Carville Demands Dems Add States, SCOTUS Seats 'To Save Democracy'

Former Clinton strategist James Carville does a podcast with former Clinton cheerleading journalist Al Hunt, and on their Wednesday recording of Politicon's Politics War Room, they reacted to the redistricting battle currently going on in Texas. While Hunt claimed Republicans are “fighting dirty,” Carville gave the game away and claimed that in order “to save democracy,” Democrats…

Alex Christy
August 7th, 2025 2:00 PM

NBC News Uses Unnamed Official Shtick to Discredit Russiagate Probe

It is becoming harder and harder for the media to ignore the Russiagate scandal. And that difficulty in journalism avoidance just became much more difficult with the announcement that Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered a grand jury probe. NBC News used unnamed "former officials" to claim there's no evidence. Are the "former officials" Democrats? It's a very relevant question. 

P.J. Gladnick
August 7th, 2025 1:51 PM

Will the GOP Make Liberals Generous Again?

Before politics overwhelmed the word, the primary meaning of "liberal" was "generous." President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress have given political liberals a chance to take that meaning back — by opening their wallets to show just how much they value NPR, PBS and other programs defunded by the GOP. There’s no shortage of cash on the left: Laurene Powell Jobs, the mega-rich backer…

Daniel McCarthy
August 7th, 2025 12:01 PM

TikTok Ramblings: Rosie O’Donnell Claims ABC to ‘Cancel’ The View

In a Wednesday TikTok post that resembled the scribblings of a madman, “comedian” Rosie O’Donnell sought to warn her followers that her old haunt, ABC’s The View was about to be canceled because of their “liberal bias.” She proclaimed that it was another example of the “fascism” of “the orange messiah” (President Trump) trying to “silence” women with opinions, and invoked phrases used…

Nicholas Fondacaro
August 7th, 2025 11:59 AM
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FBI Will Help Texas Track Down House Democrats Who Fled to Sanctuary State

The FBI has granted Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) request for help tracking down the dozens of House Democrats who fled the state, most of whom are hiding out in Illinois – a state that prides itself for protecting lawbreakers from federal authorities.
Craig Bannister
August 7th, 2025 11:57 AM

Kessler: WashPost's Desire to Appeal to Fox Viewers Influenced My Exit

After departing The Washington Post, fact-checker Glenn Kessler did what seemingly every major journalist who has recently left a major outlet has done: he joined Substack. On Tuesday, Kessler took to his new platform to claim that he left the Post because publisher Will Lewis wanted to expand the paper’s audience to include Fox News watchers.

Alex Christy
August 7th, 2025 11:48 AM

President Trump Strikes Back Against Biden Censorship Initiatives

President Donald Trump is taking on financial institutions that, during the Biden administration, were all too happy to debank and financially censor Americans. 

Tom Olohan
August 7th, 2025 11:10 AM

MSNBC's Johnson Wants to Deter Americans from Applying for ICE Jobs

As Congressman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) appeared as a guest on Sunday's The Weekend, MSNBC fill-in co-host Jason Johnson wondered what might be done to deter potential job applicants from answering Homeland Security's push to recruit more ICE agents.

Brad Wilmouth
August 7th, 2025 10:47 AM

Texas-Obsessed PBS Totally Ignores Dems Side of House Gerrymander Wars

A redistricting arms race? Texas Republicans' plan to redraw the congressional map and eliminate five Democratic-held U.S. House seats, which would help the GOP retain control of the House in next year's midterm elections, sent Democrats in the Texas legislature fleeing to Illinois and New York to avoid a sufficient “quorum” in the chamber to vote on the measure. The spat led off Monday…

Clay Waters
August 7th, 2025 10:25 AM

AI Chatbots Throw Cold Water on Trump Opening 2028 Olympics

Despite the Olympic charter mandating that the host country’s head-of-state open the Olympic games, some AI chatbots are pushing the idea that President Donald Trump should break a more than 100-year-old tradition and not open the 2028 Summer Olympics. Why? Because it might offend someone. 

Gabriela Pariseau
August 7th, 2025 10:20 AM
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Jasmine Crockett Calls for End of Filibuster While Defending Fleeing Texas Democrats

In a twist of irony, Texas Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett passionately called for an aggressive end to the Senate filibuster, while praising her 51 Democratic colleagues' dramatic filibuster attempt to block Texas' redistricting vote.
James Mortensen
August 7th, 2025 9:58 AM

THUNDERDOME: Scott Jennings Honors the Heroism of ‘Big Balls’

The nation honors the heroism of former DOGE employee Edward Coristine, more popularly known as “Big Balls”, who suffered a brutal assault while protecting a young woman from a mob of thugs intent on carjacking her. However, and as debate intensifies over President Donald Trump’s expressed desire to federalize Washington D.C. as a result of the local government’s inability to handle crime,…

Jorge Bonilla
August 7th, 2025 9:55 AM

Meyers Accuses GOP of Trying to 'Rig The 2026 Midterms'

NBC’s Seth Meyers was in a good mood for a change during Wednesday’s Late Night. While Meyers accused Texas Republicans of trying “to rig the 2026 midterms” by redrawing the state’s congressional districts, he praised blue states for threatening to do the same, not realizing many are already more gerrymandered than Texas.

Alex Christy
August 7th, 2025 9:40 AM

MSNBC Guest: Trump Firing the Head of the BLS Is Just Like Hitler

The Trump-deranged fever swamp currently known as MSNBC is at it again. In an insane segment on All In With Chris Hayes, a guest actually compared President Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to Hitler.

Jorge Bonilla
August 7th, 2025 1:09 AM