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🚨 Fox airs WORST NEWS YET for TRUMP...

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "🚨 Fox airs WORST NEWS YET for TRUMP...", an episode of MeidasTouch published November 10, 2026 (12 min, about 2,268 words). It mentions 28 people, works and ideas, including Zohran Mamdani, Fox News, Donald Trump, Republican Party, Democratic Socialist of America.

What this episode is about

A political commentary highlights a nationwide cost of living crisis and showcases candidates advocating transformative, working-class policies like Universal Pre-K, ending endless wars, affordable housing, and data-center moratoriums, while contrasting these goals with political criticisms and intra-party debates about alignment with the Democratic Socialists of America. It also notes ongoing messaging tensions and figures disagreements over policy directions and boundaries.

Key takeaways

  • Cost-of-living relief remains a political flashpoint; voters want delivery, not slogans or stalled reform.
  • DSA alignment reveals tensions: broad dignity for workers clashes with hard-left policy purity tests.
  • Midterm Autopsy: networks blame voters, yet issue-centered campaigns on housing and wages outperformed.
  • Universal programs (Pre-K, housing) gain traction in red to blue races, contradicting universal backlash fears.
  • Political theater vs. governance: asking for humility, not enrichment, is the bipartisan demand voters actually feel.

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 3:00: Democratic Socialist of America, DSA, New York City, New York, Donald Trump
  2. – 6:00: Democratic Party, Republican Party, Supreme Court of the United States, Zohran Mamdani
  3. – 9:00: Republican Party, Democratic Party, New York City, New York, US Senate (institution)
  4. – 11:53: Republican Party, Iran war (2026), Fox News, MeidasTouch

Notable quotes from "🚨 Fox airs WORST NEWS YET for TRUMP..."

  • Jocelyn Benson ran on a data center moratorium. These are the kinds of things that also characterize what we've been doing right here in New York City.
    about Zohran Mamdani · at
  • Well, a lot of that has to be done there's something fascinating happening over at Fox, not just the fact that their ratings are tanking, but Donald Trump spent election night blaming Fox News for Republicans losing.
    about Fox News · at
  • For Democrats Trump ran around the country saying vote as if I'm on the ballot and that's exactly what happened. His approval rating is in the toilet. People voted for him last time around because they.
    about Donald Trump · at
  • So let's start here. You are self-described Democratic Socialist and the DSA Yes, welcome. We welcome all and we're glad that you accepted our invitation.
    about DSA · at
  • On Texas itself, Democrats didn't just win the Senate race, they didn't just win the governor's race, they won everything. Ted Cruz said, it's hard to say, but he is the.
    about Texas · at
  • John Hickenlooper's going to win. The big Rama Swami's going to win.
    about John Hickenlooper · at
  • Republican Party. You cannot fear monger a congressional majority back into existence. And more Republicans are actually parting ways with the MAGA contingent and identifying…
    about Republican Party · at
  • It's finally here. WTF America, the book I wrote with my brothers is out now.
    about MeidasTouch · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Zohran Mamdani — Person · Main guest / Interviewee · 1 mention · first at
    Central interview subject who discusses DSA, policy priorities, and the midterm results; rebuts Fox hosts' framing.
  • Donald Trump — Person · Referenced political actor / Subject of criticism · 2 mentions · first at
    Discussed as the politician whose messaging and leadership are blamed for Republican midterm losses and the subject of Fox News' defense/coddling.
  • James Talarico — Person · Referenced winning candidate example · 2 mentions · first at
    Cited as a candidate who ran on Universal Pre-K, used to illustrate the material-policy focus winning elections.
    Unrealistic by the very politicians who've been bought by the wealthiest people in the country. What we saw last night are candidates across the country, no matter how they…
  • Keisha Lance Bottoms — Person · Referenced example of policy-focused candidate · 2 mentions · first at
    Named as running on streamlining affordable housing production, used to illustrate successful material policy platforms.
    Jocelyn Benson ran on a data center moratorium. These are the kinds of things that also characterize what we've been doing right here in New York City.
  • Annie Andrews — Person · Referenced winning candidate example · 2 mentions · first at
    Mentioned as a candidate who ran on ending endless wars, cited to show varied policy priorities that appealed to voters.
    Unrealistic by the very politicians who've been bought by the wealthiest people in the country. What we saw last night are candidates across the country, no matter how they…
  • Jocelyn Benson — Person · Referenced example of policy-focused candidate · 2 mentions · first at
    Mentioned for running on a data center moratorium, part of the list of pragmatic policies that resonated with voters.
    Unrealistic by the very politicians who've been bought by the wealthiest people in the country. What we saw last night are candidates across the country, no matter how they…
  • Governor Kristi Noem — Person · Referenced Republican example / Criticized politician · 1 mention · first at
    Cited negatively as an example of tone-deaf campaigning and a factor in Republican losses.
    I don't see a thing in the year that Christy Noem was in place that you could even stretch by calling it successful.
  • Markwayne Mullin — Person · Referenced official quoted on enforcement/humanity · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as DHS Secretary in a paraphrase stressing humane enforcement language in immigration context.
    Voters issued no mandates for deporting folks who cut grass in the neighborhood or clean up hotel rooms. You can enforce the law and preserve your humanity.
  • Abdul El-Sayed — Person · Referenced progressive figure used in fearmongering · 1 mention · first at
    Named as an example Republicans used to scare voters about socialism and progressive candidates.
    Because Republicans spent the entire election telling voters, be afraid of the likes of Mondaire, be afraid of Abdul El-Sayed, be afraid of socialism and Democrats. And voters responded by,.
  • Ted Cruz — Person · Referenced Republican statewide winner (example) · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned in a quote noting he might be the only statewide Republican left in Texas in the referenced scenario; used illustratively in the Fox segment recap.
    Win the Senate race, they didn't just win the governor's race, they won everything. Ted Cruz said, it's hard to say, but he is the only Republican elected statewide in Texas.
  • John Hickenlooper — Person · Referenced electoral prediction / Candidate · 1 mention · first at
    Named among candidates Fox pundits predicted would win as part of their confident projections that were criticized.

