John Knefel
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Christian Nationalists Want 'Ideological Purity' Tests For Federal Employees
“Schedule F is an authority that we discovered and developed at the end of the Trump administration to give the president the ability to reclassify career civil servants, who normally have permanency within the bureaucracy, to turn them into essentially at-will employees,” Vought told Kirk.When aske... → Read More
Christian Nationalists Want 'Ideological Purity' Tests For Federal Employees
Christian nationalist Russ Vought recently appeared on Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk’s radio show to discuss plans to purge at least 10% of federal career staffers under a new Trump administration. Vought described that portion of the federal workforce as “the roots of the problem” → Read More
Warning Of 'War On Republicans," Fox Stokes Next Insurrection
On Monday evening, Fox News stars Tucker Carlson and Jesse Watters each used the 21st anniversary of 9/11 to tell their millions of viewers that the Biden administration has declared war on conservatives for their political beliefs. Carlson and Watters argued, as the network has for months, → Read More
Warning Of 'War On Republicans," Fox Stokes Next Insurrection
Fox News’ business model relies on stoking its viewers’ fears, and Monday’s segments come on the heels of months of similar coverage.In late June, Carlson devoted an entire opening monologue to a lengthy mischaracterization of the legal cases of 14 conservatives, nearly all of whom were involved in ... → Read More
Was Zeldin 'Keychain Assault' Incident A Republican Set-Up?
National outlets reflexively foreground a supposedly tough-on-crime approach. Criminal justice advocates are nowhere to be found.Mainstream media outlets have largely followed conservative media’s framing after a man allegedly attempted to injure Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) with a small self-defense-styl... → Read More
Was Zeldin 'Keychain Assault' Incident A Republican Set-Up?
Mainstream media outlets have largely followed conservative media’s framing after a man allegedly attempted to injure Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) with a small self-defense-style keychain tool at a July 21 speech. Right-wing media, often quoting Zeldin or people associated with his campaign, → Read More
Running In 2024? Tucker Carlson Delivers Bizarre, Banal Speech In Iowa
“The Republican Party should be about nature in human relationships” the Fox host thundered, pivoting off his rant about how wind turbines are, to him, similarly against nature. “The most basic desire of most people – not every single person, but of most people, the overwhelming majority of people –... → Read More
Running In 2024? Tucker Carlson Delivers Bizarre, Banal Speech In Iowa
“The other side is so menacing, so scary at this point, a combination of fully embraced delusion and extremely high levels of aggression,” Carlson said. “That, you know, sometimes I think to myself, if this person – I don't want to single anyone out or attack anyone – but if this person had absolute... → Read More
Running In 2024? Tucker Carlson Delivers Bizarre, Banal Speech In Iowa
Carlson is also obsessed with what he claims is the God-given, natural order of things.“The positive, the good, the calm, the placid, the orderly, the natural – that's what needs to be affirmed,” Carlson told the crowd.After attacking the environmentalist movement for its supposed hypocrisy, Carlson... → Read More
Running In 2024? Tucker Carlson Delivers Bizarre, Banal Speech In Iowa
As the media speculates whether Carlson is mulling a 2024 presidential run, he’s milking his audience for all they’re worth and enriching the corporate overlords he pretends to hate. The Tucker Carlson merch booth at the Family Leadership Summit in downtown Des Moines → Read More
In Lying Rant, Carlson Denounces Prosecution Of Coup Plotters And Rioters
Skepticism toward the DOJ and FBI is good. Carlson is going past that – and is agitating against any accountability for anyone involved in the coup attempt. → Read More
In Lying Rant, Carlson Denounces Prosecution Of Coup Plotters And Rioters
Skepticism toward the DOJ and FBI is good. Carlson is going past that – and is agitating against any accountability for anyone involved in the coup attempt. → Read More
In Lying Rant, Carlson Denounces Prosecution Of Coup Plotters And Rioters
Skepticism toward the DOJ and FBI is good. Carlson is going past that – and is agitating against any accountability for anyone involved in the coup attempt. → Read More
Why Do Mainstream Media Pretend Conservatives Care About Children?
On the day of the decision, Politico wrote that conservative enthusiasm for economic policies to support people after they give birth is “an emerging theme in the Republican Party,” citing statements from Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Rick Scott (R-FL). (Hawley’s wife is a promin... → Read More
Why Do Mainstream Media Pretend Conservatives Care About Children?
On Meet the Press, The Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan said the Republican Party should use the end of Roe to “change itself and become a party that helps women.” The panel, to their limited credit, began laughing at her suggestion before she finished it. Powering through, she continued that the ... → Read More
Why Do Mainstream Media Pretend Conservatives Care About Children?
One need only look at the existing anti-abortion movement’s reaction to the Roe ruling to see where its actual energy is going – and it’s not to providing economic aid for pregnant poor people. In a piece published two days after the decision, The New York Times captures the movement’s post-Roe prio... → Read More
Fox Hypes Bogus ‘Experts’ And Ineffective Responses To School Shootings
The school security industry is big business, but pushing for arming teachers or more active shooter drills won’t keep children safe. Fox News responded to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, by interviewing experts who pushed controversial, counterproductive models to reduce gun violence in schools. → Read More
Fox Hypes Bogus ‘Experts’ And Ineffective Responses To School Shootings
The school security industry is big business, but pushing for arming teachers or more active shooter drills won’t keep children safe. Fox News responded to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, by interviewing experts who pushed controversial, counterproductive models to reduce gun violence in schools. → Read More