# media / bias (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover media / bias. Page: Feed: --- ## [Understanding the Middle East](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/understanding-the-middle-east.php) _2026-08-26 · Scott Johnson · Power Line_ Michael Doran must be my favorite commenter on the Middle East. He is a former student of Bernard Lewis, a Hudson Institute senior fellow, and a regular contributor to Tablet. In 2019 Liel Leibovitz profiled him for Tablet in “If Michael Doran Were on Wall Street, He’d Be a Billionaire.” Hussein Aboubakr Mansour is newer to me, but he is a rising star as a fellow at the Jewish Institute ## [Starving for the truth](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/starving-for-the-truth-2.php) _2026-08-26 · Scott Johnson · Power Line_ In August 2025, Gaza was officially declared famine-stricken. It was a declaration with which took issue several times over. Olivia Reingold has been on the case for a while now at the Free Press, as reflected in her August 2025 story “They Became Symbols for Gazan Starvation. But All 12 Suffer from Other Health Problems.” Reingold now updates the story with new data showing that the territory has… ## [Dolly passes](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/dolly-passes.php) _2026-08-25 · Scott Johnson · Power Line_ News of the death of Dolly Parton is shocking and sad. Is there anyone who didn’t love Dolly? Everyone loved her. She was an unbelievably talented singer and songwriter who seemed something like a herald of joy and beauty. What a great American. What a great loss. The New York Times has just posted its obituary here, the Associated Press here. Who can take the measure of her work and ## [Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Order Goes Forward](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/trumps-mail-in-ballot-order-goes-forward.php) _2026-08-25 · John Hinderaker · Power Line_ Yesterday the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency motion to stay a district court order that enjoined the executive branch from proceeding to implement Trump’s executive order of five months ago, relating to election security. So for now, at least, the actions required by the order will go forward. California Governor Gavin Newsom responded predictably: Newsom said: “The… ## [Banned from Texas \[Updated: no MN charges\]](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/banned-from-texas.php) _2026-08-25 · Bill Glahn · Power Line_ Provocateur Jake Lang remains in a Minnesota jail on an out-of-state felony hold. Arrested for riot over the weekend in Minneapolis, Lang continues to be held without formal charges in the Hennepin County jail. \[Update: local Fox-9 TV reports, Jake Lang won’t face felony charges after riot arrest in Minneapolis. His jail listing now shows an out-of-state felony hold, perhaps referring to this June… ## [America’s Weirdest Politician?](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/americas-weirdest-politician.php) _2026-08-25 · John Hinderaker · Power Line_ Abdul El-Sayed went on the Jesse Waters show, and argued that circumcision is the same as slicing off a boy’s genitalia and shooting him up with hormones: Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed got extremely personal with Fox News host Jesse Watters on Monday — asking if he is circumcised — during a bizarre defense of sex change surgery for minors. “Do you really want to have this… ## [A Twit streamer’s threat](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/a-twit-streamers-threat.php) _2026-08-25 · Scott Johnson · Power Line_ Twit streamer Hasan Piker says out loud what Abdul El-Sayed thinks. It’s obvious to anyone paying attention. So we should attend to Piker’s recent threat in re American Jews. Here is how it goes: “People don’t f— with Israel any longer. And if Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they’re singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone will come around and take action not against… ## [“Europe is doomed”](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/europe-is-doomed.php) _2026-08-25 · Scott Johnson · Power Line_ I have a brilliant friend who does business in Europe. When I asked him about it, he commented, “Europe is doomed.” He must have repeated the thought five times in our conversation: “Europe is doomed.” I admired his concision and remember his comment verbatim without the assistance of notes: “Europe is doomed.” He didn’t elaborate much, but I thought of him and his comment when reading Guy… ## [More Morson](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/more-morson.php) _2026-08-25 · Scott Johnson · Power Line_ After posting Aaron MacLean’s School of War podcast with Gary Saul Morson in Learning from the Russian Revolution” this past Sunday, I heard from Sandy Roskes of Tikvah Ideas, the publisher of Mosaic: I am a daily Power Line reader and enjoyed your post on Gary Saul Morson and the lessons of the Russian Revolution. You mentioned that you try to link to all of his accessible periodical writing, so ## [Sending their best](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/sending-their-best.php) _2026-08-25 · Bill Glahn · Power Line_ I was back at the federal courthouse in St. Paul this afternoon, attending the sentencing hearing of Diego Perez-Mejia. age 26 of Guatemala, on his felony conviction for failure to register as a sex offender. In the event, he was sentenced to time served (13 months) with the expectation that sooner rather than later he will be deported back to Guatemala for the third time. The details of his sex ## [Prime Noise-Cancelling Picks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3Yb45YKm5hhX) _2026-08-25 · **Sponsored**_ Browse Prime-eligible, 4-star-and-up noise-cancelling earbuds with fast shipping and deals ## [Circus attracts uninvited clowns \[With Comment by John\]](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/circus-attracts-uninvited-clowns.php) _2026-08-23 · Bill Glahn · Power Line_ Local media are hyperventilating this evening. From KSTP-5 TV (ABC), Jake Lang arrested after rally in