National Public Radio’s Morning Edition aired a story by Kirk Siegler on Tuesday morning on the enduring tensions at Cliven Bundy’s ranch in Nevada, where armed protestors faced down the federal government in May. The story notes that the married couple who
Top Jeb Bush adviser Mike Murphy, who is responsible for some of the mainstream media’s laziest and most conventional talking points about Republicans and conservatives he loathes, said liberals and conservatives who believe House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) was
On Sunday, CNN’s Reliable Sources ignored Breitbart News’s extensive reporting on Dave Brat’s campaign before he ousted House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) in a segment that discussed mainstream outlets — like CNN — that dropped the ball and other outlets
On Sunday evening, mainstream media reporter Glenn Thrush revealed that a former editor of his at Newsday in 2008 delayed and buried his story on Hillary Clinton’s defense of a child rapist because “it might have an impact.” When Thrush
Kirsten Powers, a Democrat who served in Bill Clinton’s administration, said the mainstream media want to portray the Tea Party as bigots and racists and are not capable of understanding what the movement is about. She also said that the
Jenny Jones, the only Green Party peer and former London Mayoral Candidate, is on a police list of potential “domestic extremists”, according to the Guardian. Files show the police tracked her over an 11-year period, including during her bid for
It took Dave Brat’s shocking victory over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) for Chris Matthews and Chuck Todd to understand that the Tea Party movement is a state of mind and not a fad or a flash-in-the-pan movement. A
A day after Dave Brat’s shocking primary win over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said amnesty, which was the signature that led to Cantor’s downfall, resonates with American workers because of the impact it
When Dave Brat was on the verge of becoming the first candidate in history to defeat a sitting House Majority Leader in a primary on Tuesday evening, shocked mainstream media reporters and pundits scurried away from their leisurely dinners to
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) failed to congratulate or even acknowledge Dave Brat in his concession speech last night. Neither did Cantor offer Brat his support in November’s general election against his Democratic opponent, or call Brat to concede
The Catholic Church in Brazil has threatened to sue the Italian state broadcaster after it ran an advert featuring the famous statue of Christ the Redeemer wearing an Italian Football shirt. Rio de Janeiro Archdiocese believes the depiction is “blasphemous”
After the triumph, the tragedy — or at least the stupidity: last month Marine Le Pen and her anti-establishment Front National topped the polls in the elections to the European Parliament, pushing the ruling Socialist party into third place and
Having failed to co-opt Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), the Republican permanent political class in Washington, D.C. may wage war on him after the midterm elections. Wall Street donors may stop giving money to him and groups that support him. Party
L.A. Weekly, the ubiquitous guide to popular culture and urban style in Los Angeles, features a Republican wearing a Ku Klux Klan outfit as part of the illustration to its cover story this week on the GOP’s candidates for governor
As mainstream media outlets continue to support gun control by focusing on the three persons Elliot Rodgers shot to death, they have not bothered reporting that guns have been used to save at least seven lives since May 25. According
A footballer you haven’t heard of has been forced to apologise after suggesting on television that some women are more attractive than others and that if four girls were political parties the least ugly one would be UKIP. I’m very grateful
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its revised assessment of the first quarter of 2014’s Gross Domestic Product and revised it down to -1%. The initial assessment said the economy had at least grown, but only by .01%. Real gross
Less than two minutes prior to the CCTV footage that captured the death of a teenager, reportedly at the hands of the Israeli Defense Forces, a group of Palestinians was seen orchestrating an attempt to fake injuries, doing so in front
It depends on what the meaning of ‘scandal’ is. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi explained in an interview with Vox founder Ezra Klein that the situation surrounding the Department of Veterans Affairs wasn’t quite a “scandal” in the official sense
Labour Party leader Ed Miliband reflected in his press conference today on mainstream media reports that he was not great at eating bacon sandwiches. Miliband looked pained as he raised the issue, which he claims is cheapening politics. One journalist
Even the beltway-centric National Journal concedes that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is right about the double standard in the mainstream media’s coverage of women. That double standard is put on steroids when it comes to conservative women who are
A quip which has been doing the rounds on Twitter the last few days concerns the official projection of how many seats UKIP stands to win in Westminster next year, based on its stellar performance in the local and European
Breitbart News previously reported that economist John Lott will establish the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC), an initiative to produce studies focused on the relationship between firearms and crime. Lott is largely funding CPRC with donations from individuals who support his mission. Just one month after launching CPRC’s campaign
Speaking to the media moments ago, UKIP leader Nigel Farage reflected on his party’s successes over the past 12 hours, and the notion that UKIP’s surge is simply “a protest vote” as so many have claimed. Farage, who was in
The crazy bastards only went and did it. Despite a concerted slur campaign against it, the UK Independence Party has triumphed at the local council elections, stealing dozens of seats from the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Once all
