The New York Times appears to be trolling President Trump by suggesting he’s getting too old for the job. The man who began running for president by mocking “low-energy Jeb” Bush predictably hated this story. The online headline: Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength. But that image is getting harder for him to sustain. It became a front-page story on Thanksgiving, under the headline "Signs of Fatigue in Trump’s Trademark Stamina." Reporters Katie Rogers and Dylan Freedman acknowledge that Trump is constantly taking press questions and being available, by contrast to Biden, but hey, let’s just compare Trump now to Trump in the first term: Mr. Trump remains almost omnipresent in American life. He appears before the news media and takes questions far more often than Mr. Biden did. Foreign leaders, chief executives, donors and others have regular access to Mr. Trump and see him in action. Still, nearly a year into his second term, Americans see Mr. Trump less than they used to, according to a New York Times analysis of his schedule. Mr. Trump has fewer public events on his schedule and is traveling domestically much less than he did by this point during his first year in office, in 2017, although he is taking more foreign trips. He also keeps a shorter public schedule than he used to. Most of his public appearances fall between noon and 5 p.m., on average. Ironically, White House reporters are allergic to Trump's official events. They're designed to make him look good and present him doing and saying positive things. Online, the story came with a short video of Trump looking "drowsy" in an Oval Office meeting.  Trump went after this on his Truth Social account.  "The Creeps at the Failing New York Times are at it again," he wrote. "To do this requires a lot of Work and Energy, and I have never worked so hard in my life. Yet despite all of this the Radical Left Lunatics in the soon to fold New York Times did a hit piece on me that I am perhaps losing my Energy, despite facts that show the exact opposite," Trump posted on Truth Social. He added: "There will be a day when I run low on Energy, it happens to everyone, but with a PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE TEST ('That was aced') JUST RECENTLY TAKEN, it certainly is not now!"O The Times did this for Biden, too, but in a gentler tone – aides fret because it’s an image problem with voters. On July 10, 2022, White House reporter Peter Baker acknowledged in a front-page story that Biden didn’t appear much in front of reporters, and “the reality is that managing the schedule of the oldest president in American history presents distinct challenges. And as Mr. Biden insists he plans to run for a second term, his age has increasingly become an uncomfortable issue for him, his team and his party.”

Following in the New York Times’ footsteps, National Public Radio rallied around the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the discredited, Hamas-linked Islamic pressure group gilded as a Muslim “civil rights organization” by its allies in the elitist press. Andrew Schneider, senior reporter for politics and government at Houston Public Media, penned a blandished defense for Houston public media on Monday, a version of which aired on NPR itself Tuesday. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has launched a campaign against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), declaring the Muslim civil rights organization a foreign terrorist organization. What's unclear is whether that will hold up under a legal challenge from CAIR, either with respect to federal law or even Texas' own statutes. Schneider's handpicked sources naturally disagreed. Syed al-Ferdous immigrated to the Houston area from Bangladesh more than 20 years ago. He now attends services at the Maryam Islamic Center in Sugar Land, southwest of Houston, every evening. He said Abbott's calling CAIR a terrorist organization shows a lack of education about Islam. "I think it’s very juvenile to say the least," al-Ferdous said. "It’s very immature, and it just doesn’t hold any water whatsoever." The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has also designated CAIR a terrorist group, and Democratic Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer has also linked it to terrorism. Are they also immature? In addition, its executive director leader Nihad Awad in 2023 declared himself happy about the October 7 massacre. None of those facts, of course, penetrated the NPR bubble. "What does a civil rights organization in the United States, incorporated in the United States, run by American citizens, got to do with a foreign entity?" al-Ferdous asked. Neither Schneider nor his exclusively pro-CAIR talking heads ever broached the many reasons why Abbott made his decisions, although Gov. Abbott’s official proclamation provided details of CAIR’s extremism and that of a related group, Muslim Brotherhood. Instead he searched for reasons why Abbott’s claim was invalid: There's also the question of whether the statute violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which holds that when state and federal laws conflict, federal law is paramount. Declaring an entity a foreign terrorist organization is exclusively the purview of the U.S. State Department, which does not include CAIR on its list. He spoke with CAIR's national deputy director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, who supplied the paranoia against the hypothetical threat of Christian violence. CAIR’s silence in the face of previous Islamic attacks, or even support for them (see Awad above) for terrorism renders that argument ridiculous. Mitchell says Abbott's actions are increasing the risk of violence against CAIR's employees and Texas Muslims in general. "Greg Abbott’s anti-Muslim bigotry now turned into government policy is endangering the safety of Texas Muslims," Mitchell said. "Just yesterday, our staff in Texas had to receive security protection from Texas law enforcement because an anti-Muslim extremist showed up at a public hearing and demanded to know where the CAIR officials were. He was hunting down CAIR officials." Even the justification for Gov. Abbott’s move reeked of condescension, portraying conservative Christians as defending religious intolerance. Mark Jones, a political scientist at Rice University's Baker Institute, says Abbott is responding to pressure from some Texas Republicans concerned about the growth of Islam in the state. "They look to places like Minneapolis, where a growing Muslim population has resulted in prayers, calls to prayer being broadcast on loud speakers, and where what they view as a Christian way of life is being eroded," Jones said. .... "I suspect that it’s part of a broader concern that some Republicans have regarding Islam, in general, gaining popularity in Texas and encroaching and affecting what they believe should be a Judeo-Christian state, rather than an ecumenically pluralist state," Jones said. A version of the story broadcast on NPR the next day made similar slanted points.

