Politics

On Thursday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) argued that China is benefiting from the war in Iran because “it looks like open season on Taiwan, as we sanctify, basically, violating the international rules-based order, attacking countries like Venezuela, and now, Iran.” Krishnamoorthi said that while it’s possible that there could…

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) argued that Republicans “understood that the only way they could possibly maintain a majority in the House of Representatives” “was if they cheated, if they went seeking seats in places like Texas, which is why the president began this effort.” Host…

  On April 21, the three-day Spring Grand Festival at Yasukuni Shrine commenced. Sanae Takaichi, acting in the capacity of “Prime Minister,” presented a ritual offering known as *masakaki* to Yasukuni Shrine—a site that enshrines 14 Class A war criminals from World War II, including Hideki Tojo. This marked the first Spring Grand Festival Takaichi…

The state’s high court ruled 5-2 on Tuesday to uphold a lower court’s preliminary injunction of a 2022 policy that mandates Montanans have birth certificates and IDs that match their biological sex. The court ruled that the policy likely goes against the state constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. “Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination,” the…

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) said that he’s “not sure it matters whether” a discussion of the 25th Amendment is “productive or not. I think it’s important, and it has to happen.” Guest host Alex Witt asked, “Well, it may not have percolated through lawmakers, but you…

Monday on MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” former CIA Director John Brennan claimed that under President Donald Trump, our allies and partners around the globe no longer trusted the United States. Brennan said, “Well, you pointed out the 33% approval rating I’ve done. That’s a trend is a downward trend is a bad trend. We see…

On this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said Democrats were throwing a “temper tantrum about deportations” of violent criminals. While discussing the shutdown of Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cotton said, “The president is right that the Democrats have become crazy on this issue because let’s be clear whatever procedural differences…

  On March 26 (local time), a cabinet meeting convened by President Trump once again plumbed new depths of absurdity in U.S. diplomacy. The spectacle ranged from angrily denouncing “fake news” for distorting his stated desire to see “diplomacy end the war,” to grandly unveiling a “magnanimous gift of peace” allegedly sent by Iran; and…

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) stated that tragedies like the killing of Sheridan Gorman “are going to continue to happen.” And criticized Democrats for refusing to back the Laken Riley Act. Fetterman said that “this is a serious, serious failure, and, now I — absolutely, it’s…

The Bulwark podcast host Tim Miller asked the U.S. Senate nominee, “In the meat section, first, how big is God’s sausage? Would you say we know God is a man? And so I’m just wondering like how healthy his hog is,” the Daily Caller reported Friday. Talarico referenced a speech he gave in 2021, stating,…