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11/05/25
Throughout President Donald Trump’s second term, podcaster Megyn Kelly has repeatedly used The Megyn Kelly Showto target marginalized communities, including Muslims, Black women, immigrants, and trans people. Now, SiriusXM is giving her an even larger platform to spread hateful rhetoric and take aim at anyone she opposes.
Kelly is stepping up her partnership with SiriusXM
- Megyn Kelly has worked with SiriusXM since 2021, when she launched her radio show.The Hollywood Reporter noted that she renewed that deal in 2023. The Hollywood Reporter, [10/9/25]
- Kelly kicked off her new SiriusXM channel,The Megyn Kelly Channel, on November 4, 2025. According to a SiriusXM press release, “The new deal extends the successful relationship that has made 'The Megyn Kelly Show' one of the platform’s most successful political and cultural programs.” SiriusXM, [10/9/25]
- This multi-year deal promises to further boost Kelly's influence in the podcast space through collaboration with other pundits.Channel 111 will air The Megyn Kelly Showand Kelly's morning program AM Updatealongside contributions from Maureen Callahan, Mark Halperin, Link Lauren, and Emily Jashinsky, all of whom already work within Kelly's MK Media network. The channel will also feature figures from The Jesse Kelly Show and RealClear Politicswho have appeared on Kelly's show in the past. According to Kelly, additional shows will be added in the coming months. Variety, [10/9/25; Twitter/X, 10/31/25; The Daily Mail, 11/3/25; Sirius XM, 11/4/25]
- ## Megyn Kelly has pushed Islamophobic rhetoric, associating Islam with violence and terrorism and calling the U.S. “a Christian nation”
- Kelly pushed a narrative popular with the British right about a “rape crisis in the U.K.” perpetrated by “Muslim immigrants” targeting “young white English girls.”Kelly said, “We've been watching the rape crisis in the U.K., and largely perpetrated by these Muslim immigrants." She continued, “Foreigners were convicted of up to 23% of the sex crimes happening in the U.K., per the Ministry of Justice statistics there. So they don't make up 23% of the population yet, but they're committing 23% of the sex crimes. … And there was just a huge scandal that broke last spring of all these, like, foreign nationals who are in the U.K. who are raping young girls and getting away with it. Like the whole system was covering up for them because they didn’t want to confront the uncomfortable fact that these were brown and Black men raping young white English girls.” The Guardian, [9/2/25; SiriusXM, The Megyn Kelly Show,10/14/25]
- Kelly said that Islam is “inconsistent with our fundamental values” and defended being an “Islamophobe.”Kelly insisted, “One thing we don't want here in America is a ton more Muslims immigrating into the United States. Sorry, but we don't.” She continued, “And that business about Islamophobia being used as though it's an accusation of racism is important. It's OK. I think it's fine. Islamophobia, what does that mean? I don't want actual Islam, like the deep tenants of Islam, taking over my country because it's inconsistent with our fundamental values as a people. That's fine. If that makes me an Islamophobe, great. OK. Then I am. I don't care.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [10/14/25, 10/14/25]
- Kelly called America “a Christian nation” while criticizing New York City then-mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. Kelly said, “Why don't you [Andrew Cuomo] look over at him and say, I don't have to go visit a mosque, alright? I live in America. It's a Christian nation. I'm fine with Muslims, but I certainly don't need to go and listen to Allahu akbar while people are on their knees five times a day in order to run this city.” She continued, “This is the guy who this video came out during the course of the campaign of him eating rice with his hands.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [10/17/25 10/17/25]
- Kelly later called Mamdani a “terror-loving candidate” who she “actually believe[s] doesn't give a shit that we were attacked by Muslim terrorists on 9/11.”Kelly said, “This guy scares me, and it's not just because he happens to be Muslim." She continued, “Islam is not consistent with our Western lifestyle or values, and I am not in favor of all of these hard Muslim representatives taking over as mayors in our cities. I'm not. It's one thing if you're a Muslim who wants to assimilate, you want to become much more like an American citizen. It's quite another if you have traditional Muslim views, which see women as subjugated, which don't believe in free speech, which do believe in merging the state and religion. And by the way, the religion is not a great one, sorry. And that's Zohran Mamdani.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, 10/22/25*,* [10/22/25,10/22/25]
- Kelly said that the “department on Middle East studies” at Columbia University seemed like “the place you go to learn jihad.” Kelly said of Trump, “Then there's Columbia University, where he went in and said, this is a hotbed of antisemitism. You guys are out of control." She continued, “You need us to take over your weird department on Middle East studies, which seems to be, like, the place you go to learn jihad, and we need to take that over, and a bunch of other things.” [SiriusXM, The Megyn Kelly Show, 3/24/25]
- ## Kelly has made racist comments about people of color, particularly Black women, belittled DEI, and targeted Democratic cities with significant minority populations
- Kelly said that “a lot of Black women” in positions of power “have ascended to these positions on very thin credentials.” Kelly named Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook as an example, claiming that she had “DEI-ed her way” into her position at the Fed. SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [9/2/25]
- Kelly has repeatedly belittled prominent Black women who attended Ivy League universities, including Michelle Obama, Kamala Harris, and Joy Reid.Kelly said that Obama “did not have the scores — another way of saying it would be brainpower, it is an aptitude test — to get into Princeton on her own, that they had to lower the standards for her, and they were willing to do that because of the color of her skin.” She continued, “The color of her skin is the reason she got into Princeton and got a lifetime of advantages that she's still living high on the hog from.” Kelly added, “Joy Reid went to Harvard. I mean, that's all you really need to know about what a farce affirmative action is.” While attacking Kamala Harris in another episode, Kelly asked, “Are they not very smart at Howard? I'm sorry. I, like, what's wrong with the girls at Howard? Can't they do math?” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [10/17/25, 10/17/25, 9/30/25]
- Kelly complained that “you can't say anything that is in any way critical of a minority racial group, especially Blacks in America.”SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show,*[7/28/25]
- Kelly called Obama-appointed federal judges “absolute idiots” who were hired because of their “DEI profile.” Kelly said, “I mean, we saw all these DEI hires under Obama. We saw some of these confirmation hearings that get through. These judges were absolute idiots. They didn't understand anything about the Constitution, but they had the right DEI profile.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [2/13/25]
- Kelly called the late George Floyd a “derelict career criminal.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [9/10/25]
- Kelly justified a National Guard presence in Chicago by saying “Blacks are killing other Blacks and Hispanics like it's going out of style” and called Baltimore “absolutely disgusting.”Kelly said, “And my only question in watching Trump talk about this today was, how about the other cities? Because New York is practically still in my backyard. … Baltimore is absolutely disgusting. … Chicago and its murder rate on the South Side where Blacks are killing other Blacks and Hispanics like it's going out of style, the left never says a word about it.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*,[8/11/25]
- :{:{Kelly said, “We're over the stupid ‘end racism’ Black national anthem nonsense in the NFL," calling it “utter bullshit.” Complaining about the NFL playing the Black national anthem before a game, Kelly said, “It really is kind of amazing we're still dealing with this utter bullshit five years after George Floyd.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [9/5/25]}:
- ## Kelly has ranted about immigration, complaining that the United States is being “overrun with foreigners”
- Kelly raged at migrants, saying, “My god, get out, go home. Why are we so overrun with foreigners? Like, we need to have a country again.”SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [8/25/25]
- Kelly said that “illegal immigrants” are “big fans of exploiting, raping, molesting children as a rule.”Kelly said, “These guys always have crimes against children. They're big fans of exploiting, raping, molesting children as a rule. If you're going to go collect some huge group of illegal immigrants here on Tom Homan's watch, the odds are you're going to find child sexual predators.” Sirius XM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [6/9/25]
- Kelly pushed the “great replacement” theory, arguing that immigrants from “predominantly Black and brown countries” were “diluting the votes” of “white rural voters.” Kelly said, “While the left was attacking rural whites as the problem, Joe Biden was letting in some 10 to 20 million illegals — from predominantly Black and brown countries — effectively diluting the votes of those rageful white rural voters.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [10/5/25; Media Matters, 1/12/24]
- ## Kelly has repeatedly made hateful comments about trans identity and targeted specific trans people
- Kelly claimed trans people and other culture war issues are “the road to end times” and take us back to “the fall of the Roman Empire.”She explained, “Right before the fall of the Roman Empire, the culture completely imploded with debauchery." She continued, “We're back there in some ways with, like, throuples and people trying to normalize pedophilia with the ‘minor attracted person’ label, and the cutting off of children's genitals in the name of, like, ‘equity and inclusion,’ dividing us by race, trying to make little girls boys when they're not, like, all this stuff.” [SiriusXM, The Megyn Kelly Show,7/21/25]
- Kelly compared the use of trans people’s correct pronouns to “the date rape drug” Rohypnol.“Pronouns are Rohypnol. Pronouns are Rohypnol. They want us to dull them. They want us to give our natural instincts — Rohypnol, the date rape drug, which dulls our senses, so that we won't act on all of our instincts telling us this is a man.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [5/27/25]
- Kelly insisted, “There's no question that there's an increasing trend that trans or trans-identified people are committing mass shootings or, you know, motivated at least in part by that.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [9/29/25]
- Kelly referred to trans women as “men posing as women” while discussing their inclusion in Sports Illustrated.She continued, “You know, like, people with penises in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit model.” [SiriusXM, The Megyn Kelly Show, 10/16/25]
- Kelly said “I really don’t think there’s any such thing” as transgender people. Kelly: “Transgender people, you know, so called — I honestly, I don't, I just, I really don't think there's any such thing. There's people who have gender dysphoria who say they're a sex other than the one they are.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [2/4/25]
- Kelly fearmongered about schools socially “transitioning” students “without telling the parents.”Kelly said, “Kids who express gender confusion, if you just leave them alone and you don't start socially transitioning them, or changing names, or — 90% of them plus will revert to their biological sex and forget the gender nonsense. But, what happens is these schools, without telling the parents, start transitioning them. And then they don't tell the parents anything.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [3/4/25]
- Kelly has repeatedly lobbed personal attacks against trans people.In the last year, she has repeatedly singled out specific trans people with disparaging comments, including Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), American Civil Liberties Union attorney Chase Strangio, actor Elliot Page, fencer Red Sullivan, and influencer Dylan Mulvaney. She even went so far as to suggest trans swimmer Lia Thomas was an “abomination to God.” Media Matters, [5/22/25; SiriusXM, The Megyn Kelly Show, 10/5/25]
- ## Kelly has encouraged prosecutions of perceived political enemies and fearmongered about Democrats and the left, saying “they have to suffer”
- Kelly has expressed approval of Trump targeting political enemies, saying, “It's time. I'm fucking done taking the high road. They have to suffer.” While discussing the federal investigation into Lisa Cook, Kelly said, “We're done with the excess exercise of discretion,” adding, “That's fine by me.” She continued, “We didn't prosecute Hillary Clinton. We did not go after her. We did not lock her up. We tried to take the high road. They didn't accept the olive branch.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [8/26/25; CNN, 9/25/25]
- Kelly has also repeatedly called for Trump to prosecute his political enemies.While discussing the temporary suspension of The Jimmy Kimmel Show, Kelly said, “To me it's just like the lawfare. They won't stop unless we give them a taste of their own medicine." She continued, “I'm sorry, but they need to suffer the consequences of their own behavior,” and went on to name former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), all of whom have been indicted or threatened with indictments under the Trump administration. Two days later, Kelly again called for Comey, James, and Schiff to “get prosecuted, assuming that they have a good-faith basis for the charges.” She added, “There is no other way of restoring things to normal.” SiriusXM,*The Megyn Kelly Show,*[9/23/25, 9/25/25; NBC, 9/26/25; The Washington Post, 10/27/25; PBS, 10/24/25; MSNBC, 10/23/25]
- In a discussion about online radicalization, Kelly downplayed the threat of far-right extremists, saying instead that she worried about “lying-in-wait Democrat killers” and “transtifa getting their next victim.”Kelly said, “When I think about 4Chan … I think about lying-in-wait Democrat killers." She added, “I'm not worried about racial slurs by a bunch of losers who feel empowered by saying them. I'm worried about transtifa getting their next victim and assassination planned, because that's what we're actually seeing off of those discussion forums.” [SiriusXM, The Megyn Kelly Show, 10/16/25]
- While discussing the No Kings protests, Kelly said that “Leftist protestors” were “spending the weekend wishing death upon conservatives.”Kelly asked, “How do you deal with them?" and continued, “Because winning at the ballot box is not the solution. It’s not the be-all-end-all solution.” Later she said, “Somebody was joking, like, yeah, we had our own No Kings rally back in November, and it was an entire country awash in red Republican voters, so like, we're good, but they're still out there and they're actually killing us now.” She continued, “This isn't just a differing POV, these people have no care for human life.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, 10/20/25, [10/20/25]
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Fox averts its eyes from former employee Homan reportedly receiving a bag of cash
Written by Matt Gertz
Research contributions from Harrison Ray
Updated 09/22/25
Fox News has yet to address on-air the recent reports that White House border czar Tom Homan, while working as a contributor for the network in September 2024, accepted a bag of cash from undercover FBI agents as part of a corruption investigation which was subsequently closed under the Trump administration.
MSNBC reported on Saturday:
In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration, according to multiple people familiar with the probe and internal documents reviewed by MSNBC.
The FBI and the Justice Department planned to wait to see whether Homan would deliver on his alleged promise once he became the nation’s top immigration official. But the case indefinitely stalled soon after Donald Trump became president again in January, according to six sources familiar with the matter. In recent weeks, Trump appointees officially closed the investigation, after FBI Director Kash Patel requested a status update on the case, two of the people said.
It’s unclear what reasons FBI and Justice Department officials gave for shutting down the investigation. But a Trump Justice Department appointee called the case a “deep state” probe in early 2025 and no further investigative steps were taken, the sources say.
