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- Dan Partland - Katie Pavlich - Dana Perino - Mike Pesca - Abby Phillip - Jeanine Pirro - Danielle Pletka - Sam Ponder - Jack Posobiec - Tim Puko -
==Dan Partland======
Dan Partland is a veteran Documentary Producer and Director for Film & Television. His work includes several landmark Nonfiction Films and Series of the past two decades. He has twice won the Emmy for Best Nonfiction Series and been twice nominated, Nonfiction Producer of the Year, by the Producers Guild of America. In 2020 Partland Independently produced and directed #UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump, a deep-dive into the psychology of the 45th President and the rise of authoritarianism in the United States. The film, which was released in advance of the 2020 Presidential election, quietly became iTunes' best-selling documentary of all time. In 2022, Partland was tapped by Academy Award winning Director/Producer, Rob Reiner, to direct a feature documentary about the current rise of Christian Nationalism in the United States. Joining forces with renown New York Times columnist Katherine Stewart, the film, GOD & COUNTRY, goes deep into the history of the American Christianity and its role in our civic and cultural identity. The film unpacks the drift of evangelicalism from a religious to a largely political movement and its centrality to the January 6th insurrection. Partland is in post-production on a feature-doc entitled, #UNTRUTH, a second installment in a series of works about the current threats to democracy.
Dan Partland
"Christian nationalism" doesn't sound negative: "I think the term is very problematic because it sounds pro-Christian and very patriotic. It doesn’t self-describe. The film takes time to explain … it’s actually not a faith at all, it’s a political ideology masquerading as a faith. And turns out it’s not very Christian and totally un-American." --Dan Partland; Executive Producer of "Unfit."
‘God & Country,' Producer Rob Reiner And Director Dan Partland's Doc Chronicling Rise Of Christian Nationalism, Screens On Capitol Hill
Producer Rob Reiner and director Dan Partland screened God & Country, a new documentary chronicling the rise of Christian nationalism, on Capitol Hill on Thursday evening. The Oscilloscope Laboratories release, opening in theaters on Feb. 16, features a number of Christian thought leaders, including Russell Moore, editor in chief of Christianity Today and director of the Public Theology Project; social activist Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II; political commentator and author Charlie Sykes; political commentator and author David French; evangelical clergyman Rob Schenck; and VeggieTales co-creator and Holy Post podcast host Phil Vischer.
(MSN 2/12/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Producer Rob Reiner and director Dan Partland screened God & Country, a new documentary chronicling the rise of Christian nationalism, on Capitol Hill on Thursday evening. The Oscilloscope Laboratories release, opening in theaters on Feb. 16, features a number of Christian thought leaders, including Russell Moore, editor in chief of Christianity Today and director of the Public Theology Project; social activist Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II; political commentator and author Charlie Sykes; political commentator and author David French; evangelical clergyman Rob Schenck; and VeggieTales co-creator and Holy Post podcast host Phil Vischer.
