Alex Griffing's Avatar

Alex Griffing

@alexgriffing

New New Yorker, Tel Avivian for life, Coloradoan at heart. Senior editor/writer @mediaite, formerly @haaretzcom.

193
Followers
280
Following
176
Posts
14.11.2024
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Alex Griffing @alexgriffing

Preview
Mike Johnson Stands and Applauds After Trump Says ‘Congressional Action Won’t Be Necessary’ on New Tariffs "Congressional action will not be necessary. It's already time-tested and approved" The post Mike Johnson Stands and Applauds After Trump Says ‘Congressional Action Won’t Be Necessary’ on New Tariffs first appeared on Mediaite.

Mike Johnson Stands and Applauds After Trump Says ‘Congressional Action Won’t Be Necessary’ on New Tariffs

25.02.2026 03:22 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Post image Post image

Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my @ms.now colleague @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room

22.02.2026 21:48 👍 21143 🔁 5930 💬 594 📌 293
Preview
Critics Fume At Right’s Silence On Trump Pardon Recipient Being Convicted of Sexually Abusing Children: ‘Just Crickets’ “If a Democratic president pardoned a violent criminal who went on to do something like this, it would be the biggest story in politics for weeks." The post Critics Fume At Right’s Silence On Trump Pardon Recipient Being Convicted of Sexually Abusing Children: ‘Just Crickets’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Critics Fume At Right’s Silence On Trump Pardon Recipient Being Convicted of Sexually Abusing Children: ‘Just Crickets’

12.02.2026 22:36 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 3
Preview
Conservative British Broadcaster Warns: ‘Under Trump’ America is ‘Becoming the Enemy’ "Under Trump America is on the brink of becoming the enemy, not our most important ally. As a lifelong supporter of the US it is chilling to write and say such words." The post Conservative British Broadcaster Warns: ‘Under Trump’ America is ‘Becoming the Enemy’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Conservative British Broadcaster Warns: ‘Under Trump’ America is ‘Becoming the Enemy’

19.01.2026 23:24 👍 9 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 1
Preview
Top Trump Diplomat Stuns With ‘Barbarian Rapist Hordes’ Reply to Neo-Nazi Account The Washington Post’s Josh Rogin added, “This is the State Dept official in charge of America’s public diplomacy? Sad.”

Just some very normal headlines in 2026

16.01.2026 20:17 👍 122 🔁 21 💬 2 📌 4
Preview
Dan Bongino Tears Into Matt Gaetz After Declaring War Against MAGA ‘Life-Losers’ “That’s right doggie, backpedal away. Good move. Now go blame the Jews for your dumbass tweet,” Bongino wrote to Gaetz. The post Dan Bongino Tears Into Matt Gaetz After Declaring War Against MAGA ‘Life-Losers’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Dan Bongino Tears Into Matt Gaetz After Declaring War Against MAGA ‘Life-Losers’

06.01.2026 19:07 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Preview
January 6th Rioter Apologizes to Capitol Police: ‘I Had Fallen For the President’s Lies’ "Once I got away from the MAGA cult and started educating myself about January the 6th, I knew what I did was wrong. I pleaded guilty to my crimes because I did the crime" The post January 6th Rioter Apologizes to Capitol Police: ‘I Had Fallen For the President’s Lies’ first appeared on Mediaite.

January 6th Rioter Apologizes to Capitol Police: ‘I Had Fallen For the President’s Lies’

06.01.2026 21:05 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Preview
Dave Smith GOES OFF On Trump With Theo Von: ‘He’s Totally Divided His Base’ Smith and Von were both part of the so-called “manosphere” of podcast hosts that helped propel Trump to victory in 2024. The post Dave Smith GOES OFF On Trump With Theo Von: ‘He’s Totally Divided His Base’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Dave Smith GOES OFF On Trump With Theo Von: ‘He’s Totally Divided His Base’

06.01.2026 22:34 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Pelosi Rips Trump For Not Sending Troops to Stop January 6 Attack: ‘He Took Joy In Not Doing It’ "For over three hours, we begged him to send the National Guard. He never did it. He took joy in not doing it. He was savoring it." The post Pelosi Rips Trump For Not Sending Troops to Stop January 6 Attack: ‘He Took Joy In Not Doing It’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Pelosi Rips Trump For Not Sending Troops to Stop January 6 Attack: ‘He Took Joy In Not Doing It’

06.01.2026 22:57 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
‘We Let Bad People Go!’ Republican Senator Rages At Trump’s J6 Pardons Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) fumed at President Donald Trump’s pardon of January 6th rioters, including ones who violently attacked police, in a fiery floor speech The post ‘We Let Bad People Go!’ Republican Senator Rages At Trump’s J6 Pardons first appeared on Mediaite.

