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On CNN's State of the Union on Sunday, they tried to ask CNN contributor Scott Jennings about the scuttlebutt that he could be the next White House Press Secretary, since this is the last week for Karoline Leavitt.The show airs Sunday at 9 am Eastern time and is repeated at noon. But the 9 am show suffered technical difficulties, apparently necessitating that Bash and her panel be there live again for the noon presentation, and Jennings shined in both sessions.On the first show, Bash started her panel segment by playing a clip of Trump being asked about Jennings for the job, and saying, "Scott Jennings is good." Jennings responded that he thought Trump was good, and added that he didn't know what was going to happen and had nothing to say about it.In the relatively low key panel discussion that followed, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Jennings disagreed more than once, but the conversations remained calm and respectful, as you can see from the video below. On the noon show, where CNN's Maria Cardona replaced Dingell, the panel exchanges heated up. Bash began by again mentioning Jennings possible opportunity, but only in passing. Later, Cardona and Jennings would face off, after she repeated the usual Democrat talking points on Iran, the building of the White House ballroom, and affordability. CARDONA: All of those things are the things that Democrats are going to continue to focus on, have focused on, and I think have helped them in terms of where they are in the midterm elections.JENNINGS,: I opened up my social media algorithm this morning, Maria, to find that the principal spokesperson for the Democratic Party, Hasan Piker, was leading a rally last night, reading a rally celebrate...CARDONA: Oh, come on, Scott. You know that's not true.JENNINGS: ... to celebrate the assassination of Charlie Kirk.CARDONA: You know that's not true.JENNINGS: So, I love the recitation of the talking points. All of the energy in your party is behind a bunch of violent socialists who have taken over the messaging operation of the Democratic Party.What Jennings was referring to did in fact happen, as reported by Fox News, Piker sang a mocking, "We Are Charlie Kirk" song, at a live podcast show. Jennings continued.JENNINGS: Midterms are historically good for the party out of power. I wonder if Democrats are squandering their opportunity because they have outsourced all of their energy and messaging to people who want to fundamentally rip out the United States of America root and branch.CARDONA: That message reeks of desperation on behalf of Republicans.JENNINGS: Pick it up. Take a look at it. Are you defending it? Defend it. Defend it.CARDONA: The midterm elections are just completely not going to be in their favor.JENNINGS: Defend it. She won't.CARDONA: Because you look at the generic ballot, Democrats are ahead. You look at where Americans think which party is going to handle the economy better, Democrats are winning on that. And, Scott, I appreciate that you're trying to smear every single Democrat with some of the craziness that you're talking about. JENNINGS: I'm not smearing them. They're smearing themselves by keeping these violent thugs around. Later, Jennings would bring up Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who is Jewish, who has said she will not attend the Michigan Democratic Party’s nominating convention with her colleagues this Saturday because she does not feel safe to be there.  JENNINGS: Maria, the Democrat Attorney General of Michigan can't even go to your party's nominating convention because she fears for her safety from Abdul El-Sayed's supporters. Do you have any response to that? I mean, that's not me -- that's not me smearing your party. That's your own party crying out for safety from their own people.BASH: You go. And then I want to ask a Democrat from Michigan. (LAUGHTER) CARDONA: And -- yes, and I will say he has more to say about this, but what I will say is, again, Scott, that messaging is because Republicans understand how much trouble they are in...JENNINGS: Sorry, Dana, Maria doesn't care about your safety. Sorry, Dana.Later CNN's Jamal Simmons equated the rise of anti-Semitism in the country with Islamophobia, and went after Jennings for his criticism of El-Sayed as some kind of "ethnic or religious invocation." SIMMONS: You got a lot of things you can go after Abdul El-Sayed about. I think going after his religion should not be one of them.JENNINGS: It's not going after his religion. It's going after his association...SIMMONS: You haven't seen the reports? You haven't seen the reports of people talking about...JENNINGS: Let me respond. You asked me. Let me respond.... It's going after his association with people who say -- quote -- "I want to wipe my A-S-S with the U.S. Constitution," and so on and so forth. That has nothing to do with religion.Jennings was talking about a remark reportedly made by Hasan Piker.So the Democrats facing off against Jennings claim it's somehow off the table to address the controversies by the Mamdani faction of their party. They might wish he took a White House job and stopped ruining their talking points on CNN.

