CNN State of the Union Host Dana Bash couldn't provide one example of something Biden's done to deter illegal immigration.

Columnist E. Jean Carroll was making the rounds across the liberal media in a victory lap following her legal win against former President Trump in civil assault and defamation suits. And during a Monday appearance on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show‚ she offered to spend some of the $83.3 million she was awarded on supporting women’s rights; such as “new shoes‚” a “penthouse‚” and a luxury fishing trip in France for Maddow. Before she got to fantasizing about going on a personal “shopping” spree with Maddow‚ Carroll put on a more somber tone as she opined about how her case was about “turning our eyes to the future and taking back our rights.” “Well‚ we're fighting not really‚ Rachel‚ for me. It's now about fighting for all women. We're also fighting‚ and we salute the women and men who’ve been assaulted and who did not survive‚” she said. Adding: “We are doing this for women around the country who have been knocked down repeatedly and – So‚ it's really not about me anymore. We have moved beyond me. And as you say‚ the fight now is really to take back our future.” Maddow wanted to know how Carroll was going to achieve that stated goal of helping victimized women across the country. “You've talked about using some of Trump's money that you're about to get to help shore up women's rights. Do you know what that might be‚ what that might look like?” she wondered.     Instead of explaining how she was going to help other women‚ Carroll launched into offering to pay for the two of them to go get “new wardrobes” and how she was going to buy luxury items for her lawyers: I have such‚ such great ideas for all the good I'm going to do with this money. First thing‚ Rachel‚ you and I are going to go shopping. We're going to get completely new wardrobes‚ new shoes‚ a motorcycle for Crowley‚ a new fishing rod for Robbie. Rachel‚ what do you want? Penthouse? It's yours‚ Rachel! With Maddow saying she didn’t need any of that‚ Carroll also offered Maddow a trip to France for her to go fishing (Maddow’s favorite hobby): CARROLL: Penthouse and France? You want France? You want to go fishing in France? MADDOW [Laughing‚ shaking her head]: No. CARROLL: No? All right‚ all right. Seemingly aware of how bad the optics of the interaction were‚ one of Carroll’s lawyers‚ Shawn Crowley interjected to say‚ “That's a joke.” “Although‚ if me fishing in France could do something for women's rights‚ I would take the hit. You know‚ I would obviously take one for the team‚” Maddow quipped in return. “I would too‚” Carroll’s other lawyer‚ Roberta Kaplan laughed. This was just another example of a bizarre media appearance from Carroll. In a 2019 appearance with CNN’s Anderson Cooper‚ she asserted that “most people think of rape as being sexy” and “They think of the fantasies.” And as Cooper quickly went to a commercial‚ she told him‚ “You’re fascinating to talk to.” The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show January 29‚ 2024 9:33:18 p.m. Eastern (…) E. JEAN CARROLL: Well‚ we're fighting not really‚ Rachel‚ for me. It's now about fighting for all women. We're also fighting‚ and we salute the women and men who’ve been assaulted and who did not survive. We are doing this for women around the country who have been knocked down repeatedly and – So‚ it's really not about me anymore. We have moved beyond me. And as you say‚ the fight now is really to take back our future. This is a man who stacked the Supreme Court‚ took away women's rights over their own bodies. We would like to be a part of turning our eyes to the future and taking back our rights. RACHEL MADDOW: You've talked about using some of Trump's money that you're about to get to help shore up women's rights. Do you know what that might be‚ what that might look like? CARROLL: Yes‚ Rachel‚ yes! MADDOW: Tell me. CARROLL: I have such‚ such great ideas for all the good I'm going to do with this money. First thing‚ Rachel‚ you and I are going to go shopping. We're going get completely new wardrobes‚ new shoes‚ a motorcycle for Crowley‚ new fishing rod for Robbie. Rachel‚ what do you want? Penthouse? It's yours‚ Rachel! MADDOW [Laughing‚ shaking her head]: Nothing. CARROLL: Penthouse and France? You want France? You want to go fishing in France? MADDOW [Laughing‚ shaking her head]: No. CARROLL: No? All right‚ all right. SHAWN CROWLEY (lawyer): That's a joke. [Laugher] MADDOW: Although‚ if me fishing in France could do something for women's rights‚ I would take the hit. You know‚ I would obviously take one for the team. All right. ROBERTA KAPLAN (Lawyer): I would too. MADDOW [Laughing]: As if you need persuasion in that regard. (…)

Elon Musk’s X has hired a new content moderation team‚ sparking free speech concerns. Soon after X (formerly Twitter) CEO Linda Yaccarino boasted about how much censorship occurs on the platform‚ Bloomberg reported that a new 100-person moderation team is coming to X. While the Texas-based team — dubbed the “Trust and Safety center of excellence” — will reportedly “mainly” deal with child sexual exploitation (CSE) content‚ the hiring of dozens of new censors raises concerns about increased censorship on X. Bloomberg noted that Yaccarino is scheduled to testify before the Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 31 about how her platform deals with CSE content. The outlet indicated the announcement of X’s new censorship team could be linked to Yaccarino’s upcoming Senate testimony. Despite X owner Elon Musk’s stated goals of having a free speech platform‚ his employees‚ especially Yaccarino‚ continue to censor and suppress free speech on the platform. One X executive specifically and ominously mentioned the new censors will deal with “hate speech‚” a leftist phrase for speech with which they disagree‚ Bloomberg reported. While X announced the censorship team and its CSE connection‚ no further details have been provided on what the team will be doing. X business operations head Joe Benarroch told Bloomberg that the new team won’t just focus on CSE but on censoring other content such as “hate speech.” Yaccarino recently claimed that “hate speech” was not free speech. Ironically‚ Musk declared on Monday‚ “𝕏 enables the people to define the narrative.” Will Musk’s X adhere to free speech ideals? As reported by The Verge‚ a “content moderation job posting for X in Austin says moderators will investigate issues like ‘spam and fraud’ and provide customer support.”  Conservatives are under attack. Contact X at 415-222-9670 and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency‚ clarity on “hate speech” and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored‚ contact us at the Media Research Center contact form‚ and help us hold Big Tech accountable.

