Texas state Rep. Jolanda Jones compared the ongoing redistricting fight in her home state to the Holocaust during a bizarre Tuesday interview with ousted CNN anchor Don Lemon.
Jones — who has joined a number of her colleagues in fleeing to the highly gerrymandered state of Illinois to protest gerrymandering in Texas — argued that if she remained silent in the face of the Republican-led redistricting map, she&#8217;d be no different than those who were silent when the Nazi regime rounded up and systematically slaughtered millions of Jews.
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Texas State Rep. Jolanda Jones, who fled the state to Illinois, compares redistricting to the Holocaust.
To the nodding approvals of Don Lemon. <a href="https://t.co/Zj3AUnfkBN">pic.twitter.com/Zj3AUnfkBN</a>
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Jones began by arguing that the Republicans&#8217; proposed map was proof that they did not accept black people despite racial integration.
&#8220;Integration happened and everybody thought they accept us. They don&#8217;t accept us,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;They are showing us who they are. We should believe them. And we better have the courage to stand up, otherwise we will fall for anything, and in this country we will be defeated, deported — I mean, we will lose all of our rights.&#8221;
&#8220;And if you think it can&#8217;t happen, it can,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And I will liken this to the Holocaust — people are like, well, how did the Holocaust happen? How was somebody in a position to kill all them people? Well, good people remained silent —&#8221;
&#8220;Mmhmm,&#8221; Lemon agreed.
&#8221; — Or, good people didn&#8217;t realize that what happens to them could very soon happen to me or somebody I love,&#8221; Jones continued. &#8220;And so even if you made it, man, you have an obligation to help people who can&#8217;t because God forbid they end up targeting you and your family.&#8221;
Critics were quick to point out just how far out of line her comments had erred.
&#8220;Redistricting is like the Holocaust. And jeans commercials are like Nazis. Imagine being these people,&#8221; Daniel Turner posted.
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Redistricting is like the Holocaust.
And jeans commercials are like Nazis.
Imagine being these people. <a href="https://t.co/0MwHWEh89Z">https://t.co/0MwHWEh89Z</a>
— Daniel Turner (@DanielTurnerPTF) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanielTurnerPTF/status/1952811847993983367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Townhall&#8217;s Jeff Charles jabbed at Jones for trivializing the Holocaust, adding his sarcastic take: &#8220;&#8216;The holocaust wasn&#8217;t THAT bad y&#8217;all. The Nazis basically just redistricted the Jews.'&#8221;
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&#8220;The holocaust wasn&#8217;t THAT bad y&#8217;all. The Nazis basically just redistricted the Jews.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/btERnoN5e3">https://t.co/btERnoN5e3</a>
— Hotep Jeffiziah Charles🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffcharlesjr/status/1952807708526268618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We now know that Rock Bottom has a basement,&#8221; another added.
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We now know that Rock Bottom has a basement. <a href="https://t.co/IhYcCZq1Gp">pic.twitter.com/IhYcCZq1Gp</a>
— TheJerseyGirl (@ChristineX2024) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristineX2024/status/1952807169092649435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) took to X to complain about the redistricting fight currently embroiling the Texas State House, claiming that Texas Republicans were attempting to use a newly redrawn map to &#8220;rig&#8221; the 2026 midterm election.
As the Massachusetts-based far-left Squad member complained about what she said was a &#8220;cowardly, undemocratic power grab,&#8221; critics quickly pointed out that her own district is the result of an obviously gerrymandered map created by the Democrats who have controlled her state&#8217;s legislature for more than two decades.
&#8220;What Republicans are doing in Texas is a cowardly, undemocratic power grab meant to silence voters. They know their policies are deeply unpopular so they want to rig the next election. Solidarity with Texas Democrats using every tool to fight back,&#8221; Pressley posted.
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What Republicans are doing in Texas is a cowardly, undemocratic power grab meant to silence voters.
They know their policies are deeply unpopular so they want to rig the next election.
Solidarity with Texas Democrats using every tool to fight back.
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) <a href="https://twitter.com/AyannaPressley/status/1952871614611374425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The woman who represents this district wants you to know gerrymandering is a cowardly, undemocratic power grab,&#8221; Gerry Callahan posted in response, sharing a map of Pressley&#8217;s district.
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The woman who represents this district wants you to know gerrymandering is a cowardly, undemocratic power grab. <a href="https://t.co/XChUXAXsqe">https://t.co/XChUXAXsqe</a> <a href="https://t.co/JkwayCdsqB">pic.twitter.com/JkwayCdsqB</a>
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&#8220;This is what your Congressional District looks like &#8230; it is obviously quite gerrymandered! Trump got 36% of the Massachusetts vote &#8230; and Republicans got 0% of the seats!&#8221; Andrew Follett added.
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This is what your Congressional District looks like&#8230;it is obviously quite gerrymandered!
Trump got 36% of the Massachusetts vote&#8230;and Republicans got 0% of the seats! <a href="https://t.co/E9qLQXgj0c">https://t.co/E9qLQXgj0c</a> <a href="https://t.co/UT8mF95hUF">pic.twitter.com/UT8mF95hUF</a>
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewCFollett/status/1952909933399400821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Former President Barack Obama weighed in as well, making it clear that the official talking points had gone out to the party. Using almost exactly the same words as Pressley, he posted, &#8220;We can’t lose focus on what matters – right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy.&#8221;
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We can’t lose focus on what matters – right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy. <a href="https://t.co/lBGo5aNbyp">https://t.co/lBGo5aNbyp</a>
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1952841189310300581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) picked up on the terminology, using Obama&#8217;s home state of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-bad-look-even-chuck-todd-gets-irony-of-texas-dems-fleeing-to-illinois-to-protest-redistricting">Illinois</a> as an example and saying that Democrats used a different word for &#8220;gerrymandering&#8221; when the state engaging in it happened to be controlled by Democrats: &#8220;democracy.&#8221;
&#8220;Dems only call it &#8216;gerrymandering&#8217; when it’s in a Republican state. When it happens in Illinois, they call it &#8216;democracy,'&#8221; he said.
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Dems only call it “gerrymandering” when it’s in a Republican state
When it happens in Illinois, they call it “democracy” <a href="https://t.co/erlaF433p7">https://t.co/erlaF433p7</a> <a href="https://t.co/4ETi84C1Cs">pic.twitter.com/4ETi84C1Cs</a>
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1952918340844044396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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A number of Texas Democrats <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-dems-cant-win-redistricting-fight-so-they-bravely-turn-tail-and-flee-the-state">broke quorum</a> several days earlier, bringing the legislative special session to a halt by fleeing to Illinois because they did not have the votes to stop the redistricting plan by legitimate means. In their absence, both Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) and Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX) have threatened to take legal action, saying that they will petition a judge to declare the seats vacant if the AWOL Democrats do not return to finish the special session by Friday.
Texas Democrats attempted a similar stunt in 2021 as an effort to block certain provisions of a voting rights bill, and Abbott threatened at the time to withhold their pay.

