Brian Stelter tries to pull a Kaepernick in laughable last show — only proves he DESERVED the boot



NewsBusters' Curtis Houck was kind enough to suffer through Brian Stelter's last episode of "Reliable Sources" so the rest of us didn't have to (not that we would have, but thanks anyway, Curtis.)

CNN's new CEO, Chris Licht, has made plans to cull the failing far-left network of its most obnoxious partisan hacks, and Stelter's last show proved beyond a doubt that Licht chose his first victim wisely.

\u201cWe're barely five minutes into the final Reliable Sources and the arrogance and hatred for conservatives that "the truth is not neutral" with Stelter and Carl Bernstein is flowing.\n\nThey've already shown why it's being canceled.\u201d
— Curtis Houck (@Curtis Houck) 1661094411

So, apparently, Stelter is a martyr, believing in something (horrible and dangerous called the far right) and sacrificing everything — just like a certain social justice warrior and former NFL quarterback.

\u201cSecond segment for Brian Stelter's final show -- the risk to the lives of journalists and how dangerous it is to be one in America because of the far-right.\n\nAh, yes. Being a journalist in America is JUST like reporting in China, Myanmar, North Korea, and Russia!\u201d
— Curtis Houck (@Curtis Houck) 1661095074

He also celebrated himself as "patriotic" for standing up to "demagogues" who are "lying to our faces."


\u201c.@brianstelter closes Reliable Sources by saying,\u00a0 "I know it is not partisan to stand up for decency and democracy and dialogue. It is not partisan to stand up to demagogues. It is patriotic. We must make sure we don't give platforms to those lying to our faces."\u201d
— Sarah Reese Jones (@Sarah Reese Jones) 1661098970

Wow, what a great guy. Shockingly, not everyone agreed with Stelter's self-assessment.

\u201cGood riddance, Stelter. You and your ilk have done grave damage to a free press.\nhttps://t.co/rtYKJ9AIga\u201d
— Mark R. Levin (@Mark R. Levin) 1660847185
\u201c@CurtisHouck @ComfortablySmug Almost as dangerous as being a Supreme Court Judge.\u201d
— Curtis Houck (@Curtis Houck) 1661095074
\u201cThis is something CNN, Brian Stelter, and 'Reliable Sources' NEVER accept -- the First Amendment applies to ALL of us, not just journalists.\n\nWe have a RIGHT to offer legitimate criticism of the press and doing so is NOT violent or a death threat.\u201d
— Curtis Houck (@Curtis Houck) 1661095208
\u201cStelter & Darcy were the Baghdad Bob's for Democrats and did more to damage the reputation of journalism (if more could actually be done) than any other two people in the industry. They acted directly on the behest and behalf of the DNC presenting unreliable & dishonest sources.\u201d
— Fusilli Spock (@Fusilli Spock) 1661100199
\u201cCNN's Brian Stelter decries outside criticism of journalism as a "poisonous cloud" that's spread throughout the country and around the world.\n\nHe adds he's "proud" to have worked at a network when they knew they had to fight and attack Trump.\u201d
— Curtis Houck (@Curtis Houck) 1661095611
\u201cCongratulations to Brian Stelter for being the only person to ever leave CNN for a non-penis-related reason.\u201d
— Scott Adams (@Scott Adams) 1660948899

While some hosts at BlazeTV, such as Glenn Beck, tried to be gracious about Stelter's exit, others couldn't help celebrating. On "The News & Why It Matters," BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales and guests talked about Stelter getting the ax and the future of CNN.

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Kamala Harris accidentally makes conservative point with 'GHASTLY' pro-abortion argument



In the wake of the Supreme Court's historic decision to overturn Roe. v. Wade and thus return the authority to regulate abortion to the states, many outraged leftists seem utterly aghast at the idea of men actually taking responsibility for the children they father.

Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on CNN to share a few words of incredible wisdom for parents of boys who may not have thought about what overturning Roe really means for the lives of their sons.

“If you are a parent of sons, do think about what this means for the life of your son and what that will mean in terms of the choices he will have,” Harris said.

\u201cKAMALA: "If you are a parent of sons, do think about what this means for the life of your son and what that will mean in terms of the choices he will have."\u201d
— Townhall.com (@Townhall.com) 1656360834

Wow. Apparently, it's never occurred to the vice president that parents might already teach their sons to be decent human beings who take responsibility for their actions, sexual or otherwise, regardless of what the government says about abortion.

