Morning Joe Pushes Possibility Trump Sold 'Ultra-Secret' Documents
On Morning Joe, MSNBC contributor Katty Kay suggests that Donald Trump might have done something "nefarious," and sold "ultra-secret" documents he had taken to Mar-a-Lago.
Irony Lost On MSNBC's Cross When It Comes To Provoking Violence
The irony was lost on Cross. In the opening minutes of her MSNBC show on Saturday, Tiffany Cross heaped personal insults on Donald Trump. She called him: "the Mangled Mussolini" [whatever that's supposed to mean], "the Velveeta Voldemort," and "a wounded animal, cornered." A bit later in the segment, Cross brought in Naureen Chowdhury Fink to discuss the risks of polarization and incitement to…
Mar-a-Lago ‘Raid’: Two-Tiered Justice?
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…
Cohen: To Avoid Jail, Trump Will Threaten to Give Docs to U.S. Enemies
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.
Michael Steele Talks Up Grassley's 'Infection' with Objections to IRS
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
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
Baldwin deserves sympathy in the same degree he’s shown courage, compassion and accountability since the shooting. That is, none.
Bye-Bye Brian! The Worst of CNN’s Stelter
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.
Morning Joe: Despite Defense of FBI, Pence Is 'Not Completely Clean'
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?
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
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
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.
CNN Admits: Liz Cheney's Base Is 'Democrats and the Beltway Media!'
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!