PolitiFact Rules Vance Was 'False' to Mock Walz's Weird 'Trans Refuge'

August 29th, 2024 1:13 PM

PolitiFact took after Sen. J.D. Vance on Tuesday, with a subhead claiming he "misrepresents Minnesota law on kids seeking "gender-affirming care." The fact-defying term appears 18 times in the PolitiFact copy. They ruled Vance was "False," but not as false as claiming amputations and hormone thearpies are "gender-affirming."

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VIDEO: The Worst of Kamala’s Hand-Picked Interviewer, CNN’s Dana Bash

August 28th, 2024 5:12 PM

After nearly 40 days of no interviews or press conferences, Kamala Harris has finally decided to grace CNN’s Dana Bash with her presence in a safe, pre-taped two-on-one interview featuring VP pick Tim Walz. The Harris team certainly knew what they were doing when they selected Bash for this job; she’s been one of TV news’s most persistent Biden White House defenders, and her interviews with…

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MSNBC Gushes: Walz Appeals to Trump’s Base of ‘Lower-Educated Voters’

August 28th, 2024 2:58 PM

Democratic vice presidential nominee, Governor Tim Walz (MN) appeared on the popular channel on the Chinese spy app TikTok this week and the fill-in co-hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe couldn’t get enough of it. Jonathan Lemire and Katty Kay gushed about the appeal of “Coach Walz” and how he was trying to peel support away from former President Trump among “lower-educated voters.”

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BREAKING: CNN Wins Kamala Harris Interview Sweepstakes

August 27th, 2024 5:45 PM

CNN announced on Tuesday during The Situation Room that they had won the unofficial sweepstakes between the liberal media broadcast and cable networks to score the first sit-down interview with the uber-sheltered Vice President Kamala Harris since she was coronated the Democrat Party’s presidential candidate on July 21 after President Biden was forced out. Chief political…

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Al Sharpton Decries Capitalism: ‘As Outdated as Bell-Bottom Pants’

August 26th, 2024 6:06 PM

Infamous race-baiter and MSNBC weekend host Al Sharpton lashed out at Republicans and Congressman James Comer (R-KY) during Monday’s Morning Joe, because the latter expressed concern that Democratic vice presidential nominee Governor Tim Walz (MN) was elected by and promoted anti-capitalist special interests, including China. According to Sharpton, the GOP ideals Comer was promoting…

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PBS Hails DNC's 'Patriotism' Versus RNC's 'Weighted Blanket'

August 24th, 2024 9:35 AM

Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks recapped the Democratic National Convention on Friday’s PBS News Hour by contrasting its “jubilation” and “patriotism” with the “hate” that came out of the RNC’s “weighted blanket.”

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Hyping Harris: Late Night Comedy's DNC Coverage Goes Soft

August 23rd, 2024 12:08 PM

For the late night comedy shows, the week of the Democratic National Convention provides the hosts with an opportunity to prove that they can make fun of Democrats in the same way they attack Republicans. However, a new MRC study shows they failed to do so this past week. In terms of quantity, the comedians hold 113 fewer jokes than they did during the RNC and 60 fewer jokes about Kamala…

Kamala Harris’s Authoritarian ‘Joy’

August 22nd, 2024 8:03 PM

We’ve been told, over and over and over again, that Kamala Harris is the candidate of “joy.” Tim Walz, upon accepting his vice presidential nomination, thanked her for “bringing back the joy.” Rolling Stone gushed that Harris’ “new politics of joy is the best way to fight fascism.” The New York Times headlined, “Harris used to worry about laughing. Now joy is fueling her…

Here’s the Worst Moments From CBS’s Syrupy Celebration of Oprah/Walz

August 22nd, 2024 7:56 PM

Thursday’s CBS Mornings spent nearly its entire two hours of run time (with commercials) celebrating the previous day’s proceedings at the Democratic National Convention as if they have a personal stake in ensuring Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) win in November. Not only that, but the show felt the need to ebulliently hold up the various speakers at the DNC,…

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NBC Drools Over Strong ‘Midwest Dad Energy’, ‘Star Power’ at DNC

August 22nd, 2024 4:17 PM

NBC’s Today came out firing Thursday thoroughly pleased with how their friends at the Democratic National Convention programmed the night prior, deeming it an “unforgettable” and “supercharged” night “heavy on star power” with vice presidential nominee Tim Walz giving off “Midwest dad energy” hounded by Republicans and Oprah Winfrey “expand[ing] the tent” for Democrats.

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'Another Powerful Evening': Colbert Gets Emotional At Walz Speech

August 22nd, 2024 1:35 PM

After Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday, CBS’s Stephen Colbert reacted on a live edition of The Late Show by claiming that day three of the DNC was “another powerful evening” that “was about remembering that America is good and that we shouldn't give in to hopelessness.”

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'Do You Have Any Tissues?' CNN Tears Up Over Walz's Son

August 22nd, 2024 12:14 PM

CNN This Morning repeatedly runs the clip from the DNC of Tim Walz's son Gus getting emotional and pointing to his father: "That's my dad." The panel collectively tears up, with Mark McKinnon saying "do you have any tissues?" 

ABC Gets Hots for ‘Coach Walz’ Giving ‘Pep Talk’ With ‘Queen’ Oprah

August 22nd, 2024 12:08 PM

On Thursday, the nervous sweat had yet to wear off on ABC’s Good Morning America from their weak knees and clammy palms from their Tuesday and Wednesday shows recapping the Democratic National Convention. This time, the played the role of Russia Today anchors promoting their party’s vice presidential candidate Tim Walz as a scandal-free “[s]ocial studies teacher, retired National…

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CNN DNC Panel Grits Their Teeth, Reluctantly Praises JD Vance

August 22nd, 2024 2:03 AM

Amidst of the “joyous” and spellbound coverage of the Democratic National Convention, there was time on CNN for a little GOP counterprogramming between vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance and Jake Tapper.