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MSNBC’s 11th Hour host, Stephanie Ruhle, kicked off Monday night’s show by saying, “So please remember, the truth matters, but only if you hear it, so let’s get started covering the truth.” A great quote from the leftist propaganda machine that was MSNBC. The joke wrote itself in this instance, because four minutes later Ruhle and her guests spewed biased rhetoric on President Trump and the entire Republican Party.

In a conversation with David Rucker of The Bulwark, Ruhle claimed she didn’t want to call the political violence normalized, and then in the same sentence called it far more prominent and prevalent? Leading to this exchange:

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It’s all about the Benjamins.

New York magazine, a Voice of the Crust.

On April 4, the Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha posted a video of an obliterated urban landscape. Suddenly, there are bombs: Smoke erupts from the base of the buildings, and two large objects are ejected from the rooftops into the sky. Arms and legs seem to undulate in the air — they appear to be human bodies — before they crash down onto the pyre. “This is scary more than ever,” Abu Toha wrote on Instagram. “In the air strikes, two people flew even above the clouds of death.” In the background, the girl videotaping is crying as she holds the phone. She knows that those two people, perhaps briefly alive in the sky, have died, that Israel is bombing an already annihilated place, and that eventually those bombs may come for them all.

Fembot ‘journalism’: Lead with a tear-jerking anecdote, and then use that as ‘proof’ of your broad political agenda.

That there are no longer words to capture the horrors taking place in the Gaza Strip has long been said and felt, but then a video like Abu Toha’s appears, clarifying how extreme and otherworldly this catastrophe has become. In the 1980s, the American philosopher Edith Wyschogrod recognized that the Holocaust and Hiroshima and other crises in which huge numbers of people had died required a new language. In her 1985 book, Spirit in Ashes, she called them “death events.” These, she wrote, could be large-scale bombing campaigns, forced famines, or deportations. Most important, these manmade events were collective global experiences and involved the shared knowledge that people have made the extinction of mankind possible. In some cases, these events gave rise to something she called the “death world,” which had the “imagined conditions of death, conferring upon their inhabitants the status of the living dead.” Wyschogrod had the Nazi camps in mind; today, the death world we know is Gaza.

The ‘horrors taking place in theGaza strip’ is entirely self-generated, by Gaza Muslims supporting Hamas in its terror campaigns and reaping the whirlwind of their own actions.  In truth, the ‘death world we know’ is the ongoing Muslim terror campaign against Jews and other ‘unbelievers’ that has been in progress since the seventh century.

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Monday’s CBS Mornings had senior foreign correspondent Debora Patta who was live on the scene of the Iranian missile strike in Tel Aviv. Debora pivoted quickly from the carnage in Israel to clutch her pearls about Iran death tolls and how Israel was killing top military commanders and nuclear scientists.

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According to U.S. Attorney Hertzberg, the charges, and other information presented in court: On January 9, 2025, Forney twice called the office of Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and left voicemails in which he threatened sexual violence against Senator Cruz and the senator’s family. The following day, Forney called the office of Nebraska U.S. Senator Deb Fischer and left a voicemail in which he threatened sexual violence against Senator Fischer as well.

Republicans threatened, the Narratiev Media yawns. Democrats threatened, the Narrative Media goes apeshit.

Trump has not called Walz following shooting of Minnesota lawmakers (Axios)  He most certainly has–he called him ‘grossly incompetent’ (Trump says he ‘may’ call Walz after Minnesota shootings, calls him ‘grossly incompetent’ (Rachel Scott/ABC News))

Padilla warns about what happens “when cameras are not there” after removal from Noem event (CBS News)  Yeah–Dramacrat posturing ceases when there are no performance popularity points to be gained.

Publicity Hound Padilla Preens On CNN: Noem Should Have Known Who I Was!  ‘Don’t you know who I am???’

MAGA Sen. Mocked for Absurdly Calling Dem Assassin ‘Marxist’ (The Daily Beast)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

DHS Respond After ‘Violent Rioters’ Storm ICE Facility, Assault Law Enforcement Officers

ABC News Dumps on the Army’s Birthday Parade  If a Democrat President had done it, they’d be delirious.

“Caviar, Champagne And Lobster”: MAGA’s Exclusive $500K Private Club Launches – With Bessent, Bondi & RFK Jr. Partying With Tech Billionaires  MAGA is the New Nigger.

Trump orders ICE to step up deportation efforts in Democrat-run cities (Rebecca Falconer/Axios)

Trump Directs ICE to Expand Deportations in Democrat-run Cities

Trump directs ICE to expand deportations in Democratic-run cities, undeterred by protests (Aamer Madhani/Associated Press)

Trump directs ICE to expand deportation efforts in Democratic-run cities (Alex Gangitano/The Hill)

Trump Wants You to Get Used to This (Ruth Ben-Ghiat/New York Times)  As if anybody who writes for the NYT actually knows what Trump wants (as opposed to what they fantasize he must want….).

Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei – three angry old men who could get us all killed (Simon Tisdall/The Guardian)

As Trump Returns to G7, Rift With Allies Is Even Deeper (New York Times)

Playbook: 10 years of Trump (Politico)

Donald Trump Claims ‘Flop’ Military Parade Was a ‘Tremendous Success’ (Yasmeen Hamadeh/The Daily Beast)  Daily Beast claims tremendously successful parad was a ‘flop’.

Trump accelerates push to reward loyalty in federal workforce (Washington Post)  As Democrats have always done and which Republicans have generally neglected, to their cost.

LA Mayor Bass Says If ICE Raids Persist, There’ll Be ‘Nobody’ Left To Nanny The Kids Or Mow The Lawns  The horror!

Poll: Americans overwhelmingly want Trump to obey court rulings, but MAGA Republicans are split (Dylan Ebs/NBC News)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

The Bureaucrat and the Billionaire: Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security (New York Times)  Given the choice, I’ll pick the billionaire … you know, the one that isn’t trying to steal my money and give it to somebody else (with a generous beak-wet for him/herself, of course),.

Trump’s Strategy in Law Firm Cases: Lose, Don’t Appeal, Yet Prevail (Adam Liptak/New York Times)  Learning from Obama.

MAGA political violence claims more victims (Noah Berlatsky/Public Notice)  Blaming Trump for Democrat violence.

Trump’s parade flopped. No Kings Day was a hit. (Paul Krugman)  Voices of the Narrative are hoping that if they tell a big enough lie often enough it will change reality.

‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans (Aaron Glantz/The Guardian)

‘I’m an American, Bro!’: Latinos Report Raids in Which U.S. Citizenship Is Questioned (Jennifer Medina/New York Times)  So prove it, bro. Break out your ‘Real ID’.

After an ugly week, an ugly bill (Jennifer Rubin/The Contrarian)  Jennifer Rubin loses her shit.

‘This is the looting of America’: Trump and Co’s extraordinary conflicts of interest in his second term (Ed Pilkington/The Guardian)  Ed Pilkington loses his shit.

Imperial President at Home, Emperor Abroad (Elizabeth N. Saunders/Foreign Affairs)  The farce is strong in this one.

Trump Hasn’t Visited A Single Natural Disaster On His Watch As President (S.V. Date/HuffPost)  Because he isn’t a Dramacrat looking for a tear-jerker of a photo op. He’s focused on actually doing his job.

The Army Was the Only Life She Knew. Trump’s Trans Ban Cast Her Out. (Greg Jaffe/New York Times)  Sorry, the military has no place for men who pretend to be women. There’s a reason for that.

Fact check: Did suspect in Minnesota shootings have close ties to Gov. Tim Walz? No. (Walker Orenstein/Minneapolis Star Tribune)  There are lies, damned lies, and Democrat ‘journalism’.

RFK Jr.’s vaccine moves raise fears ahead of next school year (Lexi Lonas Cochran/The Hill)  Only among Big Pharma.

There’s a bitter clash on the right. It could determine whether Trump takes us to war. (Andrew Prokop/Vox)  Funny how there was no ‘bitter clash’ when Obama took us to war in Afghanistan and Biden took us to war in Ukraine.

Bill Maher to Sean Penn: You’ll Meet Castro but Not Trump?

America Is at a Terrifying Turning Point–and There’s No Going Back (Michael Tomasky/New Republic)

What Did Elon Musk Accomplish at DOGE? (Benjamin Wallace-Wells/New Yorker)  Almost all of the Narrative Media lost their shit, proving that they’re just the propaganda wing of the Democrat party.

New GOP bill would cut off housing funds to sanctuary cities defying Trump DHS (Alex Miller/Fox News)

Trump Sent Them To Hell. Now He’s Erasing Them Altogether. (HuffPost)  Even the Puffington Host can’t find them@ Oh, wait….

Building the American Brownshirts (Hamilton Nolan/How Things Work)  It’s Brown Skins, not Brown Shirts, and the Democrats are doing it. Look at where the street violence (a characteristic of the old brownshirts) is coming from

Trump fires Democratic appointee from Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Politico)  Democrats have been playing hardball for decades. Trump is just stealing their playbook.

Trump: Iran ‘Wants to Talk,’ but ‘They Had 60 Days’  Muslims only want to talk when they’re losing.

Trump Orders ICE Vengeance on ‘No Kings’ Protest Cities (Cameron Adams/The Daily Beast)  You mess with the bull….

Wisconsin dairy farmer sues Trump administration claiming discrimination against white farmers (Scott Bauer/Associated Press)

‘The Age of Trump’ Enters Its Second Decade (Peter Baker/New York Times)

Cops Probe If Captured MAGA Assassin Is Part of ‘Broader Network’ (Leigh Kimmins/The Daily Beast)  And the lies just keep on coming….

Donald Trump Is Hurtling America Into a Catastrophic Middle Eastern War (Jeet Heer/The Nation)  No, Obama hurled America into a catastrophic Middle Eastern war. Trump is doing his best to keep us out of this one.

Donald Trump Is Hurtling America Into a Catastrophic Middle Eastern War (Jeet Heer/The Nation)

Tim Walz Takes Coded Swipe at Trump After MN Murder Suspect’s Arrest: ‘It’s Not About Mean Tweets’ (David Gilmour/Mediaite)  Trying to obscure the undoubted fact that this guy was a Democrat and a Walz supporter.

Judge extends block on Trump’s Harvard international student ban (April Rubin/Axios)

Watchdog Finds Trump Administration Broke Law by Withholding Library Funds (Tony Romm/New York Times)

Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Attended a Bible College Popular Among Christian Nationalists (Kiera Butler/Mother Jones)  And yet he still turned out a Democrat and a Walz supporter. How do you account for that?

Mental health group launches ad campaign against Medicaid cuts (Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech/The Hill)  WE WANT OUR MONEY! GIVE US OUR MONEY!

Sean Duffy to withhold transportation funds from cities with anti-ICE protests (David Edwards/Raw Story)

The Tyrant Test — A leader who uses military force to suppress his political opposition ought to lose the right to govern. (Adam Serwer/The Atlantic)  What about a ruler who uses government law enforcement agencies and public prosecutors to suppress his political opposition? Like Omaba? Like Biden? (Funny how that ‘suppressed opposition’ is all over the Narrative Media….)

‘100 percent’ haven’t shown up to work due to immigration raids, Texas farmer says (The Hill)  That’s what happens when you hire illegals. ODF.

Terminated National Institute of Heath grants must be restored, judge orders (Steph Solis/Axios)

WE SWEAR! NY Times Pinky Promises Trump Inflation Doom Is Just Around the Corner

GOP tax bill could hurt the poorest households more than it helps them (Washington Post)  Because, as we all know, helping the poorest households is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

CBS Mornings Tries New Negative Narrative After D.C. Military Parade

Mike Lee Draws Outrage for Posts Blaming Assassination on the Far Left (Annie Karni/New York Times)  They can dish it out but they can’t take it.

Trump doubles down on expanding deportations in America’s biggest cities (Alexandra Hutzler/ABC News)

Wages Rise Amid 1 Million Self-Deportations Under Trump

Trump Removes MLK Bust from Oval Office (J.D. Wolf/MeidasTouch News)  The horror!

Project Runway star shot dead while attending anti-Trump rally

In Solidarity With Protestors, Burger King Changes Name To ‘Burger Democratically Elected Leader’

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I am seeing a lot of confusion today about how the Political Violence Blame Game works. As a Professional Internet Zoologist, allow me to help educate you.

The 72 hour rule is still in effect for the Minnesota shooting, but with the facts available so far it’s not looking good for The Narrative. But from what I’ve seen this morning that sure isn’t holding liberal internet morons back from screaming about how “right wingers” have “legitimized political violence”, like violence is such a common right wing cultural thing, while the left are just out there showing kindness.

That’s a great theory, as long as you ignore lefties:

-shooting republican congressmen at a baseball game,

-trying to murder a Supreme Court Justice,

-trying to firebomb a democrat governor,

-shooting Israeli embassy employees,

-assassinating a health insurance CEO (and then the left glorifying that guy into a rock star sex symbol),

-setting Tesla stores on fire and screwing with random people’s cars in general,

-firebombing Jewish senior citizens,

-torching RNC HQs (ironically, googling this one to refresh my memory turned up a bunch of these that I’d not even heard of!).

-“globalizing the intifada”,

-beating up a republican senator,

-shooting a democrat mayor,

-running a republican legislator off the road because they’re upset about healthcare,

-attempting to stab a republican congressional candidate,

-swatting EVERYBODY, up to and including the FBI director(!),

-holding a few HUNDRED riots, with uncountable of acts of violence, arson, and looting. This one lumps in all the fun fire bombings, car flippings, bike lock beatings, and wacky political violence the left has turned into an art form.

-and not one, but two, assassination attempts on Donald Trump.

