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Via Mediaite: On Thursday, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus demanded that GOP politicians and committee staffers boycott MSNBC after the network sent out a tweet accusing the “rightwing” of being offended by a commercial featuring a biracial family. On Thursday night, Priebus joined Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity where he lauded MSNBC President Phil Griffin for quickly responding …

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has issued a call for a boycott of MSNBC over yesterday’s tweet which suggested that “right wingers” would hate the biracial family featured in a new Cheerios commercial. The tweet was deleted almost immediately and was followed by two tweeted apologies. Via Breitbart: “Until you personally and publicly apologize for this behavior, I have …

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus sparred with MSNBC host Thomas Roberts today and Roberts didn’t not back down. Talking Points Memo recaps: “Why do we need to attach the solutions or changes that go along with the law that has been vetted by the Supreme Court, by a mandate by the people reelecting the president and both houses of …

“Reince Priebus, when I got engaged, congratulated me at the White House Correspondents’ weekend. Last year, Sean Spicer congratulated me on getting married to my husband. Yet they incorporate into the platform of the RNC their stance against marriage equality. It’s odd, because why congratulate me? I didn’t bring it up, I didn’t say give me a congratulations, but they …

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus has sent letters to CNN and NBC, warning that unless plans for documentaries about Hillary Clinton are dropped, the GOP will not allow its 2016 presidential candidates to participate in televised debates. Here an excerpt from the letter Priebus sent to CNN: I find CNN’s actions disturbing and disappointing. Your credibility as a supposedly …

Brian Tashman writes at Right Wing Watch: Speaking with David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network posted today, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus confirmed that the party will try to reach out to groups like gays and lesbians by simply appearing to be more respectful without actually changing its views on issues such as marriage equality. After Brody said conservative evangelical …

Tucker Carson’s Daily Caller today issued a tweet referring to RNC chair Reince Priebus by an acronym that stands for “head (N-word) in charge.” The tweet was later deleted but not before it was picked up by Gawker, Wonkette, and others.  Even the wingnuts at Twitchy are disappointed.  Apparently Daily Caller was trying to riff on the fact that there’s …

“Freedom of the press is an essential right in a free society. The First Amendment doesn’t request the federal government to respect it; it demands it. Attorney General Eric Holder, in permitting the Justice Department to issue secret subpoenas to spy on Associated Press reporters, has trampled on the First Amendment and failed in his sworn duty to uphold the …

Washington Secrets reports: The catfight between former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and his replacement, Reince Priebus, has reached screech level, with Steele belittling the party’s new focus on minorities as old news. Appearing on the “Andrea Tantaros Show,” a nationally syndicated radio show, Steele said the GOP’s $10 million minority outreach effort ignored his plan instituted four years …

The GOP has issued a 97-page report which singles out the inclusion of gay people as part of the party’s strategy for future success. “For the GOP to appeal to younger voters, we do not have to agree on every issue, but we do need to make sure young people do not see the Party as totally intolerant of alternative …

Eagle Forum crone Phyllis Schlafly is slamming the Republicans who signed that SCOTUS brief and calling on the GOP to formally reaffirm its opposition to same-sex marriage at its next meeting. “We expect all Republican officials to uphold the Platform,” she wrote in a letter to RNC Chairman Reince Preibus. “The endorsement of same-sex marriage is not acceptable.” Schlafly confirmed …