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'Arguing With A Toddler': Insiders Describe 'Soul-Sucking' Life Working For Fetterman

Andrea Thompson — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:05:07 +0000

Apparently, "Democratic" Senator John Fetterman is every bit as miserable and insufferable behind closed doors as he is out here in public, according to former Fetterman employees who spoke with The Philadelphia Inquirer and described their time with the controversial congressman as "soul-crushing."

Fetterman has infamously become so unhinged and divisive that President Donald Trump has all but begged him to switch teams after the midterm, a move that could potentially serve the party he actually "belongs" to right now, with a brutal disadvantage that could impact their ability to investigate the president. But as The Inquirer notes, Fetterman simply does not seem to align with his party anymore.

"An analysis of Fetterman’s record and public appearances by The Inquirer shows he has accomplished little legislatively while also doing less — in bills introduced, public appearances made, and committee hearings attended — as time has gone on," the report reads. "He has attended just 16% of his own committee meetings in the last two years and had only 31 public appearances or publicized meetings in his home state in nearly four years, The Inquirer found. He has also voted increasingly with Republicans ahead of a 2026 election that could make him a key swing vote if Democrats regain a narrow Senate majority."

‘What I Voted For!’ MAGA Froths As DOJ Appears To Defy ‘Rule’ With Ilhan Omar Raid

David Edwards — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:50:23 +0000

The Justice Department appeared to depart from a longstanding, unwritten practice when it secured a warrant to search Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-MN) home three weeks before the midterm election.

Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Omar’s Washington-area home Monday morning as part of a criminal investigation, people familiar with the matter told the Associated Press.

The department said in a statement that HSI agents executed a “judicially authorized search warrant” it had secured, but it gave no other details.

“This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation,” the department said, according to the AP.

Former officials told the Justice Department’s inspector general in 2018 that the department has long avoided taking public steps against candidates close to an election, ABC News reported.

The inspector general noted that the so-called “60-day rule” appears in no written policy, but former officials described it as a “general practice that informs Department decisions,” ABC reported.

Tom Emmer Happy Trump To Decide To Livestream Execution

John Amato — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:48:42 +0000

Here is an example of what a cult member would say to its leader.

Republican lawmaker Tom Emmer declined to denounce Secretary of Defense Pete Hegeth's inhumane and unconscionable plans to live stream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter and instead thanked dear leader Trump for being the only one capable of making the right decision.

Huh?

KARL: But let me ask you one other thing from the president and from the -- from the administration this week, this idea of live streaming the execution of the Fort Hood shooter. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called it a barbaric promotion of the culture of death.

Are you in favor of that idea, of live streaming a firing squad execution?

EMMER: Well, personally, I’m not in favor of the death penalty. But I’ll tell you this, I am so happy that we have a president, a chief executive in this country who will make a decision. He’ll make a decision, which is in the best interest of the American people. He will hold the criminals and the terrorists accountable. And frankly, if you come to this country or you’re radicalized in this country to kill Americans and disrupt our way of life, there should be significant consequences.

If Trump makes any decision it will not be to benefit the country.

It will be to feed his ego and thirst for blood.

'Almost Manic': Trump's Bizarre Jaw Movements Leave Clinical Psychologist Unsettled

Andrea Thompson — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:01:52 +0000

Over the weekend, Trump held another rally, this time in Clarksville, TN, as part of his desperate, last-ditch effort to bolster his foundering party ahead of the midterm elections -- an event one clinical and forensic psychologist has called a "wild thing to watch."

Dr. John Paul Garrison, known to his more than half a million YouTube subscribers as "Dr. G," posted a new video breaking down the president's most recent event, where he campaigned for Tennessee Republicans like Marsha Blackburn at the F&M Bank Arena.

At one point during his speech, Trump openly insulted his own crowd when he stood on stage and basically told them all that there's nothing he could say or do, no matter how stupid, to lose their blind, unwavering support.

"When you stand up here, it's just like the love. I could say the stupidest things, and you clap," Trump told his own rallygoers, who cheered and clapped at the insult. "You know, I love you so. That's true."

Garrison described it as "clapping after a thinly-veiled insult, basically saying that they would clap for anything."

