Joe Biggs Joe Biggs was formerly a reporter at the conspiracy theory website Infowars and has made numerous extremely misogynistic and anti-LGBTQ statements. He later briefly worked for the right-wing outlet Right Side Broadcasting Network.
Jim VandeHei Jim VandeHei is the co-founder and CEO of Axios and the former executive editor and co-founder of Politico. Previously, he was a national political reporter at The Washington Post, where he worked as White House correspondent.
Jeffrey Toobin Jeffrey Toobin has been a legal analyst for CNN since 2002 and a writer at The New Yorker magazine since 1993. He previously worked for ABC and won an Emmy award for his reporting there.
James Edwards James Edwards hosts The Political Cesspool, a far-right radio show based in Memphis, TN. The show bills itself as being “pro-white,” and has featured several prominent white supremacists as guests. Republican lawmakers and Donald Trump Jr. have also appeared on the show.
Ed Schultz Ed Schultz was a longtime liberal talk radio host and hosted The Ed Show on MSNBC from 2009-2015. After departing MSNBC, he hosted a show on the Russian outlet RT America. He died in 2018.
David Duke David Duke is a former leader of the violent white supremacist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and endorsed Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election. He also hosts a podcast, where he embraces white supremacy and defends more mainstream people who espouse white supremacy like Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa.
Chris Hayes Chris Hayes has hosted MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes since 2013, and previously hosted the MSNBC weekend show Up with Chris Hayes. He has written for The Nation, a progressive magazine, since 2007.
Chris Cuomo Chris Cuomo hosts CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time. Before his own show began in 2018, he had been co-host on CNN’s New Day since 2013. He also previously co-hosted ABC’s 20/20.
Carrie Severino In her work as chief counsel and policy director for the conservative Judicial Crisis Network, Carrie Severino advocates for the confirmation of Republican-nominated judges and Supreme Court justices and against Democratic nominees. She also writes at National Review.
Brian Stelter Brian Stelter anchors CNN's Sunday news criticism show Reliable Sources and is also CNN's chief media correspondent. Prior to joining CNN in 2013, he worked as a media reporter for The New York Times.
Bret Stephens Bret Stephens is a conservative New York Times columnist and previously a columnist and deputy editorial page editor for The Wall Street Journal. He is known for pushing denialism of climate change and supporting the Iraq war.
Ben Ferguson Ben Ferguson is a pro-Trump CNN political commentator and host of the nationally syndicated radio show The Ben Ferguson Show. He also hosts The Ferguson File for the right-wing online outlet BlazeTV.
Jon Stewart Jon Stewart hosted The Daily Show, a satirical news and comedy show, for Comedy Central between 1999 and 2015. During that time, Stewart became known for his smart criticism of both news media and politicians.
Project Veritas Founded by far-right political activist James O’Keefe, Project Veritas has a history of recording governmental and political employees, then editing their comments to distort their intent.
Salena Zito Salena Zito is a columnist for the conservative Washington Examiner and New York Post who has demonstrated a pattern of misrepresenting Republican Party officials, politicians, and donors as neutral voters in her stories and columns. Zito previously wrote for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Ronald Kessler Kessler was an investigative reporter for the Washington Post in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since leaving the Post, he has authored 21 books on the White House, Secret Service, FBI, and CIA.
Richard Haass Richard Haass is the current president of the Council on Foreign Relations. He previously served as an adviser to former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and as the U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland. Haass has advised both Republican and Democratic politicians on foreign policy issues and is a regular panelist on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
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