A Wall Street Journal opinion piece by Sen. Mitt Romney regarding the demise of the No Labels political party initiative tells us as much about Romney‚ and why he failed to ever become a national leader‚ as it does about the failure of the No Labels effort.No Labels defined its mission to support centrism and bipartisanship.Romney defines this effort as seeking out the sensible middle voices in American politics.My view is that No Labels failed because of its very incorrect assumption that what Americans seek is a so-called middle ground‚ or even that a middle ground exists‚ on issues that most trouble the nation today.No Labels was wrong in its assessment of what the nation wants and needs‚ and Romney is wrong.Former President Richard Nixon once observed that many make the mistake of thinking that conflict is the result of misunderstanding rather than difference of belief.When America split and descended into civil war in the 1850s and1860s‚ it was not because of the failure of sensible middle voices to emerge.It was because there were many in the country who believed that slavery was not only OK but desirable. It was because some believed that Black Africans who were enslaved were not even human beings.Where is the middle ground‚ the sensible middle voices‚ on slavery?Slavery was not about misunderstanding or lack of communication. It was about conflict between very different sets of beliefs.This is what is happening in our country today.Over the years‚ the country has become increasingly polarized‚ with very different views about what is true and not true and even what the country is about.In the most recent Gallup polling on patriotism‚ only 39% say they are extremely proud to be an American. Only 67% say that are extremely/very proud to be an American.Twenty years ago‚ 90% said they were extremely/very proud to be an American.On issues of great concern to and impact on the country‚ opinions are deeply divided.Gallup reports that the divide between Republicans and Democrats on how much power the federal government should have has increased by 50 points over the last 20 years.The divide between Republicans and Democrats on the nature and cause of global warming has increased by 33 points‚ on satisfaction with K-12 education has increased by 30 points‚ on whether abortion should be legal under any circumstances by 30 points‚ on the importance of foreign trade by 29 points‚ and about immigration by 29 points.Where is the sensible middle on these issues? The answer is there is none.The different points of view emerge from very different views of the world‚ very different views of what is or is not true.The great struggle in our nation today is about whether the founders vision of a free nation under God‚ with limited power of the national government‚ will be restored and harnessed to todays challenges. Or if we will continue in the direction of secular humanism‚ Godlessness and socialism.Abraham Lincoln captured todays reality‚ as neither No Labels nor Mitt Romney could do.Lincoln said in 1858: A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure‚ permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved -- I do not expect the house to fall -- but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing‚ or all the other.There is a reason why Donald Trump came out of nowhere in 2016 to win the presidency‚ running on the theme Make America Great Again.The struggle today is between those who want to recapture our founding values and principles. And those who want to destroy them.The House will not fall. We will become all one thing‚ or all the other.

On Monday‚ House leaders will send articles of impeachment to the Senate to begin a trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas‚ who was the first cabinet member to be impeached by the House in over 100 years.A letter sent to Sen. Majority Leader Charles Schumer in March‚ House Speaker Mike Johnson and 11 Republican impeachment managers charged: Throughout his tenure Mayorkas has repeatedly lied to Congress and the American people about the scope of the [border] crisis and his role in it. His unlawful actions are responsible for the historic crisis that has devastated communities throughout our country.During this historic crisis many innocent lives have been taken by illegal immigrants some of whom were deported but let back in during the Biden administration.These are tragedies that have gone largely untold by the Big Three (ABC‚ CBS‚ NBC) broadcast networks. With the exception of Laken Riley who President Joe Biden infamously called Lincoln during the State of the Union address the networks have mostly refused to tell their audiences about the horrendous murders committed by so-called undocumented immigrants.The following are six of the most horrific cases of innocent victims killed by illegal immigrants during the Biden administration of which only one was covered (Ruby Garcia) but only because the networks used it to criticize Trump.VICTIM: RUBY GARCIAOn April 1‚ 2024 West Michigans Fox17online.com reported:Brandon Ortiz-Vite‚ the man accused of killing 25-year-old Ruby Garcia in a shooting on 131‚ entered the United States illegally as a child‚ according to ICE.Ortiz-Vite‚ a 25-year-old native of Mexico‚ received approval for deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals‚ or DACA‚ program.Ortiz-Vite';s status under DACA expired May 10‚ 2019. He was arrested on local charges Aug. 30‚ 2020‚ and deemed to be inadmissible under the Immigration and Nationality Act‚ also known as INA. According to court records‚ Ortiz-Vite was arrested in Grand Rapids for driving while intoxicated and for a suspended license.He was arrested by Enforcement and Removal Operations‚ or ERO‚ in Detroit on Aug. 31‚ 2020‚ and served notice to appear‚ according to ICE.Ortiz-Vite was ordered to be removed by an immigration judge with the Justice Department';s Executive Office of Immigration Review on Sept. 24‚ 2020. Ortiz-Vite was removed to Mexico on Sept. 29‚ 2020 .It is not known when Ortiz-Vite re-entered the United States without inspection by an immigration official‚ ICE said in a statement.ABC‚ CBS‚ NBC evening and morning show coverage: Total time = 2 minutes‚ 18 seconds. NBC: 1 minute‚ 46 seconds; ABC: 32 seconds; CBS: 0 