America Held Hostage

America Held Hostage: What are we doing, America?��We've destroyed a booming economy, turned a record number of jobs into record unemployment numbers, and given up our basic tenets of liberty — all so we won't get sick?���

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129 Media Mistakes in the Trump Era: The Definitive List - from Sharyl Attkisson

Great article on Sharyl Attkisson's website about all some of the mistakes made by the media about President Trump.
Here's the first three...

1. Aug. 2016-Nov. 2016:

The New York Post published modeling photos of Trump's wife Melania and reported they were taken in 1995. Various news outlets relied on that date to imply that Melania, an immigrant, had violated her visa status. But the media got the date wrong. Politico was among the news agencies that later issued a photo date correction.

2. Oct. 1, 2016:

The New York Times and other media widely suggested or implied that Trump had not paid income taxes for 18 years. Later, tax return pages leaked to MSNBC ultimately showed that Trump actually paid a higher rate than Democrats Bernie Sanders and President Obama.

3. Oct. 18, 2016:

In a Washington Post piece not labelled opinion or analysis, Stuart Rothenberg reported that Trump's path to an electoral college victory was nonexistent. 

There are 129 in all.

"Donald Trump's Been Saying The Same Thing For 30 Years"

Very interesting article from January, 2017 on NPR's website.  

       "For decades, Donald Trump both toyed with and coyly denied any interest in pursuing the presidency — until his expectation-shattering campaign of the 2016 election.

But if you go back and watch old clips — and by old, we mean decades-old — you hear a young Donald Trump sounding very much like the current Trump. Common themes include his view that trade wasn't fair, that the world has long laughed at America and countries have taken advantage of U.S. generosity while refusing to pay their "fair share" for all the U.S. does globally." 

Several video clips within the article....

Don Surber: We funded Red China's world dominance

Don Surber: We funded Red China's world dominance: Glenn Reynolds linked a story about a fact-checker at the Washington Post who ignored facts to defend WHO. The Instapundit then said "The WHO is in China’s pocket, and so is the Washington Post."

Trump Derangement Syndrome

I thought Bush Derangement Syndrome was bad, but it was nothing compared to what's been happening since November 9, 2016. And Trump Derangement Syndrome just keeps getting worse. Here's an article at Bookworm Room blog that expresses it better than I can. 

An excerpt - "So far, all I’ve given you are my impressions about leftism and my assurances that people I know really do say the things I allege that they say. Now’s the part where I simply quote the professional leftists, the columnists and comics, for proof that their hatred for Trump is no longer a rational thing. The difference between them and my friends is that the professionals express their Derangement more elegantly, going beyond mere howls and obscenities. 

The entire article is well worth your time and I think is correct in recognizing this serious problem.

Don Surber: My plan to re-open America

Don Surber: My plan to re-open America: My plan to re-open America is simple. First we pray. A national day of fasting would be a nice throwback to Lincoln, and a reminder of f...

It’s Time for the President to Address Our Economic Relaunch - Conrad Black

    "It is clear that the time is approaching that will be absolutely decisive for this presidency and for the country’s near-term future. The president will have to decide on an economic relaunch plan, and this will make or break him and his opponents.

The vast amount of posturing and accusatory liberties that already surpass what is normal in even the most contentious of election years will be of no account, depending on the outcome of the president’s decision of when and how to conduct the United States back to normal life. The Democrats have advocated a lengthy shutdown, leaving plenty of room to impute to them political as well as public health motives." 

     Those are the first two paragraphs of this article by Conrad Black at American Greatness.  

Is America a Roaring Giant or a Crying Baby?

Another outstanding article from Victor Davis Hanson -

".... As we struggle to defeat the coronavirus, an aroused America is talking grandly of restructuring the U.S. economy. 
Politicians promise that major industries -- pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, rare earths, military technologies -- will return home to create millions of new jobs and better protect the population in times of crisis."

From Issues & Insights

"A WARTIME PRESIDENT" is the title of an article at Issues & Insights.   Here is the last paragraph of the article - "President Trump is leading from the front, addressing the American people every day, reminiscent of Roosevelt’s fireside chats during the depths of the Depression. Trump is fighting a war against this virus and for our economy. He has the mettle, the experience, and the patriotism that a wartime president must have to win. With him in charge, we will win."

Please read the whole thing.

"The case for reopening the country now" by Roger Kimball

This article by Roger Kimball at Spectator.us (The Spectator) asks questions that are on a lot of people's minds right now. 

"More and more people, I suspect, are padding about muttering lines from Psalm 13: ‘How long, O Lord,…How long must I take counsel in my soul/ and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?’

These are good questions. As of April 9, 2020, however, we do not have a reliable answer." 

Corona Meltdowns by Victor D. Hanson

Another fine article from Victor Davis Hanson -

Is the bad and self-negating behavior of so many of Trump’s enemies setting him up for an even more impressive victory in the fall?

"As the coronavirus outbreak begins to reach its zenith, it remains unclear whether the measures taken to stem its tide will prove sufficient, insufficient, or an overreaction. What is certain, however, is that a number of individuals and entities have behaved shamefully and demonstrated no capacity for leadership or usefulness in this moment."  ........

"Trump’s Leadership in Pandemic Paves Way to Reelection"

Conrad Black always has an interesting perspective on American politics and this coronavirus is as much of a political problem for President Trump as it is a health emergency. Here is Black's latest article on the President and the virus.  

From the article - "One of the characteristics of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States is its unique political explosiveness. In order to deal effectively with it, President Trump has had to show a good deal of dexterity, which his always numerous and vocal critics have assailed as incoherence, or insincerity."

Don Surber: Trump COVID-19 panic

Don Surber: Trump COVID-19 panic: Pres. Trump: “This will be, probably, the toughest week, between this week and next week. And there will be a lot of death, unfortunately....

Hmm... this is interesting.

Check this out - A Howard Zinn Pandemic (from American Greatness) 

"In the midst of a global pandemic, left-wing pundits and politicians spin the blame to comport with the propaganda coming from Communist China, the regime responsible for the virus’s spread in the first place."

"Talk about the Fox guarding the henhouse! "

This is another story on the Democrat scumbags in Washington DC. This one is from Jeff Dunetz writing at THE LID - Pelosi Creates Select Committee Overseeing $2 Trillion Relief Package 

Dunetz begins his article - Talk about the Fox guarding the henhouse! Speaker Pelosi announced on Thursday that she is creating a new ‘bipartisan’ House select committee on the coronavirus crisis. It will exercise oversight of the federal response to coronavirus and will be chaired by Majority Whip Jim Clyburn. Jim Clyburn? That doesn’t sound bipartisan.  

Read the entire article.

"With virus crisis raging, Pelosi and Schiff ramp up new Trump investigations"

From Byron York in the Washington Examiner -  

The team is back in action. On Thursday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the creation of the House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis. The new panel will have the authority to investigate any aspect of the virus emergency and the Trump administration's handling of it. Read the entire article.