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☆ Is NBC Rooting for Trump?
  + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis campaigns in Ames, Iowa last month. Photo: Fritz Nordengren/Zuma PressA recurring phenomenon of this election cycle is that the same media outlets promoting regular allegations that Donald Trump is the greatest threat to the country also regularly encourage news consumers to view the next most popular candidate among Republican voters as doomed to fail. The loss of media credibility in the Trump era is an old story but isn’t there any journalistic interest in at least allowing a non-Trump alternative to receive a fair hearing? Witness Sunday’s questioning on Meet the Press by NBC’s Kristen Welker, who in interviewing Gov. Ron DeSantis (R., Fla.) seemed determined to confirm the theory that media companies want another Trump candidacy to boost ratings while enhancing the chances of a Democratic victory.
Persons: Ron DeSantis, Fritz Nordengren, Donald Trump, Trump, NBC’s Kristen Welker Organizations: Republican, Trump, Gov, Democratic Locations: Florida, Ames , Iowa, Fla
☆ Elizabeth Warren Takes on ‘Big Sandwich’
  + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing in Washington earlier this month. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg NewsA Journal editorial notes that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) But don’t expect the senator to stop promoting misguided market interventions, no matter how ludicrous. “Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Big Sandwich,” reads the headline on a Washington Examiner op-ed from Tom Joyce. Since consumers tend to love a big sandwich, a little explanation is in order—not that it will make Ms. Warren’s latest campaign any more appetizing.
Persons: Elizabeth Warren, Al Drago, Sen, ”, Tom Joyce, Warren’s Organizations: Bloomberg, Washington Examiner Locations: Massachusetts, Washington, Sandwich
☆ The Story About the Story About San Francisco
  + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
San Francisco Mayor London Breed at a flag-raising ceremony for the APEC Summit last week at City Hall. This column recently noted the feverish effort by San Francisco officials to present their city as safe and thriving while dignitaries are in town for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Mayor London Breed is especially eager to create a new media narrative about the city’s problems. But headlines don’t invent themselves and this week brings yet another reminder that if Ms. Breed doesn’t want media outlets to write stories about lawlessness then she will need to enforce laws.
Persons: Eric Risberg, London Breed, Breed Organizations: San Francisco Mayor London Breed, APEC, City, San Francisco, Economic Cooperation, London Locations: Asia
☆ And Biden Won’t Even Take His Calls
  + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
U.S. Representative Dean Phillips (D., Minn.) greets supporters outside the statehouse in Concord, New Hampshire last month after filing the paperwork to put his name on the state’s presidential primary ballot. Photo: reba saldanha/ReutersPresident Joe Biden and his allies have been treating presidential nomination challenger Rep. Dean Phillips (D., Minn.) like a nobody—or worse. Now Mr. Phillips is looking less like a man trying to make a polite point and more like a guy who wants to win this thing. While the Democratic Party’s prominent governors and senators have still not chosen to challenge Mr. Biden, the White House may already understand that the relatively obscure man from the Land of 10,000 Lakes could be a formidable opponent. Mr. Phillips at first tried running a nice respectful campaign claiming that Mr. Biden has been a successful president but is just not the right candidate for 2024.
Persons: Dean Phillips, reba saldanha, Joe Biden, Phillips, Mr, Biden Organizations: statehouse, Democratic Locations: Minn, Concord , New Hampshire
☆ San Francisco Cleans Up for Xi. Why Not for Thee?
  + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Chinese Communist dictator Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday. Photo: Ju Peng/Zuma PressAfter only recently agreeing to normalize trade relations with the United States, San Francisco now seems to be granting most favored visitors status to a group including a ruthless dictator. This week Chinese communist thug Xi Jinping will enjoy a city that has been spruced up for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. San Francisco residents are asking why they can’t enjoy streets that are safe and clean all the time. Morris reports for The San Francisco Chronicle:
Persons: Xi Jinping, Ju Peng, Morris Organizations: Communist, Zuma Press, Economic Cooperation, San Francisco Chronicle Locations: Beijing, United States, San Francisco, Asia
☆ What Was Everyone Saying at the Obama Reunion?
  + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Former President Barack Obama at an event for his eponymous foundation on Friday in Chicago. Photo: Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Associated PressWith friends like former President Barack Obama , does our current president need enemies? Now one of the reunion’s most prominent revelers is urging President Joe Biden to think again about running for re-election. Given that Mr. Biden ran with Mr. Obama in 2008 and served as his vice president for eight years, you might expect that Team Obama would be ecstatic that Mr. Biden is now occupying the Oval Office and extending the legacy of the great man. But Mary Ann Ahern reports for NBC in Chicago that Obama reunion attendees “say they’re in need of inspiration ahead of the 2024 Democratic national convention.”
