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While Americans across the political spectrum celebrated the elevation of an American Cardinal, Robert Prevost to become Pope Leo XIV, liberal journalists took special delight in evidence that the new Pope — just like his predecessor — seems to disagree with the Trump administration on issues like immigration. Yet Pope Leo’s obvious opposition to same-sex marriage, abortion, and other positions embraced by American liberals received a lot less attention from these same programs. “As a cardinal, he appeared to criticize both President Trump and Vice President Vance, recently posting the headline, “JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others,” NBC’s outgoing anchor Lester Holt announced on Thursday’s Nightly News and again on Friday’s Today show. “Pope Leo also seems to share a good deal of the kind of driving force behind what, to me, was Pope Francis’s theological vision, a kind of embedded, earthy universalism, solidarity with all people, but especially the most vulnerable among us....which finds him fundamentally at odds with the nationalism of Donald Trump and JD Vance,” MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Thursday on All In. (Thanks to Alex Christy for help with the videos.)     A few hours later, 11th Hour anchor Stephanie Ruhle approvingly recited an old post from Cardinal Prevost: “There is nothing remotely Christian, American or morally defensible about a policy that takes children away from their parents and warehouses them in cages. This is being carried out in our name and shame is on us all.” “He’s talking about the child separation policy,” Ruhle exclaimed. “This is about humanity, not politics.” On Friday’s CBS Mornings, however, correspondent Seth Doane explained that Pope Leo’s views on a host of other issues that could be seen as criticism of American liberals. He asked CBS News contributor Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo: “Where does he stand on what we consider to be hot-button issues?”     Figueiredo explained: “Certainly, he took some quite traditional positions. He said that that’s not a solution to ordain women as deacons. He also indicated that homosexual lifestyle and same-sex marriage is not always in accord with Church teaching.” And when Doane was reciting Cardinal Prevost’s social media tweets, he included the new Pope’s opposition to abortion: “Cardinal Prevost has dipped into politics on X, sharing an article that was critical of JD Vance during a February debate about immigration. He also shared statements criticizing abortion, and echoed Pope Francis’s view on embracing migrants.” Also, in his monologue last night, MSNBC’s Hayes also seemed tickled at the prospect that President Trump will now be overshadowed on the world stage. “Donald Trump’s never going to be Pope, of course, but somewhat interestingly, he now has to contend with the fact that he may no longer even be the most famous American in the world. That title arguably now belongs to a man who spent much of his life abroad doing mission work with the poor, a Chicago man now known as Pope Leo.” Here’s a bit more of how news programs covered the new Pope’s political views last night and this morning (click expand to read more): # MSNBC’s All In w/Chris Hayes May 8, 8:05pm ET CHRIS HAYES: Pope Leo also seems to share a good deal of the kind of driving force behind what, to me, was Pope Francis’s theological vision, a kind of embedded, earthy universalism, solidarity with all people, but especially the most vulnerable among us, the folks on the margins, the migrants, the very poor, those incarcerated, those displaced by war, regardless of nationality, perhaps even regardless of faith. Now, Pope Leo rose through the church as a member of a particular order, as Pope Francis had the Jesuits. This is the order of St. Augustine, which promotes a strong sense of community as well as a foundational belief in caring for the poor and vulnerable. To that end, a lot of folks picked up on a tweet that then Cardinal Prevost posted back in February just of this year that shared an op-ed that was sharply critical of the Vice President, JD Vance, a Catholic convert. Specifically, it took issue with Vance’s attempt to use Catholic doctrine towards his own version of nationalism. Clip of Vice President JD VANCE on Fox News, January 29: There’s this old school, and I think it’s a very Christian concept by the way, that you love your family and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens in your own country. And then after that, you can focus and prioritize the rest of the world. A lot of the far Left has completely inverted that. They seem to hate the citizens of their own country and care more about people outside their own borders. That is no way to run a society. HAYES: It was in response to those remarks that the man who is now known as Pope Leo, shared this headline. He didn’t write it, but quote, “JD Vance is wrong. Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others.” ... HAYES: The reason that Francis really became a global icon for so many people across the world, including, frankly, many who were not Catholic, is because of the just obvious, evident sincerity of that care and that vision of universalism. Speaking in his personal capacity, he once suggested he likes to believe Hell is empty, for example, that all people on this Earth can find redemption and see the light of heaven. And that view, very deliberately, was a global one. It was a rejection of nationalism and isolationism, a refusal to limit or tier our care only around the borders of a country. And in this respect it does, as far as we can tell, appear that Francis’s successor shares that view, which finds him fundamentally at odds with the nationalism of Donald Trump and JD Vance. Of course, last week, our President half jokingly floated himself to be the new Pope, sharing this AI generated image of himself as the head of the Catholic church. And I have to say, like, it’s a high bar for me to find something offensive on behalf of the church, but I found that offensive. Many people did, especially because people were still mourning the actual loss of the Pope. Donald Trump’s never going to be Pope, of course, but somewhat interestingly, he now has to contend with the fact that he may no longer even be the most famous American in the world. That title arguably now belongs to a man who spent much of his life abroad doing mission work with the poor, a Chicago man now known as Pope Leo. # MSNBC’s The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell May 8, 10:53pm ET LAWRENCE O’DONNELL: We have seen some American cardinals who, I guess the way I would put it, are surprisingly sympathetic to Donald Trump. They try not to be overtly political, but you can tell that there’s a certain chumminess and sense of support of Donald Trump by some of them. And we also have many American cardinals who stand in opposition to so much of what Donald Trump stands for. Can we can we place the new pope somewhere in that mix? Do we know enough? SISTER SIMONE CAMPBELL: Well, I think based on — this, this is funny to say about a new pope — but based on his tweets, I think we can say that he stands with those who are marginalized in our society. So he stands with the migrants.... He also has a history of being present to those who are most vulnerable. And I think since, the segment that you just had, about this administration’s refusal to care for those marginalized, those suffering in our world, I think we’re going to see some clear critique of that, of their attitudes. # MSNBC’s The 11th Hour May 8, 11:30pm ET STEPHANIE RUHLE: I am sure, Chris, he doesn’t view himself as a political person. But there’s a lot of noise today about his former social media posts, and I do want to read one where he wrote, “There is nothing remotely Christian, American or morally defensible about a policy that takes children away from their parents and warehouses them in cages. This is being carried out in our name and shame is on us all.” He’s talking about the child separation policy. He doesn’t view himself as a politician, but popes are global political leaders. So what does that tell us? Because what he’s talking about here - CHRIS JANSING: He reposted that. RUHLE: Yeah. He reposted, he reposted it. But what he’s talking about here, this is about humanity, not politics. JANSING: It’s not about politics to him. It’s about Catholic teaching, and it’s about living the Catholic word. You know, JD Vance when he said you love your family first, then your neighbor, then your community, then your fellow citizens, then the rest of the world. He [Cardinal Prevost] reposted an article that said, “JD Vance is wrong.” You don’t, like, prioritize how you love people or who you love. His last post — I think it was his last post; certainly one of the last — was about the meeting between President Trump and President Bukele of El Salvador, where he said, oh, I can’t, you know, just bring him back to the United States. And he reposted a question raised by another bishop that said, do you not see the suffering? And by the way, he has a voting record in Illinois. He voted both as a Republican and a Democrat in primaries. He is someone who believes that it is everybody’s responsibility to get involved, to make your community, your country, your world, a better place. And now he’s got a pretty big job to do that. # CBS Mornings May 9, 7:08 am ET SETH DOANE: Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo is a CBS News Vatican and Papal Contributor....Where does he stand on what we consider to be hot-button issues? Monsignor ANTHONY FIGUEIREDO: Certainly, he took some quite traditional positions. He said that that’s not a solution to ordain women as deacons. He also indicated that homosexual lifestyle and same-sex marriage is not always in accord with Church teaching. He is now pope of the universal church, so, certainly, some of his views on these areas, again, following on of Pope Francis, can change.... DOANE: Cardinal Prevost has dipped into politics on X, sharing an article that was critical of JD Vance during a February debate about immigration. He also shared statements criticizing abortion and echoed Pope Francis’s view on embracing migrants.

