Karine Jean-Pierre: 'War Politics Infected the Process'

Wokeness may be heading for a long winter's nap, if recent New York Times and National Public Radio stories are to be believed, regarding how liberal black women are dealing with Donald Trump’s re-election (in summary: not well, especially if they work in the electorally and intellectually discredited field of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion -- DEI for short). The November 28 NPR story by Sandhya Dirks was high on liberal self-pity: “'Tired. Damn tired.' Some Black women are processing the grief of a Kamala Harris loss.” Some of them were granted anonymity for their complaints: There was a refrain we heard again and again from the seven Black women NPR talked with for this story. "It is exhausting," says Venita Doggett, who lives in Memphis, Tenn., and works for a nonprofit doing education advocacy. "We're tired. We're damn tired," another woman told us. She asked NPR not to use her name because she works in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at a public university in Minnesota, and she fears that a lot of people who work in and around DEI are being targeted right now. This feeling of being under threat as a Black person, as a woman, and especially as a Black woman feels non-stop, she says, even before the presidential election. …. The woman from Minnesota says there's constant pressure to engage politically, an unrelenting narrative that Black women will save democracy. But she asks, who is going to save Black women? America just isn’t living up to liberal activist expectations. "In a world that often boxes us in and beats us down, we can't act like we're not bruised," she says. "We have to take care of ourselves. We have to tend to our wounds." Venita Doggett blamed everyone: "I just thought, like, you definitely hate Black women," she says, referring to the many people who voted for Trump, and against Harris. "You really hate us. Us, who essentially birthed the nation literally out of our bodies — snatched children out of our wombs to build the U.S." “Snatching children out of our wombs” is an unfortunate description of slavery, given that Kamala Harris tried to ride the abortion rights issue to the White House. Another woman, Bonita Buford of North Carolina, “says she also feels betrayed, especially by white women voters.” Yes, the left remains undefeated at feeling sorry for themselves. (All capital-B’s for “black” were included in the original articles.) Also eye-roll worthy was this November 19 story by Katie Mogg, health and wellness reporter for the New York Times. Guess what? There’s more DEI jobs under threat and more silly capitalizations of the word “Black” (“white” was not capitalized): “Disillusioned by the Election, Some Black Women Are Deciding to Rest.” Cheri Hall woke up hours before dawn the morning after Election Day and checked her phone anxiously for results. A news notification hinting that former President Donald J. Trump had defeated Vice President Kamala Harris caused her to gasp and grab her chest. “I felt it in my entire body,” said Ms. Hall, 49, who is a diversity, equity and inclusion consultant in Washington, D.C. “I was heartbroken.” …. “Our feelings are hurt,” said Vernique Esther Ofili, 31, a licensed clinical social worker and therapist in Atlanta. “We get to decide how we respond.” …. So what does a “rest era” look like? In interviews and online, some Black women said it could mean striving for more sleep, declining extra responsibilities at work or exploring new hobbies…. In other words, push more work on everyone else while you stew about the election results? And this sounds like sneaky socialism: The push for Black women to prioritize self-preservation has been percolating for years, said Tricia Hersey, the founder of the Nap Ministry, an organization that has promoted rest as a form of resistance against productivity-obsessed cultures….

Christmas came early over the weekend for the Cackling Coven of ABC’s The View. They got their wish that President Biden pardon his son for his tax and gun crimes. On Monday’s show, fake Republican Ana Navarro boasted about lobbying Biden for this outcome and called it the greatest gift of all “the gift of freedom,” meanwhile moderator Whoopi Goldberg was lashing out and raging at those who called Biden out for being a liar. Of course, since they were an ABC News property, they didn’t tell the whole truth that the pardon also covered financial crimes dating back to Biden’s time as vice president, which hadn’t been charged yet. “Yesterday Biden had a change of heart granting his son a full pardon on tax evasion and federal gun charges,” Goldberg said. After decrying some of President-elect Trump’s pardons from his first term, Goldberg engaged in some major whataboutism to write off the Hunter pardon as just par for the course and dismiss the “pearl-clutching”: You know, it is a president's prerogative. People can say, why are you doing that? That's what presidents do every time. They do it every time. They pardon somebody. So I'm not sure where the pearl-clutching is happening now except that that's what folks want to do, but it seems kind of foolish. You kind of knew he was going to do it given all that's happened, but maybe I'm just kooky. Anti-Trump Republican Alyssa Farah Griffin pushed back and warned that the pardon “feeds the notion to a lot of this country that there's simply a different set of rules for folks in power.” “Most Americans, if they face consequences for actions that they took, they're going to have to face them, and nobody powerfully and politically connected is going to come sweep in and save them,” she argued.     