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Trump’s daughter-in-law offers herself up as a headliner for MAGA halftime show - Alternet.org

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The Fox-Trump fusion in two Fox & Friends segments

Is it state-run media, or a media-run state? Yes.

Written by Matt Gertz

Published 01/21/26

A year into President Donald Trump’s second turn in the Oval Office, it has become virtually impossible to tell where his administration ends and Fox News begins.

Trump arrived for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday morning amid alarm from U.S. allies over his manic, unhinged, and unnerving demands for NATO member Denmark to hand over Greenland. At a Davos speech the day before, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned of a “rupture” in the world order, in which international rules are being replaced by the mantra that “the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.”

Here’s how Fox & Friends co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy put it as a helicopter bearing the president touched down in Davos: “It feels like even though this meeting has been going on for a couple days and speeches have been made and interviews have been done, it feels like nothing starts until President Trump arrives — until daddy's home, as so many people say.”

“Just think about the anticipation, the stakes that are going to be made here, just with the presence of President Trump,” she glowed, adding: “Here you have this global conference where President Trump is about to blow it up in terms of his negotiations and stands, and yet nothing starts until he arrives.”

“It is a new day,” she concluded. “America is the center of everything. President Trump is the leader that everything hinges on.”

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From the January 21, 2026, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends

Campos-Duffy isn’t just a typically sycophantic Fox host with a penchant for conspiracy theories. Her husband, former Fox contributor and Fox Business host Sean Duffy, is one of 24 former network employees who went through the revolving door between the network and the second Trump administration, and he is now the secretary of transportation (Fox & Friends’ former weekend co-host Pete Hegseth is Duffy’s Cabinet colleague as secretary of defense).

At a normal news outlet, employing the wife of a Cabinet secretary for a role which allowed her to shower the president with praise would be an unheard-of ethical disaster. But at Fox, it may not have even been the biggest such calamity of the day.

would be an unheard-of ethical disaster. But at Fox, it may not have even been the biggest such calamity of the day.

Less than 15 minutes before Campos-Duffy proclaimed Trump the world’s “daddy,” Fox & Friendsbrought on the president’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump. The network hired Lara Trump as a commentator after the president took office last year in an absurdly corrupt deal which put a lantern on Fox’s reemergence as a Trump propaganda outlet.

Lara Trump, who Fox employs as the host of a weekly program which she uses to give top Trump officials like Campos-Duffy’s husband soft-focus interviews about the great jobs they are doing for the American people, was there to take issue with the tenor of The View’s Tuesday sitdown with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

“Lara, listen, obviously they’re going to like Zohran Mamdani, that’s The View,” said Fox & Friends guest co-host Johnny “Joey” Jones. “But when you see them just gushing over him like that — I mean, he’s been in office for a couple of days, but still.”

“Yeah, well, this is surprising to absolutely nobody,” Lara Trump replied, mocking the “hard-hitting hosts there” for being “obsessed with people like” Mamdani. Because if there’s one thing they won’t stand for on Fox & Friends, it’s shoddy journalism and hosts gushing over their favorite politicians.

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From the January 21, 2026, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends

All of this happened on the program where Donald Trump built his political following with regular appearances, then watched obsessively throughout his first term for tips on how to govern the country while posting hundreds of times on social media about what he saw on the show.

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Trump’s daughter-in-law offers herself up as a headliner for MAGA halftime show - Alternet.org

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The president's daughter-in-law hosts a weekly show on Fox News. To call it “propaganda” is too kind. | Media Matters for America

The president's daughter-in-law hosts a weekly show on Fox News. To call it “propaganda” is too kind.

Lara Trump's show is a corrupt showcase for the administration, crypto, and her potential Senate campaign. This is what it's like.

Written by Matt Gertz

Research contributions from Isabella Corrao & Harrison Ray

:{Published 07/10/25 MMA

Take the canceled Fox Business program of the late Lou Dobbs, of whom Fox’s president once said, “The North Koreans do a more nuanced show.” Now move the show to Fox News, sub out Dobbs for President Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara, and give her a guest list culled from the leading lights of the Trump administration, the MAGA movement, and the Republican Party.

You’ve just described My View with Lara Trump, the ludicrous propaganda program Fox airs on Saturday nights.

Lara Trump previously worked as a well-compensated senior adviser on her father-in-law’s 2020 presidential campaign, then became a Fox contributor, and then co-chair of the Republican National Committee during his 2024 run. She took her latest trip through the Fox-Trump revolving door shortly after President Trump’s inauguration when the network announced her hiring and forthcoming show, which debuted in February.

It should go without saying that it is wildly unethical for a purported news outlet to turn over network airtime to a family member of the president so she can relentlessly promote his agenda and routinely interview his top officials — but Fox executives have apparently given up even the pretense that the network is something more than Trump’s personal megaphone.

Everyone involved gets something out of the blatantly corrupt relationship.

Fox gets a high-profile host with the most celebrated last name in GOP politics who can attract viewers to a typically weak timeslot, while the president, if he’s watching, gets a weekly hour of uninterrupted adulation.

Lara Trump gets money in her pocket — and a platform she can use to lay groundwork for a potential run for North Carolina’s open Senate seat in 2026, where she is reportedly the frontrunner for the GOP nomination. Fox apparently paid for a camera crew to follow Lara Trump and Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler as they went door-to-door talking to local business owners in what Trump described as “my hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina.” The resulting segment, for the latest edition of Fox’s My View with Lara Trump, aired days after the president floated his daughter-in-law as a potential candidate.

And the program’s guests get the opportunity to demonstrate their loyalty to the president by lavishing him with praise in softball interviews performed by a member of his family. In a few short months, Lara Trump has sat down with the Republican leaders of both houses of Congress, several top White House aides including a “rare” interview with chief of staff Susie Wiles, a dozen Cabinet-level administration officials, and a slew of MAGA stalwarts like Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White and Turning Point USA President Charlie Kirk.

Such guests have used the platform to tell the president’s daughter-in-law that they are “so blessed” to have the “great honor” of serving in the administration of someone they say is a “powerful leader” and “peacemaker in chief” who “shines in a way that no one else in this world ever shines” and whose “instincts are off the charts good.” According to them, he “truly puts America first in every scenario” and is “thinking about our children and what they're going to face” as he strives to “save this Republic.”

The borderline parodic nature of Trump's program is perhaps best captured by the on-screen text aired during interviews with administration officials (pictured in each section below). Sample chyrons include: “Trump admin takes the world stage by storm”; “Blair: Trump’s energy driving White House momentum”; “Sec Hegseth: Trump puts Americans first”; and “Trump’s vision to 'restore the republic.’”

The program is a testament to how the Trump family, Fox News, the GOP, and the Trump administration are inseparable organs of the same body. The New York Post reported before its premiere that Lara Trump scoffed at ethical concerns about her position, instead describing her family connections as “an asset” that would allow her “to reach out to so many of these folks and have them sit down for a more personal interview.” And indeed, the program’s first episode featured interviews with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, in which the guests “fawned over the president, making sure to stress just how supportive he is of them as women,” as one reviewer put it.

And of course it wouldn’t be a Trump story without a whiff of corruption. Lara Trump devoted her March 15 episode to the subject of cryptocurrency as “digital gold” and suggested that “reinventing our economy, utilizing every weapon we have, might just be the best thing for our wallet.” Her guests, who included top economic advisers from her father-in-law's administration, offered viewers tips on how they could start investing in crypto themselves (“buy a third of a Bitcoin”). But while Lara Trump claimed to think that “Bitcoin and crypto are a foreign language,” at no point did she disclose her family’s sizable crypto holdings.

