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All eyes are on Indiana as the state Senate considers a redistricting effort that could determine whether or not Republicans keep the U.S. House majority in the 2026 midterms. The Indiana State Senate’s Elections Committee is in the process of listening to testimony from over 100 Hoosiers about the proposed redistricting map that has already passed the House, which would likely flip the two Democrat U.S. House seats from blue to red, resulting in 9 Republican and 0 Democrat representatives. Leftists protesting the proposed map overwhelmed the state capitol with chants such as “Vote no,” “This is what democracy looks like” and “No cheating” according to the Indiana Star. A vote on the map, which the House passed by a vote of 57-41, is expected in the senate on Thursday. Conservative operatives spoke to The Daily Signal about the map’s chances for success. Even though there are 40 Republicans in the 50 member upper chamber of the Indiana state legislature, final passage is not a sure thing, and failure to pass the current map would likely result in the redistricting effort failing entirely. Conservative groups are sending a strong message to Republican Indiana senators and senate leadership. David McIntosh, the president of Club for Growth, took aim at Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray in a statement provided to The Daily Signal. “Sen. Rod Bray: This is our FINAL WARNING. Pass the new congressional map supported by President Trump and Hoosiers. Failure to get this done means you and any other opposition will be defeated and removed from office in your next election. Let’s get it done!” McIntosh said. Bray had previously been accused of slowplaying the redistricting effort in the Hoosier state. Nevertheless, conservatives who have been working on passing the Indiana map are optimistic that the bill will garner the 25 votes it needs to pass the Senate, which has become a major topic of conversation in Washington because control of the House, and likely a series of impeachment efforts against Trump, hangs in the balance. Trump Pushes Hard for Indiana Redistricting President Donald Trump has stressed the urgency of Indiana’s redistricting effort to give Republicans two more House seats in public and in private. On Friday, the president had urged Republican state senators to pass the new congressional map. “I am hearing that these nine Senators, some of whom are up for Re-Election in 2026, and some in 2028, need encouragement to make the right decision: Blake Doriot, Brett Clark, Brian Buchanan, Dan Dernulc, Ed Charbonneau, Greg Goode, Jim Buck, Rick Niemeyer, and Ryan Mishler. Let your voice be heard loud and clear in support of these Senators doing the right thing,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.  According to a report from Politico, Trump spoke with Indiana’s Republican Gov. Mike Braun at the White House Christmas party on Sunday. Braun reportedly told the president and other guests that he thought redistricting would pass. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., has also been doing his part to secure another term with the speaker’s gavel by reportedly manning the phones with reluctant Indiana state lawmakers. Grassroots Pushing Squishy Indiana Republicans to Act While Indiana’s redistricting effort is broadly popular among Republican voters in the state, some GOP lawmakers have been hesitant to sign onto the new congressional map apparently fearing Democrat challenges to their seats and appearing to shrink at the confrontational nature of the effort. Conservative activist groups like Heritage Action for America, Turning Point Action, and the Club for Growth have rallied grassroots activists to get state Republicans on board with the redistricting effort. Those efforts have included educating the grassroots, rallying Indiana residents to call their legislators, and spreading the message through the media.  “We’ve seen a number of those 20 [Republican state senators] drop off to the point now where we’re down to about, we need four more Republicans to say yes to redistricting. So we’re very close, and we anticipate getting there, but the floor vote is the fight,” Paul Lagemann, the state advocacy manager of Heritage Action for America, told The Daily Signal. Lagemann has taken the redistricting case to national media, appearing last week on Steve Bannon’s Warroom. The Club for Growth has promised to help primary Republican state senators who do not end up supporting redistricting. Some Indiana Republicans, however, don’t feel the urgency expressed by the president and grassroots activists. “There is no way that [President Donald Trump] should have time to have a conversation with me about Indiana mapmaking when that’s not his business, for starters. But secondly, doesn’t he have anything better to do? I can make a big list of things that are more important for him to focus on,” Republican state Sen. Greg Walker, told a local media outlet. The Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher Hesitancy at redistricting comes at a precarious time for Republicans who are facing the normal headwinds of being the party in power for the upcoming midterm elections as well as several unique challenges. First, there have been a slew of retirement and resignation announcements from Republican members of Congress including: Reps. Troy Nehls of Texas, Majorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Jodey Arrington of Texas, Elise Stefanik of New York, and Randy Feenstra of Iowa.  