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Book of Limbaugh radio commentary to be published Oct. 25
Read full article: Book of Limbaugh radio commentary to be published Oct. 25A compilation of radio commentary by the late Rush Limbaugh, from his early years on the air to his decades as a leading voice in conservative politics, will be published Oct. 25.
On TV, 9/11 was last huge story for โBig 3โ network anchors
Read full article: On TV, 9/11 was last huge story for โBig 3โ network anchorsMillions of Americans were guided through the horror of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by one of three men on television news โ Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather.
Fox making Carlson, Hannity and Ingraham available to stream
Read full article: Fox making Carlson, Hannity and Ingraham available to streamFox News announced that starting next week, it will make reruns of prime-time television shows hosted by Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham available to watch 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Dana Loesch, seeking Limbaugh fans, dislikes 'angry radio'
Read full article: Dana Loesch, seeking Limbaugh fans, dislikes 'angry radio'FILE - Dana Loesch, spokesperson for the National Rifle Association, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), at National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 22, 2018. Radio America announced Tuesday that it had signed Loesch to a multi-year contract extension. She's been doing a show in the same afternoon time slot that Limbaugh occupied since 2014, and is now on about 200 radio stations. On her show, which airs in nearly 200 radio stations, Loesch said she didn't want listeners to feel like they're being lectured to or yelled at. AdRadio America says it has added a handful of stations for Loesch since Limbaugh's death.
Rush Limbaugh's syndicator to keep his voice alive on radio
Read full article: Rush Limbaugh's syndicator to keep his voice alive on radioFILE - Radio personality Rush Limbaugh introduces President Donald Trump at the start of a campaign rally on Nov. 5, 2018, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Limbaugh's radio syndicators say they plan to keep his voice alive. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)NEW YORK โ The replacement for Rush Limbaugh is... Rush Limbaugh, at least in part. โNo one can replace Rush Limbaugh, and Premiere Networks will continue to provide millions of loyal listeners with the voice of Rush for the long term,โ said Rachel Nelson, company spokeswoman.
Dan Bongino tapped for national afternoon radio slot in May
Read full article: Dan Bongino tapped for national afternoon radio slot in MayFILE - Conservative commentator Dan Bongino speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., on March 6, 2014. Bongino has been tapped to host a radio show in the same afternoon time slot as the late Rush Limbaughs radio show, Cumulus Medias Westwood One announced on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)NEW YORK โ Conservative commentator Dan Bongino has joined a scramble to inherit the radio talk show mantle left behind by the death of Rush Limbaugh. Cumulus Mediaโs Westwood One said Bongino will begin a new three-hour radio program from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern, the same time slot Limbaugh occupied before his death due to lung cancer in February. โIโm excited to embrace the immense power of radio to connect with my listeners live for three hours every day,โ said Bongino.
Trump calls for GOP unity, repeats lies about election loss
Read full article: Trump calls for GOP unity, repeats lies about election loss3 House Republican, who has faced tremendous backlash in Wyoming for saying Trump should no longer play a role in the party or headline the event. โWeโll see what he says, but our focus is certainly not on what President Trump is saying at CPAC,โ she told reporters. โWe have the Republican Party. McConnell has since said he would โabsolutelyโ support Trump if he were the GOP nominee in 2024. Trump hinted at the effort Sunday, voicing his commitment to helping elect Republicans and calling on attendees to join him.
Trump calls for GOP unity, repeats lies about election loss
Read full article: Trump calls for GOP unity, repeats lies about election loss3 House Republican, who has faced tremendous backlash in Wyoming for saying Trump should no longer play a role in the party or headline the event. โWeโll see what he says, but our focus is certainly not on what President Trump is saying at CPAC,โ she told reporters. โWe have the Republican Party. McConnell has since said he would โabsolutelyโ support Trump if he were the GOP nominee in 2024. Trump hinted at the effort Sunday, voicing his commitment to helping elect Republicans and calling on attendees to join him.
