Justin Baragona
@justinbaragona.bsky.social
Senior reporter at The Independent
Past: Zeteo media columnist, senior media reporter at The Daily Beast.
Tips/hate mail: justin.baragona@the-independent.com
You can also hit me up on Signal at 314.941.6421
Past: Zeteo media columnist, senior media reporter at The Daily Beast.
Tips/hate mail: justin.baragona@the-independent.com
You can also hit me up on Signal at 314.941.6421
Emails released in the Smartmatic case show the Murdochs hitting "pause" on announcing Kayleigh McEnany's hiring at Fox News days after the Jan. 6 riots.
Financial disclosures released in Jan. 2021 said she'd entered an "employment agreement" with Fox, but they waited until March to announce it.
Financial disclosures released in Jan. 2021 said she'd entered an "employment agreement" with Fox, but they waited until March to announce it.
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Emails released in the Smartmatic case show the Murdochs hitting "pause" on announcing Kayleigh McEnany's hiring at Fox News days after the Jan. 6 riots.
Financial disclosures released in Jan. 2021 said she'd entered an "employment agreement" with Fox, but they waited until March to announce it.
Financial disclosures released in Jan. 2021 said she'd entered an "employment agreement" with Fox, but they waited until March to announce it.
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Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
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Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Not only is this a non-denial, he is essentially bragging about it.
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Not only is this a non-denial, he is essentially bragging about it.
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Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
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This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the stuff you hear coming out of white nationalists. Completely identical language.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the stuff you hear coming out of white nationalists. Completely identical language.
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
"I want a King"
November 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"I want a King"
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It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
Gotta love how Ryan Lizza is farming engagement and hustling for subscribers to his Substack by drip-drip-dripping his Olivia Nuzzi story, complete with cliffhangers.
I think we can all concur that there are no heroes in this entire saga, right?
I think we can all concur that there are no heroes in this entire saga, right?
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Gotta love how Ryan Lizza is farming engagement and hustling for subscribers to his Substack by drip-drip-dripping his Olivia Nuzzi story, complete with cliffhangers.
I think we can all concur that there are no heroes in this entire saga, right?
I think we can all concur that there are no heroes in this entire saga, right?
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Elon Musk, the guy who did two Nazi salutes in public and has previously described himself as a “free speech absolutist,” thinks it should be a crime to “falsely” call someone a Nazi or a fascist.
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Elon Musk, the guy who did two Nazi salutes in public and has previously described himself as a “free speech absolutist,” thinks it should be a crime to “falsely” call someone a Nazi or a fascist.
For the clicks, that's why
This is nuts!
Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?
I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?
I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
For the clicks, that's why
Annnnnnd now the West Virginia governor says he's not sure about the condition of the National Guardsmen.
Maybe best to not tweet out that they are both dead until, you know, you KNOW that is absolutely the case...
Maybe best to not tweet out that they are both dead until, you know, you KNOW that is absolutely the case...
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Annnnnnd now the West Virginia governor says he's not sure about the condition of the National Guardsmen.
Maybe best to not tweet out that they are both dead until, you know, you KNOW that is absolutely the case...
Maybe best to not tweet out that they are both dead until, you know, you KNOW that is absolutely the case...
The rage grifters are doing what they do best right now.
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The rage grifters are doing what they do best right now.
Imagine the reaction from the Fox News crowd if a CNN anchor casually said a Republican's mother "didn't do a very good job in raising" them and that they were dealing with "mommy issues."
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Fox News host: Dem candidate’s ‘mother didn’t do a very good job in raising her’
‘She’s got mommy issues, for sure,’ Fox News’ Julie Banderas said of Democratic House hopeful Aftyn Behn.
www.the-independent.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Imagine the reaction from the Fox News crowd if a CNN anchor casually said a Republican's mother "didn't do a very good job in raising" them and that they were dealing with "mommy issues."
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Benny Johnson: "No one in MAGA has ever been violent ever"
www.mediamatters.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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The juice is gone
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The juice is gone
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DA Fani Willis had a once-in-a-lifetime case, the most important of her career: a chance to criminally prosecute a lying president who tried to intimidate people into overturning the 2020 election.
She screwed up.
And now her replacement has killed it.
She screwed up.
And now her replacement has killed it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
DA Fani Willis had a once-in-a-lifetime case, the most important of her career: a chance to criminally prosecute a lying president who tried to intimidate people into overturning the 2020 election.
She screwed up.
And now her replacement has killed it.
She screwed up.
And now her replacement has killed it.
Fox News anchor Julie Banderas on Democratic congressional candidate Aftyn Behn: "Obviously her mother didn't do a very good job in raising her ... she's got mommy issues for sure!"
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Fox News anchor Julie Banderas on Democratic congressional candidate Aftyn Behn: "Obviously her mother didn't do a very good job in raising her ... she's got mommy issues for sure!"
NEW from me:
Fox News' Gregg Jarrett, who is already suing his publisher and literary agent for their "conspiracy" to steal his pro-Trump book idea and give it to a Breitbart editor, filed another complaint against his agent over a "mystery" royalty payment.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Fox News' Gregg Jarrett, who is already suing his publisher and literary agent for their "conspiracy" to steal his pro-Trump book idea and give it to a Breitbart editor, filed another complaint against his agent over a "mystery" royalty payment.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Fox News star sues estranged literary agent over ‘mystery’ royalty payments
EXCLUSIVE: Gregg Jarrett’s latest lawsuit against his former agent Vigliano Associates comes months after he accused publisher Simon & Schuster of engaging in a ‘conspiracy’ with the same agent to ste...
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
NEW from me:
Fox News' Gregg Jarrett, who is already suing his publisher and literary agent for their "conspiracy" to steal his pro-Trump book idea and give it to a Breitbart editor, filed another complaint against his agent over a "mystery" royalty payment.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Fox News' Gregg Jarrett, who is already suing his publisher and literary agent for their "conspiracy" to steal his pro-Trump book idea and give it to a Breitbart editor, filed another complaint against his agent over a "mystery" royalty payment.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The New York Times fires back at Donald Trump's complaints about its story on his declining fitness and age-based slowdown, which included Trump calling reporter Katie Rogers "ugly."
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The New York Times fires back at Donald Trump's complaints about its story on his declining fitness and age-based slowdown, which included Trump calling reporter Katie Rogers "ugly."
Now we have the president calling a female New York Times reporter ugly because he's mad about a story she wrote.
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Now we have the president calling a female New York Times reporter ugly because he's mad about a story she wrote.
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The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.