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Ron Filipkowski
Story so state regime media known as Fox News had like a mental breakdown live on air yesterday they got the news that Donald Trump's approval in Texas right now has fallen to 43%. He's net negative seven in Texas right now. This from the very reliable TPP YouGov poll. In addition, if you look at the the over performance numbers of Democrats and now you add in the latest special election in Virginia where the Democratic candidate Walkinshaw overperformed Democrats from 2024 by 16 points. You add all of that together in total, Democrats are overperforming in special elections by + 13 right now and it's the first time in recent history where that's taking place. And Fox realizes that it's propaganda is not working. So you have Jesse Waters, who brings on Kayleigh McEnany, who's Donald Trump's former propagandist press secretary. And Waters is like, the problem is prices are still too high. We can trick the Americans. Can we just get the corporate executives together and have them fix the prices and make them all super low so that people can like Donald Trump right now? Like, listen to what Jesse Watters describes. Central planning of private sector work in order to help their dear leader. Play this clip.
Conservative Analyst
And Bernie kind of alluded to it. He's like, you know, he wears a nice suit, he's got a nice smile, and that can fool a lot of people. Trust me, I know Kayleigh. But they're onto something with the prices and all that. I mean, prices are still high. Can't Trump just bring in some corporate executives and just say, hey guys, there's gonna be a socialist revolution in this country if you guys don't do something. Please do something. I mean, you could do this with the heads of these universities. I mean, these tuition rates are out of control. Why isn't he just. As guys, we're going to investigate you guys for monopoly price collusion. Get, get this tuition down, get this stuff down.
Conservative Commentator
Yeah, he's working on it. Look, Scott Bessen is the best of the best. Alongside Donald Trump. Scott Bessen said, I'm predicting Q4. You're going to see an accelerant on this economy. And already, if you look at it, 3.3% GDP growth, hundreds of billions of dollars of investment pouring into the United States States. Donald Trump's cut taxes, deregulating. He has poured a fire on this economy. We're having to dig out from four years of Biden era fecklessness. But we're getting there. And I can tell you this, by the midterms, I think you're going to have a very evident contrast between communist New York City and a thriving United States of America.
Ron Filipkowski
And then as this mental breakdown live on air took place throughout the day, they brought in maga Republican Congressmember Van Orden, who says, like, clearly, that Donald Trump birthday card with his signature on it, that looks just like his signature and all the other signatures we've seen in dozens of other things. Clearly this is a forgery. The Epstein estate, they, they planned this 20 years ago that they were gonna create a birthday book with all of Epstein's other friends and they were gonna sneak in the card from Donald Trump in 2003 so that 20 years later he'd get busted. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Maga. They're so stupid. Here, play this clip. Clearly, the birthday note from President Trump is a fallacy.
Lara Trump
That's, that's just, that's, it's just not true. And that's a leftist talking point. It's horrible.
Ron Filipkowski
I don't mean to be name calling. It's, it's, it's more insidious than stupid. I mean, these people are dangerous. They can literally see the. As Donald Trump said, watch him shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue. And they're like, yep, but that's not him, that's his body double. Like, that's what they're saying, that that's not the birthday card that he wrote. That's a forgery. So how does that theory work that it's a forgery? The Epstein estate in the Wall Street Journal colluded to frame Donald Trump. And the way they wanted to frame it was with a birthday card from Epstein's 50th birthday in 2003. And use cryptic language like secrets and enigma. Like what I've said before, of all of the stuff that Donald Trump has said about Epstein, this birthday card, if you didn't imply sinister meaning to the words, it's probably one of the least bad things of Trump's Epstein connections. Heck, Mar A Lago was used as one of the grounds where the sex trafficking recruitment took place. Undisputed fact. Right? Virginia Giuffre, underage girl, sex traffic from Mar A Lago. So, and Donald Trump's like, she was stolen. So in terms of the stuff that's out there, this letter isn't all that bad. Until maybe enigma actually means Gamines. Absolutely. The secrets never age means girls. That's kind of where you're leading us down the way you're behaving with this. And just think about it this way. The Trump regime thinks that what they're doing now is better than what's in the files. That's how you know how damaging the files are. Then you have Jesse Waters saying that he likes the term disappearing people. He's like, why? Why is that a bad thing? I want to see people disappear. I voted for disappearing. You voted for disappearing. I mean, we literally have like, freaking, like. In my opinion, this is like the type of stuff that you would see in, like, Nazi Germany. Here, play this clip.
Conservative Analyst
I don't care about disappearing. It's. I'm not even offended. Tom Homan shouldn't have been Offended. So what? Yeah, they're disappearing from the country. Exactly. That's what we were elected to do, make these people, poof, disappear.
