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I’ll Lower the Temperature by Saying It Matters if You Accept Elections

“I intend to ease tensions by continuing to talk about the things that matter to the American people. It matters whether we accept the results of the election. It matters whether we talk about how to deal with the border instead of talking about people as if they’re pests, for example. These things matter,” President […]

Media Matters Whined About Reporting On Biden’s Age. Post-Debate, They Look Even Worse

Media Matters is mad, but what else is new? The self-appointed watchdog group conducted a pointless “study” and then acted surprised when the completely obviously results: corporate news outlets cover — sorry, “fixate” — on Biden’s age concerns about 10 times more than they do Trump’s. How can journos care so much about Biden’s age […]

Sixty Years On, Why the Kennedy Assassination Still Matters

Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes James W. Douglass describes how, by 1963, JFK had made himself irredeemably odious to the dark powers of the intelligence community and the military-industrial complex. A review of JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters, by James W. Douglass (Touchstone, 560 pages, $22)   June 10, 2023, […]

Stephen A. Smith loves Knicks’ Mikal Bridges addition: ‘Chemistry matters’

After Mikal Bridges joined the Knicks’ collection of Villanova University players in a surprise trade on Tuesday night, reactions from enthusiastic fans quickly spread across social media, but it didn’t surprise anyone. “First Take” personality Stephen A. Smith recorded his reaction to the shocking move about 30 minutes after his ESPN colleague Adrian Wojnarowski belatedly […]

Kyrie Irving cannot be found when it matters most in NBA Finals

BOSTON — Where is Kyrie Irving? You all know who I’m talking about: the man who made the biggest shot in NBA Finals history, the best-handling guard in the history of the league, and the guy who scored 30 or more points six times in these playoffs alone. Irving disappeared again, Houdini-like, under July Holiday’s […]

Massive layoffs hit Media Matters after Elon Musk lawsuit

For many years, Media Matters has existed solely as a watchdog against the right, which often seeks to destroy conservatives’ lives through cancel culture. Now the media company is undergoing major layoffs after Elon Musk took the company to court in November — and Lauren Chen is happy about it. “They’re basically a left-wing watchdog […]