Conservatives will party hard with Media Research Center

NEWS & OPINION

It is perhaps one of the most brilliant and smartest events in the year. That would be the Media Research Center’s 35th Anniversary Gala, which is fast approaching.

Since 1987, the conservative media watchdog has held this black-tie event in Washington. The event features an elegant cocktail hour, delicious dinner and a remarkable speaker’s program that honors people who support conservative media programming.

This year’s theme is “Night of the Unwoke”, and the participants include pundits and media personalities as well as smart activists.

” The gala attracts a proverbial Who’s Who in the conservative movement. All to honour The Media Research Center, and its history making life miserable for left,” said the organization in a statement.

“To celebrate our rise from the humble beginnings of 1987,, our president Brent Bozell will be hosting an evening that is intended to offend any politically-correct and humorless crowd. The center released a statement saying that it would mock “the worst forms of wakeism in politics or culture today”.

” The Night of the Unwoke is an event that will highlight the cancel culture the left has long encouraged. The group stated that our honorees are those who have been victims to left-leaning trolling and other vicious behaviors.”

The big night is Sept. 21, the place is the grand National Building Museum — which was built of terracotta, stone and 15.5 million bricks between 1882-1887.

The general reception starts at 6 p.m. ET. The dinner and program begin at 7:15 p.m. ET. The Heritage Foundation president, South Dakota Governor. KristiNoem ; James Golden , aka “Bo Snerdley”, Rush Limbaugh ‘s ex-executive producer who is now the host of “Bo Snerdley’s Rush Hour” (WaBC) in New York. Mark Meckler , president of The Convention of States Foundation.

For tickets and more information, visit MRC.org/Gala or call the organization at 571/267-3500.

SECURITY-MINDED IN ALASKA

Now up: The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies – named for the late Republican Senator from Alaska, and situated at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Anchorage.

” The Stevens Center will help us to focus on the Arctic in our strategic thinking. “It will allow us to turn ideas into concepts and concepts into actions, action into results, and both of these things can be done quickly,” stated Sen. Lisa Murkowski Alaska Republican in a statement.

Both Senators sponsored the idea to establish the center within the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. Retired Air Force Gen. Randy “Church”, a senior advisor to Arctic security affairs at center, Michael Sfraga , chairman and distinguished fellow of U.S. Arctic Research Commission; Catherine Stevens , widow of late senator; and Julie Kitka , President of Alaska Federation of Natives.

TRUMP “RAID” A NEWS BONANZA

August is traditionally a slow month for news, as the President, Congressmen, and other big-shots often take their time from the political battlefield.

Things in the media are more hectic than usual after the FBI’s recent visit to former President Donald Trump .

There’s a lot to talk about and a lot to share. Here are a few headlines of note from the last 48 hours:

“Trump asks for the seized documents be returned to Mar-a-Lago (New York Post); 4 misconceptions about Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence raid (Business Insider); Trump is rallying behind him after the FBI raid. That’s good news for Biden” (NBC News); “FBI took 11 sets of classified material from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home while investigating possible Espionage Act violations” (CNN); “Top-secret documents found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago: What we know” (New York Magazine); and “Don’t blast Trump for pleading the Fifth” (Bloomberg News).

AND ONE MORE TAKE

Fox News examined a new angle on the Mar-a-Lago case.

“Russian media outlets offered words of support to Former President Donald Trump during the FBI raid at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida home. This was in an effort to sow discord within the U.S.,” the network stated in an analysis Sunday.

“Russians know that Donald Trump has a hot button and they use narratives to create discord in America,” Rebekah Koffer ,, a former intelligence officer at DIA and author of “Putin’s Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan To Defeat America,” said Fox News.

” The comments were made after numerous Russian media outlets expressed support for Trump following the FBI raid at his house. Both Izvestia (Izvestia) and RenTV both claimed that the raid was meant to stop Trump running in 2024,”, as the network indicated in their analysis.

“Russian media outlets also reported that Moscow had already read top-secret documents taken from Mar-a-Lago. Some speculated on the possibility of former President facing jail. The analysis stated that Koffler claimed the Russian outlets had seized the raid under the Kremlin’s direction.

POLL D’HOME

75% of registered U.S. voters are not satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. today.

71% do not see any signs that the nation’s economy “has started to turn the corner and the worst is over.”

70% think life for the next generation of Americans will be worse than life today.

64% disapprove of the job Republicans in Congress are doing.

58% disapprove of the job Democrats in Congress are doing.

55% disapprove of the job the U.S. Supreme Court is doing.

SOURCE: A Fox News poll of 1,002 registered U.S. voters conducted Aug. 6-9.

Helpful information to jharper @washingtontimes.com.