Ron Filipkowski
But even Republican from Kentucky ran. Paul is kind of fed up as the Fox propagandist. Will Kane is one of the hosts on Fox. He tries to say, look, of course the United States military should just be blowing up fishing boats if it off the coast of Venezuela if in its sole discretion it believes they have drugs on it. And even Rand Paul's like, first off, like how do you know it was going to the United States? First, uh, Marco Rubio said it was going to Trinidad, number one. Number two, it's a small ship, so it doesn't even have the fuel. 24 footer, 16 footer to get to the United States. Third, if it's trend Aragua, they engage in human trafficking. So how do we know there weren't innocent people on there? And also drug dealing of cocaine is not punishable by the death penalty in the United States. So who gives the Trump regime the authority to be judge, jury and executioner to kill people? And then Donald Trump posts ISIS style videos. Here, play this clip.
Conservative Analyst
The other question nobody seems to have asked. One more question is nobody seems to have asked, nobody seems to have asked. This outboard boat was 2700 miles. How do we know it was coming to the us? So they may be selling. We are the end destination point for whatever percentage of drugs coming out of Central. Maybe you don't think anybody in the Caribbean is using drugs? And what if they're sinking the drugs in Trinidad? Are we now the police for Trinidad? They always say blow up every boat. It's just insane. You can't blow up what I want to say, Senator, you think I have drugs on?
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Ron Filipkowski
So then state regime media gets super, super creepy. They bring on creepy dude Charlie Kirk. And Charlie Kirk talks about how Trump voters, young men, they want families, children, legacy young women, they support Kamala. They want careerism and loneliness. I mean, how misogynistic can you get? Here, play this clip.
Charlie Kirk
And this all kind of ties together. Trump voters, young men, they want family, children, and legacy young women who voted for Kamala Harris, they want careerism, consumerism, and loneliness. That is a dramatic dividend that is going to play out in our politics for the years to come.
Ron Filipkowski
Then you have Charlie Kirk saying, you know, maybe we need to solve the loneliness epidemic by encouraging young ladies to get married and have children, have those babies. Ladies, I'm Charlie Kirk. What is this? Just some creepy, creepy stuff. Here, play this clip.
Laura Ingraham
Charlie, what advice would you give young women who've been taught to put their careers first before even thinking about settling down or having kids?
Charlie Kirk
I always get in trouble no matter how I answer this question. Laura. So here it goes. Look, I'll say this is that having children is more important than having a good career. I have two kids. I also have an amazingly blessed career. Our podcast is doing great, but my kids matter way more than how many social media followers that I have. And I would also tell young ladies, you can always go back to your career later, that there is a window where you primarily should pursue marriage and having children. And that is a beautiful thing. This is not about shaming. It's not about ridiculing. It's not moralizing. It's about lifting up what is beautiful. And by the way, we look at the mental health data, young women are not okay, half that is right. Half of liberal white women say that they have some form of mental health issue that has been diagnosed by a doctor. What is the number one thing that mental health professionals will tell you when it comes to mental health issues? Loneliness does not help. So maybe we should solve the loneliness epidemic by encouraging young ladies to get married and have children. It's good for them. It's good for America, and it's good for our future.
Ron Filipkowski
Speaking of creepy, creepy stuff, you then have JD Vance having an interview with Lara Trump, Donald Trump's daughter in law, who has a show on regime media, and obviously Murdoch gives her the job on Fox in order to be able to, you know, do what he wants to do with Trump on, on, on the other sides by employing the family members. Um, but anyway, J.D. vance says to Lara, you know, it would not sh. Lara, if I learned that Donald was actually a Marine. What does that even mean? It would not shock you to. Are you helping him steal the valor? Donald Trump, cadet, bone spurs, avoided the Vietnam War by paying for a doctor to write false reports that he had bone spurs. Five times he dodged the draft, but go on, just dance. Vance. Here, play this clip.
Lara Trump
That's right. Well, in ways big and small. Actually, it would not have shocked me if I had learned after knowing him that your father in law had been in the Corps because. And of course he, you know, he didn't serve in the Marines, but he has a very Marine Corps style of leadership where he's very willing to delegate and he trusts certain people, and when he trusts those people, he's willing to give them a task and say, go and do it. Come back to me and report in a week. Whether you're a lance corporal or you're the commandant of the Marine Corps, everybody has a few people that report to him. Everybody has a critical task that they have to do. And everybody is a critical part of that chain that connects us from the lowest of the low to the highest of the high.
