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Trey Gowdy
Fox News host Trey Gowdy eviscerated Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) on Sunday over his cocaine and sex party remarks, calling on the freshman representative to either name names or “admit what we suspect, which is that you made it up.”
And the former Congressman from the great state of South Carolina didn't just bring the receipts to debunk Cawthorn's preposterous claims, he did so in an entertaining and hilarious fashion.
Gowdy scoffed at Cawthorn's attempts to compare Congress to the fictional characters on the Netflix series House of Cards, noting that the real-life congressional leaders had never pushed anyone in front of a train (as Kevin Spacey's diabolical character so infamously did during the season 2 premiere).
Decent members of Congress never get much press attention, Gowdy lamented, rattling off a humorous list of his former colleagues' foibles, including Sen. Tim Scott's (R-SC) idea of a "wild time" meaning "ordering dessert" and former Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-MA) being nicknamed "Milk" because he was a teetotaler.
Either name names or admit you were lying, Gowdy openly challenged Cawthorn. He also smacked down Cawthorn's cries of media bias, saying "you can’t blame the media for something that came out of your mouth.” |
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Tiffany Cross
On Saturday's episode of The Cross Connection on MSNBC, host Tiffany Cross said to guest Elie Mystal that former President Donald Trump erased entries from the White House call logs on Jan. 6, 2021 and made them “disappear," calling Trump a "ghetto president" and accusing him of acting like a criminal character on The Wire.
There was in fact a 7+ hour gap when no Trump calls went through the switchboard on that day during the riots, however -- and this is a very significant "however" -- CNN's Jamie Gangel reported on Thursday that the call logs were not altered and were in fact “complete."
This does still leave open the possibility that Trump made use of burner phones, had his surrogates make calls for him, or other efforts to conceal his communications on that fateful day in American history. But there just isn't evidence that some sort of Watergate-style "missing 18 1/2 minutes" of tape occurred with these call logs.
There are many legitimate criticisms of Trump and his actions on Jan. 6. For Cross to push an accusation that was debunked days before was unfair and unprofessional.
Cross followed up that commentary with a confounding segment on Saturday suggesting that White people don't understand Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock and should stay out of any conversations about it. |
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| Grammys The 64th Annual Grammy Awards were originally supposed to occur in January, but were rescheduled amid concerns about the Omicron variant to this Sunday -- setting up an unavoidable comparison with the Oscars just one week before. Your friendly neighborhood Mediaite newsletter correspondent watched both awards shows to assist with Mediaite's coverage, and the Grammys were simply more fun to watch, in multiple ways.
First of all, no one slapped anyone or otherwise did anything with the potential to derail their career, so that's a point for the Grammys. But they didn't dwell on the controversy either -- host Trevor Noah had a little quip about how they would be "keeping people's names out of our mouths tonight," but that was about it.
Questlove, whose first-ever Oscar win was overshadowed by the hubbub around Will Smith's infamous slap, offered a brief but poignant message about how meaningful winning such an award can be for an artist, right before presenting the trophy for Best Song of the Year. “You know, this is now a special moment for someone,” he said. “And we’re going to make a memory for them tonight."
The musical performances were a showcase of the diverse talents of the nominated artists, notably omitting Kanye West, whose invitation was revoked after his "concerning online behavior."
Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky made a surprise appearance at the Grammys in a video message with an emotional appeal to the audience to support Ukraine “any way you can, any — but not silence.” A Zelensky appearance had been rumored as a possibility for the Oscars, but in the end they went with a vague statement on the screen and a hashtag. The Grammys followed Zelensky's speech with a performance by John Legend of a new song, accompanied by a Ukrainian singer and a poet, and then an actual website with a charity supporting humanitarian relief in Ukraine.
The evening didn't end without some on-stage shenanigans. Doja Cat and SZA won a Grammy on Sunday for Best Pop Duo / Group Performance for their song “Kiss Me More,” but between SZA's struggles with her crutches (alleviated by some gracious assistance from Lady Gaga) and Doja Cat's ill-timed powder room break, the moment more than earned host Noah's declaration that it was "crazy!"
Comedian Louis C.K. won the Grammy for Best Comedy Album for his album that addressed cancel culture. It was his first win since admitting to sexual misconduct. Fox News' Bill Hemmer suggested during Monday's episode of America's Newsroom that this might mean that "cancel culture had been canceled."
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Dateline has recently been expanding its portfolio to include podcasts, content for the Peacock streaming platform, and even scripted shows like the limited series, The Truth About Pam, starring Renee Zellweger.
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| "See what bastards you've raised!" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admonished the mothers of Russian soldiers who were committing atrocities in his country in a post sharing photos of civilians killed in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, urging them to look at the evidence of the death that their sons had caused.
“Mothers of Russian soldiers should see that,” wrote Zelensky. “See what bastards you’ve raised. Murderers, looters, butchers.”
“What did the Ukrainian city of Bucha do to your Russia?” the Ukrainian president commented in a later video post.
“Russian mothers! Even if you raised looters, how did they also become butchers? You couldn’t be unaware of what’s inside your children. You couldn’t overlook that they are deprived of everything human. No soul. No heart. They killed deliberately and with pleasure.”
Watch Zelensky's emotional message here. |
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