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Nets Swoon for Biden: ‘Cementing the Fractured’ NATO Bond Trump Damaged

Filed Under: INVESTIGATIONS, Newsbusters

Despite the fact that former President Trump had shaken the NATO alliance out of their complacency and reliance on the U.S. for their collective protection, the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) gave President Biden a hero’s welcome. Together, they suggested Biden was the one “cementing the fractured American bond with NATO,” as NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt specifically put it.

“Meeting with fellow NATO ministers in Brussels today, President Biden declaring the military alliance and its core foundation of mutual defense are ‘rock solid.’ As he works to nurture a relationship derided by President Trump when he was in office,” Holt went on to tout.

A short time later, chief White House correspondent Peter Alexander boasted about how the other NATO leaders had welcomed Biden’s arrival:

President Biden’s arrival here at NATO heralded by allies as a new chapter. Where former President Trump slammed the trans-Atlantic alliance as obsolete, Mr. Biden today touted the U.S.’s commitment to the group as a “sacred obligation.”

Over on ABC’s World News Tonight, anchor David Muir began the program in awe of the President “making global headlines late this afternoon on his eight-day foreign trip.” “Tonight, a NATO summit in Brussels and the President pushing that message that America is back,” he touted.

In reality, Trump had gotten NATO members to contribute more to the goal of the alliance: their mutual defense. Part of that was getting countries to live up to their agreed-upon contribution levels, which many weren’t doing.

 

 

But according to Muir, Biden was the better option for making NATO stronger:

And unlike his predecessor, who called NATO obsolete, President Biden calling attention to NATO’s Article V, that an attack on one is an attack on all. That NATO is “rock solid,” in his words, and a “sacred commitment.”

“Today in Brussels, President Biden standing firm with the leaders of NATO, an alliance his predecessor once called obsolete. Reaffirming America’s commitment to the principle that an attack on one NATO country is an attack on them all,” added ABC chief White House correspondent Cecilia Vega.

For CBS’s part, chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett — who filled in for anchor Norah O’Donnell — opined about how Biden was “reaffirming America’s role on the global stage.”

“At the NATO summit in Belgium today, the President called the military alliance critically important to U.S. interests, saying unity is NATO’s greatest strength,” he told viewers. “The cooperative tone of this meeting was in stark contrast to the previous four years. Former President Donald Trump frequently questioned NATO’s relevance.”

And CBS chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes suggested Biden’s supposed superior handling of NATO prepared him for his Wednesday meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin:

Major, President Biden told me today he is going into this meeting with Putin with the full backing of his fellow transatlantic leaders. And he said he even asked them today what they want him to bring up when he sits down with the Russian authoritarian.

Meanwhile, NBC Nightly News became the first evening newscast to mention that Biden had allowed Putin to complete a pipeline to Germany. Of course, they didn’t mention how this weakened the NATO alliance by enriching Russia, making them more of a threat to border countries, and making NATO members dependent on Russia for energy.

This gushing for President Biden’s supposed superior NATO leadership was made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from Ford Motor Company on ABC, Amazon on CBS, and Consumer Cellular on NBC. Their contact information is linked so you can tell them about the biased news they fund.

The transcript is below, click “expand” to read:

ABC’s World News Tonight
June 14, 2021
6:32:40 p.m. Eastern

DAVID MUIR: Good evening and it’s great to have you with us as we start another week together here. And we begin tonight with President Biden making global headlines late this afternoon on his eight-day foreign trip.

Tonight, a NATO summit in Brussels and the President pushing that message that America is back. And unlike his predecessor, who called NATO obsolete, President Biden calling attention to NATO’s Article V, that an attack on one is an attack on all. That NATO is “rock solid,” in his words, and a “sacred commitment.”

The leaders of the 30-nation alliance gathering for a group photo. Recognizing aggression from Russia, also, for the first time, acknowledging as a group the growing military threat from China. And agreeing to tackle new challenges from cyber warfare to disinformation campaigns to anti-missile defense.

