Is the Trump-Bibi Rift Overblown? Plus, Biden’s Biggest Media Enablers.

Rift or realignment? President Trump’s whirlwind Middle East tour has included sanctions relief for Syria, warmer rhetoric toward Iran, and praise for a former al Qaeda terrorist now leading Syria—without a stop in Israel. The moves have fueled headlines about a growing divide with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But the reality may be less dramatic, our Andrew Tobin reports.

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Biden's Highly Paid Enablers at MSNBC

The media's role in covering up Joe Biden's cognitive decline is getting more attention ahead of the release of a new book by journalists Jake Tapper of CNN and Alex Thompson of Axios. Some have argued the media tried their hardest and can't be blamed for failing to confirm (via journalism) what was obvious to most Americans because the White House kept telling them Biden was just fine and running circles around his younger aides. Others have argued (more persuasively) that journalists allowed themselves to be duped by ridiculous spin because they were afraid of being denied access and, above all, they wanted Trump to lose.

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Rachel Maddow Is the Boyish Face of White Supremacy at MSNBC

Joy Reid hosted the final episode of her MSNBC show on Monday, but it was her exorbitantly paid white colleague, Rachel Maddow, who made headlines later that evening by accusing her bosses of racism. "I will tell you it is also unnerving to see that on a network two, count 'em, two non-white hosts in primetime, both of our non-white hosts in primetime are losing their shows," Maddow said. "That feels worse than bad no matter who replaces them. That feels indefensible, and I do not defend it." She was referring to Reid and Alex Wagner, the half-Asian MSNBC personality who was expected to begin hosting the 9 p.m. hour in April, but that plan was scrapped. Jen Psaki, a white woman and former White House press secretary under President Joe Biden, will take over instead.

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Expert on Jewish Proclivities Joe Scarborough Says Jews Will Always Vote for Democrats, Even If Democrats Put Conditions on Aid to Israel

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Friday that Jewish Americans will always vote Democratic, even if the party becomes tougher on Israel and puts conditions on military aid to the Jewish state.

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20th Century’s Worst President Dead at 100

Editor’s note: The announcement that Jimmy Carter had entered hospice care—in early 2023, nearly two years ago!—stimulated the chattering class into another of its orgies of jibber-jabber, as Andrew Ferguson noted at the time (below). Now that Carter has finally signed out of hospice care for good, the blather will only increase in quantity. But we can guarantee it won't improve in tone, insight, or plausibility. Which makes Ferguson's piece as timely as ever.

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NYT’s Bret Stephens, Hoping To Stay Relevant, Is Ready To Leave ‘Never Trump.’ It’s Too Late

The media don't get to bounce back into the conversation and be taken seriously just by suggesting they've learned something meaningful.

The National Media Are Depressed And Defensive. They Should Be Forced To Stay That Way

Ever since MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and main squeeze Mika Brzezinski embarked on that pathetic trek to Mar-a-Lago last month, the national news media are feeling very low and demoralized. That’s fantastic! We should all spend substantial time in deep prayer this Christmas season to keep it that way. After the ever-obnoxious Scarborough and Brzezinski committed […]