Batshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives

We at NewsBusters have often explained that “public” broadcasters like NPR pay reporters to be “Extremism” correspondents, but strangely, the ideological spectrum seems to go from the “far right” extreme to some sort of center-left. They cannot seem to acknowledge with the slightest fraction of honesty that there is any identifiable or newsworthy extremism on the Left.

One new Exhibit A comes from NPR’s “Public Editor” Kelly McBride. In a February 20 article on “News Literacy,” she attempted to explain how the taxpayer-funded radio network deploys their correspondents on the “extremism” beat.

Sounds like CBC.

And their misery demands company — ours.

Recently another poll revealed America’s most known political fact: Liberals are miserable. The samplings change but the conclusions don’t. Yet as confirmed as leftist misery is, its cause is missed: cognitive dissonance.

The latest polling by the Institute for Family Studies found that only 12 percent of young liberal women were completely satisfied with life. Contrastingly, young conservative women were three times more likely to be completely satisfied. Further, IFS observed: “And consistent with previous research, the effect of ideology on young women’s happiness held up to controls for age, education, race, and income.”

Remembering the ethnic cleansing of Italian civilians is called “outrageous”—by supporters of Parliamentary depictions of Christ as gay.

Leftist MEPs from Slovenia and Croatia are protesting an exhibition in the European Parliament (EP) to commemorate the victims of the Foibe massacres around the city of Trieste at the end of the Second World War—conducted by communist Yugoslav partisans.

The exhibition was presented to mark the 80th anniversary of the massacres which also saw its memorial site in Basovizza, Italy, vandalized by (presumably) Slovene perpetrators ahead of the official commemoration a few days ago.

Progressivism is at a crossroads.

In his recent speech at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Argentine President Javier Milei delivered an urgent plea against the postmodern Left. He did so not in his usual punk rock tone but with calm aplomb: “Woke ideology is the cancer that must be removed.” And he celebrated Donald Trump’s determination to be America’s surgeon. Many attendees lowered their heads because they have been the promoters of these ideas for years. Milei had gone to the woke temple to humiliate them. What does it all mean for the future of the Left?

The assassination of Brian Thompson does not call for a “conversation” about health care—it calls for a reckoning with Americans’ moral breakdown.

On the morning of December 4, 2024, in midtown Manhattan, a masked male snuck up behind the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, a health insurance company, and pumped three bullets into the executive’s back and leg. Brian Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, was pronounced dead a few minutes later.

Celebrations of the murder broke out on social media almost as soon as the killing was reported. The unknown assailant had provided a public service by taking out a leader in a predatory and heartless industry, the killer’s fans asserted. The jubilation grew in fervor as each newly released surveillance video confirmed the original impression that the killer, still at large, was young and handsome.

Does the radical left have anything better to do with its ample time than to champion the accused killer of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was gunned down two weeks ago in broad daylight in Manhattan?

Luigi Mangione, alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, Brian Thompson, is being deified by fans comparing him to everyone from Robin Hood to Jesus Christ. His arrival in Manhattan, courtesy of the NYPD, is the latest made-for-TV moment in his leap from obscurity.

Mr. Mangione arrived in New York City on Thursday to face charges including first-degree murder, stalking, and illegal use of firearms. After 10 days in a Pennsylvania jail, he waived his right to contest extradition, enabling Empire State authorities to transport him to the scene of the crime.

NYPD out here making #LuigiMangione look like superman pic.twitter.com/7bjza6rQ0z

— Hal Michaell (@haleymichaell) December 20, 2024

Authorities are pursuing the right-wing party while staying strangely quiet on the vandals.

Flemish nationalists could be prosecuted for recording the vandalism of their own offices in Brussels . The incident, which occurred last month the same night as a book launch of French conservative leader Jordan Bardella, saw the headquarters of Vlaams Belang attacked with impunity. Now Belgian authorities seem more concerned with going after the victims than the perpetrators, Nieuw Rechts reports.

In this “post-truth” era, Toronto’s hardened bike lanes, the carbon tax, and the Liberal party’s efforts to penalize trained hunters and licensed target shooters are all drawn from the same hymn book. Progressive politicians announced each heartfelt initiative as an evidence-based solution that was beyond reproach — and yet, as time passes, none have withstood the slightest critical analysis.

Advocates of cycling infrastructure promised us improved cyclist safety, personal health benefits, reductions in carbon and noise emissions, as well as reduced traffic congestion. Sounds dreamy.

The Star’s designated “right-winger” is doing OK.