Donald Trump

Comedian Passed Over for Daily Show: Trumpers Are ‘C-Average Students’
On Thursday, ABC News’s The View had their most bitterly anti-Trump guest of season 29 (so far) in so-called “comedian” Hasan Minhaj. Minhaj, who was heir-apparent to The Daily Show before getting sunk by his own lies about experiencing islamophobia, lashed out at President Trump’s $100,000 “tariff” for H1B visas by suggesting Trump’s voters were all “C-average students” who…

Daily Show's Josh Johnson Begrudgingly Applauds Trump For Gaza Deal
Ever since its first post-October 7 show, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show has been the worst of the late night comedy shows on the Israel-Hamas War, so it was good to see host-of-the-week Josh Johnson applaud President Trump for his role in securing a ceasefire agreement that looks like it could lead to the end of the war, even if he did so somewhat reluctantly.

AI Chatbots Bury, Downplay Trump’s Key Role in Israel-Hamas Peace Deal
AI chatbots, including ChatGPT and Meta AI, buried and downplayed former President Donald Trump's role in negotiating a recent Israel-Hamas peace deal, often crediting multiple parties instead. Despite Trump's announcement of the deal as part of his "peace plan," the AI responses largely attributed the success to broader diplomatic efforts involving various countries and leaders, including Joe…

LEGACY FIREFIGHTING: NBC Rehabs Schumer’s ‘Every Day Gets Better’
You know that a public statement from a Democrat elected official is bad when the media steps in and tries to firefight potential public backlash. Such is the case with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who gets five-alarm firefighting from NBC after saying that “every day gets worse for us.”

ABC, NBC Trumpet Trump’s ‘Huge,’ ‘Remarkable’ Deal with Israel, Hamas
On Thursday, ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today offered rare effusive praise of President Donald Trump for his leadership to broker a conditional peace deal between Israel and the Islamic terror group governing the Gaza Strip, Hamas. The two networks trumpeted it as a “huge” and “remarkable achievement” Trump “most certainly deserves credit.”

Why Sharpies Are Made in America Again
President Donald Trump loves a Sharpie pen, and now he has all the more reason to love the company that makes them. The president signed the flurry of executive orders he issued the day he returned to office with a Sharpie. He’s used them for years, finding them more reliable than fancier pens. Now we know they have another merit, too: They’re almost entirely made in America.

Morning Joe: Trump's Victory Lap on Gaza Ceasefire Deal 'Deserved'
Morning Joe gives President Trump credit for apparently achieving a Gaza peace deal. David Ignatius says that the victory lap that Trump will be taking is "deserved.' Jon Meacham says that even if you disagree with someone [Trump] on 99 things, if he does the 100th thing really well, intellectual honesty compels you to say so. Joe Scarborough says that the financial dealings that Jared Kushner…

WashPost Tries To Say Trump Has Made Political Comedy Important Again
The opinion section at The Washington Post may be moving in a positive direction towards an embrace of free markets, but the style section still has a ways to go. A Saturday article that was published in the Tuesday print edition by Elahe Izadi sought to answer the question, “Has Trump’s government made political comedy feel important again?” According to Izadi and her sources, the…

CBO: Trump Tariffs, Bill Fuel Surge in September Budget Surplus
The U.S. federal budget recorded a $164 billion surplus in September – thanks in large part to President Donald Trump’s tariff policy and One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported Wednesday.

Meyers Demands Republicans Cave On Obamacare Subsidies
NBC’s Seth Meyers devoted Wednesday’s “Closer Look” segment on Late Night to how the government shutdown has affected air traffic control. At the end, Meyers blamed Republicans for not caving to Democrats’ demands on extending the Biden-era Obamacare subsidies.

POMPOUS: Dickerson Whines Over Trump Invoking the Insurrection Act
It is that time again, wherein CBS’s John Dickerson coughs up another pompous editorial from behind the anchor desk on CBS Evening News Plus. This one particularly pompous and lacking self-awareness, but perhaps mindful that there are only so many of these left before Bari Weiss fully takes over as Editor-in-Chief of CBS News.

MSNBC's Velshi Aids Fugelsang's Cockeyed 'Church of Hate' Bible Study
Over the weekend on his eponymous morning show, MSNBC's Ali Velshi provided unfunny liberal comedian John Fugelsang a forum to trash conservative Christians. Fugelsang -- who once notoriously declared that he would take pleasure in seeing conservative Christians "die off"-- was promoting his new book, Separation of Church and Hate, attacking the Christian right.

A RARITY: NBC Positively Documents ‘Dramatic Change at the Border’
In a radical departure from the reporting we usually see with regard to immigration, a legacy news outlet elected to report GOOD news related to the Trump administration’s efforts to enforce the southern border. NBC’s report on the border is a real eye-opener:

Psaki Pans, Scarborough Praises Jared Kushner's Work on Gaza Deal
On her MSNBC show, The Briefing, former Biden spokesperson Jen Psaki is highly critical of Jared Kushner's involvement in the Gaza peace deal, given his financial dealings with Qatar and Saudi Arabia. In contrast, Joe Scarborough is full of praise for Kushner's involvement, saying that his experience in the region and relationships with the players are very valuable. David Ignatius agrees with…