Companies & orgs

  • Fox News — Company · Media outlet / Antagonist in discussion · 2 mentions · first at
    Subject of criticism for its coverage, internal autopsy, and for hosting a segment that backfired by giving Mamdani a platform.
  • Democratic Socialist of America — Company · Organization referenced / Political affiliation · 5 mentions · first at
    Provided as Mamdani's political affiliation and a focal point of Fox's questioning about policy positions.
    And yes, I'm proud to be doing so as a mayor who's a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
  • MeidasTouch — Company · Producer / Publisher of the episode · 1 mention · first at
    The podcast/network producing the episode and promoting its book and channels; sponsor and source of the episode content.
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement — Company · Policy target / Referenced agency · 1 mention · first at
    ICE is discussed as part of the litany of institutions some DSA members advocate abolishing; Mamdani frames abolishing ICE as restoring humanity to immigration enforcement.
    I had the DSA co-chair on. We talked about the platform, getting rid of Scotus and borders and jails and ICE and all of those things. What part of that do you repudiate, do you think is.
  • Third Way — Company · Referenced political group / Critic · 1 mention · first at
    Quoted as cautioning Democrats not to align with Mamdani's politics after DSA successes.
    The DSA had a really good night on election night this week, but Third Way, which is a center-left Democratic group, has cautioned against reading too much into that. They say this.
  • Supreme Court of the United States — Company · Institution referenced in DSA platform discussion · 4 mentions · first at
    Mentioned as part of a list of institutions (SCOTUS) some have suggested abolishing; used to probe Mamdani's positions.
    I had the DSA co-chair on. We talked about the platform, getting rid of Scotus and borders and jails and ICE and all of those things. What part of that do you repudiate, do you think is.
  • Department of Homeland Security — Company · Referenced federal agency · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned in relation to immigration enforcement policy and the quoted actions of DHS leadership.
    That's what current DHS Secretary Mark Wayne Mullin is actually trying to do.

