Angelo Carusone

Fox News’ pro-data center coverage increased by 420% following sobering GOP memo about data centers and midterms www.mediamatters.org/artificial-i...

And then he stiffed them!

When Donald Trump launched his campaign, he was caught hiring paid actors to pad the audience. (I also happened to be the one that busted him doing so). www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

I hate this

Important story. The political consultant class has a lot to answer for in the general process of fucking up America.

Most cursed timeline.

President Trump has repeatedly posted in response to Fox's coverage of the riots and adopted their rhetoric at a rally on Monday.

French riots are the new Hurricane Helene response which was the new "America's crime crisis" which was the new Hunter’s laptop which was the new migrant caravan which was the new Hillary's emails which was the new Ebola outbreak which was the new Benghazi. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fre...

My god. They even put out a cringey hype video.

My god. They even put out a cringey hype video.

If they are going to be cartoonishly malevolent, the list they could have done was put defenestration on the list.

They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.

"I can go ramp, I can go stairs" -- Trump's audience in Texas gives him an extremely tepid round of applause as he brags about being able to go up stairs without falling

You really can’t make this shit up.

Angelo Carusone on MS Now: Trump's White House press bans will “reshape the contours of the information landscape.”

POWERFUL

“This is what the authoritarians do”: MS NOW, CNN, and Politico are now suing the Trump Administration after its journalists were banned from the White House. @symonedsanders.bsky.social and MediaMatters’ chief @goangelo.bsky.social react to Trump's attack on the First Amendment.

TGIF and happy Friday, all! I have one for you that is hot off the old Substack presses. Let me know what you think! P.S. @goangelo.bsky.social you got honorable mention here, bud! Say hi to @nicollewallace.bsky.social for me. daviddavidson.substack.com/p/trump-a-ma...

the problem for Dem consultants is that they haven't properly internalized that tech - not the rank and file, but the guys at the top - has completely turned against them and should now be treated as an implacable political enemy you can't win them back by playing nice on policy and you shouldn't

From the chief energy advisor of Gulf Oil.

Rough week to tell people that your application to join the FBI finally went through.

In 2024 and 2025, I used to say on tv and at events and to reporters that they would slaughter wild horses as part of Project 2025. Many thought I was losing my damn mind or had gotten too deep down the rabbit hole. Alas. Now they slaughtering the horses.

Trump’s FCC is forcing an early review of licenses held by ABC-owned stations. Media Matters president Angelo Carusone explains why the dispute is bigger than Disney: broadcast regulation can become a weapon for press intimidation and political control. 👂@ KPFA.org. #KPFA @goangelo.bsky.social

“They have the stomach for this fight”: Media Matters’ President & CEO @goangelo.bsky.social explains how Donald Trump and Todd Blanche shattered post-Watergate norms.

Perfect form.

This election judge handled this extremely well. These guys seemed primed for escalation; also seemed like real jerks too. A taste of what’s to come…

An election judge and DOJ observers work through a disagreement over where federal observers can stand outside Powderhorn Park Recreation Center.

White House Counselor Peter Navarro complains to Bannon about Jim Jordan. Says Jordan hasn’t done more to reinforce election denial, teases that WH will be putting pressure on Jordan soon: “He has been so unhelpful in so many ways.”

Despite the overwhelming evidence that many voters are frustrated with Trump’s economy, the president continues to campaign on his record as if it were an asset. Watch @nicollewallace.bsky.social's coverage with @goangelo.bsky.social, @jheil.bsky.social, and @mollyjongfast.bsky.social!

Probably not a great sign for where things are heading when this guy starts going back on Bannon’s show…

In my lifetime I don’t think anything has made me want to give up on this broken country like the mass shared delusion about something that happened just a few years ago. So many brains are just completely gone and they’re not coming back.

Trump's effort to subvert the Midterm elections has ramped up. But who's amplifying his lies the most? @goangelo.bsky.social joins @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social to get into that and how @mmfa.bsky.social can counter it all 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...

Republicans can’t seem to name a single thing Trump has done wrong. Media Matters President and CEO @goangelo.bsky.social reacts.

“…the aristrocrats!”

This speech.

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good morning mr president, heres your daily list of things you can do to make everyones life worse but will make you the center of attention

Got up insanely early to talk about aftermath of Trump’s speech. Bottom line: A dud by many metrics. But be careful. It wasn’t intended to convince; it was to activate and arm the faithful. It was the starting gun going off for a sequence of attacks against the election. youtu.be/HTboRPK5ZKc?...

Here's John Solomon ambling away from MS NOW's Vaughn Hillyard after he admits that there's no intelligence that shows any votes were flipped in the 2020 election. He blurts out "I'm researching" and "not yet" when Hillyard presses if he has proof the election was stolen. x.com/VaughnHillya...