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Trump Says He Banned the Media Because it is a ‘Threat to National Security and Must Be Stopped’

Posted by on September 21, 2026 at 12:54 pm. 2 Comments :

Last week Donald Trump took a giant leap toward cementing his legacy as the most media averse president in American history. Although he relies on the press to satiate his massive yet fragile ego, he simultaneously despises it for not being constantly obedient and adoring.

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Donald Trump and Media - ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, FOX

These colliding psychoses that plague Trump resulted in his declaration of an unambiguously anti-American, unconstitutional banning of several news organizations that had the audacity to report the truth about him. Proving, once again, that he is a big baby who is scared witless. And with that CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were prohibited from covering Trump’s public appearances at the White House and elsewhere.

SEE THIS: Herr Trump Has Banned CNN, MSNOW, and Politico From the White House for Reporting ‘Fake News’

The backlash from Trump’s assault on the First Amendment was furious from all quarters. Democrats and some Republicans have condemned Trump’s actions. Free press advocates have issued statements promising to fight back in court against his censorship. All five TV news networks that provide White House pool coverage of Trump – ABC, CBS, NBC CNN and Fox News (that’s right, even Fox News!) – have announced that they are suspending coverage of Trump because of his media ban and trashing of the Constitution.

However, Trump himself is undeterred in his crusade against the free press and his determination to suppress all critical opinions of him and his criminal regime. He posted the following comment on his dedicated propaganda platform, Truth Social…

“The White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish. It is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America. It is corrupt, purposeful, pervasive, fully coordinated, and totally out of control. It is a threat to our National Security, and must be stopped, NOW! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

There’s a lot of flaming bullshittery stuffed into that brief paragraph. To begin with, Trump doesn’t “cherish” the free press. He cherishes free fawning publicity. Furthermore, he is making a ludicrous distinction between the free press and what he calls “FAKE NEWS.” In his twisted mind any news that is less than wholly worshipful is fake. And anything that he decides is fake is cancerous and corrupt and must be stopped.

Trump’s delusions of grandeur have often led him to make bizarre assertions to excuse his atrocities. But in this comment he goes farther than usual. Now he is accusing the media of being “a threat to our National Security.” Is that a precursor to his outlawing journalists and/or news networks? His tedious whining about fake news was bad enough, but now he is using the same language to describe media that he doesn’t like as he does to describe foreign enemies and terrorists.

Trump’s comment shows that he is embracing the authoritarian policies of his idols and mentors, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong Un, whose friendships he often celebrates. But American is not Russia or China or North Korea. And he is not likely to get away with it. Already the networks that Trump banned have begun their efforts to fight back. As reported by CNN…

“‘This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,’ the three news organizations said in a joint statement on Monday.”

Trump’s charging that the media constitutes a national security threat is a new tactic that he has begun using in order to impose his tyranny on the nation. After being criticized and ridiculed for his vanity ballroom, Trump said that he added an underground bunker and drone ports so that he could claim it is necessary for national security.

Likewise, Trump now says that his egomaniacal triumphal arch was modified to include more drone ports, sniper blinds, and munitions storage. Gee, what could go wrong by placing a munitions dump in the middle of a densely populated city where terrorists could blow it up and kill thousands? But for Trump it’s another excuse to claim that it’s a national security necessity.

What’s next? Will Trump declare that elections in which he and his MAGA confederates don’t win is a threat to national security? Will he just declare that the Democratic Party is a threat to national security? Maybe he will declare that the Constitution itself is a national security threat. Which actually is what he is already doing…

UPDATE I: Trump has just announced the launch of TRUMP TV. Which appears to be his state media stab at exalting himself.

UPDATE II: “A federal judge on Thursday said that President Trump’s order barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House was likely unconstitutional and ordered the administration to restore access to the three news outlets.”

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WHUT? Trump’s Chief Economic Advisor Accuses Fox News of Being Part of the Far Left Media

Posted by on September 20, 2026 at 2:59 pm. 1 Comments :

There really is no controversy over the state of the American economy. Every measurable metric points to a severe downturn that began when Donald Trump reoccupied the White House. Inflation is worse due Trump’s tariffs and war against Iran. The GDP keeps trending lower. And the debt has grown to $40 trillion.

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Donald Trump, Fox News, Fake

While the American people are burdened with higher costs for everything from groceries, to gas, to healthcare, to housing, and more, Trump and his regime are trying to convince them that everything is hunky dory, but they are just too stupid to know it. No wonder Trump is so determined to keep the free press from reporting the truth about him and his failures.