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CNN ran with a story on Wednesday morning about how top Trump officials planned to sit down and hash out a strategy regarding whether or not to go public with a transcript of the Justice Department&#8217;s recent interview with Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
According to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/politics/trump-blanche-epstein-maxwell-vance-bondi-patel-meeting">that story</a>, three anonymous sources had revealed that a dinner had been scheduled for Wednesday evening at Vice President JD Vance&#8217;s residence, and was expected to include the top officials involved in the investigation of Epstein&#8217;s case and the documents relating to it.
CNN&#8217;s report stated that the guest list consisted of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Vice President JD Vance, Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, the last of whom conducted the interview with Maxwell.
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NEW: White House chief Susie Wiles, JD Vance, AG Pam Bondi, FBI Dir Kash Patel &amp; Deputy AG Todd Blanche are expected to meet Wed evening at Vance’s residence to discuss the Trump admin’s strategy relating to Epstein case
More w/ the team <a href="https://t.co/57j6A7uOpy">https://t.co/57j6A7uOpy</a>
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The report also claimed that two unnamed &#8220;officials&#8221; had said the Trump administration was considering releasing the contents of Deputy AG Blanche&#8217;s interview with Maxwell — and that three anonymous sources &#8220;familiar with the discussions&#8221; had suggested that Blanche could potentially sit for a long-form interview with someone like podcast host Joe Rogan.
There was just one problem with the story: despite being co-authored by Alayna Treene, Josh Campbell, Paula Reid, Kristen Holmes, and Kaitlan Collins, Vice President JD Vance&#8217;s office denied that there was any such dinner planned.
&#8220;The CNN story is pure fiction. There was never a supposed meeting scheduled at the Vice President’s residence to discuss Epstein Strategy,&#8221; Vance&#8217;s communications director William Martin stated.
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NEW: Vice President Vance&#8217;s office flatly denies this reporting.<a href="https://twitter.com/VPCommsDir?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VPCommsDir</a>: &#8220;The CNN story is pure fiction. There was never a supposed meeting scheduled at the Vice President’s residence to discuss Epstein Strategy.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/wQGEU1AoFx">https://t.co/wQGEU1AoFx</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1953138662121537853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that he&#8217;d like to release as much information as possible about Epstein and any alleged accomplices, but he has also stated that he does not want to release any information that could potentially damage the victims.