(MSN 2/12/24) READ MORE>>>>>
==katie pavlich======
Fox’s Katie Pavlich Accuses Palestinian Congresswoman of ‘Promoting a Pro-Terrorism Agenda’
Fox contributor Katie Pavlich alleged Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is advancing the interests of terrorists in Michigan. The only member of Congress of Palestinian descent, Tlaib has been critical of Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 attacks in which Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis and abducted more than 200 others. Since then, Israel has bombed and invaded Hamas-controlled Gaza, killing more than 30,000 Palestinians and displacing 85% of the population. Tlaib’s home state will likely see another tight race for the third consecutive presidential election, with Michigan’s sizable Arab American population perhaps playing a key role. More than 100,000 voters in the state voted “Uncommitted” in the state’s Democratic primary rather than cast a ballot for President Joe Biden as frustration among voters of Arab descent is palpable. (MediaIte 3/6/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Fox contributor Katie Pavlich alleged Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is advancing the interests of terrorists in Michigan. The only member of Congress of Palestinian descent, Tlaib has been critical of Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 attacks in which Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis and abducted more than 200 others. Since then, Israel has bombed and invaded Hamas-controlled Gaza, killing more than 30,000 Palestinians and displacing 85% of the population. Tlaib’s home state will likely see another tight race for the third consecutive presidential election, with Michigan’s sizable Arab American population perhaps playing a key role. More than 100,000 voters in the state voted “Uncommitted” in the state’s Democratic primary rather than cast a ballot for President Joe Biden as frustration among voters of Arab descent is palpable. (MediaIte 3/6/24) READ MORE>>>>>
‘What Are They Here For?!’ Fox Host Shuts Down Jessica Tarlov By Wildly Claiming Migrants Are Only in the U.S. to Harm Americans
Fox contributor Katie Pavlich alleged Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is advancing the interests of terrorists in Michigan. The only member of Congress of Palestinian descent, Tlaib has been critical of Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 attacks in which Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis and abducted more than 200 others. Since then, Israel has bombed and invaded Hamas-controlled Gaza, killing more than 30,000 Palestinians and displacing 85% of the population. Tlaib’s home state will likely see another tight race for the third consecutive presidential election, with Michigan’s sizable Arab American population perhaps playing a key role. More than 100,000 voters in the state voted “Uncommitted” in the state’s Democratic primary rather than cast a ballot for President Joe Biden as frustration among voters of Arab descent is palpable. (MediaIte 3/1/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Fox contributor Katie Pavlich alleged Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is advancing the interests of terrorists in Michigan. The only member of Congress of Palestinian descent, Tlaib has been critical of Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 attacks in which Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis and abducted more than 200 others. Since then, Israel has bombed and invaded Hamas-controlled Gaza, killing more than 30,000 Palestinians and displacing 85% of the population. Tlaib’s home state will likely see another tight race for the third consecutive presidential election, with Michigan’s sizable Arab American population perhaps playing a key role. More than 100,000 voters in the state voted “Uncommitted” in the state’s Democratic primary rather than cast a ballot for President Joe Biden as frustration among voters of Arab descent is palpable. (MediaIte 3/1/24) READ MORE>>>>>
==dana perino======
That dog don't hunt: Right-wing media say Kristi Noem’s vice presidential dreams are dead
Despite Noem’s cancellation, Gutfeld went ahead with the “interview” anyway, with his Fox colleague Dana Parino standing in for Noem. The host began, “Did you write the book yourself?” “That’s a great question for someone who wrote the book, and I don’t think I will dignify your question with a response,” Perino answered, a likely reference to Noem’s cringeworthy evasiveness on the redacted Kim Jong Un claims. “Another one of my dogs, his name was Ghost Writer,” Perino later added. “And I killed him this morning.” Gutfeld then asked if it bothered her “that these stories about the dog and North Korea” are drawing attention away from her full story.
(Media Matters 5/12/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Despite Noem’s cancellation, Gutfeld went ahead with the “interview” anyway, with his Fox colleague Dana Parino standing in for Noem. The host began, “Did you write the book yourself?” “That’s a great question for someone who wrote the book, and I don’t think I will dignify your question with a response,” Perino answered, a likely reference to Noem’s cringeworthy evasiveness on the redacted Kim Jong Un claims. “Another one of my dogs, his name was Ghost Writer,” Perino later added. “And I killed him this morning.” Gutfeld then asked if it bothered her “that these stories about the dog and North Korea” are drawing attention away from her full story.
