Worship the State, or Else
In totalitarian societies, governments suppress the church and religious worship. That's because dictators believe citizens should worship them as the highest authority and not a Higher Authority, which they view as a threat to their power and position. In the United States, the threat to religious liberty has been under siege for some time. Last week's Thanksgiving gift to believers from the…
Media Lions Turn Into Lambs: Biden Wants to ‘a Better Future' for U.S.
During the Trump administration, reporters stood up to the President, telling us that “democracy dies in darkness.” Well, democracy must being doing just fine as hack journalists have turned back into stenographers now that Joe Biden is President-Elect.
Dyson: Defund the Police Angers Whites like Abolishing Slavery
Georgetown sociology professor, frequent MSNBC/CNN guest and NYT opinion contributor Michael Eric Dyson plugged his latest book about America’s racism to the friendly hosts of The View Tuesday.
NBC Hopes Pope’s New Book is Meant to Be Attack on Trump
During a report for NBC’s Today show on Tuesday, correspondent Anne Thompson eagerly hoped that a new book from Pope Francis was meant to be an attack on President Trump, even though Trump is never mentioned in the text.
Morning Joe: Trump Might Urge GA Voters to Write Him in For Senate
Morning Joe is doing its best to deliver the Senate majority to the tender mercies of the Democrats by sowing fear, loathing, and mistrust among Republican voters in Georgia. On today's show, Joe Scarborough and Kasie Hunt floated the notion that it's "entirely possible" that when President Trump goes to Georgia to rally support for GOP Senate candidates, he will tell voters "write me in."…
Colbert: ‘Nasal Decongestant’ Ads Stole Time From Obama Interview
Because one hour with Barack Obama wasn’t enough, Stephen Colbert on Monday donated another hour of the Late Show to the “American icon." One week after the former comedian turned Democratic activist paused to “take a moment to drink” Obama in, he gushed over sales of the former President’s new book:
Hack: Todd Blames Conservative ‘Assault on Science’ for COVID Deaths
In a tirade at the beginning of Meet the Press on Sunday, host Chuck Todd tried to blame the COVID pandemic on “a decades-long assault on science and objective facts, particularly by some on the right,” as he lambasted Americans who dared to travel over Thanksgiving to see loved ones.
Politically Sanitized 'Hillbilly Elegy' Movie Gets Poor Reviews
What happens when you sanitize a movie of its essential political source material? A rather lame movie such as "Hillbilly Elegy?"
Bitter Stelter Slams Fox's Bartiromo as 'Not a Journalist at All'
Propaganda. That was what CNN host Brian Stelter accused Fox News of spreading during Sunday's Reliable Sources. Stelter and his guests preached to the choir by attacking the Fox News Channel for hosting Trump for his first post-election interview on Sunday Morning Futures. Stelter said Bartiromo was "not a journalist at all." CNN analyst Amanda Carpenter called it "propaganda."
MRC Poll: The Most Clueless Biden Voters Relied on Social Media
Last week, NewsBusters reported on a new poll showing that, at the time they cast their ballot, many Biden voters were unaware of important news stories involving either their candidate or President Trump. A deeper dive into the data shows that the problem was especially acute among those Biden voters who said they typically depended on social media for their election news.
MSNBC's Hallie Jackson on GOP Reaction to Neera Tanden: 'Poor Baby'
Reacting to the news that Republicans oppose President of the Center for American Progress Neera Tanden's nomination to be head of the Office of Management and Budget on Monday, MSNBC Live host Hallie Jackson was unmoved by concerns over Tanden's history of Twitter insults, quoting John McCain's former chief of staff saying "poor baby."
Nets Hide Fauci Saying Kids Should Be in School, Tucker SKEWERS Him
While the broadcast networks spent Monday evening echoing Dr. Anthony Fauci’s complaints against fed up Americans spending Thanksgiving with their families, and CBS blasted Florida for keeping schools open, none of them shared his Sunday comments arguing that kids should remain in school and his admission that kids don’t spread the virus as much as they feared. It was a revelation to the fact…
NY Times Book Review Leads With Long Saga on Obama’s ‘Legacy of Hope'
The New York Times Sunday Book Review led off with a lengthy, almost reverent take on Barack Obama’s latest autobiography A Promised Land: “Legacy of Hope,” a review by Nigerian-born novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Her obeisant take took up five full pages of the section, devoting a stunning 4,500 words to what is admittedly itself an enormous book.
Morning Joe Hysteria: Trump Will Try to Pardon Himself!
Put on your tinfoil hats! On MSNBC’s Morning Joe Monday, host Joe Scarborough and several guests got together to discuss some conspiracy theories surrounding President Trump, including whether he will attempt to pardon himself before he leaves office in January.