The Atlantic Reports on Mike Johnson's Ancestor the 'Insurrectionist'

October 30th, 2023 5:15 PM

Atlantic magazine published an article claiming that new House Speaker Mike Johnson's great great great grandfather was an insurrectionist.

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ABC's 'This Week' Relives Mike Johnson Dismissing Election-Denier Quiz

October 29th, 2023 10:50 PM

Ask many Republicans about ABC This Week co-host Martha Raddatz, and they recall her sounding choked up on election night 2016 when it became clear Donald Trump was going to be Hillary Clinton. That seemed partisan, and that was the case on Sunday, when it came time to cast aspersions on Republican Mike Johnson, the new Speaker of the House. 

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Ex-CNN+ Host Smears Johnson as 'David Duke-Lite'

October 28th, 2023 11:13 AM

Professor, frequent media guest, atheist, and former CNN+ host Scott Galloway traveled over to HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday to prove he knows nothing about religious people as he declared that new Speaker Mike Johnson’s belief God ordained him as Speaker proves he is “David Duke-lite.” Fellow atheist Maher did not go that far, but did play the Mussolini card.

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PBS Freaks 'Far-Right' Johnson Promotes 'Christian Nationalism'

October 28th, 2023 9:58 AM

Washington Post associate editor and New York Times columnist freaked out on Friday’s PBS NewsHour at the news that Republicans selected Mike Johnson to be the new Speaker of the House by portraying him as a “far-right” religious extremist out to impose “Christian nationalism” on the country.

PolitiFact Pounces on New House Speaker, Unlike Hakeem Jeffries

October 28th, 2023 6:56 AM

The Democrats at PolitiFact jumped at the chance to “fact check” new House Speaker Mike Johnson’s acceptance speech after he was elected. They gave him a “Half True” for saying “Prices have increased over 17% in the last two years.” Johnson's office sent PolitiFact data that prices have increased that much under Biden, but they fussed "Johnson said two years, not two years and nine months."…

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CBS Blasts ‘Anti-LGBTQ’ Speaker Johnson Over His ‘Far-Right Stances’

October 27th, 2023 11:41 AM

Thursday’s CBS Evening News chose continue to early browbeating of the public into turning against the calm and steady new House Speaker, Mike Johnson (R-LA) by trashing him as “anti-LGBTQ,” “an election denier, climate skeptic,” and “staunch conservative” whose overall politics is riddled with “far-right stances.”

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'What a D*ck!': Late Show Attacks New Speaker Johnson

October 27th, 2023 10:04 AM

The Late Show host Stephen Colbert will frequently tout how Catholicism has impacted his life and can be very knowledgeable of its teachings. However, getting Colbert to defend all of those teachings on his CBS platform is a different story as evidence by Thursday’s show where he attacked new Speaker Mike Johnson as “extremely anti-LGBTQ” and a “dick.”

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‘Not...Bipartisan’; Nets Continue to Seethe Over ‘Right Wing’ Speaker

October 26th, 2023 5:46 PM

Following a collective meltdown the night prior, the major broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC used their Thursday morning news shows to keep up pressure and impress upon viewers that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) isn’t someone to be trusted given he’s “not...bipartisan” and is not only “right-wing,” but possesses “one of the most conservative records” in a part where “election denialism is…

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Lib Mag: Speaker Johnson Talk of Wife Praying on Knees a 'Gross Gaffe'

October 26th, 2023 12:58 PM

What kind of article would make the liberal New Republic magazine look absolutely clueless about Christianity? Writer Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling suggesting new House Speaker Mike Johnson was making some sort of oral-sex joke when he mentioned his wife,,,,praying to Jesus.

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Late Night Smears Johnson An 'Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice' 'D*ck'

October 26th, 2023 10:30 AM

The late night comedians welcomed Mike Johnson to the Speakership on their Wednesday shows by not just by noting his generic name, but also labeling him “anti-gay, anti-choice, pro-conspiracy” “dick” who Republicans selected to “bore everyone into forgetting how extreme he is.”

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Nets FREAK Over ‘Hardline,’ ‘Hard-Right,’ ‘Staunch’ Speaker Johnson

October 25th, 2023 10:58 PM

House Republicans were finally able to elect a new House speaker on Wednesday afternoon, selecting Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA) to fill a 22-day vacancy. Not surprisingly, Johnson was met with a torrent of disgust and scorn on the Wednesday night network newscasts with ABC, CBS, NBC blasting Johnson as a “hardline,” “hard-right,” “ultra-conservative” who’s “staunchly anti-abortion” and “…

NewsBusters Podcast: The 'Free Press' Must Never Be Told to Shut Up

October 25th, 2023 9:46 PM

After House Republicans agreed on Mike Johnson as a Speaker nominee, ABC reporter Rachel Scott started asking typical "election denier" questions, and drew boos and a "shut up" from Republicans. Reporters were outraged...even though they were 2016 election deniers. 

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Reporters Use Biden Presser to Bash GOP, Push Conspiracies, Back Hamas

October 25th, 2023 5:52 PM

During a rare Biden White House press conference with a foreign leader (this time, it was Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese), the two pre-selected American reporters — USA Today’s Joey Garrison and PBS’s Laura Barrón-López — promoted leftist narratives, whether it’s attacking Republicans as responsible for America to hemorrhage its global standing, suggesting the GOP would…

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CNN Concedes 'Hugely Conservative' Johnson Isn't 'The Devil Incarnate'

October 25th, 2023 2:53 PM

Before Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson officially became Speaker of the House on Wednesday, there was the seven-person pre-game panel on CNN’s Inside Politics. One of those panelists, senior political analyst Gloria Borger, was forced to concede that despite being “hugely conservative,” Johnson is “not the devil incarnate.”