A’s Nick Kurtz loudly knocking on door to provide rookie boost
A fresh rookie arrives every season and promises to change again Fantasy baseball A list of potential appetite stimulating lists. Veterans anchor the lineup, but it’s the rookies who often change leagues. Some people are facing early growing pains, like Dillancrue and Matt Shaw, while others like Caleb Durbin, Luke Casescholl and the inspiring Nick […]
‘America’s Got Talent’ alum, comedian Perry Kurtz killed in hit-and-run
“America’s Got Talent” alumnus and comedian Perry Kurtz was killed in a hit-and-run crash Thursday, police said. Kurtz was 73 years old. The Los Angeles Police Department announced in a press release that an 18-year-old suspect was arrested Friday in connection with a hit-and-run crash that occurred around 11:20 p.m. on Aug. 15. The suspect […]
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz speaks out after failed tech update causes worldwide chaos at airports and banks
The CEO of the cybersecurity company at the centre of Microsoft’s global outage was at a loss for words as he apologised for the chaos caused early on Friday but could not say when everything would return to normal. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz spoke of a massive tech outage after the company deployed a faulty […]
HOWARD KURTZ: Former Never Trumper JD Vance is VP pick to shape MAGA’s future
My Spider-Man sense has been telling me all this time that Donald Trump wants to choose J.D. Vance as his running mate. He saw the freshman senator as his own type of populist conservative, an eloquent voice who could cement Trumpism as the future of the Republican Party. And he had a powerful supporter in […]
HOWARD KURTZ: Trump survives shooting, but politically charged blame game never fades
The assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Pennsylvania was a chilling and terrifying moment in the country’s history, which has seen a rash of similar mass shootings. Of course, we are all grateful that the former president was not more seriously injured and to the Secret Service agents who protected him. I am especially grateful […]
HOWARD KURTZ: George Clooney says Biden is unfit and politicians privately agree
George Clooney has pulled out of Joe Biden. That’s right, the superstar actor who just helped the president raise a ton of money now wants Biden out of the race. You may not care what a celebrity who is not in the political business has to say, but it is his logic that is important […]
HOWARD KURTZ: Biden denounces media, political elites during call to ‘Morning Joe’
President Biden’s ABC interview, though heavily promoted by the campaign itself, failed to change anyone’s mind about whether he can serve another four years in office. Biden sounded raspy and listless in his interview with George Stephanopoulos, stuttering and pausing several times, insisting he wasn’t infirm, denying polls he didn’t like and appearing to be […]
HOWARD KURTZ: Dems launch blame game for Biden’s poor debate performance
“It was a terrible night. You can’t judge a president’s job in 90 minutes. His aides are to blame for screwing up the debate preparations.” Blame the media for their obsession with age. Blame CNN hosts for failing to counter Donald Trump’s lies. Blame the Democrats for being a bunch of bedwetters. The blame game […]
HOWARD KURTZ: Will Trump really pick Rubio, Vance or Burgum as his VP?
For months, the media-industrial complex has been churning out fruitless speculation about the vice presidential election, much of it generated by the aspiring candidates themselves. Out of nowhere, these stories come out: Tom Cotton, the freakishly strong candidate! Ben Carson! Byron Donald! Glenn Youngkin! People you know who, no matter what qualifications they have, really […]
HOWARD KURTZ: Biden takes role as bystander on border, campus protests
The election may be moving away from Joe Biden. And that’s the view among some people who want the president to win a second term. Biden’s reluctance and reluctance to communicate has fueled the view that he is a weak leader, which is now tied to a larger theme that will be difficult to reverse […]