Republicans currently have a thin majority in the House, and have launched redistricting efforts in red states across the country. Many of these states have stepped up to the challenge. In Texas, for example, redistricting is likely going to result in five additional GOP seats. Democrats are pushing their own redistricting efforts, however. California has already gerrymandered its congressional maps. In Virginia party leaders are seeking to put a constitutional amendment in front of voters that could net the Democratic Party at least two House seats. Maryland is contemplating its own gerrymandering efforts. What Comes Next? Bray told reporters on Monday that he’s unsure if the map has the votes: “I’ve said before that they weren’t, and what I’m saying now is we’ll find out Thursday.” Despite Trump and Braun pushing for the redistricting effort, Bray had refused to act sooner. But inaction became untenable because, in Bray’s words, the redistricting issue was “causing a lot of strife.” “It seemed like suddenly the issue was more about whether we’re coming in or not,” Bray claimed. “So we just decided to come in and vet the issue, and we’ll vote on it and answer the question.” Before it reaches the floor of the Indiana senate, however, the legislative measure must make it out of the election committee. There would also be a second reading of the bill where dozens of amendments, including some poison pills, are expected to be proposed. Despite Republican’s large advantage on paper, the redistricting fight in Indiana is far from over. The post ALL EYES ON INDIANA: Republicans From Trump to Grassroots Fighting for House Map That Could Determine Control in 2026 appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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We’ve got a new interactive series called Worst Media Take of the Week, where you — our loyal NewsBusters visitors and MRC supporters — get to vote on which leftist journalist or celebrity had the worst media take of the week.   Much appreciation to all who voted last week via NewsBusters and the MRC’s various social media sites (Facebook, Instagram and X.com).   The results of the Worst Media Take of the Week are in and the winner is… Joy Reid! The ABC’s The View co-host won with 64 percent of the vote. Reid took first place for calling Donald Trump supporters racist and predicting that they won’t support a JD Vance presidential candidacy because Second Lady Usha Vance is a “non-white” immigrant. MS NOW host Joe Scarborough came in second place with 26 percent. Finishing last was MS NOW host Jen Psaki at 10 percent.  The following is a montage of all the nominees:      WINNER (64 percent of the vote)   Joy Reid: Racist MAGA Won’t Accept JD Vance Because He’s Married to an Immigrant “[Vice President JD] Vance has a problem in that the base of MAGA is fundamentally racist….What most motivates MAGA? Hatred of non-white immigrants. They’re obsessed with non-white immigrants and undocumented people. They use the term illegals, which is just the N-word for brown people.…So they can’t have the successor to MAGA be the guy with the brown Hindu wife. They’re also Christian nationalists. That ain’t gonna work. That’s why he’s throwing his wife under the bus. Poor [Second Lady] Usha – or she’s in on it, right?”— Former MS NOW host Joy Reid on the I’ve Had It podcast, November 25.   SECOND PLACE (26 percent of the vote)   Joe Scarborough: Trump Administration is “Going Against Jesus’s Teachings” on Deportation “The administration official that said the Pope is wrong. You kinda going against not only the Pope, you’re going against Jesus’s teachings throughout the entire New Testament. All I can say is good luck with that, taking it up with Jesus and taking it up with the Pope. And all of the archbishops and so many priests. The New Testament, the Gospel is so painfully clear that the Pope feels free to say, ‘Please don’t call yourself pro-life if you’re against abortion, but you support the inhumane treatment of these souls.’”— Host Joe Scarborough on MS NOW’s Morning Joe, November 20.    THIRD PLACE (10 percent of the vote)   Jen Psaki Rages Against Trump “Sycophants” in “Kremlin-esque” White House Press Briefings  “I read the press briefing a lot because we do a little thing on our show about it sometimes, more and more of the questions in there are by sycophants, or by people who are not asking about news that the American people cares about….It’s becoming more of a Kremlin-esque press corps.”— MS NOW host Jen Psaki on Next Question with Katie Couric podcast, November 19.   Thanks again to all who participated!    Funded by James P. Jimirro

