As usual, many media outlets jumped on the false narrative that a Colorado Rockies fan was shouting the N-word at a game. Their eagerness to smear a random man as a racist based on unclear audio should not be forgotten. The Rockies investigated the claim and determined that the fan had actually been yelling out the name of the team’s mascot, Dinger.
Publication: Washington Examiner
The Media’s DeSantis Hysteria Intensifies
The state still has some work to do to boost its vaccination rate, but to claim that this recent spike proves DeSantis has been a failure is just not true. He’s been much better than most state leaders, and he has the numbers to prove it.
Kill This Awful Infrastructure Bill
The Senate infrastructure bill spends too much money, adding too much debt, for too many unnecessary projects while using too many budgetary gimmicks to claim it is “paid for” when it is not. All of that is before considering that Democratic leaders want to treat it as a package deal with an even more bloated and irresponsible social spending bill.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky Has Made a Mockery of the CDC
It cannot be easy to lead the agency that handles infectious diseases in the midst of an international pandemic. Still, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should at least be able to prove she is up to the task. Dr. Rochelle Walensky has repeatedly proved herself unfit and unreliable. She needs to go.
Biden Is Paying the Price for His Kamala Mistake
Biden vowed that he would pick a female vice president, pigeonholing himself into having limited options for his running mate. There are plenty of women out there who would make great vice presidents. However, Biden selected Kamala Harris, and his party may pay for that.
The CDC’s Idiotic Mask Reversal Is Based on Disinformation
The CDC guidance isn’t just disastrous public policy that disincentivizes vaccination — it’s also based on bogus science. The crux of the new guidance rests on a single Indian study on coronavirus transmission among vaccinated hospital workers. Not only is the study not properly peer-reviewed, but it also models the effect of vaccines not even authorized in the U.S.
Biden’s Pandemic Honeymoon Is Over
Given that President Joe Biden has won strong approval ratings on his handling of COVID-19, both he and the narrow Democratic congressional majorities have a lot riding on the trajectory of the virus over the next few months.
Fire Fauci
Credibility is an essential component of any successful public health campaign. As federal officials push for everyone to get vaccinated and avoid infection by the delta variant, they cannot afford to rely on those who have forfeited the public trust. For that reason, it is time to fire Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
NBA Finals Were Poor Once Again, and Politics Likely Played a Role
The NBA has bled regular and casual viewers thanks to its progressive political turn. Whether the league can entice them back by taking a more apolitical turn is anyone’s guess. But given the league’s decadelong ratings decline, it would surely be worth a try.
Just Kill the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Already
Sports Illustrated did something new and outrage-inducing this year to get attention for the dying publication’s swimsuit issue. This time around, one of the three covers will feature Leyna Bloom, a biologically male, 27-year-old transgender woman.
Vaccine-Hesitant People Have Legitimate Concerns That Must Be Addressed
The hostility toward the vaccine hesitant makes much more sense once you understand why there are still so many in the vaccine-hesitant camp. They’re not all conspiracy theorists, and they’re not morons. They’re people who have been let down and lied to by public health officials, and the concerns that have arisen from this breach of trust are legitimate.
The Delta Variant Is No Excuse to Return to Covid-19 Authoritarianism
The pandemic was exploited by proponents of big government and used to usher in unprecedented restrictions on individual freedom, mind-boggling levels of government spending, and an expansion of the welfare state that would make FDR blush. And, now, even with huge swaths of the public vaccinated and case counts and deaths a tiny fraction of what they once were, some power-hungry government officials aren’t willing to let this crisis end.
In Biden’s America, Everyone Is Entitled to Everything
Biden is supersizing the entitlement state of America at a pace that makes LBJ’s Great Society initiatives seem like a fiscal bargain. By the way, that was the infamous War on Poverty that spent more than $5 trillion over the next 25 years, and as the old saying goes: We fought a war on poverty and poverty won.
Biden’s White House Stumbles as Cubans Stand
Before this era of all-out leftism among Democrats, their party’s politicians used to show proud anti-communist colors. Today, it takes more courage for Biden to do the right thing than it did for JFK. He must tell his party’s radicals, people who still romanticize mass murderers such as Castro and Che Guevara, to pound sand.
Yes, Critical Race Theory Is Being Taught in Public Schools
While we all debate what critical race theory is and whether lawmakers should ban it from public schools, every honest person should agree on one thing: This theory is behind the curricula in school districts all over the country, shaping the minds of unsuspecting, malleable children.
The Press’s Michael Avenatti Humiliation Is 100% of Their Own Making
Avenatti’s rise and fall is yet another mark against a media that are already struggling to be taken seriously by a distrusting public. Newsrooms willingly latched on to the attorney because they latched on to anything in the Trump era that stood upright and said, “The president is bad.”
Why Trump as Speaker of the House Isn’t as Crazy as It Sounds
For an individual who relied so heavily on garnering attention, both positive and negative, this descent into relative obscurity could prove fatal to the former president’s political clout. Becoming the speaker of the House provides an answer to that threat.
Children Don’t Need to See Kink at Pride Parades
Pride parades that flaunt kinky sexual acts are not for children. They are for adults, and they must be kept that way. This is not about equality, freedom, vitality of life, or sexuality: This is about the safety and security of children.
Pelosi Cancels Fourth of July
Rep. Rodney Davis: During an average year, the U.S. Capitol welcomes 2.5 million visitors, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has refused to reopen the Capitol to visitors. And her refusal even to allow visitors on the Capitol grounds resulted in the outdoor concert regularly held on the Capitol’s west front to celebrate our nation’s independence being canceled.
ESPN’s Rough Week Shows Its Decay at the Hands of Liberal Politics
ESPN analyst Jay Williams congratulated new Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka on being the “first head coach of color” for the Celtics. The problem with that? Udoka was actually the sixth…In a rush to make Udoka’s hiring about race, Williams made a fool of himself (he claims that he was hacked, for whatever that’s worth).
Harris and Buttigieg Jostle for Limelight in Preview of Future Primary Fight
The split-screen news media coverage last week with Harris’s highly anticipated southern border trip to Texas on one side and Buttigieg’s Pride Month East Room event at the White House on the other event previewed a rematch of the 2020 Democratic primary — either in 2024 if Biden opts against seeking a second term or four years after that.
Let Gwen Berry Represent a Country Less Offensive Than the U.S.
This should not be a difficult decision: If an athlete literally representing the U.S. will not stand respectfully for the flag and anthem, the athlete can find another country that doesn’t offend them as much.
Juneteenth Deserves to Be More Than a Political Football
It is not a cardinal sin for us to address the nuances of race relations, as some on the Right feel. Nuance and understanding are the first steps toward unity. As Americans, let’s all truly celebrate this wonderful new holiday.
Chicago Dyke March Chooses Antisemitic Hate
The Chicago Dyke March, on Saturday, is not about promoting Pride but rather a far-left agenda that includes antisemitism. One poster promoting the event includes a woman standing on top of a burning police car while holding burning American and Israeli flags. The woman’s shorts include the initials ACAB (“All Cops Are Bastards”), and the car is marked as belonging to the Chicago PD.