Conservative gathering to feature Trump's false fraud claims
Read full article: Conservative gathering to feature Trump's false fraud claimsTrump himself is headlining the three-day session in a Sunday speech that will be his first public appearance since leaving the White House on Jan. 20. Trump has been keeping a relatively low profile since he moved from the White House to Palm Beach a month ago. โI think the broader point will be: Here's where the Republican Party and conservative movement and the America First movement goes from here," said senior Trump adviser Jason Miller. Here weโll see the president address the fact that the only divide in the Republican Party is between the elites and the conservative grassroots in the party." โIn opposition, when you donโt have the White House, there are many more voices that lead the party,โ Cotton said in an interview.
Palm Beach County refuses to lower flags for Rush Limbaugh
Read full article: Palm Beach County refuses to lower flags for Rush Limbaugh(AP Photo/Julie Smith, File)FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. โ Palm Beach County defied Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, refusing to lower its courthouse flags to half-staff in honor of the late conservative broadcaster Rush Limbaugh โ a move that the governor's office called โpetty.โThe county's courthouse flags remained at full staff, ignoring Gov. He also ordered the Town of Palm Beach and the State Capitol in Tallahassee to fly their flags at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday. Officials in the Town of Palm Beach, the wealthy island enclave where Limbaugh lived for two decades, issued a statement saying its policy is to comply with governor's orders to lower the flags. Trump also lives in Palm Beach at his Mar-a-Lago club and he and Limbaugh were close friends.
Trump to speak at CPAC in first post-White House appearance
Read full article: Trump to speak at CPAC in first post-White House appearanceFILE - In this Jan. 4, 2021, file photo President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally for Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and David Perdue at Dalton Regional Airport in Dalton, Ga. Trump will be making his first post-presidential appearance at a conservative gathering in Florida next weekend. Ian Walters, spokesman for the American Conservative Union, confirmed that Trump will be speaking at the group's annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 28. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON โ Donald Trump will be making his first post-presidential appearance at a conservative gathering in Florida next weekend. Ian Walters, spokesman for the American Conservative Union, confirmed that Trump will be speaking at the group's annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 28. AdTrump has a long history with CPAC, which played a key role in his emergence as a political force.
Trump repeats election claims in interviews, is unchallenged
Read full article: Trump repeats election claims in interviews, is unchallenged(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)NEW YORK โ In the first television interviews of his post-presidency, Donald Trump repeated his false claims that the election was stolen from him 10 times โ each instance unprompted and unchallenged. Trump emerged this week for interviews with Fox News Channel, Newsmax and One America News Network tied to the death of Rush Limbaugh. Nearly a month after he left office, Trump drove his point home on each network:โ "The election was stolen," he told OANN's White House correspondent Jenn Pellegrino. Kelly referred to โPresident Trumpโ and โJoe Biden.โAdโA lot of people are in awe of you, and I am one of those people,โ Kelly told Trump. Trump fans weren't much interested in the trial, anyway, but during coverage of the second day of the impeachment managers' argument to convict Trump, Fox News Channel's audience was only 815,000, the Nielsen company said.
Ivanka Trump tells Rubio she won't run for his Senate seat
Read full article: Ivanka Trump tells Rubio she won't run for his Senate seatIvanka Trump comes onto stage as President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in support of Senate candidates Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and David Perdue in Dalton, Ga., Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)WASHINGTON โ Ivanka Trump will not be running for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's U.S. Senate seat in 2022 as she settles into life after Washington. Lara Trump, the former president's daughter-in-law, who served as a chief campaign surrogate, is still considering running for the Senate in North Carolina. And the former presidentโs eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., remains deeply popular with his father's base. AdIn a pair of friendly statements, Rubio and Ivanka Trump praised one another for their efforts together working on issues like paid family leave.
