Is Fox News Hurting Donald Trump?

A thought struck me today as I watched a bit of Fox News both before and after the Mueller indictments hit: the network may actually be hurting Trump by giving him a false sense of confidence. It's common knowledge that Trump watches Fox News religiously, especially Fox and Friends in the morning.

South Park Beats Washington at Moral Clarity

For a huge chunk of Americans, the venerable Comedy Central show South Park is more than simply a half hour of inspired, if crass, laughs: it is also a weathervane for America's political center. Sometimes, the show does everything in its power to avoid filling that role, as in the case of trippy episodes like its Imaginationland trilogy, but just as often, it leans in, deliberately tackling politically charged subjects with varying degrees of subtlety.

this Date in History, Oct. 26: Kissinger declares ‘Peace is at hand’ in Vietnam Posted at

On October 26th, 1881, the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" took place in Tombstone, Arizona, as Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and "Doc" Holliday confronted Ike Clanton's gang. Three members of Clanton's gang were killed; Earp's brothers and Holliday were wounded.

Trump an ‘utterly untruthful’ president who’s ‘debasing’ the US, Corker says

The father of 32-year-old Monica Hoffa, who was gunned down in one of three unsolved murders in Tampa in just the past two weeks, is asking his community ... -- A Russian radio station where a top liberal journalist was stabbed in the throat Monday has released what it says is security camera footage showing the assailant ... CHICAGO - Global commodities trader Cargill Inc on Tuesday said it was buying a natural animal feed maker, another in a string of deals to capitalize on rising dema... SEWARD, Neb. - Coming off a perfect 3-0 week, the Concordia University volleyball team saw one of its own collect a conference weekly award on Tuesday .

News and Fake News What to Believe?

Every day we are inundated with information - perhaps even too much information - but what can we believe? What is real news or fake news? Fact or fiction? Truths, half-truths or lies? Or even so-called alternative facts? With the proliferation of television news channels and social media on the Internet we live in an information overload society with a world of conflicting information. Because of the competitive rush to be the first with breaking news, all too often the first information about a crisis has been wrong and corrected hours or days later.

The Walking Dead: Rick Grimes launches war against Negan

John McCain mocks Trump as he savages wealthy young men who avoided the Vietnam draft 'with a doctor's note for a bone spur' - the same reason the president gave for not going to war US ready to put 'nuclear bombers on 24-hour alert' for the first time since the end of the Cold War amid growing tensions with Russia and North Korea 'Even when he was mean to me he was funny': Jay Leno pens an touching tribute to his long-time rival Letterman congratulating him on his Mark Twain award... but still reminds everyone he won it FIRST Body of little girl, 3, who went missing after her father put her out in an alleyway 'frequented by coyotes' at 3am as punishment for not drinking her milk has been 'found in a culvert' Kathy Griffin lashes out at attorney Lisa Bloom asking her to refund the tens of thousands of dollars she wasted on her legal services after the Trump severed head controversy ... (more)

Humorist Jimmy Tingle running for lieutenant governor in Mass.

Though Jimmy Tingle has long made biting political humor a staple of his stand-up routines, he insists his dive into Massachusetts politics is anything but comic relief. The Cambridge-born comedian and social activist, who returned to school and earned a master's degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, raised eyebrows with his recent announcement that he would run for lieutenant governor, a job with limited visibility and few official responsibilities.

Former presidents call for unity at hurricane aid concert

In this Jan. 7, 2009 file photo, Then-President George W. Bush, center, poses with President-elect Barack Obama, and former presidents, from left, George H.W. Bush, left, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, right, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. All five living former U.S. presidents will be attending a concert Saturday night, Oct. 21, 2017, in a Texas college town, raising money for relief efforts from Hurricane Harvey, Irma and Maria's devastation in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.