The numbers are in for Sarah Palin’s first Real American Stories special on Fox News, and they aren’t good. Palin’s special was expected to pull in big numbers for Fox News, but instead did worse that the regular occupant of the 10 PM slot, On The Record with Greta Van Susteren. The viewers that did tune in didn’t stay long as the show lost viewers in every quarter hour. Sarah Palin delivered yet another bomb.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper tried to explain the network’s decision to give Trump a virtually unfettered platform, but detoured into blaming people for being angry about their decision.
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel reacted to Sen. Ted Cruz trying to steal the election for Trump by calling Cruz a sorry excuse for an American.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said that Republicans are pushing nothing but culture war issues because they have no plan to make lives better.
The past week has telescoped America’s history of racism and genocide in the intensest of ways, highlighting too that it’s the highest governing offices in the land that are promulgating the most virulent racism and leading the genocidal charge.
Ben Ritz, Director of the Progressive Policy Institute’s Center for Funding America’s Future, shared some of the incredible stories of what US government research has given us.
All of us in the nation, indeed on the planet, witnessed the largely white mobs storming the U.S. capitol building last week. This shameful episode, what many have termed an attempted coup, is yet another reminder in a long stream of reminders in recent history, for those with short memories, of the prevalent, indeed dominant,…
When a reporter asked Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a news conference last Tuesday what he thought about Donald Trump’s threat to use armed forces to suppress the mass protests occurring in the wake of the police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and in response to unceasing state violence against African Americans,…
A friend of mine who runs his own small law firm texted me the other day after the financial relief package aimed at helping small businesses stalled in the Senate. Worried over his dwindling ability to keep and compensate his employees, he blamed the Democrats and declared he’s voting for Trump. The Democrats showed themselves,…
When Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker tried to purchase the protective gear necessary for healthcare workers in his state, the problem wasn’t necessarily that the inventories of the equipment he sought didn’t exist. Rather, the obstacle he faced was that the companies warehousing these supplies were sitting on them, letting a bidding war play out between…
When Josh Jacobs was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the first round of the 2019 NFL draft, he received a signing bonus of $6.7 million. The story of the star running back from the University of Alabama quickly circulated, featured in the headlines in major media outlets such as USA Today, NBC News, ESPN,…
What is the story of the U.S. economy? Not unlike the proverbial elephant subject to scrutiny by a band of blind men, the nation’s economy is subject to multiple narrative descriptions depending on which component of the beast, whether our economy or an elephant, the blind man massages. Some media pundits have argued that the…
Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer blasted President Donald Trump for refusing to sanction Turkey in a move of total surrender.
Donald Trump vowed to shut down the government over immigration as Republican strategists have figured out that his wall is toxic to the party.
After the deadly mass shooting in Jacksonville Donald Trump did not publicly address the horrible tragedy. Instead he spent that time on Twitter complaining that he doesn’t get enough credit for his supposed accomplishments, while also telling more lies. He lied about his approval rating, saying it is much higher than it is, and also…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s verbal attacks on the media run the risk of triggering real violence against journalists, the U.N. rapporteur for freedom of expression said on Thursday.
President Donald Trump rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal that Russian authorities be allowed to question American citizens, the White House said on Thursday, after the offer drew fierce criticism in the United States.
President Donald Trump on Friday posted one of his most outrageous tweets ever, completely discounting and disregarding the massive amounts of pain and suffering that he has caused for immigrant parents and children. In this tweet he dismissed the many credible media reports about traumatic child separations as “phony stories of sadness and grief.†He…
An alarming new study from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology seems to prove that false stories on Twitter are 70 percent more likely to be spread by human users of the social media platform than are true stories. The study looked at 126,000 stories shared by 3 million people on Twitter over an eleven…
Republican Kansas Rep. Steve Alford became the latest U.S. lawmaker to prove how stuck in the Jim Crow era many still are. During a “legislative coffee session” on Saturday, Alford disagreed with Finney County Democrats President Zach Worf’s claim that legalizing marijuana would boost the economy in Kansas. To prove his point, Alford tried teaching Worf…
The president’s rampage on Saturday only confirms the claims made in Michael Wolff’s new book. This is an unwell man.
