Former NBC and CBS anchor Katie Couric welcomed Congresswoman and progressive hero Jasmine Crockett to her Thursday recording of the Next Question podcast. While podcasting may be growing in popularity as a way for people to get their news, the habit of anchors to sit back and do nothing as Democratic guests say outlandish things remains constant because Couric would simply sit there as Crockett accused President Trump’s supporters of being “sick” and part of the country’s mental health crisis. Couric simply let Crockett rant after she asked, “I want to talk to you about some of the things that are going on in this country, Jasmine. Before you go, what do you think about what has happened in LA and calling up the National Guard, the Marines and basically saying this could happen in every state in our country?”     Crockett put on a façade that displayed heavy amounts of solemnity, “I truly have no words. You know, you grow up as a little girl and—you grow up as a little girl in this country, let me clarify that, and you think, 'man, this is a great place to live and it's only going to get better,' and then you become the adult version of me, and you have a president that is openly just a criminal, like not just the convictions he's got, consistently breaking laws, ignoring court orders, violating the Constitution, and doing it all because he really is seeking this retribution, this retribution that he campaigned on.” She continued, “And so this idea that we don't care how many people get hurt, we don't care how we prostitute our service members, you know, thinking that you have your own special little army that's for you. I mean, it is just it is sick. It is really sick, and anybody that supports it is also sick. And so you know, we've got a mental health crisis in this country because everyone, no matter how you affiliate yourself, should be against Trump. Period.” Crockett will call black Republicans Uncle Toms, but she still claims she just wants a different GOP, “This is not partisan for me. Like, I would give anything to have, sad to say, George Bush. I, like, give me any regular Republican nowadays, and I would be happy. But right now we have someone who does not care, and he is being enabled by the fact that there are, you know, people that follow him and they pump him up as well as the people that are surrounding him.” Additionally, Crockett insisted, “My heart breaks for service members. People that signed up to protect democracy and freedom not only here but abroad, and we're willing to risk their lives, and now literally the very thing that they signed up to fight against is now their commander-in-chief. It really breaks my heart, and I don't know how far he has to go before we can come together and just say, 'Enough is enough, like this should not be partisanship.'” Next Question is considered by some people in the podcasting industry to be award-worthy, but it turns out it is really no different than MSNBC, which is what it sounds like Couric wanted all along. Here is a transcript for the June 19 show: Next Question with Katie Couric 6/18/2025 52 Minutes, 55 Seconds KATIE COURIC: I want to talk to you about some of the things that are going on in this country, Jasmine. Before you go, what do you think about what has happened in LA and calling up the National Guard, the Marines and basically saying this could happen in every state in our country? JASMINE CROCKETT: I truly have no words. You know, you grow up as a little girl and—you grow up as a little girl in this country, let me clarify that, and you think, “man, this is a great place to live and it's only going to get better,” and then you become the adult version of me, and you have a president that is openly just a criminal, like not just the convictions he's got, consistently breaking laws, ignoring court orders, violating the Constitution, and doing it all because he really is seeking this retribution, this retribution that he campaigned on. He said, “I will be your retribution.” And so this idea that we don't care how many people get hurt, we don't care how we prostitute our service members, you know, thinking that you have your own special little army that's for you. I mean, it is just it is sick. It is really sick, and anybody that supports it is also sick. And so you know, we've got a mental health crisis in this country because everyone, no matter how you affiliate yourself, should be against Trump. Period. This is not partisan for me. Like, I would give anything to have, sad to say, George Bush. I, like, give me any regular Republican nowadays, and I would be happy. But right now we have someone who does not care, and he is being enabled by the fact that there are, you know, people that follow him and they pump him up as well as the people that are surrounding him. And so, you know, I, my heart breaks for service members. People that signed up to protect democracy and freedom not only here but abroad, and we're willing to risk their lives, and now literally the very thing that they signed up to fight against is now their commander-in-chief. It really breaks my heart, and I don't know how far he has to go before we can come together and just say, “Enough is enough, like this should not be partisanship.”