On the most recent edition of the Thunderdome, also known as CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip, Senior CNN commentator Ana Navarro came on and nakedly shilled for former President Joe Biden, lying about his infamous “no daylight” remark to Kamala Harris upon endorsing her for the presidency. Navarro quickly found out that she wasn’t on ABC’s The View. The panel discussion turned to the former president’s appearance, along with former First Lady Jill Biden, on The View (recapped here by our colleague Nick Fondacaro), and his unwillingness to acknowledge the real reasons why Vice President Kamala Harris lost the election. Navarro jumps in to spin for Biden, and gets immediately shut down: Not even Abby Phillip can save @ananavarro from a brutal fact check after denying that Biden said he could've beaten Trump on The View. (Fact check: he did.) https://t.co/7s89yEdrCl pic.twitter.com/60hQogeLj7 — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) May 9, 2025 ABBY PHILLIP: Why -- but why can't Joe Biden understand that? That it's -- that it was immigration, the economy. Why -- I mean, I thought that was -- hold on. I thought that was the most strike -- one of the most striking things was his unwillingness to even acknowledge that maybe some of the issues had to do with it, too. ANA NAVARRO: No. If you watched the entire interview, he did acknowledge it, and he took responsibility. He said, look, I was in charge. So, yeah, the buck stops with me. I was, you know, it is my responsibility. I think part of what -- what happened between Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and -- and this entire election is that there's a lot of affection and loyalty between the two. There was a lot of gossip for four years that they didn't like each other, that he was undercutting her, that she was unhappy. I think she couldn't distance him -- herself from him out of loyalty. And I think today what you heard from him was a lot of deference and affection towards his vice president, a role that he played. SCOTT JENNINGS: Hold on. But let me -- let me ask you a question though. He said he wasn't surprised that she lost, but that he would have won the race. That's like saying, well, you know, I was a boat anchor on my vice president, so she drowned in this election, but the anchor itself would have floated? That's a crazy- that is crazy talk for him to say that. NAVARRO: No, Scott, he -- he did not say that. He did not say -- BEN FERGUSON: He did. (CROSSTALK) JENNINGS: He literally said, I wasn't surprised -- FERGUSON: He said I would have won. JENNINGS: I would have won. The idea that he believes to this day -- (CROSSTALK) UNKNOWN: I don't -- I don't -- (CROSSTALK) PHILLIP: He not only said that, he has said it repeatedly that he believes he would have won. Under normal circumstances, Abby Phillip cutting in means a liberal is being rescued from being dismantled. In this case, Phillip cut it in order to fact-check Navarro, so egregious was her lie claiming that Biden did not repeatedly say he would’ve beaten President Donald Trump in the election. Navarro didn’t get the hint. After a ridiculous swerve into race where she gave panelist Ben Ferguson a whole sermon on white privilege, Navarro gets caught lying by Scott Jennings- claiming that Biden never said “no daylight” to Harris. Find someone in life to fight for you, like the last Japanese soldier in the Phillippine jungles after WWII, the way @ananavarro continues to defend Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/ZlxoHL9NaT — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) May 9, 2025 JENNINGS: Watching him on The View today and watching some of the interviews he did over -- NAVARRO: Thank you for your viewership. JENNINGS: Yeah, I saw it. It's rare for me, but I did -- I did watch it. SELLERS: (UNINT) JENNINGS: I will just say, watching him over the last few days reminded me that a whole bunch of people were telling us with a straight face that this man was capable of serving another four years as president. And that these appearances, coupled with what I understand is going to be the equivalent of