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PANIC! CNN Hosts Fret McConnell Will Block Biden Supreme Court Pick
June 18th, 2021 10:39 AM
On Tuesday's several CNN hosts fretted over the possibility that Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, if he becomes majority leader, will be block President Joe Biden from replacing liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer if his seat become vacant. Alisyn Camerota seemed even more concerned about the issue than her guest, Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.
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Joy Reid Hits the Blunder Trifecta
April 12th, 2020 5:17 PM
Got those quarantine blues? Here's something to brighten your day! Joy Reid treated us to a trifecta of goofs and questionable calls on her MSNBC show this morning.
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Nets Ignore Dem Forced to Step Down Due to Mishandling Rape Accusation
January 23rd, 2019 8:29 PM
In the latest example of the liberal broadcast networks burying the scandals Democratic politicians, ABC, CBS, and NBC ran away at full speed from Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who was forced to step down from key posts Wednesday following accusations she mishandled a rape allegation by a female staffer. This, after they pushed aside the breaking news last week.
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Nets Ignore Dem Congresswoman Accused of Firing a Rape Accuser
January 17th, 2019 11:17 PM
On Thursday, news broke that Texas Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee was named in a lawsuit accusing her of firing a female staffer in retaliation for their plan to sue the Congressional Black Caucus for an alleged rape she was a victim of. While the news was slow to circulate, it broke in the afternoon and thus gave the broadcast networks plenty of time to get a report together. But…
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MSNBCer: Are Dems 'Putting Country First' By Not Impeaching Trump Yet?
December 11th, 2018 8:34 PM
Guest hosting for Ari Melber on his MSNBC show The Beat, Yasmin Vossoughian was speaking to Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee when she appeared to question whether Democrats would be patriotic if they don't impeach President Trump: "Congresswoman, are Democrats putting country first by not pursuing impeachment?"
Google CEO Dodges 21 Congressional Questions on Chinese Search Engine
December 11th, 2018 4:40 PM
Google’s CEO came to the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Dec.11, but was unwilling to play 21 questions. Five House representatives, from both political parties, asked CEO Sundar Pichai questions about Google’s involvement with China which he refused to answer again and again.
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Six Democratic Scandals the Networks Are Burying This Election Year
October 16th, 2018 9:00 AM
As the midterms fast approach, there are a bunch of Democrats who find themselves embroiled in scandals and controversies. But if you only got your news from the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks, you’ve probably never heard about them. From Texas Senate Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke lying about his DUI arrest to DNC chair Keith Ellison being accused of domestic violence, the following is…
Delay, Deceive and Destroy
October 2nd, 2018 12:43 PM
Who believes another FBI investigation of Brett Kavanaugh will be the end of it? If the FBI finds nothing to support Christine Blasey Ford's testimony that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party, will it be enough for Democrats to vote to confirm him? Republicans say the investigation is limited to her charge and that of a third accuser, Julie Swetnick, whose allegations,…
FBI: Arrested Colorado Springs Bomber Did Not Target NAACP
February 20th, 2015 11:32 PM
Earlier today, Thaddeus Murphy was charged in U.S. District Court in Colorado in connection with an attempted January bombing in Colorado Springs.
The targeted building houses that city's chapter of the NAACP, a barber shop — and, apparently at one time, a tax accountant's office. Quite a few people leaped to the conclusion that the bomb had to be meant for the NAACP, even though, as syndicated…
Sheila Jackson Lee, in Congress: 'I Stand Here as a Freed Slave
February 14th, 2013 11:30 PM
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.) looks mighty good for a woman who has to be at least 148 years old.
My take on her age is based on a statement the Congresswoman made today while objecting to impending spending reductions relating to sequestration in which she characterized herself as "a freed slave." Slavery as a legal institution ended in the U.S. in 1865 at the end of the Civil War. Here is…
Rep. Jackson Lee: Obama Should Extend Payroll Tax Cut, Jobless Benefit
December 21st, 2011 7:26 PM
The machinations in Congress over extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits into 2012 could be rendered moot if Democratic congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee gets her way.
Appearing as a guest on Ed Schultz's radio show yesterday, the Texas lawmaker suggested Obama extend both by 60 days through executive order and bypass the GOP-led House. (audio clips after page break)
Sheila Jackson Lee Actually Compares Bush Tax Cuts to Iranian Hostage
December 8th, 2011 5:10 PM
Just think of the happy place, congresswoman, and everything will be fine.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Democrat of Texas, appearing on Ed Schultz's radio show Tuesday, made one of the most ludicrous analogies in recent memory. Listen for yourself, courtesy of audio from Brian Maloney at Radio Equalizer --
Jackson Lee at Radical Islam Hearing: Let's ‘Have a Hearing on Right
July 28th, 2011 12:38 PM
At a hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security today about the radicalization of young Somali American Muslims by the al-Shabaab terrorist group, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) said the committee should hold a hearing on “right-wing extremists” in the United States.
Jackson Lee used much of her allotted five minutes to question panelists with expertise on radicalization about the…
Krauthammer Attacks Media's 'Bogus' Call for Civility: Where Were They
January 21st, 2011 10:09 AM
Charles Krauthammer on Thursday attacked the media's recent bogus call for civility in politics.
"The worst in uncivil discourse that we have had in the last decade occurred in the Bush years when the President was vilified, attacked, he was demonized, compared to Nazis," he told Chris Wallace on Fox News's "Special Report." "I do not remember the Times or the mainstream media all of a sudden…