Farah Griffin also called Biden out for “lying to the public” about not pardoning Hunter: Secondly, I take issue with lying about it. I wanted to ask him here when he came on The View, but the thought was he said so many times he wasn't going to pardon him. That to me is lying to the public. I felt bad for Karine Jean-Pierre that she repeatedly had to say he wasn't going to pardon him. This is why people don't trust Washington, that’s why they don’t trust politicians. Former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin huffed: “Please with the hypocritical pearl-clutching by this country!” Laughably citing former Attorney General Eric Holder, who was held in contempt of Congress and who gifted guns to Mexican drug cartels, Hostin declared: “The only reason that Hunter Biden was gone after and charged, indicted, and found guilty was because his name wasn't Joe Smith; it was Hunter Biden! And that's the truth of it. You have got Eric Holder saying it. You've got former prosecutors like myself saying it.” She also defended the lies Biden was telling about a possible pardon, saying, “I think one of the reasons he didn't admit it earlier was because he didn't know the felon-in-chief would become the next president.” Navarro, a lobbyist who will cozy up to anyone in American politics who controlled the levers of power for her own benefit, bragged about lobbying Biden to pardon his son: So, you know, I actually talked to Joe Biden about this when he was on the show. I told him, I hoped he pardoned Hunter. I went to speak at the Biden Institute in Delaware, like a month later, and we talked on the phone and I told him, I hoped he pardoned Hunter. I left him a handwritten note at his desk at the University of Delaware and told him, I hoped he pardoned Hunter. She went on to bloviate about how Biden had given his son a “the gift of freedom” and she hoped he would use it to be a “good father” himself (despite the fact he had already abandoned his daughter): Hunter, your dad has given you a great, great gift, the gift of freedom, and taking this weight off your shoulders. I hope now Hunter gives his dad a gift, the gift of being a good son, a good father, a good grandfather, a good human being, leading a productive life…And staying clean for the rest of his life. So, I hope that this goes both ways. Farah Griffin once again called Biden out for lying about the pardon, which caused snowflake Goldberg to have a meltdown and shout her down: FARAH GRIFFIN: I respect it as a parent. I understand why he would do it, but I wanted to understand why lie about it for so long? GOLDBERG: I would stop – I’d stop calling it a lie! FARAH GRIFFIN: Okay. Why repeatedly say you're not going to, and you do? (…) FARAH GRIFFIN: I think he thought he was going to win and I just wish he would have been honest with the public. This triggered Goldberg. Becoming unglued, Goldberg argued that since Biden was still “the sitting president, and he can do whatever he wants to until his time is up.” “I can't believe this is what's freaking people out!” Goldberg screeched. She had seemingly had enough of talking about Biden’s lies and brought the segment to a grinding halt: “But, you know, you know what? What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. He did what he did! We're moving on! We’ll be right back.” The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View December 2, 2024 11:03:01 a.m. Eastern (…) WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Yesterday Biden had a change of heart granting his son a full pardon on tax evasion and federal gun charges. He released a statement that, quote, says, “no reasonable person who looks at the facts can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out because he is my son. That is wrong, and there's no reason to believe it will stop here. Now, I hope Americans will understand why a father and a president would come to this decision.” So the question is, will people understand? You know, listen. I get it. We got a convicted felon as president. SUNNY HOSTIN: Yes. Yes. GOLDBERG: It's hard for me to -- [Applause] HOSTIN: Yes. Say it. Yes. GOLDBERG: And I know that -- that you-know-who’s been asking, you know, are you going to pardon the January 6th folks? Actually, probably not, but [long pause] I kind of feel like -- I look at the list of folks that you-know-who pardoned during the first term. He granted 237 acts of clemency, 143 pardons, and 94 commutations, including Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Charles Kushner, Steve Bannon, George Papadopoulos, Albert Pirro, and Lil Wayne. HOSTIN: Everybody. GOLDBERG: Everybody. ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: I forgot about Lil Wayne. GOLDBERG: You know, it is a president's prerogative. People can say, why are you doing that? That's what presidents do every time. They do it every time. They pardon somebody. So I'm not sure where the pearl-clutching is happening now except that that's what folks want to do, but it seems kind of foolish. You kind of knew he was going to do it given all that's happened, but maybe I'm just kooky. (…) 11:05:18 a.m. Eastern FARAH GRIFFIN: Most Americans, if they face consequences for actions that they took, they're going to have to face them, and nobody powerfully and politically connected is going to come sweep in and save them. And I think A. this feeds the notion to a lot of this country that there's simply a different set of rules for folks in power. And when we sit here and say a lot, like, ‘well, Donald Trump did X, Y, and Z, and how did he get elected?’ Cause to a lot of this country, it just becomes noise. They think if you commit crimes and somebody powerful and connected in D.C., right, left, center, Biden, Trump, you're going to be able to get away with it if you have someone on your side; and that’s not how it is for everyday folks. Secondly, I take issue with lying about it. I wanted to ask him here when he came on The View, but the thought was he said so many times he wasn't going to pardon him. That to me is lying to the public. I felt bad for Karine Jean-Pierre that she repeatedly had to say he wasn't going to pardon him. This is why people don't trust Washington, that’s why they don’t trust politicians. And I know a lot of us like Joe Biden, but I find it disappointing and bad for our institutions. (…) 11:07:15 a.m. Eastern HOSTIN: Please with the hypocritical pearl-clutching by this country! Eric Holder, I think, said it really well, “No U.S. Attorney would have charged this case given the underlying facts that had been investigated for five years.” Less than -- get this -- .09 percent of people are prosecuted – are indicted, prosecuted, charged, and found guilty of lying on a gun form. The only reason that Hunter Biden was gone after and charged, indicted, and found guilty was because his name wasn't Joe Smith; it was Hunter Biden! And that's the truth of it. You have got Eric Holder saying it. You've got former prosecutors like myself saying it. So – FARAH GRIFFIN: Why didn't he admit it earlier? GOLDBERG: Wait. Wait. Wait. [Crosstalk] HOSTIN: I think one of the reasons he didn't admit it earlier was because he didn't know the felon-in-chief would become the next president. GOLDBERG: Let me let Ana speak. ANA NAVARRO: So, you know, I actually talked to Joe Biden about this when he was on the show. I told him, I hoped he pardoned Hunter. HOSTIN: You did. I remember. NAVARRO: I went to speak at the Biden Institute in Delaware, like a month later, and we talked on the phone and I told him, I hoped he pardoned Hunter. I left him a handwritten note at his desk at the University of Delaware and told him, I hoped he pardoned Hunter. And the reason I thought it was important is because I wanted him to hear from people who support him and respect him, which I do, that some of us, I’d say most of us, think it's okay for him to pardon Hunter because of what you just said. (…) 11:09:40 a.m. Eastern NAVARRO: Hunter, your dad has given you a great, great gift, the gift of freedom, and taking this weight off your shoulders. I hope now Hunter gives his dad a gift, the gift of being a good son, a good father, a good grandfather, a good human being, leading a productive life -- FARAH GRIFFIN: Can I say something? NAVARRO: Can I finish? And staying clean for the rest of his life. So, I hope that this goes both ways. [Applause and crosstalk] FARAH GRIFFIN: I respect it as a parent. I understand why he would do it, but I wanted to understand why lie about it for so long? GOLDBERG: I would stop – I’d stop calling it a lie! FARAH GRIFFIN: Okay. Why repeatedly say you're not going to, and you do? And secondarily, for the part of this country, half that doesn't support Biden, doesn’t know him personally, doesn't get to have phone calls and they're just looking at a system that seems like it’s only benefits the people who are in power. GOLDBERG [Interrupting]: Well, I’m going to say – FARAH GRIFFIN: What precedent does that set? GOLDBERG: Well, here’s that it sets. It sets a precedent for all of us to open our eyes because we've elected somebody who is in a similar situation, who didn't have a drug problem, who knew what he was doing, who clearly stood and said, ‘I can do this,’ and he did it. So, I think for many, many reasons, this is very different than any other situation that we have ever dealt with because when we're talking about who gets a pardon and who doesn't get a pardon - This man, I think, Biden had no intentions of pardoning Hunter, and I think the more stuff that went down, I think he said, ‘well, why am I busting my behind to stay straight and do this when nobody is -- when no one else is doing it.’ FARAH GRIFFIN: I think he thought he was going to win and I just wish he would have been honest with the public. (…) 11:12:04 a.m. Eastern GOLDBERG: And look, he's the president, the sitting president, and he can do whatever he wants to until his time is up. [Crosstalk] FARAH GRIFFIN: Donald Trump is about to be president. GOLDBERG: [Struggles to get words out] FARAH GRIFFIN: The presidency should be bigger than his feelings and even his immediate family. GOLDBERG: You know, it should be but it isn’t! HOSTIN: He's a very small, small man. That will never happen with Donald Trump, ever. GOLDBERG: I can't believe this is what's freaking people out! That this is the thing that says, oh, well see? FARAH GRIFFIN: Precedence matters. GOLDBERG: It does, but I'm noticing the man who would not normally be able to even vote for president is the president. FARAH GRIFFIN: Because people don't trust our system. GOLDBERG: But, you know, you know what? What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. He did what he did! We're moving on! We'll be right back.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) threatened to pull state funding from a local hospital last week after one of its doctors encouraged patients to defy his executive order regarding citizenship.Dr. Tony Pastor, a cardiologist at Texas Children's Hospital and assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, posted a video on TikTok on November 11 that was viewed more than 1 million times before it was deleted. 