Anyone out there remember details from the infamous, anonymous New York Times op-ed? Anyone? It was just one in a long line of intense, coordinated, strategic attacks on President Trump and his administration which arrive like clockwork daily, and every other word is "chaos."
Fox Sports Radio host Clay Travis has much to say in a forthcoming book titled "Republicans Buy Sneakers Too: How the Left is Ruining Sports with Politics." Mr. Travis is intent on saving sports, he says, from "social justice warriors seeking to turn them into another political battleground." Mr. Travis is naming names and supplying anecdotes; he refers to ESPN as "MSESPN" and insists that politicized sports could sully national unity.
An unsettling new culture seems to have sprung up now 20 months after President Trump was inaugurated, fueled by the president's tenacious persistence, negative press coverage, shrill outcry and much more. This unprecedented political phenomenon has fueled a new book by talk radio kingpin Michael Savage and the title tells all: "Stop Mass Hysteria: America's Insanity from the Salem Witch Trials to the Trump Witch Hunt."
There are some intriguing findings in a massive new Gallup "Global Emotions" poll of 147,000 people which took a year to conduct and offers insight into mood of the world's populations. Some of the findings are surprising, even counterintuitive given the endless media coverage suggesting madness and mayhem rules the planet. Most people appear happy.
The weather was politicized years ago when global warming and climate alarmism were ramped up as a dire, dramatic topic by the news media and quickly added to the liberal list of pet issues. The weather was again politicized when former President George W. Bush was criticized for his administration's response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks finds the nation in remembrance - reverent but steadfast.
For many Americans, the political world goes from complicated to incomprehensible when the news media makes negative claims against President Trump that don't match up with reality. The public, for example, rejoices over the administration's very real economic and diplomatic gains but then are warned by grim journalists that the administration is in "chaos."
The volume has gone way up on the non-stop effort to counter President Trump, his administration and his nominee for the Supreme Court. It's about to get a lot louder according to chief organizers - who have declared that the situation has escalated into "an emergency, all-hands-on-deck moment."
The screaming, the costumes, the arrests: It's just another day in the Senate as Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh faces a third day of hearings to determine his suitability as a Supreme Court justice.
It appears to be following the same trajectory of most books which promise a scathing tell-all about President Trump.
They're likely ready with foregone conclusions and dire warnings. Big media appears poised to offer a volley of unfriendly coverage at Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. But wait. This practice has been going on since the evening of July 9, when President Trump nominated Judge Kavanaugh for Supreme Court justice, prompting multiple journalists to portray the federal judge as a pro-life partisan who could change the highest court in the land, and the nation itself.
President Trump has released a rousing proclamation for Labor Day that reveals his admiration for the nation's workforce. The declaration is no short sound bite. This proclamation is nine paragraphs long and includes some strategic references to Mr. Trump's productive labor policies.
Democrats may be all charged up about the 2020 presidential election, but it's still a mystery who they would favor on the ballot. A new Zogby Analytics poll of likely Democratic voters found that almost a third of the respondents -- 31 percent -- simply couldn't name who they would back in the White House bout.
The censorship jitters have struck. A new survey suggests that conservatives don't trust Facebook and are considering leaving the popular social media platform, currently host to some 2.2 billion users.
Fox News Channel still does everything right. Viewers, it seems, simply can't get enough of the coverage. Fox News hit a major milestone in August, marking 200 consecutive months as the most watched cable news network of all, this according to Nielsen Media Research. That means Fox News has been top dog for 16 years and six months — with a prime time audience averaging 2.3 million viewers, compared to 1.8 million for MSNBC and 1 million for CNN.
Establishment Democrats don't like to bandy about the "I-word." They caution that talk of impeaching President Trump will rile up Mr. Trump's very loyal supporters — who will flock to the polls on Nov. 6 and launch a red wave to be reckoned with. Curbing impeachment chatter could prove a challenge for these Democrats, particularly when billionaire activist Tom Steyer is spending $110 million to counter Mr. Trump through a public interest group called Need to Impeach, plus vigorous voter outreach and a 30-city national tour.
Vigorous protest marches were the norm during the 1960s. These days, the compunction to get out on the street and make a big noise over select issues is almost as prevalent among certain groups — mainly Democrats, liberals, the educated elite and women.
The jubilant news media has gone impeachment crazy, the non-stop, highly speculative coverage fueled by evolving legal developments in President Trump's world. One progressive billionaire, meanwhile, is leading his own charge. Tom Steyer - who has already founded a political interest group called Need to Impeach - is donating $110 million to the midterm elections, hoping to ensure Democrats win back the House and impeach Mr. Trump. Ironically, establishment Democrats fear such talk will only infuriate loyal Trump voters who will turn out in droves on Nov. 6 to protect their hero.
He is the consummate political outsider. Nevertheless, President Trump continues to take care of business as hostile media coverage and controversy spins around the nation. Another force is at work as the president marks his 19th month in office, however. The role of the political outsider has become a factor in the midterm election, now just 75 days off.
At the end of every weekend, news reports from Chicago detail the number of shootings on the city's streets, press and pundits quote the numbers, agree that it is a distressing phenomenon — and then move on. Now comes an alternative suggestion.
