Mar-a-Lago ‘Raid’: Two-Tiered Justice?

August 22nd, 2022 6:04 PM

Attorney General Merrick Garland justified the unprecedented FBI raid of the residence of a former president by saying: “The department does not take such a decision lightly. Where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search, and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken.” With the approval of former President Donald Trump and after a…

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Cohen: To Avoid Jail, Trump Will Threaten to Give Docs to U.S. Enemies

August 21st, 2022 11:19 PM

On Jonathan Capehart's MSNBC show, former Trump lawyer turned antagonist Michael Cohen says that Trump took top-secret documents to Mar-a-Lago to use them as a get-out-of-jail-free card. He will say that if jailed, he will have his supporters release copies of the documents to America's worst enemies: Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia. 

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Michael Steele Talks Up Grassley's 'Infection' with Objections to IRS

August 20th, 2022 6:40 AM

On Friday's Deadline: White House, MSNBC analyst (and long-ago chairman of the Republican National Committee) Michael Steele dramatically warned that Sen. Chuck Grassley demonstrated the Republican "infection" when he objected to a much more aggressive Internal Revenue Service marching out to audit small businesses.

NewsBusters Podcast: Brian Stelter Is Reliably Canceled

August 19th, 2022 10:34 PM

CNN followed through on its threats to dismiss some fervently biased personalities. Brian Stelter''s "brand" was too toxically anti-Trump? We review some scraps between Stelter and NewsBusters and laugh at the lefties who think Stelter's dismissal is "a win for all the wrong people." Who will be next?

But Trump! Whining Baldwin Cries Victim

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August 19th, 2022 3:52 PM

Baldwin deserves sympathy in the same degree he’s shown courage, compassion and accountability since the shooting. That is, none.

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Bye-Bye Brian! The Worst of CNN’s Stelter

August 19th, 2022 10:15 AM

The following is just a sampling of the voluminous output of Brian Stelter’s liberal bias in his stint as anchor of CNN’s Reliable Sources.

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Morning Joe: Despite Defense of FBI, Pence Is 'Not Completely Clean'

August 19th, 2022 8:56 AM

On Morning Joe, Willie Geist says that despite his defense of the FBI, Mike Pence is "not completely clean" because he said that the Justice Department can be questioned regarding its decision to conduct a search of Mar-a-Lago. 

Is Merrick Garland Actually, Genuinely Serious?

August 18th, 2022 4:21 PM

Commenting about the FBI executing a search warrant on former president Donald Trump’s Florida home, which he approved, Attorney General Merrick Garland said: “Faithful adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the Justice Department and of our democracy. … All Americans are entitled to the even-handed application of the law, to due process, and to the presumption of innocence…

WIRED Whines Google’s Search Results Should Have MORE Censorship

August 18th, 2022 2:19 PM

Tech outlet WIRED complained that Google’s search results need improvement—through more censorship! WIRED whined in an Aug. 16 piece that content on Google, just like on social media platforms, can create an “information trap.” Francesca Tripodi asserted in the WIRED article that “[c]onspiracy theorists and propagandists” are engineering online content to spread “lies.”

New York Post RIPS Norah O'Donnell for Incorrect Tweet on Trump Raid

August 17th, 2022 2:51 PM

Anonymous sources can cut both ways. After CBS anchor Norah O'Donnell sloppily tweeted an inaccurate claim that Trump was lying about the FBI taking his passports in the Mar-a-Lago raid, unnamed critics inside CBS pounced in a Tuesday New York Post story. The Post Editorial Board really let O'Donnell have it.

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CNN Admits: Liz Cheney's Base Is 'Democrats and the Beltway Media!'

August 17th, 2022 10:49 AM

Given Liz Cheney's overwhelming defeat in yesterday's Wyoming Republican congressional primary, it would clearly be a very uphill slog to win a national GOP presidential primary, should that be her goal for 2024. On today's New Day, CNN cast Cheney as having two legs to her base of support: Democrats, and the Beltway media!
 

Surprise! Twitter, Facebook to Censor Speech in Leadup to Midterms

August 17th, 2022 9:06 AM

They’re at it again! Two of the leading platforms responsible for censoring the bombshell New York Post Hunter Biden scandal stories before the 2020 presidential election are gearing up to censor free speech to combat so-called “misinformation” ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

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Overwrought on CNN: Giuliani's Goal Is 'To Die A Free Man'

August 17th, 2022 5:42 AM

Two of Rudy Giuliani's former aides turned on him with a vengeance on CNN's New Day on Tuesdayt morning. First up, former Rudy spox Ken Frydman. Commenting on Rudy being made a prosecution target in Fulton County, Georgia, Frydman said that Rudy's strategy is to "delay, delay, delay," and that: "At this point in his life, Rudy's goal is to die a free man."

Don’t Question! Twitter Censors PJ Media Article About FBI Trump Raid

August 16th, 2022 12:57 PM

Shielding the FBI? Twitter restricted the link to a PJ Media article questioning the FBI’s motives for raiding former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.