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Tom Durante
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Co-managing editor at Mediaite, dad, husband, tabloid hed enthusiast
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 40m
'The Prince Had Fun': Epstein Victim's Posthumous Memoir Reveals Shocking Details About Alleged Abuse by Prince Andrew www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
Virginia Giuffre Reveals Alleged Abuse By Prince Andrew
Late Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre revealed the shocking details of her alleged abuse at the hands of Britain's Prince Andrew in a posthumous memoir.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1h
Arizona Cardinals Coach Stuns Press Room With Unexpected Answer That Leaves Reporters Dead Silent www.mediaite.com/media/sports...
Arizona Cardinals Coach Stuns Press Room With Unexpected Answer That Leaves Reporters Dead Silent
Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon on Wednesday gave an answer at a press conference that left the room in complete silence.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1h
GOP Senator Rebukes JD Vance for Defending Racist Young Republicans Chat: 'I Would Never Let My Kids Joke Like That' www.mediaite.com/media/tv/gop...
GOP Senator Rebukes JD Vance for Defending Racist Young Republicans Chat: ‘I Would Never Let My Kids Joke Like That’
Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) rebuked Vice President JD Vance over his defense of a leaked Young Republicans group chat on CNN.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 2h
Zohran Mamdani vs. Fox's Martha MacCallum: The Interview That Actually Worked www.mediaite.com/opinion/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani vs. Fox’s Martha MacCallum: The Interview That Actually Worked
Zohran Mamdani’s Fox News interview with Martha MacCallum wasn’t a fight—it was a rare, civil debate that reminded us what real persuasion still looks like.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 2h
WATCH: Furloughed Air Traffic Controller's Shutdown Question Stops NewsNation Town Hall Cold www.mediaite.com/media/tv/wat...
WATCH: Furloughed Air Traffic Controller’s Shutdown Question Stops NewsNation Town Hall Cold
A furloughed air traffic controller’s plea—“I’m driving DoorDash to pay my daughter’s tuition”—cut through partisan noise at NewsNation’s town hall.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 3h
'C'mon Man!' Stephen A. Smith Badly Whiffs on the Names of 2 Major Senate Democrats in Town Hall Rant www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...
Stephen A. Smith Botches Adam Schiff's Name at Town Hall
As part of a rant about political civility at a town hall in Washington on Wednesday, Smith completely butchered the names of two prominent Senate Democrats.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 3h
Fox Host Lawrence Jones Unloads on Pro-Palestine ‘Morons,’ Warns They May ‘Feel It’s OK to Take Over the Planes Again’ www.mediaite.com/media/tv/law...
Fox's Lawrence Jones Rips 'Moron' Pro-Palestine Activists
Fox & Friends co-host Lawrence Jones tore into "moron" pro-Palestine protesters, warning activists may eventually feel inclined to "take over the planes again."
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 3h
CNN Panelist Claims 'Red State' White People 'Test the Racist Water All the Time' After Leak of Young Republicans Chat www.mediaite.com/media/tv/cnn...
CNN Panelist Claims ‘Red State’ White People ‘Test the Racist Water All the Time’
Welch made the claims as she lambasted Vice President JD Vance’s dismissal of the leaked Young Republicans chat logs.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 5h
Stephen A. Smith Storms Off Town Hall After Getting Heated With Members of Congress www.mediaite.com/media/tv/ste...
Stephen A. Smith Storms Off Town Hall After Getting Heated With Members of Congress
Stephen A. Smith stormed out of a NewsNation town hall after getting heated at three members of congress over the ongoing government shutdown.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 5h
NBC News Axes 150 Staffers, Gutting Diversity Vertical Teams in Major Restructure www.mediaite.com/media/news/n...
NBC News Axes 150 Staffers, Gutting Diversity Vertical Teams in Major Restructure
NBC News laid off roughly 150 staff members Wednesday in its biggest reduction in years as the network severs ties with its cable siblings MSNBC and CNBC.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 5h
John Fetterman Grilled on Why He's Still a Democrat by Bill O'Reilly: 'Your Party Is Against You' www.mediaite.com/politics/joh...
John Fetterman Grilled on Why He’s Still a Democrat by Bill O’Reilly: ‘Your Party Is Against You’
Bill O'Reilly flat out asked Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) why he was still a Democrat, pointing to the senator's Republican-leaning views on several issues.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 19h
WATCH: Zohran Mamdani Repeatedly Refuses to Say Hamas Should Lay Down Their Arms During Fox News Interview www.mediaite.com/media/tv/zoh...
WATCH: Zohran Mamdani Repeatedly Refuses to Say Hamas Should Lay Down Their Arms During Fox News Interview
Zohran Mamdani repeatedly refused to say that Hamas should lay down its arms during an interview with Fox News' Martha MacCallum on Wednesday.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 22h
Mike Johnson Doesn’t Hold Back as He Slams No Kings Rally: ‘We Call It the Hate America Rally’ www.mediaite.com/politics/mik...