SEE THIS: Herr Trump Has Banned CNN, MSNOW, and Politico From the White House for Reporting ‘Fake News’

On Sunday morning Trump’s chairman of the White House Economic Council was at his regular post on Fox News disseminating MAGA propaganda. Although this time he encountered a speed bump of sorts when Fox’s Peter Doocy asked a rational question that was loaded with facts about Trump’s failing economy…

Doocy: I want to know which of these things sets off alarm bells inside the West Wing. We’re gonna put up a poll. Only 23% of voters thinking the economy is excellent or good. 12% of voters describe their personal financial situation as getting ahead. Or 62% of voters saying grocery prices are a major problem for their families. Do any of those make you think, “we’ve got a problem here?”
Hassett: Look, I’m the White House economist and alls I can say is polls, over and over again, harm impressions about the economy because they poll way too many Democrats…Republicans are basically seeing what we see, which is a very strong economy with low inflation. [Followed by a bunch of lies about how “great” the economy is] What happens is that the far left media…instead of talking about that, they wanna talk about these jimmied polls. I’m not convinced at all.
Doocy: No far-left media here, Kevin.
Hassett: No, but you’re saying what they say.

REALLY? The polling that Doocy cited, and that Hassett is complaining about, are Fox News polls. So now Fox News has to be framed as far left in order for Hassett’s lies to apply. Of course, he doesn’t bother to provide any evidence for his claim that “they poll way too many Democrats.” In fact, this survey included 41% Democrats and 42% Republicans. But that sort of equity isn’t good enough for Hassett, who believes that only Republicans should be polled, and the opinions of the majority – Democrats and Independents – are irrelevant.

If Trump and his flunkies want to bury their heads in the sand and pretend that the American people aren’t struggling to make ends meet, that’s fine with Democrats. It is one of the main reasons that Trump and his MAGA GOP are trailing so badly in the polls leading up to the midterm election. The people know that Trump couldn’t care less about them, and that the Republican Party is beholden only to Trump.

So performances like this one by Hassert are not resonating with voters. They weren’t even meant to. They were aimed only at Trump for his approval. And they aren’t going to move the needle on elections, particularly when they are only aired on networks like Fox, whose viewers have already been indoctrinated into the MAGA hive mind.

That said, Fox’s audience will at least get a taste of reality with questions like the one Doocy posed today, and polls like the one cited in this segment. Will it change their votes? Maybe a few. But it might make more of them less inclined to vote at all. Which is even better, because then other Republicans down ballot won’t get their votes either. So the message from Democrats to Hassett and his comrades is “Please proceed.”

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Fox News Poll Says ‘Democrats Are Considered the Party that Would Better Handle…’ EVERYTHING!

Posted by on September 17, 2026 at 1:36 pm. 0 Comments :

The 2026 midterm election is looking like it will be a historic catastrophe for Donald Trump with Democrats winning majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Of course, as baseball legend Yogi Berra said “it aint over till it’s over.” So voters need to actually cast their votes in numbers too big to rig before they declare victory.

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Donald Trump, Biggest Loser

The latest evidence that Republicans are in full collapse is a new poll by Fox News. That’s right…Fox News – Trump’s Ministry of Propaganda – has just released a poll that affirms all of the previous polling that designates Trump as this year’s biggest loser. Not that he is cognitively capable of acknowledging it…

SEE THIS: Delusional Trump: ‘My REAL Polling Numbers Are the Best They Have Ever Been’ – OK Grandpa

Because the poll was so negative for the MAGA media network, it was only briefly discussed on the air. And they left out most of the really juicy stuff. But Fox News hack John Roberts manages to find a dishonest slant with which to introduce the segment, saying that “I guess voters are hankering for the old days of 9% inflation.” [NOTE: President Biden reduced inflation to 2.9% by the end of his term, and Trump has driven it back up to 3.4%].

Fox News details new Fox News polling that is BRUTAL for Trump — there's been a 15 point swing on inflation toward Democrats over the last four years (note how salty John Roberts is about this)

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-09-17T18:05:18.720Z

The details of the Fox News poll are almost entirely bad news for Trump and his MAGA movement. What follows are some of the lowlights that are driving Trump and his comrades crazy(er), and leading them to engage in desperation tactics such as accusing all Democrats of being communists.