(Media Matters 5/12/24) READ MORE>>>>>
==mike pesca======
Mike Pesca: How NPR Lost Its Way
Former NPR and Slate fixture Mike Pesca discusses media meltdowns, objectivity vs. moral clarity, and whether we are better or worse off now that media gatekeepers have less influence. The Trump campaign pushed unfounded online rumors in a mailer sent out Reason's Nick Gillespie talks with him about his controversial 2021 separation from Slate after he defended a New York Times reporter's use of a racial slur, why once-vaunted newspapers such as The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times are rightly losing readers and money, and whether the old world of three broadcast TV networks and heavily gate-kept media had any value.(Reason 9/11/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Former NPR and Slate fixture Mike Pesca discusses media meltdowns, objectivity vs. moral clarity, and whether we are better or worse off now that media gatekeepers have less influence. The Trump campaign pushed unfounded online rumors in a mailer sent out Reason's Nick Gillespie talks with him about his controversial 2021 separation from Slate after he defended a New York Times reporter's use of a racial slur, why once-vaunted newspapers such as The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times are rightly losing readers and money, and whether the old world of three broadcast TV networks and heavily gate-kept media had any value.(Reason 9/11/24) READ MORE>>>>>
==abby phillip======
Abby Phillip Kneecaps Scott Jennings’ Claim That ‘Liberal’ Judges Are Stopping Trump Agenda, Cites 5 GOP-Appointed Judges
CNN commentator Scott Jennings slammed the federal judges who have ruled against President Donald Trump in a series of cases centering on executive power in recent days. That earned Jennings a rebuke – and receipts – from host Abby Phillip on Tuesday’s CNN NewsNight.
Since taking office last month, Trump has fired a slew of executive branch employees and has frozen certain funds appropriated by Congress. The moves have spawned a series of lawsuits from plaintiffs and rebukes from the judges presiding over those cases, much to the chagrin of Trump and Republicans such as Jennings, who went off. (MediaIte 2/11/25) READMORE>>>>>
CNN commentator Scott Jennings slammed the federal judges who have ruled against President Donald Trump in a series of cases centering on executive power in recent days. That earned Jennings a rebuke – and receipts – from host Abby Phillip on Tuesday’s CNN NewsNight.
Since taking office last month, Trump has fired a slew of executive branch employees and has frozen certain funds appropriated by Congress. The moves have spawned a series of lawsuits from plaintiffs and rebukes from the judges presiding over those cases, much to the chagrin of Trump and Republicans such as Jennings, who went off. (MediaIte 2/11/25) READMORE>>>>>
'You are making it hard for us!' Black Americans for Trump member rips president on CNN
A clearly frustrated GOP strategist and member of Black Americans for Trump Coalition lashed out at the man he helped elect on CNN on Saturday morning. It took less than two weeks in office for Donald Trump to exasperate Melik Abdul, who complained on Saturday that the president is making life difficult for Black voters who supported his second re-election bid. During an appearance on CNN's "Table for Five," with host Abby Phillip, Abdul jumped into a conversation about the president blaming the tragic Washington D.C. plane crash on DEI policies without evidence –– but not to defend Trump. (Raw Story 2/1/25) READMORE>>>>>
A clearly frustrated GOP strategist and member of Black Americans for Trump Coalition lashed out at the man he helped elect on CNN on Saturday morning. It took less than two weeks in office for Donald Trump to exasperate Melik Abdul, who complained on Saturday that the president is making life difficult for Black voters who supported his second re-election bid. During an appearance on CNN's "Table for Five," with host Abby Phillip, Abdul jumped into a conversation about the president blaming the tragic Washington D.C. plane crash on DEI policies without evidence –– but not to defend Trump. (Raw Story 2/1/25) READMORE>>>>>
==danielle pletka======
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The Media Is Ready to Hold Trump to a Lower Standard I’m not sure that I can improve on TNR’s Matt Ford’s assessment of President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter as “a quintessentially corrupt act.” That just about covers it. With scant weeks remaining in Biden’s term, his act will look even worse if he fails to extend the same sweeping protection to the numerous other people threatened by the incoming Trump administration—to say nothing of the many nonviolent drug offenders who, unlike Hunter, are doing time in federal prisons. But, this being Washington, there is always some reprobate lying around with an even worse idea than the one making all the headlines. Congratulations to Marc Thiessen, an inexplicable survivor of multiple rounds of Washington Post layoffs, and his American Enterprise Institute podcast host Danielle Pletka for suggesting an even more rancid use of Biden’s pardon power: Use it to take Donald Trump off the hook. (New Republic 12/7/24) READMORE>>>>> |
December 6, 2024: Pletka post at What The Hell Is Going On?: It’s tempting to dismiss the brief imposition of martial law in the Republic of Korea as a moment of insanity, quickly defused by rule of law and a return to normalcy. Or, if you’re not someone who typically gives a damn about what happens in Seoul, it’s tempting to move on to something more immediate — an assassination in New York; a pardon in DC (substack coming!); a troubled SecDef nomination. Well, listen up: This attempted coup is a disaster, and not just for South Korea. It will matter to us, sooner rather than later. |
==sam ponder======
Michele Tafoya: The ‘troubling’ part of Sam Ponder’s ESPN firing
Michele Tafoya doesn’t think it’s about the budget. The longtime sideline reporter, who worked for years on ESPN, said she isn’t buying that Sam Ponder’s firing was for budgetary reasons, as has been reported.