The federal investigation was launched in western Texas in the summer of 2024 after a subject in a separate investigation claimed Homan was soliciting payments in exchange for awarding contracts should Trump win the presidential election, according to an internal Justice Department summary of the probe reviewed by MSNBC and people familiar with the case.
The handoff, according to MSNBC, came on September 20, 2024, while Homan was making frequent appearances on Fox as a paid network contributor in which he promoted Trump’s xenophobic positions. Homan had joined Fox after retiring as ICE’s acting director in 2018, a position in which he reportedly served as the “intellectual ‘father’” of the Trump administration’s depraved family separation policy.
The New York Times and ABC News subsequently confirmed MSNBC’s reporting, with the Times adding the detail that the cash payment had been “made inside a bag from the food chain Cava.”
Notably, in their statements to the outlets, FBI Director Kash Patel, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson did not deny the reporting that Homan had been recorded taking a bag of cash from undercover agents. Instead, they claimed that the Justice Department had not uncovered evidence of illicit activity when it closed the investigation.
But MSNBC’s legal experts concluded that while Homan’s “actions didn’t clearly fit under a standard bribery charge” because neither he nor Trump were in office at the time, further investigation was warranted to determine whether he would continue accepting bags of cash once he was a public official. (A lesser charge would have been possible based on his promise to commit the crime, and MSNBC reported that “several FBI and Justice officials believed that they had a strong criminal case.”)
To state the obvious: Fox would be covering this story if it implicated a Democratic official and administration. But as of posting time (noon ET), the network has not mentioned it.
Homan is the lynchpin of the right’s anti-immigrant strategy. He makes regular appearances on Fox and throughout the MAGA media ecosystem, helping them churn out propaganda in support of Trump’s cruel, unlawful, and increasingly unpopular mass deportation policies.
Homan is a loyal member of the Trump team, and so its other members are uninterested in whether he was taking bags of cash in exchange for promises of future favors. Former Fox host Megyn Kelly made this explicit, responding to the MSNBC scoop over the weekend by posting, “We DO NOT CARE. Don’t bother [Homan] he’s a national treasure.”
Fox’s stable of propagandists apparently agree. The network regularly shields from its viewers information that reflects poorly on Trump, the policies he supports, and the administration he assembled. A recording of their former colleague accepting a bag of cash is apparently no different.
{Update (9/22/25, 3:10 p.m.):* White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the Homan probe during her briefing, which Fox carried live in its 1 p.m. hour. Leavitt responded that Homan “never took the $50,000 that you're referring to, so you should get your facts straight.” After the briefing concluded, Fox anchor Gillian Turner asked Fox political correspondent Byron York about the exchange. York called Leavitt’s denial “huge” and a “clear conflict” with what was reported elsewhere.}:
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Megyn Kelly claims “leftist media” discussion of culture war issues “stirs up hatred”
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Right-wing media rushed to blame killing of Charlie Kirk on trans people
Authorities pushed back on unverified claims that the alleged shooter's ammunition was inscribed with “transgender ideology”
Written by Gideon Taaffe, Jack Winstanley & Noah Dowe
Published 09/12/25
After the September 10 killing of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, right-wing pundit Steven Crowder and The Wall Street Journal separately reported on an internal law enforcement bulletin claiming cartridges possibly connected to the shooting and recovered by police were engraved with “transgender and anti-fascist ideology.”
Some media figures seized on the scant reporting as key evidence of the suspect’s motivations, with right-wing commentators and outlets claiming the killer was a “leftist Trans radical,” labelling the killing an act of “trans terrorism,” and calling for the “trans movement” to be labeled “as a terrorist movement.”
Following a September 12 press conference with law enforcement that detailed the messages inscribed on the ammunition, initial reports suggesting a connection between trans people and the phrases on the bullet casings appear to be based on a misinterpretation of evidence.
- ## Right-wing outlets published unverified reporting that the alleged shooter engraved “transgender and anti-fascist ideology” onto the ammunition
- Right-wing pundit Steven Crowder claimed on social media that he received an internal bulletin from an officer working at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that indicated, “All cartridges have engraved wording on them, expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology.” Crowder’s post included a screenshot of the internal bulletin bearing a Louder with Crowder watermark. He followed up the post hours later, saying, “Just received word that my company is being subpoenaed by the ATF. No details yet.” Twitter/X, [9/11/25, 9/11/25]
- The Wall Street Journal similarly reported, “An early bulletin circulated widely among law enforcement officials said investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of ‘transgender and anti-fascist ideology.’”The Journal did note, “Justice Department officials said the probe was in its early stages, investigators were still analyzing the evidence and the bulletin may not accurately reflect the messages on the ammunition.” The Wall Street Journal, [9/11/25]
- According to The New York Times, the reporting had not been verified.The Times reported “a senior law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation” said the report seized on by Crowder and the Wall Street Journal “had not been verified by A.T.F. analysts, did not match other summaries of the evidence and might turn out to have been misread or misinterpreted.” The New York Times, [9/11/25]
- During a press conference, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox clarified the engravings found on the bullet casings, which appear to be online references. He stated, “Inscriptions on a fired casing read, Notices bulges. Capital OWO, what's this? Inscriptions on the three unfired casings read: Hey, fascist! Catch!, Up-arrow symbol, right-arrow symbol, and three down-arrow symbols. A second unfired casing read, Oh, bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao ciao. And a third unfired casing read, If you read this, you are gay. LMAO.” On September 12, The Wall Street Journal appended an editor’s note to its earlier article, explaining that Cox “gave no indication that the ammunition included any transgender references.” CNN,*The Situation Room*, [9/12/25; The Wall Street Journal, 9/11/25]
- As reported by The Advocate, “The Gun Violence Archive has tracked mass shootings since 2013 and found in 2023 that just 0.1 percent involved a transgender shooter.By contrast, 96 to 98 percent have been committed by cisgender men.” The Advocate also found that several right-wing online accounts falsely suggested the shooter was a trans woman living in Washington, who quickly faced “a tidal wave of harassment.” The Advocate, [9/12/25]
- ## Many right-wing figures and outlets cited Crowder and WSJ’s unverified reporting about “transgender ideology” as evidence
- On hisWar Roompodcast, Trump ally Steve Bannon claimed The Wall Street Journal’s reporting confirmed “what Steve Crowder and his team put out, which is that the bullets they found with the assassin's gun had radical t-----, you know, ideology on it — transgender ideology.” Real America’s Voice,*War Room*, [9/11/25]
- RedState, The Daily Caller, The Daily Wire, The Federalist, and The Washington Times cited reports from Crowder and The Wall Street Journal to suggest that engravings with “transgender” ideology were recovered by police.RedState, [9/11/25; The Daily Caller, 9/11/25; The Daily Wire, 9/11/25; The Federalist, 9/11/25; The Washington Times, 9/11/25]
- Fox & Friendshost Ainsley Earhardt claimed that the suspected shooter “had pro-trans and anti-fascist messages, according to sources, on the gun.” Fox News,*Fox & Friends*, [9/12/25]
- Newsmax host Ed Henry suggested “the ammunition was actually covered with transgender ideology.”Henry also argued CNN “tried to downplay that by saying there were just cultural phrases on the ammunition,” referring to CNN’s reporting that investigators had discovered ammunition “scrawled with cultural phrases.” Newsmax,*Ed Henry: The Briefing*, [9/11/25; YouTube,
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- ## Others used the story as a rallying point to blame “transgenderism” and claim the shooter was a “trans killer”
- Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong: “A transgendered mutant murdered Charlie Kirk. Transgenderism must be banned, all trans people rounded up and forcibly institutionalized.” Twitter/X, [9/11/25]
- Right-wing host Megyn Kelly: “What we know right now about motive — Charlie Kirk's killer engraved the ammunition used to murder him with pro-transgender ideology, according to reporting in multiple outlets, to the surprise of literally no one.” Kelly continued, “There's one particular group that's been running around killing Americans in the name of transgender ideology lately, and it's transgender activists or individuals or those who proclaim that they are.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [9/11/25]
- Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway accused CNN of “demonic support for radical murderous trans ideology … via obscuring the truth.”Twitter/X, [9/11/25]
- Right-wing influencer The Quartering posted that Kirk was “confirmed killed by far leftist Trans radical.” Twitter/X, [9/11/25]
- Infowars host Alex J
- ones said Crowder’s claims proved “the cold blooded killer of Charlie Kirk is another psychotic trans activist.” Jones later said, “All evidence points towards the killer being another trans death cult psycho.” Twitter/X, [9/11/25, 9/11/25]
- Right-wing conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich referred to the shooter as a “trans killer.”Twitter/X, [9/11/25]
- Citing “trans paraphernalia written on the cartridges of this rifle,” Donald Trump Jr. claimed on Fox News that he “can’t frankly name a mass shooting in the last year or two in America that wasn't committed by a transgender lunatic.”Fox News, *Fox News Live*, [9/11/25]
- OnThe Megyn Kelly Show, Donald Trump Jr. suggested he “can’t name, including probably like Al Qaeda and the Taliban, a group that is more violent per capita than the radical trans movement.”He continued, “I’m sure people are totally sane after jacking themselves up on hormones given to them by some rainbow hair freak doctor because they think men can somehow magically become women.” The Advocate, [9/11/25]
- Newsmax host Rob Schmitt: “That is the least surprising part of all of this, that this came down to trans, … that it came down to the ever-so-violent far left in this country.” Newsmax, *Rob Schmitt Tonight*, [9/11/25]
- Right-wing influencer Alexander Muse, known online as Amuse: “Here on a visa and celebrating the trans terror assassin’s murder of Charlie Kirk? Time to pack your bags.”Twitter/X, [9/11/25]
- Right-wing host Benny Johnson said Kirk's killing “does match, on some degree, these other shootings that we’ve seen from transgenders.” YouTube, *The Benny Show*, [9/11/25]
- In a repost of Crowder’s claims, Trump ally Laura Loomer wrote: “If this is true, it’s time to designate the trans movement as a terrorist movement.” Twitter/X, [9/11/25]
- Daily Wire host Matt Walsh acknowledged “more confirmation is needed,” adding, “If this is more trans terrorism we must bring ruthless vengeance down on these savages.” Twitter/X, [9/11/25]
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On the killing of Charlie Kirk, political violence, and the right’s response
09/12/25 1:22 PM EDT
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September 12, 2025, edition of The Megyn Kelly Show
MEGYN KELLY (HOST): This is a leftist narrative about Trump and about Charlie, as his supporter. So I mean, there's just no question this guy was buying the leftist narrative about Charlie and, yes, about Donald Trump. And they said he had become more political in recent years. Now how did that happen? What did he do in recent years? He went to college. Guess what college does? It radicalizes young people. I don't know what happened to this particular man, but that is what college does.
You know, we had Bill Ackman on this program talking about what happened to his daughter who went to Harvard and where they turned her into a Marxist socialist communist, which he was still trying to unwind. This is a liberal New York billionaire. That's what Harvard does to your kid.
It's just, look, I don't know what happened to this kid at the university. I'm just saying if we want to talk about circumstantial evidence on radicalization, there's zero for this kid being MAGA or a Republican or in any way in favor of Donald Trump. There's plenty of him hating Donald Trump.
People are like, oh, you know, he was just a gamer. The fact that he wrote these things on the bullets just show he was nothing but a gamer. Yeah, OK, you missed the part where, again, he wrote them on bullets with which he shot Charlie Kirk. Fuck these people and their revisionism, their unwillingness to see what's obvious.
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August 26, 2025, edition of SiriusXM's The Megyn Kelly Show
MEGYN KELLY (HOST): If she [Lisa Cook] committed a felony and we normally wouldn't prosecute it, but the reason we're really prosecuting it is because we're done not -- we're done with the excess exercise of discretion that would have been in their favor, then that's fine by me.
I mean, we didn't prosecute Hillary Clinton. We did not go after her. We did not lock her up. We tried to take the high road. They didn't accept the olive branch. They tried to ruin Trump personally, Trump professionally, Trump's presidency, and many around him.
They're the ones who locked up Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress, Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress. We didn't try to lock up Merrick Garland when he committed it. It's time. I'm fucking done taking the high road. They have to suffer.
They have to have real skin in the game before they will accept reality, which is -- this move by them, repeated, repeated move by them is ruining our foundational basis. So until they know that on a visceral level, like the kind you get when you're looking between bars, they're not going to behave differently. So that's, I mean, in a nutshell, where I am on it.
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13 days ago
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13 days ago
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Escaping Scientology, Tom Cruise's Impact, and a Prison of Belief, with Mike Rinder
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During the United States' 2016 presidential election, then-Fox News host Megyn Kelly bitterly clashed with Donald Trump and his supporters. Kelly was inundated with death threats from Trump devotees, and she even needed an armed bodyguard for protection.
But like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Vice President JD Vance, Kelly flip flopped and went from being a Trump critic to being a loyal supporter.
In an article published on May 19, The Guardian's David Smith describes Kelly's transition from Trump critic to Trump cheerleader.
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"Kelly, 54, has become one of the most influential figures in right-wing media," Smith explains. "Her eponymous podcast moves with rare dexterity from heavyweight political interviews — such as the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard — to topics such as Joe Biden’s cognitive decline to celebrity gossip about the likes of Halle Berry, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Meghan Markle and the Kardashians.… This makes her one of the most prominent cheerleaders for Trump and shapers of his MAGA (Make America great again) agenda, most especially its hostility to immigrants and transgender rights."
Smith adds, "Kelly is even emerging as a rival to her former employer Fox News, which dominated the narratives of Trump’s first term in office."
Larry Jacobs, director of the University of Minnesota's Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, notes that Kelly has done a great deal of flip-flopping along the way.