"You notice how at the end he said it’s true because he’s emphasizing the fact there is unconditional loyalty no matter what he says," the psychologist added. "Not surprisingly, he goes on to say that he doesn’t say stupid things, but what this does is this is using authority and dominance, and framing it as humor."

Zelenskyy To Trump: Stop Lying And Playing Games

John Amato — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:51:32 +0000

On This Week, Ukraine President told Trump to stop playing games about why fuel costs are rising since Demented Donald attacked Iran, and stop blaming Ukraine over the war with Russia.

Zelenskyy responded to Trump demanding Ukraine replace him as president early in the interview and then laid down the wood the best he could in English.

Host Jonathan Karl asked why he's getting blamed for the war when Russia attacked Ukraine.

KARL: It's not just President Trump, we also heard from Elon Musk saying Zelensky has gone too far. Why are they blaming you for the continuation of this war?

ZELENSKYY: Because these people can't find a key how to stop Putin. Because it's more difficult to stop Putin than to pressure others.

Because it's more simple to speak about the prices and connect it with Ukraine.

When everybody in the world understands because of the war in the Middle East, the prices are rising, they're increasing, they're increasing because of the war in the Middle East, of the blocking of Hormuz, because of these reasons.

Everybody understands it.

And if we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, we have to stop, I mean, these people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people.

The Ukraine president then expounded on how bad Trump's proposed deal on diesel fuel with Putin is.

Elon’s SpaceX Is Refusing To Pay For Their Lunch

Chris capper Liebenthal — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:51:21 +0000

Darryl Bell, owner of the Stateline Road Smokehouse restaurant, had entered into an agreement with Elmo Musk's SpaceX, in which he would cater one meal a month for the company's 425 employees, for just over $35,000 a meal. To be able to do that, Bell bought a lot of new equipment, figuring he would break even after two meals.

However, even though he's provided two meals for the company, he hasn't received a penny from them, which goes against the agreement that they had to pay Bell within 30 days.

A couple of weeks before Bell was supposed to cater the third meal, he started pressing for payment so he could pay off his vendors and his staff, some of whom had worked 14 hours on what should have been their day off. When Bell wondered if he needed to get a lawyer involved, the company abruptly canceled the remaining meals that Bell was to prepare for them.

The San Francisco Chronicle called SpaceX twice to ask questions and was told that the check was in the mail, but as of October 9, Bell has not been paid for the August or September meals he had prepared for them. Furthermore, he is stuck with all the equipment and supplies he was going to need and is struggling to meet his own bills because SpaceX won't pay theirs.

MAGA Can't Eat It Up Fast Enough As Trump Insults Them Right To Their Faces

Andrea Thompson — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:28:06 +0000

"I love the poorly educated."

"Smart people don't like me."

"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, ok?"

Ever since the moment he came cruising down that damned gold escalator, Donald Trump has had a nasty little habit of blatantly insulting the very people who have put him where he is today, and now he's at it yet again.

During a rally in Clarksville, TN, over the weekend, as part of his last-ditch effort to boot Republican voters ahead of the impending midterm elections, the president stood on the stage and straight-up called his own voters out for blindly supporting him, quite literally no matter what he does or says, however "stupid" it may be.

"It's amazing!" Trump told the crowd as they all chanted and cheered for him. "When you stand up here, it's just like... the love. I could say the stupidest things and you'd clap. 'Oh, I love you so...' It's true."

While the MAGA fools all around him couldn't eat up his insults fast enough, basically everyone else was quick to notice that the president seems to hate his own fans more than even we do.

The Atlantic's Johnathan Chait noted, "Nobody has more contempt for Trump's fans than Trump."

Nobody has more contempt for Trump's fans than Trump

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) October 10, 2026
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After Tom Emmer's Lies Fall Flat He Goes Full John Bircher

John Amato — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:36:05 +0000

Republican Majority whip Tom Emmer was reduced to spewing John Birch Society conspiracies while also confusing socialism with communism for the sole purpose of smearing the Democratic party, after he failed to blame Biden for Trump's horrific economy.