a nuclear bomb dropped on the Democratic Party when Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book come out next week, I don't know that the Democrats have fully internalized what's about to happen to them between what he looks like today and what they're about to report. Get ready. Get ready. PHILLIP: I am not -- I am not sure that Joe Biden, fully realizes even his own deficits in this moment, Ana. I think seriously, he seems to not, to -- I mean, you -- he was asked about it directly and he doesn't seem to get it at all, which is part of the problem. NAVARRO: Well, look, Abby. I don't know many elected officials, in any party who willingly walk away from their elected office, right? I think it's hard for everybody. Look, I -- I think this was very hard for Joe Biden and I think he took responsibility for that. He did not say what you just said, Scott, that he said -- JENNINGS: What? What? NAVARRO: You just said that he told -- JENNINGS: What did he not say? NAVARRO: He -- you said that he told Kamala Harris that she could not have any distance from him. JENNINGS: False. It's been reported. He told her point blank- he told her point blank, “no daylight.” NAVARRO: It doesn't matter what he was- JENNINGS: He told her point blank, “no daylight, kid.” “No daylight.” NAVARRO: Okay, because reporting can never be wrong? JENNINGS: Are you attacking the journalism around it?  NAVARRO: You think reporting can never be wrong?  JENNINGS: Are you attacking the journalism around it? If you want to be anti-journalism, I’ll be pro-journalism. NAVARRO: You come in and you come out here and you attack reporting every night. JENNINGS: I do not. NAVARRO: We actually asked him the question directly. JENNINGS: I'm -- I'm -- there's critical reporting about this guy. NAVARRO: Okay. JENNINGS: And he told her point blank -- NAVARRO: Well, we asked him -- JENNINGS: -- “no daylight.” NAVARRO: -- we asked him directly today. Did you tell her that? PHILLIP: All right, last -- (CROSSTALK) JENNINGS: You think he's never told a lie? NAVARRO: I don't think he tells many lies. FERGUSON: He told a lie about his cognitive decline. I can tell you that much. NAVARRO: I don't think he tells many lies. I don't think he's -- JENNINGS: LOL FERGUSON: Come on! NAVARRO: Wait. Wait. No. You know why you don't get to laugh like that? Because you support a guy who lies every freaking day and lies continuously. JENNINGS: Because it’s tragic what you just said. Because it’s tragic. It's tragic what you just said. “I don’t think he tells many lies?” NAVARRO: You support a guy who cannot -- who cannot acknowledge that he lost the 2020 election and that lies about it. UNKNOWN: Yeah. (CROSSTALK) NAVARRO: I have no idea what's in Jake Tapper’s- have you read it?  (CROSSTALK) PHILLIP: We got to go guys. Thank you very much. (CROSSTALK) FERGUSON: -- a cover-up. NAVARRO: Have you read it? (CROSSTALK) PHILLIP: Guys -- NAVARRO: Have you read it? PHILLIP: We got to go. Thank you very much. NAVARRO: Okay. PHILLIP: We'll be right back. Listen closely, and you'll hear Jennings warning about bombshell revelations in the Tapper/Thompson book. But will they be the equivalent of a WMD moment that will humiliate the media into rectifying itself? I'm not so sure. To her credit, Phillip did not intervene here, leaving Navarro to fend for herself. When Navarro got caught lying (here’s the “no daylight” reporting from almost two months ago), she scrambled to deflect: first to the media, then to Trump. Devoid of arguments, she was quickly annihilated and Phillip mercifully let the clock run out on her. Navarro found out real quick that Thunderdome isn’t The View. Click "expand" to view the full transcript of the aforementioned segment as aired on CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip on Thursday, May 8th, 2025: ABBY PHILLIP: Tonight, pointing fingers. Joe Biden joined Ana and the women of The View today and gave his explanation for what went wrong in November. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SARA HAINES: So, why do you think the vice president lost and were you surprised? UNKNOWN: Oh. JOE BIDEN, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: I wasn't surprised, not because I didn't think the vice president was qualified person to be president. She is. She's qualified to be President of The United States of America. But I was surprised -- I -- I wasn't surprised because they went the route of the sexist route on the whole route. I mean, this is a woman. She's this. She's that. I mean, it really -- I -- I've never seen quite a -- a successful and a consistent campaign undercutting the notion that a woman couldn't leave the country and a woman of mixed race. (END VIDEO CLIP) PHILLIP: I've seen some criticism of that, saying that it's not the full picture. BAKARI SELLERS: I mean, I -- I think there is a lot to do with that. I mean, I think anybody who says that that has absolutely nothing to do with it is- is just not being intellectually honest. Was that the whole reason? To your point, is that the full picture? Of course not. That's not the full picture. I think that there were economic headwinds against a Democrat being President of the United States. I think that there were immigration headwinds against a Democrat being President of the United States. And I also think that there were people who felt as if- and if this is the most amazing stat that came out of the most recent election: Are you better off four years ago? PHILLIP: Right. SELLERS: Are you better off today than you were four years ago? And the overwhelming majority of people answered that question “no”. PHILLIP: Yeah. SELLERS: Kamala Harris was more than qualified to be President of the United States, and I'm not sure that any Democrat, and I say this again, would have beaten Donald Trump in that race. PHILLIP: Why -- but why can't Joe Biden understand that? That it's -- that it was immigration, the economy. Why -- I mean, I thought that was -- hold on. I thought that was the most strike -- one of the most striking things was his unwillingness to even acknowledge that maybe some of the issues had to do with it, too. ANA NAVARRO: No. If you watched the entire interview, he did acknowledge it, and he took responsibility. He said, look, I was in charge. So, yeah, the buck stops with me. I was, you know, it is my responsibility. I think part of what -- what happened between Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and -- and this entire election is that there's a lot of affection and loyalty between the two. There was a lot of gossip for four years that they didn't like each other, that he was undercutting her, that she was unhappy. I think she couldn't distance him -- herself from him out of loyalty. And I think today what you heard from him was a lot of deference and affection towards his vice president, a role that he played. SCOTT JENNINGS: Hold on. But let me -- let me ask you a question though. He said he wasn't surprised that she lost, but that he would have won the race. That's like saying, well, you know, I was a boat anchor on my vice president, so she drowned in this election, but the anchor itself would have floated? That's a crazy- that is crazy talk for him to say that. NAVARRO: No, Scott, he -- he did not say that. He did not say -- FERGUSON: He did. (CROSSTALK) JENNINGS: He literally said, I wasn't surprised -- FERGUSON: He said I would have won. JENNINGS: I would have won. The idea that he believes to this day -- (CROSSTALK) UNKNOWN: I don't -- I don't -- (CROSSTALK) PHILLIP: He not only said that, he has said it repeatedly that he believes he would have won. (CROSSTALK) FERGUSON: Let's go back to what he said about racism. Can we just take a moment and talk about a white guy saying that racism's why it shouldn't win, and also the same white guy, Joe Biden, says I would have won. Like, you were one and the same person here. Like, if you're going to blame racism, it's absurd. My point is, I didn't say she lost because racism is absurd. She lost because the country was in a disastrous place, and they blamed him and his politics. She had to defend. NAVARRO: Can I tell you something? (CROSSTALK) NAVARRO: Can I tell you something? You, as white guy have the privilege of saying that racism and you as a white male -- okay. I am telling you right now, okay. And I am -- okay. Okay, Ben. FERGUSON: I'm saying it's an incredibly ridiculous statement as a white guy -- (CROSSTALK) NAVARRO: As a woman of color, I am telling you that it is incredibly ridiculous for you, with the privilege that being a white male gives you in this country, to say that there wasn't some element of racism. FERGUSON: I think it was the policies. I think if you guys stick -- (CROSSTALK) UNKNOWN: One second, Ben. FERGUSON: Hold on. If you stick with this plan, which is every time we lose an election, racism has to be involved. SELLERS: That's not what I just said. I literally gave you a full picture. PHILLIP: Yeah, I mean, he didn't say that. (CROSSTALK) FERGUSON: That's what Joe Biden said. SELLERS: Full picture. And what I'm also saying is that yes, I believe Joe Biden saying he'd win the election is delusional, right? So I said that because I also said there is a certain point. But let me also explain with the equal level of delusion. You do understand that black folk, particularly black women, have to run twice as fast as you do to achieve the same goal. And if you do not understand FERGUSON: I disagree with that.  