Even without listening, US lives in Limbaughโs media world
Read full article: Even without listening, US lives in Limbaughโs media worldLimbaugh, the talk radio host who became the voice of American conservatism, has died. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)NEW YORK โ You didn't have to like or even listen to Rush Limbaugh to be affected by what he did. Bumper stickers proclaimed, โRush is Right.โโThere is no talk radio as we know it without Rush Limbaugh. As Limbaugh's political strength became evident, many Republican politicians felt they couldn't cross him, or run the risk of alienating his millions of listeners, Hemmer said. โMany of these listeners didn't care if Rush Limbaugh crossed the line (of propriety),โ she said.
Trump-McConnell feud threatens Republicans' path to power
Read full article: Trump-McConnell feud threatens Republicans' path to powerThe Republican Party still belongs to Donald Trump. But in the end, only seven of 50 Senate Republicans voted to convict Trump in his historic second impeachment trial on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Republicans are also competing in Nevada and New Hampshire, where Trump was defeated, and in North Carolina, where Trump barely won. The Senate Republican campaign arm, led by Florida Sen. Rick Scott, will not get involved in open primaries. โYou canโt let insanity go unchecked, or it will eat you alive,โ said Josh Holmes, a top McConnell political adviser.
Trump-McConnell feud threatens Republicans' path to power
Read full article: Trump-McConnell feud threatens Republicans' path to powerThe Republican Party still belongs to Donald Trump. But in the end, only seven of 50 Senate Republicans voted to convict Trump in his historic second impeachment trial on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. The Senate Republican campaign arm, led by Florida Sen. Rick Scott, will not get involved in open primaries. โYou canโt let insanity go unchecked, or it will eat you alive,โ said Josh Holmes, a top McConnell political adviser. Meanwhile, Law sought to downplay Trump's grip on the Republican Party.
Rush Limbaugh, radio king and architect of right wing, dies
Read full article: Rush Limbaugh, radio king and architect of right wing, diesFILE - This Nov. 5, 2018 file photo shows radio personality Rush Limbaugh introducing President Donald Trump at the start of a campaign rally in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Limbaugh, the talk radio host who became the voice of American conservatism, has died. AdโThe Super Nova of American conservatism,โ heralded Ann Coulter. โLies are facts.โRush Hudson Limbaugh III was born Jan. 12, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., to the former Mildred Armstrong and Rush Limbaugh Jr., who flew fighter planes in World War II and practiced law at home. Rush Limbaugh was on the air, and the public figure who would become known to millions essentially was born.
Rush Limbaugh, voice of American conservatism, has died
Read full article: Rush Limbaugh, voice of American conservatism, has diedLimbaugh, the talk radio host who became the voice of American conservatism, has died. Unflinchingly conservative, wildly partisan, bombastically self-promoting and larger than life, Limbaugh galvanized listeners for more than 30 years with his talent for sarcastic, insult-laced commentary. โWeโre supposed to be horrified by the protesters,โ Limbaugh told his listeners the next day after the Jan. 6 attack. AdRush Hudson Limbaugh III was born Jan. 12, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to the former Mildred Armstrong, and Rush Limbaugh Jr., who flew fighter planes in World War II and practiced law at home. He attracts more listeners with just his voice than the rest of us could ever imagine,โ Beck wrote in Time magazine in 2009.
Rush Limbaugh dies at age 70
Read full article: Rush Limbaugh dies at age 70Radio personality Rush Limbaugh and wife Kathryn (L) attend the State of the Union address with First Lady Melania Trump in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives on February 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has died at age 70. โI have to tell you something today that I wish I didnโt have to tell you,โ he said at the time. It was then announced on his website with the message: โIn Loving Memory of Rush Hudson Limbaugh III; The Greatest of All Time.โAdBREAKING: Rush Limbaugh has died at age 70. https://t.co/LRyoh5LXlh pic.twitter.com/JQcdCqGvnr โ NBC News (@NBCNews) February 17, 2021Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nationโs highest civilian honor, during the State of the Union address last year. Read back: Radio host Limbaugh awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
Conservative media decry Capitol riot, but grievances remain
Read full article: Conservative media decry Capitol riot, but grievances remainViolent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK โ Media outlets that appeal to conservatives offered condemnations, explanations and deflections following the U.S. Capitol riot by President Donald Trump's supporters, but little introspection. Several figures in conservative media suggested liberal politicians and mainstream media outlets are more outraged when Trump supporters are violent than they were about civil rights demonstrations last summer. โWere left-wing provocateurs leading the way into the Capitol?โ questioned Thomas Lifson of American Thinker. Many conservative media figures have sold themselves as truth-tellers and admitting error isn't good for business, said Brian Rosenwald, author of โTalk Radio Americaโ and a scholar in residence at the University of Pennsylvania.
