Category Archives: Axios

Pandemic is Over According To Axios, Who Knew?

Posted on April 12, 2022 by tengrain

Axios tells us —between coughing fits— that Americans believe that the Trump-Virus is over. Get a load of this: Less than one in 10 Americans now describe COVID-19 as a crisis — with about three in four calling it a manageable … Continue reading →

Posted in Axios, media, Our Failed Political Press, Pandemics | 10 Comments

Moscow Mitch Boxed In By Reporter

Posted on April 8, 2022 by tengrain

Jonathan Swann is a great interviewer because he doesn’t let up: The best part of this exchange is that @LeaderMcConnell seems to be genuinely befuddled that one might expect him to have a moral red line. He literally can't come … Continue reading →

Posted in Amply Be-Chinned #MoscowMitch McConnell, Axios, media | 8 Comments

Covid is Not Done With Us, and also: Both Sides!

Posted on April 7, 2022 by tengrain

Der Tiger Beat auf dem Potomac (thanks Charlie, with an assist from MPS Patron Saint Watertiger) leads their morning email thing with the shocking news that the Trump-Virus is still with us —who knew?— as it has super-spread from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Axios, Der Tiger Beat auf dem Potomac, immigration, Pandemics, racism, White Punks on Dope | 8 Comments

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