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Status newsletter writer and former CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy showed Wednesday how hate rages through his veins and soul at conservatives and particularly at “right-wing media” because he argued this “irresponsible,” “dishonest machine” filled with “malicious” intent — which contain plenty of good and decent people — “do not deserve” credit for being out in front of legacy (liberal) media on Joe Biden’s cognitive decline. The headline and subhead were cartoonishly filled with hate: “The Right’s Biden Revisionism; For years, right-wing media pushed a warped narrative of Joe Biden as a brain-dead puppet controlled by sinister, shadowy forces. Now they’re demanding vindication—but they do not deserve it.” He started by throwing a conniption over former colleague Jake Tapper going on Megyn Kelly’s SiriusXM show for a barnburner of an interview. Darcy seethed at the line from tapper that “conservative media was right and conservative media was correct” that Biden had long been in decline. So incensed he didn’t even consider whether Tapper actually meant it, he raged that Tapper falsely “simplifie[d] a much more nuanced media and political reality” that “[w]hile...the press should have covered Biden’s age with greater urgency—and to acknowledge that Biden clearly lost a step during his presidency—that’s a far cry from validating the deeply irresponsible narrative right-wing media spun for years[.]” “That was never journalism. It was propaganda. Full stop,” he screeched. Darcy then made excuses by whining “MAGA Media figures—particularly on Fox News—lobbed increasingly absurd claims about Biden’s mental faculties” and “painted him as a senile old man who didn’t know what day it was, who couldn’t walk unaided, and who spent his presidency dozing off[.]” This went on with more excuses, all-but admitting the claims were right Biden “lacked the energy he once had” while raging we contemptible ilk were going off of vibes and weren’t real journalists in our analysis (click “expand”): This wasn’t grounded in evidence. It wasn’t the result of deep reporting or careful observation. It was pure narrative warfare—an attempt to delegitimize Biden not just as a candidate but as a commander-in-chief. And the coverage became so cartoonish at times that no amount of fact-based reporting about Biden could pierce the right-wing media bubble. None of this is to deny that Biden was aging. He was. By the end of his term, it was obvious to those around him—and to many voters—that he lacked the energy he once had. Even Democratic operatives privately acknowledged that he didn’t have his fastball anymore. But there’s a world of a difference between an 80-something president, who has always been prone to gaffes, showing his age and a man secretly suffering from debilitating dementia or worse. And conflating the two, as Fox News and its allies routinely did, wasn’t just misleading—it was malicious. He came off like something our friends at the Babylon Bee cooked up. Check out this part as he excused the liberal media’s cover-up and/or passive view of Biden’s mental state while he was in office to merely being “cautious”: Yes, Biden’s debate performance on CNN was troubling. Yes, the press should have been more aggressive in scrutinizing his capacity to serve a second term. But reporters who refrained from joining the right-wing media hysteria were not negligent or part of a cover-up—they were simply cautious. They understood the weight of diagnosing a president with a serious neurodegenerative disorder without hard evidence. And they understood the cost of being wrong[.] This went right into deep-seated hatred: “MAGA Media’s goal was never honest diagnosis. It was political demolition. They weaponized Biden’s verbal gaffes, his slower gait, and his lower-energy demeanor to manufacture the idea that he was mentally vacant. Never mind that Biden managed the job without...chaos and confusion[.]” No word on what Oliver thought about, say, Afghanistan. He also implied conservative journalists aren’t real reporters: That wasn’t journalism. It was performance...They weren’t gathering facts. They were throwing mud, hoping some of it would stick. ..That’s what makes the current revisionism so maddening. Now, with Tapper and Thompson’s book...MAGA Media figures are claiming vindication. They’re demanding apologies from journalists...But they weren’t right. They were irresponsible. They didn’t try to understand what was happening behind the scenes After saying “their years of bad-faith character assassination” is not “noble,” Darcy concluded Biden wasn’t “perfect,” but he still “made decisions” despite being “under constant attack from a  media machine” and thus “[n]o one owes that dishonest machine an apology.” Go touch some grass, bro.