Concepts & topics

  • Republican Party — Concept · Opposition party / Subject of critique · 9 mentions · first at
    Discussed as the party facing backlash and internal divisions, blamed for ignoring affordability and losing voter support.
  • DSA — Concept · Political affiliation / Ideology · 5 mentions · first at
    Short form of Democratic Socialists of America used repeatedly when discussing political positioning and voter reaction.
  • Democratic Party — Concept · Ruling/contesting party in examples · 5 mentions · first at
    Mentioned in contrast to Republican messaging; Democrats are described as running on material issues that resonated with voters.
    Unrealistic by the very politicians who've been bought by the wealthiest people in the country. What we saw last night are candidates across the country, no matter how they…
  • Universal Pre-K — Concept · Policy example / Voter issue · 2 mentions · first at
    Used as an example of a material policy (education) that helped candidates win and resonated with voters.
    Unrealistic by the very politicians who've been bought by the wealthiest people in the country. What we saw last night are candidates across the country, no matter how they…
  • US Senate (institution) — Concept · Institutional reference / Electoral prize · 2 mentions · first at
    Refers to a governing body as an entity in the election context
    We literally did was I said it was too big to fit and you can see it on your screen, a U.S. Senate race, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, controller, controller…
  • United States House of Representatives — Concept · Referenced institution / Electoral target · 3 mentions · first at
    Major legislative body referenced as part of the election discussion
    That was positive for their lives, for the economy, for their families. And it's been two years. Republicans have the House, the Senate, the Supreme Court, the presidency, and…

Places & events

  • New York City, New York — Place · Local governance example · 4 mentions · first at
    Referenced as a place where policies like data center moratoria and affordable housing initiatives are being implemented, and as part of Mamdani's examples.
    Jocelyn Benson ran on a data center moratorium. These are the kinds of things that also characterize what we've been doing right here in New York City.
  • Texas — Place · Case study / Electoral battleground · 1 mention · first at
    Used as geographic location in discussing election outcomes in Texas
  • Iran war (2026) — Event · Foreign policy factor in election · 2 mentions · first at
    Policy issue (foreign policy) discussed as impacting the election
    Causes, speaking out against the man that they would never dare cross in the past. They're discussing how the Iran war impacted this election, prices, tariffs, affordability.

Sponsors

  • SnapStream — Sponsor · Sponsor / Advertised service · 3 mentions · first at
    Mentioned in the episode's description as the recording/monitoring tool MeidasTouch uses and promoted with an affiliate CTA.
    MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news.

Full transcript with timestamps

people want to have a little bit lower energy cost. We'll get it back down. I created the lowest cost, you know.

is that Americans across this country are facing a cost of living crisis. And last night's results show us that Americans are tired of waiting. They are tired of being told that their needs are unrealistic by the very politicians who've been bought by the wealthiest people in the country. What we saw last night are candidates across the country, no matter how they described themselves, running on policies that would transform working people's lives. James Tallarico ran on Universal Pre-K. Annie Andrews ran on ending endless wars. Keisha Lance Bottoms ran on streamlining the production of affordable housing.

Jocelyn Benson ran on a data center moratorium. These are the kinds of things that also characterize what we've been doing right here in New York City. And yes, I'm proud to be doing so as a mayor who's a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Okay, get rid of borders? No. In a desperate effort to reconcile with the election loss, it seems folks are pulling out all the stops. There is hosts with some desperate spin tactics claiming that, yeah, the first year was just that successful that voters just got complacent. And then they went ahead and thought, why don't we bring on Mum Dani and hit them with all the hot button topics to deflect from the brutal reality that we face. But that didn't exactly go to plan either.

Data center moratorium. These are the kinds of things that also characterize what we've been doing right here in New York City. And yes, I am proud to be doing so as a mayor who's a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Okay, get rid of borders? No. Get rid of SCOTUS? No. Get rid of jails? No. So, do you think DSA is going to kick you out?

No. It sounds like you're not aligned with some of the core things they really want to get done.

You know, when you go into a room and there are more than one socialist in the room, you will often find disagreement in that room. And what unites members of the Democratic Socialists of America is in many ways what has brought people into politics over the years, a belief in the dignity of working class people and the dignity that has to be a characteristic of their lives and an understanding that democracy for it to be meaningful can't just be at the ballot box. It has to be in the rest of our lives from the workplace to every other aspect of it. And that's why I'm excited to be a member and that's why I've been excited also to deliver for New Yorkers.