'There will be consequences.'In the video, Pastor told his followers that he and his colleagues at the hospital had been informed that patients could skip an intake form question inquiring about their citizenship status.Pastor said, "So my proposal to everyone who's seeing this is, just know that you do not have to answer this question."Abbott responded to Pastor's statements on November 24, warning the hospital that the doctor was "putting [its] Medicaid & Medicare funding at risk.""[You] better think twice & have crystal clear records. There will be consequences for failing to follow the law in the Order," Abbott wrote.Pastor posted additional videos on TikTok addressing the governor's response.He captioned one video, writing, "When the gov of Texas threatens you on twitter because he is mad you exercised freedom of speech."Pastor stated in another video, "This new law that's asking hospitals for immigration status is under the guise of trying to get data on how much money we're spending on undocumented patients.""The reason I have an issue with that is that if you really, truly cared about patients and spending, and both, in Texas, then why are we one of 10 states that has not accepted Medicaid expansion?" Pastor continued. Texas Children's Hospital has vowed to cooperate with Abbott's executive order."Texas Children's fully supports Governor Abbott's new Executive Order and is in full compliance," it stated. "We have worked closely with the Texas Hospital Association and our industry partners across the state to ensure compliance in advance of the effective date."The hospital's statement continued, "While we recognize that individuals working at Texas Children's hold their own personal views on many topics, those opinions do not necessarily reflect the official position of Texas Children's Hospital. We will continue to prioritize patient care while ensuring we are in full compliance with all laws and legal directives."The governor's executive order went into effect on November 1, requiring hospitals receiving Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Plan to add "Are you a U.S. citizen?" to intake forms. Abbott, who issued the order in August, stated that it would allow Texas to track how much the state's taxpayers are spending on care for illegal aliens due to the current administration's open-border policies."Due to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' open border policies, Texas has had to foot the bill for medical costs for individuals illegally in the state," Abbott stated. "Texans should not have to shoulder the burden of financially supporting medical care for illegal immigrants." "Texas will hold the Biden-Harris Administration accountable for the consequences of their open border policies, and we will fight to ensure that they pay back Texas for their costly and dangerous policies," he declared.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Mainstream media journalist John Harwood was mocked into oblivion for a June post about the possibility of a presidential pardon for Hunter Biden. Harwood appeared to deride the character of those who did not believe President Joe Biden's statements that he would not pardon his son over numerous charges, including gun and tax crimes. 'He is an example of why no one trusts the press anymore.' "People who insist Biden will pardon Hunter after specifically ruling it out are telling on themselves," he wrote, "they can't imagine someone acting on principle and keeping his word." Harwood's tweet has since been amended with a community note to document that Biden had indeed issued a sweeping pardon for his son on Sunday, about six months later. Critics pounced onto social media to mock and deride Harwood while others demanded a retraction and apology. "This is a man once retained by CNBC, CNN, and the New York Times to be a supposedly objective analyst. He is an example of why no one trusts the press anymore," responded radio talk host Erick Erickson. "There are people like this. But Joe Biden was never one of them, and the attempt to pretend otherwise has made fools of an enormous number of people," replied Charles C.W. Cooke of the National Review. "One of these days, John Harwood is going to be right about something," said writer Jon Miltimore. "Is there nothing you get right? Ever?" replied commentator John Podhoretz. "If you didn’t see this coming and argued that it *wasn’t going to happen* (in this case, smugly), I genuinely think you should remove yourself from public life," said Joe Simonson of the Free Beacon. Biden justified his pardon of his son by claiming that Hunter Biden had been unfairly targeted for political reasons. Critics pointed out that the pardon was suspiciously sweeping in nature and hinted at further possible crimes being covered up. "This is a bad precedent that could be abused by later Presidents and will sadly tarnish his reputation," said Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis. "Hunter brought the legal trouble he faced on himself, and one can sympathize with his struggles while also acknowledging that no one is above the law, not a President and not a President's son."