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Dana Loesch

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Ted Nugent's Outrageous Remarks at the NRA Conference: What the Videos Don't Show

    While reporting our current feature on the 2012 NRA Conference, I happened to be walking past right when Ted Nugent made these remarks: As you've probably heard, the Secret Service has arranged a meeting today with The Nuge in order to do "appropriate follow-up," but Nugent ain't concerned.

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Daily Beast Profiles Dana Loesch, with Nod to RFT

    The Daily Beast ran a lengthy profile yesterday of our town's Dana Loesch, darling of the conservative punditry, citing our own profile, penned by former staffer Kristen Hinman two years ago. The Beast article suggests that Loesch, who grew up in Arnold, attended Webster University and co-founded ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    Dana Loesch Would "Drop Trou" and Pee On Dead Taliban

    Mark AndresenClick here to see what else Loesch would do to dead Taliban​If you haven't heard by now, St. Louis Tea Party co-founder and CNN political analyst Dana Loesch landed in hot water recently when she spoke in defense of U.S. Marines videotaped urinating on the corpses of dead Taliban figh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Dana Loesch Departs St. Louis Tea Party

    Dana Loesch riles up the crowd during one of the Tea Party's first rallies in February 2009 under the Gateway Arch.​The co-founder of the St. Louis Tea Party has officially left the organization.  In a tweet this morning Dana Loesch writes: "Yes, I am finished with the St. Louis Tea Party. N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2011

    Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin: Defending the Republic

    Can you feel it? Discontent has been in the air this week. The news has been full of #OccupyWallStreet and its various regional sympathy protests. On the face of it, it's hard to think of something more diametrically opposed to the Occupy movement than "Defending The Republic," a rally/appearanc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Peter Kinder: The American Spectator Profile

    We really just wanted an excuse to run this picture again: ladies and gentlemen, we give you Peter Kinder and Tammy Chapman.​Back in the '90s, The American Spectator famously introduced America to an Arkansas woman named Paula Jones -- and it was President Bill Clinton's attempts to fend off J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Peter Kinder Spinning Lies; Claims Democratic Operative Works for RFT

    Cuckoo conspiracy: Kinder claims RFT provided this photo to ourselves. ​Lt. Governor Peter Kinder appeared on the Dana Loesch show on 97.1 FM this afternoon to address allegations a former stripper made against him last week in the Riverfront Times. Kinder admitted knowing Tammy Chapman when she w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Video: Andrew Breitbart Tells Dana Loesch to Butt Out

    Adam Shriver: Blogger v. Blogger​Progressive activist and blogger Adam Shriver finally got an opportunity to debate conservative activist and blogger Andrew Breitbart this weekend when the latter showed up in St. Louis for a move-on-up.org conference. Shriver, a doctoral student at Washington Univ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Irony Alert! Sarah Palin Documentary Gets St. Louis Debut at "Smart Girl Summit"

    ​The wait is almost over. On Saturday, filmmaker Stephen Bannon brings his Sarah Palin documentary The Undefeated to St. Louis as part of the Smart Girl Summit.Based on the name of that conference, you'd think it would be hard for Bannon to find a more discriminating local audience to screen his f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Norway Massacre Has Dana Loesch Claiming Right is Left

    Right or Left? Depends on which way the hot air blows.​St. Louis Tea Party co-founder and political pundit Dana Loesch thinks hard-line conservatives such as herself are being smeared by media accounts referring to Norway's Anders Behring Breivik as a "right-wing extremist." As you surely know, Br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Everything You Need To Know About UMSL, UMKC Fake Video Debacle In One Easy Sitting

    Christofanelli: Wash U. senior allegedly edited the controversial video.​Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, had University of Missouri - Kansas City professor Judy Ancel on her show yesterday. As you likely know by now, Ancel and Don Giljum, a professor at University of Missouri - St. Louis, wer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    More Fallout Over Speaker Tilley's "Race-Baiting" Comment; Right-Wing Media Fuming

