Stewart: McConnell Smiled In Hospital Because Only He Had Insurance
Monday was a rough night for part-time late night comedy hosts when it came to Sen. Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization. On ABC, Jimmy Kimmel Live! substitute Ike Barinholtz portrayed McConnell as a health care hypocrite for receiving care when allegedly denying it to others. Similarly, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart claimed that McConnell was smiling in his “proof of life” photo…
Barinholtz Taunts Kimmel's Critics With Attacks on Graham, McConnell
Actor and comedian Ike Barinholtz became this year's second summer guest host of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday and the second to try to claim they are following in Kimmel’s footsteps by becoming a free speech martyr. What made Barinholtz’s claim extra dumb is that he tried to do so preemptively as he attacked Sen. Mitch McConnell after his hospitalization as a health care…
UPDATE: CNN Cites FAKE Congressman as Source on McConnell Health
On Wednesday’s CNN This Morning, during a conversation on the health of Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), CNN cited a figure named “Rep. Jack Kimble” on a list of lawmakers who had talked to McConnell amid his hospitalization. The only problem: Jack Kimble was not a real person and was a fake Republican congressman who posts on an X parody account.
Capehart Gets Triggered When Told Shutdown Is Bad For Democracy
A Friday episode of PBS News Hour where New York Times columnist David Brooks manages to actually say something that fully triggers MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart is a rare occurrence, but this Friday Capehart could not tolerate the idea that Democrats are the ones corroding democracy with their government shutdown.
MSNBC's Capehart Flips Out Over Ex-Dem Joe Manchin Trashing Democrats
On Sunday's The Weekend on MSNBC, co-host Jonathan Capehart blew a gasket after the show's interview with ex-Democrat turned independent former Senator Joe Manchin for complaining about the Democratic party moving too far left and trying to eliminate the filibuster.
CNN Host Sets Up Clyburn to Slam GOP's 'Reverse Robin Hood' Tax Cuts
On Thursday morning, CNN host John Berman gave no pushback as Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC) appeared as a guest to complain about the Republican proposal for tax and budget cuts, calling it "reverse Robin Hood."
Stewart Suggests Democrats Lost Because They're Too Soft
As Democrats continue to ask themselves what went wrong, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart came up with a new idea: they are simply too nice. Stewart made the puzzling claim on Monday, asserting that while Republicans “don't give a [bleep] about your norms,” Democrats are busy running “to the nearby Kinkos.”
Goldberg: Harris Calling Trump a Fascist Is Only 'Allegedly Extreme'
After days of declaring that Donald Trump admires Adolf Hitler and dismissing evidence that his scoop that Trump cursed in a racist manner at the cost of a military funeral was false, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, took his place in the anchor’s chair of PBS’s Washington Week with The Atlantic and declared it is only “allegedly extreme” for Kamala Harris to…
Reid Defends Schumer, Claims Netanyahu Is 'An Adjunct' Of The GOP
MSNBC’s Joy Reid welcomed The Daily Beast columnist David Rothkopf to the Thursday edition of The ReidOut for a profoundly unserious discussion on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for new Israeli elections under the guise that Netanyahu is no longer fit to lead the country. While, Netanyahu has never…
Macho Joe: 'As A Man,' I Wouldn't Have Endorsed Trump Like McConnell
On Morning Joe, Macho Joe Scarborough says that "as a man," he wouldn't have endorsed Donald Trump like Mitch McConnell, Ted Cruz, and Lindsey Graham did despite Trump having insulted them and their wives.
Daily Show Smears McConnell, Blames Him For School Shootings
Comedy Central’s Michael Kosta used his second day of temp hosting The Daily Show to react to Sen. Mitch McConnell’s Wednesday decision to step down as the GOP Senate leader by accusing him of being responsible for school shootings.
MSNBC Decries McConnell's 'Very Hypocritical' And 'Tainted' Legacy
Sen. Mitch McConnell announced his decision to step down as the Republican leader in November on Wednesday and MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports was quickly ready to kick the “very hypocritical” and “tainted” McConnell out the door.
PBS: Oppose 'Sacred' Reparations And You Have White Privilege
PBS released a new America Reframed documentary of Monday about reparations and the taxpayer-funded network went all in with the bad faith smears, strawmen burning, and stereotyping of those who oppose such measures.
NYT 'Heir Apparent' Bennet Blasts Rag's Lefty 'Culture of Intolerance'
If someone who was once considered “heir apparent to run the Times” declares that his former paper has become an intolerant “illiberal” hellhole, you should listen. The latter part of former New York Times opinion editor James Bennet’s 17,000-word autopsy of his former employer sharpened the focus on the suffocating liberalism of the media world in general and the Times --and…
