Schultz: Republican 'Hateful Rhetoric' Puts President Obama in Danger
On his MSNBC show today, Schultz gave an emphatic "yes" in answer to this question from a viewer: "do you think the hateful rhetoric from Republicans puts President Obama and his family in danger?"
Really? Are there any Republicans in particular that Schultz wants to see charged as co-conspirators with White House fence scaler Omar Gonzalez? Does Ed favor restrictions on Republicans' free…
October 1st, 2014 6:23 PM
Wash Post Admits Dems 'Near Panic,' But Downplayed Midterm Struggles
The Washington Post on Wednesday highlighted Democratic campaign e-mails for the 2014 midterms, admitting that liberals are sending out "frantic" e-mails about potential losses in the House and Senate. Writer Ed O'Keefe reasoned, "With Democrats expected to lose seats in the House and slipping behind Republican opponents in key Senate races, a sense of frustration and near-panic would be…
October 1st, 2014 5:22 PM
Public Radio Goofball Attacks GOP Rep. Who 'Lives Off' Taxpayer Money
Sometimes, public radio employees don’t seem to realize they rely on taxpayer support. Our former colleague Lachlan Markay of the Washington Free Beacon underlined that in a story on Congressman Chris Gibson (R-New York).
An unnamed employee of WIOX radio in the small town of Roxbury, New York (which runs NPR News programs overnight), dismissed Gibson as someone who should “find a real job like…
October 1st, 2014 5:21 PM
Univision Partnering with Obama Admin to Promote DACA
Univision is out with another ad in partnership with the Obama administration. This time, U.S. taxpayer dollars are being spent for Univision morning show weatherwoman Ximena Córdoba to exhort beneficiaries of President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to renew the permits exempting them from deportation proceedings for another two years.
October 1st, 2014 5:20 PM
On Fox, Police Widow Blasts College For Honoring Her Husband's Killer
On Tuesday's The Kelly File on Fox News Channel, Maureen Faulkner, the widow of murdered Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, berated the graduating students at Goddard College in Vermont for honoring her husband's killer, Mumia Abu-Jamal, as their commencement speaker: "I am just absolutely outraged that they would have such a hate-filled murderer on as a commencement speaker...he…
October 1st, 2014 5:02 PM
Rose to Bill Clinton: You Are the 'Best Political Animal' Ever!
Charlie Rose’s interview with Bill Clinton at his own Clinton Global Initiative summit was, not surprisingly, full of easy questions but the PBS host saved his loftiest softball for the end when he called Clinton the “best political animal” of all time.
October 1st, 2014 4:50 PM
Video: ACLU Member Calls Christians As Extreme As ISIS
How does the left-wing ACLU weigh in on ISIS? Fox News’ Jesse Watters wanted to find out so he went to an ACLU conference in Princeton, N.J. and found out on Sept. 29’s O’Reilly Factor.
Watters began by questioning members about the “war on terror.” After several members told Watters they couldn’t support it, he wanted to know how America should treat ISIS instead. “These ISIS members that…
October 1st, 2014 4:26 PM
Affleck to NBC: U.S. Should Send Foreign Aid to Detroit
Oscar-winner Ben Affleck told NBC’s Brian Williams that the city of Detroit would be a more deserving recipient of U.S. foreign aid than the countries currently receiving funds. Affleck discussed several of his new film roles in an interview broadcast on “Nightly News” Sept. 30, including his leading role in the Batman movie being filmed in Detroit because of its “post-apocalyptic” feel,…
October 1st, 2014 3:36 PM
Obama's Pentagon Spokesman Slams Press: 'Needlessly Shrill'
Monica Sanchez at our sister site CNSNews.com reports that Rear Adm. John Kirby, the press secretary over at the Pentagon, lectured the media on Tuesday that the media elites need to “share a sense of strategic patience” with the military on the anti-ISIS front. "I'm not criticizing that there is a public discussion," Kirby said. "I'm just simply saying that some of the coverage, I think, has…
October 1st, 2014 3:01 PM
Affleck: U.S. Should Send Foreign Aid to Detroit
Actor/Director says struggling city needs more taxpayer help.
October 1st, 2014 2:34 PM
In Time, Dawkins Accuses Christian Right of ‘Religion by the Sword'
Christianity isn’t the faith that comes to mind as a “religion by the sword” – that is, unless you’re a Richard Dawkins.
Outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins, along with Robyn Blumner, the executive director of the Richard Dawkins Foundation, recently penned a piece for TIME entitled, “Atheists Aren’t the Problem, Christian Intolerance Is the Problem.” In response to former Arkansas Governor Mike…
October 1st, 2014 1:56 PM
Bonkers: Amazon Includes Racism Warning For Tom & Jerry Cartoons
Fans of the zany Tom and Jerry cartoons from the golden age of animation might be in for a shock, as the classic shorts now carry a politically-correct warning on Amazon's streaming video service. On Tuesday, BBC correspondent Sean Coughlan reported that on Amazon Prime, the "Tom and Jerry: The Complete Second Volume is accompanied by the caution: 'Tom and Jerry shorts may depict some ethnic and…
October 1st, 2014 1:07 PM
Nets Fawn Over Hillary as Grandmother, But Ignore Benghazi
From Saturday through Tuesday, the three networks devoted 14 and a half minutes of coverage to hyping Chelsea Clinton's new baby and Hillary's role as grandmother. Yet, ABC, CBS and NBC, over the entire month of September, didn't bother to cover the Benghazi investigation into the 2012 terror attacks. Many of the baby reports framed the story less about a new child and more as a benefit to…
October 1st, 2014 1:05 PM
CBS Hosts Hail California's Ban On Plastic Bags As 'Great Idea'
In a report for Tuesday's CBS Evening News, correspondent John Blackstone touted California passing a law to ban plastic bags from grocery stores as "a victory for those who've declared the single-use plastic bag an environmental enemy." Leading off a similar segment on Wednesday's CBS This Morning, he declared: "You see them everywhere, plastic bags by the road, by the water, in landfills. But…
October 1st, 2014 12:53 PM