Mediaite Newsletter - 3/24/2016

	Megyn Kelly Offers Scathing One-Word Response to Trump Attack on Heidi Cruz by Alex Griswold Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump again courted controversy Thursday by retweeting a fan's attack on Heidi Cruz's appearance. Read More »
	President Obama's Tango Wasn't a 'Mistake,' It Was Heroic and 100 Percent Awesome by Tommy Christopher In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium, President Obama has taken a lot of heat over "optics," first for not dropping everything and zipping home like Ricochet Rabbit, then for going to a baseball game, and most recently, for dancing the tango at a state dinner in Argentina. As a red-blooded American, it is very difficult for me to understand how anyone could be mad, under any circumstances, at this. Read More »
	Report: NFL Made Secret Deal With Rams to Draft Michael Sam in 2014 by Alex Griswold According to veteran sportswriter Howard Balzer, the then-St. Louis Rams made a deal with the National Football League in 2014 to ensure that defensive end Michael Sam was drafted. Read More »
	Larry Wilmore Excoriates Fox & Friends Over Steve Doocy's Islam Jab: 'Go F*ck Yourselves' by J.D. Durkin "Well Senator," interjected Steve Doocy with a heavy dose of sarcasm, "that's because Islam is a peaceful religion." Doocy, apparently making his debut at the Yuk Yuk Hut with his jokes, earned the laughter of at least one audience member: Cruz. Read More »
	Morning Joe Slams Obama's Post-Brussels Ballgame, Tango: 'Tremendous Mistake' by Alex Griswold The panel of MSNBC's Morning Joe were not fans of President Barack Obama's reaction to the Brussels terror attacks, calling his decision to go to a baseball game and dance the tango afterwards a public relations blunder. Read More »
	Man Arrested When Cops Discover He Never Returned VHS of 'Freddy Got Fingered' in 2002 by J.D. Durkin Just take a good, long look at that headline to make sure it really settles in. Read More »
	Seth Meyers Breaks Down Bad Apologies From Trump Supporter, John Kasich, and Hillary Clinton by Tommy Christopher There was one person whose apology measured up spectacularly, but I'm sure you'll agree that's a long way to go for a dubious prize. Watch the clip above, from Late Night with Seth Meyers. Read More »
	Former CIA Interrogator: How to Get Captured Terrorist Salah Abdeslam to Talk by Mediaite Staff Read More »
	Jimmy Kimmel's Ad Shows the Not-So-Yuge 'Differences' Between Trump and Cruz by Tommy Christopher As the Republican Party careens toward either a Donald Trump nomination or a contested convention, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has emerged as the tip of the anti-Trump spear, even sort of endorsing Ted Cruz in Utah without actually endorsing him. Read More »
	Trump Retweets Someone Insulting Heidi Cruz's Looks by Josh Feldman Donald Trump tonight, not content with mere threats, retweeted a fan tonight who posted an image insulting Ted Cruz's wife's looks. Read More »
	Trevor Noah, Lindsey Graham Reluctantly Read Trump Compliments During a Game of Pool by Josh Feldman Lindsey Graham appeared on The Daily Show tonight and, in the second half of his appearance, played a spirited game of pool with Trevor Noah. Read More »
	‘A Match Made in Heaven’: Trevor Noah Shows How the GOP Birthed Trump by Josh Feldman Trevor Noah opened tonight's Daily Show by arguing that despite protestations from Republicans that Donald Trump doesn't represent their party... he kinda does. Read More »
	‘I Don’t Need Any Lectures from You!’ Hannity Explodes in Fiery Clash with Jorge Ramos by Josh Feldman Sean Hannity lost his cool a bunch of times with Jorge Ramos tonight as he basically accused the Univision anchor of deliberately taking Donald Trump out of context and smearing him as a racist. Read More »
	Muslim Dem Rep.: We Can’t Abandon Our Values 'Just Because Cruz Is Scared' by Josh Feldman Congressman Keith Ellison, one of two Muslims currently serving in Congress, delivered a blistering rebuke of Ted Cruz and other Republicans tonight for what he deemed offensive anti-Muslim rhetoric in the wake of the Brussels attacks. Read More »
	Emory Student: College Prez Legitimized Complaints About 'Triggering' Trump Chalkings by Josh Feldman A student at Emory University spoke with Bill O'Reilly tonight about how easily the college president "legitimized" complaints about "triggering" Donald Trump chalkings. Read More »
	Giuliani: Hillary Clinton Could Be Considered 'Founding Member of ISIS' by Josh Feldman In an effort to attack Hillary Clinton on foreign policy tonight, Rudy Giuliani told Bill O'Reilly that "Hillary Clinton could be considered a founding member of ISIS." Read More »
	UPDATED: $25 Million Mass Shooter Lawsuit Was a Hoax by Rachel Stockman Read More »
	Alabama Gov. Denies Affair After Audio Released of Sexual Remarks He Made to Adviser by Josh Feldman The Governor of Alabama issued a public apology today after some audio was released of him making remarks of a sexual nature to his political adviser Rebekah Mason. Read More »
	Gingrich: Brussels Attacks 'In Many Ways Validated Donald Trump's Entire Candidacy' by Josh Feldman Newt Gingrich said on Fox Business Network this morning that the Brussels terrorist attacks yesterday "in many ways validated Donald Trump's entire candidacy." Read More »
	Roughly Half of Fox News Poll Respondents Say They'd Be 'Scared' of Trump Presidency by Josh Feldman A new poll out from Fox News shows that there's a lot of people who are seriously scared of the idea of Donald Trump as President of the United States. Read More »
