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ICK: Morning Joe Hopes Tariffs Will Eventually Hike Prices, Hurt Trump
On Morning Joe, the participants acknowledge that Trump's imposition of tariffs haven't raised prices so far. But they express the hope that will eventually happen, hurting Trump. Franklin Foer of The Atlantic says: "He's gonna get slammed with that, eventually."

NPR Plays Up Trump 'Endlessly Linked In Story After Story' to Epstein
“Public” broadcasting will always go after Trump, so their Week In Politics segment on Weekend Edition Saturday obsessed over Jeffrey Epstein. NPR political analyst Ron Elving claimed "right now, Epstein is the one name in the news as often as Trump, and the two are being endlessly linked in story after story, with all those chummy photos from back in the day."

MSNBC's Capehart Close To 'Bursting Into Tears' Over USAID Job Cuts
During a segment on MSNBC's The Weekend on job cuts at USAID, featuring an interview with Kathleen Borgueta, who had lost her job there, substitute host Maria Teresa Kumar calls USAID "God's work." At the end of the segment, co-host Jonathan Capehart tells the Borgueta, "I'm going to stop talking because I'm going to burst into tears."

PBS Hits Trump's 'War on Facts,' 'Dangerous' Impact on Free Speech
PBS host Christiane Amanpour fretted over “the state of freedom of speech in America” with reporter David Enrich, author of the anti-Trump book Murder The Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful. Enrich has become a popular figure on PBS and NPR of late, warning of the Trump administration’s “chilling effect” on media. Amanpour accused Trump of…

Kristen Welker Firefights the Russia Hoax Doc Drop, Gets SHUT DOWN
Legacy Media have taken a keener interest in firefighting the revelations contained within the Russia Hoax document drop published by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. NBC’s Kristen Welker joined the fray and inadvertently demonstrated why Republicans aren’t usually booked on these segments.

Jon Karl and Screamin’ A. Smith Firefight the Russia Hoax Doc Drop
The legacy media continue their five-alarm firefighting of the damning revelations contained within the Russia Hoax document drop, as published by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. ABC’s Jon Karl joins the fray in a wild segment with corporate cousin Stephen A. Smith of ESPN.

George Conway: 'Moral Maggot' Trump Might Pardon Epstein's Helper
On Saturday's edition of MSNBC's The Weekend, George Conway calls President Trump a "moral maggot" who might well pardon Ghislaine Maxwell. Conway predicts that if Trump does pardon her, he'd be "pushing a big bomb to blow himself up." But Conway knows something about going soft on associates who sexually abuse young people.

The Media on Trump-Russia Collusion: Obsessed Back Then, AWOL Now
Over at Newsmax (and full disclosure I am a Newsmax contributor), evening anchor Rob Schmidt did a spot-on analysis of the media’s coverage of the so-called “Russia-Trump” collusion.

CNN's Blackwell Is Upset Trump Admin Is Ending Race-Based Farm Grants
CNN’s Victor Blackwell had two crazy takes as he hosted Saturday’s First of All. First, he claimed that the National Portrait Gallery not featuring a painting of a black, female transgender Statue of Liberty was some great affront to history, and secondly, he lamented that the Department of Agriculture is ending race-based farm grants.

PBS Warns Of 'Institutional Capture' As Columbia Settles With Trump
Even by its own standards, the weekly Friday news recap featuring PBS News Hour host Geoff Bennett, Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart, and New York Times columnist David Brooks was especially tone-deaf and unintelligent. The trio would have you believe that Columbia University settling with the Trump administration is both a threat to universities…

NewsBusters Podcast: Stelter Defines the 'Reliable Source' as Liberal
In his "Reliable Sources" newsletter, CNN's Brian Stelter freaks out over the Paramount-Skydance merger, insisting CBS is caving to an authoritarian, just as media outlets allegedly did before Viktor Orban in Hungary. A source is only "Reliable" if it hates President Trump with an unquenchable passion.

PBS Alone Takes Gabbard Seriously With Full, Flawed Take on Russiagate
While the broadcast networks mostly ignored it, Wednesday’s PBS News Hour devoted a five-and-a-half-minute segment on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s White House briefing on details of the declassification of materials related to “Russiagate,” the investigation of then-candidate Donald Trump’s alleged “collusion” with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Of course, the…

MEDIA FAIL: New Poll Shows Americans Spurning Doomism on Trump Economy
The leftist media couldn’t convince people that Bidenomics was the American economy’s saving grace. And now they’re failing to convince people that President Donald Trump’s policies are somehow going to drive the economy into Armageddon.

Dems Rail Against Colbert’s Cancellation — Here’s Why
CBS canceled Stephen Colbert’s late-night show. Democrat Minnesota Gov. and failed vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz, who recently appeared on the show, said: “Stephen Colbert is the best in the business. He always told truth to power and pulled no punches. We need more of that, not less.” You might be forgiven for thinking Colbert’s job is to tell jokes. Some Democrats in full meltdown…