Emmer reminded me of a scene in the great movie Chinatown when Faye Dunaway telling Jack Nicholson, "She's my daughter... She's my sister!

Like every Republican going on television interviews heading into the midterms, Emmer pretended the affordability crisis for most Americans is a hoax and blamed the media for refusing to report on how bad Biden's economy.

This lie is amplified by all cult members to glorify Demented Donald even though conservative media receives many more viewers than mainstream media.

"Are you saying people don't get it, that the economy is much better?" host Jonathan Karl asked.

"John, I hate to point the finger at you and the other journalists, but have you reported that under Joe Biden, the average was over $5 a gallon. Under Donald Trump, he's pulled it all the way back, even with the action that had to be taken to make sure that Iran never has a nuclear weapon," Emmer said.

The Majority Whip then cited economic numbers out of context which he could lie about to make Trump's economy appear like it's mana from heaven, instead of putting people in the poor house.

Grothman: Trump Needs To Remind People Things Could Be Worse

Chris capper Liebenthal — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:35:53 +0000

Sunday was Rep. Glenn Grothman's turn to try to defend the complete clusterfuck that Trump has made of everything. He did as well as you might expect.

GROTHMAN: I said, you know, gas was a lot more expensive under Joe Biden, but people have forgotten that. So we've gone through worse times with that.

I think it's good. He reminds people that the tax cuts were aimed at the average guy, not the wealthy guy, right? Uh, you know, the head of a, of a, a pharmaceutical company, they're not benefiting by a, a deduction on car loan interest-

NEWSNATION HOST: Yeah, but President Biden's not president anymore, President Trump is, so I guess that's the question.

GROTHMAN: Well, I think he has to remind people that things could be worse and things are gonna get better. He's made things a lot better when he took office, then we had the war.

He's gonna make things a lot better again.

I'm curious about how gas prices were higher under Biden when they are hitting record highs now. It can't be both ways.

It also needs to be pointed out that the war didn't just happen. Trump started it illegally. Grothman and his other MAGA toadies have enabled it to go on and on and on. Since Trump started his illegal war, it's obvious that he did not make things better. He started it to grift off the market and distract people from the Epstein files.

But if the polls are to be believed, things look to be getting a whole lot better in just a few months.

Mike’s Blog Round-Up

driftglass — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:35:45 +0000

I know you don't want to face it. And Lord knows, I don't want to face it. But we have to accept the fact that an American animated television program called "Partridge Family 2200 A.D." did exist and was aired on American television 52 years ago. And on this date in 1974, they aired episode #5, "The Dog Catcher", which I am inflicting on you in its entirety because I am low and perverse.

No More Mister Nice Blog: The Anti-Talarico Rumormongers Seem a Little Desperate.

The Editorial Board: The taboo against naming Trump's dementia is fading.

The Mahablog: With Trump, All Roads Still Lead to Putin.

Attention space nerds! Remembering that October 11, 1968 was the date Apollo 7 launched into space. This was NASA's 1st Apollo astronaut crew in orbit.

Round Up by driftglass of the Professional Left Podcast and Science Fiction University

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She Told Them What Happened. Why Was NOBODY Charged?

Cliff Schecter — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:35:39 +0000

On this week’s Epstein Update, Kait & Cliff turn to Cornell, where follow up on a student assaulted by multiple fraternity members went nowhere for 2 years. Cliff, whose mother went to Cornell, and Kait, a mother of 3 daughters, wonder how many failed for no one to be charged—and have ideas for massive reforms of predator culture at the elite institutions that let this happen, and let Jeffrey Epstein thrive.

They also follow threads from the Epstein files. There's an amazing new discovery, which I'll get to in a second, but also, a scumbag all over the files is once again up to his sick sociopathy. A new lawsuit accuses Trump envoy Paolo Zampolli--who had his ex-wife deported, and helped Trump create chaos at The Kennedy Center as a Board member--in a new rape case from 2023. It never ends. PUNISH HIM.

When it comes to the new discovery: an insane potential connection has popped up as Kait discovered emails she says show Epstein involved in shaping the public narrative about Edward Snowden. Yeah, the one living in Russia and working with their intel services. Another thing that never ends.

