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CNN’s Oliver Darcy reports: In effect, Fox has adopted a more stringent version of the vaccine and testing mandate President Biden announced last week — the mandate that the company’s loudest voices have trashed and deemed to be nonsensical and “authoritarian.” While Biden pushed a vaccination or weekly testing requirement, Fox is saying it will implement a vaccination or daily …

The Huffington Post reports: Tucker Carlson wants the supposedly swollen-testicled friend of Nicki Minaj’s cousin to come on his show. The Fox News personality on Tuesday issued an on-air plea to talk to the man in Trinidad who the unvaccinated hip hop star this week claimed, in a hotly-contested viral tweet, had suffered enlarged genitals and become impotent after receiving …

“I lie if I’m really cornered or something. I lie. I really try not to. I try never to lie on TV. I just don’t — I don’t like lying. I certainly do it, you know, out of weakness or whatever. “But to systematically lie like that without asking yourself why am I doing this? So if these people ask …

Law & Crime reports: Ex-Fox News anchor Ed Henry cannot dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of sex trafficking, as a federal judge advanced several claims against him and the network in a ruling on Thursday. The developments came in a lawsuit filed by ex-associate producer Jennifer Eckhart roughly a year ago, which opened with a “Trigger Warning” cautioning readers with …

“There are plenty of people who were the leaders in the Congress of challenging [the election] that I just have not had on the show ever since then, and have purposefully not had on the show, because I don’t frankly wanna hear their crap. “But having said that, there are some leaders that you have to ask them questions. There …

“Yes, Gavin Newsom has raised a whole lot of money from teachers’ unions and special interests and tech, but that money is not going to save him. “The only thing that will save Gavin Newsom is voter fraud. So as they say, stay woke, pay attention to the voter fraud going on in California, because it’s going to have big …

“Whenever you actually kind of push at the climate change, the claims they make, ask for data, it’s never there. “So they always say it’s an increase in weather event without ever saying the severity of it, which goes to your point about deaths. The severity has been on the decline. “And we’ve been starting to — we’re keeping track …

The Guardian reports: Lachlan Murdoch has been invited to appear before a reconvened Senate inquiry into YouTube’s temporary ban on Sky News Australia for uploading videos in breach of the platform’s Covid misinformation policy. If the co-chairman of News Corp accepts he will appear alongside his Sky News Australia presenters Alan Jones, Rita Panahi and Rowan Dean who have already …

“Well, in 15 days, the long-suffering residents of the State of California will have a chance to hold someone accountable, their governor, Gavin Newsom, who has so mismanaged the state they can’t keep the lights on, crime is skyrocketing, wildfires are so bad right now at Tahoe, people can’t go outside. “And in 15 days, voters in California will be …

“Over the past week this same administration has overseen the evacuation of tens of thousands of unvetted Afghan nationals. Many of whom will now be moved into neighborhoods around the United States and stay permanently. “They didn’t seem to encounter any problems in doing this. Thanks to meticulous and thoughtful planning, Operation Change America Forever came off precisely according to …

Chicago’s Fox News affiliate reports: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and a local reporter on Tuesday butted heads while discussing COVID-19, with the governor declaring, “You are spreading misinformation.” After a press conference in Chicago where Pritzker signed legislation expanding access to mental healthcare, the governor fielded questions from reporters. As Pritzker concluded his remarks and stepped away from the podium, …

“I hope that there are election observers out there. California is a lot more corrupt than we give it credit for being. |We have this image of California as a clean state politically. “But that’s from the 70s, California now is completely corrupt, is run by the teachers unions, the prison guard unions, I mean, it is a complete inside …

“What is the actual support for the ideas? Not do you like Trump or Biden? But, for example, do you think men can get pregnant? Or do you think some races are morally superior to other races? Like the core ideas of the Democratic Party. How many Americans actually believe that stuff, would you guess? [snip] Well, I’m a pretty …

The Hill reports: The first lady’s press secretary on Monday called for an apology from Fox News and weekend host Rachel Campos-Duffy, who over the weekend said Jill Biden had failed the country by letting her husband run for president. Campos-Duffy also criticized President Biden’s “mental state” in commentary criticizing the exit of troops from Afghanistan and the administration’s struggles …

Business Insider reports: MSNBC’s most popular primetime anchor is staying with the company. After months of talks with a host of other networks, Rachel Maddow has opted to stay put thanks to a new multi-year contract that will include developing new projects with MSNBC and parent company NBCUniversal, according to a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations. Maddow hired …

“I’ve got to tell you there are viewers of this program who have lost faith in the Republican Party leadership, lost faith in Mitch McConnell and in you because we do not know if you have your arms around free and fair elections. “How come there’s no discussion about all of the states that are changing their voting laws right …

“When you look at what’s hurting America, when you look at this lack of leadership, and you wonder who are the people responsible for putting someone this incompetent and frankly this, you know, mentally frail in this position? “And yes, of course, the media and many people are saying Susan Rice and Obama and maybe Valerie Jarrett. I’m sorry, as …

“Remember, regular Americans, they elected Trump. They love their Second Amendment still, and they’re far too religious, and at their core, they come from a kind of evil and racist background. “Thus, the more folks from other countries who can come here, the better. Even if we can’t really vet them, even if they become wards of the state, even …

“Natural immunity is better than vaccine immunity. If you have had COVID, there is no real need for a vaccine. Studies out of Israel show that T-cell and B-cell immunity. “This is the type of long-term immunity you get after having been exposed to COVID — makes it way less likely that you will get COVID a second time, less …

Ad Week reports: Fox News Media has issued a company-wide memo with updates on its coronavirus protocols in light of the delta variant and increasing number of cases across the U.S. The company is now asking all staffers to upload their vaccination status into its finance and HR system, Workday. The network says this is being done “for space planning …