seconds. ABC and NBC briefly covered Garcia but only did so to knock Trump. ABC correspondent Rachel Scotts April 5 Good Morning America report was typical of the coverage:RACHEL SCOTT: The former president drilling in on what hes calling migrant crimes‚ pointing to the death of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia‚ who officials say was killed by an undocumented immigrant who she had a relationship with.DONALD TRUMP: They said she had the most contagious laughter and when she walked into a room she lit up that room and I have heard that from so many people I spoke to‚ some of her family.SCOTT: But the family of the victim telling a local Grand Rapids station that never happened.VICTIM: JEREMY POOU CACERESOn February 28‚ 2024‚ FoxNews.com reported:The Salvadoran illegal migrant arrested in the fatal shooting of a 2-year-old in Maryland had previously been released twice from jail despite ICE requesting he be deported on both occasions.Nilson Trejo-Granados‚ 25‚ was arrested Monday and charged with first- and second-degree murder in the Feb. 8 shooting death of Jeremy Poou Caceres while the child was out walking with his 17-year-old mother. The child was caught in the crossfire of a shootout between two groups during a drug dispute‚ police said.According to charges reviewed by The Washington Post‚ Trejo-Granados is not accused of firing the weapon that killed Caceres‚ but he is alleged to have been in a car with a group of people connected to the shootout. Trejo-Granados had been arrested twice before the incident and was cut loose in both cases even though ICE wanted him held for deportation since he was in the country illegally.ABC‚ CBS‚ NBC evening and morning show coverage: 0 seconds.VICTIM: LIZBETH MEDINAOn February 8‚ 2024 the New York Post reported:A Texas grand jury has indicted the illegal immigrant suspect in a 16-year-old girls brutal killing on capital murder charges.The indictment obtained by Fox News Digital says Rafael Govea Romero‚ 23‚ intentionally caused Lizbeth Medinas death while in the course of attempting to commit a burglary‚ robbery or sexual assault.The document also alleges Romero killed Medina by causing the teenagers head to strike a firm surface‚ striking her head with a hard object and repeatedly stabbing or cutting her with a sharp object or edged weapon.Its very disturbing to me‚ Lizbeths mother‚ Jacqueline Medina‚ told Fox News Digital of the indictment‚ adding she thinks the grand jury handed down the capital murder charge because of all the evidence and all the other details in the case.ABC‚ CBS‚ NBC evening and morning show coverage: 0 seconds.VICTIM: AIDEN CLARKOn August 28‚ 2023 Breitbart reported:An illegal alien‚ released into the United States in 2022 after arriving at the nations southern border‚ is now charged with killing 11-year-old Aiden Clark after crashing into a school bus filled with children in Clark County‚ Ohio.On Monday‚ 35-year-old illegal alien Hermanio Joseph of Haiti appeared in Clark County Municipal Court where his bond was kept at $100‚000 following charges of aggravated vehicular homicide.According to prosecutors‚ on August 22‚ Joseph was driving a Honda Odyssey minivan when he hit a Northwestern Local Schools bus that was full of children. The bus‚ as a result of the crash‚ flipped and 11-year-old Aiden Clark was ejected from the bus.That Tuesday marked the first day of school for Aiden.An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesman confirmed to Breitbart News that Joseph is a citizen of Haiti and had arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in August 2022. From there‚ the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued Joseph a Notice to Appear (NTA) in federal immigration court and released him into the U.S. interior where he ultimately ended up in Ohio.National Immigration Center for Enforcement (NICE) advisory board member John Fabbricatore told Breitbart News that President Joe Bidens expansive Catch and Release network at the border is ultimately responsible.The Biden administrations welcome and release agenda continues to put our communities at risk‚ Fabbricatore‚ a former senior ICE official‚ said. Their goal is to let in as many poorly vetted illegal aliens as possible‚ often without proper GPS tracking or scheduled court appearances. When will this administration put public safety first‚ or is mass migration more important?ABC‚ CBS‚ NBC evening and morning show coverage: 0 seconds.VICTIM: LEAH GOMEZOn April 2‚ 2024 Breitbart reported:22-year-old Leah Gomez.was shot to death with an AR-15 in front of her 1-year-old daughter in May 2023 in Grand Rapids. In February‚ a jury found Luis Bernal Sosa‚ a 27-year-old illegal alien from Mexico‚ guilty of murdering Gomez.ABC‚ CBS‚ NBC evening and morning show coverage: 0 seconds.VICTIM: MARIA GONZALEZOn August 27‚ 2023 FoxNews.com reported:The Texas suspect who is accused of murdering and sexually assaulting 11-year-old Maria Gonzalez was denied bail last week. Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez‚ 18‚ was arrested in Shreveport‚ Louisiana and charged with capital murder on August 19. His bail request was rejected during a Thursday court appearance‚ according to FOX 26 Houston.FOX 26 reported that Garcia-Rodriguez illegally entered the United States from Guatemala earlier this year‚ but was allowed to stay in the country via a sponsor in Louisiana.Marias father Carmelo reported that the last contact he had with his daughter was when she sent him a WhatsApp message on August 12 about someone knocking on their door.I told her‚ Dont open the door‚ because I am arriving at work‚ and she responded‚ I am in my bed‚ Carmelo said to FOX 26.The father arrived home at around 2:30 p.m. and told police that he found his daughters body under her bed. Her remains were put in a plastic bag and a laundry bag before being placed in a laundry basket under a bed.Unfortunately‚ they left her under the bed in a plastic bag. They left my poor daughter‚ the grieving father told FOX 26.ABC‚ CBS‚ NBC evening and morning show coverage: 0 seconds.The question has to be asked. If ABC‚ CBS and NBC werent so in the tank for the Biden administration‚ would these innocent victims of the border crisis get their names mentioned on the networks?