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Senator Elizabeth Warren embraces a Democratic socialist mayoral candidate in New York, highlighting a growing rift between the Democratic Party&#8217;s far-left and establishment wings. The standoff over Texas redistricting continues as blue state governors like Gavin Newsom threaten to gerrymander their own maps in retaliation. Oklahoma will require teachers from blue states to pass an &#8220;America First&#8221; test to screen out woke ideology before they can teach in the state&#8217;s classrooms. 
It’s Wednesday, August 6, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. 
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<h2>Warren Embraces Socialist, Deepening Democrat Divide</h2>
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Topline: Senator Elizabeth Warren has endorsed self-described Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race, signaling her support for a sharp leftward turn that many in the Democratic party establishment fear will alienate moderate voters ahead of the 2026 midterms. 
While senior Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) have remained silent on Mamdani&#8217;s candidacy, Warren has come out in strong support of his most controversial policies, including rent control, government-run grocery stores, and massive tax hikes on high earners. 
&#8220;When someone stands up and says, I will lead this city by making it more affordable&#8230; that is the democratic message,&#8221; Warren <a href="https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/1952434936805507334">said</a> on the campaign trail. Her stance has drawn criticism, with Obama’s Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warning that Mamdani’s proposed tax hikes will drive businesses out of New York. 
The divide highlights a larger struggle within the party. Younger, far-left figures like Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett are gaining prominence with extreme rhetoric, such as calling Donald Trump a &#8220;piece of s***&#8221; and claiming the Supreme Court is &#8220;complicit&#8221; in his actions. Mamdani has also courted controversy by refusing to condemn the slogan “globalize the intifada,” claiming it reflects a “desperate desire for equality.” This embrace of the far-left comes as the Democratic Party’s popularity has hit a record low, with a recent Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democratic-party-poll-voter-confidence-july-2025-9db38021?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAh983zeN-pajxwwBuInVP0DmkmLRKuURGEK8NjaN7UyiZjsZtrUCkPlN9Q-Ed8%3D&amp;gaa_ts=68928860&amp;gaa_sig=mF2dUi-FYoszQ7mUjyioT-TazGT9c_t6AZLgZn3iKG86q4nFloe_8ciLvsxVqiwp0YRIK2lyvjraSvre80ABnw%3D%3D">poll</a> finding that many voters view the party as too extreme. 
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<h2>Texas Redistricting Standoff Continues</h2>
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Topline: The political standoff in Texas continues as Democratic lawmakers remain out of state to block a Republican redistricting plan, while blue state governors are now threatening to gerrymander their own maps in retaliation. 
The Democratic lawmakers who fled Texas to break quorum remain in a stalemate with Republicans, who are exploring legal options to compel their return. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said his office is considering trying to have the lawmakers arrested or even removed from office. The lawmakers face a $500-a-day fine for breaking quorum, a measure instituted after a similar walkout in 2021. Paxton defended the need for redistricting, citing the state’s massive population growth of several million people over the last five years. 
The fight has escalated to the national level, with Democratic governors threatening to retaliate. California Governor Gavin Newsom promised to “fight fire with fire,” saying any gains Republicans make in Texas “will be neutered in the state of California.” Meanwhile, some Democrats in Texas have resorted to extreme rhetoric, with state congresswoman Jolanda Jones comparing the redistricting effort to the Holocaust. 
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<h2>Oklahoma to Require ‘America First’ Test for Teachers</h2>
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Topline: Oklahoma will now require teachers moving from liberal states to pass an &#8220;America First&#8221; test to ensure they do not bring woke ideology into the state&#8217;s classrooms. 
Starting this school year, teachers who move to Oklahoma from blue states like California, Maine, and New York will be required to pass a test to prove they align with Oklahoma&#8217;s curriculum standards. Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction, Ryan Walters, told Morning Wire the test was created in response to &#8220;the insanity coming outta California,&#8221; such as requirements to teach &#8220;27 genders.&#8221; &#8220;We are absolutely not going to take social justice Warrior, woke indoctrinated into our classrooms,&#8221; Walters said. 
The pass/fail written test is being developed with PragerU, an organization also in partnership with The Daily Wire. According to Walters, it will cover &#8220;the biological differences between men and women&#8221; as well as an &#8220;understanding of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence&#8230; [and] American exceptionalism.&#8221; 
The move is part of Walters&#8217; broader effort to bring &#8220;free market principles to the classroom.&#8221; He noted that Oklahoma is actively recruiting the top 10% of teachers in the country and has implemented a merit pay system, with over 1,000 teachers now on track to make $100,000 a year for achieving &#8220;exceptional results.&#8221;

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Morning Brief: Warren Backs Mamdani, Texas Redistricting Fight, Oklahoma's 'America First' Test

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Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) defended self-described Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani during a CNBC appearance on Monday, claiming that raising taxes on the rich was the best way to make New York City &#8220;vibrant&#8221; and &#8220;workable&#8221; again.
Warren got into a heated exchange with &#8220;Squawk on the Street&#8221; host David Faber over Mamdani, New York City&#8217;s Democratic mayoral nominee, and his plan to make things in the city more &#8220;affordable&#8221; for the working class by heaping additional taxes on the wealthy and businesses.
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ELIZABETH WARREN: What Zohran is saying is &#8216;I want people to be able to afford to live in NYC&#8217;
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&#8220;What Zohran is saying is, &#8216;I want people to be able to afford to live in New York City.&#8217; That’s what keeps it a vibrant city,&#8221; Warren insisted.
&#8220;Nobody disagrees with that, Senator. But raising taxes in order to do it? Why is that the answer?&#8221; Faber wanted to know.
Warren did not defend the plan to raise taxes, but instead asked, &#8220;Oh dear, are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?&#8221;
&#8220;No, I’m worried that they’re going to leave and spend their money elsewhere,&#8221; Faber pointed out.
Warren protested, claiming that people had threatened to leave over higher taxes, but made it clear that she didn&#8217;t believe they were likely to follow through on those threats.
&#8220;They’ve threatened to do that over and over—&#8221; she said
&#8220;And they have! And Goldman Sachs, when they create new jobs, they do it in Dallas. And Blackstone won’t build a new headquarters [in New York City]. I could go on and on,&#8221; Faber replied.
One day later — after Warren campaigned alongside Mamdani in New York and claimed he was exactly what the Democratic Party should look like — The New York Post responded with a brutal, front-page skewering of the pair.
&#8220;Today&#8217;s cover: Far left Sen. Warren gushes over NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani — as other high-profile Dems stay silent,&#8221; the outlet&#8217;s post on X read. The headline, along with a front-page blurb, alluded to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-said-he-was-african-american-on-columbia-university-application">dishonest claims</a> made in the past by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-elizabeth-warren-uncomfortably-answers-amanda-prestigiacomo">both politicians</a>.
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Today&#8217;s cover: Far left Sen. Warren gushes over NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani — as other high-profile Dems stay silent <a href="https://t.co/yT79CjKaE7">https://t.co/yT79CjKaE7</a> <a href="https://t.co/dlMUGwF2xN">pic.twitter.com/dlMUGwF2xN</a>
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&#8220;AFRICAN AMERICAN MEETS NATIVE AMERICAN,&#8221; the headline blared in all capital letters, followed by, &#8220;Mamdani and Warren in liars&#8217; summit.&#8221;
Another blurb on the front page added insult to injury: &#8220;Most national Democrats have refused to endorse socialist Zohran Mamdani, but he does have one ally — Elizabeth Warren, who appeared by his side yesterday. The two share the belief that bigger government is the answer to everything — and that lying about your ethnicity on your college application is perfectly fine.&#8221;

