In a Thanksgiving morning photo-op on Nantucket island, President Joe Biden took a swipe at the news media, complaining that most Americans think the country is on the wrong track because when they “turn on the television, you don’t see a lot of good news.” Later on Thursday, a panelist on FNC’s Special Report refuted the Commander-in-Chief, arguing that Biden’s jab “flies in the face of reality,” saying the “American people are hearing good things [from the media] about Democrats,” but the media spin didn’t help the incumbent party overcome negative facts like the worst inflation in decades. As his event at a Nantucket fire station was concluding on Thursday morning, an off-camera reporter asked Biden an open-ended question about how “many Americans are worried about the future this holiday season. What is your message to them?” Instead of admitting that his administration could have done a better job on inflation, the border, or a host of other issues, Biden chose instead to respond with a critique of the media environment (although he claimed he wasn’t going after the press). “I mean, this is not a criticism of the press,” Biden insisted, but if “you turn on the television, you don’t see a lot of good news. Even stuff that is good news doesn’t seem to sell very well.” A few hours later, fill-in host Gillian Turner played the clip for the panel on FNC’s Special Report. Republican strategist Erin Perrine cited an MRC/NewsBusters’ study to prove how wildly off-base Biden was in his critique: When you look at how Democrats were covered, there was a study released after the election that said Democrats and Kamala Harris received 78% positive coverage in the news. Compare that to Donald Trump’s almost 90% negative coverage. Joe Biden can’t blame the media for the fact the American people aren’t feeling good. The American people are hearing good things about Democrats. They certainly did during the election but you can’t have that fly in the face of reality, that it feels like your paycheck doesn’t go as far.     Biden’s Thanksgiving Day complaint shows how Democrats have become so dependent on a favorable press environment, that they find it upsetting when even the liberal media can’t wash away the problems caused by their policy errors. That’s not a good sign for a party that’s supposedly trying to learn the lessons of 2024 so they don’t repeat those failures in the future. Here are the relevant transcripts from the November 28, 2024 edition of FNC’s Special Report (click expand to see the whole thing). Fox News Special Report November 28, 2024, 6:04pm ET Correspondent LUCAS TOMLINSON: President Biden spoke at length at a firehouse here on Nantucket all on Thanksgiving, where he appeared to blame the media for his poor job approval ratings, and his Vice President’s loss. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: If you think about it — I mean, this is not a criticism of the press. I mean this, you know me too well — is that, you turn on the television, you don’t see a lot of good news. Even stuff that is good news doesn’t seem to sell very well.... Fox News Special Report November 28, 2024, 6:50pm ET PRESIDENT BIDEN: A couple of weeks ago there was a survey done on how people feel about where they are, it was 62%, 35% thought they were doing pretty well. On the direction of the country, 35%, only 35% said that we’re moving in the right direction. I think there is an explanation for that. If you think about it — I mean, this is not a criticism of the press. I mean this, you know me too well — is that, you turn on the television, you don’t see a lot of good news. Fill-in host GILLIAN TURNER: Welcome back. That was President Biden earlier today from Nantucket ...It’s a little hard to make out the President there, but, Erin, what he said was, you know, if you turn on the TV you are not going to see a lot of good news lately. I am willing to bet a lot of money that a lot of Trump supporters feel there’s a whole lot of good news lately, especially. Republican strategist ERIN PERRINE: They absolutely do, but it just flies in the face of reality. When you look at how Democrats were covered, there was a study released after the election that said Democrats and Kamala Harris received 78% positive coverage in the news. Compare that to Donald Trump’s almost 90% negative coverage. Joe Biden can’t blame the media for the fact the American people aren’t feeling good. The American people are hearing good things about Democrats. They certainly did during the election but you can’t have that fly in the face of reality, that it feels like your paycheck doesn’t go as far. I remember, poignantly, during this campaign cycle a woman on NPR said chips felt like a luxury at the grocery store. That’s what the American people were rejecting with Kamala Harris and Joe Biden in this election.  