Note: The following post and videos contain expletives and graphic language. Reader discretion is strongly advised. Along with the crazy things former MSNBC host Joy Reid and the insufferable, miserable Boomer women at the I’ve Had It podcast said Tuesday about CNN’s Scott Jennings and the MAGA movement, they also hurled a heinous smear at Erika Kirk and the Vance family, claimed without evidence President Trump has “dementia” and the media are covering it up, said “illegals” or “illegal immigrant” is the new n-word, and speculated Trump is secretly gay. Co-host Jennifer Welch kicked off the claims about Trump’s mental state, referring to him as “kanks” who’s “got, you know, concealer on the hands because they’re bruised out the wazoo” and “kankles as wide as the Mississippi.”     She added Trump’s “a shitshow” and wondered what will happen to MAGA after Trump is gone, specifically people like “Mike ‘Grindr’ Johnson,” taking a bizarre swipe at the Speaker of the House and tying him without a shred of evidence to a gay dating app. Reid obviously agreed, stating Trump “doesn’t seem to sometimes know where he is.” Welch upped the ante by calling Trump’s public appearances like one to McDonald’s franchisees “the biggest shitshow I’ve ever seen in my life.” Just like Joy Reid claims hackers took over her blog and posted homophobic slurs, Reid dove head-first into conspiracy theory land by claiming the news media are purposefully “edit[ing]” Trump’s appearances and speeches with CBS News and Fox News leading the way in “sanewashin[ing] him.” Reid then argued this supposed “media covering up of” Trump’s declining health is “one of the greatest scandals of all time” since Trump has “a touch of dementia” and “not fully coherent” whereas Joe Biden was merely “old and feeble.” This went straight into the racist smears against Usha Vance: Joy Reid and the “I’ve Had It” podcast crew argue MTG will “inherit MAGA” after President Trump because Vice President JD Vance is “the couch boy who’s got the brown wife who’s a Hindu” and thus “MAGA is not going to want that” pic.twitter.com/FJ2oLYDFyK — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 25, 2025   After fawning over Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) for breaking with the President and her criticisms of Israel, Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha came back around as the topic de jour with Reid arguing “Vance has a problem in that the base of MAGA is fundamentally racist.” Reid outlined to the approval of Welch and co-host Angie Sullivan what she insists has been the only issue MAGA and their predecessors in the Tea Party actually care about: HUH?! Joy Reid says the NEW n-word in America is calling someone an “illegal”: “They use the term illegals, which is just the n-word for brown people. If you want to say the n-word and it’s about brown people, you say illegals.” She also insists “the base of MAGA is… pic.twitter.com/nFwdH3s69d — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 25, 2025   It was here this unhinged coven cooked up their debauched and evil fever dream (click “expand”): UGLY: Here is the clip @_johnnymaga flagged of Joy Reid and AWFLs Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan claiming VP JD Vance will divorce Usha Vance if he wants to win in 2028 and marry “white queen” Erika Kirk, making for “the most perfect...MAGA fairy tale” pic.twitter.com/4Sm3o90G9C — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 25, 2025 REID: So, they can’t have the successor to MAGA be the guy with the brown, Hindu wife. They’re also Christian nationalists. That ain’t going to work. That’s why he’s throwing his wife under the bus. Poor Usha. Or she’s in on it, — right — and she’s wicked too. WELCH: And she’s playing slap and tickle with Erica Kirk. the weirdest shit I’ve ever seen. REID: What’s happening? SULLIVAN: Yeah. WELCH: It’s — she’s, like, in her Tammy Fay era. REID: Okay. Holding on the back of his head and rubbing on his head. WELCH: God, it’s some weird shit. REID: Baby, don’t do that to Jason. I’m going start thinking something’s going on. Why you holding the back of his head? I’m like, you — you not doing that right thing. You’re supposed to be a widow. You in leather pants. WELCH: It is — REID: That’s not widow wear. WELCH: Could you imagine if — REID: But wouldn’t it be the most