FROM THE FOX NEWS POLL…

“Overall, nearly two-thirds of voters (63%) say the Trump administration has made the economy worse, including a quarter of Republicans.”

“By a wide margin, the Democrats are considered the party that would better handle inflation at a time when the cost of living and the economy are voters’ top concerns…Costs of everyday items are a hardship for voters.”
[NOTE: On every issue polled – gas, groceries, healthcare, housing, tariffs, Iran – a majority say they are dissatisfied with Trump.]

“Only 8% are enthusiastic about how the government is working, with another 23% satisfied. A 68% majority is unhappy, including a high of 33% who are ‘angry.'”

“Independents favor the Democratic candidate 53-31%.”

“Those with a negative view of both the Democratic and the Republican Party (‘double haters’) favor the Democratic candidate in their district by a 26-point margin.”

“A Trump endorsement made [voters] less likely to support a candidate by a 15-point margin…(25% more likely, 51% less likely).”

“53% say the Trump administration is more corrupt than previous administrations.”

“Nearly two-thirds support raising taxes on the wealthy.”

“Fifty-seven percent say the way capitalism works in the U.S. these days doesn’t give people a fair shot, up from 42% in 2019. That shift spans political views, increasing among Democrats (by 17 points), Republicans (+13), and independents (+22).”

Numbers like these just 47 days before a critical election are devastating for the already demoralized Republicans. And it doesn’t help that Trump is demanding that GOP candidates feature him in their campaigns. At a recent rally Trump insisted that voters “pretend that [Trump] is on the ballot.” And given how universally he is despised, that’s an idea that Democrats are also advocating.

See? Trump has found common ground with Democrats. However, Trump’s own party is not on board. Many of them are dodging him and asking him to stay away. His recent Trump-a-Palooza rally in Dallas was a pitiful failure. In fact, if Trump insists on staying in the spotlight for the next six weeks, it might be Republicans pushing to impeach him.

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YUCK! Jesse Watters of Fox News Praises Trump as a Floozy Who Uses Sex to Get His Way (?)

Posted by on September 12, 2026 at 4:10 pm. 3 Comments :

For thirty years Fox News has operated as the propaganda arm of the Republican Party. and for the past 10 years they have focused even more narrowly on their role as the Ministry of Disinformation for Donald Trump.

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Jesse Watters, Fox News

However, there comes a time in the evolution of such a dishonest enterprise that they seem to run out of rational compliments and/or excuses for the party and the leader to whom they are devoted. It’s a professional hazard that is inevitable when the network is disseminating bullshit 24/7. And it’s especially prevalent when the leader is someone like Trump who demands constant dishonesty and flattery.

SEE THIS: Trump Blasts the Republican Party, Whining ‘They Don’t Fully Grasp How Badly They Are F*ing Up’

This week the undisputed “Stupidest Man on Fox News,” Jesse Watters, defended his title in a segment that covered Trump’s illegal $5,000 bribe to buy votes for the upcoming midterm elections. In his zeal to fluff Dear Leader, Watters made a peculiar argument that most people would regard as an insult…

“That $5,000 check. That is not a bribe. We’re calling it an enticement. We don’t know if the check will ever get there. What happens if the Republicans take the house and they balk and don’t write the checks? It’s not Trump’s fault. He just blames Congress. It’s like a woman. Sometimes a woman can entice you, okay? It doesn’t mean you’re going home with her but it keeps you interested. It keeps you intrigued and wanting more. That’s what this is about.”

To begin with, Watters rejects the notion that Trump is offering a bribe in exchange for votes, despite the fact that that is literally what Trump did. But according to Watters it isn’t a bribe at all if Trump was lying about the $5,000 checks, or otherwise fails to honor his promise to pay up. This is one of those times when being an untrustworthy cretin is benefit.

However, Watters wasn’t through demonstrating his inbred idiocy. He still had to include some flagrant misogyny in his commentary. So he added a comparison of Trump to a morally vacant woman who uses the promise of sex as a method of manipulating men. That, of course, is a stereotypical insult to women, but it’s equally insulting to Trump. And yet, somehow Watters meant this as a compliment.

It isn’t really surprising that Watters would have such despicable ideas, particularly about women and gender issues. After all, he has also…

  • Disparaged college educated women as downwardly mobile, bitter, angry, and ugly.
  • Criticized voters saying that “I don’t see why any man would vote Democrat.” He continues to say that a man who votes for a woman “has mommy issues.”
  • Advised women that “Work is a great place to find a spouse.” And he was speaking from experience. He found his current spouse at work at Fox News. Although he was already married with children when he began stalking a much younger woman on his staff. He later left his family for the staffer he was cheating with.

