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Just take a look as Fox brings on Attorney General Pam Bondi. And she looks at the camera and she goes, let's be clear, we've ended all weaponization in the Justice Department. She goes. She goes, so here's what we're going to do. Whether you're a billionaire organization funding democratic causes, or if you're an FBI director or if you're an organization that wants to defeat Donald Trump in an election, we're coming after you. She's so cartoonishly evil in a way that makes Baghdad Bob look intelligent. Maybe we should call her Baghdad Bondi. I know Laura Loomer used to call her Blondie, but maybe we call Her. Baghdad Bondi. It's a good nickname. Here, play this clip all the way through the hunter. Biden laptop suppressed. All the way through weaponization. Pam, I'm nervous for the country when I put it all together. You shouldn't be nervous any longer because Donald Trump is in office and the weaponization has ended. We've made that very clear. Whether you're a former FBI director, whether you're a former head of an intel community, whether you are a current state or local elected official, whether you're a billionaire, funding organizations to try to keep Donald Trump out of office, everything is on the table. We will investigate you and we will end the weaponization. No longer will there be a two tier system of justice. And we are working hand in hand. Director Patel and I, Todd Blanch, with our incredible intel community, Tulsi Gabbard, John. Tulsi Gabbard, John Radcliffe, going nonstop, stop around the clock. People will be held accountable. Then you have JD Vance going on North Korean, I mean, state, regime, media known as Fox. And he goes, look, people are suffering out there. Housing is too expensive, groceries are too expensive. Telling the truth, he goes, but it's all the fault of former President Biden. He did this to you right now. Like, are y' all gonna keep saying this forever? It's Biden's fault. It's Obama's fault. Nah, it's your fault. You were the ones who said you would fix it in 24 hours. But y' all are just a bunch of babies. Perpetual victims, this crew, right? A bunch of losers. When I look at JD Vance with his eyeliner and his weirdo behavior and look, I say loser because that's who he is. He's been a lifelong loser who shape shifts and just says all this weird crap just to try to ingratiate himself in power. And people buy it. Weak, stupid people buy this routine because we know a loser when we see one. And it's JD Loser. Vance, here, play this clip. Housing is too expensive. Groceries are too expensive. Now, I would say they're too expensive because we inherited a disastrous Biden economy. And we're making progress. It's only been eight months, but we've made a lot of progress. But unless we give young people a stake in the future, we can't dismiss their concerns of socialism. They're going to choose socialism. If given an option between free stuff and a bad life. We have to make sure they have an option between free stuff and a real life of dignity, of purpose. That's what the American conservative movement can provide to them. But we've got to do a better job at articulating it or they're going to continue to be attracted to people like Mondami. Next up, Fox then brings on Senator McCormick of Pennsylvania. And he goes, folks, in Contrast to what J.D. vance just said, McCormick, they don't get their talking point a little crisscrossed here. He goes, the economy is on fire. MAGA Republican Senator McCormick goes, he goes, we just brought in $17 trillion of inbound foreign direct investment. Hey, McCormick, where's that $17 trillion? One of the oddities about this regime and all their sycophantic propagandists like McCormick is the lie is so outrageous. It is that Goebbels routine, right? The bigger lie you tell 17 trillion. You've brought in nothing. Last year, the deficit, fiscal year, $2 trillion deficit right there. So what the heck are you talking about here? Play this clip. First of all, I completely agree with you on the economy. It's on fire. I was just in Europe. I mean, they would die. There's not a country in the world that wouldn't die for our economy. 3.8% GDP, $17 trillion of inbound foreign direct investment. It's an incredible economy. It's getting better and this is going to be great. Consumer confidence among small businesses at an all time high. So there's lots of good, good data making up numbers. And then they just go full fledged authoritarian and fascist. Here you have Greg Gutfeld, one of the Fox hosts right here, says when you come for us, you better finish the job because we're coming after you. This is payback time. This is what they're putting out on Fox. Sounds like a threat because it is one. Here, play this clip. It's justice. Here's the issue. Here's the thing you got to remember about mutually assured destruction. It doesn't work when you go first and we're still standing. That's what just happened. When you come for us, you kind of got to finish the job because now we're in power and we're pay. It's payback, revenge. I don't care what you call it. I don't care what the media calls it. They have lost the privilege of our attention. They called. They said collusion was real and the laptop was fake. Facts about COVID were disinformation. Joe Biden was president. The biggest scandal of our career. And they still haven't. They still haven't paid for that. So you know what? We don't care. Then you have James Comer who leads the House Oversight Committee? One of the people trying to cover up the Epstein files. But thankfully, the Democrats are fighting back. You saw those documents the Democrats got out on Friday. They keep on pushing. Maybe it looked