Americans should never take poll stories belched out from the liberal media at face value without checking the crosstabs first. Enter the Associated Press. AP reporters Meg Kinnard and Linley Sanders put out a story twisting its own poll to whack President Trump’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army June 12 headlined, “Most US adults say Trump’s military parade is not a good use of money, a new AP-NORC poll finds.” But this wasn’t the main finding of the story. In fact, Kinnard and Sanders admitted what the true finding of the poll was in the first paragraph. “As Washington prepares for a military parade this weekend to honor the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, a new survey finds that U.S. adults are more likely to approve than disapprove of President Donald Trump’s decision to hold the festivities,” Kinnard and Sanders wrote. The plurality of respondents to AP’s poll, 40 percent, supported Trump’s decision to hold the parade. Only 29 percent opposed it. But that’s not what they chose to sensationalize, because why would they choose to highlight a result approving of a Trump action?  Instead, the reporters zeroed in on the results of a sub-question that was less favorable to the president and blew it up to make it seem like his decision was running on hot coals with Americans: But about 6 in 10 Americans also say that Saturday’s parade is ‘not a good use’ of government money, including the vast majority of people, 78%, who neither approve nor disapprove of the parade overall, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. First off: "Government money" sure is a funny way to describe Americans' tax dollars. Secondly, it is reasonable to suggest that anybody with common sense would probably find better uses for taxpayer dollars (or, er, “government money”). But a bit of luxurious discretionary spending to honor the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army seems like a decent enough reason for a splurge, as the AP’s own poll reflected in its primary finding about the parade. But in light of recent revelations about how much waste the government has been engaged in over the years, even AP’s sub-question to respondents about whether celebrating the U.S. Army was a good use of tax dollars looks utterly ridiculous in retrospect. How about paying for hundreds of thousands of meals to al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria? Or how about the millions paid out by USAID to Guatemala for sex changes? Was that a “good use of money,” AP? How about the hundreds of millions in USAID funding that inadvertently went to cultivating the Taliban terrorist group’s lucrative poppy production for opium in Afghanistan? Or how about the $260 million that was doled out by USAID to a leftist nonprofit backed by George Soros pushing leftist government reforms across the globe? Or how about the fact that USAID was funding India’s first clinic for transgender people? Comparatively speaking, it seems that celebrating the U.S. Army is in fact a better use of tax dollars when viewed next to the smorgasbord of leftist pet projects the government has been erroneously bankrolling. But who cares so long as AP is able to bend its own survey into a pretzel to get in a cheap shot at Trump, right?

The Los Angeles Dodgers released a statement that they had denied access to their stadium parking lot to agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement after calls to speak out against deportations.Online influencers and some in the mainstream media had mounted a pressure campaign after noticing the baseball team had not made a statement against ICE deportations after the rioting in Los Angeles.'This is an organization inextricably linked with the community, so people are wondering, why are they now tone-deaf and falling short?'On Thursday, local media reported that ICE agents were seen at the stadium, prompting a small anti-ICE protest to respond to the incident. Some speculated that the team was cooperating with federal authorities on aiding with deportations.KABC-TV captured video of dozens of masked federal agents at the staging area just outside of Gate E at the stadium. The team responded on social media very soon after."This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots," read the statement. "They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled."They also posted the statement in Spanish."Forty percent of the Dodgers fans are Latino, but the team has been silent as protests against ICE have raged in their city. Now, some folks are talking boycott," reported Sam Stein of MSNBC."The Dodgers, where a young Chicano like myself saw themselves, birthed one of the most, if not the most, dedicated fan base," wrote CNN journalist Nick Valencia. "This is an organization inextricably linked with the community, so people are wondering, why are they now tone-deaf and falling short?”RELATED: California city terminates agreement with ICE as Los Angeles rioting continues into 4th day In 2023, the Los Angeles team faced significant pressure from the other side when they decided to honor the anti-Christian LGBTQ group named "the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence" with a community service award during a game. Hundreds of protesters forced the team to cancel the event, but counterpressure from the left led to the team apologizing and reinviting the group.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 said Thursday that he would make the decision whether to attack Iran in the next two weeks as negotiations continue over the nation's nuclear enrichment program. The announcement came as Israel was engaged in a military campaign to strike at the nation's nuclear facilities. 'There's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future.'Trump has repeatedly pronounced his goal to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, and he excoriated former President Joe Biden's efforts to pay billions to Iran in the endeavor. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt read a statement from the president at Thursday's media briefing. "Regarding the ongoing situation in Iran, I know there has been a lot of speculation amongst all of you in the media regarding the president's decision-making and whether or not the United States will be directly involved," Leavitt said. "In light of that news, I have a message directly from the president," she added, reading the message. "Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks," read the message from the president. RELATED: Whoopi Goldberg says blacks are oppressed in the US just as much as Iranians under totalitarian regime in 'The View' debate Photo by Idrees Abbas/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The announcement might have been intended to quell fears after a Wall Street Journal report said Wednesday that the president had approved an attack on Iran but that he was waiting for the final order to allow for negotiations. “I have ideas on what to do, but I haven't made a final — I like to make the final decision one second before it’s due,” said Trump to reporters Wednesday. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been making overt threats against the U.S. and warning that Americans would regret the decision to enter into a war with Iran. "The US entering in this matter [war] is 100% to its own detriment. The damage it will suffer will be far greater than any harm that Iran may encounter," wrote Khamenei on social media Wednesday. "It was already suspected that the US was involved in the malicious move carried out by the Zionist regime, but considering their recent remarks, this suspicion is growing stronger day by day," he continued in a second post. Israel's war on Iran has entered into its seventh day. Operation Rising Lion has led Iran to issue retaliatory missile strikes on Israel.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

