Publisher & Editor: Marie Burns
Chronicler of them Doofuses is Back in the Game:
CNN: “Jon Stewart is heading back to ‘The Daily Show.’ The comedian, who during his 16-year run as host of the Comedy Central program established it as an entertainment and cultural force, will return to host the show each week on Mondays starting February 12, Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios announced Wednesday. Stewart, who returns as the 2024 presidential election season heats up, will also executive produce the show and work with a rotating line-up of comedians who will helm the program the rest of the week, Tuesdays through Thursdays.”
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On the Republican Response to the State of the Union Address
In a high-profile speech like this, a politician should not mislead voters with emotionally charged language. Romero’s story is tragic and may be evocative of other Mexican girls trapped in the sex trade in that country. But she was not trafficked across the border — and her story has nothing to do with Biden. — Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post
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One Savvy Reporter that Amanda
Amanda Marcotte of Salon: “… Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala…, portray[ed] her powerful position as little more than the hobby of a housewife. While allowing that it’s an ‘honor’ to be a senator, Britt argued, ‘that’s not the job that matters most.’ Instead, she said her real job is to be ‘a proud wife and mom of two school-aged kids.’… It’s all nonsense, of course. She is exactly the “permanent politician” she accused [President] Biden of being, as any perusal of her resume will show. Britt holds a political science degree and law degree from the University of Alabama. She went straight from graduation to work on the staff of her predecessor, Sen. Richard Shelby. She worked in private practice and government, but never as a full-time stay-at-home mother. [Yet] as feminist writer Jill Filipovic wrote, Britt’s was a message of who women should be: ‘Afraid, valued only for being mothers, and in the kitchen.’… Britt’s bizarre speech Thursday night is part of a larger effort by the Christian right to put a cheerful face on their repressive and hateful policy preferences.” Read on. Marcotte demonstrates that Republicans’ war on women is way worse than this excerpt suggest.
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Biden Talks Common Sense while the Former Guy’s got nothin
Tyler Pager & Marianne LeVine of the Washington Post: “President Biden and … Donald Trump painted starkly different visions for the country Saturday night as they campaigned 70 miles apart in Georgia, with Trump delivering an insult-filled, mocking diatribe against the sitting president…. Trump spoke for nearly two hours and leveled his attacks in particularly personal and inflammatory ways. He mocked Biden for having a stutter, called the press ‘criminals’ and blamed the president for the death of a young woman who was allegedly killed by a Venezuelan migrant who entered the country illegally…. Trump falsely claimed that Biden had ‘announced a plan to send our brave U.S. military men and women into Gaza to resupply the terrorists of Hamas.’… By contrast, Biden only spoke for about 20 minutes, largely focusing on comparing his record with Trump’s. He hammered Trump for cozying up to authoritarian leaders, rolling back women’s reproductive rights and trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act — while touting his record defending individual rights, freedom and democracy.”
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How to talk tuff when you don’t have a clue: Dig a deeper hole of course …
No. Self. Control. Maggie Haberman & Michael Gold: “… Donald J. Trump on Saturday denounced the New York writer E. Jean Carroll and the federal judge in the case in which he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation, and was forced to post a nearly $92 million bond. ‘Ninety-one million based on false accusations made about me by a woman that I knew nothing about,’ Mr. Trump said. ‘Didn’t know, never heard of. I know nothing about her. She wrote a book. She said things. And when I denied it, I said, “It’s so crazy. It’s false,” I get sued for defamation. That’s where it starts.’ Later, he went on, ‘I posted a $91 million bond. And the woman didn’t even know when it happened. And she admitted on Anderson Cooper. Oh, she said, “I think it was sexy.” It was this — can you believe this? Ninety-one million.’ Mr. Trump said of Ms. Carroll: ‘This woman is not a believable person.’… Ms. Carroll … could file a fresh defamation claim for new attacks.”
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The Saga of Crooked Donald 