James Powers | March 17, 2017
  Seeing a conservative and a liberal agree on the idea of term limits is quite unusual. Though they don’t usually agree on much, CNBC’s Squawk Box co-anchors Joe Kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin both praised the idea of term limits for members of Congress. Frustrated with Congress’s lack of progress on Trump’s agenda, Kernen argued that getting substantial change passed is “impossible. I think…
James Powers | March 15, 2017
Wall Street has been brimming with optimism since President Donald Trump’s election, but Main Street’s optimism soared as well. Some say the new GOP health insurance bill may keep that going. CNBC reporter Kate Rogers said that “Main Street’s outlook post-election is still holding at historically high levels according to the National Federation of Independent Business.” “While this month’s…
James Powers | March 15, 2017
Replacing appointed attorneys from previous administrations is not unusual for a new president, but didn’t stop the liberal media from attacking President Donald Trump for it. MRC Vice President of Business and Culture Dan Gainor said the coverage of fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is “just part of the national media tantrum” about anything Trump does. “If you look at it, The Washington Post…
James Powers | March 14, 2017
Add Home Depot Co-founder Ken Langone to the list of business leaders endorsing Trump’s economic agenda.  After blasting the “irrelevant” liberal media for obstructing President Trump, Langone warned Republicans of the importance of advancing Trump’s plans for major tax reform. “Republicans, Democrats, the media, everybody was against Trump,” Langone said Feb. 13, on CNBC’s Squawk Box. He…
James Powers | March 14, 2017
MRC Vice President of Business and Culture Dan Gainor scolded the liberal media’s coverage of good economic news under the Trump administration. “They are giving no coverage to the good news except when they absolutely have to,” Gainor declared during a March 10, appearance on Intelligence Report with Trish Regan. Gainor explained that just two days ago ADP reported 100,000 more jobs than…
James Powers | March 10, 2017
The economic optimism of Donald Trump’s election is becoming harder to deny, although many liberals are still trying. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced March 10, that the U.S. economy added 235,000 new jobs in February, beating estimates by 38,000.  Following that news, CNBC’s Squawk Box co-anchor Joe Kernen argued Trump instilled confidence in the economy by surrounding himself by…
James Powers | March 2, 2017
MRC Vice President of Business and Culture Dan Gainor said President Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress was like Tom Brady’s Super Bowl comeback, but predicted the media will keep “going after him.”   “When you get Glenn Thrush, Richard Engel, and Van Jones all complimenting you on your speech, you’ve pretty much done well” Gainor said on March 1, during an appearance on Fox Business…
James Powers | March 1, 2017
Bill Nye the Science Guy loves to go around promoting climate change but seemingly can’t answer basic questions about the theory. When hard-pressed, the result is highly entertaining. Appearing on Fox News’s Tucker Carlson Tonight on Feb. 27, former stand-up comedian Bill Nye repeatedly failed to answer a specific climate change question from host Tucker Carlson. Carlson conceded that “most…
James Powers | February 27, 2017
It is getting harder to downplay the recent stock market rally, but The New York Times tried to keep it quiet. Fox Business Network anchor Stuart Varney blasted the Times’s lack of coverage of what he called the “Trump stock market rally.” Varney pointed out on Feb. 27, that the Business section of the Times from the day before ignored the market’s historic gains since Trump’s election. His…
James Powers | February 21, 2017
MRC Vice President of Business and Culture Dan Gainor recently called out the liberal media for coming unglued after President Donald Trump criticized the media’s coverage of him during a February press conference. “The media have been kicking sand in the face of the American public for decades going after every Republican who rose to the fore” Gainor said on Feb. 17, during an appearance on Fox…