Tag Archive: right wing politics

on June 2, 2017 in World News

The Era Of Fox News Is Over — MSNBC Takes The Month Of May

By: John Nolte The concept of Fox News is so brilliantly simple — hey, let’s launch a news network that doesn’t hate Middle America — that the only way to kill a Fox News is to convince it to kill itself, which is exactly what the silver-spooned Murdoch sons have done in forcing out Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly. For the first time in, what — a decade?, Fox News has lost a vitally important ratings crown to, ohmydeargawd, MSNBC. What matters in the business of television is the demo, the 25-54 advertiser-coveted age range. That is where the bragging rights are, and… View Article

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on June 2, 2017 in World News

Poll: 60 Percent of Trump Voters See Media as ‘Enemies’ to People Like Them

by Katie McHugh A HuffPost/YouGov poll released Wednesday found that 83 percent of Trump voters believe the media is hostile towards them—with 60 percent saying the media is “enemies to people like” them. The Huffington Post reports that’s an uptick from February, when 51 percent of Trump voters thought the media is “an enemy to people like you.” Well over half, or 68 percent, of Hillary Clinton voters say media are an “ally” or friendly to people like them. (HuffPost/YouGov) Men are more likely to see the press as hostile to them, with nearly half, or 49 percent, saying media is unfriendly or “enemies” to… View Article

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on June 2, 2017 in Gun Page World News

Pennsylvania Republicans Push Bill to Make Gun Owners a ‘Protected Class’

by AWR Hawkins Twenty-four Republican Representatives and one Democrat are pushing legislation that would make Pennsylvania gun owners a “protected class.” Gun owners would be protected from discrimination by having their right to keep and bear arms firmly ensconced in the Pennsylvania Human Rights Act (PHRA). According to the Pennsylvania Record, the legislation–House Bill 38–“is currently in committee,” but would protect gun-owning employees from employers who want to ban firearms on workplace property. For example, HB 38 would bar such employers from preventing gun owners from keeping firearms in their cars that could be retrieved for self-defense. CeaseFirePA’s Shira Goodman opposes the… View Article

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on June 2, 2017 in World News

Scott Hogenson: The Violent Erasure of History

by Scott Hogenson Intimidation and bullying are tried and true methods of silencing people. We see it on a nearly daily basis at colleges and universities where “Free Speech Zones” reduce the 1st Amendment to veritable postage stamps of campus real estate. Speakers are hounded from schools with threats of violence and name calling that routinely breaches the threshold for slander. This trend in higher education is migrating to public schools, with its authoritarian force on display at J.E.B. Stuart High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, where the school board is contemplating changing the name of the school. Stuart was… View Article

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on June 1, 2017 in World News

LSU Students Accuse ‘Violent’ Tiger Mascot of Being ‘Symbol of White Oppression’, Want it Changed

By Lukas Mikelionis Students at Louisiana State University have started an online petition urging the establishment to change its “Tigers” mascot, claiming it’s the symbol of “white oppression”. The petition, which has so far attracted 450 signatures, says the mascot was picked by “powerful white males” in tribute to “a Confederate regiment called Louisiana’s Tigers,” who were “known for their propensity for violence on and off the battle field.” “Louisiana State University named their mascot the Tigers, and they named it during the height of Jim Crow South. This was a time when black men feared for their lives, and were treated… View Article

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