Kayla Gogarty
@ohhkaygo.bsky.social
Research Director at Media Matters focusing on disinfo/extremism. Former LGBTQ Oppo Researcher. Former chemist. Thoughts/views are my own. she/her
Last week a House committee said Biden’s pardons should be “null and void” if signed by autopen
@mmfa.bsky.social found that pardoned J6ers have said during podcast interviews that Trump didn’t even sign their pardons. Now he seems totally unaware of this pardon
www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
@mmfa.bsky.social found that pardoned J6ers have said during podcast interviews that Trump didn’t even sign their pardons. Now he seems totally unaware of this pardon
www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Last week a House committee said Biden’s pardons should be “null and void” if signed by autopen
@mmfa.bsky.social found that pardoned J6ers have said during podcast interviews that Trump didn’t even sign their pardons. Now he seems totally unaware of this pardon
www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
@mmfa.bsky.social found that pardoned J6ers have said during podcast interviews that Trump didn’t even sign their pardons. Now he seems totally unaware of this pardon
www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
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If ever in doubt on why Trump is doing something, you'll rarely go wrong by just assuming it's part of the Trump-Fox News Feedback Loop.
According to Oregon, Trump got the idea that Portland is on fire because Fox News illustrated a September 5 story on protests of ICE with video from the George Floyd riots in 2020.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
If ever in doubt on why Trump is doing something, you'll rarely go wrong by just assuming it's part of the Trump-Fox News Feedback Loop.
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i cannot believe they are expecting us to play along with this "might not be his signature" farce and that a lot of people actually are, i feel like ive lost my goddam mind
September 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
i cannot believe they are expecting us to play along with this "might not be his signature" farce and that a lot of people actually are, i feel like ive lost my goddam mind
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I would simply not have voted to confirm the guy who hauled a bear carcass down from upstate New York and left it in Central Park.
August 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I would simply not have voted to confirm the guy who hauled a bear carcass down from upstate New York and left it in Central Park.
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Come meet us at Netroots!
August 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Come meet us at Netroots!
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"The Sweeney uproar wasn’t a meaningful controversy, but it became a major media story because that’s how today’s information ecosystem functions," @passantino.bsky.social writes in his Saturday column for @status.news. www.status.news/p/sydney-swe...
The Sweeney Spectacle
Sydney Sweeney’s cheeky American Eagle ad became the week’s biggest culture-war flashpoint—distracting from far weightier stories.
www.status.news
August 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"The Sweeney uproar wasn’t a meaningful controversy, but it became a major media story because that’s how today’s information ecosystem functions," @passantino.bsky.social writes in his Saturday column for @status.news. www.status.news/p/sydney-swe...
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My latest: I started a Substack and wrote about Dems raising money to build up progressive influencers. If they attach too many strings to the money, they're doomed.
Please subscribe to Number Two Pencil! I'll be writing there for free once a week
numbertwopencil.substack.com/p/on-money-f...
Please subscribe to Number Two Pencil! I'll be writing there for free once a week
numbertwopencil.substack.com/p/on-money-f...
On money for progressive influencers
Welcome to Number Two Pencil
numbertwopencil.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My latest: I started a Substack and wrote about Dems raising money to build up progressive influencers. If they attach too many strings to the money, they're doomed.
Please subscribe to Number Two Pencil! I'll be writing there for free once a week
numbertwopencil.substack.com/p/on-money-f...
Please subscribe to Number Two Pencil! I'll be writing there for free once a week
numbertwopencil.substack.com/p/on-money-f...
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“The reason they’re doing [this] is to try to create an environment of fear, to try to get people like myself... to shut the fuck up,” Piker said on a stream recounting the details of the incident.
www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics
"They straight up tried to get something out of me that I think they could use to basically detain me permanently"
www.usermag.co
May 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“The reason they’re doing [this] is to try to create an environment of fear, to try to get people like myself... to shut the fuck up,” Piker said on a stream recounting the details of the incident.
www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
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Not to be dramatic but I spent months and months working on this video deep diving into the history of attacks on DEI.
It is my baby and I’d love for y’all to check it out! 🙏🏻
youtu.be/nD1nJ7g8j94?...
It is my baby and I’d love for y’all to check it out! 🙏🏻
youtu.be/nD1nJ7g8j94?...
How billionaires created the DEI panic
YouTube video by Media Matters
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May 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Not to be dramatic but I spent months and months working on this video deep diving into the history of attacks on DEI.
It is my baby and I’d love for y’all to check it out! 🙏🏻
youtu.be/nD1nJ7g8j94?...
It is my baby and I’d love for y’all to check it out! 🙏🏻
youtu.be/nD1nJ7g8j94?...
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When we saw @mmfa.bsky.social & @ohhkaygo.bsky.social analysis of the political leanings of the top streams, podcasts, & other online shows, we wondered how many were sharing false info about climate change. Turns out it's most of them!
