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Donald Trump recently released an interview with one of the most popular podcasters in the world, but some say it could be the thing that will bring the ex-president down.

Trump did a long-planned interview with former athlete and current podcaster Joe Rogan, who has been critical of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele went off on a brutal attack on Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos for his part in spiking a Washington Post endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, telling the owner of paper to sell it if he's afraid of Donald Trump.

Reacting to the furor of the venerable paper which broke the Watergate break-in story that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation on Aug. 8, 1974, Steele, from his perch on MSNBC's "The Weekend" bluntly stated Bezos has no idea what he is doing.

Noting the paper's "Democracy dies in darkness" now-diminished slogan, Steele ranted, "You just turned out the lights, Jeff Bezos, you just turned out the lights on the Washington Post because you were so afraid, my god, 'Donald Trump will come after my business.'"

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"Here's the deal," he continued. "If you can't handle it, sell the paper! Because why did you own it if you are going to do this with that? Same with the L.A. Times. If you can't take that heat, get out of that business because it is not a business for you."

"You cannot bring that mindset, you don't have a journalistic mindset, you don't understand what the First Amendment means to the men and women who actually do that job every day," he stated before exclaiming, "There is a reason your newsroom right now is pissed off at your dumb behind because you buckled. You put it on your masthead and then you took it down because you are afraid of Donald Trump ."

"I don't get what the hell everybody is so afraid of this guy for," he told his co-hosts. "There are more of us willing to stand in the light so it doesn't go dark and you are turning out the lights on your own newspaper"

"Go ahead. See what happens. He is still going to come after you if he wins, right?" he concluded.

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A Friday decision by the top management of the Washington Post to not make a 2024 presidential endorsement resulted in a flood of complaints, criticism and outrage on the media company's website after controversial publisher William Lewis issued an official statement.

On the heels of the LA Times following a similar path and not endorsing either Vice President Kamala Harris or ex-president Donald Trump at the direction of billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong who overruled his editorial board which led to a flood of resignations, Lewis announced a parallel move.

In his column for NPR, media analyst David Folkenflik raised concerns that major media outlets are holding their fire on Donald Trump's trials and tribulations before the election out of fears of retaliation should he win re-election.

According to the journalist, recent actions by the LA Times, MSNBC and the Washington Post are worthy of scrutiny in light of a close election where a bombshell story and major endorsement could tip the scales towards one candidate or the other.

Fox News host and media analyst Howard Kurtz argued that former President Donald Trump was "just letting off steam" by openly wishing that he had Adolf Hitler's generals.

Retired four-star general John Kelly revealed in a recent interview that Trump allegedly made the remark while president. Kurtz said Thursday that he did not doubt Kelly's story.

Arizona law enforcement officials are conducting an arson investigation after election ballots were damaged when a USPS mail collection box was burned in Maricopa County, a Democratic stronghold.

ABC 15 reported that crews responded to the USPS Osborn Station around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday and found a mail collection box on fire.

In a report on the growing fame of longtime Republican party consultant Scott Jennings as a regular on CNN, there was displeasure expressed by some of his co-panelists that he is crossing a line when defending Donald Trump.

Jennings, who is closely allied with former Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), seems to be a daily presence on the cable news network as the "go-to" commentator presenting a conservative perspective.

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade corrected former President Donald Trump after he suggested Barack Obama was still president.

The correction came during a discussion about Iran's aggression towards Israel on Wednesday.

Former President Donald Trump left the door open for pardoning Hunter Biden, who is facing prison time over tax and gun crimes.

During a Thursday interview, radio host Hugh Hewitt asked Trump about possibly pardoning Hunter Biden, son of current President Joe Biden.

Vice President Kamala Harris' supporters have questions for Donald Trump about the "crop cut" Fox News gave the former president at a Bronx barbershop and the election interference accusations he hurled at CBS.

A CNN report Thursday revealing Fox News edited Trump's "rambling comments" during a New York City campaign event spurred outrage that came just days after the former president threatened "60 Minutes" for editing an interview with Harris.