MSNBC’s Michael Steele, who was in for Nicolle Wallace, and CNN’s Pamela Brown, who was in for Jake Tapper, tied on Friday in the key 25-54 age demographic.
Steele and Brown both brought in 116,000 demo viewers at 4 p.m. — although Steele’s figure is an average of his two hours from 4 to 6 p.m.
Fox News’s Charles Payne, who was guest hosting for Neil Cavuto, won the 4 p.m. hour in the demo with 245,000 viewers.
A California judge has ruled that only citizens have the right to vote, striking down a San Francisco ordinance in a ruling that echoes one in New York.
Fox News co-host Todd Piro blasted ESPN NBA analyst Jalen Rose’s call for the name “Mount Rushmore” to be canceled and blamed him for making basketball “un-American.”
“He’s part of this Left that likes to tear things down things that are good, and in his sport basketball it was good in the 1980s when you had Magic, Jordan, Bird — and that was America. People were throwing elbows, boxing-out, actually playing defense,” said Piro during Outnumbered on Monday. “Now what they have is this European style that Jalen Rose supports, it’s all European, people just shoot threes. It’s not basketball, it’s un-American.”
In a video posted on his Twitter page last week, Rose said:
Can we retire using ‘Mount Rushmore?’ That should be offensive to all of us, especially Native Americans, Indigenous people who were the first people here before Christopher Columbus,” said Rose said in video he posted on Twitter. That land was stolen from them when it was discovered that it contained gold.
And 25 years later, to add insult to injury, four American presidents were put on what we call Mount Rushmore on the top of the dead bodies that is buried right underneath. So, I call for you and for myself — I’m owning this, too — let’s stop using the term ‘Mount Rushmore’ when we’re talking about our favorite rappers, talking about our favorite movies, talking about our favorite players.
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During the Outnumbered discussion, co-host Jackie DeAngelis remarked that when it comes to controversial historical figures, there should be a conversation as opposed to there not being one.
“When you want to shine a light on a story, on history, on what’s happened, even if you’re pointing out what is wrong with it or what the flaws were, you have the conversation, you don’t cancel it and pretend it didn’t happen,” she said. “And so I actually think he’s trying to, whatever he’s trying to do here, he accomplishes the opposite by going about it this way.”
Co-host Kayleigh McEnany remarked that Rose’s comments exemplify how sports, “something that Would bring us together,” has become divisive.
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Rachel Maddow and Tucker Carlson may be on opposite ends of the political spectrum, but Maddow had surprisingly positive things about the Fox News host in a new interview.
Speaking with Vanity Fair‘s John Pompeo about a variety of topics, Maddow recalled working for Carlson on MSNBC’s Tucker in the past and noted he’s “always” been talented and is currently having a major moment in his career.
“Tucker’s doing great right now,” she said. “But look at Tucker’s career. The first show I worked on was his 11 o’clock show on MSNBC that nobody remembers. But he was always kicking around the business and has always been talented. It just — this turned out to be his moment.”
Maddow does admit Carlson has “dangerous” ideas, but she compared Carlson and other Fox News primetime hosts to rival baseball players:
If you think about baseball players, who are extremely competitive and who are fighting to win and who have rivalries, and some of those rivalries are bitter rivalries, that doesn’t mean you don’t study the pitching technique of their star pitcher.
It doesn’t mean you don’t appreciate whatever they’re doing in terms of, you know, where they put their shortstop in order to give them a better defense. There’s a sort of, like, respecting the game, in terms of people who are doing well and people who are good at it.
Maddow also dove into her “professional friendship” with conservative media tycoon Roger Ailes, saying he gave her pointers on how to be a better for the cameras.
“I mean that was the basis of my professional friendship with Roger Ailes,” Maddow said. “I wanted tips from him about how to be better on TV. And he was willing to talk to me about what I was doing well, and doing poorly, to help me get better.”
Carlson and Maddow have thrown critiques at each other, but Carlson has been equally positive about his relationship with Maddow in the past.
Recalling their time working together, Carlson told Extra in 2021 he still likes the very smart Maddow.
“Yeah, many years ago, 15 years ago… I loved her,” Carlson said. “I still like Rachel Maddow. I don’t agree with her on most things, but I always thought that she was smart and above all, she was sincere. And I respect that. I don’t like fraudulence no matter where it comes from, and she is very smart.”
