🔴 Redshift: US Enemies Target MAGA
Also, an exclusive interview with Heather Mac Donald
Editorial Team
June 22, 2025
WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
🚨 US enemies target the MAGA movement. Russia and Iran have been deploying thousands of social media bots masquerading as MAGA loyalists to "destabilize the Right from within," according to the Network Contagion Research Institute. These bots amplify false narratives within minutes of breaking news, creating illusions of widespread support for fringe viewpoints. This sophisticated operation reveals how US adversaries manipulate political movements from within to stir outrage among the party’s base and sow division among Americans.
🔥 Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz sparred on Iran. The conservative media personality and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) clashed when Cruz failed to answer Carlson’s questions about Iran's population and demographics. Carlson accused the senator of "calling for the overthrow of a government" without knowing specific facts about the country and its people. Their fiery confrontation exposes the widening rift between pro-Iran confrontation Republicans and those skeptical of more US entanglement in the Middle East.
🏛️ Black conservatives to host DC leadership summit. The Black Conservative Federation will host its Solution Summit in Washington next month, gathering officials, influencers, and policy experts. Founder Diante Johnson framed the event as investing in "the next generation of black leaders" following Trump's gains with black voters in 2024, particularly young men. This initiative is capitalizing on shifting political dynamics while building sustainable conservative infrastructure, helping to reshape the Republican coalition.
📱 Fox staff mocked election fraud claims. New filings in Smartmatic's defamation lawsuit reveal Fox employees described 2020 election fraud allegations as "so f***ing cray" and "mindblowingly nuts" in private while airing those claims publicly. These documents echo earlier discoveries from Dominion's lawsuit, which settled for $787.5 million. Despite some on-air personalities pushing the narrative at the time, staffers and likely others inside the organization didn’t believe the narrative either.
INSIDER RADAR
Tucker Carlson blasting former colleagues
Insiders behind the paywall: Tucker Carlson, Ryan Girdusky, Donald Trump, and Charlie Kirk.
QUICK AND IMPORTANT
Elon Musk posted drug test results testing negative for 20 substances in response to The New York Times' reporting on his alleged drug use during the 2024 campaign.
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican's St. Peter's Square and gifted him a signed 2005 White Sox World Series baseball.
Conservative commentator Emily Jashinsky is launching a new video podcast called "After Party” on Megyn Kelly’s media network.
President Trump installed massive new flagpoles on the White House North and South Lawns.
DEEP DIVE
The fake narratives helping Iran
Foreign policy is one of the only realms of American statecraft where the president has real authority without having to deal with the slow bog of a divided Congress.
It is the area where President Donald Trump plays to his strengths…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
The Left’s riot playbook — and Trump’s biggest test. With Heather Mac Donald
Heather Mac Donald is a conservative author, journalist, and Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. In this conversation, she unpacks how the Left excuses riots, where the line should be drawn on deportations, what Trump got right — and wrong — during the LA riots, and why the future of Western civilization hinges on maintaining law and order…
Listen to the interview in your podcast player of choice here.
_JOIN THE DISCUSSION_
Do you think Trump should be tougher in cracking down on riots and illegal migration? Or has his response been sufficient?
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MEDIA BIAS SPOTTER
How left and right outlets frame Tucker Carlson vs Ted Cruz
Mentioned behind the paywall: The New York Times, MSNBC, The New York Post, and Breitbart.
THE DAILY DEBATE
📊 Do you think Tucker Carlson’s grilling of Ted Cruz was reasonable?Results will be in tomorrow's newsletter |
POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY
Do you agree with Pope Leo that AI poses a significant threat?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 👍 Yes (992)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👎 No (61)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤷♂️ It Depends (143)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 💬 Other (9)
👍 Yes: “Social media has created generations of unsocial people. AI will create a generation of people who don’t empathize with their peers because nothing is real.” — DKW
👎 No: “Not existential, but anouther new, evolutionary capability that society needs to adjust to as any others (eg printing press, electricity, internet...).” — Andrew
🤷♂️ It Depends: “As a high school science teacher, I can see first-hand what AI is doing to classroom learning. It isn't good. But I think it can be a good tool is used wisely, say, in the medical field.” — Anonymous
POP QUIZ
What gift did Ben Shapiro give Pope Leo XIV? |
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