Conservatives & Republicans
CNN's Avlon Decries Flood of GOP 'Hyperpartisan Cowards and Cranks'
On Wednesday's New Day show, CNN's John Avlon delivered another of his "Realty Check" segments which are often more about promoting liberal spin to attack conservatives than to be factually accurate. The liberal CNN analyst derided the GOP as a party that mostly nominates "hyperpartisan cowards and cranks."
MSNBC Calls GOP Fascist Six Times, Alleges Roe's Demise Proves It
Tiffany Cross’s MSNBC show is not known for nuance and well-argued analysis, but the Saturday edition of The Cross Connection still managed to one up itself when pollster and MSNBC contributor Fernand Amandi repeatedly claimed that the Republican Party is a fascist party and Roe v. Wade's downfall proves it.
NYT Mocks ‘Right-Wing Fury at I.R.S. Overhaul,’ ‘Conspiracy Theories'
The New York Times’ Alan Rappeport and Tiffany Hsu devoted 1,500 words to dismissing conservative concerns over potential IRS overreach, after news the agency is hiring 87,000 new agents, at least some of whom will carry firearms: “More Money for I.R.S. Spurs Conspiracy Theories of ‘Shadow Army.’” Typically, conservative concerns and predictions were dismissed by the paper as “…
MSNBC Accuses GOP Of Pushing 'Christian Nationalism' In Schools
Alex Wagner concluded her first week as MSNBC’s newest primetime host on Friday by alleging that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others seeking to use public schools to promote “Christian nationalism” at the expense of real history and civics.
MSNBC Blames GOP Education Laws For Teacher Shortage
As children start to head back to school, America is facing a teacher shortage and the Friday installment of MSNBC Reports knows who to blame: conservatives.
Morning Joe: Despite Defense of FBI, Pence Is 'Not Completely Clean'
On Morning Joe, Willie Geist says that despite his defense of the FBI, Mike Pence is "not completely clean" because he said that the Justice Department can be questioned regarding its decision to conduct a search of Mar-a-Lago.
NY Times Finds GOP Racism, McCarthyism, Even Nazism Afoot in 3 States
What do Wisconsin, Arizona, and Georgia have in common? Dangerous conservative trends, according to the New York Times. The paper saw the dark cloud of McCarthyism still hanging over Wisconsin: "Much of the state remains rural and conservative -- McCarthy and Trump country." Contributing writer Robert Draper in the Sunday Magazine wrote thousands of words on…
CNN Admits: Liz Cheney's Base Is 'Democrats and the Beltway Media!'
Given Liz Cheney's overwhelming defeat in yesterday's Wyoming Republican congressional primary, it would clearly be a very uphill slog to win a national GOP presidential primary, should that be her goal for 2024. On today's New Day, CNN cast Cheney as having two legs to her base of support: Democrats, and the Beltway media!
Franken Warns Of 'Existential Threats' Including Cruz Being 'A D***'
Former Democratic senator and Saturday Night Live cast member Al Franken guest hosted ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday and it went about as well as anyone could predict. During his opening monologue, Franken rattled off a list of supposed threats to democracy including “just how big a dick Ted Cruz is” while later he turned the show into a Democratic commercial during an…
NPR Hates DeSantis, Smears Old Flag as 'Dangerous Right-Wing Ideology'
How do you know the left-wing media is gunning for Ron DeSantis? When taxpayer-funded NPR suddenly finds the "Don't Tread on Me" flag from the Revolutionary War to be a "far-right" emblem of lies and violence.
Partisan NY Times Blames 'Right-Wing Rhetoric' for Violence
One co-lead story in Sunday’s New York Times regarding the aftermath of the FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residency screamed “As Right-Wing Rhetoric Escalates, So Do Threats and Violence.” According to reporter Alan Feuer, this violence is taking place almost exclusively on the right, the actual fact of violence by Black Lives Matter riots and ANTIFA notwithstanding.
MSNBC Melodrama: 'Vote As If Your Life Depends On It—Will We Survive?'
It was anti-Trump melodrama to the max on Jonathan Capehart's MSNBC show on Sunday. Michael Beschloss, one of the historians who recently met with Biden, at one point looked directly into the camera and beseeched the viewers: "vote as if your life depends on it. Because it might." Then, a panicky Capehart asked Beschloss: "are we going to survive this?" Answered Beschloss: "I don't know."
Mara Gay on MSNBC: GOP's ‘Behavior Is Treasonous’
On Friday, Morning Joe made everyone wish they had just stayed in bed by having New York Times editorial board member Mara Gay come on the show. Her dangerous anti-Republican rhetoric included calling the Republican Party’s behavior in the wake of the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago “treasonous” and “stomach churning.”