    Tilley: When this guy is the Tea Party's public enemy No. 1, the whole world has gone insane.​A comment the Missouri House Speaker made this week regarding the fight over local control of the St. Louis police department has infuriated right-wing media -- and oddly -- placed free-market guru Rex Si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Ten Best Tweets from Fake Dana Loesch

    If you haven't heard by now, someone last week created a fake Twitter account for Dana Loesch, St. Louis' most hated and/or adored political pundit depending on your leanings.  ​The fake account (@fake_dloesch) closely resembles Loesch's real account (@dloesch), except for the comments -- int ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    CNN Adds Dana Loesch In Effort to Become More Political, Save Ratings

    Dana Loesch: Does she have the right (wing) stuff to save CNN?​The original cable news network (a.k.a. CNN) announced yesterday that it has hired St. Louis Tea Party co-founder Dana Loesch for its 2012 election coverage. The contract is the latest coup for Loesch, who -- in just a few years' time ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Prepare Ye: The Launch of Tea Party Review is Nigh

    image via​In case you haven't noticed, the Tea Party isn't particularly pleased with the way it's being portrayed in the mainstream media. Or as Katrina Pierson, a founding member of the Dallas Tea Party, puts it: People are weary of the distorted version of the Tea Party movement that we see ... More >>

  • News

    January 27, 2011

    Point & Clique: The 2011 RFT St. Louis Web Awards

    image via​In case you haven't noticed, the Tea Party isn't particularly pleased with the way it's being portrayed in the mainstream media. Or as Katrina Pierson, a founding member of the Dallas Tea Party, puts it: People are weary of the distorted version of the Tea Party movement that we see ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Finalists for RFT Web Awards -- Revealed!

    ​The votes are in for the RFT's first-ever Web Awards! And while we're not about to tell you who won -- not quite yet, anyway -- we've got the full list of finalists right here.The winners were nominated by you and chosen by our esteemed panel of judges. We'll be announcing the winners online next ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Finalists for RFT Web Awards -- Revealed!

    ​The votes are in for the RFT's first-ever Web Awards! And while we're not about to tell you who won -- not quite yet, anyway -- we've got the full list of finalists right here.The winners were nominated by you and chosen by our esteemed panel of judges. We'll be announcing the winners online next ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Dana Loesch Radio Show Now Syndicated

    ​First it was shoes. Then it was booze. And these days? What does St. Louis have to offer the rest of the world? Try conservative talk-show hosts. Today Emmis Communications announced that Dana Loesch and her "Dana Show" will begin broadcasting next week on WIBC, Indianapolis, marking the first ti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Keith Olbermann Dana Loesch = BFF?

    ​MSNBC's Keith Olbermann returned to the airwaves last night after a temporary suspension (he wasn't allowed on the air Friday or Monday, which the rest of us call a long weekend). In case you've been living under a rock for the past weekish, Politico reported Friday that Olbermann had made three ... More >>

  • News

    November 4, 2010

    Kevin Jackson wrote the book on how to win (white) friends and influence (black) people

    ​MSNBC's Keith Olbermann returned to the airwaves last night after a temporary suspension (he wasn't allowed on the air Friday or Monday, which the rest of us call a long weekend). In case you've been living under a rock for the past weekish, Politico reported Friday that Olbermann had made three ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    What Options Does Ed Martin Have Left?

    Photo by Jennifer SilverbergMartin's gonna have to go to court to avoid a loss.​UPDATED below the jump. As Daily RFT reported earlier today, Republican challenger Ed Martin has refused to concede the 3rd Congressional District race to incumbent Democrat Russ Carnahan. But does it even matter? By a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Dana Loesch Takes Over as Editor of Breitbart's BigJournalism

    Jennifer SilverbergHer editorship, Dana Loesch.​Dana Loesch, the blogger, radio host, Tea Party speaker, conservative lightning rod and Riverfront Times cover subject, has taken on yet another role: editor-in-chief of Andrew Breitbart's BigJournalism.com. BigJournalism is the media watchdog po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Dana Loesch Meets Adam Shriver...Love Does Not Blossom