‘We Let Bad People Go!’ Republican Senator Rages At Trump’s J6 Pardons

06.01.2026 23:24 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Preview
Ex-Speaker McCarthy Warns Against GOP-Led Gerrymandering Push: ‘The Politicians Are Now Picking the Voters’ “Which is bad. Well, now we're trying to make whole states decide whether they're red or blue, and that's bad for the country." The post Ex-Speaker McCarthy Warns Against GOP-Led Gerrymandering Push: ‘The Politicians Are Now Picking the Voters’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Ex-Speaker McCarthy Warns Against GOP-Led Gerrymandering Push: ‘The Politicians Are Now Picking the Voters’

02.01.2026 16:53 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
CBS Evening News Sparks Fierce Debate With 5 Principles Declaration Fox Business correspondent Charlie Gasparino quipped, “The PSAs that Trump got for his settlement with @CBSNews gave begun.” The post CBS Evening News Sparks Fierce Debate With 5 Principles Declaration first appeared on Mediaite.

CBS Evening News Sparks Fierce Debate With 5 Principles Declaration

02.01.2026 23:20 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
Preview
‘How Is This Real?’ Joe Rogan Says Trump Needs a ‘Right-Hand Man’ To Stop Him From More Embarrassing Antics "But you can't just let someone just f*cking fully swim in it like that. I know. So he needs like a right-hand man to go, 'Sir, I understand the motive…'" The post ‘How Is This Real?’ Joe Rogan Says Trump Needs a ‘Right-Hand Man’ To Stop Him From More Embarrassing Antics first appeared on Mediaite.

‘How Is This Real?’ Joe Rogan Says Trump Needs a ‘Right-Hand Man’ To Stop Him From More Embarrassing Antics

24.12.2025 20:14 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
Preview
‘They Have the Names’: Lawmaker Behind Epstein Files Release Accuses Trump DOJ of a Cover Up "They have the names of the Wall Street tycoons, the politicians who visited Epstein's rape island and who either engaged in the rape of these underage girls or covered it up." The post ‘They Have the Names’: Lawmaker Behind Epstein Files Release Accuses Trump DOJ of a Cover Up first appeared on Mediaite.

‘They Have the Names’: Lawmaker Behind Epstein Files Release Accuses Trump DOJ of a Cover Up

23.12.2025 22:56 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Karoline Leavitt Roasted Over Blatantly False Claim on Trump’s Tariffs Impacting Farmers Karoline Leavitt sparked a wave of condemnation on Tuesday by claiming China was not buying soybeans during the Biden administration.

Karoline Leavitt Roasted Over Blatantly False Claim on Trump’s Tariffs Impacting Farmers
www.mediaite.com/politics/kar...

09.12.2025 18:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Preview
Tim Pool Lets Loose on ‘Evil Scumbag’ Candace Owens: She’s ‘Burning’ Down MAGA "She is burning everything down that he built because she is evil. She is evil. And I'll say it again: this conservative movement is fractured, it's fried"

Tim Pool Lets Loose on ‘Evil Scumbag’ Candace Owens: She’s ‘Burning’ Down MAGA
www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...

09.12.2025 18:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Adelita Grijalva Says She Was Pepper-Sprayed When She Showed Up at Taco Joint ICE Raid Grijalva posted a video to social media on Friday, in which she said ICE agents pepper-sprayed and pushed her after she identified herself as a member of Congress. The post Adelita Grijalva Says She Was Pepper-Sprayed When She Showed Up at Taco Joint ICE Raid first appeared on Mediaite.

Adelita Grijalva Says She Was Pepper-Sprayed When She Showed Up at Taco Joint ICE Raid

05.12.2025 21:13 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
Preview
Ex-House Republican Blasts ‘Nonsensical’ Legal Argument Supporting Trump Boat Strikes "It doesn’t matter that they’re 'designated terrorists.' The 2001 AUMF doesn’t care about any executive branch designation; it’s just for the perpetrators of 9/11." The post Ex-House Republican Blasts ‘Nonsensical’ Legal Argument Supporting Trump Boat Strikes first appeared on Mediaite.

Ex-House Republican Blasts ‘Nonsensical’ Legal Argument Supporting Trump Boat Strikes

05.12.2025 21:58 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Coleman Hughes Exposes Nick Fuentes’s Insidious ‘Double Game’ "It's rare in the world of public intellectuals that we get such a perfect confirmation that a bad faith actor is indeed acting in bad faith." The post Coleman Hughes Exposes Nick Fuentes’s Insidious ‘Double Game’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Coleman Hughes Exposes Nick Fuentes’s Insidious ‘Double Game’

05.12.2025 23:06 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Preview
The Pentagon’s New ‘Press Corps’ Is an Utter Embarrassment — And It Won’t Help Hegseth "We're able to get our message directly to the American people. We don't have to rely on the MSDNC filters anymore," said the Pentagon spox

The Pentagon’s New ‘Press Corps’ Is an Utter Embarrassment — And It Won’t Help Hegseth
www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...

