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Justin
State regime media known as Fox is in panic mode as the tables are being turned against it by people who you would think could be their biggest supporters. Maybe, maybe not. Marjorie Taylor Green, Tucker Carlson and all this MAGA media is out there. Matt Gates, they're saying Fox is state regime media, Fox is propaganda media. It's coming from Marjorie Taylor Green and Matt Gaetz here. Watch this. Play this clip we've watched for decades.
Brian
Propag news. I'll call out Fox News and the New York Post. They're known to be the neocon network news. We have propaganda news on our side.
Justin
Just like the left does.
Brian
And the American people have been brainwashed into into believing that America has to engage in these foreign wars in order for, for us to survive. And it's absolutely not true.
Justin
And then the day before you had Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon calling Fox quote, news, state regime media and propaganda. And then Tucker Carlson even does my Mark Levin impression. That's my impression, Tucker. I did the Mark Levin first here. Play this clip.
Brian
So what is that? That's not by popular acclaim. It's not like they're viewer surveys. Like you know, we need a lot more Mark Levin, less Jesse Waters, more Mark Levin. What they're doing is what they always do, which is just turning up the propaganda hose to full blast and just trying to, you know, knock elderly Fox viewers off their feet and make them submit.
Justin
This is this. And by the way, on state regime media known as Fox, their guests are talking about how many views the Midas Touch network is getting on YouTube. Yeah, they're talking about Midas Touch on Fox and the guests are saying California Governor Gavin Newsom is outmaneuvering you. Fox is guests are saying that you're being outmaneuvered by Newsom cuz he goes on Midas touch who gets 22 million views every other day. Play this clip.
Brian
What's interesting about what he's doing is not just what he's saying but where he is saying it. He had an exclusive on the Midas Touch network with his address to the nation with 2 million people seeing that Midas Touch is getting 22 million views every two days. He had Brian Tyler Cohen, a YouTuber into the emergency operations center to do an interview. It just shows that I think he's learning the lessons candidly of 2024 that Democrats didn't do enough to communicate more to independent media, which I think is exciting.
Justin
W here's Mark Levin on Hannity last night then they really had their kind of neocon war mongering this looked just like the lead up to the war in Iraq. And they're doing it again. They're bringing out the same cast of characters. Mark Levan was on Sean Hannity, and here's what he has to say. Play this clip.
Brian
Gee, and we have morons, fools running around the country. This isn't magna, this isn't maga. This isn't what I voted for. Donald Trump is a forever war president. How so? He's going to do what every president before him since Carter didn't have the guts to do. He's going to put an end to this damn thing. And that's what needs to happen. That's not a warmonger. That's a peacemaker. That is a man who's going to make sure this generation and future generations are protected from nuclear missiles and coming out of the Middle east from barbarian primitives from the seventh century. That's what he wants to do.
Justin
Then earlier in the day, you had Larry Kudlaw. This is why they're called state regime. Larry Kudlaw worked in the first Trump regime and the first administration. And here you have Larry Kudlaw and Tommy Tuberville, and they're not even reporting the news. I mean, you just have Kudla on Fox saying Donald Trump is the greatest person over. Donald Trump is so amazing. Donald Trump is so powerful. He's got all of the cards. You've got all of the cards, Donald. I mean, this is the most. How is this even real life? Tv? Play this clip.
Brian
Senator, you know what? Trump, right now, Donald Trump is the most dominant figure on the world stage, far greater than anybody else. You know what? In decades, it's not Putin, it's not Xi Jinping, it's Trump. Trump holds the cards in his hand and he knows how to play them. That's what's happening here. I pretty much. I've been around a long time. You've been around a long time. Never seen anything like it. He is utterly dominant. Senator Turboville, by the way, that's what.
Justin
They were then doing the whole day. You then have Senator Hagerty who goes on Fox and he goes, look, whatever Trump says is right, just listen to him. Shut up. Trump is always right. He's three steps ahead. Here. Play this clip.
