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Liberal cable networks CNN and MSNBC have been citing fabricated statistics in an attempt to debunk President Trump’s claims on Monday about rampant crime in Washington, D.C. Over the past 24 hours, these two networks have cited the dubious statistics over 70 times, while refusing to acknowledge that a D.C. police official was suspended for tampering with those stats just months ago. Summary of findings: Over 24 hours, CNN and MSNBC cited manipulated D.C. crime statistics 73 times. Conservative CNN contributor Scott Jennings was the only individual on either network to mention that a police commander was suspended for allegedly falsifying those statistics.  Across both networks, January 6, 2021 was brought up 31 times. In Mid-may, D.C. police commander Michael Pulliam was put on administrative leave after the police union accused his department of intentionally manipulating crime data. As Paul Wagner at NBC News Washington explained: “The union claims police supervisors in the department manipulate crime data to make it appear violent crime has fallen considerably compared to last year.” But since Monday, CNN and MSNBC have continuously cited those contaminated data, in response to President Trump announced that the federal government would be assuming control of policing in the District.  MRC analysts examined the first 24 hours of regular weekday coverage on CNN and MSNBC after Trump’s Monday announcement, from 11:00 a.m. on August 11 to 10:59 a.m. on August 12. Analysts identified 73 instances in which anchors, guests, and reporters cited the manipulated crime statistics for which Pulliam was suspended. MSNBC was responsible for 44 such instances, while CNN aired the remaining 29.  The only individual on either network who acknowledged the dubious origin of the data was conservative CNN contributor Scott Jennings, during a panel discussion in the 10:00 p.m. hour on August 11. But while Pulliam’s alleged malfeasance was nearly entirely absent from the coverage, talking heads were eager to mention another topic in their discussion of crime in Washington: January 6. TV journalists managed to bring up the unrest at the U.S. Capitol four years ago a whopping 31 times (17 on MSNBC, 14 on CNN).  In addition to citing bogus statistics and opining about January 6, panelists also speculated wildly about whether President Trump had ulterior motives:   One popular theory pushed by MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell, MSNBC contributor Eddie Glaude, among others, was that the President hoped to “distract” Americans and the media from Jeffrey Epstein. As CNN media critic Brian Stelter explained on Tuesday: There were lots of people yesterday saying, “Hey, is this a distraction? Is Trump trying to distract from the Epstein scandal?” Well, here’s the more interesting — here’s the better question: is it working or not? And I’m here to tell you, yes, it is working. If this was working, yes, it is succeeding. Another theory was that Trump had been motivated primarily by racism. Shortly after the President’s announcement on August 11, CNN national politics correspondent Eva McKend remarked: “He has always felt that American cities, especially this with large black populations, like Washington, D.C., are crime-ridden.” And still others, such as MSNBC host Symone Sanders and MSNBC contributor Barbara McQuade, surmised on Morning Joe that Trump’s declaration was a part of a larger “power grab.” As of this piece’s publishing, both CNN and MSNBC have not backed away from the manipulated crime statistics for which Pulliam was suspended, and Jennings remains the only individual on either network who has even alluded to the scandal’s existence.

