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DNC PR Firm – NEW YORK TIMES
This is burning a house down to make sure the roof will not leak.
First, let us recall that for the past year, we have been told Donald Trump was going to deliver the end of our democracy. Keep that in mind as you read this entry.
In what is a little bit more than turning over the op-ed pages to a left-wing crank, on the paper’s “Interesting Times” podcast, host Ross Douthat welcomed Osita Nwanevu to discuss his new book, where he has a plan to fix our nation. Basically, we need to remove ALL of our standard institutions, such as the Senate and the Constitution, and write an entirely new Constitution.
This is done in the name of saving the democracy, you understand. You get a sense of his contempt for things as he describes “the basic antidemocratic deficits within the Constitution that have empowered Donald Trump and brought him to the White House.”
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It is all summed up at the start, in the subheading for this episode: Why the left can’t win without a new Constitution.
🧵 1/ The Left’s latest push to “save democracy” is just a rebrand of their war on the Constitution. This @nytimes piece calls for abolishing the Senate, ending the Electoral College, and packing the Supreme Court. Let’s break this down. pic.twitter.com/BsKMn3fGpb
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) August 15, 2025
Pathological Media Amnesia – CNN
Explain once again why you have him on panels???
In what has to be a degrading segment for Bakari Sellers, he was on with Kassie Hunt and Scott Jennings discussing Donald Trump’s accomplishments, or, as he wanted to insist, the lack thereof, and was flummoxed by some details. Jennings mentioned a clutch of global peace deals, and Sellers refuted this claim, all because Bakari was oblivious to the deals that had been made. As Jennings listed a few of the deals Trump had brokered, Sellers tried to dismiss them all because he was legitimately unaware that they had taken place.
And he is brought out as an expert opinion maker on a number of their shows.
LOL: CNN’s Bakari Sellers is dumbfounded at Scott Jennings pointing out the fact that President Trump has brokered roughly a half-dozen global peace deals as of late, saying he’s never heard of the one with Azerbaijan (and Armenia), Rwanda (and the Democratic Republic of the… pic.twitter.com/r4tN7WTce0
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 14, 2025
Anti-Social Media – WASHINGTON POST
Taking up for lawlessness is a fine look, we promise.
In what has been one of the ridiculous side stories to Donald Trump sending troops into Washington, D.C., we had the episode of a man who threw a sub sandwich at law enforcement officers who had arrived. His arrest has sparked some outrage, but also a wave of support in the press. At the Washington Post, they have added to their “crime is low” narrative to now outwardly applauding someone breaking the law by assaulting law enforcement officers.
Man who hurled his hoagie at law enforcement in D.C. becomes a hero to many residents, by @JoeHeim @sophiansolano https://t.co/OHtt5W69iP
— Dan Eggen (@DanEggenWPost) August 14, 2025
Legalized Press-titution – TIME MAGAZINE
The GQ photo session was impressive.
Not to suggest the outlet is picking sides, but this fashion cover for Zohran Mamdani tells the story.
TIME's new cover: the democratic socialist and backbench state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has gone from local long shot to likely mayor of America’s biggest city.
— TIME (@TIME) August 14, 2025
Our interview: https://t.co/iP8McVpFBp
Photograph by Dina Litovsky for TIME pic.twitter.com/EzkOTPZ5jN
Low Octane Gas Lighting – THE ATLANTIC
We are sorry, but this message is a bit tough to take from you.
At The Atlantic, we get the fretful exploration of the condition on social media, as the realization is creeping in that people are moving away from conventional media. It seems the concern is that this will lead to the challenge of people receiving accurate information. “The truth is still alive on social media – but it’s not easy to find,” muses Ms. Yellin.
Yeah, sorry. I am in no position to accept a lecture on the truth from the outlet run by Jeffrey Goldberg, who delivered such monumental lies as “Trump called fallen soldiers ‘suckers and losers’”, and last October’s claim that he had turned vulgarly racist towards the family of a fallen soldier to whom he promised to cover funeral expenses.
Sorry, no sale.
More Americans than ever get their news from social media. This is dangerous—but also an opportunity, argues @JessicaYellin. https://t.co/BpQPJjWTms
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) August 13, 2025
