What's even better than gold?
The Brand Brief 2.23.26: Team USA, Joe Rogan, Chris Hemsworth, Kash Patel, Nancy Guthrie, Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Puerto Vallarta, Mike Huckabee, and Jack Hughes
Actionable media intel: The Brand Brief delivers a daily snapshot of the conservative media ecosystem - FOX News, podcasts, and more. | Brought to you by On Brand Strategies | Written by Carly Moran and Nathan Brand
📣 Driving the Conversation…
1,086 words | 5 minute read | Written to be skimmable (17+ hours of media covered in The Brand Brief)
What Matters: Who is prouder to be an American?
New Media Voices: Rogan, Von, Tucker, and Dillon
Leading FOX: Team USA, Mar-a-Lago, and winter weather
Trending: Newsom said what?
What the Right is Writing: Laken Riley, Black History Month, and Puerto Vallarta
✍️ WHAT MATTERS AND WHERE WE’RE GOING…
Nathan’s quick take on where we’re headed…
What’s more unifying than Team USA hockey winning gold? For conservatives, it’s dunking on libs who are not proud to be American.
The Huffington Post said “USA!” chants turned them off. Sports commentator Jemele Hill was ratioed for feeling sorry for athletes having to represent the USA. A former Democrat Governor tweeted love for Canada. The left melted down over a video of President Trump calling FBI Director Kash Patel to congratulate the men’s team.
And conservatives, with glee, “pounced.”
Conservatives love flag-waving patriotism, especially when it comes with a side of owning the libs. - NRB
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🎙️ NEW MEDIA VOICES
The Joe Rogan Experience
Comedian Donnell Rawlings talks about his Kill Tony experience, the effects of added sugar, Diddy parties, and his work with Dave Chappelle
Actor Michael Jai White discusses the masculinity crisis, martial arts, raising himself at 14, action movies, and getting into writing
Author, commentator, and anarchist Michael Malice shows off comic book face paint and discusses Democrat messaging issues, Epstein files, teens using steroids, the danger of AI, and DHS arresting violent offenders
Matt McCusker, comedian and podcaster, discusses Jeffrey Epstein, writing jokes, COVID, James Talarico, and shingles
This Past Weekend with Theo Von
Actor Chris Hemsworth talks all things Australia, increasing longevity, his dad’s Alzheimer’s, and “hitchhiker handsome”
Science journalist James Nestor discusses his new book Breath: the New Science of a Lost Art, the effects of mouth breathing, and the rise in ADHD diagnoses
The Tucker Carlson Show
Christian and Palestinian-American Dr. Fares Abraham shares his work with Levant Ministries and how he saw Christians treated by Israelis
Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee discusses Benjamin Netanyahu, Christianity in the Holy Land, and American aid to Israel
The Shawn Ryan Show
Podcast PR agency founder Jeremy Ryan Slate explores the history of Rome, whether we’re an empire, and the decline of Western civilization
Ryan previews an interview with a veteran on how warfighting creates PTSD in American soldiers
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dr. Christina Francis, CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life OBGYNs, explains the real effects of the mifepristone abortion pill
The Tim Dillon Show
Dillon discusses billionaire Les Wexner’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, furries, the potential for war with Iran, and Kash Patel’s appearance on the Dan Bongino Show
📺 LEADING FOX NEWS
FOX & Friends
The U.S. men’s hockey team wins gold for the first time in 46 years, Katie Gaudreau is interviewed about the team’s tribute to her deceased brothers
Another blizzard is hitting New England, more than 10,000 flight cancellations, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman issues snow warning
After the U.S. and Mexican governments killed a top drug cartel leader, American citizens are sheltering in place as Puerto Vallarta gets ravaged by cartel raids
Trump’s attempted assassin, who was killed after attempting to break into Mar-a-Lago, carried a shotgun and gasoline
As resources scale back in its fourth week, volunteers join the Nancy Guthrie investigation
FOX Newsroom
A massive New England blizzard is forcing communities to enforce “travel bans,” more than 19,000 flights affected
The FBI is looking more into the man who got killed breaking into Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun this weekend
Gavin Newsom dodges questions about Kamala Harris running in 2028
AOC complains on social media about people critiquing her foreign policy at Munich
A new report shows the Biden administration’s support of Israel cost Kamala Harris votes
The State Department partially evacuates employees in Beirut, Lebanon, the U.S. military is deployed across the Middle East, Iran could be a week away from “nuclear material”
President Trump speaks live at a ceremony honoring the angel families of Laken Riley and other victims of illegal immigrant crime
🍿 TRENDING AND POUNCING
Tomorrow’s news today…
Laken Riley’s mom praises the job that @POTUS is doing in securing our nation and fighting for our families” [X, Rapid Response 47]
The amount of Social Security numbers issued by Democrats to illegals doubled every year [X, Daugherty]
Actor Robert De Niro starts crying about Trump [X, CollinRugg]
🗞️ WHAT THE RIGHT IS WRITING
FOX News Digital
Americans stranded in Puerto Vallarta describe city turning into a war zone [FOX News]
Suspect identified after fatal shooting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate [FOX News]
US assets in Middle East positioned for ‘highly kinetic’ war [FOX News]
Breitbart
Newsom Tells Black Audience ‘I’m Like You… 960 SAT… I Cannot Read’ [Breitbart]
Armed Man Shot and Killed After Entering Mar-a-Lago [Breitbart]
President Trump Raises Global Tariff Rate to 15 Percent [Breitbart]
Wall Street Journal Editorials
Justice Gorsuch Tries to Revive Congress [WSJ Ed]
Jack Hughes for President [WSJ Ed]
More About That Chinese Nuclear Test . . . [WSJ Ed]
Newsom’s Climate Policy Backfires [WSJ Ed]
New York Post
Trump to honor Laken Riley and other ‘angel families’ ahead of State of the Union address [NYP]
New NY law gives widows of fallen NYPD officers up to 50% off on property taxes [NYP]
Washington Free Beacon
‘So Proud to Be American’: Jack Hughes and the New Miracle on Ice [WFB]
Washington Reporter
“Donald Trump is for black America”: White House commemorates Black History Month [Reporter]
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