Well, a lot of that has to be done You know, there's something fascinating happening over at Fox, not just the fact that their ratings are tanking, but Donald Trump spent election night blaming Fox News for Republicans losing. The network is now trying to conduct their own autopsy as to figure out what happened, with some hosts pointing to the obvious cause for concern, you know, the man who said just imagine I'm on the ballot so people did and voted accordingly.

Voters issued no mandates for deporting folks who cut grass in the neighborhood or clean up hotel rooms. You can enforce the law and preserve your humanity. That's what current DHS Secretary Mark Wayne Mullin is actually trying to do. Every election victory is not a mandate. Every mandate is not a license to do anything you want to do. Voters are not complicated. Do what they elected you to do. Do it with humility. Do not enrich yourself. Do not squander the gift of governance. Do not overread what they empowered you to do or they will take it away from you.

For Democrats Trump ran around the country saying vote as if I'm on the ballot and that's exactly what happened. His approval rating is in the toilet. People voted for him last time around because they gave Democrats a shot. Two four years went by and nothing changed in a way that was positive for their lives, for the economy, for their families. And it's been two years. Republicans have the House, the Senate, the Supreme Court, the presidency, and they feel no better off. And the president's approval rating is worse than it has been historically at any time going back decades. And we're seeing what comes of that.

But of course they can't completely point that out on the network that still tries to coddle the president. And then they returned to one of the Republican Party's favorite pre-election villains, Zoran Mamdani, is a way for them to bring him on air and scream all the usual things at him. Socialism, radical left, DSA, communists in the hope that it distracts from the deep blue map across the country, but it royally backfired. And all the old tricks they tried to revert to to deflect from the midterms didn't work as we have one of the best orators around right now, and he had no issue bringing the conversation back to the midterms, back to affordability, working people, the need for housing, and ending endless wars. Mamdani pointed to Democrats who won across very different states with different ideological labels, but who centered their campaigns on material issues affecting voters.

Pleasure. So let's start here. You are self-described Democratic Socialist and the DSA Yes, welcome. We welcome all and we're glad that you accepted our invitation. We're glad to have you. The DSA had a really good night on election night this week, but Third Way, which is a center-left Democratic group, has cautioned against reading too much into that. They say this.

they have. Mamdani's policy ideas and the platform of the DSA, which he has failed to repudiate, were drawn from the far left and are deeply unpopular in the red and purple places Democrats must win. We therefore urge Democrats at all levels to resist the pressure to align with Mamdani's politics and agenda. I had the DSA co-chair on. We talked about the platform, getting rid of Scotus and borders and jails and ICE and all of those things. What part of that do you repudiate, do you think is acceptable to mainstream America?

Look, I think the thing that is most acceptable to mainstream America is abolishing ICE and making sure we have humanity back in our immigration enforcement and the thing that has been offered as a part of a litany of of policy platforms that I would reject is, you know, after last night, why would we abolish the Senate? And I think we're seeing is that Americans across this country are facing a cost of living crisis and last night's results show us that Americans are tired of waiting. They are tired of being told that their needs are unrealistic by the politicians who've been bought by the wealthiest people in the country. What we saw last night are candidates across the country, no matter how they described themselves, running on policies that would transform working people's lives. James Talarico ran on Universal Pre-K. Annie Andrews ran on ending endless wars. Keisha Lance Bottoms ran on streamlining the

production of affordable housing. Jocelyn Benson ran on a data center moratorium. These are the kinds of things that also characterize what we've been doing right here in New York City. And yes, I'm proud to be doing so as a mayor who's a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Okay, get rid of borders? No. He described this sense of unity across the Democrat Party, which you would think Republicans would learn their lesson trying to fearmonger their way through this repudiation of their party and candidates and realize the voters don't want to hear this shite anymore about socialism and these fearmongering tactics. They want to hear about how the mayor of New York has oversold the safest 10 months in the city, how he plans on making life more affordable. Because Republicans spent the entire election telling voters, be afraid of the likes of Mondaire, be afraid of Abdul El-Sayed, be afraid of socialism and Democrats. And voters responded by, well, I'm afraid I won't make rent and you guys in power have done absolutely nothing to make life easier for me.

On Texas itself, Democrats didn't just win the Senate race, they didn't just win the governor's race, they won everything. I mean, Ted Cruz said, you know, it's hard to say, but he is the only Republican elected statewide in Texas.

