guide” with the “must-see items of 2015.”
Brent Baker

WashPost Front Page: 'The Quiet Impact of Obama's Christian Faith'

Within hours of sliming Ted Cruz’s daughters as cartoon monkeys, The Washington Post presses were churning out Wednesday’s front page. At the top, it read “The quiet impact of Obama’s Christian faith. Next to the story came this summary: "President Obama, who did not grow up in a religious household, has relied on his Christian faith in trying to bring civility to the nation’s political debates…
Tim Graham

IBD Decries Media Blackout of FitzGibbon Sex Harassment Scandal

On Monday, I posted on the virtually complete lack of establishment press interest in the story of Trevor FitzGibbon, the former owner of far-left PR firm FitzGibbon Media. Fitzgibbon folded on Thursday after allegations of serial sexual harassment and sexual assault were reported in the Huffington Post. From there, the establishment press did virtually nothing with the story. It will surprise…
Tom Blumer

WRONG: As Xmas Shopping Disappoints, AP Claims 'Cheap Is the New Chic'

The desperation is palpable at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, over how the Christmas shopping season is going. Having appearently learned something contrary to the "consumers will catch up with their spending" we've been hearing from the National Retail Federation and others so far, AP Business Writer Joyce M. Rosenberg shifted gears and decided that consumers are spending…
Tom Blumer

The NBA Partners with Michael Bloomberg to Attack the 2nd Amendment

The left’s war against inanimate objects continues unabated. Except this time it appears as though they’ve enlisted a major sports league in the cause.
Dylan Gwinn

CNBC’s Sorkin: Middle Class Is a ‘Historical Aberration’

Politicians often complain about America’s struggling middle class, but according to Squawk Box host Andrew Ross Sorkin, they should quit crying over spilt milk. Sorkin argued on Dec. 23 that the mid-20th century idea of middle class was a historical anomaly. “This middle class that we keep talking about, this Leave it to Beaver middle class that was this panacea that people talk about is…
Sam Dorman

Cuomo: 'White Kid' But Not 'Brown' Muslim Can Bring Clock to School

Near the end of Wednesday's New Day on CNN, during a segment about the top five stories on social media for 2015, co-host Chris Cuomo oddly declared that, "despite all the stats about Christian terrorists," if a "white kid" had brought a homemade clock to school, unlike a "brown" Muslim kid like Ahmed Mohamed, there would have been no assumption that it was actually a bomb.
Brad Wilmouth

The 10 Worst Attacks on Christmas by the Liberal Media This Year

Each year, Christmastime is moving farther away from a celebration of peace, joy and love toward media-promoted consumerism, violence and debauchery. From movies, to music to television, many of the messages this year were far from heartwarming.
Sarah Stites and Katie Yoder

Miranda Lambert Gets ‘Badass’ Pistols Every Year for Christmas

Country singer Miranda Lambert thinks it’s “pretty badass” to get a pistol for Christmas. The 32-year-old star appeared on the cover of the Jan. 2016 issue of Cosmopolitan. Inside, she spoke with Cosmo’s Katie L. Conner about Christmas presents she’s received from fans.
Katie Yoder

CNN, MSNBC Rush to Excuse Cruz Cartoon; 'Dangerous' Girls Were in Ad

After the Wednesday editions of CBS This Morning and NBC’s Today attempted to excuse the Washington Post cartoon depicting Ted Cruz’s daughters as moneys, various hosts and guests throughout the day on CNN and MSNBC followed suit by chiding the “weird” and “controversial” Cruz for sending out fundraising e-mails related to the smear and “not reacting kindly” to cartoonist Ann Telnaes’s latest…
Curtis Houck

Comedian Mocks Pro-Life Politician in Parody: ‘Merry F*cking Xmas'

Comedians are wishing “asshole” pro-lifers a “Merry F*cking Christmas” with the creation of a new parody video titled “Lies Actually.” And the video does contain lies – just not ones its producers intended. In time for Christmas, comedian Lizz Winstead’s website, Lady Parts Justice League, produced a spoof of the film Love Actually in which a Planned Parenthood supporter visits  a pro-life…
Katie Yoder