    Loesch (left) introduces Shriver to the term "meet and screed."​They met at last -- Tea Party darling Dana Loesch and blogger Adam Shriver. As regular Daily RFT readers know, Shriver runs the St. Louis Activist Hub -- a blog dedicated to fact-checking the spigot of hyperbole flowing from the local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Dana Loesch Takes on Case of the Missing Eagle Feathers

    ​Kevin Airis, star of last week's feature about how some Native American artifacts his family donated to the St. Louis Science Center 35 years ago have disappeared, will be discussing his story with Dana Loesch, star of another Riverfront Times feature from earlier this year, on Loesch's radio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Dana Loesch: Put In Her Place, Again, on Larry King

    St. Louis Tea Party darling Dana Loesch was on Larry King again last night, and once again she got put in her place. This time for her "laughably absurd" defense of the edited video that cost U.S.D.A. employee Shirley Sherrod this week. Hat tip to St. Louis Activist Hub.

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Dana Loesch's Husband Calls $2,500 Check From Ed Martin a "Non-Story"; Tutors Daily RFT on Journalism

    Photo: Jennifer SilverbergChris and Dana Loesch: Got each others back.​I just got off the phone with Chris Loesch, the husband of Tea Party personality Dana Loesch. Chris is upset with a post I published yesterday drawing attention to a $2,500 check that Republican candidate Ed Martin's campaign p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Payment of $2,500 at Center of Latest Dana Loesch Pissing Match

    Dana Loesch: Tea'd off, again.​There's some interesting bickering underway in the G.O.P. primary race for Missouri's 3rd Congressional District. And contrary to what you might expect, it doesn't involve the candidates hurling insults at each other -- at least not directly.The controversy surrounds ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Larry King Retiring = Dana Loesch Needs New Outlet to Embarrass Herself on National TV

    King and that little pistol, Loesch.​So, didya hear that Larry King is wrapping it up? After a 25-year-run on CNN, the talk show host said he'll retire later this year. Which brings me to a bigger concern: Who's going to step in and give St. Louis Tea Party matriarch Dana Loesch the national atten ... More >>

  • News

    May 26, 2010

    RFT readers get steamed up over meth heads, tea baggers and homophobes

    King and that little pistol, Loesch.​So, didya hear that Larry King is wrapping it up? After a 25-year-run on CNN, the talk show host said he'll retire later this year. Which brings me to a bigger concern: Who's going to step in and give St. Louis Tea Party matriarch Dana Loesch the national atten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    St. Louis Blogger Adam Shriver Gets National Nod for Online Battles vs. Dana Loesch

    Da' blogger: Adam Shriver​One of the Riverfront Times' favorite local bloggers, Adam Shriver of St. Louis Activist Hub recently received props from national political blog Media Matters for America. The left-of-center site used the contents of one of Shriver's recent posts to pick apart the "jour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    PAC Behind St. Louis Tea Party Leads to Name Calling, Bruised Right-Wing Egos

    Jamie Allman: Hungry for a fight and smells bacon.​I don't make it a habit of listening to the conservative talk station 97.1 FM (home to everyone's favorite local Tea Party babe, Dana Loesch), but a show this week did provide some quality entertainment and follow-up fireworks. It all began on Wed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Larry King Shuts Up Dana Loesch

    King points thumb, wonders "How did she get on my program?"​St. Louis Tea Party darling Dana Loesch got cut down last night by CNN host Larry King. Asked by King to explain the goal of the Tea Party, Loesch began rattling off the predictable drivel of lower taxes, smaller government and the "inten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    Dana Loesch and Bill O'Reilly Butt Heads on O'Reilly Factor

    ​Back in January when Riverfront Times profiled the local Tea Party co-founder and 97.1-FM personality Dana Loesch, the conservative media publisher Andrew Breitbart told this newspaper that if Loesch was doing her thang out of New York, she'd be showing up on Fox News' Hannity and O'Reilly Factor ... More >>

  • News

    March 10, 2010

    With sound and fury, RFT readers render their judgment of conservative talk-show host Dana Loesch

    ​Back in January when Riverfront Times profiled the local Tea Party co-founder and 97.1-FM personality Dana Loesch, the conservative media publisher Andrew Breitbart told this newspaper that if Loesch was doing her thang out of New York, she'd be showing up on Fox News' Hannity and O'Reilly Factor ... More >>

