Propaganda

“It’s no accident that California became the country’s richest state. It was the land of limitless opportunity. Even if you never made millions there, you could live in what was, in effect, a middle class paradise. That’s not true anymore. According to the census, almost a fifth of Californians now live in poverty. That’s the highest percentage in the country. …

The Hill reports: Rep. Mark Meadows (R-Ohio) is characterizing special counsel Robert Mueller’s sentencing report on former national security advisor Michael Flynn as “good news for President Trump” because “there is no mention of collusion.” during an interview with Fox’s Sean Hannity on Tuesday night. “I have looked at this report and, yes, everybody is going to focus on what …

“I’m not against welfare entirely. In fact, my mother grew up at times on welfare. And she needed it and she grew up in a project in New Hampshire, believe it or not, we have those there. But there was shame in that. And I’m sure she’d be mortified if she even heard me saying this. Because I think to …

Mediaite reports: A Florida sheriff who appeared on Fox News this morning claimed — without evidence — that marijuana is both “killing people every day across the United States” and causing overdoses. After co-host Brian Kilmeade seethed about the supposed extreme addictiveness of weed — based on anecdotal evidence from his “friends” — the sheriff called use of the drug …

Gosh, didn’t Sarah Sanders just call for civility? The Hill reports: Kid Rock finished a monologue about respecting others on Fox and Friends Friday morning by making one exception, saying “I’d say screw that Joy Behar bitch.” “We can disagree and still be cordial with one another and just talk about things without going for each others throats and protesting …

Patch reports: Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will hold a press briefing at the White House on Tuesday afternoon. Likely topics include the use of tear gas against immigrants at the border and widespread cuts by automaker GM. The briefing begins at 1 p.m. This will be the first briefing under the new rules spawned by Trump’s legal battle with …

The Hill reports: Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson, the two sisters known as Diamond & Silk who have become public figures through their viral videos in support of President Trump, have been awarded their own weekly program on Fox Nation. The new show will be offered on Fox Nation, the on-demand, subscription-based service that Fox is launching Tuesday. It is …

The Hill reports: Former U.S. Border Patrol deputy chief Ron Colburn early Monday defended the use of pepper spray to deter migrants attempting to enter the U.S. at the Mexican border, saying it is “natural” and “you could actually put it on your nachos and eat it.” “Fox & Friends” host Steve Doocy asked Colburn, who is now president of …

The Daily Beast reports: “Judge” Jeanine Pirro is the voice of law and order in President Donald Trump’s cable news echo chamber, making it particularly noteworthy that she has been flouting federal election rules for years. The lawyer-turned-Fox News host mounted an ill-fated run for the U.S. Senate in 2006, when she vied for the Republican nomination to challenge then-Sen. …

Mediaite reports: Conservatives might be concerned over immigrants breaching the southern border wall, but Fox News’ Tammy Bruce is worried about them scaling dump trucks. That was evident from Bruce’s Friday night broadcast, during which she pointed to footage of migrants climbing the bed of a truck and said “they’re climbing the wall right there.” “I don’t think they are …

Deadline reports: Fox News issued an on-air apology today after one of its guests compared former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to herpes during a broadcast. Anna Paulina, Turning Point USA’s director of Hispanic engagement, appeared along with political analyst Doug Schoen to discuss a favorite Fox News topic, Clinton’s deleted emails. Host Rick Leventhal made an offhand remark about …

“I think it’s the tone. You know, the very next day [after the election] the market was up. But since then, the tone of Democrats, who have declared war on President Trump, I think have been a real negative wave for the market. Particularly, I think Americans want to see legislation, not more investigations. You know, I don’t think they …

Mediaite reports: Citing a report by conservative media watchdog Media Research Center, Ainsley Earhardt noted that NBC and ABC spent zero seconds covering the caravan, while CBS dedicated a mere 21 seconds to a story Fox News has provided voluminous coverage. In the next breath, co-host Brian Kilmeade reported an update in the caravan story: that the U.S. military deployed …

The Hill reports: White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said on Monday President Trump is “not afraid” to sit down with special counsel Robert Mueller but has declined to do so. “He’s not afraid to sit down,” Conway told reporters. “It just doesn’t seem necessary. It doesn’t rise to that level.” “His attorneys have … counseled him that he should submit …

Slate reports: Ingraham is so cartoonishly awful that her show has graduated from object to subject, and this week Kate McKinnon performed essentially an entire episode of The Ingraham Angle, complete with an opening editorial monologue, a segment with Jeanine Pirro, and interviews with Mark Zuckerberg, Marcia Fudge, and “the self-proclaimed ‘Vape God,’ ” Tom Scibelli. The highlight is the …

“While we are watching millions of illegal immigrants cross our borders, and many of them voting in the past election that’s what, just a couple weeks ago, and having an immense impact. If there are, as Yale and MIT say, 20 to 30 million illegal immigrants already in this country, know what that means for the districts of the U.S. …

“This is not just mere incompetence, because it continues to happen in the one county in Florida that is heavily Democratic, that has shown that it has incredible levels of corruption, as we saw from even the fallout from the Parkland shooting and the sheriff’s office, and the fact that elected officials in that county don’t even have the confidence …

“Chris, stop. I’m gonna pull your mic. When I say to stop I want you to stop. You said ‘his miserable loss’? Now listen to me. Bill Clinton lost 52 seats midterm. Barack Obama, uh, lost 13 seats and 63 seats, I think, in 2010. And then this president lost SIX! You wanna call that a miserable loss? You are …

Mediaite reports: In an appearance on Fox Business, host Trish Regan asked presidential historian Doug Wead about Trump’s testy relationship with the press. She said she was “stunned” and “concerned” by members of the media accusing Trump of racism. “They want him to be a racist, they say he’s a racist, but Donald Trump is not a racist,” Wead said. …

“The forces on the left, the Democrats and their allies are trying to push this to what I call within the margin of litigation. They are manufacturing voters, and they are doing it with an architect, Superintendent Snipes, who has a record of gross incompetence and fraud. And it is a shame that she is still in this position, given …