Trump, Biden and a Fight for the Heart
As an election year dawns, Republicans and Democrats should stop to reflect on why our politics seems so stagnant. No one expects President Joe Biden to earn a mandate even if he wins reelection; it won't be a victory for Biden so much as a defeat for Donald Trump. Progressives don't see Biden, or Kamala Harris, as an architect for the future.
'The Cruelty Is The Point,' Velshi Smears GOP As Racist On The Border
Why do Republicans care about the border? It is a simple question with a simple answer: it is a mess. But for MSNBC’s Ali Velshi, who had guest hosting duties for Wednesday’s Alex Wagner Tonight, it is because “they want to let fewer brown people in” and any measures to address the issue prove that “the cruelty is the point.”
ABC News Dutifully Carries Biden’s ‘Democracy’ Water
ABC World News Tonight closed out a report on the ongoing Republican presidential primary by echoing Biden campaign talking points on upcoming campaign stops, which are aimed at highlighting “the stakes” of the 2024 election.
'TERRIBLE Decision': David Brooks Slams Maine Taking Trump Off Ballot
It's always a surprise when David Brooks actually fights with Jonathan Capehart on the Friday night panel on the PBS NewsHour. But he denounced Maine's Democrat Secretary of State taking Donald Trump off the primary ballot, saying it was not just a "terrible decision," but an "even worse threat to democracy" than Colorado's Supreme Court ripping Trump off the ballot.
Morning Joe on Haley Slavery Slip: Doesn't Realize Can't Win MAGA Vote
On Morning Joe, self-described "Never Trump conservative" Matt Lewis says that in refusing to mention slavery when asked the cause of the Civil War, Nikki Haley misreads her core constituency. MAGA voters will never vote for her. She is running to win the primary in New Hampshire, not in Alabama or Mississippi.
Colorado SecState Appears on MSNBC, Presses SCOTUS to Uphold Trump Ban
Nothing says “reasoned, valid legal analysis” like Colorado’s Secretary of State coming on MSNBC to congratulate Maine for throwing former President Donald Trump off the ballot.
J6 Panel's Lead Investigator: Trump and Osama bin Laden 'Very Similar'
Trump is like Osama bin Laden? On Nicolle Wallace's MSNBC show, Tim Heaphy, the chief investigative counsel for the House January 6 committee, says that Trump, just like Osama, can't shift the blame to intelligence agencies which failed to detect his plot.
Late Night 'Comedy' Bottom Ten Moments of 2023
It was a year of change for late night comedy. The Late Late show was cancelled by CBS after 5,300 episodes since 1995 after James Corden decided to return to England, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show used a series of temp hosts after Trevor Noah walked away at the end of 2022, CBS host of The Late Show Stephen Colbert finally stopped giving Donald Trump the He Who…
Without Evidence, CNN Furthers 'Threats Against Judges' Narrative
Cable news continues to air live programming despite this, the week after Christmas, being a ratings wasteland mostly destined for year-end recaps and the like. Such is NOT the case on CNN, which makes the most of this time in order to advance a narrative previously debunked on CNN air.
CNN Panelists: GOP Voters Don't Hear Trump Talk Like the Press Does
In a CNN This Morning segment trying to understand why Donald Trump's fiery rhetoric doesn't seem to be hurting him with Republican primary voters, two panelists expressed a similar view: that the GOP voters don't hear Trump the way the press, and others outside their realm, do. The voters want a fighter, and see him as one.
PBS Hosts UK Editor to Lecture US: Trump a 'Make or Break' Moment?
Amanpour & Co., which airs on taxpayer-supported PBS, on Tuesday called the 2024 elections a “make-or-break moment for democracy” in the “flawed democracy” known as the United States, because of the risks of a victory by former president Donald Trump. The Economist deputy editor Tom Standage talked to Amanpour reporter Hari Sreenivasan, who set up Standage to…
On MSNBC: Jack Smith Motivated By Politics, But Doesn't Dare Admit It!
On Jonathan Capehart's MSNBC show, MSNBC regular Dave Aronberg, the state attorney for Palm Beach County, Florida, admits that special prosecutor Jack Smith wanted the Supreme Court to rule on Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity prior to the election, but didn't dare say that in his brief to the Court because he "did not want to be perceived as being political. He didn't want to…
AP Wonders 'Can Journalism Save Democracy?' (and Defeat Trump)
Most of the anti-Trump media have endorsed the argument of leftist New York University professor Jay Rosen that "horse race" coverage of the 2024 election is trivial and should be shelved in favor of full-blown panic about the stakes of a second term for President Trump. In other words, the media must engage in incessant fear-mongering about democracy dying in darkness if Republicans win.
PBS Turns to Obama Lawyer to Hail Colorado Removing Trump from Ballot
Neal Katyal, former Obama administration acting U.S. Solicitor General and now frequent pro-Democratic MSNBC guest, was the partisan choice of Wednesday evening’s PBS NewsHour as its sole expert opinion-giver on the controversial ruling by the Democratic-majority of the Colorado Supreme Court to remove Donald Trump from the presidential ballot in 2024, under the U.S.…
