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Matthews Hails Heitkamp’s ‘Profile in Courage’ Opposing Kavanaugh
On Thursday night, MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews was in a more jubilant mood than he might have been earlier in the week on the issue of stopping Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh thanks to the “profile in courage” from Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp (ND) in opposing Kavanaugh. With Heitkamp opposing the Judge, Matthews expressed optimism that there was a “road to hope” paved by…
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Nets Ignore Arrest of Senate Doxxer, CNN Hides Dem Party Affiliation
On Wednesday, Capital Police arrested longtime Democratic staffer and intern Jackson Cosko for releasing the personal information of GOP Senators onto the internet during the Kavanaugh hearing last week. Despite the seriousness of the disturbing act known as “doxxing”, all three broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) ignored his arrest Thursday morning. CNN touched on the case Thursday afternoon…
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Megyn Kelly: Anti-Kavanaugh Media Fueling ‘Backlash’ Against Dems
While the rest of Thursday’s network morning shows ignored new polling data showing an enthusiasm surge among Republican voters ahead of the midterm elections, NBC anchor Megyn Kelly not only reported the bad news for Democrats, but pointed to biased and irresponsible media coverage as one reason for the public “backlash” against liberal lawmakers.
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More Hollywood Hate: Director Unveils Biopic About ‘Ruthless’ Cheney
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A new character assassination, er, I mean biopic about Vice President Dick Cheney is set to hit theaters this Christmas. Starring Christian Bale in the titular role, Vice appears to be less of a thoughtful political drama detailing Cheney’s role during the Bush years, and more of a gritty, gangster movie, depicting the vice president’s quest for absolute power.
Who Are Brett Kavanaugh’s Enemies?
WASHINGTON — If you have read enough pro-Kavanaugh articles, give this one a pass. You are not going to like it. Yet if you have not heard enough, you will probably like this one. I have nothing but congratulatory things to say about Judge Brett Kavanaugh. As with Justice Clarence Thomas, he is a fighter. He is a gifted defender of the truth. And he is worthy of serving on the highest court in…
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NBC Shares Dem Fears FBI’s Kavanaugh Inquiry ‘Did Not Go Far Enough’
As the White House prepared to send the completed FBI background investigation into allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the Senate on Thursday, NBC’s Today show went to work trying to preemptively discredit the findings. The coverage of the Bureau’s finished inquiry focused almost entirely on Democrats complaining that it “did not go far enough.”
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CNN’s Don Lemon Visibly Depressed By Likely Justice Kavanaugh Outcome
Never let anyone tell you that CNN journalists are not politically biased and politically invested people. Because the FBI investigation into the sexual assault claims against Judge Brett Kavanaugh wrapped up Wednesday night and hosts Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon wasted no time in decrying the process. Lemon himself was predicting that Kavanaugh would be confirmed and he was clearly bummed out about…
Megyn Kelly's Biggest NBC Regret: ‘Wish I Hadn’t Put on Jane Fonda!'
Megyn Kelly marked her first year as host of her eponymous weekday NBC program by pointing to her only regret: “I certainly wish I hadn’t put on Jane Fonda! That didn’t go well!” The anchor of NBC’s Megyn Kelly Today morning series was referring to an interview she did with the liberal activist that took place during September of 2017, when she asked “Hanoi Jane” about her history of having…
Racial Disparities in School Discipline
President Barack Obama's first education secretary, Arne Duncan, gave a speech on the 45th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where, in 1965, state troopers beat and tear-gassed hundreds of peaceful civil rights marchers who were demanding voting rights.
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She's Back: WH's Sanders Fights with Acosta, Jiang, Ryan on Kavanaugh
For the first time since September 10, the White House held a press briefing Wednesday featuring not only Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, but also National Security Adviser John Bolton and neither disappointed as scores of liberal journalists came ready to rumble. Bolton set the tone in an exchange with CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang, who seemed insulted that Bolton…
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NBC Worries FBI Inquiry Being ‘Rushed’; Suggests Kavanaugh Lied
In an interview with Republican Senator Jeff Flake and Democratic Senator Chris Coons on Wednesday’s Today show, co-host Savannah Guthrie feared that the FBI inquiry into allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was being “rushed” and even suggested that the federal judge may have lied under oath during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing a week earlier.
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Mitchell Wants FBI to Investigate Kavanaugh Being ‘Rude’ to Dems
During an interview with Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy on Tuesday, MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell fretted that the seventh FBI background check into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was too restricted. Her hyperventilating over the issue got to a point where she suggested that the Bureau should actually investigate Kavanaugh for being “rude” to Democrats.
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Toobin Dismisses Due Process, Mocks White Men Being Accused of Assault
Our friends at Grabien Tuesday morning flagged down quite the exchange on CNN’s New Day in which chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin cast aside and even mocked the anguish and embarrassment white men like Brett Kavanuagh suffer as a result of being accused of sexual misconduct. Of course, Toobin’s hot take was offered without regard for one’s guilt or innocence. You’d think a legal analyst should…
Delay, Deceive and Destroy
Who believes another FBI investigation of Brett Kavanaugh will be the end of it? If the FBI finds nothing to support Christine Blasey Ford's testimony that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party, will it be enough for Democrats to vote to confirm him? Republicans say the investigation is limited to her charge and that of a third accuser, Julie Swetnick, whose allegations,…
