As the Iran War continues, CBS’s Stephen Colbert hyped the idea on Tuesday that God is not listening to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The Late Show host made his remarks while referencing recent comments from Pope Leo, but the historical and scriptural justification for their condemnation was highly selective. Colbert introduced a clip of Hegseth by lamenting, “our secretary of war crimes explained why it's okay to blow stuff up: 'Cause God likes it. 'Cause here he is last week at the Pentagon, praying.” The “secretary of war crimes” bit was made in reference to President Trump’s threats to hit Iranian electrical and desalination plants, both of which Iran has already hit. As it was, in the clip, Hegseth prayed, “Let every round find its mark against the enemies of righteousness and our great nation. Give them wisdom in every decision, endurance for the trial ahead, unbreakable unity and overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy… We ask these things with bold confidence in the mighty and powerful name of Jesus Christ.”   Stephen Colbert hypes the idea that God isn't listening to Pete Hegseth's prayers, " But our secretary of war crimes explained why it's okay to blow stuff up: 'Cause God likes it...I don't know what in the blue-eyed blonde baby Jesus Hegseth is talking about. Because that is not… pic.twitter.com/doFltZ4TTU — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) April 1, 2026   Amid booing from the audience, Colbert reacted, “Yes, boo all you want, we all remember the Sermon on the Mount when Jesus said, ‘To him who strikes you on the one cheek, ask, 'Do you know where you are?" You're in the jungle, baby! You're gonna die!'" Moving on to the pope, Colbert brought out his Chicago accent and added, “I don't know what in the blue-eyed blonde baby Jesus Hegseth is talking about. Because that is not the Jesus I was raised with. And it's not the Jesus the pope was raised with either, because on Palm Sunday, Pope Leo responded. ‘Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, king of peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: Your hands are full of blood.’" Colbert wrapped up with a picture of Trump’s bruised hand, “Yeah. There it is. There it is. I've got to ask, 'Hands full of blood?' Who could that be? Oh, there you go. There it is.” At no point over the past month has anyone in the administration claimed this war is a Christian holy war. The fact that the U.S. is conducting operations alongside Israel and Iran is attacking other Muslim nations should be proof of that. Whether it was Pope Pius V at Lepanto, Jan III Sobieski of Poland before lifting the 1683 Siege of Vienna, Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, or Franklin Roosevelt during D-Day, leaders have frequently prayed to God asking for victory during history’s most critical moments. Still, the Bible says there is a time for peace and a time for war. The man who will soon be traveling to Middle-earth should know that. If Colbert wants to argue this is not a time for war, he should do that instead of trying to portray Christianity as a pacifist religion. Here is a transcript for the March 31 show: CBS The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 3/31/2026 11:45 PM ET STEPHEN COLBERT: But our secretary of war crimes explained why it's okay to blow stuff up: 'Cause God likes it. 'Cause here he is last week at the Pentagon, praying. PETE HEGSETH [3/26/2026]: Let every round find its mark against the enemies of righteousness and our great nation. Give them wisdom in every decision, endurance for the trial ahead, unbreakable unity and overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy. [jump cut] We ask these things with bold confidence in the mighty and powerful name of Jesus Christ. COLBERT: Yes, yes, no, no. Yes, boo all you want, we all remember the Sermon on the Mount when Jesus said, "To him who strikes you on the one cheek, ask, 'Do you know where you are?' You're in the jungle, baby! You're gonna die!'" That's what Mitch used to do. I don't know what in the blue-eyed blonde baby Jesus Hegseth is talking about. Because that is not the Jesus I was raised with. And it's not the Jesus the pope was raised with either, because on Palm Sunday, Pope Leo responded. [Chicago accent] "Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, king of peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: Your hands are full of blood.’" Yeah. There it is. There it is. I've got to ask, "Hands full of blood?’ Who could that be? Oh, there you go. There it is.

