Showing posts with label Cooper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cooper. Show all posts

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Roy Cooper far outraises Michael Whatley in North Carolina Senate race

In North Carolina, former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper continues to far outraise Republican Michael Whatley, growing a massive cash disparity in one of the most closely watched Senate races this year…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/15/congress/cooper-whatley-north-carolina-senate-fundraising-00875140


Friday, August 1, 2025

How a Nazi-Obsessed Amateur Historian Went From Obscurity to the Top of Substack – Mother Jones

Cooper's suggestion that many Jewish deaths during the Holocaust had been unintentional ended up provoking the largest backlash of his career.Then-President Joe Biden's White House called the interview a "disgusting and sadistic insult to all Americans." Dani Dayan, the chairman of Yad Vashem, Israel's official Holocaust memorial, said that Carlson and Cooper had "engaged in one of the most repugnant forms of Holocaust denial of recent years." 

But the response to Cooper on the right said more about his place in the world. Vance refused to condemn the Holocaust revisionism on the grounds that Republicans "believe in free speech and debate." … ... 

Cooper provides not a single detail in the episode about the horrors that American soldiers encountered at Dachau, or what the victims they liberated endured. Instead, at Cooper's camp, the victims worth mentioning are German…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/martyr-made-darryl-cooper-nazi-jews-juggernaut-nihilism-tucker-carlson-joe-rogan-substack/



Monday, September 9, 2024

Weekly Roundup: Tucker Carlson’s Neo-Nazi Interview Sparks Outrage (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

In this weekly roundup, we discuss the recent inflammatory interview between Tucker Carlson and Daryl Cooper, where Cooper provides a sympathetic take on Hitler and Nazi Germany. 

The conversation touches on the sweeping implications of Russian influence in right-wing American media, as evidenced by the funding behind prominent figures like Tim Poole. 

We also address the unsettling stance of JD Vance on childcare and family roles, and his troubling comments regarding post-menopausal women. Additionally, the episode covers updates on Trump’s legal battles and the shifting political landscape in the run-up to the 2024 U.S. election.
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Thursday, September 5, 2024

Tucker Carlson Hosts Nazi Apologist Who Makes Heinous WWII Claim | HuffPost Latest News

"Actually, this is pro-Nazi propaganda, including, 'Churchill was the chief villain of WW2' and Hitler 'didn't want to fight,'" Cheney wrote Tuesday in a post on X, formerly Twitter. "No serious or honorable person would support or endorse this type of garbage."…

Sunday, November 15, 2020

Cooper: Trump's outrage doesn't matter. Here's what does

Anderson Cooper discusses what really matters now that President Donald Trump has been defeated but the coronavirus is still devastating the US.....
https://youtu.be/7JoxjByjxJ0

Sunday, September 27, 2020

Anderson Cooper: Why the lie Trump is pushing matters

President Donald Trump continued to attack mail-in voting as full of widespread fraud, a claim for which there is no evidence. CNN's Anderson Cooper breaks down why the Trump administration's justification for his rhetoric is alarming.....
https://youtu.be/203nJN4_7Dw


Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Laura Cooper, Catherine Croft's testimony undercuts a key piece of Trump's impeachment defense - The Washington Post

Two senior U.S. officials told House impeachment investigators that Ukrainian leaders were aware nearly $400 million in congressionally approved security assistance had been frozen well before that information became public, undercutting a key point of President Trump’s “no quid pro quo” defense. ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/pentagon-official-told-congress-that-ukraine-aid-might-flow-if-kyiv-committed-to-political-investigations/2019/11/11/4d7fe050-04cb-11ea-ac12-3325d49eacaa_story.html



How halting Ukraine aid, as described by Laura Cooper, knocks down Trump's defenses - The Washington Post

“Laura Cooper, a senior defense official, told House impeachment investigators last month that the Pentagon sought clarification from the Trump administration on July 18 about the hold-up of aid to Ukraine.” She tried to figure out why, and “at a July 23 meeting, the Office of Management and Budget told agencies that ‘the White House chief of staff has conveyed that the president has concerns about Ukraine and Ukraine security assistance.’" Later, Cooper learned from U.S. special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker that this was about eliciting a statement from Ukraine. That would be a statement specifying the Bidens. “Asked if Volker indicated that success would ‘lift this issue’ of the hold on military aid, Cooper said ‘yes.’ ” ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/12/hold-how-holding-up-ukraines-aid-ensnares-trump/

Pentagon official testifies Trump directed freeze on aid to Ukraine

Asked if the president was authorized to order that type of hold, Laura Cooper said there were concerns that he wasn’t.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/pentagon-official-testifies-trump-directed-freeze-aid-ukraine-n1080256

Monday, November 4, 2019

Anderson Cooper to Steve Bannon: You know this is bull

CNN's Anderson Cooper discusses the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/x0HRyTTIyBA


Friday, October 25, 2019

Read the Trump Administration’s Warning Letter to Laura Cooper - NYTimes

The White House has declared that the executive branch will not cooperate with the House’s impeachment inquiry, but some officials have nevertheless provided testimony to Congress about what they know about whether President Trump’s attempts to pressure the Ukrainian government into investigating his political rivals were a quid pro quo in return for aid. One such witness, Laura Cooper, a Pentagon official, received a warning letter that shows how the administration has attempted to persuade officials to keep silent. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/us/politics/laura-cooper-pentagon-letter.html

Sunday, March 17, 2019

WATCH: CNN's Anderson Cooper exposes Secretary Nielsen's half-truths after House hearing - Raw Story

On Wednesday, CNN's Anderson Cooper called out Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen during his "Keeping Them Honest" segment. Cooper railed against Nielsen after she failed to adequately answer questions about migrant kids separated at the border before Congress...
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/watch-cnns-anderson-cooper-rails-against-kirstjen-nielsen-for-dodging-questions-before-congress/








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