After admitting that his 2012 Republican "fever" theory was wrong, President Obama told donors like Jessica Biel, Justin Timberlake (who was wearing hipster glasses), and Tommy Hilfiger that Washington gridlock is pretty much Rush Limbaugh's fault on Monday evening at a fundraiser at Harvey Weinstein's house in New York's Greenwich Village.
Sleep Train became the first advertiser to drop Rush Limbaugh over his recent tasteless comments about women and contraception, but if a growing Twitter campaign to boycott his advertisers is any indication, it won't be the last.
Newt Gingrich agreed he's misfired with his criticism of Mitt Romney's business record, telling a South Carolina voter it's "impossible" to talk about Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capitol with President Obama in the White House.
A lot of people have no idea that the word "uppity," when applied to black people, has racist connotations, but it's getting harder and harder to understand how public figures, in particular, are able to maintain their ignorance of the term's history.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz gets booed at the Iowa State Fair
He says the network just was trying to score points with media elites
The radio host thinks he'll lose his audience if he joins Twitter
Rush Limbaugh, Erick Erickson, and Charles Krauthammer are issuing GOP directives
One kind word from Barbra Streisand and he'll have a GOP bogeyman trifecta
Politico says conservative hosts are paid millions for what's basically product placement
What will talk radio talk about now that the FCC deleted its fairness doctrine rule?
Rush Limbaugh's ratings are down 30%, and he's not alone
The surreal-sounding broadcast was pure sarcasm
See if you find any pattern on what's a fireable offense on talk radio
There's a lot of switching around when it comes to positions on Libya
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