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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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1 month 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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2 months ago | 
mediamatters.org | Jack Winstanley |Gideon Taaffe |Jack Wheatley |Pete Tsipis
Right-wing media have continued their crusade against judges who challenge President Donald Trump and his administration, attacking a federal judge who issued an order to halt the deportation of approximately 250 suspected gang members. After the administration failed to stop the flight, Judge James Boasberg demanded details on the Department of Justice’s “possible defiance” of the order.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
mediamatters.org | Gideon Taaffe |Jack Winstanley |Kayla R Gogarty |Jack Wheatley
President Donald Trump has been openly courting MAGA media figures — giving them significant access to his new administration and even appointing former Fox News hosts to prominent positions in the government. The Trump administration has simultaneously welcomed MAGA influencers into the White House, Cabinet departments, and other federal agencies while restricting access of mainstream media that have long covered those institutions.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
mediamatters.org | Jack Winstanley |Jack Wheatley
On February 10, U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell issued an order for the Trump administration to “immediately restore frozen funding” after the White House failed to fully comply with his previous ruling.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
mediamatters.org | Payton Armstrong |Jack Winstanley |Alex Kaplan
Trump issued “full, complete and unconditional” pardons to January 6 participants, including “violent offenders,” and commuted the sentences of members of extremist groups who had been convicted of seditious conspiracy. According to The New York Times, “The pardons will also wipe the slate clean for violent offenders who went after the police on Jan. 6 with baseball bats, two-by-fours and bear spray and are serving prison terms, in some cases of more than a decade.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Jack Winstanley |Gideon Taaffe |Jack Wheatley
At least 5,000 reported sightings of drones or unidentified aircraft have been reported in New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, and New York since November. Many of these alleged sightings have been spread on social media along with theories about who’s behind the drones.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Jack Winstanley
On November 12, Trump announced that he will nominate Fox host Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense. Prior to joining Fox, Hegseth served in the Army National Guard and served three tours abroad in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Jack Winstanley |Jack Wheatley
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, Fox News co-host Pete Hegseth, has a history of spreading baseless conspiracy theories on the network and on social media. He has promoted anti-immigrant conspiracy theories, including the white nationalist “great replacement” myth; spread misinformation about COVID-19; and used terms like “the deep state” to spread conspiracy theories about “the establishment.”
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Payton Armstrong |Jack Winstanley |Noah Dowe |Ben Van Bloem |Kayla R Gogarty
After rolling back its election misinformation policy last year, YouTube allowed right-wing media figures to undermine confidence in the 2024 election results even before any votes were cast, with streamers asserting that “the only way this election can be won from the left is if it's stolen,” suggesting that “illegal ballots” might be “slipped in” in Pennsylvania, and claiming that Democrats are trying “to rig and steal the election” including with an “illegal alien push.” In December 2020,...