Is The Movie 'Another Mommy' A Dud?

John Amato — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 03:00:01 +0000

As Halloween approaches I was so looking forward to the new movie "Another Mommy," after seeing its very scary trailers, which have almost 50 million views.

I was also stoked to see Jessica Chastain as the lead in a horror movie.

Sinead Hanna is one of my favorite YouTubers who focuses on horror books, TV, and movies. She had reviewed the book earlier and went to see the movie.

She is not a fan.

"I really did not like this film. I'm so disappointed with it and it's such a waste."

Open thread.

What Happened To All Of Trump's 'Freedom 250' Bribes?

Lisa Needham — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 21:55:06 +0000

Remember Freedom 250? You are forgiven if you’ve already forgotten all the activities that were supposed to celebrate America, but pretty much no one attended because they were so tacky and low-rent. But hey, at least you’re apparently still paying for them!

Wait, what?

Yep. Despite all the explanations that “Freedom 250” was separate from the official “America 250” celebrations, and that the former was totally paid for by President Donald Trump’s Big Bribe Pals, a Freedom of Information Act request suggests that taxpayers are on the hook for a bunch of Freedom 250 events. Color us surprised.

The FOIA request was submitted by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonpartisan watchdog group, and the numbers are shocking.

Kansas Weasel Roger Marshall Shamed Into Finally Paying His Cookie Bill

Ed Scarce — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 21:55:01 +0000

A bill for cookies from 2020 for $678.75 that was never paid - until today - probably cost Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) a million dollars in negative advertising. Oh well, that's the way the cookie crumbles when you're a sleazebag.

If you live in Kansas, vote for Adam Hamilton. He pays his bills, and on time.

Source: Mediaite

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) on Saturday settled a six-year-old unpaid bakery bill after its owner accused him of stiffing the business on nearly $700 worth of cookies and other sweets. The conservative lawmaker pled ignorance of the unpaid bill, but added a hefty amount of interest to make up for the very late payment.

He then shared a screenshot of a digital receipt, showing he paid $1,300 to Holly’s Sweet Treats in Hutchinson, Kansas.

Marshall, a physician, has sued hundreds of patients in a poor, rural part of his state over unpaid medical debt — landing some in jail over bills as small as $101, according to reports.
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MAGA Lawmaker 'Volenteers' To Be On Firing Squad

Chris capper Liebenthal — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 19:30:39 +0000

Last week, after Whiskey Pete announced that he would order the Ft. Hood shooter to be executed by a firing squad, his drinking buddy, Rep. Drunken Van Orden, volunteered to make room to be on the squad:

A little later, he quote-tweeted another post about the execution with one word: "Vulenteer."

When a reporter from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel asked about the posts, a spokesperson for DVO did not bother responding.

It was a rather stupid thing to do with less than a month before the midterm election in a race in which he is trailing and against an opponent exponentially smarter and much more sober than he is. And said opponent, Rebecca Cooke, did not hesitate to jump on it:

In a statement, Cooke said Van Orden's comments were "frankly disturbing."
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Hamilton Slams Vance's 'Skin Suit' Jab: Attacking Someone's Faith Is 'Sad'

RedStateRachel — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 17:00:49 +0000

Jonathan Karl interviewed Senate candidate Adam Hamilton this morning on ABC's This Week.

Watch the interview above, and you'll understand why this Democrat is polling ahead of Republican incumbent Roger Marshall in Kansas. Republicans are freaking out about Hamilton flipping the Kansas Senate seat blue. Trump sent J.D. Vance to Kansas City last week to campaign for Roger Marshall. The Vice President told the audience that Hamilton stood for "left-wing radicalism dressed in the skin suit of our religion" and said his liberal stance on issues was not Christian.

When Karl asked Hamilton about Vance's comments, here's how he responded:

"I thought it was really sad. It was pathetic. He doesn't know anything about me. When did we start attacking people's faith? I thought it was a sad statement that the VP would come here and attack the faith of the pastor of the largest church in the state of Kansas."

