One reason that many Republican voters took a shine to Donald Trump in 2016 was the way he showed no respect to the national chattering classes of the Democrat-media complex. George W. Bush was a kinder, gentler Republican—and they compared him to Hitler. No matter which flavor of Republican was elected, the “objective” media savaged him. We’ve reached the 20th anniversary of deadly Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed an estimated 1,836 Americans. But misinformation landed first. NBC and MSNBC tremendously hyped Democrat Mayor Ray Nagin’s “Today” show estimate of 10,000 dead in New Orleans. Appearing on “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart, NBC anchor Brian Williams offered a sermon: “These were Americans, and everyone watching the coverage all week, that kind of reached its peak last weekend, kept saying the same refrain: How is this happening in the United States? And the other refrain was, ‘Had this been Nantucket, had this been Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, how many choppers would have …'” Then Williams was drowned out by applause. Williams the serial exaggerator also claimed he could see bodies floating outside his hotel room in the French Quarter, but the New Orleans Advocate reported that the area had been largely spared in the catastrophe and experienced little flooding. This happened all over TV. CNN anchor Aaron Brown baited Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio: “Do you think black America’s sitting there thinking, if these were middle class white people, there would be cruise ships in New Orleans, not the Superdome?” On MSNBC, Keith Olbermann suggested Bush looked like a “21st-century Marie Antoinette.” Let them eat king cake? CBS “Sunday Morning” commentator Nancy Giles attacked Bush for failing to come to the Superdome to show black victims “he gave a damn.” Giles declared if most Katrina victims were white, “they would not have gone for days without food and water, forcing many to steal for mere survival. Their bodies would not have been left to float in putrid water. They would have been rescued and relocated a hell of a lot faster than this. Period.” The Washington Post offered a front-page headline quoting a woman saying, “To Me, It Just Seems Like Black People Are Marked,” as if even weather systems have a racial animus. Former New York Times executive editor Howell Raines bashed Bush in the Los Angeles Times: “The churchgoing cultural populism of George Bush has given the United States an administration that worries about the House of Saud and the welfare of oil companies while the poor drown in their attics and their sons and daughters die in foreign deserts.” Even an NBC concert for hurricane relief carried anti-Bush messages. Rapper Kanye West went on an unscripted verbal rampage that ended with “President Bush doesn’t care about black people.” Seven years later, when Superstorm Sandy ravaged the East Coast, it became a political strength for President Barack Obama. Two days before the 2012 election on “Meet the Press,” Savannah Guthrie saw God’s hand at work: “Here was a moment handed to (Obama) seemingly from above where he could look like that strong, independent, steady in a storm, very appealing to the middle of the road voters, and I might add to unmarried women voters who are going to be very key in this election.” New Orleans had a Democrat mayor, and Louisiana had a Democrat governor. But all perceived government failures in the Katrina aftermath were singularly assigned by the media to Team Bush. Even in disasters, they pretend reality has a liberal bias. COPYRIGHT 2025 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post The Anniversary of Bush-Trashing Hurricane Katrina ‘News’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Now, that’s funny!Jimmy Kimmel, soon to inherit Stephen Colbert’s throne as king of clapter, is standing tall for free speech.Crime in DC? What crime? Union Station remains a utopian vision of progress, just don’t mind the junkies waving dirty needles in your face.Yes, the late-night clown who said nothing about the Twitter Files, cancel culture, Scary Poppins, sensitivity readers, and more is spittin’ mad about one First Amendment issue: Colbert’s dismissal from “The Late Show.” Yes, despite no evidence to back it up, Kimmel says Trump got the far-left Colbert fired:If Joe Biden had used his muscle to get Sean Hannity kicked off the air, you may be surprised to learn that I would not support that. I would, in fact, support Sean Hannity in that situation, because I thought one of the founding principles of this country was free speech. But people don’t seem to care about protecting it unless you agree with them.Give Kimmel a little credit. It doesn’t appear he teared up while pushing this horse manure ...Force majeureThe Force is female!So sayeth “Star Wars” overlord Kathleen Kennedy, both via T-shirt proclamations and via the product she peddles.How did that work out again? Don’t ask.Well, someone at Disney is asking. The Mouse House is scrambling to win back young male audience members, according to a new report.Leadership at Walt Disney Studios has been pressing Hollywood creatives in recent months, multiple sources tell Variety, for movies that will bring young men back to the brand in a meaningful way. “Young men” is defined here by sources as ages 13-28, aka Gen Z.Yes, the same company that took male-centric brands like “Star Wars” and the Marvel Cinematic Universe and woked them into oblivion wonders why young men aren’t keen on Disney fare.Here’s a free tip. Make a “Star Wars” spin-off featuring twin sisters whose mothers are space witches. You could call it “The Acolyte,” and the story could brim with female empowerment. The boys will come running before you can say, “It’s a small world after all!”RELATED: Colbert gets canceled — by CBS, not conservatives Photo by Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty ImagesLaugh riotLook! Another installment of Comedians Against Comedy!This time, it’s the mind behind “Everybody Loves Raymond.” Phil Rosenthal created the smash show with star Ray Romano that ran for nine seasons on CBS.Rosenthal went on to create “Somebody Feed Phil,” an unconventional cooking show airing on Netflix. He spoke to Fox News about comedy and cancel culture, and he shared a curious take on the toxic trend.“I think it’s good to be sensitive. It doesn’t mean you can’t be funny; it just means you don’t do jokes at other people’s expense, maybe, no matter who they are, unless you’re punching above your class, right? You want to punch up, not down.”Rosenthal’s brand of humor is generally light and inoffensive. Nothing wrong with that. Still, putting up silly rules for others to follow, especially the absurd “punching down” nonsense, suggests he’s trying to pull the ladder up for his successors.Or he’s afraid of being canceled for not being woke enough. Either way, it’s the opposite of funny ...Wrong trackIt takes a special something to anchor an MSNBC (MSNOW?) show, and Lawrence O’Donnell has the goods.O’Donnell, hoping to scare people about a less crime-ridden D.C. under President Donald Trump, turned to a movie that’s more than 85 years old to hammer home his point.Crime in D.C.? What crime? Union Station remains a utopian vision of progress, just don’t mind the junkies waving dirty needles in your face. At any rate, said O'Donnell, how dare Trump’s crime-busting sully the memory of:The iconic Amtrak railroad station through whose glass doors Jimmy Stewart first saw the Capitol Dome when he arrived in Washington. In Frank Capra’s classic film “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” there were no soldiers in the shot when Jimmy Stewart’s character, the newly appointed Senator Jefferson Smith, arrived at Union Station. And there have never been troops at Union Station.Denying reality to own President Donald Trump? Nobody does it better than O’Donnell ...Blake's backEmbattled star Blake Lively has landed a new gig. And no, it’s not a legal thriller or MeToo drama.The “It Ends with Us” starlet’s new film is an action rom-com called “The Survival List.” She’ll play a reality TV show producer who gets stranded on an island and learns the survivalist who anchored the show in question is a fraud.We’ll have to see if Lively can bring the action and rom-com thrills, but we can expect everyone on the set will be wearing GoPro cameras as much as possible to avoid future litigation.