Brian
He doesn't want us to engage in more of these endless wars. So whatever President Trump does, and I know that he's three steps ahead of everybody else here, whatever he does, it's going to be putting America's interests first. It's going to be Bringing Iran to a point where they do not have a nuclear weapon. That's the stated objective. And it's going to have to happen very, very quickly.
Justin
I mean, Trump is literally the biggest moron in the world. I mean, the guy is the idiot. The biggest idiot. I mean, when you see these MAGA Republican men and women, but these, like, men who are like, donald Trump is my hero. Donald Trump is so smart. And you see what an idiot this guy is in all of the disasters he's causing. It's like, is your mind just become full MAGA mush? Here you had Fox with Ted Cruz. Remember, Donald Trump called Ted Cruz's wife incredibly ugly. And Donald Trump said that Ted Cruz's dad killed jfk. But here he's the main guest promoting Trump last night. Fox now displaying educational graphics on how bombs work to their audience, encouraging the US B2 bombers to hit Iran. And here, Ted Cruz says, if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, I think the odds are high that we would find out with a mushroom cloud over New York City. Again, now, this is the same language that they used about Iraq. Play this clip.
Brian
You need an ICBM to get to America. If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, I think the odds are unacceptably high that we would find out with a mushroom cloud over New York City or Los Angeles or Tel Aviv and Israel.
Justin
No, let me be very clear where I stand. I believe Iran is. Iran should never, ever have a nuclear weapon.
Brian
Okay?
Justin
I believe Iran is led by an extremist Ayatollah regime. I think that Iran would be far better off with a regime that focused, of course, on democracy, on the people. And, you know, those images that you saw before the revolution in the late 1970s, you know, the images of Iran being a major metropolitan center with women's rights and. And human rights. I would love to see that. Okay. I just think it is important that we have a clear, delineated plan about what we are doing. War powers are the province of our Congress, not dictators. And I don't want to see a protracted war. Call me naive. I don't want to see a protracted war in the Middle east that will result in the deaths of thousands or tens of thousands of American troops. Like we saw happen in Iraq. I don't want to see that happen in Iran. Okay? You topple the Ayatollah. What happens next? You're going to have groups that are allied with the Shah come back in. You're going to have groups that are allied with far right terroristic, extremist groups. And I think you'll have a civil war. It's not like Iran's going to be like, like, oh, hey, Benjamin Netanyahu. Hey, you tell us who should lead Iran, we want Benjamin Netanyahu's pick. That ain't gonna happen in Iran. You think that's gonna happen in Iran? So what happens after you topple the regime? What happens next? By the way, speaking of flipping the script on Fox and its guests, then you had Tucker bring Ted Cruz on the Tucker Show. Watch Ted Cruz get obliterated on Iran by Tucker. Play this clip.
Brian
How many people live in Iran, by the way? I don't know the population at all? No, I don't know the population. You don't know the population of the country you seek to topple? How many people living around 92 million. Okay. Yeah. How could you not know that? I don't sit around memorizing population tables. Well, it's kind of relevant because you're calling for the overthrow of the government. Why is it relevant whether it's 90 million or 80 million or 100 million?
Justin
Why is it.
Brian
Because if you don't know anything about the country. I didn't say I don't know anything about. Okay, what's the ethnic mix of Iran? They are Persians and predominantly Shia. Okay, you don't know anything about Iran. So. Okay. I am not the Tucker Carlson expert on Iran. You're a senator who's calling about the country. No, you don't know anything about the country. You're the one who claims they're not trying to murder Donald Trump. You know, I'm not saying that. Who can't figure out if it was a good idea to kill General Soleimani. And you said it was bad they're trying to murder Trump. Yes, I do. Because you're not calling for military strikes against them in retaliation. And if they really carrying out military strikes today, you said Israel was right with our help. I said we. Israel is leading them, but we're supporting them. Well, this, you're breaking news here because the US Government last night denied. The National Security Council spokesman Alex Pfeiffer denied on behalf of Trump that we were acting on Israel's behalf in any offensive capacity. We're not bombing them. Israel's bombing them. You just said we were. We are supporting Israel. Senator, if you're saying the United States government is Iran right now, people are listening.
