Fox News has Tables Turned as Dems Hijack Network…On Air!!!

Summary

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The MeidasTouch Podcast

Episode: Fox News has Tables Turned as Dems Hijack Network…On Air!!!
Date: January 12, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on a remarkable string of Democratic figures unapologetically “hijacking” Fox News—known by MeidasTouch as "state regime media"—to deliver blunt truths and counter MAGA narratives in real-time, much to the visible discomfort of the Fox hosts. The Meiselas brothers break down these on-air confrontations, dissect the authoritarian rhetoric surrounding recent ICE and law enforcement actions, and highlight the increasingly desperate propaganda efforts by Fox, including attacks on beloved children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel. The episode also critiques the Trump regime’s tactics, draws historical parallels with other authoritarian governments, and spotlights the resistance emerging both from elected officials and everyday Americans.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Democrats Push Back on Fox—Live, and Unfiltered

• Fox News “Hijacked”: Ben, Brett, and Jordy celebrate Democratic Congressman Alkin Kloss, Senator Mark Warner, and former AOC aide Corbin Trent for commandeering the Fox airwaves, refusing to play defense but instead going directly on offense with facts, empathy, and direct challenges to Fox's framing.
• Authoritarian Tactics Exposed: The hosts outline how the Trump regime and Fox deploy classic strongman tactics—painting immigrants and blue states as enemies, using “sex trafficking” rhetoric to justify militarized crackdowns, and flipping narratives on their heads.
• International Parallels: Ben analogizes what’s happening in Minnesota to Viktor Orban’s Hungary (03:00–04:30), noting how “authoritarian governments promise to crack down on evil, but are actually engaged in it or using it to justify violence and suppression.”

2. Notable On-Air Fox Confrontations

Rep. Alkin Kloss Schools Peter Doocy (04:52–06:45)

• Accountability for ICE: Kloss dismantles Fox’s law-and-order talking points, redirecting responsibility for a recent ICE-involved shooting squarely back on law enforcement:

  “You have a badge, you have a gun... You are accountable for everything that happens or fails to happen in that operation.... No US Citizen should be afraid of their own government. And that is what ICE has created.” (Rep. Kloss, 06:10)

• Victim Blaming Called Out: Kloss accuses Doocy (and Fox) of classic victim-blaming:

  “You’re victim blaming here.” (06:18)

• Refusal to Let Fox Control the Narrative: Clips highlight Kloss’s insistence that the onus must be on trained law enforcement, not civilians, in any deadly encounter.

Corbin Trent (Former AOC Communications Director) Strikes Back (07:52–08:41)

• MAGA “Protection” Absurdity: Trent lampoons MAGA proposals to grant absolute immunity for police shootings and draws on his Appalachian roots to reject the Fox framing:

  “I thought this guy was a hillbilly... and I can tell you, hillbilly values... are that the government ought not be able to have absolute immunity when they shoot you in the face. But maybe we came from a different Appalachia.” (08:26)

Sen. Mark Warner on Foreign Policy “Cowboyism” (08:48–12:41)

• Trump’s Military Adventurism: Warner lays out how Trump’s promised drawdown of foreign wars has instead turned into unrestrained, unilateral threats and bombing campaigns across an array of nations, including Mexico, Venezuela, and even NATO member Greenland:

  “Are we going to continue to strike out against any leader around the world that Donald Trump doesn’t like?... I just don’t understand what his policy is. And if the only check on the president... is his own morality, that’s not the way our system is supposed to work.” (Mark Warner, 09:39–10:03)

• Costs vs. Needs: The hosts emphasize the trade-off between endless military spending and domestic investments in health care, education, affordable housing (11:09–11:59).

3. Fox News’ Propaganda Pivot

Attacks on Ms. Rachel (14:52–16:00)

• Targeting Empathy and Inclusion: The brothers call out Fox’s bizarre fixation with attacking children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel, simply due to her association with inclusive, progressive figures and values.