While some late comedians have attacked the GOP’s spending bill as an attack on poor people, Comedy Central’s Ronny Chieng decided to be different and take a swing at the national security portions, mainly President Trump’s call for a “Golden Dome” missile defense system. On Thursday’s episode of The Daily Show, Chieng quipped that the argument for the system sounds “like a us problem” and displayed none of the subtlety or nuance the topic deserved as he ended up citing a pro-Golden Dome expert as evidence the idea is dumb. Chieng introduced a clip of ABC’s Good Morning America by wondering, “Good news, everybody, Congress is cutting food stamps, but we're getting a Golden Dome! If you're hungry, maybe you can try eating it! Quick question, though, where did Trump come up with ‘Golden Dome?’” In the video, White House correspondent Mary Bruce recalled how, “The president has long praised Israel's Iron Dome, which can intercept and destroy short-range rockets, missiles, and drones.”     That was followed by a clip of Trump claiming, “Golden Dome sounds better to me.” Despite the similar name, Trump’s system would protect the country from ballistic and cruise missiles, so it would be fundamentally different than the Iron Dome. However, one can still see a common thread of air defense present in Trump's remarks, but Chieng only wanted to take a shot at Israel, ‘“You know, it takes a special leader to look at what's going on in Israel and be like, ‘Hey, we need to copy those guys, because it is going great.’” Shifting back to the U.S., Chieng then focused on some of the artwork that accompanied Trump in his recent Oval Office announcement of the program, “And by the way, the poster board he put up just raises even more questions. Like, why is every country launching missiles at us? This is starting to look like a us problem.” First of all, the curvature of the earth and the physical locations of Russia, China, and North Korea has a lot to do with that. Second, it is amazing how The Daily Show reverts back to standard Blame America leftism whenever the issue is something other than Ukraine. Third, it’s just a poster designed to look cool and convey a basic idea that lay people can understand, not be a doctoral thesis on the subject. Chieng, however, was not done; he then teed up another clip of GMA, “But you know what, I guess the money is worth it, if it's capable of defending all of America.” In the clip, Nicole D’Antonio reported how the word “dome” is actually a misnomer, “A missile shield in the U.S. will not be capable of defending all of America.” Missile defense expert Tom Karako of the Center for Strategic and International Studies then added, “I'm a missile defense guy, but it's never going to be possible to defend against everything, and so we are going to have to be selective.” What Karako was referring to was basic physics. Space-based interceptors do not currently exist, and air defense systems have a certain radius, and the United States and Canada are simply too big to cover every square inch, so defense planners have to make unpleasant but necessary decisions to prioritize certain locations. However, what Chieng did not care to add was that Karako does not view this as an argument against the Golden Dome. In fact, Karako actually supports the plan, “The initiative to elevate and prioritize air and missile defense … that’s long overdue and it’s entirely appropriate.” Karako has also said, “The truth is, we're pretty vulnerable.” Instead, Chieng used Karako to claim Trump was throwing money at something that was destined to fail, “We're going to have to be selective? Like, what are we going to do, just save, like, what, New York and LA and, what, the states with good barbecue? Actually, yeah, that works. Let's go with that. The bottom line is, it's incredibly expensive, and it doesn't work.” There is no doubt that the Golden Dome’s technical aspects will take time and money to figure out, and they will be more complicated than a simple Oval Office poster or references to the Iron Dome, but if it protects America and deters our enemies, than it will be worth it because it is a fact that a peacetime military is less expensive than a wartime military. Here is a transcript for the May 21 show: Comedy Central The Daily Show 5/21/2025 11:05 PM ET RONNY CHIENG: Good news, everybody, Congress is cutting food stamps, but we're getting a Golden Dome! If you're hungry, maybe you can try eating it! Quick question, though, where did Trump come up with "Golden Dome?" MARY BRUCE: The president has long praised Israel's Iron Dome, which can intercept and destroy short-range rockets, missiles, and drones. DONALD TRUMP: We're going to call it the Golden Dome. We had the Iron Dome, but somehow [jump cut] Golden Dome sounds better to me. CHIENG: You know, it takes a special leader to look at what's going on in Israel and be like, "Hey, we need to copy those guys, because it is going great." Second of all, I don't think missile defense shields work like frequent flier programs, alright? "Hey, check it out, our dome earned gold status! I hope China doesn't get a Platinum Dome, then they get lounge access."  And by the way, the poster board he put up just raises even more questions. Like, why is every country launching missiles at us? This is starting to look like a us problem. But you know what, I guess the money is worth it, if it's capable of defending all of America. NICOLE D'ANTONIO: A missile shield in the U.S. will not be capable of defending all of America. TOM KARAKO: I'm a missile defense guy, but it's never going to be possible to defend against everything, and so we are going to have to be selective. CHIENG: We're going to have to be selective? Like, what are we going to do, just save, like, what, New York and LA and, what, the states with good barbecue? Actually, yeah, that works. Let's go with that. The bottom line is, it's incredibly expensive, and it doesn't work. But at least we'll have a Golden Dome that says Trump on it--- ah, [bleep].   

