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Why was the CEO of Newsmax emailing Hillary’s current Campaign Chairman John Podesta about meetings with conservative leaders in DC? And is mega-Clinton Foundation Clinton Foundation donor, Christopher Ruddy using his website to encourage millions of Americans to walk away from Trump and vote for Hillary? Christopher Ruddy, the CEO of the “conservative” cable TV and news website Newsmax became famous in the late 90’s for his conspiracy theory that the former Clinton White House aid Vince Foster was murdered and that he did not commit suicide. He actually wrote a bestseller book titled, “The Strange Death Of Vincent Foster.”...

Newsmax ratings have collapsed in two months. Here are Newsmax ratings two-month ratings drop as of Tues 2/2/2021 compared to Tues 12/8/2020 according to Nielsen: Stinchfield -39% Kelly -29% Spicer -26% In addition, the Salcedo, Carr, Bachman, American Agenda, National Report shows on Newsmax have all fallen out of the Nielsen Top 150 ratings chart. They were all in the Top 150 in December.

The last person in the world you would expect to be hyping how good Fox News is at anything? It might be CNN's Reliable Sources host, Brian Stelter, whose new anti-Fox gossip book is titled Hoax. So what could make him change his mind? Well, if the Fox News decision desk were to call Arizona for Biden shortly after that state's polls closed while still refusing to call Florida for Trump despite it being more than three hours after the Sunshine state's polls closed with 91% of the votes counted showing Trump almost 400,000 votes ahead. That is why on...

Newsmax CEO and apparent confidante of President Donald Trump, Chris Ruddy, sat down with ABC News This Week today to discuss a variety of issues facing the president. Aside from potential upcoming shifts in personnel management , perhaps the most revealing moment of the interview came when he was asked about Stormy Daniels. Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has accused President Trump of having an affair with her prior to his 2016 presidential run. Stormy, politely put, is an adult film actress and also an exotic dancer. In other words, she is a porn star and stripper....

[Title truncated; Full Title: REPORT: Jared, Ivanka, Conway, Dina Powell Spotted at Hamptons Party with Soros, Schumer, Fake News Journos] While most Americans were working and looking forward to hot dogs and fireworks on the Fourth of July some Hollywood celebs, media types and political operatives — including some in President Donald Trump’s inner circle — were partying at the tony Southhampton home of Washington Post owner/editor Lally Graham Weymouth this weekend. According to Politico’s Playbook — which issued one correction on its piece about misidentifying the Koch brother who attended — a wide range of people were invited —...

Chris Ruddy, CEO of the conservative Newsmax outlet, admitted Tuesday he did not speak with President Trump about the idea of firing special counselor Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, after implying Monday that Trump is "considering" that move. (snip) Ruddy's comments were picked up by the New York Times, the Washington Post and other national news outlets, given that he had been at the White House earlier in the day. But he had not explicitly said that he had spoken with Trump. White House spokesman Sean Spicer also confirmed in a statement that Ruddy...

NBC Universal, News Corporation, Turner Broadcasting and Thomson Reuters are among more than a dozen media organizations that have made charitable contributions to the Clinton Foundation in recent years, the foundation's records show....The following list includes news media organizations that have donated to the foundation, as well as other media networks, companies, foundations or individuals that have donated. It is organized by the size of the contribution:....$1,000,000-$5,000,000 Carlos Slim Chairman & CEO of Telmex, largest New York Times shareholder James Murdoch Chief Operating Officer of 21st Century Fox Newsmax Media Florida-based conservative media network

"The Abedin emails include a mid-August 2009, email exchange in which Band urges Abedin to follow up on a request from Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy to set up a meeting with then-Ambassador to Panama Barbara Stephenson on behalf of lobbyist Amb. Otto Reich, President Reagan’s ambassador to Venezuela who maintained high-level government positions during the tenure of both President George H.W. Bush and President George Bush. In early September, Ruddy then was contacted by State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Roberta S. Jacobson, at the behest of Band and Abedin, in reference to Ruddy’s...

NBC Universal, News Corporation, Turner Broadcasting and Thomson Reuters are among more than a dozen media organizations that have made charitable contributions to the Clinton Foundation in recent years, the foundation's records show....The following list includes news media organizations that have donated to the foundation, as well as other media networks, companies, foundations or individuals that have donated. It is organized by the size of the contribution:....$1,000,000-$5,000,000 Carlos Slim Chairman & CEO of Telmex, largest New York Times shareholder James Murdoch Chief Operating Officer of 21st Century Fox Newsmax Media Florida-based conservative media network

Conservative website Newsmax has pledged a very large donation to the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, a new report in the Wall Street Journal states. "Newsmax, a conservative news organization, last year pledged $1 million to the Clinton Foundation over a five-year period, according to a spokesman for Chris Ruddy, the organization’s CEO. Mr. Ruddy has been friends with the Clintons since 2007," reports the Journal. "Through a spokesman, he said the donation wasn't tantamount to an endorsement of Mrs. Clinton’s potential campaign, though he thinks she would 'make a great presidential candidate.'" Ruddy himself has even written a...

