Matthews: No Matter What Happens, Dem Convention Will Be ‘Magic’

Don’t let the booing, the resignation of the Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and the general chaos at Hillary Clinton’s convention fool you. No matter what happens, it will be magic. That’s according to Chris Matthews. The liberals MSNBC host on Monday dismissed the leaked e-mails showing that Hillary Clinton sabotaged Bernie Sanders and gushed, “I think Thursday night's going to be…
Scott Whitlock
July 25th, 2016 7:56 PM

Todd: Is Society Holding Hillary to ‘Unfair’ 'Bar' Ahead of DNC?

Meet the Press moderator and MSNBC’s MTP Daily host Chuck Todd offered some intriguing thoughts early Monday evening on the Democratic National Convention (DNC) thus far that ranged from admitting that the first day of the DNC is both “messier” and “worse” than the start of the Republican National Convention (RNC) but later wondered if Hillary Clinton is held to a different standard when it comes…
Curtis Houck
July 25th, 2016 6:51 PM

CNN's Gregory Invokes Holocaust to Discredit Trump on Muslim Ban

Appearing as a panel member on Monday's New Day on CNN, during a discussion of the possibility that GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's proposed immigration restrictions to prevent Muslim terrorists from entering the country could effect immigration from European countries, CNN political analyst David Gregory tried to undermine the idea by bringing up anti-Semitic State Department officials…
Brad Wilmouth
July 25th, 2016 5:54 PM

Thousands of Embarrassing Emails Reveal DNC Chair Targeted Morning Joe

Over the weekend, Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz was exposed for favoring Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders. It was also revealed that she sent an angry email to Chuck Todd – headlined “Chuck, This Must Stop” – demanding better coverage on MSNBC’s Morning Joe after they called the DNC system “rigged” and Mika Brzezinski called for the party leader to resign on May…
Samantha Cohen
July 25th, 2016 5:31 PM

Reporter Caught in DNC Scandal Previously Worked at Soros-Backed Org

One of the journalists exposed exchanging emails with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) by the latest Wikileak was Politico’s Chief Investigative Reporter Ken Vogel, who formerly worked for a Soros-funded group.
Sam Dorman
July 25th, 2016 5:20 PM

GOP Rep Schools Democrat, Points Out George Wallace Was a Democrat

Makes you wonder how often glaring inaccuracies like this go unchecked whenever liberals gather to talk politics. Fortunately for the public record, Republican House member Tom Cole of Oklahoma was on hand during yesterday's This Week with George Stephanopoulos when Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison tried to pass off his preferred version of history in lieu of the real thing.
Jack Coleman
July 25th, 2016 5:16 PM

MSNBC Claims DNC Chair 'Receives Cheers'...As She's Booed Relentlessly

They had a Baghdad Bob moment on MSNBC this morning in the 9am hour (Eastern time). The Lean Forward network's screen graphic read "WASSERMAN SCHULTZ RECEIVES CHEERS AT FLORIDA DELEGATION BREAKFAST," while it was very plain to viewers that she was being booed relentlessly. Anchor Stephanie Ruhle must have heard the boos in her earpiece, and said “She actually walked in to cheers and a lot of…
Tim Graham
July 25th, 2016 3:39 PM

Awkward: ABC, CNN Reintroduce Analyst Donna Brazile as DNC Chair

Longtime Democratic operative Donna Brazile being named interim head of the Democratic National Committee on Sunday following the ouster of chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz amid the DNC e-mail scandal created some awkward moments for CNN and ABC. Hosts on both networks had to explain that Brazile was stepping down as a political analyst as she took over the new partisan position.
Kyle Drennen
July 25th, 2016 3:28 PM

Netflix Show Mocks Pro-Lifers with Song Get Dat Fetus, Kill Dat Fetus

The third season of Netflix’s BoJack Horseman – a cartoon about a beloved sitcom horse from the 1990’s and his life twenty years later – is out and the usual liberal issues are quickly worked into the dark animated series’ episodes.
Karen Townsend and Alexa Moutevelis
July 25th, 2016 3:17 PM

TIME: Orlando Terror Attack and Pence VP Pick Equally 'Frightening'

Time magazine's Sam Lansky equated the ISIS-inspired terrorist attack in Orlando and Donald Trump's pick of Mike Pence as his running mate in an interview of Star Trek actor Zachary Quinto published on Thursday: "In the wake of the attacks in Orlando and Trump picking Mike Pence as his running mate, does it feel like a frightening moment to be a gay American? It does for me." Quinto replied, in…
Matthew Balan
July 25th, 2016 3:12 PM

UPDATED CBS Sells Clinton/Kaine Ticket: ‘Terrific’ ‘Perfect Chemistry’

Scott Pelley and the CBS This Morning crew, on Monday, made the sales pitch for Hillary Clinton’s Tim Kaine VP selection. The CBS Evening News anchor, invited on to recap his 60 Minutes interview with the Democratic ticket, proclaimed of the pair “they look terrific” and “they were finishing each other’s sentences.” His CBS colleague Charlie Rose hailed they had “perfect chemistry.”
Geoffrey Dickens
July 25th, 2016 1:18 PM

Heilemann Praises Clinton/Kaine: ‘Most Qualified Ticket in History’

Monday on Morning Joe, the conversation jumped from the DNC email scandal to Hillary Clinton’s VP Choice of Tim Kaine. Co-host Joe Scarborough insisted that the news on DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and her inappropriate email etiquette “stepped on” the selection of Tim Kaine, but that didn’t stop the panelists from praising the pair as the first day of the Democratic National Convention…
Samantha Cohen
July 25th, 2016 1:15 PM

NBC Spin: Resignation of DNC Chair ‘Best Thing for Democratic Unity’

In a desperate attempt to downplay chaos in the Democratic Party following leaked Democratic National Committee e-mails and the resignation of chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz, on Monday’s NBC Today, Meet the Press moderator Chuck actually tried to spin the controversy as a positive: “Look, the only piece of good news out of this for Democrats, Jeff Weaver, Bernie Sanders's campaign manager,…
Kyle Drennen
July 25th, 2016 12:04 PM

NYT Hails Obama as Popular 'Character Witness' for Hillary

Monday’s New York Times highlighted Democratic “discord” on the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, as outrage about the contents of a massive email leak from the Democratic National Committee, showing the DNC colluding to scuttle the insurgent campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders in favor of Hillary Clinton. But a “White House Letter” from Julie Hirschfeld Davis was more…
Clay Waters
July 25th, 2016 12:04 PM