Screenshot via NBC/Snapstream Between last Friday and Tuesday, the “Big Three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC spent 18 minutes and 25 seconds on their flagship morning and evening newscasts fawning, giggling, and reveling in the Chinese Communist Party’s second World Humanoid Robot Games with thousands of robots completing tasks ranging from basic household chores to track and field events. Missing was any direct acknowledgment of concerns about surveillance by the CCP.The most we got were a pathetic two sentences from NBC alluding to a U.S. ban on robots and quadrupeds because of “national security concerns.”ABC only had two minutes and seven seconds on the robots with pure fluff, leaning into the adage of amusing ourselves to death. Pay no attention to the fact that the CCP is serious about global domination! Disney wants you to point and laugh at robots running fast! ABC had just over two minutes of pure fluff, gushing over the robots on ‘GMA’ and ‘World News Tonight.’ Pay no attention to the fact that the CCP is serious about global domination! Disney wants you to point and laugh at robots running fast! pic.twitter.com/qlh5KMd01Q— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 26, 2026 Saturday’s World News Tonight started it off with a 27-second brief from anchor Whit Johnson: A humanoid robot called Lightning is officially faster than Olympian Usain Bolt, clocking 9.32 seconds in a 100-meter test. There they go. That’s faster than Bolt’s 2009 world record. It happened today in Beijing at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games. This year’s games feature more than 2,000 robots from 666 teams across 16 countries. Pretty fast. Sunday’s Good Morning America even made Lightning’s run its “Play of the Day.” Co-host Gio Benitez and fill-in Rhiannon Ally and Will Ganss were all laughs as they showed both the world-record-breaking run and another video of two robots engaged in a boxing match.Ganss even chuckled about how “in classic cartoon fashion — this might be my favorite of the weekend — this guy running like Phoebe Buffay from Friends stopping before he hits the blue wall, and then the fall in slow motion.” The third and final ABC mention was another 27-second brief. This time, it was Monday’s World News Tonight with anchor David Muir touting “the race of robots” and blurting out in amazement, “Who knew they even existed?”Seeing as how much business parent company Disney does in China, it’s no surprise ABC chose not to express serious concern about the robots.NBC was next with six minutes and 20 seconds, between Today and NBC Nightly News across two briefs and two on-site reports.They started with 44 seconds on Sunday Today as host Willie Geist tossed to break with a look at Lightning’s run. Geist at least had the decency to call the games “haunting” and “strange.”Monday’s Nightly News had the other brief with anchor Tom Llamas calling it a story “from the-robots-are-taking-over files” with the winning run as well as a “weight-lifting robot,” who had “[p]retty good form at first, but definitely not Arnold Schwarzenegger” as “[i]t drop[ped] the barbell and then trips right over the weights.”“Pretty sad,” he quipped. NBC was next with six minutes and 20 seconds, between ‘Today’ and ‘NBC Nightly News’ across two briefs and two on-site reports.In the briefs, ‘Sunday Today’ host Willie Geist at least had the smarts to call the games “haunting” and “strange” and ‘NBC Nightly News’ anchor Tom… pic.twitter.com/VFCz0Xx0PW— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 26, 2026 In between were stories on Sunday and Monday with Beijing-based correspondent Janis Mackey Frayer.“Back now with the global competition putting humanoid robots to the test with some of them already beating records set by actual humans,” gushed Sunday Nightly News anchor Hallie Jackson. Beijing-based NBC correspondent Janis Mackey Frayer had two reports from on-site.Mackey Frayer swooned over the “[h]umanoid robots in China are breaking human records for speed,” boxing, and “tasks that are, well, mundane or boring even by human standards,” all thanks to “being… pic.twitter.com/vu8biieufq— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 26, 2026 Mackey Frayer swooned over the “[h]umanoid robots in China are breaking human records for speed,” boxing, and “tasks that are, well, mundane or boring even by human standards,” all thanks to “being promoted heavily by China’s government” (click “expand”):Humanoid robots in China are breaking human records for speed, running the 100 meter faster than sprinter Usain Belt before smashing into a padded wall at the finish lin. Stopping it seems still a work in progress. At the Humanoid Games, machines big and small also compete in events where they hit hard and jump high. The event in its second year being promoted heavily by China’s government and shows how getting ahead in robotics is a national priority here.A robot conference alongside the games offering a window into that strategy to turn the spectacle of tricks and kicks into a commercial industry. There are hundreds of robot companies here in China making machines back in box each other or run faster than people if that’s what you need your robots to do. But the bigger focus at this World Robot Conference in Beijing appears to be on tasks that are, well, mundane or boring even by human standards. Screenshot via NBC/Snapstream Only then did she offer the first of two esoteric allusions to the dark side of what China has planned for these robots: “Yet, none of