Fox News Launches ‘Purge’ to ‘Get Rid of Real Journalists’

By Diana Falzone, Lachlan Cartwright

Fox laid off at least 16 staffers, including Chris Stirewalt, who defended the election-night call that pissed off Trump. Insiders say the firings are part of an ideological purge.

By Matt Wilstein

The comedian joined The Last Laugh podcast on Trump’s last day in office to look back at her surreal year of lip-syncing the president and ahead to what comes next.

By Alaina Demopoulos

Who will dress Jill Biden and Kamala Harris for the inauguration is shrouded in secrecy. We do know that both women have tapped familiar faces to submit styles for the big day.

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By Blake Montgomery

Trump published the video via the official White House Twitter account, as his personal handle was banned in the aftermath of the Capitol riot.

By Pilar Melendez

Simone Gold, an outspoken critic of the coronavirus vaccine, is among three Los Angeles residents who were arrested this week in connection with the insurrection.

By Rick Wilson

There’s no repairing the damage he’s done until you confess to the normalization and rationalizations that let him bring us to the edge of a conspiracy-driven insurrection.

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By Sam Brodey

In a letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and Secretary of State Pompeo, Senator Wyden asked why it took the outgoing administration so long to punish Andrii Telizhenko.

By Tom Sykes

In bombshell evidence revealed at London’s High Court today, Meghan Markle’s estranged father Thomas alleged she either orchestrated or approved a brutal briefing war against him.

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HOMEGROWN EXTREMISTS?

At least two were accused of “inappropriate” posts or messages about the event specifically, and all were said to be linked to far-right militias or have extremist views.

 GREEN-EYED MONSTER

Trump is reportedly furious that the likes of Lady Gaga and Tom Hanks are appearing tomorrow after top celebs shunned his inauguration four years ago.

 QUICK DRY

Radical transparency, meet bath towels.

 A REAL RED FLAG

“I am told that Nancy Pelosi tells Hillary Clinton several times a month that ‘we need another school shooting,’” she wrote in a 2018 Facebook post, Media Matters reports.

 ICE-COLD

Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy will join Pence in skipping Trump’s farewell.

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