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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 · 7h
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 · 11h
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 · 11h
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 · 12h
‘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 · 13h
'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 · 14h
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 · 14h
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 · 14h
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 · 14h
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 · 15h
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 · 17h
'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 · 17h
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 · 1d
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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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
JUST IN: Zohran Mamdani to Sit Down With Fox News for Exclusive Interview www.mediaite.com/media/tv/jus...
JUST IN: Zohran Mamdani to Sit Down With Fox News for Exclusive Interview
Zohran Mamdani will sit down with longtime Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum on Wednesday for an interview that will air at 3 p.m. ET on The Story with Martha MacCallum, according to a statement from t...
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
Did Trump Get Caught Talking About Business Deal With Indonesia’s President? www.mediaite.com/media/news/d...
Did Trump Get Caught Talking About a Personal Business Deal With Indonesia’s President?
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto was caught on a hot mic asking Trump for a meeting with his son Eric, executive vice president of the Trump Organization.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
Stephen A. Smith Cracks Jasmine Crockett Over Her 'Rhetoric for the Streets!' --- www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
Stephen A. Smith Cracks Jasmine Crockett Over Her ‘Rhetoric for the Streets!’
Stephen A. Smith criticized Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) for using rhetoric against her opponents that he deemed to be "for the streets."
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
Marjorie Taylor Greene Declares Republican Men in Congress Are 'Weak' — and Afraid of 'Strong' GOP Women www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Blasts 'Weak' Republican Men
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) declared that Congress is full of "weak" Republican men who are afraid of "strong" women like her.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
CNN's Abby Phillip Shoots Down Trump Fans — including Scott Jennings — in Fracas Over Indictment Spree: 'That Was an Order' www.mediaite.com/media/tv/cnn...
CNN Anchor Shoots Down Trump Fans in Fracas Over Indictment Spree: ‘That Was an Order’
CNN anchor Abby Phillip shut down Trump supporters over President Donald Trump directing his Justice Department to indict specific individuals.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
Fox News to Join Other Networks in Rejecting Pete Hegseth's Pentagon Media 'Pledge': Report www.mediaite.com/media/news/f...
Fox News to Join Other Networks in Rejecting Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Media ‘Pledge’: Report
Major television networks, including Hegseth’s former employer Fox News, are expected to release a joint statement rejecting media access "pledge."
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
Trump Fawns Over Karoline Leavitt: 'That Face' and 'Those Lips — They Move Like a Machine Gun' www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
Trump Fawns Over Karoline Leavitt: 'Those Lips...'
Trump fawned over his press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, while returning to the U.S. from Egypt on Monday — stating "those lips...they move like a machine gun."
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
Trump Roasts Fox’s Peter Doocy in Bizarre Jokey Exchange on Hostage Release
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Trump Roasts Fox’s Peter Doocy in Bizarre Jokey Exchange on Hostage Release
Trump roasted Fox's Peter Doocy in a bizarre exchange imagining how Fox host Steve Doocy would welcome his son home from Hamas captivity.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
Stephen Colbert Offers Trump Rare Praise – Then Checks If He’s ‘Still Canceled’ www.mediaite.com/media/tv/ste...
Stephen Colbert Offers Trump Rare Praise – Then Checks If He’s ‘Still Canceled’
Colbert gave Trump “credit” for brokering the Gaza peace deal - "he did something good" - and, with a wink, wondered if that might save him from cancellation.
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 1d
Trump Fumes at Time Magazine’s 'Super Bad' New Cover Celebrating His Gaza Peace Deal 'Triumph': 'They Disappeared My Hair!' www.mediaite.com/online/trump...
Trump Fumes at Time Magazine’s ‘Super Bad’ New Cover Celebrating His Gaza Peace Deal ‘Triumph’: ‘They Disappeared My Hair!’
Trump slammed Time for what he called “the Worst of All Time” photo choice for a new cover – even as the publication hailed his Gaza peace deal as a “triumph.”
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Tom Durante @tomdurante.bsky.social · 2d
Netanyahu Tells Trump He’s Nominated for Israel Prize While Scoffing at 'That Other Prize' www.mediaite.com/media/news/n...
Netanyahu Nominates Trump for Israel Prize, Scoffs at Nobel
Netanyahu announced during his speech celebrating the release of hostages held by Hamas that he has nominated Trump for the Israel Prize.
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