Tom Durante
@tomdurante.bsky.social
Co-managing editor at Mediaite, dad, husband, tabloid hed enthusiast
'I Don't Give a Sh*t!' ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit Goes Off on Critics Who Accuse Network of Bias Toward SEC www.mediaite.com/media/sports...
ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit Goes Off on Critics Who Accuse Network of Bias Toward SEC: ‘F Off!’
ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit on Monday fired back at critics who accuse him and the network of having a bias toward the SEC in their coverage.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
'I Don't Give a Sh*t!' ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit Goes Off on Critics Who Accuse Network of Bias Toward SEC www.mediaite.com/media/sports...
'Swampy!' House Republicans Rage Over 'Backroom Deal' to Bail Out GOP Colleague Facing Censure www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...
House Republicans Rip 'Backroom Deal' to Help Cory Mills
House Republicans are furious with several of their GOP colleagues over what they say is a "backroom deal" to bail out a Republican facing censure.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
'Swampy!' House Republicans Rage Over 'Backroom Deal' to Bail Out GOP Colleague Facing Censure www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...
Fox News Host Calls Poll Showing Major Trump Disapproval 'Kind of Unfair': 'It's Only Been 9 Months' www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox...
Lawrence Jones Calls Brutal Trump Poll 'Kind of Unfair'
Fox's Lawrence Jones called a negative poll for Donald Trump on the economy "kind of unfair" because he's only been in the White House for nine months.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Fox News Host Calls Poll Showing Major Trump Disapproval 'Kind of Unfair': 'It's Only Been 9 Months' www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox...
'Think About That!' Joe Scarborough Fumes at Trump for 'Praising' MBS After Journalist Was 'Tortured and Chopped Up' www.mediaite.com/media/news/w...
Washington Post Editorial Board Trashes Trump’s ‘Distortion’ of Murdered Columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s ‘Legacy’
The Washington Post’s editorial board delivered a blistering rebuke to Trump's dismissal of the 2018 murder of its journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
'Think About That!' Joe Scarborough Fumes at Trump for 'Praising' MBS After Journalist Was 'Tortured and Chopped Up' www.mediaite.com/media/news/w...
Hakeem Jeffries Denies Link to Epstein After GOP Cites Fundraising Pitch: 'Never Met Him' www.mediaite.com/media/tv/hak...
Hakeem Jeffries Denies Link to Epstein After GOP Cites Fundraising Pitch: ‘Never Met Him’
Jeffries denied any link to Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday after email releases revealed a decade-old fundraising request sent the disgraced financier.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Hakeem Jeffries Denies Link to Epstein After GOP Cites Fundraising Pitch: 'Never Met Him' www.mediaite.com/media/tv/hak...
Mike Johnson 'Deeply Disappointed' as Senate Speeds Epstein Bill Through www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...
Mike Johnson ‘Deeply Disappointed’ as Senate Speeds Epstein Bill Through
Johnson voiced his personal frustration after the Senate pushed through the Jeffrey Epstein disclosure bill without adopting changes he had urged.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Mike Johnson 'Deeply Disappointed' as Senate Speeds Epstein Bill Through www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...
Washington Post Editorial Board Trashes Trump's 'Distortion' of Murdered Columnist Jamal Khashoggi's 'Legacy' www.mediaite.com/media/news/w...
Washington Post Editorial Board Trashes Trump’s ‘Distortion’ of Murdered Columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s ‘Legacy’
The Washington Post’s editorial board delivered a blistering rebuke to Trump's dismissal of the 2018 murder of its journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Washington Post Editorial Board Trashes Trump's 'Distortion' of Murdered Columnist Jamal Khashoggi's 'Legacy' www.mediaite.com/media/news/w...
Pair of 10-Year-Old Tweets Come Back to Haunt Olivia Nuzzi Amid RFK Jr., Mark Sanford Affair Saga www.mediaite.com/online/pair-...
Pair of 10-Year-Old Tweets Come Back to Haunt Olivia Nuzzi Amid RFK Jr., Mark Sanford Affair Saga
Two eyebrow-raising social media posts — both over 10 years old — have resurfaced as lurid details of Olivia Nuzzi's sex life have been brought to light.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Pair of 10-Year-Old Tweets Come Back to Haunt Olivia Nuzzi Amid RFK Jr., Mark Sanford Affair Saga www.mediaite.com/online/pair-...