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Elizabeth Warren Goes To The Mat For Mamdani, But It’s The New York Post With The Takedown

Elizabeth Warren Goes To The Mat For Mamdani, But It's The New York Post With The TKO

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Comedian and HBO host Bill Maher predicted a 2028 presidential victory for Republicans in general — and perhaps for Vice President JD Vance specifically — if New York City elects Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as its next mayor.
Maher argued on his podcast that Mamdani, who garnered national attention when he bested disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) in the June Democratic primary, was essentially a walking, talking advertisement for the Republican Party as he pushed for radical changes in New York.
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🚨Bill Maher says Zohran Mamdani will help &#8220;ELECT JD VANCE&#8221; — or another GOP nominee — in 2028 if he becomes NYC mayor🚨
&#8220;Don’t tell me that who the mayor of New York is doesn’t matter.&#8221;
&#8220;He definitely has the power and influence to elect JD Vance — or whoever is the Republican… <a href="https://t.co/0zBTxMs5QF">pic.twitter.com/0zBTxMs5QF</a>
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&#8220;New York is New York!&#8221; Maher explained. &#8220;It&#8217;s the media capital, it&#8217;s the financial capital. It is a bellwether like no other city is in this country. So don’t tell me that who the mayor of New York is doesn’t matter.&#8221;
Maher&#8217;s guest, progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen, asked Maher whether he actually believed that Mamdani — who has advocated for a number of radical socialist changes with regard to taxation, housing, and other issues — could actually drive the kind of change as the Mayor of New York City.
&#8220;He definitely has the power and influence to elect JD Vance — or whoever is the Republican candidate next time,&#8221; Maher pushed back, arguing that everything Mamdani did would likely create opposition. &#8220;It is a walking commercial for the Republican Party nationally. When you let the Democrat socialists, and now they&#8217;re actually calling themselves social — let them take over a major American city, this is what you get: the state-run grocery stores, which worked so well in Cuba and the Soviet Union and Venezuela. Just bad ideas, and again, this ugly streak, ugly streak of antisemitism.&#8221;
&#8220;Who&#8217;s the most popular politician on the Left?&#8221; Cohen challenged Maher.
&#8220;AOC?&#8221; Maher guessed.
&#8220;One of, but who&#8217;s — Bernie, you know Bernie is — he&#8217;s not a capitalist, you know,&#8221; Cohen said.
&#8220;No, he&#8217;s not, and he&#8217;s also not president,&#8221; Maher shot back.
&#8220;He&#8217;s no — but —&#8221; Cohen tried again.
&#8220;And never would be,&#8221; Maher insisted.
&#8220;Neither is Mamdani,&#8221; Cohen said.
&#8220;No, but trust me, he will be featured in the campaign commercials,&#8221; Maher predicted, arguing that Mamdani would be a net negative on whoever did run for president.
&#8220;They boogeyman everybody,&#8221; Cohen complained, arguing that the real problem was not Mamdani but the Republicans who would use his socialist policies to damage any Democrat running.
&#8220;You don’t have to boogeyman [Mamdani]!&#8221; was Maher&#8217;s reply. &#8220;He does it to himself!&#8221;

