President Donald Trump chided an ABC host during an interview marking his first 100 days as president, making it clear that he was granting the interview in spite of his distrust of legacy media.
Trump sat down with ABC News anchor and Senior National Correspondent Terry Moran in the Oval Office for a wide-ranging conversation about the first few months of his second administration — but he never let the veteran news anchor forget that he was viewed by Trump and his team as the opposition.
&#8220;Do you think the reputation of the United States has gone down under your presidency?&#8221; Moran asked.
&#8220;No, I think it&#8217;s gone way up,&#8221; Trump replied. &#8220;I think we&#8217;re a respected country again. We were laughed at all over the world. We had a President that couldn’t walk up a flight of stairs, couldn&#8217;t walk down a flight of stairs, couldn&#8217;t walk across a stage without falling. We had a President that was grossly incompetent. You knew it, I knew it, and everybody knew it.&#8221;
&#8220;But you guys didn’t want to write it because you’re FAKE NEWS,&#8221; Trump continued.
&#8220;All right, thank you,&#8221; Moran tried to regain control of the conversation, but Trump kept going.
&#8220;And by the way, ABC is one of the worst,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I have to be honest with you.&#8221;
WATCH:
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: “We are a respected country again… We had a President that couldn’t walk up a flight of stairs… We had a President that was grossly incompetent. You knew it, I knew it… But you guys didn’t want to write it because you’re FAKE NEWS. And by the way, ABC is one of the… <a href="https://t.co/n7dK4xd4xi">pic.twitter.com/n7dK4xd4xi</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1917384901437055098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump jabbed at Joe Biden again as he explained to Moran why he felt justified in revoking the former president&#8217;s security clearances.
&#8220;Biden did something to me and I did something to Biden, and you know why I did it? Because he&#8217;s grossly incompetent,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;That&#8217;s not a man that should be allowed to be looking at things that are very confidential. Here&#8217;s a man that used an AUTOPEN to sign very important documents!&#8221;
WATCH:
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> on revoking Biden&#8217;s clearances: &#8220;That&#8217;s not a man that should be allowed to be looking at things that are very confidential. Here&#8217;s a man that used an AUTOPEN to sign very important documents!&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/kdPMnZyppO">pic.twitter.com/kdPMnZyppO</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1917384138904023550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump Chides Host During First 100 Days Interview: ‘ABC Is One Of The Worst’

Trump Chides Host During First 100 Days Interview: 'ABC Is One Of The Worst'

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid into legacy media outlets after data compiled by The Media Research Center (MRC) revealed that he had received 100% negative coverage from the three major networks: ABC News, CBS News, and NBC News.
Hegseth responded to the report with a post on X showing the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/major-network-trump-coverage-92-negative-in-first-100-days" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tone of his coverage</a> compared to that of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) adviser Elon Musk — who received 89% negative coverage and 96% negative coverage, respectively.
&#8220;In case you wonder what we — and President Trump — are up against. 100% NEGATIVE coverage from so-call[ed] &#8216;mainstream&#8217; press in the first 100 days. PERFECT SCORE,&#8221; Hegseth quipped. &#8220;(Come on @RobertKennedyJr &amp; @elonmusk, you guys can do better!)&#8221;
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In case you wonder what we — and President Trump — are up against.
100% NEGATIVE coverage from so-call “mainstream” press in the first 100 days. PERFECT SCORE.
(Come on <a href="https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RobertKennedyJr</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> , you guys can do better!) <a href="https://t.co/uYi2ebI0RG">pic.twitter.com/uYi2ebI0RG</a>
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteHegseth/status/1917535623709155730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Hegseth offered a guess as to why the coverage was so overwhelmingly negative when he spoke at Wednesday&#8217;s cabinet meeting, where he told the president and other members of the administration, &#8220;We’re controversial because we’re OVER the target!&#8221;
WATCH:
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. <a href="https://twitter.com/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecDef</a> presented <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> with all the accomplishments that the DOD have achieved in the last 100 days:
&#8220;I think we’re controversial because we’re OVER the target!&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/GnznUoK1UE">pic.twitter.com/GnznUoK1UE</a>
— DOD Rapid Response (@DODResponse) <a href="https://twitter.com/DODResponse/status/1917608013684261369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Hegseth laid out a number of things that the military had already improved since the Trump administration began — and noted that recruitment numbers were setting records — suggesting that the military&#8217;s response to Hegseth was far more positive than the media&#8217;s.
The data compiled by MRC covered the time frame from January 20 to April 9 and excluded comments made by expressly partisan guests, only including evaluative statements made by people who were expected to be nonpartisan: anchors, reporters, and experts. In addition to finding that Hegseth&#8217;s coverage — beginning even before he was confirmed as Defense Secretary — was 100% negative, the same data revealed that coverage of President Donald Trump was 92% negative. Based on the same criteria, coverage of former President Joe Biden — during the first several months of his presidency in 2021 — was 59% positive.