Minneapolis draws some clashes with counter-protesters. Edward Jacob (Jake) Lang, 31, was booked into the Hennepin County jail this afternoon on riot charges by the Minneapolis police department. He is still in custody, as of this evening. Rest assured that local soft-on-crime prosecutor Mary… ## [The end of temporary](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/the-end-of-temporary.php) _2026-08-23 · Bill Glahn · Power Line_ From Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) news earlier this week, Judge’s order allows end to TPS protections for people from Somalia. “TPS” means “Temporary Protected Status,” which in this instance has been ongoing for many decades. The order is believed to involve around 700 individuals. The federal district of Minnesota is likely to be the most affected. As readers will recall, for the past five… ## [The Richest and Whitest…](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/the-richest-and-whitest.php) _2026-08-22 · John Hinderaker · Power Line_ …political movement in the U.S.? That would be the Democratic Socialists of America. Which makes sense, since socialism is a luxury belief system for the wealthy. Things have gotten so bad that the New York Times has noticed. The subject of the Times story is Gustavo Gordillo, co-chairman of the New York chapter of the DSA. Gordillo has stopped talking to the press after a reporter asked him where… ## [The Ballroom Is Back In Business](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/the-ballroom-is-back-in-business.php) _2026-08-22 · John Hinderaker · Power Line_ Of all the manifestations of Trump Derangement Syndrome, the Democrats’ obsession with the ballroom and underground secured area that are under construction at the East Wing of the White House is perhaps the most crazed. The ballroom is an appropriate and arguably necessary enhancement to the White House’s not-insignificant social function–it has bathrooms, for one thing–and I haven’t heard any… ## [Genocide for dummies](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/genocide-for-dummies-2.php) _2026-08-22 · Scott Johnson · Power Line_ I’ve been a fan of Gerald Posner since he published Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK. I read it as soon as it came out in paperback in 2004 and have returned to it over the years. Posner is the author of 12 other nonfiction books that display the breadth of his interests. Posner’s passion for investigation and his scrupulous reporting remind me of my late ## [The Week In Pictures: Dog Days of Summer Edition](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/the-week-in-pictures-dog-days-of-summer-edition.php) _2026-08-22 · John Hinderaker · Power Line_ It wasn’t a big week for news, but there is always something. Karoline Leavitt stepped down as White House Press Secretary, creating a vacancy. Marco Rubio revealed that he loves Pop Tarts. The WNBA continued to embarrass itself. Not much going on: it’s the dog days of summer. But meme-creators are always busy. So here goes: Headlines of the week: And finally… ## [Signs and portents](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/signs-and-portents-3.php) _2026-08-22 · Bill Glahn · Power Line_ From local KSTP-5 TV (ABC), At least 87 vehicles damaged overnight in Minneapolis window smashing spree. If you are still living in Minneapolis, and you are still awaiting the signal that it’s time to leave, I can’t help you. From KSTP, Police are working to find those responsible after dozens of car windows were smashed overnight in several Minneapolis neighborhoods… …Minneapolis police say “at… ## [Today’s Heartwarming Story](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/todays-heartwarming-story.php) _2026-08-22 · John Hinderaker · Power Line_ An Alabama jury has returned a $9.25 million verdict against the New York Times. The plaintiff is Kai Spears, formerly a member of the Alabama basketball team: An Alabama jury has awarded former Alabama basketball player Kai Spears $9.25 million after finding The New York Times defamed him by incorrectly linking him to the 2023 killing of Jamea Harris in Tuscaloosa. \*\*\* The Times reported that… ## [On CO2, We Are Irrelevant](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/on-co2-we-are-irrelevant.php) _2026-08-21 · John Hinderaker · Power Line_ Liberals are willing to sacrifice America’s economy, and turn world leadership over to the Communist Chinese, in order to reduce our emissions of carbon dioxide. Supposedly this is to save the world, but the reality is that our emissions are irrelevant. It is India, Russia and above all China that are driving rising CO2 levels, as this chart, from the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, shows: So if… ## [Israel on trial](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/israel-on-trial.php) _2026-08-21 · Scott Johnson · Power Line_ In their current What the Hell Is Going On? podcast, Danielle Pletka and Marc Thiessen interview Judge Roy Altman about his book Israel On Trial: Examining the History, the Evidence, and the Law, published by Advantage Books on April 28. This podcast is worth the time of interested listerners because of Judge Altman’s powerful refutation of the Orwellian attacks on the Jewish state. Listeners who… ## [Non-custodial Crypto Payments & Escrow (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FqhsycbHfulw) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto with trustless escrow, instant confirmations, and no KYC ## [Vindman revisited](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/vindman-revisited.php) _2026-08-21 · Scott Johnson · Power Line_ Byron York’s current Examiner column is “Voters reject Resistance stars.” He takes up the cases of George Conway and Alexander Vindman. Vindman’s case really rings my chimes. This is how Byron tells it in the column after he disposes of Conway (whose primary also involved the defeat of Jack Schlossberg)(I have added the links to the books Byron cites): The other Resistance star to face-plant was… ## [Inside the Florida primary](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/inside-the-florida-primary.php) _2026-08-21 · Scott Johnson · Power Line_ I shortchanged the undercard in the Florida primary earlier this week. Josh Hammer takes a look in his column “Florida Is the New Ground Zero for Both Political Parties’ Civil Wars.” The whole column is of interest, but his description of the challenge to incumbent Republican Rep. Randy Fine especially caught my attention: In Florida’s 6th congressional district, Jewish Republican Congressman… ## [The unhappiest ending](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/the-unhappiest-ending.php) _2026-08-21 · Bill Glahn · Power Line_ From local KSTP-5 TV (ABC), Two assisted living facilities managed by a woman charged in an alleged sex trafficking conspiracy will be permanently shut down, the Minnesota Department of Health said Thursday. That’s the world we live in now. While our feckless, lame-duck Gov. Tim Walz runs around trying to burnish his “legacy,” the wheels are coming off state government. I’ve been following this… ## [Too Hot to Handle](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/too-hot-to-handle.php) _2026-08-21 · John Hinderaker · Power Line_ Matt Calkins was a sports columnist at the Seattle Times for 11 years. He resigned because, not for the first time, the newspaper’s management declined to run a column by him that they thought was too controversial. After 11 years as a sports columnist at the Seattle Times, I have decided to resign. It was entirely my choice, and it was not an easy one. The impetus was the Times ## [Socialism For Dummies](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/socialism-for-dummies.php) _2026-08-20 · John Hinderaker · Power Line_ Socialism is the worst disaster in the history of the human race. The Black Death, which killed perhaps one-half the population of Europe and Asia, is probably in second place. So it seems odd that we still need to explain to people that socialism is a bad idea. This video, produced by Independent Women’s Voice, is aimed mostly at young women. It’s pretty good, although the socialist future it… ## [Understanding Behaviours and Expectations](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/understanding-behaviours-and-expectations.php) _2026-08-20 · John Hinderaker · Power Line_ Last week, Britain’s Home Office published a short document aimed at “migrants” and titled “Understanding behaviours and expectations in the UK: a guide for asylum seekers.” It informs asylum seekers of basic British norms, and urges such persons to comply with them. The norms are pretty fundamental: women have rights under British law, for example. But the following injunction raises obvious… ## [Bibi recommends](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/bibi-recommends.php) _2026-08-20 · Scott Johnson · Power Line_ In his August 18 column “Hating Israel fatigue.” our friend Victor Davis Hanson confronts the tidal wave of anti-Semitism rolling over us. His column now comes with the recommendation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. For those who want to understand what has happened since October 7, this is a worthy read. Thank you, Victor Davis Hanson, for the moral clarity in your important… ## [Crying time again](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/crying-time-again.php) _2026-08-20 · Scott Johnson · Power Line_ As I have lamented previously, MyPillow man Mike Lindell was a crank candidate for Minnesota’s GOP gubernatorial nomination. President Trump did his best to preserve the perfect losing record of Minnesota Republicans in statewide races over the past 20 years by endorsing Lindell. For reasons that remain obscure to me, Trump endorsed Lindell on July 15. Trump continued plumping for Lindell right… ## [Simon & Schuster remains silent](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/simon-schusters-remains-silent.php) _2026-08-20 · Scott Johnson · Power Line_ The Washington Free Beacon devotes an editorial to Simon & Schuster’s continued marketing of the late Cambridge Professor Jason Arday’s “memoir” Great and Unfortunate Things, among which must now be numbered Arday’s suicide. Simon & Schuster now notes that it published the book “days before his untimely death on August 14, 2026.” Something happened. As the Free Beacon editorial observes, Simon &… ## [The Vindman twins](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/the-vindman-twins.php) _2026-08-20 · Scott Johnson · Power Line_ I more or less enjoyed the victory of whack job socialist Angie Nixon in Florida’s Democratic primary yesterday. It now falls to Florida’s Democratic Party to support another of the Dems’ most fashionable whackos for the United States Senate. Maybe they can call on Abdul El-Sayed or Ilhan Omar or Rashida Tlaib to hit the trail for her in Miami and Palm Beach. It should all go swimmingly. I… ## [Pirate.io on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JbRVIYpR6TDm) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Pirate.io listing on Google Play to view the app’s details. ## [The fraud never stopped](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/the-fraud-never-stopped.php) _2026-08-20 · Bill Glahn · Power Line_ Dr. Oz was back in Minneapolis, this time shooting a video at the airport about those suitcases full of cash flying overseas. Dr. Oz was making the useful point that the time to stop fraud comes long before it’s loaded in suitcases. But the backdrop of his video hammers home the point that Minnesota has become a punchline, known across the globe, in every timezone, for fraud. As if on ## [Doing the Dems’ Dirty Work](https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/doing-the-dems-dirty-work.php) _2026-08-20 · John Hinderaker · Power Line_ Scott wrote here about Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff’s smear of President Trump and his aide Natalie Harp, implying that they have an illicit relationship. This pretty well sums it up: Natalie Harp is a bone cancer survivor who only lived because Trump greenlit the right to try an experimental treatment when you were terminal. I met her back then. She went to work for him after recovery. @ossoff…