Here’s a sampling of the program's absurd propaganda since then (all transcripts via Nexis database):

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Pete Hegseth, secretary of defense (July 5)

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How Lara Trump talked about Hegseth: “Secretary Hegseth is devoted to restoring a warrior culture at the DoD, ensuring our fighters are at the top of their game and ready for anything, and as we saw recently with Operation Midnight Hammer in Iran, he is accomplishing that goal. … We all miss you on our screens all the time. … Well, we are wishing you great success. Good luck with everything. We're all watching. We're all so proud.”

A real Lara Trump question: “After that military success in Iran. I wanted to find out what it was really like behind-the-scenes. So maybe walk us through what you can of this mission. Why it was so significant, symbolically and tactically overall, because it was so impressive, I think, to the entire world.”

How Hegseth talked about Donald Trump: “I wish everybody could have an opportunity at the Cabinet level to watch how President Trump operates, how he truly puts America first in every scenario, and looks at problem sets from a totally different direction. … Watching President Trump make those decisions reveals, yet again, the core that everybody knows and loves about him, which is he puts America and Americans first.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of health and human services (July 5)

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How Lara Trump talked about Kennedy: “You are arguably the most consequential HHS Secretary, maybe in American history. … We're hopeful that that's exactly what the next four years brings us here at HHS.”

A real Lara Trump question: “Whether it's the food supply, whether it's vaccines, a lot of these spaces have felt like for so long, we're not supposed to talk about them, we're not supposed to address them. You've sort of blown the doors off of all of that. And I know I hear from parents all the time. You must hear this from a lot of parents.”

How Kennedy talked about Donald Trump: “I'm very grateful to the President, you know, he's allowed me to populate this agency with extraordinary scientists. … My uncle used to say that you could not ever find peace if you could not put yourself into the shoes of your adversary. And I think that's what President Trump tries to do. And you know, I respect him enormously for that. And you know, I'm very -- I'm very proud to work for him, because I think he's got a vision that looks over the horizon. He's looking at what happens to kids in this country. He's thinking about our children and what they're going to face. … I thank God that we have a president in the White House that is not going to let our country go in that direction.”

Kelly Loeffler, small business administrator (July 5)

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How Lara Trump talked about Loeffler: “From Wall Street to Main Street, President Trump has promised prosperity, and as his big, beautiful vision becomes reality, the mom and pop shops we know and love will be relieved of a tremendous tax burden, face less red tape and be better positioned to grow. Enter Small Business Administrator, Kelly Loeffler, who's been all over the country talking with business owners about how to make their lives easier, and I got to join her in my hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina to find out for myself.”

A real Lara Trump question: “I think it's so nice to see how many patrons all of these small businesses are starting to have. And I know that between the months of March and April, we saw us actually slash our trade deficit in half, which means that Americans are now actually doing what we want to see happen. We're actually buying from American companies, and we're exporting more than we're importing, which is fantastic.”

How Loeffler talked about Donald Trump: “Small businesses are grateful for President Trump, fighting for fair trade. … It's such a great honor to serve in President Trump's administration. … I know what small businesses go through every single day to make this country work, to make ours the greatest in the world, and President Trump is fighting for small businesses through fair trade, through deregulation, through low taxes.”

John Ratcliffe, CIA director (June 7)

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How Lara Trump talked about Ratcliffe: “At the heart of that effort is the CIA, newly rebuilt, retooled and ready to take off the gloves. Director John Ratcliffe understands the stakes. He is focused on intelligence, not politics; mission, not media narratives; and he is dead set on restoring America's edge before it's too late. … He is rooting out bad actors and restoring the core mission, protecting Americans and putting National Security first. The era of a corrupt and politicized CIA is over, and the men and women devoting their lives to our country are being celebrated once again.”

A real Lara Trump question: “You talked about wanting to eliminate what you call well-documented politicization of this agency. So what did you find that led you to say that, and what have you done to ensure that that's no longer happening?”

How Ratcliffe talked about Donald Trump: “Every weekend, I come in and I brief President Trump on the success that we've had on his behalf. And as you know, he has a history of being successful against terrorists, against ISIS, and against terrorist regimes like Iran. … My legacy will be whatever President Trump's legacy is, and so it's to help him be successful. The opportunity that I have, Lara, for all the things that we've just talked about, the immense capabilities of this place and the people that allow this place to accomplish so much, it is my job to make sure that we apply that to President Trump's priorities, whatever they may be and however they may change.”

Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff (May 31)

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How Lara Trump talked about Miller: “Stephen Miller has been at the President's side for a decade, and now in his role as Deputy Chief-of-Staff and Homeland Security adviser, he's working to make President Trump's vision for a safer and stronger America the reality. … But beyond the policy fight, Stephen's mission is personal, rooted in family, legacy and the kind of country he wants his kids to grow up. … Stephen's bond with President Trump is one that's helping to shape the future of America for generations to come.”

A real Lara Trump question: “You have these activist judges out there who are issuing these nationwide injunctions. What are you guys doing to fight back and make sure that his agenda is moving forward?”

How Miller talked about Donald Trump: “So President Trump, again, I've been so blessed, so fortunate to be able to watch him as a leader up front, close and personal for 10 years as he built the MAGA movement from nothing, from scratch. … I've never seen any leader more determined and resolved to do the right thing. Whenever anyone brings him a problem set, he always just says, we need to do what's right for the American people. … The first term of President Trump was the most successful presidency that we have ever seen. But the second term is to find even the highest expectations the American people have ever had.”

Keith Kellogg, special envoy for Ukraine and Russia (May 31)

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How Lara Trump talked about Kellogg: “So what does it take to bring two enemies to the table and find a way forward when trust is in such short supply? That's where General Keith Kellogg comes in. As Special Envoy for Ukraine, he is on the front lines of difficult negotiations to push back against Putin's aggression. … We're appreciative of all you are doing and wishing you the best of luck in all of your negotiations for peace.”

A real Lara Trump question: “President Trump is very clear. He wants to put America first and the American people first. Where do we stand on a policy like that?”

How Kellogg talked about Donald Trump: “He's done more in 120 days than President Biden did in 1,211 days. … I have great faith in your father-in-law. I mean, I think if anybody can do this, it is President Trump. … Everything he does has the American people in his thoughts. I know that, I've seen it. You know that. And I think that's why the American people really do love him. I think his instincts are off the charts good. I mean, they really are. … They've got a great commander-in-chief who's always going to have their back.”

James Blair, White House deputy chief of staff (May 24)

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How Lara Trump talked about Blair: “President Trump's agenda is moving forward and fast. One man helping to drive that unprecedented pace and unwavering focus is White House Deputy Chief-of-Staff, James Blair. He has been at the heart of this administration's strategy to get critical legislation across the finish line, and I sat down with James to see how they're pushing past the chaos to get things done and what comes next in the fight to put Americans, not the Washington elite, back in charge.”

A real Lara Trump question: “It feels like, James, the first six months are just going to be historic in so many different ways. But what is coming up? What are you guys working on? I feel like every time there's an announcement made from this White House, it's very exciting.”

How Blair talked about Donald Trump: “I've said before publicly, it's the rest of us just trying to keep up with him. I mean, for a person at any age to have the stamina and the energy that he does is very impressive, so it's even more impressive, obviously, that he's a grandfather. … He has the majority of the country behind him, and there's only so much they can do. … We're behind a leader that very much knows what he believes and very much knows what he wants to accomplish.”