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‘PERFECT SCORE!’: Pete Hegseth Obliterates Legacy Media Over New Study On Bias

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CNN host Abby Phillip shared a post highlighting the recent ratings logged by her show, &#8220;CNN NewsNight&#8221; — and her critics quickly pointed out that what truly made her show a standout on the cable news network was her regular inclusion of popular Republican commentator Scott Jennings.
Phillip posted an excerpt from a CNN public relations release showing that her broadcast was the network&#8217;s top performer in the coveted 25-54 age demographic for three months running — and that her audience was growing. She said (emphasis hers), &#8220;NewsNight with Abby Phillip continues to be a standout performer for CNN, ranking as the network’s most watched program among P25-54 for the third consecutive month. Further, NewsNight grew by impressive, double-digit margins year-over-year among both demos.&#8221;
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&#8220;NewsNight with Abby Phillip continues to be a standout performer for CNN, ranking as the network’s most watched program among P25-54 for the third consecutive month. Further, NewsNight grew by impressive, double-digit margins year-over-year among both demos.&#8221;…
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) <a href="https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/1917377118951952871?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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But critics responded to her post, arguing that it was Jennings — who often employs a Jim Halpern (&#8220;The Office&#8221;) style camera stare to great effect — and his sharp but civil commentary that was really bringing in the viewers for whom she was taking credit.
&#8220;Thanks solely to @ScottJenningsKY,&#8221; Tomi Lahren posted.
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Thanks solely to <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a>
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomiLahren/status/1917410286644125816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Two words: Scott and Jennings,&#8221; another said.
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Two words: Scott and Jennings
— Chris Stigall (@ChrisStigall) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisStigall/status/1917620491650507108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Great job, @ScottJenningsKY! You’ve driven the ratings up on this show significantly!&#8221; Matt Boyle added.
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Great job <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a> ! You’ve driven the ratings up on this show significantly! <a href="https://t.co/Iyf66mAE9h">https://t.co/Iyf66mAE9h</a>
— Matthew Boyle (@mboyle1) <a href="https://twitter.com/mboyle1/status/1917569344059630039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Our audience knows exactly why and his name is Scaaaaahhht Jennings,&#8221; Chicks on the Right posted.
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Our audience knows exactly why and his name is Scaaaaahhht Jennings. <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a> <a href="https://t.co/SoRb4mbNAz">https://t.co/SoRb4mbNAz</a>
— Chicks On The Right (@chicksonright) <a href="https://twitter.com/chicksonright/status/1917583657901998272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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I wonder why, um&#8230; what&#8217;s your name again? <a href="https://t.co/0BmfHmIglO">https://t.co/0BmfHmIglO</a> <a href="https://t.co/7RIPWjXseu">pic.twitter.com/7RIPWjXseu</a>
— 𝕯ug (@DugShrugged) <a href="https://twitter.com/DugShrugged/status/1917569914707058709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Even popular liberal radio host Charlamagne tha God admitted that he was a fan of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charlamagne-tha-god-admits-hes-a-fan-of-one-cnn-republican" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GOP commentator</a>, saying, &#8220;I wish they had more people like Scott Jennings though. Because I feel like Scott Jennings really, really does take it serious, even though he holds his side down. I think a lot of times, they have Republicans on here who are just there just to throw grenades, just to cause the conflict. But Scott actually — I think Scott actually gives a f*** a little bit, you know what I mean? A lot of bit actually.&#8221;

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CNN Host Touts Network’s Best Show — Gets Reminded Viewers Aren’t Watching For Her

CNN Host Touts Network’s Best Show — Gets Reminded Viewers Aren't Watching For Her

