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Despite these candid remarks, Wiles later pushed back on the Vanity Fair coverage, calling it a Òdisingenuously framed hit pieceÓ that omitted significant context and painted an unfairly negative picture of the administration. She did not deny making the statements but argued they were taken out of context. The White House, including Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Trump himself, defended her, with Trump calling her ÒfantasticÓ and suggesting she had been misled by the journalist.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Òentire Administration is grateful for her steady leadership and united fully behind her.Ó
Michael Gerson's was George W. Bush's speech writer and an Evangelical Christion.
Read/Listen to the Michael Gerson's (George W. Bush's speech writer) Washington Post Opinions Essay;
Gerson goes into the hypocrisy in the Evangelical Christian movement.
"With a little imagination, we can glimpse the America that Project 2025 proposes.
It is an avowedly Christian nation, but following a very specific, narrow strain of Christianity. In many ways, it resembles the 1950s. While fathers work, mothers stay at home with larger families. At school, students learn old-fashioned values and lessons. Abortion is illegal, vaccines are voluntary, and the state is minimally involved in health care. The government is slow to police racial discrimination in all but its most blatant expressions. Trans and LGBTQ people exist Ñthey always have -- but are encouraged to remain closeted."
When asked if it is an evolution or revolution. He said something like "it evolved to get here but is headed to a revolution."
PODCASTS - NEWS
Where I get my news: Moderate Liberal
Breakfast with NPR Cap Radio (KXJZ) Sacramento or KQED San Francisco
Especially Political News Monday with Amy Walter and Tamera Keith, and Friday with David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart.
Dinner with The PBS News Hour
Saturday dinner with Washington Week Friday night
Podcasts:
- Tucker Carlson
- Fired from Fox in 2023 for broadcasting false statements about Dominion Voting Systems which cost Fox in a lawsuit.
Now at tuckercarlsn.com
- Sean Hannity - Was on Fox now on hannity.com
- The Ben Shapiro Show - Podcast on Spotify, Youtube, ...
- Joe Rogan - Comedian - Podcast Host - diverse guests - leans Conservative
#1 on Spotify
Podcasts:
Rachel Maddow a weekly television show on MS NOW (formerly MSNBC),
Anderson Cooper 360° (CNN)
- Rush Limbaugh's radio show was a favorite of my conservatives friends.
Limbaugh garnered controversy from his statements on race, LGBT matters, feminism, sexual consent, and climate change. He died in 2021
It was estimated that Limbaugh's show attracted a cumulative weekly audience of 15.5 million listeners to become the most-listened-to radio show in the United States
- Johnny Carson's "The Tonight Show". ran for 30 years from 1962 - 1992,
His opening monologues were famous. Dick Cavett was Carson's original head writer.
He seldom invited political figures onto the Tonight Show because he "didn't want it to become a political forum"
People in my future top 10 list:
- Gwen Ifill (1965-2016) Journalist Newscaster
- Mark Shields (1937-2022) political columnist, advisor, and commentator.
Other popular:
- David Letterman - Late Night with David Letterman (1982 - 2015).
The show was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series 11 times.
- Dick Cavett - The thinking man's talk show host
Has been nominated for thirteen Emmy awards
- Bill Maher funny
- Larry King
- Jay Leno - Took over the Tonight Show from Carson.
Daytime:
- Phil Donahue 9 emmys
- Oprah Winfrey 7 emmys
Other popular | controversial:
- Bill O'Reilly was fired by Fox in 2017 over sexual harassment allegations costing Fox $13 million.