Jacobs told The Guardian, "Megyn Kelly's various transformations can make you dizzy if you follow them. The days when she had credibility as a truth-seeker are over, and now, she's strictly in the business of following clicks. Her campaigning with Trump, including on the last night, confirms what the business model is. She is trying to establish herself as the preferred media outlet for the MAGA movement. She is demonstrating that even Fox is now vulnerable and is being picked apart by the podcasters who become the viewer choice."
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Author David Litt, an ex-speechwriter for former President Barack Obama, told The Guardian, "The crux of Trump's argument was: I'm a bad guy, but you need me in the White House anyway. Nobody could speak to that argument — both Trump’s personal lack of character and, by endorsing him, say we need him anyway — better than Megyn Kelly. He knew that, and she knew that. They saw a moment of symbiosis."
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*Read David Smith's full article for The Guardian at this link.
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New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art held its annual Met Gala — an event that goes back to the late 1940s — on Monday, May 5. And this year's theme was "Black Dandyism," with supporters ranging from Atlanta rapper André 3000 (of OutKast fame) to basketball star Angel Reese.
Right-wing media figures responded by angrily railing against the event.
Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly was especially melodramatic. On her show, Kelly ranted, "We are surrounded by truly evil events. And I don’t mean to sound dramatic, but I think the Met Gala is one of them. I really do…. They've decided to try to get over this reputation of (gala chair and Vogue editor-in-chief) Anna Wintour being America's biggest snob — and this thing being the most over-the-top, evil, elitist event — by pandering to Blacks."
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In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the End Wokeness account posted, "Met Gala 2025 lost at the ballot box."
MAGA Republican Gunther Eagleman, posting a photo of singer Janelle Monáe, tweeted, "Hollywood is full of trash.”
Another far-right MAGA user on X, Cynical Publius, described the Met Gala as the most "potent symbol of where America is in 2025'—and didn't mean it in a good way.
Cynical wrote, "The people who slather themselves in the viscous slime of the Met Gala produce nothing of intrinsic value. If they were to all vanish tomorrow, nothing of material worth would be lost."
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Link Lauren, a former adviser to Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was triggered by former Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff's presence at the event
Lauren tweeted, "Kamala Harris attended the Met Gala tonight, which is perfectly on brand for the Democrat Party. An elite bougie event where celebrities traipse up a staircase in wildly expensive outfits. Sounds about right! Those celebrity endorsements didn’t help her campaign though! Not even Beyoncé! And is that Doug’s lover on the left?
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Two of the conservative news channel's biggest stars have turned their sharp tongues on one another after Sean Hannity accused Megyn Kelly of being in league with Hillary Clinton.
The clash began when Kelly said on her Wednesday night programme that both Mrs Clinton and Donald Trump avoid tough media interviews. She said the Republican nominee "will go on Hannity and pretty much only Hannity".
Hannity - a vocal supporter of Trump - fired back on Twitter, writing: "u should be mad at @HillaryClinton Clearly you support her. And @realDonaldTrump did talk to u."
Another Twitter user chided Hannity, urging him to stand by his colleagues, but the host replied: "Sure. When they stand by me."
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Right-wing media want you to think stopping infectious diseases and feeding the poor is woke
Written by Gideon Taaffe
Research contributions from Jack Wheatley
Published 02/11/25 MMA
Right-wing media are focused on culture war battles as the Trump administration suspends lifesaving work from the U.S. Agency for International Development, cherry-picking USAID programs to dismiss the agency as “woke,” “radical,” and “overwhelmingly hard left.” In reality, USAID is responsible for providing health care and nutritional aid to thousands of the world’s vulnerable people, many living in war-torn regions.
The Trump administration has sought to put a halt to USAID’s operations
- On February 4, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that USAID was now under the direct authority of the State Department, and the administration froze U.S. foreign aid.Rubio placed Pete Marocco in charge of USAID; he served in the agency during Trump’s first term and has been accused of attempting to dismantle it during his tenure. CNN, [2/3/25]
- Following Rubio’s takeover, 10,000 USAID employees were placed on administrative leave, and a couple days later the Trump administration announced plans to leave fewer than 300 workers in place to carry out the organization’s work. A judge put a temporary pause on some of the Trump administration’s job cutting, resulting in 2,200 employees being reinstated but with uncertain futures at the agency. USA Today,[2/4/25; The Associated Press, 2/6/25; NBC News, 2/7/25]
- USAID workers in high-risk locations have reported being cut off from communication and were left unsure of how to access evacuation protocols. Employees of USAID are also facing interruptions to medical care and housing insecurity. Bluesky, [2/7/25]
- Rubio claimed he had issued a blanket waiver for lifesaving programs, but workers on the ground have said that operations have come to a halt. While some programs have been granted a waiver to continue under Rubio, many have lost access to supplies, and payments to contractors that are covered by the waiver have not come through. That has affected emergency food aid in Ethiopia, a refugee camp in Syria, a resettlement program for victims of the Islamic State group, and more. One USAID worker told CNN, “That work is grounded to a halt because there’s no staff to manage it, and there’s no staff in DC to answer questions from partners.” The Washington Post, [2/10/25; CNN, 2/8/25]
- ## The Trump administration’s antics have prevented USAID from providing critical aid to some of the world’s most vulnerable people
- The freeze impacted the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which has been credited with saving more than 25 million lives and reducing AIDS-related deaths by 68% since 2004.Charles Kenny, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, told The Associated Press that even short interruptions in care could have negative outcomes, as “HIV viral loads rebound in about three weeks if you go off antiretrovirals.” The initial freeze to USAID has already sparked confusion among PEPFAR workers and local partners as appointments are canceled. The Associated Press, [2/3/25; AVAC, 2/8/23; The New York Times, 1/27/25]
- As a result of the USAID freeze, thousands of people in medical trials for dealing with HIV and other illnesses have been left adrift, with their treatments suddenly stopped or with medical equipment in their bodies. The New York Times, [2/6/25]
- The freeze will also impact millions of dollars in aid that is being used to help those in war zones dealing with infectious diseases.The Associated Press reported that 1.2 million people in Congo could lose lifesaving support and 600,000 people in Sudan will be at risk of catching and spreading cholera, malaria, and measles. The Associated Press, [2/3/25]
- Defunding USAID also hurts American farms that sell products to the organization for disbursement via its nutrition programs.According to The Washington Post, “Purchases and shipments of U.S. food aid worth over $340 million — including rice, wheat and soybeans — have been paused during Trump’s foreign-aid freeze.” The Post also reports that the aid freeze “disrupted more than 507,000 metric tons of American food aid.” The Washington Post, [2/6/25]
- The Famine Early Warning Systems Network, a USAID program that helps aid programs determine where to send resources, has also been shut down. An analyst specializing in food insecurity told Reuters, “Famine was disappearing from the world in the 2000s, and now its return will likely accelerate as we become increasingly blind to it, even as it becomes a more common tool of politics and war.” Reuters, [2/6/25]
- ## Right-wing media have dismissed USAID as a “woke” left-wing “slush fund”
- Fox & Friends Weekendco-host Rachel Campos-Duffy claimed USAID is “not aid like you would imagine,” like “setting up soup kitchens in Africa.”She claimed it’s a “slush fund for Democrat donors, the Clinton Foundation, George Soros, all of the NGOs who have been doing stuff that American people never voted for them to do.” Fox News, *Fox & Friends’ Weekend*, [2/9/25]
- Fox News contributor Ben Domenech claimed USAID has “not been acting in the interests of the American people or the United States for a very long time” and is instead enacting a “woke agenda.” Fox News, *Sunday Night in America*, [2/9/25]
- Podcast host Megyn Kelly dismissed USAID as an organization that seems to give money to “woke” projects like “LGBTQ and that kind of promotional stuff.” Kelly also said it “appears” that USAID employees are “overwhelmingly hard left.” iHeartRadio, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [2/5/25]
- On Fox, former podcast host Vivek Ramaswamy claimed USAID funds are “not even going to help starving children in Africa,” adding that it was a “smokescreen.” He claimed that instead foreign aid is being used to push “progressive ideas, LGBTQ+ agendas, woke and DEI agendas, onto foreign countries.” Fox News, *Jesse Watters Primetime*, [2/5/25]
- Newsmax’sFinnertyran a chyron reading “USAID funded some ridiculous causes.”Guest and former Trump deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley criticized USAID’s operations, calling them “crazy, ridiculous programs.” Newsmax, *Finnerty*, [2/5/25]
- Fox’s Sean Hannity said everything USAID does is “radical DEI, woke, transgender, you know, leftist, Green New Deal madness.”Premiere Radio Networks, *The Sean Hannity Show*, [2/4/25]
- On Fox News’The Five, Jesse Watters claimed USAID is a “slush fund for social justice warriors and permanent Washington to bribe people, staff people at NGOs, and just create hell.”Fox News, *The Five*, [2/4/25]
- ## Others in right-wing media have bizarrely claimed USAID’s critical work will continue despite the Trump administration’s efforts to gut the agency
- Jesse Watters claimed saving babies from getting AIDS in Africa is “still going to happen once they look at everything and get this thing streamlined.”Fox News, *Jesse Watters Primetime*, [2/7/25]
- Fox News anchor Bret Baier claimed that Marco Rubio is not against critical foreign aid, but he is going to “scrub what is real and what is not.”His guest, Republican strategist Matt Whitlock, agreed and said that “so much of what we have seen” is “exporting a social agenda.” Fox News, *Special Report with Bret Baier*, [2/7/25]
- Fox News anchor John Roberts claimed that Marco Rubio will “continue with the good that USAID does.” Roberts: “The Democrats are literally losing their minds over all of this, saying that Elon Musk is gutting U.S. foreign policy. But Rubio is saying, ‘No no, we’re going to continue with the good stuff that USAID does. We’re just going to get rid of what we think is the wasteful spending that has been engaged in and the insubordination of the entire agency.’” Fox News, *America Reports*, [2/7/25]
- Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner falsely claimed, “No one is talking about taking the food and taking the things for people who actually need those things away.”She added, “Who doesn't audit? It’s been years. We need to know where that money is going. And some of it is going to terrorist organizations.” Fox News, *The Faulkner Focus*, [2/6/25]
- OutKick columnist Mary Katherine Ham claimed the frozen funds were just getting “audited.” Ham: “We're told that waste, fraud, and abuse is such a small percentage of the federal government's budget, and should be easy to deal with, given that. And yet we're also told that that small slice of the federal government is the end of democracy if you start auditing it.” Fox News, *The Story with Martha MacCallum*, [2/5/25]
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With former Fox News host Pete Hegseth — President-elect Donald Trump's embattled nominee for defense secretary — facing allegations of sexual misconduct and alcohol abuse, Trump is reportedly considering offering that position to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis instead.
But Hegseth has vowed to keep fighting for the position. And Hegseth, Mediaite's Diana Falzone reports, has been conducting a "crisis management media tour in a desperate effort to salvage his nomination."
The media tour, Falzone notes, included a "softball interview" with former Fox News host Megyn Kelly and an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal.
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"In the Kelly interview," Falzone observes, "Hegseth defended himself against an allegation he raped a woman at a Republican conference in 2017, as well as reports that he has a drinking problem, mismanaged funds at two veterans groups he ran, and his long history of cheating on his wives…. The media campaign is a sign of how desperately Hegseth is fighting to remain Trump's nominee to run the Defense Department, amid reports the incoming president is considering dumping him for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis."
A Trump insider told Mediaite that Trump and his transition team gave Hegseth "special permission" to do the media tour in order to "repair his public image."
The insider said, "Pete needs better storylines…. If enough senators say no, Pete is dead."
Falzone notes, "If any further damaging information comes to light, Hegseth is likely cooked. The Trump insider added that if Hegseth's 2017 rape accuser comes forward, it would be 'hard to come back from' and would give wary senators cover to oppose his nomination."
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When Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz met for a vice-presidential debate in New York City on Tuesday night, October 1, they maintained a tone that many journalists found to be surprisingly civil and polite compared to the raucous, often bitter showdown between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris four weeks earlier in Philadelphia.
Vance, in contrast to Trump debating Harris, remained calm and didn't rant. When Never Trump conservative Charlie Sykes appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the following day, he complained that the debate had the effect of "sanewashing" Vance — and that Walz, on the whole, missed an opportunity to show just how extreme and dangerous Vance's positions are.
Nonetheless, there was one part of the debate where Vance's microphone was cut because he kept speaking when his time was up. And many far-right politicians and media figures were furious with CBS News and moderator Margaret Brennan for enforcing the rules of the debate.
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On X, formerly Twitter, ex-Fox News host Megyn Kelly tweeted, "F you CBS - how DARE YOU."
Kelly, in a separate tweet, posted, "Tried to fact check. JD put you in your place. You WONT HIM FIGHT YOU AND YOU WONT LET THEM DEBATE."
When journalist Mickey Kaus tweeted that Vance missed a chance to attack conservative Sen. James Lankford's (R-Oklahoma) border bill, far-right author Ann Coulter responded, "The bimbo moderators wouldn't have let him."
On his Truth Social platform, Trump posted, "Maragret Brennan just lied again about the ILLEGAL MIGRANTS let into our Country by lyin' Kamala Harris, and then she cut off JD's mic to stop him from correcting her!"
READ MORE:'Extremely biased anchors!' Trump melts down on Truth Social over vice presidential debate
MAGA conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer was furious as well, tweeting, "@JDVance putting these broads in their place over the Haitian migrants in Ohio. Now they are muting his mic. Unreal."
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) tweeted, "The CBS moderators just MUTED JD Vance's mic as he called them out for their lies about Kamala Harris’ open border policies. DISGRACEFUL."
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megyn Kelly, formerly of NBC and Fox News, is enraged that Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris for president. The global superstar endorsed Harris in an Instagram post on September 10, immediately after the debate between Harris and Donald Trump. Kelly was particularly incensed at the section of the endorsement where Swift praises Harris' selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) as her running mate. Swift wrote:
I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate @timwalz, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.
