Talk about a low bar. Fox News’ Neil Cavuto not only equated himself with essential workers who are exposed to the coronavirus at a much higher rate than television news hosts but, by doing so, he also minimized the recent surge in cases nationally as he wrapped up his interview …
Read More »Watch Trump Adviser Call Anti-Stay-at-Home Protesters 'Modern Day Rosa Parks'
Conservative economist Stephen Moore, a member of the White House council to reopen the country, absurdly compared demonstrators who are dangerously opposing state social-distancing orders aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus to civil rights icon Rosa Parks. “This is a great time for civil disobedience. We need to …
Read More »Coronavirus Has Forced Amazon's Hand. Will Anyone Make Them Pay Up?
Two things are true: Amazon makes life drastically easier for everyone who uses it, and drastically harder for almost everyone who works for it. This conflict is true of most companies; work, in general, is not something that makes life easier. But in the midst of a global pandemic and …
Read More »Super Tuesday Results: Joe Biden Romps in Several Key States, But Sanders Takes California
It wasn’t so long ago — barely a week, actually — that we were wondering if Bernie Sanders might be unstoppable after he followed up his primary win in New Hampshire by dominating the Nevada caucuses. How quickly things change. Despite disappointing performances in the first three primary/caucus states, Joe …
Read More »Fox Business Blaming Stock Market Drop on Sanders Is a Sign of Things to Come
While most analysts attributed the Dow plunging more than 1,000 points on Monday to the number of coronavirus cases climbing outside of China, Fox Business host Charles Payne claimed it was the fault of Bernie Sanders’ recent campaign success. This is an easy line for Sanders critics to trot out …
Read More »Watch Anderson Cooper Eviscerate Rod Blagojevich During Heated Interview
CNN’s Anderson Cooper blasted former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich after the now-free, corrupt politician said that he had been a political prisoner. Blagojevich, who President Trump granted clemency to on Tuesday, said during an interview on Friday, “I am a political prisoner. I was put into prison for practicing politics.” …
Read More »'Why Are They Doing This to Me?' Trump Asks Friends at Mar-a-Lago, While Legal Team Officially Denies Impeachment Charges
President Donald Trump’s legal team officially responded to last week’s Senate summons that notified the president that if he is convicted during the impeachment trial, he will be removed from office. Trump’s response came in a six-page letter on Saturday, according to the New York Times, where his lawyers blasted …
Read More »How Trump's 'Imminent Threat' on Iran Turned in to the New WMD
His administration unable to keep its story straight about how exactly General Qasem Soleimani posed an “imminent threat” to U.S. national security, President Trump now claims it “really doesn’t matter” if the assassinated Iranian commander was about to kill Americans. Nothing could be further from the truth. The question of …
Read More »Mike Pompeo Had a Fun Year with His Dog, Drone Strikes, and Linda Ronstadt
Mike Pompeo has had a busy first few days of 2020. In the wake of last week’s Trump-ordered drone strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, the secretary of state has been a fixture on cable news, regurgitating Iraq-invasion talking points and making specious claims about how the attack was …
Read More »6 Reasons the Conflict with Iran is Giving Us Iraq War Flashbacks
The assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani by an American drone strike near the Baghdad International Airport last week has brought the U.S. to the precipice of yet another war in the Middle East. The Trump administration’s sudden, violent confrontation with Iran stands in contrast to the methodical march to …
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