PORTLAND, Ore. — The City of Roses is no stranger to seeing large portions of its local population rioting in the streets for any reason, big or small. In the aftermath of the anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement riots in Los Angeles, Antifa militants in the Pacific Northwest have mobilized to show solidarity.Keeping true to tradition, the participants in these events are not simply content with giving speeches and marching around before calling it a day. The crowds are encouraged, in person and on social media, to take part in "direct action" to take the fight to the second Trump administration. In Portland, that "direct action" has resulted in besieging the ICE facility located on the south side by the Willamette River.After holding the driveway for a few hours, the Antifa crowd was easily repelled within a few minutes.The ICE facility has been targeted many times before this recent round of unrest. The building and the officers defending it were targeted during the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots, in addition to the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse and various Portland Police Bureau precincts.The entire public entrance for the ICE location is now boarded up to prevent further damage. Graffiti calling for the death of federal agents and President Donald Trump covers the walls.On Thursday, Antifa activists gathered at Elizabeth Caruthers Park before marching a few blocks to their target. The crowd gathered on the driveway, blocking federal vehicles from entering or leaving. The Federal Protective Service announced multiple times that if the crowd did not move, they would be subject to arrest and crowd control munitions. The rioters booed and jeered at each announcement.Portland police officers on bicycles and squad cars passed by the scene a few times but did not intervene.RELATED: Antifa mobilizes in the Pacific Northwest to attack DHS locations and agents Julio Rosas/Blaze Media When someone threw a large firework into the perimeter, federal agents moved outside to clear the crowd from the driveway. While some of the Antifa agitators fought back, most scattered in the face of tear gas, flash-bangs, and pepper-balls being shot at them.After holding the driveway for a few hours, the Antifa crowd was easily repelled within a few minutes.RELATED: Kids 'cosplaying as ICE agents' and performing raids on 'illegals' in Roblox game — (@) — (@) The Department of Homeland Security stated on Thursday that at least five Antifa rioters "were arrested on various charges including assault on federal law enforcement. ... Secretary Noem’s message to the rioters is clear: you will not stop us or slow us down. ICE and our federal law enforcement partners will continue to enforce the law. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."While the initial wave of riots has died down in Los Angeles, the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration has finally given the far left an excuse to create chaos in some of the nation's most progressive cities.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Jason Whitlock was thrilled with the Indiana Fever’s offseason acquisitions. The team, which already boasts basketball goddess Caitlin Clark, signed veterans Natasha Howard and DeWanna Bonner as well as WNBA draft Makayla Timpson, among others.However, the player Jason was most excited about was Sophie Cunningham, the sharpshooting guard traded from Phoenix Mercury.“When they signed Sophie Cunningham, I was like, ‘Oh that's a championship move,”’ he says. Although Sophie’s short stint with the Fever has been injury-ridden, she’s nonetheless proved a solid defender, adding grit and clutch shooting to complement Caitlin Clark’s playmaking.During the Fever’s June 17 matchup against the Connecticut Sun, however, Cunningham was ejected in the final minute when she committed a flagrant-2 foul on Jacy Sheldon, pulling her to the ground during a fast break, which was seen as retaliation for Sheldon’s earlier flagrant-1 foul on Caitlin Clark.While critics condemned the foul as reckless and evidence of lack of discipline, fans reveled in the scuffle, arguing that the retaliation was protective loyalty to Caitlin Clark. Jason falls in the latter category.“She's exactly — exactly — what the Indiana Fever needed; she's what Caitlin Clark needed. She is the energy button; she is the toughness; she is the enforcer that the Indiana Fever desperately needed,” he says. “I feel more confident today than at any point that the Indiana Fever have a real chance at winning the championship.” Cunningham tackling Sheldon with 46 seconds left in the game when the Fever were up by several points was perceived as unnecessary retaliation by many, but Jason says the move was meant to “put everybody in the WNBA on notice: We’re not remotely scared."“She snatched Jacy Sheldon by the back of her hair to let the entire league know we're not punks here,” he says. “They needed an enforcer on this team,” and Sophie — “the most fearless girl in the WNBA” — is the perfect person to do it.Even if the foul was unnecessary, it was nonetheless “a championship moment” because it was “a tone-setting moment,” he says, arguing that going forward, Caitlin Clark will know someone “has [her] back.”“This will be a rallying cry and a confidence boost to the Indiana Fever,” Jason predicts. However, it will also likely “put a bit of a bullseye on the Indiana Fever's back.”He speculates that Dallas Wings’ DiJonai Carrington and Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese will be looking to “get spicy” the next time they face off against the Fever. While Cunningham’s play set the right aggressive tone for the remainder of the season, it also set the team up to “get tested.”To hear more of Whitlock’s commentary and see the footage of Cunningham’s tone-setting foul, watch the video above.Want more from Jason Whitlock?To enjoy more fearless conversations at the crossroads of culture, faith, sports, and comedy with Jason Whitlock, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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