Ron Filipkowski
Speaking of creepy, you have maga, Republican senator from Louisiana. Senator Kennedy goes, I don't hate anyone but Congresswoman Ocasio Cortez. She is attractive and young. Okay, this is super gross. Here, play this clip.
Conservative Analyst
Well, look, I don't hate anyone, Sean, but Congresswoman Ocasio Cortez is a creature.
Charlie Kirk
Or creation of the media. She checks all the boxes.
Conservative Analyst
She's young, she's liberal, she's attractive, she's ethnic.
Charlie Kirk
Her problem is that she's shallow as a puddle.
Ron Filipkowski
Okay, but then to make things more super gross, you then have Laura Ingraham interviewing Katie Miller, Stephen Miller's wife, who's identified as a podcast host. That's, that's her profession, podcast host. And she says the Millers are working hard to have more children, repopulating the country. Okay, that's pretty gross.
Laura Ingraham
I told you, you got to have more kids. We got the declining fertility. You got to make it up for.
Conservative Commentator
The rest of us. The Millers will continue to have children single handedly populated.
Laura Ingraham
Hearing that, that's why conservatives are having.
Conservative Commentator
More children than liberals.
Laura Ingraham
Yeah.
Ron Filipkowski
Now, there are serious things that are happening in this world. Right. Like yesterday you had Russia sending drones to attack Poland. Here's how they covered it on Fox when that went down. Play this clip.
Conservative Analyst
Ukraine's air force just now reporting Russian drones have entered Poland's airspace. Reuters is reporting the Ukrainian air force said on a messaging app drones were heading toward a Polish city near the border with Ukraine. Again waiting for confirmation from Poland.
Ron Filipkowski
But then they had to cut into Donald Trump going to a restaurant down the block from the White House, Joe's seafood in Washington, D.C. and he got booed mercilessly outside and inside the restaurant. But here's what Laura Ingram has to say. Play this clip.
Laura Ingraham
Fox News alert. Donald Trump is out on the town. Dinner with members of his cabinet in D.C. showing it's safe to walk around the city after deploying the National Guard. Crime, as we know, has plummeted in the city. But President Trump talked to reporters just a few moments ago.
Ron Filipkowski
And finally you have Governor Newsom sending this message to Just dance Vance. Hey, couch boy. I'm not mimicking Dozy Don. I'm mocking him. Only someone with a law degree from Chuck E. Cheese could be as dumb as you. Gcn. Here's what JD Vance said. Play the clip.
Conservative Commentator
And as we head towards 2028, some of the people that the Democrats have potentially floated. Yeah, we gotta laugh at it. Mr. Vice President, as you know, potential nominees for Democrats running for president.
Laura Ingraham
What do you think?
Lara Trump
Well, I just, I don't think much of the modern Democratic Party. Obviously I'm biased, but I just, I look at these guys. I think some of them are trying to actually mimic President Trump. You can't mimic his style. He just is who he is.
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Episode: Fox News Has Mental Breakdown on Air as Trump Collapse Starts
Date: September 10, 2025
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
This episode dives deeply into the chaotic reactions of Fox News and right-wing media figures to a string of bad news for Donald Trump. With Trump’s approval rating plunging, especially in Texas, the hosts highlight how Fox and MAGA-aligned pundits are grappling—sometimes absurdly—with his waning influence and escalating scandals. The episode blends sharp political analysis, direct audio clips, and the brothers’ trademark comedic banter, exposing the increasingly unhinged rhetoric on conservative media and its implications for American democracy.
[01:55] Ron Filipkowski introduces the central theme: Trump’s approval drops to 43% in Texas (net -7)—an unprecedented low for a Republican in a traditionally red state (TPP/YouGov poll).
[02:15] Big takeaway: Democrats are overperforming in special elections—by +13 on average, with Virginia’s Walkinshaw as a standout (+16 over Democrat baseline).
Fox News, realizing their usual spin isn’t working, scrambles in “damage-control” on air.
Ron Filipkowski [01:57]: “State regime media known as Fox News had like a mental breakdown live on air yesterday ... Fox realizes that its propaganda is not working.”
[03:27] On Jesse Watters’ show, he and Kayleigh McEnany float the idea of Trump summoning CEOs to “fix” prices—a socialist-like concept, ironically pushed on right-wing media.
Watters implies corporate America should lower prices to boost Trump’s popularity, conflating political survival with economic manipulation.
Conservative Analyst [03:27]: “Can’t Trump just bring in some corporate executives and ... have them fix the prices ... so people can like Donald Trump right now?”
Ron Filipkowski [03:58]: “Listen to what Jesse Watters describes—central planning of the private sector to help their dear leader.”
