Hypocrisy

The Daily Beast reports: CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins caught Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) flat-footed Wednesday night with a misdirection in her line of questioning on the current pro-Palestine protests roiling college campuses across the country. Collins quizzed the pro-Trump senator on his views regarding the relative value of free speech versus the safety and well-being of students whose lives have …

The Huffington Post reports: Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), an outspoken critic of President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, used the law to receive a grant to install solar panels at one of his car dealership locations. The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave a Uniontown dealership owned by Mike Kelly Automotive Group a nearly $315,000 grant to install a 261.9-kilowatt solar …

“You know, people want to hear divergent points of view, and that’s why they tune into this show. And the sad part about it is that MSNBC has an opportunity to bridge the divide, to try to bring the country closer, to use the long-tested way of of testing for the truth. And that is cross-examination. That’s how this country …

“Look, every way you look at it, Hispanics have so many reasons to dump Biden. Harris. The main one is the border. How cynical of an entire Democratic Party to believe that in the nine years since Donald Trump elevated into international consciousness his view on illegal immigration. Build the wall. Be fair to the people here, America first. “Nine …

Mediaite reports: Jimmy Kimmel and his staff got supporters of former President Donald Trump to engage in blatant hypocrisy in what was truly a wild segment of the ABC late night show. During his opening monologue Friday, Kimmel explained the premise of the bit — which was filmed in South Carolina ahead of Saturday’s primary. “We asked people who identified …

“The man she’s dating, Mr. Pfizer himself, Travis Kelce, not only is he a Pfizer spokesperson, but he’s also a Bud Light spokesperson. Two for two. Let’s not forget Tay Tay’s boyfriend is also on record kneeling during the National Anthem. “This is who the establishment media, including conservatives, have cozied up to for the last four months for the …

The Daily Beast reports: Dozens of students, parents, and members of the LGBTQ community appeared at a Florida school board meeting Tuesday to once more demand the resignation of its most controversial member: Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler. For close to three hours, the public comment period of the Sarasota County School Board meeting focused on Ziegler and her …

The Street reports: Disney’s battle against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis just got a little more interesting after the theme park operator’s rival Universal Orlando Resort was awarded a special benefit that was taken away from Disney World. The House of Mouse may have obtained some ammunition in its battle against DeSantis as the theme park operator’s rival Comcast’s Universal Orlando …

From a 2007 CBS News report: It might sound far-fetched that a quirky collection of teapots would draw 60,000 tourists each year to Sparta, N.C., population 18,000. But the plan is being financed by your tax dollars. The Sparta Teapot Museum is the brainchild of avid teapot collectors Sonny and Gloria Kamm and North Carolina philanthropist Philip Hanes — as …

“This is an issue that’s been going on for 52 years. I was able to end it. That gave tremendous negotiating power to the pro-life movement, tremendous negotiating power because they can’t do the things that they used to be able to do. The pro-life was fighting it. We have these groups fighting this thing for so many decades, but …

The New York Post reports: A South Carolina congressman who campaigns as an advocate for “traditional family values” carried out multiple affairs during his 34-year marriage, his wife claimed in divorce papers. Melody Duncan accused GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan in Friday’s filing of abandoning his family to live with his mistress, who is reportedly a lobbyist in the D.C. area. …

“No honey, you weren’t eccentric. You were X-rated! This was not a performance of Fifty Shades Of Grey, it was a performance of Beetlejuice. This weekend I was reading all this stuff and I was thinking to myself, ‘it’s like Republicans gone wild. “You’ve got this woman — Boebert — getting kicked out because she was getting fondled in the …

Via press release from Ron DeSantis: Governor Ron DeSantis has requested a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Disaster Declaration to support Florida’s farmers who were impacted by Hurricane Idalia. In addition to impacting crop yields, Hurricane Idalia also impacted barns, fencing and other equipment. The Governor has requested that the USDA provide all available resources including loans and grants to …

“This looks to be intentional to make an example — you are too bold as an attorney general, we’re going to clobber you. Remember, we talked about in our op-ed, it’s time to indict the left, well how can you indict you the left if the good guys, the good law enforcement officers are impeached? “And other attorneys general are …

“Whether or not you like Hillary Rodham Clinton, or Donald J. Trump, doesn’t matter. There is only one person you can vote for. We cannot have a country led by a president subject to ongoing criminal investigations, potential indictment, and never ending hearings. “We cannot have a president under that level of scrutiny that inevitably leads to even more questions …

Little Rock’s NBC affiliate reports: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders requested a Major Disaster Declaration from President Joe Biden for the June 25 storms that hit Arkansas. Gov. Sanders is requesting assistance that would help affected communities with repairing homes, counseling services, access free to legal services and financial assistance for businesses and homeowners. The governor requested the assistance for those …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is spotlighting a drop in America’s credit rating and blaming “frivolous” federal spending via the CARES Act and the Inflation Reduction Act. However, billions of dollars worth of that cash went to the Sunshine State, and the Governor made no moves to return it to the federal government. DeSantis was urged to return unused …

The Washington Post reports: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) released a resolution Wednesday to hold FBI Director Christopher A. Wray in contempt of Congress for not fully complying with a subpoena. Comer said his panel would vote on the resolution Thursday. At issue is a document containing unverified allegations from a confidential informant about President Biden and his …

Rolling Stone reports: Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk is cheerleading the far-right boycott of Target over the retailer’s Pride collection — which included trans-friendly youth apparel and other LGBTQ-positive gear — for what Kirk decries as “their support for grooming kids.” Kirk’s condemnation of the retailer coincided with TPUSA’s second-annual Pastors Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, this past week, where …

Media Matters has the transcript: GREG GUTFELD (HOST): OK, this 38-year-old math teacher in California, was once named teacher of the year (and I support that), was arrested and booked into jail for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old male student. She posted bail but this is what bothers me. KATHERINE TIMPF: The fact that she had sex with a …