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President Trump celebrates his first 100 days with a rally in Michigan. The MAHA movement has hit the ground running – banning food dyes and investigating the causes of autism. And, AI chat bots are the newest feature to hit social media platforms, and Meta is taking fire again for failing to protect children.
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<h2>Trump Takes Victory Lap After 100 Days In Office</h2>
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Topline: The White House is celebrating 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Tens of thousands of Trump supporters turned out for what was a political rally, a victory party, and a highlight show all in one. The president has made clear that he feels the media has not given him credit for all he’s accomplished so far – and last night was his way of reminding the American people of the campaign promises he’s fulfilled these past 100 days. The event, titled “100th Day in Office Achievement Speech,” was held just outside Detroit, in Macomb County, which was crucial to Trump’s victory in 2024.
“This is the best 100 day start of any admin,” Trump said. “What the world has witnessed in the past 14 weeks is a revolution of common sense.”
Trump touted the rapid drop in illegal border crossings and his efforts to secure the border and deport illegal aliens – in the early days of his presidency, Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law, which requires DHS to detain illegal immigrants charged with or convicted of a variety other crimes. “We have increased arrests by 655%. Is that okay? We’re trying to get it higher … we are delivering mass deportation and it&#8217;s happening pretty fast.”
While most of his speech focused on touting his own accomplishments, Trump also took shots at the Democratic Party, which has struggled to define its strategy in the aftermath of its resounding loss in 2024. “They have no confidence anymore as a party,” Trump said. “No candidates. Bernie is the best they have and he is 7 or 8 years older than me. He is a lunatic, but he’s still pretty sharp. I have to give him credit. He goes around with AOC and plus 3. They get little crowds.”
President Trump did not back off his support for tariffs – although he assured some anxious Americans that more deals were coming.
<h2>MAHA Gains Momentum</h2>
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Topline: The MAHA movement is quickly gaining momentum, initiating actions such as prohibiting food dyes and launching inquiries into the origins of autism.
Less than a month into Trump’s second term, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as the secretary of HHS and directed by President Trump to “Make America Healthy Again.” Last week, Kennedy announced that he’s phasing out a number of artificial food dyes and colorings by the end of 2026. Specifically, there will be a ban on petroleum-based synthetic dyes, including Red 3 and Red 40, Blue 1 and 2, Yellow 5 and 6, and Green 3.
Another huge development is the transformation of SNAP, commonly called food stamps. Kennedy has made it clear that he doesn’t want the government subsidizing purchases like soda, candy, or other highly processed junk foods, and he’s encouraging states to submit a waiver to the Department of Agriculture to limit SNAP purchases. West Virginia and Arkansas have already submitted those requests, and Utah, Idaho, Tennessee, South Carolina, Missouri, Indiana, and others are exploring SNAP restrictions as well.
Kennedy has directed the FDA to revise a rule that allowed companies to “self-affirm” the safety of some food ingredients. Under this revision, manufacturers will have to publicly submit safety data for all new ingredients. The FDA also unveiled a tool in March that allows people to look up chemical contaminants in foods from a large database – you can find that on the FDA website.
Research priorities have also shifted – the National Institutes of Health, which is part of HHS, said it will stop spending money to find out why Americans are hesitant to get vaccinations, and is terminating or scaling back more than 40 related grants. However, money is being spent on autism research. Kennedy launched a $50 million initiative aimed at investigating the causes of autism and improving treatments. In April, Kennedy said he’s commissioning a series of studies on suspected links to high autism rates, including mold, pesticides, food chemicals, medication, and ultrasounds during pregnancy.
<h2>AI Chatbots Sext Users Identified As Children</h2>
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Topline: Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, is causing alarm over its new AI chatbots, which some staffers warn will talk sex with kids.
In a bombshell report by the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-chatbots-sex-a25311bf">Wall Street Journal</a> released over the weekend, employees at Meta said the company rushed to get these new “digital companions,” or chatbots, up and running on Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, and because these bots can perform sex role-plays, there’s now a problem where children can get exposed to sexually explicit discussions. These chatbots can flirt over text, they can have live voice conversations, and they can even share selfies.
Another related issue is that sometimes the AI chatbots will have sexual discussions even when they are programmed to pretend to BE children. Meta also made deals with celebrities like John Cena and Kristen Bell to use their voices for the chatbots. The company promised these actors that their voices would not be used in sexually explicit discussions, but the WSJ investigation found that a bot using Cena’s voice was willing to engage in a graphic sexual scenario with a user identifying as a 14-year-old girl, and a bot using Kristen Bell’s voice flirted with a user posing as a 12-year-old boy, roleplaying as Bell’s character Princess Anna from the Disney movie “Frozen.” Disney put out a statement demanding Meta put a stop to this.
Meta said the way the Journal tested the chatbots was “manipulative,” but did make some changes including banning kids’ social media accounts from being able to do sexual roleplays with the Meta AI bot and cracking down on it being able to do those roleplays using celebrities’ voices.
The condemnation of such chatbots has been swift and widespread: Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday demanding answers.
“What we would like for them to do is to take this down,” Blackburn told The Daily Wire. “You have got to disable this type of exposure on these websites to children.”

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Morning Brief: 100 Days Of Trump, MAHA & Meta’s Lewd AI Chatbots

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According to data compiled by the Media Research Center, 92% of the major network media coverage — throughout the first 100 days of President Donald Trump&#8217;s second term — has been negative.
The MRC looked at coverage across the three major broadcast companies — ABC, CBS, and NBC — and set aside comments made by expressly partisan guests, whether they were in support of or opposition to the Trump administration. Instead, they only recorded &#8220;evaluative comments&#8221; made by those whose role with the networks suggests they are to behave in a non-partisan fashion: anchors, reporters, and experts.
This is the same rubric by which MRC graded the bias of networks covering former President Joe Biden in 2021 and of networks covering Trump during his first term in 2017 — and based on the data, Trump&#8217;s coverage has been even more negative during his second term than it was during his first.
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🚨 BREAKING STUDY: The Trump-hating media gives President Trump 92% negative coverage in his first 100 days in office. <a href="https://t.co/fr3XUB8eWS">https://t.co/fr3XUB8eWS</a>
— MRC NewsBusters (@newsbusters) <a href="https://twitter.com/newsbusters/status/1916820547415003383?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;MRC analysts tallied 1,841 explicitly evaluative statements about  President Trump and his Trump administration, of which 1,698 (92.2%) were negative vs. a mere 143 (7.8%) which were positive,&#8221; the report stated, noting that the data were pulled from some 899 stories about President Trump or his administration that aired during evening news broadcasts on ABC, CBS, and NBC between January 20 and April 9.
The biggest takeaway, according to the report, was the dramatic shift from the 59% positive coverage the same three networks offered former President Biden.
Another change of note was the focus on policies rather than Trump&#8217;s personality, which drove the 89% negative coverage Trump received in 2017. Major story topics included tariffs (361 minutes of coverage), the Department Of Government Efficiency (310 minutes) and illegal immigration (233 minutes) — and all showcased networks that stood in opposition to Trump&#8217;s positions and policies on those issues.
The data also pointed to a disparity between the way the public views President Trump and his policies — particularly with regard to illegal immigration, where <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-pollster-admits-most-americans-side-with-trump-on-illegals-want-them-all-deported" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent polling</a> indicates the majority of Americans largely favor Trump&#8217;s deportation plan. Despite that, the legacy networks&#8217; messaging on the issue of illegal immigration has been 93% negative.
Trump fared better than a few associated with his administration, however. Elon Musk and DOGE saw 96% negative coverage, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth&#8217;s coverage was 100% negative.