What’s more, Watters has famously touted his “Five Rules for Men“: Never cross your legs; don’t use straws; abstain from drinking milkshakes; don’t eat soup in public; and never wave with both hands. So pay attention men, if you want to be as masculine as Jesse Watters – and a hit with all the ladies.

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Fox News Shamelessly Shills for the Trump-a-Palooza While Republicans Avoid it Like the Plague

Posted by on September 4, 2026 at 2:49 pm. 0 Comments :

When a political party finds itself in an unrecoverable downward spiral they often resort to extraordinary measures to attempt to avoid disaster. And with the midterm elections rapidly approaching, that’s where the Republican Party finds itself as it flounders near the bottom of the Mariana Trench of approval ratings.

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Donald Trump Circling the Drain

To be fair, the abysmal prospects of the GOP (Greedy One Percent) aren’t attributable solely to their own broadly unpopular policies. They are being driven down by the even greater unpopularity of their Dear Leader, Donald Trump, who they they blindly cling to like good, obedient cult disciples. For Trump’s part, he seems to be too cognitively impaired to recognize his sorry state.

SEE THIS: Delusional Trump: ‘My REAL Polling Numbers Are the Best They Have Ever Been’ – OK Grandpa

Given their dire electoral diagnosis, Republicans have scheduled a first-of-its-kind mid-term political convention to juice their standings with voters who are frustrated by the incompetence of the Trump regime. They are tired of paying more for gas, groceries, healthcare, housing, etc. They are sick of persistent wars that serve no national security purpose. They are appalled by trivial projects (ballrooms, arches, reflecting pools, etc.) aimed at satiating the ego of Trump.

How this convention – better known as Trump-a-Palooza – will help the GOP’s approval is a mystery. It’s being held in Texas, a state where Republicans shouldn’t need any help. And unlike ordinary conventions, there is no official business to conduct. No candidates will be nominated. No platforms will be drafted. In fact, it’s just another project to fluff Trump’s massive yet fragile ego.

The foregoing notwithstanding, Fox News is assuming their customary role as Trump’s Ministry of Propaganda. In a segment devoted to the TrumpFest, Cheryl Casone interviewed Joe Gruters, the chairman of the Republican National Committee…

Casone: The RNC just confirmed to Fox that more than 2,000 tickets have been distributed ahead of the convention. So tell us more about this convention and also the cash advantage for you and the RNC. The big question is ‘Where are you gonna deploy the money?’
Gruters: Well, listen, I think that people are giving us money because they believe in the agenda that we’re selling to the American people. and I think they believe in what the president is doing.

Notice that Casone asked Gruters two questions: Tell us more about this convention, and where are you gonna deploy the money. He didn’t answer either one.

It doesn’t seem like they have much to brag about. To begin with, Casone says that “2,000 tickets have been distributed.” Not sold. Which is significant because the tickets when purchased by GOP candidates, officials, and corporate sponsors, are reported to cost between $25,000 and $100,000. And much of that money goes straight into Trump’s SuperPAC. What’s more, the venue for the event is the American Airlines Center in Dallas, that has a capacity of 20,000. So with just five days left, they have only “distributed” 10% of the tickets.

More importantly, the expectations for attendance are, to say the least, disappointing. As reported by The New Republic, “Republicans Are Fleeing Trump’s Weird Midterms Convention.”

“A Politico survey of more than 70 Republican candidates and party members found that most were not planning to attend the two-day function that begins September 9.” […]

“[Many] were planning to dodge the event, which has been dubbed ‘Trump-a-palooza,’ in order to avoid being held accountable for the president’s inflammatory rhetoric.”

Avoiding Trump’s “inflammatory rhetoric” is only part of the story. Republican candidates nationwide are telling Trump to stay away because they don’t want his stench of failure rubbing off on them. More specifically, they don’t want to be associated with his fiasco in Iran, or his inflationary tariffs, or his support for AI data centers, or his embrace of America’s adversaries in Russia, China, and North Korea.

So dozens of Republicans aren’t gong to his convention that takes place two months before the election. It’s also one day before the anniversary of 9/11, that every living former president is memorializing in New York. Trump, however, is not attending because, like every other politician, he wasn’t permitted to speak.

