Teabagistan

Via Mediaite: Ted Cruz suggested on Twitter Wednesday that the ongoing debacle surrounding CNN’s apparent threat to reveal the identity of the anonymous Redditor who created the video depicting President Donald Trump beating a man with a CNN logo superimposed on his head. CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski put out an article on Tuesday in which he notes that Reddit user …

The Guardian reports: The spread of Russian-made fake news stories aimed at discrediting Hillary Clinton on social media is emerging as an important line of inquiry in multiple investigations into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow. Investigators are looking into whether Trump supporters and far-right websites coordinated with Moscow over the release of fake news, including stories implicating …

Gizmodo reports: NPR tweeted the entire Declaration of Independence in 140-character chunks yesterday to celebrate Independence Day. But more than a few people thought that the tweets were a political stance against Donald Trump. Seriously. NPR has been reading the Declaration of Independence on air in a tradition that dates back 29 years. And in fairness, the Declaration of Independence …

Reagan’s Secretary of Education turned wingnut bloviator Bill Bennett appeared on Fox & Friends this morning to deliver what will surely be the stupidest fucking quote you’ll read today. (Unless Trump tweets again, of course.) Via Mediaiate: Bennett referenced a Tweet from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in which she called the press “guardians to our democracy.” The conservative pundit …

Mediaite reports: When July 3rd falls on a Monday between the weekend and the July 4th holiday, cable news brings out its back-ups. So Fox & Friends featured the weekend hosts and trotted out old reliable Governor Mike Huckabee to opine on yesterday’s controversial tweet showing President Trump “body slamming’ CNN. Shocker: Huckabee took the president’s side and railed on …

The AV Club reports: For those appalled at the right-wing hellscape the Donald Trump era has unleashed upon the land, the idea of going local is seen as an effective strategy to fight back against a federal government infested with conservative idealogues at the highest levels. Unfortunately, according to Last Week Tonight host and guy whose astutely angry British-ness can …

Fox News radio host Todd Starnes writes: President Trump dropped the Mother of All Tweets on CNN Sunday morning — leaving shellshocked staffers drooling uncontrollably in their designated safe spaces. The Mainstream Media suffered a mental breakdown. CNN commentator and “Faux Republican” Ana Navarro was beyond horrified — telling ABC News the “President of the United States is inciting violence …

The New York Daily News reports: A so-called “patriot” shot himself in the left thigh when his holstered revolver accidentally went off at Gettysburg National Park, where potentially violent protests were expected Saturday. Benjamin Hornberger, 23, was wounded in a central area of the federal park around 1 p.m. as First Amendment advocates were demonstrating, a U.S. Parks spokeswoman told …

Via Think Progress: An ad the National Rifle Association is using as a recruiting tool on its Facebook page stops just short of openly declaring war on the mainstream media and anti-Trump progressives. In the one-minute spot, conservative media personality and NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch says progressives “bully and terrorize the law abiding,” adding that “the only way we stop …

Mediaite reports: On Wednesday night, Sean Hannity continued his attacks on CNN and had a message for CNN’s president Jeff Zucker. “At this point,” he began, “we should put CNN six feet underground for repeatedly spreading lies, propaganda, black helicopter tinfoil hat conspiracy theories, and for viciously trying to take down this president.” He showed an image of CNN’s gravestone …

Todd Starnes writes for Fox News: The Supreme Court announced Monday it will tackle a culture war powder keg – should a Christian baker who opposes gay marriage on religious grounds be forced to participate in a gay wedding? The justices said they will consider a case involving Jack Phillips, the owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado. The issue: …

Mediaite reports: David Pecker, the CEO of American Media Inc., the publisher of the National Enquirer and a number of other lesser-esteemed rags, is mulling a purchase of Time, Inc., Jeffrey Toobin writes in The New Yorker. Buried in an extensive profile of Pecker, who has used the National Enquirer to support his longtime friend President Donald Trump, is a …

The New York Daily News reports: A Trump family wedding planner was officially appointed Monday to her new job overseeing federal housing in New York. Lynne Patton, the regional administrator for Housing and Urban Development, has zero experience in housing. She is responsible for distributing billions of taxpayer dollars to public housing in New York and New Jersey. “I have …

Mediaite reports: A New Hampshire state Representative and President Donald Trump supporter who once said Hillary Clinton should be “shot for treason” was invited to a White House bill signing on Friday. New Hampshire state Rep. Al Baldasaro visited the White House Friday for the signing of the Veterans Accountability and Whistleblower Act. Last year on a radio show, Baldasaro …

The Hill reports: The pro-Trump group “America First Policies” is preparing a massive seven-figure ad buy against Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV), just hours after the GOP senator announced Friday that he would not support the Senate’s bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare. The group was formed by six former members of Trump and Pence’s staffs, including former spokeswoman Katrina Pierson …

Mediaite reports: Fox & Friends aired a report on Friday about how James Comey visited The New York Times yesterday. The only problem is that, that does not appear to be true. Fox’s report was based on a Thursday article from Daily Mail which included pictures of Comey and his wife entering the building where the Times newsrooms are located. …

Nutjob Sheriff David Clarke this week had to withdraw from a senior post to Homeland Security after CNN reporter Andrew Kacyznski revealed that he’d plagiarized 47 portions of his master’s thesis. Clarke is now out for revenge with help from the right wing group Media Equalizer. Via Mediaite: The K-File sleuths previously sunk Monica Crowley’s would-be nomination for a communications …

Gothamist reports: The Public Theater’s controversial production of Julius Caesar closed Sunday night, but the so-called “right-wing hate machine” surrounding the play continues to churn, with a torrent of anonymous threats made in recent days against the Public Theater’s director Oskar Eustis, as well as other Shakespeare companies across the country. The Post reports that Eustis and his wife have …

Mediaite reports: Eric Bolling and the Fox News Specialists led their broadcast Monday with a panel discussion about North Korea moments after news broke about the death of Otto Warmbier, an American student who spent 17 months in a North Korean prison. And in those first moments after news of the death became public, Bolling questioned whether the United States …

Raw Story reports: Conservative rocker Ted Nugent on Sunday blamed Democrats for inciting vicious partisan rhetoric and insisted that he had “never threatened anyone.” Following the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and other Republicans at a congressional baseball practice last week, Nugent announced that it was time to stop using incendiary rhetoric to demonize political opponents. On Sunday, Fox …