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Trump’s First 100 Days: A Study In ‘Fake News,’ Hoaxes, And Misleading Headlines

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On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said it&#8217;s &#8220;about time&#8221; that the legacy media admitted to being part of &#8220;one of the greatest cover-ups&#8221; due to their reluctance to report on President Joe Biden&#8217;s mental acuity.
The Daily Wire&#8217;s Mary Margaret Olohan asked Leavitt for a response to Axios reporter Alex Thompson, who criticized how journalists dealt with the last administration, as Thompson <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql6nYEgVjjo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> the Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence at the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner for his <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/07/22/biden-kamala-harris-election-chances" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reporting</a> on Biden&#8217;s declining cognitive state.
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&#8220;Can you comment on&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexThomp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlexThomp</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/axios?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@axios</a> &#8220;remarks &amp; whether you agree with that assessment&#8221;
White House press sec. Karoline Leavitt: &#8220;I do agree with that assessment from Alex Thompson&#8221; at WHCA dinner. &#8220;Millions of Americans watched our mentally incompetent president struggle &#8230;&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/117g944k7w">pic.twitter.com/117g944k7w</a>
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) <a href="https://twitter.com/HowardMortman/status/1916844994339405836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“Alex Thompson said at the White House Correspondents Dinner. And I&#8217;m going to read his quote, ‘President Biden’s decline and its cover-up by the people around him is a reminder that every White House, regardless of the party, is capable of deception. We, myself included, missed a lot of this story, and some people trust us less because of it.’ Can you comment on those remarks and whether you agree with that assessment?” Olohan asked.
&#8220;I do agree with that assessment from Alex Thompson, who I understand won an award for writing a story months and perhaps years after the American people already knew that story to be true. Millions of Americans watched our mentally incompetent president struggle with his day-to-day duties of this office,&#8221; Leavitt replied. &#8220;We watched our country be ran into the ground as a result, and nobody in the media wanted to write about that [or] talk about it. There were many, many reporters, I will say, right-leaning reporters who did talk about that, who didn&#8217;t get awards, didn&#8217;t get coverage.&#8221;
She continued: &#8220;In fact, they were lambasted for their coverage and I remember being on President Trump&#8217;s campaign talking about Joe Biden&#8217;s clear mental incompetence and being accused by people in this room of manufacturing deepfake videos, trying to persuade the public into not believing what they saw with their own eyes for many years and I think it&#8217;s about time the legacy media finally admits that was one of the greatest cover ups and scandals that ever took place in American history and certainly it did contribute to the decline in the trust that Americans have for the legacy media&#8230;which, by the way, is why we&#8217;ve made many changes to this briefing room in this White House. It&#8217;s long overdue.&#8221;
Since President Donald Trump began his second term, the White House has made several changes in the press room, including making space for &#8220;new media” journalists and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-will-decide-which-reporters-get-briefing-room-seats-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taking control</a> of the seating chart.

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‘One Of The Greatest Cover-Ups’: Leavitt Rips Legacy Media For Burying Biden’s Decline