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The “Make America Healthy Again” spin on Trump’s original slogan has undoubtedly stolen the hearts of health-minded Americans everywhere, but Stu Burguiere of “Stu Does America” isn’t completely sold. “I think most people really like that idea,” he says. “We are going down a road, we’re not necessarily the healthiest people. Obesity is through the roof. There are a lot of long-term diseases out there. And so you have to kind of look at this and say, ‘Well, you know, how can we solve these problems?’” Burguiere, who admits that he has just eaten Cheez-Its himself and gave his son Welch’s fruit snacks, doesn’t believe he’ll “make it in the ‘Make America Healthy Again’ world.” “I can’t survive in that world, I have too much processed food,” he says, noting that healthy food isn’t the only thing RFK Jr. would be overseeing. “There are a lot of really important decisions being made by the HHS secretary as it relates to something like abortion.” “If you’re a pro-life person, a lot of those funding decisions, the ease of being able to get chemical abortion pills mailed to you, those are all decisions that were at the HHS level. When Donald Trump was president the first time, he made decisions to restrict those efforts for abortion. Will RFK Jr. do the same thing?” Burguiere asks. RFK Jr. has also critiqued products like Banana Boat sunscreen for children, which Burguiere isn’t quite on board with either. “I’m going to go out on a limb here and say you should put sunscreen on your kids when they’re out in the sun. That’s just my opinion. Again, I might be out of the mainstream now,” he explains. “So many people live in a constant state of fear trying to avoid every ingredient,” he continues. “Relax, live a little, enjoy your life. Indulge occasionally, like on Thanksgiving. Outside of really limited exceptions like allergies, you’re a pretty resilient creature. You can eat fun things and you can be perfectly fine.” “I’m a conservative. I want smaller government. I don’t want Michael Bloomberg telling me what size soda I can drink, I don’t want Michelle Obama telling me when to move, and I don’t want RFK Jr. micromanaging my micronutrients,” he adds. Want more from Stu?To enjoy more of Stu's lethal wit, wisdom, and mockery, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy torched Democrats and their supporters after President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden.Even though the Democrats and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre consistently stated in 2024 that the president wouldn't offer a pardon to his son, Biden issued a "full and unconditional" pardon on Sunday, despite the consistent claim by Democrats that "no one is above the law."In a social media video, Portnoy played a clip of Jean-Pierre repeatedly saying "no" to the idea of President Biden pardoning Hunter, before laying into the party and its supporters."What's he do? Of course, he pardons him. Of course he does. Not only that. It's for 11 years. So anything he could have possibly done in the history of time, he is pardoned for," Portnoy claimed.While he admitted he would do the same if it were one of his family members, Portnoy said he wouldn't "lie about it."The 47-year-old went on to say that those supporting Democrats, while still believing they're "morally superior to everybody else," have had their brains broken by the party's messaging."They always [say] 'yeah. Trump. Trump.' Your brain is broken! Your brain is broken! You don't get it. Because here's the thing. What the Democrats have done for, I don't know, 12 years, taken this moral high ground that 'we're the righteous party, the truth, honesty, integrity, and Trump is a threat to the markets.'"Portnoy recalled Trump being referred to as Adolf Hitler and a Nazi despite Democrats doing "worse than anything Trump's ever done." He directly referred to the lack of a primary process by Democrats before nominating Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024.'You're no morally better than anybody else. Stop pretending it. We see through you.'Portnoy recently stated that DNC policy and the party's consistent lies were what inspired him to vote for Trump over Harris. Furthermore, he noted that he had been targeted by leftists since he interviewed then-President Trump in 2020."It's the Democrats, this engine, just lying straight to our face, pretending they're the moral, righteous authority and thinking the American people are so stupid that we don't see through it. Blow up the Democratic Party," Portnoy said.Calling for a complete wash of the party's leadership, Portnoy called the Democrats "f***ing scumbag liars" who sit on a "throne of lies.""You're no morally better than anybody else. Stop pretending it. We see through you," Portnoy added.The entrepreneur said he hoped to be done with political rants for the time being and ended his monologue by begging Democrats to "just give up.""Start over. We'll see you the next election."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

While Ambessa first made waves in Arcane, the fearsome Matriarch of War is now causing a real stir in League of Legends. While any new champion is a hot topic in the weeks following their release, Ambessa has been the subject of more conversations than usual due to how crushing she is in the hands of the MOBA’s best players. Now, LoL’s chief of champions and game balance has admitted that she needs taking down a peg, and Ambessa nerfs appear to be on the near horizon. Continue reading Riot admits new League of Legends champion Ambessa is “too strong” right now MORE FROM PCGAMESN: League of Legends ranks explained, League of Legends Mythic shop rotation, League of Legends tier list

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