Government shutdown
Stewart Portrays Dems' Shutdown Position As Not Wanting People To Die
An exasperated Jon Stewart condemned Republicans on Monday’s episode of The Daily Show on Comedy Central for not folding to Democratic demands to end the government shutdown because, in his mind, Democrats simply oppose people dying.
Morning Joe Says Quiet Part Out Loud: Dems Don’t Want Govt. Funded
Monday’s Morning Joe brought MSNBC viewers a confounding explanation for the ongoing government shutdown by creating a political paradox: Republicans were completely at fault, but Democrats were preventing the shutdown from ending.
CNN, MSNBC Can NOT Allow Speaker Johnson to Explain the Shutdown
Last Thursday morning, as the government shutdown began its second day, House Speaker Mike Johnson was holding a news conference and speaking on various aspects of the issue. But a funny thing happened to Speaker Johnson, and to those watching him on both CNN and MSNBC, he was interrupted, taken away, replaced by, and then "corrected" by, the anchors in place at each respective network.
NBC Grills Jeffries on Dem Shutdown After Last Week’s Johnson Tussle
More of this please, NBC. Monday’s Today and co-host Craig Melvin followed through on its promise to speak with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) about the government shutdown after throwing down with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday. To his credit, Melvin used the limited time (3:47) to repeatedly press Jeffries on his past statements about government shutdowns…
Atlantic Mag's PBS Roundtable: Shutdown Shows 'Cruelty Is the Point'
The Atlantic’s take-over of PBS’s weekly journalist roundtable has formed a closed circle of liberal grievance. After Washington Week with The Atlantic moderator Jeffrey Goldberg cracked jokes about Rep. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) comment about Office of Management and Budget director Russ Vought wanting to shut down the government “since puberty,” Goldberg turned to his Atlantic …
WHAT?! WashPost Admits Obamacare ‘Was Never Actually Affordable'
Hold on to your britches because you’re not going to believe this one. The Washington Post Editorial Board just admitted that the so-called "Affordable Care Act," one the most notorious pieces of Obama-era legislation foisted upon consumers by legislators and the liberal media as the saving grace of American health care, turned out to be an expensive mess.
PBS Defunded of Humor Too? Trump's 'RACIST Videos' of Hakeem Jeffries
Wednesday’s PBS News Hour featured dueling Democrat-Republican interviews on the government shutdown, from House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Rep. Mike Haridopolos (R-FL). Can you spot the difference? Nawaz: "We have also seen the president continue to post these racist videos with a sombrero superimposed on Leader Jeffries' head. Why does he keep posting those? What's…
ABC Warns People 'Could Suffer' If Democrats Cave On Shutdown
ABC senior White House correspondent Selina Wang brought out the emotional heartstrings on Saturday’s Good Morning America to warn that people “could suffer” if Democrats cave on the government shutdown.
Capehart Gets Triggered When Told Shutdown Is Bad For Democracy
A Friday episode of PBS News Hour where New York Times columnist David Brooks manages to actually say something that fully triggers MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart is a rare occurrence, but this Friday Capehart could not tolerate the idea that Democrats are the ones corroding democracy with their government shutdown.
Leavitt Hits Journos Over Dems Demanding Free Care for Illegals
In a rare second White House press briefing of the week, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt largely avoided the disingenuous nonsense the liberal media have spewed this week about the federal government shutdown and declarations that Republicans are to blame and falsely claiming Democrats support free health care for illegal immigrants. But towards the end of the briefing, she ran into such…
NBC’s Melvin to Johnson: ‘Can’t Get to’ ‘Misleading’ Claim on Illegals
Falling in between ABC’s George Stephanopoulos’s partisan hectoring on Wednesday and Thursday’s respectful exchanges with CBS’s Tony Dokoupil, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) finished a tour of the broadcast networks Friday on NBC’s Today. There, co-host Craig Melvin battled him over the government shutdown by using week-old polls claiming Americans believe Republicans are to blame…
‘This Madness Must End,’ WH Press Sec. Leavitt Says
“This madness must end,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Friday, calling on Democrats to end their government shutdown’s “intentional sabotage of our country.”
Colbert: 'Stupid Fearmongering' To Say Dems Want Benefits For Illegals
The synergy between the liberal late night comedy shows and the liberal news media was on full display on Thursday night as The Late Show’s Stephen Colbert and The Daily Show’s Ronny Chieng each relied on their journalist compatriots on CBS and The Daily Show, respectively, to claim Republicans are, in Colbert’s words, being “stupid” and “fearmongering” by saying…
Morning Joe Mocks Bible-Reading Johnson, Lies About Republicans Lying
On Wednesday morning, the first day of the government shutdown, Morning Joe stooped as low as it could to mock House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over the Bible and lie about Republicans exposing illegal immigrant health care coverage.