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), speaker of the House (May 10)

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How Lara Trump talked about Johnson: “In the House, Speaker Mike Johnson, is leading not just with strength, but with faith. He is uniting conservatives around our core principles and refusing to bow to the radical left. His leadership is steady, and that's exactly what it takes to move the House forward and keep President Trump's legislative agenda on track.”

A real Lara Trump question: “We are just on the other side of 100 days of Donald Trump as the 47th president. So give me an idea of some of the things the House has done to try and push forward the Trump agenda, because you guys have been working hard.”

How Johnson talked about Trump: “We have been working hard, trying to keep up with the President. … He comes in hot because he was ready to serve and ready to deliver and had great ideas in all of these areas. … I think we have a chance to do that to save this Republic, and President Trump is exactly the right leader at the right time to get that done.”

Sen. John Thune (R-SD), Senate majority leader (May 10)

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How Lara Trump talked about Thune: “Over in the Senate, Majority Leader John Thune is wasting no time, known as the fastest man in Congress, he is making sure the chamber is firing on all cylinders for the American people, whether it's confirming the President's nominees or pushing forward policies that put America first. Thune is refusing to let the Democrats slow things down.”

A real Lara Trump question: “Talk about some of the accomplishments that you're proudest of as Senate Majority Leader in the first 100 now plus days of the Trump administration.”

How Thune talked about Trump: “We want to be good partners to President Trump and make sure that he has the people he wants. … He's enormously influential in both the House and the Senate and when it comes time for tough votes, and you know, sometimes there's a certain art form to getting everybody -- pulling the same direction, but he has a gift for that.”

Michael Whatley, Republican National Committee chairman (May 10)

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How Lara Trump talked about Whatley: “Under his leadership, the RNC isn't just preparing for the midterms, it is building a foundation for Republican dominance in 2028 and beyond. He knows, growing our majority requires more than just a strong ground game. It's about opening up that big tent, making sure our message is heard from coast-to-coast. … I have full confidence in Chairman Michael Whatley to continue our efforts well into 2026 and 2028, but I figured I'd let him tell you for himself.”

A real Lara Trump question: “We saw such a surge of young voters coming over and voting for President Trump. How do we keep them in this party and make sure that they're going to vote in ‘26 and ‘28 and beyond?”

How Whatley talked about Trump: “You know, with the President, we're here to support his agenda. We're here to support his candidates. Obviously we want to win in the midterms. That's going to be absolutely essential for it. … Donald Trump remade the Republican Party in what has the potential to really be a long term party as long as we listen to the voters.”

Howard Lutnick, secretary of commerce (April 12)

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How Lara Trump talked about Lutnick: “So will prices go up? Will jobs come back to the U.S. from overseas? What will happen next? It is time to ask the expert, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.”

A real Lara Trump question: “I just have to ask you, do you think there would have been any other president in our lifetime who would have the guts to do this? Because President Trump acknowledges, look, this is tough stuff, no one else has been able to do something like this. Would any other president have been able to do it?”

How Lutnick talked about Donald Trump: “He is totally in the driver's seat. … This is where Donald Trump shines in a way that no one else in this world ever shines. … He is really fighting for my children and my grandchildren, all of our grandchildren right now. This is what he is doing, he is fixing trade with America. He is going to launch our ranchers, our farmers, our fishermen. Manufacturing is going to come back to America. This is what needed to happen to America. … Thank God, Donald Trump is in the White House because he is the only president who would ever take this on and fix it for America.”

Susan Wiles, White House chief of staff (March 29)

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How Lara Trump talked about Wiles: “When President Donald Trump was elected for the second time, questions swirled about the unsung hero behind his campaign, and then when she was tapped for her role in the White House, there was even more intrigue about the mysterious political mind working in lockstep with the President on the MAGA agenda. Well, tonight, she's sitting down for her first ever interview. … Wherever you see President Trump, you will see her right behind, making sure every I is dotted and every T is crossed.”

A real Lara Trump question: “It seems like everything is running smoothly. And I wonder, from your perspective as White House Chief-of-Staff, do you find that to be the case, and are you responsible for some of that?”

How Wiles talked about Donald Trump: “It's less about a person and more about a mindset and people, starting with the President being so comfortable and so sure of what we want to do and accomplish. So it's less about anybody, me or anybody else, and more about a team that really believes in the mission and the man. … We know where our direction is. We know, you know, we know who true north is, and every day, all day, every day, seven days a week, that's what we're trying to get accomplished. … I think he's a better leader now. So I don't know that I had anything to do with that, but I think the country benefits from it.”

Doug Burgum, secretary of the interior (March 29)

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How Lara Trump talked about Burgum: “And leading the charge to unlock our nation's incredible resource potential is Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. Burgum isn't just making waves, he's making history. With trillions of dollars in untapped energy sitting beneath our feet and off our shores, he is taking a business minded approach, pitching our federal lands and water as assets on America's balance sheet, it is a game changing vision. … Burgum is also making it clear, conservation and responsible stewardship are at the heart of his mission.”

A real Lara Trump question: “Well you bring me to one of my President Trump's favorite lines from the campaign trail, drill, baby drill. As interior secretary, how are you helping him facilitate that and actually deliver on that promise?”

How Burgum talked about Donald Trump: “To be able to team up with President Trump and now work for him. It's like think of the best professional football team that's ever been created, and President Trump is the team owner, and then he's also the manager. … A priority of President Trump is to make sure we have the appropriate celebration for the most amazing country in the world, and the National Parks is going to play a key role of that.”

Mike Waltz, national security adviser (March 22)

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How Lara Trump talked about Waltz: “The message is simple, if you threaten American lives, you will be handled accordingly. That's peace through strength and that's leadership. And I got the chance to sit down with National Security adviser, Mike Waltz, to break down that mission.”

A real Lara Trump question: “This is kind of an amazing time in American history, and I just want to get your take as National Security adviser, where do we stand now with President Trump back in the White House, versus where things were from a National Security perspective, under the last administration?”

How Waltz talked about Donald Trump: “President Trump's leadership, his strength, frankly, the respect and fear that he often and does instill in our enemies has had what we're calling the Trump effect. … We are going to get this mess cleaned up, pick up where we left off, and keep driving his vision as the peacemaker in chief for the world. … President Trump realizes this is the competition of this century. … They should sleep well with President Trump in the Oval Office, behind the Resolute Desk, and the amazing team he put around him. … I mean, you know what he sacrificed to do this job. He almost sacrificed his life to do this job, and yet kept going, and we're just going to follow his lead.”

Dan Scavino, White House deputy chief of staff (March 22)

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How Lara Trump talked about Scavino: “From the early days of the 2016 campaign to the toughest fights inside and outside the White House, Scavino has been at President Trump's side in victories and in challenges and through it all, their mission has never wavered, to fight for this country and the people who believe in its promise.”

A real Lara Trump question: “I feel like one of the things I have noticed is that this time around, it's not just that the President is trying to, you know, do the job for the American people and work hard. He's enjoying himself this time around.”

How Scavino talked about Donald Trump: “He's just a powerful leader, a powerful presence when he walks into a room, and everybody out there that's been in a room with President Trump will know what I mean, even before he was President. But to take the reins to be the President of the United States and lead the greatest nation on Earth and what he has done and what he has accomplished over those years, again, I go back to the journey of a lifetime, because the guy fights each and every day to put America first and to make America great again. … After the conclusion of this term, he will go down as the greatest president of all time. … I think President Trump's going to do a phenomenal job in bringing America together. We've just got to keep up the good fight, fighting for what we believe in, for our children, for our grandchildren, our great grandchildren and future generations to come.”

