Trump
NEWS AND OPINION
For his court appearance in New York Tuesday, former President Donald Trump attracted a flurry of news coverage. This included aerial footage of Trump’s motorcade and nonstop speculation from both broadcast and print journalists.
The intense interest continues, but there are some criticisms.
The New Republic said that the media coverage of Trump’s indictment “was dumb, desperate and a really poor sign for 2024,” in its review of wall-to-wall presentations.
Curtis HouckAn analyst for conservative press watchdog Newsbusters.org said that CNN’s coverage showed that the network was regressing back to its Trump-centric days in 2015 and 2016, with imbecilic hot take disguised as expert analysis.
The court appearance of Donald Trump was a feast for news organizations, and it is likely that the feasting will continue. Here are a few headlines that were published in the last 24 hours.
“A’surrealistic’ day for Trump in Court may only tear the country apart” CNN; “The humiliation and Trump” The Atlantic; “Trump lawyer claims case won’t go to a jury trial” NBC News; “Trump’s arraignment: How America reacted to it” (PBS); Trump’s arrest: Trump is going to hell, says ex president” (BBC); Trump’s arraignment party: Trump jolts campaign” (Politico); McCon Trump) (The Hill); and Trump indictable toe of the wind” (The Guardian); and “In the Eye of the Stormy” (The Guardian).
GUTFELD HAS A TRIUMPH
Fox News’ late-night host has been gone for two years Greg Gutfeld His funny and savvy show, “Gutfeld”, was launched.
It is a powerful station, with an average of 1.9 million viewers per night over its two-year tenure, Nielsen reports. This surpasses ABC’s “”Jimmy Kimmel Live” with 1.5 Million viewers per night, and NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon” At 1.4 Million.
Mr. Gutfeld is busy. His third book, “The King of Late Night,” is his latest. Threshold Editions, a subsidiary of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, will have it available July 25.
“With his trademark wit and whip-smart humor Greg reveals never before-told stories about his upbringing, early career, what it was like going head-tohead with the liberal media and what it took for him to flip the script on comedy landscape,” the publisher states in advance notes.
Visit Gutfeld’s website to learn more about his many accomplishments.
O’BIDEN
In the meantime, President BidenThe upcoming five-day trip to Ireland by President Elect has already attracted much attention from news organizations all over the Emerald Isle, including this summary from RTE.
“Mr. Biden will be visiting Louth and Mayo, where his ancestors are from. His great-great-grandfather Owen Finnegan emigrated to the US from the Cooley peninsula, while another great-great-grandfather, Patrick Blewitt“Political correspondent wrote that he was born in Ballina and left in 1850 to sail to America.” Micheal Lehane.
“It has been confirmed that Mr. Biden will give a public address in front of St. Muredach’s Cathedral, Ballina, Co. Mayo, on Friday.” He wrote that the event was free and open to all.
It is understood that the U.S. president will be in Dublin from April 12-15, and will make day trips across the country. According to Mr. Lehane, those responsible for coordinating the visit don’t believe it will be packed… with events. It is possible Mr. Biden will only attend three events per day.”
On April 11, the president arrives in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Another president is also on his way.
“Former U.S. president Bill Clinton His wife, former U.S. Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton The columnist stated that Mr. Biden will be in Belfast the week following Mr. Biden.” He also noted that the couple plans to commemorate the 25th anniversary the landmark Good Friday Agreement. This peacemaking process, which was diplomatic in nature, ended “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland in 1998.
A TAXING SITUATION
Yes, it is.
“Taxpayers enter the home stretch tax season, with returns due at the IRS on April 18,” reports National Taxpayers Union Foundation. This nonpartisan research organization reveals exactly what goes into this national effort.
“Even though 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act simplified income taxes for the vast majority Americans, the tax code still imposes a tremendous burden on American taxpayers — roughly the equivalent of billions and billions in lost income and labor. The solution is to simplify tax code,” the group stated, noting that the foundation has conducted “copious studies” on ways to reduce the burden on taxpayers every year.
“This tax season, taxpayers spent over 6 billion hours filing taxes. This is an increase of 451,000,000 hours over 2020, after the overall compliance burden has fallen in the past three years. This represents a $249 billion opportunity cost based on the average salary in the private sector. The research found that the total compliance burden of tax code is $339 billion, after adding in nearly $90 billion spent on tax preparation.”
Curious? You can find the National Taxpayers Union (NTU.org) and its foundation.
POLL DU JOUR
* 22% of Americans say that food costs are their biggest financial concern.
* 18% of respondents say retirement savings is their greatest financial concern.
* 17% believe that health care costs are the biggest concern.
* 13% of respondents say that paying the rent or mortgage is their greatest concern.
* 8% cite college tuition, 7% cite energy bills.
* 5% for loan payments or credit cards.
* 44% of people cite losing their job; 44% don’t know what is their greatest concern.
* 3% of respondents cite “something else.”
SOURCE: Quinnipiac University polled 1,795 adults in the United States from March 9-13. Respondents chose from a list.
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