CNN – Post Tenebras Lux

CNN Announces Hiring Of Red State's Erick Erickson

ByLars March 16, 2010 1 Comment

No, really - they did:W.T.F., CNN? Seriously! I mean, are you trying to out-FOX FOX? Are you trying to provide "fairness and balance," offering up Erickson as a serious, reasonable kind of guy, like some kind of counterweight to all the (nonexistent) notorious progressive bomb-throwers in your employ and all over your airwaves, currently? I mean, you've got Carville...but you've also got his...

There Goes That Liberal Media…Again

ByLars November 24, 2009 0 Comments

Everybody say it with me: …Still. Not. Liberal. (via the Washington Monthly):Trevor Francis, the communications director at the Republican National Committee, was forced out yesterday. A couple of hours later, the party announced that Alex Castellanos, a notorious Republican media consultant and CNN contributor, will take over as a senior communications adviser to RNC Chairman Michael Steele....

Whoa! Lou Dobbs Out At CNN

ByLars November 11, 2009 0 Comments

Effective immediately. They must be popping the corks over at BastaDobbs!...though I'm going to go ahead and take credit for this whole thing - Lou must have read my "Open Letter To Lou Dobbs," LOL.

What I’m Reading

(...and you should too...)

'I cry before work': US essential workers burned out amid pandemic →

From: theguardian.com

An appalling look at how our "essential" workers are really taken care of during pandemic times.

Stored on: September 26, 2020 8:36 AM

Tags: #politics, #coronavirus, #health_care

Bladen County Election Fraud and North Carolina Voter ID - The Atlantic →

From: theatlantic.com

Finally, a documented case of substantial voter fraud…by Republicans, of course.

Stored on: May 24, 2021 9:35 AM

Tags: #politics, #elections, #voter_fraud, #GOP

The Death Of Expertise →

From: thefederalist.com

Absolutely fantastic article on how the rise of the internet-given ability to look up any subject at any time has made too many people believe their own views are as good as any expert's.

Stored on: April 11, 2015 10:23 AM

Tags: #culture, #politics, from Pinboard

There’s no migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border. Here’s the data. →

From: washingtonpost.com

The graph of seasonal increase in migration mirrors almost exactly that of 2019. GOP making stuff up again.

Stored on: March 24, 2021 4:07 AM

Tags: #immigration, #politics, from Pinboard

Social Distancing Reduced Virus Spread By 50% In Georgia, Study Finds →

From: wabe.org

One week after Brian Kemp's premature and ill-advised decision to re-open large chunks of Georgia public life, a study from Georgia Institute of Technology shows social distancing reduced transmission rates by 50%.

Stored on: May 2, 2020 7:08 AM

Tags: #coronavirus, #politics