  • News

    March 3, 2010

    A Blogger's Baker's Dozen: The RFT staff presents a sampler of St. Louis' must-read contributors to the blogosphere

    ​Back in January when Riverfront Times profiled the local Tea Party co-founder and 97.1-FM personality Dana Loesch, the conservative media publisher Andrew Breitbart told this newspaper that if Loesch was doing her thang out of New York, she'd be showing up on Fox News' Hannity and O'Reilly Factor ... More >>

  • News

    February 24, 2010

    The Cover of the February 25 Print Edition

    ​Back in January when Riverfront Times profiled the local Tea Party co-founder and 97.1-FM personality Dana Loesch, the conservative media publisher Andrew Breitbart told this newspaper that if Loesch was doing her thang out of New York, she'd be showing up on Fox News' Hannity and O'Reilly Factor ... More >>

  • News

    February 24, 2010

    Patriot Dame: Dana Loesch, Tea Party co-founder and rising star of conservative talk radio, reporting for duty!

    ​Back in January when Riverfront Times profiled the local Tea Party co-founder and 97.1-FM personality Dana Loesch, the conservative media publisher Andrew Breitbart told this newspaper that if Loesch was doing her thang out of New York, she'd be showing up on Fox News' Hannity and O'Reilly Factor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Ain't No Party Like a Patriot Party, Because a Patriot Party ... Involves "Celebrity Readings of the Bill of Rights"

    You could spend your New Year's Eve at a variety of parties in St. Louis. There's Western-themed hoedowns, rollerskating soirées, arts galas and more.But before you finalize your NYE plans, think about a party that involves local celebrities reading aloud from the Bill of Rights. We've seen th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Best Comments on Daily RFT -- July 24-30

    flickr.com/photos/jeyhLet's hear that one more time. ​Because comments from you, dear readers, tend to get buried pretty quickly on this here blog, we thought it would be fun to highlight a few of our favorite responses for the week. So, here they are -- in no particular order...1. A post question ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    Daily RFT picks for Twitter's Follow Friday Blogher Edition

    Blogher, an annual conference for women bloggers, is taking place in Chicago this week. So I chose to pick out some St. Louisans who are attending. Sometimes you can get a unique perspective on an event by reading the tweets of those who attend. I'm fairly sure that this is not a complete list of al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Photos: Social Media Club of St. Louis July Meeting

    Photo by Bill StreeterPanelist assembled for a rivetting discussion of the law and Social Media ethics (click for larger view)The Social Media Club of St. Louis had their monthly networking event and panel discussion last week at Moulin. I have to give the organizers credit. They seem to consistentl ... More >>

  • News

    March 26, 2008

    The end of "Mamalogues" brings on many RFT blog monologues

    Photo by Bill StreeterPanelist assembled for a rivetting discussion of the law and Social Media ethics (click for larger view)The Social Media Club of St. Louis had their monthly networking event and panel discussion last week at Moulin. I have to give the organizers credit. They seem to consistentl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2008

    Post-Dispatch and STLtoday.com Drop "Mamalogues" Columnist Dana Loesch

    Photo by Bill StreeterPanelist assembled for a rivetting discussion of the law and Social Media ethics (click for larger view)The Social Media Club of St. Louis had their monthly networking event and panel discussion last week at Moulin. I have to give the organizers credit. They seem to consistentl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2007

    Daily Web Crawl

    Photo by Bill StreeterPanelist assembled for a rivetting discussion of the law and Social Media ethics (click for larger view)The Social Media Club of St. Louis had their monthly networking event and panel discussion last week at Moulin. I have to give the organizers credit. They seem to consistentl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2006

    Mamaloguer (on the "Blunt" Tip)

    Photo by Bill StreeterPanelist assembled for a rivetting discussion of the law and Social Media ethics (click for larger view)The Social Media Club of St. Louis had their monthly networking event and panel discussion last week at Moulin. I have to give the organizers credit. They seem to consistentl ... More >>

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