PBS/CNNs Christiane Amanpour joined CBSs Stephen Colbert for her second late night comedy show appearance of the week on the Wednesday installment of The Late Show. The duo freaked out over the possibility of a second Donald Trump term and that the rest of the democratic world is similarly freaked out and over the same issues‚ such as American pro-lifers allegedly being comparable to Iran and the Taliban.Amanpour informed Colbert that the rest of the world is watching your electionvery‚ very closely because thatis really preoccupying them. Having had a collective nervousbreakdown the last time.They are trying to proofthemselves againstColbert then interrupted to ask‚ So‚ the world freaked out as much as some of us did?Amanpour qualified her remarks‚ As much as some of you did. Some of the world. I mean‚ there were parts of the world that didn';t freak out. Mostly the autocratic parts of the world.The duo then listed off several people who allegedly would be comfortable with another Trump win‚ including Hungarys Viktor Orban‚ Russias Vladimir Putin‚ Chinas Xi Jinping‚ Turkeys Recep Tayyip Erdogan‚ and Saudi Arabias Mohammed bin Salman.Colbert followed up by declaring that the idea of a second Trump presidency makes Americans fearful. What specifically‚ I assume the world is freaked out about the second possibility.Naturally‚ Amanpour agreed‚ but instead of immediately diving into foreign affairs‚ she claimed the rest of the world is alarmed by American pro-lifers‚ Well yeah‚ I mean look‚ youve just been talking about something freaking out Americans‚ which is this Arizona law from pre-Civil War and that is being really looked at especially in democracies where there are codified women';s rights and human rights. France‚ for instance. On International Women';s Day‚ March 8‚ actually signed into law a constitutional amendment to guarantee a woman';s right to make choices about her own body.If an American state legislature passed legislation with identical language as Frances amendment‚ Amanpour would claim it was a radical‚ right-wing denial of womens rights because the limit in that law is 14 weeks.Amanpour continued‚ insisting that you either support abortion or you oppose human rights‚ This was sort of a demonstrationof will by‚ you know‚ a country that';s verysupportive of your revolution‚to show that this is universalhuman rights and that womenactually need to be treated likeadults and whether it';s Afghanistan‚ Iran‚or the United States‚ a bunch ofgrumpy old man shouldn';t bemaking essential decisions.While Amanpour didnt explicitly say Taliban‚ considering the Taliban runs Afghanistan‚ it should be obvious who she is talking about. The Iran and Taliban analogy isnt new for both Amanpour and Colbert. Hillary Clinton used the analogy in a softball December 2022 interview with Amanpour‚ while Colbert used it in a March 2023 rant against the Supreme Court.Here is a transcript for the April 10 show:CBS The Late Show with Stephen Colbert4/11/202412:05 AM ETCHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: In the world‚they are watching your electionvery‚ very closely because thatis really preoccupying them.STEPHEN COLBERT: So‚ theyAMANPOUR: Having had a collective nervousbreakdown the last time.They are trying to proofthemselves againstSTEPHEN COLBERT: I guess‚ I really didnt take that into account all the time. So‚ the world freaked outAMANPOUR: Yes.COLBERT: As much as some of us did?AMANPOUR: As much as some of you did. Some of the world. I mean‚ there were parts of the world that didn';t freak out. Mostly the autocratic parts of the world. Yeah.COLBERT: Your Orbans. Yeah‚ yeah.AMANPOUR: Your Putins‚ your Xis‚ your Orbans.Those people.COLBERT: Your Erdogans. Those people. Okay.AMANPOUR: Your‚ you know‚ MBSesCOLBERT: The idea of asecond Trump presidency makesAmericans fearful.What specifically‚ I assume the world is freakedout about the secondpossibility. Okay.AMANPOUR: Well yeah‚ I mean look‚ youve just been talking aboutsomething freaking outAmericans‚ which is this Arizona lawCOLBERT: Yeah.AMANPOUR: frompre-Civil WarCOLBERT: Yup.AMANPOUR: and that is being really looked atespecially in democracies wherethere are codified women';srights and human rights.France‚ for instance.On International Women';s Day‚March 8‚ actually signed intolaw a constitutional amendmentto guarantee a woman';s right tomake choices about her own body.Abortion and otherCOLBERT: Do many countrieshave that?AMANPOUR: Notnecessarily‚ no‚ they don';t.This was sort of a demonstrationof will by‚ you know‚ a country that';s verysupportive of your revolution‚to show that this is universalhuman rights and that womenactually need to be treated likeadults and whether it';s Afghanistan‚ Iran‚or the United States‚ a bunch ofgrumpy old man shouldn';t bemaking essential decisions.

On today';s CNN This Morning‚ host Kasie Hunt danced on the latest media party line‚ that Donald Trump can';t pose as a ";moderate"; on abortion now after appointing Supreme Court justices that repealed Roe vs. Wade.But then Hunt unleashed a series of pro-abortion messages‚ airing for free 30 seconds of a new Biden-Harris campaign ad‚ as well as an ad for Democrat Gov. Steve Beshear of Kentucky‚ and a teary interview with Texas native Kate Cox from NBC News. Hunt emphasized women telling sympathetic stories about how the overturning of Roe impaired their ability to destroy their babies.The Biden ad‚ in which a sobbing Amanda Zurawski displays a tiny blanket for her child‚ ended with this blunt attack: ";Donald Trump did this."; Zurawski and Kate Cox have both been hosted in First Lady Jill Biden';s box during State of the Union addresses‚ underlining how Kasie Hunt seems like a Biden campaign surrogate.They can';t interview pro-life doctors who argue the pro-abortion forces mislead the public about state laws and miscarriage treatment. Hunt could only talk about abortions as ";the care she needed.";One thing CNN didn';t do‚ and can';t do‚ was to interview unborn babies. But if CNN could‚ you would hear heartbreaking stories of children who wanted to live‚ but had that possibility ripped away from them in unspeakably cruel fashion in states that won';t protect them from abortion. Hunt talks about ";protecting"; abortion rights‚ not protecting babies.Hunt ended her pitch for Biden by dramatically claiming that ";these are just three stories of countless stories like them‚ no doubt‚ unfolding across the country because of the fall of Roe vs. Wade."; Perhaps. But what is undoubtedly true is that under Roe‚ tens of millions of unborn babies perished‚ babies whose stories will never be told.Now with the overturning of Roe‚ some babies who otherwise would have died have been born‚ and in years to come will be able to express how thankful they are that the overturning of Roe gave them the chance to live.The balance between the rights of mothers and the unborn will be determined on a state-by-state basis. But CNN‚ like the rest of the liberal media‚ will only present the issue from the most heart-wrenching women';s perspectives--never of that of babies whose lives have been saved.Here';s the transcript.CNN This Morning4/11/246:00 am EDTKASIE HUNT: This morning‚ Republicans