Moreover, since pocketbook issues generally dominate political campaigns, Trump’s GOP comrades don’t want to be associated with his rampant corruption and the financial misconduct that is filling his bank accounts. The American people are through tolerating Trump enriching himself while they suffer, and then trying to tell them that everything is going great.

UPDATE: As predicted, the Trump LoserFest is a pitiful dud…

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Maria Bartiromo, Fox News Senior Trump Fluffer, Has Suddenly Parted Ways With Fox

Posted by on September 3, 2026 at 12:59 pm. 0 Comments :

From its inception thirty years ago, Fox News has been dedicated to its prime directive of advancing the political interests of the Republican Party and its radical right-wing agenda. And more recently they have fully adopted the even more extremist mission of Donald Trump and his MAGA movement.

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Fox News, Maria Bartiromo

Among the most devoted disciples of Trump’s MAGA movement has been Fox’s Senior Trump-Fluffer, Maria Bartiromo. Originally hired as financial correspondent, Bartiromo transitioned to a brazenly partisan mouthpiece for Trump. She has shamelessly defended Trump’s most preposterous policies and his most deranged outbursts with a fervor that is seen only in the most faithful followers of crackpot cults.

FOR EXAMPLE: HALLELUJAH! The Affordability Crisis is Over According to Fox News – After Talking to Some CEOs

In a surprise announcement, Fox News revealed that Bartiromo is no longer with the network effective immediately. It’s unusual for Fox to jettison a long time host under any circumstances. But it’s particularly unusual for the departure to be executed in this manner. That has only occurred in the past when there was some sort of malfeasance or personal misconduct.

At this time there is no evidence of what Fox might regard as an impropriety associated with Bartiromo. [See update below] She has been a staunchly loyal propaganda pusher for years. The only unsavory behavior on her part was uncovered when Fox News was sued for defamation by Dominion Voting Systems and was forced to settle for a record $787 million. Bartiromo was frequently mentioned in the lawsuit, and her flagrant lies cited.

SEE THIS: The Fox News 3/4 Billion Dollar Dominion Defamation Settlement is Also a Judgment Against Trump

However, Bartiromo’s role in spreading Trump’s “Big Lie” was seen by her bosses as admirable, and she suffered no repercussions at the time. That was three years ago. So what might have triggered this separation?

One possibility is that Bartiromo will be taking over as Trump’s press secretary, now that Karoline Leavitt has resigned. Bartiromo would be just the sort of person that Trump would want for that position. She’s a woman who has no hesitancy to lie for Dear Leader. She is fiercely loyal to the point of appearing brainwashed. She has a Fox News background, so she would be joining her colleagues in Trump’s White House, including Pete Hegseth, Jeanine Pirro, and at least 20 others.

If Bartiromo does land at the White House, it will surely disappoint some other hopefuls, such as Fox’s own Rachel Campos-Duffy and Ainsley Earhardt. Also on the list of the disillusioned would be Trump’s nursemaid Natalie Harp, CNN’s Scott Jennings, and conspiracy nutcase Laura Loomer. One thing is certain, whoever it is will be worse. But they all may be let down if Trump ends up selecting his personal favorite for the job – himself!

UPDATE I: According to CNN’s Brian Stelter, Bartiromo, who has been off the air since early August, was fired following her “disclosure of confidential information to the Trump White House.” She sought to cover “conspiratorial claims – pushed by Trump – about China and the 2020 election.” When Fox said “No,” she revealed that denial to the White House. That was “deemed a violation of her employment agreement.”

Speculation about her future can still include an offer of employment from the White House. In fact, it may now be even more likely. After all, she was fired for leaking confidential information from Fox News to benefit Trump. And if Fox regarded Trump’s remarks as so deceitful that they were unairable, they should be reporting THAT!

UPDATE II: Trump posted his disbelief that Bartiromo was fired on Truth Social.

Trump weighed in Maria Bartiromo's firing, and he can't believe it. ?Hey Donnie, you're the reason she was fired. She leaked confidential Fox info to you following your urging her to push BS election conspiracies.Now you can hire her to be your Press/Propaganda Secretary.

— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2026-09-04T07:05:47.195Z

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Fox News Condemns Democrats For Not Condemning Hasan Piker as Clips Play of Them Condemning Him

Posted by on August 28, 2026 at 4:22 pm. 0 Comments :

The closer it gets to the midterm elections in November, the more desperation and derangement we are seeing from Donald Trump, the Republican Party, and their propaganda platform Fox News. They appear to recognize the depth of their troubles, but don’t have any idea how to fix them.

