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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.
“I feel like you lied to us.” Steve Bannon is facing outrage from his audience after his cozy relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was revealed.
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"I feel like you lied to us." Steve Bannon is facing outrage from his audience after his cozy relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was revealed.
Some self-described viewers and fans of Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast have been speaking out as newly released files from Jeffrey Epstein’s case reveal Bannon’s close relationship with the late conv...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“I feel like you lied to us.” Steve Bannon is facing outrage from his audience after his cozy relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was revealed.
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A new trend in right-wing media: "MAGA is dead"; Also, MAGA media beats the drums of war with Venezuela.
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Media Matters weekly newsletter, November 26
Welcome back to Media Matters’ weekly newsletter. This week: Podcaster Benny Johnson’s job is to have no principles — business is booming. Some right-wing figures are starting to declare “MAGA is dead...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A new trend in right-wing media: "MAGA is dead"; Also, MAGA media beats the drums of war with Venezuela.
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This week's Media Matters newsletter: www.mediamatters.org/media-matter...
Fox News buried its own brutal Trump poll.
Fox News hid its brutal Trump job approval number from viewers — while showering him with praise
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November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Fox News buried its own brutal Trump poll.
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"Benny Johnson stands out, even among this collection of cranks, grifters, propagandists, and sycophants. He is the Jesse Watters of the streaming set, someone who has parlayed having absolutely nothing to add to any conversation into a lucrative career as a shill for President Donald Trump."
Benny Johnson had perhaps the best 2025 of any streamer on the right, drawing more than 1 billion YouTube views as he hobnobbed with Trump administration power players and GOP elites.
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
MAGA influencer Benny Johnson’s job is to have no principles. Business is booming.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"Benny Johnson stands out, even among this collection of cranks, grifters, propagandists, and sycophants. He is the Jesse Watters of the streaming set, someone who has parlayed having absolutely nothing to add to any conversation into a lucrative career as a shill for President Donald Trump."
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Worth watching: @goangelo.bsky.social discusses the role Marjorie Taylor Greene had played in distilling the right-wing media echo chamber, and how Trump's lack of vigor and disinterest in the job is revealing cracks in the MAGA system.
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On The Weeknight, Angelo Carusone discusses the “existential vacuum” unfolding as right-wing media alternative reality “unravels”
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November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Worth watching: @goangelo.bsky.social discusses the role Marjorie Taylor Greene had played in distilling the right-wing media echo chamber, and how Trump's lack of vigor and disinterest in the job is revealing cracks in the MAGA system.
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Benny Johnson had perhaps the best 2025 of any streamer on the right, drawing more than 1 billion YouTube views as he hobnobbed with Trump administration power players and GOP elites.
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
MAGA influencer Benny Johnson’s job is to have no principles. Business is booming.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Benny Johnson had perhaps the best 2025 of any streamer on the right, drawing more than 1 billion YouTube views as he hobnobbed with Trump administration power players and GOP elites.
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
New spin unlocked! Newsmax: “If your opinion has gone negative of Trump ... folks, you are likely a victim of a massive psy-ops”
Newsmax host: "If your opinion has gone negative of Trump, especially in the last few weeks, folks, you are likely a victim of a massive psy-ops"
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November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
New spin unlocked! Newsmax: “If your opinion has gone negative of Trump ... folks, you are likely a victim of a massive psy-ops”
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
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My latest: Right-wing media praise Trump’s made-up excuses for war against Venezuela www.mediamatters.org/national-sec... Trump massively inflated threat from Venezuelan “narco-terrorists” smuggling fentanyl into the US
Right-wing media praise Trump’s made-up excuses for war against Venezuela
President Donald Trump and right-wing media have been quick to cite fentanyl interdiction as the supposed justification for the administration’s likely illegal strikes against vessels in the Caribbean...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My latest: Right-wing media praise Trump’s made-up excuses for war against Venezuela www.mediamatters.org/national-sec... Trump massively inflated threat from Venezuelan “narco-terrorists” smuggling fentanyl into the US
Trump massively inflated the threat from Venezuelan “narco-terrorists” smuggling fentanyl into the country. Reporting has shown the Trump administration’s excuses are built on lies.