in the Arizona state legislature blocking attempts to repeal the 1864 law banning all abortion there with just a single exception for the life of the mother. As outrage grows‚ presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is trying to convince voters that he doesn';t support the Arizona law‚ and now says he would not sign a national abortion ban if he is elected president.DONALD TRUMP [responding on the tarmac to a question]: Yeah‚ they did‚ and that';ll be straightened out. As you know‚ it';s all about states'; rights‚ and it';ll be straightened out‚ and I';m sure that the governor and everybody else are going to bring it back into reason‚ and that will be taken care of‚ I think‚ very quickly.REPORTER: Would you sign a national abortion ban if Congress sent it to your desk?TRUMP: [Shakes his head in the negative.] No.Hunt: No. Trump is trying to sound more moderate on an issue that has galvanized voters from Ohio to Kansas‚ to Kentucky to vote to protect abortion rights. But this Arizona law‚ and restrictions similar to it in other states‚ they are in force because of Donald Trump.Recall: how did he win the Republican nomination in the first place? Back in 2016‚ he released a list of 11 Supreme Court Justices he would consider appointing‚ to convince skeptical evangelical voters‚ who are the bedrock of the Republican base‚ that he‚ Trump‚ was one of them‚ or at least that he would act like one of them.Then‚ to hammer that home‚ he picked the very publicly pious Mike Pence as his running mate. And then‚ he was elected president‚ and he transformed the Supreme CourtTRUMP: Today‚ I am keeping another promise to the American people by nominating Judge Neil Gorsuch. I will nominate Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Judge Amy Coney Barrett.HUNT: In June of 2022‚ after nearly 50 years‚ the Court struck down Roe versus Wade. And Trump‚ who is now trying to say that he doesn';t support the strictest restrictions that have been exploding in red states across the country‚ he has repeatedly bragged about how he made that possible.TRUMP: We ended Roe v. Wade. We terminated Roe v. Wade. I was able to terminate Roe v. Wade after 50 years of trying.HUNT: The results have been stories like this one‚ told in a Biden campaign ad‚ yes‚ but about a woman‚ a family. who wanted their child‚ wanted a child‚ and were devastated by the consequences of the fall of Roe.BIDEN CAMPAIGN AD: [As mother speaks in the background‚ screen reads] At 18 weeks‚ Amanda';s water broke and she had a miscarriage. Because Donald Trump killed Roe v. Wade‚ Amanda was denied standard medical care to prevent infection: an abortion. the outfit she was gonna maybewhere home from the hospital. Doctors were forced to send her home.WOMAN IN AD: [Sobbing] This is the blanket that she was on.AD: Donald Trump did this.HUNT: There';s also Kate Cox. She';s the Texas woman who also desperately wanted a baby. When she was told that her baby likely wouldn';t live for more than a few days outside the womb‚ she sought an abortion to try to protect her ability to try again‚ to have a child. Here';s what she told NBC News in December.KATE COX: It';s a hard‚ hard time‚ you know‚ even with‚ you know‚ being hopeful with the decision that came from the hearing this morning. There';s‚ there';s still‚ we';re going through the loss of a child. There';s no outcome here that I take home my healthy baby girl‚ you know. So it';s hard‚ you know. Cox had to leave her home state of Texas to get the care that she needed.Then there was this woman‚ Hadley Duvall‚ who told her story in a campaign ad for Kentucky';s Democratic governor.BESHEAR CAMPAIGN AD: I was raped by my stepfather after years of sexual abuse. I was 12. Anyone who believes there should be no exceptions for rape and incest could never understand what it';s like to stand in my shoes.HUNT: These are just three stories of countless stories like them‚ no doubt‚ unfolding across the country because of the fall of Roe versus Wade.

Oh so now in America we cant even display the American flag without triggering people?The Borderline Dance team was kicked out of a Seattle dance convention called the Emerald City Hoedown for wearing American flag-themed shirts‚ which reportedly made others feel triggered and unsafe.Nope‚ this isn';t a joke.The country line dance convention was put on by the Rain Country Dance Association‚ an LGBTQ-focused western dance community‚ Jason Rantz noted on770 KTTH. The Borderline Dance team was invited to the event but when they arrived‚ said they didnt get the greeting they were expecting.The hostility against Borderline arose because the team wore matching shirts with American flags on them. Like are you serious?Sad part is‚ this is the first year that Borderline was even able to attend the event. According to the teamsFacebookpage‚ theyve been invited for the past three years but because of their Covid restrictions‚ we have been unable to [attend] until this year so they were stoked to get to attend this Spring. Heres more of what the team wrote in their Facebook post:Unfortunately‚ what our team was met with upon arrival was that our flag tops were offensive to some of the convention goers. There was a small group that felt triggered and unsafe. They had several claims for this reasoning. Mostly associated with the situation in Palestine and the Trans community in America. At first we were told we would just be bood‚ yelled at and likely many of them would walk out. This did not deter us. But then we were given an ultimatum. Remove the flag tops and perform in either street clothes (which most didnt bring as they traveled there in their uniforms) or they would supply us with ECH shirts from years past Or‚ dont perform at all‚ which effectively was asking us to leave.Turns out Borderline wasnt the only team who had to leave the convention. Their friends from West Coast Country Heat left‚ too‚ after sporting the same spirit of patriotism that Borderline did.Although we may not always agree with the current state of things‚ we recognize that being an American means true FREEDOM. We all understood and accepted this and walked out with class and dignity despite the discrimination we had experienced‚ the team added.Related:Disney-Owned ABC Procedural Drama Will Trent Paints Conservative Christians As Violent‚ Hateful‚ Murderous BigotsWhats super odd is that line dancing‚ in its most traditional form‚ is pretty American. When you look at the style of dance across the country‚ most dancers who partake wear cowboy hats‚ bootcut jeans‚ flannels and boots. Not to mention‚ most of it is done in America-loving areas like Texas or the deep South where the patriotism is often loved and honored. Country music is usually pretty pro-America too‚ and doesnt often tout super progressive ideas.Regardless of all of that‚ the Borderline dance team and the West Coast Country Heat shouldve been able to compete. If youre triggered by a t-shirt with a flag that represents the country that you live in on it‚ you should move overseas.Follow us on Twitter/X:In what world does trying to be an OnlyFans star do anything to honor a deceased grandfather?@tierin_rosebreaks down the left';s latest insanity in this week';s Woke of the Weak!pic.twitter.com/mvUFDdwPCb MRCTV (@mrctv)April 9‚ 2024

