Racket News Live: America This Week, begins shortly. (And their comments are exceptionally good tonight: “Starmer is the guy I’d most like to see eaten by Komodo dragons.”)
Joe Rogan With Elon Musk
Make a pot of coffee. (3 hrs)
Fear Not, Legacy Media!
They’ll still save a chair for you.
Via Cernovich – The judge asked why the White House correspondents association even had the power to control access. White House said, great point. Yeah this isn’t required under any law. Thanks AP!
Bro! They kicked out the White House correspondents association, a terrible group of mean girls and snobs who gate kept who could cover Trump.
HOW IS THIS REAL LIFE
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) February 25, 2025
“I sat next to a drunk Swalwell at dinner for 90 minutes”
He was IMMEDIATELY compromised by a group of lobbyists he’d JUST MET, spilling intimate details about his job and asking for HELP CHEATING ON HIS WIFE.
MASSIVE national security threat. This guy should have his clearances revoked.
Swalwell spent his dinner bragging about “ORGlES” on Capitol Hill, telling them he’s bored of his wife and “only wants to f*ck tens.”
Update: Nick Sorter is on Timcast tonight.
Nibbled To Death By Ducks
Never pick a fight with millions who buy limitless electrons for $8 a month.
Check Out “Moose on the Loose”
“This is an Alamo moment for the 1st Amendment”
Art Of The Troll
Not just Saskatchewan’s leading source for breaking news, @JustBins tops it with clear eyed political analysis like this.
The Narrative Pipeline: How The Blob Operates
John A Konrad: The NYTimes, NPR, WaPo, CNN, and the rest don’t just react to news. They function as a distributed, decentralized mission command system for the Democratic Party and the broader Blob.
Step 1: Local Bureau Chiefs – These guys are stationed across the country, watching which stories gain traction and fielding calls from Dem operatives feeding them narratives.
Stories that they need to start controlling
Step 2: New York Editors – Bureau chiefs snip the news and send it to NY, where an editor triages it:
•Will this explode nationwide?
•Will it simmer for days?
•Or should we bury it?
Step 3: Editorial Meeting – The most concerning stories get flagged. Here, editors decide on the narrative framing and who to assign to write it.
But before they assign a journalist, they make one critical call — to the Deep State.
This is a super thread.
2Way
For your bookmarks: For those interested in the daily developments in American politics from a slightly right of center and media critical viewpoint, Mark Halperin runs a pretty good podcast. You can catch it here.
And The Horse You Rode In On
Katie Hopkins Does The News
Your morning chuckle. 🙂
Batsh*t Bonkers Britain Monday 13 Jan with Katie Hopkins.
The Ginger Dwarf from the North is getting a divorce. She says ‘there’s no enuff ruuum in the camper for me to dive on the muff’ pic.twitter.com/ykf0NPiGnu
— Katie Hopkins (@KTHopkins) January 13, 2025
An American’s Take on Canada
Nick Johnson is a citizen journalist based in North Carolina. He travels all around America interviewing people. Here’s his recent take on Canada.
Related: Alex Christoforou is a Cypriot citizen journalist. Here’s his recent take on Canada.
“The media mission has merged with law enforcement, intelligence agencies…”
Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn dive into the inconsistencies and weirdness of the New Orleans and Las Vegas New Years attacks. (2 hrs)
Update! Better late than… nevermind.
Things You’re Gonna See On The CBC
Someone has audience envy.
Taibbi And Kirn
The always entertaining duo of America This Week closes out 2024 with an end of the year live stream. (Begins at 8pm eastern).
Let That Sink In
“They all jumped off a cliff holding hands, screaming ‘Hitler!'”
Walter Kirn and Matt Taibbi, on the audience collapse underway in the mainstream media.
Tyson vs Netflix
I don’t know how long this is going to last, but as Netflix servers melt down, there’s a guy in the stands at the Paul vs Tyson fight, broadcasting live on X to 1.5M viewers. Now 2.8M, then to 5.5 and it looks like the streams have been pulled.
May be just as well, it doesn’t sound like things are going well for ol’ Mike. #paultyson
CTESPN only place with the fight live https://t.co/CE99ORce28
— AB (@AB84) November 16, 2024
Another here, which looks pirated.
47: Breaking News Alert
Update: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services
John Sauer for Solicitor General – clerked for late SCOTUS Justice Anotonin Scalia and a new big mad talking point.
This evening: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as Department of Interior secretary, and…
“We’re going to reduce regulation waste, fraud and inefficiency,” Trump said. “We’re going to clean out the corrupt, broken and failing bureaucracies. And we’re going to stop child sexual mutilation. We’re going to stop it because it’s time.”