Capitol Hill Riot

Hosting CNN's State of the Union, Kasie Hunt can't stifle a laugh as Chris Christie calls the Trump aides involved with the handling of documents at Mar-a-Lago "Corleones without experience." Christie calls Trump butler Walt Nauta the "Fredo" of the group.

During CBS’s live coverage of former President Donald Trump’s arraignment on charges related to the January 6 riots at the United States Capitol and his alleged attempt to “overturn” the results of the 2020 presidential election, anchor Norah O’Donnell and correspondent Robert Costa heaped sycophantic praise for the corrupt anti-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith. O’Donnell took a break from…

During a discussion on former President Donald Trump’s latest indictment related to January 6, MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle went on a bit of a digression on Wednesday’s The 11th Hour to discuss Fitch downgrading the U.S.’s credit rating, which according to her was caused by “was the chaos created by the GOP” including January 6. Of course, Fitch’s own explanation was a little bit more…

Former President Donald Trump was indicted for a third time so, of course, the Cackling Coven of ABC’s The View had to put in their rusty two cents, spouting off with dumb comments they thought sounded profound in their heads. Among them was moderator Whoopi Goldberg and her bizarre claim that America twice sent young men off to war in Europe to prevent something like January 6, 2021…

Late Tuesday afternoon, Biden DOJ-appointed special prosecutor Jack Smith announced yet another indictment against former President Donald Trump on four separate counts. This time related to his alleged actions in the run-up to the January 6 riots at the United States Capitol. In stark contrast to their dismissive coverage of Hunter Biden’s criminal activity, the three networks spent a…

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough is so enthralled by Dem leader Hakeem Jeffries' description of congressional as a "malignant clown show" that he repeats it multiple times.

Bianna Golodryga hosted Wednesday’s edition of Amanpour & Co. (airing on CNN International and tax-funded PBS) and commiserated with William Cohen, former “Republican” Defense Secretary to Democratic president Bill Clinton, about the awful state of the Republican Party in the wake of Donald Trump’s third indictment: "So given what you have just laid out, on top of news,…

Alicia Menendez, substitute hosting for Nicolle Wallace on her MSNBC show, claims, without evidence, that Donald Trump "squirms and sweats"  over the news that special counsel Jack Smith has sent a letter informing him that he is a target of the investigation into the events of January 6th. Menendez offered no evidence in support of her squirming and sweating assertion. Given that Trump's…

Amid Wednesday’s extensive coverage of the new target letter for former President Trump’s January 6th case on CNN This Morning, anchor Phil Mattingly asked CNN political commentator Van Jones about the delay in prosecutions for the cases. Jones claimed that there was a “two tier justice system, and Trump is benefitting from it,” providing several comical alternate examples in an…

Joe Scarborough twice complained about Donald Trump being free to fly around in his 757 jet while some of his working-class supporters are in jail in connection with January 6th.

While NPR couldn’t find time on its programs for a full story on the failed Secret Service investigation of cocaine found at the White House, it ran two Folkenflik stories publicizing January 6 protester Ray Epps suing Fox News for defamation. Five of his last seven reports are critical of Fox News.

The tax-funded PBS NewsHour marked the Independence Day holiday in its own inimitable style by trying to tie the patriotic celebration to right-wing extremism and the January 6 Capitol Hill riots. Congressional reporter Lisa Desjardins sat down with two liberal professors to decry the dangers of the right wing on Tuesday evening. Host Amna Nawaz set the scene for PBS’s attempt to…

MSNBC analyst Glenn Kirschner suggests Donald Trump should be jailed during trial because of the "danger to the community" and "threat" he poses.

On her MSNBC show on Sunday, Katie Phang denounces Fox News and CNN for scheduling townhalls with Donald Trump and Mike Pence. She goes further, suggesting that no Republican presidential candidates should be given airtime.  As she plaintively put it to a former Dem congresswoman: "What does it tell you that there are media outlets that are providing platforms for potential GOP primary…