Does Electoral College end election for conservative media?
Read full article: Does Electoral College end election for conservative media?โAs conservative media proliferated, it put a lot more pressure on the hosts to move to the right and embrace warfare politics,โ Rosenwald said. This is a business.โHemmer said she expects the Electoral College vote will begin to shift the narrative from โthe election is undecided" to โthe election was stolen.โThe difficulty of that transition was evident in coverage of the Electoral College voting. With Congress meeting Jan. 6 to formally count the Electoral College vote, Kelly said, โthe way I read it, we won't have a president-elect until then.โCNN treated it like a second election night, keeping a running tally of Electoral College votes on the screen. The Electoral College vote led Bret Baier's newscast, which was not a given considering COVID-19 vaccinations began Monday. Meanwhile, daytime anchor Bill Hemmer's hourlong newscast didn't even mention the Electoral College.
Trump intensifies focus on Harris in final weeks of campaign
Read full article: Trump intensifies focus on Harris in final weeks of campaignDemocratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at Carpenters Local Union 1912 in Phoenix, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, to kick off a small business bus tour. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)If you need help with the Public File, call (313) 222-0566.
Trump intensifies focus on Harris in final weeks of campaign
Read full article: Trump intensifies focus on Harris in final weeks of campaignDuring the past week, Trump told Sean Hannity of Fox News that Harris would assume the presidency within โthree monthsโ of Biden's inauguration. During a conversation with Rush Limbaugh, he warned that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would โreplaceโ Biden with Harris. Trump's focus on Harris is building as he tries to regain an advantage against Biden, who is leading most national and battleground state polls three weeks before the election. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Trump ally, is pushing the president to make Harris a campaign centerpiece. โThis is a desire not to run against Joe Biden, to run against anybody but Joe Biden,โ he said.
White House virus aid offer is panned by Pelosi, Senate GOP
Read full article: White House virus aid offer is panned by Pelosi, Senate GOPScott Applewhite)WASHINGTON โ A new White House coronavirus aid offer got bad reviews from both ends of the political spectrum on Saturday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., rejected the most generous Trump administration plan to date as โone step forward, two steps back." The White House had boosted its offer before Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Pelosi spoke on Friday afternoon. The White House says its most recent offer before that was about $1.6 trillion. It's clear from Saturday's Senate GOP conference call that the skepticism or outright opposition hasn't changed.
Trump insists he's free of virus, ready for campaign trail
Read full article: Trump insists he's free of virus, ready for campaign trailIn a memo released Saturday night by the White House, Navy Cmdr. The memo did not declare Trump had tested negative for the virus. Biden's campaign said the nominee again tested negative on Saturday for COVID-19. Masks are mandatory outdoors for most people, but the regulations donโt apply on federal land, and the Trump White House has openly flouted them for months. White House officials have declined to answer when Trump last tested negative for the virus before his diagnosis or release detailed information about lung scans taken while Trump was hospitalized.
Trump says experimental drugs may have saved him from virus
Read full article: Trump says experimental drugs may have saved him from virusPresident Donald Trump points to reporters while on the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump says experimental drugs may have saved him from virus
Read full article: Trump says experimental drugs may have saved him from virus(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)WASHINGTON โ President Donald Trump said Friday he could have become very ill and might not have recovered from COVID-19 without experimental drugs, a far worse outlook than what his doctors were telling the American people. You were going into a very bad phase,'" Trump told Rush Limbaugh during his radio show. Trump said that after contracting the virus, he was โnot in the greatest of shape.โ He added that โI might not have recovered at allโ without treatment with experimental drugs. Trump's comments tracked most closely with an update provided by White House chief of staff Mark Meadows after his hospitalization. Trump credited his recovery to an experimental antibody drug made by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. โIt was primarily this one drug," Trump said.