[04:41] MAGA Congressmember Van Orden claims a Trump-signed birthday card located in Jeffrey Epstein's files is a forgery, spinning a far-fetched narrative about a 20-year plot by the Epstein estate.
The hosts dissect the progressively wilder lies: body doubles, collusion with the Wall Street Journal, and secret codes in birthday greetings.
Ron Filipkowski [05:35]: “It’s more insidious than stupid ... the Trump regime thinks what they’re doing now is better than what’s in the files. That’s how you know how damaging the files are.”
[07:32] Audio clip features Jesse Watters nonchalantly endorsing the idea of “disappearing people” in the context of border policy, echoing totalitarian logic.
Ron Filipkowski draws direct comparisons to historical fascism.
Conservative Analyst [07:32]: “So what? Yeah, they’re disappearing from the country. Exactly ... make these people, poof, disappear.”
Ron Filipkowski [07:44]: “This is like the stuff you would see in, like, Nazi Germany.”
[07:44] Rand Paul, uncharacteristically, objects to Fox News pundits advocating for blowing up suspected drug boats, raising practical and moral objections.
He notes the lack of due process and the fact that dealing cocaine isn’t subject to summary execution.
Ron Filipkowski [07:44]: “Who gives the Trump regime the authority to be judge, jury and executioner to kill people?”
[10:28] Highlights from Charlie Kirk arguing that “young women who support Kamala want careerism and loneliness,” suggesting marriage and having children as cures for mental health crises among liberal women.
Laura Ingraham and guests double down, with undertones of misogyny and pronatalism.
Charlie Kirk [11:39]: “Having children is more important than having a good career. ... There is a window where you primarily should pursue marriage and having children.”
[14:03] Senator Kennedy makes overtly sexist, dog-whistle-laden remarks about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s appearance and ethnicity.
Sen. Kennedy [14:34]: “She’s young, she’s liberal, she’s attractive, she’s ethnic.”
[14:46] Laura Ingraham and Katie Miller (Stephen Miller’s wife) joke about conservatives repopulating America by having more children.
The segment gets called out as “gross,” doubling as comedic banter and critique.
Laura Ingraham [15:09]: “You got to have more kids. We got the declining fertility. You got to make it up for the rest of us.”
[15:33] As Russia’s drones enter Polish airspace, Fox briefly mentions it but quickly pivots to Trump’s dinner outing—a clear example, the hosts say, of skewed priorities.
Trump is booed both inside and outside Joe’s Seafood, but Fox continues to focus on crime reduction claims and spin his “visibility.”
Laura Ingraham [16:10]: “Fox News alert! Donald Trump is out on the town ... showing it’s safe to walk around the city after deploying the National Guard.”
[16:43] Governor Newsom’s “couch boy” jab at JD Vance makes it onto the show, capturing the absurdity and personal animosity driving current political discourse.
Governor Newsom (via Ron Filipkowski) [16:43]: “Hey couch boy. I’m not mimicking Dozy Don. I’m mocking him. Only someone with a law degree from Chuck E. Cheese could be as dumb as you.”
| Timestamp | Segment & Highlight | |-----------|---------------------| | 01:55 | Trump approval drops; Fox News on-air meltdown—Ron Filipkowski’s main analysis | | 03:27 | Jesse Watters proposes corporate central planning to rescue Trump | | 04:41 | MAGA conspiracy: the forged birthday card in Epstein’s files | | 07:32 | Waters pushes “disappearing people” rhetoric; authoritarian themes | | 07:44 | Rand Paul pushes back on Fox’s calls for extrajudicial violence | | 10:52 | Charlie Kirk and Laura Ingraham talk “loneliness epidemic,” push traditional roles | | 14:03 | Creepy remarks about Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and conservative fertility | | 15:33 | Russia drone attack on Poland mentioned, Fox pivots to Trump’s dinner outing | | 16:43 | Newsom’s “couch boy” jab at JD Vance, typifying the episode’s tone |
This episode captures a political moment of right-wing panic and disarray, delivered with biting humor and relentless fact-checking by the Meiselas brothers. It dissects Fox News’s resort to outlandish conspiracies, economic nonsense, misogyny, and distraction, all in response to the reality of Trump’s diminishing power and growing liabilities. The brothers’ fast-paced, caustic energy and incorporation of absurd soundbites bring urgent issues to life, highlighting just how irrational and dangerous contemporary right-wing media rhetoric can be.
Listeners are left with both a sense of bemusement at the on-air meltdowns and sober reflection on the threat such rhetoric poses to American democracy.