A new Monmouth University Poll found that 41% of Americans want to impeach Donald Trump six months into his term. In contrast, only 24% of Americans supported impeaching Richard Nixon six months into his second term.
Republicans have their talking point, and it’s that AG Jeff Sessions might want to maybe recuse himself from the Russia probe. If he wants to. Because patriotism.
Provokatsiya. This is the Russian word for baiting with fake stories in order to discredit the outlet that ran the story. Or, as we call it here in the U.S., Rovian tactics. Is this what’s happening right now with the AP’s story about the Trump White House considering using the National Guard to round up undocumented immigrants?
While his Muslim ban was sinking under the weight of popular backlash, President Trump tried to boost support for his Executive Order by promoting a fake news story on his Facebook page.
He is taking the conspiracy theories and obstruction that dogged his presidency from day one and throwing them back in Republicans’ faces.
How cool would the cool kids feel if they knew they had been duped, that in scoffing about Clinton’s scandals they were actually repeating scandals paid for by the folks behind Citizens United.
“Cooper, who is an open, admitted homosexual…ought to recuse himself from any story…as fraught with emotion as the homosexual agenda.”
Our holy land, was put under the care of the U.S. government, and because of its ecological and cultural integrity, is protected by its laws.
Like Joe McCarthy, Trump and Cruz see secret enemy Muslims and share a McCarthy plan to destroy them.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers solicited Obamacare “horror stories” on Facebook, but instead got bombarded with positive ACA testimonials.
Be assured of one thing. There will be a Keystone XL pipeline in your future; your very near future. The Republicans want it. The blue dogs want it. The State Department has blessed most of it.
Would-be martyr Ted Cruz will join pretend moderate Rand Paul and Bobby “Rooting for Obama to fail isn’t treason” Jindal in vying for the hate vote in 2014
The AP interviewed one of the lesser known Koch brothers, William, in what seems to be an attempt to soften the public image of the family whom the AP tells us are “demonized” by Democrats.
If we don’t need to be guided by 150-year-old ideas about women, why do we need to be guided by 150-year-old ideas about gender and 3,000-year-old ideas about the cosmos itself?
Well, I think we all knew this was coming, in one degree or another. Former half-term Governor of Alaska and Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin decided to weigh in on the recent brouhaha surrounding Karl Rove’s comments on Hillary Clinton’s health.
Dennis S. attended Truthful Tuesday, a demonstration in Columbia, SC on Tuesday and provided a detailed breakdown of the event.
The media is quick to look for anything negative about Obamacare, but they protect the real culprit: insurance company behavior
We must not become complacent toward a powerful and dogged section of conservative leaders that seems unable to accept women as full partners in society, government and the home.
While unable to comprehend that we do not share their outrage over their manufactured scandals, Republicans prove completely incapable of recognizing our outrage over actual crises
A new Morning Joe/Marist poll shows that Americans agree with the Democrats on the issues of gun safety legislation and jobs. But you wouldn’t know either by how the media reports on both issues.
Could the answer to the ongoing economic woes of the country be a forgiveness of household debt? At least one economist thinks so.
The now scandalized voter registration firm of Strategic Alliance has not only reemerged under a new name, but has ties with Karl Rove’s SuperPAC.
Americans should be most outraged at the 0.2% Romney pays in payroll taxes when working Americans earning less than $106,800 annually pay approximately 15%, and much more if they are self-employed.
An entire segment of the population is not intelligent enough to realize they were handed the precious gift of access to healthcare by the Supreme Court.
While campaigning in Ohio, President Obama thrashed the Republican Party for having a plan to win an election, but no plan to restore the American Dream.
A new poll found more than three-fourths of Americans do not want their political leaders to leave the health care system alone in the event the court throws out the health care law.
Conservatives of all stripes have demonstrated that instead of compassion, their agenda is increasing the suffering of tens-of-millions of Americans to reward the wealthiest Americans.