What’s funny is that listing some of those, I’m reminded it’s amazing how fast they dropped out of the news cycle. Some of these just barely happened, were incredibly violent, yet poof, 24 hours later they’re never mentioned again. You know if a racist white dude hit a bunch of elderly holocaust survivors with a Molotov cocktail that would be the biggest news story of the year and we’d never hear the end of it.

TRUMP TO PANICAN DOVES: ‘You Can’t Have Peace If Iran Has a Nuclear Weapon’

‘Does your wife love you?’ Proud Boys viciously booed at anti-Trump protest (David McAfee/Raw Story)

Man drives into crowd of protesters at ‘No Kings’ rally in Virginia (Elissa Salamy/WTTG-TV)

‘We’re all people’: Chicago ‘No Kings’ demonstration sees giant crowd march peacefully around Loop (Chicago Tribune)  But some are more people than others.

Trump Says He Decides What ‘America First’ Means (Michael Scherer/The Atlantic)

‘No Kings’ rallies draw big crowds to protest Trump and his policies (Annie Gowen/Washington Post)

Trump Raked in $57.3 Million From Crypto Venture, Per White House Financial Disclosures (Althea Legaspi/Rolling Stone)

Trump Disclosure Shows $57 Million in Earnings From Early Crypto Push (Wall Street Journal)

Tanks, troops and flyovers in D.C. as Trump gets his military parade (Washington Post)

Trump reports over $600 million in income in latest financial disclosure (Washington Post)

Trump’s Military Birthday Parade Was a Gross Failure (Rolling Stone)

Gunman Opens Fire on ‘No Kings’ Protest in Salt Lake City (Jack Revell/The Daily Beast)  But he was mostly peaceful.

No Kings protests: Photos show L.A. police clashing with protesters (San Francisco Chronicle)

Somehow, Leftist Anti-Trump Protesters Cannot Be Identified as Leftist

Cities brace for large crowds at anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ demonstrations across the US (Associated Press)  Which didn’t happen.

“No Kings Day” protests turn out millions, rebuking Trump (G. Elliott Morris/Strength In Numbers)

Watch: Shots Fired At Utah ‘No Kings’ Protest: Two Wounded, Three In Custody

Millions of Americans Like Trump Better in Theory Than in Practice (David French/New York Times)  Cognitive dissonance on the hoof.

G7 Leaders Meet in Canada Hoping to Avoid Trump Clash

The People Will Continue Rising Against Kings and MAGA’s Reign of Terror (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)  I guess MAGA is a towering fantasy figure like the Michelin Man or the Pillsbury Doughboy from the GHOSTBUSTERS move.

As Trump Celebrates Army’s Founding, His Critics Take to the Streets (David E. Sanger/New York Times)

Minnesota killings spread fear in country riven by violence against politicians (Washington Post)  Never mentioning that these kooks are all leftists.

Democrats convince no one by flagging each and every slight as the ‘end of democracy’ (Monica Harris/New York Post)

Trump Hosts $45 Million Military Parade For Himself Before Underwhelming Crowd (S.V. Date/HuffPost)

Poll: Americans disapprove of Trump’s performance, as Republicans manage splits over spending plans (NBC News)

Trump Has Completely Wrecked America’s Brand (Guy Lawson/Rolling Stone)  Principle doesn’t matter; it’s all about THE BRAND.

Trump’s FAA pick has claimed ‘commercial’ pilot license he doesn’t have (Oriana Pawlyk/Politico)  There is no molehill so small that the Narrative Media can’t pretend is a mountain.

Trump’s FAA Nominee Lied About Having a ‘Commercial’ Pilot License (Peter Wade/Rolling Stone)

‘No Kings’ protesters in Virginia and San Francisco struck by motorists (Cy Neff/The Guardian)  And why not? Leftists do it all the time.

NBC’s Jacob Soboroff reports from the Los Angeles protests as law enforcement fires flash bangs (MSNBC)

Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader, US officials say (Steve Holland/Reuters)  Geez, he’s such a Nazi.

Political Violence Came to Minnesota. It Didn’t Start There. (New York Times) Apparently it’s at least Trump’s fault. He is, after all, the New Hitler.

‘Trump Inc.’: Filings Show Staff Profited From Being in the President’s Orbit (Kenneth P. Vogel/New York Times)  By contrast with Obama’s and Biden’s staff, who are all as poor as church mice both before and after their government service.

U.S. could lose more immigrants than it gains for first time in 50 years (Washington Post)  Sometimes the system works.

Internet Trolls Around the World Are Mocking Trump’s Military Birthday Parade (Peter Wade/Rolling Stone)  Including those in the Narrative Media.

At ‘No Kings,’ millions of Americans show the flag is mightier than the tank (Will Bunch/The Philadelphia Inquirer)  Will Bunch looses his shit.

Trump’s Military Parade Was a Pathetic Event for a Pathetic President (Malcolm Ferguson/New Republic)

How Trump’s Imposition of Massive Tariffs is Repeating the “Ship Money” Abuses of King Charles I (Ilya Somin/Reason)  Apparently Trump is not only the New Hitler, he’s also the New Charles I.

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NPR CEO Katherine Maher has repeatedly claimed, in the face of avalanches of evidence, that she has never witnessed any bias at NPR. That’s beyond ridiculous. You can find it, day after day, hour on the hour. This week’s Los Angeles rioting provided plenty of exhibits.

On the June 11 “Morning Edition,” Los Angeles-based co-host A Martinez told listeners, “We want to get a sense of how the community around Los Angeles is feeling about the decision to mobilize the military against civilians.” Notice how there’s no mention here of responding to violence or unrest by “civilians.”

The NPR host turned to Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano, and these two Latino journalists engaged in a riotous defense of the protests against immigration enforcement. Arellano began by claiming, “People feel like Trump doesn’t see them as Americans, that he sees us as prisoners, basically.”

The Telegraph (UK).

The BBC has been forced to apologise following claims by its Arabic service that Jews spit on Christians in a “holiday ritual”.

Claims were made in a video released by the corporation alongside an article titled “Sukkot: Spitting and Assault on Christians and Harassment of Muslims on the Jewish Holiday”.

In the video, released in October 2023, a caption claimed observant Jews celebrated their religious holiday, Sukkot, in Israel by spitting on Christians.

After the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (Camera) complained to the corporation, it was quickly corrected to say: “Some observant Jews consider spitting on Christians a holiday ritual.”

However, it took 19 months for a formal response to be issued.

Judge won’t order release of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil (Politico)

Extremist’s Advice for ‘No Kings’ Protests: ‘Shoot a Couple, the Rest Will Go Home ‘ (Wall Street Journal)  I suspect that would work.

‘Shoot a couple, the rest will go home’: Far-right groups are sharing scary messages ahead of ‘No Kings’ protests (Rhian Lubin/The Independent)  ‘Scary’ to lawbreakers, perhaps; peaceful citizens need not worry.

Kennedy’s New Vaccine Advisers Helped Lawyers Raise Doubts About Their Safety (New York Times)  Does this surprise anyone except the NYT?

When a radical performance artist has command of an army (The Economist)  They ought to tell the truth and call their magazine The Politician.

The “Delicate, Beautiful, Tiny” Fascism of Kristi Noem (Inae Oh/Mother Jones)

Trump’s financial disclosures reveal tens of millions in income from guitars, bibles and watches with his name on them (NBC News)  People want his stuff–unlike that of NBCNews.

Trump brought in $57 million from crypto venture, millions from sneakers and bibles (Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy/USA Today)  Ah, the New Narrative.

Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries (New York Times)

Tucker Carlson Blasts Trump for Being ‘Complicit’ in Israel’s Attack on Iran (Catherine Bouris/The Daily Beast)

PBS News Hour Turns to Leftists to Explain Trump’s ‘Alarming’ L.A. Troop Deployment  As they always do.

Can Trump Prevent A Massive Middle East War? (Akbar Shahid Ahmed/HuffPost)  Why would he want to? Muslim nations have been shouting for decades that they want war. It only takes one side to have a war.

Trump Relishes Troops in American Streets While Shunning Conflict Overseas (Peter Baker/New York Times)  Yet another Narrative Media innuendo smear.

Trump’s Parade of Horribles (Matt Labash/Slack Tide)

Demonstrators Are Trying to Make Sure ICE Agents Can’t Sleep (Anna Merlan/Mother Jones)

The world sees America for what it is (Philip Bump/Washington Post) And the world sees Philip Bump for what he is–an anti-American, Trump-deranged Leftist hater.

Capehart Dons Tinfoil Hat, Says LA Response Part of a Plan To Suspend Elections

The Trump/Musk fight is why we say “No Kings” (Lisa Needham/Public Notice)  Tell it to Obama. Tell it to Biden.

House Republicans Probe China-Based Billionaire Allegedly Bankrolling Anti-ICE Riots 

Scoop: Every Senate Dem demands Trump withdrawal military from Los Angeles (Stephen Neukam/Axios)  And he’s ignoring every damned one of them.

Federal prosecutors now charging immigrants who don’t submit fingerprints under dormant 1940s law (Hassan Ali Kanu/Politico)  ‘Dormant’ means ‘Democrats never enforced it.’

The Autocrat’s Parade (Ann Telnaes/Open Windows)  No, the Autocrats’ Parade has PRIDE all over it.

The ‘No Kings’ mass mobilization debunks Trump’s biggest myth (MSNBC)

Live Updates: Protests Against Trump Policies Kick Off Across the Country (New York Times)  The WELL-ORCHESTRATED protests.

Senate Dems demand hearing on Trump’s response to Los Angeles protests (Hailey Fuchs/Politico)  Who isn’t hearing them?

“FCC Complaint Filed”: X Users Slam CBS For Acting As PR Megaphone For ‘No Kings’ Color Revolution

Eight chaotic days shake Trump’s grip on the presidency (Zachary Basu/Axios) The farce is strong in this one.

Trump Admin Hands Migrant Medicaid Data to Deportation Goons (Liam Archacki/The Daily Beast)

The Polls Are In. Trump Is Not Winning in Los Angeles. (Jamelle Bouie/New York Times)  And if you believe that one, she’ll tell you another one.

Raskin takes swipe at Trump over price of military parade, GOP megabill (Ashleigh Fields/The Hill)  At least we get a  parade out of it. What do we get out of Democrat spending on the underclass? Look at L.A. and find out.

America Is Finally Getting A Fascist Dictator Parade, Courtesy Of Donald Trump (S.V. Date/HuffPost)

Why Trump loves a man (or 7,000 of them) in uniform. (David E. Sanger/New York Times)

NBC Portrays Army Parade as a ‘North Korea and Russia’ Like Spectacle  Without the commie symbolism–unlike the PRIDE parades.

‘Trump Is A King!’ Say People Freely Protesting In A Free Country

Joe Rogan Sums Up LA Riots With One Profound Word  “Astroturf”

The Judiciary Will Become Virtually Powerless in Protecting Your Rights if the Current Budget Bill Becomes Law (Clint Bolick/The UnPopulist)  For people who love to hate on ‘conspiracy theories’, proglodytes sure embrace those that push the Narrative.

US experts fear all vaccines at risk as Trump officials target mRNA jabs (Melody Schreiber/The Guardian)  Wring those hands! Wring those hands!

Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine moves (Rob Stein/NPR)  Another Narrative Media tool searching for a straw man to pummel.

The Liberal Media’s Trump Authoritarian Fantasy

LA Councilwoman Asks Police Chief How To Obstruct ICE; Law Enforcement Left Baffled

House votes to claw back $1.1 billion from public media (NPR)

Newsom slams Padilla removal: ‘Trump and his shock troops are out of control’ (Alex Gangitano/The Hill)  No, entitled Democrat politicians are out of control, and have been for decades.

Fighting Trump in Congress Like Fighting ‘Nazis in Northern Africa,’ Dem Rep Says

Newsom Calls Trump a ‘Stone Cold Liar’ Over National Guard  Democrats always accuse you of doing what they are doing – or plan to do.

From Fort Bragg to L.A., Trump enlists the military in a slow-motion coup (Will Bunch/The Philadelphia Inquirer)  Will Bunch loses his shit. (No worries – he’s got plenty left.)

FBI busts alleged LA riot leader who was filmed helping to distribute ‘Bionic Shield’ face masks to protesters (Jennie Taer/New York Post)

‘Political Theater!’ Kristi Noem Blames Senator Padilla for Getting Himself Manhandled By Agents in Stunning Fox News Interview (Joe DePaolo/Mediaite)  Whose turn is it to be the victim?

Tensions explode on House floor over Padilla incident (Andrew Solender/Axios)

CNN Security Analyst Defends Kristi Noem and Agents Who Shoved Senator Out of Presser (Joe DePaolo/Mediaite)

Judge Slams Trump Admin in California National Guard Case (Jacob Knutson/Democracy Docket)

Sen. Padilla Pushed to Ground, Handcuffed for Demanding DHS Not Lie (Inae Oh/Mother Jones)

Trump, Who Has Likened Himself to a King, Bristles at ‘No Kings’ Protests (Chris Cameron/New York Times)

Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla forcibly removed after trying to question DHS Secretary Noem (Steve Benen/MSNBC)

Judge sharply questions Trump’s Guard deployment to Los Angeles (Politico)

Donald Trump’s Dictator Cosplay (Susan B. Glasser/New Yorker)

Lawmakers outraged over Padilla’s forcible removal from Noem press conference (Caitlin Yilek/CBS News)

White House looks to freeze more agency funds — and expand executive power (Politico)

Democrats slam military parade as Trump’s multimillion-dollar ‘birthday party’ (Stacey Dec/Reuters)

Scoop: House Dem breaks with party on McIver and Padilla incidents (Andrew Solender/Axios)

RINO Alert! Murkowski: Video of Padilla Being Removed from Presser ‘Shocking at Every Level’

Trump Tax Bill Would Help the Richest, Hurt the Poorest, CBO Says (Jarrell Dillard/Bloomberg)  Same old whine.

