Xi Pondering

A basic rule for one in a position of confrontation, whether adversarial negotiation or open conflict, is to try to anticipate what actions an adversary might do or think.
Charles A. Kohlhaas
May 6th, 2024 3:20 PM

NBC's Welker Asks Tim Scott SIX Times to Accept 2024 Election Results

Does anyone remember Kristen Welker -- in her short tenure at the helm of NBC's Meet the Press -- pushing around a Democrat to answer a question SIX times? Last December, Welker pressed Ron DeSantis six times to condemn Trump calling radical leftists "vermin." On Sunday, she was back on the anti-Trump train, demanding SIX times that Sen. Tim Scott pledge to accept the election results…

Tim Graham
May 6th, 2024 3:00 PM

Rep. Bowman Co-Hosts Fundraiser with Notorious Anti-Semite Even Biden Condemned

Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) further cemented his anti-Israel credentials last Wednesday, when he co-hosted a fundraiser with an extremist Muslim leader who cheered Hamas’ murderous October 7 attack that killed more than 1,200 Israelis.
Craig Bannister
May 6th, 2024 2:46 PM

Top New York Times Editor: We Don't Want to Be Biden's Pravda!

Current New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn granted an interview to former Times media columnist Ben Smith at his new venture Semafor.com. Kahn surely infuriated leftists like former Times ombudsman Margaret Sullivan, who want to shred any notion of objectivity against those horribly lying authoritarian Republicans. He said don't skew the news!? 

Tim Graham
May 6th, 2024 1:13 PM

Monty Python’s John Cleese: ‘Some Cultures Are Superior to Others’

British comedian John Cleese says that it should not be controversial to characterize some cultures as being better than others.
Evan Poellinger
May 6th, 2024 12:30 PM

ICYMI: Hamill Derails WH Briefing, Doocy Battles KJP on Alma Mater

Friday’s White House press briefing began with a distinct 2016 vibe as the Biden administration demanded it be taken seriously on the reelection front with Star Wars actor Mark Hamill surprising reporters ahead of May 4 (aka May the Fourth Be With You!) and a few dutifully complied by asking him questions despite the fact that, as we’d later learn, one hasn’t seen any of the movies. …

Curtis Houck
May 6th, 2024 11:50 AM
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Jon Meacham on Joe Show: No 'Buts' About It—You MUST Vote For Biden!

On Morning Joe, historian and occasional Biden speechwriter rejects the notion that people can admit that Trump is awful, "but" they will vote for him. Says Meacham: "there is no but. It's got to be: Yeah, Trump is that, and, I'm going to vote against him."

Mark Finkelstein
May 6th, 2024 11:42 AM

Miraculous Gun Jam Saves Pastor During Pennsylvania Church Service

In a miraculous event, a gunman's weapon jammed during an attempted shooting of a Pennsylvania pastor, Glenn Germany, during a church service. The gunman, Bernard Polite, was subdued by church deacon, Clarence McCallister, until police arrived. Pastor Germany attributed the gun's malfunction to divine intervention and expressed his belief that the attacker suffers from mental illness. He…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg
May 6th, 2024 10:52 AM

Bombshell Report Exposes Biden’s Rampant Collusion with Big Tech

New details have emerged in a congressional investigation into the Biden administration censorship enterprise that has curtailed free speech on a level unprecedented in American history.

 

Christian Baldwin
May 6th, 2024 9:42 AM

Norah O’Donnell to Hakeem Jeffries: WHY Won’t You Criticize Israel?

During an otherwise fawning interview on CBS for 60 Minutes, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was sharply questioned for his refusal to be overtly critical of Israel over their conduct of the war against Hamas in the aftermath of the medieval and horrific attack of October 7th.

Jorge Bonilla
May 5th, 2024 9:17 PM

Sen. Tom Cotton SCHOOLS ABC’s Jon Karl on Campus Protesters

During a wide-ranging interview on ABC’s This Week, Sen, Tom Cotton (R-AR) took a blowtorch to the antisemitic protesters on college campuses, brutally mocked them as establishing “little Gazas”, and schooled host Jon Karl when he tried to twist mockery of the encampments into mockery of Gaza itself.

Jorge Bonilla
May 5th, 2024 8:07 PM

ABC’s Jon Karl Opens ‘ABC This Week’ With His Own HYSTERICAL Editorial

It appears that there is now an editorial requirement at ABC News in place, mandating that whoever is hosting that Sunday’s This Week must now open the show with a screeching editorial about “the stakes” of the 2024 presidential election. There is no other explanation for Jon Karl’s editorial today, a week after George Stephanopoulos’ screeching hysterics.

Jorge Bonilla
May 5th, 2024 4:52 PM

FLASHBACK: Lefties Frowned As America Cheered bin Laden’s Demise

While nearly all Americans were united in celebrating the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden 13 years ago, the Sourpuss Left instead deplored fretted the “mindless jubilation” and “jingoistic hubris” of those cheering the elimination of an avowed enemy who had ordered the deaths of thousands of innocent people.

Rich Noyes
May 5th, 2024 10:24 AM

Olbermann RAGES on Twitter Against Peggy Noonan's Columbia Column

Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan infuriated leftists on Twitter this weekend with a column about her visit to the Columbia University campus to observe the pro-Hamas protests and attempt to interview some young protesters. Keith Olbermann raged that she and New York Times reporter Peter Baker, who tweeted a section of her piece -- weren't journalists at all! 

Tim Graham
May 5th, 2024 6:47 AM