like Musk may have been going to the island based on some of those records. And you had other wealthy Trump friends right there in those documents. Anyway, you have James Comer says, you know what, people like Dr. Fauci and Hunter Biden, this is just the beginning. We're coming after all of Donald Trump's political enemies next. They're just saying it out loud. There's a word for this. It starts with an F. Is it fascism? Is it authoritarianism? Here, play this clip. But he's not the only person, John, that's lied to Congress. Dr. Fauci lied to the House Oversight Committee. Hunter Biden lied to the House Oversight Committee. Jim Biden lied to the Oversight Committee. There are criminal referrals there as well. And I think that, that Comey is the first step in what many people in America that believe in the Constitution and want to see justice, I believe is the first step with Comey. And I think there are going to be many more. Finally, we're going to see accountability. And, you know, God bless Donald Trump and his administration, Tulsi and John Ratliff and Pam Bondi and Cash Patel for exposing the corruption in the deep state agencies. And Jim Jordan's right. Comey was the first person that started this all. And I think now we're going to see the phase of accountability and that's what we've all been working so hard in these congressional investigations for. Got to give a shout out to Jessica Tarlov right here as well. She's been great on THE Five. One of the only strong voices on Fox pushing back. And here's what she has to say. And then Jesse Waters is like, well, then why can't you, why can't Donald Trump go on social media and go after his political enemies and take over the Justice Department via social media post? Here, play this clip. The good news is, is that this has already been investigated and Comey has already been vindicated. So there was a special counsel as they're supposed to be. And when you say they, they, they, they, what the Democrats did that was appropriate is there was a special counsel named Jack Smith and he's the one that brought the charges. Because you can't have a president getting on social media or straight to your face and saying, why can't you? What are you going to do about it? What, what Are you going to do about it? Enough had to be going to lose in court and that's what happened. Won the election. So when you guys start winning elections that he didn't do, all the bad guys can start calling the shots. Appoint members of the Supreme Court to get away with everything. And that's essentially what's going on here. Did you know that the liver is the second largest organ in your body? It's responsible for over 500 functions in your body. But for some reason, liver health doesn't always get the attention that it deserves. Dose for your liver was formulated to cleanse your liver of unwanted elements, aid digestion and maintain your body's filter. 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Save 30% on your first month of subscription by going to DueDaily Co Midus or entering Midus at checkout. That's D O S E D a I l y.co midas for 30% off your first month subscription. Okay, now here's a great moment too where Jessica Tarlov In 90 seconds, she lays out at perfect. Brilliantly she goes. Don't you guys find it odd that the only lawyer in the entire Eastern district of Virginia who is willing to put their name on this indictment is Lindsey Halligan, who's never been a federal prosecutor before? Don't you find it odd? Don't you think that's weird that no other lawyer in that district wanted to be a part of it? To which Jesse Waters like well, everybody who works there is Democrats. Actually Eric Siebert, the Republican former head of that office who Trump and Republicans pick was Republican. Here, play this clip. Appointed enough members of the Supreme Court to get away with everything. And that's essentially what's going on here. So you had Michael Horowitz, who is the special counsel, who said in his report, the overwhelming weight of that evidence supports Comey's version of the conversation. They also tried to go after Andy McCabe. They couldn't pull that off. He never interviewed people, everybody. He never interviewed. Attention to what Andy McCarthy was saying this morning, and he has a piece up on the National Review. The indictment against Comey should be dismissed. He said to Maria Bartiromo, this indictment is not about the Russia investigation, which is what you want to make it seem like, but it's not at all. It's completely detached from that investigation, and it seems to be premised on something that's not true. I don't think there's a case, Ted, about ted Cruz, but McCabe never said that Comey authorized it. This is about leaking to the press. Don't think that the case gets to trial. If you wanted to get dismissed maybe for selective prosecution, look no further than the President's social media posts or what he's saying to those gaggles. And also, it makes no sense to me why Donald Trump doesn't like Jim Comey because Comey delivered him the election. If he had not come out 11 days before talking about whatever's on Anthony Weiner's laptop and then saying, actually, there's no problem, you would have had two terms of Hillary Clinton and you would have liked it because it would have been amazing. I did notice also, Lindsey Halligan is the only lawyer that will do this. Don't you think it's weird that the entire Eastern District doesn't want their hands anywhere near us? Because it's such a bummer of a case? Because these are Democrat prosecutors. Every Virginia one they are. Okay. She's an insurance lawyer with no experience. She had to even go in front of the grand jury herself because she couldn't get