Apparently, according to the Gaia worshipers over at TIME magazine, human-caused climate change is threatening to make more bugs go extinct and cause their habitat behaviors to go haywire. TIME reporter Simmone Shah trotted out the eco-agitprop May 20 on how “climate change means that globally summers on average could get less buggy.” Climate change, cried Shah, could mean globally that “an increasing number of insects could be at risk for extinction” and that other pests like ticks and mosquitoes could “broaden their range of habitat or timing when they emerge for the season.”  Then came the pathetic scareporn: “While you might be hoping to put away the bug spray, experts warn that the [climate] change could have harmful impacts on ecosystems, agriculture, and in some cases, health.” In other words, humanity is responsible for, er, insecticide, as TIME has notoriously blamed humanity as being the cause of the climate change that’s now affecting the bugs society is supposed to be eating! Timon and Pumbaa from The Lion King (1994) are the most shook.   As Climate Depot founder Marc Morano quipped in comments to MRC Business, “Do even loyal readers of these media rags read -- let alone believe this crap!?" Morano also told MRC Business that TIME’s bug apocalypse story is just the latest in a series of nonsensical eco-doomism being pushed by leftist media this week. “What a week! First CBS News warned 'pregnant women' are in danger to climate change. (What is a woman?!) Shah had that, too.  CBS News also warned climate change will cause more home foreclosures. Now we are being told by TIME mag that bugs will be devastated by climate change.” As Morano summarized, “If you believe the legacy media this week, a post-climate apocalypse will be filled with homeless high risk pregnancy patients living in a 'less buggy' world.” Save the bugs, cried Shah: “While sometimes annoying, insects are more important than many of us give them credit for, say experts.” This kind of climate sensationalism is par for the course for the magazine. This is the same trash outlet that infamously tried to sell people on the nutty idea that 2020 was humanity’s “one last chance” to save the planet. In 2021, the magazine even went as far as to exploit the deadly COVID-19 pandemic as being beneficial for the climate cause: “Climate Is Everything: How the pandemic can lead us to a better, greener world.”

Vice President JD Vance spoke at length Monday with Ross Douthat of the New York Times about the successes and setbacks that the Trump administration has faced so far in its counteroffensive against the nation's longstanding "invasion" by foreign nationals. Vance justified the use of the Alien Enemies Act, raised concerns about the judicial activism getting in the way of immigration enforcement, spoke to the ruinous impact of the "invasion" overseen by the previous administration, and detailed what success looks like on this issue. The vice president underscored that the administration is not impelled to deport illegal aliens by hatred but rather by a commitment to the common good and an understanding that rapid immigration, particularly of the unlawful variety, strikes at national unity and "social solidarity." He noted further that while the country has been confronted with an unsustainable "invasion," the administration has remedies available and the willpower to pursue them. Alien Enemies Act President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on March 15 invoking the Alien Enemies Act and declaring that Tren de Aragua is "a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization" aligned with the Venezuelan Maduro regime that "is perpetrating, attempting, and threatening an invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States." "I proclaim that all Venezuelan citizens 14 years of age or older who are members of TdA, are within the United States, and are not actually naturalized or lawful permanent residents of the United States are liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed as Alien Enemies," added Trump. The administration ousted 137 Venezuelan aliens under the law on the day of the proclamation but was promptly barred from executing additional removals under the AEA by a federal judge who deemed Trump's invocation of the AEA through the proclamation "unlawful." RELATED: Tom Homan to Glenn Beck: Tim Walz 'disgusting' for comparing ICE to 'Gestapo' — Eric Swalwell not 'above the law' Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Numerous federal judges have issued additional prohibitions against removals under the AEA in the months since, including U.S. District Judge Clay Land, who ruled Wednesday that while the president "should be afforded substantial deference in the execution of his duties under Article II of the Constitution," the administration could not send a Venezuelan national packing. When pressed about the AEA, Vance suggested Monday that the courts "should be extremely deferential to these questions of political judgment made by the people's elected president of the United States." Seizing upon Douthat's remark that there aren't five million people waging war, Vance said, "OK, but are there thousands, maybe tens of thousands of people? And then when you take their extended family, their networks, is it much larger than that? Who are