Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Gutless

If NBC News was a parent, then a number of their on-air personalities are their fit-throwing children. In essence, the parent gave in to the demands of their petulant kids. 

NBC News has cut ties with former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, just days after she was announced as a paid analyst for the network. There had been a growing internal backlash at the division over her hire.

Meanwhile, CAA also has dropped McDaniel as a client, sources familiar with the situation tell Deadline.

A source also confirmed reports that McDaniel was seeking potential legal options for her next steps.

NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde made the announcement about McDaniel’s exit in an memo to staffers. In his missive, Conde took responsibility for what happened, but it was unclear whether there will be further repercussions.

“No organization, particularly a newsroom, can succeed unless it is cohesive and aligned. Over the last few days, it has become clear that this appointment undermines that goal,” Conde wrote in the memo.

He added, “I want to personally apologize to our team members who felt we let them down. While this was a collective recommendation by some members of our leadership team, I approved it and take full responsibility for it.”


I was especially amused by Conde's assertion that it's imperative for a newsroom to be "cohesive and aligned." 


You mean everyone should be as anti-Semitic as Rev. Al Sharpton? Or as bigoted as Joy Reid? Or being prone to spread election disinformation as Little Red Lying Hood Jen Psaki has? 


Look, it's not like McDaniel was going to have her own show. She was set to be a contributor. So if these NBC personalities were so concerned about her viewpoints and the alleged danger they pose, then they should be able to easily refute said views when sitting on the same panel with her. Or better yet if she appeared as a solo contributor on one of the primetime programs (all hosted by far leftists), then any of the program hosts should be able to successfully rebut her commentary. Is there a better, more effective way to poke holes in objectionable worldviews than through intellectual discourse? The fact the network brass would rather acquiesce to their thumb-sucking TV hosts says to me that they're not all that secure in the validity of their personalities' talking points. 


While the NBC & MSNBC personalities can high five each other for standing in solidarity against the hiring of McDaniel while also continuing to receive the proverbial dopamine hit that occurs when shouting into their echo chamber, there are behind-the-scenes employees who have to live in the real world where there's repercussions for such a debacle. 


Now, NBC staffers are bracing for Republican backlash, fielding texts from angry GOP sources.

“Political reporters here didn’t take part in the backlash, nor did they get to give input on the hire,” one NBC News journalist said. “But they’ll be the ones who have to pick up the pieces with sources who are now dismayed with the organization.”

Four NBC News staffers expressed concern that instead of fixing the problem, hiring and then firing McDaniel had only alienated liberal viewers while confirming Republican fears. Two Republican aides told Semafor they’d texted their NBC News contacts to express their anger with the decision.


For a collective that got the vapors over then President Donald Trump declaring them the "enemy of the people," they sure as heck work overtime to give off that impression........at least towards about 74 million people. 


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Monday, March 25, 2024

Box Score of the Week

Baseball is back!!


Yeah, I know. The regular season got started last week with a couple of games in Seoul, South Korea, but this week's games feel more official. 


Anyhow, to honor Opening Day, let's check out a game from the 2018 opener - Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers


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As he did in the 2017 opener, the Astros' George Springer led off the game with a home run. As such, Springer became the first player in MLB history to hit leadoff home runs on Opening Day in consecutive seasons.


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Sunday, March 24, 2024

The NARN Closer's playlist - 3/24/2024



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Everybody got to him and he finally had to make a show......

There may or may not be a spring snowmageddon, but either way I'll be ensconced in the Patriot bunker for today's edition of my radio show The Closer. The 2-hour broadcast kicks off at 1:00 PM Central Time. 


In the first hour I'll discuss how Trump Derangement Syndrome has gone off the charts, so much so that progs and their media lapdogs aren't even trying to hide it anymore. At 1:30, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute Dr. Phillip W. Magness will join the broadcast to discuss President Joe Biden's insane Federal budget proposal. 