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/eigh...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/eigh...
April 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
When we saw @mmfa.bsky.social & @ohhkaygo.bsky.social analysis of the political leanings of the top streams, podcasts, & other online shows, we wondered how many were sharing false info about climate change. Turns out it's most of them!
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/eigh...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/eigh...
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Big thanks to @ohhkaygo.bsky.social for providing the data that informed this journey into the world of MAGA media www.mediamatters.org/google/right...
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces
As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, the influence of this media ecosystem becomes more prominent — and Media Matters has found that the most popular of this conte...
www.mediamatters.org
April 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Big thanks to @ohhkaygo.bsky.social for providing the data that informed this journey into the world of MAGA media www.mediamatters.org/google/right...
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So glad my pop culture knowledge finally came in handy @onthemedia.bsky.social. Never guessed it would be in the context of a explaining a Candace Owens video.
Make sure to listen to last week's episode, it's a bit of a format-breaker and a weird time! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Make sure to listen to last week's episode, it's a bit of a format-breaker and a weird time! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
April 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
So glad my pop culture knowledge finally came in handy @onthemedia.bsky.social. Never guessed it would be in the context of a explaining a Candace Owens video.
Make sure to listen to last week's episode, it's a bit of a format-breaker and a weird time! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Make sure to listen to last week's episode, it's a bit of a format-breaker and a weird time! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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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.
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...
www.mediamatters.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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 saying that he’s going to send US citizens to be imprisoned in another country, while the admin says that fed courts can’t mandate an “act of diplomacy or incursion upon” that country’s sovereignty after it illegally sent someone there seems like a 5 alarm fire everyone should pay attention to
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
April 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump saying that he’s going to send US citizens to be imprisoned in another country, while the admin says that fed courts can’t mandate an “act of diplomacy or incursion upon” that country’s sovereignty after it illegally sent someone there seems like a 5 alarm fire everyone should pay attention to
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I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe."
But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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April 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe."
But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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I wrote a piece for MSNBC that underscores the extent to which the right is dominating the online media ecosystem — with right-wing narratives seeping into supposedly nonpolitical shows and right-wing media figures branching into pop culture.
The right is dominating the online political ecosystem thanks to supposedly nonpolitical content and an influx of right-wing figures branching into pop culture ➡️ www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
March 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I wrote a piece for MSNBC that underscores the extent to which the right is dominating the online media ecosystem — with right-wing narratives seeping into supposedly nonpolitical shows and right-wing media figures branching into pop culture.
It was great speaking with @andylevy.net about @mmfa.bsky.social's new study! Listen to hear about our findings on the state of the online media ecosystem
i spoke with @mmfa.bsky.social research director @ohhkaygo.bsky.social about their study showing the overwhelming dominance of the right in the online media ecosystem (separately, yes, schumer needs to resign) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
‘Waste of Space’ Chuck Schumer Needs to Resign
Podcast Episode · The New Abnormal · 03/18/2025 · 1h 4m
podcasts.apple.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
It was great speaking with @andylevy.net about @mmfa.bsky.social's new study! Listen to hear about our findings on the state of the online media ecosystem
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NEW: As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning.
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces
As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, the influence of this media ecosystem becomes more prominent — and Media Matters has found that the most popular of this conte...
www.mediamatters.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
NEW: As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning.
As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows, this media ecosystem becomes more influential. A new Media Matters’ study shows how overwhelmingly right-leaning this ecosystem is -- with nearly five times the following of left-leaning online shows. www.mediamatters.org/google/right...
March 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows, this media ecosystem becomes more influential. A new Media Matters’ study shows how overwhelmingly right-leaning this ecosystem is -- with nearly five times the following of left-leaning online shows. www.mediamatters.org/google/right...
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to put it simply: the right has an outrage machine. built over years and years, tinkered to perfection, running on all cylinders. the left has nothing comparable.
I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?
March 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
to put it simply: the right has an outrage machine. built over years and years, tinkered to perfection, running on all cylinders. the left has nothing comparable.
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the thing about the manosphere is that these people have no idea what they're dealing with www.mediamatters.org/manosphere/y...
March 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
the thing about the manosphere is that these people have no idea what they're dealing with www.mediamatters.org/manosphere/y...
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Maybe the most illustrative sentence about what’s going on that I’ve read in weeks.
February 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Maybe the most illustrative sentence about what’s going on that I’ve read in weeks.
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Fox News, which treated Joe Biden's son selling his paintings as a major White House ethics scandal, just put Donald Trump's daughter-in-law on the payroll.
February 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Fox News, which treated Joe Biden's son selling his paintings as a major White House ethics scandal, just put Donald Trump's daughter-in-law on the payroll.
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Congrats. You played yourself.
January 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Congrats. You played yourself.
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Cecile Richards.
January 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Cecile Richards.