Late today, President Biden addresses that high stakes meeting this week with Vladimir Putin. Our Cecilia Vega leading off the questions. The President, in his answer, calling Putin bright, tough, and a worthy adversary. But what the President then said about expectations. Will he draw red lines with Putin? Our chief White House correspondent Cecilia Vega leading us off with the President in Brussels.

[Cuts to video]

CECILIA VEGA: Today in Brussels, President Biden standing firm with the leaders of NATO, an alliance his predecessor once called obsolete. Reaffirming America’s commitment to the principle that an attack on one NATO country is an attack on them all.

(…)

CBS Evening News
June 14, 2021
6:32:06 p.m. Eastern

MAJOR GARRETT: We begin tonight, with President Biden reaffirming America’s role on the global stage. At the NATO summit in Belgium today, the President called the military alliance critically important to U.S. interests, saying unity is NATO’s greatest strength.

The cooperative tone of this meeting was in stark contrast to the previous four years. Former President Donald Trump frequently questioned NATO’s relevant.

The NATO leaders took aim at China in forceful language calling it a “constant security challenge.”

Ahead of his face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, Mr. Biden said he is not looking for conflict but will respond if Russia continues its quote, unquote, “harmful activities.” The President said those include cyber-attacks, interference in U.S. elections, and human rights abuses.

There is a lot of new reporting tonight. CBS’s chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes leads off our coverage in Brussels. Nancy, good evening to you.

NANCY CORDES: Major, President Biden told me today he is going into this meeting with Putin with the full backing of his fellow transatlantic leaders. And he said he even asked them today what they want him to bring up when he sits down with the Russian authoritarian.

(…)

NBC Nightly News
June 14, 2021
7:01:45 p.m. Eastern

LESTER HOLT: Good evening, everyone. President Biden setting the stage for his face-to-face with Russia’s Vladimir Putin later this week, warning tonight the U.S. will respond if Russia does not change its behavior.

The President with a stronger hand to play going into that meeting after cementing the fractured American bond with NATO. Meeting with fellow NATO ministers in Brussels today, President Biden declaring the military alliance and its core foundation of mutual defense are “rock solid.” As he works to nurture a relationship derided by President Trump when he was in office.

 (…)

7:03:17 p.m. Eastern

PETER ALEXANDER: President Biden’s arrival here at NATO heralded by allies as a new chapter. Where former President Trump slammed the trans-Atlantic alliance as obsolete, Mr. Biden today touted the U.S.’s commitment to the group as a “sacred obligation.”

(…)

Noel Clarke’s Former Agent Gary O’Sullivan Launches New Talent Management Firm (EXCLUSIVE)

Filed Under: ENTERTAINMENT, Variety

Noel Clarke’s former agent, Gary O’Sullivan, has set up his own talent management firm, Variety can exclusively reveal. The firm, Accelerate Management, was launched last month. O’Sullivan previously worked at 42 Management & Production, where he repped Clarke among other high-profile actors, including Emily Beecham (“The Pursuit of Love”) and Tom Felton (“Harry Potter”). O’Sullivan […]

Glenn Beck finally wakes up, retracts Obama apology, then blasts ex-president and CRT

Filed Under: INVESTIGATIONS, WND

Conservative talk radio host and former cable TV personality Glenn Beck has come full circle in the post-Trump era.

The former Fox News host, who made numerous statements against former President Donald Trump prior to and after the 2016 election, came back to Fox on Wednesday to apologize — but not for opposing the 45th president.

Beck actually said he was sorry for ever apologizing after he called former President Barack Obama a racist all the way back in 2009.

“This president, I think, has exposed himself as a guy, over and over and over again, who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture,” Beck said during Obama’s first year in office. “This guy is, I believe, a racist.”

Beck later apologized for the comments and vehemently opposed Trump’s candidacy and his presidency — although he did eventually come around.

On Wednesday, Beck told Fox host Tucker Carlson he is no longer sorry for calling Obama a racist. Beck attributed the retraction of his apology to a shift in the country’s political dynamics and the damage being done by Marxist ideologies and critical race theory.