SELLERS: You can. FERGUSON: I disagree with that. SELLERS: You can, and I'm just telling you that that is the experience whether or not you're in politics or the business world or education. (CROSSTALK) FERGUSON: So, let me ask you this. PHILLIP: Hold on, hold on, Ben. (CROSSTALK) FERGUSON: -- Joe Biden from candidacy. If what you're saying is true, then he would have won overwhelmingly. PHILLIP: Bakari -- SELLERS: That's not what I just said. (CROSSTALK) PHILLIP: Let me -- let me just actually ask you something because -- SELLERS: That's not what I just -- (CROSSTALK) UNKNOWN: You're not making any sense. (CROSSTALK) FERGUSON: You -- you just said that it's twice as hard for African- Americans to win. PHILLIP: Just a second. Given what you just said, if you believe that it would have been twice as hard for Kamala Harris to win, isn't it even more important for Joe Biden to have given her ability to -- SELLERS: I don't- I don't think that's a question. But that -- that's not a -- that's not a question. And Ana brought up a good point because -- NAVARRO: No. SELLERS: Out of all -- all the people -- I'd say this is a good question. I said out of all the people that are sitting around this table, I was actually a part of those discussions. And the person who did not want to distance himself because of loyalty, although she might not have had the loyalty given back from some of the women, particularly who were around Joe Biden, was Kamala Harris. (CROSSTALK) PHILLIP: Yeah, but -- but did Joe Biden say -- (CROSSTALK) SELLERS: She did have it from Joe Biden. Correct. That's actually a fact. PHILLIP: But did Joe Biden ever say to her, you need to do -- JENNINGS: Yes, that's right. PHILLLIP: Exactly what you need to do to win this election. SELLERS: No. JENNINGS: You're totally right. PHILLIP: You need to -- SELLERS: No. PHILLIP: -- pursue a policy that is -- SELLERS: No. And by the way -- PHILLIP: -- what you need. So that's -- that's the answer, right? (CROSSTALK) SELLERS: I cannot I cannot let this go. I cannot let this go on this show in front of millions of Americans who will watch this whether or not it's on Snapchat, TikTok or Twitter. The point still remains when we're talking about the issue of race and gender in this country that everyone is not on equal playing fields. That the fact that, yes, we have a black woman, whether or not she is in academia, whether or not she's in business or in politics. (CROSSTALK) SELLERS: The field is not equal. She's actually the best candidate for governor of the- of the state of Georgia or whatever else she wants to do. (CROSSTALK) FERGUSON: If she's so good and it's only an issue of what you're saying? (CROSSTALK) SELLERS: California. What did I say? PHILLIP: Georgia. SELLERS: Okay. Sorry. PHILLIP: All right, Scott. Hold on, Ben. Scott, go ahead. JENNINGS: Can I ask you one other sort of forward looking issue? Watching him on The View today and watching some of the interviews he did over -- NAVARRO: Thank you for your viewership. JENNINGS: Yeah, I saw it. It's rare for me, but I did -- I did watch it. SELLERS: (UNINT) JENNINGS: I will just say, watching him over the last few days reminded me that a whole bunch of people were telling us with a straight face that this man was capable of serving another four years as president. And that these appearances, coupled with what I understand is going to be the equivalent of a nuclear bomb dropped on the Democratic Party when Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book come out next week, I don't know that the Democrats have fully internalized what's about to happen to them between what he looks like today and what they're about to report. Get ready. Get ready. PHILLIP: I am not -- I am not sure that Joe Biden, fully realizes even his own deficits in this moment, Ana. I think seriously, he seems to not, to -- I mean, you -- he was asked about it directly and he doesn't seem to get it at all, which is part of the problem. NAVARRO: Well, look, Abby. I don't know many elected officials, in any party who willingly walk away from their elected office, right? I think it's hard for everybody. Look, I -- I think this was very hard for Joe Biden and I think he took responsibility for that. He did not say what you just said, Scott, that he said -- JENNINGS: What? What? NAVARRO: You just said that he told -- JENNINGS: What did he not say? NAVARRO: He -- you said that he told Kamala Harris that she could not have any distance from him. JENNINGS: False. It's been reported. He told her point blank- he told her point blank, “no daylight.” NAVARRO: It doesn't matter what he was- JENNINGS: He told her point blank, “no daylight, kid.” “No daylight.” NAVARRO: Okay, because reporting can never be wrong? JENNINGS: Are you attacking the journalism around it?  NAVARRO: You think reporting can never be wrong?  