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Even former NBC anchor Chuck Todd recognized the irony in play when Texas Democrats, unable to win their state legislature&#8217;s redistricting fight by legitimate means, fled to the highly gerrymandered state of Illinois for refuge when they broke quorum in protest.
Todd, the longtime host of NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; made the comments during an appearance on &#8220;CNN News Central&#8221; after some 51 Texas legislators <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-dems-cant-win-redistricting-fight-so-they-bravely-turn-tail-and-flee-the-state">fled to Chicago</a> to stop the progress of a Republican-driven redistricting plan — a plan they complain is &#8220;gerrymandered&#8221; and could tip as many as five congressional seats toward the GOP.
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🚨NEW: Chuck Todd *BLASTS* Texas Dems for protesting gerrymandering by fleeing to gerrymandered Illinois🚨
&#8220;I think it’s a bad look for a party that claims to be always trying to protect the democracy.&#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DailyCaller</a> <a href="https://t.co/XD2MAzVTjL">pic.twitter.com/XD2MAzVTjL</a>
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonJournoDC/status/1952471645618417737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It seems as if the strategy is: bring more attention to this, make everybody uncomfortable. Right? The more painful you make the process in Texas, the more it’s hard to replicate. Maybe there isn’t — they may be — their own colleagues aren’t as interested in this. Congressional Republicans that serve in Texas, whose districts are actually going to get impacted negatively, also secretly are kind of hoping this goes away, too. And I think they think the longer — the more painful they can make this in doing it — maybe there’s a way to shut this down,&#8221; Todd said of the redistricting process.
But then he pivoted to address the fact that the Democrats had fled to Illinois — in part because Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker had expressed solidarity with them in the fight against the new maps — noting that when it comes to gerrymandering, Illinois is home of the real professionals.
&#8220;The part that I think is sort of bad — I think it’s a bad look for a party that claims to be always trying to protect the democracy — is to hole up in a state that gerrymanders: the state of Illinois. I mean, one of the worst … Texas, Florida, Illinois, and Maryland — those are your four giant gerrymandered states. And if you’re trying to make a point on gerrymandering, I don’t think I’d be going to the state of Illinois as a place to hide,&#8221; he explained.
Illinois redrew district maps in 2021 in a successful effort to wrest control of two Republican seats — one of them belonging at the time to Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/adam-kinzinger-suggests-he-risked-his-seat-to-save-democracy-democrat-gerrymandering-erased-his-district">Adam Kinzinger</a> (R-IL) — ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

‘A Bad Look’: Even Chuck Todd Gets Irony Of Texas Dems Fleeing To Illinois To Protest Redistricting

'A Bad Look’: Even Chuck Todd Gets Irony Of Texas Dems Fleeing To Illinois To Protest Redistricting

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Dr. Phil McGraw laid into the American political Left over an American Eagle ad campaign featuring actress Sydney Sweeney, trashing them for comparing the ad campaign to the eugenics-based goals of Adolf Hitler&#8217;s Nazi regime.
The popular television host and author shared a few of the more unhinged reactions from the Left — namely that by featuring an attractive white girl and stating that she &#8220;has good jeans&#8221; (read: &#8220;good genes&#8221;) obviously implies that white people are genetically superior — and argued that they were taking their attempts to cancel everything a little bit too far.
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🚨NEW: Dr. Phil *UNLOADS* on &#8220;woke left&#8221; for likening Sydney Sweeney ad to Nazism🚨
&#8220;How dare you trivialize mass m*rder and Hitler&#8217;s Final Solution to a blue jean commercial?&#8221;
&#8220;What the h*ll are you thinking?&#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DailyCaller</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ebr6ltPCc5">pic.twitter.com/Ebr6ltPCc5</a>
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonJournoDC/status/1952393906085142989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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McGraw began by noting that if there was a legitimate issue with the ads — which many pointed out would have been indistinguishable from the mainstream just two decades earlier — there was certainly room to have a conversation about that. Still, the Left appeared to prefer simply jumping straight to cancellation.
&#8220;The woke Left is again jumping at the opportunity to shame and cancel everyone and everything that rubs them the wrong way. Don&#8217;t miss a chance,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;Instead of having a cancel culture, a civilized conversation, they&#8217;re screaming at their social media feeds, comparing the ad to Nazi Germany.&#8221;
He went on to say that he found the comparisons to the Holocaust particularly &#8220;insulting,&#8221; mainly because instead of the desired effect — to make people think that Sweeney&#8217;s ad was actually as bad as Nazi propaganda — the comments from the Left did the opposite, minimizing the atrocities perpetrated by the Nazi regime.
&#8220;I have to say these Holocaust analogies are insulting. They&#8217;re insulting. The Holocaust was one of the greatest travesties in human history,&#8221; he added. &#8220;How dare you trivialize mass murder and Hitler&#8217;s Final Solution to a blue jean commercial? What the hell are you thinking? I get it. You don&#8217;t like the play on words. Words can be dangerous, but not as dangerous as being ignorant. Not as dangerous as being overreactive. The hell are you thinking?&#8221;

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Dr. Phil Blisters ‘The Woke Left’ Over Sydney Sweeney Jeans Ad