Sen. Alex Padilla disputes Trump administration’s account of incident that led to federal agents handcuffing him (Nnamdi Egwuonwu/NBC News)  Of course he does.

Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Stop New York’s Unlawful “Protect Our Courts Act” from Obstructing Immigration Enforcement (US Department of Justice)

Democrat Judge Rules Against Trump Over Use Of National Guard In California Riots

Trump exceeded powers by sending National Guard, Marines to L.A., judge rules (Bob Egelko/San Francisco Chronicle)

Noem Says National Guard Occupation Is Meant To ‘Liberate’ LA From Its Mayor And Governor (Nicole Lafond/Talking Points Memo)

Judge rules Trump’s Guard deployment in Los Angeles is illegal (Kyle Cheney/Politico)

Judge orders Trump to return National Guard to California’s control (Avery Lotz/Axios)

Harvard, Trump admin clash over court protection for foreign students (Politico)

CNN Leads Anti-ICE Discussion With Organizer Of ‘Resistance School’

Trump keeps control of California National Guard for now after appeals court blocks order (Dan Mangan/CNBC)

Trump plans broader use of National Guard in immigration enforcement (Washington Post)

Trump administration can keep control of California National Guard troops for now, appeals court rules (NBC News)

Trump can keep National Guard deployed to Los Angeles for now, appeals court rules (Reuters)

Trump’s Big Bill Would Be More Regressive Than Any Major Law in Decades (New York Times)

US senator forcefully removed from DHS event in LA, triggering Democratic outcry on Capitol Hill (CNN)

ICE Kidnappings Stoke Fear and Outrage Across Los Angeles (David Dayen/American Prospect)  ‘Kidnappings’? They are criminals–in this country illegally–and they are being arrested for it. Don’t be a crimial, and you won’t be arrested (usually).

From a ‘day of love’ to ‘if they spit, we will hit’: Trump’s about-face on violence against police (Natasha Korecki/NBC News)

Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can’t be deported or detained for foreign policy reasons cited by Trump administration (Joe Walsh/CBS News)

Trump’s DOJ makes its most sweeping demand for election data yet (NPR)

Hegseth says troops in LA are lawful. He just can’t explain why. (Politico)  Sure he can. You just aren’t listening.

Fulbright Board Members Resign, Citing Political Interference by WH  Great news. That clears out the Crustian Deep State agents and allows a new broom to sweep clean.

Fulbright board resigns over alleged Trump administration interference (Mariana Alfaro/Washington Post)

Dozens Of Journalists Targeted, Shot, Detained While Covering LA Protests, Press Org Says (Nina Golgowski/HuffPost)  And there was much rejoicing.

US launches AUKUS review to ensure it meets Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda (ABC)  They seem surprised by this.

MSNBC Lies: ‘There Is No Violent Mob In Los Angeles’

Where are the people the Trump administration has deported? (Chris Geidner/Law Dork)  Not Here. That’s all that matters.

RFK Jr. includes vaccine misinformation spreaders among newly announced ACIP members (The Hill)  “Misinformation” is anything that disagrees with the Narrative.

Incensed House Democrats plan ICE funding war (Andrew Solender/Axios)  Of course they do.

‘Incredibly petty’: Sen. Rand Paul says he was ‘uninvited’ to White House picnic over breaks with Trump (NBC News)  What did he expect? Hugs and kisses?

Sen. Paul Slams ‘Petty’ WH for Disinviting Him From Picnic  Speaking of ‘petty’….

Trump’s EPA announces major rollbacks to power plant pollution limits (Oliver Milman/The Guardian)

CDC purges career officials from oversight of vaccine committee (Alexander Tin/CBS News)  Get rid of the Branch Covidians.

Kennedy’s new CDC panel includes members who have criticized vaccines and spread misinformation (Mike Stobbe/Associated Press)  “Misinformation” is anything that disagrees with the Narrative.

MSNBC’s Ari Melber: L.A. Riots Less Challenging Than Oscars Security

Trump Has No China Trade Strategy (Wall Street Journal)  That they can understand,  anyway.

‘Embarrassing’: Trump ‘booed mercilessly’ by Kennedy Center at ‘Les Miserables’ opening (Carl Gibson/Alternet.org)  Not embarrassing–you can’t embarrass Trump–but entirely expected.

Suggesting More Troops in More Cities, Trump Bends Military’s Role (Luke Broadwater/New York Times)

ICE, federal partners assaulted during largest worksite enforcement operation in Nebraska under Trump administration (ICE)

She served the American people for 35 years. Now her retirement income is on the line (Andrea Hsu/NPR)  In other words, she never had a real job in her life; she’s been receiving a government paycheck since she graduated from high school.

The real reason Trump is suddenly ordering immigration raids (Nicole Narea/Vox)  More Narrative Media mind-reading.

Trump is frustrated by his own success on immigration (Eric Levitz/Vox)  Attempt to calculate the probability of anybody writing for Vox having a clue about how Trump feels.

Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding (ProPublica)  Because, as we all know, if the Federal government–and the Federal taxpayer–won’t pay for scientific research, NO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WILL EVER GET DONE.

This Is Not a Drill — American democracy is on the line right now (Paul Krugman)  No, it’s not. Paul Krugman loses his shit. (Dont worry–he’s got plenty left.)

Republicans are trying to sell a bizarre fantasy on the economy (Paul Waldman/Public Notice)  Dramacrat Projection: Leftists always accuse you of doing what they want to do–or have done.

Democratic Lawmakers Are Taking Out Liability Insurance As Trump Ramps Up Legal Threats (NOTUS)  What do they know that you don’t know?

No Kings: Stand Against Trump’s Un-American Birthday Bash (Jeffrey C. Isaac/The Bulwark)  Where were these guys when Obama and Biden were in office?

New Leftist Talking Point: Don’t Believe Riot Videos, It’s The Algorithms!  Who are you going to believe–me or your lyin’ eyes?

Let’s Be Clear: The Rioting In LA Is By The Cops, Not The Protestors (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)  Come and get yer Narrative, right here.

Meyers Claims GOP Would Have Snitched On Tea Party In 1700s  The bizarre fantasy world these people live in.

Lawfare Daily: McCarthyism and Its Echoes in Modern Politics with Clay Risen (Lawfare)  An aptly named site.

“He’s lost it”: Inside Newsom’s attack on Trump’s mental fitness (Alex Thompson/Axios)  Dramacrats always accuse you of what they’re doing.

Inside a Courthouse, Chaos and Tears as Trump Accelerates Deportations (Luis Ferré-Sadurní/New York Times)  After all, they’ve gotten away with it for so long…. (Jerk those tears! Jerk those tears!) Have you ever noticed that Democrats always side with the criminals?

PBS Finds ‘Festival-like’ Atmosphere In L.A. With ‘Some Looting’ But Mostly ‘Non-Violent’  Mostly peaceful, with a side of looting. That’s all right, then.

Presidential Criminal Immunity: A Rule-of-Law Threat Beyond the Oval Office (Aziz Huq/Lawfare)  An aptly named site.

‘Catastrophic’: Rural public media stations brace for GOP cuts (Aaron Pellish/Politico)  Sometimes, democracy works.

Trump is ‘not all there,’ Newsom says amid Los Angeles fight (Ben Johansen/Politico)  Funny, I missed where Newsom got his MD.

First Thing: Families arrested in LA Ice raids held with little food or water, lawyers say (Clea Skopeliti/The Guardian)  Lawyers say! That proves it!

Trump’s Big Bill Would Let Him Expand His L.A. Immigration Crackdown ‘Everywhere’ (Rolling Stone)  I like it already.

A Walmart Heiress Breaks Ranks and Joins the Anti-Trump Movement (Sarah Nassauer/Wall Street Journal)  “Breaks ranks”? What “ranks”? She’s just another billionaire Democrat. How is this news?

BREAKING: FBI Arrests Riot Supplier, Charges Conspiracy (Ed Morrissey/HotAir)

FBI Arrests Suspected NGO Face-Shield Foot Soldier In L.A. Riots

LA’s Mayor Bass on Morning Joe: ‘There Isn’t Anything Happening Here’  More Democrat lies.

‘It’s a winner for him’: Dems work to turn LA debate from immigration to Trump’s executive powers (Politico)

Protests Turn Violent. Democrats Blame Trump. Rinse Repeat

Newsom Says It’s His Duty To Represent The Illegal Immigrants Who Elected Him  (Babylon Bee)

Democratic senator forcibly removed from DHS press conference (Stephen Neukam/Axios)

NBC: There’s a ‘Far Left Online Ecosystem’ Pushing Protests Toward Violence (John Sexton/HotAir)

California, coalition of states sue Trump over move to revoke EV mandate (Sharon Udasin/The Hill)

Hegseth Mum on Obeying Court Orders on Marines  Shocking, that he wouldn’t let them look at his cards in the middle of the game. Doesn’t he know who they are?

Ex-congressman Billy Long confirmed as commissioner of the IRS, an agency he once sought to abolish (Fatima Hussein/Associated Press)  Sounds to me like the perfect choice,

LA Riots Hand Republicans Script For Midterms  Yes they do….

California Sen. Alex Padilla handcuffed at Noem news conference in LA (Melanie Mason/Politico)

California Sen. Alex Padilla forcefully removed from Noem’s press conference by security (Associated Press)

Here’s where anti-Trump protests are expected on Thursday (Associated Press)  All spontanaous, of course.

Sen. Alex Padilla is forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference (NBC News)

Alex Padilla confrontation shocks senators (Politico)  People have been excusing and overlooking Democrat politicians’ bad behavior for so long that they think they have the right to be assholes with impunity. Well, bunkie, there’s a new sheriff in town.

Video: Sen. Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Kristi Noem news conference (NBC Los Angeles)

Democrats’ fears of Trump administration violence erupt after Padilla incident (Andrew Solender/Axios)  YOU MEAN WE CAN’T GET AWAY WITH IT ANY MORE?

House Republicans vote to claw back $9.4 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR and PBS (NBC News)

MAGA warns Trump of “massive schism” over Israeli strikes on Iran (Tal Axelrod/Axios)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

Read it.

Nicolle Wallace is one of the original “MSNBC Republicans,” a former adviser to George W. Bush and John McCain who quickly swapped sides to become one of the more popular Democratic Party-line tap dancers on her show “Deadline White House.”

Her reflexive leftist take on the Los Angeles riots was a “uniquely alarming moment”—not the riots, but President Donald Trump‘s response to the riots. It wasn’t a response so much as it was “theater.” She claimed former President Barack Obama was more effective at deporting illegal immigrants—like Democrats do.

Naturally, former CNN media reporters Oliver Darcy and Jon Passantino define her as a “defining voice of the resistance” with “clear eyes and keen political insight.” Translation: She’s reliably, bitterly anti-Trump.

Victor Davis Hanson.

The left’s martyr-making machine is in overdrive—recasting criminals, rioters, and radicals as victims, even as the public demands law, order, and sanity.

Read it.

Donie O’Sullivan is a senior correspondent for CNN who purports to be an expert on political “extremism” in America. The esteemed journalist earned an Emmy nomination for his three-part series, MisinfoNation: Extreme America, in which he traveled “around the country meeting far-right extremists with a long history of hate.” For some reason, O’Sullivan has been remarkably uninterested in covering the ongoing outburst of left-wing violence in this country.

My, what a surprise.

Over the past three weeks, two Israeli embassy officials were gunned down by a radical leftist shouting “Free Palestine,” more than a dozen peaceful protesters (including a Holocaust survivor) were injured in a makeshift flamethrower attack carried out by an illegal immigrant who said he wanted to “kill all Zionist people,” and violent hooligans in Los Angeles have rioted in support of illegal immigration by looting stores, setting fire to cars, and hurling bricks at police officers. In New York City on Wednesday, illegal immigration supporters chanted, “From Mexico to Gaza, globalize the intifada.”

During that time, O’Sullivan produced just one lousy segment for CNN. Three days after the firebomb attack in Boulder, Colo., he traveled to Denver (less than an hour away) to cover the defamation trial of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. He appeared on the failing network several times last week to discuss the public feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Yet observers have taken note of O’Sullivan’s glaring absence as left-wing extremists wreaked havoc in Los Angeles. Perhaps in an effort to provide proof of life, the journalist logged onto his X account and reposted his colleague Brian Stelter’s absurd comments about how the “unrest” in Los Angeles was being blown out of proportion by “fake content” from “unvetted social media accounts.”

L.A., Abrego Garcia, and the Big Lies of Trump tyranny (Will Bunch/The Philadelphia Inquirer) Will Bunch loses his shit.

Judge Blocks DOGE from Federal Databases

Trump warns ‘any’ protesters at military parade will be ‘met with heavy force’ (Stacey Dec/ABC News)  You mess witht the bull, you get the horns every time.

Trump faces criticism of his broad mass deportation push from two different angles (Natasha Korecki/NBC News)  As if he cares.

White House looks to freeze more agency funds  and expand executive power (E&E News by POLITICO)  Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but ‘agencies’ are part of the executive and ipso factor subject to ‘executive power’.

The revolution will be monetized: How Steve Bannon conned the working class (John Mac Ghlionn/The Hill)  And the Narrative Media, who desperately cling to the fantasy that he’s somehow still connected to Trump.

Inside Donald Trump’s Mass-Deportation Operation (Time)  Another Narrative Media smear-job.

The View: L.A. Riots Were ‘Peaceful for Days,’ ICE Brought ‘Crisis’

Trump’s Flawed Message to Los Angeles (Barbara F. Walter/New York Times)  Yet another liberal retread trotted out to defame Trump.

Videos of LA Riots ‘Can Give People a False Impression of What’s Actually Happening,’ Says Brian Stelter  Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?