When the first reading of 2023’s fourth-quarter gross domestic product came out last week‚ it surprised some analysts as more robust than expected‚ growing 3.3% on an annualized basis. How could the economy be growing when people still feel like they are struggling? How are things considered “good” and “expansionary” when big companies from Microsoft to Salesforce to Levi Strauss are announcing layoffs? The reality is that current “growth” has a costly side — something that could be seen as the equivalent of window dressing. That cost is seen both in the excessive aggregate debt load and the outrageous cost to service the debt that has been required to increase growth marginally in the United States. In today’s economy‚ massive deficits are being used to create the appearance of growth. Whether it’s jobs numbers or GDP‚ a substantial portion of what appears to be growth is coming from the government‚ which means it is coming at the direct expense of taxpayers. Government spending has been robust‚ but also costly. The adjusted-for-accounting “real” deficit for the last fiscal year was around $2 trillion. Again‚ this is not overall government spending; this is just the deficit — the amount spent more than taxes and other revenue that is ultimately financed through additional debt. This level of deficit spending is around double (maybe a bit more) the historical average amount of U.S. government deficit spending as a percentage of GDP. It is also incredibly unusual for such large deficits to happen alongside economic expansions. Normally‚ economic expansions lead to more government tax revenue‚ which shrinks the deficit. In today’s economy‚ the opposite is happening — massive deficits are being used to create the appearance of growth. And with financing costs being quite expensive today‚ particularly vis-a-vis the last fifteen years‚ that perceived growth is coming with a big price tag. My friend and financial commentator Jim Iuorio shared a chart of the national debt on X (formerly Twitter)‚ like the one below‚ and scrawled over it‚ “Tell me how good the economy is?” The truth is that if the U.S. dollar were not the world’s reserve currency‚ we would be in a severe currency crisis today. Economic “growth” is really an economic artifice. We know that entities from the International Monetary Fund to the U.S. Treasury itself have noted that our debt and overall spending trajectory are unsustainable. The U.S. debt has even received multiple downgrades over the past couple of years. Yet the government is still willing to incur more debt and keep spending high so that Joe Biden can run with the “look how good the economy is” slogan. Artificially stimulating growth through massive government spending‚ and the costs associated with it‚ saps future growth potential as well. With the increasing costs to finance the ever-growing debt load‚ government must divert billions upon billions of dollars simply to finance the debt‚ rather than put those dollars to productive use in the economy. The bad example and habits of the government have spilled over to consumers as well. Direct stimulus‚ first under Donald Trump and then increased during the recovery by Joe Biden through the poorly named American Rescue Plan‚ not only boosted inflation but also allowed consumers to keep their personal balance sheets in check. As the stimulus ran out and inflation ran rampant‚ consumers — the ones who had jobs‚ anyway‚ given the low labor participation rate — did their best to keep spending. Now‚ the personal saving rate for December has dipped to 3.7% (remaining below historic averages)‚ and household debt has remained at record highs. Yes‚ consumers are still spending‚ but again‚ it is coming at great expense to them. We need to be honest and understand that this debt-fueled economy is not healthy. In addition to curbing government spending‚ our best and most healthy path forward — the one that would really save our fiscal situation — is to reduce barriers to organic growth and unleash productivity. Unfortunately‚ that is unlikely to happen as long as the Democrats control the White House.