ABC’s Mary Bruce Hits Trump and MBS With Extremely Tough Questions in Stunning Oval Office Moment www.mediaite.com/media/news/a...
ABC's Mary Bruce Confronts Trump and MBS in Shocking Presser
Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman were both confronted with very tough questions in a shocking moment of an Oval Office press engagement.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ABC’s Mary Bruce Hits Trump and MBS With Extremely Tough Questions in Stunning Oval Office Moment www.mediaite.com/media/news/a...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Rages as Chris Cuomo Grills Him on ‘Bubba’ Email www.mediaite.com/media/tv/jef...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Rages as Chris Cuomo Grills Him on ‘Bubba’ Email
Epstein furiously stonewalled Cuomo during a tense on-air call after he was grilled on an email from him mentioning Trump.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Rages as Chris Cuomo Grills Him on ‘Bubba’ Email www.mediaite.com/media/tv/jef...
‘Olivia Is Sleeping With Mark Sanford’: Nuzzi’s Ex-Fiancé Claims She Slept With Former Governor www.mediaite.com/media/olivia...
‘Olivia Is Sleeping With Mark Sanford’: Nuzzi’s Ex-Fiancé Claims She Slept With Former Governor
Journalist Ryan Lizza dropped a bombshell of a claim on Monday night, alleging that his former fiancée, Olivia Nuzzi, had slept with former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
‘Olivia Is Sleeping With Mark Sanford’: Nuzzi’s Ex-Fiancé Claims She Slept With Former Governor www.mediaite.com/media/olivia...
JUST IN: US Planning Prisoner Swap With Russia — Here Are the 8 Americans Who Could Come Home www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...
JUST IN: US Planning Prisoner Swap With Russia — Here Are the 8 Americans Who Could Come Home
Russia and the U.S are reportedly circling the possibility of another prisoner exchange in an effort that could determine the fate of at least eight Americans.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
JUST IN: US Planning Prisoner Swap With Russia — Here Are the 8 Americans Who Could Come Home www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...
Fox News Medical Expert Theorizes That John Fetterman’s Stroke Made Him ‘Moderate’ and ‘Pro-Israel’ www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox...
Fox News Medical Expert Theorizes That John Fetterman’s Stroke Made Him ‘Moderate’ and ‘Pro-Israel’
Fox News medical expert Dr. Marc Siegel has floated the bizarre theory that Sen. John Fetterman's 2022 stroke may have played a role in the lawmaker's current "moderate" politics and "pro-Israel" stan...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Fox News Medical Expert Theorizes That John Fetterman’s Stroke Made Him ‘Moderate’ and ‘Pro-Israel’ www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox...
Social Media Erupts as US Flag Seen on the Ground Behind Trump at White House www.mediaite.com/online/socia...
Social Media Erupts as US Flag Seen on the Ground Behind Trump at White House
As President Trump returned from Palm Beach on Monday night, some social media users were quick to point out an American flag on the ground behind him.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Social Media Erupts as US Flag Seen on the Ground Behind Trump at White House www.mediaite.com/online/socia...
CNBC’s Joe Kernen Presses Kevin Hassett to ‘Admit’ Claim of ‘Falling’ Prices Is 'Not True' www.mediaite.com/media/tv/cnb...
CNBC’s Joe Kernen Presses Kevin Hassett to ‘Admit’ Claim of ‘Falling’ Prices Is ‘Not True’
Kernen pressed Hassett to “admit” that the White House’s repeated insistence that “prices are falling” was “not true” and doesn't reflect the reality.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
CNBC’s Joe Kernen Presses Kevin Hassett to ‘Admit’ Claim of ‘Falling’ Prices Is 'Not True' www.mediaite.com/media/tv/cnb...
Kash Patel's Singer Girlfriend Given Full Security Detail That Includes Elite FBI Unit: Report www.mediaite.com/media/news/k...
Kash Patel’s Singer Girlfriend Given Full Security Detail That Includes Elite FBI Unit: Report
FBI Director Kash Patel's girlfriend Alex Wilkins has been given a full FBI protection detail– an unprecedented use of the agencies resources that may take officers away from their assigned duties.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Kash Patel's Singer Girlfriend Given Full Security Detail That Includes Elite FBI Unit: Report www.mediaite.com/media/news/k...