  “Who doesn’t like Ms. Rachel? Who else don’t you like, Barney?” (Commentator, 14:56) “With this Ms. Rachel person, it just immediately creeps me out when you have adults that dress like children and behave that way. If you’re a parent... maybe second guess it for reasons of being creepy and also some of her political leanings a little problematic.” (Tommy Lahren, 15:45)

Kristi Noem and Tom Homan Justify Militarized ICE Actions (17:15–22:54)

• “Saving Children” as a Pretext: Governor Kristi Noem and former ICE Director Tom Homan deploy lurid rhetoric about “sex trafficking” to justify mass ICE presence and intimidation tactics in Minnesota—ignoring “the real aim is to terrorize blue communities,” the hosts note.

  “We brought dozens and dozens of those individuals to justice already... Every day we get another individual that was [involved in] sexual assault against a child... I can’t believe that the mayor and the governor can defend allowing those people to go out there and victimize more...” (Noem, 18:24)

• Direct Threats to Dissent: Homan ominously warns that unless “hateful rhetoric” (i.e., criticism of ICE and the Trump regime) decreases, “there will be more bloodshed.”

  “I said way back in March, if the hateful rhetoric doesn’t decrease, there will be bloodshed. Unfortunately, I was right. And it’s not over. There will be more bloodshed unless we decrease the hateful rhetoric.” (Homan, 22:36)

4. The Authoritarian Playbook—As Exposed By MeidasTouch

• Boogeymen and Distractions: The hosts explore how Fox, Trump, and their allies cycle through scapegoats—from the Somali community in Minnesota (current) to previous demonization of Haitians.
• Weaponizing Law Enforcement: The brothers highlight the dangerous pattern of using “protecting children” as a pretext for broad, authoritarian crackdowns not rooted in genuine public safety concerns.
• Citizen Resistance: Local networks now track ICE raids, enable remote schooling, and protest, drawing the ire and threats of authorities, but also hope and resilience.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments with Timestamps

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote/Context | |:-------------:|:-------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 06:10 | Rep. Kloss | “You have a badge, you have a gun... You are accountable for everything that happens or fails to happen in that operation.... No US Citizen should be afraid of their own government. And that is what ICE has created.” | | 08:26 | Corbin Trent | “I thought this guy was a hillbilly... and I can tell you, hillbilly values... are that the government ought not be able to have absolute immunity when they shoot you in the face. But maybe we came from a different Appalachia.” | | 09:39–10:03 | Sen. Warner | “Are we going to continue to strike out against any leader around the world that Donald Trump doesn’t like?... I just don’t understand what his policy is. And if the only check on the president... is his own morality, that’s not the way our system is supposed to work.” | | 15:45 | Tommy Lahren | “With this Ms. Rachel person, it just immediately creeps me out when you have adults that dress like children and behave that way. If you’re a parent... maybe second guess it for reasons of being creepy and also some of her political leanings a little problematic.” | | 18:24 | Kristi Noem | “We brought dozens and dozens of those individuals to justice already... Every day we get another individual that was sexual assault against a child... I can’t believe that the mayor and the governor can defend allowing those people to go out there and victimize more...” | | 22:36 | Tom Homan | “I said way back in March, if the hateful rhetoric doesn’t decrease, there will be bloodshed. Unfortunately, I was right. And it’s not over. There will be more bloodshed unless we decrease the hateful rhetoric.” | | 14:56 | MeidasTouch host | “Who doesn’t like Ms. Rachel? Who else don’t you like, Barney?” |

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Important Timestamps & Segments

• [03:00–04:30]: Authoritarian tactics and Hungary–U.S. parallels
• [04:52–06:45]: Rep. Alkin Kloss dismantles Fox ICE shooting narrative
• [07:52–08:41]: Corbin Trent on government accountability and MAGA hypocrisy
• [08:48–12:41]: Sen. Mark Warner critiques Trump’s foreign policy and military overreach
• [14:52–16:00]: Fox News & Tommy Lahren attack Ms. Rachel
• [17:15–18:45]: Kristi Noem uses “sex trafficking” to justify ICE actions
• [22:08–22:54]: Tom Homan’s warning of “more bloodshed” if dissent continues

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Tone and Style

The Meiselas brothers maintain their signature blend of sharp political analysis, unapologetic pro-democracy stance, and biting humor, punctuated by moments of outrage and empathy for the most vulnerable. The language remains direct, irreverent, and intensely critical of authoritarian tactics.