The network evening newscasts did their best to bury yesterdays bad inflation news. Literally. Both by leading their newscasts off with severe weather and by running their respective inflation items after the 10-minute mark.The most bizarre among these reports comes from NBC Nightly News‚ which bifurcated the story. First‚ a brief read by anchor Lester Holt on the inflation reports effect on the stock market‚ and then the rest as part of White House Correspondent Peter Alexanders roundup‚ which covered an array of subjects. Heres that reassembled report‚ as aired on NBC Nightly News on Wednesday‚ April 10th‚ 2024:LESTER HOLT: We';ll turn to the economy. Stock markets way down across the board today. The Dow losing more than 400 points after disappointing news about inflation. The government said inflation accelerated to 3.5% in March from a year ago‚ that was up from a 3.2% increase in prices in February.PETER ALEXANDER: Another challenge for the Biden campaign: the economy‚ with today';s headline that inflation ticked up again‚ even higher than expected. Housing and gas prices accounting for most of it. Overall prices up nearly 19% since president Biden took office. Former President Trump tonight:DONALD TRUMP: Biden has totally lost control of inflation. It';s back. It';s raging back.ALEXANDER: President Biden saying he';s made tremendous progress.JOE BIDEN: We have dramatically reduced inflation from 9% down to close to 3%...my opposition talks about two things. They just want to cut taxes for the wealthy and raise taxes on other people.In sum: bad news‚ a challenge for the Biden campaign‚ and tremendous progress. Peter Alexander depicts President Biden as a hapless victim of the inflation report‚ rather the one responsible for it. And‚ as always‚ the purest victim of any bad news is the electoral prospects of Joe Biden.Burial notwithstanding‚ ABC and CBS aired more substantial reports reflecting the pain felt by consumers. At ABC World News Tonight‚ anchor Whit Johnson framed the report as disappointing and concerning. Correspondent Elizabeth Schulze threw cold water on the idea of the Fed cutting interest rates until inflation stabilizes. (Click expand to view full transcript)ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHTWEDNESDAY‚ APRIL 10th‚ 2024:WHIT JOHNSON: Now to that disappointing report on inflation. Consumer prices in March were up 3.5%‚ compared to a year ago‚ higher than expected. Report casting doubt on an interest rate cut in the near future. Here';s ABC';s Elizabeth Schulze.ELIZABETH SCHULZE: Tonight‚ Americans hoping to see the Federal Reserve cut interest rates as early as June may now have a longer wait‚ with inflation climbing for the third straight month.MAN ON THE STREET: The prices is too high.SCHULZE: The consumer price index up 3.5% in March from a year ago‚ fueled by higher costs for rent‚ car insurance‚ clothes‚ medical care‚ and gas.SUSAN STANKUS: I used to fill it up for 35 bucks‚ it was a beautiful thing.SCHULZE: And now it';s 45.STANKUS: 45‚ and sometimes it';s 60. Between food and gas‚ it';s had a big impact.SCHULZE: For Alexandria Jones at her vintage shop in Chicago‚ rent jumped from $1‚400 to $1‚800 a month.ALEXANDRIA JONES: I have to do a sale. I have to bring people in just so I can be able to deal with what is‚ you know‚ the inevitable of my rent being $400 more than it was.SCHULZE: To combat inflation the Fed increased borrowing costs to a 22-year high‚ making it more expensive to pay for a new mortgage‚ car‚ or credit card debt. President Biden today pointing to inflation';s improvement from 9% two years ago‚ still predicting an interest rate cut this year.JOE BIDEN: This may delay it a month or so‚ I';m not sure of that. I dont- we don';t know what the Fed is going to do for certain.SCHULZE: Whit‚ that first interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve had been expected in June‚ but after today';s report‚ most analysts aren';t predicting it will happen until September. And that';s assuming that the inflation picture improves by then. Whit.JOHNSON: All right‚ concerning news there. Elizabeth‚ thank you.CBS Evening News also went in-depth‚ depicting with greater detail how consumers are feeling the pinch. Correspondent Jo-Ling Kent tried to find bright spots in a report that offered none‚ and ended her report by also nixing the idea of a summer rate cut. (Click expand to view full transcript)CBS EVENING NEWSWEDNESDAY‚ APRIL 10th‚ 2024:NORAH ODONNELL: Now to some breaking news. Wall Street took a hit‚ with all three major indexes finishing the day in the red. The Dow fell more than 400 points after the Labor Department reported a higher-than-expected spike in inflation. The Consumer Price Index for March rose at an annual rate of 3.5%‚ and that is the biggest jump in six months. In tonights ";Money watch‚"; CBS';s Jo-Ling Kent shows us how consumers are feeling the pinch.JO-LING KENT: For the third straight month‚ prices have gone up more than expected‚ from the rising cost of car insurance and repairs.So how much are you paying at the grocery store every week?TIKTOKER 1: Do you know how much one of these cost? Two freaking dollars.TIKTOKER 2: This was $200.TIKTOKER 3: Are we supposed to skip the power bill this month so we can buy groceries or the mortgage?KENT: Before the pandemic of all of these groceries‚ about 30 items‚ cost $100 on average. Now five years later‚ according to Nielsen IQ‚ all this cost 33% more‚ meaning youd have to skip about ten items. Like chicken‚ bread‚ milk‚ and bananas‚ to make your $100 budget.Five years ago versus today‚ the difference is remarkable. Is that normal?CARMAN ALLISON: Oh‚ goodness‚ it';s not normal at all. That is why consumers are really‚ really scrutinizing their behaviors because‚ you know‚ prices are leveling off‚ but they are leveling off at these record high levels.KENT: Higher gas prices and rent also helped push inflation up 3.5% over the last year. Also more expensive‚ baby food and formula spiking nearly 10%. Eldercare up over 14%. And veterinary care jumping almost 10%. President Biden responding today.JOE BIDEN: We are better situated than we were when we took office. Where inflation was skyrocketing. And we have a plan to deal with it.KENT: But until then‚ shoppers continue to cut corners where they can.ALLISON: We ask Americans‚ have you changed your behavior? And 87% of Americans have said yes to that. We may be seeing more‚ you know‚ white meat on the barbecue than red meat this summer because beef prices have gone up 9%. Everybody';s been impacted by this. There is no way you can get around it.KENT: The good news here is wage growth last month did outpace inflation‚ but this March inflation number is the biggest annual jump in six months‚ and it really makes it very unlikely that the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates any time soon. Norah.The grim news‚ with few silver linings‚ was simply too much to suppress outright. The networks‚ compelled to cover the story‚ did so reluctantly and after burning the story beneath weather reports and actual local crime stories.

