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Study: Most Pro-Trump podcasters support Trump's tariffs but some fractures emerge
In a new study of top pro-Trump online shows in the days after President Donald Trump launched his formal tariff plan, Media Matters has found some dissension as his economic policy disrupts the globa...
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Even as President Trump’s destructive tariffs disrupted the global economy and tanked the stock market, we found that among right-leaning online shows that self-categorize as nonpolitical, a full quarter of discussions still embraced the president’s deeply unpopular economic policy.
Trump snapped at an NBC reporter for debunking his claim that Walmart’s Thanksgiving dinner will be cheaper this year than last. In reality, the Thanksgiving bundle he has has repeatedly touted actually contains less food than last year's.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Trump snapped at an NBC reporter for debunking his claim that Walmart’s Thanksgiving dinner will be cheaper this year than last. In reality, the Thanksgiving bundle he has has repeatedly touted actually contains less food than last year's.
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Right-wing media have focused their ire on young women, who voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates last week.
Right-wing media escalate attacks on young women voters following Democratic election wins across the country
In the wake of Democrats’ sweeping election victories across the country on November 4, right-wing media quickly focused their ire on young women, who voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates. F...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Right-wing media have focused their ire on young women, who voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates last week.
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Republicans have very strong opinions about women and they’re exactly what you’d think. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/rig...
Right-wing media escalate attacks on young women voters following Democratic election wins across the country
In the wake of Democrats’ sweeping election victories across the country on November 4, right-wing media quickly focused their ire on young women, who voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates. F...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Republicans have very strong opinions about women and they’re exactly what you’d think. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/rig...
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After successfully advocating U.S. policy shifts in the Trump admin, Laura Loomer is now pitching banning Muslims from elected office to members of Congress
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Laura Loomer pitches banning Muslims from running for office to members of Congress
Far-right influencer Laura Loomer has had an unusual amount of power over staffing and foreign policy decisions in the current Trump administration. Now, she is promoting anti-Muslim bills and pressur...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
After successfully advocating U.S. policy shifts in the Trump admin, Laura Loomer is now pitching banning Muslims from elected office to members of Congress
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New from me @mmfa.bsky.social:
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Figures like Joe Rogan are facing backlash from some in conservative media after calling Trump’s mass deportations “insane” and “barbaric”: www.mediamatters.org/joe-rogan-ex...
Pro-Trump podcasters are divided over Trump's immigration and deportation policies
As President Donald Trump’s administration imposes extreme immigration policies — including mass deportations, arrests of college students, and the use of excessive force — fractures have begun to eme...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Figures like Joe Rogan are facing backlash from some in conservative media after calling Trump’s mass deportations “insane” and “barbaric”: www.mediamatters.org/joe-rogan-ex...
Fox News heavily attacked Joe Biden’s autopen pardons.
They've barely covered Trump's pardon of Binance founder he claimed to know “nothing about”
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They've barely covered Trump's pardon of Binance founder he claimed to know “nothing about”
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November 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Fox News heavily attacked Joe Biden’s autopen pardons.
They've barely covered Trump's pardon of Binance founder he claimed to know “nothing about”
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They've barely covered Trump's pardon of Binance founder he claimed to know “nothing about”
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Benny Johnson: If you don't believe in God, then “you're not an American, actually”
November 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Benny Johnson: If you don't believe in God, then “you're not an American, actually”
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MAGA's election despair and the crisis of affordability; Also, Fox News remains largely silent during firestorm over Tucker Carlson's interview with Nick Fuentes.
This week's Media Matters newsletter: www.mediamatters.org/media-matter...
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Media Matters weekly newsletter, November 7
Welcome back to Media Matters’ weekly newsletter. This week: MAGA’s despair following this week’s elections — and Sean Hannity’s attempt to whitewash the New Jersey gubernatorial election. Right-wing ...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
MAGA's election despair and the crisis of affordability; Also, Fox News remains largely silent during firestorm over Tucker Carlson's interview with Nick Fuentes.
