Politico’s Media Reporter, Dylan Byers, highlights a new Pew Research report which shows that MSNBC is circling the drain. But Byers’ own summary of what is driving MSNBC’s ratings and earnings down is, perhaps, even tougher than the Pew findings
The Conversation’s John Hayward already hit on the left-wing Politico’s use of “Creationism” as a straw man to lobby in favor of Democrats and powerful teacher unions and against the rights of underprivileged children to get a shot at decent
Over at The Federalist, my friend David Harsanyi susses out an organized media campaign to use creationism as a means of frightening secular parents away from school choice: Yes,14 states spend “nearly $1 billion” of taxpayer tuition on “hundreds of
Surprise! The individual mandate has been watered down by the White House to the point that it barely exists at all. That’s the conclusion of a piece at Politico which confirms what many conservatives were saying about the mandate two
Bloomberg News editor Ben Richardson has left the company because one of his reporters, Michael Forsythe, wrote an investigative piece about higher-ups in China that was spiked by top editors for fear it would offend Chinese brass. Richardson, the editor-at-large
In case you hadn’t noticed, the DC political class is lining up against U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY). Indeed, the left and right wings of what might be called the Beltway Party have jointly decided that Paul is unacceptable: He
Elle Magazine published a story titled ‘Meet the 10 Most Powerful Women in D.C.’ this month, but the piece only includes one right-leaning woman. It’s not clear why a fashion magazine believes it is qualified to determine who are the
First Lady Michelle Obama addressed students and faculty at Peking University in Bejing, China on Saturday and addressing free speech issues. The First Lady told the audience: That’s why it’s so important for information and ideas to flow freely over
Since taking over NBC’s Sunday morning political talk show, Meet The Press, David Gregory’s ratings have not been good. Despite poor ratings, Gregory has received full-throated support from network executives. In fact, it has been reported that NBC is “doubling down”
The conservative grassroots are thriving, and the wealthy members of the permanent political class who have everything to gain by working with both political parties to expand government and enrich themselves are deluded in their thinking that the populist spirit
Conservative Nebraska Senate candidate Ben Sasse, who has been surging since being labeled the anti-Obamacare candidate, has released a “Constitutional Madness” bracket to highlight the lawlessness of the Obama administration. “Which is President Obama’s worst constitutional violation?” the bracket says.
Winston Churchill once said that Russia “is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” So is anything even remotely having to do with Bill and Hillary Clinton. And just as with the Russians, that is intentionally so. The
The game has changed since the West aligned against the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and Russia knows it. America is weaker, and British leaders are captivated by procuring and protecting personal fortunes. According to Politico Magazine, Russia realized
Man alive, Democrats sure do have it good…. — New rule, champs: You don’t get to fault Obama for being “weak” unless you clearly state what you want him to do that he’s not doing. — Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) March
Through his political advocacy firm, FWD.us, billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is now playing a role in GOP primaries. Starting Tuesday, Zuckerberg’s FWD.us’s “Americans for a Conservative Direction” arm–a group aimed at trying to help Republicans stave off conservative opposition
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said there was a consensus in the GOP for “serious immigration reform” in an interview with Politico about the one-year anniversary of the RNC’s controversial 2012 “autopsy” report that said the party “must embrace
A new report from Politico’s Ken Vogel details how ten major GOP consultant firms who made a combined $1 billion off Mitt Romney’s failed 2012 White House bid are still large and in charge of GOP politics, raking in millions
Just one month after passage of the 2014 farm bill designed to slim food stamp payments, governors in six states have found a way to to keep hundreds of millions of dollars flowing to food stamp recipients, a sum that
On Friday, President Barack Obama met with 17 leaders from a hodgepodge of pro-amnesty organizations and discussed getting legislation through the House in an “upcoming 90-day” window. Last year, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said amnesty advocates would try to get legislation passed
It looks like at least some Republicans are planning to make hay over Friday night’s surprise “document dump” announcement that American authority over Internet domain registration would be handed off to some as-yet nonexistent global body. Politico notes that while
