Showing posts with label Fox News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fox News. Show all posts
Monday, June 29, 2026
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Weekly Roundup: MAGA's Nuclear Brinksmanship: Is the Coalition Cracking? (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
In this week's episode, Brad Onishi navigates a high-stakes intersection of nuclear brinkmanship and theological crisis.
The discussion centers on the fallout of Operation Epic against Iran, specifically Pete Hegseth's assertion that God deserves "all the glory" for the military strike.
Brad deconstructs this "Fox News theology," forcing a confrontation with the classic problem of evil: if a victory is divine, how does one account for the collateral damage of a bombed girl's school? This moral tension coincides with a potential fracture in the MAGA coalition, as even staunch media allies like Joe Rogan and Alex Jones begin to voice public concern over Trump's threats to Iranian civilization and the looming specter of nuclear winter.
The episode then shifts to an explosive diplomatic confrontation between the Pentagon and the Vatican. Guests Dr. Thomas Lecaque and Rebecca Bratten Weiss join the show to unpack a bombshell report detailing a meeting where Under Secretary Elbridge Colby allegedly pressured Cardinal Christopher Pierre to align with U.S. interests. By invoking the Avignon Papacy—a historical period where the papacy was essentially held captive by the French monarchy—the administration issued what Lecaque describes as a "mafia-style threat" to the Holy See.
The panel explores the doomed fantasy of Catholic integralism and the burgeoning rift between those following the teachings of Jesus and those weaponizing faith for geopolitical dominance.
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Sunday, January 18, 2026
Weekly Roundup: Wine Moms, ICE, and American Fascism (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
Brad and Dan examine the escalating ICE presence in Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of Renee Good, situating the operation within a broader pattern of authoritarian governance under the Trump administration. They unpack how federal immigration enforcement has begun to resemble occupation style tactics, including minimal vetting of ICE agents, sweeping immunity claims for officers, and the use of overwhelming force in civilian spaces. Drawing on historical parallels to fascist regimes and social psychology experiments like the Stanford Prison Experiment, the conversation explores how power, dehumanization, and impunity reinforce one another when federal agencies are weaponized against dissent.
The episode also interrogates the gendered and racial dynamics at play, particularly the demonization of white women protesters framed by right wing media as dangerous or hysterical. Brad and Dan discuss how white femininity functions within white Christian supremacy, why Renee Good's identity as a queer woman posed a threat to patriarchal power, and how Fox News and Christian nationalist figures have celebrated or justified state violence. The conversation widens to include federal overreach beyond immigration, including pressure on the Department of Justice to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, threats to institutional independence, and the administration's seizure of Venezuelan oil revenue. Throughout, the hosts connect these developments to a coherent ideological project rooted in Christian nationalism, racial hierarchy, and authoritarian control, warning that the expansion of state power rarely stops with its initial targets.
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The episode also interrogates the gendered and racial dynamics at play, particularly the demonization of white women protesters framed by right wing media as dangerous or hysterical. Brad and Dan discuss how white femininity functions within white Christian supremacy, why Renee Good's identity as a queer woman posed a threat to patriarchal power, and how Fox News and Christian nationalist figures have celebrated or justified state violence. The conversation widens to include federal overreach beyond immigration, including pressure on the Department of Justice to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, threats to institutional independence, and the administration's seizure of Venezuelan oil revenue. Throughout, the hosts connect these developments to a coherent ideological project rooted in Christian nationalism, racial hierarchy, and authoritarian control, warning that the expansion of state power rarely stops with its initial targets.
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Monday, June 9, 2025
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Trump’s Despicable Disaster Relief Conditions & Republicans Hard at Work…
The nominations came out today for the 97th Academy Awards, we had some new wildfires pop up last night, Guillermo said he needed to evacuate even though he lives 30 minutes from the fire, Trump is visiting LA to blame us for the fires in person, he is threatening to not help us if he doesn’t get what he wants, he went on Hannity to rant about transgender surgeries for kids, he is planning to declassify the files about JFK, RFK & MLK, the Republican-led Congress is hard at work finding out what happened on January 6th, the Bidens are in California right now, Pete Hegseth will very likely be our next Secretary of Defense, and Fox News has now lost so many people to Trump’s administration that there is a major shortage of on-air talent.