quite dangerous people who I think very intentionally came to the United States to cause violence, or to at least profit from violence, and they're fine if violence is an incidental effect of it? Yeah. I do, man." The vice president added that "people under-appreciate the level of public safety threat that we're under." — (@) The vice president bemoaned the media's apparent lack of intellectual curiosity about the "level of chaos, the level of violence" in migrant communities with large populations of illegal aliens, where "truly premodern brutality" has apparently become the norm. Finding the normalization of such brutality in the U.S. intolerable, Vance suggested that the AEA "vests us with the power to take very serious action against this" and indicated that the administration has a responsibility to do so, adding, "It's bad. It's worse than people appreciate." Vance minced no words regarding the impact of the judicial activism that has so far stood in the way of taking such "serious action," stating, "You cannot have a country where the American people keep on electing immigration enforcement and the courts tell the American people they're not allowed to have what they voted for." The vice president appeared optimistic, however, stating that "we're very early innings here on what the court is going to interpret the law to mean." Democrats' favorite MS-13 associate Douthat likened the approach taken by the administration to the cartels and their foot soldiers to that taken by previous administrations to "anyone associated with Islamic terrorism and so on in the aftermath of September 11," suggesting that the legal process has, in some cases, been sidestepped, that the system in place is "ripe for war-on-terror-style abuses" and that injustices may be inevitable. While Vance entertained Douthat's concerns — which were couched in a broader conversation about Vance's simultaneous fidelity to American law and to Catholic moral teaching — he intimated the parallel may be weaker than some in the media might want to admit, alluding to the case of MS-13 affiliate Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his portrayal as a man traduced whose civil rights were violated. "I haven't asked every question about every case, but the ones where I have asked questions and I try to get to the bottom of what's going on, I feel quite comfortable with what's happened," said Vance. "And the one that I've spent the most time understanding is the one of the Maryland father." RELATED: Rubio hammers Van Hollen over his MS-13 margarita date, emphasizes judicial limits Photographer: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images Democratic lawmakers and the liberal media did their apparent best to leave the American public with the impression that Abrego Garcia was an "innocent father" betrayed by his adoptive government. It turns out that the Salvadoran national who was returned to his homeland by the Trump administration was an illegal alien linked to a terrorist gang, identified by two immigration courts as a danger to the community, and accused of both domestic abuse and human trafficking. Vance discussed the controversy over Abrego Garcia's deportation — a decision that has been kicked all the way to the Supreme Court — and noted, "I understand there may be disagreements about the judgments that we made here, but there's just something that it's hard to take serious when so many of the people who are saying we made a terrible error here are the same people who made no protests about how this guy got into the country in the first place or what Joe Biden did for four years to the American southern border." The vice president noted further that if the media alternatively framed the situation as the president "considering sending the very worst violent gang members in America to a foreign prison — so long as that is a legal thing to do" — then there would likely not be so much "passionate resistance." Success While the vice president indicated he would like to see "the gross majority" of illegal aliens who entered the country under the previous administration deported — he suggested the number was around 20 million — Vance said "that is actually a secondary metric of success." RELATED: Vance: Trump's growth plan ditches cheap labor for real jobs that will fuel American greatness Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images "Success to me is not so much a number, "said Vance. "Success to me is that we have established a set of rules and principles that the courts are comfortable with and that we have the infrastructure that allows us to deport large numbers of illegal aliens when large numbers of illegal aliens come into the country." The path to success so-defined, he continued, is reliant not only on the administration's efforts but on the courts as well. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

