Why the White House should strip Fox News of its press credentials, part infinity: DAILY BEAST: [Fox News host Jesse] Watters had urged [Turning Point USA] attendees to âgo in for the kill shotâ and âambushâ Fauci if they see him in public, using violent rhetoric to encourage them to confront Fauci with conspiracy theories …
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Here’s the Actual White House Statement That Olivia Nuzzi Barbered So She Could Create Outrage For Clicks
Earlier, Olivia Nuzzi tweeted out a selectively edited statement from the White House. It was both deceptive in how she barbered it and the way she screen grabbed it, she made it look like it was an official White House release when it was actually the opening remarks from a press briefing by Jeff Zients …
Blind hogs, acorns, etc.
Here’s one for the “even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and then” file: Even incomparably dumb and obscenely overpaid CNN pundit Chris Cillizza understands the danger Trump’s fascist cult poses to America: In an interview with Donald Trump earlier this week, conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt said something truly breathtaking. “You …
Drama Llama Ding Dongs (Open Thread)
Update from this morning’s report on the torching of the Fox News Christmas tree, which, as far as we know, was allegedly set ablaze by a rando who didn’t have a known anti-Murdoch agenda: The Foxies intend to milk this incident forever: Ainsley Earhardt consoles terrified Fox viewers: "Don't worry. Don't worry. Do not be …
War on Christmas Heats Up
Apparently this really happened overnight — someone torched the tree at America’s most destructive propaganda outlet: #BREAKING: The Fox News Christmas Tree is on fire in NYC pic.twitter.com/xfWdFgdQIS — Leonardo Puglisi (@Leo_Puglisi6) December 8, 2021 I’ll make none of the obvious remarks as I don’t want to end up on the sedition network’s “smirking liberal …
‘Partisans for Democracy’
I think there was some discussion around here a few days back about Dana Milbank’s WaPo column on the media’s “both sides” problem. Here’s an excerpt: In 2020, Trump presided over a worst-in-world pandemic response that caused hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths; held a superspreader event at the White House and got covid-19 himself; …
Beltway Pathology (Open Thread)
Today’s edition of Politico Playbook has as fine an example of Murc’s Law (only Democrats have agency or any causal impact on American politics) as you’ll ever see: POLITICO Playbook: Demsâ dicey decision: Punish Boebert or not? IS AN APOLOGY ENOUGH? â The drama surrounding Rep. LAUREN BOEBERTâs (R-Colo.) Islamophobic comments about Rep. ILHAN OMAR …