I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice. Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make.
Kelly responded to Swift's endorsement that evening on YouTube, highlighting Swift's praise for Walz's endorsement of LGBTQ rights:
So this woman is fine with [Walz's] plan to take custody of the children from parents who don't want them to chop off their body parts and put them in Minnesota Court's custody so the body parts can be chopped off and they can be sterilized outside the custody of their parents. That's what led Taylor Swift to endorse her… I'm allowed to criticize Taylor Swift and I don't give a shit who gets upset. This is disgusting. If she wants to vote Harris/Walz she can do it all she wants. But to say the reason she is doing it is because of Tim Walz's on LGBTQ? F you Taylor Swift!... This is unbelievable. The left is losing its mind.
Kelly reprised the rant during an appearance on former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's live tour on September 13. "Screw you, Taylor Swift," Kelly said. "That is how I want to begin." Kelly then described the purported impact of Tim Walz's LGBTQ policy:
A little girl is going to find herself down a rabbit hole on Reddit. Reddit is going to tell her she is actually a boy and she's going to get sucked into this gender cult. And she's going to say, "Mom and Dad, I want puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones." Which will sterilize her. And they are going to say, "No, you’re a girl." And she's going to say, "I want top surgery." This benign thing. This double mastectomy where I'll have tubes coming out of me and I'll never breastfeed. "I want that too." And they're going to say, "no." And she's going to go to a judge in Minnesota. And because of Tim Walz, the court will take custody of her [and] use the Medicaid funds in Minnesota to provide her all of those things.
If this was accurate, it would be alarming. But while Swift has done her research, Kelly has not. Everything Kelly said about the LGBTQ legislation signed by Walz in 2023 is a lie.
Minnesota's law does not terminate parental rights — it protects parental rights
The lynchpin of Kelly's argument is that the Minnesota law signed by Walz allows for the termination of parental rights. The law, however, does the opposite.
The law protects the rights of parents in Minnesota if another state terminates custody rights for helping their child receive gender-affirming care. This is typically a situation where there is a dispute between two parents about how to care for a child. The law states that court orders “for the removal of a child issued in another state because the child’s parent or guardian assisted the child in receiving gender-affirming care in this state must not be enforced in this state.” The law was enacted around the same time that many nearby states, including North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa, adopted laws limiting access to gender-affirming care.
There is no provision of the law that allows Minnesota courts to terminate parental rights based on a parent's refusal to provide gender-affirming care.
Minnesota's law does not allow the state to take custody of children
There is also nothing in the law that allows the state to take custody of a child or provide gender-affirming care over the objection of a child's parents. Rather, the law allows for Minnesota courts to exercise “temporary emergency jurisdiction” over a custody dispute that crosses state lines. This means that courts have “the ability to resolve conflicts when parents disagree on whether their child should receive gender-affirming care,” but “it does not remove custody from parents who decline such care,” Kat Rohn, executive director of LGBTQ rights advocacy group OutFront, told the Washington Post.
The law allows the court to hear these cases, but this does not mean that courts will rule in favor of the parent seeking to help the child obtain gender-affirming care. Instead, the courts will decide based on "evidence about what is in children’s best interests."
There is no scenario under the law in which Minnesota can provide gender-affirming care to a minor over the objection of both parents.
The truth about gender-affirming care for trans children
Kelly is outraged about something that almost never happens: surgery for trans children. Gender-affirming surgeries for minors almost never occur, and “many health care providers do not offer them to minors.”
A study done by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that “gender-affirming surgeries are rarely performed for transgender minors.” The study found no cases of surgeries for children 12 and younger in 2019. Among teens, 97% of gender-affirming breast reduction surgeries involved cisgender males.
Kelly's misinformation spreads to Trump and Vance
Kelly has been spreading lies about Walz’s transgender rights policies since the day Harris selected him to be her running mate. “Tim Walz signed a bill that lets the State take away ur kids if you d/n/agree to sterilize them & chop off their body parts in the name of ‘gender affirming care.’ So if your 14-yr-old is sad but thinks it’s gender confusion & u object to castrating him, the St takes custody,” Kelly posted on X on August 6.
Shortly after her original post, Trump and his running mate, Senator JD Vance (R-OH), began amplifying Kelly’s falsehoods. At a campaign event in Montana on August 9, Trump said that Walz signed a law that lets “the state kidnap children to change their gender so that they go home.”
On August 7, at a campaign event in Wisconsin, Vance said, “I think it’s pretty weird to try to take children away from their parents if the parents don’t want to consent to sex changes. That’s something that Tim Walz did.” Vance repeated the claims in an interview with ABC News on August 11, calling the policy “kidnapping.”
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Megyn Kelly has a meltdown over Taylor Swift endorsement of Harris-Walz: “F you”
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September 10, 2024, edition of SiriusXM's The Megyn Kelly Show
MEGYN KELLY (HOST): Taylor Swift just endorsed Kamala Harris. Taylor Swift – yeah, she posts a picture of herself with her cat. I’m like, you can kiss your sales to the Republican audience goodbye, Taylor, hope you enjoyed them while you had them.
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I'm allowed to criticize Taylor Swift, and I don't give a shit who gets upset. This is disgusting. If she wants to vote Harris-Walz, she can do it all she wants, but to say the reason she's doing it is because of Tim Walz's stance on LGBTQ? F you Taylor Swift. And eff all of the people who want to see these children have body parts chopped off and watch them sterilized under the age of consent, and then will ride off to their multi-gazillion dollar mansions never to think of them again. Emily, this is unbelievable. The left is losing its mind. She signed it, Taylor Swift, childless cat lady.
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This pair, Taylor and her boyfriend, Travis Kelce are the epitomes of elite snobs. They both have gazillions of dollars. She doesn't care what happens to these kids. Just like he doesn't give a shit what happens to all the young men who take that Pfizer booster he's been pushing on them.
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The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Monday night slammed ex-President Donald Trump, 2024 GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance (R-OH), Republican lawmakers and commentators' inability to make a strong case against Vice President Kamala Harris in her pursuit of the presidency.
"You're going to have to shift gears — recalibrate," Stewart said, referring to the fact that the GOP's constant attacks on President Joe Biden's age no longer stand. "You've had 'Crooked Joe' and 'Sleepy Joe' on speed dial. You're going to need a new line of attack," the late-night host added.
Stewart played a clip of former Fox News host Megyn Kelly on right-wing political commentator Ben Shapiro's show, saying, "It is relevant when a young candidate tries to sleep her way into politics and into power. And that is what it appears Kamala Harris did.
READ MORE:'Got a lot harder': House Republicans privately fear JD Vance 'doesn’t add much' to Trump ticket
Shapiro added, "She never earned or won anything. She was legitimately handed her original post in California state government because she was sleeping with [former San Francisco Mayor] Willie Brown. And then he backed her in her race for San Francisco DA."
Stewart then said, "I don't know, guys. You're being awfully subtle here. Isn't there a grosser way you can say that?"
"Does anybody have a substantive critique? he added. "Nobody believes Kamala Harris is the second coming of Karl Marx. And even when they get substantive policy critiques, they undercut them immediately."
Stewart then pointed to the fact Republicans can't decide whether Harris is too soft, or too tough on crime.
READ MORE:'Obsession with controlling women': Harris calls JD Vance a 'creep' in scathing statement
"People, we open in three months!" Stewart yelled. "You're flailing! Dig deep!"
Stewart then played a clip of far right podcast host Mark Levin criticizing Harris, saying, "There's one final thing that nobody talks about: She's hated by people who work for her."
The Daily Show host screamed, "Are you kidding me? Your candidate's Donald Trump. His catchphrase is literally, 'You're fired!' Donald Trump hired 44 cabinet members — 75% of them want nothing to do with the guy. His Secretary of State called him a f—ing moron. His chief of staff said 'He's the most flawed person I've ever met.' You know why he needs a new vice presidential running mate? I'll tell you why. He tried to get the last one killed.
Watch the video below or at this link.
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- Yvonne Wingett Sanchez @ The Washington Post: Meadows, Giuliani and other Trump allies charged in Arizona 2020 election probe
An Arizona grand jury on Wednesday indicted seven attorneys or aides affiliated with Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign as well as 11 Arizona Republicans on felony charges related to their alleged efforts to subvert Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in the state, according to an announcement by the state attorney general. Those indicted include former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorneys Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman and Christina Bobb, top campaign adviser Boris Epshteyn and former campaign aide Mike Roman.
- Pema Levy @ Mother Jones: The GOP’s “Election Integrity” Lawyer Was Just Indicted for Election Subversion
Christina Bobb tried to overturn the 2020 election, and Arizona just charged her for it.
- Kate Briquelet @ The Daily Beast: Bogus Furry Panic Overtakes Utah School District
Group chats viewed by The Daily Beast reveal that parents were involved in planning students’ anti-furry protests—and securing right-wing media attention.
- Angry White Men: Heather Mac Donald: ‘The Great Replacement Theory Is Real’
On The Megyn Kelly Show, Heather Mac Donald endorsed the white supremacist “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory. Mac Donald, a fellow at the right-wing Manhattan Institute, declared that the “Great Replacement theory is real,” and that we’ve “decided to destroy our birthrate” and “flood our country with cultures” that are “not compatible.”
- Media Matters: Trump ally Laura Loomer: “You are an enemy to this country if you do not vote for Donald Trump”
Loomer: Jews who support Democrats “might as well just go put yourself in a gas chamber yourself if this is how you’re gonna behave.”
- Nikki McCann Ramirez @ Rolling Stone: Trump Lawyer Says Having Political Rival Killed Could Constitute ‘Official’ Presidential Act
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday on the former president’s bid to secure sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution.
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former Fox News and NBC News anchor Megyn Kelly unleashed a profane attack on one of the nation’s longest-serving civil servants, the 81-year-old Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Chief Medical Advisor to the President, Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“F–k you, Dr. Fauci!” Kelly said on her podcast, “The Megyn Kelly Show,” as the right-wing New York Post reports.
She was responding to an abbreviated set of remarks from the immunologist, who has been working for the federal government since the late 1960’s and has been an advisor to every President since Reagan.
READ MORE: ‘I Was There’: Journalists Slam Megyn Kelly for Claiming Insurrection Wasn’t as Bad as Reported
Dr. Fauci recently was asked if he would agree to testify on Capitol Hill before a Republican-led House committee, should the GOP win in November.
He said “of course” he would.
As Deadline reported, on Tuesday Fauci appeared on Fox News, CNN, NPR, and MSNBC to discuss his recent announcement that he will retire at the end of the year, ending a career of service that spanned over 50 years.
Fox’s Neil Cavuto asked Fauci if he would testify before Congress even after he retires.
He made clear he would.
“Yeah, of course, Neil,” Fauci replied.
“I believe that oversight is an important part of the government process, but some of the things that have gone on have been outright character assassination. [rand paul?] That’s not oversight. So if they want to get into legitimate, dignified oversight, I’d be happy to do that,” Fauci offered.[twt
ignoring the, “Yeah, of course, Neil,” part of Dr. Fauci’s remarks, Kelly erupted, “You don’t get to say whether you go.”
“You get a congressional subpoena, you show up, or you get the Steve Bannon treatment,” she angrily attacked “He sounds like he’s been invited to afternoon tea at one of our houses.”
Kelly’s show even posted video of her attack on Dr. Fauci, which accuses him of lying.
On her podcast Kelly opens her monologue by attacking Fauci andaccusing him of being responsible for killing Americans.
“The truth is that Dr. Fauci, who had a greater hand than anyone in causing Americans to lose there jobs, years of learning and even their lives, thanks to the social and economic upheaval he helped hoist upon during the pandemic,” Kelly declared.
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...There are few, if any, financial disclosures available to review since the group is newly incorporated. But there is ample evidence, via donor lists posted from events and political action committee finances, to suggest that the group is supported by far more than just T-shirt sales and membership fees.
For example, Moms for Liberty Inc. (the group’s official name) is the recipient of funds from Conservatives for Good Government, a right-wing Florida political action committee. The group also hosts a number of high-dollar fundraisers, such as an event on June 15 featuring former Fox News host Megyn Kelly.An archived version of the event page and a list of top sponsors show that the named sponsors alone gave $57,000 — and that doesn’t include general admission tickets ($50), bonus promotional packs ($30), and any anonymous donors. The event also boasted several GOP-affiliated donors, including Florida state Sen. Debbie Mayfield and Florida House of Representative members Randy Fine and Tyler Sirois.
Moms for Liberty has serious GOP connections
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https://www.alternet.org/megyn-kelly-exposed-nbc-host-goes-great-lengths-avoid-calling-trump-liar
she transitioned from the highly-rated Fox News primetime line-up to mornings at NBC News, Megyn Kellymade many not-so-subtle attempts to re-brand herself as a hard-hitting journalist who was above the fray of partisan politics. “The truth is, I am kind of done with politics for now,” the political commentator infamously said on the premiere episode of "Megyn Kelly TODAY" back in September.
Nearly one year later, the talking head who once stirred up racial tensions by declaring that Jesus and Santa were white on Fox News still struggles to instill this image upon a skeptical daytime television audience, where authenticity is everything.
More evidence of this strife came as recently as Monday, when Kelly refused to call Republican President Donald Trump a liar in an awkward exchange with Dan Pfeffier, a former Obama administration official who now hosts the popular podcast "Pod Save America." In case you forgot, Trump is the presidential candidate who attacked Kelly as a "lightweight," a "highly-overrated" media professional and someone who had "blood coming out of her wherever" after the then-Fox News star grilled the business mogul about his gnarly history of misogyny during a debate of 2016 Republican primary contenders.
In other words, Kelly has no reason to support a man who so blatantly used his power to attack her. But, her odd choice of words following an exchange with Pfeffier about White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders seemingly revealed that, despite switching networks, partisanship is still one value that Kelly holds dear.
