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Whatever one thinks of some Republicans suggesting aid to California after the devastating wildfires come with strings attached, it is hard to claim the state’s wildfire prevention strategy has been a success. Still, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart took to the air on Comedy Central on Monday to mock GOP criticism by reducing forest management to raking leaves.

On Tuesday afternoon following Pete Hegseth’s five-hour-and-15-minute-long confirmation hearing to lead the Pentagon, CNN immediately made clear it was not having a good time, continuing to peddle the alcoholism and tattoo conspiracy theories about the “Kavanaugh-esque” Hegseth, suggested he was in over his head, and Democratic senators asked apt and thorough questions.

You can expect that the network newscasts will accord significant time to covering Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on the January 6th prosecution of then-Former President Donald Trump. But that simply wasn’t the case when it came to covering the Special Counsel report on Hunter Biden.

The media furor against the nomination of Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense seemingly died down for the holidays. But the malicious spotlighting of Hegseth has picked up ahead of his Senate confirmation hearing.

CNN touted a former CNN producer from the "fact-checking" site Lead Stories saying Facebook cutting them is like "disbanding your fire department." That's wrong, and deeply insensitive. The media are now crying "disinformation" when anyone seeks to blame Democrats for their preparedness before the Los Angeles wildfires.

The Paramount+ series Landman has become an unexpected success, combining thrilling storytelling with economic insights into the petroleum industry. The show features stellar performances by Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Hamm, with characters often engaging in debates about energy, including the challenges of fracking and the realities of alternative energy costs. Its bold take on…

Week Two of the $1 billion defamation trial against CNN kicked off Monday with the testimony of CNN chief national security correspondent Alex Marquardt, the architect of the allegedly defamatory report. The key moments from this time on the witness stand were when he refused to apologize to Navy veteran and Plaintiff Zachary Young, doubled down on the false assertions that Young was…

Monday was not only a week until Inauguration Day, but one filled with media news. In addition to Jennifer Rubin quitting The Washington Post, the other top headlines were MSNBC announcing their $20-million-plus woman (Rachel Maddow) would at least temporarily return to five days a week and, on a positive note, Fox News Channel announcing Will Cain will move from Fox & Friends…

Alongside actual news about the awful wildfires plaguing Los Angeles, the front page of Sunday’s New York Times lead story slot featured more doomsaying environmental religion by the paper’s long-time true-believing environmental reporter David Gelles, along with the equally religious climate desk reporter Austyn Gaffney: “Fires in Los Angeles Area Are Grim Look Into Future – Warming…

Two-time Hack Madness champion, walking cartoon, fake conservative, and Washington Post columnist Jen Rubin quit the paper on Monday to launch an absurdly named site called The Contrarian with former Obama official Norm Eisen, which CNN’s Brian Stelter gushed wouldn’t simply be “anti-Trump” but “pro-democracy.” Rubin, a rich, Northern Virginia-based white woman, seems to have left The Post…

The CEO of disgruntled leftist fact-checker Snopes — yeah, the same website that got raked over the coals for fact-checking satire site The Babylon Bee — had the chutzpah to excuse away the truth-gatekeeping industry’s notorious, censorial treatment of the Hunter Biden laptop story.

A Minnesota school district removed "The Rainbow Parade," a children's book depicting nudity, from an elementary library due to concerns about inappropriate content for young students. The decision sparked controversy, as a committee of educators and community members voted to retain the book, arguing it represents diverse perspectives. Superintendent Kent Pekel defended the removal based on…

Maxwell Tani at the website Semafor reports “Chuck Todd has quietly been meeting with Washington media organizations about his post NBC-future.” His contract is up this year, and Todd says he’s leaving and exploring other broadcast and…

After President-elect Donald Trump leaned on dissident Republican U.S House members and strong-armed the reelection of Speaker Mike Johnson, congressional Democrats -- and Republicans -- marveled at Trump’s power and influence. When the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Colorado could not prevent Trump from appearing on that state’s primary, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a member of the…