05.12.2025 23:13 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
White Supremacist Nick Fuentes Takes Credit for Trump’s Shock Attack on Somalis "And now this is what we get. It's a desperate bid to get our support back. And he knows what to do. He always has. We just need to give him a reason to play that out." The post White Supremacist Nick Fuentes Takes Credit for Trump’s Shock Attack on Somalis first appeared on Mediaite.

White Supremacist Nick Fuentes Takes Credit for Trump’s Shock Attack on Somalis

04.12.2025 18:18 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 5
Preview
Tom Cotton Says Double-Tap Strike Survivors Needed to Die After ‘Trying to Flip’ Their Boat Back Over “I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat loaded with drugs, bound for the United States, back over so they could stay in the fight," Cotton claimed The post Tom Cotton Says Double-Tap Strike Survivors Needed to Die After ‘Trying to Flip’ Their Boat Back Over first appeared on Mediaite.

Tom Cotton Says Double-Tap Strike Survivors Needed to Die After ‘Trying to Flip’ Their Boat Back Over

04.12.2025 21:28 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 3
Preview
Trailblazing CBS Anchor Connie Chung Despairs Over Watching Network ‘Crash Into Crumbles’ "Their greed has caused the venerable CBS to actually disassemble, to crash into crumbles. I don't know what to call Bari Weiss. I don't even know. I just don't know." The post Trailblazing CBS Anchor Connie Chung Despairs Over Watching Network ‘Crash Into Crumbles’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Trailblazing CBS Anchor Connie Chung Despairs Over Watching Network ‘Crash Into Crumbles’

04.12.2025 23:17 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Senate Republicans Leave Hegseth Hanging On a Limb as War Crimes Debate Rages Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said, “I don’t have, at this point, I guess, an evaluation of the secretary. Others can make those evaluations.” The post Senate Republicans Leave Hegseth Hanging On a Limb as War Crimes Debate Rages first appeared on Mediaite.

Senate Republicans Leave Hegseth Hanging On a Limb as War Crimes Debate Rages

01.12.2025 23:01 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Preview
Theo Von Savagely Mocked for Flub While Defending Conspiracy Theories With Joe Rogan "Theo Von is the perfect encapsulation of a conspiracy podcaster, just a moron all the way through,” replied one critic to Von's comments

"Literally a joke from Arrested Development"

www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...

21.11.2025 18:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.

"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."

The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...

21.11.2025 16:27 👍 1986 🔁 438 💬 258 📌 139
Preview
‘This Is It’: Kara Swisher Makes Bold Prediction Epstein Files End Trump’s Presidency Early "There's a photo like what happened to [Prince] Andrew, I think it's game over, and then we have President f*cking JD Vance." The post ‘This Is It’: Kara Swisher Makes Bold Prediction Epstein Files End Trump’s Presidency Early first appeared on Mediaite.

‘This Is It’: Kara Swisher Makes Bold Prediction Epstein Files End Trump’s Presidency Early

18.11.2025 21:27 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Marjorie Taylor Greene Questions If Trump’s DOJ Will Actually Release the Full Epstein Files "But the real test will be: Will the Department of Justice release the files, or will it all remain tied up in investigations? Will the CIA release the files? The post Marjorie Taylor Greene Questions If Trump’s DOJ Will Actually Release the Full Epstein Files first appeared on Mediaite.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Questions If Trump’s DOJ Will Actually Release the Full Epstein Files

18.11.2025 23:51 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Nick Fuentes’s 6 Most Hateful, Disturbing Moments President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that he supported Tucker Carlson’s interview with white supremacist and anti-Semite Nick Fuentes The post Nick Fuentes’s 6 Most Hateful, Disturbing Moments first appeared on Mediaite.

Nick Fuentes’s 6 Most Hateful, Disturbing Moments

17.11.2025 18:27 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Trump Now Says He Would Sign Bill to Release Epstein Files, Wildly Calls it a ‘Democrat Problem’ "I just wanted to be super clear on your position. Do you want to see that pass the Senate? Would you sign that bill if it gets to your desk?” Haake asked The post Trump Now Says He Would Sign Bill to Release Epstein Files, Wildly Calls it a ‘Democrat Problem’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Trump Now Says He Would Sign Bill to Release Epstein Files, Wildly Calls it a ‘Democrat Problem’

17.11.2025 21:00 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0