California Gov. Gavin Newsom indicated Israel is an “apartheid state” and said the United States needs to reconsider its relationship with the Middle East nation. During an interview promoting his new book in Los Angeles, Newsom responded to a question by “Pod Save America” host Jon Favreau about whether the U.S. should reconsider its military support of Israel. “Israel, it breaks my heart, because the current leadership in Israel is walking us down that path where I don’t think you have a choice but that consideration,” Newsom said. Newsom has gone full Mamdani.He says the United States is being pushed by Israel into a position where it may “have to reconsider its military support,” and he’s now echoing the claim that Israel is an apartheid state.The Democratic Party is dead. pic.twitter.com/cebrsn1eU6— raz sauber – ?? ????? (@raz_sauber_) March 4, 2026 The U.S. launched a joint operation with Israel against Iran on Saturday, killing Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. About 100 hours into the operation, U.S. Central Command announced nearly 2,000 targets had already been struck in Iran. The California governor, who is expected to be a Democratic candidate for president in 2028, was critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his interview, claiming “he’s trying to stay out of jail. He’s got an election coming up. He’s potentially on the ropes.” Mentioning a “hardline” portion of Netanyahu’s coalition that wants to annex the West Bank, Newsom claimed that columnist Thomas Friedman “and others” are “talking about [Israel] appropriately, sort of an apartheid state.” Netanyahu faces an ongoing trial over corruption charges. Newsom also questioned the claim that the attack on Iran is “in America’s interests when affordability is at crisis levels, and where you had an administration [that] literally got elected saying this is exactly the opposite of what they would ever consider doing.” The Trump administration announced that the president would hold a number of events and rallies in 2026 focused on the issue of affordability ahead of the midterm elections, but U.S. actions in Venezuela and now Iran have kept much of the news out of Washington centered on foreign policy. Seated in the Oval Office Tuesday, President Donald Trump explained his reasoning for the preemptive attack on Iran, arguing that based on how “the negotiation was going, I think they were going to attack first, and I didn’t want that to happen.” Trump repeatedly said Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and claimed Iran was actively working to rebuild its nuclear program following Operation Midnight Hammer in June, during which the U.S. struck Iran’s three key nuclear sites. Following the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and its proxies have launched strikes on Israel, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. Six U.S. service members have been killed since the operation began. The post California’s Newsom Indicates Israel Is ‘Apartheid State’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL — Two Indiana Republicans introduced an effort to force states to reform the commercial driving licensing process and bar commercial driver licenses, or CDLs for short, from falling into the hands of illegal immigrants. Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., introduced her version of “Dalilah’s Law” in the House on Wednesday. The legislation is named in honor of five-year-old Dalilah Coleman, who was nearly killed after being struck by an 18-wheeler after the illegal immigrant driver ran a stop sign. Houchin’s legislation pairs with a Senate bill introduced by Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., last week. Banks wrote in a press release that “Americans are paying the price” because illegal drivers are “being handed commercial driver’s licenses like candy.” The Daily Signal reported on Tuesday that Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., introduced similar legislation under the same name. Barr did not respond to the Daily Signal’s request for comment. “Families should never fear who is behind the wheel of an 80,000-pound truck on our highways,” Houchin told The Daily Signal. “The Dalilah Law ensures commercial driver’s licenses are limited to individuals who are lawfully present in the United States and able to meet the safety standards required to operate these massive vehicles.” Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., who is cosponsoring the legislation, told The Daily Signal that Dalilah’s tragedy “could have been prevented if California did not grant commercial driver’s licenses to those in our country illegally.” “Politics should never be put ahead of public safety,” Fong added. Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., echoed his colleagues’ remarks and told The Daily Signal that “he is proud to support this bill to strengthen highway safety, restore accountability, and honor Dalilah and her family by working to prevent tragedies like this from happening again.” Coleman was recognized by President Donald Trump during his State of the Union address on Feb. 24, and the president called on Congress to ban illegal immigrants from commercial truck driving. “Many, if not most, illegal aliens do not speak English and cannot read even the most basic road signs as to direction, speed, danger, or location,” the president said. “That’s why tonight, I’m calling on Congress to pass what we will call the Dalilah Law, barring any state from granting commercial driver’s licenses to illegal aliens.” The National Conference of State Legislatures noted that approximately 1 million CDL’s have been administered to illegal immigrants since 2013. The bill text says that the law would prohibit the “issuance of CDL’s to individuals who are not citizens, lawful permanent residents, or holders of certain work visas.” The bill also mandates each state’s Secretary of State to “disqualify for life” any individual who is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States from operating a commercial vehicle. If enacted, the bill will reform the CDL licensing process by ensuring that those who pass the certification are “proficient in the English language.” Gordon McGill, a 28-year veteran of the trucking industry, recently told The Daily Signal that instead of issuing commercial driver’s licenses with qualified and well-trained American drivers, states have outsourced CDL’s to “unqualified illegals” who settled for a decreased wage. “They’re just letting everybody get CDLs, mainly immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers,” Magill stated. The post EXCLUSIVE: Congress Eyes New ‘Dalilah’s Law’ Proposal to Ban Illegal Immigrants From Trucking appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The arrest of Nicolas Maduro this year is far from the first time the United States has felt compelled by national security reasons to deploy troops to the Caribbean.  One of our earliest actions in the Caribbean, and the first amphibious assault conducted by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, occurred in Nassau, the largest city and now capital of the Bahamas, 250 years ago on March 3 and 4, 1776.   Preparations for the amphibious landing began in Philadelphia, where Commodore Esek Hopkins, the first commander in chief of the Continental Navy, set about recruiting Marines at the city’s Tun Tavern. Hopkins had been tasked by the Continental Congress with combating the British Royal Navy presence in the Chesapeake Bay with his force that would grow to six ships and around 200 Marines.   Hopkins, observing an increased British fleet presence in the Chesapeake and the acute need of the fledgling American forces for military supplies, decided to sail first for the Bahamas, seeking to acquire the valuable arms, munitions, and other military supplies stored in the British bases on the islands.  Along with Hopkins was Lt. John Paul Jones, who would later distinguish himself in the War of Independence as one of the U.S. Navy’s greatest commanders.   Sailing south from the Delaware Inlet on February 17 and arriving off the coast of New Providence Island on March 2, Hopkins made the decision to attack Fort Nassau and Fort Montagu, the fortress guarding New Providence island’s primary harbor. British forces were led by General William Howe and consisted of around 110 militia.     The American force initially landed on the eastern side of the island of New Providence under the command of Marine Capt. Samuel Nicholas. Upon landing, Fort Montagu surrendered within the day, with most of its garrison choosing to return home rather than resist the American force. The Governor of New Providence withdrew most of the fort’s cannons and force to Fort Nassau.  Overnight, the British forces began evacuating Fort Nassau, taking most of their gunpowder barrels on a small fleet to St. Augustine, Florida.   The next morning, Fort Nassau and the leadership of New Providence surrendered to the American forces. The Americans occupied the town of Nassau and the rest of New Providence for two weeks, capturing the remaining gunpowder and whatever military supplies their ships could carry.   Hopkins’ mission to the Bahamas was successful and initially celebrated by Americans, but Hopkins was relieved of command following complaints from some of the captains involved in the mission.   What Esek Hopkins and Samuel Nicholas achieved, however, was historic. They captured a British overseas territory through an amphibious landing, the first of its kind in U.S. military history and a landmark early achievement of the Continental Navy and Marine Corps.  The arms and munitions they brought back, especially the 103 pieces of artillery taken from the two captured forts, were the biggest such capture of the war to date and would prove instrumental to fortifying New England against the British.   Nicholas, the first commissioned officer in the Marine Corps, was promoted to major after the battle, and he is considered by tradition to have been the first Commandant of the Marine Corps.   As we celebrate and reflect on the 250th anniversary of our independence, we should remember the efforts of our country’s Founders and the earliest American service members to secure American liberty.  The Battle of Nassau 250 years ago was but the first of the many successes of our Navy and Marine forces in amphibious operations.  The post Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the First American Amphibious Raid: The Raid of Nassau appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Democrats “issue fake sympathy” to the families who lost loved ones to crimes by illegal immigrants, Rep. Brad Knott claimed during a House Judiciary Committee hearing. “I’m going to apologize for my colleagues. They issue crocodile tears,” the North Carolina Republican told a group of Angel families sitting behind Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, as the secretary testified before the committee on Wednesday.