THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2022

Media Winners & Losers

MEDIA WINNER:
Charlie Gasparino

Fox Business senior correspondent Charlie Gasparino broke an exclusive that Truth Social, the social media platform launched by former President Donald Trump, is having major financial problems.

The ex-president, who has a decades-long history of screwing over his vendors, owes the platform's web hosting company $1.6 million, according to Gasparino.

"Apparent big money woes at Trump social media platform, Truth Social, [Fox Business] has learned," Gasparino wrote in a Thursday tweet.

"One of its biggest vendors, [RightForge] says Truth stopped making contractually-obligated payments for web-hosting services months ago, & owes it $1.6 million."

Gasparino spoke to three sources "with direct knowledge of the matter," who revealed Truth Social had not made payments since March. RightForge did not deny the story when contacted by Gasparino.

Truth Social, on the other hand, had no comment.

While on his colleague Neil Cavuto’s show, Gasparino highlighted the platform’s early tech glitches and ongoing investigations the company was facing, reporting that, RightForge was getting “stiffed" by Trump's platform.

Gasparino shared a byline with Eleanor Terrett in a Fox Business article covering the “bitter battle” between Truth Social and RightForge, noting that the vendor was threatening legal action to collect the money it was owed.

If the allegations against the social media platform are true, Gasparino exposed that Truth s finances are “in significant disarray.”

MEDIA LOSER:
Andrew Tate

Kickboxer turned internet personality Andrew Tate claimedhe isbeing de-platformed because people are “threatened” by his “masculine” lifestyle, but it's more likely because of his tendency towards horrific takes and brainless misogyny.

Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube have all recently kicked Tate off their platforms for violating their consumer policies.

Meta said they removed Tate for violating their rules on “dangerous organizations and individuals.”

Tate has often been labeled a misogynist by his critics. He was banned from Twitter in 2017 for saying women bear some “responsibility” if they are sexually assaulted.

Tucker Carlson previewed a Fox Nation interview between him and Tate on Thursday, in which the former Big Brother star said people are taking his comments out of context.

“What happens is when I say these things, they ignore 95% of what I say,” Tate said. “They ignore me saying that you need to avoid low-quality men. And they take the bit where I say avoid women who are dishonest. And then they put it on a reel — a very short three- or four-second clip, and then they say I’m a misogynistic person and I’m dangerous to women and I need to be banned.”

The former reality TV star also claimed he was booted from social media because people are threatened by his “very traditional masculine values” and large following.

While Tate said his message is about promoting mental health among young men, it's far closer to disparaging women, blaming them for rape, and reducing them to currency.

The A-Block

Trump Raid Affidavit Drops

This Friday is affidavit release day. It's like an album drop but for politics nerds. Fortunately, that describes us perfectly, so let's get into it.

The Justice Department released a redacted affidavit outlining the probable cause for the FBI's search warrant of ex-President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.

READ THE FULL AFFIDAVIT AND OUR ANALYSIS HERE...

Here's the key paragraph from the affidavit, which was filed before the raid on Trump's home:

"Further, there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified NDI or that are Presidential records subject to record retention requirements currently remain at the PREMISES. There is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at the PREMISES."

Trump preemptively attacked the Justice Department as “hacks and thugs” on Friday morning, ahead of the release.

After the affidavit dropped, Trump fired off a statement boasting that the affidavit did not mention "nuclear." He went on to attack the DOJ, FBI, judge and... Obama?

Andrew McCarthy pointed out on Fox News that the raid was justified — given Trump's repeated refusal to return top secret documents he was illegally holding at Mar-a-Lago.

In Other News...

Libertarian Party of New Hampshire Slammed for Ghoulishly Mocking Meghan McCain Grieving: ‘What the Actual F**’

Fox Anchor Tells Kushner He Wrote ‘Movingly’ About Dad’s Imprisonment (He Hired a Hooker to Seduce His Brother-in-Law, Filmed It, and Sent the Tape to His Sister)

Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity Among Hosts to be Deposed in Dominion’s $1.6 Billion Lawsuit Against Fox News

Blake Masters Scrubs Abortion Stance From Website as Polls Continue to Show Him Down to Mark Kelly

HOWE: Biden White House Resorts To Only Bribe More Effective Than Cash With Democrats: MTG Dunks

RATINGS: Chris Hayes Beats Alex Wagner in Total Viewers and Demo

Must See Clip

Guest Burn

Comic Nikki Glaser went all-in as guest host of Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday, laying into a slew of politicians one after the other during a brutal and NSFW monologue.

She started with the classics, going after Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris.

“What can you say about Donald Trump that he hasn’t already heard at this point?” said Glaser. “Oh, I know! ‘Yes I’d love to have sex with you.'”

Glaser went on to brutally roast “grandma against interracial marriage” Lindsey Graham, praise the “embalmers” for doing a “really good job” on Nancy Pelosi, hit Matt Gaetz as the “only guy whose forehead is taller than all his girlfriends."

And her thoughts on Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s swatting? “It really couldn’t have happened to a dumber b*tch.”

Watch the incredible “Speed Roast” here.

Links We Like

- Ian Kumamoto, MIC -  Peter Beinart, New York Times - Georg Szalai, Hollywood Reporter
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