Jake Tapper Sets Up Clyburn to Unload Jim Crow Metaphors on Top Court
On Sunday, CNN’s State of the Union featured a discussion with Democratic Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina concerning The Supreme Courts latest decision against using race in redistricting. The conversation quickly turned to comparisons between the Supreme Court’s decision on the Voting Rights Act and Jim Crow-era policies.
MS NOW: We Still Have Not Gotten Out of the Confederacy
On Monday night’s The 11th Hour on MS NOW, the progressive network decried redistricting in Tennessee on the grounds of its impact to the Civil Rights Movement because Memphis is the location of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Tennessee Lookout editor-in-chief Holly McCall implied that her state was a racist state and said, “We still have not gotten out…
CBS Slams ‘Conservative Court’ and ‘Race-Conscious’ Policy Rulings
On CBS News Sunday Morning, CBS chief Washington analyst Robert Costa presented a story with comparisons of the recent Supreme Court’s Callais v. Louisiana decision to the civil rights movement, and predicted the Court, led by Justice John Roberts, would be remembered for its decisions on “race-conscious” policies.
So Sad! CNN's Cornish 'Has to Admit' GOP Feeling Good On Redistricting
On Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish, formerly of NPR, kicked off a redistricting segment with a classic tell of her liberal bias: “And I have to admit, Republicans are feeling good now.” We feel your pain, Audie!
Brazile: GOP Maps Are 'Wrong,' But Virginia Was What 'Voters Decided'
Former DNC chairwoman and current ABC contributor Donna Brazile joined outgoing GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw and HBO’s Real Time host Bill Maher to show an amazing display of hypocrisy. In the span of only a couple of minutes, the short-tempered Brazile would claim that Republican redistricting efforts are “immoral,” but that Democratic efforts are what “voters decided.”
ABC Doesn't Challenge Newsom's 'Rigged System' Claim
After the Virginia Supreme Court struck down the state’s 10-1 Democratic gerrymander on Friday, ABC Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl joined World News Tonight to omit why the court ruled the way it did. By contrast, CBS Evening News host Tony Dokoupil referenced the ruling that held state Democrats violated the rules in how the map was drawn and put to voters, but then…
NPR Interviews the White Guy Who Represents a Majority-Black District
On Friday’s All Things Considered, NPR aired a seven-minute interview lamenting Republican redistricting with a man who’s rarely considered. They interviewed Rep. Steve Cohen, Democrat of Memphis, who is a white man who’s long represented a majority-black district. The online headline had drama: “Tennessee Democrat speaks about his erased district.”
CNN Lets Virginia Rep Lecture GOP on Jim Crow, Never Mind His Party
On Friday's CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish gave Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Va.) free rein to lecture Republicans on the evils of partisan redistricting, complete with hyperbolic comparisons to Jim Crow poll taxes and literacy tests. It took real chutzpah for Walkinshaw to condemn Republican redistricting. Virginia, under newly elected Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger, narrowly…
The View Tries to Stymie Rubio 2028 Surge, Hints He’s a Race Traitor
Following Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s press conference earlier this week, betting markets saw him surge into the lead for likely winner of the 2028 presidential race. This apparently didn’t sit well with the Cackling Coven of ABC’s The View as fake Republican Ana Navarro and staunchly racist Sunny Hostin tried to stymie his rise with suggestions that he was a race traitor.…
Hayes Accuses GOP Of 'Trying To Mow Down Every' Black Congressperson
During the in-between show handoff between MS NOW All In host Chris Hayes and The Briefing host Jen Psaki, Hayes made the wild and outlandish accusation that Republicans and the Supreme Court are trying to “mow down every black Congress member” in the South. After Psaki took over, she also tried to keep one-upping herself in terms of hot takes. Not only did she accuse…
Column: The New York Times Hunts for an Anonymous White Male Dissident
Last week, The New York Times reported scornfully on how discrimination claims by white men and Jews are “Discrimination Cases That Match Trump’s Agenda.” In their view, the EEOC should always match the leftist agenda. It’s supposed to be a captive agency of the Left. This week, the EEOC sued The Times for discrimination against a white male employee who applied for a deputy…
CBS Paints Alabama Redistricting As Civil Rights Vs. GOP 'Power Grab'
CBS senior White House and national correspondent Ed O’Keefe traveled to Alabama on Thursday for CBS Mornings to cover that state’s redistricting efforts after the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on majority-minority districts. According to O’Keefe, the battle was between those who are fighting to maintain the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and power-hungry Republicans.
Oliver Dubs Alito 'Segregation Sammy' For 'Horse****' VRA Ruling
HBO’s John Oliver went on an especially nasty rant against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight for his recent majority opinion in Louisiana v. Callais. Oliver declared that Alito’s claim that the South isn’t as racist as it was in the 60s is “obviously horseshit” and suggested Alito supports segregation multiple times.
SNL Claims Supreme Court Turned 'A Firehose' On Black People
The late night comedy shows’ desire to trash the Supreme Court for its recent ruling that paved the way for the elimination of mandated majority-minority districts continued on NBC’s Saturday Night Live when Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che compared the decision to the days of the Civil Rights Movement when protestors were attacked with firehoses.