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Mediaite reports: Tucker Carlson claimed former President Richard Nixon was forced out of the White House as part of an elaborate deep state plot that included Bob Woodward. He did not explain that Nixon resigned after he covered up details of the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters by Republican operatives. Carlson said that given Nixon had already expressed …

Media Matters reports: Frequent Fox News guests Matt Schlapp and his wife Mercedes have disappeared from Fox’s airwaves in the two weeks since The Daily Beast published a January 5 story about a GOP staffer who said that Matt, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, “fondled” his crotch. Although FoxNews.com has published one article about the accusation, the Schlapps …

Forbes reports: News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch is testifying Thursday and Friday in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News, a billion-dollar lawsuit that has ensnared some of the network’s biggest personalities over repeated statements after the 2020 election that falsely linked Dominion machines to fraud—including comments by both Fox News personalities and guests. Dominion alleges in its lawsuit, …

“The most authoritarian leader that country has ever had and no one else comes close. An appalling abuser of human rights of her own people. “She, of course, earned the admiration of Western leaders including former CIA director Michael Hayden by ushering in an era of near totalitarianism in New Zealand. “She shut down the entire country over a single …

“It’s an important issue for our conference to come together on because, as you said, the government will keep on running. Yes, people’s social security checks will keep coming, military will keep getting paid, important things will keep happening and keep getting paid. “But we have to do a good job as a Republican conference. It’s a serious issue and …

The Associated Press reports: Two former Fox executives went on trial Tuesday, accused of bribing South American soccer officials for TV rights to one of the continent’s biggest annual tournaments and using information gathered in the process to help the network’s winning World Cup broadcast bid. It’s the latest case to go to court in the sprawling FIFA corruption scandal. …

“So-called assault weapons are used in an infinitesimally small percentage of crimes in this country. They’re not a threat to anybody, but Joe Biden, like Justin Trudeau and every would-be dictator on the planet sees them as a potential threat to political power, so Joe Biden thinks only his bodyguards should have them, not you. “And in Illinois, the governor …

“I think you can just look at the New York Post or Fox News and remember, when he announced his election campaign, ‘Florida man announces reelection’ page 26. Yeah, there’s no doubt that the majority of conservative media, Fox, first and foremost, has a strong desire to move on from Donald Trump and are not paying enough attention and giving …

Media Matters has the transcript: TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): On the other side, you have Republicans. They’re back in control of the House of Representatives. And because they are — on the House side — Republican members who want to smoke tobacco once again can. They couldn’t when Nancy Pelosi was speaker because she had banned tobacco smoking in the Capitol …

“It’s hard to remember now, but it wasn’t that long ago that Andrew Cuomo was not only the governor of New York, but also a legitimate hero in the Democratic Party. “What exactly did he do wrong? He outlived his usefulness to the party — that’s what he’s did. He stayed too long. “Cuomo was in his 60s, he was …

The Huffington Post reports: In early March 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic began its onslaught across the country, Fox News host Tucker Carlson drove to then-President Donald Trump’s Florida resort to warn him to take the virus seriously. “People you know will get sick,” Carlson said on his show later that night after visiting Trump at Mar-a-Lago. “Some may die. …

Media Matters has the transcript: Here’s what I want. If this happens, I want to see ferocity. I want to see someone like, “This is unacceptable! This is never going to happen again. This cannot happen again and I’m going to get to the bottom of this and I’m going to stay here and take every single question.” But Pete — and this is why he looks so good …

Mediaite reports: Tucker Carlson claimed former Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein – of Watergate fame – “literally participated in an FBI operation” to take down Richard Nixon. According to Carlson, Bernstein was actually part of a nefarious deep state plot during the Nixon era. “The funniest part was Bernstein – formerly of the Washington Post – who literally participated in …

Media Matters has the transcript: Let’s talk about a moment — maybe it comes sooner, maybe it comes later — on the debt ceiling. And you know how the argument will unfold. It’ll be “Republicans are shutting down government.” I’ve been around this game too long. Government never shuts down. Essential services will exist. Grandma, mom and dad, they’re going …

“Consider what is happening tonight in Brazil. So, thanks to what was very clearly a rigged election, a convicted criminal called Lula da Silva is now the president of the most important country in South America. “Millions of people in Brazil understand exactly what happened. So, yesterday in frustration, a group of Brazilian protestors swarmed their legislature. “They know their …

Media Matters has the transcript: Two years later, it’s clear that Ashley Babbitt is — her death is by far the most significant thing that happened at the U.S. Capitol building that day. But at the same time, it is the least talked about event of January 6th. Why is that? Well, because the facts about what actually happened on …

“I led a presidential delegation to support American wounded warriors and injured service members – the Invictus Games as has been tradition for many years. “I led the American delegation as one of the great honors of my time in this job. And the diplomatic protocol on a presidential delegation is that the principal is often accompanied by their spouse. …

Media Matters has the transcript: It should be hard to become speaker of the House in this country, very hard. It’s a big job, it’s one of the most powerful jobs in the world. It’s not one of those positions you give to elderly men who have campaigned from their basement. If you want to be the guy who’s second …

“I’m angry about it. You know why? They’re making the Republicans look ridiculous. First of all, I like Kevin McCarthy, okay? “Why wasn’t this done ahead of time? Why are we doing this in front of the public? We look like a bunch of fools, okay? “And Lauren Boebert, you know, with all due respect, I mean, the woman barely …

The Hill reports: Fox News host Tucker Carlson said in an interview that his “hatred” of liberals led to his inaccurate predictions of a red wave in November’s midterm elections. “That loathing clouded my judgment,” Carlson told Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA. “I was like, ‘I dislike these people so much. What they’re doing is so wrong. …