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President Donald Trump sits down one-on-one with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Rome and ramps up pressure on Putin. Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the funeral of Pope Francis. And 100 days into Trump&#8217;s term, we ride along with ICE agents in Boston as they arrest criminal illegals.
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<h2>Vatican City Peace Talks, Canadian Elections</h2>
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Topline: President Trump traveled to Vatican City on Saturday for the first foreign trip of his new term, honoring Pope Francis and meeting face-to-face with Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders.
Before Pope Francis’s funeral began, Trump and Zelensky huddled with Britain&#8217;s Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron in St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica.  This was their first encounter since Zelensky’s contentious visit to the White House back in February, but this time there were no advisers, translators or video cameras. Zelensky called it a “very symbolic meeting that has potential to become historic,” adding that he and Trump discussed a “full and unconditional ceasefire” and “reliable and lasting peace.”
Trump certainly seemed more pleased with Zelensky than before, writing on Truth Social that it was time for a high-level summit to “finish it off” — in his words, “most of the major points are agreed to.” Following that meeting, Trump also issued new warnings to Vladimir Putin. For months, Trump has been taking a more diplomatic approach with his Russian counterpart, but over the weekend the president took a rare public <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114404524335638236">shot</a> at Putin, writing on social media: “There [is] no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days. It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through ‘Banking’ or ‘Secondary Sanctions?’ Too many people are dying!!!” 
Last week, the White House threatened to abandon the peace talks if the two sides didn’t show more willingness to negotiate, and that seemed to get things moving. On Friday, Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff traveled to Moscow for a three-hour meeting with Putin, which the Kremlin described as “constructive and quite useful” — in their words, the two sides had “narrowed differences.”
That same day, as a sign of their desire to make a deal, Ukraine reportedly sent the White House a new peace proposal that included a major concession — it would not demand all of its land back. In exchange, the Ukrainians are calling for guarantees of a U.S.-backed “European security contingent” to help preserve the peace. Ukraine also wants financial reparations paid for by frozen Russian assets in U.S. and European control.
Meanwhile: A snap election will determine the political future of Canada, and bilateral relations with the United States have been the leading issue. Former Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned after his poll numbers cratered – many felt his public sparring with Trump was the final nail in his coffin. Now, after two months in which Trump has threatened massive tariffs on Canada, and even floats the idea of acquiring the nation as the 51st U.S. state, the election has hinged on which party will stand up to Trump most effectively — to that point, 39% of Canadians say Trump was their top concern, that’s second behind only the cost of living. In the winter, it looked like Pierre Poilievre&#8217;s Conservative party would cruise to victory, but acting Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal party has surged in the polls on a promise to fight Trump. 
<h2>Pope Francis Laid To Rest</h2>
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Topline: The world bid farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday. With world leaders, faithful Catholics, and mourners gathering in St. Peter’s Square to honor his legacy.
The atmosphere was one of reverence and profound emotion. An estimated 250,000 people filled the square and surrounding streets, with millions more watching worldwide to pay their respects. The funeral was a blend of ancient tradition and the simplicity Pope Francis championed. During his papacy, Francis chose to live in a simple guest house rather than the papal palace. He also lived without the internet, reading only one Italian newspaper a day, and vowed to give up television 30 years ago – he kept that vow until his death. His open wooden coffin, a departure from the elaborate triple-casket tradition, lay at ground level in St. Peter’s Basilica during three days of public viewing so he could be with the people rather than above them. He also chose to be buried in his old black shoes rather than the traditional elegant red shoes.
Saturday’s Mass was led by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, whose homily called Francis “a pope among the people,” highlighting his warmth as the first pope from Latin America. He was also the first Jesuit pope. After the service, the coffin was carried in a modest procession to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, where Francis was laid to rest.
The funeral was a significant diplomatic gathering, with 170 foreign dignitaries present, including dozens of heads of state. Among them were President Trump and first lady Melania Trump, Ukrainian President Zelensky, French President Macron, and Argentine President Javier Milei, representing Francis’ native country. European royalty, including Britain’s Prince William, Spain’s King Felipe VI, and Queen Letizia, also attended. The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi was seated prominently in the front row and praised Francis as a “symbol of human fraternity.” 
The College of Cardinals will begin the process of electing a new pope next month in a conclave held inside the Sistine Chapel. A conclave typically begins 15 to 20 days after the death of the previous pope, and only cardinals under the age of 80 can vote. There are currently 135 eligible cardinals, and their first meeting is scheduled for sometime between May 6 and May 11. A strict oath of secrecy is sworn by the cardinal electors, and they are not allowed to communicate with the outside world. When they&#8217;ve reached a two-thirds majority vote, they send a signal to the world with white smoke rising from the chapel.
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<h2>A Look Into Immigration Enforcement</h2>
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Topline: Since President Trump took office nearly 100 days ago, migrant encounters at the southern border have dropped dramatically, by as much as 95%.
Daily Wire reporter Kassy Akiva recently wrapped up a six-hour ride-along with national ICE Director Todd Lyons, where she joined agents from several other federal agencies, including the FBI, to arrest criminal illegal aliens in the Boston area. Director Lyons said while his team in Boston is highly effective, there are challenges in operating in a sanctuary jurisdiction – local governments essentially provide no help and often release criminal aliens on the street without giving ICE any warning.
“While ICE had five targets to arrest during our raid, only two were captured,” Akiva told Morning Wire. “While ICE surveils these criminals for days to determine the best way to approach them, sometimes things don’t go as planned. However, the two criminal aliens arrested while I was along for the operation are what Lyons describes as “the worst of the worst.” The first, a 55-year-old from El Salvador, Miguel Chauvez, is a convicted pedophile. The second, a 68-year-old, Jose Lazaro Ayalla, who was charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving an injured person or death.

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Morning Brief: Trump-Zelensky Sit Down, Pope Francis Funeral & ICE Ride-Along