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The next phase of the Fuentes-Carlson saga targets Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat
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The next phase of the Fuentes-Carlson saga targets Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat
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November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The next phase of the Fuentes-Carlson saga targets Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat
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NEW from @mattgertz.bsky.social: Fox News remains silent amid right-wing firestorm over Carlson’s interview with Fuentes
Fox News remains silent amid right-wing firestorm over Carlson’s interview with Fuentes
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November 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW from @mattgertz.bsky.social: Fox News remains silent amid right-wing firestorm over Carlson’s interview with Fuentes
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My latest for @msnbc.com details how Fox News has totally ignored the massive right-wing firestorm about Tucker Carlson hosting Nick Fuentes that has commentators and politicians taking sides and Heritage in meltdown. Literally no one has directly mentioned it on-air. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Tucker Carlson is getting slammed by conservatives — but not on Fox News
Carlson allowed the Holocaust-denying white supremacist streamer, who has said “Hitler is awesome,” to sand down his vile rhetoric for Carlson’s huge audience.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My latest for @msnbc.com details how Fox News has totally ignored the massive right-wing firestorm about Tucker Carlson hosting Nick Fuentes that has commentators and politicians taking sides and Heritage in meltdown. Literally no one has directly mentioned it on-air. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Right-wing media told Republicans that anti-trans politics would deliver a winning coalition.
2025 races show they misunderstood why the message ever worked.
2025 races show they misunderstood why the message ever worked.
Right-wing media told Republicans anti-trans politics would deliver a winning coalition. 2025 races show they misunderstood why the message ever worked.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Right-wing media told Republicans that anti-trans politics would deliver a winning coalition.
2025 races show they misunderstood why the message ever worked.
2025 races show they misunderstood why the message ever worked.
Fox News heavily attacked Joe Biden’s use of the autopen to sign pardons in his final months in office.
They've aired only 3 minutes of coverage on Trump's pardon of founder of Binance that he claimed to know “nothing about.”
They've aired only 3 minutes of coverage on Trump's pardon of founder of Binance that he claimed to know “nothing about.”
Fox News demanded that presidents know who they pardoned. Then Trump said he didn’t know the crypto tycoon he pardoned.
In a highly anticipated interview on 60 Minutes, President Donald Trump claimed that he knew “nothing about” the pardon of Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange with ties t...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Fox News heavily attacked Joe Biden’s use of the autopen to sign pardons in his final months in office.
They've aired only 3 minutes of coverage on Trump's pardon of founder of Binance that he claimed to know “nothing about.”
They've aired only 3 minutes of coverage on Trump's pardon of founder of Binance that he claimed to know “nothing about.”
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Steve Bannon is wedded to the misperception that MAGA's driving force is a working class base, when in fact its core is private equity and family businesses whose aim is to capture as much public money as possible before the whole thing collapses.
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Steve Bannon rips Donald Trump Jr.’s business partner for defending the "aristocracy"
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November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Steve Bannon is wedded to the misperception that MAGA's driving force is a working class base, when in fact its core is private equity and family businesses whose aim is to capture as much public money as possible before the whole thing collapses.
My latest at @mmfa.bsky.social
My latest at @mmfa.bsky.social
After big Democratic victories in off-year elections across the country, right-wing media are acknowledging that Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress have failed to address the growing affordability crisis.
It took big Democratic wins for right-wing media to admit that the affordability crisis is getting worse
Right-wing media reacted to Democratic victories in off-year elections across the country — and the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections and New York City mayoral race, in particular — by a...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
After big Democratic victories in off-year elections across the country, right-wing media are acknowledging that Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress have failed to address the growing affordability crisis.
“I don't think President Trump needs to run away from the fact that prices are up, they're up. There is nothing you can say about it.”
