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
Now we know for a fact that our favorite MAGA grifter and Elon reply guy no longer lives in Malaysia and is instead taking up residence in Dubai.
November 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Now we know for a fact that our favorite MAGA grifter and Elon reply guy no longer lives in Malaysia and is instead taking up residence in Dubai.
"I was able to get Congress to leave him alone."
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"I was able to get Congress to leave him alone."
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Time to check out the business news on the network that covers business.
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Time to check out the business news on the network that covers business.
When you're explaining your nicknames, you're losing.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM
When you're explaining your nicknames, you're losing.
They will all turn on each other in the end.
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
They will all turn on each other in the end.
Trump says he is withdrawing his endorsement of "Wacky" Marjorie Taylor Greene because she's"gone Far Left," claiming he's too busy to "take a ranting Lunatic's call everyday."
November 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Trump says he is withdrawing his endorsement of "Wacky" Marjorie Taylor Greene because she's"gone Far Left," claiming he's too busy to "take a ranting Lunatic's call everyday."
Matt Gaetz's OAN producer Vish Burra deleted wildly antisemitic tweets and videos he shared earlier today, which showed a "Scheming Room" with a Star of David that depicted Jews as cockroaches who burned and ran when exposed to light.
I've asked OAN president Charles Herring and Gaetz for comment.
I've asked OAN president Charles Herring and Gaetz for comment.
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Matt Gaetz's OAN producer Vish Burra deleted wildly antisemitic tweets and videos he shared earlier today, which showed a "Scheming Room" with a Star of David that depicted Jews as cockroaches who burned and ran when exposed to light.
I've asked OAN president Charles Herring and Gaetz for comment.
I've asked OAN president Charles Herring and Gaetz for comment.
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
So is Trump only asking the DOJ to investigate any links between well-known Democrats and financial institutions to Epstein? Has he placed any restrictions on whom the investigation can't look into?
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
So is Trump only asking the DOJ to investigate any links between well-known Democrats and financial institutions to Epstein? Has he placed any restrictions on whom the investigation can't look into?
"Affordability is a lie"
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"Affordability is a lie"
I swear to god, this is a real chyron on Fox News right now.
Harris Faulkner is literally doing an entire segment where she talks to a therapist about "Trump Derangement Syndrome."
Harris Faulkner is literally doing an entire segment where she talks to a therapist about "Trump Derangement Syndrome."
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I swear to god, this is a real chyron on Fox News right now.
Harris Faulkner is literally doing an entire segment where she talks to a therapist about "Trump Derangement Syndrome."
Harris Faulkner is literally doing an entire segment where she talks to a therapist about "Trump Derangement Syndrome."
She's claiming she was "disappeared" because she couldn't post for 72 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
She's claiming she was "disappeared" because she couldn't post for 72 hours.
Here's how Fox News' Harris Faulkner frames the protest currently happening outside the Broadview ICE facility -- which features cops arresting and roughing up demonstrators:
"I guess nobody has a job on a Friday."
"I guess nobody has a job on a Friday."
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Here's how Fox News' Harris Faulkner frames the protest currently happening outside the Broadview ICE facility -- which features cops arresting and roughing up demonstrators:
"I guess nobody has a job on a Friday."
"I guess nobody has a job on a Friday."
So fresh and so clean, clean
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
So fresh and so clean, clean
ProPublica really coming through with the receipts on Fox News airing misleading coverage of Portland to spur Trump into sending the National Guard there.
But this is really the cherry on top...
www.propublica.org/article/port...
But this is really the cherry on top...
www.propublica.org/article/port...
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
ProPublica really coming through with the receipts on Fox News airing misleading coverage of Portland to spur Trump into sending the National Guard there.
But this is really the cherry on top...
www.propublica.org/article/port...
But this is really the cherry on top...
www.propublica.org/article/port...
Brianna Keilar: Why is this White House fighting to not release the Epstein files?
GOP Rep. Carlos Gimenez: Uhh, I don't know why there is a fight, uh uhh, the American people need to know the truth whatever it is and whoever it is. I‘m very confident that the president is not implicated in this.
GOP Rep. Carlos Gimenez: Uhh, I don't know why there is a fight, uh uhh, the American people need to know the truth whatever it is and whoever it is. I‘m very confident that the president is not implicated in this.
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Brianna Keilar: Why is this White House fighting to not release the Epstein files?
GOP Rep. Carlos Gimenez: Uhh, I don't know why there is a fight, uh uhh, the American people need to know the truth whatever it is and whoever it is. I‘m very confident that the president is not implicated in this.
GOP Rep. Carlos Gimenez: Uhh, I don't know why there is a fight, uh uhh, the American people need to know the truth whatever it is and whoever it is. I‘m very confident that the president is not implicated in this.
This is who Fox News brought on to criticize others for their "snobbery"
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is who Fox News brought on to criticize others for their "snobbery"
Fox News anchor John Roberts: "OK, we'll talk to you from Charlotte next week! Thanks, Greg!"
Gregory Bovino and Roberts then share a laugh.
Gregory Bovino and Roberts then share a laugh.
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Fox News anchor John Roberts: "OK, we'll talk to you from Charlotte next week! Thanks, Greg!"
Gregory Bovino and Roberts then share a laugh.
Gregory Bovino and Roberts then share a laugh.
Fox News' Brian Kilmeade: "The president is talking about doing a tour... about what he's doing to make things affordable... If you do that, they'll pass all the other turmoil. They'll look past all the negative press that pops up on the networks and legacy media. They'll say ok, my life's better."
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Fox News' Brian Kilmeade: "The president is talking about doing a tour... about what he's doing to make things affordable... If you do that, they'll pass all the other turmoil. They'll look past all the negative press that pops up on the networks and legacy media. They'll say ok, my life's better."
As Karoline Leavitt concludes her press briefing and walks off, @andrewfeinberg.com asks: "What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
She did not respond.
She did not respond.
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
As Karoline Leavitt concludes her press briefing and walks off, @andrewfeinberg.com asks: "What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
She did not respond.
She did not respond.
So it certainly seems like Karoline Leavitt isn't denying that Trump met with Lauren Boebert to get her to switch her vote on the Epstein discharge petition.
"Doesn’t it show transparency that members of the Trump Administration are willing to brief members of Congress when they please?"
"Doesn’t it show transparency that members of the Trump Administration are willing to brief members of Congress when they please?"
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
So it certainly seems like Karoline Leavitt isn't denying that Trump met with Lauren Boebert to get her to switch her vote on the Epstein discharge petition.
"Doesn’t it show transparency that members of the Trump Administration are willing to brief members of Congress when they please?"
"Doesn’t it show transparency that members of the Trump Administration are willing to brief members of Congress when they please?"
CBS News' Weijia Jiang: "Did the president ever spend hours at Jeffrey Epstein’s house with a victim?"
Karoline Leavitt: "These emails prove nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong."
Karoline Leavitt: "These emails prove nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong."
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
CBS News' Weijia Jiang: "Did the president ever spend hours at Jeffrey Epstein’s house with a victim?"
Karoline Leavitt: "These emails prove nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong."
Karoline Leavitt: "These emails prove nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong."
Here's John Fetterman complaining on CNN about how mean Bluesky is to him -- and how the far-left is way more "poisonous" than the far-right.
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Here's John Fetterman complaining on CNN about how mean Bluesky is to him -- and how the far-left is way more "poisonous" than the far-right.