Right-wing media praise Trump’s made-up excuses for war against Venezuela
President Donald Trump and right-wing media have been quick to cite fentanyl interdiction as the supposed justification for the administration’s likely illegal strikes against vessels in the Caribbean...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Trump massively inflated the threat from Venezuelan “narco-terrorists” smuggling fentanyl into the country. Reporting has shown the Trump administration’s excuses are built on lies.
On MS NOW's The Weekend, Angelo Carusone explains the cracks in right-wing media narratives: “Trump does not have his finger on the zeitgeist the way that he typically does. He just isn’t as connected to that audience.”
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
On MS NOW's The Weekend, Angelo Carusone explains the cracks in right-wing media narratives: “Trump does not have his finger on the zeitgeist the way that he typically does. He just isn’t as connected to that audience.”
On Newsmax: “When do you think Trump was last in a supermarket? ... This administration is now almost 100% tone-deaf to what's actually going on down on the elbow-thrashing level of reality.”
Newsmax's Michael Savage: "The American worker right now is hurting badly. ... Prices are too high, inflation is too high, jobs are not here for the people who work for them, and they're being shafted...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
On Newsmax: “When do you think Trump was last in a supermarket? ... This administration is now almost 100% tone-deaf to what's actually going on down on the elbow-thrashing level of reality.”
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“Pat Buchanan was right about everything”: As Heritage scrambles over Nick Fuentes, its endorsement of the nativist pundit for a presidential medal remains
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“Pat Buchanan was right about everything”: As Heritage scrambles over Nick Fuentes, its endorsement of the nativist pundit for a presidential medal remains
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“Pat Buchanan was right about everything”: As Heritage scrambles over Nick Fuentes, its endorsement of the nativist pundit for a presidential medal remains
Amid the fallout from Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, the Heritage Foundation has faced accusations of condoning antisemitic extremism and Heritage President Kevin Robe...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New from me for @mmfa.bsky.social:
“Pat Buchanan was right about everything”: As Heritage scrambles over Nick Fuentes, its endorsement of the nativist pundit for a presidential medal remains
www.mediamatters.org/pat-buchanan...
“Pat Buchanan was right about everything”: As Heritage scrambles over Nick Fuentes, its endorsement of the nativist pundit for a presidential medal remains
www.mediamatters.org/pat-buchanan...
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MAGA TV praises Trump for his cave on Epstein disclosures; Also, Fox News buries a bad Trump poll result.
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This week's Media Matters newsletter: www.mediamatters.org/media-matter...
Media Matters weekly newsletter, November 21
Welcome back to Media Matters’ weekly newsletter. This week: MAGA TV praises Trump for his Epstein cave. Once supportive of Epstein disclosures, Steve Bannon is now quiet - he's all over recent congre...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
MAGA TV praises Trump for his cave on Epstein disclosures; Also, Fox News buries a bad Trump poll result.
This week's Media Matters newsletter: www.mediamatters.org/media-matter...
This week's Media Matters newsletter: www.mediamatters.org/media-matter...
More right-wing figures are criticizing Trump’s economic decisions, foreign policies, and continued handling of the Epstein files. Some in right-wing media are declaring that the Trump-centric “MAGA movement” is “dead.”
Right-wing media figures are starting to declare “MAGA is dead”
A growing number of right-wing figures are criticizing President Donald Trump’s economic decisions, foreign policies, and continued handling of the Epstein files. Some in right-wing media are even dec...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
More right-wing figures are criticizing Trump’s economic decisions, foreign policies, and continued handling of the Epstein files. Some in right-wing media are declaring that the Trump-centric “MAGA movement” is “dead.”
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New: @slawton.bsky.social & I wrote about how Bannon has gone silent on Epstein since the latest release of emails and texts. Back in July, he was all about the need to "get to the bottom of Epstein" - but as new docs confirm their close relationship, he's avoided the topic.
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New at @mmfa.bsky.social
Suddenly, Steve Bannon isn’t interested in transparency around Epstein anymore
When calls were renewed for the Trump administration to release the full trove of Epstein files earlier this year, War Room host Steve Bannon was among the voices pushing for their release. But since ...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New: @slawton.bsky.social & I wrote about how Bannon has gone silent on Epstein since the latest release of emails and texts. Back in July, he was all about the need to "get to the bottom of Epstein" - but as new docs confirm their close relationship, he's avoided the topic.
