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Curses, Foiled Again!
That is what cartoon villain Snidely Whiplash used to say when his plots against Dudley Do-Right fizzled. Admittedly, Donald Trump is not a perfect stand-in for Dudley Do-Right. But the phrase “cartoon villain”…
Who Ran the Executive Branch
As we and everyone else have pointed out, journalists who have belatedly tumbled to the obvious fact that Joe Biden was disabled throughout his presidency (or, at a minimum, most of it) are asking all the questions except the…
On Having a Senile President
As one who publicly described Joe Biden as “senile” in 2020, and who documented many instances of his incompetence in the years that followed, I am not impressed by belated “revelations” of his dementia. Via InstaPundit,…
New owners try to restore ‘The Onion’ to its former glory
Long before it became a pejorative to describe claims you don't like, "fake news" was a comedy genre. Its flagship for years was The Onion, a satirical weekly newspaper founded in 1988 that grew to become a…
Joe Biden Was Senile? Who Knew?
Who didn’t? I was on Australian television during the 2020 election campaign, and casually mentioned that Joe Biden was senile. Rita Panahi was startled and said, “Wait, what? Joe Biden is senile?” I explained that this was…
Lies, damn lies, and 747’s
Media are lying about a story involving a used 747, Qatar, and Pres. Trump. And they know they are lying. A couple of weeks ago, I read this story from CNBC. The headline, L3 Harris tapped to modify Qatari jet as potential…
In perpetuity | Power Line
Last week, John wrote about Pres. Trump’s executive order defunding public broadcasting (PBS, NPR) and whether or not it will stand up. I’m more interested in the reaction of the public broadcasters: unhinged hysteria. From…
How Bad Is the American Press?
It is awful, obviously. Sky News Australia has a program called the Media Show, which is mostly about the Australian press (also bad). That show includes a segment called “Stars and Gripes” about the American media, on which…
Trump blasts ABC as ‘one of the worst’ media outlets pushing ‘fake news’
Fri May 2, 2025 - 5:41 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — President Donald Trump recently slammed ABC as “one of the worst” “fake news” media outlets during a Tuesday interview with one of its correspondents. Trump threw the insult…
Civil War at CBS
We wrote here about the resignation of Bill Owens, Executive Producer of CBS’s 60 Minutes–only the third such in the decades-long history of that program. Last night, at the end of the 60 Minutes broadcast, Scott…
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