Beheaded statues and threatened parishioners, shattered stained glass and spray-painted walls, ransacking and arson, urine in holy water and feces in infants’ baptismal water, a murdered priest and a dynamited altar. Now, the United States can add an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old murdered as they prayed at Mass during their first week of Catholic school, along with 17 others wounded, including 14 children.These are just some of the attacks on American Catholic churches this year. There have been 42, according to a list compiled by CatholicVote, an activist organization co-founded by Brian Burch, the current U.S. ambassador to the Holy See.These are not random crimes. They are deliberate assaults on the Church and its faithful.Forty-two. That’s an incredible number, given that you’ve likely heard little if anything about it.Anti-Catholic vandalism and violence have reached every corner of the country in recent years. Since 2020, more than 520 attacks have been recorded. The motives range from pro-trans and pro-abortion activism to hostility toward marriage and outright hatred of the Church.Democratic leaders haven’t exactly been silent. Attacks against Catholics and our faith have poured in from ostensibly Catholic and non-Catholic Democrats alike. These include former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and California Rep. Ted Lieu (D) challenging the church’s pro-life stances and authority over moral matters. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), still a U.S. senator, joined several of her colleagues in attacking the Catholic faith of multiple judicial nominees, including Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The late California Sen. Dianne Feinstein infamously said “the dogma lives loudly within you” when challenging Barrett’s fitness for the bench.The Los Angeles Dodgers hosted Our Lady of Perpetual Indulgence, a stridently anti-Catholic, demonic trans and drag group, at one of their games. The bones of St. Junípero Serra had to be moved from their Carmel, California, mission resting place after anti-Catholic rioters toppled several statues of him and threatened to hurl his remains into the Pacific Ocean. Sixty ostensibly Catholic Democrats signed a "Statement of Principles" challenging Church teachings on life in a direct response to San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone's public rebuke of Catholic politicians supporting abortion.California has seen the most incidents of the anti-Catholic violence, but no state is safe. Forty-two states and the District of Columbia have reported attacks on Catholic churches and institutions. The latest victims are the teachers and schoolchildren of Minneapolis.Police have identified the killer, who shot himself before police could apprehend him, as 23-year-old Robin M. Westman. He changed his name from Robert Paul Westman in 2020 while still a minor.Catholic imagery has long been the preferred target in American culture. Even in a Protestant-majority country, authors and Hollywood directors reach for the Catholic Church’s ancient symbols and rituals when they want to depict Christianity. The sacraments stand apart from the secular world, and they confront evil more clearly and beautifully than any other tradition.That’s why the devil hates the Church, its sacraments, and its symbols. That's why the Church is the choice of anti-Christian musicians, the rich and famous, and traveling drag groups to mock and defame in their fashion, music videos, and performances. It's why the Church is a target in an America where people shout their abortions, politicians flout their bishops, Christian values and believers are under attack, and evil isn’t afraid to show itself in daylight.After the shooting, prominent Democrats were quick to even attack prayer — the very act the children were engaged in when the murderer opened fire. Only more of their policy prescriptions could help!Minnesota offers no refuge. The state has some of the most permissive abortion laws in the country and bans counseling children away from gender transition — all signed by Democrat Gov. Tim Walz.When COVID-19 hit, Walz kept the Mall of America and other retailers open at 50% capacity, but capped churches at 10 people. Only under threat of civil disobedience did he raise the limit to 25% occupancy.He also signed a law blocking Catholic school students from earning college credits available to their peers in public schools. Worse still, he signed a bill allowing the state to remove children from homes if parents refuse “gender-affirming care.”This hostility is not unique to Minnesota. Across the country, governors and presidents have targeted Catholic hospitals, adoption agencies, and crisis pregnancy centers, forcing many to close permanently.A nation that openly attacks the Church cannot pretend those attacks won’t turn physical — and they already have. These are not random crimes. They are deliberate assaults on the Church and its faithful. Priests and parishioners must summon the courage to name the evil plainly and demand that politicians do the same.Blaze News: Democrats lash out over prayers for Christians murdered in devastating Minnesota shootingBlaze News: FBI investigating rampage as anti-Catholic hate crimeBedford in the Federalist (2021): Hate crimes against Catholics are multiplying (but politicians and media don’t want to talk about it)Bedford on Fox (2021): Media activists ‘want to destroy Christianity’ while egging on Church attacksDaily Caller: ‘Patently anti-religious’ Tim Walz has history of restricting faith-based institutionsCatholic News Agency: Gov. Tim Walz’s abysmal record on Catholic issuesBlaze News (2024): Ashes and accountability in the aftermath of Canada's unmarked Indian graves shamSign up for Bedford’s newsletterSign up to get Blaze Media senior politics editor Christopher Bedford’s newsletter.

A painter once thought peculiar, he’s now the deserving subject of Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men at the Art Institute of Chicago.

President Trump’s threat to strong-arm drugmakers will drive up costs, stall cures, and blunt America’s medical edge.

The president can’t get around the First Amendment and doesn’t try very hard to do so.