In the interview, Karl played a clip of the U.S. Vice President attacking the pastor. Vance said that Hamilton thought it was a sin to be white, to raise cattle and eat meat. The Vice President claimed the Senate candidate supported groups that "spit on God-fearing Americans and mock everything that we hold dear."

In other words, Vance believes he and Trump get to pick which Christians count? I never read THAT in the Bible.

The United Methodist pastor replied calmly but firmly:

Kudlow Goes On Unhinged Rant Over Medicare For All

Heather — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:04:15 +0000

Fox's Larry Kudlow went on another unhinged rant over the supposed dangers of socialized medicine during an interview with Ted Cruz, where Kudlow was encouraging Cruz and Republicans to run on how great the economy is supposedly doing right now.

Here's Kudlow's fear mongering where he completely ignores the fact that any tax increases would be replacing what people currently pay for insurance premiums, not stacked on top of it, and pretending it would be some sort of doomsday scenario if people's health insurance were no longer tied to their employer.

KUDLOW: But here's the thing, let's go one more: Medicare for All. That is the Democratic calling card. Medicare for All, which means if you like your health care insurance, you're gonna lose it. You will lose it.

So think about this. You're in Michigan, okay, big race, Mike Rogers versus El-Sayed. You're gonna lose your car, you're gonna lose your truck, because they're opposed to fossil fuels. You're gonna lose your health insurance as well.

I mean, let's be very clear, there are 160 million Americans with employer-based health insurance would be off the charts. They would lose it. That's what Medicare-for-All would be.

The government would take over, and the cost, I don't know, $50 trillion over 10 years is probably a lowball estimate. We have to pound, Senator, everybody should pound on Medicare-for-All.
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Five-Year-Old Traumatized After Watching ICE Shoot His Father

NewsHound Ellen — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:46:44 +0000

The New York Times described what happened when a plain clothes officer, with a drawn gun, approached the SUV driven by Dominican immigrant Oscar Belgal: “As the boy sat in the backseat, officers in plain clothes surrounded the car, Mr. Belgal accelerated and at least one of the officers fired seven shots, according to Jessica S. Tisch, the commissioner of the New York Police Department.”

Thank goodness the New York City boy was unharmed physically. But the mental wounds seem severe. “He’s having nightmares,” the boy’s mother told The Times on Friday. “He went through something he shouldn’t have gone through.”

Who wouldn’t be traumatized witnessing an ICE agent fire seven rounds into a car and wound your father in the neck, while sitting in the backseat? But the fact that it was a five-year-old going through such an ordeal makes it all the more horrific.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul posted on social media Friday that the boy’s mother said her child will not talk now. “She told me he’s normally so outgoing and talkative. Now he won’t speak,” Hochul said.

“She was also terrified ICE would come after her family again,” Hochul continued. She said she let the mother know that Donald Trump had confirmed that ICE would not be returning for her family.

Measles Cases Now Highest In 35 Years Under RFK Jr. And Trump

NewsHound Ellen — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:17:38 +0000

The CDC published grim news on Friday: A total of 4,080 measles cases have been confirmed in the U.S. this year. That’s nearly 2,000 more than the 2,318 cases confirmed in July, which was already the highest number in 35 years. That number will almost certainly go higher as there are three months left in 2026.

Many more cases have likely gone unreported. Infectious disease specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong told ABC News that “the number of deaths and hospitalizations suggests that there are many more people who are infected but unaccounted."

This is a spectacular failure by the Trump administration and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the unqualified hack, former heroin addict, and anti-vaxxer in charge of our public health system.

RFK Jr. released a plan last year to “very, very quickly” “Make Our Children Healthy Again.” But “The majority of measles cases in 2026 have been confirmed among children and teenagers aged 19 and younger, according to the CDC. About one in 10 children under age 5 have been hospitalized, CDC data shows,” ABC reported.

Meet The New Press Secretary, Same As The Old One

Tengrain — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:17:25 +0000

And it’s not this guy:

Trump has brutally snubbed the one-time favorite to succeed Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary.