The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump’s Blueprint (ProPublica)

MAGA Whisperer Maggie Haberman Iced Out by Trumpworld Sources (Josh Fiallo/The Daily Beast)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

Hegseth cites 2020 Minnesota riots as reason for sending National Guard into LA (Mike Brest/Washington Examiner)

Gov. Newsom Asks Judge to Block Use of Military in LA

16 States Sue Feds Over Firearm Conversion Devices

‘Paid insurrectionists’: Amid unrest in L.A, Trump returns to an unsettling old favorite (Steve Benen/MSNBC)

Protests Over Immigration Raids Spread Across US  Note the word ‘planned’.

House Launched Probe Into Harvard Over ‘Discrimination in Hiring’

CBS’s Dickerson Uses 71 Years Since Fall of McCarthy as Veiled Attack on Trump’s ‘Cruelty’

Rogue NGOs Prepare For Nationwide Color Revolution; Walmart Heiress Calls For “Mobilization”

Taxpayer-Funded ‘Public Radio’ Station Posts Radical ‘Resistance Calendar’

Viral Footage Appears To Show Waymo Vehicles Fleeing Los Angeles After Riots 

Is Trump’s Birthday Parade a Celebration of the Army or a Funeral Cortege for Democracy? (David Rothkopf/The Daily Beast)

National Guard in downtown Santa Ana after protesters clashed with police over ICE raids (Orange County Register)

WATCH: Fed-Up LA Business Owners Rip Into Rioters After Looting Rampage

WATCH: Fed-Up LA Business Owners Rip Into Rioters After Looting Rampage

Poll: Majority Favor Trump’s Immigration Approach

Judge rejects Newsom’s request to immediately intervene against Trump (April Rubin/Axios)

TikTok star detained by ICE, leaves US amid Trump immigration crackdown (Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing/Politico)

Trump orders names restored to Army bases honoring Confederate leaders (Jason Lalljee/Axios)

Trump to Restore Names of 7 Army Bases Changed by Biden

Former, current CDC employees call on RFK Jr. to resign (Kristal Dixon/Axios)  Don’t hold your breath.

Gov. Newsom Calls Hegseth ‘Joke’  Like being called ugly by a frog.

Military members boo Newsom, Biden and the press during Trump speech (Brett Samuels/The Hill)

Marines that deployed to Los Angeles have not yet responded to immigration protests (Associated Press)  They were deployed to protect Federal buildings and other Federal property. If the rioters don’t bother then, they won’t bother the rioters.

The Vicious MAGA Feedback Loop Feeding Trump’s L.A. Crackdown (Will Sommer/The Bulwark)  One of the Kristol Krew loses his shit.

White House proposes axing 988 suicide hotline services for LGBTQ youth (Jo Yurcaba/NBC News)  Because, as we all know, prefenting LGBTQRSTUVWZYZ suicide is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

Stephen Miller Behind Draconian Orders That Set Off L.A. Protests (Malcolm Ferguson/New Republic)  Draconian!

Appeals Court Keeps Trump’s Tariffs In Place For Now

FBI Director Patel Sues MSNBC Columnist Over False Nightclub Claims

Billionaire Walmart Heiress Promotes Nationwide Anti-Trump Protests (Jemima McEvoy/Forbes)  Democrats: Party of the rich.

Pam Bondi Drops The Hammer: L.A. Rioters Face Federal Robbery Charges Under Hobbs Act

Sorry PBS, Trump’s L.A. Military Deployments Were Not So Unprecedented

CNN: Arrest Of Union Leader Blocking ICE Was Trump’s ‘Weaponization, Targeting’  Wouldn’t surprise me. So what?

Immigration raid rocks Nebraska meatpacking plant; protesters and law enforcement clash (Jeremy Turley/Flatwater Free Press)

Newsom Says Trump Is Destroying U.S. Democracy in Speech on L.A. Protests (Laurel Rosenhall/New York Times)  Trump isn’t the one pushing the riots. Mostly it’s the Dramacrats destroying U.S. democracy.

Today President Donald J. Trump made it clear that the provocations he and his administration … (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters …)  Oh, I see: Enforcing the law and suppressing riots is ‘provocation’.

Vance, Rubio peddle fiction that 88 percent of foreign aid doesn’t go overseas (Glenn Kessler/Washington Post)  Fiction!

Trump’s Fury at Gavin Newsom Backfires–and Reveals His Own Weakness (Greg Sargent/New Republic)  Greg Sargent loses his shit.

Trump’s ludicrously sloppy legal rationale for occupying LA (Lisa Needham/Public Notice)

Stephen Miller can’t make America white. LA is paying for his impotent rage (Amanda Marcotte/Salon)  Amanda Marcotte loses her shit.

Trump’s War on International Students (Washington Monthly)

The Trump Administration Keeps Denying Disaster Preparedness Aid to States (Zahra Hirji/Bloomberg)  Because, as we all know,  state disaster preparedness is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

Fearmongering Pundits Disappointed AGAIN As Consumer Prices Refuse To Surge On Trump Tariffs

MAGA feasts on red meat as Trump escalates L.A. showdown (Tal Axelrod/Axios)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

This Is What Trump Does When His Revolution Sputters (Anne Applebaum/The Atlantic)

PBS’s Most Biased Reporter Tries to Transform Trump Into an Anti-Semite

Kimmel Claims ‘Mentally Ill’ Trump ‘Wants There To Be a War’ in LA  There is already a war in L.A., started by proglodytes and foreigners.

With reporters shot and roughed up, advocates question whether those covering protests are targets (David Bauder/Associated Press)  If they make themselves targets – as they tend to do.

Despite administration rhetoric, ICE heavily targets non-criminals (Philip Bump/Washington Post)  Philip Bump apparently believes that being in the country illegally doesn’t make you a criminal. He’s wrong.

Donald Trump v. America (Paul Blumenthal/HuffPost)

Trump Wants to Be a Strongman, but He’s Actually a Weak Man (Jamelle Bouie/New York Times)  He looks pretty strong to me.

‘No Kings’: Millions to Protest Trump’s ‘Dictator-Style Birthday Parade’ (Tim Dickinson/Rolling Stone)

Professor Sends Email Encouraging Campus To Join LA Protests Against ICE

Trump’s Grotesque Military Address (William Kristol/The Bulwark)  William Kristol loses his shit. (Don’t worry – he’s got a lot left.)

The Purpose of Trump’s Terror (Rick Wilson/Rick Wilson’s Intel …)  Terror!

Trump’s Fort Bragg speech was a serious step toward ending democracy (Stephen Saideman/MSNBC)

Trump is waging war against citizens in LA. This is a dangerous new era (Judith Levine/The Guardian)

MSNBC’s Wallace: Trump Wants To ‘F*** Around With The Military’

ICE Arrests Illegal Alien for Molotov Cocktail Attack on Law Enforcement Caught on Video (Department of Homeland Security)

Brian Stelter Says ‘Most Angelenos Are Having a Perfectly Normal Day’—Right Before LA Declares Curfew

The secret police descending on Small Town, U.S.A. (Catherine Rampell/Washington Post) Catherine Rampell loses her shit.

ABC: ICE, National Guard, Marines ‘Just Following Orders’ Like Nazis

NPR CEO Claims Federal Funding Needed For Safe Drinking Water  Because, as we all know, safe drinking water is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

Illegal alien charged with attempted murder for throwing Molotov cocktail at officers in LA riots: DHS (Fox News)

US’s worldwide popularity plummets thanks to ‘arrogant’ Trump (Yurii Stasiuk/Politico)  Funny, he never complained about dementia Biden.

Trump’s EPA delivers new blow to Biden climate agenda (Politico)  I like it already.

House Democrats Brand Trump’s LA Riot Response ‘Unlawful,’ ‘Reckless’  The NEENER NEENER NEENER is implied.

Federal Judge Denies Newsom’s Request to Restrict National Guard in LA

Newsbusters.

Google may be NPR and PBS’s partners in crime, but even the tech giant’s AI chatbot Gemini can’t run cover for the leftist outlets’ taxpayer-funded shell game.

On Friday, Gemini gave inconsistent information in response to MRC Free Speech America’s questions about how much taxpayer dollars, both federal and state, NPR receives. Is it one, four or 10 percent of NPR’s total budget? Gemini claimed it is all of the above. Apparently, NPR’s funding is a multiple-choice mystery.

“The amount NPR and PBS receive in taxpayer dollars is as closely guarded a secret as Google’s algorithm,” said MRC Free Speech America VP Dan Schneider. “That’s precisely why Google AI Gemini can’t say exactly how much the two leftist outlets receive in taxpayer dollars—because NPR and PBS won’t say.”

Gemini’s conflicting answer was unsurprising, since it nearly exclusively relied on none other than NPR as a source. NPR has never clearly broken down its total taxpayer funding, including money from federal and state governments and member stations, which receive taxpayer dollars through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

War of words between Trump and Newsom over LA protests escalates with arrest threat (Alexandra Hutzler/ABC News)

Trump supports Tom Homan arresting Newsom over California protests (Brett Samuels/The Hill)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is floating a federal tax boycott. Here’s what to know. (Aimee Picchi/CBS News)

Calif. Sheriff: Harris Blaming Trump for LA Protests Embarrassing

Justice Jackson warns the Supreme Court is manipulating the rules to benefit Trump (Ian Millhiser/Vox)

Bipartisan lawmakers seek to reverse Trump’s staff cuts at program that helps Americans afford heat, air conditioning (Rachel Frazin/The Hill)  Because, as we all know, helping Americans afford heating and air conditioning is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Fderal taxpayer.

MSNBC’s David Noriega Denies Violence from L.A.’s ‘Peaceful Protests’

4 things to know about the immigration raid protests that roiled LA this weekend (NPR)  Come and get yer Narrative, right here.

RFK Jr. removes all members of CDC panel advising U.S. on vaccines (Annika Kim Constantino/CNBC)

Trump Budget’s Caps on Grad School Loans Could Worsen Doctor Shortage (Roni Caryn Rabin/New York Times) The ‘doctor shortage’ is because the government won’t allow new medical schools to be built. We’re already importing more doctors from overseas than ever before. I have three specialists that I see regularly: Two are Indian and one is Pakistani.

Health secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel (Helen Branswell/STAT)

Trump deploying the National Guard is part of a bigger plan (Abdallah Fayyad/Vox)

Trump says he’d arrest Gov. Newsom (Sareen Habeshian/Axios)  And I would encourage him to do so.

About 700 Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests, sources tell CNN (CNN)

The Trump Administration Is Turning ICE Raids and Protests Into Reality TV (Makena Kelly/Wired)

ABC News: Trump Ordered National Guard to ‘Attack the Protesters,’ Start ‘Civil War’

Trump Calls Protesters in Los Angeles ‘Insurrectionists’ (David E. Sanger/New York Times)

California union leader charged with federal conspiracy counts after being arrested during L.A. ICE protest (Jacob Rosen/CBS News)

Latinas For Trump Co-Founder Rips Trump Immigration Policies As ‘Unacceptable And Inhumane’ (Nina Golgowski/HuffPost)

Trump flexes executive power through the military (Politico)  Maybe he ought to start a war, like Obama and Biden did.

Juan Williams Ignorantly Compares ICE Agents to Nazi Police Force  As they eternally do.

Mass deportations are an unnatural fit for a country purporting to be free (Andy Craig/MSNBC)

It May Feel Like the 1960s, but It’s Worse (Serge Schmemann/New York Times)  Yeah, this time the Democrats are even more on the side of the rioters.

RFK Jr. purges every vaccine adviser on CDC panel; will pick replacements (Washington Post)

Gavin Newsom: Trump is ‘unhinged,’ speaking like an ‘authoritarian’ (Politico)  He’s enforcing the law, which is literally his job.

Anti-vaccine advocate RFK Jr. fires entire CDC panel of vaccine advisors (Beth Mole/Ars Technica)

‘Clean Sweep’: RFK Jr. Boots Entire CDC ‘Rubber-Stamp’ Vax Panel

Cleaning up Trump’s mess, California surges regional law enforcement response in Los Angeles (Marissasaldivar/Governor of California)

The Criminal Case Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia Is Highly Suspect (Mark Joseph Stern/Slate)  He’s illegal. That’s all they need.

Democrats accuse Gabbard of illegal interference in IG office (Washington Post)

Trump asks the Supreme Court to neutralize the Convention Against Torture (Ian Millhiser/Vox)  Send them to Hamas, the torture experts.

This Is What Autocracy Looks Like — Since Donald Trump was elected again … (Michelle Goldberg/New York Times)

Cries of Defiance and Songs of Joy in Los Angeles (David Dayen/American Prospect)

Trump Calls Up the Marines. Democracy Is in Danger. (Sasha Abramsky/The Nation)  Apparently democracy = riots.

Networks Double Down on Illegals, Bash Trump ‘Creating the Conditions’ for LA Riots

NIH scientists publish “Bethesda Declaration” rebuking Trump admin (Beth Mole/Ars Technica)  He might even care.

A U.S. Archbishop Shreds Trump’s Budget Bill: “The Cruelty of This Bill Is Historic” (Charles P. Pierce/Esquire)  Because, as we all know, once someone has received money from the taxpayers he or she is ENTITLED to that amount (or more ) forever.

What A Day: MAGA’s Dripless Fits (Crooked Media)  A very appropriate name. (MAGA is the New Nigger.)

A Tale of Two Resolutions: 75 Dems Join GOP in Resolution Praising Trump’s Mass Deportation Regime (Jonathan Cohn)

Playbook: The LA standoff Trump wanted (Politico)  No, the standoff that the Left wanted. They started it. They’re keeping it up. Trump is just enforcing the law, which is his job.

