The Washington Post again

You know, when you've been beaten down so long by the mainstream media, it's jarring to see a little fairness and objectivity.  Here's the Washington Post blaming the Democrats, again, for the government shutdown:

Nevertheless, this program [SNAP food assistance] is vital. The quickest solution to protecting it is for Democrats to join Republicans in voting to reopen the government, and then they can fight over public policy.

It's the Schumer Shutdown now the Schumer starvation.

It's a sacrifice Democrats are willing to make

Hot Air: "Everything's 'For the Children' Until Democrats Need 'the Leverage'."

Democrats Vow To Starve As Many Food Stamp Recipients As It Takes To Get Free Healthcare For Illegal Immigrants https://t.co/QbPfrmwa2K pic.twitter.com/F3oUGA3EXb

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) October 29, 2025

Gotta commit to that obvious lie

There's a funny YouTube video called "How to get out of a speeding ticket" where a guy gets pulled over and tells the cop he's racing to the hospital because his wife is giving birth.  The cop follows him to the hospital where the speeder finds an accomplice to pretend he's the father.  But the cop follows the (new) couple for decades as "their" child grows up and the guy has to stick to the lie.

That's how I feel about both the Kamala Harris and Karine Jean-Pierre book tours: they're just going to deny the evidence of your eyes and ears.  Mediate: "‘Really?’ Kamala Harris Stuns Jon Stewart By Declaring Biden Was ‘Competent’ To Serve Another Four Years."

I think the reason this question gets asked over and over is because there's a kind of disbelief that people can lie so obviously and boldly.  It's also the reason why Joe Biden was asked dozens of times whether he would pardon Hunter.  Nobody believed his denial.

Story of the year

Twitchy: "Wrong Bill de Blasio Pranks Times of London With Fake Endorsement via Ring Doorbell—Real Bill seethes."

The Times of London asked a guy on Long Island named "Bill deBlasio" his opinion about the NYC mayor's race without ever checking to see if he was the former mayor.

Extra - National Review: "The Most Wonderful Journalistic Disaster of the Year." "Yet there was no fraud at play, only reputation-torching irresponsibility. Get this: the Times in its infinite wisdom apparently interviewed the wrong Bill de Blasio." 

She done gone and did it

Me, on Monday: "Go, Bari, go"

Ace: ""BLOOD BATH," "WAR ZONE:" Purge Begins at CBS; Biased Trump-Deranged Anchor John Dickerson Out, Gayle King Says She's Leaving, Trump-Deranged and "Geriatric" 60 Minutes Facing Shake-Up."

Since it looks like I'm now wishing things into existence: fire Scott Pelley.  Do it, Bari!

Fiscal sanity is bigotry

Makes sense to me, what's your problem?

Capitulation is at hand

Hot Air: "The Dike Holding Back Democrat Discontent on Schumer Shutdown Is Cracking."

What a stupid shutdown.  All because Schumer wanted to save his phony-baloney job from AOC.

Go, Bari, go

NY Post: "CBS News boss Bari Weiss eyes major shakeup at ‘60 Minutes’ — and star anchors could get the ax: sources."  

Nobody is above the law

Isn't that what we were told?  A vital review from Byron York: "How John Brennan lied to Congress."

Taken together, these passages show that significant portions of Brennan’s congressional testimony about the dossier and the Intelligence Community Assessment were untrue. When he said the dossier “was not in any way used as a basis for the Intelligence Community Assessment” — that was untrue. When he said “I was not involved in analyzing the dossier at all” — that was untrue. When he said “the CIA was not involved at all with the dossier” — that was untrue. When he said “The CIA was very much opposed to having any reference or inclusion of the Steele dossier in the Intelligence Community Assessment” — that was untrue.

Here’s the bottom line, which Republicans have believed for a long time. In the politically supercharged atmosphere of late 2016 and early 2017, the FBI and CIA both knew the dossier was BS. They knew they had no business including it in their assessment of Russia’s 2016 activities. But they included it anyway because it told them what they wanted to hear — that Donald Trump had colluded with Russia. And then, under oath before Congress, John Brennan lied about it.

I hear 51 intelligence experts say Brennan is innocent, so it must be true.

TIL the White House used porta-potties

The Washington Post (!) comes out in favor of a new ballroom at the East Wing: "In defense of the White House ballroom."

In classic Trump fashion, the president is pursuing a reasonable idea in the most jarring manner possible. Privately, many alumni of the Biden and Obama White Houses acknowledge the long-overdue need for an event space like what Trump is creating. It is absurd that tents need to be erected on the South Lawn for state dinners, and VIPs are forced to use porta-potties.

Right this way, your majesty!  Oh man, that's just embarrassing for the nation.  As the editorial notes, the State Dining Room seats 140 which is barely enough for a visiting dignitary and his/her retinue.

