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NYT’s Krugman: Rich Right-Wingers Are 'Horrible People,' Says 'Social Science'

By Clay Waters | January 2, 2016, 10:14 AM EST

The rich are "horrible people"-- at least those who lean to the right-- declares economist turned pompous New York Times columnist Paul Krugman in Friday’s “ Privilege, Pathology and Power.” The text box: “Can we survive rule by self-centered bi ...

Todd Pushes Ryan to Denounce Ingraham, Levin; Hounds Him on How He’ll Cooperate with Obama

By Curtis Houck | December 21, 2015, 9:00 AM EST

Appearing exclusively on Sunday’s Meet the Press, Chuck Todd repeatedly pressed Speaker Paul Ryan to denounce conservative radio talk show hosts Laura Ingraham and Mark Levin over their criticism of the recently-passed omnibus bill and Todd demanded to kn ...

NYT's New Respect for GOP's Ryan for 'Deftness in Pacifying Rebellious Conservatives'...and for Big Spending Hike

By Clay Waters | December 21, 2015, 9:31 AM EST

The lead story in Saturday's New York Times heaped praiseupon the passage of a package of spending increases and tax breaks: “Avoiding Rancor, Congress Passes A Fiscal Package-- $1.8 Trillion Measure – Spending Rise and New Tax Breaks Suggest End of ...

Washington Monthly Blogger: ‘Gun Nuts’ Too ‘Irrational’ to Understand Meaning of Reagan Assassination Attempt

By Tom Johnson | December 18, 2015, 9:24 PM EST

Starting with the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007, several mass shootings have brought about considerable debate regarding restrictions on access to firearms for the mentally ill. The Washington Monthly ’s D.R. Tucker argued last Sunday that denying guns t ...

Bloggers: Global-Warming Deniers Are Traitors to the Planet, Paris Deal ‘One of the Great Triumphs in History’

By Tom Johnson | December 16, 2015, 12:01 AM EST

When it comes to global warming, Esquire ’s Charles Pierce implies, it’s now conservative Republicans and a few hidebound Democrats versus pretty much everyone and everything else, including the world’s non-human animals and its plant life. Pierce contend ...

‘Nightly Show’ Smears ‘Creepy’ Cruz; Will ‘Do Everything the KKK Does,’ Has Mental Problems

By Curtis Houck | December 15, 2015, 2:50 AM EST

In what may be the worst series of attacks by the liberal media on Ted Cruz, Monday’s Nightly Show on Comedy Central featured host Larry Wilmore declaring that the “creepy” Cruz may be mentally disturbed with guest Aida Rodriguez firmly asserting that, if ...

As Usual, AP Report on Deficit Fails to Note Far Larger Increase in National Debt

By Tom Blumer | December 12, 2015, 9:25 AM EST

For a change, Martin Crutsinger's coverage at the Associated Press of the federal government's November Monthly Treasury Statement wasn't completely full of rose-colored baloney. Crutsinger managed to note how auto-pilot entitlement program ...

LA Times Editorial Opposes 'No Fly List' Gun Purchase Ban As ACLU Waffles

By Tom Blumer | December 8, 2015, 3:55 PM EST

In the debate over whether persons whose names are on the "no-fly list" should be denied their constitutional right to purchase a gun, one quite predictable thing has happened. Now that President Barack Obama has come out in favor of such a move ...

CNN Split; Political Analysts Praise Obama Speech as Foreign Panelists Pan His ‘Self-Congratulation’

By Curtis Houck | December 7, 2015, 2:38 AM EST

Following President Obama’s Sunday night address, the always large post-event panel on CNN had plenty to say, but it was quite the disconnect as many of their political commentators hailed the “straightforward” speech by the President while two of their f ...

Tanden Encourages Obama to Use Speech to Denounce GOP’s ‘Language’ Attacking Muslims

By Curtis Houck | December 6, 2015, 4:48 PM EST

Center for American Progress (CAP) President Neera Tanden joined CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday morning as part of the panel and encouraged President Obama to use part of his Oval Office speech later in the day to denounce Republicans for their “conti ...

CNN Guest Andy Parker Accuses GOPers of Treason, 'Aiding and Abetting Terrorists'

By Brad Wilmouth | December 6, 2015, 1:50 PM EST

On Friday's CNN Newsroom, CNN host Carol Costello gave gun control activist Andy Parker his latest forum to aim over the top vitriol at opponents of gun control as he asserted that two Republican congressmen were behaving in a "treasonous" ...

CBS Hounds Rubio on Gun Control: 'It Would Have Made A Difference' in Past

By Matthew Balan | December 4, 2015, 7:34 PM EST

On Friday, the CBS This Morning anchors badgered Marco Rubio on his opposition to gun control. Gayle King touted Obama's words on the issue: " The President said... that it's far too easy for people to get weapons, and that we need to figur ...

Trevor Noah: ‘I Feel Bad’ Obama Hasn't Passed Gun Control After ‘Begging’ GOP for Years

By Curtis Houck | December 4, 2015, 8:59 AM EST

Moments before Daily Show host Trevor Noah went on a tirade Thursday night calling Ted Cruz “an asshole” and comparing him to a skunk, the liberal late-night comic admitted that the “feel[s] bad” for President Obama because “[h]e has been begging for gun ...

Day After San Bernardino Massacre, Barbara Boxer Says 'We've Proven' Gun Control Works in California

By Tom Blumer | December 3, 2015, 11:44 PM EST

Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer of California today cited how her home state's "important gun safety laws" demonstrate that “Sensible gun laws work, we’ve proven it in California, and we're not going to give up." She apparen ...

NBC Nightly News Runs Report Attacking Prayer, Praising Gun Control; Cheers Lefty Pundit

By Curtis Houck | December 4, 2015, 8:55 AM EST

Following the liberal media’s strategy of attacking God-fearing people for offering their “thoughts and prayers” concerning the San Bernardino shooting, Thursday’s NBC Nightly News joined that chorus with a unrelenting report from NBC News correspondent a ...