	Limbaugh: Why Wouldn't Moderate Muslims 'Welcome' Patrols in Neighborhoods? by Josh Feldman Rush Limbaugh today defended Ted Cruz over his call for law enforcement patrols in Muslim communities by saying moderate Muslims should actually "welcome" this. Read More »
	Carjacking Suspect Flies Out of Stolen Vehicle After Police Chase Ends in Violent Crash by Christopher White Read More »
	Trump: Muslims 'Not Reporting' Possible Terrorist Activity, 'Protecting Each Other' by Josh Feldman During an interview on British television earlier today, Donald Trump said that, in the wake of Brussels, Muslims aren't doing enough to report suspicious activity in their communities. Read More »
	Watch This Broadcaster Use His Traffic Report to Really Say #RIPPhifeDawg by Lindsey Ellefson Arum paid homage to his hero, Phife Dawg, by slipping some of his best bars into this morning's traffic report. Read More »
	Here's How Trump's Campaign is Quietly and Not-So-Quietly Pandering to White Supremacists by Lindsey Ellefson Their specific cause is that of "white genocide," which they believe is a conspiracy to wipe out white people altogether. Read More »
	Pictures of Post-Late Show Letterman is Something You Might Want to See by Mediaite Staff What ever happened to David Letterman? Are you sure you want to know? Read More »
	I Spoke to an A.I. That Acts Like a Teen and Doesn't Have Strong Political Views by Sam Reisman Meet Tay. Tay is an artificial intelligent chatbot designed to interact with users by acting like a teen. Read More »
	Daily Kos Founder: A Sanders Win is 'Just Not Going to Happen' by Sam Reisman The founder of the far-left political blog Daily Kos published an op-ed in The Hill Tuesday arguing that it was time for Sen. Bernie Sanders to pack it in, and for Democrats to refocus their energy on the general election. Read More »
	Michele Bachmann Says God Sent Brussels Attacks to Humiliate Obama by Tommy Christopher Have you ever wondered what it would look like if Sarah Palin were held at gunpoint and forced to drunk-tweet slam poetry? Well, then former Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's (R-MN) latest WorldNetDaily column is for you. The rambling, stream-of-what-can-only-loosely-be-called-consciousness blog post touches on a wide range of horrible Obama failures, but most notably posits that maybe God sent the terrorists to Brussels to humiliate President Obama. Read More »
	This Sportscaster Casually Walked Off Set When His Wife Texted Him She Was Giving Birth by Lindsey Ellefson His colleagues told him to go, but he kept stalling and making jokes. Read More »
	Ted Cruz and His Tiny Shandong Issue by J.D. Durkin Read More »
	Trump Spokeswoman Earns Twitter Mockery After Horribly Misspelled Tweet by Alex Griswold Donald Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson made a baffling spelling error on Twitter Wednesday, arguing that Melania Trump was a beautiful and successful 'entanpanuer.' Read More »
	Rocky De La Fuente Is a Democratic Presidential Candidate With a Killer Phone Game by Lindsey Ellefson I've been playing the game and it is pretty fun. Users play as a horse named Rocky who races against Hillary Pigton and Don Bulltromp around a track. Read More »
	Emory University Offers 'Emergency Counseling' After 'Triggering' Donald Trump Chalking by Alex Griswold A group of students at Emory University led a campus-wide protest after someone wrote 'Donald Trump 2016' in chalk across campus, leading the university to provide "emergency counseling" sessions in response. Read More »
	Court Absolutely Rips Apart IRS for Putting Conservative Groups Through Hell by Ronn Blitzer Read More »
	Ted Cruz Laughs at Crack About Islam Being a 'Peaceful Religion' by Tommy Christopher President Obama is constantly taking guff for avoiding phrases like "Radical Islamic Terrorism," even though he has clearly acknowledged the religious aspect of groups like ISIS, but prefers to make clear to the majority of Muslims that their religion is not the enemy. One of his chief "Radical Islamic Terrorism" griefers is Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), who just provided an excellent object lesson in why the President treats the subject this way. Read More »
	White Americans Are 'Losing Out' to Minorities, Say Trump Fans by Sam Reisman Donald Trump supporters believe that white Americans are "losing out because of preference" to minorities, according to a Washington Post/ABC poll. Read More »
	NPR Training Its Reporters How to Survive Donald Trump Rallies by Alex Griswold Things have gotten so bad for reporters at Donald Trump events that public broadcaster NPR is now training it's employees on how to attend rallies without getting hurt. Read More »
	Bachmann Hypocritically Goes After 'Cult of Suicide' Islam for Being Intolerant by Lindsey Ellefson Obviously, sensational headlines and emphatic narration are a key part of what WND does, so adding Bachmann and her unique brand of fiery rhetoric are a natural choice for their editors to make. Read More »
	President Obama Brings Ted Cruz' Father Into Muslim Surveillance Debate by Sam Reisman Speaking at a press conference in Buenos Aires Wednesday, President Barack Obama addressed critics who have disparaged his response to Tuesday's terror attacks in Brussels and also rebuked Sen. Ted Cruz's proposal that the U.S. actively patrol Muslim-American communities. Read More »

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