An amazing interview wherein Rumsfeld completely dominates Mitchell. Two videos from Fox Nation: “You used the word ‘trumped up.’ There was nothing trumped up. Colin Powell believed every word he said at the United Nations. the preside believed every word
“What did Hitler do first? He busted the unions. Right? First you take away the unions, then you take away the Jews, then you take away, you know, that’s where it starts.” -Union protester in Madison, Wis. [youtube gcDnKQul_c8] Protesters
When The History Channel rejected Emmy Award-winner Joel (24) Surnow‘s $30 million mini-series The Kennedys, it was another message to millions of viewers that have rightly started to ask, “So where’s the history?” History spokespeople claimed that the miniseries did
Chris Matthews interviews the Soros-funded Common Cause group about their perceptions of impartiality concerning Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. It should be noted that the group is not on record opposing Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s involvement as a member of La
The way Lawrence O’Donnell sees it, cartoonists Batton/Lash are the new Theo Van Gogh, collectively. You’re not allowed to criticize the hypocritical policies of the President or First Lady, in word or in graphics, lest a D-List talking head will
That’s some real “Hardball” reporting there, Mr. Matthews. NBC anchors can’t have anyone from Republican leadership on their shows without spending ten minutes on “birthers” but here Matthews has someone from a group that organized a rally with real racist
Read Hud and Lash’s latest response to this non-controversy at Big Hollywood: Racial McCarthyism: MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Screams ‘Racist’ to Intimidate Artistic Political Opposition Recently, Mr. O’Donnell implored family, friends even strangers to harass cartoonists James Hudnall and Batton Lash
When reality-impaired MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell decided to call Batton Lash and myself racists on national television, we received a steady stream of death threats and viscous hate mail, which I detail here. The whole thing brings up memories of
When Batton Lash and I decided to take on the Obama Administration with our strip 16 months ago, few people were willing to mock the president. Yet we both saw that this president was at times foolish, mendacious, clueless and
When Batton Lash and I decided to take on the Obama Administration with our strip 16 months ago, few people were willing to mock the president. Yet we both saw that this president was at times foolish, mendacious, clueless and
The First Lady looks overweight in this cartoon, and even though the two other adults in the cartoon do as well, it must be – according to MSNBC standards – racist. So why didn’t Lawrence O’Donnell go off forever on
Dana Loesch hits back at Lawrence O’Donnell here. Read the cartoonists answer to the charges here. Enjoy the oh-so-earnest, whispering outrage of Lawrence O’Donnell.
Harvard historian Niall Ferguson schools MSNBC’s Mika on what has happened in Egypt and Obama’s incompetence. Just devastating. And this guy teaches at Harvard. [youtube V9sMo-LTdSc nolink]
The Conservative Political Action Conference just ended, wrapping up a weekend of big successes, surprises and fun. But the problem with so many great speakers, panels and parties is much of what happens flies under the radar in the media,
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets021411.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss rising food prices, inflation and the overthrowing of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. We’re brought to
Last summer, unions spent an estimated $10 million on the Democratic primary in Arkansas in a failed attempt to defeat then-Senator Blanche Lincoln. It was $10 million worth of their members’ dues that was wasted. Unions did not waste their
Freedom is a addictive – once you taste it you just want more. It seems that in the last few weeks citizens of the Arab world are having their first taste of freedom. It began in Tunisia where violent protests
The New York Times’s digital media writer Brian Selter reports that Keith Olbermann’s new show will see him taking on both old colleague Lawrence O’Donnell, who assumed Olbermann’s MSNBC time slot, as well as Fox’s Bill O’Reilly. The show is
I’ve always thought better of politicians who make themselves available in the lions’ dens that are networks like MSNBC. Lawrence O’Donnell spent and inordinate amount of attention of the President’s religion. He makes an insane leap of logic from King’s
UPDATE: Not stepping down….will “delegate” powers to veep Report: WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. intelligence indicates “a strong likelihood” that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is on his way out and may step down as early as Thursday night, CIA Director Leon
Mrs. Obama explains why her children are not allowed on Facebook.
The further deterioration of the NBC News brand. Why would any GOP Presidential candidate appear on this network in the next two years? This kind of heated rhetoric could inspire violence in some of the more unhinged people on the
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets020811.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Ben Smilowitz to discuss disaster relief in Haiti, and the need for greater oversight of disaster
Keith Olbermann is rumored to be joining Al Gore’s Current.tv which airs programs on Al Gore’s Internet. Keith Olbermann, the former top-rated host on the news channel MSNBC, will announce his next television home on Tuesday, and people familiar with