“They issue fake sympathy, and then they continue to defend the open border policies that enable preventable crimes that brought you here today.” Knott told the families he is “ashamed” that Democrats “are still continuing to defend illegal immigration and act like it is not a mortal wound to this country.” Rep. Knott, R-N.C., called out Democrats for shedding "crocodile tears” while still supporting open border policies during @JudiciaryGOP hearing today pic.twitter.com/op0uE4AOry— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) March 4, 2026 During the hearing, titled “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security,” multiple Democrat lawmakers expressed their sympathies to the families seated behind Noem. Seven-year-old Dalilah Coleman and her father were among the attendees. Dalilah suffered critical injuries in 2024 after an illegal alien driving an 18-wheeler caused a multi-car collision, according to DHS. “For the folks that are here and your families, I’m sorry, it’s terrible what happened to your children or your family members, but … U.S. citizens are more likely to be attacked by United States citizens who are not undocumented, who came here and are born here, they’re more likely to commit these crimes,” Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., said after citing data showing U.S. citizens commit more crimes than illegal aliens. “So why do you continue to talk about the ‘worst and the worst’ when all the statistics show we’re not stopping the worst of the worst,” Cohen asked Noem, referring to the DHS effort to prioritize the arrest and removal of criminal illegal aliens and illegal immigrants who pose a security risk to the United States. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., also expressed his sympathies to the Angel families. “I see your pain,” he said. “I see your loss. I see those who are still with us, but have been hurt and changed, and I’m sorry that this has happened to you, and I see you. I know my colleagues see you. Our country sees you, and I thank you for being here today.” Swalwell then went on to ask Noem if she had heard the story of Miguel Lopez, a man who crossed the border illegally in the 1990s and had been living in California for decades. Despite getting married and then having three children in the U.S., all of whom are U.S. citizens, Lopez was arrested and deported to Mexico last year, CBS News reported. “Do you see the pain of families like Miguel Lopez, someone who did not commit a violent crime, but has been separated from his family,” Swalwell asked Noem. “I wish people would do things correctly. If they’re not in legal status in this country, they can return home. We will pay for them to return home,” Noem responded. Following a brief recess during the lengthy hearing, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, told Noem he spoke with one of the Angel families during the break. In Roy’s account of the conversation, the guests “said something to the effect of: ‘it is a gut punch to listen to our colleagues on the other side of the aisle characterize this situation the way they are, and that they are not remotely understanding the impact on American citizens who lost loved ones directly due to the specific policy choices of the previous administration.’” About 10 million illegal aliens entered the country illegally during the four years of the Biden administration, according to Customs and Border Protection data. Thousands of criminal illegal aliens have been arrested and deported since the start of the Trump administration, according to DHS. Noem faced extensive questions on Wednesday regarding her leadership of DHS, efforts to deport criminal illegal aliens, and even her personal life. “Have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski,” Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., asked Noem, whose husband was in the audience. Noem’s relationship with longtime Trump strategist and DHS special employee Corey Lewandowski has been scrutinized following rumors of a romantic relationship between the two reported in outlets such as the Wall Street Journal.  “Chairman, I am shocked that we’re going down and peddling tabloid garbage in this committee today,” Noem responded, addressing House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. “You should be able to answer that question clearly,” Kamlager-Dove pressed as Noem talked about the critical work of DHS to “protect” Americans. The agency remains partially shut down while Congress continues to debate its funding. Senate Democrats have demanded changes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement policies as a condition of funding. “Americans will get accountability for the damage that you have done,” Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., told Noem. When Trump is no longer president, Balint told Noem, “we will still be here and we will still be seeking accountability.” Moments later, Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C., accused Democrats of talking about “accountability” while “they’re not funding your department, right, in an active conflict on an international stage.” National security experts have expressed concern over the possibility of Iranian terrorist sleeper cells carrying out attacks on the U.S. homeland following