Justin
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Brian
But the best is if the Iranians capitulate and access is immediately assured for the Israelis to put boots on the ground, verify what's in there, and then destroy everything that they see at this site.
Justin
You think the people of Iran are going to over 90 million people, they're going to welcome Israeli troops in Iran? Like we think this thing out a little bit. So then what, are we going to send American troops in there? How do you think that's going to go down then? Don't you think that could spread and cause a regional war? What do you think happens in Saudi Arabia and Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and Jordan? What do you think in Lebanon? What do you think happens after that? Then you have Brian Kilmeade and Fox and you. You it literally bringing the exact cast of characters who told us about WMDs in Iraq. So here we have you. You it saying that. Nope, the war powers act of Congress is unconstitutional. Go for it, Donald. Be a dictator. That's what they were promoting. Play this clip.
Brian
So what role should Congress play in this? None. I'm very disappointed to see my senator Tim Kaine, I'm a Virginian, demonstrate constitutional illiteracy. About the document that Tom, that James Madison drafted which vested all commander in chief power in the President of the United States. I'm aware of the War Powers Resolution Act. It's unconstitutional in my view. In any event, it's been honored in the breach by people like President Obama, President Biden, who have both committed forces and withdrawn forces without congressional approval. There's usually a little bit of a dance that a president does and sends them a notice that they've done something. But it's simply ridiculous. The president is the commander in chief. If he orders the B2s to fly from Diego Garcia or wherever to strike Fordo, it's within his complete authority to do so. And Mr. Massie is not a Republican. He's an irritant. And he should not be held up as representing anyone in the Republican Party. I doubt you'll find one Republican other than him who denies the president's power to do this. If he chooses to do so, then you.
Justin
You it talks about. We have also sent nuclear sniffing aircraft in the event radioactive material is released. But Donald Trump is the greatest peacemaker in history. Okay, play this clip.
Brian
Do you think the president has decided already to strike Iran? I hope so. I think all the signals indicate that his last meeting in the Situation Room was a confirming meeting that he will join Israel in striking at least Fordo, as well as any other parts of the nuclear program in Iran that cannot be reached by Israeli munitions. I believe the B2s can get there. We also have sent the nuclear sniffing aircraft over there in the event that there's any release of radioactive material from Fordo after it's bombed. I hope he does. I think it will secure his place in history as a peacemaker maker. Because after the nuclear program is dismantled and he has said for 10 years, they may not have a nuke. He said it last night. He said it 10 years ago when he came down the escalator. He'd been consistent. They may not have a nuke after it's destroyed. He'll go into the history books as a great peacemaker.
Justin
Then Fox has Lindsey Graham talking about regime change. Let's play this clip right here.
Brian
Arabia would like to see the theocracy gone. I know the Emirates would, and many other Arab states as well.
Justin
But then there's the question of what.
Brian
Happens if there is a power vacuum there. We saw all too well what happened in Iraq. We saw what happened in Afghanistan when the Taliban took over in literally a matter of hours. You've got competing factions as well who.
Justin
Would vie to take over Iran.
Brian
On the one side, you've got the Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, who would like to go in as an interim leader. The other side of that fence, you've got the ncri, the National Council for.
Justin
Resistance in Iran, which used to be.
Brian
The Mekhi, which a lot of people in Iran say would be worse than the Ayatollah.
Justin
So what steps into the vacuum if the regime falls?
Brian
Well, I think what will happen is the Iranian people will know freedom for the first time since 1979. You know, people probably asked that about Hitler in the 30s, what would happen in Germany if we took him out in the mid-30s. Well, I wish we had, because we know what happened when they let him stay in power. And here's what I can say. Taking the Ayatollah's regime down is a good thing, not a bad thing. And I'm willing to risk what happens next because I know what's going to happen if they stay in power.
