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Wednesday’s White House press briefing began with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt touting the findings of a CBS News/YouGov flash poll showing a whopping 76 percent of those who saw President Trump’s Tuesday night address to a joint session of Congress liked what they saw, but also ripping CNN’s Chyron Boy and MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace for their rank liberal bias. And, in the Q&A, Leavitt took both pertinent and tough questions by outlets ranging from liberal ouetls like CBS and Politico to Fox News to more outright conservatives at the Daily Wire and Merit Street. Leavitt wound up toward her media analysis by saying “[t]he behavior of Democrats last night was completely disgraceful and demonstrated how severely out of touch they are with the American public” and “the most shameful moment in the history of presidential addresses[.]” “Democrats didn’t stand to keep men out of women’s sports. They couldn’t even clap for a girl who got her head smashed in by a man on a volleyball court. Democrats didn’t stand for an innocent and beautiful child who is surviving brain cancer...They couldn’t even clap for two mothers whose daughters were killed by illegal aliens,” she added. Arguing Democrats provided “a very clarifying moment” in having “exposed themselvs as the part of insanity and hate,” Leavitt declared “the mainstream media still doesn’t get it” with Wallace having “disgustingly looped in a 13-year-old boy with brain cancer into an attack on the president over January 6.”     As for CNN, Leavitt unloaded: “CNN’s first chyron out of the speech called it divisive. President Trump wasn’t divisive. The Democrats were, and CNN was proven wrong by their own viewers. 69 percent of whom in a post-speech poll said they had a positive reaction to the President’s speech.” Taken together, Leavitt argued, Tuesday illustrated a “sad and frankly pathetic” reality “that Democrats and liberals in the legacy media continue to allow their hatred for the President to override their love for our country.” Our friend and 2023 MRC Bulldog Award Winner Mary Margaret Olohan of the Daily Wire kick-started the Q&A from the “new media” seat: Our friend @MaryMargOlohan of @realDailyWire was today’s “new media” seat recipient and first asked about Democrats refusing to stand for ordinary Americans last night: “You talked about behavior from Democrat lawmakers, a lot of disruptions, and I just wanted to kind of go back… pic.twitter.com/b8n1YUiJnw — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 5, 2025 Olohan also asked about President Trump’s continued fight against Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) and her push to continue allowing men into womens sports. Leavitt responded that Trump “won’t back down” from “ongoing litigation” as it’s “a common sense policy.” Thankfully, Frontlines’s Monica Luisi returned to this issue later on with a follow-up about what it says about the left and the “message” they’re “sending to not only young women who are competing in these sports across the country, but also to the parents of these young girls.” But, a few minutes after Olohan, it was Doocy Time, starting with a series of questions about Hamas negotiations: DOOCY TIME: “If the U.S. has a long-standing policy that we do not negotiate with terrorists, then why is the U.S. now negotiating directly and for the first time ever with Hamas?”@PressSec @KarolineLeavitt: “Well, when it comes to the negotiations that you're referring to,… pic.twitter.com/XLLOLCaOMr — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 5, 2025 Following another Doocy question about Elon Musk donning a suit for the President’s speech, CBS’s Weijia Jiang respectfully and pointedly wondered about how tariffs will impact average Americans: CBS’s @Weijia Jiang: “Back on tariffs, last night, President Trump said there will be a little disturbance, but we're okay with that. Can you put a dollar figure amount on how much the average American family should expect to pay as this disturbance and why should Americans be… pic.twitter.com/oMPpztJrfS — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 5, 2025 Merit Street correspondent (and former Newsmax host) Lyndsay Keith was also camped out on tariffs, but China’s new ominous threat about war: .@MeritStreet’s @LyndsayMKeith: “So, speaking of tariffs, China said yesterday that they're ready for any kind of war with the U.S. because of these tariffs that have been placed on them and a Chinese spokesperson also said that the tariffs would not lead to a resolution of U.S.… pic.twitter.com/Sl7UngV3Mz — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 5, 2025 Later on, Politico’s Dasha Burns brought up the uneasy Americans still feel about the economy: .