Dr. Phil Blisters The Left Over Sydney Sweeney Jeans Ad

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Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta received blowback on Monday over an interview he conducted using an artificial intelligence-generated likeness of a teen killed in the 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.
Acosta, who has been an independent journalist since leaving CNN earlier this year, interviewed an AI likeness of Joaquin Oliver created by the gun control group Change the Ref, founded by Oliver&#8217;s parents. The host teased the interview in a clip posted on social media.
“I’ll be having a one of a kind interview with Joaquin Oliver. He died in the Parkland school shooting in 2018. But his parents have created an AI version of their son to deliver a powerful message on gun violence,” said Acosta in a post on X.
He included a snippet of the interview in which he asked the AI-generated Oliver, “What your solution would be for gun violence?”
“Great question. I believe in a mix of stronger gun control laws, mental health support, and community engagement,” the AI emitted in response. “We need to create safe spaces for conversations and connections, making sure everyone feels seen and heard. It&#8217;s about building a culture of kindness and understanding. What do you think about that?”
Acosta responded: “I think that&#8217;s a great idea, Joaquin.”
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A show you don’t want to miss at 4p ET / 1p PT. I’ll be having a one of a kind interview with Joaquin Oliver. He died in the Parkland school shooting in 2018. But his parents have created an AI version of their son to deliver a powerful message on gun violence. Plus Texas State… <a href="https://t.co/mbdM2WxwUR">pic.twitter.com/mbdM2WxwUR</a>
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1952459273881190572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
Acosta’s use of an AI version of a school shooting victim to push a political agenda received stiff pushback online.
&#8220;Just The News&#8221; Chief Investigative Correspondent Jerry Dunleavy <a href="https://x.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1952491669162491994">called</a> the interview “deranged &amp; ghoulish.”
Washington Free Beacon investigative reporter Chuck Ross <a href="https://x.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1952475717209321948">pointed</a> out: “This is the kind of journalism that Jim Acosta is doing without the guardrails of CNN.”
“This is one of the most unhinged and grotesque things I’ve ever seen. It’s also completely in keeping with who Acosta is,” National Review senior writer Charles C.W. Cooke <a href="https://x.com/charlescwcooke/status/1952506911535902953">said</a>.
The Dispatch Editor-In-Chief Jonah Goldberg <a href="https://x.com/JonahDispatch/status/1952500970346238299">called</a> the interview “Profoundly gross.”
The pushback against Acosta’s &#8220;interview&#8221; bled over onto BlueSky, as well. BlueSky is known as a social media hive for leftists who quit X in opposition to Elon Musk’s takeover. Replies on the site were rife with disgust.
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Texas Democrats flee the state to block a Republican redistricting plan, sparking a high-stakes political showdown with national implications. The U.S. is on track for negative net migration for the first time in 50 years, a result of the Trump administration&#8217;s border crackdown and record deportations. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. orders a mercury-based preservative removed from all U.S. flu vaccines and plans an overhaul of the &#8220;vaccine court.&#8221; 
It’s Tuesday, August 5, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.
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<h2>Texas Democrats Flee State Over Redistricting</h2>
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Topline: Dozens of Texas Democratic lawmakers have fled the state in a dramatic effort to block the Republican-led legislature from passing a new congressional map, prompting threats of arrest and felony charges from Governor Greg Abbott. 
In a longshot bid to prevent a quorum, dozens of Texas Democrats fled the state over the weekend to stop Republicans from passing a new district map that could give the GOP more seats in the U.S. House. Governor Greg Abbott threatened the lawmakers with felony bribery charges and directed state law enforcement to arrest them upon their return. The fleeing Democrats, who held a press conference in Illinois, claim they are fighting a &#8220;corrupt process&#8221; and that Texas Republicans&#8217; &#8220;loyalty and fealty to Donald Trump overrides all other interests.&#8221; 
The showdown in Texas is having national repercussions. Democratic governors like New York’s Kathy Hochul have threatened to &#8220;fight fire with fire&#8221; by gerrymandering their own states in retaliation. The battle has also intensified calls from prominent Republicans, like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, for a new census that would only count legal U.S. residents. DeSantis argues such a count is what the framers intended and would cause sanctuary states like California to lose congressional seats while states like Florida would gain them. 
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<h2>U.S. on Pace for Net-Negative Migration</h2>
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Topline: The United States is on track to experience negative net migration in 2025 for the first time in at least 50 years, a stunning reversal driven by the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration and record-setting deportations. 
After an estimated 16 to 25 million people entered the U.S. between 2020 and 2024, the nation is set to see more people emigrate out of the country than into it this year. The trend is the result of President Trump making border security his top priority. Since Trump took office, border crossings have fallen by nearly 95%, and the Department of Homeland Security says it has deported more than a quarter-million illegal migrants in the last six months. The administration has also slashed work permits and visas while offering stipends for those who self-deport. 
Supporters of the crackdown argue that less immigration will open up more jobs for Americans and force employers to raise wages. White House data shows that since March, the foreign-born workforce has declined by over a million people, while all net job growth has occurred among native-born Americans. Parallel efforts are also underway at the state level. With support from the DOJ, Texas recently repealed its &#8220;Dream Act,&#8221; ending in-state tuition benefits for illegal immigrant students, and similar efforts are now underway in states like Kentucky and Minnesota. 
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<h2>RFK Jr. Continues Vaccine Policy Shakeup</h2>
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Topline: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ordered the removal of thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, from all flu vaccines distributed in the U.S. and is planning a major overhaul of the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. 
In his latest move to reshape U.S. vaccine policy, Kennedy has ordered the removal of the mercury-based ingredient thimerosal from all flu vaccines, which were the last vaccines in the country to contain it. The decision was based on a recommendation from the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which Kennedy recently reconstituted with his own appointees. &#8220;Injecting any amount of mercury into children when safe mercury-free alternatives exist defies common sense and public health responsibility,&#8221; Kennedy said in a statement. 
Kennedy is also blocking personnel from major medical groups, like the American Academy of Pediatrics, from having input during ACIP meetings. A statement from HHS said the old panel was &#8220;plagued by conflicts of interest, influence, and bias.” 
In addition to these changes, Kennedy plans to overhaul the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, often called the &#8220;vaccine court.&#8221; He says the current system is biased against claimants and wants to make the process faster and less adversarial. Kennedy also intends to expand the program to include potential injuries from COVID vaccines, which are currently handled by a separate program that critics say is rife with conflicts of interest.