Justin
Pivoting to some other topics, you have another FOX host, Tim Kaine here. He talks about how they are he attacks the Democratic comptroller for from New York who was arrested by ice. Here play this clip.
Brian
Video shows Lander linking arms with a suspect as he's being detained by ice, demanding to be shown the judicial warrant for his arrest, something he has absolutely no right to do as he interferes there and repeatedly tells the agents that he has a right to see a judicial warrant. Now the Lander was then allegedly assaulting law enforcement subsequently and impeding a federal officer moments ago, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announcing to her knowledge no charges have been brought against Brad Lander. And he, quote, walks out today a free man.
Justin
Sorry, the guy's name is Will Kane, not Tim Kaine. Sorry, sorry, Tim Kaine, Will Kane, here you have the Department of Homeland Security spokesperson McLaughlin, who again attacks the New York City comptroller for getting arrested by ICE and getting attacked and brutalized by ice.
Brian
Here playing this clip, Brian, if you lay hands on a law enforcement officer or impede their enforcement actions, you will be arrested as just as we saw here. But Brian, even more than that, we're seeing an epidemic of Democrat politicians who are seeking higher office, much like the mayor of Newark who went and crashed Delaney hall and Tried to get into secure facility. Then earlier this week, we saw Senator Padilla, a sitting US Senator, go and crash Secretary Noem's press conference and aggressively approach her. I mean, this is just the third one in a row. These guys want their 15 minutes of fame and they want to do it off the backs of our ICE law enforcement officers. And we won't stand for it. In this administration, our law enforcement officers, their safety comes first and so does the American citizens as well.
Justin
Then I'll leave you with this. This is Langone, this is the Home Depot founder. And here he is talking about some of the issues that he's seeing with our economy to Brett Baier. You know, this guy's a big Republican donor. And when he tells you that there are issues in our bond market and in our currency. Listen up here, play this clip.
Brian
There are some folks up on Capitol Hill have a problem with it, especially from a debt perspective. Yeah, I mean, how do you see it? Four weeks ago we couldn't float a 20 year bond. We had. There weren't bias. That's a danger signal. That's the beginning that should make you say, hey, wait a minute. When the integrity of our debt is subject to question, the next thing is your currency. And the thing we want to make sure we do is preserve the foreign reserve currency status. By the way you mentioned Scott. I know. Well, good man, good man. Seem to be ascendant inside the Trump administration. Well, yeah, I hope he hasn't sold out. I hope he doesn't take offense to my saying that. But I do believe that we've got to make sure that the Fed remains independent. That's the best hope we have of people saying the integrity of the dollar is being maintained by virtue of the independence of the Fed.
Justin
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The MeidasTouch Podcast Summary
Episode: Fox News Loses Control on Live TV as Trump Goes Nuts
Release Date: June 18, 2025
Hosts: Justin and Brian Meiselas
In this episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, hosts Justin and Brian Meiselas dive deep into the tumultuous relationship between Fox News and former President Donald Trump. The discussion centers around Fox News' internal struggles, their portrayal of Trump, and the broader implications for American media and politics.
Justin kicks off the episode by labeling Fox News as "state regime media" and discussing the irony of Fox's own supporters turning against them. He references prominent Fox personalities like Marjorie Taylor Green and Matt Gaetz who are now criticizing Fox itself.
Justin (00:00): "State regime media known as Fox is in panic mode as the tables are being turned against it by people who you would think could be their biggest supporters."
Brian echoes this sentiment, highlighting Fox's alignment with neoconservative agendas and its role in promoting propaganda.
Brian (00:31): "I'll call out Fox News and the New York Post. They're known to be the neocon network news. We have propaganda news on our side."
The hosts delve into the concept of "propaganda news," drawing parallels between Fox News and other media outlets like the New York Post. They argue that both left and right-leaning media have been instrumental in shaping public perception through biased reporting.
