Here are my observations on some of the news of the day.

I’VE ABOUT HAD IT with all of the negative commentary on big-spending Republicans and what it will do to the nation’s debt. The media cites voters who might ask – ‘They’re the party of fiscal responsibility … we didn’t give them the majority to spend us into oblivion.’ They follow with criticism of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for caving to the demands of Sen. Chuck Schumer.

But the bias media knows that the majority in the Senate goes only so far. Sixty votes were required to provide needed funds to restore the strength of our military, suffering from an eight-year deterioration the Obama administration, and the GOP has just 51. The importance of that funding made it necessary to negotiate with the opposition, which unfortunately resulted in spending beyond the needs of the military.

I would advise voters, who are concerned with what may appear to be a party that has abandoned its long-held position of fiscal responsibility, ensure that all Republican Senators be re-elected in November. And recognize the opportunity to give the GOP a 60-vote majority by denying re-election to the 10 Democrat Senators.

BYRON YORK, columnist for the Washington Examiner and frequent guest on Fox News Channel, has written a very interesting timeline on the Michael Flynn case. Why is it that former FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers that his agents did not believe that Flynn lied, but nine months later – with Comey gone – was Flynn charged with one count of making a false statement?

“… to outside observers, mystery still surrounds the case,” writes York, “and there is still a lot to learn about it.”

I wouldn’t ignore the role disgraced deputy attorney general Sally Yates (an Obama holdover) played in bringing the focus back on Flynn. If interested, I highly recommend you read York’s column in its entirety by clicking here.

ROB PORTER, former secretary to President Trump, resigned after it was disclosed that he had abused two previous wives. He’s gone, and no longer on the taxpayers’ payroll. But that’s not enough for the media. They have to know who knew what, and when. I ask, why?

Democrats in Congress, too, aren’t satisfied that Porter is no longer in the White House. They questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray today on the investigation and reporting timeline on Porter to the White House, obviously desiring to embarrass the Trump administration.

Where were these determined media people when we wanted answers to the Fast and Furious, Benghazi, IRS and Clinton e-mail and Foundation scandals? Crickets.

HOW MANY OF THOSE LIBERAL MEDIA INQUISITORS do you think will be as vigorous in their pursuit of answers to the thinking behind the recent revelation that former national security advisor Susan Rice sent an e-mail to herself? Why did she feel the need to produce an e-mail detailing a meeting of Obama, Rice, Yates and others as a reminder that the on-going investigation of Russian influence be done “by the book?”

MEDIA BIAS AT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS was revealed by Fox contributor Stephen Miller, noting the AP’s reporting that Trump’s $4.4 trillion spending plan “features soaring deficits.”   In 2015, however, the AP didn’t offer the same deficit criticism while seemingly praising Obama for his budget “pledging help for the middle class,” while noting in 2016 that Obama funding was aimed to “combat terror threats and global warming.”

AND IN ITS COVERAGE AT THE OLYMPICS in South Korea, the media is doing its best to deny that North Korea is perhaps the most brutal regime in the world today with headlines like these of Kim Jung Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, who is representing North Korea at the games:

The Washington Post: “The Ivanka Trump of North Korea captivates people in the South.”

CNN: Kim Jong Un’s sister is stealing the show at the Winter Olympics”

YAHOO: “Kim Yo Jong, N. Korea’s political princess”

BBC: “Kim Jong Un’s sister, Sweet but with a tomboy streak”

All this while criticizing Vice President Mike Pence for meeting with North Korean defectors and hosting Fred Warmbier, the father of Otto, who died as a result of torture at the hands of the North Koreans.

“It’d be nice to say that the American media doesn’t hate this country,” writes Ben Domenech in The Federalist, “It’d be nice to claim that the American press, while maintaining objectivity and balancing against bias, is still inherently American – that they are patriots who love this country even as they report on its defects.”

FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL Eric Holder says the Trump administration was wrong to have apologized to the conservative organizations caught-up in the IRS targeting scandal. Best known for being held in contempt of Congress for failing to answer questions regarding the Obama administration’s Fast and Furious gun-running scheme, Holder claimed the IRS people were cleared of wrongdoing.

His probe cleared the IRS, saying there was bungling, there was no ill intent, and Lois Lerner was actually a hero in that she reported the bad practices when she spotted them.

Wrong. She was involved in a major CYA, and skated with her pension.

While the DOJ has officially apologized to the mistreated organizations and provided a settlement, Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) wants Lerner prosecuted.

CNBC ONLINE commentary by Jake Novak indicates that “voters are starting to become more positive about the economy and more willing to give Trump credit for it.” Despite that revelation, the networks are still hesitant to give the president credit for anything.

The business network reviewed polls by Quinnipiac, which showed an upward trend in Trump’s approval rating, but considered a statement by pollster/statistician Nate Silver as “major news.”

“This seems important … it’s not just that voters increasingly know how Trump is handling the economy,” said Silver, “but also that they’re giving him more credit for it instead of treating it as having been inherited from Obama.”

“What is new is that the voters are showing more than ever that they don’t need to like a president or a political party to support their perceived success,” concludes Novak, “That means that the Democrats may be concentrating their fire on the wrong target. Trump has endured maximum character assassination for years.”