When asked his opinion, Pfeffier, who served as a director of communications at the Obama White House, made it clear that Sanders knows exactly what she is doing.
"I think that she has made a decision to sacrifice her integrity for this position," he declared to big applause from audience members.
"It is the choice you eseentially have to make to work for Donald Trump, which is you have to be willing to lie," he continued. "Because he is a liar. It is a proven fact."
"I prefer to say he does not have an adult relationship with the truth," she said.Kelly broke in to share her preferred — or more saccharine, daytime TV-friendly — label for Trump.
But Pfieffer was not having it, and he called Kelly out on her own show.
"We can use whatever euphemism we want, but he is unwilling to tell the truth," Pfieffer said of the current president. "And we see that this weekend around blaming Democrats for a policy decision he made, when everyone knows that is not the case."
What Pfieffer was referring to was the bold-face lie that Trump made during an impromptu appearance on "Fox & Friends," which was broadcasting live from the White House lawn on Friday morning. Trump falsely claimed that Democrats had passed legislation requiring migrant children to be ripped apart from their parents when caught crossing the border.
Out of nowhere, Kelly swooped in with a tried-and-true Fox News tactic: shifting (indirect) blame on Obama and his alleged record of dishonesty.“Democrats forced that law on the nation,” Trump vowed. (But it was his Attorney General Jeff Sessions who actually made this an official policy of the federal government, and he even cited the Bible to support his not-so-Christian actions.)
"I covered the Obama White House every night, and the biggest one was the Politifact 'Life of the Year': 'If you like your plan, you can keep your plan.' So dishonesty happens in all administrations," she said, invoking Obamacare. "But, you're not wrong to call out this president on his constant lack of adult relationship with the truth. I've got to leave it at that."
To be clear, Kelly has a duty as a journalist to uncover the truth. It does not make her biased in any way whatsoever if she corrects falsehoods, especially ones as blatant and repetitive as Trump's. As of May 1, the president had told more than 3,000 false or misleading claims since assuming the Oval Office, according to Washington Post fact-checkers. (That averages out to about 6.5 untruths each day.)
Instead, Kelly continues to peddle "alternative facts" which support her political beliefs — just as she did for years on Fox News. If you are a Republican, it sure sounds a lot better when "lack of adult relationship with the truth" roles off of your tongue instead of the word "liar." And, for this journalist, it sure seems hard to admit the truth.
The segment only got more awkward as it came to a close. As Kelly said goodbye, she begged Pfeiffer not to generate any more bad publicity for her embattled third hour of "TODAY."
"Dan, I'm going to listen to the podcast. I haven't heard it, but it's very buzzy," Kelly said, showering her guest with praise. "And, I'm just going to hope I'm not going to hear anything negative about myself."
That strange request raises a question: Are Kelly's ratings so dismal that she has actually decided to openly ask her peers in the media not to generate any more negative publicity about her embattled show? Is this a last-ditch effort to save it?
On April 25, the Wall Street Journal published an explosive article about the return on investment the executive Andy Lack has so far received for the big bet he placed when he wooed Kelly away to his more-mainstream news outlet. The article, titled "NBC bet $69 million on Megyn Kelly – then viewers vanished," reads:
Since joining “Today,” Ms. Kelly is averaging 2.4 million viewers an episode, 18% below what the hour was pulling in last season, according to data from Nielsen. The ratings have declined sharply for the past two months, dipping to a low of 1.9 million, after getting a lift from the network’s coverage of the Winter Olympics in February.
Among adults aged 25 to 54, the key demographic that the show targets, ratings are down 28% since last season.
Ms. Kelly’s ratings are also hurting the 10 a.m. hour of “Today” with Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford, according to Nielsen data. That hour of the show, which focuses on lighthearted lifestyle and celebrity news, is down 6% in viewers and 19% among adults 25-54.
The performance of “Megyn Kelly Today” has allowed its chief rival, Walt Disney Co.’s syndicated chat show “Live with Kelly & Ryan,” to more than double its lead over NBC in that hour to 747,000 viewers.
Last week, rumors that Kelly would swap time slots with Gifford and Kotb's powerhouse fourth hour in an effort to "limit the damage done" by her show to the lucrative NBC News franchise's ratings were first published by the gossip column "Page Six."
Separately, Kelly's Sunday night news magazine – which has generated plenty of controversy for its soft-ball interviews with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose country attempted to thwart the results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who claimed the Newton mass shooting "pretty much didn't happen" – now only airs "periodically."
Does Kelly also "not have an adult relationship with the truth" when it comes to how the American public perceives her role as a journalist?
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http://www.alternet.org/media/megyn-kelly-and-alex-jones-two-peas-pod
Kelly and Alex Jones actually have a fair amount in common. Both have spent the last couple of years denigrating Black Lives Matter, Kelly on her old Fox News show and Jones in a seemingly infinite number of Infowars segments. Both have done their fair share to push fevered
theories involving the New Black Panthers, a group with a fraction of the KKK’s membership or the alt-right’s influence, but a better fit boogeymen-wise for an audience of white racists. Both Kelly and Jones have leaned into the ridiculous idea that Christmas—a rhetorical stand-in for White America™—is being destroyed in a war waged by godless multiculturalists. And though their styles may differ dramatically, both have made careers out of shamelessly hyping the fears, stoking the paranoia and bolstering the bigotry of the right.
In the flap over Kelly’s upcoming interview with Jones, one fact critics keep missing, or willfully ignoring, is that Kelly and Jones are two sides of the same coin. Sure, Jones arguably says more outlandish things from a position that used to be the far lunatic fringe. But Kelly spent more than a decade doing her own version of the right-wing’s dirty work from within the establishment at Fox News. The difference between Kelly and Jones, at the end of the day, amounts to nothing more than aesthetics. Together, their steady output of garbage has helped expand and thicken our current toxic atmosphere, which is now engulfing and threatening to choke us.
For evidence, just revisit Kelly’s body of work. Remember that she once characterized remarks emphasizing the need for a racially diverse judiciary by then-Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as an example of “reverse racism.” She accused Michelle Obama of perpetuating a “culture of victimization” for publicly relaying a personal experience with racism, and falsely suggested President Obama was going to force communities deemed "too white [and] too privileged" to integrate "whether [they] want it or not." In one 2015 segment, Kelly wondered aloud if finishing high school and getting a job is “valued in the black communities,” and in another, she derided a 15-year-old black teenage girl tackled by a white cop twice her size as “no saint.” Kelly spent 45 segments relentlessly promoting an absurd conspiracy theory linking the Obama administration and the New Black Panther Party in an anti-white voter suppression effort, suggesting a twin obsession with delegitimizing the first black president and turning a marginal group into a brand-new scary black thing. Also, never forget her insistence that both Santa Claus and Jesus are white, admonishing naysayers that “just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn’t mean it has to change.”
Kelly’s resume is basically a catalog of her contributions to a culture of white racial resentment, fear of the other, counterfactual thinking, and right-wing paranoia that inevitably gives rise to a character like Jones. To take stock of the cultural impact of Kelly—and Fox News, for that matter—is to recognize the symbiotic relationship she has with Jones and his followers. Alex Jones couldn’t possibly have become a household name without the work Kelly—along with other right-wing mouthpieces like Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity—put in for more than a decade at her old job. If Jones doesn’t open their interview with a handshake and a hearty thank-you, Kelly should be pissed.
We’re supposed to buy that Jones and Kelly are not alike, though, which hinges on the idea that Megyn Kelly has changed. The effort to rebrand and reform her image started quietly, gaining momentum ahead of the announcement of her NBC deal. It’s absolutely true that Kelly should never have had to endure years of workplace sexual harassment from Roger Ailes, and neither did she deserve the misogynist bullying from Donald Trump and his supporters that followed her questioning Trump on his long history of... misogynist bullying. But the mainstream assumption that those experiences transformed Kelly into a feminist hero, despite all evidence to the contrary, was misguided. It was also fortuitous, and did a tremendous amount toshift Kelly’s image toward the center.
So did a few of Kelly’s deliberate moves, such as joining a league of vocal Democratic celebrities including Kerry Washington, Emma Watson, Lena Dunham and Eva Longoria on 
in Together,” a feminist-lite campaign led by Sheryl Sandberg. Kelly also published a memoir in 2016, Settle For More, that was promoted in press materials that took pains to note she is “respected by... Republicans and Democrats” and has “fans across the political divide.” Atlantic contributor Caitlin Flanagin cites an NPR interview in which Kelly state she's interested in the “relative lack of power of certain minority groups and the fear they’re feeling in the wake of Donald Trump’s election.” It’s an interesting area of attraction for Kelly, given that it runs counter to nearly everything she’s ever done.
The subtext of Kelly’s interview with Jones is more of the same. The idea is to put Kelly in a seat of judgment over someone whose ideas are so abhorrent and despicable, so clearly wacked-out, that her background is virtually erased by osmosis. In a statement aimed at taking the heat off after outrage erupted around the interview, Kelly stated that her “goal in sitting down with [Jones] was to shine a light—as journalists are supposed to do—on this influential figure.” Except that the best way to illuminate how horrific and irresponsible Jones’ cult of personality is would be to interview those he’s harmed the most—the parents of children who were murdered in the Sandy Hook mass shooting, who have been pleading with Kelly for weeks to drop this whole thing.
Infowars reached 4.5 million people between May 16 to June 14 according to Quantcast, while Jones' radio show attracted millions more. Jones’ audience extends far enough that he’s come to the attention of yogurt behemoth Chobani, which sued Jones and won a retraction. A few months prior, Jones bowed to public pressure and apologized for promoting a bizarre conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton ran a child sex ring out of a Washington, D.C., pizzeria, a notion that attracted a nutjob with an AR-15 rifle. Jones claims mass shootings at Sandy Hook, the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Brussels and Boston were “false flag” operations. He says 9/11 was an inside job and believes antidepressants in the oceans are making shrimp
and chemicals in the water are
“the friggin’ frogs gay.”
Jones may well be in need of something—a mental health intervention, anger management classes or a new best friend. But what he does not need is access to a wider audience, especially since the president is one of his biggest fans. During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump called into Jones’ radio show and praised the host as “amazing,” promising “I will not let you down.” Now Infowars has White House press credentials and the president’s ear.
“Have you seen how the president sounds just like me?” Jones said on a recent episode. “Have you seen how Stephen Bannon sounds just like me? Have you seen how the whole paradigm’s globally shifting and you can’t hold it back?”
This is who Kelly is helping. As one Sandy Hook parent noted, it is especially cruel that Kelly’s interview with Jones will run on Father's Day. But the clear priority here is ratings, since Kelly’s viewership is already down 42 percent since her show’s debut. It’s the same old Kelly, despite all the efforts to convince us otherwise. “I have no mea culpa to offer," Kelly—who Newsweek described as "soulless, heartless, shameless, avaricious"—recently told the Daily News when asked if she felt any contrition for all the damaging crap she’s spewed. "I had the number one show in all of cable news in the demo (advertiser-friendly viewers 25-to-54 years old).”
None of that matters to the Sandy Hook families, who fear Jones’ interview will set off a retraumatizing set of events.
“We have been harassed repeatedly by people who we call hoaxers that think this hasn’t happened,” Cristina Hassinger, the daughter of Dawn Hochsprung, the school principal, told the New York Times. “When there is going to be such a widely available interview with attention given to one of the hoaxer ringleaders, it is going to unleash the trolls on us tenfold all over again.”
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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is calling for his upcoming interview with NBC’s Megyn Kelly not to air because he says Kelly misrepresented his views on the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
A short promotional video released by Kelly on June 11 showed Jones attempting to obfuscate and spin his past statements about Sandy Hook, with the prominent conspiracy theorist and ally of President Donald Trump calling Sandy Hook “complex,” claiming he has advocated both for and against concluding that the shooting actually happened, and claiming he “looked at all the angles.”
Following the release of this promo, Jones wrote on Twitter, “I'm calling for @megynkelly to cancel the airing of our interview for misrepresenting my views on Sandy Hook.” Jones’ tweet included a link to a 40-minute video in which he
about the interview. The interview is scheduled to air June 18.
While we don’t know how the Sandy Hook exchange will play out in the full interview, what can be proved is that Jones is a liar who -- since developing a high profile during the 2016 election -- has attempted to sanitize his definitive past claims that the shooting was a “hoax.”
In 2013, Jones called the shooting “staged” and said, “It’s got inside job written all over it.”
In March 2014, Jones said, “I’ve looked at it and undoubtedly there’s a cover-up, there’s actors, they’re manipulating, they’ve been caught lying, and they were pre-planning before it and rolled out with it.”
In December 2014, Jones said on his radio program, “The whole thing is a giant hoax.”
Jones continued: “The general public doesn’t know the school was actually closed the year before. They don’t know they’ve sealed it all, demolished the building. They don’t know that they had the kids going in circles in and out of the building as a photo-op. Blue screen, green screens, they got caught using.”
Making it clear he didn’t view the occurrence of the shooting as an open question, Jones explicitly said that the Obama administration was behind the shooting, noting, “It took me about a year with Sandy Hook to come to grips with the fact that the whole thing was fake.”
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Jones made similar comments the following January, saying the shooting was “a synthetic, completely fake with actors, in my view, manufactured. I couldn’t believe it at first. I knew they had actors there, clearly, but I thought they killed some real kids. And it just shows how bold they are that they clearly used actors.”
In July 2015, Jones said cast doubt on whether children were actually killed during the shooting, before citing prominent Sandy Hook hoaxer Wolfgang Halbig.
Jones began to spin his past Sandy Hook statements in earnest following the victory of Donald Trump as his past statements came under increased scrutiny because of his association with Trump and his claim that the new president would appear on his show in the near future.
