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Former President Barack Obama suggested during an appearance on his wife's podcast earlier this week that men need gay friends to learn "empathy and kindness" while preparing for potentially fathering a son who identifies as gay or non-binary. Appearing during an episode of "IMO," a podcast hosted by former first lady Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, the former president discussed with the two how best to raise boys. At one point during their hour-long discussion, Barack Obama — who noted he was raised by a single mother — suggested that boys need male figures in their lives other...

step one: how does this image make you feel? remember your answer. there will be a test. Image narrator: action was not coming. this movie seems to be on auto repeat all over social media right now. it’s astonishing the breakdowns and breakage that seem to have been triggered by two weeks of “the donald.” leaving aside the rightness or wrongness of all this opinion and histrionic hurdy-burly, i find the overall pathology fascinating. i also think it likely means something very different than most are inclined to assume. why is becky from vassar not only having this meltdown, but...

I have a bookmark folder on X called "Democrat hate." When I think about it, I toss especially hateful posts into the folder as potential fodder for articles. I rarely dip into them unless some particularly prominent person utters some particularly hateful thing. Still, it is striking how many posts I find of Democrats wishing death or suffering on people for the crime of seeing things differently than they do. What prompted me to dip into this well was the liberal reaction to the flash flood tragedy in Texas. Two things stood out: the hoax that the National Weather Service...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) said on Monday that he has empathy for the state’s federal workers at risk of losing their jobs as a result of the Trump administration’s efforts to cut down the size of the federal government under the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “I understand and I actually have extraordinary empathy for the fact that there are many workers in Virginia today from our federal workforce who are experiencing real concerns,” Youngkin said at a press conference in Northern Virginia highlighting new economic opportunities in the state. “Listen, we have a federal government that is inefficient...

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that former President Donald Trump lacks empathy on a basic level while discussing the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Co-host Ana Navarro said, “Talk about something you would do differently from Donald Trump. Right now, there is a monster storm barreling toward my state of Florida, a place that’s still reeling from Hurricane Helene. Trump is lying, claiming that the Biden administration is intentionally withholding aid from the areas where Republicans live and that FEMA funds are being redirected to migrants. Ironically, that is something he did in...

The millionaire investment banker who allegedly slugged a woman in the face during a Pride event in Brooklyn over the weekend once touted the importance of having “empathy” and an “understanding” of others. Jonathan Kaye, a managing director at Moelis & Co., was identified by social media users as the man caught on camera punching the woman and sending her crashing down onto a Park Slope street Saturday night. In the wake of the brutal footage going viral, a podcast interview the Wall Street executive gave last year quickly resurfaced in which he preached about mentoring junior bankers and the...

Tammy Bruce, Horace Cooper and Karoline Leavitt discuss former President Trump attending the wake for a slain NYPD officer while President Biden participates in ritzy NYC fundraiser.

Mich. officer fired after killing 'friendly' deer against department instructions"He acted independently [and] committed multiple policy violations in his decision to euthanize [Annie the deer],” Chief Mario RedLegs saidOct 30, 2023 By Joanna Putman Police1 VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. — An officer has been fired after he went against instructions from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and euthanized a deer that locals called “Annie,” News Channel 3 reported. While responding to an unrelated domestic incident on Oct. 20, Officer David Loza wrangled the deer with a neck strap and shot it to death. Residents were outraged, according to the...

Joe Biden on Monday made a shambolic tour of Hawaii - in keeping with his tone-deaf and error-ridden first response to the wildfires. Two weeks after the worst U.S. wildfires in a century, the president and his wife Jill landed on Maui to be met with screams of '**** you!' as his motorcade passed. Some were seen waving Trump 2024 flags. The 80-year-old only compounded the anger by delivering a garbled speech at a charred sacred Banyan tree to speak in meandering terms about his own loss - that of his wife and baby daughter in 1972 - and then...

On Friday, MSNBC host Joy Reid said on her show “The ReidOut” that she has a “theory” that the right does not want slavery taught in schools because their children will have empathy and not become Republicans. Reid said, “And the thing about it is, it’s a presumption that if you teach white kids about the negative parts of history, they’re going to identify with the bad guys. They’re not going to identify with the abolitionists.”