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Takeaways

• Democrats are no longer playing defense on Fox—they’re taking over the narrative, challenging propaganda in real-time, and refusing to yield ground.
• The Trump/Fox alliance is increasingly relying on fear, scapegoating, and “authoritarian-in-disguise” tactics, targeting immigrants and political opponents under the guise of public safety.
• Ordinary citizens, progressive lawmakers, and even children’s entertainers now find themselves at the center of nationwide ideological battles—but resistance is growing, and the MeidasTouch podcast continues to amplify their voices.

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For full context and all the knockout on-air moments, listen to the full episode on the MeidasTouch Network.

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Media, which calls itself Fox News was just schooled on live TV by different Democratic leaders, Democratic Congress member Alkin Kloss, Democratic Senator Warner. You had a guest who keeps on schooling Fox host by the name of Corbin Trent, and he was a former AOC aide, and he's been just crushing these Fox hosts. So the state regime media host didn't know what to do as these Democrats essentially hijacked Fox and exposed what Fox and Trump and the entire MAGA crew was really trying to do to inflict pain on this country and showed how pathetic they were. So then state regime media responds by attacking the beloved children's star, Ms. Rachel. Then they bring on Christy Noem, who says, look, the reason that we're really surging thousands of ICE troops and border patrol troops, the Gestapo, the SS in Minneapolis is because we're trying to stop sex trafficking. And that's what this is about. The Trump regime's effort to stop sex trafficking. Y' all are covering up the Epstein files. Y' all are all involved in covering up a child sex trafficking ring. So that's what the Trump regime is saying. It should be noted that this is a typical authoritarian tactic. Use something that truly is the most despicable thing and claim that you're the people fighting for it, when indeed you're the people who are actually covering up. Same thing in Hungary right now with Viktor Orban's authoritarian regime. They promised they would go after the sex traffickers, but then it turned out that in their prison system, they were basically utilizing it, the Orban regime, in order to engage in sex trafficking of minors. And there have been massive protests in Budapest about that. And Trump loves Orban. These authoritarians have very similar traits. We'll just leave it at that. So let's take a look. As Democratic Congress member Alkin Kloss schools Peter Doocy on live tv, watch this go down Foucan Kloss is a brilliant play this clip.

[Guest]

So you are putting all the onus on the ICE officer. What about on Renee?

[Commentator]

Good.

[Guest]

She's behind the wheel of a vehicle. I've been pulled over by a car. I assume that by a cop. Rather, I assume that if I start to drive forward, I might. That's against the law and they might take action to stop me. Is that completely off base? This is entirely the fault of the ICE officer. I put put more plainly, to be clear. So, Peter, what you're saying is just so I can understand what you were saying is if you get pulled over on the side of a highway, for example, and you know, the officer grabs your door and attempts to Pry it open and is filming you with another officer on the other side of the car, and your car moves forward away from the officers. You think your family would be okay if you then got shot in the face three times? No, but I would think that I'm disobeying a law enforcement officer who's giving me an order while they pull me over for something. I think the point here, the question is, isn't there a better way for progressives who are upset with ICE policy to protest than getting up in their grill, possibly from behind the wheel of a car? Would you agree that that is not the best way? Again, Peter, you're victim blaming here, not victim blaming. No, no, no, no, no. No law enforcement officer. No, no, no Congress. No law enforcement officer. Nobody is a victim should be doxed by. Nobody is victim blaming. About two minutes ago, I heard Director Lyon say that the civilian was at fault for being involved in that operation. Let's be clear here. You have a badge, you have a gun. You are wearing a mask. You are accountable for everything that happens or fails to happen in that operation. No law enforcement officer should be accosted or harassed or assaulted, and there should be penalties of law for so doing. And no US Citizen should be afraid of their own government. And that is what ICE has created. They have stopped being an arm of the law, and they have started being an instrument of fear.