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Fox News, Fake News

It would never occur to them that they should change their campaign strategy from harping on 1950s “red scare” communist rhetoric and parroting Trump’s pathetic trivialities like renaming Lake Ontario, to focus more on reducing the cost of living and ending the war in Iran. And from Trump’s perspective, the problem lies anywhere but with him.

SEE THIS: Trump Blasts the Republican Party, Whining ‘They Don’t Fully Grasp How Badly They Are F*ing Up’

On Friday morning Fox News sought to cover a voting rights rally in Washington, D.C. that was also honoring the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington led by Martin Luther King. The rally featured notable advocates of civil liberties including Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rev. Al Sharpton. But Fox’s coverage had a typically biased slant that highlighted their obsession with a fringe left-wing podcaster…

FOX NEWS: “One prominent voice on the far left is noticeably absent. We’ll talk to former RNC [Republican National Committee] chair Ronna McDaniel about Hasan Piker and his rhetoric forming a deepening Democratic rift into the open.”

First of all, Piker is not a Democrat. He’s not even a Democratic Socialist. He may have a voice as an Internet influencer/troll, but he doesn’t speak for the Democratic Party or its candidates or office holders. So the differences that he has with Democrats are not evidence of any “rift” within the Party.

What’s more, while some Democrats have progressive positions on some issues, they are positions that are broadly popular. They include Medicare for All, making the rich pay their fair share of taxes, standing up for Constitutional law and order, judicial reform, and a national security agenda that affirms our relations with our international allies without leading reckless and illegal wars.

Secondly, If Piker was “noticeably absent” from the D.C. rally it’s because he wasn’t invited. The assumption by Fox News and McDaniel that he should have been present is an invention of their own biases. This is a delusional viewpoint that is threaded throughout Fox’s coverage.

The day before this segment Fox News hosted right-wing hack, Hugh Hewitt, who made many of the same asinine assumptions about Piker. He even called for Democrats to renounce him. Which they have no obligation to do since he isn’t affiliated with them.

Between now and November, we can expect Fox News and the GOP to push more of this nonsense. But asking Democrats to renounce Piker, with whom they are unaffiliated, would be like asking Trump and the GOP to renounce the racist, violent, neo-fascist Proud Boys. Oh wait… They actually are Republicans and Trump supporters.

What is noticeably absent from Fox News is their acknowledgement that Democrats have already renounced Piker. Even though Fox actually included video of it in their own report. And candidates across the Democratic spectrum – from progressive Abdul El-Sayed in Minnesota to moderate David Jolly in Florida – have explicitly distanced themselves from Piker.

So maybe Fox News should tend to their own party’s problems before setting up lame red herring arguments to attack Democrats.

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Fox News Tribute to Karoline Leavitt Shows How Proud They Are of Her Behaving Like a B*tch

Posted by on August 27, 2026 at 3:48 pm. 0 Comments :

Today was the last day on the job for Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt. She spent the last 20 months serving as the senior White House promulgator of lies and drooling exaltations of Dear Leader Trump.

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Donald Trump and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

For most of her tenure as propaganda secretary, Leavitt appeared on Fox News (several times a week) disseminating prefab disinformation to the network’s gullible audience of MAGA cultists. From her first days in her spokesmodel role, Leavitt altered the relationship between the media and the White House. She made it her mission to replace credible journalists with brazenly pro-Trump podcasters and Internet trolls.

SEE THIS: Trump’s Press Secretary Plans to Turn the WH Briefing Room Into a Pro-Trump Propaganda Mill

On Thursday morning Leavitt was once again on Fox News, this time for her exit interview. And to no one’s surprise, it was a biased segment that featured her anti-media raving and personal nastiness. In fact, those were the attributes of her tenure at the White House that Fox News was most proud of. They even produced a video montage of it that included such memorable gems as…

“You [CNN’s Kaitlan Collins] take every single thing this administration says and try to use it to make the president look bad.”
(Note: He doesn’t need any help for that).

“You [The Hill’s Niall Stanage] are a left-wing hack. You’re not a reporter. You’re posing in this room as a journalist.”
(Note: Prior to Leavitt’s arrival all reporters in the White House Press Room were certified by the independent White House Correspondents Association).

“Of course the president supports peaceful protest. What a stupid question.”
(Note: Trump literally asked his Secretary of Defense Mark Esper if the military could shoot protesters in the legs).

