Podcast Summary: IHIP News

Episode: Fox in Total Collapse Right Now As "Daddy Trump" Face Plants on World Stage
Hosts: Jennifer Welch & Angie “Pumps” Sullivan
Date: January 22, 2026

Episode Overview

In this episode, Jennifer and Angie (“Pumps”) break down the current unraveling at Fox News as they struggle to support Donald Trump amid plummeting approval ratings, controversy over ICE violence, and outlandish rhetoric on international issues like Greenland. The hosts deliver biting, comedic analysis on Fox’s misogyny, racism, and propagandist approach, tying these trends to broader societal backlashes and historical patterns of resistance to progressive gains. They also highlight a rare moment of candor on Fox, dissecting what it reveals about the network’s strategies and audience.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. ICE Violence and Fox News Spin

• The episode opens by discussing a recent ICE shooting of an American woman and Fox News’s efforts to deflect blame, particularly via misogynistic tropes.
• [00:06] Jennifer: “How does Fox News sell this to their viewers? … Jesse Waters is able to browbeat and demean every single group with every trope to try to sell ICE.”

Notable Clip of Jesse Waters:

• Waters uses dismissive, sexist language about women protestors (“childless cat ladies”, “women walk all over this guy”, “ICE Moms”), reducing legitimate outrage to the actions of emotional or militant women.
• [00:47] Jesse Waters Montage (as paraphrased by hosts): “The resistance is being run by women and men who cry… These women are on a mission. And you might wind up in handcuffs, but not in the way you think.”

Reaction:

• Host outrage at misogyny and lack of accountability.
• [01:25] Jennifer: “Why is it women's fault because ICE shot a woman in the face that had just dropped her kid off at school? … It’s the most misogynistic doctrine that I have ever seen.”

2. Roots of Misogyny and Authoritarianism

• Angie links the attacks on women to autocratic “strongman” strategies and a historical backlash against social progress.
• The hosts connect misogyny not just to evangelical Christianity but to a broader cultural resistance to feminism and social change.
• [02:45] Angie: “So as a civil rights movement starts going up, all of a sudden at the very tail end when, when those rights are almost realized, is the most resistance.”
• She cites the modern mixture of reactionaries, referencing Andrew Tate and Nick Fuentes as examples of misogynists beyond evangelical circles.

3. Media Masculinity Obsession

• Jesse Waters (and others) constantly center the idea of masculinity, producing awkward, coded segments.
• [05:29] Jesse Waters: “I bet Al's already started drinking because daddy's about to land and daddy has needs.”
• Angie and Jennifer parody how Waters constantly invokes “straight men” and masculinity, questioning the underlying obsession.
• [05:38] Angie: “He spends more time talking about masculine stuff… These men have homosocial relationships. Their biggest insult to Pump and me online is to call us trans people.”
• They humorously argue that much of the right’s rhetoric is rooted in repressed sexuality and shame.

4. Greenland and Manufactured Controversy

• The hosts dissect Fox’s sudden focus on Greenland, exposing the absurdity of asserting “entitlement” to it.

• [07:18] Jesse Waters: “We have to secure Greenland. It will happen… We even got the Marshall Islands after World War II. … I think we own [the moon].”

• Jennifer: “Why all of a sudden after 250 years is Greenland so pressing? Why is nobody on Fox News asking that question?”

• Angie explains the real geopolitics: America already has troop and mineral access, and the current controversy is “all made up”—a distraction aligned with Russian desires to fracture NATO.

• [08:17] Angie:

  “This is a made up thing and a Russian driven operation. … The United States government really abuses its citizens and Fox News abuses its viewers. But … it’s like a sado masochistic cult. They like it.”

  • Warns that Fox will only question the status quo “when the country club Republicans over the next month or two keep looking at their 401ks and they keep plummeting under this administration…”
  • Accuses Rupert Murdoch of being detached and solely driven by profit as the country declines.

5. Rare Moment of Reality on Fox – Sean Hannity’s Meltdown

• Jennifer introduces a clip where a black politician challenges Hannity and exposes Fox’s tactics.
• [12:07] Guest on Hannity:

  “He wants to distract you from the real enemy, which are the corporate CEOs who are screwing you over. … He does not care about going after rapists. He cares about keeping you fearful to control you…”

Host Reactions:

• Jennifer praises the guest’s bravery, noting Hannity’s refusal to let the truth be heard by talking over him.
• [12:59] Angie:

  “They saw a white man bullying a black man on national television. They didn't hear one thing that that man said and they loved it. … Sean Hannity just, you can tell he's melting down. He doesn't want the truth to come out.”

• Angie passionately calls out the racism performed — and the Fox audience’s taste for it. She discusses atonement for white complicity and the importance of listening to black voices, connecting it to the shooting of Renee Good and broader trends of police/institutional violence.
• [15:32] Angie:

  “I want to tell every black American that watches this channel, I saw what you saw in that. ... the Sean Hannity's and the Fox News of the World are racism channels for profit.”

• She credits the black politician for courage in confronting Fox:

  “He went and spoke truth to racists. Not just truth to power.”

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [01:25] Jennifer: “Why is it so easy for them to sit there and demean women and the sexism and misogyny and they don't get called out?”
• [02:45] Angie: “The most patriarchal resistance … because they're losing the fight that women deserve equal pay, that women should control their bodies.”
• [05:29] Jesse Waters: “Daddy’s about to land and daddy has needs.”
• [05:38] Angie: “Their biggest insult to Pump and me online is to call us trans people. … These people have so much shame around sex and so many problems.”
• [08:17] Angie: “The United States government really abuses its citizens and Fox News abuses its viewers. But … it's like a sado masochistic cult. They like it.”
• [12:07] Hannity Show Guest: “He wants to distract you from the real enemy, which are the corporate CEOs who are screwing you over.”
• [12:59] Angie: “I intend to use my privilege for good. … the Sean Hannity's and the Fox News of the World are racism channels for profit. And you have allies in this community here.”
• [16:56] Angie: “Good on him for going on. Right. Because it shows a fearlessness … he went and spoke truth to racists. Not just truth to power. But he went and spoke truth to racists.”

Key Timestamps

• 00:06: ICE atrocity and Fox News’s response
• 00:47: Jesse Waters misogyny montage
• 01:57: Roots of attacks on women; links to backlash against feminism
• 05:29: Jesse Waters’s “daddy” comment and masculinity obsession
• 07:18: Fox’s narrative on Greenland
• 08:17: Angie debunks Greenland scare and critiques Fox viewer mentality
• 12:07: Sean Hannity show: rare moment of dissent, Hannity's meltdown, and analysis of Fox viewer reaction
• 15:32: Angie’s personal message to black viewers and call for solidarity
• 16:56: Praise for black politician’s bravery on Fox

Tone and Style

The episode is fast-paced, unfiltered, and darkly comedic. Jennifer and Angie use biting sarcasm and vivid analogies, blending pop culture references with sharp media analysis and a sense of urgency about ongoing social injustice. They openly call out sexism, racism, and propaganda while expressing solidarity with marginalized groups and frustration with mainstream news coverage.

Final Thoughts

This episode of IHIP News fiercely dissects how Fox News is coping with declining Trump approval, ICE abuses, and manufactured controversies, labeling its current approach as both toxic and self-destructive. Through humor and righteous anger, Jennifer and Angie expose the mechanics of Fox’s propaganda machine and the broader backlash against progress in America—calling for greater awareness, allyship, and courage in confronting both misogyny and racism in media and politics.