Not only did British auto manufacturer Jaguar release a bizarre ad campaign featuring androgynous models — but the ads featured no cars. “I have no idea what Jaguar is trying to sell us in that ad and who thought this was a good idea,” Jill Savage of “Blaze News Tonight” tells Matthew Peterson and WILL agency founder Isaac Simpson. Simpson notes that in order to understand the ad, we also have to understand that Jaguar is a “failing brand” and that the brand has “been really struggling for a very long time.” “So they’ve decided to switch everything over to EV, and they’re going to be 100% electric vehicles, and then not only that, they’re going to charge twice what they’re already charging for their cars,” Simpson explains. This is where an ad like the one just released comes in as well as its rejection of its iconic logo that features a jaguar to one that just says “Jaguar” in futuristic handwriting. “Clearly, they asked their marketing team to create a radical new approach to their branding,” Simpson says. “I don’t think this was an ‘any publicity is good publicity situation,’” he continues. “I think that they’re in a bubble, and I think that the people that create the ads for this particular brand are just living in a bubble as we’ve seen so many times, time and time again with Bud Light and so many other brands.” According to Simpson, the brand director, who was in charge of this campaign, is “the kind of guy who goes on stage, and he’s wearing a sheer, see-through shirt.” “You could imagine the type of guy this is,” he says, adding, “They’ve just chased away all the people who would say, ‘Don’t do this.’” Want more from 'Blaze News Tonight'?To enjoy more provocative opinions, expert analysis, and breaking stories you won’t see anywhere else, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) issued a showstopper of a response to coastal elitists' characterization of nonconforming American voters as ignorant. In addition to suggesting that Hollywood script-readers like Alec Baldwin and Sharon Stone are "just goofy," Kennedy intimated that President-elect Donald Trump's landslide victory was partly a response to their brand of denigratory rhetoric. Prominent Democrats have a track record of belittling and dehumanizing Americans who come between them and power. President Joe Biden called Trump supporters "garbage." Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called Trump supporters "deplorables" and characterized them further as "irredeemable." Former President Barack Obama complained that working-class voters in Pennsylvania who wouldn't vote for him were "bitter" and that "they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them." This malicious reflex is not unique to leftist politicians. Every two years, wealthy Hollywood script-readers and the media personalities who support them similarly come out of the woodwork to tell the rest of the country how to vote. When that doesn't work, coastal elitists frequently condemn those who stepped out of line. After the cast of Marvel's "Avengers" and other celebrities failed to convince the majority of Americans not to make the 45th president their 47th president, the condemnations came rolling in from the likes of Alec Baldwin — once again facing the possibility of a manslaughter charge in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins — and Sharon Stone. Both script-readers decided to denigrate their fellow Americans during panel discussions this week at the Torino Film Festival in Italy. Blaze News previously reported that Stone blamed President-elect Donald Trump's landslide victory on American ignorance. "You know, Italy has seen fascism. Italy has seen these things. You guys, you understand what happens. You have seen this before," said Stone, among the many celebrities who supported Harris' latest failed presidential bid. "My country is in its adolescence. Adolescence is very arrogant. Adolescence thinks it knows everything. Adolescence is naive and ignorant and arrogant. And we are in our ignorant, arrogant adolescence." 'They think they're smarter and more virtuous than the American people.' Baldwin also concluded that Americans' re-election of the candidate who campaigned on peace, secure borders, healthy living, and the dismantling of the administrative state evidenced their ignorance. Unlike Stone, he suggested further that he and his peers offered the remedy. "In my country, without going into significant detail, half the people in the country are very unhappy. It's a very difficult time in the United States," said Baldwin. "The only way people can learn what is happening — and film is unique in this way — not only what is happening in the United States but around the world, ... you might not learn from the news." "Television news in the United States is a business. You have to make money," continued the actor, whose net worth is an estimated $70 million. "Not to go into great detail about that, but there's a hole, a vacuum — there is a gap, if you will, in information for Americans." "Americans are very uninformed about reality, what's really going on with climate change, Ukraine, Israel, you name it — all the biggest topics in the world. Americans have an appetite for a little bit of information," continued Baldwin. "That vacuum is filled by the film industry. Not just the independent film industry, not just the documentary film industry, which are very important around the world, but by narrative films as well where the filmmakers and the buyers, the studios, and the networks and the streamers are willing to go that way." When pressed about such remarks as well as the stated desire by a Democratic New York state senator to secede from the union following Trump's win, Sen. Kennedy told Fox News' Sean Hannity, "I think these people are goofy. They have the right to their opinion, but they're just goofy." "They hate George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potato Head. They think our kids ought to be able to change genders at recess. They carry around Ziploc bags of kale to give themselves energy," said Kennedy. "To me, to each his own. To me, kale tastes like I'd rather be fat." After teasing leftists, Kennedy got serious: "Now, these people are entitled to their opinion, but they have an unwarranted sense of moral and intellectual superiority. They think they're smarter and more virtuous than the American people. And they think we're not real people, but we were, and we are real people, and in this last election, we got real mad." Referencing the Americans who gave Trump over 2 million more popular votes than his opponent and an 86-vote advantage in the Electoral College, Kennedy added, "We sent a message, clearly, unequivocally. And my message to all my friends and my enemies in America is: Happy Thanksgiving, and stay deplorable, my friend." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg reportedly had dinner with President-elect Donald Trump at his Florida golf club on the day before Thanksgiving.Zuckerberg was first spotted on the property around 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time before reports were confirmed later in the evening.A Meta spokesperson told CBS News that Zuckerberg was "grateful for the invitation to join President Trump for dinner and the opportunity to meet with members of his team about the incoming Administration."Stephen Miller, Trump's former adviser and now deputy chief of staff, said that while Zuckerberg has his own interests, he assured the Trump team that he's hoping to help revive the country."Mark, obviously, he has his own interest, and he has his own company, and he has his own agenda,” Miller said in an interview, according to the Associated Press. "But he's made clear that he wants to support the national renewal of America under Trump’s leadership." — (@) The relationship between Trump and Zuckerberg has been a contentious one, with Trump being kicked off Facebook after January 6, 2021, with the social media platform claiming that his posts had potentially encouraged violence. Trump's account was then restored in 2023 but with reported "guardrails." Any restrictions were allegedly lifted in July, before Trump's 2024 election victory, potentially allowing Trump to reach his combined 65 million followers across Facebook and Instagram, both owned by Meta.That same month, Trump posted a warning on Truth Social that he considered sending those committing election fraud to prison, directly referencing Zuckerberg."If I’m elected President, we will pursue Election Fraudsters at levels never seen before, and they will be sent to prison for long periods of time. We already know who you are. DON’T DO IT! ZUCKERBUCKS, be careful!" Trump wrote.Prior to Trump's re-election, UFC fighters Michael Chandler and Jorge Masvidal pontificated on why Zuckerberg has seemingly made a shift in his attitude since being interviewed by Joe Rogan and appearing at UFC events."I just think Zuck started training, that testosterone started going through the roof. ... He realized what being a sovereign individual means," Chandler explained. "You don't know how not sovereign you are until you stand in front of a man, and he beats the crap out of you, and then you pick yourself back up and you do it again, or you get choked out and then you got to get up and do it again."Chandler continued, "I think Zuck has started to realize that, and now he's starting to lean over [to the right] a little bit."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The general manager for Asus China, Tony Yu hosted a video in which he pretty much confirmed that AMD is working on even more powerful AMD Ryzen X3D CPUs. While not mentioning them by name outright, his hint in the video has led to speculation that the rumored 9950X3D and 9900X3D are indeed on the way and could land at CES. AMD already holds the crown for the best gaming CPU with its 9800X3D but these could crank performance in other applications up a notch. Continue reading Asus hints at “more powerful” AMD Ryzen gaming CPU arriving in just a few weeks MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 7800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 7800 XT review

