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BY: Bill McMorris February 6, 2017 3:35 pm

After weeks of politicizing the Super Bowl, liberals became howling mad when rightwing trolls returned the favor.

Reporters spent months calling on Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady and Patriots owner Robert Krafta lifelong Democratand head coach Bill Belichickto disavow then-candidate Donald Trump, and were met with silence. After Trump pulled off an upset victory against noted abuela Hillary Clinton and New England advanced to the Super Bowl, that mission took on a new sense of urgency.

Sports blog SB Nation boldly declared that "The Patriots have a Trump problem." The post breathlessly recounted the disappointment that many self-proclaimed "die-hard fans" felt when they refused to talk about politics.

"When Belichick takes a stance on the need to be focused on doing your job, and then when its convenient for him to do something that serves him and a friendship with Donald Trump, he does it? Thats a betrayal from a fans perspective," one fan told the blog created by DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsis.

The New York Times noted that "politics and footballare coming together again in an extraordinary, and for the league, uncomfortable way." The source of this commingling: reporters.

"Many players on the Falcons and Patriotsincluding Mohamed Sanu, who is Muslimwere peppered with questions [from reporters] about their thoughts on the president and his temporary ban on refugees from some Muslim-majority countries," the Timesreported.

The hyper politicization of the event was compounded by Lady Gaga's threat to use the halftime show as a platform for anti-Trump activism, which led some conservatives to beg the media to check politics at the gate of Houston's NRG Stadium. Ben Domenech, founder of the Federalist, laid out the case for an apolitical civic society in an op-ed for the New York Times.

"It is now impossible to consume media without the constant encroachment of political divisiveness and partisan tribalism," Domenech said. "Breaking down the walls between us is easier to do when our culture is not so politicizedwhen we can feel free to watch, laugh and cheer alongside our fellow Americans without catching ourselves wondering how they voted. That is the healthier way to live, particularly in the era of Donald Trump."

Liberals greeted Domenech's op-ed with their trademark tolerance.

With New England trailing 28-3 in the second half, the political jokes flowed from the left side of the spectrum.

In the aftermath of the Patriots' historic comeback, conservatives noted that reports of New England's demise were greatly exaggerated.

The changing fate of the game led liberals to declare it a victory for white supremacy. Comedians, writers, and activists took offense at the idea that anyone would seek to use a sporting event as a metaphor for politics.

It didn't work.

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During the Chattanooga Women's March in Tennessee on Jan. 21, 2017.(Photo: Doug Strickland, AP)

Letter to the editor:

I live in California, Im a heterosexual white male, and I wear a bright red hat that really infuriates people.

My hat has a patriotic phrase on the front: Make America Great Again, but from the looks I get, youd think it was some sort of communist propaganda. Contrary to the belief of those who see me wear it, I am not a racist, sexist, or bigot. In fact, the ones who get the most upset upon seeing my hat are probably bigots themselves my beliefs are different, and that really seems to grind their gears.

Wearing the hat is my way of protesting the politically correct movement thats successfully turning half of the U.S. into pansies. Its my jab at all the liberals who claim to be tolerant, yet seem to be very intolerant of my hat (and my views). Its my attempt to expose the hypocrisy of some of those on the left who think Im deplorable for donning such an accessory.

The truth is, Im sick of the politically correct nonsense. Im sick of seeing people shamed into silence. My hat is my counterattack. Its me refusing to change my wardrobe because people are offended. I love American values and the freedom we enjoy to say what I want to say, believe what I want to believe and wear what I want to wear and I wont let the ill-feelings of others scare me into submission.

Are you offended by the hat I wear? Your answer might say more about you than it does about me.

Noah Peterson; Santa Clarita, Calif.

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Lets let the man whom we elected do his job. Even if you did not vote for him, the American way is to respect who is in office. Let President Trump do his job. His tactics may be too harsh for some, but he is doing all he talked about during his campaign.

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The left-wing sports media has been out for blood for the better part of a year because Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, coach Bill Belichick, and team owner Robert Kraft all came out as unapologetic fans of President Trump. And, now that theyve won the Super Bowl the lefthas turnedapoplectic.

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Since last nights big game, liberals have flooded Twitter, Facebook, and other social media services with several versions of the hash tagafter Trump pal Tom Brady led his team to yet another Super Bowl title.

Along with #NotMySuperBowlChamps, users also employed #NotMySuperBowlChampions and #NotMySuperBowlTeam to attack the Patriots.

Of course, even as the liberals were losing their minds, again, many otherstook time out to slam liberals by sticking their finger in theireyes and joking about how the Falcons won the popular vote or how the Russians hacked the Super Bowl.

Then there was this laugher

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Ryan Lizza, CNN's Poppy Harlow and Penny Nance from Concerned Women for America on CNN (Screen capture)

A spokeswoman for Pres. Donald Trump appeared to crash her own segment on Sunday when she insulted New Yorker columnist Ryan Lizza by saying moral relativism is a new subject for liberals.