Justin (00:40): "Just like the left does."
Brian further criticizes the American public for being brainwashed into supporting foreign wars, a narrative he attributes to both left and right media influences.
Brian (00:40): "And the American people have been brainwashed into into believing that America has to engage in these foreign wars in order for, for us to survive."
Justin recounts instances where Fox News personalities, including Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon, have criticized the network, calling it "state regime media" and "propaganda." He also mentions Carlson's attempt to imitate Mark Levin, suggesting a lack of authenticity within Fox's programming.
Justin (00:55): "And then the day before you had Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon calling Fox quote, news, state regime media and propaganda. And then Tucker Carlson even does my Mark Levin impression."
Brian responds by discussing how Fox News intensifies its propaganda efforts to undermine its own viewers.
Brian (01:13): "They are always just turning up the propaganda hose to full blast and just trying to, you know, knock elderly Fox viewers off their feet and make them submit."
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to discussing Fox News guests acknowledging the popularity of The MeidasTouch Network. Guests on Fox concede that Governor Gavin Newsom is "outmaneuvering" Fox due to the high viewership of the MeidasTouch Podcast.
Justin (01:37): "Fox is guests are saying that you're being outmaneuvered by Newsom cuz he goes on Midas touch who gets 22 million views every other day."
Brian highlights an exclusive segment where Newsom addresses the nation, reinforcing the impact of independent media channels like MeidasTouch.
Brian (02:05): "It just shows that I think he's learning the lessons candidly of 2024 that Democrats didn't do enough to communicate more to independent media, which I think is exciting."
The discussion shifts to Fox News' foreign policy stance, particularly regarding Iran. Justin criticizes Ted Cruz and other Fox guests for their hawkish positions, comparing their rhetoric to the lead-up to the Iraq War.
Brian (02:28): "He's going to put an end to this damn thing. And that's what needs to happen."
Justin vehemently opposes these aggressive strategies, questioning the intelligence of Fox's MAGA supporters.
Justin (04:30): "Donald Trump is the biggest moron in the world. I mean, the guy is the idiot."
Brian and Justin engage in a back-and-forth regarding the feasibility and consequences of military actions against Iran, emphasizing the potential for regional instability and prolonged conflict.
Brian (06:07): "By the way you mentioned Scott. I know. Well, good man, good man. Seem to be ascendant inside the Trump administration."
A critical point of contention is the War Powers Act and its applicability. Brian argues that the Act is unconstitutional, advocating for unchecked executive power in matters of war.
Brian (12:44): "The president is the commander in chief... If he orders the B2s to fly from Diego Garcia or wherever to strike Fordo, it's within his complete authority to do so."
Justin counters by emphasizing the need for Congressional oversight to prevent protracted wars and unintended consequences.
Justin (06:30): "War powers are the province of our Congress, not dictators. And I don't want to see a protracted war."
Transitioning from foreign policy, Justin and Brian tackle domestic issues, particularly the treatment of public officials by law enforcement. They criticize Fox News hosts like Tim Kaine for attacking Democratic comptrollers arrested by ICE, portraying these actions as politically motivated.
Brian (16:31): "We're seeing an epidemic of Democrat politicians who are seeking higher office... These guys want their 15 minutes of fame and they want to do it off the backs of our ICE law enforcement officers."
The episode concludes with a discussion on economic stability, featuring insights from Republican donor Langone. The conversation touches upon challenges in the bond market and the importance of maintaining the U.S. dollar's integrity through the Federal Reserve's independence.
Brian (18:33): "When the integrity of our debt is subject to question, the next thing is your currency."
Justin wraps up the episode by reiterating the challenges posed by Fox News' biased reporting and the importance of independent media outlets like The MeidasTouch Podcast. He encourages listeners to engage with their content and support their mission to uphold democracy through transparent and honest journalism.
Justin (19:32): "State regime media, known as Fox on full display. Tell me what you think. Hit subscribe."
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