The stars of the conservative media movement have been duking it out
– in extremely personal terms
– over Donald Trump’s decision to enter the United States into a conflict with Iran.

While it can be hard to cleanly group the warring factions,
much of the fighting has centered on disagreements about whether the US is too deferential to Israeli interests.

Those arguing that position most prominently include former Fox News hosts Tucker #Carlson and Megyn #Kelly,

while conservative media personalities like Mark #Levin (a current Fox News host) and Ben #Shapiro have strongly supported both the American intervention in Iran and collaboration with Israel.

“There are the classic neocons,
there is the populist right,
and there are the anti-anti neocons,” said Curt Mills, executive director of the American Conservative magazine.

On Tuesday, Shapiro defended Levin, called Kelly an “unbelievable coward” and accused her of eliding her criticism of President Trump. “You don’t like President Trump? You don’t like what he’s saying? Just say his name, you coward,” Shapiro said. “You unbelievable coward. Tucker and Megyn both – unbelievable cowardice.”

The tension between Carlson and Levin traces back to at least June 2025,
when Carlson accused Levin of
“lobbying for war with Iran” during a private lunch with Trump at the White House.

Levin called Carlson a “maggot”,
and Carlson referred to Levin as a “warmonger”.

He used the same label for another former Fox News colleague,
Sean Hannity.

(This week, Kelly called her former colleague Hannity “a supplicant to Donald Trump”
and said
“he would never say anything other than to puff Donald Trump up”.)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/06/conservative-media-open-warfare-over-iran?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Lot of talk about faith in these Shapiro articles. My take on it is that if he runs for president we might as well just douse our synagogues in lighter fluid ourselves because I have zero faith in Americans tolerating it at this juncture in history.

"#PHILADELPHIA (#AP) — #Pennsylvania Gov. #JoshShapiro is opening up about his #Jewish faith at a pivotal moment in his political rise.

The #Democratic #governor is marching toward #reelection in one of the nation’s most important #swingstates, a victory that could propel him into the very top of his party’s #presidential #nomination fight. But he’s also navigating physical and #political risks that have threatened his family’s life and his standing in a party that’s deeply divided by #Israel’s war in #Gaza.

Here are some highlights from a recent interview with #Shapiro:"

https://apnews.com/article/josh-shapiro-interview-jewish-faith-pennsylvania-governor-f158f3c48496ea708b5d426a410481f5

Looks like I was wrong. Harris did have some lefty bona fides. 

"Members of #KamalaHarris’ team asked #Pennsylvania #Governor #JoshShapiro, who is #Jewish, if he was an #Israeli double agent, according to the 2028 potential #presidential #candidate’s new #memoir.

The question came during the 2024 presidential #campaign, as #Harris weighed who to choose as her running mate.

#Shapiro was at the top of her list, along with #Senator #MarkKelly and her eventual choice, Governor #TimWalz.

Now, in his #book, Where We Keep the Light, Shapiro says that Harris’s team was very interested in his background.

“Had I been a double agent for #Israel?” he wrote, describing his surprise at the question, in an excerpt seen by The New York Times."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kamala-harris-josh-shapiro-israel-b2903050.html

🧵 Nell’estrema destra MAGA è scoppiata la “guerra civile”
https://www.valigiablu.it/estrema-destra-maga-usa-trump-guerra-civile/

#maga #trump #shapiro

"The #American #right is fracturing in public, and the fault line is no longer #trade, #immigration or even #DonaldTrump. It is #antisemitism — whether it will be confronted honestly or rationalized, laundered and excused in the name of movement unity.

At the center of this rupture stands #BenShapiro, an #Orthodox #Jew and unapologetic #conservative who has spent years shaping the intellectual culture of the modern right. We disagree sharply with #Shapiro on much of his ideological agenda. But on one point there can be no daylight: Antisemitism is a moral poison, and no political movement can tolerate, promote, glaze or platform it without forfeiting its claim to seriousness.

Shapiro’s denunciation of figures such as #TuckerCarlson, #MegynKelly, #SteveBannon and #CandaceOwens was not an act of factional betrayal. It was an act of moral clarity."

https://www.jewishexponent.com/editorial-a-hemorrhaging-conservative-right/

J.D. Vance spoke Sunday at Turning Point USA’s annual #AmericaFest conference,
where Erika #Kirk, widow of the group’s slain founder, endorsed Vance for president in 2028.

👉Vance demonized “the left,”
👉promoted Christian nationalism and right-wing populist conspiracy theories,
and, unlike other speakers,
👉refused to criticize far-right and antisemitic elements of the conservative movement like fascist personality Nick Fuentes. 

Other conference speakers were willing to challenge the movement’s bigots and extremists.
Podcaster Ben #Shapiro took on Tucker #Carlson for having provided Nick #Fuentes with an overly friendly platform from which to spread his poison.
(Carlson, also invited to speak, mocked Shapiro’s concerns.)
Former presidential candidate Vivek #Ramaswamy challenged Fuentes's bigotry along with racially coded ideas like “Heritage Americans” that have taken root in the MAGA movement.

But Vance, who has his eye on 2028, was apparently not willing to risk alienating anyone on the right,
-- demonstrating the concept of #NETTR
—“no enemies to the right”
—that has been at the center of the ongoing turmoil over Heritage Foundation President
Kevin #Roberts defense of Carlson’s promotion of Fuentes.

“President Trump did not build the greatest coalition in politics by running his supporters through endless self-defeating purity tests,” Vance said from the stage

https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/jd-vance-delivers-demagoguery-christian-nationalism-tpusa-fest-refuses-criticize-far

‘UTTER BS!’: Shapiro CALLS OUT Harris’ book claims about him (Video)

Fox News contributor Joe Concha joins 'Fox & Friends First' to react to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's response to Kamala Harris' book claims and actress Halle Berry's criticisms of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. #fox #media #breakingnews #us #usa #new #news #breaking #foxnews #foxandfriendsfirst #joshshapiro #shapiro #kamalaharris #harris #halleberry #gavinnewsom #newsom #california #pennsylvania…

https://www.latestnewsx.com/video/utter-bs-shapiro-calls-out-harris-book-claims-about-him-video/