“My first reaction when seeing former President Biden speaking tonight was ‘I’m shocked that he’s speaking at nighttime.’ I thought his bedtime was much earlier.”
(Note: Trump’s bedtime is even earlier, including during Cabinet meetings in the daytime).

“I gave a quote to one of the media outlets in this room yesterday that Democrats behaving like children would be the least surprising thing of the night.”
(Note: This is rich coming from the spokesperson for the biggest baby in White House history).

"Good times. Great memories." — Fox & Friends' tribute to Karoline Leavitt is just a supercut of her being a condescending jerk to reporters. Imagine being proud of acting like this.

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-08-27T14:59:40.590Z

Following the montage, Leavitt responded saying that those were “Good times. Great memories.” Those were actually what both Leavitt and Fox News felt were the moments that they were most proud of. But then, what else could they present in their farewell tribute? It’s not like there were any moments in the past year and a half wherein she demonstrated any honor, honesty, or even maturity, to include in the montage.

To the contrary, Leavitt performed like a PR agent for a criminal fraudster and alleged pedophile who scammed his way into a position of power through deceit and threats. In other words, she was perfectly matched for employment by Trump.

Leavitt’s departure from the White House at this time, just prior to the critical midterm election, is suspicious. She’s claiming the old trope that she wants to spend more time with her family. But she just took a few months off on maternity leave, then came back to work. Shortly after she returned, it was alleged that Trump ditched her on a plane that he believed would be a target for a terrorist attack by Iran, while he snuck off to a different plane without telling those on the targeted plane about the danger they were in.

Leavitt made her resignation announcement two weeks ago. There has been no mention by Trump since then as to who might replace her. While some analysts believe that the job will go to a sycophant like Natalie Harp or Scott Jennings, others have suggested that Trump will name himself as his own press secretary. And I wouldn’t rule out Lara Trump, who is not only a member of his family, but also a Fox News host.

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After Leavitt has had her fill of family life, expect her to be hired by Fox News, just like Trump’s first term press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany. As for whoever fills Leavitt’s shoes at the White House, we can all rest assured that it will be someone for whom lying is not a moral problem, and who unwaveringly adores Trump. And those criteria make the case for Trump selecting himself. Who else lies more frequently and loves him more fervently?

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Sean Hannity Unloads a Laughably Lame Defense of Nepo-Sister Darline Graham Nordone

Posted by on August 20, 2026 at 3:32 pm. 0 Comments :

The fight for majority control of the Senate is getting more intense with each passing day. And while the Democratic prospects are improving, Republicans are becoming more desperate and driven by panic. Recent projections show that a Democratic Senate majority is the more likely outcome in November.

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These projections are driving Republicans crazy – or crazier. They are resorting to bizarre campaign themes that reanimate the “red scare” tactics of the 1950s when fear mongering about communists around every corner was popular with the GOP. And it gets even worse than that on Donald Trump’s Ministry of Propaganda, aka Fox News…

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Wednesday night’s episode of Sean Hannity’s program featured a segment wherein Hannity brought in the Trump-endorsed Senate candidate in South Carolina, Darline Graham Nordone, sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham. She was fresh off of a humiliating debate performance with her Republican primary opponent, Rep. Ralph Norman, where she was asked a straightforward question about U.S. policy toward Taiwan and babbled that…

“I’m not that informed on national security…so…but I do support the military. My brother was in the Air Force for 33 years, so I will do everything I can to support the military. My dad was in the Army. I’m not a polished politician up here. National security is not my thing, not my area of expertise.”

Okay then. National security isn’t her thing. It isn’t Trump’s thing either, and look at how well that’s turned out. But her problem isn’t that she’s unpolished. It’s that she’s uninformed. And the fact that her family has served in the military doesn’t mean that she has absorbed their knowledge telepathically. Despite what Hannity thinks…

Hannity: I bet based on all your time with your brother, that you know probably everything about the Middle East because he went on one trip after another to every country in the Middle East. And I know you know a lot about Europe and the Ukraine-Russia situation because he went to Ukraine more than any other senator. […]
Graham Nordone: Absolutely. I know national security is important. We have a wonderful commander in chief.

SERIOUSLY? Graham Nordone agrees “absolutely” with Hannity that she knows “everything about the Middle East” and Europe and Ukraine, because her brother had been there. That’s a pretty low bar. And judging by her remarks, she doesn’t even get over that.

