Hollywood liberals taking stock of what to do in wake of Trump victory

NEWS AND OPINION:

The nation’s soon-to-be 47th president has affected a certain California town.

“Hollywood’s Trump resistance: The sequel. Leave your p—— hats at home. This time around, industry activists may be shifting their focus to local progressive causes and downballot races,” The Hollywood Reporter wrote.

“Donald Trump’s victory on Nov. 6 left many in what the incoming president has called ’liberal Hollywood’ stunned and soul-searching,” the industry publication said in a report released Wednesday.

“Left-leaning Hollywood activists aren’t exactly throwing up their hands and giving up — though several are taking a beat and reflecting on their apparent disconnect with many American voters. Instead, some political liaisons in the business predict that the industry’s advocates will shift their focus,” the publication said.

“Rather than mounting a broad ’resistance’ against a president that has so far narrowly won the popular vote, industry activists may focus on shoring up policies and advocating for Democrat-favored and/or progressive legislation down-ballot, including closer to home,” the Reporter said.

“Climate change, reproductive rights and immigration will likely be top concerns for the left-leaning, industry-activist set moving forward,” it predicted.

RECOGNIZING THE PATRIOTS

Fox Nation’s Patriot Awards will take place Thursday at the Tiles Center for the Performing Arts on New York’s Long Island. The event honors America’s military veterans, first responders and inspirational everyday heroes and will be streamed live on FoxNation.com at 8 p.m. Eastern time. The event will be shown again on Fox News Channel at 10 p.m. Eastern time Sunday.

The cast will feature Fox News Media regulars Will Cain, Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, Harris Faulkner, Bill Hemmer, Laura Ingraham, Johnny Joey Jones, Lawrence Jones, Brian Kilmeade, Martha MacCallum, Dana Perino, Jeanine Pirro and Jesse Watters.

Other presentations include the “T2T Stephen Siller Back the Blue Award,” “Fox Weather Ultimate Patriot Award,” “Fox Nation Award for Service to Veterans,” “Fox Nation Salute to Service Award,” “Fox Nation Young Patriot Award,” “Fox Nation Culture Warrior Award,” “Fox Nation Award for Bravery” and “Fox Nation Award for Courage.”

President-elect Donald Trump himself will attend — and receive the “Patriot of the Year Award.”

DRAMA OVER TRUMP’S PICKS

The news media are monitoring President-elect Donald Trump’s choices to fill Cabinet positions. Here are a few headlines from the last 24 hours, verbatim from the sources:

“Trump’s controversial Cabinet picks raise questions about lower ethical standards” (ABC News); “Uncertainty looms over Trump’s defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth” (CNN); “Trump’s Defense pick Hegseth is under scrutiny” (NPR); “Tracking Trump’s Cabinet and staff selections” (The New York Times); “Trump’s pick to run the DEA withdraws his name from consideration, Trump says he pulled the plug” (The Associated Press); “Donald Trump faces continuing problems with Cabinet picks” (NBC News); and “Trump team signs agreement with Justice Department for background checks for administration picks” (USA Today).

IGNORING THE ’FAR LEFT’

Those who monitor liberal bias in the media are still hard at work.

“When introducing an interview with left-wing author Joshua Green, PBS NewsHour co-anchor Geoff Bennett made a rare media admission: ’Much has been made of the far right’s strong sway over the GOP and its agenda. But what doesn’t get nearly as much attention is the far left’s influence in the Democratic Party.’ Bennett could be describing his very own News Hour, PBS’s flagship weeknight news program,” wrote Clay Waters, an analyst for Newsbusters.org, a conservative press watchdog.

“The ‘far left’ certainly doesn’t gain attention on taxpayer-funded PBS, at least not under that label. PBS was ‘far’ more likely to use hostile ideological terminology to describe right-leaning groups, personalities, or policies,” he said in an analysis released Wednesday.

Mr. Waters tracked the use of these labels by anchors, reporters and contributors on “PBS NewsHour” from June 1, 2023, to Nov. 30.

“The difference in labeling was stark. PBS staff used 162 variations of ‘far right’ labels and only six “far left” labels, an astounding ratio of 27 to 1. PBS staff also used ‘right-wing’ and ‘left-wing’ labels at a disparity of 33 to 6. Overall, the labeling disparity was 195 to 12,” Mr. Waters wrote.

“PBS staff and guests used 17 total ’fascist’ labels of Donald Trump,” compared to three labels for Kamala Harris which identified her as ‘communist,’” Mr. Waters said.

Find his study at Newsbusters.org.

FOR THE LEXICON

“New American Patriotism.”

This noteworthy phrase comes to us from Stephen Moore, a syndicated columnist who has some simple but powerful advice for President-elect Donald Trump in an opinion piece titled “Trump should call for a new American patriotism.” His column was published Wednesday at multiple news sites.

“The Make America Great Again agenda has some rough edges for sure, but if presented right, led by a message of hope, not malice, Trump can deliver an idealistic policy that the vast majority of Americans can embrace,” Mr. Moore wrote.

“The way to do this is for Trump, as we approach our 250th birthday, to strike up the theme of a New American Patriotism. This should be a red-white-and-blue message centered around a renewed appreciation and celebration of American virtue and greatness. What better way to pull the country together? It should be an extension of the Reagan message of America being a ‘shining city on a hill’ and a ‘beacon of freedom’ for the rest of the world,” he continued.

“Which we are,” said Mr. Moore, whose column is managed by Creators Syndicate.

POLL DU JOUR

• 37% of U.S. adults say they “strongly support” President-elect Donald Trump’s policy to fund and extend the barrier wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

• 72% of conservatives, 36% of moderates and 7% of liberals agree.

• 19% of U.S. adults say they “somewhat support” the policy to extend the wall.

• 15% of conservatives, 25% of moderates and 15% of liberals agree.

• 10% overall “somewhat oppose” the policy to extend the wall.

• 6% of conservatives, 11% of moderates and 14% of liberals agree.

• 24% overall “strongly oppose” the policy.

• 4% of conservatives, 20% of moderates and 59% of liberals agree.

• 9% are “not sure” about the issue.

• 4% of conservatives, 8% of moderates and 6% of liberals agree.

SOURCE: An Economist/YouGov poll of 1,590 U.S. adults conducted Nov. 23-26.

• Contact Jennifer Harper at jharper@washingtontimes.com.