Don Surber

Don Surber is a retired newspaperman.He is 69 and lives in Poca, WV, with his wife of 45 years, Lou Ann. They grew up in Cleveland. Three kids. Promoted to Grandfather in 2020.

Trump’s plan for a presidential golf course

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Ballroom, helicopter pad, a revamped Rose Garden. Trump will leave the presidency better than when he came in.

As his father lay dying in the family’s home in Palm Beach, President Kennedy visited the Old Man one final time. It was the last time the son would see the dad because 5 days later, Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated JFK.

Women lie. Men Serve (Time).

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Fight for the presumption of innocence.

In September 2009, Hofstra freshman Danmell Ndonye told Nassau County police she had been gangraped in a bathroom stall in Estabrook Hall after a campus party. She said one man had taken her phone, that she followed the group to get it back, and that she was then bound and assaulted by five men.

Best midterm strategy? Finish the job

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What is the use of being president if you don’t do the job as you see fit?

Weather be damned, President Trump held a rally in Oklahoma to a full house. He told the crowd, “So I was in Texas. And they said, ‘Sir, I think we’re gonna have to cancel Oklahoma. The weather is terrible.’ You can’t take the helicopter, sir. You can’t take the plane. I said, ‘Why can’t they take?’ ‘Well, it’s a very long drive.’ And I said, ‘How long?’ They said, ‘It could be long, sir.’ I said, ‘How fast does the Beast travel?’ They said, ‘We could go close to 100 miles an hour.’ I said, ‘Get your asses in that car. We’re going to Oklahoma. We’re going to Oklahoma.’”

Midterms diplomacy: Iran is waiting for Democrats to take back Congress

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But the Wall Street Journal’s spin is Trump is twisting arms to make Iran a pariah. After 47 years of Iran declaring “death to America,” the Journal should not act surprised, but it does. The media wants Trump to fail and if misrepresenting America’s accomplishments in this war hurts Trump, the media will continue such spin.

Trump hosts Xi. DC implodes

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Mosher wrote, “China’s initiative to replace the dollar as the world’s reserve currency is failing. Xi himself was basically sidelined at this month’s BRICS summit in India; he skipped the obligatory banquet and left a day early. Media apologists claimed he was tired, but it’s more likely that he was just tired of being ignored.

“Now, just two weeks later, the American president’s impressive show of hospitality—giving him face, as it’s known in Chinese culture—not only massages Xi’s ego, it also provides useful propaganda fodder for his captive audience back in China.

“And it costs America nothing.

Why CNN should be banned

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Woke up and realized I left something out: How these cowards at CNN had bowed to an actual tyrant named Saddam Hussein. CNN was silent about Hussein torturing Iraqis—including those who worked for CNN’s Baghdad Bureau.

CNN was complicit in Hussein’s crimes against humanity, portraying him not as the monster he was, but as a misunderstood leader who bravely stood up to American might.

The midterms: It is all about money and motivating the base. Trump’s up to it

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The CIA called him Eggnog. He worked for Jack Anderson, a muckraking newspaper columnist who disclosed in 1971 that the Nixon administration tilted toward Pakistan in its war with India. We later learned that the Pentagon sent General Chuck Yeager to advise the Pakis.

Highlights of the Week with Don Surber

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Don Surber walks us through this week’s media roundup with his uniquely sarcastic perspective. He’ll make you think; he’ll make you laugh; and he’s far better at cutting to the heart of the matter than the legacy media.

ITEM 1: I thought I found where Alissa Heinerscheid, former VP of Marketing for Bud Light, works now.

But Grok said she went to work for PGA rival LIV Golf, which is battling for survival in bankruptcy court.

Hey, DNC, have I got the right person for you.