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Jack Mirkinson
jackmirkinson
Deputy Editor, Splinter

Imagine the shouting conservatives would do if Jake Tapper did this for anyone with a “D” next to their name. Read more

Note the mis-en-scene. He is featured ever more prominently in the frame; the “supporters,” less and less distinct. The frame, shrinking a little more at each rally. The mis-en-scene tells us the story every bit as much as the script. Read more

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Remember when Republicans threw a fit claiming Gwen Ifill was biased because was moderating a Presidential debate and she had a book called “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama” and it wasn’t about him so much as the changing landscape of politics and more importantly hadn’t even been fucking releas

Well, what did you expect? State-run media to NOT show up and do their presidential-ass-sucking routine live? Client #3 not to perform his ring-kissing ceremony?  Read more

Ah, Jack, see, you forgot to run Hannity’s tweet through the GOP-to-reality translator. His tweet was perfectly accurate if you consider that anyone associated with Fox or the GOP is physically incapable of telling the truth.  Read more

Polls open too late for me to vote until tonight. I’ll get there but after my 7-4pm job. Read more

Vote, people! Brace the cold and rain and get your job done! No Kinja comments until then. Read more

Come on. Hannity is effectively the new Senior Adviser to the POTUS. The job Bannon was fired from (not because Bannon was terrible but because he said some bad things about daughter-wife Ivanka). Expecting Hannity to not come on stage when he was going to be onsite was just not possible. Read more

“Sean Hannity is Full of Shit” Read more

It’s reached the point where I’m not fazed by this although I absolutely should be. That’s how far we’ve fallen in two years. Ethics no longer exist for Republicans. And the Fox News code of ethics probably reads like: “Whatever it takes to make Lord Trump happy.” Read more

To be clear, I will not be on stage campaigning with the President. I am covering a final rally for my show. Read more

“I had no idea you were going to invite me up here” *pulls out prepared speech from inner suit pocket like faux-humble Oscar winner and puts on reading glasses* Read more

I’m surprised that after he was invited on stage Hannity didn’t start just squealing “You like me! You really like me!” Read more

Yeah, he probably shouldn't. Call women beautiful that is. Or ugly. Or smart. Or stupid. He should stop talking to them in general. Or stop talking. Or get that toilet heart attack at 4 AM we are all waiting for. Read more

“...they’ll say this is nepotism...” Read more

A father calling his daughter beautiful is usually a very charming thing, can even bring a tear to the eye, unless —