what’s on display in China will be finding its way to the United States. The Trump administration banning imports of newly-made foreign humanoids and quadrupeds, citing national security concerns with 82 percent of humanoid shipments around the world coming from China.”After a pro-Chinese statement by an American robotics executive, Mackey Frayer concluded: “While China is seen as having a clear lead in manufacturing and scaling robots, the technology, though, still flawed with fumbles and flying sparks, a reminder that robots still have a ways to go.”Mackey Frayer returned for Monday’s Today, cued up by Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker remarking it’s “unbelievable,” adding: “If you need proof of just how far technology has come, look no further than the World Humanoid Robot Games.” Mackey Frayer returned for Monday’s Today, cued up by Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker remarking it’s “unbelievable,” adding: “If you need proof of just how far technology has come, look no further than the World Humanoid Robot Games.”Mackey Frayer said the… pic.twitter.com/J1UdU5uGoc— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 26, 2026 “It’s like Back to the Future here. There are 2,000 robots on 700 teams competing in events ranging from kickboxing and tai-chi to boring stuff like connecting cables. All of it designed to showcase how the robotics industry is evolving here, and also to get attention, which isn’t hard, when some of the robots are running so fast, there’s a padded wall and stretcher at the finish line,” Mackey Frayer enthused.She said the record-breaking runs and other events are “meant to display feats of science, but also how seriously China has made robotics a national priority here” to not only fight, but fulfill “skills that are useful: Things like folding laundry and stacking boxes — the sort of at-your-service tasks that have long nurtured the notion that robots could one day have a place in homes.”Following a scene from Bicentennial Man, Mackey Frayer dropped the only other mention from the broadcast networks, vaguely citing fears of Big Brother: “Yet, none of what’s shaping the future here will be in the U.S. anytime soon. The Trump administration banning imports of newly-made foreign humanoids and quadrupeds, citing national security concerns.”Likely to please any Chinese minders on her, she quickly pivoted back to the fluff and this “economic win for China,” quipping the “kinks, fumbles, and sparks” have, along with a “flameout,” “captur[ed] attention” with “entertainment value” as spectators likely “prefer when they trip over their own feet.”CBS had the most time at nine minutes and 58 seconds over six blocks, starting on the August 20 CBS Mornings ahead of the game's opening with featured co-host Vladimir Duthiers promoting the fact that “[o]ne of the world’s greatest athletes has a new challenger” as part of a giggle-filled story in the show’s “What to Watch” block.CBS Saturday Morning also weighed in with co-host Kelly O’Grady and fill-in Meg Oliver laughing with Oliver particularly discounting their abilities to do household tasks (click “expand”):This gets Kelly every time. Real-life rock ‘em, sock ‘em robots. Remember that game? These boxing humanoids are just some of the advanced technology on display at the World Robot Conference in Beijing this week.(....)We’re also seeing robots that can fight fires, okay. Fold laundry, check, check, check. Carry luggage, I don’t need that. Play ping pong, I think I would beat them. And even offer emotional support. Organizers say around 3,000 products will be on display...Despite the advanced tasks these robots are showing off, experts say they are still a long way from having practical uses. I don’t need someone dancing. I need somebody grocery shopping. I need somebody cleaning my kitchen. Do you see my theme of domestic help? Next came a 16-second brief on Saturday’s CBS Weekend News with Jericka Duncan about Lightning’s Bolt-breaking time and then an anchor-less still shot and caption on Sunday Morning of robots dressed as Dalmatians. CBS had the most time at nine minutes and 58 seconds over six blocks, starting on the August 20 ‘CBS Mornings’ ahead of the games opening then two hardy har har har gabfests on Saturday and Monday (plus an anchor-less stillshot on Sunday) pic.twitter.com/MgjXwYJzSI— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 26, 2026 Like with Friday, Monday’s CBS Mornings had the robots in focus for laughs during “What to Watch.” At least fill-in co-host and chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett was dismissive of the scene, noting sprinting robots like Lightning “can’t run around the track with the flag, do all the other cool stuff because it’s not a human being!”Garrett did concede “they are far more advanced than they were just one year ago, and that is the underlying, murky part of the story.”Hong Kong-based correspondent Anna Coren finally showed up on-site for Monday’s CBS Evening News, telling viewers “it hasn’t all gone to plan” for a whole host of robots with flameouts, but “it feels like we are seeing the soldiers of tomorrow tested in front of the world’s media.” Record-breaking performances at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing are showcasing the rapid advancement of humanoid robots, raising questions about how soon China could have robot soldiers. https://t.co/OOlJnp0hRZ pic.twitter.com/mk6ui6MnfT— CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil (@CBSEveningNews) August 24, 2026 She