perfect fairy tale — MAGA fairy tale — SULLIVAN: Yeah. REID: — if he finally sees the light that he needs a white queen instead of this brown Hindu? I mean, I’m not saying that’s happening. WELCH: Right. REID: Or maybe that Usha is not even in on it. Maybe she’s — whatever. But that’s — that’s one entrants [sic]. And, as for the conspiracy theories about the President’s sexuality, the three lefty loons apparently showcased they think it’s actually okay to mock someone’s sexuality….so long as they’re doing it. Off the top of the show, Welch alluded to this TikTok conspiracy theory that “Trump’s given blowjobs to Bubba” in reference to an alleged email in the Epstein files. Fast-forward to the end of the show in the “Hit It” or “Had It” segment (think love it or hate it), Welch asked Reid about this alleged “Bubbagate.” Reid broke out her ‘hood accent, saying she’d “hit it, baby” and “I wish it was Bill Clinton because this is the — this is the tea I need. I need to know who Bubba is. I want to know what’s Trump on his knees. I want to know what’s Trump with — did he — I mean, I want to know everything. Was he a spitter? I need to know!” No big deal, just Joy Reid and the 'I've Had It' ladies Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan joking about and mocking homosexuality because the new lefty TikTok conspiracy theory is the Epstein files prove Trump is gay pic.twitter.com/pBVJuXe5jM — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 26, 2025   The code-switching continued from Reid as she showed a weird fascination with this: I need to know who Trump is with, when he’s with them, is Melania jealous or is she glad to not have to deal with it? Is she saying, go ahead Bubba, you take it cuz I don’t want it. I hit it every day. I need it. I need to know who Bubba is. And if it’s not Bill Clinton — if it’s not Bill, is it Bill Clinton brother? The three again burst out laughing when Welch mentioned “Ghisaline Maxwell’s horse’s name was Bubba” (click “expand”): REID: This is all I want to talk about. I don’t even want to talk about nothing else. Just this. SULLIVAN: It’s crazy. REID: 24/7. SULLIVAN: I want it so bad. REID: So bad. SULLIVAN: My daughter, who is, like, comes this weekend, she calls me and she goes, “mom, did Donald Trump give Bill Clinton a blowjob? It’s all over Tik Tok.” And I was like, “that kind of is the running theory.” She’s like, “and — and these Christians are all for it?” Like, apparently. REID: How did he hold it with his little hands? SULLIVAN: That’s why he’s probably so good at his mouth. WELCH: Especially if — SULLIVAN: The hands are so little. WELCH: — especially if it was Ghisalaine’s horse. Those hands are so good. REID: The horses are quite large. “Oh, Donald, you scamp.” WELCH: Oh my gosh. I love it. And you know, here’s the thing. in any other world. You know, Mark Epstein came out and said, “hey, it wasn’t Bill Clinton.” But he didn’t deny that any of it happened. He also didn’t deny the part that Putin had evidence of it. SULLIVAN: Right. WELCH: So, all these national security Republicans for years, the nauseating Scott Jennings with the national security lapel and I believe in national security. Now it makes perfect sense. Helsinki, the bend over in Alaska because Putin — we all thought it was the pee tape. It’s Kank’s blowing Bubba. SULLIVAN: Yeah. REID: I mean he’s — and then I also wonder what does Bibi have on him? WELCH: Same thing. SULLIVAN: Same thing, yeah. REID: Right? Because if you think about it, Ghisaline Maxwell’s father was Mossad related. WELCH: Yep. REID: And then you have Jeffrey Epstein who — a lot of those emails he’s very also pro-Israel. He’s also buddies with the — with Ahud Barack. So, it’s like, there’s all this Israel connection. There’s connection to Kensington, to the crown and then there’s connections to Russia. There could be multiple national security challenges with Trump that multiple countries have dirt on him — dirt on the president of the United States. WELCH: Which is why we need the details. SULLIVAN: That’s right. WELCH: Spitter or swallow? SULLIVAN: Spitter or swallow? REID: We need to know if he’s spit or swallow. SULLIVAN: Who is Bubba? Horse? Human? REID: Horse or a human? Eww. To see the relevant transcript from the November 25 episode of I’ve Had It (including even more bizarre hot takes), click here.