The White House Marching Orders That Sparked the L.A. Migrant Crackdown (Wall Street Journal)  The WSJ has officially joined the Narrative Media.

Inside the MAGA vs. hawk battle to sway Trump on bombing Iran (Politico)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

Trump is coming for the ‘enemy within’ (Edward Luce/Financial Times)  Indeed he is, with good reason as we have seen.

ABC is too cowed to state the obvious about Stephen Miller (Noah Berlatsky/Public Notice)

What Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets Do to the Human Body (Emily Mullin/Wired)  All you have to do is not riot. But apparently that’s beyond the crazy Left.

Fake Images and Conspiracy Theories Swirl Around L.A. Protests (Steven Lee Myers/New York Times)  Mostly on the part of the Narrative Media.

Unrestrained Trump flirts with Insurrection Act as Marines deploy to L.A. (Zachary Basu/Axios)  With good reason.

Rural Republicans used to back NPR. Then MAGA changed everything. (Patrick Marley/Washington Post)  By revealing how bad it was getting.

How viral images are shaping views of L.A.’s immigration showdown (Washington Post)  By revealing the truth, rather than the narrative spin. Case in point: FBI Seeking LA Rock-Throwing Suspect Elpidio Reyna

Anti-ICE protests held coast-to-coast after L.A. unrest as national movement grows (Patrick Smith/NBC News)  Good luck with that.

The Bully’s Pulpit Comes Home (Daniel W. Drezner/Drezner’s World)

Ridiculous NY Times Article Cites ‘Largely Peaceful’ L.A. Riots Four Times

‘We’re happy to have this fight’: Trump administration leans into California protests (NBC News)  Great videos for the next Republican political campaign: Trump popularity surges on LA riots, immigration stance

We Finally Know What “American Carnage” Was About (Paul Krugman)  He must have slept through the COVID scamdemic.

Donald Trump Proven Right Again–LA Riots Fizzle As Overwhelming Force Shows Who’s Boss (Bob Hoge/RedState)

Bannon calls for special counsel probe of Musk (Dominick Mastrangelo/The Hill)

Elon Was Right, Trump Is Compromised and Knows It: Ex-Aide (Josephine Harvey/The Daily Beast)

LA protests: Riot gear distributed by masked group sparks questions (Austin Williams/FOX 11 Los Angeles)

There Are No ‘Distractions’ In A War, Only Fronts (Oliver Willis Explains)  Racist escalator!

CNN Panel Triggered By Trump’s Description Of Rioters As “Insurrectionists”

CBS Comedians Melt Down At Trump’s ‘Fascist Impulses’ Amid LA Riots

Kooky David Frum: Trump’s L.A. Riot Response Is Dress Rehearsal for Midterm Military Takeover

Stewart and Meyers See Racism and ‘Authoritarianism’ In Trump’s LA Riot Response

The Head of a New RFK-Backing Group Promoted 9/11 Conspiracy Theories and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (Anna Merlan/Mother Jones)  Because, as we all know, RFK is TOTALLY responsible for the views of anybody who might ‘back’ him – but don’t dare apply that same standard to Democrats….

Trump Declares Dubious Emergencies to Amass Power, Scholars Say (Adam Liptak/New York Times)  Scholars say! That proves it!

LA Mayor Blames US Government For Inciting Protests

Newsbusters.

On Sunday during live coverage of the Los Angeles riots, local ABC affiliate KABC ran footage that did not match what the anchors were describing. Jory Rand went as far as to say the protestors were “having fun watching cars burn,” but would he feel that way if that was his car? Would this have been just another example of the liberal media distracting from the obvious facts?

Los Angeles took a beating earlier this year with the historic wildfires in January but has taken another pounding with the city’s breakout over ICE arrests and deportations. Again, the city and nation turn heads due to the lack of leadership and command to simply protect the people of Los Angeles, ranging from California Governor Gavin Newsom, down to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

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The New York Times confirmed Sunday that Hamas operated a tunnel beneath the European Gaza Hospital weeks after casting doubt on its existence. Instead of condemning Hamas for using a hospital as a terror base, however, the paper framed the tunnel as a matter of clashing narratives.

“What we saw in that dark and narrow tunnel is one of the war’s biggest Rorschach tests,” Times reporter Patrick Kingsley wrote in a Sunday article after touring the site, calling it “the embodiment of a broader narrative battle between Israelis and Palestinians over how the conflict should be portrayed.”

“To Israelis, the location of an underground passageway highlights Hamas’s abuse of civilians,” the article’s subheading reads. “To Palestinians, Israel’s decision to target it highlights Israel’s own disregard for civilian life.”

The Times last month cast doubt on the tunnel’s existence, quoting the hospital’s director as saying such a tunnel was unlikely. Two weeks later, Muhammad Sinwar—the de facto leader of Hamas and younger brother of slain October 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar—was killed inside the tunnel, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

While the left-leaning paper confirmed the tunnel’s existence on Sunday, it cited a hospital spokesman lamenting that “Israel should have found other ways to eliminate any wanted commander.”

Border czar says top California officials could get arrested if they impede raids (NBC News)

National Guard Faces off With Protesters Hours After Arriving in LA

Speaker Johnson: Dems Would Immediately Impeach Trump if House Flips  You know they would.

Trump Border Czar Threatens to Arrest Newsom and LA Mayor (Erkki Forster/The Daily Beast)

Read: Newsom demands Trump pull National Guard from LA protests (Rebecca Falconer/Axios)

Live updates: Protest spills onto 101 Freeway in downtown LA (NBC Los Angeles)

Latinas for Trump Co-founder Slams ‘Unacceptable’ Migrant Arrests

Latinas for Trump co-founder blasts ‘inhumane’ immigrant arrests (Sarah Fortinsky/The Hill)

2 New York Representatives Are Denied Access to ICE Facility (New York Times)

Trump aims to slash Pell Grants, which could limit low-income students’ college access (NBC News)  Because, as we all know, providing low-income students access to college is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

The Deportation Wars Begin (Wall Street Journal)

Stelter Spews Vastly Peaceful Talk, Accuses Trump of Violence-Stoking Authoritarianism

LIVE UPDATES: Anti-ICE protesters clash with police officers in chaotic confrontation in downtown LA (ABC7)

‘Tom, arrest me. Let’s go.’: Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to Trump border czar’s threat (MSNBC)

What Trump and Hegseth Really Fear (Ruth Ben-Ghiat/Lucid)  Another Narrative Media mind-reader with a straw man to pummel.

Trump Jumps at the Chance for a Standoff in California Over Immigration (Tyler Pager/New York Times)  Jumps!

Gov. Newsom: Calif. Will Sue Over Guard Deployment

Silicon Valley’s not crying for Musk (Scott Rosenberg/Axios)

Amid Trump’s order, California tries to not play into his hands (Los Angeles Times)

Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency (New York Times)

Playbook: Trump: ‘BRING IN THE TROOPS’ (Politico)

A felon in the White House is making crime legal (David R. Lurie/Public Notice)  Oh? Did Hunter Biden sneak back in.

What Trump’s national emergencies could mean for American democracy (Kat Lonsdorf/NPR) They mean the Narrative Media will be beating their straw men (including ‘American democracy’) into dust until Trump leaves town.

Newsom Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployment As Media Calls LA Riots ‘Peaceful’

We are witnessing the first stages of a Trump police state (Robert Reich/The Guardian)

How Trump defanged the Justice Department’s political corruption watchdogs (Reuters)  Seeing as how such ‘watchdogs’ were mainly chewing on Republicans, I’d say that’s a good thing.

Donald Trump tests limits of presidential authority by sending troops into Los Angeles (Financial Times)

NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research (Associated Press)  Because, as we all know, once someone has received money from the Federal government, they are ENTITLED to that money (ors more) forevermore.

Nobody Expected the MAGA Inquisition (Paul Krugman)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

Australian reporter covering Los Angeles immigration protests hit by rubber bullet on live TV (CBS News)  Perhaps that will teach him not to intrude himself into the line of fire.

ICE: Crossing State Lines to Incite Riots (Harold Meyerson/American Prospect)  I see: Attempting to enforce the law is ‘inciting riots’. Good to know.

Trump directs a new threat at Elon Musk, with an eye toward the 2026 midterm elections (Steve Benen/MSNBC)

The Most Dangerous Week in American History (So Far) (Jonathan V. Last/The Bulwark)  More dangerous than Gettysburg? Seems to be that the Kristol Krew need to go back to school and learn some history.

Donald Trump vs. California (and everywhere else) (Philip Bump/Washington Post)  Philip Bump loses his shit.

The big, beautiful bill is bad news for student loans (Abdallah Fayyad/Vox)  Because, as we all know, helping students who ought not to be in college in the first place suffer from crushing student loan debt (or sticking the taxpayers with it) is TOTALLY the job of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

California to sue Trump administration amid LA protest standoff, Newsom says (Avery Lotz/Axios)  Trump sends troops, Newsom sends lawyers. Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.

Pointing to protesters, but not ICE agents, Trump demands arrests of those in masks (Steve Benen/MSNBC)  As if there were no difference between the two. The Narrative is strong in this one….

\Welcome to the nihilocracy — In many ways, President Donald Trump is a dangerously cartoonish version … (Norman Ornstein/The Contrarian)

Trump’s Cuts Imperils Funding for a Levee Project in Washington (New York Times)  Because, as we all know, levee projects in Washington state are TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

“Trump is doing exactly what the voters want him to do”—American Scholar and Author Mark Bauerlein

Illegals Help Film Republican Presidential Campaign Commercial  (Babylon Bee)

Schumer: Trump’s Moves in LA a ‘Diversion’  And it’s working. Say what you will about Trump, he’s in control of the political agenda in this country – and they have to respond to him, rather than him having to respond to them. He has the initiative, and I’ll bet you he’s going to keep it.

Why Is Tom Homan Going Full Fidel? (Josh Marshall/Talking Points Memo)  The arrested adolescents of the left just can’t refrain from Mean Girl remarks. No wonder they’re dying.

GOP leaders cite L.A. immigration protests to push for quick passage of Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” (Kaia Hubbard/CBS News)  And you idiots gave them that photo op Well played.

CA Democrat claims ICE agents were first to ‘escalate the situation’ amid LA riots (Jenny Goldsberry/Washington Examiner)  Sure, I believe that.

California AG says he is suing Trump over ‘unlawful’ National Guard order (NBC News)  I’m sure Trump cares.

Schumer: National Guard deployment to LA ‘unnecessary, inflammatory, and provocative’ (Al Weaver/The Hill)  And effective.

Trump Says He ‘Would’ Arrest Newsom, Heightening Tensions (Bloomberg) I doubt that Newsom’s dick is long enough to get in this particular pissing contest.

Trump’s troop deployment is a warning sign for what comes next, legal scholars fear (Politico)  Yeah, no more pandering to the lawless elements of the radical left. I can see where ‘legal scholars’ would be disturbed by that.

My Journey Deep in the Heart of Trump Country My Journey Deep in the Heart of Trump Country (Arlie Russell Hochschild/New York Times)  Yet another pseudo-anthropological journalistic journey among the Dirt People. “See how quaint and disgusting these redneck goobers are! I’m sure glad we’re all urban progressive yuppies!”

Labor unions around US demand release of union leader arrested in LA protest (Michael Sainato/The Guardian)  My, what a surprise.

Trump lied about LA protests to deploy the National Guard. He wants violence. (Rex Huppke/USA Today)  No, they want violence, and they started it. He wants an end to it.

California says Trump’s deployment of National Guard violates state sovereignty (Politico)  What sovereignty? States haven’t been sovereign since the Civil War.

WATCH: Media Shrug Off LA Rioters as ‘Peaceful People’

Newsbusters.

The same deranged, former columnist for The New York Times who spent years praising President Joe Biden as the best thing since sliced bread is now trying to sound the alarm on so-called “corruption” within the Trump administration.

Did Krugman forget that the internet he claimed in 2005 wouldn’t really amount to anything still exists? Krugman is literally on record calling Biden in 2024 “the best president of my adult life” just months before CNN anchor Jake Tapper released his book confirming what anyone with eyes knew about the corrupt cabal that covered up the former president’s cognitive decline for years.

But now Krugman is supposedly ready to convince everyone he knows what “corruption” smells like, right? In comparing Republicans to Democrats, Krugman actually had the nerve to put in writing that “[y]ou don’t have to love the Democratic Party to recognize that it does, in fact, expel politicians who engage in egregious corruption.” Talk about writing while under the influence! We say this politely to Paul, with tears in our eyes: Gag us with a spoon!

What to know about counterprotests to Trump’s June 14 parade (April Rubin/Axios)

Democrats itching for fight over immigration (Mike Lillis/The Hill)

Trump Administration Says National Guard Will Be Deployed to L.A. Protests (New York Times)

Sen. Warren asks for contingency plans on national security after Trump and Musk’s social media fall out (Lucia I Suarez Sang/CBS News)

White House aide calls Los Angeles anti-ICE protests an ‘insurrection’ (Reuters)  What goes around comes around.

Trump administration weighs broad cancellation of California funding (Washington Post)

Newsom blasts deployment of National Guard to LA as ‘purposefully inflammatory’ (Melanie Mason/Politico)

Trump To Deploy National Guard In Los Angeles As Anti-ICE Demonstrations Turn Violent

Trump activates National Guard after L.A.-area protests (Washington Post)

Trump deploying California National Guard over governor’s objections to LA to quell protests (Associated Press)  Newsom loves riots, apparently.

Trump deploys National Guard after second day of Los Angeles immigration protests (CNN)

Live updates: Trump to deploy National Guard in L.A. amid protests over immigration raids (NBC News)

Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid Ice protests (The Guardian)

Yemen’s Al-Qaida Branch Leader Threatens Trump, Musk and Others

It’s Opening Night for the MAGA Makeover of the Kennedy Center (Wall Street Journal)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

Trump Is Calling Up National Guard Troops Under a Rarely Used Law (New York Times)

ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means? (Anita Chabria/Los Angeles Times)  The horror!