@Politico’s @DashaBurns: “Karoline, on the economy, you and I traveled the country during the campaign. This is an issue that so many voters decided to cast their ballots on and they voted for President Trump. He has started to have that realistic conversation with the American… pic.twitter.com/dP7cHrTquJ — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 5, 2025 The New York Post’s Steven Nelson brought up the rear of the brisk, nearly 31-minute briefing, starting with someone that rarely found it in them to give Nelson a daily audience: Karine Jean-Pierre. In fact, he invited Leavitt to respond to Jean-Pierre’s criticism of her changes to the White House press pool: .@NYPost’s @StevenNelson10: “On press access, your predecessor Karine Jean-Pierre, presided over many novel press access restrictions, criticized the recent changes to the press pool made by your office. She said in an interview, ‘what we're looking at is what North Korea is… pic.twitter.com/s6vKvZoOdu — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 5, 2025 Nelson pivoted to China and fentanyl for his final question (click “expand”): NELSON: And on fentanyl and tariffs, fentanyl produced largely in China has killed 334,000 Americans over five years, according to CDC data. That’s about one in every 1,000 Americans. President Trump has cited this for replying new tariffs to Canada, Mexico, and China, but in addition to China’s talk about being ready for any kind of war, they said yesterday the Foreign Ministry said that “the fentanyl issue is a flimsy excuse to raise U.S. tariffs,” and “the U.S., not anyone else, is responsible for the fentanyl crisis.” So, what’s the response to China that’s the talk of be was just an excuse for tariffs and what does that say about the resolution — LEAVITT: Well, of course, the country that is getting very rich off of distributing this deadly poison to American citizens is going to say that. Again, the President knows where the American people stand on this issue, fentanyl overdoses, Dasha brought up, all of us campaigning all across the country. They talked about inflation. They also talked about the border, the illegal immigrants that were pouring through, but also these deadly drugs and again, the President keeps in mind those families every single day when he is making these tough decisions, but it’s a necessary decision, and he’s no longer going to allow the United States of America to be a dumping ground for illegal immigrants and for illegal drugs that are killing our nation’s people. This is the number one leading cause of death in our country, and there needs to be action taken to ensure that that cannot continue. To see the relevant transcript from the March 5 briefing, click here.

Artificial intelligence will change the world as we know it — including warfare. Which is why Glenn Beck believes the Pentagon’s investment in designing new weapons is a futile waste of time, energy, and funds. “We have to start thinking towards the future, not, ‘What’s the next generation of fighter jet look like?’” Glenn tells Stu Burguiere on “The Glenn Beck Program.” “There ain't going to be one, dude, there’s just not. At least with a person in it.” “Here’s what people don’t understand. ASI is going to look at the periodic table of elements and go, ‘Guys, shuffle the deck this way, and you have a material that will go 9,000 miles an hour. It will hold up under the heat and the friction; it won’t bend; it’s perfect,’” he continues. “‘And by the way, here’s the formula, and you don’t have to go and test it for two years,’” he says. “That’s how fast things are going to happen once they start happening.” And while it sounds good, it doesn’t sit well with Glenn. “This scares the hell out of me, because you know how I feel about AI,” he tells Stu. “AI obviously has a lot of negative potential consequences, and if we’re putting the government, the military, in control of that,” Stu agrees. “The government is already involved in it,” Glenn counters. “I’m saying, let the government build power plants, build the things that we know the country is going to need, the infrastructure to be able to handle this, build the things that when they say, ‘We got it, we can turn it on,’ get prepared for whatever is coming.” “Don’t build another aircraft carrier. Don’t design another F-57,“ he continues. “Don’t do it; you have no idea what’s coming. Fix the stuff we have, make sure we have the ammunition, make sure we have the latest and the greatest that’s already here. Don’t do R&D on that stuff.” Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

