March 7, 2017: Abortion Disinformation| Lynch Mob | A Movie to Hate
1. Repealing and Replacing?
Last night, the Red Media responded cautiously as Republicans unveiled their plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Under the GOP plan, instead of mandating that nearly all Americans have health insurance, the government would introduce a new form of individual tax credits and grants. In keeping with Obamacare, young adults would still be able to stay on parents’ health plans until the age of 26 and insurers would still be forbidden to deny coverage or charge more to those with pre-existing conditions.
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March 6, 2017: Towergate | Mark Levin 101 | Middlebury Madness
1. Towergate: Spreading the Blame
After Donald Trump’s Saturday twitterstorm accused Barack Obama of wiretapping his phone -- denied by former Obama administration officials, other sources and the F.B.I. -- the president was hammered in the Mainstream Media. The more conservative Red Media like Independent Journal Review and InfoWars were giving Trump air cover. But the rest of the Red Media seemed to stake out a more nuanced position.
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March 2, 2017: Sessions the Victim | Ingraham Grills Pence | Oprah v. Trump 2020
1. Sessions the Victim
Last night, The Washington Post broke the news that, according to Justice Department sources, Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke twice with the Russian Ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, when he was a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee last year. Sessions, a key Trump supporter during the campaign, had denied during his confirmation hearing that he had had any contact with the Russians.
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March 1, 2017: SOTU Joy, Astonishment | Muddying the Waters
1. Reaction to SOTU: Whew! That Went Well. However.....
President Trump’s address to Congress largely left the Red Media elated and relieved that the commander-in chief finally seemed restrained and presidential. However, there were signs that his populist-style promises don’t always sit well with many of his reflexively anti-government constituencies:
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Feb 28, 2017: Budget Schism | 'Most Dangerous' Man | Bush Betrayal
1. Budget Battles: Trump Treads Treacherous Territory
Trump said yesterday that he is set to introduce a budget that doesn’t cut entitlements like Medicare and Social Security and yet ups military spending by 10 percent -- or a hefty $54 billion dollars. To fiscally focused Republicans like Paul Ryan, those numbers just don’t add up. But they also don’t add up to radio conservatives like Rush Limbaugh and Alex Jones, who have been agitating for big tax cuts and now seem, well, a little concerned.
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Feb 27, 2017: Spicer Plays Rough | Oscars Go Left | Witches' Revolt | Trump's Steak
1. Going Rogue: The Spicer Defense
All weekend long, the Blue Twittersphere hammered Press Secretary Sean Spicer for being paranoid and out of control. First, he excluded some big media outlets from an off-camera media gaggle. Then Politico reported he was checking the phones of White House staffers for leaks.
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Feb 24, 2017: Restlessness on the Right | Pot Shot | L.A. Lawless
1. Rising Impatience on the Right?
Donald Trump has signed a whirlwind of executive orders, but there is growing impatience in the Red Media about the progress (or lack thereof) -on repealing Obamacare and passing tax reform.
On Tuesday, Conservative Review asked: “Why is the GOP just sitting around on repealing Obamacare after winning the impossible?”
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Feb 23, 2017: Oscars So Liberal | Poll Picking | Planetary Spin
1. Town Halls: The Real Story Is the Press Is Making It Up
On Laura Ingraham’s radio program yesterday, the Virginia congressman Dave Brat said he didn’t mind sparring with so-called “organized liberal hecklers” at his own recent town meeting, but he did object to the press coverage: “Politico — I fell off my chair. They did a great job of reporting on what actually happened,” Brat told Ingraham. “But The Washington Post, on the other hand, is just fake news. Oh, my word.”
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Feb 22, 2017: We’re Not Anti-Immigrant | Anne Frank Fraud | RNC Rakes it In
1. Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants… Emphasis on Illegal
The Red Media frequently portrays immigrants as violent welfare cheats. But the emphasis has shifted in the wake of Trump’s announcement yesterday of stricter enforcement of immigration laws and his intention to hire more border patrol agents.
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Feb 21, 2017: Deep State Paranoia | Milo Civil War | Uh Oh Canada
1. An Unholy Alliance: Left and Right Both Worry About the Power of the “Deep State”
The Right media has been divided on the “deep state,” a term that has been trending since leaks led to Michael Flynn’s resignation as National Security Advisor. The concept is that powerful interests like the C.I.A, N.S.A. and the Defense Intelligence Agency can undermine the White House and Congress.
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Feb 17, 2017: The Press Conference | April Ryan | Acosta | Coal | Flynn
1. A Tale of Two News Conferences: In Alternative Universe CNN is GOAT
While the Mainstream Media was trying to dissect a 77-minute Trump press conference that included incorrect assertions (No, Trump did not receive the most Electoral College votes since Reagan) and brave brags (My administration is a “fine-tuned machine”), the Red Twittersphere was out of its mind with joy; it loves nothing more than watching the POTUS lash out —especially when there is a villain
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Feb 16, 2017: Puzder | Reince | Isreal |Oroville Dam | Always Soros
1. A Minor Concession: Puzder Was an Easy Loss to Swallow
The Washington Post and other mainstream media painted news of Andrew Puzder’s withdrawal from Labor Secretary as more evidence of the expanding divide between the White House and Capitol Hill, where bipartisan support is growing for a broader investigation into ties between Trump and Russia officials. The mainstream media also noted Puzder’s ex-wife’s appearance on The Oprah Winfrey show, discussing the domestic violence she experienced.
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Feb 15, 2017: Russian Connection | Flynn | Positive Polls | Pelosi Fake News
1. The Russia Connection: Breaking News
Last night The New York Times dropped a bombshell saying “Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts with Russian Intelligence.” Here are some early stabs at by Red loyalists to explain what seems damning:
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