The final ignominy for Joe Biden

Washington Examiner: "Biden exits at all-time low, Trump in with highest approval."

There are so many things I dislike about Joe Biden but foremost on this list is his inability to accept even a small amount of blame for anything.  This is why the disastrous withdrawal of Afghanistan was an "extraordinary success."  That's why when inflation spiked to 8.3% it was "basically even."  And then he absolved himself from the wide open border because Donald Trump voiced his disapproval of an immigration bill...in February 2024.

As Americans consistently told this Administration that they were struggling, Biden never wavered from his message that we have the "best economy in the world."  You stupid rubes.

Yesterday, in his latest bid to protect his ego, Biden suggested that the reason he's not getting credit is because the news media is too negative:

I think there’s an explanation for that.  If you think about it, what do you — I’m — it’s not a criticism of the press — and I mean this; you know me too well — (laughs) — is that you turn on the television and you don’t see a lot of good news.  Even the stuff that is good news doesn’t seem to sell very well.  And so, when you turn on the TV, everything looks bad.  Everything looks bad. 

Yeah, Joey, it's because of your terrible Presidency and not because more people are tuning in to Fox News.  I'm old enough to remember Jimmy Carter and, although his Presidency is not viewed favorably, he was largely buffeted by crises out of his control such as the Iranian hostage ordeal and an oil crisis.  Biden opened up the border ("they should surge here!"), triggered inflation with his massive spending bills, drove up the national debt to unseen levels, abandoned Afghanistan to the Taliban, and generally made America a weaker nation.

Congrats, Joe: worst President ever.

Everybody's watching Fox

Financial Times: "Fox News reaps benefits of Donald Trump victory - Liberal audiences tune out while Robert Murdoch’s channel attracts record numbers."

This stat is crazy: "During “primetime” evening hours in the weeks since the election, 73 per cent of the total cable news audience was watching Fox, while 16 per cent tuned into MSNBC and 11 per cent to CNN." 

Meathead departs X

Breitbart: "Rob Reiner deletes X/Twitter account following Trump victory, spent years spreading wild accusations."

The Community Notes feature done him in.

This might be my favorite thing from 2024

This was the moment when I realized that it was game over for the media: pic.twitter.com/9ejWfoGPAk

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 27, 2024

For years - decades! - I've been popping off about the bias of the mainstream media and its complete lack of objectivity when covering Democrats v. Republicans.  In my opinion, that absolute nadir was the coverage of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.  Here was a guy (with young daughters) who was dragged through the mud on literally zero evidence because he was a Conservative.  It was disgusting.  The media followed up with the four year facade that Joe Biden was sharp as a tack! dontchaknow.  Morning Joe burned his credibility in a glorious bonfire with his "cogent" speech.

It looks like the media is finally getting its comeuppance: "MSNBC Viewership Craters 38%, CNN 27%, While Fox News Audience Jumps 41% Post-Election."

Good.  Burn them all to the ground and replace them with Joe Rogan.  Sell MSNBC at a flea market.

The mainstream media did this to themselves and half of America tried to warn them.  But they lived in an echo chamber and huffed on the farts of their own self-importance.  See you on the unemployment line.  Learn to code and all that.

It's glorious.

And we're all thankful

Hey, we got Washington after all!

BREAKING: With almost all votes counted, every state has shifted toward the Republican Party. pic.twitter.com/UJTmeg72jH

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) November 27, 2024

They regret it didn't work

Jonathan Turley: "“Reimagining” the Resistance: Lawfare Warriors Express Regret But Not Remorse After Election."

I always thought lawfare was a losing proposition along with Colorado's attempt to throw Trump off the ballot in that Americans viewed it as a way to subvert democratic choice. 

Please make this happen, part 2

Breitbart: "Trump may kick establishment media out of White House briefing room, make seats for new media."

This is great news.  We don't need Jim Acosta hogging the microphone anymore.

Please make this happen

Red State: "Marjorie Taylor Greene to NPR: The DOGE Is Coming for You."

If there's one low-stake outcome I want to see from this election, it's the defunding of NPR.  I saw this story earlier today and then listened to NPR on the way home for the first time in months.  It is still the left-wing echo chamber it's always been with the endless parade of Americans unhinged by the election of Trump.

Our national Ponzi scheme

Jeff Jacoby: "The myths that hide why Social Security is unsustainable - Beginning with FDR, politicians have promoted fables and fibs about the nation’s largest spending program."

To test your understanding of Social Security, here is a short quiz:

1. How much money is in the Social Security trust fund?

2. How much money have you saved in your Social Security retirement account?

3. How much money are you guaranteed to receive in monthly benefits when you retire?

The answer to all three questions is the same: None.

