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Oliver Darcy
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writing @status.news, a nightly newsletter covering the Fourth Estate, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood.

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The Epstein Files have once again exposed Fox News as a MAGA propaganda organ.

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November 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
oliverdarcy.bsky.social
“How her relationship to Kennedy became public is not entirely clear.”

Uhh, what? Do we need to buy the @nytimes.com a @status.news subscription?
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Imagine having Elon Musk's red-pilled A.I. bot Grok infused into your Tesla.

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November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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If Nick Fuentes got "radicalized on race" by Mark Levin, imagine where the new generation will be, listening to the likes of Tucker Carlson & Nick Fuentes.

@passantino.bsky.social and I discuss on Power Lines.

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November 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Tucker Carlson has a lengthy history pulling people from the fringes into the MAGA mainstream.

Now he's trying to do that with white nationalist Nick Fuentes.

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October 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Donald Trump has spent years calling Comcast chief Brian Roberts a "lowlife" & insulting the company as "Concast."

And what does Roberts do in return? Write Trump a ballroom check.

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October 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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"To the edge of immortality, and the plummet back to Earth." www.seattletimes.com/sports/marin...
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Apple Mail continues to be the worst email app for performing the basic task of ... searching one's inbox.

When I search for nearly any term, it just does this endlessly and never returns any results.
October 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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“Malone and his ilk want journalists to go easier on Trump, fact-checking him less frequently so that his flood of lies appears no worse than the occasional missteps of Democrats. That might seem like balance to Malone, but it's really a false illusion of it.” www.status.news/p/john-malon...
October 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Pentagon Press Association: "Make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom"
October 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Here's the joint statement from the TV networks, including Fox News, rejecting Pete Hegseth's Pentagon rules.
October 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Should we call Pete Hegseth "Safe Space Pete" from now on?

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October 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Here's the full memo.
October 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Also no selfies or FaceTime!
October 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
oliverdarcy.bsky.social
News: The Pentagon has sent out its revised rules to reporters who wish to have building access. The new rules say that even soliciting tips on social media is grounds for losing badge access, per a copy I've obtained. More in tonight's edition of @status.news. Subscribe: www.status.news/subscribe
October 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Breaking: Jimmy Kimmel to return Tuesday.
September 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
oliverdarcy.bsky.social
This is not something that could happen in the U.S.

It is actually *happening*
September 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
oliverdarcy.bsky.social
A lot of smart points from @noupside.bsky.social about the online reaction to Charlie Kirk's murder in her convo with @status.news: www.status.news/p/charlie-ki...
September 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Instead of MAGA Media personalities telling their followers that "the left" is at war with them, imagine if they linked arms with progressives & delivered a unified message.

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September 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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On one hand, Paramount says it needs to be financially disciplined, and thus must cut people like Stephen Colbert.

On the other hand, it goes out and spends an absurd amount of money to buy Bari Weiss' The Free Press.

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September 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Trump's health issues—and his attempt to cover them up—are literally visible on camera.

And yet, the same press that went aggressively after Biden is choosing not to give the story real attention.

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September 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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The Free Press sells itself as a truth-telling outlet not afraid to deliver hard truths to readers.

And yet, they're rather silent on the authoritarian creep in this country. In their eyes, DEI is the big threat to America.

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September 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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John Malone's attacks on CNN underscore yet again that the MAGA audience cannot be won over by truth-telling news organizations, no matter how much they bend over backwards to please them. Here's what I wrote in @status.news: www.status.news/p/john-malon...
September 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Shouldn't The Washington Post editorial board have more important things to weigh on?

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August 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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YouTube knows—and previously acknowledged—that OAN is a misinformation machine.

And yet, it’s now putting them in millions of homes.

We discuss on Power Lines. Watch the full episode on YouTube: youtu.be/CxH8o3h-8p0?...

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August 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM