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Since 2016, the ends had justified the means in the liberal media’s total war against President Trump as they flaunted their false moral superiority as the sole defenders of democracy and the world. Drunk on their delusions of grandeur and thinking they were protected from defamation claims by New York Times v Sullivan, the liberal media would viciously lash out against anyone they wished with lies and falsehoods, quickly including private citizens. But by 2025, it was clear they had gone too far as they were repeatedly being held accountable by the legal system they thought they were safe from. For decades, the conventional wisdom was that the bar to prove defamation or even to get the ball rolling on a case against the media was just too much to surmount. But now there have been numerous cases of private citizens like student Nicholas Sandmann, Navy veteran Zachary Young, the family of 9-year-old child Holden Armenta (trial pending), and Dr. Mahendra Amin (who settled with MSNBC) taking bite after bite out of the liberal media. Then there was the settlement between ABC News and Trump. CBS's parent company Paramount settled their own non-defamation-related case to the tune of $16 million upfront with it possibly reaching upwards of $30 million. The CBS settlement also reportedly resulted in an editorial change at the network in which they will promptly release full and unedited transcripts of future interviews with presidential candidates. Sandmann seemed to be the beginning of the dam breaking apart. After far-left radical protestors assailed Sandmann and his Covington classmates in front of the Lincoln Memorial after the annual March for Life rally in Washington D.C. in 2019, multiple news outlets targeted the child and smeared him as a racist and lied about him not allowing those assailing him to retreat. In a flurry of defamation suits, Sandmann sought damages from The Washington Post, CNN, and NBCUniversal to the combined tune of $800 million dollars. Each one of those purported news outlets settled out of court for a confidential amount of money. Arguably the most substantial result in these efforts to hold the liberal media to account came from Young. After rejecting a settlement offer in September 2024 that would keep the case from going to trial, Young rode the case out through the trial proceeding and came out victorious and vindicated on the other side. CNN was order to pay a combined $5 million in compensatory damages with an undisclosed amount for punitive damages. Importantly, a jury of CNN’s peers had not only found that CNN had lied about Young but that they also did so with “actual” and “expressed” malice, as evident in their internal messages. Young’s lead counsel Vel Freedman told NewsBusters of the historic nature of the case: In part of my closing argument, I said that this is a historic case, this is an opportunity to send a message. And I think - I hope that is the message taken. That, you know, just step back from sensationalized media, report the truth. We want to hear the truth, we want to hear the facts from our media. If you do that, the First Amendment protects you from these sort of results. Young has since launched defamation suits against Puck News, The Associated Press, and U.S. News and World Report. Like the Eye of Sauron, even young children weren’t safe from the liberal media’s baleful gaze. In a now-deleted 2023 article on Deadspin, senior writer Carron J. Phillips targeted a little boy at a Kansas City Chiefs game to falsely claim he was racist for wearing black and red face paint (after first falsely claiming he was only wearing blackface). Later that year, the family retained counsel and threatened to sue; and in October of 2024, a judge refused Deadspin’s request to dismiss the case. Dr. Amin’s case was set to go to trial in April before the parties settled for an undisclosed amount of money. He sued MSNBC for $30 million for defamatory accusation that he was doing medically unnecessary hysterectomies to sterilize illegal immigrant women on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and dubbing him “the uterus collector.” Meanwhile, internal communications inside the network showed skepticism of the claims from the hosts who eventually ran with the story anyway. Getting by far the most media attention was the $16 million settlement between ABC and Trump, with $15 million of that going towards a future presidential library and $1 million for Trump’s legal fees. Anchor George Stephanopoulos had lied about Trump being found liable for “rape.” ABC refused to report on their settlement, and so did CBS News which settled their own $16 million suit filed by Trump, who was alleging “deceptive conduct” regarding their election-time 60 Minutes interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. CBS did report on their settlement. Trump-appointed FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sent a letter to CBS demanding the transcript of the interview, which CBS was reportedly complying with. The New York Times also reported that, “Shari Redstone, Paramount’s controlling shareholder, strongly supports the company’s effort to settle the lawsuit, the people said.” MSNBC, then embroiled in their own defamation suit, had the nerve to whine about the “chilling effect” the ABC settlement would have on the media. What about the chilling effect from the liberal media’s defamatory statements against average American citizen who might find themselves in their crosshairs? ‘Don’t support Trump or do anything we think is against our morals, otherwise we’ll ruin you!’ Trump was also in the middle of a defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board for their praise of the Washington Post and New York Times coverage of the Russia Collusion Hoax. Jury trials might be the best places to hold liberal media accountable for that kind of attitude with reporting. Judging by the brutal jury questions posed to CNN journalists and editors during the Young trial, the American people were tired of how the liberal media conducts themselves: “‘A chance to make your case to keep your name out of it’ sounds akin to ‘guilty until proven innocent,’ can you clarify how your approach is really the opposite, ‘innocent until proven guilty?’” and “Why, after several examples of Mr. Young cut off communication with people without [corporate] funds, did you still feel as if he was still exploiting Afghans?” The future seems bright for media accountability.