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In a new piece for MSNBC, I detail the ethical absurdity of Fox News hiring the sitting president's daughter-in-law:

Media observers have long recognized that Fox News effectively serves as an arm of President Donald Trump’s political apparatus. But with Wednesday’s announcement that the network has tapped his daughter-in-law, Lara, to host a weekly show, it’s clear Fox has abandoned any pretense that it functions as something other than a state TV channel.

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Indeed, this deal is almost comically corrupt. No one should have any illusions that Fox has hired Lara Trump to produce anything other than crude propaganda for her father-in-law and his administration. And the arrangement for Fox to put money into the president’s family member’s bank account became public two days after Donald Trump met with network owner Rupert Murdoch in the Oval Office and publicly criticized his Wall Street Journal’s editorial board.

No credible news outlet would employ the president’s relative as a host. But Fox doesn’t function like a normal news outlet, and its executives apparently no longer care to pretend otherwise. Turning over airtime to Lara Trump is simply a natural progression for a network that merged with the White House during the president’s first term and is returning to that form for his second.

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Trump-aligned charity hosts auctions of "rescue" puppies previously purchased from puppy mills at Trump properties, proving they can even grift off puppies.

Medias News reports that Trump-aligned "Moms for America" has hosted a charity dog auction affiliated with "Big Dog Ranch Rescue," a Lara Trump-run dog rescue at Mar-A-Lago, Donald Trump's dinner club. Big Dog Ranch has previously been found to have purchased the dogs it claimed to have rescued from a puppy mill. This seems the opposite of rescuing a dog, but alternate facts.

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At the time, Laurie Simmons, CEO of Big Dog Ranch Rescue, defended the group's actions, stating they were unaware of the local ordinance when the violation occurred. Credible dog rescues know not to give money to puppy mills…

…"We didn't realize it was a local ordinance," Simmons told CBS12 News. Simmons acknowledged the dire conditions faced the animals in puppy mills, describing them as living "in horrible situations" and caged in a "dark barn," yet decided to fork over money to them anyway.

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As Chairperson of Big Dog Ranch Rescue, Lara Trump was able to bring almost two million dollars in business to her father-in-law's weirdo supper club.

Internal Revenue Service filings show that the group has spent as much as $1,883,160 on fundraising costs at Mar-a-Lago and Trump's golf course 18 miles north in Jupiter starting in 2014. Lara Trump, the wife of Eric Trump, started being listed as a chairwoman for charity events in 2018, and the group's president, Lauren Simmons, visited the White House in 2019 for the signing of a bill addressing animal cruelty.

Late Friday night, Simmons issued a statement defending her association with Lara Trump, whom she described as a great advocate of dogs, and her use of Donald Trump's properties.

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If Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump's next secretary of state, it could open the door for Trump's family to get an even deeper foothold in the federal government.

Any Senate vacancy in Florida has to be filled by Governor Ron DeSantis (R) until the next election, which wouldn't happen until 2028. And MAGA is now pushing for Trump's daughter-in-law, Lara, to be appointed senator in Rubio's place should his seat become vacant. The Daily Beast reported that Lara Trump herself is now actively offering herself as a replacement for Rubio.

"This is my home state now and has been for three years," the Republican National Committee co-chair told Fox News' Sean Hannity, adding that she would "love to serve the people of Florida." Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) also endorsed the idea of Lara Trump's appointment. And CBS News' Scott MacFarlane posted to the social media platform Bluesky that Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is also reportedly on board.

READ MORE:GOP senator suggests Trump's daughter-in-law take Marco Rubio's Senate seat

Ric Grenell, who was Trump's acting Director of National Intelligence in his first administration, was thought to be a front-runner to helm the State Department before the news of Rubio's appointment was made public. Tara Palmieri of Puck News tweeted that DeSantis was not in the loop, and learned about Florida's senior U.S. senator being nominated as the nation's potential next top diplomat while he was on vacation in Italy.

Trump tapping Rubio to head the State Department is particularly noteworthy given that they were bitter rivals in the 2016 Republican presidential primary. In a debate, Rubio took a jab at the size of Trump's hands, implying that the billionaire reality TV star was small elsewhere. This led Trump to say there was "no problem" with the size of any of his body parts.

Political strategist and columnist Cheri Jacobus, who is a former communications staffer for the RNC, offered one potential explanation for Rubio's appointment to one of the most high-ranking Cabinet positions — "to open the seat for his daughter-in-law."

"I think that may be the main reason Trump picked Rubio," Jacobus wrote on Bluesky.

READ MORE:Lara Trump says Project 2025 has 'productive' ideas that would be 'great for this country'

However, not all Republicans are as enthusiastic about the prospect of Lara Trump joining the Senate. Conservative columnist Scott Morefield called it a "bridge too far" in a post on X.

"Yes, Donald Trump should get his Cabinet picks, but the Senate pick is DeSantis’, not Trump’s," Morefield wrote. "And it would be a bad idea because it would make the seat vulnerable when election time rolls around."

Like Rubio, DeSantis is also a former Trump rival, having run a short-lived campaign for the Republican nomination in 2024. The two-term Florida governor went all-in on the Iowa Caucuses, only to come up short to Trump. He suspended his campaign shortly afterward and endorsed Trump.

Click here to read the Daily Beast's report in full (subscription required).

READ MORE:[All in the family? How Marco Rubio's Senate seat could go to a DeSantis or a Trump

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Lara and Eric Trump-backed “prophet” claims God told her the hurricanes were “man-made” and “they” will also “set off” an earthquake

Written by Eric Hananoki

Published 10/11/24 mma

“Prophet” Julie Green told followers that the Lord told her that the recent hurricanes were “all man-made” and that the weather events were deliberately created or manipulated as a form of “election interference.” She added that “they” will “set off” an earthquake at some point.

Green isn’t a random grifter: She’s connected to Trump’s inner circle and has been heavily endorsed by Eric Trump. The former president’s son told Green that she’s “so incredible,” stated that he’s saved one of her messages, called her a “warrior,” and thanked her for their “friendship.”

Green has also spoken with Republican National Committee co-Chair Lara Trump, who told Green that she was “so honored” to be on her podcast. She also said: “On behalf of our whole family, thank you for all of the prayers, thank you for believing in my father-in-law, and for fighting alongside of us.”

During a recent podcast appearance, Green — as she does — pushed far-right conspiracy theories while telling people what “the Lord had talked about” regarding the country, including that the Lord supposedly said that the recent hurricanes were “deliberate,” “man-made,” and “another form of election interference”:

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JULIE GREEN: This is exactly one of the things that the Lord had talked about. I have to get out which prophecy it was. I think it was the one from yesterday or Monday. He was talking about how this is the same thing as Maui. This is all on purpose. This is all done for complete devastation. And one of the things that He actually had on there and I have to — I'll look it up, of which one it was because I have several of them pulled up here again.

But He said it was blatant. It was deliberate. What happened in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and those really hard areas, those areas were hit for a specific reason. And again, this is all man-made. All of the stuff, we know they can modify weather, and they're doing this on purpose. This is another form — and I hate to say this, but it's so true. This is what the Lord was saying. It's another form of election interference. This is another form to weaken people, to destroy people more, it’s more to get us to the point where we are so broken spiritually, physically, financially that we will not fight them back. This is another tactic and a strategy of war.

Green then said that California would soon experience an earthquake so “they” can “bury us financially and get ourselves over burdened and way down and so broken and devastated that we will just accept anything they do from here on out.”