As shock and awe sweep the Department of Justice, undead Joe Biden policies shamble ahead with purposeful mindlessness.A swarm of zombie lawyers within the department has launched a legal attack on two American tech companies whose merger would threaten Huawei, communist China’s global communications and technology giant.The slow-moving American legal process only helps the Chinese surpass American companies. The antitrust action centers around a 1914 law that is blind to Chinese hegemony. That law, the Clayton Antitrust Act, prohibits mergers that might create monopolies and stifle competition.While antitrust action sometimes can be necessary, the federal government’s lawsuit stifles American competition — our most formidable weapon against foreign adversaries. And it directly contradicts President Trump’s national security-driven tech crackdown on Chinese companies, notably Huawei. A counter to HuaweiThe Department of Justice hatched the lawsuit more than a year ago under the Biden administration, though it is now predictably being blamed on Trump. In question is a $14 billion merger between Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks, which the companies say would accelerate the development of critical technologies like 6G and AI-driven networking.HPE argues that combining its storage and computing strengths with Juniper’s expertise in data center routing and switching would create a formidable alternative to Cisco, which dominates more than half of America’s wireless communications market.The company said in January that the merger would enhance “secure, unified, cloud and AI-native networking to drive innovation from edge to cloud to exascale.”It would also counter Huawei, which controls 30% of the global telecommunications and 5G marketplace. Cisco controls just 7%.In January, the Department of Defense labeled Huawei a Chinese military company. Many national security experts fear the company’s equipment contains back doors that aid and abet China’s People’s Liberation Army. Chinese law requires all companies to cooperate with and serve the regime’s intelligence services.Increasing American competition can assist tremendously in mitigating Huawei’s global influence.Playing into China’s handsThe lawsuit, which outlasted Biden’s tenure, was filed in federal court on Jan. 30, 10 days after Trump’s inauguration. The Federal Trade Commission joined in.None of the Department of Justice’s statements indicate any concern that tying up the HPE-Juniper merger in litigation would aid the Chinese Communist Party’s goal of global information dominance, censorship, and espionage. Instead, the focus remains on the 1914 law.The assault on the merger began under Attorney General Merrick Garland and was executed by Biden-appointed Jonathan Kanter, then-assistant attorney general for the antitrust division. Kanter had been in the position since 2021, implementing an aggressive antitrust agenda, which claimed to prevent further Big Tech consolidation that would allegedly harm competition and innovation. The agenda was part of a broader Biden economic policy to curb corporate monopolies and “protect” consumers.Kanter built the case into the last days of the Biden administration.Trump-appointed acting Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Omeed A. Assefi signed off on Kanter’s action against HPE-Juniper.Assefi represents a strange mix in Washington. He served with the White House Counsel during Trump’s first term but was later appointed by Biden as a federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia. Trump then named him the acting head of the antitrust division pending the Senate confirmation of Trump’s nominee, Gail Slater.Slater is also an antitrust hawk regarding Big Tech, but she is no ideologue like the zombie lawyers driving the lawsuit. Her work on 5G and Chinese telecom suggests she views antitrust enforcement through a geopolitical lens — ensuring U.S. firms remain competitive against rivals like Huawei. She has not commented publicly on the HPE-Juniper merger.The Justice Department’s narrowly focused action risks weakening HPE-Juniper’s ability to challenge Huawei’s pricing and technological advancements, particularly in AI-driven networking, which will be critical for future infrastructure. Huawei would likely exploit years of litigation against HPE-Juniper to the Chinese Communist Party’s advantage in vital international markets.US vs. China in the tech raceThe merger’s focus isn’t primarily on wireless local area networks where the Department of Justice is fixated but rather on enhancing data center capabilities — a sector vital for AI and cloud computing. A stronger HPE-Juniper could accelerate innovation and drive competition with the ever-innovative rival Cisco, but more importantly against Huawei.Here, the Department of Justice’s narrow antitrust focus clashes with President Trump’s consistent, powerful stance since 2018 against Chinese dominance over American technology, particularly against Huawei.The slow-moving American legal process only helps Chinese companies like Huawei surpass American companies at the breathtaking pace of technological advancement.The FBI’s valuable but miniscule counterintelligence capabilities are no match for China’s economic and industrial espionage, which strips American companies of their innovations and beats them to market with cheaper, advanced technologies.Antitrust enforcement is essential, but not at the expense of empowering the Chinese Communist Party to overtake us in artificial intelligence and global communications.

Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that the greatest obstacle to the mass deportations promised by President Donald Trump was policies implemented by the previous Biden administation. Vance was responding to a question from Blaze Media national correspondent Julio Rosas about some disappointment in the number of deportations since Trump took office 44 days ago. The vice president took questions after visiting the Mexico-U.S. border at Eagle Pass, Texas. 'We don't have to go around and arrest every person, but we will enforce the American people's immigration laws.' "A lot of attention has been turned to the interior, since obviously there's been a lot of illegal immigrants. What is, in your opinion, the biggest obstacle to actually carrying out President Trump's mass deportations?" asked Rosas. "Even though, yes, apprehensions and arrests and deportations have gone up in his first month, but a lot of people were expecting a bigger capacity for deportations." "So let me say a few things about that," Vance responded. "First of all, Rome wasn't built in a day. And we have seen pretty significant increases in deportations and apprehensions and arrests, but we have to remember that President Biden gutted the entire immigration enforcement regime of this country. We are trying to rebuild so that we actually empower people to enforce the immigration laws of the American people," he added. "It's common sense; it's what the American people want us to do," Vance said. "There's a couple of other things that we are working on, and I don't want go get ahead of any public announcements, but one of the ways that we wanted to make sure that we're enforcing our border is that we make it easier for people who are here illegally to go back home of their own accord," he continued. "We don't have to go around and arrest every person, but we will enforce the American people's immigration laws," Vance said. "If you're here illegally, the message from our administration is: You should go back home, and if you want to come to the United States, apply through the proper channels. That's an important thing that we're doing." He went to say that another obstacle is the cost of enforcement, which he said the administration is prioritizing in order to continue increasing immigration enforcement. "We've made a lot of progress, but we're gonna keep working on it over the remainder of the president's term," he concluded. Here's video of the full exchange: Blaze National Correspondent @Julio_Rosas11: "A lot of attention has been turned to the Interior, what is in your opinion the biggest obstacle to actually carrying out President Trump's mass deportations?" VP Vance: "First of all, Rome wasn't built in a day. We have seen… pic.twitter.com/xAWPiRDIMD — TheBlaze (@theblaze) March 5, 2025 Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

One of President Donald Trump's more astounding claims during his address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night ended with egg on the face of "Fake News losers" at CNN when they tried to fact-check him. "$8 million to promote LGBTQI+ in the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of," he said during the address. "$60 million for indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombian empowerment in central America, $60 million. $8 million for making mice transgender. This is real!" 'The National Institutes of Health doled out millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded grants for institutions across the country to perform transgender experiments on mice.' CNN reporters initially said the claim was false and said they could not determine where the president came up with the $8 million figure. Eventually, the article was corrected to say the claim "needed context" and deleted the content calling it false. "An earlier version of this item incorrectly characterized as false Trump's claim about federal money being spent for 'making mice transgender.' The article has been updated with context about the spending, which was for research students on the potential human health impacts of treatments used in gender-affirming care," the article read.The two versions were posted to social media by the popular "Libs of TikTok" account. CNN was mocked and ridiculed by many on over the gaffe, but then the White House pounced on the news outlet. "The Fake News losers at CNN tried to fact check President Trump saying Biden spent $8 million on 'making mice transgender,' but President Trump was right (as usual)," the administration wrote on its official social media account. "Under the Biden Administration, the National Institutes of Health doled out millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded grants for institutions across the country to perform transgender experiments on mice," they added. The post went on to document various programs that experimented with making mice transgender, including nearly half a million dollars for “A Mouse Model to Test the Effects of Gender-affirming Hormone Therapy on HIV Vaccine-induced Immune Responses," and $735,000 for “Microbiome mediated effects of gender affirming hormone therapy in mice." 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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