Political Scandals
Pete Hegseth’s Mother Slams ‘Almost Criminal’ Liberal Media Smears
On Wednesday, Pete Hegseth’s mother Penelope stepped out from private life into the spotlight for a sit-down on Fox & Friends to lay waste to the “almost criminal” liberal media and specifically “discredit” The New York Times for leaking a 2018 e-mail she had written to her son amid his second divorce but quickly regretted.
ICYMI: CNN Thunderdome Becomes Apocalyptic Mess Over Hunter Pardon
The tire fire inside a dumpster fire that is CNN NewsNight showed within minutes Monday of its nearly 20-minute opening block why it’s an insult to civil discourse as, led by the smarmy host Abby Phillip, conservatives Scott Jennings and former Congressman Scott Taylor (R-VA) were shouted down for calling out the lies and hypocrisy of President Biden for pardoning son Hunter.
'Got To Be Kidding': Kimmel, Colbert Dismiss Hunter Pardon Criticisms
CBS’s host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel were displeased on their Tuesday shows that some people are still criticizing President Joe Biden for pardoning his son, Hunter. For both men, the re-election of Donald Trump makes such criticisms moot.
Stewart Asks Sally Yates If Bush-Era DOJ To Blame For Politicization
Former Obama deputy-turned-acting attorney general during the first days of the first Trump Administration, Sally Yates is the poster child of Justice Department politicization. She famously made herself a martyr by forcing Trump to fire her after she ordered the department not to enforce his travel ban order. Still, when Yates traveled over to Comedy Central on Monday, The Daily Show…
ABC Waves Goodbye to Hunter Biden Pardon, Ducks Outrage at Joe
After having spent Monday morning and evening predictably defending and spinning President Joe Biden’s pardon of his scandal-ridden son Hunter, ABC News waved goodbye to this story all together on its flagship (and superficial) morning show Good Morning America. In contrast, CBS Mornings and NBC’s Today kept up the pressure, acknowledging the hullabaloo.
'F*** The Norms' Vs. 'Crimes': Comedians Struggle With Hunter Pardon
The men of late night comedy struggled on their Monday shows to reconcile their support for President Joe Biden and his decision to pardon his son, Hunter. Some hosts decided to make the story about Republicans, while others made more “Biden is old” quips, while others welcomed the news, but hoped Democrats would apply the logic behind it to ordinary people too.
OUCH: CNN Conservatives Go Scorched Earth on Hunter Biden Pardon
On Monday, Scott Jennings, Shermichael Singleton, and Brad Todd — three of the four actual, bona fide conservative commentators on CNN’s payroll — took to the airwaves to react to President Joe Biden’s blanket pardon of son Hunter for any and all crimes committed in the last 10 years and, in addition to standing their ground, went postal on this “trash” “facade” created by a bunch of “liars…
ABC Defends Joe Biden Pardoning ‘Only Living Son’ Hunter to Stop Trump
Unsurprisingly, ABC’s Good Morning America stood out among the broadcast networks on Monday as the most pro-Biden family in covering President Joe Biden’s blanket pardon of son Hunter, arguing the act to save “his only living son” was done to save him from a politicized Trump Justice Department and put to rest claims of Biden family “corruption” that were hurled “without evidence.”…
CNN Celebrates Joe Biden’s ‘Monumental,’ ‘Poignant’ Pardon of Hunter
With less than 30 minutes of air time Sunday night before bailing out for taped programming (while Fox News and MSNBC continued on for hours), CNN was ebullient Sunday night over President Joe Biden’s pardoning of son Hunter and called it a “poignant” and “monumental moment” to serve as the “culmination” of his entire presidency to save his “only surviving son” amid a life of “cruel” “…
FLASHBACK: Media Sniffed ‘Fascism’ After Trump Fired Comey in 2017
The media are offering wall-to-wall condemnations of President-elect Trump’s choice of Kash Patel to lead the FBI. From the NewsBusters’ archives, here’s a quick recap of how the media lost their minds the last time Trump canned one FBI director in favor of another.
Brooks Fears Trump Will 'Blowtorch' 'Neutral Institutions of Justice'
New York Times columnist and supposed conservative half of PBS News Hour’s Friday Brooks and Capehart segment was dismayed that President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee, Pam Bondi, will supposedly help him take a “blowtorch to the neutral institutions of justice.”
Maher, Scarborough Say GOP Lies More, Bring Back Russia Collusion
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough joined HBO Real Time host Bill Maher on Friday to discuss how they believe that Republicans are more guilty of spreading misinformation than the left. However, one of their examples of right-wing disinformation was their claim that the Russia collusion hoax is itself a hoax.
Media Makes Trump-Hating Special Counsel Jack Smith Into a Hero
Imagine for a moment that Donald Trump was back in the White House and the news of the day was that the Trump Justice Department was investigating the Biden presidency and the 2024 Harris campaign for “election interference.”
CNN's Wallace Mourns 'Crazy' SCOTUS Made Jack Smith's Life Difficult
CNN’s Chris Wallace took his 1960 election-related book tour to CBS and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday, where he lamented that the “crazy” Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity has made Special Counsel Jack Smith’s life more difficult and sarcastically claimed it was “totally coincidental” that it was a 6-3 ruling along partisan lines with three Trump…