Democrat Nevada Rep. Susie Lee’s late-night F-bomb laced anti-Trump tweet about the president’s upcoming Supreme Court appearance went viral Wednesday before being deleted – but, posts of screenshots and comments reacting to her vulgarity remain. “JUST IN: Nevada Democrat Congresswoman Susie Lee DELETES UNHINGED profanity-laced rant against President Trump going to SCOTUS,” Florida Voice News Chief Content Officer Eric Daugherty reported on X.com. “So f*cking f*cked up. I’ll pray they f*ck him to his face. Sorry, I say f*ck a lot these days,” Rep. Lee said in a 1:03 a.m. post, according to an unedited X.com screenshot shared by Daugherty. “Rep. Susie Lee is going viral after a strongly worded social media post reacting to reports that Trump will attend a Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship,” confirmed TalkRadio 77 WABC, posting a screenshot editing the F-word. Reaction to Lee’s vulgar attack on the president mostly claim that Rep. Lee was revealing her true character in the now-deleted post and declared the congresswoman “unhinged.” Another vulgar overnight post by Rep. Lee has yet to be deleted: “Want to hear some bullsh*t? Republicans cut your health care to pay for tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans and corporations.”

The newspapers routinely play Hide the Ideology when liberal judges are resisting President Trump. They’ll write “A federal judge” ruled against Trump, and not tell consumers that the judge is a liberal. Liberals are always painted as nonpartisans when they act like partisans. That’s the case with Obama-appointed judge (and former Clinton Justice Department attorney) Randolph Moss, who mysteriously found it was a violation of the First Amendment and “viewpoint discrimination” for Trump to push defunding of PBS and NPR in an executive order. “The message is clear: NPR and PBS need not apply for any federal benefit because the President disapproves of their ‘left-wing’ coverage of the news,” wrote the partisan judge. The First Amendment “does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type.” They loved this ruling at NPR. "Today’s ruling is a decisive affirmation of the rights of a free and independent press,” BLM-loving NPR CEO Katherine Maher said in a statement. An “independent press” isn’t defined by taking government money. That makes you a dependent press. Then Maher unleashed her typical insincerity: "Public media exists to serve the public interest — that of Americans — not that of any political agenda or elected official.” Everyone listening to NPR knows that’s a pants-on-fire lie. NPR whistleblower Uri Berliner found in D.C. voter records that the NPR newsroom had 87 registered Democrats and no registered Republicans. PBS said in a statement that the judge’s ruling affirmed that Trump imposed “textbook unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination and retaliation, in violation of longstanding First Amendment principles.” Where on Earth in the First Amendment is the part about how conservatives should have to support government-funded viewpoint discrimination and retaliation? PBS and NPR have been discriminating against conservatives and Republicans since the Nixon years.   That’s why the phrase “public broadcasting” is ludicrous. They have no interest in representing the entire public. They are broadcasting by the Left, for the Left. They’re like taxpayer-funded MS NOW. There’s no reason for taxpayers to support that. When we’ve studied guest counts, the tilt is obvious. In the first four months of Trump’s second term, we found the PBS News Hour guest count was 173 liberals to 41 conservatives – a ratio of 4.2 to 1. When elected officials and political appointees were removed from the count, the ideological tilt was 149-23, or 6.5 to 1. That’s actually much better than NPR’s ludicrously titled All Things Considered evening newscast. In the two months after Congress rescinded their funding – from July 19 to September 18, 2025 – the guest count was 53 liberals to three conservatives – and one of those three was opposed to Trump. That’s almost 18 to 1. Nobody at NPR believes in what they call “false balance.” They believe in rhetorically shoving conservatives to the ground and roughing them up. After all the bullying, they steal their lunch money. These people have the audacity to claim they’re on the wrong side of “viewpoint discrimination.” It’s the same way that liberals insist you can’t object to The View having a guest disparity of 128-2, or late-night comedians favoring liberal guests 99 percent of the time (as per our 2025 counts). At least these shows didn’t take conservative money and bash them over the head with it. Luckily, Congress rescinded the subsidies for PBS and NPR (for now), and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting shut down their propaganda-backing shop. But as soon as Democrats get back control of Congress, they’ll start trying to subsidize it all over again. Why wouldn’t Democrats want to fund DNC Media? That’s why the entire “public broadcasting” concept is an enormous fraud.