Who who would have ever thought you'd see the day in the 21st century? And you know, your producers asked me if I could potentially do this. And the truth is I wanted to fit all of them on a screen and I couldn't actually do it. So what we literally did was I said it was too big to fit and you can see it on your screen, a U.S. Senate race, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, controller, controller of the State House, four seats on the Texas Supreme Court, three seats on the Court of Criminal Appeals, three I look at this.

Three seats on the court of appeals. The Agriculture Commissioner, the railroad commissioner, the control of the Tarrant County Commissioners Court, Fort Bend County Judge, Williamson County Judge. They won everywhere, statewide and in local county offices as well, Caitlyn.

I'm telling you the polls are going to be historically wrong in this midterm election.

The polling is wrong. The polling is inaccurate. Republicans are going to win huge in November.

Republicans are going to win both the House and the Senate. Who's dad's going to win? Uh Rogers is going to win, Collins is going to win, Paxton's going to win.

Look, we're going to win this race. Texas is not going to vote for a socialist Marxist.

John Hickenlooper's going to win. The big Rama Swami's going to win. It is sanity versus insanity here and Republicans are going to win.

We will hold the majority. Republicans are going to win every statewide seat. We're going to give you that Trump dividend of $5,000 if we win and we're going to win.

Republicans are going to win. I'll be the speaker in the next Congress. Just get out and vote. If you do that, we're going to win and we're going to win big. And we're going to shove it up their ass, okay?

Sorry our asses were busy dancing ALL NIGHT LAST NIGHT. IN FACT, THE POLICIES YOU SUBSCRIBED to made life substantially more difficult. The election was dominated by affordability, the Iran war, and dissatisfaction with Trump. And now Fox puts Mom Dani on television, presumably expecting to interrogate the scary socialist. But instead, he gets a national platform to say that the election was about working people being tired of waiting. That's not exactly helping Trump change the subject. It's just reiterating the problems within the Republican Party. You cannot fear monger a congressional majority back into existence. And more and more Republicans are actually parting ways with the MAGA contingent and identifying the same causes, speaking out against the man that they would never dare cross in the past. They're discussing how the Iran war impacted this election, prices, tariffs, affordability.

No one put out a statement last night basically saying that the first year was so successful and that was their problem. I'm guessing based on what you just said that that's not how you see it.

I I don't see a thing in the year that Christy Noem was in place that you could even stretch by calling it successful. What? A $220 million ad campaign with her riding on a horse? People dead in Minneapolis because she put untrained people in horrible situation? Give me a break. That's the sort of tone deafness that will cause 28 to look like 08. We have to learn from history here. In 2006 and 2008, Republicans got a beating. Some of what happened in 2008 probably could have been avoided if we were just smart enough to recognize the American people are forgiving people. If you recognize where you made the mistakes and you explain what you're going to do differently, but if you double down on dumb, you're going to get the same result.

One Republican donor actually told Fox that quote, this is a Trump loss, with another aide saying that Trump ignored affordability. Some of Fox's own analysts identified the tariffs and Iran as a major problem. And all of it goes to say that at a certain point the messenger is not the problem. It's clearly the message and that message is coming from the president.

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Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "🚨 Fox airs WORST NEWS YET for TRUMP..."?

Unnamed Host (Host), Zoran Mamdani (Guest), Diane Fox (implied Fox News context interpreted) (Guest), Unnamed Analyst/Commentator (Fox coverage context) (Guest), Narrator/Host Commentary (closing segment) (Host).

What is "🚨 Fox airs WORST NEWS YET for TRUMP..." about?

A political commentary highlights a nationwide cost of living crisis and showcases candidates advocating transformative, working-class policies like Universal Pre-K, ending endless wars, affordable housing, and data-center moratoriums, while contrasting these goals with political criticisms and intra-party debates about alignment with the Democratic Socialists of America. It also notes ongoing…

What is mentioned in this MeidasTouch episode?

28 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Zohran Mamdani, Fox News, Donald Trump, Republican Party, Democratic Socialist of America, DSA. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "🚨 Fox airs WORST NEWS YET for TRUMP..."?

The episode runs 12 min; the transcript is about 2,268 words in 32 timestamped sections.

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