NBCs Late Night host Seth Meyers brought out the bleep button on Wednesdays show to angrily respond to a Fox Business segment suggesting Donald Trumps federalist stance on abortion makes him a moderate or even pro-choice‚ as he labeled radio host Mark Simone a piece of [bleep] and a mother[bleep].Meyers introduced the clip of Simone on Kudlow by declaring that [Trump';s] allies think they can trick everyone into thinking he';s a moderate on abortion by lying and claiming he';ll leave it up to the states‚ which he won';t.In the clip‚ Simone responded to Trumps position by arguing‚ That makes him the pro-choice candidate‚ leave it up to the states.An angry Meyers replied‚ This brings us to astatement were calling Seth triesreally hard not to lose his[bleep].Trump is the pro-choicecandidate?Are you out of your [bleep]?I';m sorry‚ I believe you aremistaken.Your statements are misleading‚and you are failing to providean accurate good faith analysisof the facts.You';re inverting the truth forpolitical purposes andgaslighting your viewers bygrossly misrepresenting thedetails of the situation.Meyers continued‚ Let me put it another way: you';re a [extended bleep]piece of [bleep].Well‚ I failed!This has been Seth tries reallyhard not to lose his [bleep].";Fox Business is not the first and certainly wont be the last news program to discuss the political ramifications of abortion stances‚ but Meyers was not done ranting‚ Also‚ let me just say‚ so coolto watch a couple dudes discussan issue that literally hurtswomen as to whether or not itwill hurt another dude‚Donald Trump‚ at the ballot box.Introducing a second clip of the segment‚ Meyers added‚ That guys a right-wing radio host named Mark Simone. Also‚ he suggested in that interview that if women have to flee their states and travel tens or hundreds of miles to access life-saving medical care‚ it';s no big deal.In the clip‚ Simone proclaimed‚ If you had to travel to another state to get an abortion‚ it';s not the worst thing in the world. Hopefully this is a very rare occurrence in your life‚ once in your life‚ maybe you would do it. Buying a bus ticket to go somewhere to get it is not the worst thing in the world.In full rant mode‚ Meyers huffed‚ Then you take the bus‚ mother[bleep]. You take the bus. How about every time someone has to take the bus to get abortion care out of state‚ we make Mark Simone wait in line for a Greyhound at the port authority. Dude would run out that day and buy a t-shirt that says My body‚ my choice.";With his Closer Look segments‚ Meyers likes to portray himself as the thinking mans comedian who uses elaborate metaphors and analogies to make a point‚ but Wednesdays show was just a bitter‚ angry man yelling into the wind.Here is a transcript for the April 10-taped show:NBC Late Night with Seth Meyers4/11/202412:46 AM ETSETH MEYERS: But Trump and his allies thinkthey can trick everyone intothinking he';s a moderate onabortion by lying and claiminghe';ll leave it up to the states‚which he won';t.MARK SIMONE: This issue does not hurtDonald Trump.He';s not against abortion.He';s actually okay withabortion.He wants that 15-week limit‚perfectly reasonable.LARRY KUDLOW: Well‚ wait‚ he didn';t say 15weeks‚ that';s not quoting.Yesterday he had a differenttake.He didn';t say 15 weeks.He said‚ let the states decide.SIMONE: Well‚ that KUDLOW: a point I happen to agree with‚by the way‚ wholeheartedly.But I can';t pin 15 weeks on himbecause it';s not what he said.SIMONE: Okay‚ but that makes him thepro-choice candidate‚ leave itup to the states.MEYERS: This brings us to astatement were calling ";Seth triesreally hard not to lose his[bleep].";Trump is the pro-choicecandidate?Are you out of your [bleep]?I';m sorry‚ I believe you aremistaken.Your statements are misleading‚and you are failing to providean accurate good faith analysisof the facts.You';re inverting the truth forpolitical purposes andgaslighting your viewers bygrossly misrepresenting thedetails of the situation.Let me put it another way: you';re a [extended bleep]piece of [bleep].Well‚ I failed!This has been ";Seth tries reallyhard not to lose his [bleep].";Also‚ let me just say‚ so coolto watch a couple dudes discussan issue that literally hurtswomen as to whether or not itwill hurt another dude‚Donald Trump‚ at the ballot box.That guys a right-wing radiohost named Mark Simone.Also‚ he suggested in that interview that if women have toflee their states and traveltens or hundreds of miles toaccess life-saving medical care‚it';s no big deal.SIMONE: If you had to travel toanother state to get anabortion‚ it';s not the worstthing in the world.Hopefully this is a very rareoccurrence in your life‚ once inyour life‚ maybe you would do it.Buying a bus ticket to gosomewhere to get it is not theworst thing in the world.MEYERS: Then you take the bus‚mother[bleep].You take the bus. How about every time someone hasto take the bus to get abortioncare out of state‚ we makeMark Simone wait in line for aGreyhound at the port authority.Dude would run out that day andbuy a t-shirt that says ";Mybody‚ my choice.";

ABCs millionaire moderator‚ Whoopi Goldberg was in a foul mood during Thursdays edition of The View because former White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain dared to say President Biden should focus his reelection message on issues that average Americans were concerned with such as inflation and high grocery prices. She repeatedly shouted down any attempt to suggest he had the power to curtail inflation but then went on about how expensive her commute was as if Biden could deal with it.According to big brain Goldberg‚ who recently couldnt remember which years former President Trump ran for office‚ Biden wasnt responsible for inflation at grocery stores; rather‚ it was the stores just raising prices for the hell of it. I think our kvetch is not with him for grocery prices. Im mad at the grocery stores‚ because if all of the things have been open why are you still raising prices? she shouted.Faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin tried to argue that prices were the top concern of the undecided voters shes spoken to and that there was a way for Biden to address it‚ but Goldberg repeatedly shouted over her‚ suggesting if those people knew civics as she did theyd know they were wrong (Click expand):FARAH GRIFFIN: What I hear when I talk to undecideds is the grocery bills are--GOLDBERG (interrupting): Yes‚ but if the people knew civics they would know that is not his -- FARAH GRIFFIN: There are absolutely things that Biden can do to address it and grocery prices have jumped 25 percent over four years.JOY BEHAR: What can he do?