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Democrats and their media counterparts did their level best on Sunday to convince viewers that President Donald Trump had crossed the line they&#8217;ve all been clutching their pearls over for weeks and deported American citizens — minor children, no less. But as Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained, that is not at all what transpired.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
The discussion around illegal immigration — and President Trump&#8217;s ambitious mass deportation plan — has been contentious since long before he won reelection in November of 2024. And as his administration began to make good on his promises to deport illegal aliens in large numbers — beginning with those who had committed crimes in addition to crossing the border illegally — poll numbers backed his play as a majority of Americans said they were in favor of all illegal aliens facing deportation.
But opponents of his policies have thrown caution to the wind as they back the illegals instead, taking up the cause of an illegal immigrant member of a transnational gang and defending a judge who has been charged with crimes related to assisting an illegal immigrant in evading capture. When they learned that three children, aged two, four, and seven — who are American citizens — were relocated with their illegal immigrant mother when she was deported, they thought they finally had the narrative that so many had been predicting.
MSNBC host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbc-host-says-black-american-citizens-next-in-line-if-deportations-are-allowed-to-continue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Symone Sanders-Townsend</a> said just a week prior that the deportation of Salvadoran national and MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia was proof that the Trump administration would eventually come for American citizens. She also argued that he would start with communities of color.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whoopi-claims-that-if-trump-can-deport-terrorists-he-can-deport-any-one-of-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whoopi Goldberg</a> claimed a month earlier on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; that the Trump administration could come for anyone if they could deport terrorists. &#8220;You just gotta keep your eyes open, y’all,&#8221; she warned, going on to imply that even American citizens were at risk of deportation. &#8220;Because if they can just come up and take somebody because they’ve made a decision that you’re supposed to be that person, any one of us could find ourselves being deported to some country when we’ve never been there.&#8221;
By Sunday morning, the narrative was set: Trump&#8217;s Department of Homeland Security was deporting minor children who were American citizens.
On CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; host Margaret Brennan blindsided Border Czar Tom Homan, who said he did not know about that specific case, with the story.
&#8220;On Friday, there were three American citizen children, born here, who were deported along with their mothers from Louisiana down to Honduras,&#8221; Brennan began, noting that one of the three children was a four-year-old who had stage-four cancer and saying that the child had been sent to Honduras without being allowed to first speak with a doctor &#8220;and without medication.&#8221;
&#8220;I understand this child&#8217;s mother entered this country illegally, but isn&#8217;t there some basis for compassionate consideration here that should have allowed for more consultation or treatment?&#8221; Brennan asked.
Homan objected to Brennan&#8217;s framing of the question, saying that he was not familiar with the specific case but adding, &#8220;No U.S. citizen child was deported.&#8221;
&#8220;The mother was deported along with the children,&#8221; Brennan insisted.
&#8220;The children aren&#8217;t deported,&#8221; Homan said again. &#8220;The mother chose to take the children with her.&#8221;
&#8220;Having a U.S. citizen child after you enter this country illegally is not a get out of jail free card. It doesn&#8217;t make you immune from our laws,&#8221; he added.
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White House &quot;border czar&quot; Tom Homan says he is not aware of the case last week when a mother who had entered the U.S. illegally was deported to Honduras with her 4-year-old child who has stage-four cancer. But he adds: &quot;Having a U.S. citizen child after you enter this country… <a href="https://t.co/aEr57Y5Ga2">pic.twitter.com/aEr57Y5Ga2</a>
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&#8220;Having a U.S. citizen child doesn&#8217;t make you immune from our laws of the country. American families get separated every day by law enforcement,&#8221; Homan repeated, saying that the mothers in question had received due process and had chosen to take their children with them when they were removed from the United States.
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White House &quot;border czar&quot; Tom Homan says he disagrees with the federal judge who said there was &quot;no meaningful process&quot; behind the deportation of a woman to Honduras with her children, one of whom is a 2-year-old U.S. citizen. He says the woman &quot;had due process&quot; and decided to… <a href="https://t.co/WR3wDZ7Ouj">pic.twitter.com/WR3wDZ7Ouj</a>
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CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash used the same framing on &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; posing a question to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer about the &#8220;three American citizen children&#8221; who &#8220;were deported with their families, including one suffering from metastatic cancer.&#8221;
Schumer used the opportunity to claim that the Trump administration was violating due process by deporting illegal aliens whose presence in the United States is in itself a violation of the immigration process.
&#8220;Due process is a hallmark of what our country is all about, the rule of law, and ICE and Trump seem to break it in every single way. He believes he’s a king. He is not, and the American people are totally against what he is doing in this regard,&#8221; Schumer claimed — despite <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-pollster-admits-most-americans-side-with-trump-on-illegals-want-them-all-deported" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polling data</a> that says the people are, in fact, in favor of mass deportations.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSchumer</a> responds to reports that the Trump administration deported three US citizen children with their families: “Due process is a hallmark of what our country is all about, the rule of law, and ICE and Trump seem to break it in every single way. He believes he’s a king. He… <a href="https://t.co/zYwaMEpyCC">pic.twitter.com/zYwaMEpyCC</a>
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And on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; host Kristen Welker tried the exact same set-up with Secretary of State <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thats-just-not-true-rubio-spars-with-nbc-host-over-claim-american-kids-were-deported" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rubio</a> — even after he explained, as Homan had, that it was the illegal alien mothers who were subject to the deportation orders and the children were simply taken with them when they were removed from the country. He noted that for the children, because of their citizenship status, there was no bar for reentry to the United States for them.
Welker pushed back anyway, asking, &#8220;Is it the U.S. policy to deport children, even U.S. citizens, with their families — and I hear what you’re saying — without due process, just to be very clear?&#8221;
“No, no, no,” Rubio objected. “No, no, again: if someone’s in the country unlawfully, illegally, that person gets deported. If that person is with a two-year-old child, or has a two-year-old child, and says, ‘I want to take my child with me,’ well then what —? You have two choices. You can say, ‘Yes, of course you can take your child, whether they’re a citizen or not, because it’s your child.’ Or you can say, ‘Yes, you can go, but your child must stay behind.&#8217;”
Rubio noted that would create a whole new problem, saying, “And then your headlines would read, ‘U.S. holding hostage two-year-old, four-year-old, seven-year-old, while mother deported.’ The parents make that choice.”
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&quot;We have to make a determination about whether this is an endeavor that we want to continue to be involved in,&quot; says <a href="https://twitter.com/SecRubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecRubio</a> on negotiations around Ukraine.
&quot;There are reasons to be optimistic, but there are reasons to be realistic&#8230; We&#39;re close, but we&#39;re not close enough.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/BtVrodmRUy">pic.twitter.com/BtVrodmRUy</a>
&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1916480429235769647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Spin Cycle: Dems, Media Desperate To Convince Everyone That Trump Is ‘Deporting Americans’