[Commentator]

So then, Democratic Congressmember Alkin Kloss, again, as I said, they're basically hijacking FOX and delivering the truth. It's amazing. Play this clip.

[Guest]

She did not make every effort possible to avoid the ICE officer who was standing in front of the car. Are you saying that a car cannot be used as a weapon? Of course a car can be used as a weapon. What I am saying is when you have a badge and. And a gun and you are interacting with a US Citizen who has committed no crime, the burn, the onus of responsibility is on you to exercise good judgment and to use that weapon only as an absolute last resort. And nobody watching that video will buy the argument from that ICE agent that he had no other resort other than to shoot her in the face three times.

[Commentator]

But here's Corbin Trent, former AOC Communications director, and this guy is just destroying these FOX hosts. Watch it go down. It is a beautiful thing to see. Play this clip.

[Guest]

You know, so what's funny to me is when is violence, when is protest? When is this all acceptable? But isn't that. Isn't that the same, though? Where's the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now. I mean, I don't see anybody at Columbia. Well, they're doing those today. And it's. It's called the ICE protests. Well, are they talking about Iran at the ICE protest? No, I think they're talking about the regime that's shooting people in the face. I mean, I think it's a very American idea that I want police forces to be able to shoot Americans indiscriminately. And the idea that J.D. vance says is that they should have absolute immunity. You know, I thought this guy was a hillbilly. He had a book, Hillbilly Elegy. And I can tell you hillbilly values, at least from where I'm from in Appalachia, are that the government ought not be able to have absolute immunity when they shoot you in the face. But maybe we came from a different Appalachia.

[Commentator]

Okay, Corby, then you have Democratic Senator Mark Warner. Here's what he has to say. Play this clip.

[Host]

No action on U.S. troops. I want to get your reaction to this. The president said that cartels are running Mexico. He suggested that land strikes on cartels in Mexico could be coming soon. The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has called for increased communication between the US And Mexico. Is there any justification for land strikes on cartels in Mexico?

[Guest]

The drug cartels are awful. We need to use lots of tools. But the idea that we are going to take a military strike against Mexico, remember, we may not like the Mexican or the president may not like President Shine Bomb. He's setting nice things about her, but she was elected by the Mexican people. Do we really. Are we going to continue to strike out against any leader around the world that Donald Trump doesn't like? I mean, if Donald Trump wants to make a case about striking Mexico, he should take it to the American people and to the Congress and ask for some kind of declaration, but arbitrarily. Again, I point out the fact that he used American military to strike six countries in less than a year. I think the people hired Donald Trump because he said he wanted to end these countless foreign wars. It seems like he's potentially starting more. And, and even some of the countries you talk about, Greenland now, which is part of Denmark, is a NATO ally. Is he going to literally blow up our NATO alliance to go after Greenland, where we already have a treaty that allows us to do virtually anything we want? I just don't understand what his policy is. And if the only check on the president, and this is what he said to the new York Times. His only check on his international power is his own morality. That's not the way our system is supposed to work, Jackie.

[Host]

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[Commentator]

More from Senator Warner right here. And he's just telling the truth. He's like, look, we recognize that these dictators are bad and horrible people. Absolutely. The question is, is, does the United States need to be going into wars over every dictator out there? And if that's going to be the position of the United States, well, shouldn't you get congressional authorization and shouldn't you speak to the American people about your wars that will result in American boots on the ground and Americans potentially dying and can be incredibly costly as Americans can't afford basic things, as Americans can't afford groceries, as Americans can't afford health care, as Americans can't afford a home, as Americans are psychologically tortured, living paycheck to paycheck if they're lucky enough to get a paycheck, while Donald Trump's out there saying $100 billion is going to go to the oil Companies For Venezuela, $40 billion is going to go to Argentina, $1.5 trillion for the military budget, $300 billion goes to the ICE and the border Patrol Gestapo. Now, we don't want any of that. We want health care, we want affordable housing, we want education. Take a look at Mark Warner schooling the Fox host.

