Rush 24/7 Morning Update: The Polar Bears
RUSH: Polar bears are not starving en masse; they’re thriving. Another news item two weeks ago documented 200 fat and happy polar bears in the Russian arctic feasting on a whale carcass. The worldwide polar bear population is stable — even increasing in places like Alaska.
Happy Birthday, Doc!
RUSH: First off today, happy birthday to my brother, David. He turns 11 today. No, no. This is the 11th.
Instant See, I Told You So! NYC Terror Attack Blamed on Trump Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
RUSH: Dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut. Breaking news, ladies and gentlemen! It didn't take until 3 o'clock. It didn't take 'til 3 o'clock before somebody came forward and said the terrorist bombing in New York today was done out of anger at Trump moving our embassy to Jerusalem, and guess where it happened? It happened on CNN.
CNN Busted Reporting Fake News on WikiLeaks Email
RUSH: Let me ask you: How many totally lying, erroneous, false, damaging, defamatory stories about Barack Obama ran in eight years? Hmm? How many times in your quest to be over-the-top fair and to get it right did you run defamatory stories that did damage to Barack Obama? Answer: Zero.
There’s No Proof the Russians Hacked Anything!
RUSH: There is no evidence that the Russians hacked anything. All there is: Good guess, supposition, informed guess, but there is no incontrovertible evidence. There is no proof. There's not a single shred of evidence, folks, that the Russians have hacked anything, including the DNC server, including Podesta's email.
Donald Trump Will Not Give Up
RUSH: I don't see him quitting because of this. Not at all.
The JFK-Trump Tax Cut
KENNEDY: We can take the proper actions in the proper time. This can be the most important step we could take to prevent another recession. That is the right kind of a tax cut, both for your family budget and the national budget, resulting from a permanent basic reform and reduction in our rate structure, a creative tax cut creating more jobs and income and eventually more revenue. Every dollar released from taxation that is spent or invested will help create a new job and a new salary. And these new jobs and new salaries can create other jobs and other salaries.
Larry King, Mario Batali Join Gropers Club
RUSH: Larry has always been one of these guys he does much more than zip 'em up behind their backs, let me just tell you. Don't doubt me.
It’s Tough to Watch the NFL Collapse
RUSH: What's happening in the NFL is getting harder and harder to… Well, no. It's getting easier and easier to explain. It's just tougher and tougher to say it.
Fox News Alabama Poll Oversamples Democrats
RUSH: If you look at the Fox News poll, there's a strange thing in it. Donald Trump won Alabama by plus 28. Do you know what the Republican sample was versus the Democrat sample in this Fox poll? Plus two. Alabama is a red state. There are many, many, many more Republicans than there are Democrats, and yet in the Fox News poll, only 2% more Republicans were part of the sample.
Facebook Founder: Social Media Ripping Society Apart
RUSH: I have been warning, concerned, worried about this aspect of social media for many, many moons. And it first occurred to me when I saw what happens on social media as a result of people seeking fame. The first signs of it I saw were people wishing they were Hollywood actors and actresses.
Frank Luntz Stunned by Alabama Focus Group
RUSH: You know, take your average Washington establishmentarian, take them down to Alabama, talk to people that live there, and they're flummoxed and stunned. They don't believe it. They can't believe that people in Alabama don't think exactly like the media thinks or like the Washington establishment thinks. They're just stunned.
Quarter of Americans Postpone Medical Treatment Due to Cost
RUSH: Wait a minute! I thought Obamacare was going to make health care available to all Americans.
Rush 24/7 Stack of Stuff
RUSH: No longer is this just gonna be a long list of stories that I might mention on the program. Now, you will get specifically the stories that I talk about on the program and a select list of a few others that I intended to get to but ran out of time. It's going to be more of a real-time base feature rather than just a generic list of places that I go to prep the show.