ABC, CBS, and NBC doubled down early Tuesday in their dangerous and irresponsible narrative that crime is not an issue in Washington D.C., following suit from their pathetic coverage on their flagship Monday evening newscasts. But on their flagship morning shows, they crucially brushed aside the nation’s capital having a crime problem while ignoring a murder in broad daylight in the Logan Circle area with the suspect only 17-years-old. ABC’s Good Morning America followed suit from World News Tonight in tasking chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce to shovel this nothing-to-see-here attitude and again leave out the fact that a colleague of hers in ABC’s D.C. bureau was carjacked Monday morning. After co-host Michael Strahan huffed that Trump “declar[ed] a crime emergency in our nation’s capital...even though the mayor says — the city’s mayor says violent crime is at a 30-year low,” Bruce falsely claimed Trump took “an extraordinary and historic step” to “seiz[e] control of Washington D.C.” Fact-check: False. Trump is not actually taking over the city. If he were, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the City Council would no longer be in office. “Now, the President claims crime here is out of control, but that’s not what the official figures show,” the white liberal and D.C.-area native added in another act of dismissal. She then rattled off the crime statistics that are themselves in doubt: The President is painting an apocalyptic picture of the nation’s capital, adamant crime is spiraling out of control, but the official figures show crime in the capital is actually in decline. Violent crime hitting a 30-year low, down 26 percent since last year. Burglary down 19 percent. Murder down 12 percent. Bruce closed by bringing up the deployment of the National Guard and Trump reserving the ability “to go further and bring in additional military forces,” which led Strahan to invoke the left’s favorite holiday: “Yeah, that would have helped on January 6, Mary.” Speaking of January 6, CBS Mornings had their former (and unofficial) J6 correspondent Scott MacFarlane on the case to tout D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s belief “that crime has been plummeting” and “new crime data showing violent crime has dropped 26 percent from this time last year, with homicides and robberies down, too” versus Trump “painting an ominous picture of neighborhoods in the nation’s capital.” He doubled back from Monday’s CBS Evening News in holding up a former Bush/Obama/Trump 1 Homeland Security official to dismiss this as doing harm to the FBI’s ability to fight crime nationwide (click “expand”): MACFARLANE: White House and congressional sources told CBS News the President’s order is expected to remain in place for 30 days. Nearly 500 federal agents including from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, have already been deployed, which former Homeland Security official Tom Warwick says is risky. WARRICK: Taking FBI agents off of organized crime cases, terrorism, and other kinds of cases to do street patrols? That’s not the best use of a highly trained FBI agent. MACFARLANE [TO WARRICK]: You think it could be a distraction? WARRICK: It really looks as though a lot of this is performance. MACFARLANE: The President has also threatened to expand his crackdown on crime in other U.S. cities. He named Chicago, Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, and Oakland, but the President doesn’t have the same authorities in those cities that he has in D.C. And Gayle, the Democratic mayors and governors in those communities are already pushing back hard on that idea. Shifting to NBC’s Today, co-host Craig Melvin said Trump took “unprecedented” action to take over the city’s police and call up the D.C. National Guard even though “the mayor of Washington, D.C. and D.C.’s own police statistics appear to tell a different story” about crime being a crisis. White House correspondent Garrett Haake took the reins from Gabe Gutierrez the night prior, which was rather unfortunate given Gutierrez’s balanced segment. “Look, President Trump has long complained about what he sees as out of control crime in cities, especially here in Washington, D.C., regardless of what police statistics and local leaders may say to the contrary,” he opined. He even took the step of holding up claims from House Democrats (courtesy of Jamie Raskin from CNN on Monday) that discussing crime in D.C. is a distraction from the Jeffrey Epstein case and added “D.C. police statistics show violent crime has fallen the last two years.” The most he did to illustrate support for the move was from the D.C. police union, but even then he tried to poke holes in their side: HAAKE: The head of D.C.’s police union says those statistics fail to capture the reality on the ground. GREGGORY PEMBERTON: That’s not the reality we feel on the streets. HAAKE: He says D.C.’s officers welcome short-term federal help, but need more officers and changes in local laws to make a difference. [TO PEMBERTON] Can you fundamentally fix the crime problem in D.C. in a month? PEMBERTON: No, I don’t think so. I think you certainly can make an impact on the crime that would normally occur. To see the relevant transcripts from August 12, click here (for ABC), here (for CBS), and here (for NBC).