Fox guest rebukes President Trump: Food prices are up, own it
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November 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“I don't think President Trump needs to run away from the fact that prices are up, they're up. There is nothing you can say about it.”
Megyn Kelly's just been rewarded with a SiriusXM channel launching in November. Here's what you can likely expect: www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
Megyn Kelly has spent Trump’s second term spreading hate and rage on her podcast
Throughout President Donald Trump’s second term, podcaster Megyn Kelly has repeatedly used The Megyn Kelly Show to target marginalized communities, including Muslims, Black women, immigrants, and tran...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Megyn Kelly's just been rewarded with a SiriusXM channel launching in November. Here's what you can likely expect: www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
You don’t say: Fox News personalities discuss how the affordability crisis was a bigger issue for NYC voters than crime
Fox News personalities discuss how the affordability crisis was a bigger issue for NYC voters than crime
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November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
You don’t say: Fox News personalities discuss how the affordability crisis was a bigger issue for NYC voters than crime
"Young American women are very much far-left and they are buying into all of that"
Fox anchor Martha MacCallum on young women voting for Democrats: "I find that very frightening"
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November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Young American women are very much far-left and they are buying into all of that"
Maria Bartiromo opened her Fox Business show this morning with R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)".
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Maria Bartiromo opened her Fox Business show this morning with R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)".
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Some things Sean Hannity and his guests said over the last two weeks about the NJ gubernatorial: "very competitive," "that race is closing very fast," it's “tighter than ever," "New Jersey could be a shocker tomorrow."
The Democrat, Mikie Sherrill, won by 12. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/sea...
The Democrat, Mikie Sherrill, won by 12. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/sea...
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Some things Sean Hannity and his guests said over the last two weeks about the NJ gubernatorial: "very competitive," "that race is closing very fast," it's “tighter than ever," "New Jersey could be a shocker tomorrow."
The Democrat, Mikie Sherrill, won by 12. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/sea...
The Democrat, Mikie Sherrill, won by 12. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/sea...
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During appearances on a QAnon-affiliated podcast in 2023 & 2024, Kash Patel — who's now facing scrutiny for his personal use of a government plane — called on Congress to ground then-FBI Director Christopher Wray’s government-funded jet as leverage.
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On a far-right podcast, Kash Patel previously called on Congress to ground then-FBI Director Christopher Wray’s government-funded jet if the FBI didn’t answer congressional questions
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November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
During appearances on a QAnon-affiliated podcast in 2023 & 2024, Kash Patel — who's now facing scrutiny for his personal use of a government plane — called on Congress to ground then-FBI Director Christopher Wray’s government-funded jet as leverage.
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“71% of people in the Washington Post poll said they are spending more on groceries now … they've got a problem.”
Fox anchor Dana Perino: "71% of people in the Washington Post poll said they are spending more on groceries now than a year ago"
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November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“71% of people in the Washington Post poll said they are spending more on groceries now … they've got a problem.”
This didn't age too well.
Newsmax's Rob Finnerty: “(Even) if Republicans lost every single race tonight, that is not a referendum on Donald Trump”
Newsmax's Rob Finnerty: “(Even) if Republicans lost every single race tonight, that is not a referendum on Donald Trump”
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This didn't age too well.
Newsmax's Rob Finnerty: “(Even) if Republicans lost every single race tonight, that is not a referendum on Donald Trump”
Newsmax's Rob Finnerty: “(Even) if Republicans lost every single race tonight, that is not a referendum on Donald Trump”
Trump announced he won’t pay out SNAP benefits until the government shutdown ends after a Fox host claimed Democrats “are willing to starve people for political power”
Trump's latest post on SNAP undermines Fox's effort to put blame on Democrats
After multiple Fox hosts falsely claimed Democrats are to blame for the Trump administration failing to pay out November benefits for recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP,...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trump announced he won’t pay out SNAP benefits until the government shutdown ends after a Fox host claimed Democrats “are willing to starve people for political power”