[Guest]

Play this clip back for a moment, Jackie. In less than a year, President Trump has used American military to attack Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Nigeria, Venezuela. We've got 20% of our fleet off the coast of Venezuela maintaining a blockade. And our military did remarkable in Venezuela. He's now threatening Colombia, Greenland and other nations. You know, I'm against the bad guys around the world, but I'm not sure that America trying to be the policeman for the whole world is why Americans hired Donald Trump to be president.

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[Guest]

I mean, right, it's, it's, it's sort of on brand, isn't it, this, this alliance.

[Host]

Yeah. Nicole, I don't know who Ms. Rachel is. My kids are old enough. But she seems annoying and I don't know that she is anti Semitic, but if she's sitting next to Mum Donnie and they're like doing little hand gestures together, since he's anti Semitic, I would just assume she is as well because misery loves company.

[Commentator]

And then just so you see, it's not like a fluke. You're not like Ben. Come on. Were they really talking about that all day? Yes. Here's Tommy Lahren again attacking Ms. Rachel. Play this clip.

[Host]

But what a time to open a child care center. Right? More learning centers. If there's anything we've learned from Nick Shirley is we need more childcare centers with no children, more daycares with no children, more medical non emergency transport programs with no, people, I mean, of all the times to announce you're going to put more funding into something like this, now is an incredible time. And I just got to say with this Ms. Rachel person, it just immediately creeps me out when you have adults that dress like children and behave that way. If you're a parent that has your children watching this, maybe second guess it for reasons of being creepy and also some of her political leanings a little problematic.

[Commentator]

And now what pissed them off about Ms. Rachel? Well, anyone who brings joy and love and empathy and inclusiveness, they hate. And then Ms. Rachel was with Zoran Mamdani, New York City mayor who we had here on the Midas Dutch network recently gave a great interview. And watch what they were doing. This pissed off state regime. Here, play this clip. All right, so then Fox also pivots. Bring in Lindsey Graham and let's get Lindsey Graham the ultimate Trump bootlicker and also potentially leave it at that bootlick. I'll just say that here's, here's Lindsey Graham saying, oh, Donald, you're like Ronald Reagan. Donald, you're like Ronald Reagan. Here, play this clip.

[Guest]

I have faith in you, Mr. President. I have trust in you. You are the Ronald Reagan plus of our time. End this in this will stand with the people, Mr. President.

[Commentator]

Then you have Kristi Noem and here's what she has to say. Here, play this clip.

[Host]

I'll remind everyone, Maria, that every single thing that I've said has been factual about what's been going on in Minneapolis, what's been going on in Minnesota and with the incident that we had where we had a tragic loss of life. These law enforcement officers are trained to be in situations that are dangerous and they rely on that training each and every day to make the right decisions. And that's what I'm so grateful for, is that we have professionals that stepped up and took an oath to serve this country. The American people support them in that. It's really, really horrific that we have elected officials that are using this as an opportunity to divide, using this to promote an agenda that fundamentally would take away our freedoms and our liberties in this country.

[Commentator]

And here's where Kristi Noem talks about, oh, what we're really doing here is going after the sex traffickers in Minneapolis. So why would you want to stop us when we're going after the sex traffickers? Let's play this clip. And I want to discuss this here. Play this clip, Maria.

[Host]

We've surged HSI officers there specific to focus on sex trafficking and child trafficking. It's so prevalent in Minnesota. It's horrific. And we brought dozens and dozens of those individuals to justice already. Already we're going to keep hundreds of HSI officers there to continue to protect those children. Every day we get another individual that was sexual assault against a child, sodomy against a child. I can't believe that the mayor and the governor can defend allowing those people to go out there and victimize more of our, more of our children and grandchildren.