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As members of Congress begin to leave the U.S. Capitol for their annual August recess, media outlets appear to be at a loss – and not just because their regular guests have gone on vacation. No one clear narrative emerged on Sunday as the legacy outlets in particular struggle to find their footing six months into President Donald Trump&#8217;s second term.
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.
After a number of weeks laser-focused on the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — and the way President Trump&#8217;s administration handled the release of information related to his case and his alleged client list — poll numbers may have finally begun to drive the message home: the American people aren&#8217;t turning away from Trump over this particular issue.
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos raised the issue on &#8220;This Week&#8221; during a panel discussion that included former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile and former Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ), and they briefly addressed reports on the Justice Department&#8217;s dealings with convicted Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
Christie claimed that the issue would continue to dog President Trump because a lot of the people pushing hardest for answers and transparency were Republicans — and also &#8220;because this has now leaked into popular culture.&#8221; Brazile commented on the recent decision to move Maxwell to a lower security facility amid her cooperation with federal law enforcement, and argued that Alligator Alcatraz was &#8220;where she belongs&#8221; based on the crimes for which she was convicted.
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But Stephanopoulos spent the rest of the show going in multiple directions, apparently in search of a narrative that might stick. He brought in Doctors Without Borders CEO Avril Benoit to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and of course they talked about the starving civilians and the difficulties in getting aid to them. Benoit noted that the conditions on the ground were &#8220;insecure&#8221; and it was hard to ensure that once aid made it to the area, it went to the people who truly needed it.
Benoit also mentioned &#8220;injuries and deaths&#8221; that occurred during every major delivery — whether people are trampled by others also trying to get food from the aid facilities or shot as they leave — and claimed that the solution was &#8220;a ceasefire.&#8221;
Stephanopoulos brought up the recent photos and videos of hostages still being held by Hamas terrorists, asking whether those images constituted &#8220;war crimes.&#8221;
&#8220;Well, look, I think that the situation for the hostages is absolutely horrific as well. If no food aid is coming in, everyone is at risk,&#8221; she replied, seeming to suggest that the hostages were being starved because their captors were not getting food aid either.
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&#8220;We are completely overwhelmed and starvation is making things all that much more catastrophic.&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/MSF_USA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MSF_USA</a> CEO Avril Benoît discusses what her organization is seeing in Gaza. READ MORE: <a href="https://t.co/gEwEzNpPd3">https://t.co/gEwEzNpPd3</a> <a href="https://t.co/A9ntdlCEHv">pic.twitter.com/A9ntdlCEHv</a>
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And with a pivot to the economy and the recently-revised jobs numbers — which President Trump complained had been manipulated to make him and his administration look bad — the Clinton-aide-turned-ABC-anchor brought in Larry Summers to counter Trump&#8217;s claims.
&#8220;There&#8217;s no conceivable way that the head of the BLS could have manipulated this number &#8230; This is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism,&#8221; Summers said, responding to the news that Trump had directed his administration to fire the Biden-appointee who was in charge.
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On CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; the focus was similarly splintered. A series of comments on the recent trade deals and spending bill gave way to a conversation between host Margaret Brennan and Governor Michell Lujan Grisham (D-NM) about her decision to deploy the National Guard within her state.
When asked how it was different from Trump&#8217;s decision to deploy the National Guard to protect federal property and personnel during the riots and raucous protests in California, the New Mexico Governor replied, &#8220;They&#8217;re doing the back-end work so that … local police officers, they&#8217;re on the streets &#8230; And it is working. We’re beginning to see more productive fentanyl, drug dealing, high-end arrests than we did without the Guard.&#8221;
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Asked how her decision to deploy the National Guard to support the Albuquerque Police Department in New Mexico differs from President Trump’s actions in California, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) says the National Guard in her state is “not policing.”
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— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1952041856633622846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; the question turned to 2028 and whether former Vice President Kamala Harris should take another crack at the nation&#8217;s highest office. Governor Jared Polis (D-CO) evaded the direct question, saying instead, I think it&#8217;s great that many people will hopefully run.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/GovofCO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovofCO</a> on whether Kamala Harris should run in 2028: &#8220;I think it&#8217;s great that many people will hopefully run&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/mInQJHdVTC">pic.twitter.com/mInQJHdVTC</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1952008673506541724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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And on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; anchor Kristen Welker and Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) discussed how to address concerns of gerrymandering in Texas.
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In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) says California should look at &#8220;options&#8221; to counter an effort by Texas Republicans that would add up to five GOP seats in the state. <a href="https://t.co/Jm7ZBDTup1">https://t.co/Jm7ZBDTup1</a> <a href="https://t.co/SRsvS4noj0">pic.twitter.com/SRsvS4noj0</a>
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1952006645631902012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On Sunday, ABC News “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos hosted the USA CEO of the virulently anti-Israel group Doctors Without Borders, who responded to the harrowing video of an emaciated Israel hostage starved by Hamas by insisting that it was somehow Israel’s fault, implying that Hamas would feed the hostage if there were only food available.