While hardworking Americans continue to pay into the Medicaid system, intended to help those in need, oversight failures have left it vulnerable to scammers.On Tuesday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced 22 new indictments relating to a sober living home fraud case.'This invites fraudsters and criminals to take bigger and bigger chunks out of an ever-expanding pie.'The AG’s investigation accused Happy House Behavioral Health LLC of receiving taxpayer funds for services it either never provided or only partially delivered. Additionally, the company allegedly billed for services for clients who were deceased and incarcerated.According to the indictment, Happy House Behavioral Health received more than $60 million from the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. The company allegedly violated state law by using the funds to pay directly for sober living homes for clients. RELATED: Medicaid madness: The RINO plot to sabotage Trump’s spending bill Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty ImagesHappy House Behavioral Health faces multiple charges, including conspiracy, fraudulent schemes and artifices, client referral fraud, money laundering, theft, and forgery.A church and 20 individuals are also facing felony charges related to the alleged scam.In July 2023, Happy House Behavioral Health allegedly paid $5 million to Hope of Life International Church. The house of worship was accused of later wiring $2 million to an entity based in Rwanda.The charges are part of a larger investigative effort to address a $2.8 billion fraud scheme that exploited the state’s Medicaid system as part of a broader “sober living crisis.” More than 100 individuals have been indicted in connection to the scam.The Associated Press reported that the massive scam has disproportionately impacted Arizona's Native American population, resulting in an unknown number falling victim to fraudulent sober living homes and becoming homeless after funding was pulled from the unlicensed facilities. Hayden Dublois, a data and analytics director with the Foundation for Government Accountability, told Blaze News, “Waste, fraud, and abuse are rampant in the Medicaid program, and this latest case is a classic example of the types of coordinated, criminal efforts to defraud states and federal taxpayers.”Hope of Life International Church denied the accusations in a statement to the AP. It claimed that it accepted donations from a licensed sober living facility that was a tenant of the church. The AP reported that the church further contended that it did not control the facility’s operations, financial practices, or management decisions.“The church’s only relationship was that of a landlord and, later, as a recipient of a donation — a donation accepted in good faith, consistent with its mission and longstanding practice,” the church stated.Happy House Behavioral Health did not respond to a request for comment from the AP.RELATED: Pharmacy middlemen didn’t break health care — the feds did Photo by: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesDublois told Blaze News, “This case is shocking enough, but the scale of the problem is even more alarming: The Medicaid program is on track to surpass $2 trillion in improper payments over the next decade.”“This $2 trillion problem, much of which is fraud by design, encourages state and federal bureaucrats to check less, approve more, and grow the programs as fast as possible,” Dublois continued. “This invites fraudsters and criminals to take bigger and bigger chunks out of an ever-expanding pie. More frequent eligibility checks, work requirements, and repealing bad Biden-era policies would go a long way toward reducing the rampant fraud we know is still occurring.”Dublois noted that Congress plans to address some of these issues in the one “big, beautiful bill.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

An endless battle encompassing hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Dozens of factions, all outfitted with their own weaponry, armor, and physical abilities. Warhammer 40k is built for the RTS genre - it’s where the Space Marines and Chaos feel most at home. Almost 20 years on, Dawn of War remains one of the best-loved games in the entire 40k canon. Developed by Relic, the studio behind Company of Heroes and the gorgeous anniversary edition of Age of Empires 4, it’s like a bulky, grimy reimagining of Command and Conquer, combining classic real-time mechanics with the defining Warhammer art style. And now, it’s coming back. A new Dawn of War remaster is officially in the works. Continue reading Classic RTS game Warhammer 40k Dawn of War is getting a complete remaster MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Warhammer 40k games, Best RTS games, Best strategy games

It's been a full year since Kasedo's first ever trailer for Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus 2. Bathed in the perfect amount of eerie, neon green, the XCOM-like classic is back, this time centered around longtime big bad, the Necrons. Allowing players to experience both sides of the story, you'll be able to play as the skeletal Xenos and the titular Adeptus Mechanicus, an unsettling machine race dedicated to the Omnissiah. But, as the latest gameplay trailer reveals, during the course of our journey we'll run into both some familiar faces and a Warhammer 40k faction that has never appeared in a videogame before. That's right, the Leagues of Votann are joining the fray, and I quiz product manager Tony Cross about how it happened. Continue reading New Mechanicus 2 trailer confirms gaming debut of beloved Warhammer 40k faction MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Warhammer 40k games, Best space games, Best turn-based strategy games