MSNBC co-host Mika Brzezinski said Friday “Morning Joe” the Republican Party is the party of “inhumanity” in policy and behavior. Brzezinski said, “I ask again and again who raised you, men and women in the House and the far right? I mean, would your mothers like your behavior today? This party, when it comes to policy, and I have talked about this before, it is not exaggerating, calling it the party of inhumanity. A party that has no sense of empathy or humanity when it comes to policy or behavior.” She added, “This is a party, and I’m talking about...

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.): “Biden doesn’t care about the poor people in this country.” pic.twitter.com/wV0ATeFksU— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 16, 2022

CNN anchor Don Lemon said Monday on his show “Don Lemon Tonight” that Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has no empathy for parents who have to bury their children, referencing the deadly school shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan. Lemon said, “Then there is Congressman Thomas Massie wishing you seasons greetings by decking the halls with guns and ammo. Ammo. Let’s not forget the shooting suspect in Michigan in the Michigan high school was searching for ammo on his phone in class. I guess the congressman forgot about that because he’s doubling down today saying he’s shocked, shocked that anyone...

Empathy is an important human emotion, but sometimes people keep repeating the same stupid mistakes that make it nearly impossible to continue to give a damn about them. Someone suffering severe headaches, for example, can cause a serious empathetic response from people, but that goes away quickly, and likely forever, if you discover that person continually hits themselves in the head with two-by-four. There comes a certain point when any emotion – empathy, sympathy, whatever – becomes counterproductive. When it comes to Democrat voter groups, I’m long past that point. The odds of you knowing someone who is or was...

Here’s the President I know, we know. Nothing anonymous. https://t.co/zYkSuDK9V0— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) September 5, 2020I have no personal interest with Mr. Trump, nor I am an American, but this gesture really moved me !! Thank you @realDonaldTrump for being kind to her! pic.twitter.com/wFCnG7qIp8— حسن سجواني 🇦🇪 Hassan Sajwani (@HSajwanization) September 4, 2020

The chief strategist of the Rhode Island Democratic Party is being slammed for her tasteless tweet about South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who had revealed that he contracted COVID-19 despite being vaccinated. “It’s wrong to hope he dies from Covid right? Asking for a friend. #COVIDISNOTOVER #LINDSEYGRAHAM,” Kate Coyne-McCoy wrote Monday night about the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee. Matthew Foldi, a reporter for the Free Beacon who posted a screengrab of the since-deleted tweet, wrote in a post that “the de facto executive director of the @RIDemParty apparently wants #SCEN @LindseyGrahamSC to die of coronavirus.” Coyne-McCoy on...

A BBC investigation into unaccompanied minor detention centers in Texas revealed alarming conditions under the Biden Administration. The BBC reports migrant children are exposed to disease, dangerous food, and sexual abuse while in confinement. As the flood of unaccompanied migrant children mounted through the spring, the Biden Administration quickly put up detention centers in multiple locations. The BBC reports the migrant children, mostly from Central America, face “heartbreaking” living conditions. Findings by the BBC from interviews with staff and migrant children revealed allegations of sexual abuse, COVID-19 and lice outbreaks, long waits for medical attention, a lack of clean clothes,...

Meghan McCain told her co-hosts Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that she was begging the right to “stop politicizing” the killing of George Floyd by former police officer Derek Chauvin. In a video from Fox News, co-host Greg Gutfeld said, “I’m glad he was found guilty on all charges, even if he might not be guilty of all charges. I am glad that he is guilty of all charges because I want a verdict that keeps this country from going up in flames.”

CNN’s White House correspondent John Harwood said Friday on “New Day” that President Joe Biden’s speech on the coronavirus pandemic conveyed empathy which “all Americans have been missing” in their president. Harwood said, “I think a spiking the football is the last thing that President Biden wanted to do. What was notable about the speech was the appeal to universal values. It was striking in the way that the president conveys empathy in unadorned language, trying to appeal to the common experiences that all Americans have been missing during this pandemic. Appealing to them for assistance.”

The man who was filmed being beaten by a mob in Portland, Oregon, until he was unconscious has been identified. Jorge Ventura, a Daily Caller reporter who witnessed the event, joined Fox & Friends on Tuesday morning and recounted the violence he saw in Portland this weekend, and he confirmed the victim of the brutal attack is named Adam Haner. “I actually arrived on scene moments after the vehicle crashed. So as soon as I arrived on the scene, the mob pulled out the victim. The victim’s name is Adam Haner. That was confirmed by his brother Brian Haner, who has now launched a GoFundMe...