Hill Journos Tweet Twice as Many Johnson Jabs vs Shutdown Consequences
A NewsBusters analysis of five leading liberal Capitol Hill reporters has found that, by a margin of roughly two-and-a-half-to-one (72 to 28), they have taken to X more times since the start of the government shutdown to condemn Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and the House for being out of session than they have highlighted crucial government programs like food stamps and pay for soldiers that…
Democrats Prioritize Welfare Over National Security
Few speak the truth as clearly and succinctly as House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week” last Sunday, co-host Jonathan Karl challenged the speaker’s calling the recent No King rallies “Hate America Rallies,” calling them “the modern Democratic Party.” Johnson responded that “there is a rise of Marxism in the Democratic Party ... just look what is happening in New…
MRC Recognizes Free Speech Leadership of U.S. Legislators
After years of contending with the Biden White House and its anti-free speech Big Tech collaborators, free speech defenders face an administration far friendlier to their values and, as a result, a wildly different social media landscape.
Speaker Johnson SCHOOLS ABC’s Jon Karl on Presidential Clemencies
During a lengthy interview on the most recent broadcast of ABC’s Sunday political affairs show This Week, host Jon Karl tried to press Speaker Mike Johnson on the issue of presidential clemencies. Johnson instead took Karl to school, reminding him about other, more inconvenient recent presidential abuses of the clemency power.
NBC Does Damage Control For 'No Kings,' Covers Up Radical Speakers
Saturday’s No Kings rallies will be populated by several people who ordinary people, not just President Trump’s supporters, would find detestable. However, NBC correspondent Adrienne Broaddus made it her job on Saturday’s Today to ensure viewers would not be aware of them. Instead, she went to great lengths to portray Speaker Mike Johnson’s “hate-America rally” description as…
Kimmel Gets Triggered At The Idea Of Schumer Is Behind Shutdown
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel was not a fan of Speaker Mike Johnson using a Thursday press conference to angrily remind everyone that the only reason why the government is shut down is because Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is terrified of his base and needs “to cover his tail.” According to Kimmel, Johnson’s true motivation is to cover up the Epstein Files.
Speaker Johnson: Dems Demanding $3.9M for LGBTQI+ in Western Balkans
Democrats are demanding $1.5 trillion in new partisan spending – including $5 billion for wasteful international projects – before they’ll vote to reopen the government, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday.
MSNBC’s Psaki Tries to 'Correct' Speaker Johnson with Different Info
On Thursday night, MSNBC’s Jen Psaki highlighted a moment from House Speaker Mike Johnson’s appearance on C-SPAN, where a frustrated caller claimed Republicans were lying about illegal aliens receiving Medicaid coverage. In an effort to disprove Johnson, The Briefing host strangely cited information that Johnson did not specifically refer to when urging the caller go look for himself…
ABC Harps on Caller to Speaker, Claims He’s Kept Government Closed
Though it has received play on all three major broadcast networks, ABC chose on Thursday night and Friday morning to emphasize an anonymous C-SPAN call to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of a woman worried her children “could die” if Johnson fails to reopen the government and ensure federal employees are paid. Of course, ABC (and the caller) ignored how that falls to Senate Democrats and…
LEGACY FIREFIGHTING: NBC Rehabs Schumer’s ‘Every Day Gets Better’
You know that a public statement from a Democrat elected official is bad when the media steps in and tries to firefight potential public backlash. Such is the case with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who gets five-alarm firefighting from NBC after saying that “every day gets worse for us.”
PIGS FLY? WashPost Admits Government ‘Too Big,’ ‘Plenty of Fat to Cut’
What in the Benjamin C. Bradlee is going on with The Washington Post editorial board? After shocking the internet by conceding that Obamacare was really just an expensive mess, the newspaper seems to have red-pilled itself hard again.
CNN, MSNBC Can NOT Allow Speaker Johnson to Explain the Shutdown
Last Thursday morning, as the government shutdown began its second day, House Speaker Mike Johnson was holding a news conference and speaking on various aspects of the issue. But a funny thing happened to Speaker Johnson, and to those watching him on both CNN and MSNBC, he was interrupted, taken away, replaced by, and then "corrected" by, the anchors in place at each respective network.
NBC Grills Jeffries on Dem Shutdown After Last Week’s Johnson Tussle
More of this please, NBC. Monday’s Today and co-host Craig Melvin followed through on its promise to speak with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) about the government shutdown after throwing down with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday. To his credit, Melvin used the limited time (3:47) to repeatedly press Jeffries on his past statements about government shutdowns…
NBC’s Melvin to Johnson: ‘Can’t Get to’ ‘Misleading’ Claim on Illegals
Falling in between ABC’s George Stephanopoulos’s partisan hectoring on Wednesday and Thursday’s respectful exchanges with CBS’s Tony Dokoupil, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) finished a tour of the broadcast networks Friday on NBC’s Today. There, co-host Craig Melvin battled him over the government shutdown by using week-old polls claiming Americans believe Republicans are to blame…