JULIE GREEN: California, the Lord had given me prophetic word, and it's an earthquake — is what my understanding is, that He said something will be “set off.” It doesn't say it's going to “go off.” He said it will be “set off.” So if they can make hurricanes, they can also set off, well, an earthquake. So this is something that we're — and I don't know where all the hurricanes are at. It's not really surprising me that they are doing this because God said it was going to be the darkest before the dawning, and people — I don't think they realize what all that entails.

That also means all this historic, unprecedented hurricanes, these storms or whatever, and that is to bury us financially and get ourselves over burdened and way down and so broken and devastated that we will just accept anything they do from here on out. Or they can put us in like an emergency state where, “Oh, well, I'm sorry. Right now there's so many things going on. We just cannot hold elections.”

Numerous Trump allies have promoted the conspiracy theory that Hurricane Helene may have been controlled or manipulated, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Georgia GOP official Kandiss Taylor, Veterans for America First official Lucretia Hughes, Trump event organizer Clay Clark, and commentator Wayne Allyn Root.

And two other pro-MAGA “prophets,” Lance Wallnau and Hank Kunneman, similarly suggested that God said the hurricanes were unnatural and election interference.

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The good, the bad, and the ugly of Sunday morning political shows’ coverage of Hurricane Helene misinformation

Impacted states are pleading for bad actors to stop spreading deliberate misinformation

Special ProgramsClimate & Energy

Written by Allison Fisher

Published 10/07/24 mma

Misinformation related to the ongoing response to Hurricane Helene, which has created widespread devastation across six states and left at least 232 dead, is disrupting relief operations, and a number of local and state officials are calling on bad actors and the Trump campaign to stop spreading the lies.

The Sunday morning political shows attempted to address this hurricane misinformation with varying degrees of success. With the exception of Fox News Sunday, all the shows rightly pointed out the threat misinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories pose to the response efforts while flagging some of the most prevalent lies polluting these efforts.

The most prevalent misinformation has centered on the distribution of Federal Emergency Management Agency aid, specifically the false claims that federal assistance is limited to $750 per affected individual and that FEMA funds are lacking due to spending on immigrant assistance. Bad actors have also pushed an overarching falsehood that the response has been a failure.

Both ABC and CBS hosted good-faith actors who debunked the falsehoods while also confirming that the federal efforts have been strong. CNN and NBC hosted bad actors who refused to acknowledge the misinformation and continued to push the false claim that the federal efforts have been a failure even in the face of repeated fact checks by the anchors.

Even though the misinformation appears to be constructed to attack the response of the Biden-Harris administration, none of the networks provided the context that former president Trump has a track record of doing what he accused the federal government of, such as withholding hurricane disaster relief to North Carolina and Puerto Rico allegedly for political reasons or the recent revelations that Trump “refused to approve disaster aid for California after deadly wildfires in 2018 because of the state’s Democratic leanings.”

Material to misinformation around the adequacy of FEMA funds is the fact that Republicans, just days before Hurricane Helene made landfall, voted down additional FEMA funds requested by the White House, and House Speaker Mike Johnson has declined Biden’s request to convene Congress to consider a special relief package for impacted states. However, these facts were also absent from the coverage.

The good: ABC, CBS focused on misinformation and officials’ explanations that it can hamper recovery efforts

ABC’s *This Week* foregrounded an interview with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell by reporting that “in North Carolina, they are still working to survey the damage and to reach survivors as a wave of misinformation from the former president and his allies hampers the recovery effort.”

They added: … “In the wake of Trump's various claims, FEMA launching an anti-rumor tool this week to combat those messages, with local officials calling on people to ignore online falsehoods. … Law enforcement is monitoring threats towards public officials prompted by disinformation and conspiracy theories, including specific individuals linked to FEMA and other recovery agencies.”

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CitationFrom the October 6, 2024, edition of ABC's This Week

In the interview, ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos asked Criswell whether they had the resources they needed. She responded:

“Absolutely, George. We, again, we moved resources in before this storm happened. We embedded our staff in the state to work side by side so we could quickly employ those resources to where they were needed, and as we continue to see how long we're going to have to provide this level of sustained support, we will continue to do that.”

Criswell also lamented about the misinformation that “we're putting politics ahead of helping people,” while emphasizing the danger. “I need to make sure I can get the resources to where they’re needed, and when you have this dangerous rhetoric like you're hearing, it creates fear in our own employees,” she said.

On CBS’*Face the Nation*, moderator Margaret Brennan reported that a North Carolina state senator had been “posting on Facebook asking people to stop conspiracy theory junk” and asked Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), “Who or what is fueling that kind of misinformation and do you think it is harming recovery efforts?” He responded in part:

“Many of the observations are not even from people on the ground. I believe that we have to stay focused on rescue operations, recovery operations, clearing operations, and we don't need any of these distractions on the ground. It’s at the expense of the hard-working first responders and people that are just trying to recover their life.”

Brennan also questioned Tillis on the misinformation that Trump and others in right-wing media are spreading, such as falsely claiming that money intended for hurricane relief was being diverted to immigrants.

Tillis expressed disapproval of the administration’s border policy but capitulated that it was not impacting the hurricane response, saying: “We have the resources that we need. We're going to have to go back and pass more resources. We could have a discussion about the failure of this administration's border policies and the billions of dollars it’s costing. But right now, not yet is it affecting the flow of resources to Western North Carolina.”

“It has not been a factor, to be clear,” Brennan emphasized.

### The bad: CNN, NBC brought on Trump campaign spokesperson Lara Trump and Sen. Tom Cotton, and both spread misinformation

On CNN’s State of the Union, anchor Dana Bash tried to fact-check Trump’s misinformation in an interview with Lara Trump, but the Trump campaign spokesperson persisted in her false claims.

Bash brought up specific misinformation spread by the right-wing media and Trump, including that “FEMA is only offering $750 to Americans who have had their homes destroyed.”

“That's not true,” she clarified. “He's also echoing conspiracy theorists online who falsely claimed that the administration is redirecting disaster money for undocumented immigrants.”

In response, Trump doubled down on the false claims and repeatedly insisted that there is a relationship between the migrant crisis and the hurricane response, falsely claiming, “You have migrants being housed in luxury hotels in New York City. We have paid so much money from our tax dollars into the crisis that didn't need to happen. We could redirect money to help people immediately on the ground.”

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CitationFrom the October 6, 2024, edition of CNN's State of the Union

While Bash repeatedly fact-checked Trump’s response, she still provided a platform for the Trump campaign to push hurricane response lies and create the impression that the federal government’s relief efforts have been lacking.

Similarly, on NBC’s*Meet the Press* anchor Kristen Welker questioned Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) about hurricane misinformation, stating, “We know former President Trump has made, quite frankly, a series of baseless claims, including that the Biden administration is intentionally withholding aid from where Republicans live, also saying that FEMA funds are being redirected to migrants. Both those claims have been debunked. They’re false.”

Cotton twice claimed that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is calling the response “lackluster,” even after Welker corrected that Kemp “said we got what we needed.”

Cotton also falsely claimed that it took days to deploy helicopters and claimed that “there's not enough money left in the fund” while suggesting that the reason is because billions of dollars have been spent to put up migrants “in hotels and give them room service and maids.”

