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Right-wing media figures make false claims about Medicaid cuts in the GOP’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”
3 days ago |
mediamatters.org | Jack Winstanley |Jack Wheatley |Helena Hind |Jane Lee
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has warned that Medicaid cuts in Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would cause millions of people to lose health coverage. Right-wing media figures — who have continued to support the legislation in spite of this warning — have misled their audiences about the extent of the cuts and who will be impacted by them.
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2 weeks ago |
mediamatters.org | Gideon Taaffe |Jack Wheatley |Chloe Simon |Courtney Hagle |Shelby Jamerson
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was forcibly removed from Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s June 12 press conference in Los Angeles amid ongoing protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests. Right-wing media immediately began to justify the incident, falsely claiming that the senator had not identified himself, misrepresenting Padilla’s behavior, and defending the actions of law enforcement. In a video of the incident, Padilla is clearly heard identifying himself as “Sen.
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1 month ago |
mediamatters.org | Kayla R Gogarty |Payton Armstrong |Jack Winstanley |Pete Tsipis |Ben Van Bloem |Jack Wheatley | +1 more
During the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term, popular online shows that self-identify as nonpolitical but have a right-leaning ideological bent have repeatedly discussed key figures, policies, and events of his administration. For example, they talked about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
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2 months ago |
mediamatters.org | Kayla R Gogarty |Courtney Hagle |John Whitehouse |Payton Armstrong |Jack Wheatley |Jack Winstanley | +6 more
In a new study of top pro-Trump online shows in the days after President Donald Trump launched his formal tariff plan, Media Matters has found some dissension as his economic policy disrupts the global economy — even as this ecosystem still overwhelmingly supports him.
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Mar 28, 2025 |
mediamatters.org | Jack Wheatley
In recent weeks, the Trump administration has come under criticism for its decision to deport Venezuelan migrants, who the White House alleged are undocumented gang members, to a prison in El Salvador. Controversy ensued when the Trump administration allegedly refused to return planes carrying the deportees after Washington, D.C., District Court Judge James Boasberg issued an order temporarily blocking the deportations after he verbally ordered the flights to turn around.
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