Spin Cycle: Dems, Media Desperate To Convince Everyone That Trump Is 'Deporting Americans'

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio fired back Sunday over a &#8220;misleading headline&#8221; that claimed President Donald Trump&#8217;s immigration officials had &#8220;deported&#8221; three American citizens, all of whom are minor children.
Rubio took issue with the claim itself, telling &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; anchor Kristen Welker that the three children were citizens and had not been deported at all, explaining that they were welcome to return to the United States at any time and had only left because their mothers — who were in the country illegally — chose to take them along when they were deported.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SecRubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecRubio</a> nukes <a href="https://twitter.com/kwelkernbc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kwelkernbc</a> on the latest misleading Fake News hoax: &#8220;Three U.S. citizens ages 4, 7, and 2 were not deported — their mothers, who were illegally in this country, were deported. The children went with their mothers! &#8230; The parents make that choice.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/IJt1Lz1xWN">pic.twitter.com/IJt1Lz1xWN</a>
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&#8220;On the headline, that&#8217;s a misleading headline,&#8221; Rubio protested. &#8220;Three U.S. citizens ages four, seven, and two, were not deported — their mothers, who were illegally in this country, were deported. The children went with their mothers!&#8221;
&#8220;If those children are U.S. citizens, they can come back into the United States if their father or someone here wants to assume them, but ultimately who was deported was their mothers, who were here illegally,&#8221; Rubio continued. &#8220;The children just went with their mothers. But it wasn&#8217;t like — you guys make it sound like ICE agents kicked down the door and grabbed the two-year-old and threw him on an airplane, that&#8217;s misleading! That&#8217;s just not true!&#8221;
Welker pushed back, asking whether it was the Trump administration&#8217;s official policy to &#8220;deport&#8221; American citizens if they were children whose parents were in the country illegally and thus subject to deportation.
&#8220;Is it the U.S. policy to deport children, even U.S. citizens, with their families — and I hear what you&#8217;re saying — without due process, just to be very clear?&#8221; Welker asked.
&#8220;No, no, no,&#8221; Rubio objected. &#8220;No, no, again: if someone&#8217;s in the country unlawfully, illegally, that person gets deported. If that person is with a two-year-old child, or has a two-year-old child, and says, &#8216;I want to take my child with me,&#8217; well then what —? You have two choices. You can say, &#8216;Yes, of course you can take your child, whether they&#8217;re a citizen or not, because it&#8217;s your child.&#8217; Or you can say, &#8216;Yes, you can go, but your child must stay behind.'&#8221;
Rubio noted that would create a whole new problem, saying, &#8220;And then your headlines would read, &#8216;U.S. holding hostage two-year-old, four-year-old, seven-year-old, while mother deported.&#8217; The parents make that choice.&#8221;

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‘That’s Just Not True!’: Rubio Spars With NBC Host Over Claim American Kids Were Deported

'That's Just Not True!': Rubio Spars With NBC Host Over Claim American Kids Were Deported

