Darth Alekseyevich Vader, an electrician formerly known as Viktor Shevchenko, attempted to run for Prime Minister of Ukraine on Sunday but was turned away at the polling station after he refused to take off his mask. According to EOnline, the
Liberals who most want Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to run for president are wealthy white males. Though Warren tries to fashion herself as a champion of the working class, Democrats who make below $50,000 prefer Hillary Clinton. A recent Washington
MSNBC’s “Hardball” host, Chris Matthews wondered aloud if President Obama would change and “become a real chief executive” rather than “just a really good speech-giver” on Friday. Matthews asked if “Obama is ready to change his last two years and
MSNBC’s Joy Reid used the network’s coverage of a school shooting in Washington State to push for more gun control on Friday. Less than an hour after the network began live coverage of the shooting, she remarked, “You do have
MSNBC’s Ronan Farrow reported that the Arizona-Mexico Border was “lawless” on Friday’s “Jose Diaz-Balart.” Farrow, who is in Tuscon after visiting the border, said, “The thing that you’re struck by being on the border is there is no securing it, in
Friday on MSNBC’s “NewsNation with Tamron Hall,” the co-president of the National Nurses Union Jane Ross said 84 percent of nurses say their hospitals are still not holding the essential interactive training programs for Ebola. Hall asked, “As I understand
Justin Ling, a freelance journalist in Ottawa, reported that Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, the suspected shooter in Wednesday’s attack in Ottawa, was being monitored by the Canadian government as individual who wanted to fight for ISIS on Thursday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Jose Diaz-Balart,” Rep Charlie Rangel (D-NY) said ISIS is not a threat to our national security and we should not be bombing them. Rangel said, “Well, one thing, I don’t see where that’s a threat to our
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” MSNBC political correspondent Kasie Hunt interviewed incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC), who is in a tight reelection bod for her seat against Republican senatorial hopeful Thom Tillis. In that interview, Hunt asked Hagan
One question supporters of GamerGate, the consumer revolt against shoddy ethics and bias in video games journalism, often ask me is what a successful campaign outcome might look like. Based on my experience in online media, here’s where I think
As news about the attack on Canada’s Parliament Hill continues to unfold, Canadian Press correspondent Lee-Anne Goodman says these kinds of things weren’t suppose to happen in Ottawa where there are “pretty tight gun control laws” and suggested a talk
NBC Justice Correspondent Pete Williams reported that Canada raised its terror threat level without a public announcement a few days prior to the shootings in Ottawa during MSNBC’s coverage of the event on Wednesday. “For the past really two weeks,
In response to Pew Research: Liberals More Trusting of Media than Conservatives: According to that Pew Research Center study, one of the least trusted sources for news is Ed Schultz’s radio show. But the MSNBC commentator seems to have misinterpreted
Reporters grilled White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest about President Obama’s comment to MSNBC’s Al Sharpton that every Democrat on the ballot in the midterm elections had supported him and his agenda. Though Democratic candidates were distancing themselves from Obama,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, former Gov. Howard Dean (D-VT), also a former Democratic National Committee chairman, acknowledged Republicans have been successful in laying out the narrative of the 2014 midterm election, which is putting President Barack
On Wednesday’s episode of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz evaded questions on the prospects of Democrat success in next month’s midterm elections and the dynamic between candidates in that election and President Barack Obama. On
President Barack Obama sent shockwaves through Senate races during a Monday radio interview with Rev. Al Sharpton wherein the president said Senate Democrats are merely pretending to distance themselves from an Obama agenda they wholeheartedly embrace. “Some of the candidates
A new poll from Pew Research breaks down conservatism and leftism in the media – and comes up with a number of interesting results. As it turns out, leftists are far less tolerant that conservatives and implicitly trust government sources.
A Pew Research Poll on media habits finds that liberals trust more media outlets than conservatives do. The poll looked at 36 news sources including major news networks, cable news, major newspapers, talk radio, and outlets like Slate and Breitbart
One of the best arguments against a travel ban against the African countries where Ebola has broken out is that it would be ineffective, given the porous U.S. borders. Someone determined to travel to the U.S. would find a way.
Monday on MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation With Al Sharpton,” President Barack Obama said all the Democratic politicians who are avoiding him on the campaign trail are “all folks who vote with me. They have supported my agenda in Congress.” Obama said, “Here’s
Despite the fact that her opponent, Republican Greg Abbott, has been in an interracial marriage for more than 30 years, in yet another desperate campaign move, flailing Democrat gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis used her verified Twitter account to suggest Abbott
Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” in discussing the administrations response to Ebola in America, President Barack Obama’s Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said, “a travel ban could endanger people more.” Rhodes said, “The judgment of the professionals is
On Monday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, author and Daily Beast founder Tina Brown took aim at President Barack Obama and his handling of the several crises facing the country with regards to how women voters view perceive his responses. Brown
A panel on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on Saturday dreamed of women having the costs of freezing their eggs covered under the Affordable Care Act during a discussion on Facebook and Apple agreeing to cover the costs of such a procedure.
