Politico Q&A with Totalitarianism Expert Focuses on Trump

May 21st, 2024 4:55 PM

"News" outlets are engaged in feverish speculation about just how dystopian Donald Trump's second term might be. Their fervent imaginations overrule the reality of Trump's first term, which never devolved into dictatorship. Politico conducted a Q&A with Samantha Rose Hill, a scholar of totalitarianism and the author Hannah Arendt which center on how much of a dictator Trump might become if…

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Macho Scarborough: If I Were Judge, I'd SHACKLE Trump And Jail Him!

May 21st, 2024 2:50 PM

On Morning Joe, Macho Joe Scarborough says that if he were the judge in Trump's hush money case, he would jail Trump for contempt and bring him in and out if court in shackles.

Trump’s Sun Belt Hopes and Rust Belt Needs

May 21st, 2024 1:06 PM

Donald Trump’s first election redrew the map of American politics; suddenly Pennsylvania and Michigan were in the Republican column for the first time since the 1980s. But they didn’t stay there: The Rust Belt states that made Trump president in 2016 sent Joe Biden to the White House in 2020. That second Trump election also redrew the map, this time forfeiting two Sun Belt states that had been…

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PBS Sees Dangerous GOP, Is Sad That Hunter Trial May Make Joe Unhappy

May 20th, 2024 8:28 PM

It was a livelier-than-usual roundtable on Friday’s Washington Week with The Atlantic, as the import of former President Trump’s polling strength in the face of multiple trials seemed to be causing panic among the press corps. Moderator Jeffrey Goldberg led the feisty journalists in the discussion, including Laura Barrón-López of PBS NewsHour, Eugene Daniels of Politico,…

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Regime Media Unable To Say Morehouse Grads TURNED THEIR BACKS At Biden

May 19th, 2024 8:31 PM

The Regime Media, which at one time falsely foisted “Don’t Say Gay” upon the American public in protest of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act, now suddenly find themselves in a similar pickle thanks to President Joe Biden’s commencement address at Morehouse College.

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NY Times Journo Compares GOP in 'Trump Uniform' to Saddam Loyalists

May 19th, 2024 1:50 PM

On Saturday's Chris Wallace Show, the CNN host couldn't help making fun of Republicans turning up at the Trump trial all wearing navy blazers, white shirts, and red ties. On screen, the mocking caption was "WHO WORE THE TRUMP UNIFORM BEST?" But New York Times reporter and podcaster Lulu Garcia-Navarro took it to another level comparing the Republicans to bootlickers of Iraqi…

Politico Media Critic: Fox News Coverage of Trump Trial's a 'Brownout'

May 19th, 2024 6:20 AM

Politico senior media writer Jack Shafer argued on Saturday that Fox’s coverage of the Trump trial in Manhattan exposed a propaganda network -- while CNN and MSNBC going into gavel-to-gavel overdrive does not?

The CNN Presidential Debate: A Trump Trap?

May 18th, 2024 4:00 PM

So the inevitable quadrennial debate announcement gets made. There will be two presidential debates, and Donald Trump let Joe Biden set the rules. This time around CNN will host the first, and ABC the second.

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PBS 'News' Bias: Upside-Down Alito Flag Bigger Than Kavanaugh Assassin

May 18th, 2024 11:57 AM

On Friday’s PBS NewsHour, the Week in Review segment dove into the New York Times “scoop” that the flag flew upside down for a few days in January 2021 outside the home of Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito. This was Big News? Two years ago, when a man showed up outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s house intending to assassinate him, the NewsHour didn’t find…

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Scarborough: Biden Campaign 'Supremely Confident, Holding Four Aces'

May 16th, 2024 9:52 PM

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says that, based on his conversations with top Biden campaign aides, the campaign acts like they are holding 'four aces,' and is 'supremely confident.'

Stelter: So SAD the GOP Is a Cult That Repeats Fox News Talking Points

May 16th, 2024 2:34 PM

As part of MSNBC’s never-ending Trump trial coverage, former CNN host Brian Stelter arrived on The Beat with Ari Melber to mock all the politicians and Fox News hosts showing up at the courtroom. He said Democrats won't show up to Hunter Biden's trial, or the Bob Menendez trial! But there's an obvious rejoinder: Will CNN or MSNBC show up to cover the Democrat trials? Or will they get…

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Ruhle Shames Romney For Citing The Border as a Biden Failure

May 16th, 2024 2:16 PM

MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle once again assumed the role of President Biden’s top defender on Wednesday’s edition of The 11th Hour as she interviewed Utah Sen. Mitt Romney. The former GOP nominee did not exactly prove to be a hostile interview, but Ruhle still didn’t appreciate him condemning Biden’s record on the border or refusal to affirm that Biden is simply the greatest.

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Colbert Is 'Surprised' Biden Will 'Dignify Trump' By Debating

May 16th, 2024 10:00 AM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert had two distinct reactions to the news that former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden have agreed to debate each other on Wednesday’s installment of The Late Show. On one hand, he adored Biden’s announcement video, going so far as to break out the “Damn! Cam.” On the other, he told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos he “was surprised that Biden would dignify…

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MRC’s Houck Reacts on FNC to 2024 Debate Plans; ‘Watch Out’, Don!

May 16th, 2024 9:45 AM

NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck returned to the Fox News Channel Wednesday on Fox News @ Night to react to the sudden agreement between the Joe Biden and Donald Trump campaigns to hold presidential debates on June 27 with CNN and September 10 with ABC. Speaking to host Trace Gallagher, Houck urged caution on the part of the Trump team and be prepared for the debates to be…