As artificial intelligence models continue to grow and develop, their demand for more and more data also increases rapidly. Now, some companies are making it tougher for AI scrapes to happen, unless companies pay a price. Reddit has announced that it will be severely limiting the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine's access to the communication platform following its accusation that AI companies have been scraping the website for Reddit data. The platform will only be allowing the Internet Archive to save the home page of its website. 'Until they're able to defend their site and comply with platform policies ... we're limiting some of their access to Reddit data to protect redditors.'The limits on the Internet Archive's access was set to start "ramping up" on Monday, according to the Verge. Reddit did not apparently name any of the AI companies involved in these website data scrapes.RELATED: Sam Altman loves this TV show. Guess what it says about godlike technology Photo Illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images"Internet Archive provides a service to the open web, but we've been made aware of instances where AI companies violate platform policies, including ours, and scrape data from the Wayback Machine," Reddit spokesman Tim Rathschmidt told Return.Some Reddit users pointed out that this move is a far cry from Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz's philosophy. Swartz committed suicide in the weeks before he was set to stand trial for allegedly breaking into an MIT closet to download the paid JSTOR archive, which hosts thousands of academic journals. He was committed to making online content free for the public. "Aaron would be rolling [in his grave] at what this company turned into," one Reddit user commented. Rathschmidt emphasized that the change was made in order to protect users: "Until they're able to defend their site and comply with platform policies (e.g., respecting user privacy, re: deleting removed content), we're limiting some of their access to Reddit data to protect redditors," he told Return. However, it has been speculated that this more aggressive move was financially motivated, given the fact that the platform has struck deals in the past with some AI companies but sued others for not paying its fees. Reddit announced a partnership with OpenAI in May 2024 but sued Anthropic in June of this year for not complying with its demands. "We have a long-standing relationship with Reddit and continue to have ongoing discussions about this matter," Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine, said in a statement to Return.

New population statistics show that President Donald Trump has been successful so far in reversing the inflow of immigrants, both legal and illegal.The current population survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that the foreign-born population dropped by an unprecedented 2.2 million people between January and July, the first few months of Trump's second term.The loss of 1.6 million in the illegal alien population constituted about a 10% drop.Further, an analysis of the survey results by the Washington, D.C.-based research institute Center for Immigration Studies found that of those, about 1.6 million were illegal aliens.The CIS said that the drop in illegal aliens was likely due to "increased out-migration in response to stepped-up enforcement" of immigration law and called the drop in the foreign-born population the largest of any six-month period within the same year.The loss of 1.6 million in the illegal alien population constituted about a 10% drop, according to the CIS estimate, which would mean about 14.4 million illegal aliens are still residing in the U.S.In March, the CIS reported that the foreign-born population had increased by 8.3 million people over the previous four years, which was "larger than in any four-year period in American history," in its analysis.RELATED: Trump orders Labor Statistics chief to be fired over revisions in weak jobs report Trump's efforts for the mass deportation of illegal aliens will likely ramp up after Republicans drastically increased funding for border enforcement in the president's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has already reported a jump in recruiting.The CIS allowed for some caveats to the numbers, including the criticism that some of the survey results might be compromised by a reluctance on the part of illegal aliens to respond at a time when there's greater focus on border enforcement.