There are several major stories swirling around the United States Supreme Court that have gone grossly undercovered or outright ignored by the Elitist Media. It’s as if the media didn’t want their viewers learning about an inconvenient ruling and a pivotal argument, both against major policy items for the left. First, there is the Supreme Court 8-1 opinion (with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson the sole dissenter) declaring that Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” likely violates constitutional free exercise protections. ABC World News Tonight was the sole network newscast to carry the story. Below is that report in its entirety, as aired on Tuesday, March 31st, 2026:   WATCH: @ABCWorldNews was the only broadcast network evening newscast to cover the Supreme Court 8-1 opinion (with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson the sole dissenter) declaring that Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” likely violates constitutional free exercise protections.… pic.twitter.com/MDZW7SYcBz — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) April 1, 2026 DAVID MUIR: Tonight, after the state of Colorado had banned conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors. Tonight, the Supreme Court now ruling against that ban. In an 8-1 decision, the justices saying the law likely violates a Christian therapist's free speech. More than half the states have in the U.S. have similar laws like Colorado had, restricting the practice saying it is ineffective and harmful to minors.  Despite it being a 22-second brief, Muir found the time to mourn the ban on conversion therapy, therefore mourning a Christian therapist’s ability to render the care they believe is appropriate. But at least Muir covered the Court opinion, which is far more than can be said for CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News. These other newscasts stuffed their time with stories about handcuffed women jumping out of patrol cars with the windows down, and the Indiana man who stole a beer truck and was arrested for DUI. Had the Court ruled the other way, I’m pretty sure the story would’ve been reported across the aisle had the ruling gone the other way. The networks also kept quiet about a major hearing on Wednesday, which will be attended in person by President Trump and will center on the 14th Amendment constitutionality of granting automatic U.S. citizenship to the children of illegal aliens, etc. Per NBC News: The Supreme Court agreed in December to hear the case after lower courts ruled against Trump's plan to end automatic birthright citizenship for almost anyone born in the U.S. The 14th Amendment has long been interpreted to protect birthright citizenship, as it states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.” The Trump administration is pushing back against the longtime interpretation of that clause. A reversion of the existing definition of birthright citizenship would help provide further legal justification for additional immigration restrictions, including increased deportations. Given the stakes of the hearing, which President Trump has indicated he will attend in person, it is odd that the network news wouldn’t at least give the story a brief. But as is often the case with stories such as these, they get buried. It is (D)ifferent, after all.