Welker fact-checked his response, saying, “Those funds are coming from a different federal fund, not from disaster relief, just to be clear. And what DHS Secretary Mayorkas said is that it has the money it needs for now, but not necessarily through the end of the year for future hurricanes.” But Cotton doubled down, saying:

“It is true that FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security have been spending billions of dollars on migrants. … I would note that this administration seems to have no problem finding money when they want to spend it on their priorities. When they need hundreds of billions to pay off student loans for graduate students in gender studies programs, they somehow find it. When it's trying to get helicopters to deliver food and water and cellular service and life-saving medicine into the mountain valleys, they somehow can't seem to find the money.”

Welker reiterated that the funds are different and that millions have already been distributed to those impacted.

In his newsletter, media critic Oliver Darcy asked about Cotton, “Why do news networks continue to invite the dishonest GOP senator on to abuse their platforms in the first place?”

Darcy was referring to Cotton continuing to lie about the 2020 election, but the point stands for his refusal to set the record straight on FEMA funding as well. Darcy went on to add:

As Jake Tapper — who also recently invited Cotton on his program — said years ago in the aftermath of the insurrection, “If you’re willing to lie about [the election], what else are you willing to lie about? And why should my viewers listen to you?”

### The ugly: Fox News Sunday glossed over misinformation and aired an inaccurate Trump statement without context

Fox News Sunday’scoverage of Hurricane Helene failed to cover the ongoing issue of misinformation altogether, instead focusing on the two presidential candidates’ recent comments on recovery efforts, reporting that Vice President Kamala Harris returned this week to North Carolina and “pledged ongoing federal support” and “former President Trump has said the current administration has done a lousy job.”

The show punctuated the statement with a clip of Trump saying: “They are doing the worst job on a hurricane than any administration has ever done.”

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CitationFrom the October 6, 2024, edition of Fox News Sunday

This is false: While the storm, made worse by climate change, is among the most deadly to hit the United States mainland, the response started even before the storm made landfall and is ongoing.

The Biden administration has approvedfederal assistance for multiple states, including Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia, and Georgia. On September 29, the White House released an updated fact sheet detailing the administration's “continued response efforts to Hurricane Helene,” noting that tens of thousands of state and federal personnel are helping victims across several states. This includes 50,000 personnel helping to fix power outages, 3,300 personnel allocating federal resources and helping with search and rescue operations, and 200 medical responders providing health services.

On October 2, Biden approved deployment of up to 1,000 active-duty soldiers to support the delivery of food, water, and other critical commodities to impacted communities.

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July 31, 2024, edition of Lara Trump's *The Right View: Wanted for Questioning

LARA TRUMP (HOST): My goodness. What a mess we are in right now. How about the crime? How about the crime all over the place? I, you know, I lived in New York City for a long time and thank goodness Eric and I moved our family to Florida because I think all the time, like my gosh, imagine I was raising my kids in New York City right now. It's terrifying to go in New York as an adult, let alone take my kids around in New York City, have them live there, go to school there. No one should feel like that in America. And unfortunately a lot of people do.

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:{:{:{A collection of GOP-aligned organizations are already hard at work planning to make it harder for predominantly Democratic constituencies to cast their ballots this November.:}:

:{:{:{According to a Wednesday report in tech publication Wired, groups like True The Vote, the Election Integrity Network, Check My Vote and the Nevada-based Pig Pen Project are planning to blitz urban voting precincts in some of the more competitive battleground states this November like Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. This initiative is likely to create headaches for voters who may show up to their polling place this fall only to find that their registration was removed due to challenges from one or more of these groups}:

:{:{:{“These groups and the broader election denial movement have been building these structures, building these projects, over the course of many, many months and years, in preparation for this moment,}::{” Brendan Fischer, who is the deputy executive director at Docu}:

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:{:{:{A collection of GOP-aligned organizations are already hard at work planning to make it harder for predominantly Democratic constituencies to cast their ballots this November}:

:{:{:{According to a Wednesday report in tech publication Wired, groups like True The Vote, the Election Integrity Network, Check My Vote and the Nevada-based Pig Pen Project are planning to blitz urban voting precincts in some of the more competitive battleground states this November like Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. This initiative is likely to create headaches for voters who may show up to their polling place this fall only to find that their registration was removed due to challenges from one or more of these groups}:

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:{:{:{“These groups and the broader election denial movement have been building these structures, building these projects, over the course of many, many months and years, in preparation for this moment,:Brendan Fischer, who is the deputy executive director at Documented, told Wired. “:{And the pieces are finally falling into place, where they can begin to file these mass challenges for voter eligibility.”:(}:

:{:{:{READ MORE:Lara Trump says Republicans plan to 'strike' at 'major polling locations' and 'hit things'}:

:{:{:{"Staffing poll observers, both during early voting and on election day, in addition to mass voter challenges, in addition to conducting citizen research about election conspiracy theories, these are all priorities for them," he added}:

:{:{:{:{Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chair Lara Trump — who is former President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law — has previously hinted at a well-funded infrastructure put in place to both challenge voter eligibility and to challenge election results themselves. During a Fox Business interview in May, Lara Trump told host Maria Bartiromo that the RNC is ready to engage in a campaign of mass disruption in the weeks following the November election.:(}:

:{:{:{:{"We plan on having attorneys in all of these major polling locations across the country," she said. "We can't wait to litigate something weeks after it has happened. We need to strike at a moment's notice. We want people there on the ready to hit things and hit the ground running when they happen so that we are never seeing 2020 happen ever again}:

:{:{:{Pennsylvania Secretary of State press secretary Matt Heckel told Wired that election officials are already constantly working to keep voter lists accurate and up to date, saying that 400,000 registrations were removed in 2023 due to regular list maintenance. He warned that a wave of superfluous challenges from outside groups would only add to what is already a considerable workload.:(}:

:{:{:{READ MORE:['Carry that with me for the rest of my life': PA election worker lives under constant threat](https://www.alternet.org/election-workers-constant-threats}:

:{:{:{"Challenges which seek to remove voters on the basis of unverified information or a timeline inconsistent with federal law will lead to disenfranchisement, unnecessary litigation, and a harassing diversion of already-stretched county resources," Heckel told Wired.:(}:

:{:{:{After losing the 2020 election, former President Trump filed more than 60 legal challenges to election results in various states. He lost all but one of those challenges, and the sole victory involved a negligible number of mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania that were rejected on a technicality. Those ballots did not have an impact on the final tally}:

:{:{:{READ MORE:[Election workers 'scared to death' of threats from 'volatile' conspiracy theorists in 2024](https://www.alternet.org/election-workers-scared}:

{Click here to read Wired's report in full (subscription required).

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These are the companies paying to advertise on RNC co-chair Lara Trump's podcast

WRITTEN BY JACINA HOLLINS-BORGES

PUBLISHED 06/18/24

On her podcast, RNC co-chair Lara Trump maintains a collection of conservative-branded utility, doomsday prep, and supplement company sponsors. Throughout her show, Trump has promoted election denial and conspiracy theories which claim that Democrats will try to steal the 2024 election.

In the 41 episodes between March 8, when she was elected co-chair, and June 12, Lara did ad reads for the following 8 sponsors: Association of Mature American Citizens, Patriot Mobile, MyPillow, Swiss America, Balance of Nature, ReadyWise, UpWellness, and Googipet.

The Association of Mature American Citizens — whose advocacy arm, AMAC Action, is a Project 2025 partner — publishes content to persuade members that the 2024 election will be stolen partially because of “universal mail-in voting,” a method that Trump has been trying to persuade skeptical Republican voters can now be trusted. Trump advertised for AMAC 16 times in this period.