the launch of Operation Epic Fury. The homeland security agency was created after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Noem pledged to “closely monitor and thwart any potential threats to the homeland” following the U.S. attack on Iran. The post Democrats Take Heat Over ‘Fake Sympathy’ for Angel Families in Noem Hearing   appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Late in what was otherwise a surprisingly respectful White House press briefing on Wednesday afternoon, former conservative reporter-turned-CNN liberal Kaitlan Collins disgustingly claimed to Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s comments hours earlier about the press fixating negative stories about the Iran mean the administration doesn’t want the media to cover the upcoming dignified transfer for six American heroes lost thus far in the war. Collins — with her inability to show little emotion besides robotic annoyance — huffed: “You just mentioned the President is going to attend the dignified transfer for these families. Given what Secretary Hegseth said this morning, is it the position of this administration that the press should not prominently cover the deaths of U.S. service members?” Shocked as anyone would be, Leavitt made the obvious distinction between honoring the fallen and the reality that the administration believes “the press in this room and the press across the country should accurately report on the success of Operation Epic Fury and the damage it is doing to the rogue Iranian regime that has threatened the lives of every single American in this room.” WATCH: @PressSec @KarolineLeavitt absolutely destroys a disgusting series of gotcha questions from former conservative reporter-turned-CNN liberal, @KaitlanCollins... Collins: “You just mentioned the President is going to attend the dignified transfer for these families. Given… pic.twitter.com/QJjFwITZhg — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 4, 2026 Collins continued to be purposefully dense: “But Secretary Hegseth was complaining that it was front page news about these six service members who were killed.” Leavitt stated another obvious point that this was “not what the secretary said” or “meant and you know it.” “You know, you’re being disingenuous,” she added and tried to continue with the claim America’s “never had a secretary of defense who cares more” about the soldiers than Hegseth, but Collins wouldn’t let her finish and read the quote aloud. “He said, ‘when a few drones get through or tragic things happen, it’s front page news. I get it. The press only wants to make the President look bad.’ As you know, we cover the deaths of U.S. service members under every president,” Collins groused. Leavitt then dropped the hammer on the CNN tool by telling her “[t]he press does only want to make the President look bad” and “especially you and especially CNN” (click “expand”): LEAVITT: The press does only want to make the President look bad. That’s a — that’s a fact — especially you. No, listen to me, especially you and especially CNN and the secretary of defense cares deeply about our warfighters and our men and women in uniform. He travels all across this country to meet with them, to connect with them, and your network has hardly ever probably reported on that. You also had the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Chairman Caine, who’s a brave patriot standing alongside the secretary at the Pentagon this morning, again expressing his condolences to these families. And I just told you that the President of the United States will be attending their dignified transfer. COLLINS: But we’re going to cover that dignified transfer. LEAVITT: So please, so please — COLLINS: That’s not making the President look bad. That’s showcasing that. LEAVITT: — so — and we — we expect you to cover that as you should. COLLINS: And we did it in his first term and under Biden. LEAVITT: We expect you to cover that as you should, Kaitlan. But you and your network know that you take every single thing this administration says and tries to use it to make the President look bad. That is an objective fact. COLLINS: I don’t think covering troop deaths is trying to make the President look bad. LEAVITT: If you’re trying to — if you’re trying to argue right now that CNN’s overwhelming coverage is not negative of President Donald Trump, I think the American people would tend to agree — COLLINS: I don’t think covering troop deaths is [inaudible]. LEAVITT: — and your ratings would tend to disagree with that as well[.] In reality, Hegseth was making an allusion to the doom porn the press have been trigger happy to deploy in the early days of the war (such as here from Tuesday night on ABC). A few minutes prior to Collins, The Independent’s Andrew Feinberg took issue with Leavitt becoming the latest member of the administration to walk through the last 47 years of bloody U.S.-Iranian relations as mere “grievances” and not provide, in his mind, a single “imminent threat” Iran posed to the United States for justifying the war. Leavitt ripped this line of attack, saying “I completely reject the premise of your question” (click “expand”): .