Persons: Barack Obama, Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere, Obama’s, Joe Biden, Mr, Biden, Obama, Mary Ann Ahern, ” Organizations: Associated Press, Mr, NBC, Democratic Locations: Chicago
☆ The Spaulding Smails Democrats Get a New Speaker
  + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R., La.) Photo: Michael Brochstein/Zuma PressWednesday’s ascension of Rep. Mike Johnson (R., La.) as the new speaker of the House brings cause for optimism and also a helpful clarification. The previous Speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.), is a savvy political operator. But he made clear that there were some deals he wasn’t willing to cut to hold on to power.
Persons: Mike Johnson, Michael Brochstein, Kevin McCarthy Organizations: U.S . Capitol, Zuma Locations: Calif
☆ From One Brother to Another
  + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
James and Sara Biden arrive at the White House to attend the State Dinner for South Korea in 2011. Photo: Haraz N. Ghanbari/Associated PressAre the walls closing in on Joe Biden? Another revelation from House Republican investigators further undermines the president’s longtime claims that he was never involved in his relatives’ various schemes to trade on his name. A press release today from the office of House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R., Ky.) describes transactions related to one of Mr. Biden’s brothers:
Persons: James, Sara Biden, Joe Biden, James Comer, Biden’s Organizations: White, Associated Press, Republican Locations: South Korea, Ky
☆ What a Long, Strange and Unsatisfying EV Trip It’s Been
  + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg charge an electric vehicle in Takoma Park, Maryland in 2021. Photo: michael reynolds/ShutterstockIt’s a hard life on the road, especially when the journey involves politically correct transportation. Regular readers are familiar with the travails of Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg as they have bravely attempted to promote impractical travel. The Times identifies David Gelles as “a correspondent on the Climate desk,” suggesting he’s at least open to the idea of inefficient transport. Sure enough, Mr. Gelles reports in the Times’s Climate Forward newsletter that he’s had good experiences with Tesla and its charging network.
Persons: Energy Jennifer Granholm, Transportation Pete Buttigieg, michael reynolds, Shutterstock, David Gelles, Gelles, he’s, Tesla Organizations: Energy, Transportation, New York Times Locations: Takoma Park , Maryland, Minneapolis
☆ Winfrey Distances Herself from Romney
  + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Oprah Winfrey at a charity event in New York City in September. It seems that Sen. Mitt Romney (R., Utah) isn’t receiving much genuine affection from either community. Perhaps Mr. Romney, who has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2024, should consider resigning now and returning to the world of private equity where he was widely and justly and genuinely respected for outstanding achievements. It seems the final chapter of his Senate career is not going exactly as he might have hoped. Alex Weprin writes for the Hollywood Reporter:
Persons: Oprah Winfrey, Ilya S, Fred Thompson, Sen, Mitt Romney, isn’t, Romney, Alex Weprin Organizations: U.S . Senate, Hollywood Locations: New York City, Washington, , Utah
☆ If We Had to Be Governed by the Harvard Faculty...
  + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi," recognized as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors. Follow James on Twitter @FreemanWSJ
Persons: James Freeman, Bailouts, James Organizations: Citi, New York Times, Financial, Fox News Channel, Fox Nation, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Yale, Twitter
☆ The Totalitarian Heart of Hillary Clinton
  + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi," recognized as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors. Follow James on Twitter @FreemanWSJ
Persons: James Freeman, Bailouts, James Organizations: Citi, New York Times, Financial, Fox News Channel, Fox Nation, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Yale, Twitter
☆ If You Think Socialism Is Unpopular Now...
  + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesThis column has lamented the modern evolution of the New York Times from left-leaning journalism to edgy content for progressives—“a juicy collection of great narratives,” in the words of the Times’s former media columnist. Having decided to cater to a limited and fiercely ideological slice of the public with its flagship newspaper, the New York Times Co. then opted to look for growth in entertainment products with broader appeal. But the reaction to a New York Times column this week raises the exciting possibility that even the newspaper’s readers have consumed about all the juicy progressive narratives they can stand. It’s unclear whether this is a precise reading of liberal sentiment, but one dares to hope that the entire Democratic Party might finally be ready to evolve out of its era of radical excess. The timing could be perfect as a warning from one influential leftist suggests that many of the party’s voters still don’t realize how much their ideas will cost them.
Persons: Anna Moneymaker, — Organizations: New York Times, New York Times Co, Democratic Party
☆ Is Seattle Ready to Stop Deteriorating?
  + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi," recognized as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors. Follow James on Twitter @FreemanWSJ
Persons: James Freeman, Bailouts, James Organizations: Citi, New York Times, Financial, Fox News Channel, Fox Nation, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Yale, Twitter
☆ If Trump Is Going to Win Again...
  + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi," recognized as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors. Follow James on Twitter @FreemanWSJ
Persons: James Freeman, Bailouts, James Organizations: Citi, New York Times, Financial, Fox News Channel, Fox Nation, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Yale, Twitter
☆ ‘A 25-Minute Flight on 20 Minutes of Fuel’
  + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi," recognized as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors. Follow James on Twitter @FreemanWSJ
Persons: James Freeman, Bailouts, James Organizations: Citi, New York Times, Financial, Fox News Channel, Fox Nation, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Yale, Twitter
☆ ‘They’re Coming for Your Cars’
  + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
President Joe Biden gets into his SUV while leaving the beach near his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware on Saturday. Photo: saul loeb/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images“The Impossible Dream” is the title of a new report on electric vehicles from the Manhattan Institute’s Mark Mills. After reading the particulars one wonders whether that title is too optimistic. One issue that probably hasn’t received enough attention is that even if politicians can manage to force all of humanity out of cars with internal combustion engines, it will still be extremely hard to meet political emissions targets unless the surviving electric vehicles are small and scarce. What also may not be appreciated given all the alleged innovation surrounding EVs is that production of the minerals needed to make them may become less environmentally friendly, not more.
Persons: Joe Biden, saul loeb, Mark Mills Organizations: Agence France, Manhattan Locations: Rehoboth Beach , Delaware
☆ Biden Has a Kennedy Problem
  + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi," recognized as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors. Follow James on Twitter @FreemanWSJ
Persons: James Freeman, Bailouts, James Organizations: Citi, New York Times, Financial, Fox News Channel, Fox Nation, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Yale, Twitter
☆ Another Reason for CNN to Avoid San Francisco
  + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi," recognized as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors. Follow James on Twitter @FreemanWSJ
☆ Paul Singer, the Man Who Saw the Economic Crises Coming
  + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
New York“Men and nations behave wisely,” the Israeli statesman Abba Eban observed, “when they have exhausted all other resources.” Imagine if our economic policy makers listened to Paul Singer instead. Mr. Singer, 78, is founder of Elliott Management and one of the world’s most successful hedge-fund proprietors. Before the financial crisis of 2008, he tried to alert investors and public officials about the dangers of subprime mortgages. In the 15 years since, he’s repeatedly warned that the landmark Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, and the expansive monetary policies along the way, were inviting disaster.
☆ ‘No Basis in Mathematical Reality’
  + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi," recognized as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors. Follow James on Twitter @FreemanWSJ
☆ ‘I will veto everything they send me.’
  + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
At first blush the idea may sound intriguing to those who favor small government. But this Biden promise is sure to be broken once someone explains to the President that his beloved spending bills—and all other kinds of bills—have to pass both houses of Congress before becoming law. Perhaps the White House will be issuing a correction, as it did for another part of the Thursday speech. Foolish and false presidential comments are not exactly news, but Mr. Biden’s Thursday remarks were striking. Just warming up with his standard distortions early in the address, here’s how the President reacted to the news of slowing GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2022:
☆ Vice President Biden’s Greatest Blunder
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Americans hoping that President Joe Biden won’t blunder his way into war with Russia can hardly take comfort from his history of poor judgment in matters of foreign policy. The latest news from China underscores how badly Mr. Biden misjudged the tyrant who has now consolidated power in Beijing. The Journal’s Rebecca Feng reports that on Monday foreign investors were fleeing Chinese stocks and it’s easy to see why. The Journal’s Chun Han Wong and Keith Zhai report:The old-fashioned communist thug’s determination to reassert state control of the economy threatens all of the progress the Chinese people have enjoyed since the late 1970s.
☆ The One Little Problem With a Washington Post Story
  + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Regular news consumers are familiar with the endless media effort to tie adverse events to businesspeople and right-of-center politicians. This column’s most celebrated alumnus entertained readers by satirically blaming all manner of random misfortunes on either climate change or George W. Bush. More recently this column noted how various outlets got carried away last month trying to claim that the intensity of Florida hurricane activity is man-made. One outlet in particular, the Washington Post, doesn’t seem especially eager to learn from its mistakes.
☆ James Freeman — Assistant editor, editorial page at The Wall Street Journal
  + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
James FreemanJames Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi," recognized as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors. Follow James on Twitter @FreemanWSJ
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