Despite his recent contradictory claims about the shooting, Jones continues to make statements that fuelSandy Hook conspiracy theories.
Here are some headlines that advance Sandy Hook conspiracy theories that are still active on Jones’ website, Infowars.com:
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Fox News ignored a speech by the father of U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in 2004 in the Iraq war, instead opting to air commercials during the speech. Fox later went live to a song by pop singer Katy Perry after the speech.
During the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, PA, Khizr Khan spoke about the honor he felt to be present at the convention with his wife, “as patriotic American Muslims with undivided loyalty to our country.” Khan’s speech was preceded by a video that showed Hillary Clinton calling Captain Khan “the best of America” and explaining the circumstances of his death, for which he was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
The Washington Post reported that Khizr Khan turned his attention toward GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump:
"If it was up to Donald Trump, [Humayun] never would have been in America," Khan said. "Donald Trump consistently smears the character of Muslims. He disrespects other minorities, women, judges, even his own party leadership. He vows to build walls and ban us from this country."
"Donald Trump," he said, "you are asking Americans to trust you with our future. Let me ask you: Have you even read the U.S. Constitution? I will gladly lend you my copy." He pulled a copy of the Constitution from his pocket. "In this document, look for the words 'liberty' and 'equal protection of law.'"
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"Have you ever been to Arlington Cemetery? Go look at the graves of the brave patriots who died defending America — you will see all faiths, genders, and ethnicities," Khan said.
"You have sacrificed nothing. And no one."
While CNN and MSNBC aired the video and Khan’s speech in full, Fox News’ The Kelly File instead continued with its regular commentary featuring Brit Hume, then went to commercial as the speech began, showing slightly more than two minutes of the speech in a small window as commercials -- including a Benghazi attack ad -- overplayed it. Watch:...
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MEGYN KELLY (HOST): So Steve Bannon ran Breitbart.com, which some are describing as, you know, alt-right or at least favorable to the so-called alt-right.
BILL BURTON: He describes it as alt-right.
KELLY: But let me ask you, Bill Burton, she is like this with the guy who founded Media Matters, and that is a hateful website. Ask any conservative or Republican in the country.
BURTON: Megyn, we're talking about different things. Because conservatives don't agree with what Media Matters has on its website does not make it a hate website. It means they disagree with that.
KELLY: My point is it's in the eye of the beholder, Bill. It's in the eye of the beholder.
BURTON: Misogyny and racism are bigger than just political disagreements.
Previously:
Fox's Varney And O'Reilly Lash Out At "Hate Group" Media Matters
CBS' Megyn Kelly Profile Omits Her Record Of Misinformation And Race-Baiting
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http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/egyn-kellys-trump-interview-signaled-fox-news-surrender
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http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/04/11/comprehensive-guide-megyn-kelly%E2%80%99s-history-right-wing-media-misinformation/209854
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Planned Parenthood
Kelly Asked Whether Indictment Against Center For Medical Progress Was A "Political Hit Job." On the January 25 edition of The Kelly File, Kelly asked her guest whether the indictment of David Daleiden, the founder of the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) and source of a series of deceptively edited smear videos against Planned Parenthood, was a “political hit job.” Fox News, *The Kelly File*, [1/25/16]
Kelly Defended Anti-Planned Parenthood Smear Videos With Blatant Falsehoods.On the November 30 edition of The Kelly File, Kelly defended former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina's much-debunked claims that those who watched CMP’s videos would see "a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain." Kelly conceded that Fiorina "made a claim ... that was a bridge too far" by "sort of meld[ing] two different sets of videos,” but added, "In Fiorina's defense, she did not see on those tapes, because it didn't exist, the live fetus having its organs harvested. The reason the fetus wasn't alive is because it had just been killed by a Planned Parenthood doctor." None of the videos released by CMP shows an abortion procedure, a fact even Daleiden admits. CMP did misleadingly insert in one of its videos an unrelated image from a woman's stillbirth and a separate undated, unsourced video from an unknown miscarriage. Neither of the inserted materials had any connection to Planned Parenthood nor abortion procedures. *Media Matters*, [12/1/15]
Contraception
KellyMocked Sandra Fluke’s Advocacy For Greater Contraception Access.On the June 30, 2014, edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, Kelly mocked law student Sandra Fluke for advocating for greater access to contraception, stating that women like her “started saying, ‘I’m entitled. Oh my God, I never realized how victimized I was all those years when I was paying for [birth control] on my own.’” Kelly defended Hobby Lobby's challenge to the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate, calling the mandate part of a "war on the religious right." Fox News, *The O'Reilly Factor*, [6/30/14]
Islam
Kelly On Muslim Immigration: "Is Germany Over As We Know It? Is Europe?" On the January 7 edition of The Kelly File, Kelly asked whether Germany and Europe were "over as we know it" because they allowed an influx of Muslim immigration. Kelly suggested that "the culture there is being forced to conform to the refugees," asserting that Germany has "large groups of Muslims who have no desire to assimilate." Fox News, *The Kelly File*, [1/7/16]
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kellyQuestioned At What Point Obama’s Actions On ImmigrationCould“Offend”Republicans“Into Impeaching Him.”On the November 3, 2014, edition of The Kelly File, Kelly baselessly suggested that Obama’s executive action on immigration might be granting “blanket amnesty to 11, 12 million illegal immigrants after these midterms.” Kelly went on to ask her guest what Obama would “have to do to make it an impeachable offense.” Fox News, *The Kelly File*, [11/3/14]}:
Climate Change
Kelly Cut Away From Obama’s Climate Change Speech To Host Climate Denier Chris Horner.On the June 25, 2013, edition of America Live, Kelly cut away from Obama’s address on climate change, claiming that the president's statement that "the planet is warming and human activity is contributing to it" is "not the full story." Kelly casted doubt on climate science, saying that “the planet has heated far less than the climate scientists had predicted, and it is in danger now, it’s in danger of making them look like scientists who cried wolf.” Kelly also failed to disclose her guest Chris Horner’s financial ties to Koch Industries and other fossil fuel interests. *Media Matters*, [6/25/13]
Kelly Called It "Ironic" That A Climate Change Hearing Was Canceled Due To A Winter Storm. On the February 14, 2007, edition of America’s Newsroom, Kelly reported on the cancelation of a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on climate change due to severe winter weather conditions in Washington, D.C. Kelly deemed the turn of events "ironic," suggesting that cold weather and snow in February cast doubt on the existence of global warming. *Media Matters,*[2/15/07]
Kelly Hosted The Co-Founder Of The Weather Channel To Vehemently Deny Climate Science.On the October 28, 2014, edition of The Kelly File, Kelly hosted John Coleman, co-founder of The Weather Channel, to promote his belief that "man-made global climate change is a myth." During the segment, Coleman falsely claimed that the scientific consensus that human activities drive climate change is based on "bad, bad science" and repeated the falsehoods that an increase in Arctic ice disproves global warming and that polar bears are doing just fine. He also blamed Al Gore for making it difficult for a climate skeptic to "get on TV." Kelly responded by joking that The Weather Channel is now going to "be pushed out of existence since [Coleman has] taken this position." *Media Matters*, [10/28/14]
Hillary Clinton
Benghazi
The Kelly FileSpent Nearly 1.5 Hours In Two Weeks Hyping Michael Bay’s Benghazi Film As A “Threat To” Hillary Clinton’s Campaign.According to a Media Matters study, from January 4 through January 19, The Kelly Filedevoted 1 hour and 22 minutes to discussing Michael Bay's myth-filled Benghazi movie, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi of coverage. Kelly kicked off a segment about the movie on her January 4 program by touting an "exclusive" report on "the gripping new film that may pose a threat to Hillary Clinton's hopes for the White House." She made that same point -- that the film might have an impact on Clinton's presidential run -- in seven segments. The show also revived multiple debunked myths, including that Clinton dismissed the deaths of those killed in the Benghazi attack, that Clinton and senior White House officials deliberately lied about the attackers’ motives, and that the Obama administration issued a “stand down” order during the attacks. *Media Matters*, [1/21/16; 1/21/16]
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Megyn Kelly Sets Up Call For New Benghazi Hearing With Deceptively Cut Video
Kelly Invents Contradiction Between Obama Calling Attack "Act Of Terror" And Panetta Saying Terrorists Were Involved In The Attack
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I Watched Fox's Megyn Kelly So You Don't Have To: How I Learned to Uncode the Fox News Propaganda Machine
Fox News markets Megyn Kelly as a refreshing, independent voice. She's really just O'Reilly in fancier packaging.
By Charles L. Ponce De Leon / Salon June 17, 2015
A few months ago, the New York Times Magazine published an interesting profile of Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly. Written by Jim Rutenberg, one of the Times’ political reporters, it suggested that Kelly’s promotion to the coveted 9 p.m. time slot, immediately following “The O’Reilly Factor,” was part of Roger Ailes’ interest in broadening FNC’s audience.
As numerous surveys have revealed, Fox News may be the “most-watched” cable news channel, but its viewers are older than those of its competitors (though, to be fair, the competition’s viewers are pretty old, too), and its most devoted ones are consistently conservative. Rutenberg’s piece raised the possibility that Kelly might be able to attract younger and more ideologically diverse viewers, especially “independents” who watch Fox from time to time but are not regulars.
The magazine’s cover went so far as to suggest that Kelly’s style and departures from conservative orthodoxy might even make her appealing to … readers of the New York Times! (That appeal, such as it is, seems likely to have been undercut in recent weeks by Kelly’s bafflingly out of touch interview of the Duggars and her resort to the tired, racially coded “not exactly a saint” to describe the teenage girl knocked down by a cop in McKinney, Texas.)
These departures from orthodoxy have become legendary among close followers of the media and have earned her praise from a variety of figures outside the conservative movement. Rutenberg calls them “Megyn moments”: occasions when she asks a conservative guest, nearly always an older white man, a sharp question that doesn’t necessarily fit within the conservative worldview.
Rutenberg’s argument struck me as dubious. While conducting research for my book on the history of TV news, I watched lots and lots of old segments and programs, including many from Fox News. I’m pretty familiar with Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, Shepard Smith and the rest of the Fox crew, including its regular pundits. But I hadn’t seen that much of Kelly. Could Ailes really be moving away from his successful formula of pandering to Fox’s conservative base? By watching Kelly’s program, could I learn about important subjects unreported by the Times and the other “mainstream media” that I follow? Or perhaps acquire new and useful perspectives on things that I thought I understood?
To find out, I watched “The Kelly File” nearly every day from early March through the first week of May. I saw her report on everything from the negotiations with Iran over its nuclear weapons program to the controversy over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account, and watched her interviews with Republican presidential aspirants and her coverage of the riots in Baltimore in the wake of Freddie Gray’s death. But, in the end, I wasn’t impressed — and not because Kelly is a conservative and her program trumpets conservative points of view. The problem is that she is a conventional Fox News television anchor, and Fox News isn’t about nuance or complexity, the things I look for in news reporting and analysis.
It’s true that she is less doctrinaire than Hannity. And she can occasionally ask good questions — though, mostly, it’s her prosecutorial style, rather than the question itself, that it is noteworthy. Watching her regularly, however, made me realize that she’s merely a slightly different version of O’Reilly — she’s a smart, engaging television personality whose “reports” reaffirm the conservative ideology of most of her viewers.
Kelly’s biggest attribute is her personality. She’s intelligent, down-to-earth and can poke fun at herself as well as at her guests. And, no doubt much to Ailes’s delight, she has developed a very effective broadcasting style. Her husky voice, quick wit and experience as a lawyer give her an admirable air of authority. In the peculiar style favored by FNC producers, she evokes a still glamorous ex-cheerleader. She is also a superb performer, never losing her cool or command of her program. She’s well suited for television journalism, and in another era, would likely have been a big star for the networks.
Sadly, however, she works for Fox News, a purveyor of a kind of television journalism that has become the norm for cable news, even among channels that eschew its conservatism. That means covering only a few stories, usually the ones most likely to appeal to their target audience, and following them very closely over the course of the broadcast day, sometimes through live reports from the field, but mostly by allowing assorted guests to opine and pontificate about them. At Fox News and MSNBC, anchors routinely join in the pontificating, and these breaks with old-school journalistic practice are part of their appeal. It makes them seem “real,” and as Ailes recognized long ago, most viewers of TV news prefer this to the detachment displayed by journalists at the major networks and CNN. And Fox at least has the ratings to prove it.
Kelly is most certainly “real,” and she opines and pontificates no less than O’Reilly and Hannity. This is why she is popular with Fox News viewers, who expect this from their prime-time anchors in particular. But I doubt it will appeal to very many real independents (as opposed to people with largely conservative beliefs who like to think they are independents) or readers of the Times. And this isn’t just because “The Kelly File” covers so few stories or because Kelly expresses her opinions about so many things. The same can be said about Rachel Maddow.
It’s because Kelly’s program isn’t very informative, even when she devotes attention to stories given short shrift by other news outlets. With a handful of exceptions — usually compelling breaking news stories like the tragic Germanwings airline crash — every story Kelly and her producers select is predictable. And, rather than exploring their complexity, Kelly and her guests dumb them down so that everything fits neatly into their viewers’ worldview.
I was shocked at how few subjects, sources and points of view “The Kelly File” presents, and by her almost ritualistic recourse to the same old conservative clichés and talking points during discussion and analysis, even when more interesting and complicated angles virtually begged to be examined. As on “The O’Reilly Factor,” the role played by liberal guests is to be flayed by the host and her allies. Often this is easy because such guests are academics or policy wonks unaccustomed to talking in sound bites; sometimes their statements are so out of touch with reality that they almost invite ridicule. Even those famous “Megyn moments” are too few for my liking. And they always are followed by gracious and supportive remarks that demonstrate to viewers that Kelly is on the side of the “good guys.”