Imagine you’re Mr. House from Fallout New Vegas, safely tucked away in the basement of the Lucky 38, silently influencing the events of the wasteland. You have a settlement to protect. You always want to expand and consolidate your power. This, in essence, is the experience of playing Endzone 2, a post-apocalyptic strategy game where it’s your job to guide a resurgent civilization from the rubble of global annihilation back to prosperity. Like Frostpunk, you’re pressured by the demands of basic survival. But there’s also a hint of Cities Skylines, as you grow your townships outward and create complex transit and trade routes. At the same time, Endzone 2 is a unique take on the city builder and strategy genres, and if you haven’t played it so far, the new update is a perfect excuse. Continue reading Endzone 2 is like a strategy game version of Fallout, and just got a big update MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best strategy games, Best survival games, Best upcoming PC games

It’s been a great year for glorious, chaos-filled co-op games, with Space Marine 2 following in the footsteps of Helldivers 2 to unleash a barrage of bug-blasting business upon us all. It quickly earned itself a place among the best Warhammer 40k games, and developer Saber Interactive has continued to push updates and additions since launch. Its latest such instalment is due in the next couple of weeks, and it’s looking packed. Set for “the first half of December,” Space Marine 2 update 5.0 will bring the long-awaited Dark Angels Chapter Pack to the game alongside a new operation and an essential customization upgrade. Continue reading Space Marine 2 update 5 to add a new operation parallel to the campaign finale MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Space Marine 2 review, Space Marine 2 system requirements , Best Warhammer 40k games

When is Chaos Shuffle back in DBD? While our vanilla live-service games still have us coming back time and again, there’s nothing like a good limited-time modifier to stop things getting stale. When it comes to Dead by Daylight, one of the best modes for shaking things up is Chaos Shuffle, which places you into each match with a loadout of completely random perks. Dead by Daylight perks are among the best things to give you the edge in the multiplayer game, and choosing just the rights ones - whether you play as a DBD killer or survivor - can turn the game around. Some perks have great synergy with others, some help you survive or kill, and others can improve or impede teamwork. It’s usually essential that you plan your perfect loadout, so going into a match with completely random perks can have a devastating impact. That’s what Chaos Shuffle is all about, and we can’t wait for it to return. Continue reading When is DBD Chaos Shuffle back next?

So. Much. WINNING! Unclear if Rob Reiner Self-Deported Yet Because of Trump, but His X Account Did

It may have taken forever for STALKER 2 to come out, but GSC Game World wasted no time putting out the title's first major patch.