In an update to a study we first brought to you on Friday afternoon, ABC and NBC have only spent a combined 17 minutes and 16 seconds through Monday morning on their flagship morning and evening newscasts and Sunday political talk shows covering the latest out of the Somali community in Minneapolis, but only 21 percent (or three minutes and 35 seconds) of that was spent on the rampant welfare fraud scheme, which was the entire impetus for the headlines. The rest? It was spent demonizing President Trump’s comments excoriating those who came here and broke our laws. Overall, ABC, CBS, and NBC have now spent 36 minutes and 41 seconds on the Twin Cities, but only 31 percent of that (11:28) explained the years-long scheme that stole over $1 billion from taxpayers and led to dozens of convictions. This new Media Research Center tally marked an increase of just over 14 minutes from our first total representing November 30 through December 5 and a slight increase of percentage from fraud coverage from 28 percent (27.7%). ABC did not a single second to its tally from Friday, leaving it at a mere six minutes (6:02) on the Somalis, but only 7 percent (6.9 percent, or 25 seconds) was on the fraud. NBC added a little over two minutes to its overall number — which now stands at 11 minutes and 14 seconds — while its fraud remained the same (2:10) and thus dropped the percentage to 19 percent (from 24 percent last week). The added time came from NBC’s Meet the Press with moderator Kristen Welker lobbing a softball to Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC) (click “expand”): WELKER: [L]et me kind of push this conversation forward a little bit and have you respond to some of the rhetoric at least that we are hearing. This week, President Trump referred to people in the Somalian community as, quote, unquote, "garbage," even singling out Congressman Ilhan Omar. This, of course, a part of his broader crackdown on illegal immigration, but what do you make of the rhetoric that we heard this week from President Trump? CLYBURN: It is incredible. And of course, once again, it is not new. The number – seventh guy on this list of eight, Thomas Miller, was referred to as a canary. And number eight on that list, George Washington Murray, was nicknamed "the Black Crow." This kind of nicknaming that took place after the Civil War trying to discredit the people of color is exactly what we’re seeing now. People see all these nicknames denigrating people, devaluing their existence. That is not the kind of stuff of which our country has been made. We got over that after the 1954 Supreme Court decision. Why should we start back in that direction? And so when you look at the Somalians out in Minnesota, Ilhan Omar, she is one incredible young lady who has withstood a lot in her life. And I have defended her and her Somalian brethrens. And I do believe that’s what this country is all about. It is what made us a great country. And what we’ve got to do is continue that trek toward a more perfect union. We’ll never be perfect, but we should always be in pursuit of perfection. And we don’t do that by turning back the clock and having a future for our children and grandchildren much like the past was for my parents and grandparents. That’s not the American way. Not to be left out was CBS and its three newscasts of CBS Mornings, the CBS Evening News, and Face the Nation. Along with fraud-less Minneapolis coverage on CBS Saturday Morning and Saturday’s Weekend News, an interview with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Face the Nation added over 11 minutes and five minutes and 16 seconds of welfare fraud discussion. But, as our Jorge Bonilla wrote, host Margaret Brennan gave Omar “a tour-de-force in media coddling” and “a kid-gloves interview that cast her as the victim of unfortunate events beyond her control.” Bonilla noted Brennan merely would set up the questions with a rough retelling of her ties to this fraud ring and then allowing her free reign to knock it down: CBS's Margaret Brennan opens her softball interview with Rep. Ilhan Omar by allowing her to deflect from her ties to the Feeding our Future fraud: TL;DR: "Some donors did something." pic.twitter.com/iYpkbbeCub — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) December 7, 2025   This interview sent CBS’s sum to 19 minutes and 25 seconds, far ahead of ABC and CBS combined. However, the percentage spent telling viewers the truth about the Twin Cities uproar fell below 50 percent to roughly 46 percent (45.75 percent).

