Now that the coast is (largely) clear, the liberal media and their Biden administration sources have increasingly come out of the woodwork to sound off on the President’s reportedly paper-thin mental fitness to have fully served the last four years. With 50 sources, Thursday’s Wall Street Journal item was devastating, but of no concern to ABC, CBS, and NBC on their flagship newscasts Thursday night and Friday morning. The four-byline story’s headline and subhead spoke volumes: “How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge; Aides kept meetings short and controlled access, top advisers acted as go-betweens and public interactions became more scripted. The administration denied Biden has declined.” Whether it was his early 2023 interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur, the 2021 collapse of Afghanistan, or even the 2020 presidential campaign, The Journal piece revealed entire cabinet agencies were run with little direct input from the President and major decisions were done when explained in elementary detail to him or done on one of his “good days.” On Friday’s Fox & Friends, The Journal article came up 15 minutes into the show with co-host Brian Kilmeade calling it an “explosive report” with senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy summarizing the 3,600-word story. Peter had to have felt at least some validation as he recalled early 2021 when President Biden “was walled off” for what Americans had been told was to avoid Covid exposure, “but then he stayed walled off.”     He then read one devastating passage: [I]t comes with this quote: “If the President was having an off day, meetings could be scrapped all together. On one such occasion in the spring of 2021, a national security official explained to another aide why a meeting needed to be rescheduled. ‘He has good days and bad days and today was a bad day, so we’re going to address this tomorrow,’ the former aide recalled the official saying.” The President showed natural signs of aging but key allies always stuck their necks out to say no big deal. Doocy reminded viewers he “had a front row seat to a lot of this and at various times was basically told not to believe what I was seeing or hearing” and instead buy the excuses of Biden misspeaking or having “a cold.” Kilmeade replied by pointing out this wasn’t the first bombshell Journal article about Biden’s health with one having come months earlier (on June 4) to serve as a “dip[ping] their toe in the water on this very topic and they got blasted.” He then added: You’ve gotten blasted when you’ve questioned the President’s acuity...[T]hey talk about “interaction between Biden and many of his cabinet members were infrequent, often tightly scripted. One cabinet member stopped requesting calls with the President because it was clear that such a request wouldn’t be welcome”...Adam Smith, who is chairman of Armed services, tried to tell the President how bad Afghanistan could turn out, he couldn’t get to him. This is cataclysmic. Doocy stated the obvious that the stories in the article have “raise[d] a lot of questions about who was making key decisions — you mentioned the Afghanistan withdrawal” and, if the claims are true, that’s “a huge problem and it could explain why certain decisions were made that turned out to be catastrophic and why no apologies ever paid.”     The Fox correspondent passed along a stunning finding from the article about cabinet meetings and also explained how things he had heard about Biden’s mental incapacitation were only second-hand (and thus not something able to be reported with certainty) (click “expand”): PETER DOOCY: [W]hen the cabinet met all nine times, which is the least in the last several decades that a president has had their whole cabinet together in an entire term, there was a different item a few months ago where cabinet secretaries were being asked to submit their questions for the President behind closed doors in advance and they were being told to keep it quick because the way it worked they would ask a question pre-screened and the President would have a card with the answer even in a closed setting. And I hear a lot of the complaints and there was a bite in the open — why wasn’t there more coverage of the president’s age and acuity earlier? Well, a lot of the stories that you hear — STEVE DOOCY: You kept asking. PETER DOOCY: — I — I kept asking the whole time. And a lot of the stories that we would hear that we would try to report out are second hand. But it’s a lot of stuff like “oh,” — you would hear from somebody on the staff or somebody that works at the White House — “it looked like the President was falling asleep somewhere.” Okay. Hard to confirm that but we have tape of him falling asleep — KILMEADE: Yes, yes, right. PETER DOOCY: — at events as recently as his most recent foreign trip. Before shifting topics, co-host Lawrence Jones blasted the irony of the D.C. “talking about the Republican Party right now and who’s debating this bill and Elon Musk,” but the real question should be “who is running the country right now?” For her part, co-host Ainsley Earhardt wondered how the Abbey Gate families must feel hearing that, even in those moments of crisis, Biden was distant. Kilmeade wrapped it up: I think that this disqualifies Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Kamala Harris, KJP — they all lied to us. They told us he was fine. Campaigned to get him another four years until he fell apart in June. And they hid this from the country...And Jill! And she was the most complicit. Instead, the networks had other priorities such as NBC Nightly News advocating for a requirement to have guns include a magazine disconnect mechanism, nearly seven minutes (6:56) on Friday’s CBS Mornings celebrating co-host Gayle King’s birthday, and two minutes on ABC’s Good Morning America reminding those traveling this holiday season that airport parking is a disaster. To see the relevant Fox News Channel transcript from December 20, click here.

