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The co-hosts at Fox & Friends are furious that ICE, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, allegedly isn't deporting as many undocumented immigrants under President Joe Biden as it did under President Donald Trump.

Brian Kilmeade blasted what he says is a decision by ICE management to tamp down deportations while awaiting instructions from the new Biden administration – and he's furious they are supposedly forced to get permission from superiors in Washington, D.C., presumably at Homeland Security.

Fox News host Howard Kurtz on Sunday defended the "right" of ousted Fox Business host Lou Dobbs to repeat lies about the 2020 election on the air.

On Sunday, Kurtz reported that Dobbs' show had been cancelled following a $2.7 billion lawsuit from voting company Smartmatic, which Dobbs had falsely linked to attempts to steal the 2020 election from then-President Donald Trump.

Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday morning, an impassioned Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) made not only the case for Donald Trump to be convicted for sedition over the Jan. 6th Capitol riot, but also roped in Republicans who helped the ex-president encourage it.

Speaking with host Jake Tapper, Pressley got right down to it.

"If we really believe that this is a moment of reckoning in every way, then we must act accordingly. and that means that Donald J. Trump must be held accountable because he is culpable for having incited this insurrection by perpetuating this big lie" she began. "This House has twice done its job. He will forever be the twice-impeached president by the Democratic majority, and now the Senate must not only hold Donald Trump accountable but also to bar him from running for public office ever again."

"And then we know that he had accomplices who told on themselves in broad daylight," she continued. "They aided and abetted this insurrection by perpetuating this big lie and they must be expelled. Then we must continue investigating, Jake, so that any individuals or agencies that enabled this insurrection are taken into account."

"Let me say this: for those who continue to feign great surprise about what happened on January 6th, as a black woman, to be barricaded in my office using office furniture and water bottles, on the ground, in the dark, that terror, those moments of terror is familiar in a deep and ancestral way for me," she explained. "And I want us to do everything to ensure that a breach like this never occurs at the Capitol, but I want us to address the evil and scourge of white supremacy in this nation. This is not only about securing the Capitol to ensure that members and our staffs and custodial staff are safe in the Capitol, it is that we're safe in America. And one of the images I'm haunted by is the black custodial staff cleaning up the mess left by that violent white supremacist mob. That is a metaphor for America. We have been cleaning up after white supremacist mobs for centuries."

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Comedian Dan Levy hosted "Saturday Night Live" on Saturday, with Phoebe Bridgers as the musical guest.

In the show's cold open skit, the show imagined the Super Bowl pre-game show on CBS.

Fox News anchor and Quake Media radio host Laura Ingraham was called out on Saturday for questioning coronavirus vaccines.

Ingraham hosted Robert Kennedy, Jr. on her radio show.

Appearing on MSNBC's "The Cross Connection," a media analyst stated the things could not be worse for Fox News as they watch their viewership numbers plummet while facing lawsuits including a new one asking for $2.7 billion in damages for bogus claims of voter fraud.

As guest Eric Boehlert put it, the conservative news organization that went all-in in supporting Donald Trump is now facing "the perfect storm."

Speaking with host Tiffany Cross after a discussion of fired Fox Business host Lou Dobbs, the smiling Boehlert stated, "Fox is facing a perfect storm now. I have written about and monitored Fox News for 10, 15 years and I have never seen them in the position they are right now."

"The Smartmatic lawsuit is really just an exclamation point," he continued. "Trump left the political landscape, he's nowhere to be seen, not granting interviews to anyone, not at Fox. That robs hundreds of hours of news each month for continuing Trump programming. Fox News' ratings? They're in last place for folks who might not follow the cable news wars, they're in third -- last place. That has not happened since before 9/11. They had a 20-year run and for many of the 20 years, it wasn't even close and it's become more close over the last five years. They are now in last place."

"The right-wing base has splintered, right?" he elaborated. "Newsmax, OAN, others ran to the fringe -- we don't know who won. We may never know who won. Fox News belatedly tried to play catch-up. But by then the damage was done, we've never seen it splinter, it's really important for the Republican Party -- for 20 years the Republican Party -- to go on Fox News and reach the base, reach the followers. Now when Republicans go on Fox News, they're not getting the whole base because again, the right-wing has left Fox News, they've gone to Newsmax, they've gone to other places."

"It's a disaster for Fox News," he continued. "The Smartmatic lawsuit -- for all of the reasons I just mentioned -- this is a disaster. I think we are going to end up seeing a massive, massive settlement, the type we haven't seen in decades in terms of media libel and slander. It's only February, but Fox News is already in such a deep hole."

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On CNN Saturday, chief media correspondent Brian Stelter suggested that Fox News threw Lou Dobbs overboard to cover themselves legally against a defamation suit from a voting equipment company — but that it won't save them.

"Do we know how much the lawsuit played into Dobbs' firing?" asked anchor Victor Blackwell.

Unable to tweet his thoughts, former President Donald Trump put out a tweet-sized statement celebrating Lou Dobbs after he was canceled by Fox Business.

"Fox News has canceled "Lou Dobbs Tonight," the program hosted by television's staunchest supporter of Donald Trump and of his assertions of voter fraud in the 2020 election, The Times has learned. Dobbs' program, which airs twice nightly at 5 and 7 p.m. Eastern on the Fox Business Network, will have its final airing Friday, according to a Fox News representative who confirmed the cancellation," the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.

After spending months pushing conspiracy theories about voter fraud, Lou Dobbs is reportedly out of a job.

"Fox News has canceled "Lou Dobbs Tonight," the program hosted by television's staunchest supporter of Donald Trump and of his assertions of voter fraud in the 2020 election, The Times has learned. Dobbs' program, which airs twice nightly at 5 and 7 p.m. Eastern on the Fox Business Network, will have its final airing Friday, according to a Fox News representative who confirmed the cancellation," the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.

Fox News hosts Sandra Smith and John Roberts on Wednesday grilled Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) after she refused to express an opinion on controversial Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA).

"I know you think this is a matter that is better left for the House to deal with, but it does raise significant issues for the Republican Party," Roberts explained. "What will the perception and what will the future of the party be?"

Fox News contributor Tomi Lahren suggested that Democrats are guilty of "double talk" when it comes to the support of law enforcement, but she ignored that her own network had refused to air an event honoring slain Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick.

As lawmakers attended an event in honor of Sicknick Tuesday night, most major news networks covered the service. But Fox News largely ignored the gathering, giving it only a brief mention while continuing to air normal programming from Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham.

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo and Fox Business host Larry Kudlow on Wednesday engaged in a discussion about whether President Joe Biden is "alert" enough to understand the executive orders that he has enacted.

During an appearance on Fox Business, Kudlow complained that Biden "may be the most left-wing president we have ever seen."