Graham Nordone addressed a few other other subjects during this interview. For instance, she said that she’s concerned about what voters in South Carolina are concerned about, and that “They’re concerned about boys in girls’ sports.” Yeah, that’s probably number one on their priority list. Never mind the war in Iran, or how they are struggling to pay for groceries, gas, healthcare, housing, etc.

She also said that she wants to serve the 50 million people in South Carolina, where there are actually only 5.4 million people. And she opposes DEI, despite being an appointed sister of a senator, who has zero relevant knowledge or experience. And she supports Trump’s “Save America Act” (aka Voter Suppression Act). Even though, if it were passed, she wouldn’t be allowed to vote without jumping through some legal hoops because her legal married name doesn’t match the name on her birth certificate.

There is a runoff for the Republican nomination for this seat next week, where she is facing Rep. Norman. If she makes it past that, she will face the Democratic nominee, Dr. Annie Andrews, a truly impressive and qualified candidate who deserves your support. Although she doesn’t appear to have any siblings from whom she could magically divine knowledge. So Hannity and his ilk might consider that a drawback.

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Fox News is OUTRAGED that Democrats are So Good Looking – No, REALLY!

Posted by on August 19, 2026 at 2:46 pm. 2 Comments :

The 2026 midterm election season is upon us and it is bringing out a severe bout of desperation from Donald Trump and his Republican confederates. Most polls show that the American people are fed up with Trump’s mishandling of the economy, the war in Iran, immigration, democracy, and virtually every other major issue.

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With less than two and half months until election day, the Republicans’ standings in the polls are deeply deflated. The GOP (Greedy One Percent) is struggling to devise a plausible argument for anyone to vote for them. The only things that they have come up with so far is to accuse all Democrats of being communists, and that the GOP is led by His MAGA-sty Trump. Whose standings, irrespective of his narcissistic imagination, are even worse.

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In the midst of this right-wing electoral catastrophe, Trump’s Ministry of Propaganda (aka Fox News) is coming to the rescue with a brilliant plan to turn the tide in favor of the MAGA-tists. On the Wednesday morning episode of “Outnumbered” co-host Ainsley Earhardt (Sean Hannity’s fiancé) introduced a line of attack that will surely crush Democratic hopes of success in November. She said that…

“[Democratic senatorial candidate Abdul] El-Sayed is out in these tight T shirts. You have AOC with her pretty smile. She’s beautiful. She’s got the red lipstick. You have Mamdani. Always smiling. Always seemingly positive. But it doesn’t make their philosophy any less dangerous, right? You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.”

Yeah, that’s the ticket. Fox News has devolved to the point where they are trying to persuade their already ignorant audience not to vote for Democrats because they are so good looking. Not only does that contradict their previous claims that all Democrats are ugly, but it also ignores their own infatuations. Following Earhardt’s rant, her colleague, Kayleigh McEnany, added that “Socialism notwithstanding, I’m told Mamdani is really good looking in person.” Control yourselves ladies.

Earhardt doesn’t bother to go into the policies that she says are “dangerous.” Policies like Medicare for All; lower prices for gas, groceries, housing, etc.; comprehensive immigration reform that respects human rights; preserving the environment; holding political crooks accountable; and protecting democratic values and the Constitution. All of which are broadly popular with most Americans. But to Earhardt, her viewers “are not educated enough to know that socialism doesn’t work.”

Guest panelist Todd Piro affirmed Earhardt’s commentary with his own analysis that wasn’t much more than the pot calling the kettle vacuous. And he still didn’t have an answer to the political beauty gap – A contest that their Dear leader Trump, a morbidly obese, orange makeup wearing, octogenarian, would lose in a landslide. Piro said that…

“In a generation we have gone from “Which politician do you want to have a beer with?” to “Which politician do you want to hook up with?” This just shows the vacuousness of social media culture. And the Democrats using it shows the vacuousness of their policies. There’s no meat behind them. It’s all about looks. It’s all about the shiny facade.”

Once again, Piro deliberately avoided presenting the “meat” of the Democratic policies because he knows that people will approve of them. It is not a coincidence that most surveys show that Democrats are favored to win a majority in the House of Representatives, and possibly the Senate as well, so that they can implement their policies.

Of course, Democrats will not have a clear path to legislative victories, Trump will surely veto almost anything that they pass. But it’s still a useful exercise that gets every member on the record. Their votes will have an impact on the 2028 election for Congress and the presidency. And in the meantime, Democrats will be able to enforce some oversight and accountability for the ethical and criminal acts of Trump and his GOP minions. And they will look really good doing it.

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