Former NBC Exec Demands Dems Pack Supreme Court With Liberals

Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Friday, CNBC founder and former NBC Cable president Tom Rogers argued that Democrats should respond to President Trump naming a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy by expanding the size of the court and packing it with liberals if they win control of Congress and the White House in 2020.
Kyle Drennen
July 2nd, 2018 11:53 AM

Vox Co-Founder Compares Shapiro to Holocaust Collaborator [UPDATED]

Late Saturday night Joshua Topolsky, Co-Founder of Vox Media, tweeted a hideous statement directed at prominent Jewish, conservative pundit, Ben Shapiro. The since-deleted tweet read, ”Ben Shapiro is the Jew who helps other Jews onto the train.” Topolsky has not apologized, and claimed to have deleted the tweet because “a mob of right wing babies were flooding my mentions.” Topolsky also said he…
Alec Sears
July 2nd, 2018 10:53 AM

AP Resists, Tries to Distort Good News in Trump-Saudi Oil Discussion

On Saturday afternoon, Ken Thomas and Jon Gambrell at the Associated Press demonstrated the wire service's chronic resistance to recognizing genuinely good news during the Trump era. The pair pretended in their story about Donald Trump's Saturday conversation with Saudi King Salman that the President could only "claim" that Saudi Arabia has agreed to significantly boost its oil production in…
Tom Blumer
July 2nd, 2018 10:28 AM

WashPost Page One Piece Scorns ICE Raids 'Leaving Families in Tatters'

Washington Post feature writer Eli Saslow, best known to NewsBusters readers as the guy who gushed over Obama's "chiseled pectorals" as he prepared to be president, wrote a heart-tugging profile of a 12-year-old Ohio boy whose illegal-immigrant mother was detained after 19 years in the country. Alex Galvez, born in Ohio, was being cared for by Estefany, his 18-year-old American-born sister.
Tim Graham
July 2nd, 2018 8:38 AM

CNN Gives Gloria Allred Forum to Fret Over Possible Abortion Ban

Over the weekend, CNN Newsroom host Ana Cabrera seemed to fret over the possibility that the Roe V. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion is "under threat" as she gave pro-abortion activist Gloria Allred a sympathetic forum to complain about the possibility of an abortion ban. Early on, the CNN host seemed taken aback that many Americans still wish to ban the killing of unborn babies as…
Brad Wilmouth
July 1st, 2018 9:22 PM

Rep. Dave Brat Whacks 'Lying Liberal Media' on 'Hundreds' Protesting

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Virginia congressman Dave Brat sent a fundraising email to supporters Wednesday challenging a media report that “hundreds” of people protested him on immigration policy along the street outside his Glen Allen, Virginia last Sunday, organized by the liberal group Together We Will Henrico. He linked to a story by Richmond's NBC station WWBT (at NBC12.com) which…
Tim Graham
July 1st, 2018 8:50 PM

Actor's Advice to Fellow Liberals: 'Project Our Political Purity'

Bradley Whitford, that actor who played Josh Lyman on The West Wing, now overemotes for The Resistance every chance he gets. There he was on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher over the weekend, joining in the gnashing of teeth on the left over Justice Anthony Kennedy announcing his retirement from the Supreme Court and what liberals must do in response.

Jack Coleman
July 1st, 2018 7:31 PM

Michael Moore on Real Time: 'Fascism Is at the Doorstep'

During Friday’s edition of HBO's Real Time, panelist and leftist documentary maker Michael Moore reiterated a point frequently made by host Bill Maher that “fascism is at the doorstep” and issued a call-to-action: “The vast majority believe in women’s rights, environmental stuff, don’t put people in jail for using drugs. All of that stuff, the majority are with us. We are the majority. Why don…

Ryan Foley
July 1st, 2018 6:44 PM

Kellerman Predicts Mets Will Elevate Tebow to Majors

ESPN First Take shout fest combatants Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman on Friday centered a debate around the question of whether or not Tim Tebow will play major league baseball. Kellerman raved about the Class AA minor leaguer and predicted he will make baseball's top level, while Smith said he'll get eaten alive by major league pitching.
Jay Maxson
July 1st, 2018 6:27 PM

Politico: 2020 Presidential Hopefuls Gave Lame Commencement Speeches

Politico explains why the college commencement speeches this year by 2020 Democrat presidential hopefuls were incredibly lame. It was the sad assessment of David Siders and Daniel Strauss writing in the normally Democrat-friendly publication on July 1 that 2020 hopefuls get failing grade for commencement speeches. Their subtitle got into a bit more detail as to why the failing grade: "In place of…
P.J. Gladnick
July 1st, 2018 5:06 PM

CNN’s Jim Acosta Defends His Antics: I'll Be 'Shouting at the Devil'

Since the beginning of the Trump administration, CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta had become infamous for his out of control shouting, grandstanding, and childish antics during press briefings and other televised White House events. So, during a special appearance on the network’s Reliable Sources, Acosta defending his actions and at one point proclaimed that if he was sent to Hell…
Nicholas Fondacaro
July 1st, 2018 4:26 PM

Rubin: Sanders Should Be Harassed Publicly as a 'Life Sentence'

On Sunday's AM Joy, MSNBC contributor and Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin declared that Sarah Huckabee Sanders deserves a "life sentence" of being harassed publicly as she asserted that the White House press secretary "has no right to live a life of no fuss, no muss" because of her negative interactions with the press. The phony conservative columnist also freaked out over the…
Brad Wilmouth
July 1st, 2018 3:49 PM

NYT Hypocrisy: Chiding Fox News 'Coziness... Advocacy' for Trump

New York Times media reporter Michael Grynbaum thinks he’s found a case of media collusion in the “friendship” between President Trump and Fox News: “Fox and Trump: It’s a Friendship Without Equal.” But he conveniently skipped over the decades of “friendship” between the broadcast networks and CNN with Democratic presidents -- not to mention that the other TV news outlets provide a safe space for…
Clay Waters
July 1st, 2018 2:05 PM

NBC's Chuck Todd Lets Socialist Redefine the Ideology to ‘Sell’ It

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rocked the Democratic Party last Tuesday after she toppled New York Congressman Joe Crowley. The millennial identifies as a Democratic Socialist and, as would be expected, she became an overnight media darling. Since socialism has led to the poverty and suffering of millions of people around the world, there’s no wonder many people fear its horrific effects. But on Sunday…
Nicholas Fondacaro
July 1st, 2018 1:21 PM