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Fox News chief ordered Geraldo Rivera’s mic cut for defending Obama on Benghazi: report
A new report says that Fox News President Roger Ailes ordered the Fox News control room to cut host Geraldo Rivera’s mic just two days before November’s election because he was defending President Barack Obama against the network’s “misinformation” about terrorist attacks in Benghazi. The New York Times reported on…
Former Bush official: Syria chemical weapons could be ‘Israeli false flag operation’
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, the former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell under President George W. Bush, on Thursday warned that the chemical weapons that were reportedly used in Syria could be a “Israeli false flag operation” because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was running an “inept regime.” During…
Bags of urine thrown as White Student Union clashes with May Day protesters
Workers rights demonstrators clashed with white supremacists in the so-called White Student Union during Washington, D.C. May Day protests on Wednesday. According to CNN, “bags of urine and flag poles” were thrown as skirmish broke out in Lafayette Park between the White Student Union protesters and demonstrators from the group…
Chris Christie: Obama ‘kept every promise’ after Hurricane Sandy
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Monday shrugged off criticism from Republicans who said that he was a traitor for praising President Barack Obama’s handling of Hurricane Sandy just days before the 2012 election. Speaking to MSNBC on the six-month anniversary of the super storm, Christie doubled down by…
McCain refuses to drop immigrant slur: ‘I’ll continue to call it illegal’
Arizona Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Monday vowed to continue to use the slur “illegal” to refer to undocumented immigrants. At a town hall meeting in Phoenix, a 25-year-old dreamer asked the former Republican presidential nominee to “please drop the i-word,” according to The Arizona Republic. “Someone who crosses our…
Rep. Salmon to Tony Perkins: House Republicans are ‘the last bastion of freedom’
An Arizona congressman on Monday told Family Research Council President Tony Perkins that Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives had a duty to stop President Barack Obama because they were “the last bastion of freedom.” “We cannot let President Obama keep advancing his agenda,” Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) said…
Republican Party ‘autopsy’ report: Make sure young voters don’t see party as ‘totally intolerant’
A study ordered by Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus after election losses in 2012 calls for major party reforms that would shorten the primary season and spend millions reaching out to minority voters. At the National Press Club on Monday, Priebus said that he had initiated the “most comprehensive…
Fox News hosts’ stunt to fund White House tours could pay for 90,000 food stamp meals
Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Eric Bolling have offered over $140,000 — or enough to fund more than 90,000 food stamp meals — to keep White House tours open after the Obama administration temporarily suspended them due to automatic budget cuts. NBC News on Tuesday reported that the White…
Georgia Republican proposes relaxing gun restrictions on mentally ill
A Republican state lawmaker in Georgia on Thursday introduced a bill that would relax gun restrictions on people who have been treated for mental illness. State Rep. Rick Jasperse (R) told The Associated Press that his bill — titled the “Safe Carry Protection Act” — would allow people who have…
Fox News chief Roger Ailes: Obama is ‘lazy,’ Biden is ‘dumb’ and Gingrich is a ‘prick’
An author was recently given “unprecedented” access to Roger Ailes and came away with the Fox News president’s thoughts about a “lazy” President Barack Obama, a “dumb” Vice President Joe Biden and former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, who he described as a “prick.” In an excerpt from the new…
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