Christopher Ruddy, CEO and president of Newsmax Media Inc., one of the nation's top news media companies, weighed in on the shifts in dynamics leading up to the Republican primary. In an exclusive interview with BizPac Review, Ruddy revealed his take on Florida politics, the significance of Herman Cain's endorsement, and the possibility of Rick Santorum endorsing Newt Gingrich in the future. Video at link

May 29, 2008 By Andrew Walden (Hawai'i Free Press) Nadhmi Auchi, seen here with the Governor of Illinois, Rob Blagojevich (middle) at a 2004 Chicago dinner in Auchi's honor arranged by Antonin Rezko (potentially, right)[1]. All three men have been convicted of corruption related charges (Auchi 2003, Rezko 2008, Blagojevich 2009).[2] “A British-Iraqi billionaire lent millions of dollars to Barack Obama's fundraiser (dual US-Syrian citizen Tony Rezko) just weeks before an imprudent land deal that has returned to haunt the presidential contender, an investigation by The Times discloses. The money transfer raises the question of whether funds from Nadhmi Auchi,...

Newsmax owner details plans for Newsweek bid By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York Published: June 4 2010 17:59 | Last updated: June 5 2010 01:07 Newsweek could be profitable again if it makes better use of its circulation database to “upsell” readers to premium newsletters and other products, according to one bidder for the Washington Post Company’s loss-making magazine. Christopher Ruddy, the owner of Newsmax, a magazine and website catering to US conservatives, told the Financial Times a day after he made an offer for Newsweek that he believed he could restore the 77-year-old title to positive cash flow. Mr...

Commentary: He's a bigger Internet star than Rush Limbaugh NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Christopher Ruddy admires Rush Limbaugh's popularity and Matt Drudge's influence. But Ruddy isn't exactly awed by his conservative-media brethren -- and for good reason. Ruddy, the CEO and editor of Newsmax, is emerging as the most prominent online voice of the conservative movement. Newsmax has flourished because Ruddy has exhibited a stronger commitment to the bottom line than to presenting himself as an ideologue. "I'm not looking for a cult of personality of Chris Ruddy," he said. "Running a business takes 24/7." The hard work is paying...

A few months ago, after John McCain locked up the GOP presidential nomination, Chris Ruddy says he received a series of insistent phone calls from an unexpected source: Sarah Palin. "We got calls from her people up in Alaska asking if we wanted to interview her," says Ruddy, editor in chief and owner of the conservative Web site Newsmax.com, based in West Palm Beach. "Back then she wasn't on the radar for the vice presidency, and I just blew her off." But the calls continued. Palin's people wouldn't go away. "Finally we sent a writer, not even one of our...

In a New York Times story, a conservative journalist named Chris Ruddy (who once long ago worked for this newspaper) declared that he and his boss, billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife, had changed their minds about someone who had preoccupied them in the 1990s: Bill Clinton. "Clinton," said Ruddy, "wasn't such a bad president. In fact, he was a pretty good president in a lot of ways, and Dick [Scaife] feels that way today."

  Hillary's Secret WarThe Clinton Conspiracy to MuzzleInternet Journalistsby Richard Poe Foreword by Jim RobinsonFounder of FreeRepublic.com   "Hillary Clinton is one of the most important political players in the last decade, and she's been nothing but trouble. Hillary's Secret War by Richard Poe is required reading." ANN COULTER Bestselling author of Treason, Slander and High Crimes and Misdemeanors   "Hillary's Secret War chronicles the lonely battle many of us waged to expose Clinton corruption. As one who took part in that struggle, I am impressed by the accuracy and insight of Richard Poe's account. He has brought to...

  Hillary's Secret WarThe Clinton Conspiracy to MuzzleInternet Journalistsby Richard Poe Foreword by Jim RobinsonFounder of FreeRepublic.com   Author’s Introductionby Richard Poe   MANY readers will dismiss this book as a collection of wild-eyed conspiracy theories. Yet strong evidence supports every allegation. Who can deny any longer that Hillary Clinton presided over a "secret police" force, charged with silencing, bribing, blackmailing, intimidating, and otherwise neutralizing Clinton foes? The evidence is frankly overwhelming. "Hillary is not merely an aider and abettor to this secret police operation. She has been its prime instigator and organizer," wrote the late Barbara Olson in...

  Hillary's Secret WarThe Clinton Conspiracy to MuzzleInternet Journalistsby Richard Poe Foreword by Jim RobinsonFounder of FreeRepublic.com   "Hillary Clinton is one of the most important political players in the last decade, and she's been nothing but trouble. Hillary's Secret War by Richard Poe is required reading." ANN COULTER Bestselling author of Treason, Slander and High Crimes and Misdemeanors   "Hillary's Secret War chronicles the lonely battle many of us waged to expose Clinton corruption. As one who took part in that struggle, I am impressed by the accuracy and insight of Richard Poe's account. He has brought to...

  Hillary's Secret WarThe Clinton Conspiracy to MuzzleInternet Journalistsby Richard Poe   Foreword by Jim RobinsonFounder of FreeRepublic.com   HILLARY'S SECRET WAR by Richard Poe is the first book Iíve read that really pulls together the story of the Internet underground during the Clinton years. I was thrilled to read it. This story has never been told before, and I'm proud to say that I was part of it, in my own small way. We poured a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into building FreeRepublic.com and organizing a cyber-community of tens of thousands of Freeper activists all over...