JENNINGS: Are you attacking the journalism around it? If you want to be anti-journalism, I’ll be pro-journalism. NAVARRO: You come in and you come out here and you attack reporting every night. JENNINGS: I do not. NAVARRO: We actually asked him the question directly. JENNINGS: I'm -- I'm -- there's critical reporting about this guy. NAVARRO: Okay. JENNINGS: And he told her point blank -- NAVARRO: Well, we asked him -- JENNINGS: -- “no daylight.” NAVARRO: -- we asked him directly today. Did you tell her that? PHILLIP: All right, last -- (CROSSTALK) JENNINGS: You think he's never told a lie? NAVARRO: I don't think he tells many lies. FERGUSON: He told a lie about his cognitive decline. I can tell you that much. NAVARRO: I don't think he tells many lies. I don't think he's -- JENNINGS: LOL FERGUSON: Come on! NAVARRO: Wait. Wait. No. You know why you don't get to laugh like that? Because you support a guy who lies every freaking day and lies continuously. JENNINGS: Because it’s tragic what you just said. Because it’s tragic. It's tragic what you just said. “I don’t think he tells many lies?” NAVARRO: You support a guy who cannot -- who cannot acknowledge that he lost the 2020 election and that lies about it. UNKNOWN: Yeah. (CROSSTALK) NAVARRO: I have no idea what's in Jake Tapper’s- have you read it?  (CROSSTALK) PHILLIP: We got to go guys. Thank you very much. (CROSSTALK) FERGUSON: -- a cover-up. NAVARRO: Have you read it? (CROSSTALK) PHILLIP: Guys -- NAVARRO: Have you read it? PHILLIP: We got to go. Thank you very much. NAVARRO: Okay. PHILLIP: We'll be right back.  

The Trump administration has launched a full-blown war on Ivy League schools refusing to comply with the law. Between the University of Pennsylvania’s Title IX violations and Harvard’s refusal to address anti-Semitism on campus, the battle against rampant academia-spawned wokeism continues to rage. On Thursday, White House policy strategist May Mailman dropped a bombshell allegation — and it makes the goings-on at UPenn and Harvard look tame. Columbia University students were prepared for Hamas’ October 7 attack. On a recent episode of “Blaze News: The Mandate,” May Mailman joined Jill Savage and Matthew Peterson to share the harrowing details as well as the direction she sees universities going now that Trump is in office. Trump White House: Columbia Students TIPPED OFF About Oct. 7 Attack! | The Mandate | 5/8/25 “Columbia was the epicenter of anti-Semitism around October 7,” says Mailman. She’s right — Columbia University was the first Ivy League school to launch significant pro-Palestinian protests during the 2023-2024 academic year. The April 2024 encampment that led to the occupation of Hamilton Hall marked the first major, widely publicized protest that catalyzed the broader movement. Perhaps that’s because the school's Palestinian activist groups were privy to information the rest of us weren’t. “Before October 7, their student groups were tweeting basically to get excited for October. They knew that this attack was going to happen before it happened. That's how much terrorism was embedded in Columbia,” says Mailman, noting that the protests were so violent, NYPD had to be called in to break up the chaos at Hamilton Hall. Given that the university is located in a liberal city with open campus access to outsiders, including student visa holders, the anti-Semitism at Columbia is not really all that surprising. However, hope is on the horizon, says Mailman. “Students should not be victims of racism in their admission, in their experience on campus, and so I think that is the type of change you're going to see — structural changes so that we don't have these instances in the Columbia library to begin with.” To hear more of the conversation, watch the episode above. Want more from 'Blaze News | The Mandate'?To enjoy more provocative opinions, expert analysis, and breaking stories you won’t see anywhere else, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Former ESPN host Kate Fagan delivered a diversity and inclusion statement on her final appearance on the network.Fagan, who previously worked on some of ESPN's radio shows and has been a guest on others, made what was deemed to be her final appearance on "Around the Horn.""Around the Horn" first debuted in 2004 with Max Kellerman as host, but he was soon replaced by Tony Reali, a fan favorite statistician from ESPN's popular program "Pardon the Interruption."While "Around the Horn" was seen as a sort of spiritual spinoff with Reali, the show has certainly showcased a hard left-wing bias over the years. It was also recently announced the show would be taken off the air before fall of 2025, so Reali has used the homestretch to invite back some of his favorite guests.For the episode in question, that meant race-focused reporter Jemele Hill and reporter Justin Tinsley, who recently criticized the Philadelphia Eagles for visiting the White House.Fagan stole