The Latest: Trump calls Rush Limbaugh show for MAGA 'rally'
Read full article: The Latest: Trump calls Rush Limbaugh show for MAGA 'rally'President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland. (Olivier Douliery/Pool vi AP)
The Latest: 2nd presidential debate is officially canceled
Read full article: The Latest: 2nd presidential debate is officially canceledPresident Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland. (Olivier Douliery/Pool vi AP)WASHINGTON โ The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):6:35 p.m. The second presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden is officially off. ___HEREโS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHATโS HAPPENING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE:President Donald Trump is convalescing from the coronavirus at the White House. ___3:50 p.m.On Saturday, President Donald Trump is planning to hold his first in-person event since testing positive for the coronavirus.
Trump restarting campaign with White House, Florida events
Read full article: Trump restarting campaign with White House, Florida eventsA Marine is posted outside the West Wing of the White House, signifying the President is in the Oval Office, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, in Washington. Trump will address the Saturday group, expected to be at least several hundred supporters, from the White House balcony. Masks are mandatory outdoors for most people, but the regulations donโt apply on federal land, and the Trump White House has openly flouted them for months. The president's White House doctor, Navy Cmdr. Sean Conley, said that means Trump, who has been surrounded by minimal staffing as he works out of the White House residence and the Oval Office, could return to holding events on Saturday.
Pence takes lead role in campaign with Trump travel stopped
Read full article: Pence takes lead role in campaign with Trump travel stoppedHe sounded great," Pence told reporters at Joint Base Andrews before heading west to Utah for this week's vice presidential debate. And weโre looking very much forward to the vice presidential debate,โ he said. The spotlight on Pence will be especially bright Wednesday when he participates in the vice presidential debate with California Sen. Kamala Harris. โNormally, the vice presidential debate is inconsequential. Whether Trump secures another term or not, Pence is a likely Republican presidential contender in 2024.
In 'Boys State,' American politics in a teenage microcosm
Read full article: In 'Boys State,' American politics in a teenage microcosmBoys State may sound like a mere mock government exercise, but the film finds in Boys State a microcosm of American politics, one that frighteningly reflects much of the tenor of todays Washington and, in other ways, counters our more cynical grown-up government with stirring idealism. Boys State will give you both hope and fear for Americas future. Moss and McBaine were unaware of Boys State before reading a 2017 Washington Post article about a first in the programs history: Texas voted to succeed. Paul Barker, then Chairman of the American Legion Texas Boys State, was impressed by McBaine and Moss previous film ( "The Overnighters ) and figured a documentary could expand the program. The Texas Boys State, like the national political system, is a skewed representation.
Trump tries a new response after George Floyd's death
Read full article: Trump tries a new response after George Floyd's deathI feel very, very badly," Trump said Thursday of George Floyd's death while handcuffed and in the custody of Minneapolis police. But some activists doubt that Trump has suddenly evolved on the issue of police brutality and instead see election-year political calculations. Trump was very upset when he saw that video," White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Thursday. The White House and Department of Justice have long had the power to address these issues. Sharpton credited both the magnitude of outrage in response to Floyd's death as well as the upcoming election for the changed approach.
Trump tries a new response after George Floyd's death
Read full article: Trump tries a new response after George Floyd's deathI feel very, very badly," Trump said Thursday of George Floyd's death while handcuffed and in the custody of police in Minneapolis. But some activists doubt that Trump has suddenly evolved on the issue of police brutality and instead see election year political calculations. Trump was very upset when he saw that video," White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Thursday. The White House and Department of Justice have long had the power to address these issues. Sharpton credited both the magnitude of outrage in response to Floyd's death as well as the election for the changed approach.