Texas Representative and Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Mike McCaul asserted that the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished with 239 people on board, “was not an accident. It was an intentional, deliberate act to bring down this airplane,” on Fox News Sunday. “We
Writing at Politico Magazine, Russian activist and former chess world champion Garry Kasparov urges Europe and the United States not to repeat the same appeasement that led to World War II in their response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions
In what appears to be a distraction strategy by Nebraska Senate candidate Shane Osborn, his campaign or someone close to it is recycling a tenuous story about his opponent Ben Sasse, a former Health and Human Services official in the
Republican Scott Brown is now officially jumping into the U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire against Democratic incumbent Jeanne Shaheen, who voted for ObamaCare and may prove vulnerable. Polling in January had them only three points apart. While Shaheen’s alleged
Big business interests that want Common Core imposed will unleash an advertisement campaign to blunt the momentum of conservatives and grassroots parents across the country in their efforts to stop the implementation of the Common Core Learning Standards. The top-down
From what I can glean from this Politico report, Brandon Ambrosino is a gay writer who doesn’t think in the way the left-wing media demands gays think. For that sin, Ezra Klein is getting blasted for hiring Ambrosino as a
I love primaries. The first campaign I managed was a primary, decades ago. With most districts, and many states, firmly in either the “red” or “blue” camp, primaries are an important mechanism for voters to ensure that their elected officials
A piece in the Wall Street Journal is getting attention for the claim that the Obama administration has made the individual mandate optional. There is some truth to this though the changes being discussed happened months ago. In fact, the
President Obama’s former White House adviser David Axelrod admitted that Tuesday’s Democratic loss in Florida’s 13th Congressional District is indicative of an Obamacare problem. Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Obama’s former political strategist said that the unpopular healthcare law “motivated
On Wednesday’s “Morning Joe,” former Obama adviser David Axelrod reacted to Tuesday’s outcome in Florida’s 13th congressional district in which Rep.-Elect David Jolly (R-FL) defeated Democratic hopeful Alex Sink by a very narrow margin and what he thinks Democrats should
On Wednesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, Politico editor and co-founder Jim VandeHei reflect on Republican Rep.-Elect David Jolly’s victory over Democratic candidate Alex Sink in the special election for Florida’s 13th congressional district on Tuesday. VandeHei and the others on
Joseph Williams was a White House correspondent for Politico until racial comments about Mitt Romney and a retweet of a lewd joke about Ann Romney got him the boot. He might have had a shot at a new media job
From Politico: 1. Air France Flight 447 (2009) If the Malaysian jet has crashed, this incident could be most similar to a deadly 2009 accident involving an Air France Airbus A330 that disappeared over the Atlantic en route from Rio
Joseph Williams was on top of the media world: a White House reporter for Politico who appeared regularly on MSNBC. Then, as he puts it, “My plunge into poverty happened in an instant.” A racially-charged attack against Mitt Romney, a
On Tuesday, voters in Florida’s 13th District will select a replacement for the late GOP Rep. Bill Young, who represented the St. Petersburg-based district for decades. Democrats secured their top recruit, Alex Sink, former financial officer for the state, who
The top five states with the highest income inequality rates all voted to reelect President Barack Obama, though no state boasted a higher rate of inequality than Washington, D.C. This ia according to a study released this week by MoneyRates.com.
Earlier today Sharyl Attkisson announced on Twitter that she was leaving CBS News. Early reports suggest the split was “amicable” though Attkisson is said to have wanted to leave because she had grown frustrated with the network’s “liberal bias.” Specifically,
Big-business and establishment groups vowed they would wage war on conservatives and Tea Party candidates, particularly incumbents, in 2014, but they are backing off after realizing they may not want to throw money at losers. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Via her verified Twitter account, CBS investigative news reporter Sharyl Attkisson announced Monday that she has resigned from CBS. — I have resigned from CBS. — Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) March 10, 2014 — Although Politico received no comment from Attkisson
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) wowed the beltway elite and even Democrats during Saturday’s annual Gridiron event, showing why the Ivy Leaguer has confounded and been vilified by many with whom he shares the same intellectual pedigree. The annual D.C. roast