Social Security and its solvency used to be a pet project of mine but no more.  It's obvious that politicians from both sides of the aisle are just going to ignore the problem until it goes belly-up in a couple of years.

Honestly, it has no basis in modern times.  At the time Social Security was created, manual labor was still a thing and it wasn't reasonable to ask Grandpa to dig a ditch every day to stay out of poverty.  As Jacoby notes, seniors are now the wealthiest segment of society, getting regular payments from younger workers who will be royally screwed when it's time for their retirement.  

Preach it, my brother

NY Post: "Joe Rogan explains why liberal media ‘hemorrhaging’ audiences: ‘You’re not accurate, you’re delusional’" 

It was obvious not even in hindsight

New York Post: "Lawfare and nonstop smears from Democrats only contributed to Trump’s triumph."

As I like to note, Trump's largest single day for campaign donations was the day he was "convicted" in the bogus New York hush-money trial.  (Only a judge can convict with an actual sentence.)  That should have been the tip-off that a large number of Americans were against lawfare.

What Media bias?

The growth of propaganda in legacy media is easily tracked simply by counting word frequency https://t.co/aW6qqOetez

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 23, 2024

Heartless governor to immigrants: GTFO

Boston Globe: "Healey to seek six-month limit on stays in emergency shelters; officials say current approach ‘not sustainable’."

Governor Maura Healey said Friday she will seek to cap stays in emergency shelters for homeless and migrant families to six months, marking her latest effort to contain spending within a strained shelter system that is projected to cost the state nearly $1.1 billion this fiscal year.

That's right here in Massachusetts.  And right before Christmas!

It's over

Former prosecutor and CNN contributor (don't hold that against him) Elie Honig: "Somebody Needs to Tell the Manhattan DA’s Office That the Trump Case Is Over."

It’s over. Yes, there are legal issues that the parties and the courts can unwind if they care to — Trump’s immunity claim, first and foremost. But this case won’t carry on while he’s president, as the DA’s office has apparently recognized, and maybe not even while he’s president-elect.

The Manhattan DA's office will stretch this out as long as they can until January 20th and then unceremoniously dump the charges on a Friday night to minimize the news coverage.

By the way, Honig agrees with the notion that lawfare backfired and helped Trump:

Beyond that, Bragg’s charge was such an obvious stretch that it played right into Trump’s persecution narrative on the campaign trail. Trump’s serial prosecutions inarguably helped him emerge from the pack and win the Republican primary. There are too many factors to credit or blame any one of them for Trump’s showing in the 2024 general election, his best ever. But it’s clear now that the general populace was entirely unmoved by the hush-money case. Heck, in Manhattan itself — the scene of the crime! — Trump did five points better in 2024 than in 2020, moving from 12 percent to 17 percent of the vote. Trump gained more percentage points in Manhattan than he did across the entire country.

It’s over now; Bragg’s case will never reach a conclusion, and Trump is headed back to the White House. He’s not getting sentenced now or in 2029. The DA has done enough damage. It’s time to let it go.

All that effort to paint Trump as a felon and the Left won't even have that.

Quote of the day

Red State: "MSNBC in Panic, Now Rachel Maddow Takes a Big Hit With Comcast Changes."

"It turned into one giant circle j--k and echo chamber."

Sure did!  Now it's going to be sold for the copper cables in the drywall.

You know what to do, Gov. Abbott

Hot Air: "Mayor Wu Says She's Not Helping ICE Take Illegals Out of Boston."

Don't forget about Denver, also.

Meathead is nuts

PJ Media: "Rob Reiner Drives Himself Bonkers Post-Election, Checks Into a 'Facility'." 

The "rename MSNBC" game is ON

NY Post: "MSNBC staffers ‘in a panic’ as NBC-parent Comcast plans to spin off channel — and possibly change its name."

Sounds like we should call it "Bluesky TV": an echo chamber where opposing viewpoints are ruthlessly suppressed. 

You guys have your own place now

Hot Air: "Things at Bluesky Going as Well as Could Be Expected."

It appears that the X-substitute is broken up between two camps: 1) people who post things "offensive" and 2) the people who try to ban group #1.  There is no middle ground.

MSNBC, we hardly knew ye

Shot: "Creaky Ancient Leftist Mike Barnicle Tells MSNBC: "I Don't Know How We Make Ourselves Relevant Again"."

Chaser: "Comcast Greenlights $7 Billion Spinoff of NBCUniversal Cable Channels - New venture will house channels like E!, USA and MSNBC; company to announce several leadership changes."

Buh-bye.