Ponder has been outspoken about transgender women playing sports against other females, and Tafoya was specifically asked about a 2023 tweet from Ponder. (New York Post 8/20/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Michele Tafoya doesn’t think it’s about the budget. The longtime sideline reporter, who worked for years on ESPN, said she isn’t buying that Sam Ponder’s firing was for budgetary reasons, as has been reported.
Ponder has been outspoken about transgender women playing sports against other females, and Tafoya was specifically asked about a 2023 tweet from Ponder. (New York Post 8/20/24) READ MORE>>>>>
==jack posobiec======
Another Pride, another boycott: Right-wing media attempt to cancel children’s educator Ms Rachel
Bud Light. Hershey’s. Target. Nike. Jack Daniel’s. The Los Angeles Dodgers. Adidas. Walmart. The North Face. While Pride 2023 featured a seemingly endless wave of boycott efforts from right-wing media personalities angry at corporations marketing their wares to LGBTQ customers, this year’s cancelation attempts have so far been more restrained, with a number of familiar right-wing media faces focusing on Ms Rachel after the popular children’. Other right-wing media figures piled on, with anti-LGBTQ account Libs of TikTok accusing Ms Rachel of subscribing to “the child m*tilat*on cult,” conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec pointing out that she’d invited trans TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney onto her show, and Daily Wire host Michael Knowles suggesting that her use of the title “Ms” was a red flag in itself. (Media Matters 6/5/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Bud Light. Hershey’s. Target. Nike. Jack Daniel’s. The Los Angeles Dodgers. Adidas. Walmart. The North Face. While Pride 2023 featured a seemingly endless wave of boycott efforts from right-wing media personalities angry at corporations marketing their wares to LGBTQ customers, this year’s cancelation attempts have so far been more restrained, with a number of familiar right-wing media faces focusing on Ms Rachel after the popular children’. Other right-wing media figures piled on, with anti-LGBTQ account Libs of TikTok accusing Ms Rachel of subscribing to “the child m*tilat*on cult,” conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec pointing out that she’d invited trans TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney onto her show, and Daily Wire host Michael Knowles suggesting that her use of the title “Ms” was a red flag in itself. (Media Matters 6/5/24) READ MORE>>>>>
==tim puko======
Washington Post reporter Puko departs
Climate and energy reporter Tim Puko has left the Washington Post via its buyout offer. He had been leading coverage of the Biden administration and write about how influential figures in Washington and around the world make decisions about climate and environmental policy.
(Chris Roush/Talking Biz News 1/2/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Climate and energy reporter Tim Puko has left the Washington Post via its buyout offer. He had been leading coverage of the Biden administration and write about how influential figures in Washington and around the world make decisions about climate and environmental policy.
(Chris Roush/Talking Biz News 1/2/24) READ MORE>>>>>