I like this Scott Jennings fellow

Townhall: "Intense Panel Discussion Erupts at CNN After Biden's Farewell Address As Jennings Offers Key Reminders." 

He earned it

Twitchy: "CNN Poll: Biden Leaves Office With His Approval Rating at Its Lowest." 

Please, please do this

PJ Media: "Expect Big Changes in the White House Press Room as Trump Will All But Sideline Legacy Media."

Ordinarily, the front row of seats is reserved for the "major" media outlets, including ABC, CBS, NBC, AP, Reuters, and CNN. That lineup is as constant as spring rains and as holy as seniority in the College of Cardinals. 

But there's a new sheriff in town, and suddenly, we're looking at a dry spring and overturning the sacred college. Trump aides are thinking of mixing things up to give other, less biased media organizations a shot.

The White House Correspondent's Association (WHCA) is responsible for the briefing room seating chart. To take that duty away from the WHCA is akin to a declaration of war on the legacy press. That may be exactly what Trump's media team is looking for.

One of the funniest suggestions I saw was that although the WHCA sets the seating chart, Trump's press secretary can just move the podium to the back of the room.  

Oh no

Hot Air: "Washington Post Employees Are Panicking." 

They were warned, repeatedly. 

Two

Legal Insurrection: "Two House Democrats Join Republicans to Pass Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act - The act strips those who receive federal financial assistance if they allow a “male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.”

Back in November, Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton voiced his concern that his daughters might be harmed playing against biological men:

Moulton had previously written an op-ed in The New York Times about the 2024 election in which he said that Vice President Kamala Harris' loss was down to his party "spending way too much time trying not to offend anyone.

"I have two little girls, I don't want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat I'm supposed to be afraid to say that."

Moulton learned his lesson and voted accordingly: "Seth Moulton Rips 'Extreme' Trans Sports Bill After Backing Restrictions."  Sorry, kids! 

Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, Senator

Hot Air: "Must Watch: Mazie Hirono's Day-Drinking Questioning of Hegseth."  

Extra - Attack of the Karens. 

Wrong at every turn

Wall Street Journal: "How the Left Turned California Into a Paradise Lost - Gavin Newsom promised to ‘Trump-proof’ the Golden State. If only he’d fireproofed it instead." 

Wow, the Boston Globe printed this?

I guess now that the election's over, they're free to criticize a Democrat: "Biden’s disappointing foreign policy legacy - The world is not more stable or peaceful than it was four years ago."

Best foreign policy ever, Jack.

Damn

Ace: "Semafor: The Washington Post Has Lost 90% of Its Daily Online Readers Since 2021 - Update: The Post Lost $100 Million in 2024 Alone -- an Election Year, For Crying Out Loud!!!"

Couldn't happen to a smugger newspaper.

The feckless mainstream media

I didn't mention this the other day because I'm just holding my breath and waiting for Dementia Joe to leave office in another week.  But here's an excerpt from his softball interview with USA Today:

But the fact is that we had a soft landing, no recession, and the interest rate was 9% when we came into office in the beginning. It was down to 2.34% now.

Assuming here that Biden meant "inflation rate" and not "interest rate" which makes no sense.  This isn't the first time Biden has lied about inflation and softball-tosser Susan Page did not stop to offer a correction.  As in "no, Mr. President, inflation was not 9% when you came into office."

Which leads to Adam Schiff on "This Week" this morning with Jonathan Karl: "Adam Schiff-for-Brains Lies About California Reservoirs (and John Karl Doesn't Fact Check Him)."

Another lie that doesn't get corrected on the spot.  Do you know why Democrats feel free to lie with impunity?  It's because they know their buddies in the mainstream media won't call them out.

Extra - To be fair, occasionally a "journalist" will do his/her job: "California Gov. Newsom tries to weasel out of blame with reservoir claim — is immediately called out." 

Why the fires are out of control: too much water

Boston Globe: "The real reasons why LA’s fires are out of control."

The foundation for the current destruction was laid last winter, when California was hit by epic storms. Over the course of two days in early February, downtown LA recorded more than 7 inches of rain. It was the second year in a row California experienced record-breaking levels of winter precipitation, filling reservoirs and oversaturating the land. A lake deep enough to boat on appeared in Death Valley, the driest place in this very dry state.

You can't make this up.  I'm just spitballin' here but maybe you should have saved that water for the fire season that occurs - in your words - "every year." 

Forget it Jake, it's California

Legal Insurrection: "Newsom Cracks Down as Looters Exploit LA Evacuations, ‘It has turned into the wild wild west here’ - “There were like 100 people who came up on scooters and were trying to get into any and all houses on this street.”

January 20th can't come soon enough

Twitchy: "Protection Racket: Biden Says He’ll Base His Last Pardons on Who Trump is Talking About."

My feeling is that Dementia Joe is going to do it: he's going to take the unprecedented step of issuing blanket pardons on his way out the door.  Know why?  Because at this stage, Joey is desperate to reaffirm his own Presidential authority and it's something to do. 

No one is above the law screeches are sure worried about get out of jail free cards now.

— Team Dad (@teamdad2018) January 11, 2025

California incompetence

Reason: "Fires Incinerated the Facade of California Governing Competence - Virtue-signaling is no substitute for disaster preparedness."

Just amazing:

California voters in 2014 passed Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act, which authorized $7.12 billion in bond issues; it's one of eight water-related bond-issue propositions passed so far in the 21st century. A full $2.7 billion of Prop. 1 was earmarked for "new water storage" projects, to do stuff like capture more snowmelt and rainwater in the state's sporadic heavy-precipitation winters (such as 2022–23 and 2023–24).

So how many of those water storage projects have been built? Zero.

Ten years to build a big swimming pool and they couldn't get it done.

And yet, he'll get what he wanted

Reason: "Alvin Bragg's Misbegotten 'Election Interference' Case Against Trump Ends With a Whimper - Aside from a felony record that may yet be erased on appeal, the president-elect will face no punishment for trying to conceal his hush payment to Stormy Daniels."

Bragg had two goals: 1) brand Trump as a felon and 2) derail his campaign.  Well, the latter didn't work and only the most TDS-affected Americans care about the former.  Still, Trump will be a "felon" until the inevitable and certain legal reversal of this sham trial. 

Tomorrow the worst eulogy in history will be delivered

Joe Biden will deliver a eulogy for Jimmy Carter tomorrow.  It will be a master class in projection and solipsism.  Without doubt, Joey will recount how Carter asked for his valuable endorsement and Joey complied because Carter was a man of decency.  Decency decency decency.  Just like my daddy told me: "everybody deserves a fair shot!"  Also, Beau died and Carter did something.

Prove me wrong, Brandon.

It’s always about him. Biden is a self engrossed man pathologically incapable of empathy and yet we were told his great superpower was … empathy.
And please don’t use his senility to excuse him. He’s always been like this. His real superpower was convincing America his… https://t.co/cq3lRPIg9L

— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) January 8, 2025

Biden defeats Nixon!

Breitbart: "Gallup: Americans to remember Joe Biden as the second-worst President in history."

Dementia Joe did earn the highest "poor" rating of any modern President, so that's a "victory" of sorts.

Winning

Red State: "WHOA: Meta Ends Fact-Checking As Zuckerberg Vows to Restore Free Expression on Facebook."

The "professional fact checkers" are quite upset.

Prospective Juror 1 Dislikes the Media

Federalist: "Here Are The Best Moments From The Jury Selection For CNN’s Defamation Trial."

Related - Daily Wire: "CNN Realizes Two Months Too Late That Americans Don’t Care About January 6th Anymore."