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM

It’s this gal:

‘Should Be Kissing My A**!’: Guilfoyle’s Profane Rant Over Dinner Snub Caught On Tape

Conover Kennard — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:30:01 +0000

Kimberly Guilfoyle apparently didn't take too kindly to being left off the guest list for a dinner with her former almost-in-laws. According to The Wall Street Journal, a recording captured the U.S. ambassador to Greece venting her fury after learning she wasn't invited to the January event, organized in Davos and including Donald Trump's son Eric.

Guilfoyle made it abundantly clear that she thought the organizers had made a serious mistake. She complained that the event couldn't possibly exclude the American ambassador to Greece and suggested the organizer should show her considerably more respect. Her choice of words was decidedly less diplomatic than her official title.

“You don’t have the f---ing U.S., you know, ambassador to Greece not come.,' Guilfoyle reportedly said of the event organizer. "She should be kissing my f---ing ass."

But the recording reportedly reveals more than an angry reaction to a snub. Guilfoyle was also touting her connections to two wealthy Greek businessmen, claiming they were financing her travels around the world. She appealed to an American businessman invited to the dinner, promising she could deliver valuable connections and help him make money if he helped her gain access. And, as far as we know, she never offered them a lap dance.

Mike's Blog Roundup

Steve in Manhattan — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:02:01 +0000

Crooked Timber - how money matters;

Honest Graft - "Canada Effect" along the northern border for the midterms?

Mock Paper Scissors - about last week's debates;

One Damn Thing After Another - AI's Trumpian oversight: the ultimate human nightmare;

The Grim Historian - America's haunted grocery stores.

And here's Nora Ephron on something many New Yorkers (including me) understand - an unhealthy relationship with a building.

Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with ‘for MBRU' in the subject line). Steve in Manhattan is on Bluesky.

Higher Education And Lower Masculinity At Cornell

Ratt — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:02 +0000

This cartoon says it all. Meanwhile, the right-wing media is attacking the victim. It's not surprising, but it is vile.

C&L's Late Nite Music Club: Klez, 'Here Right Now'

Courtney Winfree — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:50:59 +0000

In my previous life producing promos for various TV networks, record labels always sent me unreleased or newly released songs to use, hoping to give their artists a little publicity. Because of that, I got turned on to music I’d likely never have heard otherwise, especially independent and obscure artists. To this day, a few of those bands, unknown outside their hometowns, are still among my favorites.

Klez was one of those guys. I loved “Here Right Now” on first listen.

About 10 years ago, I was working on the series finale promo of a popular show, and while labels were pitching Top 40 pop stars, I chose Klez. The lyric, “Help me find the truth now,” fit a finale where long-held mysteries were finally getting answers.

Millions of people got to hear “Here Right Now."

Not long after that, Klez played L.A., and I saw him in a small club on a tiny stage in front of an enthusiastic crowd of maybe 50 people. He mentioned the promo from that night on stage.

Klez went on to modest success, including a headlining spot at a festival in Sweden, but it appears he stopped playing publicly soon after. His songs are still in my rotation, though, and several of them seriously hold up.

I bet he hasn’t forgotten that night in Hollywood.

I haven’t forgotten Klez.

Fox Host Spouts Russian Talking Points On Ukraine War

Heather — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 22:18:37 +0000

Putin's propagandists were back at it on Fox "news" this Saturday. Trump's new Press Secretary Katie Zacharia joined the liars on Fox & Friends Weekend and was asked about Trump's announcement that he had struck a deal with Russia to import over 300,000 tons of diesel to America and the global marketplace.

Even though experts have said the deal isn't likely to lower diesel prices in any meaningful way, Zacharia immediately proceeded to gaslight the Fox audience with this nonsense:

JENKINS: But let's go right to the issue, because this diesel announcement, even though it's getting criticism from Zelensky, is quite significant as Americans are struggling with pain at the pump. And, of course, diesel prices really affect all aspects of our lives.

ZACHARIA: Yeah, well, President Trump has heard that people are frustrated with gas prices and frustrated with the increase in grocery prices, and he is delivering what he always does, which is solutions.

And though there are frustrations with some, President Trump has never been unambiguous. He is an America First president. He is putting America's interests first, American citizens first, with this deal. And we will have cheaper gas and cheaper groceries with this diesel deal.
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