even found one Chinese engineer who told her the world could see these robots serve in war “five to 10 years” from now.Coren resurfaced for a lengthier segment on Tuesday’s CBS Mornings. Co-host Nate Burleson gushed about “China...showcasing its rapid advances in robotics and AI” and delivered an unspecified warning about the robots being “a sign of bigger and scarier things to come.”She front-loaded the fluff before reiterating the part about robots becoming soldiers, leaving out any mention of recording capabilities or use as spy tools. Instead, she added this time an all-too-generous description of how the World Humanoid Games allows China to continue “prov[ing] itself as fierce rival to the United States, embracing AI and tech in every aspect of life.”Never mind the all-encompassing national security laws, cameras, and social credit scores (click “expand”):COREN: So much promise as the bar lives above the humanoid robot’s head, only to vanish with a few stumbles. His minder is forced to stretcher him away. Another competitor takes to the stage, but weightlifting isn’t for the fate-hearted, even when you’re a machine. The second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing is clearly pushing these 2,000-plus machines to the limit. The 400-meter obstacle course is one of the most challenging and entertaining events as robots attempt to jump, climb, maneuver through swinging tires and crawl through a tunnel. Some master the difficult circuit, while others collapse only to persevere, an endearing quality that’s winning hearts and minds, and plenty of fans. “Of course, I’m proud of them,” explains this spectator. “They might fall during competition, but they react quickly and get right back up. They’re strong and resilient.” For the overwhelming number of Chinese engineers who’ve developed them, this isn’t humiliation, but rather ironing out the glitches, as China proves itself a fierce rival to the United States, embracing AI and tech in every aspect of life. Well, this is about China showing off its technological advances in this futuristic field. It also feels like we are seeing the soldiers of tomorrow being tested in front of the world’s media. A3 is competing as a kickboxer, but his engineer Yang Kuan says this robot has other real-life capabilities.YANG KUN: It can also do some combat and maybe go into the military.COREN [TO KUN]: How far away are we from having robot soldiers?KUN: I’d say five to 10 years.COREN: A glimpse into a possible future with these robots’ physical attributes could one day be used on the scene of a natural disaster or a battlefield. Now, the 100-meters [sic] semi-finals is [sic] underway, and I can tell you that we have a new record — 8.83 seconds. Now, a couple of nights ago, a robot broke Usain Bolt’s record. Well, that has now been surpassed, which is quite extraordinary. The crowd here, absolutely, loving it, lapping it up. This has been a great source of national pride as well as entertainment[.]Remarkably, Burleson used a brief back-and-forth to prop up the CCP further: “[E]xtraordinary indeed. Tumbles and stumbles aside on all these viral clips we’re seeing, Anna, is it fair to say that China is now leading the world when it comes to robotics and the AI?”Coren agreed what China has done is “pretty extraordinary” by “produc[ing] 97 percent of the world’s humanoid robots, so they certainly are leading in this space.”Speaking of more bias by omission, notice Coren skipping over why the Chinese population is struggling because of its past one-child policy:We know the rivalry between the United States and China is — is fierce, but robots are something that China is going to need. This is an aging and shrinking population, and they are going to need those robots to take part in their industrial machine as well as their economy. This is something that China will need in the future. But this isn’t a problem just for China. It’s a problem for much of the world, so these robots....will be used right across the world

A first-of-its-kind legal challenge seeking to block New York City Democrat Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s city-run grocery-store initiative has been filed by a coalition representing hundreds of immigrant-owned bodegas and grocers.The Multicultural Business Coalition filed two separate lawsuits Monday in New York State Supreme Court seeking to derail Mamdani’s plan for five city-run grocery stores, which the group argues would place small, minority-owned markets at an unfair competitive disadvantage.'Many minority members of the MBC cannot compete with the municipal grocery stores, and therefore, will be put out of business.'The legal action comes after weeks of attempts to resolve the dispute outside court and follows the city’s announcement that the city-run grocery stores would sell items — including fresh produce, meat, seafood, and “20 other essential items like cheese, milk, and bread” — at 30% below market rates.The first lawsuit, a class-action civil rights complaint, alleges the program violates New York Civil Rights Laws and the Equal Protection Clause of the New York State Constitution. The MBC contends the city has “unduly discriminated against” minority-owned grocers by subsidizing grocery stores that can offer discounts private businesses cannot match, thereby denying them equal protection.The second lawsuit seeks to block the stores from operating unless the city conducts what the coalition says are necessary studies and analyses of their economic impact. The MBC claims there is “no existing evidence” that officials undertook “any studies and/or any serious analysis” of how the competition would affect existing businesses.RELATED: Immigrant business owners revolt against Mamdani's 'Soviet'-style grocery plan In the filing, the coalition asserts that “many minority members of the MBC cannot compete with the municipal grocery stores, and therefore, will be put out of business.”