Jennifer Harper
Articles by Jennifer Harper
Biden flunking ‘kitchen table’ test with voters
Politicians on both sides of the aisle must never forget the importance of "kitchen table" items -- those issues which are of intense interest among voters, such as wages, jobs and health care costs. President Biden earned only tepid reviews in this department, according to a CNBC/Change Research survey which gauged voter sentiment. Published January 12, 2022
Glenn Beck’s 21st book: ‘The Great Reset’
Talk radio host and longtime media presence Glenn Beck has written his 14th book. "The Great Reset: Joe Biden and the Rise of Twenty-First-Century Fascism" arrived Tuesday and is dedicated to "all those who believe that men are born to be free." Published January 11, 2022
Biden sets recent record for presidential press avoidance
President Biden appears to have a case of serious podium phobia. He has held fewer press conferences during his first year in office than any of the five presidents who preceded him, according to a meticulous count by Towson State University. Published January 10, 2022
Heads up: Midterm election cycle ‘truly underway’
Ascent Strategic -- a prominent political consulting firm -- has a reminder for candidates and political organizations poised to encounter the midterm elections. "This all-important election cycle is truly underway, but are you ready? The balance of power in Congress on the line, and countless important state and local races up for grabs," the group said in a message to the political community that was shared with the Beltway. Published January 9, 2022
Biden’s ‘MSNBC administration’
Journalists' penchant to lean left has continued over the decades and now appears to have reached some sort of cultural and political zenith: "The MSNBC administration." Published January 6, 2022
Media squints at Jan. 6 anniversary
It's been a year since the unfortunate attack on the U.S. Capitol. The event has been heavily covered by the news media, analysts and pundits for the last 12 months -- and that coverage continues. There is much focus on security issues, political opportunities and former President Donald Trump's sudden decision to abandon a press conference he had planned to conduct Thursday from Mar-a-Lago, Florida. Published January 5, 2022
Bring back the ‘America First’ agenda
The promising news these days is that the Republican Party could reclaim the U.S. Congress in November. That's a start. "But taking nominal control of Capitol Hill won't be enough. Will Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy and their lieutenants be content with stopping the woke and socialist-inspired agenda of progressives? Or will they boldly implement a full-throttle populist nationalist 'America First' agenda? Doing so requires focus, not a scattershot approach," wrote Steve Cortes in an analysis for RealClear Politics. Published January 4, 2022
Trump’s Jan. 6 press conference stirs media curiosity
The press is already offering both news and commentary about former President Donald Trump for a very specific reason. Mr. Trump is planning a late-afternoon press conference on Thursday from his residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida. And of course, Thursday is Jan. 6, the first anniversary of the unfortunate attack on the U.S. Capitol. Published January 3, 2022
America’s destiny: Red Nation and Blue Nation?
Does the American public believe the United States should cease to be united and divide into two separate nations based on political beliefs? There's a poll, which offers some noteworthy findings as the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol approaches, an event that sparked much discussion about political callings. Published January 2, 2022
The ‘crime-panicked wealthy’ of Los Angeles now want guns
Things changed in the year 2021. Los Angeles Magazine reports that attitudes toward firearms are evolving in the Golden State. "The arms race of the affluent: From Beverly Hills to Santa Monica, the crime-panicked wealthy are banishing bling and buying guns," the magazine reported this week. Published December 30, 2021
Jan. 6 anniversary just a week away
The first anniversary of the Jan. 6 uprising at the U.S. Capitol is a week away, and it has prompted a frenzy among news organizations anxious to weigh in on this very unfortunate day, and from every imaginable angle. Published December 29, 2021
‘The View’ ‘struggling’ to fix Republican-free lineup
Published December 28, 2021
Fox News remains the leader, 25 years after founding
After a quarter-century on the air, Fox News has marked its 25th anniversary by dominating the overall cable world for the sixth year in a row, according to Nielsen Media Research. Published December 27, 2021
Get happy: CPAC is on the way
The clarion call has gone out: The four-day Conservative Political Action Conference -- affectionately known as CPAC -- is now on the calendar, set for Feb. 24-27 in Orlando, Florida. Published December 26, 2021
Eisenhower’s Christmas message from space
Published December 23, 2021
‘Omicronmania’ strikes the U.S.
According to John Hopkins University, the first case of COVID-19 was reported on Dec. 1, 2019, in Wuhan, China. Which means that the U.S. and much of the world have been living with the virus for two years, and that 2022 will mark the third year of this medical challenge. Published December 22, 2021
70% of voters in poll say it’s been a ‘bad year’
The voting public has weighed in on the state of America and the news is not good: 70% of registered U.S. voters now say that 2021 has been a bad year for the country -- and over half of the weary population -- 55% -- say it has been bad for them personally. Published December 21, 2021
Bidenflation now hits Christmas dinner too
Americans endured higher prices for their Thanksgiving dinner a few weeks ago due to the ever-increasing prices for the feast -- which experts blamed on President Biden and the White House. Well, take a deep breath, and acknowledge that the proverbial "Bidenflation" is also affecting the price of Christmas dinner, according to Mintec, a London- and New York City-based data and analytics group focused on food and manufacturing brands. Published December 20, 2021
Protecting Biden: Major news networks ignore the border
It is almost a tradition for the "Big Three" broadcast networks -- NBC, ABC and CBS -- to soft-pedal or omit coverage of issues that don't reflect well on the Democratic Party. Case in point: Things are getting worse by the day on the southern U.S. border. The broadcast coverage of this phenomenon, however, is down to nothing. As in zilch. Published December 19, 2021
‘President’ Joe Manchin emerges
A West Virginia Democrat has emerged as a powerhouse centrist who is not afraid to push back on his own party against a $2 trillion spending bill, among other things. We're talking about Sen Joe Manchin, of course -- deemed a commonsense lawmaker by the press and possibly even a "maverick" -- a word often used in past years to describe John McCain, the late Arizona senator and longtime Republican leader. Published December 16, 2021