How do you like that lawfare now?

Legal Insurrection: "Democrats Post Support for Tish James Amid Arraignment on Federal Mortgage Fraud Charges - “This is about all of us, and about a justice system which has been weaponized. A justice system which has been used as a tool of revenge. […] And a justice system which unfortunately is being used as a vehicle of retribution. “

The difference is that she's actually guilty of a crime.

This is an excellent tweet

I for one am shocked that NBA employees are gambling. How did they get sucked into that kind of activity?

I really hope they address this on the FanDuel Pregame show sponsored by bet365, right before the big game at DraftKings arena

— Joey- Cade Smith enjoyer (@GuardsJoey) October 23, 2025

Republicans buy sneakers, too

Hollywood in Toto: "Boss Bomb? ‘Deliver Me from Nowhere’s’ Sad Tracking - Could Springsteen's anti-Trump tirades impact biopic's bottom line?"

I grew up in New Jersey and there was a time - not so long ago it seems - that I would have been first in line to see a Bruce Springsteen biopic.  I loved "Born to Run" and "Darkness on the Edge of Town" and even part of the commercial grab "Born in the U.S.A."  Springsteen was a kind of blue-collar Everyman who would play the occasional surprise concert at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park.

He even played an impromptu concert to overnight workers in the main Iceland airport which is pretty cool (pun intended).

Somewhere along the way he decided to make his concerts inaccessible to the blue collar fans he cultivated for decades: "$5,000 freeze out: Bruce Springsteen fans feel betrayed by ‘crazed’ concert ticket prices."

As one of the most beloved figures in popular music, Bruce Springsteen has enjoyed decades of absolute devotion from his legion of fans. A national tour with his E Street Band typically means his hardcore followers bounce from state to state, taking in as many of the Boss’ legendary three-or-four-hour marathon concerts as their wallets will allow.

Next year might be different. When Springsteen’s loyal fanbase logged in on July 20 to purchase tickets for the opening seven dates of his 2023 U.S. arena tour, Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing” program sent the face value for some floor seats to a dizzying $4,000 to $5,000 a piece. In an attempt to cut off the multibillion-dollar resale business, ticket prices jumped to a “fair value” based on demand to approximate the secondary market. Rather than scalpers, the money would instead go to the artist and promoter.

Look, man, those show horses ain't gonna pay for themselves.

The metamorphosis into a Trump-hating liberal was inevitable because you need to stay on the good side of the Hollywood set, the same crowd that will make a fawning biopic about your life.

I'd like to think that fame and fortune changed the Boss but maybe it was an act all along.

Chef's kiss

Impressive that Jesus managed to be born in a Muslim-majority county more than 6 centuries before Islam was even founded.

The Columbia School of Journalism in the bio really brings the whole thing full circle. pic.twitter.com/l3gQv7bitc

— AG (@AGHamilton29) October 24, 2025

This headline is infuriating

PJ Media: "Deadly Illegal Alien Truck Driver Failed CDL Test 10 Times." 

When I asked you to name one person I didn't expect an answer

Jonathan Turley: "The name game: Democrats keep asking for names...and getting them."

Conservatives have wised up to this game and are ready to play. 

There's no saving the mainstream media

Hot Air: "Sleazy, Unethical Journalists Ask: Why Doesn’t Anyone Trust the Media?"

Harper’s magazine, the left-wing monthly, has a cover story asking, Why Doesn’t Anyone Trust the Media? The November “forum” features three journalists attempting to answer this question: Jack Shafer, Jelani Cobb, and Taylor Lorenz.

You read that correctly. To ask why Americans don’t trust the media, Harper’s interviewed three of the most untrustworthy, hackish, godawful journalists in America. 

I did a word search on the Harper's article for "bias" - there are two mentions and they are dismissed out of hand:

The FCC is run by Trump’s appointee Brendan Carr, who has pretty enthusiastically embraced the president’s mission to combat what they call media bias.

"What they call."  Sure, sure.  The choice of these clowns for a conversation just proves what I've been saying forever: the Left doesn't want a dialogue, they want a monologue.  This round trip through their echo chamber just proves it all the more.

The government is shut down?

The Corner: "How’s That Government Shutdown Fight Going, Democrats?" 

This is overdue

Red State: "'Time to Stop the Killing': Treasury Dept. Signals Ramping Up of Sanctions on Russia."

I don't think there's any convincing Putin to back down, unfortunately.  Trump wanted to believe he could "make a deal" but there isn't one to be made. 

Amy's self-own

Twitchy: "Klobuchar’s Pity Party Flop: Posts Sob Story About Early Retirees Big Bills, Gets Roasted Instead."