Jim Quinn Jim Quinn is a talk radio host based in Pittsburgh, PA, with a history of extreme and bigoted rhetoric. He used to host a show called The War Room with Quinn and Rose and now hosts Quinn in the Morning.
Ximena Barreto Barreto is a political commentator who produced videos pushing the Pizzagate conspiracy theory and other far-right talking points under the username “RepublicanChick.” Barreto was appointed deputy communications director at HHS in December 2017. She was temporarily placed on leave after Media Matters reported on her prior comments, but the Trump administration declined to fire Barreto. She finally departed HHS at the end of July 2018.
Big League Politics Big League Politics was founded as a pro-Trump political website in 2017 by former Breitbart staffers. In 2018, it was purchased by Republican consulting firm Mustard Seed Media, which worked for Roy Moore’s failed Alabama Senate bid. The website is known for hiding its conflicts of interests.
David Clarke David Clarke was a sheriff for 15 years and was a frequent commentator on Fox News, where he often made extreme statements. Clarke resigned as sheriff in 2017 soon after a report that he plagiarized parts of his thesis for his master’s degree. Following a failed appointment to President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security, he briefly joined the pro-Trump PAC America First Action as an adviser and spokesperson.
Sky News Sky News is a British news network that owns television stations and a radio news service and also broadcasts on satellite and broadband internet. It is owned by a division of Comcast called Sky. The network was founded in 1989 by conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch and was formerly owned by News Corp.
G. Gordon Liddy G. Gordon Liddy was a former FBI agent and served 4 and a half years in prison for being part of the burglary team in the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration. He later had a talk radio show between 1992 and 2012 and was a proponent of the racist birther conspiracy theory against President Barack Obama.
Jack Posobiec Jack Posobiec is a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist and attention-seeking MAGA troll with white supremacist ties.
Tony Perkins Tony Perkins is president of the Family Research Council, a right-wing Christian organization that includes a lobbying PAC. It is one of the most influential and extreme anti-LGBTQ groups in the country. Under Perkins’ leadership, FRC supported legislation in Uganda that could have punished gay men with execution for having sex. Perkins is also a frequent guest on cable news and serves as a commissioner of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Sean Spicer Sean Spicer served as both the White House press secretary and communications director under President Donald Trump.
Right Side Broadcasting Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) is a pro-Trump online outlet that broadcasts many of his rallies, speeches, and events on its YouTube channel. The website added several other shows hosted by controversial far-right activists and social media personalities, but they struggled to find audiences.
Media Research Center The Media Research Center was founded in 1987 by L. Brent Bozell III to combat supposed liberal media bias. It has been well-funded over the years by major conservative donor foundations and ExxonMobil. Besides publishing articles and reports on its various websites, it also sometimes launches ineffective boycott campaigns in attempts to protest media behavior. The MRC also objects to positive portrayals of LGBTQ people on television.
Brit Hume Brit Hume has worked at Fox News since 1996 and anchored its evening news program Special Report for over 10 years.
David Gregory David Gregory joined CNN as a political analyst in 2016. Before that, he had worked for NBC News as a White House correspondent, occasional host of NBC Nightly News and other shows, and hosted Meet the Press between 2008 and 2014.
Eric Holder Eric Holder served as attorney general under President Barack Obama from 2009-2015. He is involved with nationwide efforts for gerrymandering reforms.
Bob Woodward Bob Woodward is an investigative journalist who, along with fellow Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein, led the reporting on the Watergate scandal during the Reagan administration. He has since written over a dozen books on American politics and continues to serve as an editor at the Post. His 2018 book Fear: Trump in the White House caused panic within the administration over the amount of sensitive information leaked to Woodward from within the Trump White House.