NYT: ‘Worry’ That Hillary Isn’t Focusing on Liberalism Enough
August 15th, 2016 5:29 PM
Leave it to the New York Times to fret whether or not Hillary Clinton is showcasing liberalism enough. In a front page story, Monday, the paper featured a headline warning, “Some Liberals Worry Clinton Faces Risks in Focus on Trump.” Writer Matt Flegenheimer echoed complaints of the Washington Post, complaining about outreach to Republicans.
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CNN Guest Likens Trump Campaign, GOP To Israel Before Rabin Murder
August 15th, 2016 4:24 PM
Haaretz's Chemi Shalev bemoaned the state of the GOP on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS on Sunday, and compared Donald Trump's remarks on "Second Amendment people" to the political climate in Israel in 1995 before the murder of major political figure: "It reminded me of the months preceding our late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination." Shalev later added that if "somebody...tried to hurt or…
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MSNBC: Trump Gaffes ‘Guarantee’ Media Spend Less Time On Clintons
August 15th, 2016 1:02 PM
Monday on Morning Joe, details emerged that a Clinton Foundation donor was appointed to advise then Secretary Clinton on the International Security Advisory Board. According to ABC News, Chicago commodities trader Raj Fernando was appointed to the board to advise Clinton on “nuclear security and other classified arms control matters” at the behest of the Clinton’s chief of staff, Cheryl Mills.…
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CNN Pair: Clintons' Tax Return Shows How 'Middle-Classy' They Are
August 15th, 2016 7:30 AM
The Hillary Clinton campaign released the 2015 joint federal income tax return filed by Mrs. Clinton and her ex-President husband Bill this week. Among other things, the Clintons reported total income of over $10.7 million, incurred income and self-employment taxes of over $3.6 million, and deducted $1 million for a charitable contribution to (imagine that) the Clinton Foundation.
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Raddatz Allows Panetta to Dodge Question on Hillary Iraq Withdrawal
August 14th, 2016 3:31 PM
Martha Raddatz, who was hosting ABC's This Week this morning, had a chance to score a major scoop but she blew it by failing to ask a very obvious followup question to former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. You can see the original question posed by Radddatz at the 3:32 mark of the video below about Panetta having supported a small number of American troops remaining in Iraq and where then…
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Lisa Boothe Slams Liberal Media with MRC Studies of Network Bias
August 14th, 2016 3:08 PM
Conservative strategist Lisa Boothe appeared on Fox News Channel’s MediaBuzz and called out liberal media for their bias in favor of defending Hillary Clinton. “The problem is the media should be adept enough to be able cover [Donald Trump], while simultaneously covering the stuff Hillary Clinton has,” argued Boothe, “You should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.” And throughout all…
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Sharpton Frets that Gary Johnson Is ‘Taking Votes from Hillary’
August 14th, 2016 12:18 PM
The Libertarian Party candidate for president, Gary Johnson, joined Al Sharpton on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation Sunday to discuss the prospects of a third party’s chances of success in 2016. But Sharpton’s real goal seemed to be to defend Hillary Clinton and discredit Libertarians by asking Johnson, “Do you ever have any slight fear even that you may be taking votes from Hillary Clinton and helping to…
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CBS Spotlights New US Citizens Voting Against Donald Trump
August 14th, 2016 11:01 AM
On Saturday, CBS Weekend News ran a report on one of American’s greatest traditions, naturalization ceremonies of new US citizens. But in their report, which covered the previous Thursday’s ceremony in Los Angeles, California, CBS spotlighted those looking to vote against Donald Trump. “As Carter Evans reports, there's actually been a surge in citizenship applications this year, partially driven…
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REWIND: Chris Matthews Said Cheney 'Created al-Qaeda,' 'Created ISIS'
August 14th, 2016 8:40 AM
Chris Matthews is scandalized that Donald Trump would call Hillary Clinton (or Barack Obama) the "founder of ISIS." On Friday night, after all the controversy, Matthews said "You know, I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this." That's not true. Two years ago, after a presidential address announcing the United States would commence bombing raids on ISIS, as we documented at the…
Salon Writer: ‘Silly’ to Assume Hillary Would Lose to Another GOPer
August 13th, 2016 1:57 PM
Plenty of Republicans have been lamenting their party’s nomination of “the one guy who cannot beat the historically unpopular Hillary Clinton,” but Gary Legum thinks they’re assuming facts not in evidence. In a Friday article, Legum indicated that Hillary would have been a prohibitive favorite against anyone the GOP might have chosen. He opined that the Republicans’ so-called deep bench was a…
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Rutenberg Claims Hillary’s New Troubles Have Been Covered by Media
August 13th, 2016 1:12 PM
A few days after New York Times media columnist Jim Rutenberg wrote a front-page piece about “[t]he challenge” of remaining objective when covering Donald Trump, he joined MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Friday morning to claim that despite Trump sucking up much of the media’s attention, the media have been able to aggressively cover Hillary Clinton and her many scandals.
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ABC, Univision Censor Clintons' Donations To Own Charity
August 12th, 2016 10:40 PM
On Friday, the Big Three and Spanish broadcast networks' evening newscasts all reported on Hillary Clinton releasing her joint tax returns with her husband, Bill, and how much they gave to charity. However, ABC and Univision conspicuously left out that the Clintons made almost all of their 2015 charitable donations to their own foundation. NBC's Kristen Welker (along with CBS and Telemundo)…
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'New Day' Buries Terrorist Father at Clinton Rally Until Foley w/Trump
August 12th, 2016 5:40 PM
After initially burying the embarrassing campaign faux pas of the Orlando night club terrorist's father, Mir Seddique Mateen, standing behind Hillary Clinton at one of her rallies, CNN New Day finally gave more attention to the story after former Republican Representative Mark Foley managed to snag a similar spot at a rally behind Donald Trump.
Michael Moore Begs Ivanka Trump to Give Her Father an ‘Intervention’
August 12th, 2016 4:55 PM
Just when you think you've seen it all, along comes liberal filmmaker Michael Moore posting an open letter to Ivanka Trump asking her to encourage her father, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, to drop out of this year's race to win the White House.
In the missive, which is entitled “An Open Letter to Ivanka Trump From Michael Moore,” the Where to Invade Next director stated: “I’m…