Watching Kelly reminded me of what I learned while researching my book — that Fox News, particularly during prime time, really isn’t in the news business. It’s in the entertainment business. To a certain degree, this is true of most all television news. But in FNC’s case, there is a difference. Fox News’ core audience is more than just a particular slice of the larger consumer marketplace. It’s a group of people with firm convictions and a coherent ideological worldview — not unlike orthodox Marxists back in the early 1900s. And part of what Fox does is make this worldview seem even more coherent — and impervious to information that might undermine or contradict it. That’s actually what its viewers want, and, from the start, Ailes and FNC have eagerly given it to them.
I’m sure Ailes would like to expand FNC’s audience and win over viewers whose views are less doctrinaire. This would be good business, and Ailes is a brilliant businessman. But I can’t see this happening without him alienating his most loyal viewers, who prefer every story and virtually every fact filtered through the lens of ideology. At least in present form, “The Kelly File” isn’t going to do this, despite Kelly’s undeniable appeal as a broadcaster.
Charles L. Ponce de Leon is associate professor of history and American studies at California State University Long Beac
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After being ignored by the mainstream media, the co-founder of The Weather Channel was given a platform on Fox News to spout climate denial. But the discredited former meteorologist has no formal education in climate science, and he did little in his Fox appearance but repeat falsehoods.
The October 28 edition of Fox News' The Kelly Filefeatured John Coleman, co-founder of The Weather Channel, allowing him to promote his belief that "man-made global climate change is a myth." During the segment, Coleman falsely claimed that the scientific consensus that human activities drive climate change is based on "bad, bad science" and repeated the falsehoods that an increase in Arctic ice disproves global warming and that polar bears are doing just fine. He also blamed Al Gore for making it difficult for a climate skeptic to "get on TV":
Host Megyn Kelly joked that The Weather Channel is now going to "be pushed out of existence since [Coleman has] taken this position." But Coleman's connections to The Weather Channel were severed decades ago; he helped created the 24-hour weather channel in the 1980s and served as CEO of the company until he was forced out one year after it went to air.
Moreover, Coleman's experience in weather forecasting does not make him an expert in climate science -- there is an immense difference between a scientist and a weather forecaster. For starters, they use different models and ask different questions: climate scientists observe and predict long-term trends over entire ecosystems, while meteorologists focus on weekly, daily, and hourly changes in the weather. MIT climate scientist Kerry Emanuel previously comparedasking a meteorologist's opinion on the state of climate science to "asking a country doctor to comment on the latest developments in biomedical research." Disregarding the fact that Coleman never received a formal education in meteorology -- his degree was in journalism -- his experience predicting the weather does not make him a credible source to debunk the vast majority of scientific literature on climate change.
Coleman also claimed that "9,000 Ph.D.'s and 31 [thousand] scientists" agree with his position on climate change, referring to the widelydiscredited Oregon Petition Project. Its signatories are mostly engineers with master's degrees, and it once included the names of fictitious characters and a member of the Spice Girls.
Coleman thanked Fox News for giving him a platform (in contrast to "the media" he berated), and in fact, Fox News has frequently turnedto Coleman to deny the scientific consensus on global warming.
For years, Coleman has been connected to the Heartland Institute, which has been funded by fossil-fuel interests, and its promotion of climate change denial. Coleman was featuredat a Heartland Institute climate conference in July of this year. Previously, he hostedfour paid associates of Heartland to deny climate change on the San Diego station where he worked as weathercaster for 20 years (he has since retired). As Coleman told Kelly, the Heartland Institute has been promoting his letter urging UCLA's Hammer Museum to "provide balance" to a debate it recently hosted on climate change. In the letter, Coleman wrote, "It is important to have those who attend know that there is no climate crisis."
On the same day the Kelly and Fox News chose to feature Coleman, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) convened to finalize a report saying that climate change driven by human activities will cause "severe, pervasive, and irreversible impacts" if left unchecked, which Bloomberg News noted is "stronger language" than the panel has previously used. At the time of this posting, Fox News has not covered these IPCC meetings.*
*Based on a search of internal video archives for "climate."
UPDATE (10/30/14):On October 29, The Weather Channel published an official "position statement" on global warming to their website, agreeing with the scientific consensus that carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are responsible for "the majority of the warming over the past century":
The climate of the earth is indeed warming, with an increase of approximately 1 - 1 1/2 degrees Fahrenheit in the past century, more than half of that occurring since the 1970s.
[...]
[I]t is known that burning of fossil fuels injects additional carbon dioxide and other so-called greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. This in turn increases the naturally occurring "greenhouse effect," a process in which our atmosphere keeps the earth's surface much warmer than it would otherwise be.
More than a century's worth of detailed climate observations shows a sharp increase in both carbon dioxide and temperature. These observations, together with computer model simulations and historical climate reconstructions from ice cores, ocean sediments and tree rings all provide strong evidence that the majority of the warming over the past century is a result of human activities. This is also the conclusion drawn, nearly unanimously, by climate scientists.
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The Guardian [1] / By Dana Nuccitelli [2]
The Weather Channel's Co-Founder Prefers Conspiracy Theories Over Climate Science
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The Weather Channel co-founder John Coleman was recently interviewed by Megyn Kelly on Fox News [3], calling human-caused global warming “a myth.” The interview was then amplified through the media echo chamber, including an article at left-leaning Huffington Post [4], and Coleman was subsequently interviewed on CNN’s Reliable Sources [5].
Coleman has publicly denied the scientific reality of human-caused global warming for years, telling Fox News in 2008 [6] that he wanted to sue Al Gore, for example. There’s no new content in these latest interviews; just the usual long-debunked climate myths and conspiracy theories. Coleman is apparently considered a credible climate interviewee because he was instrumental in creating The Weather Channel 32 years ago, but he’s woefully misinformed when it comes to climate science.
Coleman Denies Basic Climate Science
In his Fox News interview, Coleman said,
The Antarctic ice cap is at an all-time record high in both coverage and thickness, and the Arctic ice cap at the North Pole is at the highest it has been in several years. It’s in its so-called normal range since we got satellite observations that can measure it. So not only is the ice not melting, more polar bears are alive and happy today than in 100 years.
Each of these points is either wrong or misleading.
Although more Arctic sea ice survived this year than in the record-shattering melt of 2012, in 2014 the ice was nevertheless at its 6th-lowest level in thousands of years [7]. About 70% of the sea ice in the Arctic has disappeared over the past three decades, mainly due to human-caused global warming [8]. This rapid decline is well outside “the normal range” of Arctic sea ice extent and volume.
Reconstructed Arctic sea ice extent over the past 1,450 years, from Kinnard et al. (2011).
The Arctic has lost 10 times more sea ice than the Antarctic has gained [9], and resent research suggests the collapse of the land-based Antarctic ice sheet may already be inevitable [10].
Of the 12 polar bear populations for which we have sufficient observational data,8 are declining and just 1 is increasing [11]. There’s a myth that polar bear populations are thriving because they’ve grown since the 1970s. That growth has nothing to do with the climate – it was due to the introduction of the International Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears in 1973, which restricted and in some circumstances banned the hunting of polar bears, which had caused their populations to dwindle. Global warming – specifically the rapid decline in the Arctic sea ice they need to hunt – has caused polar bear populations to decline in recent years.
Well there are 9,000 Ph.D.’s and 31 [thousand] scientists who have signed a petition that says that [carbon dioxide] is not a significant greenhouse gas
On both Fox and CNN Coleman referred to the discredited Oregon Petition [12], which can be signed by anyone with just about any college science degree, and which has included “signatures” from fictional characters and Spice Girls [13]. In reality,97% of climate science experts [14] and their peer-reviewed research [15] agree that human carbon dioxide emissions are driving global warming.
On CNN (which to its credit, established before the interview that there is a 97% expert consensus [16] on human-caused global warming and there aren’t two equal sides in this ‘debate’), Coleman went even further in denying basic science, saying,
Climate change is not happening. There is no significant man-made global warming now, there hasn’t been any in the past, and there’s no reason to expect any in the future. There’s a whole lot of baloney ... there is no global warming.
That’s just a denial of reality [17].
Coleman is Not Credible on Climate
Several times during the Fox interview, Megyn Kelly commented that The Weather Channel will “be pushed out of existence since [Coleman has] taken this position.” In reality, Coleman was forced out of The Weather Channel [18] in 1983, just a year after he helped found it. Coleman has had no affiliation with The Weather Channel for over 30 years. The Weather Channel has an official statement on climate change [19], which it updated a few days after the Coleman interview. It states,
More than a century’s worth of detailed climate observations shows a sharp increase in both carbon dioxide and temperature. These observations, together with computer model simulations and historical climate reconstructions from ice cores, ocean sediments and tree rings all provide strong evidence that the majority of the warming over the past century is a result of human activities. This is also the conclusion drawn, nearly unanimously, by climate scientists.
On CNN, The Weather Channel CEO David Kenny said,
I’m concerned whenever the discussion of climate change veers from the science. The science is really clear, and I don’t like our brand being associated with something that’s not scientifically based. I think we can all be proud of our résumés, but I would prefer people use the credentials they have today, not the credentials of three decades ago.
On CNN, Coleman claimed to be a scientist. He’s been a TV weatherman for over 60 years, but his degree is in journalism [20]. In recent years he forecasted the weather in San Diego, where it generally ranges from sunny and warm to sunnier and warmer.
The Weather Channel, on the other hand, employs meteorologists with climate science training. For example, Heidi Cullen [21] was The Weather Channel’s first on-air climate expert. Cullen received a Ph.D. in climatology and ocean-atmosphere dynamics at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and has worked as a research scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society. On the subject of climate change, Cullen has said [22],
There is convincing evidence that since the industrial revolution, human activities, resulting in increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases and other trace constituents in the atmosphere, have become a major agent of climate change ... If a meteorologist has an AMS Seal of Approval [23], which is used to confer legitimacy to TV meteorologists, then meteorologists have a responsibility to truly educate themselves on the science of global warming.
Those comments certainly apply to John Coleman.
Coleman’s Conspiracy Theories
Coleman has previously gone as far as to suggest [24] that climate science is part of a conspiracy to create a one-world government. On CNN, he claimed,
The government puts out about $2.5m directly for climate research every year. It only gives that money to scientists who will produce scientific results that support the global warming hypothesis of the Democratic Party, or the position. So, they don’t have any choice. If you’re gonna get the money, you’ve gotta support their position. Therefore, 97% of the scientific reports publish support global warming.
This is conspiratorial nonsense. Grants are awarded before research is performed and before its conclusions are known. The 3% of contrarian climate scientists like Roy Spencer and Richard Lindzen have received millions of dollars in government research grants.
CNN host Brian Stelter even went as far as to specifically ask Coleman, “Is The Weather Channel part of the conspiracy?”. Coleman responded,
Well, The Weather Channel has bought into it. As I say, they’ve drunk the Kool-Aid.
It’s ironic that on CNN’s Reliable Sources, Coleman revealed that on climate change, he’s a completely unreliable source with no expertise or credibility on the subject, preferring conspiracy theories to science.
