Pat Buchanan has been dismissed by MSNBC, the left-leaning news network, four months after the channel suspended him. In an angry post on his blog, conservative commentator Buchanan took his critics to task, writing: “After 10 enjoyable years, I am departing, after an incessant clamor from the left that to permit me continued access to […]
There’s some temporary bad news for the Colbert Nation faithful. New episodes of “The Colbert Report” (Stephen Colbert’s Comedy Central show) were mysteriously suspended Wednesday and Thursday. Comedy Central was mostly mum Thursday about the last-minute change, saying only – “Due to unforeseen circumstances, the show will air repeat episodes on Wednesday, Feb. 15, and […]
Roland Martin (a political contributor to CNN) was suspended after tweets he sent during the Super Bowl sparked complaints from GLAAD and other groups that claimed the tweets promoted anti-LGBTQ violence. As Lisa de Moraes reported – After three days of “careful consideration” and increasing pressure, CNN suspended political contributor Roland Martin for a series […]
On Super Bowl Sunday, Roland Martin of CNN issued some homophobic tweets that got him in trouble with gay organizations and this blog. CNN stayed silent on the matter, until just moments ago, when it issued this statement – “Roland Martin’s tweets were regrettable and offensive. Language that demeans is inconsistent with the values and […]
Mitt Romney confirmed his status as the prohibitive front-runner in the GOP presidential race Saturday with a win in the Nevada caucuses. But Romney’s apparently large margin of victory may say more about his opponents than his own candidacy. While Romney’s first-place finish was never really in doubt, the lack of traction from the two […]
The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women. The change will mean a cutoff of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants, mainly for […]
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer got a very public earful by President Barack Obama when she came to meet him on the tarmac outside of Phoenix on Wednesday. The two leaders could be seen engaged in an intense conversation at the base of Air Force One’s steps. Both could be seen smiling, but speaking at the […]
A State of the Union address is often difficult to fact check, no matter who is president. The speech is a product of many hands and is carefully vetted, so major errors of fact are so relatively rare that they sometimes can become big news – think of George W. Bush’s “sixteen little words” about […]
Sen. Rand Paul told his communications director this morning he was being detained by TSA at the Nashville airport. The Twitter account associated with Paul staffer Moira Bagley, @moirabagley, tweeted around 10 a.m., ET: “Just got a call from @senrandpaul. He’s currently being detained by TSA in Nashville.” A TSA spokesman disputed that Paul was […]
A federal judge disclosed Friday that former presidential candidate John Edwards has a life-threatening heart condition – a court source confirmed to CNN. Edwards had sought a delay in his criminal corruption trial, scheduled to begin this month. Attorneys and the federal judge met in a North Carolina courtroom Friday afternoon for a status hearing […]