@Independent’s @AndrewFeinberg: “At the top of the briefing, you listed a long list of grievances against the Iranian government, going back to the takeover of the embassy in 79, barracks bombing in the 80s, etc. But no one from the administration has laid out the imminent… pic.twitter.com/WElM6CzBK6 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 4, 2026 I completely reject the premise of your question. You have had the President of the United States, the Secretary of War, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of State. And now, I am out here today to explain to you exactly what led the President to make the decision to launch Operation Epic Fury, and President Trump does not make these decisions in a vacuum. This decision to launch this operation was based on a cumulative effect of various direct threats that Iran posed to the United States of America, and the President's feeling, based on fact, that Iran does pose an imminent and direct threat to the United States of America, based on the fact that they are the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, based on the fact that they were rapidly and aggressively building up their ballistic missile program to give themselves immunity within their country alongside their navy, so that inside their country they could continue to create nuclear weapons and nuclear bombs, which would, of course, pose a risk to Americans in the region. And even Americans one day here at home. And then another point on this is the president found that through these extensive, exhaustive failed negotiations with Iran, that they were hell bent on death and destruction. So, again, the President was not going to be just another president on a very long list who sat back and stood by and passed the buck of this direct threat to the next administration. The President had a feeling, again, based on fact, that Iran was going to strike. The United States, was going to strike our assets in the region, and he made a determination to launch Operation Epic Fury based on all of those reasons, and I would like the media to actually report on all of them, rather than just picking soundbites from one person in this administration and saying, oh, they're contradicting the other person. No. Again, these decisions are not made in a vacuum. They are made by the President's feeling that Iran was going to strike the United States and our assets in the region, and he was not going to sit back and watch that happen. The determination was made that the president was going to strike first alongside Israel and that has obviously been proven to be the right decision and an effective one at that. Rewinding to the beginning, the “new media seat” recipient was TBN’s Erick Stakelbeck and then NBC’s Garrett Haake leveled a challenging but substantive question (i.e. the kind Collins and the CNN trolls should try more often: NBC’s @GarrettHaake: “Axios, I think, was the first to report this morning, this phone call between the President and Prime Minister Netanyahu saying that Netanyahu had given us this information about where the ayatollah would be and that he'd be with these deputies on Saturday.… pic.twitter.com/5uctCPtXrZ — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 4, 2026 Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich came up after a Haake follow-up and she focused on the Americans stranded in the Middle East and the impact the war has on gas prices: JACQUI TIME: “Obviously, seeing the update from the State Department on the 17,500 Americans that have already come back, including some 8,000 just yesterday, there are still 6,000 that are looking to get out, as I understand it. And just in the context of what you just told… pic.twitter.com/Xz6bgS6OYA — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 4, 2026 Fox’s @JacquiHeinrich: “And then one follow up just on how people might be experiencing this at home with respect to the economy and the cost of oil spiking, is there a need to start those Navy escorts in the Strait of Hormuz now to sort of blunt the impact to people, and also… pic.twitter.com/SwfOWOGqlt — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 4, 2026 CBS’s Nancy Cordes tried to trap Leavitt on this liberal narrative that Trump has unnecessarily stranded Americans a la Joe Biden in Afghanistan. Of course, Leavitt repeatedly explained there had been repeated warnings (along with what she told Heinrich in the second video above): CBS’s @NancyCordes: “The President said yesterday there wasn't time to make evacuation plans because this all happened so quickly, given how critical the President has been of the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan by the last administration five years ago, why wasn't there more… pic.twitter.com/NIgjxEJBkE — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 4, 2026 CBS’s @NancyCordes: “But Americans who called the State Department hotline as recently as last night were being told, we can't help you. You have to make your own plans.”@PressSec @KarolineLeavitt: “Well, the line was updated, and I expect every single person in this room to… pic.twitter.com/ntOnqS10Zp — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 4, 2026 CBS’s @NancyCordes: “Do you have any details on how many charter flights have been able to get out of the region so far with Americans on board?@PressSec @KarolineLeavitt: “I don't have an exact count for you, but I know that we're working on chartering many flights as soon as… pic.twitter.com/4Mnz0QWwyA — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 4, 2026 Skipping ahead, New York Times reporter Shawn McCreesh asked whether “the United States airstrike a girls elementary school in kill 175 people”: .