In two different interviews that aired today, Bill Cosby called out Obama haters, their motivations, and labeled their behavior as un-American
Tony Perkins claims a gay pride flag endangers American lives, but apparently Nazi flags, urinating on dead Afghans and burning Qur’ans does not
Carl Levin, Democratic Senator and Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, is calling on the American Forces Network (AFN) to pull the hate. Levin told CNN, “I would hope the people that run it see just how offensive this is and drop it on their own volition,” Levin told CNN in an exclusive interview…
The right’s Saul Alinsky phobia comes from a belief that only certain kinds of Americans should have power, and the rest should be passive recipients of whatever the powerful inflict upon them.
American politics is becoming a carnival with clowns and actors setting the narrative and policy of one political party, and it has damaged democracy in the process. Voters base their beliefs on lies from Beck, Limbaugh, and Palin, and refuse to look elsewhere for verification or repudiation of alleged facts from the right.
Words and actions have consequences, sometimes to the person who speaks, sometimes to the people spoken of. In an environment of hate and xenophobia, the consequences can be deadly and widespread.
Losing the 2008 presidential election has sent the Right Wing over the edge, as their sense of presidential entitlement has been violated, and they are angry. They are angry because the government is no longer engaging as what they see as its divine role of corporate greed enablement, and to show their scorn they have decided to shakedown the American people by refusing to let the business of the country be conducted. The GOP is not just the party of GOBP, but also the party of ME.
While recently discussing her supposed spat with film maker Oliver Stone at the Time 100 gala, Sarah Palin a bit of not so straight talk about the fact that she resigned as Alaska governor to get paid. Palin claims that she is in fact, not making millions of dollars, “It’s also bogus how much money I supposedly make.” A quick tally of the book deal, reality show, and Fox News contract reveal that she makes millions of dollars.
Sarah Palin’s 2012 strategy has now become so obvious that even the mainstream media can’t miss it. She is out to sell herself to Republicans as the heir to the legacy of Ronald Reagan. From her real American stories to constant name dropping of the former president, Palin seems stuck in the 1980s, and obsessed with reanimating the corpse of a political era that has long since past.
After LL Cool J called Fox News out for trying to sell Sarah Palin’s Real American Stories clip show as new programming, the network responded by claiming that LL does not want to inspire people and took at jab at his acting career. LL’s real motivation was not his concern about inspiration, but the idea that people were going to be fooling into watching an old clipped interview hosted by Palin.
Ohioan Stephanie Miller, whose 37 year old sister died of colon cancer four years ago, got a big hug from Obama yesterday and is now being targeted by the Right.
Sarah Palin’s stint as Mean Girl getting petty revenge on Katie Couric on Today demonstrates just one more reason why Sarah Palin will never be politically relevant again.
Are you already thinking ahead to the holiday season? Sarah Palin hopes that you are, as her publisher Harper Collins has announced that her latest book, America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag will hit stores right in time for the holiday shopping season on November 23. Not since someone thought Alvin and the Chipmunks deserved a squeakquel has there been such a blatant cash grab.
Stephen Colbert called out the media for mostly ignoring the fact that House Republicans are basing their Biden impeachment on Russian disinformation.
You can imagine that this man, our President, is none too amused to see the House of Representatives run around like slavish devotees of the Marjorie Taylor Greene conspiracy-laden brand of do-nothing-but-set-fires-and-then-use-fire-to-extort-entire-government-into-wasting-money-and-time “conservatism.”
The U.S. did NOT give Iran 6 billion dollars. The money is from releasing frozen Iranian funds. Congress has been briefed about this as well.
The only all-male court in the United States has just voted to uphold a 6-week ban on abortion after managing to replace the lone woman judge.
President Biden’s visit to Maui, Hawai’i was well-received and appreciated by the folks who actually live there. You might not know that, though, if you listen to wailing conservatives gnashing their teeth in rage against his compassion. Let’s take a look at what actually happened first.
Fulton County DA Fani Willis has suggested that Trump’s RICO trial begin on March 4, 2024, which would be eight days before the Georgia Republican presidential primary.