A former political analyst at CNN admitted that he allowed the White House to shame him into ignoring signs of President Joe Biden's cognitive decline. Chris Cillizza made the admission in a video on YouTube where he blamed a lack of curiosity among members of the media. 'Asking those questions isn't a partisan thing. Asking those questions is a journalism thing.' "As a reporter, I have a confession to make," said Cillizza. "I should have pushed harder earlier for more information about Joe Biden's mental and physical well-being and any signs of decline."He said that Republicans would press him about Biden's health but that his administration would accuse the media of bigotry for trying to bring it up. "The White House and the people around Joe Biden were absolutely adamant that suggesting anything, asking the question about whether he was in some physical, mental, or both decline, was offensive. 'How could you? It's age shaming.' And I think that impacted me at some level," Cillizza continued. Cillizza says that he was far more vocal about Biden's health after he was fired from CNN in Dec. 2022. "I probably should've pushed harder on the Biden age stuff because, in retrospect, it's clear that the people close to him knew that at best, he had some good days and some bad days," he added.While Cillizza appeared to be contrite about his journalistic failures, he went on to set up the conditions for the media to openly criticize President-elect Donald Trump about questions about his mental health. "I think it's a lesson that we have to learn going forward. Because again, Donald Trump will be the oldest person ever to hold office if he serves for four years, and I will be mindful of that. Because again, asking those questions isn't a partisan thing. Asking those questions is a journalism thing," he claimed. Biden was forced to abandon his re-election campaign after his cognitive decline was made evident during a disastrous debate with then-candidate Trump. Some Democrats have since blamed their devastating losses in the election on the administration not taking the president's decline seriously. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Congressman Chip Roy (R-Texas) said Republicans need "actual understanding" of what type of budget cuts President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk plan on making before they allow more debt spending.Roy said yesterday that he was not going to "raise or suspend" the debt ceiling without significant spending cuts attached to a bill."No apologies," he added to a post on X before tagging Trump and other Republicans.Trump had stated on Truth Social that he felt Roy is "just another ambitious guy, with no talent."The incoming president then said he hoped some other candidates were getting ready to go after Roy in a primary."He won't have a chance!" Trump added. — (@) Roy spoke to BlazeTV's Glenn Back on Friday and said that during a meeting with people he described as "less conservative," "something" leaked out of the room and made its way down to Trump that made Roy seem "resistant" to the president-elect's plans."We need actual understanding of what the cuts will be," Roy continued. "Otherwise, what you're asking us is to accept a $5 trillion limit in our credit card increase in exchange for nothing, literally, in exchange for nothing but hope.""Unfortunately, while I was trying to make the argument that we needed something in order to get the votes, someone leaked that down to Mar-a-Lago, and the president reacted. So now I have to now manage that," he added. — (@) At the same time, Roy said he was making the argument to conservatives that Trump, Musk, JD Vance, and Vivek Ramaswamy all need to be given the chance to implement their plan with the incoming Department of Government Efficiency. Roy said he asked colleagues for a little more than three months of leeway. "We need to give the president runway. We need to give him his first 100 days. We need to appreciate and respect JD and Vivek and Elon and all the people ... everybody involved for the president to achieve the objective."When Beck said that most Trump supporters "don't trust the people in the room" but do trust the system being implemented with DOGE and Trump, Roy agreed."We don't disagree. And yesterday morning, I was making that precise argument." — (@) Roy continued to critique the idea of raising the debt ceiling on his X page, making simple posts like "cut spending," while also offering more detailed thoughts."Currently, I'm against raising the debt ceiling without major spending cuts/reform. Congress needs to feel the pain of their actions and confront reality," he wrote late Thursday.Trump said on Friday that Congress needed to either eliminate the debt ceiling or "extend [it] out to, perhaps, 2029."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Donald Trump's granddaughter Kai Trump mocked some of the world's top golfers about jail stints in jail.Kai is the daughter of Donald Trump Jr., and the golf enthusiast has become increasingly popular since becoming active on YouTube and social media.The 17-year-old recently made an appearance at the PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf "Showdown," a made-for-TV event featuring the biggest golf stars in the world going head-to-head.Reigning world No. 1 golfer and PGA Tour money leader Scottie Scheffler was the young Trump's target at the event, who was intent on trolling the athlete about a run-in with the law in May."I'm here with ..." Trump began in classic YouTuber fashion."Scottie Scheffler," the golfer replied.Trump then immediately asked, "Scottie, you're too nice, but how was jail?" Not to be out-classed by the teenager, Scheffler retorted with a casual yet hilarious answer."You know, honestly, it was a bit boring," he laughed. "There's not really much to do in there. I was in a cell by myself and just kind of sitting in there looking at the walls. So it was a little boring."'You pulled it off just like Tiger Woods.'Scheffler was arrested outside the course entrance of the PGA Championship earlier in the year while trying get into the Valhalla Golf Club.An officer stopped him, and the golfer was subsequently charged with felony assault of a police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding signals from officers directing traffic, local outlet WDRB reported, citing court records.However, the egregious charges were dropped fewer than two weeks later.Trump wasn't done there, though. Somehow, golf legend Tiger Woods had his named dragged in the interview, too."I mean, orange is not a bad color, though — on you, honestly," Trump told Scheffler. "You pulled it off just like Tiger Woods," the teen joked.Scheffler then clarified he preferred the color "burnt orange" as opposed to "jail-cell orange." Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesThe Woods reference comes from a 2017 DUI arrest as a result of which the golfer was accused of having multiple drugs in his system. Woods later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and received probation and community service as a result.Kai Trump has exploded in popularity since she started posting on YouTube consistently in recent months, amassing over 600,000 subscribers and multiple videos with over one million views. One video that included Elon Musk has garnered over six million views.The PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf "Showdown" recently made headlines for its dedication to using cryptocurrency as payment. The $10 million prize will be paid entirely in the Crypto.com native currency called Cronos. At the time of this writing, one Cronos is currently valued around $0.16.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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