Trump to Send 2,000 National Guard Troops to L.A. After Protests (Wall Street Journal)

The Big Ugly: Stephen Miller Uses His War on Home Depot to Invade California (emptywheel)

MAGA’s blue-collar base waits patiently for populist payoff (Axios)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

Corruption Has Flooded America. The Dams Are Breaking. (Ben Rhodes/New York Times)  That started with Roe v. Wade in 1974. That ship has sailed.

Republicans are right to blanch at this Elon Musk gravy train (Washington Post)

Donald Trump Is Destroying the Economy and Waging War on the Poor (Paul Krugman/Rolling Stone)

Kash Patel dragged for ‘hit a cop, you’re going to jail’ threat to LA anti-ICE protesters: ‘Unless it’s for Trump’ (Mike Bedigan/The Independent)

The Quiet Unraveling of the Man Who Almost Killed Trump (New York Times)

Los Angeles Braces For Another Day Of Chaos As Newsom Pits Marxist Color Revolution Against Trump Admin

Law Enforcement Officials Struggle to Fulfill Trump Promises Rooted in Conspiracy Theories (New York Times)

Sometimes a Parade Is Just a Parade — Not everything the Trump administration does is a threat to democracy. (Kori Schake/The Atlantic)

MAGA Melts Down at ABC Reporter Over Stephen Miller Takedown (Will Neal/The Daily Beast)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

Lankford: Trump ‘trying to de-escalate’ by deploying National Guard to Los Angeles (Rachel Scully/The Hill)

Trump shrugs off possible reconciliation with Musk (Avery Lotz/Axios)  The similarity between ‘journalists’ and teenage girls is, I think, not coincidental.

For Trump, This Is a Dress Rehearsal (David Frum/The Atlantic)  Another mind-reader in the Narrative Media with a straw-man to pummel.

ABC suspends correspondent for calling Stephen Miller a “world-class hater” (Avery Lotz/Axios)  See above comment.

Live Updates: L.A. Quiet as National Guard Troops Begin to Arrive (Associated Press)

ABC News Suspends Reporter Terry Moran for Bias  That surprises me.

Musk’s DOGE Goons Covertly Transmitted Reams of WH Data (Liam Archacki/The Daily Beast)  Goons!

National Guard troops arrive in Los Angeles on Trump’s orders to quell immigration protests (Associated Press)

Sending the National Guard to LA is not about stopping rioting (The Economist) Well, not just about stopping rioting.

National Guards to Deploy to L.A. as More Protests Are Planned (Associated Press)  They may want to re-think that.

National Guard Arrives in L.A. on Trump’s Orders After Protests (Wall Street Journal)

Republicans Line Up to Back Trump’s L.A. National Guard Deployment (NOTUS)

Musk Father’s Support for Putin, Russia Again Exposed  Exposed! Musk cooties!

Trump charts new territory in bypassing Newsom to deploy National Guard (Washington Post)

Trump Advisers Once Opposed Using Active-Duty Troops at Protests. Not Anymore. (Wall Street Journal)  These are not “active-duty troops”, which are banned from domestic law enforcement by the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. These are National Guard troops. One would think that a writer for the WSJ would bother to learn that.

National Guard stages at federal buildings in L.A. after Trump order to intervene in protests (Washington Post)

Trump might be the most accessible president ever — for spies or scammers (Sam Sabin/Axios)

It’s Summer in Trump’s America and Fascism Is in Bloom (David Rothkopf/The Daily Beast)  They only know one word, and they use it incorrectly.

Federal Judges Are Begging Us to Pay Attention (Adam Bonica/On Data and Democracy)

Trump Is Using the National Guard as Bait (Tom Nichols/The Atlantic)

Sen. Ron Johnson: California Wouldn’t Help Trump Quell Protests  Of course not. He’s Hitler.

Trump’s border czar threatens arrest for immigration interference, warns Newsom and Bass not to ‘cross that line’ (NBC News)

The Legal Issues Surrounding Trump’s Plan to Use Troops to Suppress Protests (Charlie Savage/New York Times)  Come and get yer Narrative, right here.

Axios, a Voice of the Crust.

What would otherwise be an uncontroversial congressional vote to denounce the Boulder attack is devolving into a contentious partisan feud, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Language praising ICE and labeling “Free Palestine” an “antisemitic slogan” are sparking fury from some Democrats, who see the provisions as a GOP maneuver to force them into a difficult vote.

• “It’s sheer politics,” said one senior House Democrat, speaking on the condition of anonymity to offer candid thoughts about a sensitive vote.
• A second senior House Democrat told Axios: “It’s unfortunate that they’re using a serious antisemitic terrorist attack as a wedge opportunity to divide Democrats. They knew what they were doing adding something like that in there.”
• “Nice little catch to put Democrats on the board,” vented a third House Democrat.

Newsbusters.

One easy test of whether a media outlet is truly “fact-based” is the claims and lingo of transgender advocates. That goes double for “independent fact-checkers.” If you call hormone blockers or amputation surgeries “gender-affirming care,” then you are using the fact-mangling rhetoric of activists, not caring for facts. These types of “care” are clearly denying the actual and factual gender. It’s like using the term “life-saving abortion.”

Colleges Unite With Harvard in Fight With Trump

Wake Up and Smell the Corruption (Paul Krugman)  A smell that Krugman must be quite accustomed to.

The Alarming Part of the Musk-Trump Dispute (Michelle Goldberg/New York Times)

The Real Reason for the Trump-Musk Feud is Uglier Than You Think (Greg Sargent/New Republic)  Mind-reader Greg Sargent loses his shit.

Judge Halts Trump Ban on Foreign Harvard Students

GOP Rep. Calls Out CNN for Hyping Trump/Musk Feud Over Real Problems

Wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia returning to U.S. (Philip Wang/Axios)  ‘Wrongly deported’? He was illegal.

Why Trump probably can’t cut Musk loose (Joshua Keating/Vox)  More mind-reading from a clueless scribbler.

House passes bill to restrict SBA loans for noncitizens (Maia Nehme/Politico)  The horror!

Trump Can Bar AP from Some White House Events for Now, US Appeals Court Says

The latest personnel purge at the FBI adds to a destabilizing problem (Steve Benen/MSNBC)  The problem of not having enough Demcorat apparatchiks available.

Teacher Resigns After Wearing ‘8647’ Shirt to WH

Abrego Garcia indictment led top federal prosecutor in Tennessee to resign: Sources (ABC News)  Getting rid of the moles.

CNN This Morning Guests Compete for Worst Take on Trump and Musk Feud

Appeals court largely reinstates Trump’s ban on AP’s access to White House (Politico)

Jeanine Pirro Moves To Jail Leftist Who Spit On Ed Martin For Violating Conditions Of Release (Luke Rosiak/The Daily Wire)

SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles (SEIU California)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in US custody after being illegally deported and will now face criminal charges (Politico)  Because he’s illegal. Apparently nobody at Politico can use a dictionary.

Buyer With Ties to Chinese Communist Party Got V.I.P. Treatment at Trump Crypto Dinner (New York Times) “Ties to” mean “we can’t prove any connection so we’ll go with making one up”.

The New Yorker, a Voice of the Crust.

The New Yorker once was an elegantly written mag about life in New York. Now it’s just another donkey bray in the Woke mob.

Curtis Yarvin wrote for a long time under the name Mencius Moldbug, and he was far more entertaining than anybody who now writes for the New Yorker. Just sayin’.

Funny how the Narrative Media keep running in circles and jumping up and down about ‘right-wing conspiracy theories’ while being the primary pusher of their own ‘conspiracy theories’, from Trump+Russia down to minutiae like this one.

George Clooney predicts what will happen to ‘Trumpism’ after Trump’s term (Ellen Rittiner/CNN)  Well, first, there is no such thing as “Trumpism”, other than the straw-men that his enemies like to construct and then pummel. Second, George Clooney wouldn’t have clue as to its future.

Steve Bannon Says He Told Trump to Investigate Musk as an ‘Illegal Alien’ (Tyler Pager/New York Times)  *sigh* The only people who pay any attention to Bannon are the Narrative Media, when they can use him as a stick to beat Trump.

Steve Bannon Calls to Deport Musk Amid Messy Trump Breakup (Kenneal Patterson/The Daily Beast)  Case in point.

House Democrat Accuses Pam Bondi of Hiding Epstein Files to Save Trump: ‘My Suspicion Has Been Confirmed’ (Ahmad Austin Jr/Mediaite)

A Harvard acceptance fulfilled a dream for a student in Ethiopia. Trump’s order stands in his way (Associated Press)  Life is full of hardship. Nobody owes some random kid in Ethiopia a place at Harvard.

Trump threatens Musk the same way he did Harvard (Steve Inskeep/Differ We Must)  So I guess Musk can’t admit foreign students either. I’m sure he feels the pain.

The MAGA faithful celebrate the end of the Trump-Musk bromance (Washington Post)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

Elon Musk goes on a warpath against Trump and the GOP (Politico)

Trump Says Germany Being Liberated From Nazis Was “Not a Great Day” (Edith Olmsted/New Republic)

From 1,300 to 81 workers: Trump official plans to cut Voice of America to the bone (David Folkenflik/NPR)  They disapprove, of course.

Judge Blocks Trump Proclamation Banning International Students From Entering U.S. on Harvard Visas (E. Matteo Diaz/The Harvard Crimson)

The Trump admin’s quiet (but deadly) attack on repro rights (Lisa Needham/Public Notice)  Of course, ‘repro rights’ includes the right to kill your child, which is like classifying slitting your wrists as health care.

Last day to weigh in on Trump’s plan to politicize the civil service (Don Moynihan/Can We Still Govern?)

Inside the Billion-Dollar Effort to Make Trump Feel Good About Himself (Rolling Stone)

Trump and Epstein: the history of their messy friendship (Telegraph)

Trump’s fight with Musk reveals MAGA’s biggest delusion (Amanda Marcotte/Salon)  Amanda Marcotte loses her shit.

They are not good at this — Nearly five months into Trump’s new reign of error, his administration’s mistakes are multiplying. (Dana Milbank/Washington Post)

Here are the people Trump doesn’t want to exist (Washington Post)  Start with Democrats. That would be a blessing.

Secretary Noem Ends Politicized TSA Watchlist Program That Has Failed to Prevent a Single Terrorist Attack in its Existence; Calls for Congressional Investigation (Department of Homeland Security)

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A radical group that helped organize anti-Israel protests at Columbia University is part of the same anti-American propaganda network behind a new documentary on Apple’s streaming platform that portrays those protests in a positive light and glosses over students’ support for Hamas and other terrorist groups.

The Encampments, produced by the nonprofit BreakThrough Media, tracks the Columbia University students who orchestrated anti-Israel protests at the school last April. Apple TV+, which offers the film to rent for $9.99, bills it as an “insider” look into a “historic moment that continues to reverberate across the globe.”

But it may actually serve as a propaganda coup for a sophisticated network of nonprofit groups funded by pro-CCP tech mogul Neville Roy Singham.

New York Times, a Voice of the Crust.

The domestic policy bill passed by the House raises the maximum child tax credit to $2,500. But about a third of children would not receive the full credit because their parents have low wages or lack jobs.

If you have low wages or lack a job, you don’t pay taxes. (Never mind the non-taxable value of public assistance that most such people get.)

If you don’t pay taxes, a tax credit does you no good. Duh. Even so dim a bulb as a writer for the NYT ought to be able to figure that out.

They actually pay people to write this nonsense.

US Judge Halts Deportation of Boulder Firebombing Suspect’s Family

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deporting family of suspect in Boulder attack (Melissa Quinn/CBS News)

Judge bars Trump administration from deporting family of Boulder attack suspect (Washington Post)

Judge blocks deportation of Boulder suspect’s family as DHS prepares removal (The Hill)

Dustin Lance Black, Sean Penn Hit Back as Navy Ship Is Stripped of Harvey Milk’s Name: “These Guys Are Idiots” (Exclusive) (Seth Abramovitch/The Hollywood Reporter)

Federal Judge Dismisses DNC ‘Election Interference’ Lawsuit Against Trump Admin

Trump administration ends emergency abortion requirement for hospitals (Praveena Somasundaram/Washington Post)  The Washington Poop, of course, thinks this is a bad thing.

Keith Olbermann’s CRAZY Claim: Boulder’s Blood is on Trump’s Hands

The Myth of Trumpian Deterrence (Will Saletan/The Bulwark)

Judge Boasberg: Illegals Can Contest Removal to El Salvador

Trump Is Losing Patience With Musk’s Outbursts Over Megabill (Wall Street Journal)  More mind-reading from the Narrative Media. They have no knowledge of what Trump feels; all they have is supposition based on observation, and quite often not even that, mere fantasy imaginings on their part.

San Francisco leaders blast Trump for trying to erase gay rights icon Harvey Milk’s name from ship (Janie Har/Associated Press)  Of course they do.

“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention (Hannah Allam/ProPublica)

Top CDC covid vaccine adviser quits after RFK Jr. ended recommendations (Lena H. Sun/Washington Post)

Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Effort to Eliminate Job Corps  Because, as we all know, job training is TOTALLY the responsibility of  the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

Biden’s HHS Secretary condemns Trump admin: ‘This is how public health collapses’ (Joseph Choi/The Hill)  This is news?

MAGA Policies Would Make America Mediocre (Alan S. Blinder/Wall Street Journal)  Which is a step up from the hell-hole that Democrat policies would produce.

The Ugly Truth About Trump’s ‘Appalling’ Hair: Biographer (Josephine Harvey/The Daily Beast)  When these kids hit puberty it’s going to be stunning.