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham accused President Biden's administration of retaliating for Texas' refusal to back down over protectionary measures‚ predominantly razor wire‚ at the southern border. Buckingham pointed to the administration's decision to pause the approval of natural gas exports.The land commissioner recently gave comments on the Supreme Court's ruling allowing the federal government to resume cutting and removing razor wire installed by the state of Texas on the southern border."My reaction was one of complete and utter surprise; I really don't understand their reasoning behind it‚" Buckingham told host Breanna Morello. "The barriers such as the wire‚ the wall‚ it channels people who want to cross into legal crossing points where they are much more legally accessed by Border Patrol‚" she added.In the days since Texas decided to defy the federal order‚ the Biden administration announced a "pause pending approvals of liquefied natural gas exports."The decision‚ according to the White House‚ was to "tackle the climate crisis at home and abroad‚" while taking a "hard look" at the impact of the exports on energy costs‚ "energy security‚" and the environment."Texas is the country's largest natural gas exporter and the third largest in the world! This reckless move is nothing more than retaliation against Texas — for standing up to this administration over the border crisis‚" Buckingham wrote on X. Texas is the country's largest natural gas exporter and the third largest in the world!\u00a0\n\nThis reckless move is nothing more than retaliation against Texas -- for standing up to this administration over the border crisis. — (@) Texas Governor Greg Abbott also issued a statement related to the border crisis and declared that the state was being invaded‚ invoking Texas' right to keep the state secure."I have already declared an invasion under Article I‚ § 10‚ Clause 3 to invoke Texas's constitutional authority to defend and protect itself‚" Abbott said‚ according to SCNR. "That authority is the supreme law of the land and supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary‚" the governor added."Texas has never backed down from a fight and we’re not looking to start now. Want our razor wire? Come and take it‚" Buckingham soon wrote on X‚ with an attached image that read "Come and Take It‚" displaying razor wire.Texas has never backed down from a fight and we’re not looking to start now.Want our razor wire? Come and take it. pic.twitter.com/oeTc4B0Ew0— Dawn Buckingham (@DrBuckinghamTX) January 27‚ 2024 The land commissioner has hammered the Biden administration since its announcement‚ calling Joe Biden "un-American" and accusing the president of stifling "America's growth" while driving "allies overseas" into the hands of adversaries.The Texas official also stated that "172 terror watchlist suspects" had been apprehended at the border‚ and had been emboldened by Biden's "disastrous policies." Julie Kelly‚ TX Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham and John Zadrozny join The Breanna Morello Show https://t.co/yB3ZkU5t6m — (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

An adult male on house arrest for selling cocaine brought a 13-year-old runaway girl to his residence in south Florida earlier this month and molested her‚ police said.What are the details?Leonel Keenan Labranche‚ 27‚ was on house arrest when he drove up to the young teen who was walking along a street after running away Jan. 9 and invited her into his home on Northwest 83rd Terrace in the county’s West Little River area‚ WPLG-TV reported‚ citing Miami-Dade police.Police said the pair smoked marijuana and performed sex acts on each other as she stayed at Labranche's residence‚ the station noted.Labranche on Jan. 12 took the girl to Memorial Hospital West in Pembroke Pines after he became concerned that she might have a sexually transmitted infection‚ WPLG reported‚ citing an arrest report.Police added to the station that they located Labranche on Friday‚ and he confessed to the allegations during an interview with detectives.Labranche was being held without bond in Miami-Dade’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Monday morning‚ WPLG reported.More from the station:Labranche‚ whose house arrest stemmed from charges of selling cocaine and misuse of a two-way communications device‚ now adds a charge of lewd and lascivious molestation to his slate of charges‚ which also include multiple domestic violence-related felonies in connection with separate cases.According to jail records‚ Labranche's charge of selling cocaine included that it occurred within 1‚000 feet of a school. Records also indicate that in another case he was charged with burglary with assault or battery.How are folks reacting?Commenters reacting to Labranche's arrest on Facebook and under the WPLG story were unified in their disgust at the suspect:"Please keep him locked up!!" one commenter begged."POS‚" another commenter observed.