the show with her remarks, however, and having last appeared on the program in 2018, she took advantage of the cameo to make one of the most radical statements possible.'Trans kids deserve that the same as everybody else does.'"Being on this show has been a privilege and a platform, and I know it's my last time on it. And I wanna say something worthy of that privilege and platform, and that is this: that trans kids deserve to play sports," Fagan began."Think about what you remember from your time playing sports. Like, 99% of it is finding that jersey for the first time, your favorite number, community, joy, those high fives," she continued.Seemingly reading from a prepared statement, Fagan went on:"It's that moment when you have a great play with a teammate. It's the feeling of belonging and it does not know gender. And trans kids deserve that the same as everybody else does."Fagan then directed her comments to host Reali and declared his show has been about DEI all along."And Tony, this space, on 'Around the Horn,' it's been about diversity and inclusion, lifting up new voices because sports is joy and sports is humanity. And the more people who have that, the better. And Tony, I love you. So thanks for having me back on."Missing from Fagan's rant was the fact that many young males have taken spots from, and injured, young female athletes in their pursuit of competing as a girl. At the same time, "trans kids" are obviously not banned or restricted from playing sports. If they are male, they are simply asked to play against other males. If they are female, they are free to compete against males as well, but they cannot compete against females if they are given steroids or male hormones.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Ed Martin, the former acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, was spit on by a presumed leftist while he was giving an interview to Newsmax.A woman started screaming at Martin while walking her dog. She approached Martin, who was caught off guard, and said, "You are Ed Martin!" As Martin started to ask, "How are you?" the woman spat on him before storming off, video showed."Hope she’s ready for a nice stretch in jail," said Newsmax host Rob Schmitt."Among the many reasons that I wear that great coat," Martin quipped about the incident.Spitting on someone can be considered simple assault, which could carry a punishment of a $1,000 fine and 180 days in jail if convicted.Trump also announced on Thursday that his new pick to be the US attorney for DC is Judge Jeanine Pirro.Martin has made an impact during his short tenure as the acting U.S. attorney for D.C., working to make the nation's capital safer as crime became a problem once again in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter movement and riots. Martin was unable to get enough support from Senate Republicans to get confirmation to the position, resulting in anger directed at the GOP "no" votes from President Donald Trump's base.When Trump announced he was withdrawing Martin's nomination, he said there will be another role for him. That role later turned out to be working at the Department of Justice as an associate deputy attorney general and pardon attorney."Ed Martin has done an AMAZING job as interim U.S. Attorney, and will be moving to the Department of Justice as the new Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney. In these highly important roles, Ed will make sure we finally investigate the Weaponization of our Government under the Biden Regime, and provide much needed Justice for its victims. Congratulations Ed!" Trump said on Truth Social.Trump also announced on Thursday that his new pick to be the U.S. attorney for D.C. is Judge Jeanine Pirro, who worked as the assistant district attorney for Westchester County, New York, and a county judge before her extensive career at Fox News."During her time in office, Jeanine was a powerful crusader for victims of crime. Her establishment of the Domestic Violence Bureau in her Prosecutor's Office was the first in the Nation. She excelled in all ways," Trump explained.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Many moons ago, I read a book about the concept of 'The Devil.' Is he a little horned, goat-legged guy who likes to cause chaos? Or is he that eerie feeling in the back of your mind; the one that tells you to mess things up and see what happens. It certainly gave me a lot to think about (I read it at least ten years ago now), and It Has My Face, a new horror game published by Dead by Daylight's Behaviour Interactive, has brought it back to the forefront of my mind. Continue reading It Has My Face is like survival horror Minecraft, where you're the killer MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best horror games, Best indie games, Best story games