The Trump Administration Is Spending $2 Million to Figure Out Whether DEI Causes Plane Crashes (Isaac Stanley-Becker/The Atlantic)

Elon Musk is a Disgusting Abomination (Paul Krugman)

Don’t Drink and Write! NYT’s Goldberg WAILS Musk’s ‘Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death’

Trump’s Beautiful Bill Will Kick 11 Million People Off Their Health Insurance (Ryan Cooper/American Prospect)  Because, as we all know, health insurance is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

The GOP doesn’t really care how the pardons were signed (Philip Bump/Washington Post)  Philip Bump loses his shit.

When Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Tenure Started Going Sideways (The Atlantic)

Ukraine Got a Major Battle Victory. Trump Is Not Happy. (Jonathan Lemire/The Atlantic)  More Narrative Media mind-reading. Lemire has no clue as to whether Trump is happy or not.

Legacy News Suddenly Uninterested in Judges Blocking Trump Deportations

Florida Bar complaint accuses Bondi of ‘misconduct’ as U.S. Attorney General (Jay Weaver/Miami Herald)

Trump’s Empire of Control Is Crumbling (Adam Kinzinger)

Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to Lead U.S. Terror Prevention (Tom Latchem/The Daily Beast)

Rising prices, war rooms and layoffs: The cost of Trump’s tariffs is coming (Taylor Telford/Washington Post)

Trans US Woman Seeks Asylum in Canada Citing Trump  Win-win.

New Federal Employees Must Now Write Essays Praising Trump’s Policies (Kate Plummer/Newsweek) Oh, the lies these people tell…. Tell me, how does this differ from the Diversity Statements that the Wokerati were requiring from candidates?

Man Who Tried To Lawlessly Do Congress’ Job For It Criticizes ‘Pork-Filled’ Bill (Nicole Lafond/Talking Points Memo)  Speak, O minion of the Deep State.

Trump Rescinds Biden Policy Requiring Hospitals to Provide Emergency Abortions (Sheryl Gay Stolberg/New York Times)  Of course, the NYT think’s that’s a bad thing.

Donald Trump and the art of the Oval Office confrontation (Washington Post)

Musk Keeps on Dissing Trump in Flurry of New Posts (Josephine Harvey/The Daily Beast)

Will courts let TACO steal tariff power from Congress? (Liz Dye/Public Notice)

Internal Docs Raise Questions About Trump IRS Pick Billy Long’s ‘No-Show Jobs’ And ‘Strange’ Schedule Inside A Powerful Agency (Hunter Walker/Talking Points Memo)

Trump Rages at Worsening Budget Bill Fiasco as Musk Admits It’s a Scam (New Republic)

An Immigrant Was Accused of Threatening Trump. Prosecutors Say He Was Framed. (New York Times)

The fascinating backstory behind a bizarre State Department Substack post (Zack Beauchamp/Vox)

Trump’s Bedminster Golf Club Flagged For 18 Health Violations In Latest Inspection–Earned Lowest Grade In County (Zach Everson/Forbes)  SCRAAAAAAPE that barrell….

Trump Job Cuts Hobble NOAA Team That Reopens Ports After Hurricanes (Valerie Volcovici/Reuters)  Because, as we all know, reopening ports after hurricanes is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer. (Why aren’t the states doing this? They’re their ports.)

The White House’s disingenuous claim about CBO’s political leanings (Glenn Kessler/Washington Post)

Kimmel Echoes Rumor From Disgraced Author About Why Trump Is Going After Harvard

CNN Attempts to Link Antisemitic Colorado Terror Attack To Trump Cutbacks  Instead of Muslim terrorism where it belongs.

Publicly announced cancellations (New York Times)  Every time they announce a cancellation, my wallet sighs with relief.

US immigration officers ordered to arrest more people even without warrants (The Guardian)  It’s called ‘probable cause’.

What’s next for the Iowan who shouted ‘people will die’ at Joni Ernst over Medicaid cuts (Stephen Gruber-Miller/Des Moines Register)  No doubt she’ll get invited on all the late-night talk shows and a book deal. The Crust take care of their own.

Laura Loomer’s White House access erases the line between the fringe and mainstream (Steve Benen/MSNBC)  That happened when they let Hunter Biden in .

Trump Defeats Democrats’ Lawsuit Over Election Commission Independence

Right-wing media solidify around “able-bodied” myth as Senate GOP weighs Medicaid cuts (John Knefel/Media Matters for America)

‘Big Balls’ Is Officially a Full-Time Government Employee (Makena Kelly/Wired)

Trump administration takes hundreds of migrant children out of their homes, into government custody (Priscilla Alvarez/CNN)  Sure, I believe that.

Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target” (J. David McSwane/ProPublica)  Because, as we all know, giving black women stable jobs is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

Trump’s Tariffs Are a Step Toward Unbridled Presidential Power (Michael W. McConnell/New York Times)  Unbridled!

CBO: Nearly 11 million people will be uninsured if GOP megabill becomes law (Nathaniel Weixel/The Hill)  Because, as we all know, insuring people is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

PBS Host Claims She Prepared For US Visit ‘As If I Was Going to North Korea’

What Happened When the FBI Asked for Dirt on Docs Treating Trans Kids: ‘F-ck Off Nazi Dickheads’ (Rolling Stone)

House Oversight Democrat seeks information from Trump on Elon Musk’s alleged drug use (Melissa Quinn/CBS News)  But not Hunter Biden’s.

A Gross and Brazen ‘DOGE Check’ Scam (The Bulwark)

Trump Budget Eliminates Funding for Crucial Global Vaccination Programs (Apoorva Mandavilli/New York Times)  Because, as we all know, global vaccination programs are TOTALLY the responsibility of the U.S. government – and the U.S. taxpayer.

‘Saying Trump is dangerous is not enough’: Bernie Sanders on Biden, billionaires – and why the Democrats failed (Zoe Williams/The Guardian)

ABC News: Musk Killed 300,000 Kids, Knows How Trump Stole Election

Joni Ernst’s “we’re all going to die” pushes MAGA’s toxic Christian compassion on us all (Amanda Marcotte/Salon)  Amanda Marcotte loses her shit.

Read it.

Too late.

Read it.

Give her credit: Chief executive Katherine Maher is not afraid to look ridiculous on her quest to save National Public Radio from the federal chopping block. On Thursday’s edition of the Wall Street Journal’s podcast, hosted by Ryan Knutson and Jessica Mendoza, Maher claimed “we are consistently found to be centrist in reporting….we are a nonpartisan news organization.”

Maher was on to talk about NPR filing a lawsuit, alongside three Colorado-based stations, challenging the Trump administration’s executive order to cut funding for NPR out of the federal budget.

First, Maher falsely labeled Trump’s executive order a violation of the First Amendment.

Katherine Maher: ….And what I mean by that is the executive order very clearly engages in what is called viewpoint discrimination, which is to say that the president has stated that NPR and PBS should not receive federal funding because he disagrees with our programming and our editorial choices, in terms of the story selection that we cover or the way that we cover the news….

But no outlet has a First Amendment right to the public treasury, and Mendoza quoted a Trump spokesperson saying such.

Read it.

CNN star correspondent Alex Marquardt announced on Monday that he was leaving the network, just months after his misleading reporting on Navy veteran Zachary Young triggered a $5 million defamation payout.

Fuck around and find out.

Read it.

Sure, I believe that.

Read it.

Some might argue that they’ve been doing that for over a decade. (neooowwwww….)

‘STAGGERING’ HYPOCRISY: Stephanopoulos Whines About Trump Crypto After Ignoring Entirety of Biden Crime Family Dealings

Trump Amplifies Outlandish Robot Biden Conspiracy Theory (Zolan Kanno-Youngs/New York Times)

Trump shares unfounded conspiracy theory claiming Biden was ‘executed’ in 2020 (Raquel Coronell Uribe/NBC News)

Amanpour on PBS: Harvard a Victim of Trump McCarthyism, Watch My Speech and Learn!

Trump tariffs cut off recovery in private equity dealmaking (Financial Times)

Murphy launches ambitious anti-Trump PAC as 2028 rumors swirl (Holly Otterbein/Politico)

.Kennedy’s autism crusade ignores history, including his own family’s (Joseph Choi/The Hill)

Trump Arrest of Immigrant Triggers Shock and Regret in Small MAGA Town (New Republic)  What, exactly, is a ‘MAGA town’? Other than a fantasy straw-man on the part of the New Republic.

Trump and his crew are nuts (Jennifer Rubin/The Contrarian)  Jennifer Rubin loses her shit.

ICE Barbie’s List of ‘Sanctuary’ Cities Yanked After Furious Backlash (Janna Brancolini/The Daily Beast)

Tesla Takedown takes down Musk (Noah Berlatsky/Public Notice)  ‘Fiercely independent coverage’? Try ‘voice of the Crust’.

Trump always chickens out on foreign policy too (Gideon Rachman/Financial Times)

The unaccountable fist of an unaccountable president (Philip Bump/Washington Post)  Philip Bump loses his shit.

The Trump administration has shut down more than 100 climate studies (James Temple/MIT Technology Review)  Because, as we all know, climate studies are TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

Hating New York (Paul Krugman). Hatimg Trump.

Key US weather monitoring offices understaffed as hurricane season starts (Oliver Milman/The Guardian) Because, as we all know, weather monitoring services are TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government  – and the Federal taxpayer.

Lisa Murkowski Isn’t Using ‘Nice Words’ About Life Under Trump (Catie Edmondson/New York Times)  Murkowski is a nototious RINO. Of course she doesn’t like ‘life under Trump’.

Fact Check: Trump and G.O.P.’s False Claims on Bill’s Medicaid Cuts and Deficit Hikes (New York Times)  ‘Fact checks’ do to facts what ‘body checks’ do to bodies.

DOGE vowed to make government more ‘efficient’ — but it’s doing the opposite (Hannah Natanson/Washington Post)  And if you believe that one, she’ll tell you another one.

Chutzpah! MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart Questions Trump’s ‘Mental Acuity’

Trumpworld Is Getting Tired of Laura Loomer. They Hope the President Is Too (Jake Lahut/Wired)  As if anybody writing for WIRED knows (or gives) a shit what is going on in ‘Trumpworld’.

The war on poor kids (Judd Legum/Popular Information)  Because, as we all know, poor kids are TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer. Too bad they don’t have parents, or other relatives.

Trump’s Truth posts mix wild conspiracies with market-moving policies (Avery Lotz/Axios)

Don’t Buy the Nostalgia Trump Is Selling (William Kristol/The Bulwark)

Elon Musk’s Real Drug Problem Is Much Worse Than You Think (Jeet Heer/The Nation)

The Secret Police Are Here — Trump is losing on policy and the law. But he’s winning on power. (Jonathan V. Last/The Bulwark)  Demcorat Projection: Democrats accusing others of what they themselves are doing – or want to do.

For ‘Pride Month,’ PBS Cues Up Leftist RAGE at Trump’s ‘Horrific’ Anti-Trans Actions

Trump puts U.S. Steel cart before the horse (Dan Primack/Axios)

Meet Josh Divine, the Trump Judicial Nominee Who Argued Christians Are “Obligated Ethically to Impose Their Beliefs On Others” (Jay Willis/Balls and Strikes)  As Democrats have been doing for decades. Sauce for the goose….

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A month after the Trump administration began investigating the Harvard Law Review over allegations of race discrimination, the journal published a “factsheet” purporting to set the record straight.

Referencing “recent news reports” that led to the investigation, the factsheet, published May 27, claimed that the Washington Free Beacon had “mischaracterized” the admissions process for student editors, half of whom are selected by a “holistic review committee” that in 2021 made the inclusion of “underrepresented groups” its “first priority.”

That language came from a so-called transition resolution passed by journal editors. The factsheet claimed that such resolutions are “not binding” and proceeded to quote from what it claimed were the current guidelines for editor selection, noting that they “closely follow” the guidance set forth in the Supreme Court’s decision banning affirmative action.

Newsbusters.

Watch videos of BLM and AntiFa riots and say with a straight face that white people have no reason to fear.

Victor Davis Hanson.

More recently, when Cyril Ramaphosa came to the White House, the president of South Africa, did you see the word “ambush”? It was in every mainstream paper, every left-wing website, every radio—NPR, PBS, CBS, MSNBC. It’s like the Democratic operatives issue a Pravda-like order and then these mindless people just say, “Okay, today’s talking points are…”

Trump’s Birthday Military Parade Will Do $16M in Damages to D.C. Streets (Jack Revell/The Daily Beast) How much damage does an AntiFa riot do, not just to the streets, but to cars, buildings, and people? How about a BLM riot?

Impersonator breached Chief of Staff Susie Wiles’s phone, Trump says (Vivian Ho/Washington Post)

Donald Trump vs. His Own Judges (Wall Street Journal)

Inside the split between MAGA and the Federalist Society (Politico)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

Federal agent’s tattoo stokes fear (Eunki Seonwoo/The Martha’s Vineyard Times)

SHOCKER: Ex-Trump Aide Dares to Trash NPR’s Leftist Bias…ON NPR!

Trump’s deals with law firms are like deals ‘made with a gun to the head,’ lawyers say (Carrie Johnson/NPR)  Hey, you progressives provided the gun … and the ammunition.

Unease at F.B.I. Intensifies as Patel Ousts Top Officials (Adam Goldman/New York Times)  ‘A new broom sweeps clean.’

Will America’s National Parks Survive Trump? (Ted Kerasote/New York Times)

Gabbard Wants Fox Hosts to Feed Trump Top Secret Intel: ‘Doesn’t Read’ (Emell Derra Adolphus/The Daily Beast)

Why Trump is really going after Harvard – If the US’s oldest university bends the knee … (David Smith/The Guardian) Nobody who writes for the Guardian has a clue why Trump does what he does, so this will be the latest proglodyte mind-reading straw man.