It’s way past time to acknowledge the majority of the voters in the United States, all 81,282,916 of them, waited lawfully and peacefully for any sign of justice after the Trump alleged crime syndicate tried to steal their votes.
Governor Ron DeSantis is making it possible for Florida children to be indoctrinated by far right propaganda, which includes a cartoon video supposedly portraying abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass praising the Constitution and taking a dig at Black Lives Matter activism.
Matt Schlapp was described as a cancer in a letter of resignation from the treasurer of the organization behind CPAC, as tales of mismanagement of money and people are emerging.
On the first anniversary of the Uvalde,Texas mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) condemned the inaction of the Republican caucus, saying this bloodshed is a choice.
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) seems to think he is in charge, but his fear looks to grow as he falsely claims that President Biden wants a default.
How badly did Donald Trump’s CNN Town Hall fail? In the same format on the same network, President Biden drew more viewers than Trump.
House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer (R-KY) promised a big evidence reveal of a Biden family pay-to-play scheme, but he didn’t have any evidence at all.
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough called Gov. Greg Abbott sick for continuing to make more guns available and easier to get as the gun murder rate has skyrocketed in Texas.
Roy Wood Jr. didn’t shy away from any topic at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Here are his three best jokes.
The Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats have come back at Chief Justice John Roberts and are demanding that he answer questions about SCOTUS ethics.
President Biden took apart the media’s handwringing over their belief that he is too old to serve a second term.
The highly regarded Moody’s Analytics determined that the Republican debt ceiling plan would send the economy meaningfully closer to a recession.
Rachel Maddow debunked the power of Tucker Carlson and conservative media, without ever saying the name of the former Fox News host.
84-year-old Andrew Lester was described by his grandson as radicalized and immersed in Fox News before he shot teenager Ralph Yarl.
The Daily Show guest host Jordan Klepper showed how the NRA’s culture of fear leads to gun violence and shootings.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) brought the House Judiciary Committee to Manhattan under the pretext of a hearing on violent crime, but Democrats were ready and turned the hearing into a backfire.
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) slammed Jim Jordan’s sham Manhattan crime hearing as a scam to protect Trump.
Fox’s Tucker Carlson pushed false information on his show about Russia’s success in their invasion of Ukraine and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) called him out on it.
House Oversight Committee ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) marked the first 100 days of the House Republican majority by slamming their abuse of power.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert parodied the right’s Bud Light protest with a commercial for Shaft Beer.
It is official, Donald Trump arrived at the courthouse and became the first former president to be placed under arrest.
The media is blaming Biden for the fact that they overlook good economic news and obsessively focus on anything bad.
New Mexico law enforcement has confirmed that the man behind the shooting of homes of Democratic officials was motivated by Trump’s election lies.
A new report connects Rep. George Santos to a Russian oligarch who gave the congressman at least hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The New York Times showed that it is all in on its mission to restore Trump to the White House by giving a platform to unemployable Trump liar Kellyanne Conway.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s new House rules call for more transparency, so C-SPAN sent a letter to McCarthy asking him to allow more cameras in the House.
Joe Biden: The President who actually made it trickle down, by doing the opposite of Reaganomics.
Trump posted his New Year’s message from his little isolated social media corner and showed a jilted ex-president who can’t move on.
Rachel Maddow explained why Trump elevating Nazis by having dinner with them is not politics as usual.
On Wednesday morning, two more big name Republicans, David L. Hobson and John M. Bridgeland, came forward to endorse Democrat Tim Ryan in his race for the U.S. Senate.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi did an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell that aired on Tuesday, in which Mitchell inserted obvious Republican talking points about how voters don’t seem to care about women’s rights so much anymore, but are more focused on “crime” and “inflation.”
Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who somehow represents Texas, was doing his best to drum up outrage at “the Left” by sharing a fake story, without a link, with a byline by someone who left the publication in 2014
Thomas’ illegitimate court forced many Americans to realize that they are actually pro-choice: “Net opposition has increased by 6 points since late June (from net -35 to net -41).”
