Crooks and Liars

The House of Sulzberger does not pay Mr. David Brooks to be a journalist, to write in the style of planting one's feet, and telling the truth.

Triumph the insult comic dog talks with Colbert about the midterms, Texas, Don Jr., and poops all over his Twitter fans. Just another free service he provides.
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That Big Blue Wave keeps rolling through the unlikeliest places. Today, we have some news.

We can't write about Kevin McCarthy without pulling from our treasured video archives that moment when Kevin McCarthy threw his House Speakership in the toilet. Watch above this clip from 2015 where McCarthy tells Hannity in his outside voice that the purpose of the Benghazi hearings was to hurt Hillary Clinton's poll numbers.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Fox News host Tomi Lahren took a swipe at former First Lady Michelle Obama because she told the press that First Lady Melania Trump had not taken advantage of her offer of advice.

I don't know if you're aware, but there was an election last week.
If you're only vaguely aware of the election, you might not know some of the races were close, and as of today, have not yet even been decided.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Morning Joe took time to dive into Phillip Rucker's piece about Trump's reaction to the midterm results:
"This was a very successful election for Democrats, especially in these House races and in some of these governors races, as well," Mika noted.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Broward County recount gonna take a while ...
Crooked Timber - Armistice Day;

Seth Meyers walks his audience through Grifty McTrumpster's seedy pals and their grifty ways, before addressing the grifters' claims of voter fraud in Florida.

Fox News judicial correspondent Andrew Napolitano predicted on Tuesday that CNN would likely prevail in a case against the White House after it banned CNN reporter Jim Acosta.
Napolitano explained to Fox Business host Stuart Varney that the White House does not have the right to revoke Acosta’s press pass simply because his questions irritated President Donald Trump.