Maher Describes Texas Senate Race As 'Attila The Hun' Vs. 'Nice Guy'
On Friday’s episode of Real Time, HBO’s Bill Maher sought to frame the Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico as “Attila the Hun” versus “a nice guy.” At the same time, after former GOP Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy pointed out that Talarico has said some whacky things in the past, MS NOW host Katy Tur stepped in to defend Talarico by claiming “he’s taken that back.”
PBS Claims 'Biden's Health Has Been Litigated In Public Exhaustively'
PBS News Hour anchor Geoff Bennett and MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart teamed up to try to absolve the media from their past errors on Friday by making the curious claim that “Joe Biden's health has been litigated in public exhaustively.” For his part, Capehart went so far as to try to shift the presidential health concerns to President Trump for simply having three semi-annual physicals since…
Leila Coddle: NPR Asks Talarico to Lay Out Issues, Rebut GOP Insults
NPR promoted leftist Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico with an interview on Friday’s Morning Edition. The Democrat received open-ended softballs that didn't challenge any of his left-wing stands. She asked if he would abolish ICE, like the other "progressives."
Talarico Skates by CBS When Asked on Trans Lunacy, ‘God Is Non-Binary’
Far-left Texas State Representative and senatorial candidate James Talarico sat for a 15-minute interview on Wednesday with CBS News White House and election correspondent Ed O’Keefe and, thanks to its short duration and O’Keefe likely wanting to cover a whole slew of topics, skated by with dodgy answers on his radical views about transgenderism and his heretical claim that “God is non-binary…
PolitiFact Defends Talarico From Vegan Charge, Ignores Six Sexes Claim
PolitiFact’s Caleb McCullough has his priorities out of order. On Wednesday, he penned an article declaring GOP Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton “false” for calling his Democratic opponent, James Talarico, a vegan. However, he could have rated Paxton “half-true” or written another article labeling Talarico “false” because Paxton also cited Talarico’s previous comments about there being six…
Velshi: Voters Could Stop U.S. Elections Becoming Like Iran and Russia
During MS NOW’s Texas Senate Primary election coverage, the new helm of the spin-off network’s election big board, Ali Velshi said American elections could turn into elections in Russia and Iran with meaningless ballots. He then stated he felt a groundswell movement, as seen with anti-DOGE and Minneapolis’s protests, would rise to vote in the upcoming midterms to stop it.
Giddy Networks Hope Paxton Win Will ‘Backfire,’ ‘Boost’ Dem Talarico
The “Big Three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC were enthralled Wednesday morning with the possibilities of a blue Texas Senate seat in November as they declared the Republican nomination of “controversial” Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent John Cornyn could “backfire for the GOP” with Democrat state Representative James Talarico serving “as their best chance to win in decades.”
MS NOW: Talarico 'Can Out-Bible' GOP, Race Will Be 'Good Versus Evil'
After Tuesday’s GOP Senate Primary in Texas, MS NOW’s Ana Cabrera welcomed former Bush and McCain advisor Mark McKinnon to her show the following day to react. McKinnon twice stated that the matchup is more than Republican Ken Paxton versus Democrat James Talarico but that it is “good versus evil.”
Column: Graham Platner's Comedic Potential Lost In Joke Drought
Bonchie of RedState.com asked an interesting question on X: Has a single late night comic told a single joke about Graham Platner? Our Alex Christy found nothing on ABC, CBS, or NBC. Comedy Central had a bit, but made more fun of stupid rural Mainers.
‘CBS Mornings’ Becomes First Network Show to Air WILD Talarico Clips
In what took only a few seconds and thus proving how easy it should be to do their supposed jobs as journalists, Tuesday’s CBS Mornings became the first flagship morning or evening broadcast network newscast — meaning ABC, CBS, and NBC — to mention Texas Democrat senatorial candidate James Talarico’s radical views on gender and religion in a larger piece about Tuesday’s Texas Republican…
Troublemaker? CNN's Audie Cornish Asks: 'Is John Cornyn a RINO?'
On Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish asked — seemingly out of nowhere — during coverage of the Texas GOP Senate primary runoff: “Is John Cornyn a RINO?” Cornish did not mention or dispute Cornyn’s widely cited [99%+] voting alignment with President Trump on roll-call votes where Trump took a clear position.
Apartheid?! Sharpton Calls For Black Athletes to Skip Southern States
Two recent court decisions have made it pretty clear that Democrats have lost the redistricting battle, as we head into the November mid-terms, and that has led the party, backed by the liberal media, to cry racism, and claim that we are heading back to the racial injustices of the Jim Crow era. In fact the NAACP, is urging black athletes not to select universities in states where…
MS NOW Panel Admits: Beating Ken Paxton in Texas An ‘Uphill Battle'
On Saturday’s edition of The Weekend on MS NOW, a panel discussion about the Texas Senate race offered some unusually candid pessimism about the Democrats' chances. The panel conceded that even with the more controversial Ken Paxton on the ballot, Democrats still face steep odds in Texas.
Shameless: TIME's Platner Cover Story Spins Scandal as 'Secret Sauce'
Time put Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner – the self-proclaimed communist with the Nazi tattoo – on the cover and sold him as a solution for Democrats. They summed up in tweet: “Even in this antiestablishment political moment, Graham Platner’s rise has been remarkable. His candidacy is forcing the party to come to terms with what it’s willing to risk in exchange for a fighter.”