\u201c@StephenM @Breaking911 @ComfortablySmug Or, as smart fathers tell their sons, before you do \u201cthat\u201d ask if you would want to be married to this person\u2026.because that is a possibility. When in doubt, just don\u2019t.\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1656361118
\u201c@Ryan915S @Breaking911 Yes, exactly. Men need to accept the consequences of having sex with a woman he has no intention of marrying or having a child with. Unwanted pregnancy can happen, so he better utilize every precaution and trust that she\u2019s doing the same. That\u2019s called responsibility.\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1656361118
\u201c@townhallcom He will have to support, as he should, a child he helped bring into this world.\u201d
— Townhall.com (@Townhall.com) 1656360834
\u201c@townhallcom Teach your son's, as I did mine, to either keep it in his pants or cover it. Make sure your sons & daughters know the risks of unprotected sex & it's best to wait. I did this with my son & 2 daughters & they all made it to marriage before having kids. Stop blaming start teaching\u201d
— Townhall.com (@Townhall.com) 1656360834
\u201c@rachisawake @townhallcom That he will have to become a responsible dad?\n\nLol\u201d
— Townhall.com (@Townhall.com) 1656360834
\u201c@townhallcom How about teach your son to make good choices! This is not a message that will help anyone . Why has the accountability for one\u2019s actions become obsolete today? My generation grew up on taking responsibility for our actions.\u201d
— Townhall.com (@Townhall.com) 1656360834
\u201c@townhallcom Well, all the young men in our family have seem to make it without getting anyone pregnant before marriage. It\u2019s called being responsible\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udfff \ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udda4\ud83d\udc99\u201d
— Townhall.com (@Townhall.com) 1656360834
\u201cKamala out here propping up guys who don't want to take responsibility for children they help create.\n\nHow thoughtful of her.\u201d
— KatLadyNE (@KatLadyNE) 1656374608
\u201c@townhallcom Yes, because thinking about the potential consequences of ones choices is a bad thing. \ud83e\udd74\u201d
— Townhall.com (@Townhall.com) 1656360834
\u201cGreat message. \u201cYour son might have to take responsibility for a child of his. We can\u2019t have that. Better that he pressure her to abort.\u201d It\u2019s a sick world view.\u201d
— Kathleen McKinley (@Kathleen McKinley) 1656363478
\u201c@townhallcom What the babble crap is that word salad???\u201d
— Townhall.com (@Townhall.com) 1656360834

Speaking of "word salad," BlazeTV's Stu Burguiere, host of "Stu Does America," has been keeping track of the vice president's most savory words of wisdom in his "Veep Thoughts by Kamala Harris" series. Watch the video clip below or find more from Stu here.



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Cleveland Indians to become Cleveland Guardians after racism outcries — but one outspoken former major leaguer blasts name change as 'lack of balls'



The Cleveland Indians will become the Cleveland Guardians at the end of the 2021 season after years of outcry that the major league baseball team's moniker — in place for over a century — is racist against Native Americans, the Associated Press reported.

What are the details?

The team announced the name change Friday with a video on Twitter narrated by actor Tom Hanks, the AP said:

Together, we are all... https://t.co/R5FnT4kv1I

— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) 1627047311.0

The outlet said the name change came after months of internal discussions "triggered by a national reckoning by institutions and teams to permanently drop logos and names considered racist."

'Lack of balls'

The AP added that the choice of Guardians "will undoubtedly be criticized by many of the club's die-hard fans."

Ya think?

One former major league player — the outspoken and decidedly non-left wing Aubrey Huff — on Friday derided the switch from Indians to Guardians:

I’m so sick of watching everyone cave to this crybaby generation. So disgraceful @Indians. This isn’t woke….it’s a… https://t.co/FW3fbbaxXk

— Aubrey Huff (@aubrey_huff) 1627051367.0

"I'm so sick of watching everyone cave to this crybaby generation," Huff wrote on Twitter. "So disgraceful @Indians. This isn't woke….it's a lack of balls. No fight in anyone anymore! Sad."

Huff wasn't alone in his criticism.

Rich Lowry, editor of the National Review, tweeted, "And just like that, the Indians adopt the dumbest, most pointless name in major professional sports."

And just like that, the Indians adopt the dumbest, most pointless name in major professional sports https://t.co/r3W5UycoNV

— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) 1627050586.0

Sports outlet Outkick tweeted that "Cleveland's awful new baseball nickname and logo, and the video introducing it all, are so comical they're almost offensive."

Cleveland's awful new baseball nickname and logo, and the video introducing it all, are so comical they're almost… https://t.co/pOJ5mEJ27l

— OutKick (@Outkick) 1627050920.0

Popular online pundit Comfortably Smug pulled no punches, either: "Cleveland Guardians is a garbage name for a garbage team from a garbage town."

Cleveland Guardians is a garbage name for a garbage team from a garbage town

— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) 1627049739.0

There also were no shortage of commenters very much in favor of the switch:

#ClevelandGuardians changed their name, and I couldn’t be happier!! https://t.co/dxt37aR8FI

— Tsalagi Supports President Biden 💪🏼🌊 😷✊🏼 (@renee122169) 1627051134.0

What's the background?

Team owner Paul Dolan said last summer's social unrest, sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, spurred his intention to change the name, the AP reported.