a sidekick to even stand up there. Who was the lawyer in Atlanta that was. Was so great? That was her name. I Only Carry cash. Bonnie Willis is not. I think she's better than Fonny. Then you have Jesse Waters. Bring in Josh Hawley. Take a look at this. Play this clip. So we're looking at this NBC News report that the administration's considering strikes inside Venezuela proper. Do you support that? Listen, I would just say this. The president has the authority as the commander in chief to protect the United States. He's got the authority to protect us from foreign terrorist organizations, which is what these previous boats that have Been hit carrying people who are part of foreign terrorist organizations. I just think he has the right to protect us from an invasion by any means. And based on what I know, based on what you're reporting, based on what he's done in the past, I think he's got every right to do this to keep us safe, to prevent pirating, to prevent the entry of illegal drugs and narcotics into this country. And I would just say to all those folks who are out there doing this stuff, if you don't want to get blown up, then knock it off. You know, stop it. Stop bringing this stuff into our country. Stop endangering us. Oh, really? More of Baghdad Bondi right here. And she's like, what you need to realize is Director Patel is restoring integrity. Y' all are covering up the Epstein files, filing the most absurd and frivolous criminal indictments against your political enemies. But go ahead, play the clip. How do we get there? Well, by. By what we've been doing. By continuing, we will investigate everyone who committed wrongdoing. Working hand in hand with all of our current agencies, Director Patel is restoring integrity. There are so many great men and women in the FBI, in dea, in atf, in our marshals. We're working every day to keep America safe, to make these horrible cities. With Memphis, we're going to make Memphis safe. We're there this week, just this week, Sean, we took 500 pounds of pills off this street. We took 800 pounds of fentanyl off this street. Sinaloa cartel, we're doing that. But we're also going to hold those accountable who have committed the worst of the worst of weaponization, and that's on all fronts. So the people of this country will be safe in more than one way. Again here, Jesse Waters just says the quiet part out loud. He goes, this is revenge. This is retribution. This is what we're doing. We're punishing you. He says, this is what they're saying on Fox, this stuff. You watched Russian propaganda tv. If you've watched North Korean propaganda tv, this is what. This is what happens. I mean, and just what Jesse Waters by the day you know, looks more and more, again, like a cartoonish villain. Here, play this clip. And, Jesse, it seems like another case of Democrats doing a whole lot and then not liking being held accountable to their own rules. Yeah, they're just mad Trump's doing to them what they did to them. So I don't care what you call it on with Greg. Revenge, retribution, accountability, who cares? It's happening, and I'm enjoying It. Because these people need to be punished. If someone declares war on you, what, are you going to just turn the other cheek? You're right. It is an eye for an eye, and I hope we win. They're asking, like, oh, well, this is like the revenge tour. Well, what would the revenge be for, Jessica? What would the revenge be for? No one really answers that question. All right? It's because they arrested him. They arrested his campaign manager, his campaign adviser, his lawyers, his national security adviser. They arrested his trade advisor and put him in shackles. They arrested his cfo, they arrested his valet. And not only that, they spied on him, staged a coup, impeached him twice, tried to bankrupt his company, leaked his tax returns, and then couldn't protect him from a sniper. So what are you supposed to do? They didn't think this was going to happen. They're stupid. Which is why Biden gave preemptive pardons, because he knew that you were a vengeful bunch of babies. But who didn't get it? Who didn't get the pardon? Homie missed out on the. Homie didn't get the part. Then you have Maria Bartiromo whining over the escalator. Five days in a row, they've been talking about the escalator breaking. Here, play this clip. We just spoke with Hillel Neuer, UN Watch executive director. What did you make of all that? Sabotage? The president goes on the escalator. It stops. He's reading from the teleprompter. It stops. Then we're told that some of the audio of the president's speech wasn't heard from a big group of people. Was someone at the UN trying to sabotage President Trump this week? Well, it's really hard to say. But I will say this. I'm not a big fan of the UN since I was in the military. In 94, they left Rwanda. We came in, we watched a million people die. A million people died because the UN didn't do their job. They've been corrupt. They've shown all kinds of bias against the United States, against Israel. They're not on our side. And that's why they're really in jeopardy of losing funding. And they already have lost some funding. They're not a straight up organization. We have to keep a close eye on them. They have some utility, but don't trust them, that's for sure. Well, probably not a good idea to play games with President Trump while he was riding the elevator and reading his script at the UN if, in fact, the funding is already in Jeopardy because of an ineffective agency. And then you've got these political tricks. Then you have JD Vance saying that what the Democrats are really doing here and what they want to do is they want to shut down the government to give a trillion dollars to