Michael Patrick Leahy
Judges Who Overturned Trump Travel Ban Used Document Leaked to AP
March 30th, 2017 2:01 PM
Two Associated Press reporters appear to have officially joined the "resistance." In late February, the wire service released an "exclusive" covering a "draft" document leaked by someone in the Department of Homeland Security not reflecting the agency's official position. In mid-March, two judges used that AP dispatch — while ignoring readily available contradictory and genuinely authoritative…
Fabrication: Newsweek Makes Up Ground Zero Election Day Tea Party Rall
September 24th, 2010 10:27 AM
For the last several weeks there has been a debate raging over whether the grounds surrounding where the 9/11 attacks in Lower Manhattan are sacred and if it would be an appropriate place for an Islamic place of worship to be built. But if it isn’t appropriate, would it be an appropriate place for a Tea Party rally to be held? Possibly not. But whether that’s the case or not, Newsweek’s David A…
How Conservatives Found Twitter and the Evolution of '#TCOT' According
February 8th, 2010 9:27 AM
If you're a follower of conservative politics and also a user of the social networking tool Twitter, you've more than likely have noticed the use of "#tcot," for "top conservatives on Twitter" associated with certain posts that pertain to that subject matter. But it all didn't happen by accident. In the early stages, it was a concerted effort. And most of it was because of the work of Michael…
Americans Ready to Tea Party Like it's 1773. Where's the Media
April 7th, 2009 1:13 PM
BMI's Dan Gainor has the following column on Tax Day and Tea Parties up on the Fox Forum:When you want tea, you bring water to a boil. When you want genuine change, you do the same thing to the American public.Right now, that public is boiling mad and, with April 15 around the corner, the most important thing brewing is tax protest. For every state in the nation, this tea’s for you.Lucky for us,…