Fox News’ Judicial Analyst Falsely Claims Trump “Can’t Reveal” Classified Info To A Court
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The White House Put Stephen Miller On Four Sunday Shows To Dodge, Lie, And Attack The Media
Meanwhile, The White House Freeze-Out Of CNN Continues
Research ››› ››› NINA MAST & CRISTINA LóPEZ G.
The Trump administration offered White House senior adviser Stephen Miller -- and reportedly no one else -- to appear on the Sunday morning political talk shows of ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox Broadcasting Co. In his appearances on the four shows, Miller repeatedly dodged questions, made blatantly false claims, and attacked the media. Recent profiles of Miller have highlighted his extreme ideological views, his close relationship with Stephen Bannon, and the “enthusiasm” of white nationalists like Richard Spencer over his role in the administration.
Fox's Eric Bolling Suggests Trump "Defy" Ninth Circuit's Ruling And Continue The Muslim Ban
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How Right-Wing Media Are Lying To Protect Trump's Muslim Ban
Research ››› ››› NINA MAST
Since President Donald Trump signed a controversial executive order banning visitors and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States, conservative media figures have defended him as being “within his mandate” as president and claimed the constitutionality of the order is “crystal clear,” but the recent federal appeals court decision against his order proves otherwise. Here are some of the right-wing media myths -- and the corresponding facts -- on Trump’s Muslim ban:
NY Times Legal Expert: Neither Bush Nor Obama Ever Launched "Personal Attacks" Or “Threats” Against The Judiciary
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Legal Expert Trump Erroneously Cited To Defend Muslim Ban Actually Thinks Trump Is A Threat To Democracy
Blog ››› ››› TIMOTHY JOHNSON
The national security law expert miscited by President Donald Trump to criticize a court ruling against his administration is actually a frequent critic of the president who has called the president’s travel ban “malevolence tempered by incompetence.”
Following the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal’s February 9 unanimous ruling against the Trump administration that declined to reinstate the administration’s executive order targeting people from seven majority-Muslim countries, Trump attacked the decision by citing on Twitter a Lawfare article authored by the site’s editor-in-chief, Benjamin Wittes:
Unfortunately for Trump, the article he cited actually reached the conclusion that the 9th Circuit “is correct to leave the [temporary restraining order] in place.” (ThinkProgress notes that Trump likely discovered the article by watching MSNBC’s Morning Joe, which had a segment highlighting the portion of the Lawfare article Trump referenced on Twitter.)
Wittes, who is also a senior fellow in governance studies at The Brookings Institution, took to Twitter to ridicule Trump over other parts of his Lawfare article that Trump could have cited:
Wittes also referenced his harsh critique of the travel ban executive order in a January 28 Lawfare article (headlined “Malevolence Tempered by Incompetence: Trump’s Horrifying Executive Order on Refugees and Visas”), where he wrote that “the malevolence of President Trump’s Executive Order on visas and refugees is mitigated chiefly -- and perhaps only -- by the astonishing incompetence of its drafting and construction”:
He also shared some of his past criticism of the president, such as his routine argument that Trump is a threat to democracy in the United States:
Wittes also called Trump’s patriotism into question after Trump held a July 2016 press conference where he encouraged Russia to commit espionage against his then-opponent Hillary Clinton. In a July 27 article, Wittes wrote, “I am pretty careful about not questioning people's patriotism, but when a presidential candidate calls on a foreign intelligence service to engage in operations against the United States, he leaves us little choice.” That same day he co-authored another article that described Trump as a “useful idiot” for Russian President Vladimir Putin, noting that Trump “has taken public positions exceedingly favorable to Russia and far outside of the American mainstream.”
Joe Scarborough Attacks Appeals Court Decision Not To Reinstate Muslim Ban As "Politicized"
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Fox Host Echoes Trump, Saying That If A Terrorist Attack Occurs, "It's On The Courts Now"
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Chris Matthews Criticizes Court Decision On Muslim Ban: “The Courts Have Gotten Into Somebody Else’s Marmalade”
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“JUDICIAL TYRANNY”: Right-Wing Media Twitter Implodes Over Court Decision Not To Reinstate Muslim Ban
Research ››› ››› BRENNAN SUEN
Right-wing media figures took to Twitter to lament over the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ unanimous decision not to reinstate President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting seven majority-Muslim countries, calling the decision “judicial tyranny” and the judges “pro-terrorists activists.”
Limbaugh Praises Trump For Recognizing In Executive Orders That Immigration Is The “Greatest Threat” To America
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Laura Ingraham: "Disheartening" That Gorsuch "Thinks It's A Smart Thing To Go Trash" Trump
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Jake Tapper: Donald Trump Is Trying To Delegitimize "The Fundamental Pillars Of Our Democracy"
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What The Media Ignore When They Call Gorsuch "Mainstream"
Research ››› ››› JULIE ALDERMAN
Some media have called President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, District Court Judge Neil Gorsuch, “relatively mainstream.” But this label is misleading -- if Trump’s nominee is a “mainstream” conservative judge, it is only because conservative legal thought has shifted to the far right, as The New York Times’ Linda Greenhouse explained. That shift is also reflected in the extreme anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ “originalist” decisions Gorsuch has issued, which have radical impacts that some in the media have downplayed.
Trump's White Supremacist Support Is Thrilled With His Supreme Court Pick
David Duke: “Another Great Win By Trump! Hillary Over The Next 8 Years Would Make The Supreme Court Indistinguishable From The Israeli Knesset!”
Research ››› ››› DINA RADTKE
White nationalists heavily praised President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, lauding the fact he is “old stock American,” "a white male," "WASPy," and not Jewish.