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CitationScreenshot of the April 4, 2024, edition of The Right View

Patriot Mobile is a Christian nationalist cell phone service provider with ties to figures who promote the “Seven Mountain Mandate,” or “the belief that Christians are called on to dominate the seven key ‘mountains’ of American life, including business, media, government and education.” Trump advertised for Patriot Mobile in all episodes, or 41 times, in this period.

Still of Lara Trump next to Patriot Mobile logo and above discount code

CitationScreenshot of the May 7, 2024, edition of The Right View

MyPillow is owned by election denier and Trump ally Mike Lindell, who is currently in the throes of two defamation lawsuits from voting machine companies Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems. Trump advertised for MyPillow 29 times in this period.

Still of Lara Trump next to MyPillow logo

CitationScreenshot of the May 9, 2024, edition of The Right View

Swiss America is a gold and silver trading company, for which Trump promotes “The Secret War on Cash,” a report warning consumers about Democrat lawmakers supposedly pushing for a “digital dollar that could allow the government to tell us what we can and cannot buy,” and teaching them how to protect themselves from such “threats facing our freedom and your hard-earned money.” Trump advertised for Swiss America 27 times in this period.

Still of Lara Trump above Swiss America logo

CitationScreenshot of the March 26, 2024, edition of The Right View

Balance of Nature is a supplement company. During the COVID-19 pandemic, advertising watchdog Truth in Advertising filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission that the company was falsely claiming that its products could prevent coronavirus infection. Trump advertised for Balance of Nature 9 times in the allotted period.

Still of Lara Trump above the Balance of Nature logo

CitationScreenshot of the March 28, 2024, edition of The Right View

ReadyWise is an emergency food kit company. Trump advertised for it 12 times in this period.

Still of Lara Trump next to ReadyWise logo and discount code

CitationScreenshot of the June 5, 2024, edition of The Right View

UpWellness is a supplement company. Trump advertised for it 11 times in this period.

Still of Lara Trump next to UpWellness logo and discount code

CitationScreenshot of the May 29, 2024, edition of The Right View

Googipet is a dog-oriented supplement company. Trump advertised for it 17 times in this period.

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Lara Trump calls on Steve Bannon's War Room audience to join the RNC's “election integrity team”

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UFC figures have found a home for their bigotry and conspiracy theories in right-wing media

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On her podcast, Lara Trump claims Democrats are trying to “sway the election and rig it in every single state”

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RNC co-chair Lara Trump invites conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec on her podcast to push election denial

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Lara Trump’s RNC blasts 2020 election fraud lies via voter robocall campaign: report - Alternet.org

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'Hot water all around': Ex-federal prosecutor says Trump’s Michigan call 'almost certainly' a crime - Alternet.org

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* ## Lara Trump has been named co-chair of the Republican National Committee and is preparing to give the Trump campaign the party’s full material support

* ## Lara Trump undermined COVID-19 mask mandates and promoted taking hydroxychloroquine as a cure

* ## Lara Trump has attacked trans people and spread conspiracy theories about litter boxes in classrooms

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  1. ### Fox News contributor Lara Trump repeatedly lied and misled about 2020 election results

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  1. ### Fox contributor Lara Trump says the COVID vaccine has been about controlling people “from day one”07/13/21

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Clay Clark is a far-right conspiracy theorist who has been organizing “ReAwaken America” rallies where various election, COVID-19, and QAnon conspiracy theorists are brought together in churches to spread their disinformation all over the nation.

Clark’s events are a nonstop cavalcade of outlandish conspiracy theories and violent rhetoric mixed with aggressive Christian nationalism. For For example, during a recent event at one of former President Donald Trump’s properties in Florida, aself-proclaimed “prophet” named Amanda Grace warned about the dangers posed by technologically advanced “mermaids and water people.[patr takes twt vid mermaid hand to hand ; gt reawak vs gt reset; protect wealth fron inflation grift[]

speaking alongside Grace at this event were Eric and Lara Trump,and Clark recently bragged that through his ReAwaken America event, he has been able to connect Trump”s “inner circle” to prophets like Grace.

During an appearance on the Elijah Streams network last Wednesday, Clark reported that he has been successful in his effort to directly connect with Trump and has been working to ensure that Trump will be “surrounded by both prophets and pastors” if he is reelected to the White House.

“I had dinner with Devin [Nunes],”:{ Clark }reported:{. “He loves our country. He loves Jesus. He’s backstage at the ReAwaken America tour. … I want the prophets, the patriots, and the pastors all to be connected. So, Amanda Grace is backstage talking to Devin Nunes. }:Lara Trump—Eric’s wife—:{she openly describes the battle that we’re facing right now is a spiritual battle, which is a far cry from the secular right that doesn’t want to talk about God.”}:

Clark then noted that Trump had called into the event to promise disgraced his former disgraced national security adviser Michael Flynn a high-level position in his next administration. Flynn himself is a far-right conspiracy theorist who has developed close ties to Clark and has consistently been a speaker at Clark’s events.

Clark hailed Trump’s participation as further evidence that the former president is embracing the radical activists whom Clark has brought together for his ReAwaken America events.

“Trump’s inner circle is embracing the prophets,” Clark said. “It was great to see Eric Trump, find Amanda Grace, call her out by name, give her a hug, ‘How are you doing?,’ introduce her to his wife. That’s the kind of stuff that needs to be happening because if Trump is to return into the White House—and I believe he’s going to—we are going to need to make sure he is surrounded by both prophets and pastors that aren’t afraid to work together.[vid]

while it is deeply disturbing that the Trump family has embraced Clay and his cavalcade of extremists, Clay can’t take exclusive credit for introducing Trump to the world of right-wing dominionist “prophets,” “apostles,” and “spiritual warriors.” Right Wing Watch exhaustively documented the close mutual embrace of Trump and Christian nationalist prophets during his 2016 run for Congress and throughout his administration, where Trump spiritual adviser Paula White used her White House job as a platform for nurturing those relationships, denouncing Trump’s political opponents as demonic, and decreeing that God would intervene to keep Trump in office after his reelection defeat.

Tags: Amanda Grace Clay Clark Devin Nunes Donald Trump ReAwaken America

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What To Know About The 'Women For Trump' Coalition Led By Lara Trump

BY ROSE MINUTAGLIO

JUL 30, 2019

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At a casino resort in the Philadelphia suburb of King of Prussia this month, Lara Trump revealed the launch of "Women for Trump," a coalition dedicated to rallying female voters in support of the president as he seeks reelection in 2020.

"Is your life better now than it was before Donald Trump got elected?" Lara, the president's daughter-in-law, asked the crowd of several hundred. "Do you have a little more money in your bank account? Did you get a break on your tax return this year?"

The women-led group is the latest iteration of female loyalists banding together to support Trump (remember the Trumpettes?), and it's packed with a strange mix of activists, fringe entertainers, and problematic politicians.

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Lara Trump at the launch of the Women for Trump coalition on July 16.

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What is the coalition?

According to Hannah Castillo, the director of coalitions for Tump's 2020 campaign, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., Women for Trump is a, "national effort to mobilize and empower women who support President Trump to help get the message of 'Promises Made. Promises Kept' into their communities across America."

“From public safety to economic opportunity, women have directly benefitted from President Trump’s policies,” Castillo says in a press release. She adds, "Unemployment for women is at its lowest level in over 65 years, and nearly 3.1 million new jobs have been added for women since January 2017. The strong support by women across the country will ensure a second term for the President.”

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Female supporters at the Women for Trump coalition kickoff in King of Prussia.

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Lara Tramp is spearheading it.

