Week in Review · April 22-26 2024

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ANALYSIS

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GAVIN NEWSOM?
DOUGLAS ANDREWSIt seems like only yesterday that California’s glib, hair-gelled governor was a rising star in Democrat circles.

A Union Win for Biden but Not Workers

THOMAS GALLATIN
A Volkswagen plant in Tennessee becomes the first such facility in the South to vote to join the UAW.

Inflation Up, GDP Down, and Biden Wants to Raise Taxes

NATE JACKSON
Read his lips: Loads of new taxes if he’s reelected.

Gen N: The Narcissist Generation

MARK ALEXANDER
There is a growing generational malignancy of young narcissists, some of whom are devolving into sociopaths.

Good News: China and Hollywood Are on the Rocks

EMMY GRIFFIN
Perhaps Hollywood can start catering to American audiences again.

Biden’s Big Earth Day Giveaway

DOUGLAS ANDREWS
In yet another effort to buy votes, our decrepit president is shoveling “green” billions into low-income communities.

Anti-2A NY Court Convicts Gunsmith

THOMAS GALLATIN
A man who legally bought and built firearms is railroaded by a New York judge who is clearly opposed to Americans’ Second Amendment rights.

Cleaning House

JACK DEVINE
Rookie Speaker Mike Johnson chooses action over argument.

We’re All Retail Thieves Now

SAMANTHA KOCH
The theft rings plaguing our big cities are being aided in their illegality by some unwitting accomplices.

Another ‘Transgender Man’ Planned School Mass Murder

MICHAEL SWARTZ
Authorities in Maryland thwarted a copycat high school rampage by a young woman who identified as a man.

Revisiting Net Neutrality

BRIAN MARK WEBER
It’s little more than the Left’s slickly named solution to an Internet problem that doesn’t exist.

Johnson and the GOP’s Herd of Cats

NATE JACKSON
The House speaker walked the tightrope and passed foreign aid bills. How high will the price be?

Biden’s Title IX Revisions Erase Women

EMMY GRIFFIN
The Left is taking away protections from women, but they aren’t the only ones hurt by this.

Yes, Facebook Interfered in Our Elections

DOUGLAS ANDREWS
A new report details 39 times when the nation’s dominant social media platform censored conservative speech during election season.

Joe Biden’s ‘Very Fine People’

NATE JACKSON
He equivocates about the anti-Semitic protesters swarming college campuses while bailing them out for student loans.

Lying Ads, Signs of the Cross, and Hysterics — Oh My

EMMY GRIFFIN
Gavin Newsom, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton push forward their pro-abortion agenda and misstep in the process.

Profiles of Valor: “Bobby” Ray

MARK ALEXANDER
“HC2c. Ray served to inspire the men of Battery D to heroic efforts in defeating the enemy.”

