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Pro-Trump press seeking White House access to thwack Biden presidency: report

According to a report from Politico, pro-Trump media outlets including One America News and Newsmax are jockeying for seats in the White House briefing room in order to gain a forum where they can harass the new administration of President Joe Biden.

With daily briefings returning under new White House press secretary Jennifer Psaki, the scramble for seats in a briefing room is more intense than ever with COVID-19 restrictions reducing seating from 49 spots to a meager 14.

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'I was offended': Karl Rove says Biden ruined inauguration by bringing up 'the racism thing'

Karl Rove is the latest Fox News personality to be "offended" after President Joe Biden decried white supremacy in his inauguration speech on Wednesday.

"Whether it's COVID, the economy or racism, why are they talking everything down?" Fox News host Bill Hemmer wondered during a segment with Rove on Thursday.

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Chris Wallace gushes over Biden's swearing in: 'This was the best inaugural address I ever heard'

Fox News host Chris Wallace on Wednesday lauded President Joe Biden for giving the "best inaugural address I ever heard."

"I thought it was a great speech," Wallace declared at the conclusion of Biden's address. "I've been listening to these inaugural addresses since 1961 -- John F. Kennedy -- 'Ask not...' I thought this was the best inaugural address I ever heard."

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'A fraudulent, phony thing': Fox News pundit says Trump skipped inauguration because he 'doesn't fake things'

Fox News contributor Ari Fleisher, a former White House press secretary, on Wednesday praised soon-to-be former President Donald Trump after he refused to attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony.

Fleisher made his remarks as former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush arrived for the swearing in of the 46th president.

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Fox's Maria Bartiromo blasted for claiming Democrats 'infiltrated' Capitol wearing MAGA clothing

Fox Business news anchor Maria Bartiromo was in for a rude awakening when she attempted to blame the U.S. Capitol riots on Democrats who "infiltrated" the federal building wearing Make America Great Again (MAGA) clothing.

As she discussed the reports about possible threats of right-wing violence looming over the upcoming presidential inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, she falsely that Democrats participated in the Capitol riots, according to Media Matters.

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Maria Bartiromo parroted Trump's election fraud lies -- and Fox promoted her

Maria Bartiromo, a Fox Business and Fox News host who has falsely claimed that – according to an “intel source” – President Donald Trump won the November election, will be among six rotating hosts as Fox News expands its evening lineup of extremist opinion shows into the 7 PM hour. Fox is moving its “straight news” show, “The Story with Martha MacCallum," to 3 PM.

“Maria Bartiromo has been the source of some of the most destructive conspiracy theories at Fox Business and Fox News…particularly in the past few months,” tweeted Yashar Ali, a New York Magazine and HuffPost freelance journalist who’s broken major stories about public figures in the media and politics.

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CNN host blasts Trump sycophant: 'The shell that occupies the space that Lindsey Graham once did'

CNN host John Berman on Monday noted that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has become a "shell" of his former self after turning into a sycophant for President Donald Trump.

During a segment about the pardons that Trump could issue before leaving office, CNN host Alisyn Camerota reported that Graham had urged the president not to let Capitol Hill rioters off the hook.

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Russian media outlets are pushing false claims about who's to blame for the Capitol riot

It's no secret that President Donald Trump's angry supporters were seen storming the U.S. Capitol but the president's Kremlin-controlled Russian state broadcasts are still circulating lies the series of events that erupted on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6. According to Russian media, members of Antifa were seen storming the Capitol—not Trump supporters.

According to The Daily Beast, Russian media outlets claimed "the pro-Trump insurrectionists were merely "peaceful demonstrators" and blamed "Antifa" for the violence that took place in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021."

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'Done with this guy': Trump's Capitol riot set off a war among Breitbart staffers over support for president

According to a report from the Daily Beast's Will Sommer, support for Donald Trump at conservative Breitbart.com plummeted as right-wing extremists stormed the Capitol and threatened lawmakers at the president's urging on January 6th.

According to Slack chats, one editor -- while arguing with other staffers -- reached her limit and wrote, "Destroy Trump."

As Sommer explained, the internal messages at Breitbart revealed many who were extremely angry at the scenes of the rioters tearing up the building and battling with Capitol police -- believing it undermined every achievement of the Trump administration -- while others tried to make excuses that the president was not to blame even though he suggested they march on the lawmakers as they certified the Electoral College votes.

On the morning after the assault, international news editor Frances Martel wrote to her colleagues, "I am just not feeling charitable AT ALL. Destroy Trump."

Martel then added, "He set us back like 10 years. We have worked so hard to promote our values, values that made him president when he hawked them, and now he does this, leaving everything in shambles? Nah, destroy him. Let it be a lesson to every other 'populist.'"

Breitbart columnist John Nolte attempted to make the case that the president wasn't to blame, writing, "Trump explicitly asked people to be peaceful and respectful yesterday, and then almost immediately called for the violence to stop," but Martel wasn't having it.

"Dude told rioters 'We love you, you're special,'" Martel messaged back. "Done with this guy, get him outta there with the stage cane."

Senior editor-at-large Rebecca Mansour also chimed in and referenced the death of Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt, by writing, "I do blame Trump for all of this. Her death is on him as far I'm concerned."

According to Sommer, the break with Trump was stunning.

"Breitbart, like other outlets closely tied to Trump, has shied away from ever directly criticizing him, especially for his election-fraud lies and heated rhetoric leading up to the deadly riot. But the internal chat messages demonstrate that anger over the outgoing president's role in inciting the MAGA mob has reached even the Trumpiest strongholds of right-wing media," he wrote.

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CNN's Alisyn Camerota is done interviewing Trump supporters: 'There's nothing anyone in this delusional group can teach us'

In an op-ed published at CNN.com this Friday, network anchor Alisyn Camerota said she'll no longer interview Trump supporters, due to their penchant for conspiracy theories and disinformation.

"Now, at the end of Trump's term and after the deadly Capitol insurrection, I think the time for listening to present-day Trump supporters is over," she wrote. "There is nothing that anyone in this destructive and delusional group can teach the rest of us about being open-minded and tolerant."

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Fox News could make big changes as ratings plummet after calling the election for Biden

Fox News boss Rupert Murdoch has taken a more hands-on role in network operations as rivals cut into their dominance over conservative media, according to a new report.

Ratings are down after President Donald Trump urged follows to switch over to rival Newsmax, and CEO Suzanne Scott and president Jay Wallace could be out of a job after Fox News lost the ratings battle to CNN and MSNBC, reported The Daily Beast.

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QAnon congresswoman alerts FBI on Keith Olbermann -- because he predicted she is 'going to prison'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) continues to raise eyebrows during her second week in Congress.

On Thursday night, Green lashed out at Benjy Sarlin for an opinion piece he wrote that was published by NBC News.

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'You can't make that argument': CNN host shreds GOPer who says Trump's election loss was punishment for riot

Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) on Thursday argued that President Donald Trump has been held accountable for inciting a violent insurrection because he lost the election months earlier.

During an interview on CNN, host Brianna Keilar grilled Davis about his opposition to the president's second impeachment.

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