Mediaite.com reported that Lizza and CNNs Poppy Harlow were speaking with Trump supporter and Concerned Women for America (CWA) CEO Penny Nance about Trumps troubling remarks on Saturday about Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin.

Republicans, said Lizza, are tearing their hair out right now because Trump refuses to say anything negative about Russia and he refuses to talk about the United States and the way it operates in the world as anything that is more special or unique than our adversaries.

Vice Pres. Mike Pence dodged the question on Sunday as to whether the U.S. was morally superior to Russia, which, Lizza noted, is normally a standard Republican talking point.

Harlow turned to Nance for her response, which was to immediately attack Lizza for calling out the administrations moral relativism with regards to Russia.

Well first off let me say Im gratified deeply gratified to see liberals talking about moral relativism, Nance said. Thats a new subject for them.

Conservatives have long used the phrase moral relativism as a cudgel against liberals, saying that liberals do not believe in right and wrong as absolutes and are therefore morally suspect.

In 2012, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) stood on the House floor and declared that moral relativism is the biggest problem in America, an erosion of all that traditional Americans hold dear.

No, thats not a new subject for me, Lizza said, bristling. You dont know me. Moral relativism is not a new subject for me.

Nance went on the defensive, I didnt interrupt you. Please dont interrupt me.

Lizza wasnt letting the insult pass, however, perhaps uncomfortable with being called amoral on one of the largest news networks in the world.

Please dont make a personal attack on me, he said. Thank you very much.

Stop, ordered Nance. I wasnt even talking about you.

Lizza responded that she made the condescending remark right after he finished making a statement who was he to assume she was talking about?

I would love to talk, but you talked over me, like, over a woman which is disrespectful, Nance complained. But let me just say

No, its disrespectful to come on the air and accuse me of not caring about moral relativism, Lizza shot back.

Nance appealed to Harlow to make Lizza stop talking, Poppy, are you going to let him just berate me on air? Are you going to continue to just let him do this?

You know what, Penny? Harlow responded. You said something, hes defending himself and now Im out of time, guys.

Whatever, huffed Nance.

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The outspoken South Australian Liberal senator Cory Bernardi will break away from the Turnbull government early this week to form his own conservative movement.

Bernardi has gone to ground but expectations within the government are now hard set that the split is on.

The South Australian has been telling friends hes been waiting for the resumption of parliament for 2017 to clarify his intentions, which have been the subject of internal speculation for much of the summer.

Bernardi is likely to confirm his position either on Tuesday, which is the first day of the new parliamentary year, or by midweek.

There was speculation that Queensland conservative Liberal National party backbencher George Christensen might join Bernardi, but Christensen said he remained loyal to his leader Barnaby Joyce and the LNP, as long as the government held true to its values.

Christensen told Guardian Australia he still believed he could be effective within government.

I still believe we can effect change from within government, thats why I am not going anywhere, Christensen said.

Christensen said he remained loyal to Joyce, and to the National Party.

Im here in the government, as long as the government holds true to the values of the people that put us there.

Christensen said Bernardi had not approached him to join and they had not spoken for the past week but that the South Australian senator was a wasted talent on the backbench.

As parliament returns for the first week of the year, Newspoll shows Labor in front 54% to 46%. At the same time conservative MPs are pushing back against reports that moderate Liberals are positioning to move marriage equality forward following the failure of the plebiscite legislation.

Treasurer Scott Morrison labelled the reports that moderates were involved in a new push for a free vote fake news.

But conservatives, including Tony Abbott, insist that a plebiscite engineered under his leadership but rejected by the parliament is the only way forward.

Christensen also warned fellow MPs against any push for a free vote.

If this government goes down the road of breaking its agreement with the people that we made that we were going to do to a plebiscite, then, you know, the shows over, Christensen said.

And he again had an ambiguous warning for the Turnbull-Joyce government on moving away from the conservative agenda.

We need to reconnect with our core constituency and with the people at large and I think that theres moves a foot to do that, Christensen said. So I really do hope that we succeed in doing that. Because if we drift away any further, you know, its going to become untenable.

Bernardis defection has been a long time coming. His Conservative Leadership Foundation reregistered a number of domain names relating to a conservative party in December 2014, including conservative.org.au, conservativeparty.com.au and conservativeparty.org.au.

Immediately after the election last year, when the Coalition almost lost office, Bernardi warned a conservative revolution was required within the Liberal party to reset the broad policy direction and if we dont do that weve got a taste of the revolution waiting for us outside.

He had a ringside seat in the US during the presidential election that saw Donald Trump take the presidency on the back of a conservative, grassroots insurgency.

His preparations to break away have intensified after what he witnessed in the US.

The split to open the political year will add to the list of woes being faced by the prime minister, which include bad polling, a lack of Senate support for the governments policy agenda and a threat from a resurgent One Nation party.

The treasurer, Scott Morrison, attempted to hose down the dangers posed by the split in an interview on Monday where the Sydney broadcaster Ray Hadley declared the only hope the government had of retaining power was if Malcolm Turnbull resigned as prime minister.

Morrison said what Bernardi did was ultimately up to him. Lets see what he announces, what he chooses to do is a matter for him.

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