MRC Watchdogs churn out breaking news on a daily basis. Don't miss Today's Highlights, where you can keep up with the top MRC content, whether it's the latest study on media bias, a glaring omission from the elitist media, or how the Big Tech companies are serving up the same leftist spin as the media.  Top Stories: TV News Hammers ICE Border Enforcement With 93% Negative Coverage Not MAGA TV: CBS Has Spent Only 13 Seconds on Anti-ICE Mob Storming Church Google News in December: Holiday Cheer for Some, Censorship for Others GDP Growth in 3rd Quarter Exceeded Economists’ Expectations, Previous Commerce Dept. Estimate    TV News Hammers ICE Border Enforcement With 93% Negative Coverage In the 10 days following the January 7 fatal shooting of left-wing agitator Renee Good left-wing broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC spent more than two hours of airtime blaming the city’s out-of-control chaos on immigration officials, of which a whopping 93 percent was negative toward federal immigration officials. ABC - 91% negative coverage NBC - 91% negative coverage CBS - 96% negative coverage   Just 1.6% of the Minneapolis-related coverage included any mention of crimes committed by the illegal aliens whom ICE agents were there to apprehend. CBS never explicitly admitted that Nicole Good hit agent Jonathan Ross with her car moments before he fired at her. ABC and NBC did so only once each. Although all three networks acknowledged that the ICE agent involved was hospitalized for internal bleeding, they each buried this crucial detail, mentioning it only once during the entire 10-day period of coverage. CBS - 26 of 27 sound bites aired were hostile toward federal agents, effectively silencing the law enforcement perspective. Both ABC & NBC - 21 of 23 sound bites aired were hostile toward federal agents. On January 12, CBS correspondent Nicole Sganga accused ICE agent Jonathan Ross of murdering Nicole Good: “DHS this weekend released a video showing the minutes leading up to the murder of Renee Good. She and others are heard honking car horns. Trump administration officials claim she intended to ram ICE agents before she was shot.” Not MAGA TV: CBS Has Spent Only 13 Seconds on Anti-ICE Mob Storming Church Major Networks Are Minimizing Significant News Despite a dramatic incident in Minneapolis where an anti-ICE mob — including a high-profile figure — stormed a church service to confront congregants and protest over the Renee Good shooting, CBS only devoted about 13 seconds of coverage to the story across its flagship morning and evening broadcast shows. This is media bias by omission on matters involving anti-authority protests.CBS’s Coverage Choices Reflect Editorial Priorities CBS’s brief mention was limited to a single sentence on CBS Evening News noting the Justice Department was “considering federal charges” — with little context on who disrupted worship services or why it was notable. In contrast, the broader pattern across networks showed more emphasis on debates about enforcement tactics than on reporting the disruption itself.Media Accountability and Public Awareness The dramatically unbalanced airtime — minutes and seconds devoted to different angles of the Minneapolis unrest — raises questions about whether major broadcast news is fulfilling its role in informing the public about politically charged conflicts, especially when federal investigations and First Amendment issues are involved. Google News in December: Holiday Cheer for Some, Censorship for Others Google News skewed coverage by promoting left-leaning outlets 70.3% of the time, out of all stories, while limiting right-leaning sources to just 1.3%, resulting in a ratio of 52 left-leaning stories for every one right-leaning story. The bias is consequential because in the month of December alone Google News had 93 million visits -- the 10th most visited news site in the country.  This isn't just a minor tilt; it is a systematic suppression that prevents users from seeing a balanced spectrum of political reporting, effectively creating a one-sided information bubble for the average American news consumer. While Google positions its news platform as a neutral aggregator of "top stories," the results are curated with a heavy thumb on the scale. By disproportionately boosting liberal-leaning outlets for general search terms, Google is engaging in "algorithmic censorship." This practice manipulates public perception by ensuring that conservative viewpoints are treated as fringe or non-existent, even when they are reporting on the same major national events. GDP Growth in 3rd Quarter Exceeded Economists’ Expectations, Previous Commerce Dept. Estimate The "Trump Boom" Consistently Outperforms Expert Pessimism The U.S. economy grew at a "red-hot" annual rate of 4.3% in the third quarter, far exceeding the 3.2% growth predicted by blue-chip academic and financial economists. This trend follows a pattern where roughly 90% of professional forecasters have underestimated the strength of the current administration's economic policies.  Strategic Tariffs are Driving Domestic Growth Contrary to warnings that trade enforcement would cripple the economy, the Q3 data shows that the administration’s tariff campaign is successfully reshaping the GDP landscape. A primary driver of the 4.3% growth was a significant drop in imports—which are subtracted from GDP—as businesses and consumers pivot away from foreign reliance. This shift, combined with a 3.5% surge in consumer spending, demonstrates that "America First" trade policies are successfully incentivizing domestic economic activity without stalling the engine of the U.S. economy. Pro-Growth Policies are Winning the War on Inflation While critics predicted that deregulation and tax incentives would trigger runaway inflation, the reality has been the opposite. The disinflationary effects of increased American energy production and the removal of bureaucratic red tape have helped steer inflation toward the Fed's 2% target, even as growth accelerates.    .