[Commentator]

Now, this is a tactic of sociopaths and this is a tactic of malignant narcissists and just truly evil people. Right? We know the Trump regime is involved in a cover up of a massive sex trafficking ring. Like, we know they're covering up the Epstein files. Okay? We know they're not going after the sex traffickers. We know they're overwhelmingly ICE and Border Patrol are going after people who work in restaurants, roofers, construction workers, farmers, people in restaurants, people in Home Depot parking lots looking for a good day's work. People who have been here for a long time, who up to court. People are seeking asylum. Like, we know, we've seen it. We know, we're aware that the Trump saying we're going after the criminals. We know that's bs. We all support if you want to arrest or ensure that criminals are deported or brought to justice. We all agree with that. That's not what this Trump regime is doing. But they go and they find the most vulnerable groups of people and they act like, oh, we're here just to help the victims of sex trafficking. That's not what you're doing. Y' all are starting with the pretext of attacking the entire Somali community and saying all Somalians are bad. That's your latest boogeyman. In 2024, it was the Haitians. So you said, we're eating cats and dogs. And there seems to be a commonality who you pick as your bad guys. So first you started there and then you used it as a pretext to terrorize the community. You killed Renee Nicole Goode. Say her name. Renee Nicole Goode. You killed her in cold blood. And now you're out there terrorizing Minneapolis because they are a blue city, a city of love and empathy, a state of love and inclusiveness. And so you've surged 3000 ice Gestapo to terrorize that community, to also try to send a message to other blue states and blue cities to be afraid to live in terror of a terroristic regime. We know what, that's what this is all about. So then Tom Holman goes out and Just says it. Tom Homan goes, there will be more bloodshed unless you stop your hateful rhetoric. Hateful rhetoric? Peoples have a First Amendment right to speak out against the terrorism by you, Homan, by Noem, by all of these ICE and Border Patrol Gestapo. And so you're saying blood will be shed if people utilize their First Amendment. I don't care what political party you're from, you should be against this. This is the most anti American stuff I've ever heard. Here, play this clip right here.

[Host]

Fox is told that about 1,000 more Border Patrol agents are going to be heading there to assist basically free up HSI officers. There's also this growing network, network of local residents who are tracking ICE movements and warning people about them. And schools in the area are being given the option of remote learning for the next month because of how hot the environment is getting. Are you concerned about what we're heading toward? And what do you say to those officials like Mayor Frey, who's accused the administration of just looking for an excuse to invoke the Insurrection act as ridiculous?

[Guest]

Bottom line is they don't have to shut schools down. They can't. Give me one example where ISIS walked into an elementary school or church or hospital. It's ridiculous. And all this false narrative that they're pushing, it's just going to double down on hate. Against ice, for instance, calling in the murder, the mayor calling it a murder. The hateful rhetoric has caused a lot of this violence. I said way back in March, if the hateful rhetoric doesn't decrease, there will be bloodshed. Unfortunately, I was right. And it's not over. There will be more bloodshed unless we decrease the hateful rhettic. To compare this office to a murder. Are you kidding me? Threats against officer. Actual attacks are up 1,300%. A lot of us based on the hateful rhettic from people who don't understand what's going on and don't want to face the facts.

[Commentator]

And speaking of the most anti American stuff, then you have Tom Emmer, another Trump bootlicker, a MAGA sycophant. This guy's from Minnesota and he hates his state. It's obvious that he hates his state. He'd rather be at Club Mar a Lago, whatever the hell they call Club Rose Garden, whatever, whatever. Where are these people, Fester? And here he's like, we need to find out who's behind these protests, who's behind this rhetoric. They are the ones responsible. No, who's responsible is the Trump regime. Is people like you emmer people who are terrorizing our communities here in the United States. Play this clip. What can Republicans in Congress do to find out who is fomenting all of this violence?

[Guest]

Well, it's Charlie, it's sad that Minnesota is in the news for this, but I don't know that we have to do much more. All you gotta do is watch. You've got Tim Walls literally sounding like Jefferson Davis. Our governor is saying, you know, we're at war with the federal government. He claims that he can call the National Guard out. You know, they want to tell people to go ahead and protest, but what they're literally doing is encouraging more violence.

[Commentator]

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