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Sudden Media Respect for Mark Sanford as He Loses in S.C. GOP Primary
June 13th, 2018 7:47 PM
The press is simplistically treating South Carolina Congressman Mark Sanford's Tuesday Republican primary loss as exemplifying the price one pays if one doesn't learn, per the Associated Press, "not to cross (President Donald) Trump." A closer look at Sanford's history illustrates that this is a classic case of sudden media respect which ignores why Sanford was so vulnerable.
Former Lethargic Politico Labor Reporter Provides More Comedy
June 9th, 2018 11:47 AM
Former lethargic Politico labor reporter Mike Elk is back and funnier than ever...despite his intentions.
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MSNBC Fears Clinton No Longer an Asset at the Polls
June 5th, 2018 3:27 PM
One of the Democrats’ greatest assets this November may be turning into a liability. Yesterday, during a segment on MSNBC’s The 11th Hour with Brian Williams, host Williams and Associated Press White House News Editor Nancy Benac discussed the ramifications of Bill Clinton’s recent NBC interview on the Democrats’ chances at the polls.
Steyer Compares His Impeachment Crusade to Civil Rights Movement
Business
May 29th, 2018 3:03 PM
Tom Steyer, the billionaire liberal donor spending millions to try to impeach President Donald Trump, blasted his Democratic critics in a Politico podcast on May 29.
Steyer said many things in the Off Message political podcast hosted by Isaac Dovere — including comparing Democratic pushback against his impeachment efforts to opposition to the civil rights movement, said Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-…
Politico's Strauss Sees Public Respect for Kaepernick in Future
Culture
May 28th, 2018 5:10 PM
History will likely regard Colin Kaepernick favorably. If the historians are left-leaning media like Ben Strauss and others who support radical athlete protests. In a Politico post titled "The Arc of History Bends a Knee Toward Colin Kaepernick" Strauss forecasts the ostracized former quarterback emerging "as an icon of social justice."
Hemingway on Tucker Carlson: Of Course, FBI Spied on Trump's Campaign
May 25th, 2018 5:32 PM
There is a determined disinformation campaign by the establishment press contending — in the face of admitted evidence to the contrary — that Barack Obama's FBI didn't spy on Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016. Mollie Hemingway, senior editor at The Federalist, appeared Thursday on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show to debunk that nonsense.
AP April Budget Story Ignores Record Receipts to Rip Trump Tax Cut
May 19th, 2018 10:19 PM
In its April 2018 Monthly Treasury Statement, the federal government reported that it ran an all-time single-month record $214 billion surplus, primarily because it took in a record $510 billion in receipts. The Associated Press's Josh Boak ignored the collections record, even though the AP noted the previous record when it occurred in 2015. Instead, Boak presented a different and far smaller out…
Bozell & Graham Column: A Brutal Revisitation of Chappaquiddick
April 6th, 2018 8:28 PM
How far has the manipulative Kennedy dynasty fallen? Somehow, the movie Chappaquiddick was made with well-known actors, and distributed to movie theaters. Seven years ago, pressure caused the History Channel to deep-six a dramatic Kennedy miniseries (it ended up on the obscure cable channel Reelz). This movie is even drawing favorable reviews from the movie critics.
Jeff Greenfield: 'Magical Cable News Thinking' May Harm Democrats
April 6th, 2018 11:30 AM
Long-time network political analyst Jeff Greenfield has a column at Politico provocatively titled “ The Left’s Year of Magical Thinking: Fantasies about the Second Amendment, the Mueller investigation and Stormy Daniels threaten to sabotage the Democrats in November.”
it’s most intriguing when he slams liberal cable news for obsessing over the Russia probe when there are other juicy liberal…
Politico Editor Enters Liberal Bubble and Produces Hilarious Results
March 30th, 2018 4:43 PM
Politico contributing editor Adam Wren who is based in Indiana was given an interesting assignment; to penetrate the liberal bubble along the Acela Corridor from Washington D.C. to Boston to gauge their attitudes. Well, the fact that almost all of them continue to have an unhinged red hot hatred of President Donald Trump is no big surprise. What is interesting in a most hilarious way are the…
Shapiro Aims to Be 'Leading Conservative Voice' on Syndicated Radio
Culture
March 29th, 2018 11:10 AM
Popular conservative intellectual Ben Shapiro is making the switch from podcast to conservative talk radio next month. A leading voice for the younger generation of conservatives, he hopes the transition will allow him to become a fixture for all conservative listeners.
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Boom: Carlson, Concha Torch Liberal Media Over March Coverage, Porn
March 27th, 2018 4:26 PM
Monday night on the Fox News Channel, FNC host Tucker Carlson and The Hill’s Joe Concha hammered the liberal media for their criticism-free coverage of the anti-gun, controversial Parkland students, the March for Our Lives, and their obsessive coverage of Stormy Daniels having little effect on President Trump’s poll numbers.
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Jeff Greenfield Compares Trump to Hollywood Movie Fascist President
March 25th, 2018 9:32 PM
Jeff Greenfield wrote an article in the March 25 Politico Magazine about the time Hollywood produced a movie about an American president who became a fascist. So how long do you think it was before the inevitable name of Trump appeared? Well, you didn't even have to wait to begin reading the article, The Hollywood Hit Movie That Urged FDR to Become a Fascist, because you had this in the subtitle…
Politico Writer Angry at Broward Sheriff for Hurting Anti-NRA Meme
March 3rd, 2018 10:12 AM
Michael Grunwald expressed his anger in Politico magazine at Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel. He is upset because Sheriff Israel's inept leadership has diverted attention away from the anti-NRA narrative being promoted by the left and the mainstream media. Yes, instead of being primarily concerned about how the sheriff overlooked dozens of red flags that allowed the tragic shooting to take…