In the 2:00 hour, there are plenty of Minnesota based stories to discuss, including Democrats' continued hostility towards civil liberties. 



So please call (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to weigh in on any of the topics we plan on addressing.

 
You can listen live in the Twin Cities at AM 1280 or, if you're near downtown Minneapolis/West Metro area, 107.5 FM on your radio dial. In and out of the Minneapolis-St Paul area you can listen to the program on the Internet by clicking this link, or check us out via iheart radio as well as Amazon Alexa (just say "Alexa, play The Patriot Minneapolis")If you're unable to tune in live, please check out my podcast page for the latest show post.

And if you're so inclined, follow along on Twitter at #NARNShow or "Like" our Facebook page, where we also conduct a "Live Stream" of the broadcast.

Until then.....


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Friday, March 22, 2024

Calling out progs' disingenuousness

I said just last week how elected Dems' approach to stemming the tide of "gun violence" was long on grandstanding and woefully short on substance. 


Kudos to Minnesota State Senator (and longtime friend of the Northern Alliance Radio Network) Julia Coleman for calling 'em on it. 





Of all the gun legislation which has been passed at the Federal and State levels over the years, it has had little to no meaningful impact on "gun violence." If anything, these laws have served to undermine law abiding citizens' attempts to purchase firearms, thus inhibiting their opportunities to defend themselves and their loved ones when facing a lethal threat.

Legislation to increase the penalties for a straw purchase has been something which Second Amendment advocates as well as pro-2A representatives have been pushing for long before the tragedy in Burnsville last month. But since that isn't a sexy enough headline for gun grabbers as would be in the aftermath of an "assault weapons ban," they view a stalemate as more valuable, which in turn allows them to fundraise off such chanting points as "rEpUbLiCaNs CaRe MoRe AbOuT gUnS tHaN tHe ChIlDrEn." 

But now that there's been a high profile tragedy where harsher punishment for a straw purchase may have had an impact, the Minnesota DFL looks to jump on the bandwagon. By hijacking Sen. Coleman's bill. Y'know, the one that passed unanimously out of committee last year only to be blocked from a floor vote this session?




This is a function of being drunk on power. I don't doubt that DFLers got such a high over leftist media fawning over they and their 2023 passed legislation that they just aren't willing to allow anyone else (i.e. eeeeeeevil Republicans) an opportunity to pass substantive measures which will actually benefit all Minnesotans. 


So the next time the progressive death cult accuses right wingers of playing politics with people's lives, this incident alone is validation that it's Imax theater level projection. 


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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Quick Hits: Volume CCCXLIII

 - I admit I rolled my eyes when some Minnesota talking heads contended that this year's MN legislative session would not be as intense as last year. After all, the far left progs have hijacked the DFL, so never underestimate the party's desire to perpetuate their radicalism. For starters, their attempts to gut the First and Second Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. 



 




Rep. Niska posted an update on Tuesday regarding the left's war on faith. 

“The Senate Democrats had a chance to restore the law to our long-held consensus that religious communities in Minnesota have the autonomy to decide questions of faith,” Niska said. “House Democrats, Senate Democrats and Gov. Walz had more than two weeks to step back off the ledge and do what’s right for Minnesotans. Instead, they only further entrenched themselves in their radical position that your religious freedoms take a back seat to the state’s rule, and the separation of church and state no longer exists in Minnesota.”

Before last year, when gender identity was included (or subsumed) within the MHRA definition of sexual orientation, the still-existing religious exemption for sexual orientation covered gender identity claims as well. When a new, separate definition of gender identity was created last year, there was no corresponding religious exemption added. This issue caused alarm among Minnesota’s faith community and Niska worked with religious leaders to craft an amendment to MHRA legislation S.F. 4292. House Democrats and Senate Democrats then voted to keep that language off the overriding bill.


Kinda puts a whole new spin on Gov. Walz's goal for a "One Minnesota," eh?



