Jared Polis

Will Establishment Press Continue to Ignore Polis's 'Tehran Tom' Tweets Against Sen. Cotton?
By Tom Blumer | March 10, 2015 | 4:03 PM EDT

Imagine if a Republican congressperson called Illinois' senior senator Dick Durbin "Dick Turban" in not one tweet, but two (Durbin has been given the nickname by several center-right pundits and commentators; but as far as I can tell, no national Republican politician has used it). Does anyone think it would take the establishment press over 15 hours (and counting) to report it?

Late Monday evening, Democratic Colorado Congressman Jared Polis referred to GOP Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton as "Tehran Tom" twice. In one of the tweets, Polis claimed that Cotton had asked "Iranian Revolutionary Guards for help in battle against US diplomats." Cotton is a military veteran who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Peter Schweizer on Congressional Insider Trading and Why Media Have Mostly Ignored It
By Noel Sheppard | December 6, 2011 | 12:15 AM EST

Last month, NewsBusters reported 60 Minutes cherry-picking Peter Schweizer's book about Congressional insider trading to make it appear the problem was largely a Republican one.

Schweizer did a phone interview with NewsBusters last week to discuss this matter in greater detail including how with the exception of Fox News, despite this being a bipartisan issue, the media have largely ignored it to protect liberal politicians they revere (video follows with transcript):

Drug Laws: By Cenk's Logic, We Could Decriminalize Murder
By Mark Finkelstein | March 31, 2011 | 10:24 PM EDT

When it comes to marijuana, I'm a libertarian. That said, Cenk Uygur has made possibly the worst argument ever in favor of legalizing it.  On his MSNBC show this evening, Uygur advocated the decriminalization of marijuana since, 74 years after the feds made loco weed illegal, people continue to smoke it, or as Cenk put it, the War on Drugs is unwinnable.

Yo, Cenk: Cain killed Abel more than 5,000 years ago.  Murder has been illegal ever since, and yet people continue to commit it.  By that logic, since the War on Homicide is also unwinnable, should we decriminalize murder?

Be sure to view the video after the jump. Not only will you hear Cenk make his nonsensical argument, you'll see Dem Rep. Jared Polis.  On the one hand, the congressman went on to make a number of better arguments in favor of decriminalization.  On the other, not to be unkind, but the man from Colorado looks like he's been on a few Rocky Mountain highs himself.