More from the outlet:

Dolan is expected to provide more details on the choice and background on the change at a news conference at Progressive Field before the Indians host the Tampa Bay Rays.

In 2018, the Indians stopped wearing the contentious Chief Wahoo logo on their jerseys and caps. However, the team continues to sell merchandise bearing the smiling, red-faced caricature that was protested for decades by Native American groups.

The name change has sparked lively debate among the city's passionate sports fans. Other names, including the Spiders, which is what the team was once called, were pushed by supporters on social media platforms.

But Guardians does seem to fit the team's objective to find a name that embodies Cleveland's ethos while preserving the team's history and uniting the community.

The AP noted that large landmark stone edifices — called "guardians" — can be seen on the Hope Memorial Bridge over the Cuyahoga River, which is not far from the team's downtown ballpark.

One Twitter user posted photos of "The Guardians of Traffic" (which he originally called "The Guardians of Transportation" but corrected in a subsequent tweet), and noted that the new team name is "more authentically Cleveland than most jokesters on this website understand."

Biden makes several gaffes at G7, at one point world leaders openly laugh at his forgetfulness



When on the world stage with his peers at the G7 summit this weekend, President Joe Biden had several mental lapses and gaffes. At one point, fellow world leaders openly laughed at Biden over his forgetfulness at the G7 conference in Cornwall, England.

During a press conference on Sunday, Biden stumbled while speaking about Russia ahead of his June 16 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland.

"We can work together with Russia – for example, in Libya. We should be opening up the passage to be able to go through, provide food assistance, and economic... I mean, vital assistance to a population that's in real trouble," Biden said, confusing Libya with Syria. Biden confused Libya for Syria on two more occasions in his meandering diatribe.

WATCH: Joe Biden confuses Syria with Libya THREE TIMES. https://t.co/8iewTindfr
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) 1623604403.0

Previously, first lady Jill Biden proclaimed that her husband was "so well prepared" for the conference.

"He's been studying for weeks working up for today," she said. "He knows most of the leaders that will be here. Joe loves foreign policy. This is his forte."

Time magazine was ridiculed last week for an extremely flattering cover featuring an illustration of Biden appearing years younger and a headline that read, "Taking on Putin."

Biden already said he won't hold a joint press conference with Putin because he doesn't want to get "diverted" by who "talked the most."

Also during the presser, Biden said, "I'm sorry, I'm going to get in trouble with staff if I don't do this the right way," before selecting Bloomberg to ask him a question. At a prior press conference at the White House, Biden was using a "cheat sheet" to determine which reporters to call on.

Joe Biden: “I'm going to get in trouble with staff" if I don't call from pre-approved list of reporters https://t.co/9pzBLZ9l0s
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) 1623594038.0

When asked a question by the press, Biden responded in a strange whispering voice, "120 days, gimme a break. I need time."

Man this is bad https://t.co/ZroF8NTbph
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) 1623594913.0

Biden delivered a befuddling comment during the presser, saying, "COVID, I know you all know, but a lot of people may not know what COVID is, that is a system whereby they're going to provide funding for states to get access to vaccines."

The White House issued a correction for the president, saying that when he said "COVID," he meant to say "COVAX." Biden reportedly made this same error on three different occasions during the press conference. COVAX is a worldwide initiative aimed at equitable access to coronavirus vaccines.

Joe Biden says "A lot of people may not know what COVID is." https://t.co/lfxhnjwdlD
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) 1623601090.0

During the summit, there was a conference between the G7 leaders of the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Canada, and Japan, along with other leaders from India, South Korea, and South Africa.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced the leaders, who were not G7 members, "Welcome, those who have just joined us, we have some pretty spectacular weather. We have Prime Minister Modi [India], President Ramaphosa [South Africa], President Moon [South Korea] in just a minute."

A confused Biden interrupted Johnson to inform him that he didn't introduce Ramaphosa, despite Johnson introducing the president of South Africa literally seconds earlier.

"And the president of South Africa," Biden said, who was sitting next to Johnson.

Johnson replied, "And the president of South Africa as I said early on."

The world leaders laughed at Biden's forgetfulness at the G7 roundtable. Then the press was rushed out of the room.

Boris Johnson insists to Joe Biden that he already introduced the president of South Africa to a G7 meeting.Read… https://t.co/mq0ofuswgd
— Sky News (@SkyNews) 1623588869.0

There was another awkward moment during the G7 conference when Biden was walking through a section and was asked a random and easy question, "How are your meetings going in Cornwall, Mr. President?"

Jill Biden quickly interrupted the impromptu question, and frantically said, "Joe, c'mon," as she waved her hands for him to come with her, which elicited laughter from the people nearby. She then grabbed his hand and lead him away.

Joe Biden seems to get lost at the G7 summit in England, Jill comes to the rescue @JoeBiden @G7 @FLOTUS @USAmbUK https://t.co/GFxGouRCoA
— The Jewish Voice (@JewishVoice) 1623436779.0