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The Daily Beast reports: For Newsmax, it looks like midnight is approaching, and the upstart TV channel is in danger of turning back into a pumpkin. The pro-Trump cable news network—which barely registered in Nielsen ratings for the first six years after its chief executive and majority owner, Chris Ruddy, launched it in May 2014—prompted massive media attention for seemingly …

Politico reports: Conservative TV talk show host Eric Bolling is in preliminary discussions about waging a congressional campaign in his adopted home state of South Carolina, according to multiple people familiar with the talks. People briefed on the discussions say it isn’t immediately clear where Bolling would run, but that he could potentially wage a primary against GOP Rep. Tom …

The Wrap reports: Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade on Friday said President Joe Biden needlessly focused on the American COVID-19 death toll during his Thursday night news briefing. Instead, he said, Biden could have spent time praising former president Donald Trump for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “We don’t need to go over the 500,000 dead. We had that moment,” …

Mediaite reports: “Well, you know what happens? You wake up, you have a dream and the thing is you probably should keep your dream to yourself,” Geraldo explained. “Instead I started talking to Erica about it and we both got very enthusiastic,” adding that, as a moderate Republican, he can do something in a state like Ohio. “The reaction, the …

Cleveland’s NBC News affiliate reports: After as social media frenzy Wednesday night, Geraldo Rivera has quickly opted out of a potential run for the United States Senate in 2022. The open seat is a result of Rob Portman’s impending retirement that he announced in January. The veteran media personality and Northeast Ohio resident first made his possible intentions public via …

Via press release from the Department of Defense: The United States military is the greatest the world has ever seen because of its diversity, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said during a news briefing this morning. Kirby addressed this because a Fox cable show host used his show to denigrate the contributions of women in the military and to …

“So we’ve got new hairstyles and maternity flight suits. Pregnant women are going to fight our wars. It’s a mockery of the US military. “While China’s military becomes more masculine as it’s assembled the world’s largest navy, our military needs to become as Joe Biden says more feminine, whatever feminine means anymore since men and women no longer exist. “The …

Bloomberg News reports: Television journalist Geraldo Rivera says he may run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by retiring Ohio Senator Rob Portman. Rivera, in a tweet tagged from Siesta Key, Florida, said he was “pondering running” for Portman’s seat. Rivera, 77, has lived in Shaker Heights, Ohio, since 2017 and has hosted a radio show “Geraldo in Cleveland” …

Law & Crime reports: The Daily Beast’s lawyers were merciless in a response to Dan Bongino‘s recent objection to a federal court’s award of attorney’s fees in his failed defamation case against the online publication. In particular, The Daily Beast ridiculed Bongino for not understanding that his “voluntary dismissal” amounted to a loss of the case. Bongino lost spectacularly in …

Media Matters has the transcript: Meanwhile, in China, where the coronavirus originated, a top adviser to the Chinese government declared that the country was experiencing a very different kind of threat, a more profound threat. The problem he said, was a national masculinity crisis. Chinese boys, quote, have been spoiled by housewives and female teachers, and they were becoming as …

Mediaite reports: Fox News meteorologist Janice Dean reacted with understandable fury to a new report that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s team willfully mislead the public over Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes last year. “He needs to go to jail,” Dean exclaimed, adding, “no ifs, ands, or buts!” Dean has been among the earliest and most vocal critics of Governor …

NBC News reports: Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch said Thursday it is the job of Fox News to serve as the opposition to the Biden administration, stating clearly the political biases of a network that until 2017 billed itself as “fair and balanced.” Speaking at a Morgan Stanley investor conference, Murdoch said Fox News stood to benefit from Biden’s presidency …

“This is what politicians do, they live in a world where they work a room. You go in there, you backslap, you handshake, you hug, you kiss and people come up to them, and they do the same thing to them, their fans. They say I love you, governor, you’re the best. “So, you get this familiarity with this closeness …

Mediaite reports: Donny Deutsch believes it is too early to consider former President Donald Trump as a favorite to become the Republican nominee in the 2024 election. Why? Because of a raft of legal problems that will keep him otherwise occupied. And incarcerated. “Donald Trump is going to go to jail,” the MSNBC contributor told Joe Scarborough. “I really believe …

The Hill reports: Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer said Friday that “cancel culture” will “come after Bible characters next” during a discussion of the Chicago initiative to review historical statues in the city, including ones of former President Abraham Lincoln. “If they start canceling American presidents, they’ll come after Bible characters next,” Hemmer said. “Mark my words, right?” The Black …

“Journalists, and the politicians they exist to protect, are lying to you. They need you to believe that those windmills were a great investment. You paid for them. People already know that they’re expensive. “People who live near them know they destroy the environment and kill animals. Huge numbers of animals. “But if people knew they’d crashed the power grid, …

Media Matters reports: Fox hosts suggested adding a 51st star to the flag — not for the millions of people in the District of Columbia without voting representation in Congress, or for American citizens of Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands who are not even permitted to vote for president. Instead, they are promoting, again, a secessionist effort within California. …

Mediaite reports: Fox News’ Pete Hegseth falsely claimed that former President Donald Trump was spontaneously greeted by supporters who gathered to see him return from a President’s Day golf outing in West Palm Beach, Florida. “That was not a planned event,” Hegseth said. “That was spontaneous on Presidents Day for Donald Trump.” The show also ran footage of Donald Trump …

Law & Crime reports: Top Fox personalities Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro filed a motion on Monday to dismiss the $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit brought against them and Fox News by voting systems company Smartmatic. Smartmatic slapped Fox Corp., the parent company of Fox News, with a hefty defamation lawsuit last week alleging the network pushed false claims …

“I don’t believe in a stimulus check. Because if $600 or $1400 changes your life, you were pretty much screwed already. You’ve got other issues going on. “You have a career problem, you have a debt problem, you have a relationship problem, or a mental health problem. “Something else is going on if $600 changes your life.” – Right wing …