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commented on Gavin Newsom Gives Fox, Hannity Early Xmas Gift With DeSantis Debate 2023-11-23 17:52:00 -0500 · Flag

It’s a gamble for Newsom, but he knows that clips of the so-called debate will be replayed on other networks. This will raise his national profile. Requesting that no audience be present was a smart move on his part..
Fox will try mightily to make DeSantis appear to be the “winner,” but so what? His campaign is virtually over.

commented on Fox Has Officially Dumped Youngkin For President - For Now 2023-11-10 10:57:54 -0500 · Flag

“Republicans taking over.” Earhardt might have added, “by any means necessary”: gerrymandering districts, removing minority voters from voter lists, claiming “fraud,” etc. Youngkin, being somewhat new to politics, didn’t engage in the dirty work we’ve seen from other GOP politicians.

commented on Fox News Rhetoric Has Gotten Even More Dangerous After Trump’s Latest Indictment 2023-08-05 12:14:03 -0400 · Flag

I hope the DOJ is investigating whether people in right-wing media were actively colluding with the coup plotters to spread disinformation during that crucial post -2020 election period. If so, those facts need to be made public. There are exceptions under the law to freedom of the press (e.g. libel and defamation cases), so it should be illegal for the media to participate in an criminal conspiracy.

commented on Fox Attacks The Rule Of Law To Defend Trump After Latest Indictment 2023-08-02 17:43:46 -0400 · Flag

A question all of these trolls need to answer: “If Trump did nothing wrong, then it would be okay for Biden to do exactly the same thing to stay in power if Biden loses in 2024…right?”

commented on DeSantis Blames Trump Indictments For Floundering Campaign 2023-07-18 16:29:09 -0400 · Flag

Kurtz must be Fox’s new practitioner of “Republican Rehab.” There are too many lies in that interview to list, but it shows how difficult it would be to “deprogram” Fox News viewers who listen to this stuff all the time.

commented on Oh, Look! Jonathan Turley Is Back On The MAGA Defense Team 2023-06-17 19:00:41 -0400 · Flag

Uh, oh! Turley got word that he wouldn’t be invited back on Fox unless he reassured viewers that all is well in Trumpistan.

commented on Tucker Carlson Guest Calls For Secession Because Left Is ‘So Unclean’ 2023-04-09 13:00:28 -0400 · Flag

So red states want to secede? Great! Let those state leaders explain why citizens living there won’t receive Social Security or Medicare. Why FEMA won’t offer help when there’s a natural disaster. Why federal funds for roads and infrastructure will vanish. Some dismiss talk of secession as “impractical,” but if enough right-wingers buy into it, a movement to secede may be hard to stop.

commented on Fox News Sunday Sanitizes Trump’s Dangerous Attacks On NYC DA 2023-03-27 16:51:11 -0400 · Flag

Turley is still bitter about having his ass handed to him by Democrats during the “Twitter Files” congressional hearing. His opinions are worthless.

commented on President Biden Not Sitting For Fox Super Bowl Interview 2023-02-12 22:10:59 -0500 · Flag

Biden made the right decision not to go along with the BS that Fox is a “legitimate news network.”

commented on Ainsley Earhardt: Trump Not Told About Chinese Spy Balloons On His Watch 2023-02-07 00:01:48 -0500 · Flag

Fox hosts don’t seem to care when they get caught in a lie. As long as their falsehoods get circulated in the MAGA-verse, they’ve accomplished their goal of brainwashing their viewers.

commented on The Five Proves They Only Care About Classified Docs For Weaponizing 2023-01-26 19:19:20 -0500 · Flag

Watters: “…we have this great thing going with Joe.” Who, exactly, does he mean by “we”? Fox News? The Republican Party? Kind of makes one wonder is some of the “facts” we’ve learned so far have been exaggerated, or even fabricated.

commented on Rep. Jason Smith Suggests GOP May Impeach Biden Over Phony Classified Docs Issue 2023-01-16 00:22:53 -0500 · Flag

Remember, back in 2019, Trump didn’t care whether Ukraine would actually investigate the Bidens; he wanted Zelensky to merely announce that an investigation would be held.
The GOP has followed suit. Facts don’t matter, it’s all about APPEARANCES! See how quickly they all follow the same talking points: “Trump can’t be indicted, because Biden did the same thing!” They will continue to beat this drum long after Biden is exonerated.

commented on Let’s All Thank Sean Hannity For Warnock’s Re-Election And Dems’ 51-Seat Senate Majority 2022-12-08 00:09:43 -0500 · Flag

Covering Walker’s defeat, Laura Ingraham said she was “pissed.” The question is, at whom? Fox hosts never admit to their own culpability.

commented on Election Day Open Thread. If You Haven’t Voted, Do So NOW!!! 2022-11-09 14:25:05 -0500 · Flag

Looks like the Trump/DeSantis feud will escalate, which will bring out the worst of both of them. Will DeSantis develop a MAGA cult-like following outside of Florida? Stay tuned.

commented on Buttigieg Has A Perfect Response To MTG’s Homophobic Smear 2022-10-06 14:06:38 -0400 · Flag

The “new” GOP: anti-science, anti-technology, anti-innovation. And totally owned by fossil fuel companies.

commented on Jan. 6 Committee Hearing – Live Stream And Open Thread 2022-07-25 11:44:49 -0400 · Flag

The fact that the committee worked in a zinger about Josh Hawley, who is now a national laughingstock, shows that they are media-savvy and can entice people to watch, including those who claim they “don’t care.”

commented on MacCallum Helps Lindsey Graham Disappear Kavanaugh’s Abortion Deceit 2022-06-28 09:35:48 -0400 · Flag

Yes, back to pre-1973, when being gay could get a person arrested. And yes, states could decide how to “treat life.” If you were not a white, straight male, your life was substandard.

commented on Fox Legal Analyst Jonathan Turley Avoids Legal Analysis Of J6 Hearing 2022-06-18 22:40:44 -0400 · Flag

Turley found the hearing “so hard to watch” only because it exposed the utter depravity of Trump, and the cowardly, corrupt fools within the GOP. He knows the evidence will reveal how widespread the conspiracy was, and members of Congress will be implicated. What say you then, Professor Turley?

commented on Fox ‘News’ Channel Won’t Air January 6th Committee Hearings 2022-06-09 09:53:08 -0400 · Flag

Fox and its viewers see January 6 as a failure, so of course they won’t cover it. If, God forbid, the coup had succeeded, Fox would push the day as a national holiday.

commented on Earhardt And Campos-Duffy Reveal They’re OK Losing Children To Guns 2022-06-02 11:58:45 -0400 · Flag

Psychopaths have always existed, even in very religious cultures. While there are many factors than contribute to violence, there is a strong correlation between mass shootings and the easy availability of assault-style weapons. More religious worship will not change that.

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