Chris Pratt’s received plenty of social media backlash in the past over his religious beliefs and what many presume to be his conservative leanings, but the actor stays fairly mum on politics. Over the weekend, however, the actor celebrated the streaming success of his show The Terminal List in the face of negative reviews from “woke critics.”
Pratt shared a Daily Mailarticle to his Instagram story. The outlet reported Terminal List has been viewed for a total of 1.6 billion minutes. The headline to the post read: “The new Yellowstone: Chris Pratt’s new Navy thriller The Terminal List defies woke critics’ scathing reviews to shoot up ratings chart with 1.6 BILLION minutes of streams.”
Screenshot via Chris Pratt Instagram
The actor then posted an image of Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers films with a caption reading: “One point six BILLLLLLLLLion minutes.”
Screenshot via Chris Pratt Instagram
The Terminal List is based on a novel by former Navy SEAL Jack Carr. It follows a Navy SEAL named James Reece taking revenge after his family and team members are killed as part of a conspiracy theory.
Critics’ reviews have been mixed for the project, and audiences appear far more receptive. On Rotten Tomatoes, the show holds a 40 percent “fresh” rating, while its approval score with audience members is 94 percent.
Some critics even accused the action series of having a right-wing bent in their negative reviews.
The Daily Beast’s Nick Schagerlabeled it an “unhinged right-wing revenge fantasy.”
Variety’s Daniel D’Addario meanwhile called it a “military vanity project” for Pratt.
Author and show executive producer Carr previously addressed the negative reviews from critics during an exchange with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson.
“It falls right in line with everything that I understand about the current culture and climate in America right now,” the former Navy SEAL said. “It seems to have triggered quite a few of these critics.”
Of all the ridiculous provisions in the Democrats’ absurdly named Inflation Reduction Act, perhaps the most amazing is the lavish subsidy it provides for the rich and famous. The bill expands upon already deep federal subsidies for Americans who purchase electric vehicles.
There are myriad reasons why this is a bad idea. But with Arizona Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema finally falling in line with the rest of her far left party, this looks to be a done deal. And a very bad one for the average American.
First of all, as many have pointed out, the electricity that runs these futuristic vehicles doesn’t just flow freely from the sky, as envisioned by Nicola Tesla whose name is now synonymous with electric vehicles. Rather these supposedly green status symbols on our roads are powered by the grid. And what powers the grid? In many cases the very fossil fuels meant to be phased out.
Adding to this is the fact that a mandate in the bill requires that the rare minerals needed for the batteries may not come from Russia or China. The only problem is that American auto manufacturers say that without those sources, they simply can’t meet demand. So the already months long waiting lists for many EV’s may only get worse.
It also isn’t clear that this measure will actually lower prices, in fact, manufacturers may simply use the subsidy to create nicer products at the same bottom line cost for their mostly well off consumers.
But perhaps the biggest flaw of the bill and the one that will stick in the craw of middle class Americans most pointedly is that average price of a new EV is over $54,000, with many much more expensive. Even used EVs, which get a smaller subsidy in the legislation, don’t come cheap.
For the average American this a luxury item, even with Uncle Sam kicking in $7,500 dollars if all requirements are met, it’s a reach these days. It’s like giving everyone a thousand dollar gift card to the Rolex store, great, but where do we get the other 9 grand?
There are also regional disparities to consider, California for example has over 550,000 electric cars, which dwarves Texas which has a mere 130,000 and New York with a paltry 62,000. This makes the Golden State a much easier place to drive electric, in part because California Democrats intentionally increased gas prices to create an incentive which resulted in an enormous amount of charging stations, and a culture surrounding the vehicles.
They call this policy a win, but with Californians fleeing the state for less progressive and expensive confines, is this really a path the entire country should be going down? And more broadly, is this even the best way to encourage the growth of the electric vehicle industry?
In the last decade, owing to free market competition with gas guzzlers, EVs have become more competitive, the best way to encourage that is to allow that fair competition to continue, not for the federal government to put its thumb on the scale.
This is not the first time that Democrats under President Joe Biden have sought to give working class cash over to their economic betters. Their desire to forgive student loans for the college educated is another such inverse wealth transfer, and they wonder why they are bleeding blue collar voters like a sacrificial goat.
The bottom line is that top-down attempts to manipulate the American economy so as to achieve environmental or social goals are always a failure. Americans will broadly adopt EVs when they reach a point of equality or superiority in the marketplace.
The actions of people like California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to inflict pain at the pump to prime this change is hurting people. And now with this subsidy for the wealthy, the Democrats, once again, are aiming to make the problem worse.