The new propaganda video released by the terrorist group Hamas shows an emaciated Israeli hostage seized on October 7, 2023, being forced to dig his own grave.
The roughly five-minute clip shows Israeli hostage Evyatar David in a tunnel barely high enough for him to stand, “crossing off dates on a calendar and digging a grave,” the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/08/02/world-news/hamas-releases-chilling-video-of-living-skeleton-hostage-evyatar-david/">reported</a>.
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How psychopathic is Hamas?
It forced starving hostage Evyatar David to DIG HIS OWN GRAVE for the cameras. <a href="https://t.co/iMa404St4s">pic.twitter.com/iMa404St4s</a>
&mdash; Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1951668818167681329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Dr. Avril Benoit started by ignoring that Hamas has targeted the zone in which Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation operated.
“On June 11, 10 members of the GHF’s local workforce, on their way to a distribution site, were <a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/artc-ghf-says-hamas-brutally-attacked-aid-workers-at-least-5-massacred">murdered</a> by Hamas, according to the GHF,” <a href="https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/06/hamas-places-bounty-on-aid-workers-ghf.php">Long War Journal</a> noted, adding, “Days before the murders, Hamas and the Arrow Unit published statements deriding the new aid mechanism. They warned Palestinians that they would become a target of the ‘resistance’ if they associated themselves with entities linked to Israel and the United States.”
“We affirm that the resistance security forces and units now have full authorization and mandate to strike forcefully and decisively against any entity or individual that collaborates or coordinates with the enemy’s schemes or any treasonous entity outside the law and the traditions of our people. All collaborators, thieves, and criminal armed gangs are legitimate targets for the resistance units and security,” the Hamas statement <a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="https://x.com/JoeTruzman/status/1931830960750014642">said</a>.
But Benoit deliberately avoided the fact that Hamas has gone as far as murder to thwart the GHF’s efforts, saying, “The problem with the GHF is, of course, it’s unsafe. It’s an inefficient way to deliver aid. People have to cross very unsafe zones to reach those areas that are controlled by the IDF and military contractors from the U.S.”
Stephanopoulous then asked a question that, curiously, was left out of ABC News’ initial transcript of the interview: “We also saw those harrowing videos of a hostage held by Hamas. Airing videos like that is something of a war crime, isn’t it?”
“Airing the videos?” Benoit responded by desperately trying to make it look as though Hamas would feed the hostages if only there were more food available —which is patently false as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shocking-video-shows-hamas-terrorists-gorging-themselves-while-gaza-starves?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=26&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Shocking+Video+Shows+Hamas+Terrorists+Gorging+Themselves+While+Gaza+Starves">videos have surfaced showing Hamas members gorging themselves on food</a> — “Well, look, I think the situation for the hostages is absolutely horrific as well; if no food aid is coming in, everyone is at risk. Even aid workers are at risk. So when you talk about, you know, my own colleagues who are eating every second day and scrounging around for food, you can imagine that everyone is. So this is &#8212; this is part of the problem is that the aid coming in is controlled by Israel. And that is why in this genocide, we look to Israel to have an approach that is humanitarian.”
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&quot;We are completely overwhelmed and starvation is making things all that much more catastrophic.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/MSF_USA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MSF_USA</a> CEO Avril Benoît discusses what her organization is seeing in Gaza. READ MORE: <a href="https://t.co/gEwEzNpPd3">https://t.co/gEwEzNpPd3</a> <a href="https://t.co/A9ntdlCEHv">pic.twitter.com/A9ntdlCEHv</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1952004888914763933?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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As NGO Monitor has <a href="https://ngo-monitor.org/ngos/medecins_sans_frontieres_doctors_without_borders_/">comprehensively delineated</a>, Doctors Without Borders is virulently anti-Israel. Here is just a sample of what NGO Monitor found:
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In December 2023, former MSF Secretary General Alain Destexhe published a report titled “<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RnHNK5fKVegDO6m0jqpXX6VpFJ_Pz1nV/view">Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières), an Accomplice of Hamas?</a>” According to Destexhe, “The communication of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and its employees on the ground since 7 October shows a systematic bias in favour of Hamas and hostility to Israel. Doctors Without Borders has failed in its humanitarian purpose and violated its own charter, which proclaims the impartiality, neutrality and independence of the organization with regard to any political or religious power … Despite being subject to the MSF Charter, a significant proportion of its staff seem to share the Hamas point of view and support the terrorist attacks of 7 October. &#8230;
MSF rhetoric includes accusing Israel of “<a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="http://www.msf.org/en/article/west-bank-mind-eaten-away-violence-account-msf-psychologist-nablus">collective punishment</a>,” “<a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="http://www.msf.org/en/article/msf-team-entered-gaza-thursday-scale-msf-emergency-response-israeli-ground-offensive">indiscriminate bombings</a>,” and “<a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="http://www.msf.org/article/video-month-focus-july-2015">wholesale massacres</a>.” MSF has <a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="http://www.hilal.ps/Content/PDF/ab828696-d9e5-47c6-a6a6-972da4a603f4.pdf">provided funding</a> to the <a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="https://ngo-monitor.org/reports/abdel-shafi-community-health-associations-ties-to-the-pflp-terror-group/">Abdel Shafi Community Health Association</a> (ACHA), formerly known as the Red Crescent Society for the Gaza Strip (RCS4GS). ACHA was founded and is directed by senior members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Other employees have demonstrated support for Palestinian terror groups and their actions.
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ABC Hosts Leader Of Anti-Israel Doctor Group Who Blames Israel For Hamas Starving Hostages

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