At a time when deportation is a dirty word and ICE is smeared as the Gestapo, perennially best-selling author Peter Schweizer offers a vivid counterpoint about defending American civilization in his new book The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon. The book is presently #1 on Amazon, and he joined NewsBusters to discuss it. The book's provocative thesis, as it discloses on Amazon: “Every day, ICE is arresting hundreds of illegal immigrants with a criminal record. They didn’t just come here. They were sent here.” MRC Free Speech America VP Dan Schneider and I began with the horrible coverage ICE is getting -- 93 percent negative overall on the evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC. Mass deportation is described as a very negative thing, but Biden's mass importation was barely acknowledged as a strategy. Journalists would ask Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas if there was a "border crisis," and he denied it. It was a strategy. The idea that other nations "sent" immigrants to America is greeted as a conspiracy theory. t’s plausible for them to claim that ICE is Trump’s personal Gestapo. It’s plausible to say ICE might meddle in the midterm elections, but if you claim the Democrats are importing voters, you're putting on a tinfoil hat.  Schweizer explained that governments like communist China and Mexico have been using our immigration standards against America. The Chinese are using birthright citizenship to have Chinese babies born in America, and then brought up in China, but they'll be able to vote and donate in U.S. elections. The Mexicans have talked of reconquering their old territory. Then there's Islam, and the weird alliance between Muslims and woke LGBTQ types, who should be dramatically at odds. Schweizer quotes Professor Judith Butler of the University of California at Berkeley, an icon of the progressive left, who argues for the need for “understanding Hamas, Hezbollah as social movements that are progressive, that are on the Left, that are part of a global Left, is extremely important.” Enjoy the podcast below, or wherever you consume your podcasts. The audio is here.  

Imagine what the Republican Party would have looked like had President Trump been endorsing conservative reformers down-ballot rather than milquetoast RINOs backed by special interests for five consecutive cycles.In 2016, President Trump stormed the corporatist castle of the country-club GOP. But over the next five election cycles, he pulled up the rope ladder behind him. He left the reinforcements outside the gates, which crushed his ability to deliver on his promises in his first term. It also allowed generic Republicans to ride his brand while drifting away from his original America First message.Conservatives understand that competition improves a product. When Trump protects incumbents from primary pressure, he guarantees that the party never improves.Now he is making the same mistake in his second term by backing status-quo, corporatist Republicans in key races.2026 is do or dieThe opening months of 2026 should be the Super Bowl of primaries for the right. Vulnerable establishment Republicans and open seats sit on the board across solid red states — for Senate and governor.Even if Republicans struggle in swing states, Trump could still lock in a generation of red-state power by backing grassroots conservatives in open seats and insurgents challenging weak incumbents.Instead, he keeps yanking the rug out from under his own base.Louisiana bait and switchOver the weekend, the president endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) for U.S. Senate in Louisiana. Until now, Trump has refused to back conservatives against incumbents — except when he endorsed against Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Bob Good of Virginia in 2024.So yes, Trump finally moved against Sen. Bill Cassidy, a pro-COVID-vaccine liberal wasting a conservative seat. But he waited until more conservative candidates — state Treasurer John Fleming, state Sen. Blake Miguez, and state Rep. Julie Emerson — softened Cassidy up. Then Trump picked a challenger who matches Cassidy’s worldview in a prettier package.Letlow sides with Cassidy on government-run health care and the COVID vaccines. She also voted against penalizing FDA officials for unlawfully expanding access to mifepristone. Trump carried Louisiana by 22 points and won 57 of 64 parishes. He could have used his clout to elect a conservative stalwart like Miguez. Instead, he chose another version of the same problem.RELATED: Voters won’t buy ‘freedom in Iran’ while Minneapolis goes lawless Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesGovernors matter nowIf Democrats regain Washington, governors become the last real barrier against federal abuse. Red-state governors will matter more than ever, especially if Democrats install a weaponized Gavin Newsom-style agenda at the national level.After Ron DeSantis turned Florida from swing state into the red-state model, Republicans should be