The biggest joke on television is the idea that late-night hosts are “doing news.” Yet from a legal viewpoint, that has been the position of the networks—that when Jimmy Kimmel hosts Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., for a softball interview to announce his bid for governor of California, it’s “bona fide news” rather than Pravda-style propaganda. President Donald Trump’s Federal Communications Commission Chairman—Brendan Carr—is calling out the truth of matter in a new official announcement that puts the networks on notice he will no longer tolerate their abuse of the FCC’s news exemption. Carr, who has earned a reputation as a no-nonsense boss at the FCC, is acting to realign policy with reality: That daytime and late-night entertainment shows are just entertainment. They’re not news, and they don’t deserve to be treated as such. The “public notice” from the FCC’s Media Bureau—a sort of early-warning alert for potential future enforcement actions—tells broadcasters that “late night and daytime talk shows” are not automatically “bona fide news,” and says the “FCC has not been presented with any evidence that the interview portion of any late night or daytime television talk show program on air presently would qualify for the bona fide news exemption.” Translation: Watch out Kimmel, Colbert, and ABC’s “The View” because you no longer get the kid-glove treatment from the FCC when you muck around with left-wing politicians. Carr is 100% correct: it’s not what Congress enacted. Congress specified bona fide news, the notice explains, for a reason—Congress was “concern[ed] that broadcast stations would apply the exemptions too broadly in service of a political agenda.” It’s hard to see anything other than a political agenda at work when you look at the 2025 guest list on “The View”: Sens. Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Duckworth, Amy Klobuchar, John Fetterman, Cory Booker, Raphael Warnock, and Bernie Sanders, just to name a few (all Democrats). Only one Republican was invited on the show—retiring Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The same could be said of late-night shows: CBS’ Stephen Colbert featured 31 partisan officials in 2025, all Democrats, and Kimmel had on 11—again without a single Republican elected official. That isn’t news, it’s propaganda. And, as the FCC warns in its notice, the airwaves cannot be used for programs “designed for the specific advantage of a candidate.” That presumption is hard to maintain with a straight face in light of these statistics, and doubly so when the hosts are sponsoring fundraisers or making max-out contributions to the candidates they are then interviewing for “the news.” Indeed, ABC doesn’t even seem to consider Kimmel part of ABC News or he’d be prohibited by company policy from showering tens of thousands of dollars on Democratic candidates and PACs. Television and radio networks broadcast are on public airwaves, and use of that public asset comes with certain responsibilities. Perhaps unsurprisingly for a body of politicians, Congress has paid particular attention to equal time rules for candidates to ensure that the airwaves are not twisted into a tool for just one side of a hard-fought political contest. Congress required fair access to the airwaves for campaigns, including a right to equal time when a station features just one candidate during a race. At the same time, Congress recognized that news isn’t always a 50-50 proposition: One candidate might do more public events, say more controversial things, or garner more newsworthy endorsements. So, Congress put in a narrow exemption providing that “bona fide news” shows are exempt from the equal time rule. Over time, that rule has been expanded and twisted until—as we see today—virtually anything on air could count as news, to the point where the exception swallowed the rule. No longer can this be the case. Let’s be real: Late night television and “The View” consistently promote one political party and its candidates over the other. Carr is right to put the industry on notice; network executives would be wise to take heed and avoid politicizing the airwaves. Our team at the Center for American Rights will continue to be vigilant for viewers to ensure the networks follow the law. The post Left-Wing Late-Night Propaganda Isn’t ‘News’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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After less than a week in office, Democrat Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger – who ran as a moderate – is already considering a flurry of radical, leftist bills presented by her colleagues, now that the party has complete control of the state’s government. Before she took office on January 17, Democrats controlled the state legislature, but there was a Republican governor to temper their ambitions. But now, with Spanberger in office, Democrats