- In the event you think progs can't be any more deranged, get a load of this one. 





As mentally damaged as some people have become in the era of Donald Trump, I wouldn't be shocked if this Sington character had Barron Trump's 18th birthday marked on his calendar. According to Mr. Sington's Twitter bio, he's a former NBCUniversal "Senior Executive." He deleted that tweet within a couple hours of posting it. 

Not sure what the insinuation is, but I'm guessing it's in response to political righties suggesting that the current President's son, Hunter Biden, is "fair game" for criticism. If indeed that was Mr. Sington's contention, it is the falsest of false equivalencies. First off, right-of-center politicos aren't going after Hunter for sport. There are credible allegations of his selling access to his then VP father in order to enhance his business dealings. Also, it appears he may skate on a gun charge of which ordinary citizens likely wouldn't be afforded the same courtesy. 


Bottom line: if Barron Trump ever engages in similar nefarious activities, then I would concur he's opened himself up to criticism. But to declare him "fair game" for maligning just because of who his father is? You might wanna see a shrink posthaste. 



- A good number of Donald Trump supporters in my social network have been sharing this photo lately. 





The date listed was about 2 weeks after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. By this point, a lot of businesses closed down in an effort to "flatten the curve," so the majority of the population were working their jobs from home (assuming they were still employed), not gathering socially, etc. As such, car travel was reduced significantly. And if people aren't driving, they don't need to put gas in their cars as often. So if the demand for gas goes down, the price (SURPRISE!) also goes down. 

Do Trumpkins really wanna conjure up a moment in American history where their guy acquiesced to the recommendations of health officials to lock down the country, thus hampering the American economy? Might wanna re-think this chanting point. 
 

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

In case you weren't aware......

 .....,the leftist media and other progs do not at all believe Donald Trump's warning of a "bloodbath" is a call to violence in the event President Joe Biden is reelected . They just think you're easily manipulated. 


You want proof?





Also, Andy McCarthy with the truth bomb: 





You only need to look back at the aftermath of Trump's victorious election in 2016 to know that isn't exactly a stretch. But since the prog media gave such incidents merely a cursory mention (or flat out justified said incidents), you're forgiven if you are unable to find anything in the news archives. 


If indeed Trump is elected this November, the media will once again ignore its culpability in manifesting something they worked overtime to prevent. 


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Sunday, March 17, 2024

The NARN Closer's playlist - 3/17/2024



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Sometimes I know, and sometimes I'm on the go......

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I'm not even a little bit Irish, so I'll be in my usual spot on today, 1-3 PM Central Time. Yep, my radio show The Closer will be live from the Patriot bunker as regularly scheduled. 


Right at 1:00, I'll be joined by Minnesota State Senator Jim Abeler (R-Anoka). Sen. Abeler will be on to discuss recent legislation to provide clarification for School Resource Officers who were not present in schools over the past year-plus. 


A lotta other local stories to get to, including more DFL efforts to enact "gun control," Uber & Lyft ceasing operations in Minneapolis as of May 1, and a task force to address mental health issues due to....climate change?!?!


And as a Minnesota sports fan, I'll weigh in on QB Kirk Cousins leaving the Vikings to go play for the Atlanta Falcons. 



So please call (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to weigh in on any of the topics we plan on addressing.
 
You can listen live in the Twin Cities at AM 1280 or, if you're near downtown Minneapolis/West Metro area, 107.5 FM on your radio dial. In and out of the Minneapolis-St Paul area you can listen to the program on the Internet by clicking this link, or check us out via iheart radio as well as Amazon Alexa (just say "Alexa, play The Patriot Minneapolis")If you're unable to tune in live, please check out my podcast page for the latest show post.

And if you're so inclined, follow along on Twitter at #NARNShow or "Like" our Facebook page, where we also conduct a "Live Stream" of the broadcast.

Until then.....


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