“Back then, Tucker, you couldn’t call a president racist. Back then that was crazy,” he said. “Now that we’ve gone through the Trump era, I guess it’s OK. Here’s the thing. I apologized for saying that about two years later because it was unartful. I was thinking out loud.”

“I take my apology back. I was exactly right,” Beck told Carlson during the interview.

“And I even stated it right. You are a racist if you believe in critical race theory. If you think that what Dr. Martin Luther King said — that he envisions a country that is seeing people for the content of their character, not their color — if you think that’s wrong, then yes, you are a racist,” he added.

Beck’s comments came days after Obama dismissed critics of critical race theory and attacked conservative media outlets during an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper.

“There are certain right-wing media venues, for example, that monetize and capitalize on stoking the fear and resentment of a white population that is witnessing a changing America and seeing demographic changes,” Obama told Cooper.

“And do everything they can to give people a sense that their way of life is threatened and that people are trying to take advantage of them.”

“You would think with all the public policy debates that are taking place right now, the Republican Party would be engaged in a significant debate about how are we going to deal with the economy, what are we going to do about climate change, what are we going to do about — lo and behold, the biggest single most important issue to them apparently right now is critical race theory,” Obama said.

“Who knew that was the threat to our republic?”

Leftists — especially those in power — are using critical race theory to demonize white Americans while simultaneously hijacking history to fit a political narrative.

Beck, who saw Obama for the divisive figure he is back in 2009, faltered and apologized a decade ago for calling things as he saw them then.

In 2016, he went so far as to tell The New Yorker that he “did a lot of freaking out about Barack Obama” and concluded: “Obama made me a better man.”

Beck went down a path that alienated many people who previously trusted his instincts. But the conservative firebrand was right all along about Obama, the left and the Democratic Party’s plans for the country.

He’s now united with conservatives nationwide in his opposition to state-sanctioned racism in education and policy and has publicly acknowledged that his initial assessment of the 44th president was the right one.

The American left has spent the last four years rewriting the rules of decorum, and now Obama is fair game.

The former president can be coy, facetious and outright dismissive of the threat posed by Marxist ideologies. But more and more people are becoming aware of what is going on in our country.

If there’s one silver lining to critical race theory, it’s that it is unifying the right.

And it’s certainly a relief to have Beck back on board.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

The post Glenn Beck finally wakes up, retracts Obama apology, then blasts ex-president and CRT appeared first on WND.

Dems Invite Bill Nye To Testify Before Homeland Security Subcommittee

Filed Under: INVESTIGATIONS, Washington Free Beacon

Democrats invited former children’s science TV show host Bill Nye to a House Homeland Security subcommittee to testify about climate change and how to introduce policies to “change the world.”

Nye likened the effort needed to combat climate change to that of the United States’ effort during World War II. He advocated for more government involvement, including regulating greenhouse gas emissions and investing in nuclear energy. Citing Texas’s February winter storm, he argued the free market fails to protect people from climate change. Instead, proponents of combating climate change need to take political power and elect people who “accept the science,” he said, adding that voter suppression could stop the United States from taking action.

“We got to make sure that the next election is secure,” Nye said. “If we end up with a situation in the U.S. where we have minority rule, through gerrymandering, through these extraordinary laws that people are trying to pass, it’s going to be trouble for everybody…. It’s not in anyone’s best interest to not have everybody’s vote count, and it certainly looks like people are working to try to suppress votes.”

While Nye was invited to testify on the threat of climate change, Democrats used the opportunity to criticize the Trump administration, promote President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan, and ask for Nye’s opinion on how to enact legislation in the face of opposition. Nye, who has a degree in mechanical engineering, was a popular kids’ television host in the 90s.

Rep. Val Demings (D., Fla.), the chairwoman of the subcommittee, criticized President Donald Trump for not addressing climate change while in office.

“Despite the pressing need to address the risk posed by climate change, and despite the progress that had been made by the Obama administration, President Trump disregarded these challenges, increased the likelihood that Americans would experience these risks, and took steps to eliminate federal research and response,” Demings said.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D., Texas) echoed Demings’s criticism and promoted Biden’s massive infrastructure spending bill, the American Jobs Plan.