illegal migrants. That's what Democrats want to do, which is just again, totally false. Democrats just want to protect the health care of Americans. They don't want to give health care to illegal aliens or illegal immigrants or whatever disparaging term you have to protect Americans health care. The people in red states, J.D. vance's crew are the people who are going to suffer the most. Here, play this clip. The Democrats spin machine full force all day long. It's going to be all week long blaming the administration for not funding the government, saying Russ Vaught is, is threatening mass firings are going to be permanent if the Democrats don't come to the table. To that you said, well, he's threatening what? He's threatening to try to find a way to make the government function if the Democrats shut it down. We have to realize the Democrats, their whole argument is we are going to shut down the government unless you give a trillion dollars for medical benefits for illegal aliens. The major health care reform that we've done in this administration is we've made it harder to give your hard earned tax dollars to medical benefits for illegal aliens. The Democrats want to undo that and they're saying that unless you give that money to those illegal aliens, unless you give those benefits to those illegal aliens, we are going to shut down the people's government. And lastly, even On Fox, Andy McCarthy, who's one of the Fox News contributors, he had to admit that this case against James Comey is like the worst case ever. This is even the Fox contributor and he lays it out. He explains why. Here, play this clip and your take. I love Ted, but McCabe never said that Comey authorized it. What McCabe said was that McCabe authorized it. This is a leak to the Wall Street Journal and then he told Comey about it later. The only way that you could convict Comey beyond a reasonable doubt is Comey would have to truly believe that he personally had authorized the leak. He would have to actually have authorized a leak and then he would have had to know that he was lying when he denied it to the Senate. They're not even going to be able to prove that he authorized the leak because by all accounts he didn't. So I don't think this case even gets to trial. There you have it folks. Let me know what you think Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million subscribers and thanks for watching. Love this video, support independent media and unlock exclusive content, ad free videos and custom emojis by becoming a paid member of our YouTube channel today. You can also gift memberships to others. Let's keep growing together. You know how taking care of your headspace means tackling the stuff that stresses you out? Well, for me, that's money. Finances can weigh heavy on your mental health. That's why Experian is my bff, my big financial friend. The Experian app helps me check my FICO score, shows me ways to save, and matches me with credit cards. And here's the best part. 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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Date: September 28, 2025
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
In this episode, the Meiselas brothers break down a chaotic week on Fox News, highlighting inflammatory rhetoric and contradictions from pro-Trump politicians and pundits on the network. The brothers analyze the rise in authoritarian and retaliatory language, dissect the latest conspiratorial claims against President Biden, James Comey, and others, and praise standout moments when voices of reason make headway on Fox. All of this is delivered with their trademark banter, sharp analysis, and defense of democracy.
Ben opens with a scathing critique of Fox News, likening its rhetoric to state-run propaganda:
Authoritarian and revenge themes escalate:
J.D. Vance paints a dire picture (05:00):
Sen. McCormick contradicts Vance outright (06:00):
James Comer, leading the House Oversight Committee, brags (11:20):
Further escalation by Fox hosts:
Jessica Tarlov stands her ground on THE Five (14:25, 18:20):
Fox’s own Andy McCarthy trashes case against Comey (34:26):
Maria Bartiromo’s Escalator Conspiracy (28:50):
J.D. Vance peddling false government shutdown narrative (31:10):
Ben on Pam Bondi:
“She’s so cartoonishly evil in a way that makes Baghdad Bob look intelligent. Maybe we should call her Baghdad Bondi.” (02:30)
Greg Gutfeld on payback:
“When you come for us, you kind of got to finish the job… It’s payback, revenge. I don’t care what you call it.” (08:15)
Jessica Tarlov, voice of reason:
“Don’t you guys find it odd that the only lawyer in the entire Eastern district of Virginia who is willing to put their name on this indictment is Lindsey Halligan, who’s never been a federal prosecutor before?” (18:22)
Jesse Waters reveals the agenda:
“Revenge, retribution, accountability, who cares? It’s happening, and I’m enjoying it. Because these people need to be punished.” (26:20)
Fox contributor Andy McCarthy, surprisingly candid:
“I don’t think this case even gets to trial.” (34:26)
The podcast features the signature MeidasTouch blend of biting satire, incredulity, and fraternal energy. The tone is irreverent but urgent, mocking the rise of authoritarian rhetoric on Fox while stressing the seriousness of these mainstreamed attacks on democratic norms.
This episode shines a spotlight on Fox News veering into authoritarian and retaliatory rhetoric, exposes the contradictions in their economic talking points, and celebrates those who fact-check and resist the paranoia on air. The MeidasTouch brothers use humor, legal expertise, and cultural savvy to dissect the week’s disturbing trends, making the stakes and absurdities clear for listeners.