building an entire bench of governors who make even DeSantis look tame. But Trump’s endorsement habits keep locking in mediocrity. In Florida, he is backing Byron Donalds — a favorite of the legislative RINOs who fought DeSantis for years.Fourteen governorships are up in states Republicans should win even in a rough year: Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming. Trump hasn’t made one bold, movement-building endorsement as he did with DeSantis in 2018. Instead, he has already pre-emptively endorsed Idaho Gov. Brad Little for a third term and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for a fourth.Texas betrayal rewardedTrump has started interfering even in state legislative races. In Texas, Republicans cut a deal with Democrats and installed Dustin Burrows as speaker against the will of most of the party. Burrows rewarded them by handing committees to Democrats and killing conservative priorities.When conservatives moved to defeat the traitors, Trump carpet-bombed the effort by endorsing Burrows and his lieutenants for re-election.Conservatives understand that competition improves a product. Trump keeps canceling that competition. When he protects incumbents from primary pressure, he guarantees that the party never improves.

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) confronted ex-special counsel Jack Smith during a House committee hearing, accusing him and the Justice Department of secretly surveilling members of Congress and stomping on constitutional protections while investigating President Donald Trump.Gill pressed Smith on his office using secret subpoenas and nondisclosure orders to obtain phone "toll records" from lawmakers, including then-Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), without notifying them or the public.'Nobody's going to sue. ... So who cares? We're going to do it anyway.'"In January of 2023, did you subpoena then-Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy's toll records?" Gill asked. “Yes, sir, we did,” Smith replied.RELATED: GOP senator to sue Jack Smith after his lawyers try gaslighting on Biden FBI surveillance SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Gill pushed back, claiming Smith abused executive power to secretly collect phone data on Republican leadership.“Collecting months’ worth of phone data on the Republican speaker of the House — the leader of the opposition — right after he got sworn in as speaker, all around the time of a major vote — that sounds like a flagrant violation of the Speech or Debate Clause to me,” Gill said.The confrontation ramped up as Gill questioned Smith about the nondisclosure orders used to prevent McCarthy from learning that his records had been subpoenaed.“At the time you secured those nondisclosure orders, was Speaker McCarthy a flight risk?” Gill asked.“He was not,” Smith answered."Then why did your nondisclosure order refer to him as a flight risk?" Gill pressed. Gill then cited language in the court filing stating that disclosure could result in “flight from prosecution.”“You think the speaker of the House is ... going to hop on a plane and leave the country?” Gill asked.“No,” Smith said, arguing that the language was not meant to apply personally to McCarthy but to general investigative risks.Gill rejected that explanation.RELATED: House Republican seeks criminal investigation into Jack Smith's alleged surveillance scheme Photo by Ricky Carioti/Washington Post/Getty Images “This is clearly in reference to Speaker McCarthy,” Gill said. “You were using clearly false information to secure a nondisclosure order to hide from Speaker McCarthy and from the American people the fact that you were spying on his toll records.” Gill also revealed that Smith’s office issued additional secret subpoenas in May 2023 for the toll records of nine U.S. senators and another House member, along with more nondisclosure orders.“So again, nobody would know what you were doing,” Gill said. “The senators wouldn’t. The representatives wouldn’t. The American people wouldn’t.”Gill then read from an internal DOJ email warning of “litigation risk” tied to compelling disclosure of lawmakers’ phone records due to Speech or Debate Clause concerns.“As you are aware, there are some litigation risks regarding whether compelled disclosure of toll records of a member’s legislative calls violates the Speech or Debate Clause,” Gill read.Gill emphasized another line from the same analysis, saying that because of "the low likelihood that any of the members listed below would be charged, the litigation risk should be minimal here.”“In other words,” Gill said, “You're using a novel legal theory. ... You're not charging any of these members. Nobody’s going to know about it because you issued NDOs. Nobody’s going to sue. ... So who cares? We’re going to do it anyway.”“You walked all over the Constitution throughout this entire process,” Gill added. “It’s absolutely disgraceful.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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