@NYTimes’s @ShawnMcCreesh: “Did the United States airstrike a girls elementary school in kill 175 people?”@PressSec @KarolineLeavitt: “Not that we know of, Sean. And the Department of War is investigating this matter. And I would just tell you very strongly, the United States… pic.twitter.com/UVkU6u5kOW — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 4, 2026 On an important, non-Iran-related topic, our friend Reagan Reese of the Daily Caller brought up the SAVE Act: .@DailyCaller’s @ReaganReese_: “Prior to the Iran conflict, the SAVE Act was really the focus of the news cycle. Is the SAVE Act still a priority for the administration?”@PressSec @KarolineLeavitt: “Absolutely.” Reese: “Will you just provide an update on the administration's… pic.twitter.com/tzEbsODfeF — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 4, 2026 Remarkably, there was only one question about the U.S. military operations Tuesday in Ecuador and it came in the last question of the entire briefing from Washington Examiner’s Christian Datoc: .@DCExaminer’s @TocRadio: “First, what can you tell us about the military operation in Ecuador? And then secondly, is the President considering invoking the Defense Production Act to boost munitions stockpiles while we are in this conflict?”@PressSec @KarolineLeavitt: “It’s not… pic.twitter.com/JChS37Kotg — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 4, 2026 To see the relevant transcript from the March 4 briefing (including even more questions), click here.

With former co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck filling in for co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin as she’s out on maternity leave, ABC’s The View finally had something they’d been missing since Meghan McCain left: an actual conservative that was willing and able to call the cast out on their hypocrisies. And on Wednesday’s episode, Hasselbeck had them in a tizzy when she called out their hypocrisy on border security when the studio has security and their aversion to masks on ICE when they wanted everyone masked during COVID. Early in the episode, the show was looking to take swipes and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem following her congressional hearing the previous day. Hasselbeck drew outrage from the permanent cast when she called out their hypocrisy for supporting loose borders and immigration practices, despite the fact the studio they were broadcasting from had security and the audience was verified: We need a strong border especially now with our current global situation. And I believe that you may say you don't want border control and you're against ICE, but I actually don't believe you in your daily lives. How many people in the audience here had to go through security, and to get right here. Raise your hand, just be honest. [Cuts to shot of the audience. Some raise their hand, most don’t] Otherwise, you go to jail, I guess for illegal trespassing. Right? This is an authorized audience. They had to go through security to get through the border to get right here to just hear us talk. We need strong borders more than ever right now. We are being infiltrated -   Elisabeth Hasselbeck calls out The View's hypocrisy on wanting open borders by pointing out their audience had to do through security and would be trespassing otherwise. pic.twitter.com/0HIPX0rc77 — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 4, 2026   “But we’re not on the border when Renee Good and Alex Pretti were murdered and death is not a mistake!” co-host Sunny Hostin started shrieking; possibly opening up ABC and Disney to liability by accusing two ICE agents of a crime they were not adjudicated as committing. To counter Hostin’s shouting, Hasselbeck noted that “I hate the fact that people are dying in this” and her “heart actually bleeds for this.” She also said her heart “also bleeds for Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray, Rachel Moran, Matthew Dennis, Sarah Ruett, Ivory Smith, all killed at the hands of illegal immigration.” Names often ignored and over looked by The View. The next hypocrisy Hasselbeck called out took aim at how they were demanding ICE agents not wear masks (to keep leftist extremists from Doxxing them and threating their families), when The View and the Democrats wanted everyone masked during COVID: GOLDBERG: If somebody come at me with a mask on running and to talk about ‘hey, and didn't show me cop.’ Um-hm. HASSELBECK: This is the party of masks. You guys forced masks on everybody in the United States -- GOLDBERG: I didn't do anything. HASSELBECK: I don't want to hear that you can't see my face. “I think a public health crisis is a little bit different,” chided Hostin, who also ridiculously claimed illegals paid more taxes than Americans. “That was a lie,” Hasselbeck shot back.   Whoopi whines about masked ICE agents and Hasselbeck calls out how the show and the Dems wanted everyone masked during COVID (the cast and the audience did not like that truth bomb): GOLDBERG: If somebody come at me with a mask on running and to talk about hey, and didn't show… pic.twitter.com/g6jKWyCd3N — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 4, 2026   Hasselbeck also annoyed moderator Whoopi Goldberg by calling out how Presidents Obama and Biden had failed to fix illegal immigration. Goldberg flat out refused to discuss their role in perpetuating decades of problems: HASSELBECK: Yes, the how matters. Yes, and it was done without a how during the Biden administration and Obama. GOLDBERG: Here's the thing. Let's take Obama and Biden out of here because this is -- [makes dramatic movements to mime pushing them out of the way] [Applause] - let's move them. Goldberg also didn’t want to hear the facts of how Biden’s border policies failed, shouting over Hasselbeck: GOLDBERG: Because, you know, Joe Biden, I remember during the - the speech to the nation said I -- we have a good border plan that is bipartisan. HASSELBECK: It failed. GOLDBERG: No! It didn't fail! The Republicans were told by you-know-who, don't do this, block this.   