In a statement to Newsweek, the president's daughter-in-law and senior advisor for his 2020 campaign said, "Because of President Trump's policies, women have seen large gains in employment numbers, in securing our communities and most importantly in equipping the next generation of female leaders. 'Women for Trump' will not only highlight the President's clear record of success during his first term but will share a vision of empowerment and prosperity for every person in every corner of our country."

Who's in the coalition?

A bizarre jumble of Trumpworld influencers, activists, relatives of conservative commentators—and even a former Miss World America pageant contestant.

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The Women for Trump website shows a 36-member board that includes Danielle D’Souza Gill (daughter of conservative filmmaker and political commentator DineshD’Souza), vloggers Diamond and Silk, Christian podcaster Cissie GrahamLynch (daughter of Christian evangelist Franklin Graham), Clueless star Stacey Dash,Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece Alveda King,and former Pussycat Dolls member Kaya Jones. Jones is also in the National Diversity Coalition for Trump as the Native American Ambassador, despite no confirmation of any Native ancestry for the singer.

Several other prominent relatives of high-ranking politicians are in the coalition, like Ben Carson's daughter-in-law Merlynn Carson and Debbie Meadows, wife of Freedom Caucus Chair Mark Meadows.

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Kathy Zhu, the controversial ex-beauty queen and University of Michigan student, was named to the coalition's advisory board in a tweet from Team Trump calling her, "a patriot who has continued to stand for American values despite being stripped of her crown."

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Zhu relinquished her Miss Michigan title when Miss World America dismissed the Twitter commentary as, "offensive, insensitive and inappropriate."

In a since-deleted tweet, the 20-year-old recalled visiting a Muslim Student Association booth celebrating World Hijab Day at the University of Michigan. According to USA Today, the tweet read, "There is a 'try a hijab on' booth at my college campus. So you're telling me that it's now just a fashion accessory and not a religious thing? Or are you just trying to get women used to being oppressed under Islam?"

In another controversial tweet, she wrote, "Did you know that the majority of black deaths are caused by other blacks? Fix problems within your own community first before blaming others."

Several big-name politicians are also in the group.

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Described by The New York Times as "unfailingly loyal to Trump," Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel was at the launch of the coalition in Pennsylvania on July 16.

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Listed on the coalition's advisory board is former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who declined to probe Trump University shortly after her reelection PAC received a $25,000 check from Trump. According to Slate, several other female politicians sit on the board, including:

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Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is best known for signing a draconian immigration bill into law in 2010, and former New Hampshire state legislator Lynne Blankenbeker made national news when she joked in an email about using military weapons against “the unions.” Board member Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh, a longtime sheriff in Pennsylvania, has presided over multiple controversies including liking a Facebook post suggesting white supremacists are less threatening than Black Lives Matters supporters, and auctioning off an AR-15 as a fundraiser.

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The coalition even has merchandise for sale.

Because, of course it does. There are pink hats, signs, shirts, and bumper stickers for sale that say, "Women for Trump."

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Rose is a Staff Writer at ELLE.com covering culture, news, and women's issues.

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Trump campaign unveils snowflake-destroyer-machine for holiday gatherings — and invites a deluge of mockery

Written by Eoin Higgins / Common Dreams December 24, 2019

President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign on Tuesday launched a new website to help supporters win arguments with family members over the holidays, providing tips and talking points to help to right-wingers facing off against “liberal relatives” encountered at potentially hostile family gatherings in the coming days.

Trump supporters can go to SnowflakeVictory.com and see such luminaries of the right-wing as Katrina Pierson and Lara Trump set to soaring background music. Topics covered include impeachment, the economy, and Joe Biden.

For example, the site offers a blistering takedown of “Big Government Socialism” in this video:

Reaction to the site, which went live late Tuesday morning, was wildly enthusiastic from Trump supporters while progressives ridiculed the effort.

“We know that at Christmas and holiday time, there’s always that liberal snowflake relative who starts an argument and then runs and hides,” tweeted Brad Parscale, Trump’s campaign manager. “This year, don’t let them get away with it.” [IS IT WOLFF WHO SEZ TURKEY NOT APPORTIONED BY HIGHEST BIDDER?]

Democratic strategist Mo Elleithee had a different take.

“Nothing says Merry Christmas like hurling insults at relatives,” said Elleithee.

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Micah Rasmussen, director of Rider University’s Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics, tweeted his disapproval.

“Ruining Christmas one family at a time,” said Rasmussen.

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Trump’s re-election campaign has been producing news-style videos featuring numerous media figures, including commentators for CNN and Fox News.

The president’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump has been hosting the video series “Real News,” which includes guest interviews and campaign propaganda. The videos, which are posted on the president's Facebook page and carry “paid for by Donald J. Trump for president” disclaimers, ask viewers to sign up for mobile alerts from the campaign, a list-building activity that the 2020 campaign can use to raise money and organize get-out-the vote activities.

The Hollywood Reporter’s Jeremy Barr reported on March 19 that conservative commentators and sisters Diamond and Silk appeared in a recent video with Lara Trump. Fox News attempted to distance itself from the campaign video by stating that Diamond and Silk “license short weekly videos to Fox Nation – they are not Fox News contributors or employees. When they appear on FNC and FBN, they do so as guests." That explanation contradictsFox News’ own identifications of the two as “Fox News Channel contributors,” “Fox Nation contributors,” and “Fox Nation hosts.”  

Regardless of Diamond and Silk’s employment classification, several Fox News contributors have appeared in Trump campaign videos with Lara Trump. They include Deneen Borelli, Alveda King, David Bossie, and Mike Huckabee.

CNN analysts have also appeared in Trump campaign videos despite the president’s frequent trashing of the network as “fake news.”

[pix]CNN's David Urban and Stephen Moore with Lara Trump. 

David Urban is a CNN commentator who previously worked as a paid consultant for Trump’s 2016 campaign.During a March Trump video appearance, the campaign identified him as the president of American Continental Group, a major lobbying firm that lobbies the Trump administration and Congress on a variety of issues. (Urban has used his CNN gig to specifically push a lobbying client and its interests without disclosing the connection to viewers.)

In that video, which did not mention his CNN role, Urban spoke like a Trump surrogate. The Republican commentator, who directed Trump's 2016 operation in Pennyslvania, said that “Pennsylvania is always a tough state to win. I predict, I'll say it here again, I think we’re going to win in 2020. It’s going to be close, but we’re going to win, the president’s going to put the time in; you know, we’re going to work hard and we’re going to win. I have no doubt that he will win in 2020 in Pennsylvania." He also lied about the Green New Deal, claiming that “you’re not going to have a car; forget, you know, no cows ever again.” (Urban’s firm does lobbying work on behalf of oil and gas interests.)

At the conclusion of the video, Lara Trump thanked Urban for “the job you do every single day out there fighting for the president. You really do an incredible job, and we are so lucky to have you.” Urban responded by saying that he loves President Trump and relayed that people tell him, “You may not hear it on the mainstream media, but we really like” the president. Urban also appeared in a June 2018 video and touted Trump ahead of the then-upcoming midterm elections.

Stephen Moore is a senior economics analyst for CNN who advises Trump (during a recent appearance, CNN described Moore as “an informal White House adviser”). He has made several appearances on Trump’s video program and promoted Trump’s economic message.

Other media commentators who have appeared in the Trump campaign’s videos include Fox 5 DC host, Daily Caller video columnist, and Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Stephanie Hamill; Talking Point USA’s Candace Owens; conservative troll Dinesh D’Souza; and Trump sycophant Bill Mitchell.

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