[Crosstalk]FARAH GRIFFIN: Hang on real quick. This is the reality. Its the most immediate and repetitive thing. You have to buy groceries every week.GOLDBERG (interrupting): We get all that. But the question is what do you want him to do? What can he do?FARAH GRIFFIN: He can challenge the major grocery chains if he wants to. There are things that he could do with that he could encourage the Fed to do.Goldberg insisted Biden was doing stuff hes supposed to be doing. Hes doing what hes supposed to be doing‚ but never explained what that stuff was.Farah Griffin tried to reiterate that Americans are spending 11 percent of their income on food but Goldberg interjected with her own problems. I';m an American. I';m a little pissed off about over-the-price stuff‚ but Ill tell you what I';m really pissed off about‚ she shrieked. I wanted to talk about why the people in New Jersey now are facing not just getting the prices raised on the buses and trainsSuggesting that Biden was in a damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-dont scenario‚ Goldberg argued that he was just a busy guy getting pulled in different directions:Listen‚ he can do what he did with the gas people. He can do everything but then he';s not going to be able to take care of what he needs to do in Israel‚ then he';s not taking care -- I mean‚ it';s like‚ there';s a lot of stuff to do but we get it. We know there';s a lot to do.Backing up Goldberg through all of this‚ was staunchlyracistandanti-Semiticco-host‚ Sunny Hostin(thedescendant of slave owners)‚ who was blaming the high prices on grocery stores. Without evidence‚ she accused all grocery stores of price gauging.Maybe we just need corporations like these grocery stores to be good corporate citizens and stop gouging! Stop trying to make money off of our backs! she shouted.A little over a year ago‚ Hostin bragged that she hadnt gone grocery shopping in years‚ ever since the COVID pandemic.The transcript is below. Click ";expand"; to read:ABCs The ViewApril 11‚ 202411:05:49 a.m. Eastern()WHOOPI GOLDBERG: I think our kvetch is not with him for grocery prices. Im mad at the grocery stores‚ because if all of the things have been open why are you still raising prices?()11:07:07 a.m. EasternALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: What I hear when I talk to undecideds is the grocery bills are--GOLDBERG (interrupting): Yes‚ but if the people knew civics they would know that is not his --FARAH GRIFFIN: There are absolutely things that Biden can do to address it and grocery prices have jumped 25 percent over four years.JOY BEHAR: What can he do?[Crosstalk]FARAH GRIFFIN: Hang on real quick. This is the reality. Its the most immediate and repetitive thing. You have to buy groceries every week.GOLDBERG (interrupting): We get all that. But the question is what do you want him to do? What can he do?FARAH GRIFFIN: He can challenge the major grocery chains if he wants to. There are things that he could do with that he could encourage the Fed to do.SUNNY HOSTIN: Challenge how? Can he take them to court?BEHAR: So far‚ we';re in a free country.GOLDBERG: Let her answer.FARAH GRIFFIN: There are a number of things to be done but to say‚ I wash my hands‚ it';s not my problem you cant afford groceries.HOSTIN: But what can he do? Can he take them to court because theyre price gauging?FARAH GRIFFIN: No‚ it';s not a matter of taking them to court.[Crosstalk]SARA HAINES: I see what youre saying. Even campaigning on things like that helps. Because I think also making room for immigration would be helpful here. One of the things‚ if you';re looking towards the election if you want to grab people and get them voting‚ immigration is one of the most agreed upon problems.GOLDBERG: But here';s the problem‚ he does -- He goes and he takes care of what he';s supposed to be taking care of‚ which is the bridge and how to open just hold on.FARAH GRIFFIN: I don';t think that';s what Ron Klain was saying. He was talking about him going to [crosstalk] infrastructure projects [Crosstalk]GOLDBERG: But here';s the thing‚ you know‚ people are bitching if he does stuff‚ they bitch if he doesn';t do stuff. Listen‚ hes doing stuff hes supposed to be doing. Hes doing what hes supposed to be doing. But I';m pissed off.[Crosstalk]FARAH GRIFFIN: Americans are spending 11 percent of their income on food‚ the most GOLDBERG (interrupting): I';m an American. I';m a little pissed off about over-the-price stuff‚ but Ill tell you what I';m really pissed off about. Im really pissed out that people seem to think that the American citizen is a wallet where you can just get your hand in through. That';s what I wanted to talk about. I wanted to talk about why the people in New Jersey now are facing not just getting the prices raised on the buses and trainsHOSTIN: Congestion pricing.GOLDBERG: No‚ no‚ this is on the Jersey side.HAINES: Yeah‚ I know‚ but it';s all part of the same --GOLDBERG: But the congestion pricing isn';t making me as nuts as --FARAH GRIFFIN: I just want to underscore. I think it';s a fair point. There';s not one box he can check and suddenly grocery prices go down. That would be ridiculous to suggest but what is being told by advisers is‚ You need to speak to what people are feeling. You need to speak to this very real reality. I make a lot of money. I put a red onion back the other day because it was $4.99. That';s ridiculous!GOLDBERG: Yeah‚ but‚ again‚ he can talk -- Listen‚ he can do what he did with the gas people. He can do everything but then he';s not going to be able to take care of what he needs to do in Israel‚ then he';s not taking care -- I mean‚ it';s like‚ there';s a lot of stuff to do but we get it. We know there';s a lot to do.My kvetch with him is Listen‚ Ron‚ if there';s something you want him to talk about‚ let';s say‚ listen‚ we know you';re doing all this stuff but when you say‚ I don';t want him to be talking about bridges anymore‚ it sounds to people who live and need that bridge like they';re being dismissive.HOSTIN: Maybe we just need corporations like these grocery stores to be good corporate citizens and stop gouging! Stop trying to make money off of our backs!()

