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Zachary Pleat

Washington, D.C., United States

Senior Researcher at Media Matters for America

Research at Media Matters for America. All tweets are my own views but are backed by the Commissariat. he/him. https://t.co/wVrTbr12Ud

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  • Fox discussions of court ruling on Trump's unlawful tariffs go off the deep end: “The global deep state is real”

    1 week ago | mediamatters.org | Zachary Pleat

    The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled on May 28 that all of President Donald Trump’s so-called “reciprocal” and supposedly fentanyl-related global tariffs are illegal and “exceed any authority granted” by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act that he cited to impose them.

  • Fox echoes Trump's flip-flop on sale of US Steel

    1 week ago | mediamatters.org | Zachary Pleat

    From President Donald Trump’s initial opposition to the sale of Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel to Tokyo-based Nippon Steel during the 2024 presidential campaign through his approval of the sale this month with conditions for some sort of nationalization, several Fox News hosts were following his lead every step of the way — with some Fox personalities even crediting Trump for then-President Joe Biden’s decision to block the sale.

  • Fox contributor Newt Gingrich organizes MAGA attacks against Congressional Budget Office

    2 weeks ago | mediamatters.org | Zachary Pleat

    Congressional reporter Mychael Schnell from The Hill revealed on May 19 that House Republicans were sharing talking points drafted by Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich in anticipation of the Congressional Budget Office’s scoring of the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” tax cut extension promoted by President Donald Trump.

  • Fox’s Maria Bartiromo whips Republican support for devastating Medicaid cuts

    2 weeks ago | mediamatters.org | Zachary Pleat

    House Republicans are working on legislation dubbed “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” to finance a permanent extension of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax giveaway to the rich by slashing Medicaid, which will result in millions of Americans losing their health insurance. Supporters of the legislation have also singled out Medicare and the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program for additional cuts.

  • MAGA media celebrated Trump caving on “reciprocal” US-China tariffs

    3 weeks ago | mediamatters.org | Zachary Pleat |Craig Harrington

    MAGA media personalities were quick to celebrate the White House’s announcement that American and Chinese trade negotiators had agreed to a 90-day reduction in retaliatory import taxes. The deal, which was struck after just one weekend of bilateral meetings in Switzerland, saw the U.S. reduce import taxes on Chinese goods from 145% to 30% as China simultaneously reduced its own retaliatory tariff rate from 125% to 10% on American goods.

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Zachary Pleat @zpleat
29 May 25

RT @chrisgeidner: Do they realize how awful they sound? They are literally echoing the haters of the past.

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Zachary Pleat @zpleat
29 May 25

RT @JosephPolitano: Yes what you're describing is a great situation where hundreds of thousands of the smartest people in China pay a ton o…

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Zachary Pleat @zpleat
29 May 25

RT @samstein: This should, in normal times, be a disqualifying scandal, removing any element of trust from what they're doing https://t.co…