Author: Michael Luciano

Jesse Watters Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: ‘I Work at Fox. I Wanna See Disarray on the Left… It’s Good for Our Ratings’

On Monday’s edition of The Five, cohost Jesse Watters gave an arrestingly blunt assessment of how Fox News approaches struggles and infighting among Democrats. During a segment about progressives’ dissatisfaction with the performance of President Joe Biden on certain fronts, Watters said he hopes for more chaos on the political left. He noted a number […]

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Devin Nunes Officially Quits Congress to Run Trump’s Proposed Social Media Platform

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) officially stepped down from the House of Representatives on Monday. His letter of resignation was read into the Congressional Record. Nunes issued a statement in December stating he would resign from Congress at the end of 2021, but that date was obviously pushed back a few days. On the day he […]

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Betty White Dies at 99

Cultural icon Betty White has died at the age of 99, TMZ has reported. Law enforcement sources told TMZ that the former Golden Girls star died at her home on Friday morning. White died less than three weeks before her 100th birthday. A cause if death has not yet been disclosed.     This is […]

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ESPN Analyst Eats Oreo Dipped in Mayo and Insists It Tastes Good in Condiment Crime of the Century

Mayonnaise does not belong on an Oreo cookie. We – all of us – instinctively know this. It’s why this post is marked as “Sports,” as opposed to “Opinion.” And if someone insisted otherwise, you would not believe that person. You would not believe that person because to do so would also mean believing that […]

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House GOP Account Deletes Tweet Claiming Booster Shots Don’t Work

The Twitter account belonging to Republican members of the House judiciary committee posted and deleted a tweet that read, “If the booster shots work, why don’t they work?” The tweet was posted on Thursday and deleted on Friday after it was widely ridiculed. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is the leading Republican on the judiciary committee. […]

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Anti-Vaxx Lisa Boothe Back on Fox News After Contracting Covid: ‘Let’s Go, Brandon’

Lisa Boothe returned to the Fox News airwaves as guest host of The Ingraham Angle on Thursday after an absence of more than two weeks. Her appearance came three days after she suggested on Twitter that she had contracted Covid-19. In October, Boothe bragged to Dan Bongino on Unfiltered that she is unvaccinated and considers […]

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Dr. Ben Carson Baselessly Claims Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin Are Effective At Treating Covid

Former Trump cabinet official Dr. Ben Carson claimed on Thursday night that hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin are effective treatments for Covid-19 despite an utter lack of evidence. The segment on Fox News was just another instance of unproven drugs being pushed as remedies for the virus. The two drugs have often been touted as “treatments” among […]

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Eric Swalwell Engages with Troll Who Said ‘U Should Be Shot’ Before Saying ‘I’m Actually Sorry’

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) posted an Instagram exchange he had with a man who messaged him wishing the congressman dead. Rather than ignore the man, Swalwell engaged him and the the man ultimately apologized. The exchange seemingly began when the man messaged Swalwell and told him, “Traitor hopefully u get hung one day,” and “Traitor […]

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Gov. Kristi Noem’s ‘Number One’ Solution for Slowing Covid Spread: ‘Go Wash Your Hands’

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) appeared on Wednesday’s edition of Hannity with guest host and Pete Hegseth and claimed that hand-washing is the best way to slow the spread of viruses, including Covid-19. Public health experts have said that while washing hands is important, masking may be the best way to prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses […]

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Bret Baier Makes Embarrassing Gaffe by Misidentifying Deinonychus Dinosaur as ‘Jurassic Figure’ When Everyone Knows It Hails from the Cretaceous Period

Fox News anchor Bret Baier made a rare, but colossal, error during Wednesday’s Special Report when he incorrectly suggested that the Deinonychus genus of dinosaurs lived during the Jurassic period when everyone knows they actually thrived in the early Cretaceous era. Baier was reporting on the theft of a large dinosaur statue from a gift […]

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