“The respondents’ running of five municipal grocery stores is arbitrary and capricious, in bad faith, and exceeds the scope of municipal authority,” the MBC added.Mark Jaffe, the group’s general counsel and president of the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce, argued the city is setting small grocers up to fail by forcing them to compete against the city-run stores.“You cannot expect hardworking small business owners to compete with a supermarket that isn’t going to pay rent, won’t have to pay an electric bill, and won’t have to buy their products at full price,” Jaffe told CNN. “They cannot possibly compete because no one will be subsidizing them.”When asked about the lawsuits during an unrelated press conference in Queens on Monday, Mamdani said he was “confident both in the legality of this, that it will stand up in court, and in the importance of delivering it.”“We are talking about a reflection of a cost-of-living crisis that has seen grocery prices increase by about 30% over the last few years, and we’re also talking about delivering five city-run grocery stores in a city of 8.5 million people that has more than a thousand grocery stores," the mayor responded.Mamdani also pointed to Essex Street Market and Moore Street Market, two existing public markets directly administered by the New York City Economic Development Corporation, arguing that the model has not had a negative impact on surrounding businesses. They have been in operation since the 1940s, along with La Marqueta starting earlier, and were established under Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. RELATED: Socialist Mamdani says city-run grocery stores will undercut supermarkets by 30% Adam Gray/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesFounded earlier this year, the MBC represents roughly 65 business organizations, with strong representation in the New York-New Jersey region, spanning Hispanic, Asian, Caribbean, African, Middle Eastern, Jewish, and South Asian communities.To address concerns that the initiative could undercut privately owned stores in neighboring areas, Mamdani said the city-run grocery stores would not sell cigarettes, alcohol, lottery tickets, or hot food — items that typically generate some of the highest profit margins for bodegas and convenience stores.“My grandfather opened up one of the first bodegas in the late 1960s when East Harlem was burning and the A&Ps and Waldbaums were leaving,” said MBC Chairman Frank Garcia.“He established the first Latino Grocery Association to protect the rights of immigrant store owners. I am proud to be following up in his tradition because what Mayor Mamdani is doing is disgracing his memory.”As currently filed, the MBC itself is the only named plaintiff in the lawsuits, though the coalition has said it plans to add individual grocery store owners as plaintiffs later this week.The first of the five publicly owned grocery stores is anticipated to open in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx by the end of 2027, with the remaining four storefronts slated to be operational by the end of Mamdani’s four-year term, including one in East Harlem.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A Florida female allegedly tried breaking into a Leesburg home before dawn Tuesday, and the homeowner warned her that he was armed — and even fired a shot through his door — but the homeowner told police she just wouldn't go away.Police responded to the residence in the 1600 block of Crest Avenue after reports of a female trying to break into a home, WESH-TV reported.The female then reached through the broken window in an attempt to open the door from the inside, the station said.The homeowner told police he repeatedly ordered the woman to leave the property and warned her that he was armed, the station said.Police told WESH that the female continued trying to gain entry, and the homeowner fired a shot from his handgun through the door, which shattered a window in the door.The female then reached through the broken window in an attempt to open the door from the inside, the station said.With that, the homeowner fired a second time, striking the female, police told WESH, adding that she was pronounced dead at the scene.The station said the shooting took place shortly before 5 a.m.RELATED: Florida crook accused of ditching stolen car, hiding from cops in home's garage. But homeowner has a gun. According to WOFL-TV, details about the relationship between the homeowner and the female have not yet been released, and officials have also not shared the female's name or age.Police are investigating the incident and working with the State Attorney's Office to determine if any criminal charges are appropriate, WESH said.A spokesperson with the State Attorney's Office told WESH the review could take a few weeks or a few months, depending on evidence and information available.Those with information about the incident are encouraged to contact police at 352-787-2121, WESH added.Leesburg is about 50 minutes northwest of Orlando.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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