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 has temporarily taken control of the Metropolitan Police Department — as is his prerogative under Section 740 of the Home Rule Act — and ordered on Monday the deployment of the National Guard to "re-establish law, order, and public safety" in the national capital."Rising violence in the capital now urgently endangers public servants, citizens, and tourists, disrupts safe and secure transportation and the proper functioning of the Federal Government, and forces the diversion of critical public resources toward emergency response and security measures," Trump noted in a corresponding executive order. "These conditions cannot persist. We will make the District of Columbia one of the safest cities in the world, not the most dangerous."'This is a phony, manufactured crisis.'The promised law enforcement crackdown on "violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people" has ruffled plumage on the left.Some liberals, including twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, have cited allegedly manipulated crime data to suggest that the problem Trump is working to solve — a problem that has earned D.C. a 2 rating on Neighborhood Scout's crime index, where 100 is safest — is overblown.RELATED: Fact-check: Legacy media’s bogus defense of DC’s safe-streets narrative crumbles under scrutiny Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesRep. Jamie Raskin, the Maryland Democrat who discussed the possibility last year of Democrats in Congress nullifying the 2024 election in the event of a Trump win, suggested that "this is a phony, manufactured crisis" and that Trump's crackdown on crime "has nothing to do with fighting crime."Raskin appeared anxious that Trump might also restore law and order in other cities adversely impacted by Democratic policies, including Chicago, Oakland, and Baltimore.'It's going to spread from city to city, and then to the suburbs, and then to rural areas.'New York Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) claimed that the crackdown — which was announced just days after former DOGE employee Edward Coristine was savagely attacked in D.C. — was just "a political ploy and attempted distraction from Trump's other scandals."Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore called Trump's decision "deeply dangerous" — a sentiment echoed by Al Sharpton, who added a racial framing to the complaint.Most of the liberal media has hit the ground running with Democratic talking points in hand.Salon's politics blogger Chauncey DeVega — the leftist who claimed a second Trump administration would "turn America into a type of Fourth Reich" complete with a "concentration camp system" — recycled the Democratic line about D.C. supposedly having record-low crime, then deviated into paranoid fantasy.RELATED: Nancy Pelosi cites Jan. 6 to criticize Trump takeover of DC — and gets obliterated by former chief of the Capitol Police Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesDeVega suggested the crackdown on crime was not just "symbolic violence against the nation itself" but part of a "White restoration project whose goal is to roll the gains of the civil rights movement and long Black Freedom Struggle back to the Gilded Age."'The people that are cheering this on privately are not like right-wing Republicans, they're not MAGA people.'Although less unhinged, writers at the Atlantic — the publication owned by one of failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris' biggest donors — similarly treated the law enforcement operation as confirmation of liberals' fears that Trump would deliver "the authoritarian government his party once warned about."Marc Elias, the founder and chair of Elias Law Group LLP, a law firm involved with the Steele dossier, told leftist YouTuber Brian Cohen on Monday that the law enforcement operation was effectively a test-run for taking over police departments nationwide."It's going to spread from city to city, and then to the suburbs, and then to rural areas, until Trump feels like he has complete authority over local law enforcement," said Elias.Despite the desperate effort to paint Trump's federalization of the MPD as the first move in some great authoritarian scheme, there appears to be a growing appreciation for the president's initiative — even at MSNBC.MSNBC talking head Joe Scarborough complained on Tuesday about the city's crime problem and read on air a text message from a "very liberal" friend who was "not totally opposed to Trump's National Guard move."RELATED: Trump to DC: Public safety isn’t optional Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images"The people that are cheering this on privately are not like right-wing Republicans, they're not MAGA people," said Scarborough. "A lot of our friends are in the media and also Democrats that worked on Joe Biden's campaign, that worked on other campaigns, they're just saying, 'Yeah, I'd like to feel safe walking around this city.'"The relative of a 1-year-old girl shot in the arm in Southeast D.C. last month told WTTG-TV that she welcomes the intervention by the president, saying that if Trump can make the streets safer, she's all for it.Representatives for the city's police are apparently keen as well.Gregg Pemberton, chairman of the D.C. Police Union, for instance, said in a statement obtained by WUSA-TV, "We stand with the president in recognizing that Washington, D.C., cannot continue on this trajectory. Crime is out of control, and our officers are stretched beyond their limits."While acknowledging the federal intervention as a "critical stopgap," Pemberton suggested that the MPD needs proper staffing to thrive, and the city needs to ax the disastrous policies that have prompted officers to seek work elsewhere.Republican lawmakers have also expressed support for Trump's efforts to make the national capital safer."This bold move addresses the rampant crime that’s plagued our nation’s capital for too long. Thank you, Mr. President, for prioritizing safety!" wrote Sen. Mike Lee of Utah (R)."Democrats have lost the plot and must face the fact that people who live this every day can't be gaslit into believing their lived experiences are false," wrote Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.).Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry is well known for her skills in front of the camera, but according to her ex-husband David Justice, she isn’t known for her skills in the kitchen.The former MLB star, 59, met Berry in May 1992 before marrying her less than a year later in January 1993. The pair divorced in 1997.“I was young and had only been in, honestly, one real relationship before her. My knowledge and my understanding, my wisdom around relationships, just wasn’t vast. So I’m looking at my mom, and I’m a Midwest guy. So in my mind I’m thinking a wife at that time should cook, clean, you know,” Justice said on the “All the Smoke” podcast.“Then I’m thinking, ‘Okay, if we have kids, is this the woman I want to have kids with and build a family with?’ And at that time, as a young guy, she don’t cook, don’t clean, don’t really seem, like, motherly,” he added.While social media has erupted in anger at Justice for his “misogynistic comments,” BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock and BlazeTV contributors Shemeka Michelle and Delano Squires don’t believe Justice was wrong.“There’s a lot of people who dismiss and diminish the role that a woman plays as a wife and a mother. And clearly David Justice believed that Halle Berry’s contribution to his home, as his wife and the mother of his children, was more important than her contribution to society as an actress,” Squires says.Whitlock believes it appeared that their relationship was all about “looks” and “sexual attraction” at first.“And then you actually get into the marriage,” Whitlock says, “like David Justice did and goes, ‘Hold on.’ This culture tells him, ‘What do you mean? It’s a rich, beautiful, powerful woman!’ And it doesn’t dawn on you until after you’ve made a mistake, after you've entered into a relationship, that this actually isn't what I want.”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.

A Ventura, California, mini-golf venue was at the center of a tragic accident last week that had a woman's family members rushing to provide emergency medical services.Golf N' Stuff in Ventura boasts a massive miniature golf course with a castle, palace, and a bevy of palm trees decorating the property. Those palm trees proved to be a horrific feature for the Magana family, who were there to celebrate their 13-year-old son Damien's birthday.'After that, we went straight into stopping the bleeding.'While father Amando, son Damien, and older son Junior were golfing, the celebration turned disastrous when they heard the sound of a branch breaking.Just after 5:30 p.m., 53-year-old Adela Magana was sitting on a bench watching her family play when one of the palm trees at the venue fell on top of her."I was going to go look for the ball, and by that time, I heard a screeching sound — like a branch breaking," Junior said, according to the Ventura County Star. "I thought nothing of it, but then I heard a big old thump, and people were running toward my mom."Junior, his father, and two other strangers reportedly lifted the approximately 40-foot tree off the woman while staff comforted the child."After that, we went straight into stopping the bleeding," Junior continued. The young adult said the team of people attending to his mother used a belt as a tourniquet while others called 911.Ventura City Fire responded within about 20 minutes and transported her to Ventura County Medical Center, but the damage was sadly already done.RELATED: Nike ditches wokeness in family-friendly golf ad: 'More of this, please!' Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Surgeons reportedly attempted to save the limb, but Adela Magana's arm was so badly injured that the nerves and blood vessels were unsalvageable. The next day, doctors amputated the arm just below the shoulder.A Golf N' Stuff manager declined to comment on the incident to the local outlet but did remark that the mini-golf course was open.Magana's son Junior attempted to explain the family's birthday plans, which never concluded due to the tragedy."We were trying to make his birthday a little bit better because it was mid-week, and we didn't know what to do," he said. "We thought of something fast: Play mini golf and then go have dinner afterward. But we never got to dinner."Daughter Nancy, who was seemingly not at the golf course, commented on the affect the accident had on Damien, "It's a lot to take in as a 13-year-old to witness that. It's always going to be there for him."RELATED: Which way, America: Scottie Scheffler or the WNBA? Photo by Paul Lakatos/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Adela will require more surgery, learn how to use a prosthetic, and go through rehabilitation."She's a very strong woman — even at this point. ... She's not able to talk, but she's able to nod her head. She has a long journey ahead of her," Nancy said of her mother.Adela has four children and one grandchild, and reportedly manufactures bolts for the auto-racing industry.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Their reaction to Trump’s D.C. police takeover is unconvincing.