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The cozying up to the right wing continues: Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg will appear on Fox News on Friday for an interview amid calls from Democrats for his platform to pull ads created by the Trump campaign targeting former Vice President Joe Biden. Fox News representatives confirmed in a press release Wednesday evening that the Facebook CEO would …

Mediaite reports: The hosts of Fox & Friends applauded first-son Eric Trump for lying about the Trump Organization supposedly ceasing all business overseas after his father, President Donald Trump, entered the White House. During a Wednesday morning segment, Fox News aired a clip of the Trump Organization executive vice president comparing his experience as the son of the president to …

Deadline reports: Real clips of Fox News personalities like Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade are spliced throughout the jaw-dropping new trailer for Bombshell — a movie from director Jay Roach about the downfall of late Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and the sexual harassment allegations that precipitated it. The first full trailer for the movie shows clips of Doocy and …

“I was very, very outraged by Kathy Griffin when she had the head of the president, remember, and she was excoriated for it, almost wrecked her career, which rebounded because Trump hatred was sufficient and brought her back and made her popular again. “But I think it’s very dangerous when you start going there. I don’t like it. It’s not …

Mediaite reports: California Democratic Congressman Harley Rouda — who sits on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform — told SiriusXM host Dean Obeidallah that his committee should investigate the meeting between Trump Attorney General Bill Barr and Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch, which was followed quickly by the resignation of anchor Shepard Smith. Rouda said, “What the hell is the …

From the Hollywood Reporter: Shepard Smith is stepping away from his longtime role at Fox News and leaving the network, Fox News said on Friday. “Recently I asked the company to allow me to leave Fox News and begin a new chapter,” Smith said in a statement. “After requesting that I stay, they graciously obliged. The opportunities afforded this guy …

Yesterday morning Glorious Leader claimed that “only 25 percent” want him impeached, slicing the real number from several polls by more than half. A few hours later Fox News issued its own impeachment poll showing that 51% of voters not only want him impeached, they want him shitcanned. Just now, predictably, the Shitgibbon-In-Chief raged that he’s never gotten a “good” …

“Let these post-constitutional Democrats dig their own grave, and that means you Republicans in the House must not participate — in any way — in what is a lawless, unconstitutional, illegitimate process, a kangaroo court, a three-ring circus, an unfounded political stunt. “My message to you Republicans is you cannot participate in an illegitimate, unconstitutional process. Let the Democrats, their …

Fox News reports: Just over half of voters want President Trump impeached and removed from office, according to a Fox News Poll released Wednesday. A new high of 51 percent wants Trump impeached and removed from office, another 4 percent want him impeached but not removed, and 40 percent oppose impeachment altogether. In July, 42 percent favored impeachment and removal, …

Mediaite reports: Trey Gowdy joined Fox News as a contributor earlier this year. A spokesperson for Fox News said in a statement provided to Mediaite that Gowdy has been “terminated” and is no longer a network contributor. With the news of Gowdy joining Team Trump amid the White House refusing to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry, there’s been renewed attention …

The Week reports: Joseph diGenova, a lawyer aligned with President Trump and reportedly one of his “off the book” envoys to Ukraine, shared some interesting thoughts on the House impeachment effort on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show Tuesday night. In explaining why he believes the White House is right to stonewall House Democrats, diGenova called their impeachment effort “regicide” — …

“It’s hard to think of a company that’s hurt this country more than Twitter. Maybe there are some. I can’t think of one. If you look at the hate and the division and  the cruelty that’s now common, it wasn’t common 10 years ago, Twitter is a huge part of that.” – Tucker Carlson, interviewing Rep. Devin Nunes last night …

“I’m surprised there’s only a second whistle-blower and not a bus full. There’s never been a presidency where the incumbent has been surrounded, I don’t say it playfully, by backstabbers and vipers and rats and snitches. It’s true. “And Congressman Garamendi, just there, he looked the President Zelensky in the eye, the star prosecution witness is the president of Ukraine, …

“Let me take you right to Twitter, because I think it’s frankly a bit of Twitter trolling by the president. If you sort of read into the tone of the tweets — yes, he’s talking about treason and talking about impeachment and things like that. But I think he’s sort of poking fun just a bit here. At least that’s …

“There are things that I just will not do and that is compromise my beliefs, ever. You know, I’m proud to be a conservative. I’m proud to be a Trump supporter. And I’m also proud to be a person of faith. “I would never try to silence, you know, someone from the left. I mean, that’s their opinion. But that’s …

“You have to understand the reason why she go around disparaging and demeaning our president is because what is she hiding? The president is draining the swamp and we want to know what is she hiding? She is probably getting a lot of kickbacks and some paddywhacks. “And it’s probably about to be exposed and that’s why she always go …

Politico reports: Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is urging Fox News not to run a Trump 2020 campaign advertisement it claims “spreads false, definitively debunked conspiracy theories.” In a letter to Fox News and Fox Business general counsel Lily Claffee, Biden campaign manager Greg Schultz wrote that the ad “falsely states” that “Biden offered Ukraine $1 billion to fire the prosecutor …

Andrew Napolitano writes for Fox News: The House of Representatives has begun to gather evidence in an effort to determine if President Trump has committed impeachable offenses. The Constitution defines an impeachable offense as “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” The president need not have committed a crime in order to be impeached, but he needs to have …

The Hill reports: Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was asked by a Fox Business Network host on air if he had drunk “a little merlot with dinner” and was told he sounded “a little slurry.” The interaction took place as Lewandowski appeared on the network to talk about the latest news from the ongoing impeachment inquiry by House Democrats. …

The Wrap reports: TheWrap has learned that Todd Starnes’ contract at Fox News is not being renewed. The host will no longer be working at the network, its website, or its premium subscription service, Fox Nation. His removal comes a few days after he said on his radio program on Monday that Democrats do not believe in the Christian God …