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On MSNBC, Grayson Compares Cruz to Miley 'Twerking Every Right-Winger'

November 10th, 2015 1:44 AM
Speaking with host Chris Hayes on the Monday edition of MSNBC’s All In, Democratic Congressman and 2016 Senate candidate Alan Grayson (Fl.) made a crude joke in comparing Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz to Miley Cyrus as he’s “twerking every right-winger in sight.”

Ex-Franken Aide: GOP Attitude Toward Compromise Is ‘F**k That!’

November 9th, 2015 9:38 PM
Why are Republicans so angry at Washington? According to David T. S. Jonas, a onetime aide to Sen. Al Franken, it results from 1) “the expansion of economic and political rights for women, people of color, LGBT Americans, [and] immigrants” over the past few decades, and 2) the failure of Republicans in power to stop or reverse 1). In a Sunday article for Salon, Jonas argued that “the majority of…
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CNN Panel Decries 'Crazy' Ben Carson's 'Attack on Journalism'

November 9th, 2015 7:30 PM
CNN's Alisyn Camerota, along with guest Jackie Kucinich of The Daily Beast, targeted Dr. Ben Carson on Monday's New Day over his attacks on the media's coverage of his personal background. When Camerota wondered if Carson is indeed "being vetted more than other people," as he claims, Kucinich replied, "No. That's crazy. No, that is ludicrous....it's his autobiography....So why wouldn't the media…
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RNC Chair Tells Off Matt Lauer, Rips Media ‘Vendetta’ Against GOP

November 9th, 2015 9:51 AM
During an interview with NBC Today co-host Matt Lauer on Monday, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus denounced the “crazy obsession” of the media over alleged inaccuracies in Ben Carson’s biography and pointed out a glaring double standard: “The fact is, you know, we kind of wish the media would be just as obsessed or half obsessed with Hillary Clinton's lies of many years and…
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Friday Night Funny: 'Last Man Standing' Jabs Democrats

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November 6th, 2015 10:14 PM
In the opening scene of the episode "The Dad Hat" on the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing, Tim Allen is at it again with his signature one liners against liberals. In a lesson about patience, his character Mike Baxter is teaching his grandson, Boyd, how to make a fishing lure. But the more important lesson has already been learned by Boyd.
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ABC, CBS Ignore Supreme Court’s Decision to Hear New Case on ObamaCare

November 6th, 2015 8:40 PM
On Friday night, two of the three major broadcast networks saw no interest in telling their viewers that the Supreme Court of the United States had decided to accept another major case on the future of ObamaCare as the high court will hear arguments pertaining to the law’s contraception mandate. Surprisingly, NBC Nightly News not only covered it, but offered a full, one-minute-and-21-second…
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Carson, Camerota Duel over Bio, Media Coverage; 'Give Me a Break'

November 6th, 2015 4:33 PM
As this writer documented in this space earlier on Friday, the interview of the day took place over on CNN during Friday’s New Day with tempers flaring between co-host Alisyn Camerota and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson. In addition to Carson hitting back at the liberal Camerota over her previous history at Fox News, there were other examples of sparks flying as Camerota hounded…
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Even MSNBC Hosts Not Impressed With Their Own ‘Breaking News’

November 6th, 2015 2:52 PM
In a humorous exchange during MSNBC’s 12 p.m. ET hour coverage of President Obama rejecting the Keystone Pipeline, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd and breaking news anchor Brian Williams mocked the idea that the long-expected decision was in any way a major new development.
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NBC Sees Nothing But Problems for GOP; Cheers Hillary on Late Night

November 6th, 2015 12:31 PM
While NBC’s Today saw only setbacks and controversy for Republican presidential candidates on Friday, the morning show happily applauded Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton telling late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel that she would win a hypothetical election against husband Bill Clinton.

AP Credited Ocare When Ariz. Co-op News Was Good, But Not As It Failed

November 5th, 2015 11:51 PM
Add Arizona's Meritus Health Partners to the growing list of Affordable Care Act co-op failures. The Daily Signal reports that this makes 11 of 23 such state Obamacare co-ops which will have closed their doors by the end of 2015 after three or fewer years in operation. The Associated Press, which, along with most of the rest of the establishment press, has been playing aggressive defense on…

History According to Thom Hartmann: US Fought Spain in World War II

November 5th, 2015 8:48 PM
Once a liberal gets to talking about fascism, which ranks high among his perennial obsessions, amusing observations and dubious claims are sure to follow. Usually the left winger in question will opine about the genuine, hard-core varieties of fascism found in Europe during the early 20th century, before he inevitably condemns the domestic versions endured by Americans during Republican…
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CNN's Hill: Police Shootings Shaped By 'Artifacts of White Supremacy'

November 5th, 2015 7:27 PM
Marc Lamont Hill doubled down on his theory about supposed white supremacy shaping police encounters with black people. During a segment on Wednesday's CNN Tonight, Hill disputed the Supreme Court's decades-old "objectively reasonable" standard on the use of police force, and emphasized that "everyday citizens have biases....oftentimes, we are shaped by white supremacy. We are shaped by fear of…

This Year's Pre-election Polling: As Bad As or Worse Than 2014

November 5th, 2015 4:04 PM
After the November 2014 midterm elections, I wrote that "Despite all of their supposed science, improved methodologies, and sophisticated turnout models, nation’s pollsters have just suffered through their worst midterm elections drubbing in 20 years. The last time they were off this badly was when they woefully underestimated Republican gains in the Newt Gingrich 'Contract with America' midterms…
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CBS Cries Foul Over Houston Rejecting Transgender Bathroom Measure

November 5th, 2015 2:43 AM

The day after voters in Houston, Texas defeated a measure dubbed by many to be “the bathroom bill” aimed at “protecting” gay and transgender people from discrimination, Wednesday’s CBS Evening News lit into those who overwhelmingly opposed the measure by touting fears of Houston businesses being boycotted and even the 2017 Super Bowl being moved out of the city due to this measure’s failure to…