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Monday, December 23, 2024
Monday, September 16, 2024
NYT’s Jeremy Peters on Trump’s Bad Debate (Al Franken podcast)
Jeremy Peters from the NYT joins us to recap the wild debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. It was a complete meltdown for Trump while Harris delivered strong messages on abortion, democracy and Trump’s crowd sizes. Trump rambled, made baseless allegations and looked terrible. Even Fox News had to admit that Trump lost the debate badly. So where do we go from here? How does Harris keep her momentum going and transition this energy into votes?
Jeremy’s book Insurgency: How Republicans Lost Their Party and Got Everything They Ever Wanted
Jeremy’s book Insurgency: How Republicans Lost Their Party and Got Everything They Ever Wanted
explains how the party ended up in this situation:
Friday, June 28, 2024
Pro-Kremlin X accounts push fake Fox News articles ahead of debate
Efforts to manipulate social media discussion around the debate underscore warnings from experts regarding the threat that disinformation continues to pose...
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Friday, November 24, 2023
What's next for Fox News now that Rupert Murdoch has stepped down? (Terry Gross; Fresh Air podcast)
In Network of Lies, author Brian Stelter describes behind-the-scenes turmoil at Fox News following the 2020 election, and speaks to the network's future under the leadership of Rupert's son Lachlan.
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Sunday, May 7, 2023
Tucker Carlson text on ‘how white men fight’ alarmed Fox board members - The Washington Post
The board overseeing Fox News was so alarmed by the prime-time host's text message that it planned to hire a law firm to investigate his behavior…
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Friday, March 31, 2023
Saturday, March 4, 2023
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Juliet Jeske exposes MAGA Brainwashing Techniques and how to DEPROGRAM (Anthony Davis; The Weekend Show Episode #48)
Journalist who decodes Fox News, Juliet Jeske, exposes the deranged techniques and propaganda used by the right to brainwash voters.
Five Minute News with Anthony Davis is an Evergreen Podcast, covering politics, inequality, health and climate - delivering independent, unbiased and essential world news, daily.
Five Minute News with Anthony Davis is an Evergreen Podcast, covering politics, inequality, health and climate - delivering independent, unbiased and essential world news, daily.
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Saturday, December 31, 2022
Nazi Hunter TARGETED by Fox SPEAKS OUT | The Weekend Show
Former soldier turned Nazi hunter, Kristofer Goldsmith, describes being attacked by Fox, and explains his role in countering white supremacy.
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Monday, May 30, 2022
Does Paying Fox News Viewers to Watch CNN Pull Them Back Into Reality? (Thomas Smith and Dr. Lindsey Osterman; Serious Inquiries Only podcast #327)
You've likely seen this study covered across the interwebs. Well, does it hold up to the SIO-Osterman treatment? Find out!
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Thursday, December 30, 2021
“Fox’s Insurrection Group Chat.” (Pod Save America podcast)
2021’s Congressional Clusterfu*k barrels to a close as the House reveals new details about the right-wing plot to destroy democracy while the Senate tries to save it with a last-minute attempt to pass voting rights legislation. Then, former Biden Senior Covid Advisor Andy Slavitt joins to talk about how we can prepare for the Omicron wave, and Dan and Jon discuss the media’s role in defending democracy. 
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Friday, December 17, 2021
Meadows - Pushing it Hard (Allison Gill and Andrew Torrea; Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcast episode 48)
This week: 
- Allison and Andrew spent their evenings watching the January 6 Committee hearing - they’re going to tell you all about it;
- Terwilliger’s “unwise” argument,
- Fox hosts’ texts to Meadows,
- Meadow’s and Georgia;
- Biden’s strategy to counter corruption;
- plus comings and goings.
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