Axios perhaps just inadvertently committed one of the most based forms of narrative-wrecking journalism ever to hit the leftist media ecosphere by admitting the Trump economy is a lot better than what the propaganda suggests. Axios economics reporter Courtenay Brown and Chief Economics Correspondent Neil Irwin — the latter of which forecasted economic doom since President Donald Trump first took office — released a shocking Thanksgiving Eve story declaring that “the biggest-picture indicators point to this being one of the better economies of modern times.” Talk about a seismic concession for an outlet that had been routinely denigrating Trump’s agenda from the get-go.  As Brown and Irwin wrote, “There have been plenty of ominous warnings this year about the job market, trade war-fueled inflation, asset bubbles, and more. The mighty U.S. economy has chugged ahead in 2025 despite them all.” In fact, “through 11 months of 2025, the overall trajectory is pretty darn solid.” Well, dang!  But of course, the authors tried to throw President Joe Biden a line by tracing some of the markers as far back as his administration, which makes sense given that Irwin was a notorious Bidenomics simp. Brown and Irwin pointed to a bevy of economic indicators such as unemployment remaining under 4.5 percent for 47 consecutive months, glossing over the fact that during Biden’s term, millions were still missing from the labor force. But now, as EJ Antoni pointed out based on the recent September jobs numbers, “Net job growth in Sep was from full-time hiring and replacing part-time work w/ those full-time jobs; this is a welcomed improvement after the weakness earlier in the year.”  Another core factor Brown and Irwin highlighted was America spending more “than any other nation”on artificial intelligence, “betting on technology that could have transformative effects for the economy and worker productivity.” The stock market, in effect, is near an all-time high, the Axios reporters continued, having spiked 16 percent this year alone.  The media writ large have been chasing their tails trying to rationalize why the Trump economy, regardless of one’s perspective on his tariff agenda, continued to defy the apocalyptic prophecies they churned out like clockwork over the past year.  CNN was probably the main villain behind much of the doom and gloom propaganda circulating around the Trump economy. The network’s response to the September jobs report blowing past expectations with a nonfarm payroll increase of 119,000 against a 50,000 estimate encapsulates how the leftist media is currently scrambling to salvage their narrative that Trump was driving the economy over a cliff: “Wait, I thought the economy was terrible. What happened?”  “What happened” was that reality flushed the media economic scareporn down the toilet vortex. Thanks for coming to our Ted Talk. 

On a recent radio interview, we discussed why the major media performs so poorly in polls about trust in the news, and yet, they are still influential. Congress has low approval ratings -- lower than the press! -- and yet Congress is still our legislative authority. People will say they don't like Congress, but they like their own representatives. It may be like that with the media -- they don't trust them as a whole, but they have favorites.  The national media elites still have the power to set the agenda, to shine a spotlight on exactly what they want to emphasize, and to try and bury stories they don't like -- like stories that make Trump look good, or stories where the violent criminal is an illegal immigrant. At NewsBusters, we believe that the power to decide what is "news" must still be challenged in every news cycle. We don't expect the media to reform itself -- although the Left is disturbed at any expression of moving major media outlets one tick toward the center -- see Bari Weiss at CBS. So far, there's not a lot of change on air at CBS. Then: Scott Jennings is doing a lot of interviews to promote his new book on President Trump, A Revolution of Common Sense, and part of that is Trump’s battles with the press. He entered hostile territory on the podcast of Kara Swisher, who despises Elon Musk and defends energetic censorship by Big Tech. She suggested that banning the New York Post from Twitter for 17 days and blatantly lying that Hunter's laptop was a Russian disinformation plot is just politics as usual. Kara claimed she didn’t like it, but hey, it’s politics as usual.  These are the leftists that claim they uphold truth and democracy. But they're unashamed about lying to win elections. Jennings also came up in a recent podcast with Joy Reid. She claimed Jennings was a phony who hates Trump: “[M]ost of the Republicans who serve Donald Trump obediently and live on their knees hate him. We know they hate him. We know they don’t respect him. We know that they don’t — they don’t believe anything coming out of their mouths,” she posited. That is not accurate for Scott. You can disagree with some of what Trump says or does, and still defend him against the leftist onslaught. Joy Reid thinks we're all worth disrespecting: “If Trump is like a proto-fascist, which he is, and you’re down with it, then you’re essentially saying you’re going to align the former party of Lincoln with fascism. Then, you know, there’s no reason for me to respect you." Reid lost enough respect that MSNBC dumped her.  Enjoy the podcast below. It's audio only, since our video team was on vacation.