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Jay Murdock
Jan 13, 20188 min read
How Bannon turned on Trump … and where the nationalist right goes next
The ex-White House strategist who turned his fire and fury on the president is now out at Breitbart too. Those in the know, though, say...
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Jay Murdock
Aug 14, 20175 min read
Q&A: What are Trump and the White House’s links to the far right?
We break down how the White House, Breitbart News, Steve Bannon and Trump’s cabinet are all connected to recent events in Charlottesville...
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Jay Murdock
Mar 16, 20175 min read
Europe’s governments signal relief after Dutch election defeats far right
Geert Wilders loss in Netherlands hailed by leaders as key moment for tolerant societies and serious politics on continent By Jon Henley...
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Jay Murdock
Mar 9, 20177 min read
How Trump’s White House Is Delegitimizing Anything That Could Get In The Way Of Its Propaganda
After years of posturing about repealing Obamacare — with scores of votes but no consensus plan to replace it — House Republicans finally...
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Jay Murdock
Mar 7, 20172 min read
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden slams pro-Trump media for peddling ‘illegitimate’ and
“I think the Breitbart and the likes are off the chart in terms of shaping data to meet the preconceptions.” By Oliver Darcy / Business...
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Jay Murdock
Mar 5, 20175 min read
Wiretapping allegations reignite Trump and Obama’s feud
The 45th president and his predecessor had seemed to have put past controversies behind them. Now a series of early-morning tweets about...
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Jay Murdock
Feb 23, 20173 min read
Donald Trump returns in triumph to CPAC – with Breitbart as supporting cast
Six years after he was loudly booed there, Trump will take the main stage as the Republican president with some new allies at the...
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Jay Murdock
Feb 16, 20173 min read
Donald Trump has turned evading responsibility into an art form
The reaction to the fall of National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn is just the latest example of Trump passing the buck – and...
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Jay Murdock
Feb 5, 201713 min read
How Richard Spencer’s hometown weathered a neo-Nazi ‘troll storm’
An onslaught of antisemitic harassment descended upon the residents of Whitefish, a small Montana ski town, for taking a stand against...
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Jay Murdock
Feb 3, 201710 min read
How war on Islam became central to the Trump doctrine
An apocalyptic view of Islamist terrorism is the thread that connects key figures in the Trump administration and underpins this...
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Jay Murdock
Feb 2, 20173 min read
Questions mount over botched Yemen raid approved by Trump
US military officials say Trump approved counterterrorism operation without sufficient intelligence or ground support By Ewen MacAskill,...
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Jay Murdock
Jan 31, 20173 min read
The Dark History of the White House Aides Who Crafted Trump’s “Muslim Ban”
Here’s how Stephen Bannon and Stephen Miller have been boosters of Islamophobes and white nationalists. JOSH HARKINSON /Mother Jones...
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Jay Murdock
Jan 30, 20175 min read
Inside the confusion of the Trump executive order and travel ban
By Evan Perez, Pamela Brown and Kevin Liptak, CNN / Updated 1:21 PM ET, Sun January 29, 2017 Washington (CNN) When President Donald Trump...
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Jay Murdock
Jan 29, 20173 min read
Trump gives National Security Council seat to ex-Breitbart chief Steve Bannon
President also gives Priebus access to sensitive meetings while partially excluding defense chiefs and requesting strategies to defeat...
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Jay Murdock
Jan 13, 201717 min read
The Divided States: Trump’s inauguration and how democracy has failed
Donald Trump and his demonisation of minorities are not the exception in US history – they are its logical conclusion. Pankaj Mishra...
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Jay Murdock
Dec 12, 20164 min read
Hillary Clinton conspiracy theories are a generation in the making
Clinton’s supporters aren’t ‘sore losers,’ and Donald Trump’s way of working isn’t normal. The far right has spent years building...
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Jay Murdock
Nov 29, 20169 min read
MEET ROBERT MERCER, THE MYSTERIOUS BILLIONAIRE BENEFACTOR OF BREITBART
BY MAX KUTNER ON 11/21/16 AT 9:59 AM – Newsweek Updated | Robert Mercer seemed uncomfortable. It was 2014, and the billionaire had just...
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Jay Murdock
Mar 8, 20123 min read
We Are a Nation of Bullies
David A. Love – Executive Director, Witness to Innocence Posted: 03/ 7/2012 5:30 pm Rush Limbaugh’s years of bullying may have finally...
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