CNN Analyst Erupts over Whistleblower Report

Says it's not intelligence official's job to 'snitch' on Trump

David Rutz
September 19, 2019 12:35 PM

CNN counterterrorism analyst Phil Mudd erupted at reports of a whistleblower informing the intelligence community on a phone call by President Donald Trump, saying Wednesday it wasn't that official's duty to spy on the president.

NYT Reporter Shares Vox Article Arguing Kavanaugh Story Wasn’t ‘Corrected’

Pogrebin previously admitted the piece was corrected

David Rutz
September 18, 2019 1:05 PM

The New York Times reporter who coauthored a widely criticized article on a sexual misconduct accusation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh shared an article Wednesday accusing Fox News of twisting the story.

Warren Dodges on Middle-Class Tax Hike to Pay for Medicare for All

2020 candidate claims overall 'costs' will decrease for middle class

David Rutz
September 18, 2019 11:50 AM

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) again dodged a question Tuesday about whether her Medicare for all proposal would hike taxes on middle-class families.

GA Dem Senate Hopeful: O’Rourke’s Gun Confiscation Not ‘Possible or Lawful’

Prefers assault weapons ban

David Rutz
September 17, 2019 4:40 PM

Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Teresa Tomlinson reiterated support for an "assault weapons" ban in a new interview, but she said a confiscation scheme like that proposed by 2020 hopeful Beto O'Rourke was neither possible nor lawful.

Poll: ‘Top-Tier’ Harris Trailing Yang in Home State of California

2020 California primary results will be crucial to determining nominee

David Rutz
September 17, 2019 1:40 PM

Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) is trailing entrepreneur Andrew Yang in a new poll of California Democratic primary voters, casting more doubt on whether she is the "top-tier" candidate she claimed to be in July.

NYT Editors Removed Detail That Woman Didn’t Recall Alleged Kavanaugh Incident

Reporters say it was an 'error of judgment'

David Rutz
September 17, 2019 11:00 AM

The New York Times reporters who wrote about a previously unreported sexual misconduct accusation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh said an editor removed the key detail that the woman in question had no memory of the event.

Women’s March Replaces Anti-Semitic Board Members With Anti-Semites

One new member has compared Israel to ISIS

David Rutz
September 16, 2019 4:00 PM

The Women's March has cut ties with three inaugural co-chairs after accusations of anti-Semitism rocked the far-left organization, while adding a new one who has compared Israel to the Islamic State terrorist organization.

MSNBC Contributor: Can’t Prosecute New Kavanaugh Accusation

Alleged victim has no memory of incident

David Rutz
September 16, 2019 12:40 PM

Former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance said Monday on MSNBC prosecuting the newly reported allegation of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is not an option, since the alleged victim has no memory of the event.

In 2013, Castro Praised Obama ‘Enforcement’ on Immigration

'Everyone agrees that we need to secure our border'

David Rutz
September 16, 2019 5:00 AM

2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro (D.) has one of the most liberal platforms in the field on immigration, but in 2013 he strongly backed Obama-era immigration policies and said the notion of "open borders" was too extreme to consider.

Beto Blows Lid Off ‘No One Wants to Take Your Guns’

'Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47'

David Rutz
September 14, 2019 5:00 AM

Democrats and media members have pledged for years some version of "nobody wants to take your guns away" when gun control laws come up for debate.