“Very grateful that we are beginning to turn the corner with the Biden Administration and the American Jobs Plan and the administration’s budget proposal, which has aggressively looked to rectify President Trump’s failures and directly address the challenges that are so very important,” Lee said.

When asked about China’s role in climate change, Nye said nations should be unified in their approach. He defended China’s large energy use, saying the nation was trying to catch up with Western transportation standards.

June’s slate of Homeland Security hearings cover climate change, border issues, and cybersecurity. None are yet scheduled to examine the growing threat of China to U.S. national security.

The post Dems Invite Bill Nye To Testify Before Homeland Security Subcommittee appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

Democrats Choose White Man to Succeed Blackface Governor

Filed Under: INVESTIGATIONS, Washington Free Beacon

Democrats on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to nominate former governor Terry McAuliffe (D., Va.) to succeed Gov. Ralph Northam (D., Va.), who is somehow still in office after surviving a series of racism scandals involving blackface and a Ku Klux Klan outfit.

In a repeat of the 2020 presidential primary, Democratic voters were more comfortable backing a familiar white man in a field that featured a number of qualified minority candidates. McAuliffe cruised to the nomination, winning every single county in the state and finishing with 62.3 percent of the vote.

Former state lawmaker Jennifer Carroll Foy came in second with 19.8 percent of the vote. Jennifer McClellan, a state senator from Richmond, placed third with 11.6 percent. The runners-up were denied a chance at making history, as both were vying to become the first black woman to serve as governor (of any state).

Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D., Va.) placed a distant fourth at just 3.5 percent. Once considered the obvious choice to succeed Northam, his political ambitions were significantly undermined by credible allegations of sexual assault.

The Washington Post, a politics blog owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, declined to back any of the black candidates for governor, endorsing McAuliffe in the primary. During his first term as governor, McAuliffe was instrumental in persuading Amazon to locate its second headquarters in Arlington, Va., one of the wealthiest municipalities in the country. McAuliffe lured the controversial trillion-dollar company to the state in part by offering tax incentives worth up to $750 billion.

The Post‘s endorsement, which made no mention of the Amazon deal, was not the first time the politics blog had embraced a white politician in a controversial and racially charged fashion. In 2019, the blog’s editorial board demanded Northam’s resignation after the governor admitted to wearing either blackface or a Ku Klux Klan hood in a photo published in his medical school yearbook. Less than a year later, the Post published a second editorial recanting its call for Northam’s resignation.

The Democratic Party has a history of backing white candidates at the expense of qualified minorities.

The post Democrats Choose White Man to Succeed Blackface Governor appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

School RPG from Ex-Shin Megami Tensei Devs Announced for PlayStation and Switch

Filed Under: ENTERTAINMENT, IGN

Monark, a school-based RPG from former Shin Megami Tensei developers has been officially announced and is coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch.

As reported by Gematsu, the game, Monark, was formally revealed in the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu, and is in development at Lancarse, with character design from so-bin and scenario design from SMT veteran Ryutaro Ito. It will launch on October 14 in Japan, but there has been no word just yet about a worldwide release or localization.

News of the project started to appear earlier this week, but there’s now a full-blown teaser website and a planned YouTube premiere of the game’s first trailer on June 10.

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According to Ryokutya2098‘s writeup, the game’s protagonist is the deputy head of “the True Student Council,” an organization set up to “solve the abnormal situations in the school”. The game has multiple endings, with different routes depending on which “buddy character” the protagonist picks.

There’s also a “madness” meter in the command-based battle system that you can increase “to use more powerful skills” and an “EGO system” that is related to the seven deadly sins, and will be based on the player’s choices, and their abilities to employ demon underlings.

According to an interview from the magazine, the developers were inspired by 1994’s Shin Megami Tensei If… and the fact that “nowadays there are no games like it”. The interviews also revealed there will be over 100 student stories in the games and “about 40 songs”.

In other Shin Megami Tensei news, the release date for Shin Megami Tensei V has seemingly leaked ahead of E3.

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Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

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