are unleashed to impose their will on Virginians, no matter how extreme, and they’re wasting no time doing so. On his “Special Report” Fox News Channel program, Host Bret Baier rifled through a list of the controversial bills that Virginia state Democrats have put forward in the past week, ranging from creating/raising a host of taxes and changing election rules to punishing Second Amendment supporters while going easier on criminals (except drivers). “What a spectacular reminder that we no longer live in an era where there’s an existence of a moderate Democrat,” “Ruthless” podcast host Josh Holmes told Baier in the segment, noting that people who believed that Spanberger would govern as a moderate were duped by her party’s lies: “I think, for the last six months, to those of us who pointed out that the Mamdanis of the world have taken over the Democratic Party, were assured that ‘No, no, no,’ that’s not the face of the new Democratic Party – it’s people like moderate Abigail Spanberger. “I mean, she’s there for a cup of coffee - and all of a sudden we have a Communist Manifesto up in front of us. This is going fast and furious.” “But, it is how Democrats govern - regardless of what they say,” Holmes warned. Baier provided a graphic listing some of the objectives of the Democrats bills: New 4.3% sales tax on Uber Eats, Amazon, etc deliveries. New sales tax on admissions to a wide variety of businesses. Create two new higher tax brackets of 8% and 10% on people making over $600K. A new 10% tax bracket for anyone making over $1M. 3.8% investment tax on top of state income taxes. Raise the hotel tax. New personal property tax on landscaping equipment. Ban gas powered leaf blowers. Guarantee illegal aliens free education. Make it illegal to approach somebody at an abortion clinic. Extend the time absentee ballots can be received after election day to three days Allow people to cast their votes electronically through the internet. Expand ranked-choice voting. Extend the deadline for ballot curing to one week after election day. – Redact the addresses of political candidates from FOIAs. Add Virginia to the National Popular Vote Compact for presidential electors. Make it illegal to hand count ballots. $500 sales tax on firearm suppressors. "Assault weapons" and large capacity magazine ban. 11% sales tax on all firearms and ammunition. Prohibit outdoor shooting of a firearm on land less than five acres. Lower the criminal penalties for robbery. Ban the arrest of illegal aliens in courthouses. Remove mandatory minimum sentences. Allow localities to install speed cameras. Replace Columbus Day with "Indigenous Peoples Day." ? NEW: Fox’s @BretBaier says “elections have consequences” after reading a JAW DROPPING list of ‘moderate’ Spanberger’s extreme Democratic bills put forward in Virginia.@HolmesJosh reacts: “What a spectacular reminder that we no longer live in an era where there’s an… pic.twitter.com/H4STzcxaPK — TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) January 21, 2026  

A Chicago female recently was arrested in connection with an alleged string of beatings that took place after she allegedly failed to appear in court for an earlier battery case, CWB Chicago reported.Records show that 37-year-old Diamond Miller failed to appear in court on a pending misdemeanor battery charge on Dec. 2, the outlet said, adding that court records show that Judge Peter Gonzalez ordered the court clerk to send Miller a postcard reminding her of her court dates rather than issuing a warrant.Miller allegedly struck the woman in the face with a broken beer bottle, the outlet said, adding that the woman began bleeding immediately and suffered cuts to her face and a deep cut to her bottom lip.Later that month, Miller allegedly went on a physical attack spree.Prosecutors said that while she was "in AWOL status" from the pending misdemeanor battery case, Miller allegedly attacked three people within minutes near Pulaski Road and Cermak Road around noon on Dec. 21, CWB Chicago reported.The first attack occurred on a southbound CTA #53 Pulaski bus after a 33-year-old man asked Miller to quiet down so he could hear his wife during a phone call, the outlet said, citing prosecutors during a detention petition. Miller approached the man and struck him in the face "with great force," causing him to experience "pain and dizziness," CWB Chicago said, citing the filing. The bus driver stopped at Pulaski and Cermak and called police and EMS, the outlet noted.RELATED: NYC subway rider pays brutal price after asking fellow passenger to stop talking loudly on cell phone Diamond Miller. Image source: Chicago Police DepartmentProsecutors said Miller exited the bus and walked to a nearby bus shelter, the outlet reported.At 12:17 p.m., a second victim and her friend approached the shelter, where Miller was acting erratically and telling them to give her space, the