The top writer for Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show resigned after a CNN media reporter uncovered that the lead writer had penned racist, sexist, and homophobic comments in an online forum using a pseudonym. CNN’s Oliver Darcy said that Carlson’s former top writer Blake Neff, posted a series of derogatory comments about women, Black, Asian, and LGBTQ people. Some of the racist … Read More
COVID-19: St. Patty’s Day
He’s at it early. I like how he thinks calling governors “failing” means “working very well with”. If you are wondering why Trump randomly attacked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, it’s because of this. https://t.co/NXLyhlPFJJ pic.twitter.com/aqBngtoDo0 — Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) March 17, 2020 It is also voting day in 4 state primaries, including Ohio and Arizona. Biden is expected to … Read More
News Organizations That Ought To Know Better Cover Impeachment Hearings Like “Dancing With The Stars’
Analysis: The first two witnesses called Wednesday testified to President Trump’s scheme, but lacked the pizzazz necessary to capture public attention. https://t.co/1UfkaeZ3I4 — NBC News (@NBCNews) November 14, 2019 That’s a story by Jonathan Allen, where he pitched yesterday’s events this way, as a measure of whether Democrats had achieved their goal of ousting the president. But at a time … Read More
Don Jr. Triggered By… The Right?!? Heh!
Here’s a little bit of fun: Donald Trump Jr ventured on to the University of California’s overwhelmingly liberal Los Angeles campus on Sunday, hoping to prove what he had just argued in his book – that a hate-filled American left was hell-bent on silencing him and anyone else who supported the Trump presidency. But the appearance backfired when his own … Read More
The Sickness Of Trump Supporters
President Trump is facing calls to condemn a parody video shown at a conference of his supporters that featured him massacring members of the media and his political rivals. The New York Times first reported the video — played at a conference at the Trump National Doral resort featuring Donald Trump Jr. and Sarah Huckabee Sanders — that shows Trump violently murdering an array of his perceived foes in a church, from John … Read More
#FireTuckerCarlson
Tucker Carlson’s thinly veiled racism has catapulted into full-throated white supremacy since he ascended to a prime-time spot on Fox News. Carlson constantly stokes fears about the cultural displacement of white Americans and the ongoing threat to the national culture purportedly posed by immigration and diversity. The shit @TuckerCarlson does for clout. White supremacy is not a hoax and he knows … Read More
Hannity’s World
Presidential adviser Sean Hannity: “I’d like to see the perimeter of every school in America surrounded, secured by retired police … have one armed guard on every floor of every school, all over every mall, the perimeter and inside every hall of every mall.” pic.twitter.com/Renh47IiBY — Brendan Karet 🚮 (@bad_takes) August 6, 2019 Gun nuts say they need their weapons … Read More
Russia Was Behind The Seth Rich Conspiracy But Fox News And Others Ran With It
On July 10, 2016, young DNC staffer Seth Rich was beaten up and shot while walking home in Washington, D.C. His death immediately became fodder for conspiracy theorists, who had been running a tally of the so-called “Clinton Body Count” since 2008. Today, Michael Isikoff published the results of his investigation into the origins of that particular conspiracy theory. His primary source, Deborah Sines, … Read More
NRATV Is No More
The National Rifle Association has shut down production at NRATV and cut ties with advertising firm Ackerman McQueen, the New York Times reports. It comes amid a tumultuous year for the NRA that’s seen Oliver North step down as president in April. The gun rights group was involved in a legal battle with Ackerman McQueen, a contractor for NRATV. North hosted a documentary series … Read More
Alex Jones Is Having A Very Bad Day
Connecticut Post: Conspiracy theorist and InfoWars host Alex Jones sent child pornography to the lawyers for the families of the Sandy Hook tragedy, their lawyers said. The law firm representing the families of the 2012 mass shooting, stated in court documents filed Monday they have contacted the FBI after discovering child porn in electronic files Jones recently turned over to … Read More
The Problem With Trump Supporters
Last night, Maddow mentioned this little telling anecdote: Cathy Garnaat, a Republican who supported Amash and the president said she was upset about Amash’s position but wanted to hear his reasoning. She said that she will definitely support Trump in 2020 but that Tuesday night was the first time she had heard that the Mueller report didn’t completely exonerate the president. … Read More
When Confronted With Facts, Ben Shapiro Has All The Feels
This is too good not to share. Andrew Neil, a conservative journalist, asks questions of Ben Shapiro, who is — well — troubled that he is not given softball questions. “I am not inclined to continue an interview with someone as badly motivated as you” US conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro ends spiky interview with @afneil Watch #politicslive interview in … Read More
Call For Impeachment Grows
There are a lot of serious writings lately urging the impeachment of Trump, and not just from the fringes of the internet. Here is one typical example, printed in the Washington Post, by Brian Klaas: If Donald Trump weren’t president, he’d probably be in jail. That’s the view of a bipartisan group of hundreds of former federal prosecutors, who have … Read More
Into The Foxhole
This interesting study shows the gap between Republicans who watch Fox News and those who don’t
More Unearthed Tucker Carlson Recordings
Racist stuff now: He didn’t apologize over the set of misogynistic comments unearthed yesterday, and I suspect he won’t apologize for these comments either. No backlash from advertisers either (although to be fair, 33 of them have left Tucker in recent months. But NOT Procter & Gamble.)