Mike Johnson Doesn't Hold Back as He Slams No Kings Rally: 'We Call It The Hate America Rally'
House Speaker Mike Johnson mockingly dubbed the upcoming "No Kings" protests as the "Hate America Rally," saying the crowd will be littered with a bunch of communists and Hamas-lovers
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 23h
Legendary Pentagon Reporter Barbara Starr Warns Pete Hegseth Is About to Run Into a 'Buzzsaw of Trouble' www.mediaite.com/politics/leg...
Legendary Pentagon Reporter Warns Pete Hegseth Is About to Run Into a ‘Buzzsaw of Trouble’
"I think behind the scenes, the big question that's being whispered about more and more is: what is Hegseth afraid of?"
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 23h
‘Stupidest Thing I’ve Ever Seen’: GOP Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna Roasted for Touting Russian Propaganda on JFK Assassination --- www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...
‘Stupidest Thing I’ve Ever Seen’: GOP Congresswoman Roasted for Touting Russian Propaganda on JFK Assassination
The internet is not taking it easy on Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) after the congresswoman boasted that she was going to publish Russian propaganda.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
'What in the Actual F*ck?!' Cory Booker Confronted on AIPAC Cash in Explosive Interview www.mediaite.com/media/news/w...
‘What in the Actual F*ck?!’ Cory Booker Confronted on AIPAC Cash in Explosive Interview
Welch confronted Booker on the $800,000 he’d received from AIPAC after he boasted he was “one of a handful” of lawmakers not taking cash from corporate PACs.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
Katie Porter Admits She 'Fell Short' as She Battles Fallout After Explosive Staffer Tirade and On-Air Interview Clash www.mediaite.com/media/tv/i-f...
‘I Fell Short’: Katie Porter Battles Fallout After Explosive Staffer Tirade and On-Air Interview Clash
Porter admitted she "fell short" after two explosive viral videos showed her berating a staffer and threatening to walk out of a on-air interview.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
JD Vance's Defense of Racist Republican Chat Exposes Moral Rot of the MAGA Right www.mediaite.com/opinion/jd-v...
JD Vance’s Defense of Racist Republican Chat Exposes Moral Rot of the MAGA Right
Vance’s defense of racist hate speech as “pearl clutching” wasn’t courage — it was moral collapse, proof that tribalism has replaced conscience on the right.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
CNN Table Erupts When Trump Fan Claims 'We're Not Calling People Hitler' www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...
CNN Table Erupts When Trump Fan Claims ‘We’re Not Calling People Hitler’
The CNN Newsnight table erupted when Trump defender Ben Ferguson blurted out "We're not calling people Hitler" in a discussion of a leaked chat.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
7 Members of Texas National Guard Sent Home From Illinois After 'Meal Team Six' Mockery in Viral Photos www.mediaite.com/media/news/7...
7 Members of Texas National Guard Sent Home From Illinois After ‘Meal Team Six’ Mockery in Viral Photos
Seven members of the Texas National Guard were sent home from being deployed in Illinois for failing to meet fitness standards -- and in the aftermath of viral photos that sparked widespread mockery.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
Trump Critics Bash Him for Chuckling About His Own Shooting at Slain Pal Charlie Kirk's Medal Ceremony www.mediaite.com/online/trump...
Trump Critics Bash Him for Chuckling About His Own Shooting at Slain Pal Charlie Kirk’s Medal Ceremony
Critics torched Trump over a quip about his own shooting as he honored slain activist and friend Charlie Kirk, who was killed by an assassin's bullet.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
'Such Bullsh*t!' Furious Podcaster Scorches Stunned Cory Booker for Appeasing Trump www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...
‘Such Bullsh*t!’ Furious Podcaster Scorches Stunned Cory Booker for Appeasing Trump
Booker found himself stunned into silence as he faced an unusually blunt accusation that some of his past votes were a “capitulation” to Trump.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
Gavin Newsom Short-Circuits in Awkward Interview After Podcast Host Brings Up AIPAC, Says 'Interesting' 7 Times www.mediaite.com/politics/gav...
Gavin Newsom Short-Circuits in Awkward Interview After Podcast Host Brings Up AIPAC, Says ‘Interesting’ 7 Times
California Gov. Gavin Newsom short-circuited during an awkward interview after the host brought up pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
DHS Goes Full Billy Madison in Rebuke of Dem Strategist’s Anti-ICE Rant on CNN www.mediaite.com/media/news/d...
DHS Goes Full Billy Madison in Rebuke of Maria Cardona’s Anti-ICE Rant on CNN
DHS put Democratic strategist Maria Cardona on blast after she called out ICE raids on social media this week, using a familiar screed from a hit Adam Sandler film.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 2d
WATCH: Mike Huckabee Slaps the Bass for Israel-Themed Remix of 'Sweet Home Alabama' in Cringeworthy Performance www.mediaite.com/media/news/w...
WATCH: Mike Huckabee Slaps the Bass in Cringeworthy Remix
United States Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee showed off his bass talents by taking part in an odd remix of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama.
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