Category Archives: Axios

Oops: Axios Fogets To Both Sides Jan. 6 Commemoration

Posted on January 4, 2022 by tengrain

It’s all clicks and ratings to our Failed Political Press ™ and they couldn’t be happier as Axios breathlessly promotes that Steve Bannon and Hair Füror will bring their combined black hole, er, star power to Merde-a-Lardo to “counter-program” the … Continue reading →

Posted in Axios, Insurrection, media, Our Failed Political Press, The Coup Klux Klan (Republicans), The Stupid Coup | 7 Comments

Our Failed Political Press Announces The New Normal

Posted on January 1, 2022 by tengrain

Tiger Beat on the Potomac (thanks Charlie) morning email thingie is allegedly the most read newsletter by our elite political press and is said with some credibility to frame the news of the day (Hot Takes and Win The Morning!), … Continue reading →

Posted in Axios, Der Tiger Beat auf dem Potomac, Our Failed Political Press | 3 Comments

Our Failed Political Press Fails, Part Infinity

Posted on September 17, 2021 by tengrain

The framing of this Axios story bothers me (weird formatting is theirs): Scoop: Biden bombs with Manchin President Biden failed to persuade Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to agree to spending $3.5 trillion on the Democrats’ budget reconciliation package during their … Continue reading →

Posted in Axios, Joe Manchin, media, Our Failed Political Press, President Handsome Joe Biden | 6 Comments

Some Fries With Your Stupid, Axios?

Posted on July 10, 2021 by tengrain

Axios has a piece up: Rise of the anti-“woke” Democrat in which they extensively quote Bacardi Lifetime Achievement Winner Peggy Noonan’s W$J column as proof. Is high noon(an) too early to start drinking?  

Posted in Axios, Our Failed Political Press | 15 Comments

And a 2024 Dark Goat Emerges: Chris Christie

Posted on April 21, 2021 by tengrain

Oh, dear.  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is seriously considering running for president in 2024, three people familiar with his thinking tell Axios. Driving the news: While Christie isn’t saying anything publicly about his thinking — besides telling radio … Continue reading →

Posted in 2024 Goat Rodeo, Axios, Chris 'Traffic Cones' Christie, Chris Christie, media, Our Failed Political Press | 23 Comments

Axios Builds A Lifeboat

Posted on January 10, 2021 by tengrain

Leave it to Axios to save the Coup Klux Klan: Our new reality: Three Americas The United States, torn apart by insurrection and mass misinformation, is witnessing a political and social realignment unfold in real time: We’re splitting into three … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, Axios, Fox News, Hate Radio, Junkie Limbaugh, Our Failed Political Press, Rush Limbaugh, The Coup Klux Klan (Republicans), Tucker Carlson | 9 Comments

Both Sides Don’t

Posted on October 12, 2020 by tengrain

This is subtle, but it absolutely is another example of our Failed Political Press: The cost of Washington’s coronavirus failures Dude, it should be: The cost of Republican Senate’s coronavirus failures Please recall that the house has now passed two … Continue reading →

Posted in Axios, Both Sides, media, Our Failed Political Press | 3 Comments

Missing the Obvious

Posted on September 15, 2020 by tengrain

Axios presents to us the story of Lord Damp Nut, the brand (emphasis theirs): If President Trump defies today’s swing-state polls and pulls off another upset, what will we have missed that could have been a clue? Here’s a big … Continue reading →

Posted in 4th Reich, Axios, Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper | 25 Comments

The Villagers Rally

Posted on June 19, 2020 by tengrain

Our failed political press tells us that Sen. Amy Klobuchar decided to remove herself from consideration to being Handsome Joe Biden’s VP. Tiger Beat’s morning email thingie: VEEPSTAKES … SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-Minn.) officially took herself out of the running … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, Amy Klobuchar, Axios, Der Tiger Beat auf dem Potomac | 5 Comments

Who Could Have Known… Part Infinity

Posted on March 25, 2020 by tengrain

Death of the Media The rehabbing of the Mango-Hued Shitgibbon continues, via the morning email thingie from Axios: The spread and impact of the coronavirus may be unfathomable, but it’s not unpredictable. Yet the U.S. has failed to respond accordingly, … Continue reading →

Posted in Axios, Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper, media, Our Failed Political Press, Pandemics | 9 Comments