After the commercial break, Whoopi suddenly wants secure borders: "Welcome back. So, I was just -- I was going to say that one of the things that I think everybody in the nation wants is they want tight borders. They want people who are not good for the country out of the… pic.twitter.com/JvkfB0JwzJ — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 4, 2026   Yes, Whoopi That’s how it failed to get passed. While Hasselbeck would only be back with The View for a short time, she was leaving many yarning for a permanent, real conservative woman to put the liberal ladies in their place. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View March 4, 2026 11:05:49 a.m. Eastern (…) ELISABETH HASSELBECK: Yes, there are mistakes made. But I think if Kristi Noem were up for promotion right now and she put forward the statistics that zero illegals released into the U.S. for 10 months straight have not crossed. Okay? That nearly 3 million aliens have left the United States. That we have the lowest murder rate in 125 years. That fentanyl trafficking is down 56 percent -- JOY BEHAR: Wait a second. HASSELBECK: - at the border. And daily counters have gone down 96 percent. Hang on one second. We need a strong border especially now with our current global situation. And I believe that you may say you don't want border control and you're against ICE, but I actually don't believe you in your daily lives. How many people in the audience here had to go through security, and to get right here. Raise your hand, just be honest. [Cuts to shot of the audience. Some raise their hand, most don’t] Otherwise, you go to jail, I guess for illegal trespassing. Right? This is an authorized audience. They had to go through security to get through the border to get right here to just hear us talk. We need strong borders more than ever right now. We are being infiltrated - [Crosstalk] Behar: But Elisabeth, can I give you a stat- SUNNY HOSTIN: But we’re not on the border when Renee Good and Alex Pretti were murdered and death is not a mistake! (…) 11:09:06 a.m. Eastern HASSELBECK: I hate the fact that people are dying in this. My heart actually bleeds for this. It also bleeds for Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray, Rachel Moran, Matthew Dennis, Sarah Ruett, Ivory Smith, all killed at the hands of illegal immigration. This needs a fix. But it needs a fix now. But let me tell you - HAINES: The how matters. HASSELBECK: Yes, the how matters. Yes, and it was done without a how during the Biden administration and Obama. BEHAR: But she's made it worse. She's made it worse you have to admit that. GOLDBERG: Here's the thing. Let's take Obama and Biden out of here because this is -- [Applause] - let's move them. Because, you know, Joe Biden, I remember during the - the speech to the nation said I -- we have a good border plan that is bipartisan. HASSELBECK: It failed. GOLDBERG: No! It didn't fail! The Republicans were told by you-know-who, don't do this, block this. (…) 11:16:18 a.m. Eastern GOLDBERG: I guess my point is -- I guess my point is there have been efforts made by both sides to figure out how to do this. This is not the way to -- to round people up the way that they do. And you're right. If somebody come at me with a mask on running and to talk about ‘hey, and didn't show me cop.’ Um-hm. HASSELBECK: This is the party of masks. You guys forced masks on everybody in the United States -- GOLDBERG: I didn't do anything. HASSELBECK: I don't want to hear that you can't see my face. I just can't. I can't. I love you, but I can't. I love you, but I can't. GOLDBERG: I now that you can't. HOSTIN: I think a public health crisis is a little bit different. HASSELBECK: That was a lie. GOLDBERG: I was going to say that's a whole different thing. (…)

Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow presented U.S. senators with a disturbing map, revealing 338,000 U.S. IP addresses allegedly distributing child sexual abuse material.Tebow testified on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, which held a hearing about confronting child trafficking.'This is a fight of good vs. evil, and we are losing.'Tebow, the chairman and founder of the Tim Tebow Foundation, explained to lawmakers that he attended a meeting in Lyons, France, in 2023 alongside experts in victim identification, and they determined that there were more than 57,000 abused and unidentified children who appeared in multiple images.Just two years later, that number has grown to over 89,000, Tebow stated, citing INTERPOL's database. Tebow's map was blanketed with a sea of red pins, each marking the location of an alleged offender. Also indicated on the map were blue pins, showing the locations of open law enforcement investigations; however, those markings were few and far between."There's a red dot map right over there over my right shoulder," he told lawmakers. "That's just a six-month screenshot of the U.S., and every red dot that is on there is someone that is downloading, sharing, or distributing child rape images, almost all under the age of 12."RELATED: Government-paid traffickers? Noem testifies Biden administration funded abuse of migrant kids Tim Tebow. Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty ImagesHe described the map as showing over 338,000 red pins, adding that an estimated 55% to 85% of those are also alleged "hands-on offenders."While pointing to the map, Tebow stated, "If you could also look, there's blue dots on there. You can't really see them, but the blue ones are the ones that are under investigation."Tebow's written testimony noted that the map was based on Justice Department and Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program data. "We have to do a whole lot more, and we have to do it faster because every day we wait, they're suffering. They're crying. And I believe right now many of them are praying that we would respond," Tebow told lawmakers. "The question is, will we actually accept the responsibility of caring for these boys and girls and truly protecting them, or are we just going to continue to talk about it?"During the hearing, Tebow noted that it is nearly impossible to estimate how many children are being abused and have yet to be identified."That's just one database," he said. "So, one of the things that we would ask and plead this committee to work on is an international treaty of getting all of the different databases to work together to deconflict so we actually get a ground truth on what the number is."He stated that Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI, Canada, Australia, and INTERPOL each maintain separate databases.RELATED: After years infiltrating child exploitation rings, expert reveals an even DARKER American underworld Josh Hawley. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesSubcommittee Chairman Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) shared data from INTERPOL, which estimated that of the images of unidentified and exploited children, 60% were victims under 12, and 4.3% were infants. Tebow advocated the passage of the bipartisan Renewed Hope Act of 2026, highlighting that it would allow the Secretary of Homeland Security to hire 200 more victim identification specialists and child exploitation investigators. He pointed out that currently, there are only 10 such specialists."Law enforcement needs more resources, more support ... a bigger rescue team," Tebow wrote in a post on social media. "This is a fight of good vs. evil, and we are losing."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Former Republican strategist Bill Kristol tried to mock the rationale for the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and was ridiculed by critics pointing out his past contradictory statements.Kristol weighed in on a statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio explaining to a reporter that the "intent" of the strike was separate from the "timing" of the attack.'Have some self awareness and sit down.'"Incoherent walk back by Rubio, after he said yesterday the threat was imminent so no time to go to Congress," responded Kristol. "But to the degree Rubio is now saying, no, the president all along intended a major assault on Iran, there's no excuse for not having gone to Congress for authorization."But only two months prior, Kristol was calling for the administration to help "overthrow" the regime in Iran."The Trump administrations should be helping the brave people of Iran overthrow a cruel and terror-sponsoring dictatorship, rather than threatening our democracy ally Denmark," he posted. "But that would require having an administration that supports American interests and principles."And in June 2025, Kristol referred to Iran as "our enemy" when criticizing the president's statement, saying he was not "happy" with Israel."I assume all pro-Israel Trump idolators, supporters, and rationalizers will rush to denounce this horrifying moral equivalence an American president has drawn between our friend Israel and our enemy Iran," he wrote.Many demolished Kristol for the seeming contradiction."You just keep digging further and further making you the butt of so many jokes. We’re enjoying it though!! So keep it up!!" responded one account."Bill, you are rightfully getting crushed on X today. Have some self awareness and sit down," said one account."If you told me 30 years ago that Bill Kristol would be coming to the Iranian Mullahs' defense I'd have told you that you were crazy," read another response.RELATED: US 'suicide drones' deployed against Iran are based on Iranian tech from drones in Ukraine "Why don't you just sit this out Bill," said another. "You seem to have zero principles. You're just a never Trumper grifter these days."Kristol addressed some of the criticism in a post at the Bulwark, where he noted his past support for regime change in Iran. He argued that the manner in which the administration proceeded without congressional authority is the issue and accused the government of having no transition plan after the strikes are completed.The political commentator is known for defending the U.S. invasion of Iraq but has declared himself a Democrat after being a vehement opponent of President Donald Trump.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!