Indiana GOP Senator Greg Goode Victim of Swatting Hours After He’s Branded ‘RINO’ by Trump www.mediaite.com/media/news/i...
Indiana GOP Senator Greg Goode Swatted Hours After He’s Branded ‘RINO’ by Trump
An Indiana state senator publicly castigated as a “RINO” by Trump over redistricting was the target of a swatting incident just hours later.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Indiana GOP Senator Greg Goode Victim of Swatting Hours After He’s Branded ‘RINO’ by Trump www.mediaite.com/media/news/i...
Here's What Laura Loomer Thinks About Trump's Fiery Feud With Marjorie Taylor Greene www.mediaite.com/media/news/h...
Here’s What Laura Loomer Thinks About Trump’s Fiery Feud With Marjorie Taylor Greene
Laura Loomer celebrated President Donald Trump's recent break with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday, boasting that the president finally "branded her with the nickname I gave her 4 years ago."
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November 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Here's What Laura Loomer Thinks About Trump's Fiery Feud With Marjorie Taylor Greene www.mediaite.com/media/news/h...
Trump Dares Congress To Make Him ‘Release The Epstein Files’ – Which He Still Refuses To Do www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...
Trump Dares Congress To Make Him ‘Release The Epstein Files’ – Which He Still Refuses To Do
Notably, Trump can order the Department of Justice, which is part of the executive branch that he controls, to release the Epstein files without congressional authorization.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Trump Dares Congress To Make Him ‘Release The Epstein Files’ – Which He Still Refuses To Do www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...
'May I Meet You?' Pro-Trump Billionaire Bill Ackman's Bizarre Pick-Up Line Becomes Instant Meme www.mediaite.com/online/may-i...
‘May I Meet You?’ Pro-Trump Billionaire Bill Ackman’s Bizarre Pick-Up Line Becomes Instant Meme
Ackman intended to offer a gentle nudge to a younger generation anxious about dating but his decidedly old-school advice instead set off a wave of mockery.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
'May I Meet You?' Pro-Trump Billionaire Bill Ackman's Bizarre Pick-Up Line Becomes Instant Meme www.mediaite.com/online/may-i...
Trump Doubles Down on MTG ‘Traitor’ Smear, Shrugs Off Idea She’s in ‘Danger’ www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...
Trump Doubles Down on MTG ‘Traitor’ Smear, Shrugs Off Idea She’s in ‘Danger’
Trump denied the idea his “rhetoric” blasting MTG was putting her in “danger” after the congresswoman reported a “pipe bomb threat.”
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November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Trump Doubles Down on MTG ‘Traitor’ Smear, Shrugs Off Idea She’s in ‘Danger’ www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...
‘He Said He Wanted Her to Have His Baby’: Olivia Nuzzi Details Relationship With RFK Jr in Wild Interview www.mediaite.com/media/news/h...
‘He Said He Wanted Her to Have His Baby’: Olivia Nuzzi Details Relationship With RFK Jr in Wild Interview
A Friday New York Times interview with Vanity Fair's Olivia Nuzzi details her intimate relationship with Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with the Times' Jacob Bernstein writing that, "He sa...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
‘He Said He Wanted Her to Have His Baby’: Olivia Nuzzi Details Relationship With RFK Jr in Wild Interview www.mediaite.com/media/news/h...
Chris Cuomo Lectures on Journalistic 'Standards' (Yes, Really) www.mediaite.com/media/chris-...
Chris Cuomo Lectures on Journalistic Standards (Yes, Really)
If you missed Chris Cuomo's show on Thursday night — and you probably did — the embattled host is offering journalistic critiques ... in this case, Mediaite.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Chris Cuomo Lectures on Journalistic 'Standards' (Yes, Really) www.mediaite.com/media/chris-...
'Stay Tuned!' Trump Threatens to Sic DOJ on Bill Clinton and Larry Summers Over 'Epstein Hoax' www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...
‘Stay Tuned!’ Trump Threatens to Sic DOJ on Bill Clinton and Larry Summers Over ‘Epstein Hoax’
President Donald Trump threatened to sic his Department of Justice on former President Bill Clinton and Larry Summers on Friday.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
'Stay Tuned!' Trump Threatens to Sic DOJ on Bill Clinton and Larry Summers Over 'Epstein Hoax' www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...