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Karoline Leavitt Roasted Over Blatantly False Claim on Trump’s Tariffs Impacting Farmers
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Karoline Leavitt Roasted Over Blatantly False Claim on Trump’s Tariffs Impacting Farmers

Karoline Leavitt sparked a wave of condemnation on Tuesday by claiming China was not buying soybeans during the Biden administration.

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December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM

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Tim Pool Lets Loose on ‘Evil Scumbag’ Candace Owens: She’s ‘Burning’ Down MAGA
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Tim Pool Lets Loose on ‘Evil Scumbag’ Candace Owens: She’s ‘Burning’ Down MAGA

"She is burning everything down that he built because she is evil. She is evil. And I'll say it again: this conservative movement is fractured, it's fried"

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December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM

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Adelita Grijalva Says She Was Pepper-Sprayed When She Showed Up at Taco Joint ICE Raid

Grijalva posted a video to social media on Friday, in which she said ICE agents pepper-sprayed and pushed her after she identified herself as a member of Congress. The post Adelita Grijalva Says She Was Pepper-Sprayed When She Showed Up at Taco Joint ICE Raid first appeared on Mediaite.

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December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM

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Ex-House Republican Blasts ‘Nonsensical’ Legal Argument Supporting Trump Boat Strikes

"It doesn’t matter that they’re 'designated terrorists.' The 2001 AUMF doesn’t care about any executive branch designation; it’s just for the perpetrators of 9/11." The post Ex-House Republican Blasts ‘Nonsensical’ Legal Argument Supporting Trump Boat Strikes first appeared on Mediaite.

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December 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM

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Coleman Hughes Exposes Nick Fuentes’s Insidious ‘Double Game’

"It's rare in the world of public intellectuals that we get such a perfect confirmation that a bad faith actor is indeed acting in bad faith." The post Coleman Hughes Exposes Nick Fuentes’s Insidious ‘Double Game’ first appeared on Mediaite.

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December 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM

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The Pentagon’s New ‘Press Corps’ Is an Utter Embarrassment — And It Won’t Help Hegseth
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The Pentagon’s New ‘Press Corps’ Is an Utter Embarrassment — And It Won’t Help Hegseth

"We're able to get our message directly to the American people. We don't have to rely on the MSDNC filters anymore," said the Pentagon spox

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December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM

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White Supremacist Nick Fuentes Takes Credit for Trump’s Shock Attack on Somalis

"And now this is what we get. It's a desperate bid to get our support back. And he knows what to do. He always has. We just need to give him a reason to play that out." The post White Supremacist Nick Fuentes Takes Credit for Trump’s Shock Attack on Somalis first appeared on Mediaite.

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December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM

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Tom Cotton Says Double-Tap Strike Survivors Needed to Die After ‘Trying to Flip’ Their Boat Back Over

“I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat loaded with drugs, bound for the United States, back over so they could stay in the fight," Cotton claimed The post Tom Cotton Says Double-Tap Strike Survivors Needed to Die After ‘Trying to Flip’ Their Boat Back Over first appeared on Mediaite.

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December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM

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Trailblazing CBS Anchor Connie Chung Despairs Over Watching Network ‘Crash Into Crumbles’

"Their greed has caused the venerable CBS to actually disassemble, to crash into crumbles. I don't know what to call Bari Weiss. I don't even know. I just don't know." The post Trailblazing CBS Anchor Connie Chung Despairs Over Watching Network ‘Crash Into Crumbles’ first appeared on Mediaite.

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December 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM

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Senate Republicans Leave Hegseth Hanging On a Limb as War Crimes Debate Rages

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said, “I don’t have, at this point, I guess, an evaluation of the secretary. Others can make those evaluations.” The post Senate Republicans Leave Hegseth Hanging On a Limb as War Crimes Debate Rages first appeared on Mediaite.

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December 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM

Alex Griffing

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"Literally a joke from Arrested Development"

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Theo Von Savagely Mocked for Flub While Defending Conspiracy Theories With Joe Rogan

"Theo Von is the perfect encapsulation of a conspiracy podcaster, just a moron all the way through,” replied one critic to Von's comments

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November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM

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Jay Rosen

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"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."

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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 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM

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‘This Is It’: Kara Swisher Makes Bold Prediction Epstein Files End Trump’s Presidency Early

"There's a photo like what happened to [Prince] Andrew, I think it's game over, and then we have President f*cking JD Vance." The post ‘This Is It’: Kara Swisher Makes Bold Prediction Epstein Files End Trump’s Presidency Early first appeared on Mediaite.

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November 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Questions If Trump’s DOJ Will Actually Release the Full Epstein Files

"But the real test will be: Will the Department of Justice release the files, or will it all remain tied up in investigations? Will the CIA release the files? The post Marjorie Taylor Greene Questions If Trump’s DOJ Will Actually Release the Full Epstein Files first appeared on Mediaite.

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November 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM

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Nick Fuentes’s 6 Most Hateful, Disturbing Moments

President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that he supported Tucker Carlson’s interview with white supremacist and anti-Semite Nick Fuentes The post Nick Fuentes’s 6 Most Hateful, Disturbing Moments first appeared on Mediaite.

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November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM

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Trump Now Says He Would Sign Bill to Release Epstein Files, Wildly Calls it a ‘Democrat Problem’

"I just wanted to be super clear on your position. Do you want to see that pass the Senate? Would you sign that bill if it gets to your desk?” Haake asked The post Trump Now Says He Would Sign Bill to Release Epstein Files, Wildly Calls it a ‘Democrat Problem’ first appeared on Mediaite.

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November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM

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George Conway and Trump DOJ Leader Spar Over Epstein Email Dump: ‘Not Fit to Serve’

"They show that Todd Blanche's questioning of Ghislaine Maxwell was either (a) completely incompetent; or (b) intentionally crafted not to elicit facts incriminating Trump." The post George Conway and Trump DOJ Leader Spar Over Epstein Email Dump: ‘Not Fit to Serve’ first appeared on Mediaite.

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November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM

Alex Griffing

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Serious WTF moment...

Megyn Kelly Spends 2 Solid Minutes On How Maybe Jeffrey Epstein Was Actually ‘Not A Pedophile’
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