A black male recently admitted in court that he stabbed a white male over the summer, but a Portland jury acquitted the black male after learning the victim uttered a racial slur — and spoke the word following the stabbing.Gary Edwards was charged with second-degree assault for knifing Gregory Howard Jr. on Northwest 5th Avenue in Portland's Old Town neighborhood on the morning of July 7, OregonLive reported last week.'Beyond inconceivable.'A conviction could have handed Edwards a sentence of five years and 10 months in state prison, OregonLive said.However, even though Edwards admitted on the witness stand to the stabbing, he said it was self-defense due to Howard's aggression, the outlet said.Edwards testified that Howard yelled the racist slur as soon as he saw him, the outlet reported, adding that Howard denied the claim.More from OregonLive:Transit cameras showed Edwards, a fixed-blade knife clasped at his side, approaching Howard from behind as he sat on a bench. The video has no sound, but Howard springs up and pushes Edwards as soon as he sees him. The duo scuffle against a wall for a brief moment, ending with Edwards stabbing Howard in the shoulder. Defense attorney Daniel Small said the most relevant evidence was recorded later when security officers heard the wounded man shouting the racist slur and captured it on their body cameras as he described the incident.RELATED: Blaze News original: 'Austin Metcalf got exactly what he deserved — point blank, period': Karmelo Anthony defenders go viral Small added that Edwards, 43, was just approaching Howard, also 43, and offering a simple trade: his knife for cigarettes, the outlet said."What other than racism could explain why Mr. Howard perceived hatred, animosity, and aggression from a complete stranger?" Small asked the jury on Oct. 30, the outlet reported.Prosecutor Katherine Williams countered that what Howard said after the knifing was irrelevant and that Edwards was always "in control" during the altercation, OregonLive said."The defendant is not scared for his life. He didn’t retreat; he sauntered up — and he sauntered away after he stabbed someone," Williams told the jury, according to the outlet. "The defendant created the situation."Despite the prosecutor's argument, the jury soon acquitted Edwards, OregonLive said.More from the outlet:Edwards, who declined to comment through his attorney, spent about three months in custody before the trial, after prosecutors successfully argued he shouldn't be released.Their memo noted that Edwards was convicted of attempted second-degree assault in 2021 and was sentenced to three years in prison for another stabbing at the Skidmore Fountain MAX platform in May 2020. He was accused of fourth-degree assault for fighting with a clerk at Old Town's Helen's Market, but the case was dismissed in June because no public defender was available to take his case. Howard, meanwhile, has been arrested several times in recent years and was convicted of felony rape of a child in Washington's Kitsap County in 1997, records show. He couldn't be reached for comment.The New York Post's Facebook entry about the acquittal generated well over 1,000 comments — and they're the exact kinds of reactions you would expect. The following are a few of them:"Always remember if you're shot or stabbed, you must give some type of positive affirmation to your attacker so you don't sound hateful," one commenter wrote. "Otherwise your attacker will be acquitted.""It was probably a mostly peaceful stabbing," another user quipped."That's wild. So let me get this right ... He got attacked then said the N word, and the attacker got away with it cause he said it after he was already attacked?" another commenter asked. "That makes no sense.""Beyond inconceivable," another user stated."What a funny world we live in," another commenter observed."Staying out of Portland ..." another user shared.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

President Donald Trump will unveil a significant investment in America’s agricultural industry, the White House confirmed on Monday.Trump will be joined by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, and members of Congress at a roundtable event on Monday to announce $12 billion in economic assistance to United States farmers.'Our farmers ... will have the support they need to bridge the gap between Biden’s failures and the president’s successful policies taking effect.'The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new Farmer Bridge Assistance program will receive up to $11 billion of the funds to provide one-time bridge payments to farmers of row crops, which include corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, and cotton. These farmers have been impacted by market disruptions, including years of foreign trade actions and high inflation, a White House official noted.The remaining $1 billion will be allocated toward crops not included in the FBA program, such as fruits, vegetables, and other specialty crops. However, the details of those allocations are still being evaluated based on market conditions. At the earliest, farmers are reportedly set to begin receiving the funds in February.A White House official stated that the program aims to provide farmers with certainty as they plan their crops for next year.RELATED: Trump scores win for American farmers as China commits to ‘massive’ soybean purchases President Donald Trump, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images“Farmers suffered for years under Joe Biden, who increased the United States’ trade deficit to over $1.2 trillion, raised input costs, pushed woke DEI agricultural policies, and more,” White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a statement provided to Blaze News."In contrast, President Trump is helping our agriculture industry by negotiating new trade deals to open new export markets for our farmers and boosting the farm safety net for the first time in a decade," Kelly continued. "Today’s announcement reflects the president’s commitment to helping our farmers, who will have the support they need to bridge the gap between Biden’s failures and the president’s successful policies taking effect."RELATED: Trump 'shuts off' deadly fentanyl pipeline by securing 'historic' deal with China: Patel Photo by Scott Olson/Getty ImagesChina, the world’s largest soybean buyer, briefly boycotted American soybean farmers amid the ongoing trade war. In October, China agreed to resume purchases. Trump previously stated that China had plans to buy “tremendous amounts of soybeans and other farm products immediately.”Last week, Rollins applauded Trump for reducing red tape for farmers.“President Trump is cutting burdensome regulations and strengthening the farm safety net to ensure the future viability of American agriculture,” Rollins said. “Across the Trump administration, we are removing burdensome regulations that were strangling small businesses. For every new regulation, President Trump has eliminated a remarkable 48 — lifting a weighted blanket from the American economy.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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