Google’s artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini has, for the second consecutive year, displayed anti-American sentiments. Once again, the Google AI chatbot sparked controversy surrounding America’s Independence Day by providing disturbing answers to questions about the nation's history. Gemini’s answers stemmed from MRC Free Speech America’s prompts about the nation’s founding, demonstrating leftist bias within the AI’s systems just weeks before the United States’ 249th anniversary and days before President Donald Trump officially launches his “Task Force 250.” This year-long initiative aims to celebrate the historic 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding.  Recent polling has revealed that the highest number of voters in years take pride in being American. However, it seems Google did not get the memo. “Somebody should inform Google: being American is cool again,” said MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider in response to this study’s findings. This comment references a 2025 national survey conducted by Fox News, which found that 58 percent of Americans are proud of their country—an increase of 13 percentage points from 2024. This is also the highest level of pride recorded since 2011, when a record 69 percent expressed pride in being American. Gemini was indifferent to historic festivities and the new polling. Instead, it spread the following claims about America’s founding. [Story Continues on MRC Free Speech America]

Most mainstream press accounts have largely ignored one obvious source of the Los Angeles riots — namely, that the Biden administration released more than enough illegal aliens into this country to populate a wholly new Los Angeles. In the aftermath of those riots, it’s an appropriate time to ask this question: How many illegal aliens did the Biden administration actually let into the United States?According to the Congressional Budget Office, from 2021 through 2024, a net 10.3 million people immigrated to the United States. That figure reflects the number of (legal or illegal) immigrants who entered the U.S., minus the number who left. As a result of this huge immigration influx, the portion of the U.S. population that is foreign-born hit 16.2%, per the Congressional Budget Office, surpassing the all-time record of 14.8% set in 1890. That mark lasted for more than 130 years, but it couldn’t survive the Biden administration.One can only wonder how many potential terrorists got across Biden’s porous border without being encountered.In fact, the percentage of the population that is foreign-born is probably even higher than 16.2%, as that figure was for 2023 (up from 15.6% in 2022). Since a net 2.7 million people immigrated to the U.S. in 2024, according to the CBO, and about 500,000 foreign-born residents die annually (based on the CBO’s estimate for 2023), the foreign-born population rose by an estimated 2.2 million in 2024 — from 55.1 million to about 57.3 million. So the percentage of the population that is foreign-born likely hit about 16.8% last year (57.3 million out of 342 million). In comparison, in 1970, the portion of the U.S. population that was foreign-born was 4.7%, which is just over a quarter of the current rate.Put another way, on the cusp of next year’s quarter-millennial anniversary of American independence, about one out of every six people now living in the U.S. is foreign-born, versus one out of every 21 on the eve of the bicentennial. That’s a massive population transformation — one unlike anything our country has ever experienced.Record-breaking numbersMost of those who were added to the foreign-born population during the Biden years were added illegally. From 2021 through 2024 — a period that coincides almost perfectly with Biden’s presidential term (having 97% overlap) — the net increase in the number of illegal aliens in the U.S., based on CBO estimates, was 7.1 million people. In comparison, the entire population of Los Angeles is 3.9 million.Note that this represents the net increase. The gross increase in the number of illegal aliens under Biden was likely close to 10 million. The CBO only estimates the gross increase for a portion of Biden’s term, but its partial tallies can yield a reasonable estimate for the whole four-year span.RELATED: Exclusive: Top immigration official reflects on Biden's failed border policies: ‘An invasion unlike we've seen before’ Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty ImagesCiting numbers obtained from the Department of Homeland Security, the CBO estimates that in 2023 and 2024, the gross increase in the number of illegal aliens in the U.S. was 5.9 million, while the net increase was 4.3 million. That’s about four new illegal aliens added (by being released into the country, evading capture, or overstaying a legal authorization) for every one that was subtracted (by leaving or being legalized).So the ratio between the gross increase and the net increase was about 4 to 3. Assuming the same ratio in 2021 and 2022 — when the CBO estimates that the net increase in the number of illegal aliens was 2.9 million — suggests the gross increase over that span was about 3.9 million. Adding the 5.9 million cited above reveals a gross increase of about 9.8 million illegal aliens across Biden’s four years. That’s more than the population of New York City — or all of New Jersey.The CBO switched from using fiscal-year figures for 2023 to using calendar-year figures for 2024 in estimating the gross increase in the number of illegal aliens (and the releases, evasions, and overstays that compose that gross increase). But the number of encounters along the southwest border was very similar in FY 2023 as in CY 2023 (being 3% higher in CY 2023), so this switch likely had little effect on the CBO estimates. Indeed, for the net increase in the number of illegal aliens, the CBO provides both FY 