PolitiFact Rates Iowa GOP Senate Candidate 'False' For True Ad
PolitiFact’s Caleb McCullough was at it again with more Senate campaign cherry-picking shenanigans on Friday. This time McCullough focused on Iowa Republican Ashley Hinson’s recent ad that accused Democrat Josh Turek of supporting sex changes for minors. McCullough called it “false,” but his actual article suggested it was not quite that simple.
Maher Associates Platner's Nazi Tattoo With Conservatives
Friday’s edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher brought out the best and worst of the eponymous host. On one hand, Maher reacted to Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s ever-growing list of scandals by claiming he would have thought a Nazi tattoo was a conservative thing and that in the past, sex scandals have only been disqualifying for Democrats. However, in the Overtime…
Capehart Says Trump And Republicans Are Why Platner Shouldn't Drop Out
MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart joined Friday’s PBS News Hour to discuss the abuse allegations made by Lyndsey Fifield against far-left Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner. When asked if Platner should drop out of the race, Capehart eventually said no because it is unfair to hold anyone running for office to any moral standard because Donald Trump is currently the president.…
Kosta On Pratt Support: 'How Did This Country Get So Stupid'
Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host of the week, Michael Kosta, unwittingly announced to the world on Wednesday that he lives in a bubble. While discussing former reality show personality Spencer Pratt’s rise in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, Kosta wondered, “How did this country get so stupid?” and concluded it was because nobody reads books anymore. Speaking of books, Kosta later…
The View Trots Out Swisher to Fill in for Behar, Fits in With Lies
With co-host Joy Behar away in Europe producing her play for a couple weeks, The View trotted out podcaster and author Kara Swisher to fill the seat. Swisher fit right in with the rest of the Cackling Coven with the lies she spewed. Between claiming Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth didn’t have military experience and claiming “Democrats do hold themselves to a higher standard” while…
CNN Shields Maine Senate Candidate from Dangerous Details in Scandal
As Democratic Senate Candidate Graham Platner (ME) suffers repeated scandals, the CNN News Central crew has been playing interference for his campaign, avoiding coverage of the most concerning details of the whole ordeal during their Monday show. From his sexual messages on an app referred to as a ‘Predator’s Paradise’, to his Nazi tattoo cover-up, nobody over at CNN News Central…
Jimmy Kimmel Again Pleads With LA Not To Vote For Spencer Pratt
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel’s sense of dread that former reality TV personality and current GOP candidate to be mayor of Los Angeles may advance to the general election heightened on Monday as Kimmel once again pleaded with people to vote for literally anybody else.
The View Blames ALL Men for Dem Nazi Platner Cheating on His Wife
Even when they finally talk about Democratic Party scandals, The View finds a way to shift the blame to someone else. The ABC News show spent part of Monday’s episode trying to make the case for Graham Platner, a Nazi and the presumptive Democratic Party nominee in the Senate race in Maine. According to some members of the cast, men in general were the problem with Platner’s…
Snopes Denounces GOP on Talarico But Not Pro-Abort Conspiracy Theories
The self-styled fact-checkers at Snopes had an interesting Friday. On one hand, Rae Deng claimed there is insufficient evidence to label a left-wing conspiracy theory about a proposed bill in North Carolina making murdering women legal if they seek an abortion false. On the other hand, Jack Izzo was adamant that Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is the victim of a “chronically…
Maher Describes Texas Senate Race As 'Attila The Hun' Vs. 'Nice Guy'
On Friday’s episode of Real Time, HBO’s Bill Maher sought to frame the Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico as “Attila the Hun” versus “a nice guy.” At the same time, after former GOP Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy pointed out that Talarico has said some whacky things in the past, MS NOW host Katy Tur stepped in to defend Talarico by claiming “he’s taken that…
PBS Claims 'Biden's Health Has Been Litigated In Public Exhaustively'
PBS News Hour anchor Geoff Bennett and MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart teamed up to try to absolve the media from their past errors on Friday by making the curious claim that “Joe Biden's health has been litigated in public exhaustively.” For his part, Capehart went so far as to try to shift the presidential health concerns to President Trump for simply having three semi-annual…
PolitiFact Defends Talarico From Vegan Charge, Ignores Six Sexes Claim
PolitiFact’s Caleb McCullough has his priorities out of order. On Wednesday, he penned an article declaring GOP Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton “false” for calling his Democratic opponent, James Talarico, a vegan. However, he could have rated Paxton “half-true” or written another article labeling Talarico “false” because Paxton also cited Talarico’s previous comments about there being six…
Kimmel Freaks Out Over Support For Spencer Pratt in LA Mayoral Race
Polls show that former reality TV personality turned Republican candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, Spencer Pratt, has a real shot to advance to November’s general election, which caused ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel to stage an intervention on Wednesday and plead with people not to vote for him.
MS NOW: Talarico 'Can Out-Bible' GOP, Race Will Be 'Good Versus Evil'
After Tuesday’s GOP Senate Primary in Texas, MS NOW’s Ana Cabrera welcomed former Bush and McCain advisor Mark McKinnon to her show the following day to react. McKinnon twice stated that the matchup is more than Republican Ken Paxton versus Democrat James Talarico but that it is “good versus evil.”