Above, Baby Queen performs Buzzkill. We hate to be a buzzkill as you start your long Memorial Day Weekend, but we need to talk about our Failed Political Press ™. It's not just that they have normalized hostage taking, but they have. Our bloggers react!

Balloon Juice compares and contrasts how the political press is treating the hostage-taking of the economy.

Annie Asks You is shocked by the New York Times.

No More Mister Nice Blog says the pwn-age of Ron DeSantis by the hated liberal media will doom him. It's an interesting argument.

Driftlgass gives us a Citizen's Guide to Cable News.

Bonus Track: Miss Cellania presents an AI-generated, deep fake third Conan-the-Barbarian movie.

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors. You can follow Tengrain on the Fediverse. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with For MBRU in the subject line).