2023 and CY 2023 numbers, and they differ by just 0.1 million.The vast majority of these roughly 10 million illegal aliens didn’t overstay their visas, per the CBO. Rather, they either evaded capture and escaped across the border or were released by the Biden administration into the country’s interior.Released with no accountabilityBy far the biggest cohort was deliberately released. As U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell wrote during a Biden-era case, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz “testified that the current surge differs from prior surges that he [has] seen over his lengthy career in that most of the aliens now being encountered at the Southwest Border are turning themselves in to USBP officers rather than trying to escape the officers.”Ortiz, whom the Biden administration selected as Border Patrol chief, said at the time that aliens are likely “turning themselves in because they think they’re going to be released.”They were generally right. The CBO estimates that in 2024, Biden’s DHS released more than 1.5 million aliens into the U.S. — 570,000 were encountered along the open border and released, and another 960,000 were encountered at ports of entry along the border and released — while another estimated 800,000 escaped across the border.RELATED: Street riots can’t set US immigration policy Photo by Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty ImagesIn FY 2023, DHS released about 2 million aliens into the U.S. — 1.1 million of whom crossed the open border and were released, 900,000 of whom were released at ports of entry — while another estimated 860,000 escaped across the border. That’s a total of 5.2 million evasions or releases over two years (specifically over FY 2023 and CY 2024, the periods for which the Congressional Budget Office provides figures). During the same 24 months, 715,000 people overstayed their legal authorizations to be in the country, per CBO estimates.In other words, about seven-eighths (5.2 million out of 5.9 million) of those who joined the ranks of illegal aliens over those two years either evaded capture or were released into the country, rather than overstaying their visas. Applying that same seven-eighths figure to 2021 and 2022 — when the gross increase in the number of illegal aliens was about 3.9 million — suggests that about 3.4 million illegal aliens evaded capture or were released over those two years. That brings the estimated four-year tally to about 8.6 million releases or evasions under Biden (5.2 million plus 3.4 million) — a number larger than the populations of 38 individual states.A president-approved invasionTo sum up, about 10 million illegal aliens were added to the U.S. population during the Biden administration. Of those, about 8.6 million came across the southern border — usually being released but sometimes evading capture — rather than overstaying their visas. After accounting for illegal aliens who either left the country or became legalized, the result was a net increase of 7.1 million illegal aliens during the Biden years, per the CBO.That net increase of 7.1 million illegal aliens equals about two-thirds of the overall net increase of 10.3 million (legal or illegal) immigrants during Joe Biden’s tenure. After four years of Biden, the foreign-born population now makes up a higher percentage of the overall U.S. population than at any time on record, including during the great waves of immigration in the 19th century.But it’s not just how many but who came into the country that matters. During the three full fiscal years (FY 2018-2020) immediately preceding the Biden administration, there were a total of nine encounters along the open border between Border Patrol officials and noncitizens on the terrorist watch list. During the three full fiscal years (FY 2022-2024) that took place entirely during Biden’s term, there were 370 such encounters — a 41-fold increase. Across all four years of the Biden presidency, the number of such encounters was approximately 400. One can only wonder how many potential terrorists got across Biden’s porous border without being encountered.On his first day in office, Biden issued an executive order prioritizing “equity.” His DHS soon quoted that order, made clear it would apply it “in the immigration and enforcement context,” and thereafter refused to enforce federal immigration law requiring the detention of asylum-seekers. Such “equity”-driven actions were, in the words of Judge Wetherell, “akin to posting a flashing ‘Come In, We’re Open’ sign on the southern border.”As a result of that neon invitation, 7.1 million more illegal aliens entered the U.S. or overstayed their visas than left the U.S. or became legalized while Biden was in office — more than the combined populations of Los Angeles, D.C., Boston, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Atlanta, and Miami. This was a deliberate result of Biden’s “equity” agenda, and Americans are paying the price.Editor’s note: This article was originally published by RealClearPolitics.

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The Lost Ark Paradise mode is set to arrive this month, as Amazon Games and Smilegate lay out a fresh roadmap for the free-to-play MMO and ARPG. The experimental system aims to offer a more approachable way to play, with new activities and equipment designed to appeal to players who might have been turned away by the endgame-focused grind. Also included in the latest Lost Ark roadmap are the Valkyrie class, a female Paladin counterpart, and a limited-time event dungeon and eight-player raid. Continue reading Lost Ark's revolutionary Paradise mode headlines the free MMO's new roadmap MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best MMORPG – top MMOs you should play, Lost Ark class tier list, All Lost Ark Mokoko Seeds locations

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