Month: May 2021

History repeated itself tonight, as NBC once again blocked out major developments in the 2018 case of murdered Iowa student, Mollie Tibbetts. The other two networks also played partisan politics by trying to hide her killer’s illegal immigration status. Cristhian Bahena Rivera confessed to killing the young college student, after her body was found dumped in a cornfield. While the
0 Comments
Spain’s postal service is being accused of being really racist after they launched an ill-fated campaign to combat racism by issuing stamps with different values according to their color. “The darker the stamp, the less value it will have,” said Correos, the state-owned postal company, about the campaign. “Therefore, when making a shipment, it will
0 Comments
In the latest NewsBusters Podcast, we return to the topic of voting integrity. On The Late Show on CBS, host Stephen Colbert interviewed actor Bradley Whitford, who uncorked cockeyed conspiracy theories like if the Congress doesn’t pass HR1, they’ll meet in “internment camps.” Not only that, you can’t negotiate with Republicans because Whitford argued “negotiating with
0 Comments
MADISON, Wis.—This capital city has become the fifth and last of Wisconsin’s so-called WI-5 cities to face a formal complaint alleging violations of election law in the November presidential contest in which Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump. Saying they are concerned about liberal groups entrenched in administration of Wisconsin elections, a crowd of about nearly
0 Comments
Senator Ben Sasse speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 27, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/Pool via Reuters) Nebraska senator Ben Sasse, one of the six Senate Republicans who supported creating an independent commission to investigate the January 6 attack on Congress, comments on his vote: “Nebraskans know where I stand on this: For the first
0 Comments
Further demonstrating that tone-deaf hypocrites have no sense of irony, Lawrence O’Donnell went on an unhinged rant and deployed the very tactics he decries. Thursday, O’Donnell started his show off on a low note, ranting about how Republican Senators “don’t care” about Capitol Police officers and or think their deaths “are worth investigating” because the GOP doesn’t support the
0 Comments
A key measurement of consumer spending and personal income showed the economy experienced higher-than-expected inflation in April, according to the Department of Commerce. The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index — a main inflation indicator used by the Federal Reserve that measures consumer price increases  — ticked up by 0.6% while the core PCE index,
0 Comments
A federal appeals court sided with pro-life activists after New York tried to block them from protesting an abortion clinic in the New York City borough of Queens. The three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan decided to reverse its own prior decision allowing New York authorities to keep protesters
0 Comments
Andrea Mitchell Reports guest host Peter Alexander was forced to acknowledge on Friday that maybe Trump Administration officials were correct, or at the very least, not conspiracy theorists, in declaring COVID-19 to be the result of a lab leak. Still, Alexander wondered if the former administration was looking for a scapegoat, a notion former Pence staffer-turned MSM hero Olivia Troye
0 Comments
Is Joe Biden a Russian asset? After reading this tale of three pipelines, that unhappy ending will be hard to avoid. First, on January 20, Biden’s first afternoon as president, he ditched the Trump-approved Keystone XL pipeline. Some 11,000 high-paying jobs, many unionized, vanished. While these suddenly unemployed Americans sulked, Vladimir Putin cheered. By trapping
0 Comments
Supporters of President Trump face off with police during a “Stop the Steal” protest outside of the Capitol building in Washington D.C., January 6, 2021. (Stephanie Keith/Reuters) Senate Republicans today blocked an independent, bipartisan commission to inquire into the January 6 Capitol riot. This will not prevent Congress from conducting its own investigation, but it
0 Comments
CNN anchor Jim Acosta hasn’t checked his pompous attitude at the door since leaving his role as White House correspondent. On Friday’s New Day, Acosta came on for the sole purpose of trashing Trump supporters, the Republican party and CNN’s competitor Fox News as brainless extremists.  The segment began by playing clips from two rallies last night,
0 Comments
Earlier this month, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) and Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) introduced the Untraceable Firearms Act, a bill that targets “ghost guns,” or unregistered firearms without serial numbers. Also called “kit guns” or “80% guns,” most are built at home from manufacturer-produced gun kits. Improvised weapons, also known as “pipe guns,” are another variation,
0 Comments
After pausing political donations for several months, Facebook’s political action committee will resume campaign contributions to members of Congress but will not donate to anyone who voted against certifying the 2020 presidential election, the company told employees on Thursday. Buzzfeed News was the first to report on an internal announcement from Brian Rice, a public
0 Comments
President Joe Biden has repeatedly promised not to raise taxes on people making less than $400,000. It was a staple of his presidential campaign, and he continued to say it after being sworn in. Most conservatives and honest observers didn’t believe him at the time. They saw his agenda, understood the price tag would be
0 Comments