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[1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/
[2] http://www.alternet.org/authors/dana-nuccitelli
[3] http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/10/28/weather-channel-co-founders-climate-denial-find/201344
[4] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/28/weather-channel-founder-global-warming-myth_n_6060734.html
[5] http://www.mediaite.com/tv/former-weather-channel-ceo-goes-off-on-cnn-hello-everybody-theres-no-global-warming/
[6] http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/03/14/weather-channel-founder-sue-al-gore-for-fraud/
[7] http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/oct/20/2014-arctic-sea-ice-extent-6th-lowest-in-millennia
[8] http://www.skepticalscience.com/Arctic-sea-ice-melt-natural-or-man-made-intermediate.htm
[9] http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/jul/07/antarctic-sea-ice-latest-global-warming-distraction
[10] http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/12/western-antarctic-ice-sheet-collapse-has-already-begun-scientists-warn
[11] http://www.skepticalscience.com/polar-bears-global-warming.htm
[12] http://www.skepticalscience.com/OISM-Petition-Project-intermediate.htm
[13] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Petition#Credentials_and_authenticity
[14] http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-scientific-consensus-intermediate.htm
[15] http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/8/2/024024
[16] http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/8/2/024024/article
[17] http://skepticalscience.com/nuccitelli-et-al-2012.html
[18] http://www.webcitation.org/65qp1m68x
[19] http://www.weather.com/news/science/environment/global-warming-weather-channel-position-statement-20141029
[20] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coleman_(news_weathercaster)
[21] http://www.climatecentral.org/about/people-bio/heidi_cullen
[22] http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_11392.html
[23] http://www.ametsoc.org/amscert/
[24] http://www.kusi.com/story/13167480/the-amazing-story-behind-the-global-warming-scam
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:{:{Megyn Marie Kelly (born November 18, 1970),[4][5] formerly known as Megyn Kendall,[6] is an American journalist, political commentator and former corporate defense attorney, on the Fox News Channel. As of 2016, Kelly hosts The Kelly File weekday evenings from the network's New York City headquarters. She previously hosted America Live.}:
Prior to that, Kelly co-hosted America's Newsroom along with Bill Hemmer. From 2007 to 2012, the two hosted Fox News Channel'sNew Year's Eve specials, All American New Year. She was included in the 2014 Time list of the 100 most influential people.}:
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Early life
Kelly was born in Syracuse, New York,[7] to Edward Kelly, who taught education at the State University of New York at Albany, and Linda, a homemaker.[5] She is of Italian descent on her mother's side and Irish descent on her father's.[5]Kelly's father died when she was 15 years old.[8]
Kelly attended Tecumseh Elementary School, in DeWitt, New York. At age 9, her family moved to the Albany, New Yorksuburb[7] of Delmar, where she attended Bethlehem Central High School.[9] After high school, she obtained an undergraduate degree in political science at Syracuse University[5] and earned a J.D. from Albany Law School in 1995.[10]
Career
In law
Kelly was an associate in the Chicago office of law firm Bickel & Brewer LLP, during which time she co-wrote an article for the American Bar Association's journal, Litigation, called "The Conflicting Roles of Lawyer as Director".[11] She later joinedJones Day for nine years, where one of her clients was the credit bureau Experian.[12]
In television
In 2003, Kelly moved to Washington, D.C., where she was hired by the ABC affiliate WJLA-TV as a general assignment reporter.[13] While there, she covered significant national and local events, including live coverage of the confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Chief Justice John G. Roberts; the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor; the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist; and the 2004 presidential election.[14] After working as a journalist for WJLA, Kelly then applied for a job at Fox News Channel in 2004.[14] CNN president Jonathan Klein would later regret not gaining Kelly as a reporter in the beginning of her career, as she was "the one talent you’d want to have from somewhere else".[15]
Kelly contributed legal segments for Special Report with Brit Hume and hosted her own legal segment, Kelly's Court, during Weekend Live. She appeared on a weekly segment on The O'Reilly Factor and occasionally filled in for Greta Van Susteren on On the Record, where most of her reporting focused on legal and political matters. She occasionally contributed as an anchor, but more often as a substitute anchor on weekends.[16] On February 1, 2010, Kelly began hosting her own two-hour afternoon show, America Live, replacing Fox News' previous show The Live Desk.[17][18] She has been a guest-panelist on Fox News' late-night satire program Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld. In 2010, viewership for America Live increased by 20%, averaging 1,293,000 viewers, and increased by 4% in the 25–54 age demographic, averaging 268,000 viewers.[19] In December 2010, Kelly was confirmed to be hosting a New Year's Eve special with Bill Hemmer.[20]
Kelly received media attention for her coverage of the results of the 2012 United States presidential election. On November 6, 2012, the night of the election, Fox News projected that Obama would win a second term after part of the results had been released. In response to Karl Rove's opposition to this projection, Kelly asked Rove, "Is this just math that you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better? Or is this real?"[21][22][23]
Kelly left as host of America Live in the beginning of July 2013 for maternity leave and returned to host a new nightly program The Kelly File on October 7, 2013.[24][25]Over the years, The Kelly File has at different times overtaken the channel's regular number one The O'Reilly Factor in ratings.[26][27] However, The Kelly File has also been overtaken by Hannity.[28]
In December 2013, remarks made by Kelly in reaction to a Slate article drew controversy. On The Kelly File, she said, "For all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white, but this person is just arguing that maybe we should also have a black Santa," adding, "But Santa is what he is, and just so you know, we’re just debating this because someone wrote about it." Kelly also stated that Jesus was a white man later in the segment.[29] Soon after, Jon Stewart,[30] Stephen Colbert,[31] Rachel Maddow,[32] Josh Barro,[33] and others satirized her remarks.[34] Two days later, she made additional on-air statements, characterizing her original comments as "tongue-in-cheek",[35][36][37][38][39] and that the skin color of Jesus is "far from settled".[40]
In June 2015, Kelly interviewed Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting regarding their son Josh Duggar's alleged molestation of five girls in 2002. She later interviewed two of their daughters, Jill and Jessa. This show's Nielsen national estimates ratings of 3.09 million viewers, above its average 2.11 million, ranked with the 3.2 million for the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 coverage and 7.3 million for the Ferguson riots coverage.[41]
:{:{In the Republican Party presidential debate on August 6, 2015, Kelly asked whether a man of Trump's temperament ought to be elected president.[42] Kelly's moderating generated a range of media and political reactions.[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54] Kelly responded to Trump's criticism by saying she would not "apologize for doing good journalism".[55] Trump declined to attend the Iowa January 28 debate that she moderated.[56][57] After the debate and off-camera, Kelly referred to Trump as "Voldemort".[58] Bill Maher complimented Kelly as being "so much better" than the candidates who attended the January 28 debate and argued that she was a more viable candidate for the Republican nomination.[59] }:
In an interview with CBS News Sunday Morning, Kelly reflected that she was disappointed with the lack of support she received from coworker Bill O'Reilly and CNN, the latter airing a Trump event the same time as the debate.[60][61] In April, at her request,[62] Kelly met with Trump at Trump Tower, having "a chance to clear the air".[63] The following month, after interviewing Trump and being met with mixed reception,[64] she expressed interest in doing another one with him.[65] In June, she criticized Trump for his claims against Gonzalo P. Curiel's credibility.[66]}:
In March 2016, it was announced that Kelly will host a one-hour prime time special on the Fox Broadcasting Company, wherein she will interview celebrities from the worlds of "politics, entertainment, and other areas of human interest."[67] The special aired in May 2016, which is a sweeps month.[68] It acquired 4.8 million viewers, but came in third place in ratings.[69][70] Gabriel Sherman wrote of the stakes for Kelly as "high", elaborating that with Kelly being in the final year of her contract with Fox and having confirmed her ambitions, "The special was essentially a public interview for her next job."[71]
In July 2016, amid allegations of sexual harassment on the part of Roger Ailes, Kelly was reported to have confirmed that she herself was also subject to this treatment.[72][73] Two days after the report, Ailes' lawyer, Susan Estrich, publicly denied the charge.[74] During her coverage of the 2016 Republican National Convention, her attire received criticism.[75] In a defense of Kelly, Jenavieve Hatch of The Huffington Post commented, "If you’re a woman on national television reporting on a political event from hot, humid Cleveland, wearing a weather-appropriate outfit makes you the target of an endless stream of sexist commentary."[76]
Writing
In February 2016, Kelly signed with HarperCollins to write a book scheduled for release later that year. The book is titled Settle for More. The book deal is worth more than $10 million.[77][78][79]
Accolades
In 2009, Kelly received an award from Childhelp for her coverage of child abuse as an anchor.[80]
She was included in the 2014 Time list of the 100 most influential people.[81]
Kelly appeared on the cover of the February 2016 issue of Vanity Fair.[82] The same year, she was an honoree for Variety's Power of Women for her addressing child abuse.[83]
Personal life
Kelly married Daniel Kendall, an anesthesiologist, on September 29, 2001.[84] That marriage ended in divorce in 2006.[85][86]
On March 1, 2008, she married Douglas Brunt, then President and CEO of Authentium,[87] who became a full-time writer and novelist.[88] They have three children.[89][90]
Politically, Kelly identifies as an independent, and has voted for both Democrats and Republicans.[91]
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Kelly with Russian president Vladimir Putin, June 2017[
](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_Narendra_Modi_speaks_with_Russian_President_Vladimir_Putin,_Austrian_Federal_Chancellor_Christian_Kern,_and_Moldovan_President_Igor_Dodon_on_the_sidelines_of_the_St_Petersburg_International_Economic_Forum.jpg)Kelly with Putin, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, and Austrian chancellor Christian Kern
:{:{In late 2016, Kelly was rumored to be actively considering other news networks aside from Fox News, since her contract was a few months from expiring.[74][75] In January 2017, The New York Times reported that she would leave Fox News for a "triple role" at NBC News, which would include a daytime talk show, a Sunday-night newsmagazine, and becoming a correspondent for major news events and political coverage.[76][77]}:
She departed Fox News on January 6, 2017, after the last episode of The Kelly File was aired.[78][79] In January 2017, People quoted an unspecified source that Kelly remained under a non-compete clause with Fox until July 2017 which would prevent her from working for a competitor until the clause expired, unless it would be canceled prior.[80]}:
On June 2, 2017, Kelly interviewed Russian president Vladimir Putin, first in a panel discussion she moderated at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and later in a one-on-one interview for the premiere episode of NBC's Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly, which aired June 4, 2017.[81][82][83] Kelly's daytime talk show, Megyn Kelly Today, premiered in September 2017.[84][85][86][87]
Kelly was being paid reportedly between $15 million and $20 million a year at NBC.[88] After an initial run of eight episodes in the summer of 2017, NBC decided to bring her newsmagazine show Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly back for summer 2018 after a hiatus for football and the Winter Olympics, but only periodically. However, this return never materialized.[89][90] Instead, Kelly continued to report stories for Dateline NBC during the summer of 2018, continuing her work for the show which she joined in 2017.[91]
On October 23, 2018, Kelly was criticized for on-air remarks she made on Megyn Kelly Today related to the appropriateness of blackface as part of Halloween costumes. She recollected that "when I was a kid, that was okay as long as you were dressing up like a character", and defended Luann de Lesseps's use of skin darkening spray to portray Diana Ross.[92] After receiving backlash for her comments, Kelly issued an internal email apologizing for the remarks later that day.[93] On October 26, 2018, NBC canceled Megyn Kelly Today.[94] It had been reported that Kelly was considering ending the program to focus on her role as a correspondent.[95] Her employment was terminated on January 11, 2019, and she was paid the $30 million due for the remainder of her contract.[96][97][98]
2020–present: Sirius XM
Kelly announced the launch of Devil May Care Media, her media production company, on September 10, 2020, with a podcast, The Megyn Kelly Show.[99] Its first episode premiered on September 28.[100]
On July 6, 2021, it was announced that the podcast would move to Sirius XM on September 7, 2021, to broadcast weekdays at 12 noon ET on the talk radio channel Triumph, along with a video simulcast available to Sirius XM subscribers.[101]
In early 2023, Kelly teased that she had to join SAG-AFTRA for an upcoming secret project. On November 30, 2023, she revealed on her show that she was set to star alongside Danny Trejo, Roseanne Barr, and Adam Carolla in Mr. Birchum, a new Daily Wire adult animated comedy series scheduled to debut in early 2024.[102][103]
On December 6, 2023, Kelly returned to the moderator desk to co-host the fourth Republican primary debate alongside Elizabeth Vargas and Eliana Johnson on NewsNation.[104][105][106]
Writing
In February 2016, Kelly signed an agreement with HarperCollins to write an autobiography scheduled for release later that year, in a deal worth more than $10 million.[107][108][109] The book, titled Settle for More, was released on November 15, 2016.[110][111]
Accolades
- In 2009, Kelly received an award from Childhelp for her work as a Fox News anchor covering the subject of child abuse.[112]
- Kelly was honored with an Alumni Achievement Award from the Albany Law School in 2010 for her 15th class reunion.[113]
- She was included in the 2014 Time list of the 100 most influential people.[114]
- On September 26, 2015, Kelly was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Bethlehem Central High School, her alma mater.[115]
In popular culture
Bombshell, a 2019 film depicting Roger Ailes' sexual abuses and his subsequent resignation from Fox News, was released on December 13, 2019. Kelly is portrayed in the film by Charlize Theron, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.[116]
Kelly said she was not consulted for the film's content.[117] However, after viewing a screening of the film, Kelly held a roundtable discussion with other involved parties such as Juliet Huddy, Rudi Bakhtiar, Douglas Brunt, and former Fox News producer Julie Zann. Kelly confirmed and denied several moments in the film, while describing the film overall as an emotional experience for her.[118][119]
Personal life
In 2001, Kelly married Daniel Kendall, an anesthesiologist, in a Catholic ceremony. The marriage ended in divorce in 2006.[120] In March 2024, Kelly revealed that she was going through the Catholic annulment process with Kendall.[121]
In 2008, she married Douglas Brunt, who was then president and CEO of the cybersecurity firm Authentium,[122] and who became a full-time writer and novelist.[123] They have three children, born in 2009, 2011, and 2013.[124][125][126] All three children were conceived through in vitro fertilization.[127][128] The family lives in Connecticut during the school year, and have a waterfront New Jersey home for the summer.[129]
Kelly is a lifelong Catholic.[130] She has appeared at a fundraiser for the conservative group Moms for Liberty.[131]
Kelly has Raynaud's disease.[132]
Political views
Politically, Kelly identifies as an independent, and told Variety in 2015 that she had voted for both Democrats and Republicans.[133]
She has spoken out in support of drug legalization and supports accepting more legal immigrants,[134] but objected to Muslim immigration in Europe.[135][136] ^[unreliable ^source?] After the Parkland high school shooting in 2018, Kelly criticized the National Rifle Association of America for being too powerful and criticized lawmakers for not pushing for reform on guns.[137]
In June 2023, Kelly explained why she had changed her position on "preferred pronouns" from being for them to being against them.[138] She had also begun to express anti-transgender material, especially against LGBT+ figures such as Dylan Mulvaney, referring to Mulvaney's "mockery of womanhood and girlhood";[139] Ava Kris Tyson, who was repeatedly misgendered by Kelly in a response to Tyson coming out as a transgender woman in an interview with Anthony Padilla;[140] and the writers of the Transformers: EarthSpark kids show, calling them "disgusting" for showcasing a non-binary character.[141] In an interview, Megyn Kelly criticized Rachel Levine, saying the doctor is 'the farthest thing I've seen from a woman in a long time.' 'He was unattractive as a male, outrageous as a female'.[142]
:{:{After a controversial 2024 Olympic Games women's boxing competition involving Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, Kelly took a chance to angrily criticize the competition on her show, declaring that "With the whole world watching, we've just witnessed a biological woman, also known as just a woman, in a fight with a boxer, who was not allowed to compete against women last year because it's a man! The person splitting hairs, are everyone splitting hairs around this person saying 'well, he don't...he has XY chromosomes, but I guess we can't call him a man, because he calls himself a woman?' I don't give a shit! You have XY chromosomes? You're a man! For athletic purposes and other purposes, and this person was banned, from competing in international tournaments last year, and yet was allowed to enter the Olympics, so he could pummel female boxers.}:
They (Khelif and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu Ting) failed the gender eligibility test. I mean, that's what they're saying! You know why? Because it's a man! The outcome was beyond predictable for any woman with common sense! It took 46 seconds, for the woman, his opponent, from Italy, to withdraw from the fight in tears. The man is Algeria's Imane Khelif. He reportedly, repeatedly, pummeled her in the face".[143]}:
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