National Media Ignored Dem 'Kingmaker's' Problems For Over 5 Months

A June 4 story at Willamette Week summarized the already serious problems pioneering longtime Oregon-based homosexual activist and ardent Barack Obama supporter Terry Bean was already facing before the Democratic Party "Kingmaker" was arrested Wednesday and "charged with two felony counts of having sex with a minor last year." Even before his arrest, the accusations made by Bean's former…
Tom Blumer
 

WashPost Pg. 1: GOP 'Confront Own Worst Enemy,' the Tea Party

The Washington Post divided its Obama-speech coverage into three parts on Friday's front page: the speech, "the immigrants," and "the opposition," because it's always fun to pitch Republicans as opposing immigrants. The headline was "The Opposition: Republicans confront own worst enemy." That would be the conservatives. Post reporter Robert Costa warned of an "immediate and widening rebellion…
Tim Graham
 

ESPN Host Claims ‘Double Standard’ for Female NCAA Coaches

Demands to know why U of Iowa has fired women coaches.
Geoff Harbaugh
 

Morning Mika's 1st Hour: Hispanic Activist, Latina Rep., Al Jazeera

Joe Scarborough isn't exactly the voice of movement conservatism, but with Joe away today, Mika Brzezinski took advantage to flood Morning Joe's first hour with a lopsided liberal lineup of guests supporting President Obama's executive-order amnesty. The first two guests were Javier Palomarez, head of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and Ray Suarez of Al Jazeera [ex of NPR].  A bit later, Dem…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Telemundo Celebrates Weakened U.S. Immigration Law Enforcement

“There’s a lot to celebrate tonight,” Telemundo anchor José Díaz–Balart declared during Telemundo’s special coverage of President Obama’s Nov. 20 announcement of unilateral executive actions that include lifting the threat of deportation for 4.1 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States, along with eliminating the Secure Communities program of federal, state and local cooperation in…
Ken Oliver-Méndez
 

Newt Gingrich Blasts Obama's Speech: 'This Was a Gruber Speech'

Following President Barack Obama’s speech announcing his executive order on illegal immigration, CNN political commentator and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich unloaded on the President, likening his speech to statements made by ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber and that those in the “elite” class “really underestimate” the disdain Americans have for unfortified borders. Responding on…
Curtis Houck
 

Lefty Blogger: Shutdown Over Immigration an ‘Insanely Bad Idea’

The New York magazine blogger speculates that some sort of “mental breakdown led [Republicans] to a place where [a shutdown] has received serious consideration” and claims such a move would be “almost a masterpiece of self-sabotage” for the GOP heading into 2016.
Tom Johnson
 

Networks Push Pro-Amnesty Group, Illegals Ahead of Obama’s Speech

Ahead of President Obama’s speech on immigration on Thursday night, the major broadcast networks all did their parts to push the arguments in favor of his executive amnesty ranging from a whole segment devoted to a family that would benefit from the President’s executive order to promoting one pro-amnesty group. On the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, over two minutes was spent on segment…
Curtis Houck
 

Not National News: Dem 'Kingmaker' Arrested on Child Sex Charges

Brett M. Decker is a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors and "consulting director at the White House Writers Group." Early this evening, he effectively did double duty for the paper, both as a columnist and a journalist. Decker appears to be the first person to report visibly in a national publication that "influential gay rights advocate and top Obama donor" Terry Bean was arrested on…
Tom Blumer
 

Amen Pew at MSNBC Gushes Over Obama's Scripture Reference

Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes are hardly devout Christians, but they shouted out hearty "Amens" to President Obama's deployment of scripture to make his case for executive amnesty.
Ken Shepherd
 

Alter Tweets 'Many Homes' Will Hang Portrait of President Obama

On Wednesday's Hardball, Daily Beast columnist Jonathan Alter insisted that President Obama's executive amnesty would lead to Latinos being squarely in the Democratic column for decades and even revering the president with portraits in the living rooms, much like white Appalachians in years gone by had hung portraits of FDR in theirs.Tonight on Twitter, Alter rehashed that lame and frankly…
Ken Shepherd
 

Fineman: Some Disapproving Amnesty Probably Think It's Not Far Enough

Wildly spinning a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showing just 38 percent support President Obama's planned executive amnesty while 48 percent oppose it, Huffington Post's Howard Fineman offered that it's possible "some" of those opposed are against it from Obama's left, thinking it doesn't go far enough.
Ken Shepherd
 

Comedian Lewis Black Hammers Black Friday 'Tax' as 'Anti-American'

During Wednesday evening's edition of The Daily Show on the Comedy Central cable network, comedian Lewis Black devoted his “Back in Black” segment to slamming the tradition of Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and a time when stores open early and shoppers arrive before the sun comes up to buy items at huge discounts. Black claimed that even worse than the rush to get tremendous bargains…
Randy Hall
 

CNN's Bash Brushes Off 'Professor' Obama's Past Immigration Remarks

On Wednesday's AC360, CNN's Dana Bash was hesitant to address President Obama's past remarks on immigration reform, where he repeatedly denied that he couldn't act alone – to the point that she first touted the Democrat's supposed academic credentials. After host Anderson Cooper played five clips of Mr. Obama making this point, Bash replied that "we should also remind people that he's not just…
Matthew Balan