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QUOTES
Non Compos Mentis

“Four more years. Pause.” —Joe “Teleprompter” Biden
“Instead of importin’ foreign products, I’m exporting fedurhhahh products.” —Joe Biden
Freudian Slip
“How many times does [Trump] have to prove we can’t be trusted?” —Joe Biden
Theater of the Absurd
“[Trump] said there has to be punishment for women exercising their reproductive freedom. … He described the Dobbs decision as a miracle. Maybe it’s coming from that Bible he’s trying to sell. Woah. I almost wanted to buy one just to see what the hell is in it.” —Joe Biden
Fearmongering
“In Florida … between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, you’ve got a team there that really made a landscape for women that is downright dangerous. And Republican women and the men who love them are going to find themselves having to leave the state just to get basic healthcare.” —MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski
Shot/Chaser
“When [Biden] says, ‘Don’t escalate,’ he’s going to act to make sure that you can’t. And [Iran] didn’t.” —National Security Council spokesman John Kirby
“Yes, [Iran] fired an unprecedented amount of munitions.” —John Kirby
We Have Questions…
“We will be producing the weapons that the Iranians use to defeat Vladimir Putin.” —Senator Bob Casey (D-PA)
With Friends Like These…
“We reject the policy and the practice of [Benjamin] Netanyahu. Terrible. What could be worse than what he has done in response? … He should resign.” —Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Useful Idiots
“Our country isn’t just complicit in this genocide — we’re actively participating in it. [M]y colleagues want to vote to send over $26B more of our tax dollars to Netanyahu as he carries out the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.” —Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
“I condemn anti-Semitic protests. … I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians.” —Joe Biden
“It is especially important that we remember the power of young people shaping this country today … as we once again witness the leadership of those peaceful [sic], student-led protests on campuses like Columbia, Yale, Berkeley, and many others.” —Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
“Rare visit by House speaker to campus escalates tension at Columbia.” —The Washington Post
“It is not surprising that [House Speaker Mike Johnson] would go out to Columbia University and stir up really more anger and hate and endanger the lives of young people who are at the encampment.” —Rep. Ilhan Omar
“I do believe that history is going to be on [anti-Semitic student protestors’] side.” —Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
Spin Doctor
“Throughout history, protests were co-opted and made to look bad so police and public leaders would shut them down. That’s what we are seeing now at Columbia University. The Columbia protesters have made clear their demands and want their school not to be complacent in the ongoing Genocide in Gaza. Public officials and media making this about anything else are inflaming the situation and need to bring calmness and sanity back.” —Rep. Ilhan Omar
World’s Smallest Violin
“This is 100% targeted. Every single protest that we have, there’s a group of counterprotestors that bring all of their items — their flags, things like that — and they’re not seen as having unsanctioned protest or really receive the kind of disciplinary warnings that many of our fellow organizers received just for being seen at these protests. And so there is definitely some hypocrisy here.” —Isra Hirsi, daughter of Ilhan Omar
The BIG Lies
“Putin does what he would like to do: kill his opposition, imprison his opposition, drive journalists and others into exile, rule without any check or balance. That’s what Trump really wants. … He sees Putin, he sees Xi [Jinping], he sees Kim Jong Un in North Korea. Those are the people he is modeling himself after.” —Hillary Clinton
“I got involved when I was a kid in electoral politics out of the Civil Rights movement.” —Joe Biden
“I used to drive an 18-wheeler.” —Joe Biden
“I’m going to make community college free. … It won’t cost the taxpayers.” —Joe Biden
Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes
“People are doing better. I could go on, but I’m not going to. I’m going to resist the temptation. Because, boy, I’m tempted these days.” —Joe Biden
“We’re following my blue-collar blueprint to rebuild America. And guess what? It’s working.” —Joe Biden
Fact-Check: Misleading
“The average gas price right now is cheaper than this time last year.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (2023: $3.65. 2024: $3.62. That would be three cents. By the way, January 20, 2021: $2.39.)
Baghdad Bobs
“The Biden-Harris administration is committed to maintaining a stable and secure energy supply and lowering prices for Americans.” —Karine Jean-Pierre
“It is a tough time, but I also work for an administration that has done everything that we can … to turn the economy around.” —Karine Jean-Pierre
“The economy remains strong. … That’s what we see from [the GDP] report.” —Karine Jean-Pierre
“Biden’s top economic priority is continuing to make more historic progress bringing costs down for people.” —Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates
“There’s been lots of evidence that people are starting to appreciate more of the positive things in this economy.” —Biden senior advisor Gene Sperling
“The 2017 tax bill was something that was for, you know, billionaires and corporations.” —Karine Jean-Pierre
Who’s Ready for More Taxes?
“Donald Trump was very proud of his $2 trillion tax cut that overwhelmingly benefited the wealthy and biggest corporations and exploded the federal debt. That tax cut is going to expire. If I’m reelected, it’s going to stay expired.” —Joe Biden
Lack of Self-Awareness Awards
“I just don’t think people should have to go to jail for smoking weed.” —Kamala Harris (“[Harris] oversaw 1,900+ convictions for marijuana-related offenses as district attorney.” —RNC)
“Folks, look, we gotta stop this division. I promised to be president for all of America, whether you voted for me or not.” —Joe Biden
Dumb & Dumber
“There are people in our country right now that are suggesting to focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is a bad thing because they may not want conversations … to occur which include the issue of pay equity based on gender.” —Kamala Harris
“The attack on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — DEI — is an attack on democracy, it’s an attack on education, it’s an attack on how our economy works.” —failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams
“I have stayed in the Congress because I’ve got three little kids, I’ve got $75,000 in student loan debt, and we have childcare costs.” —Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
Dezinformatsiya
“Three types of misinformation are being used against transgender people: oversimplifying scientific knowledge, fabricating and misinterpreting research, and promoting false equivalences.” —Scientific American
Belly Laughs of the Week
“The job is hard. And it’s hard not just for me but for all of my colleagues.” —Spokesparrot Karine Jean-Pierre
“I think Florida is in play nationally.” —Joe Biden
“Representative Ocasio-Cortez of New York — you know, I learned a long time ago, listen to that lady.” —Joe Biden
“It’s Joe Biden that’s standing for peace — and a lasting peace at that — and it’s the Republicans that frankly would stoke the flames of war in the Middle East.” —Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D)
“People understand that it’s Joe Biden that stands for American values.” —Gov. JB Pritzker
“Joe Biden is a terrific debater.” —Gov. JB Pritzker


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