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A vagrant who seems to be terrorizing a San Francisco neighborhood was arrested once again for assault with a deadly weapon just a few weeks after a jury acquitted him of viciously beating the city's former fire commissioner.As Blaze News previously reported‚ in April 2023‚ former San Francisco Fire Commissioner Don Carmignani called police because three homeless men were loitering outside his mother's home‚ using drugs and harassing those strolling by. When no one responded to his calls for help‚ Carmignani confronted the group and ordered them to leave the area. Tensions escalated‚ and one of the vagrants — 24-year-old Garret Doty — grabbed a metal rod from a garbage bin and began striking Carmignani with it.The attack‚ which a bystander captured on video‚ was brutal. Carmignani's skull was punctured‚ requiring emergency surgery so invasive that doctors had to break his jaw‚ causing his teeth to shift. He then spent several days recovering in the ICU and‚ after returning home‚ experienced night terrors and difficulty with short-term memory‚ he later claimed in an interview.Doty was initially arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon‚ aggravated battery with serious bodily injury‚ and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury. Prosecutors then moved to drop the charges‚ claiming that Carmignani may have instigated the attack by using bear spray against the vagrants and that Doty likely used the metal rod in "self-defense."It seems prosecutors changed their minds and proceeded with the case against Doty‚ perhaps because he apparently twice violated an order to stay away from the Marina District neighborhood where the incident with Carmignani occurred. Doty was ultimately tried for two counts of assault and one count of battery. In December‚ a jury acquitted him of all charges.Outside the courtroom‚ Doty's public defender‚ Kleigh Hathaway‚ cheered the verdict as a sliver of justice for "unhoused people" like her client who too often live in "fear." "From the beginning‚ it was clear to me that Mr. Doty was acting in self-defense against Mr. Carmignani‚ who not only had the audacity to attack Mr. Doty with bear spray and then threatened to stab and kill Mr. Doty‚ but also presented himself as unwilling to back down from a fight that he had started‚" she said."Self-defense can be fierce because the brain goes into survival mode‚ and that fear response is sadly heightened for unhoused people‚ like Mr. Doty‚ who live in constant exposure."Mike Brophy‚ who sat on the jury‚ later revealed that he and other jurors viewed the case through an ideological lens. Prosecutors twisted the evidence so that they could "make a case for coming down hard on homeless violence‚" said Brophy‚ who does not necessarily see "homeless violence" as a pervasive problem.Brophy also referred to Carmignani as "a reprehensible character" who did not incite much sympathy from jurors. "We were all convinced the initial belligerent here was Carmignani‚" Brophy claimed. "I really don't like the feeling of my city trying to be an apologist for a known belligerent‚ a known vigilante." Homeless man found not guilty in beating case www.youtube.com The jury's apparent decision to favor Doty over Carmignani may have resulted in further area violence. According to the Marina Times‚ an independent outlet that covered the Carmignani case closely‚ Doty‚ now 25‚ was arrested earlier this week for allegedly attacking another victim just down the street from the incident with Carmignani.Shortly before 2:30 a.m. on Monday morning‚ Doty was allegedly involved in some kind of violence in the Marina District. He was arrested and booked into jail on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon‚ not a firearm. Jail records confirm that as of Tuesday morning‚ Doty remains in custody and no bond has been set. — (@) With yet another alleged attack just a month or so after the acquittal‚ many on social media are blaming Brophy and his fellow jurors for releasing a vagrant with an apparent penchant for violence back onto the streets."It’s a shame this latest victim can’t sue the judge or members of the jury that acquitted this thug Doty‚" wrote one user. "This latest attack is on all their consciences. How do they live with themselves?"Another user suspects that should this alleged incident be brought to trial‚ jurors will once again fall for ideological framing: "[L]ets [sic] see what they say this time‚ who provoked him this time[‚] who caused him to be 'afraid' this time even though he violated his whatever it was called to stay out of the area ... lets [sic] see what the new story is‚ this is the old story."The Marina Times agreed. "Right now @sfdefender is digging for dirt on the victim and praying they get a rogue jury that ignores the law again‚" the outlet responded. "Sadly‚ in San Francisco that’s entirely possible."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

People born between the years of 1946 and 1964‚ otherwise known as Baby Boomers‚ often receive a lot of flak for being stuck in their archaic ways. According to RFK Jr.‚ one area where Boomers need to wake up relates to how they consume news. “They only get their news from ABC‚ NBC‚ CNN‚ MSNBC‚ and the New York Times‚” he said‚ admitting that Boomers are the one cohort he’s doing “really poorly with.” “The young people are getting their information from long-form interviews‚ from podcasts‚ from other alternative [sources]‚ so they're doing critical thinking‚ and they're not locked into these orthodoxies‚” he explained‚ adding that Boomers would do well to “listen to a Joe Rogan podcast.” Dave Rubin agrees with RFK’s criticism of mainstream media‚ even though he disagrees with him on matters such as “affirmative action” and “climate stuff.” “There are probably a series of other disagreements that we have‚ but does the guy love America? Yes. Does he see the problem with the mainstream media? Yes. Does he want accountability as it relates to COVID? Yes‚” says Dave. To hear more of RFK Jr.’s analysis of Baby Boomers‚ watch the clip below. Want more from Dave Rubin?To enjoy more honest conversations‚ free speech‚ and big ideas with Dave Rubin‚ subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America‚ defend the Constitution‚ and live the American dream.