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New at @mmfa.bsky.social
Today in alternate realities: Larry Kudlow says high prices and affordability are “a made up issue”
Larry Kudlow says high prices and affordability are “a made up issue”
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November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Today in alternate realities: Larry Kudlow says high prices and affordability are “a made up issue”
Six Democratic lawmakers released a video encouraging members of the military and intelligence community to “refuse illegal orders,” as they are required by law. Right-wing media figures claimed that they're committing “treason,” and trying to “trigger a military coup."
Right-wing media figures are calling a recent video from Democratic lawmakers “treason” and “sedition”
After six Democratic lawmakers released a video encouraging active members of the military and intelligence community to “refuse illegal orders,” as they are required by law, many right-wing media fig...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Six Democratic lawmakers released a video encouraging members of the military and intelligence community to “refuse illegal orders,” as they are required by law. Right-wing media figures claimed that they're committing “treason,” and trying to “trigger a military coup."
YouTube’s conservative podcast hosts are touting products that let people buy into the MAGA crowd: wine for toasting the “silent majority;” coffee for caffeinating gun owners; and workout clothes opposing the “lunacy of the left.”
YouTube’s Right-Wing Stars Fuel Boom in Politically Charged Ads
YouTube’s MAGA stars aren’t just talking politics—they’re selling it
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November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
YouTube’s conservative podcast hosts are touting products that let people buy into the MAGA crowd: wine for toasting the “silent majority;” coffee for caffeinating gun owners; and workout clothes opposing the “lunacy of the left.”
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New: Fox Business host warns Zohran Mamdani to “tread very lightly” with Trump or “get his federal funding pulled” from New York City www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox... Jackie DeAngelis: “So, that is going to be the tone of this meeting. To me, he's going in there with his tail between his legs.”
Fox Business host warns Zohran Mamdani to "tread very lightly" with Trump or "get his federal funding pulled" from New York City
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November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New: Fox Business host warns Zohran Mamdani to “tread very lightly” with Trump or “get his federal funding pulled” from New York City www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox... Jackie DeAngelis: “So, that is going to be the tone of this meeting. To me, he's going in there with his tail between his legs.”
After Fox News’ pollsters found that Trump’s job approval had plummeted, the network buried the results while puffing up the president as the “ultimate dealmaker” who is doing “incredible things” and promising that “the whole world” will soon “come kiss the ring of the king.”
Fox News hid its brutal Trump job approval number from viewers — while showering him with praise
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November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
After Fox News’ pollsters found that Trump’s job approval had plummeted, the network buried the results while puffing up the president as the “ultimate dealmaker” who is doing “incredible things” and promising that “the whole world” will soon “come kiss the ring of the king.”
Several right-wing influencers have been given repeated access to ICE raids and ride-alongs, celebrating “riding with ICE in Chicago exposing the enemies within” and touting their “full access.”
ICE keeps giving exclusive access to right-wing and right-leaning influencers
A handful of right-wing and right-leaning influencers have been given repeated access to Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and ride-alongs, celebrating “riding with ICE in Chicago exposing the...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Several right-wing influencers have been given repeated access to ICE raids and ride-alongs, celebrating “riding with ICE in Chicago exposing the enemies within” and touting their “full access.”
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My latest: Right-wing media embrace Trump policies that experts say increase housing costs www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/rig... Conservative media join Vice President JD Vance in scapegoating immigrants for high housing costs
Right-wing media embrace Trump policies that experts say increase housing costs
Right-wing media have continued to assist the Trump administration pivot to affordability after a slate of Democrats successfully ran on the issue, now focusing on high housing costs, which have risen...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My latest: Right-wing media embrace Trump policies that experts say increase housing costs www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/rig... Conservative media join Vice President JD Vance in scapegoating immigrants for high housing costs
On Deadline: White House, @goangelo.bsky.social discusses how Trump “is losing a lot of power” with right-wing media:
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
On Deadline: White House, @goangelo.bsky.social discusses how Trump “is losing a lot of power” with right-wing media:
Bartiromo — a blatant Trump shill — and Baier — whose overhyped reputation conceals his subservience to the Trump administration — have apparently done enough to garner invites to the White House gala honoring the crown prince.
Baier, Bartiromo pass on MBS criticism, score seats to his gala
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November 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Bartiromo — a blatant Trump shill — and Baier — whose overhyped reputation conceals his subservience to the Trump administration — have apparently done enough to garner invites to the White House gala honoring the crown prince.