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Axios reporter Alex Thompson was recognized on Saturday by the White House Correspondents Association, receiving the Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence for his work in exposing how President Joe Biden&#8217;s &#8220;cognitive decline was impacting his ability to do his job — information the White House tried to conceal.&#8221;
Moderator and host of NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; Kristen Welker presented the award to Thompson — who co-authored a book on Biden&#8217;s decline with CNN anchor Jake Tapper — prompting critics to point out the fact that Biden&#8217;s decline had been obvious long before his disastrous CNN debate against President Donald Trump and long before Thompson published a single report on the topic.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/AlexThomp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlexThomp</a>: &#8220;President Biden&#8217;s decline and its coverup by the people around him is a reminder that every White House regardless of party is capable of deception&#8230;We, myself included, missed a lot of this story and some people trust us less because of it.&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/whcd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#whcd</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nerdprom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nerdprom</a> <a href="https://t.co/L9CtbB3HIZ">pic.twitter.com/L9CtbB3HIZ</a>
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&#8220;President Biden&#8217;s decline and its coverup by the people around him is a reminder that every White House regardless of party is capable of deception. But being truth tellers also means telling the truth about ourselves. We, myself included, missed a lot of this story and some people trust us less because of it,&#8221; Thompson said, suggesting that the blame for the coverup lay entirely with the Biden administration and that the press had been in the dark.
&#8220;We bear some responsibility for faith in the media being at such lows,&#8221; Thompson conceded, adding that honesty was required in order to rebuild trust. He went on to say that was doubly important because in the current climate, &#8220;people are struggling to figure out what&#8217;s true, and people with power are not telling the truth.&#8221;
&#8220;Alex and every single journalist cashing in on these sudden deceptive revelations has yet to explain this photograph,&#8221; Stephen L. Miller posted, sharing a picture of a Biden press briefing &#8220;cheat sheet&#8221; — complete with the reporter&#8217;s photo, name pronunciation key, and the question she was supposed to ask.
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Alex and every single journalist cashing in on these sudden deceptive revelations has yet to explain this photograph. <a href="https://t.co/QkdNeszKBg">pic.twitter.com/QkdNeszKBg</a>
&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1916322801322991692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Why is it that everyone in America, if not the world, didn’t miss this story, but the one group of people who should have reported it (journalists), didn’t?&#8221; another posted.
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Why is it that everyone in America, if not the world, didn’t miss this story, but the one group of people who should have reported it (journalists), didn’t?
&mdash; Burt Macklin (@BurtMaclin_FBI) <a href="https://twitter.com/BurtMaclin_FBI/status/1916318937077219560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;@kwelkernbc you all didn’t &#8216;miss&#8217; the story. You consciously chose to cover it up. The latter is much worse and one of many reasons you’ve completely lost public trust,&#8221; another posted.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/kwelkernbc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kwelkernbc</a> you all didn’t “miss” the story. 
You consciously chose to cover it up.
The latter is much worse and one of many reasons you’ve completely lost public trust.
&mdash; IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) <a href="https://twitter.com/ITGuy1959/status/1916479018846634034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Hey @kwelkernbcnews, are you familiar with @nbcnews?&#8221; Larry O&#8217;Connor asked, sharing an NBC News headline that read, &#8220;Misleading GOP videos of Biden are going viral. The fact-checks have trouble keeping up.&#8221;
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Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/kwelkernbc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kwelkernbc</a>, are you familiar with <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBCNews</a>? <a href="https://t.co/xTfhIRqeWp">https://t.co/xTfhIRqeWp</a> <a href="https://t.co/yBahvyWeOD">pic.twitter.com/yBahvyWeOD</a>
— L A R R Y (@LarryOConnor) <a href="https://twitter.com/LarryOConnor/status/1916466070723891425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It. Wasn’t. &#8216;Deception.&#8217; YEARS before Alex hitched his wagon to Jake Tapper to sell books, I wrote entire one in 2022 on Biden’s brain turning to applesauce. Enough of this ridiculous narrative already of the press playing the victim of being deceived. YOU ALL KNEW,&#8221; Joe Concha declared.
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It. Wasn’t. “Deception.” 
YEARS before Alex hitched his wagon to Jake Tapper to sell books, I wrote entire one in 2022 on Biden’s brain turning to applesauce. 
Enough of this ridiculous narrative already of the press playing the victim of being deceived. YOU ALL KNEW. <a href="https://t.co/sPq0pKFRjG">https://t.co/sPq0pKFRjG</a> <a href="https://t.co/PJjwL9hNXz">pic.twitter.com/PJjwL9hNXz</a>
&mdash; Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1916467497403899965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Former FBI Director Andy McCabe — who was fired by President Donald Trump in 2018 — admitted during a recent CNN appearance that the case against a Wisconsin judge appeared to be on solid legal footing, despite the objections of Democrats.
Judge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-arrests-judge-accused-of-intentionally-misdirecting-ice-agents-away-from-illegal-immigrant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hannah Dugan</a> was arrested for her role in assisting an illegal alien in his attempts to evade capture by federal immigration authorities — a move which prompted immediate outrage from Democrats who, after years of insisting that &#8220;no one is above the law,&#8221; claimed that arresting the judge sounded the death knell of democracy.
Though he did concede the legitimacy of the charges against Dugan, McCabe still did his best to suggest that the attacks on Trump&#8217;s Justice Department were justified, arguing that the way in which the judge was taken into custody was &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; and indicative of the Trump administration&#8217;s &#8220;cruelty.&#8221;
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🚨McCABE: Judge Dugan case is solid legally, but the way she was arrested was “unprecedented” and “performative cruelty.&#8221;
&#8220;These things are unprecedented, typically upstanding members of the community who have no criminal history and aren&#8217;t accused of a violent act are allowed… <a href="https://t.co/1U8EnE8jqs">pic.twitter.com/1U8EnE8jqs</a>
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href="https://twitter.com/WesternLensman/status/1916221044928741586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It&#8217;s not an unreasonable complaint,&#8221; McCabe said of the charges against Dugan, saying that there was certainly enough evidence to &#8220;move beyond the probable cause phase&#8221; — but that he took issue with &#8220;how the judge was treated after the events that led to the charge.&#8221;
&#8220;These things are unprecedented, typically upstanding members of the community who have no criminal history and aren&#8217;t accused of a violent act are allowed to self surrender at the time of their arraignment,&#8221; McCabe said. &#8220;The fact that they did not offer that courtesy to her, and instead went out of their way to treat her harshly, I believe is an act of performative cruelty on behalf of the Department of Justice, which is not the way any Department of Justice should be acting.&#8221;
Cash Loren posted in response, &#8220;These same people were fine with the FBI doing a predawn raid on Trump’s residence heavily armed with permission for deadly force order.&#8221;

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