In footage first aired Wednesday night on Fox Newss Jesse Watters PrimeTime‚ Fox Business correspondent Hillary Vaughn doggedly ran down Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) earlier in the day over video from a Dearborn‚ Michigan event inside her district which featured chants of death to America and death to Israel.Not surprisingly‚ the far-left‚ raging anti-Semite declined to condemn the chants and instead accused Vaughn and her Fox colleagues of being Islamphobic people engaging in racist tropes.The footage began with Vaughn only being able to call out to Tlaib before the Michigan Democrat shouted back‚ I dont talk to Fox News! I dont talk to Fox News!Vaughn nonetheless asked her question as a staff member tried to move Vaughn out of the way and Tlaib reiterating she wouldnt speak to Fox: At a rally in your district‚ people were chanting death to America. Do you condemn?When Tlaib again said she wouldnt talk to Fox News‚ Vaughn asked again why she wouldnt condemn chants of death to America.Clearly flustered‚ Tlaib dodged the question by claiming she doesnt talk to people that use racist tropes even though its a known fact it was indeed chanted and pointing that out isnt racist.Why cant you just say whether or not you condemn people chanting death to America‚ Vaughn wondered‚ to which Tlaib played a broken record‚ [b]ecause I dont talk to Fox News.As the first elevator Tlaib and a staffer had rushed to hide in wouldnt open‚ they rushed to try another close by. Vaughn kept following them and tweaked her question to reflect Tlaibs screeching: Why are you afraid to talk to Fox?Tlaibs answer sounded like it was curated by her friends at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR): Fox News is not nice. Listen‚ using racist tropes towards my community is what Fox Tunes [sic] is about and I don';t talk to Fox News.Vaughn tried one last time: Is death to America racist? Is chanting death to America racist?Tlaib restated her position of ignoring Fox and‚ as she finally walked into an elevator‚ The Squad member reiterated her Fox smear and called the network Islamophobic: Im talking about your guyss racist tropes. You know‚ you guys are you guys know exactly what you do. And I know youre Islamophobic‚ but you guys gotta go deal with it on your own selves‚ not going to use me.This was not the first run-in between these two. For example‚ back on October 10‚ Vaughn chased Tlaib down and called out her silence on some of the most brutal atrocities committed by Hamas during their animalistic attacks in Israel on October 7.To see the relevant exchange from April 10‚ click expand.FNCs Jesse Watters PrimeTimeApril 10‚ 20248:25 p.m. EasternHILLARY VAUGHN: Congresswoman Tlaib CONGRESSWOMAN RASHIDA TLAIB (D-MI): I dont talk to Fox News! I dont talk to Fox News!TLAIB STAFF MEMBER: Excuse me.VAUGHN: At a rally TLAIB STAFF MEMBER: Sorry.VAUGHN: in your district TLAIB: Im not talking to Fox News.VAUGHN: people were chanting death to America. Do you condemn?TLAIB: Do not talk to Fox News.VAUGHN: But do you condemn chants of death to America?TLAIB: I dont talk to people that use racist tropes.VAUGHN: Why cant you just say whether or not you condemn TLAIB: Because I dont talk to Fox News.VAUGHN: people chanting death to America?TLAIB: [Inaudible]VAUGHN: Why are you afraid to talk to Fox?TLAIB: Fox News is not nice. Listen‚ using racist tropes towards my community is what Fox Tunes [sic] is about and I don';t talk to Fox News.VAUGHN: Is death to America TLAIB: [Inaudible]VAUGHN: racist?TLAIB: never speak to Fox News.VAUGHN: Is chanting death to America racist?TLAIB: No [inaudible] Im talking about your guyss racist tropes. You know‚ you guys are you guys know exactly what you do. And I know youre Islamophobic‚ but you guys gotta go deal with it on your own selves‚ not going to use me.

National Co-Chair for the 2024 Biden Presidential Campaign Rep. Jim Clyburn wasnt expected to be blindsided by bad news in friendly territory.During the April 10 edition ofMorning Joe‚ co-host Mika Brzezinski had to cut off Clyburns rosy message about the state of the Biden economy to get an update from reality. Clyburn complained about disinformation and misrepresentation on social media in his uninformed response to a question about the Biden economy. Then‚ after seemingly nervously beginning her statement with Ill validate that‚ Brzezinski covered the breaking news: The consumer price index increased at a faster than expected pace last month‚ a signal that inflation remains stubbornly high.To make matters worse‚ Clyburn had to sit through a segment of CNBC anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin discussing this horrible news. Sorkin speculated that theyre throwing a party in Mar-a-Lago. Sorkin added‚ The truth is that right now inflation has now moved in the opposite direction. So‚ its going to be harder for the administration to make the argument around this inflation trendline‚ before opening the spigot with further bad news‚ [F]rankly‚ mortgage rates are not going to be coming down‚ credit card rates are not going to be coming down.Sorkin went on‚ suggesting that It has been a shock‚ and I think a surprise for many just how hot this number has turned out to be.Few were more surprised than Clyburn.However‚ Clyburns humiliation was not just the result of bad timing. It was well deserved. His Bidenomics talking points were obviously false even before the March numbers made them look even more ridiculous.Brzezinski had asked Clyburn about struggling Americans who feel gaslit while showing a graphic that gave former President Donald Trump a 9.3 percent advantage with key undecided voters (Undecided voters in PA‚ MI and WI on the topic: Better for you and your familys finances).Clyburn started off weak‚ telling Brzezinski that 401ks are not about peoples everyday lives‚ before following up with an statement favorably comparing current inflation to inflation earlier in Bidens presidency. Clyburn confidently told Brzezinski that the inflation rates are down and peoples incomes are up. Later‚ Clyburn would add‚ Although we see the prices at the stores costing more money‚ people are in fact earning greater incomes.Morning Joeand Sorkin made Clyburns inflation point look outrageous‚ but his point on wages isnt true either. Real wages have gonedownunder Biden. American median weekly real earnings havedeclinedfrom $373 in the first quarter of 2021 to $371 in the fourth quarter of 2023.Conservatives are under attack!Contact ABC News at (818) 460-7477‚ CBS News at (212) 975-3247 and NBC News at (212) 664-6192 and demand they tell the truth about the Bidenomics disaster.