NYTimes Sticks Up for Discredited Dossier, Ignores IG Report Debunking

December 11th, 2019 10:23 PM
New York Times non-fiction book critic Jennifer Szalai emerged as the paper’s latest defender of Fusion GPS, the Democratic opposition-research firm led by former Wall Street Journal reporters Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, the deluded duo responsible for the discredited Russian “dossier” from former British spy Christopher Steele. They’re now trying to shore up their reputation with a book, “…
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ABC Anchor Muir LIES, Claims IG Found 'No Spying' from FBI

December 11th, 2019 8:47 PM
Senate Republicans grilled Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Wednesday, on how his probe could determine there was no political bias at the FBI against then-candidate Trump, when he couldn’t uncover a reasonable explanation for their “gross abuse” of the system, as Attorney General William Barr put it. Well, ABC World News Tonight anchor David Muir continued to carry water…
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MSNBC Panel: Trump Must Be Impeached for Harming U.S., Unlike Clinton

December 11th, 2019 5:03 PM
Along with their over-the-top nonsense about the perils of not impeaching and removing President Trump, panelists on Tuesday’s Hardball argued that President Bill Clinton shouldn’t have been impeached because, unlike the Ukraine phone call, the crimes he committed never hurt anyone and didn’t harm the country in any way whatsoever.

Will Democrats Accept the Results of the 2020 Elections?

December 11th, 2019 3:14 PM
In the lead-up to the 2016 election, Democrats fretted openly about the possibility that Donald Trump, being a rather poor sport, might refuse to acknowledge an election loss. To be fair, Trump refused to state that he would accept election results, depending on the circumstances: “I'll keep you in suspense,” he stated in his Oct. 19, 2016, debate with Hillary Clinton. Clinton, for her part,…

MSNBC: Dems Will Only Fail If Senate Doesn't 'Understand the Story'

December 11th, 2019 11:19 AM
The case for impeachment, said the cast of Tuesday's MSNBC Live, is such a slam dunk that the only way that the Senate could acquit President Trump is if they are too stupid to "understand the story." At least they wouldn't be Russian stooges. MSNBC contributor and former U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg, responding to host Stephanie Ruhle's inquiries about why Democrats included certain articles of…
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Scarborough on Genocide Day: 'Maybe' Don't Compare Trump to Nazis

December 11th, 2019 8:59 AM
Who said Joe Scarborough was consumed with hatred of President Trump? Take it back! Because Scarborough showed such admirable restraint on today's Morning Joe, saying Trump should only "maybe" be compared to the perpetrators of genocide and gas chambers.
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First to Give Lethal Aid, CBS Claims Trump Hurt Ukraine’s Survival

December 11th, 2019 12:19 AM
With “U.S. military aid to Ukraine [being] at the heart of the impeachment battle here,” as CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell noted on Tuesday, they sent a reporter over to Ukraine to see how important that aid was. But while foreign correspondent Holly Williams was busy suggesting President Trump had harmed Ukraine’s ability to fight Russian-back separatists, she completely ignored the…
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ABC, CBS Decry Barr, Trump Blasting FBI for Their Probe Misconduct

December 10th, 2019 10:53 PM

The Department of Justice Inspector General’s report clearly spelled out gross abuses by the FBI when applying to spy on members of the Trump campaign. Despite those facts, ABC’s World News Tonight and CBS Evening News were clutching their pearls Tuesday while reporting on how President Trump and Attorney General William Barr were slamming the law enforcement organization for lying and…

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Matthews Hails ‘Boss’ Pelosi; Warns It'll Be ‘Chilling’ If Trump Wins

December 10th, 2019 10:00 PM
With an array of guests, MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews brought the histrionics on Tuesday after House Democrats finally unveiled Articles of Impeachment against Donald Trump, boasting that they were “push[ing] President Donald Trump closer to the brink of infamy” led by the “boss” (aka House Speaker Nancy Pelosi).
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Nets Laud Articles of Impeachment as ‘Milestone,’ ‘Nod to History’

December 10th, 2019 9:03 PM
Well, the day the liberal media had been hoping for finally arrived on Tuesday as House Democrats released their Articles of Impeachment against President Trump. They were welcomed with anticipation by the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC). And despite the fact, the Articles didn’t include many of the charges Democrats said there would be, the media did their job and treated them like…

NYT: Report 'Debunks' Right-Wing Conspiracists; Dossier Finally Dumped

December 10th, 2019 7:57 PM
Move along, nothing to see here but right-wing conspiracy-mongering. That was the New York Times’ message covering the Inspector General report on how the F.B.I. came to investigate ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. Though the report was highly critical of the F.B.I., reporter Mark Mazzetti’s lead “news analysis” on Tuesday appeared under the banner headline “Report Debunks Anti-Trump…
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‘Are You Kidding Me, Bro?!’ Alicia Keys Roasts Trump on Impeachment

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December 10th, 2019 5:13 PM
Late night shows these days are usually conservative-hating cringe fests, but Monday night’s Late Late Show year-in-review segment featuring Grammy award-winning songwriter Alicia Keys takes the cake for being one of the lamest anti-Trump gaffes in recent memory.

Ill Will to Men (and Women)

December 10th, 2019 3:28 PM
Apologies to Elton John, but in Washington and throughout so much of the country, can you feel the hate tonight? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked by reporter James Rosen if she hates President Trump. She responded with an “if looks could kill ” fire in her eyes and denounced Rosen for his question while claiming she doesn't hate Trump. Former Vice President Joe Biden verbally attacked and…
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Morning Joe Warns on Warren: 'Whiff of Fraudulence,' Don't Nominate!

December 10th, 2019 2:37 PM
Morning Joe absolutely unloads on Elizabeth Warren this morning. The proximate cause was the release of her memo on behalf of a corporate client seeking to avoid responsibility for cleaning up a toxic-waste site.  But the broader issue addressed was her lack of authenticity/honesty across the board. John Heilemann says her campaign realizes there's a "whiff of fraudulence" about her, and Steve…