Stick To Sports, Pablo! MSNBC Leans on Former ESPNer for Econ Analysis
On Morning Joe, Katty Kay invites former ESPN podcast host Pablo Torre to comment on President Trump's efforts to oust Lisa Cook as a member of the Federal Reserve, and his plans to send federal agents to Chicago to arrest more illegal immigrants. Torre's meandering, messy commentary is a combination of perplexity and pathos.
MSNBC's Velshi, Crazy Mystal: Go Break the Law to Resist ICE, Trump
On his eponymous Sunday morning show, MSNBC host Ali Velshi gave a forum to frequent guest Elie Mystal of The Nation to encourage leftists to resist the Donald Trump administration as if they were living in the Jim Crow era or under dictators Adolf Hitler or Josef Stalin. Velshi also suggested that it is acceptable to get arrested trying to shield illegals from being arrested by ICE…
Child Welfare Services: Government Overreach? Or Necessary Evil?
Some parents abuse their kids. Child welfare workers are supposed to stop that to protect the kids. But bad things often happen while they watch. “Children have a right to safety,” says Tim Keller. “If home is a danger, we as a society have to step in and protect those children.” Keller, legal director of the Center for the Rights of Abused Children, is a libertarian. “It’s surprising to hear…
Velshi Lets Maxwell Frost Rail Against 'F**king Thoughts and Prayers'
On Wednesday's The Last Word on MSNBC, fill-in host Ali Velshi gave a forum to Congressman Maxwell Frost (D-FL) to rant against the expression of "f**king thoughts and prayers" after the school shooting in Minneapolis. Velshi also made a wildly inaccurate claim that children are most likely to be at school if they die.
The Left’s Misdefinition of Americanism
This week, Axios ran a fascinating piece about the supposed “redefinition” of Americanism under President Donald Trump. Titled “Inside Trump’s American identity project,” Axios posited that “President Trump is wielding government power to enforce a more rigid, exclusionary definition of what it means to be American.”
NPR Reporter Admits 'Sob Stories' on Deportations 'All Over the Place'
On Monday’s PBS News Hour, co-anchor Amna Nawaz discussed the latest arrest of the media’s favorite Maryland man, illegal immigrant and alleged gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, mistakenly deported to El Salvador and held in prison there before being ordered returned to the United States. The show’s Monday political discussion with NPR’s Tamara Keith also brought up Trump’s crackdown…
If He Could, Trump Would Have Ordered Guard To Stop J6 Vote Count
Ho-hum: Another day, another Trump = Hitler analogy on MSNBC. Today it was George Conway's turn. In an appearance on The Weekend, the co-founder of the disgraced Lincoln Project said that Trump's law enforcement moves in American cities is similar to what Hitler did in 1933.But Conway took things a step further, claiming: "If Donald Trump had had control of the policing in the District of…
The Media Jumps to Defend Trump-Fired Bureaucrats
It’s probably safe to say that unless they were a serious Washington insider, most Americans had never heard the names of Center for Disease Control Director Susan Monarez and Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.
Olbermann Blames Trump For Shooting, Says Bush Staged Terror Threats
Keith Olbermann clearly needs some help. On his Thursday Countdown podcast, the former MSNBC and ESPN host unleashed deranged attacks on President Donald Trump and former President George W. Bush, accusing the former of being behind the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting and the latter of staging terrorist threats to get himself re-elected. The common thread, for Olbermann, is that…
FireAid: Latest Example of Woke Celebrity Privilege?
Why do celebrities turn awards show speeches into political rants?
Softest Interview Ever? Swisher Asks Newsom What His Favorite Meme Is
There are softball interviews, there are T-ball interviews, and then there’s whatever New York Magazine and Vox Media's Pivot podcast host Kara Swisher did on Friday with California Gov. Gavin Newsom when she asked him what his favorite meme is.
PBS Guest Blames GOP, American Gun Culture For School Shootings
Boston Globe columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr pinch-hit for MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart on Friday’s PBS News Hour and, during the discussion on the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis, blamed the GOP and its embrace of gun culture for mass shootings in America. New York Times columnist David Brooks wasn’t much better. While he refrained from that…
Scarborough Trashes GOP, Pushes Irrelevant Gun Laws After MN Shooting
In the aftermath of the school shooting in Minneapolis, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski went after Republicans for their history of resisting more gun control, and ignored the fact that Democrats run Minneapolis and have had complete control of Minnesota's state government as recently as 2024. Scarborough also bizarrely pined for a wish list of gun restrictions that Democrats have…
ABC Goes All Negative With Speaker Johnson on BBB, Epstein, Guns
As part of a New York City media blitz on Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) entered enemy territory on ABC’s Good Morning America and, unfortunately, weekend co-host Whit Johnson went all-negative in a six-minute-plus interview on turmoil inside the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), negative spin on the One Big Beautiful Bill, harping on the Epstein File hubbub, and demanding…
