The “let’s lower the rhetoric” began to fray 24 hours after the shootings. We don’t see it lasting with most people and urge you to keep watch to see who truly does it. We have our thoughts who will and might. Morning Joe this AM certainly wasn’t among those showing a kinder side.
The best news of the day was Congressman Scalise was doing a little better. Let’s continue praying for his recovery.
It didn’t stop leaks though:
The daily drip, drip, drip from the Washington Post, NYT and CNN continues. I think more citizens are looking at the stories with a skeptical eye. Too many have proven false already.
We repeat what we said yesterday. No collusion is now the consensus. So what are we investigating? Obstruction of a collusion that didn’t happen?
A Trump tweet was funny but said a lot:
“Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer, ‘bleached’ emails, & had husband meet w/AG days before she was cleared- & they talk about obstruction?”
Another Shooting/Bombing:
The Russians claim this AM they killed the head of ISIS. That would be a change since we heard that they (the Russians) were not going after ISIS. Let’s await confirmation.
A Changing Cuba Policy:
As we indicated here after the Paris Climate decision, Cuba would be the next Obama policy changed. The President will be in Miami to announce today. Drip by drip the Obama years are being chipped away.
Marco Rubio a big critic of Obama’s opening and how little Cuba did back tweeted this today:
“Castro regime again shows true colors, prohibiting pro-democracy leaders Berta Soler & Jose Ferrer from flying to US for #Cuba announcement”
Imagine the coverage if:
The family of Otto Warmbier (the returned North Korea prisoner after 17 months), had said about Trump and Obama in reverse yesterday. They criticized Obama for doing nothing and praised Trump and Tillerson.
A Story the MSM forgot to cover this week:
Remember when the Baltimore Mayor and prosectors turned on the police, who were all proven innocent in a court of law? It was easy to predict that the police would back off and things in the area could get bad. Well here’s a story the MSM missed in its fair and balanced coverage.
Due to multiple deadly shootings and a burst of violence all uniformed officers will be on mandatory 12-hour shifts, as the city hustles to control the crime.
As of Tuesday morning, there have been 159 homicides so far this year in Baltimore City, compared to 124 this time last year.
Anyone surprised?
Another example of lost values:
So the newly crowned SF Warrior basketball team apparently does not want to visit the WH because Donald Trump is President. (Some are urging them to visit Obama and give a 44 jersey as a gift).
What is this with sports teams? The honor of visiting the WH and being recognized in the Rose Garden is an American tradition. The audacity of saying no because you don’t like the President for some reason. Unacceptable, and another example of liberals not accepting the election results.
The Ratings:
Where did Americans turn to watch when the shooting occurred Wednesday? The clear winner was Fox News. In fact they dominated.
Hannity, The Five and Tucker all beat Rachel Maddow outright.
Total Viewers (Live +SD) WEDNESDAY
- Total day: FNC: 2.223 | CNN: 1.121 | MSNBC: 1.311 | HLN: 224
- Primetime: FNC: 3.086 | CNN: 1.372 | MSNBC: 2.401 | HLN: 317
| 4p: | 5p: | 6p: | 7p: | 8p: | 9p: | 10p: | 11p: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FNC | Cavuto: 2.344 |
Specialists: 2.481 |
Baier: 2.693 |
MacCallum: 2.468 |
Carlson: 3.036 |
TheFive: 3.077 |
Hannity: 3.145 |
Carlson: 1.903 |
| CNN | Tapper: 1.257 |
Blitzer: 1.341 |
Blitzer: 1.209 |
Burnett: 1.258 |
Cooper: 1.345 |
Cooper: 1.384 |
Lemon: 1.383 |
TapperSpcl: 1.019 |
| MSNBC | Wallace: 1.010 |
MTPDaily: 1.226 |
Greta: 940 |
Matthews: 1.727 |
Hayes: 2.054 |
Maddow: 2.705 |
O’Donnell: 2.430 |
Williams: 1.789 |
| HLN | Files: 127 |
Files: 125 |
Files: 137 |
Files: 191 |
Banfield: 254 |
Files: 277 |
Files: 422 |
Files: 419 |