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CNN, MS NOW: What if Literally Everything Is Just a ‘Distraction’ from Epstein? VIDEO!
Apple News+ Subscription Is as Inadequate and Biased as You Would Expect
Chicago College Student Gunned Down by Venezuelan Illegal Alien VIDEO!
Kimmel: Mullin 'Unqualified' To Be DHS Chief Because He Used To Be a Plumber
Elitist Media Ignore Trump’s Top Priority: Popular SAVE America Act (updated 3/24/26)
CNN, MS NOW: What if Literally Everything Is Just a ‘Distraction’ from Epstein?
CNN and MSNBC have declared war on reality: Since the Epstein files dropped in late 2025, hosts like Laura Coates, Chris Hayes, Ali Velshi, and Chris Jansing have branded literally everything Trump does, from routine Truth Social posts about the Idaho murders and Senate hearings to the State of the Union address and a DOJ probe into John Bolton, as a sinister “distraction” from Epstein. Their logic? If it doesn’t directly damage Trump, it’s automatically a cover-up.
Epstein coverage is only news when it hurts Trump: The same networks that obsess over Epstein when it implicates Trump instantly pivot to calling evidence against Democrats, like photos of Bill Clinton on Epstein’s island or Ghislaine Maxwell’s audio interview, “distractions” from anti-Trump allegations. This selective outrage proves their real priority isn’t justice or transparency; it’s weaponizing the story against one political target.
The media’s Epstein obsession has broken their brains: What started as conspiracy theorizing about Trump’s social media has spiraled into claiming tariffs, military operations, and even criticizing journalists are all elaborate ploys to bury Epstein news. This level of derangement doesn’t expose Trump, it exposes how unhinged and biased the legacy media have become when the facts don’t fit their narrative.
Apple News+ Subscription Is as Inadequate and Biased as You Would Expect
Apple News+ is overwhelmingly left-biased: An MRC analysis of 162 rated outlets in Apple News+ found a staggering 51 left-leaning sources compared to just 3 right-leaning ones (National Review, The Dispatch, and The Telegraph). With inclusions like The Atlantic, Vox, Slate, Mother Jones, and The Daily Beast, but no Fox News, New York Post, Daily Mail, Breitbart, or Newsmax, the $12.99/month service functions more as a “megaphone for one side” than a neutral news aggregator.
The subscription is inadequate and misleading for users: Apple claims access to “over 500 leading publications,” but the actual unique count is closer to 450 with many small, local, or regional papers. Subscribers often pay for content that’s freely available on the original websites (e.g., Sports Illustrated, LA Times, and Miami Herald articles), while missing major conservative and popular outlets from the top U.S. news rankings.
Big Tech gatekeeping undermines fairness in news: Apple, as a powerful tech platform, fails its responsibility to provide balanced perspectives. MRC President David Bozell stated it “betrays its duty to deliver balanced perspectives,” and the heavy left tilt—especially at the local level—forces users into an echo chamber rather than genuine choice. The service lacks options for centrist or right-leaning hometown papers while pushing politicized ones.
Chicago College Student Gunned Down by Venezuelan Illegal Alien VIDEO!
Innocent American college student murdered in cold blood by an illegal immigrant shielded by sanctuary policies: 18-year-old Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman was walking with friends near campus in a Chicago park when 25-year-old Jose Medina, an illegal alien from Venezuela who entered the U.S. unlawfully in 2023 under the Biden administration, approached and shot her in the back as she tried to flee.
Repeat criminal released by sanctuary Chicago despite prior arrest: Medina was arrested for shoplifting in Chicago just months after illegally crossing the border, but the sanctuary city let him go. He skipped his court date, a warrant was issued, and he remained free, exactly as local “welcoming” policies intended.
Democrat priorities exposed: protecting illegal aliens over American lives: While Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson aggressively defend sanctuary policies and have loudly condemned ICE actions (even calling to abolish ICE after incidents involving assaults on agents), they have remained largely silent on this innocent young woman murdered by one of the very criminals they’ve bent over backwards to protect. This tragedy highlights how the left prioritizes stacking voter bases and open-border ideology over the safety of American citizens like Sheridan Gorman.
Kimmel: Mullin 'Unqualified' To Be DHS Chief Because He Used To Be a Plumber
Jimmy Kimmel's elitist snobbery on full display: On his March 24, 2026 monologue, ABC host Jimmy Kimmel mocked newly confirmed DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin as unqualified simply because he once worked as a plumber (and low-level MMA fighter) before building a successful family business and serving in the U.S. Senate. Kimmel joked, “We have a plumber protecting us from terrorism now. It worked for Super Mario. Why not Markwayne?” revealing Hollywood contempt for anyone without elite credentials.
Ignoring real-world experience and Senate record: Mullin didn’t get the job off a random jobsite, he grew his family’s plumbing company into Oklahoma’s largest, then served as a U.S. Senator with direct oversight of Homeland Security issues before his confirmation to replace Kristi Noem. Kimmel conveniently erases this track record to push a class-based attack, pretending only career politicians or Ivy Leaguers can handle national security.
Classic liberal double standard exposed: While late-night hosts like Kimmel belittle blue-collar backgrounds when it suits their anti-Trump narrative, the same crowd celebrated “diverse” non-traditional paths (like bartenders in Congress). This plumber smear highlights Hollywood’s disconnect: they claim to champion the working class but sneer at actual working Americans who rise through grit, business success, and public service.
Elitist Media Ignore Trump’s Top Priority: Popular SAVE America Act (updated 3/24/26)
President Donald Trump made it very clear that passing his very popular voter ID bill – the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act – is his “number one priority.” Yet, Network News coverage has been scant.
ABC, CBS, NBC Evening and Morning Show SAVE Act Coverage (2/11- 3/24 morning):
- ABC = 86 seconds; CBS = 45 seconds; NBC = 70 seconds
- Total = 3 minutes, 21 seconds
Overwhelming Public Support for SAVE America Act Is Being Deliberately Suppressed. Recent polls show the SAVE America Act enjoys massive bipartisan backing — 71% overall support, including 69% of independents and half of rank-and-file Democrats — with even higher numbers for core provisions like voter ID (81%) and purging non-citizens from voter rolls (80%). Yet the elitist media refuses to inform the public about this broadly popular commonsense measure to ensure only American citizens vote, hoping the story simply “dies on the vine.”
News Apps Join the Media in Ignoring or Smearing Trump’s Election Integrity Push. Major news aggregators (Apple News, Google News, MSN) ran 180 combined top stories over three days with zero mentions of the SAVE America Act. Yahoo News mentioned it only twice — both times from left-leaning outlets that framed the bill negatively, claiming it would “disenfranchise millions of voters” and create “hurdles” for women changing names after marriage, while downplaying noncitizen voting concerns. This pattern reveals coordinated omission and bias against a measure most Americans clearly support.
Media bias by omission hides a clear pattern of migrant crime. Fox’s Bill Melugin correctly labeled this “Laken Riley 2.0,” yet the Big Three networks refused to connect the dots or air the family’s demand that Gorman’s death “not be dismissed as ‘wrong place, wrong time.’” This is the same playbook networks used after Riley’s murder: downplay the perpetrator’s immigration status to protect the narrative on border policy.