RFK Jr. May Have Just Ruined Our Best Weapon Against Bird Flu (Jonathan Cohn/The Bulwark)  Poorly tested medications, censorship, and lockdowns?

MAGA’s world tour exports Trumpism beyond U.S. borders (Tal Axelrod/Axios)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

How to Dismantle a Democracy, One Job Posting at a Time (Adam Bonica/On Data and Democracy)

Musk and DOGE are a metaphor for early months of Trump’s administration (Dan Balz/Washington Post)

Trump Shares Unhinged Conspiracy Theory That Biden Is a Robot Clone (Catherine Bouris/The Daily Beast) As unhinged as the conspiracy theories peddled daily by the aptly-name Daily Beast? A high bar.

Trump Spreads Bizarre Conspiracy Theory That Biden Was Executed and Replaced by a Robot Clone (Peter Wade/Rolling Stone) As bizarre as the conspiracy theories peddled daily by Rolling Stone? That would be a feat.

Elon Musk’s Reign of Terror Is Only Just Beginning (Alex Shephard/New Republic)

Newsbusters.

“CPB Awards $1.9 Million to NPR for Editorial Enhancement,” the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced in an October 18, 2024 press release, noting that “Funding provides increased oversight to ensure objective, balanced, transparent, fact-based journalism.”

The grant was intended to improve NPR’s “fairness, balance, objectivity” and ensure NPR meets its “obligation to include diverse viewpoints,” CPB explained at the time.

“Specifically, the grant will enable NPR to fill 11 new positions,” including “two content strategy analysts to provide data around the mix of content being produced and its impact,” CPB noted in its announcement.

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Possibly one of the dumbest and most scientifically illiterate climate scare stories ever written has been published by the fast-fading UK Sky News. Climate reporter Victoria Seabrook notes that the sea ice on the Arctic “continent” is melting at 12% every decade but she backs it up by publishing a graph clearly showing it has been stable since 2007. She goes on to claim that the Arctic melt will push up sea levels around Britain and fuel worse coastal flooding, seemingly unaware that melting ice in liquid does not raise its level (suggested educational tip, check out ice in a gin and tonic glass). Just for good measure, her silly story throws in the wobbling jet stream and a “shocking” prediction that global temperature could rise by nearly 1°C in just five years.

This story is a classic of its kind – late climate psychosis folderol to back up the collapsing Net Zero fantasy. After decades of relentless mainstream gaslighting, mass audiences are still vaguely concerned that the climate is in some kind of ‘emergency’. Net Zero is retreating around the world, partly because it is increasingly understood that human civilisation cannot abolish the use of hydrocarbons without returning to the dark ages, and partly because nobody is prepared to pay for it when given a choice. But the great climate science con that is the foundation of the collectivist Net Zero lunacy continues, and, if Seabrook’s latest work is an example, it is getting more desperate by the day.

Trump says he would ‘look at the facts’ on pardoning Diddy (Julia Mueller/The Hill)

Trump fires director of the National Portrait Gallery (Washington Post)  As we all know, portaits are TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

Trump administration knew most Venezuelans deported from Texas to a Salvadoran prison had no U.S. convictions (The Texas Tribune)  Because the court system is so backed up and so few illegal immigrants show up for their hearings, getting a ‘conviction’ is like pulling tree stumps. If they were here illegally, then they are criminals ipso facto.

Trump Says He Will Consider Pardoning Diddy (David Gardner/The Daily Beast)  CrimeThink! CrimeThink!

The Trump administration just kicked its war on free speech into overdrive (Anthony L. Fisher/MSNBC)

PBS sues Trump over executive order targeting federal funding, following NPR (Scott Nover/Washington Post)

PBS sues Trump administration over executive order that cut its funding (NBC News)

Trump’s Attacks Threaten Much More Than Harvard (Greg Lukianoff/The Atlantic)

Trump picks right-wing lawyer and podcaster who promoted 2020 election lies as watchdog agency head (Associated Press)

MSNBC’s Morning Joe Praises Springsteen for Bashing Trump

A court halted his deportation. The Trump administration deported him 28 minutes later. (Kyle Cheney/Politico)

Veteran ’60 Minutes’ Correspondent Lesley Stahl Lashes Out at Paramount Boss Over Trump Settlement Talks: ‘It Steps on the First Amendment’

US Court Won’t Lift Judge’s Block on Mass Layoffs

Trump administration to prioritize ‘patriotic Americans’ for federal jobs (Robin Bravender/Politico)

EXCLUSIVE: Insane moment Elon Musk ‘SHOVED’ Trump’s treasury secretary Scott Bessent during screaming match (Will Potter/Daily Mail)

The Dizzying Rise of MAHA Warrior Calley Means, RFK Jr.’s Right-Hand Man (Katherine Eban/Vanity Fair)

Supreme Court allows Trump to suspend deportation protections for immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CNN)

Trump’s sweeping tax-cut bill includes provision to weaken court powers (Tom Hals/Reuters)

Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine (Apoorva Mandavilli/New York Times)  Because, as we all know, finding an HIV vaccine is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

Energy Dept. Cancels $3.7 Billion for New Technologies to Lower Emissions (Brad Plumer/New York Times)  Because, as we all know, reducing admissions is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts (James Glanz/New York Times)  Because, as we all know, funding ‘world scientists’ is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government  – and the Federal taxpayer.

‘Devastating.’ NIH cancels future funding plans for HIV vaccine consortia (Jon Cohen/Science)

US judge prevents Trump from invalidating 5,000 Venezuelans’ legal documents (Nate Raymond/Reuters)

Trump might become the most pro-illegal immigration president ever (Catherine Rampell/Washington Post)

Brooks Invokes Pol Pot, Mao, and Stalin To Mark Musk’s Departure From DOGE

After Rubio seeks to revoke their visas, Chinese students say U.S. resembles the country they left (Kimmy Yam/NBC News)

Trump Officials Unveil Budget Cuts to Aid for Health, Housing and Research (Tony Romm/New York Times)  Because health, housing, and research are TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

DOJ’s New Top Voting Lawyer Worked for Leading Anti-Voting Law Firm (Yunior Rivas/Democracy Docket)

MAGA outlet’s Pentagon correspondent criticized Hegseth. And then she was fired, she says (Brian Stelter/CNN)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

Really, Secretary Rubio? I’m Lying About the Kids Dying Under Trump? (Nicholas Kristof/New York Times)

Trump pardons drug kingpins even as he escalates U.S. drug war rhetoric (Brian Mann/NPR)

The great undoing: Trump’s presidency reeled in by courts (Sam Baker/Axios)

Hegseth gutted Pentagon office that said it would oversee testing of Golden Dome missile defense system (Natasha Bertrand/CNN)  Gutted!

Migrants criminally charged after failing to register with U.S. government (Washington Post)  The horror!

The Unconstitutional Conservatives — Not too long ago, Republicans believed in the rule of law … (Peter Wehner/The Atlantic)

Dickerson Urges ‘All Of Us’ To Heed Pelley’s Anti-Trump Commencement Speech

U2’s Bono Claims: “300,000 Dead After USAID Cuts”

Army says Trump’s military parade could cause $16 million in damage to Washington streets (NBC News)  About the same as your typical BLM riot.

CNN’s Enten: Most Back Trump on Colleges’ Liberal Bias

Expect Trump’s Military Parade to Cost More Than the Army Says (Nick Turse/The Intercept)  So what? Since when does somebody at The Intercept give a shit about how much the government spends?

Two Dozen Arrested at Manhattan ICE Protest

ICE officials ousted amid demands for more immigrant arrests (Axios)

Corrupter-in-Chief — WHEN DONALD TRUMP TRIED to stay in power after losing … (Will Saletan/The Bulwark) More lies from the Kristol Krew.

When the Corporate Media Diagnosed Trump with Everything from Alzheimer’s to Heart Disease

Your guide to Cryptogate, Trump’s $4 billion corruption scandal that’s 10 times bigger than Watergate (Will Bunch/The Philadelphia Inquirer)  Will Bunch loses his shit. (Hey – it’s what he was hired to do.)

For These Trump Voters, a Rubber-Stamp Congress Is a Key Demand (Annie Karni/New York Times)

‘Taco, Taco, Taco,’ Ana Navarro Loses It for Trump’s New ‘Nickname’ Could have just stopped with ‘Ana Navarro loses it.’

Trump Admin Misleads the Supreme Court About Its South Sudan Deportations (Jacqueline Sweet/Rolling Stone)

They’ve tracked Americans’ drug use for decades. Trump and RFK Jr. fired them (Rhitu Chatterjee/NPR)  Because, as we all know,  tracking mental health and drug use is TOTALLY a responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.

Musk Is Leaving Washington Pretty Much as He Found It (Jessica Karl/Bloomberg)  Except they’re having shit their pants.

Elon Musk Didn’t Blow Up Washington, but He Left Plenty of Damage Behind (Susan B. Glasser/New Yorker)  Mostly in the form of unemployed Deep State bureaucrats.

Who Gets Hurt When Congress Cuts Healthcare and Food Aid? Everyone But the Rich. (Sage Warner/Ms. Magazine)  Because, as we all know, health care and food aid are TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the federal taxpayer (mostly rich people).

DOJ cutting American Bar Association access to judicial nominees (Rebecca Beitsch/The Hill)

Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death (Michelle Goldberg/New York Times)

Trump’s Flurry of Pardons Signals a Wholesale Effort to Redefine Crime (Glenn Thrush/New York Times)  Yeah – crime will no longer mean ‘offends Democrats’.

Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes (ProPublica)  But they were illegal immigrants and therefore criminals, ‘convicted’ or not.

How Trump’s Regulatory Rollbacks Are Increasing Costs on Americans (New York Times)

MAGA Fury Erupts as Trump’s Epic Legal Loss on Tariffs Slowly Sinks In (New Republic)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

The Trump admin’s mockery of the courts goes beyond defiance (Lisa Needham/Public Notice)

Ramble On: The Most Corrupt POTUS of All Time is Abusing His Pardon Power–Again. (Greg Olear/PREVAIL)

Supreme Court Lets Trump Strip 500,000 Migrants Of Legal Status

Don’t Fall for Trump’s Crocodile Tears Over ‘Judicial Tyranny’ (Paul Rosenzweig/The Bulwark)

RFK Jr.’s MAHA Hallucinations (The Bulwark)

Musk Used Heavy Drugs Including Ketamine And Ecstasy While He Became Close To Trump, Report Says (Sara Dorn/Forbes)  Since when have proglodytes ever given a shit about drug use?

Insiders Spill Elon Musk’s Frenzied Drug Use at Trump’s Side (Ewan Palmer/The Daily Beast)

Trump Taps His Own Criminal Defense Attorney For Lifetime Federal Judgeship (Jennifer Bendery/HuffPost)

Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration, for Now, to End Biden-Era Migrant Program (New York Times)

SCOTUS has allowed the Trump admin to end legal status for more than 1 million people (Chris Geidner/Law Dork)

Trump’s Angry New Tirade Over Tariff Ruling Accidentally Says Too Much (Greg Sargent/New Republic)  Greg Sargent loses his shit.

We’re minimizing the horror of Trump’s military birthday parade (Judith Levine/The Guardian)  Horror!

How ICE Is Seeking to Ramp Up Deportations Through Courthouse Arrests (New York Times)

Trump appoints Paul Ingrassia, staffer linked to Nick Fuentes and Andrew Tate, to senior federal watchdog role

LINKED TO: “Linked to” in news stories means “there is a strong correlation but we can’t really say that there’s a causal link without being called out for it, but we’re going to write as if there actually was a causal link because otherwise we wouldn’t be able to stir people up and get more clicks”.

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Considering the magnitude of the error in using CO2 emissions as a basis for climate forecasts, the authors conclude the Anthro models’ unreliability “would appear to void policy relevance.”

Newsbusters.

The Friday editions of ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today both employed Harvard Professor and former U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns to attack the Trump administration’s move to “aggressively” curtail student visas to Chinese nationals. As Burns was both networks’ sole expert, much critical information about the administration’s concerns was noticably missing.

On GMA, Selina Wang reported on “a dramatic new escalation that could impact universities across the country. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announcing the U.S. will work to aggressively revoke visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.”

She then introduced Burns, “The Trump Administration has already accused Harvard of failing to confront anti-Semitic harassment and claims the school has coordinated with the Chinese Communist Party, allegations Harvard denies. Former ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, now a Harvard professor, telling us there’s already a rigorous vetting process.”

NPR, the Voice of the Crust.

Earlier this year, as President Donald Trump was beginning to reshape the American government, Michael, an emergency room doctor who was born, raised, and trained in the United States, packed up his family and left the country.

Feminist ‘journalism’: Don’t tell anybody facts; start the story with a single anecdote that illustrates your agenda, then attempt to pretend that it applies everywhere.

Michael now works in a small-town hospital in Canada. KFF Health News and NPR granted him anonymity because of fears he might face reprisal from the Trump administration if he returns to the U.S. He said he feels some guilt that he did not stay to resist the Trump agenda but is assured in his decision to leave. Too much of America has simply grown too comfortable with violence and cruelty, he said.

Oh? Like AntiFa? Like Black Lives Matter? Like pro-Hamas supporters rioting to promote Muslim terrorism and kill the Jews? That violence and cruelty?

“Part of being a physician is being kind to people who are in their weakest place,” Michael said. “And I feel like our country is devolving to really step on people who are weak and vulnerable.”

I see. Refusing to pay for everybody’s health care with money yanked from taxpayers is to ‘step on people who are weak and vulnerable’. Well, this guy will feel right at home as a government health bureaucrat in Canada.

Good riddance, I say.