outlet said, citing prosecutors. The victim and her friend walked away — but Miller allegedly followed them, CWB Chicago said. The victim told police that while she stood on the sidewalk with her back turned, Miller approached from behind and struck her in the face with a white plastic bag that contained a hard object that felt like ice, the outlet said, adding that the victim called 911.Miller returned to the bus shelter minutes later, when a 54-year-old woman — the third victim — and her 74-year-old mother approached while switching bus lines, CWB Chicago said, citing prosecutors. The detention filing said Miller yelled at them and accused them of following her, according to the outlet. The daughter helped her mother — who uses a walker — away from the shelter, but Miller allegedly followed them and continued yelling, CWB Chicago said. The daughter saw a CTA bus idling on the corner and asked the driver if her mother could board and wait until the next bus arrived, but the driver declined, the outlet said, citing the filing. As the woman and her mother walked away, Miller allegedly struck the woman in the face with a broken beer bottle, the outlet said, adding that the woman began bleeding immediately and suffered cuts to her face and a deep cut to her bottom lip.The second victim saw the attack on the third victim and recorded part of it with her phone, the outlet said, citing prosecutors.The first victim — the man from the bus — was taken to St. Anthony Hospital for treatment of minor injuries, CWB Chicago said, adding that prosecutors said the third victim received five stitches.Police said they arrested Miller at 12:50 p.m. the same day and charged her with three felony counts of aggravated battery and one misdemeanor count of aggravated assault of a person older than 60.Judge Robert Kuzas detained Miller, CWB Chicago said.Records indicate Miller was booked into Cook County Jail on Dec. 24, and she has no bond. Her next court date is Feb. 19, jail records say.CWB Chicago said Miller spent three days in jail in connection with four retail theft cases in October. A fifth retail theft case was dropped in November, the outlet said, even though Miller didn’t appear in court. However, records indicate the store’s representative didn’t show up for court, either, the outlet noted. A separate misdemeanor battery case was dropped in August, CWB Chicago added.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Liberals will often claim Christians are not acting in line with their religion when they support strict immigration laws — but that claim could not be further from the truth.“Remember Romans 13, that the government was instituted by God to reward those who do good and to punish those who do evil. Those who think that it is immoral or it is unjust to deport people who are here illegally have no problem locking their own doors, having their own walls, dead-bolting their own fences,” BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey says on “Relatable.”“And the truth is, nations are like families. The government is supposed to put the interest in the well-being and the safety of our people first. Just because you lock your door and you don’t let any stranger come into your home doesn’t mean that you hate your neighbors,” she says.“It doesn’t make you bigoted. It means that you love your children. If you allowed people that you don’t know, that you haven’t vetted into your home to sleep in your kid’s bed and to eat your kid's food, you wouldn’t be a good neighbor, you would be a bad parent,” she continues.And the same could be said for our government.“If they were not sending ICE into these cities to deport illegal aliens who are not only here illegally, that would be enough to deport someone, by the way. Every government has that right and responsibility to maintain that sovereignty that we just talked about but also to deport the worst people in the world. We’re talking about people who raped a child. And you want to impede that justice,” Stuckey says.“That is the God-given and righteous responsibility of any government. And Christians should be for that because we serve a God of peace, not a God of disorder. We understand that disorder and chaos are curses for a nation. And that God is a God of order who placed us in a garden, not a jungle,” she continues.“Tough immigration policy is good,” she says, adding, “It would have been good for Laken Riley ... it would have been good for all of those children who were raped or assaulted or kidnapped or harmed. The people who were killed, the people who have died because an illegal alien was driving under the influence. If we had tough immigration policy, those people would be alive.”Want more from Allie Beth Stuckey?To enjoy more of Allie’s upbeat and in-depth coverage of culture, news, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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