During Monday’s episode of The Situation Room on CNN, co-host Pamela Brown and CNN religion commentator Father Edward Beck teamed up to attack War Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of Christian terms throughout his tenure, especially during the recent conflict in Iran. Fr. Beck called Hegseth “unqualified” and pushed Christians, especially Catholics, to rethink their alignment with Trump Administration policies pertaining to defense and immigration. Notably, Brown recently completed a documentary on “The Rise of Christian Nationalism,” which lost most of its attention base due to the Iran conflict.  The segment was in response to comments from Pope Leo XIV that called for the end of war and said God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying, even though you make many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.”    CNN religion commentator Fr. Edward Beck was dismayed at Sec. @PeteHegseth's use of religious language and said "Hegseth is praying for overwhelming violence against those who deserve no mercy at a Christian worship service." pic.twitter.com/CiGNJt7NPk — Nick (@nspin310) March 30, 2026   When asked about a compilation of Hegseth’s use of religious phrases, Fr. Beck -- who was Chris Cuomo's favorite priest in his CNN days -- showed his dismay and went in at Hegseth: Well, it's really significant because Pete Hegseth is praying for overwhelming violence against those who deserve no mercy at a Christian worship service. The priest and the host failed to explain that some of Hegseth's martial language comes directly from King David in the Psalms. There in the Bible is war and God preparing his chosen ones for battle. But this is CNN, so here comes the “Christian Nationalism”: So, I think one of the positions here is actually rooted in the New Testament. And the other one is Christian Nationalism, which in my opinion is a contradiction in terms. So, I think it's really very interesting that the two are pitted against each other, and the pope is kind of taking it on, you know, heads on. Brown, alike to her anti-Christian documentary, invoked the “critics” in another question to Fr. Beck: And the Pentagon has defended Secretary Hegseth invoking religion and his public statements by saying he is simply embracing his personal faith and the country's history as a Christian nation. That's what they say. But some critics argue that his language could divide what is supposed to be a secular military. What do you think, Father Beck?   On The Situation Room, CNN contributor Fr. Edward Beck also connected the crucifixion of Jesus to the Iran war. "...So, this is the worst possible moment for Christian to justify war. This is the week when the church commemorates a state sanctioned execution of an innocent man" pic.twitter.com/TI0wXQdoDO — Nick (@nspin310) March 30, 2026   The military is religiously neutral -- allowing religious freedom -- that doesn't mean it's "secular" in that no one should pray in the military or speak in religious terms. Fr. Beck connected the war back to the crucifixion of Christ, as if the U.S. should let itself be crucified in some sense by Iran?  Well, I think that this is Holy Week, right? So, this is the worst possible moment for Christian to justify war. This is the week when the church commemorates a state sanctioned execution of an innocent man. (...) So, in this very week, when Christians are reacting and reenacting Jesus entering Jerusalem nonviolently, like heading toward crucifixion rather than conquest, you have American political and military leaders invoking his name to justify airstrikes.   Fr. Beck also called Hegseth "unqualified" and questioned Catholics and Christians who support Trump Administration policies as people having "issues with trying to allow Christian scriptures to justify their positions." https://t.co/pJtINCLe71 pic.twitter.com/nuF7FcwVbW — Nick (@nspin310) March 30, 2026   Brown asked about the uniqueness of the first American pope’s involvement in politics. In response, Fr. Beck questioned if Christians and Catholics who support the “unqualified” defense secretary are truly following scripture. So, this is a real, I think, moment of conscience, not only for all Christians, especially for Catholics, because your pope is on one side of the question and unqualified defense secretary, I mean that's just not my opinion, that's the opinion of American generals, is on the other side.  So, I think Christians have to ask, in particular, Catholics, who do you align yourself with? Where do you stand? Do you accept the pope saying: Jesus is nonviolent? This war is immoral? Or do you look at people who really are having very difficult, I think, issues with trying to allow Christian Scriptures to justify their positions. It’s not like there is any violence in the Bible or anything. So we're supposed to accept this is a totally unbiased priest who gave his unbiased opinion on the unqualified defense secretary. Only on CNN. The transcript is below. Click "expand": CNN’s The Situation Room March 30, 2026 10:49:47 AM Eastern PAMELA BROWN: Happening now, Christians around the world are preparing for Easter this Holy Week, Pope Leo's first at the helm of the Catholic Church. The pope raised eyebrows yesterday during his Palm Sunday Mass when he rejected attempts to co-opt God as justification for war. Many are viewing those remarks from the first U.S. born pontiff as aimed at members of the Trump Administration. [Cuts to video] POPE LEO XIV: [Voice Translated to English] Brothers and sisters, this is our God, Jesus, prince of peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying, even though you make many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood. [Cuts back to live] BROWN: Joining us now to discuss is CNN religion contributor and Roman Catholic Priest, Father Edward Beck. Nice to have you on, Father Beck. How do you read those comments from the pope? FR. EDWARD BECK: Well, I think he's quoting scripture and not playing politics. I mean this is Isaiah chapter one, where the prophet is telling Israel with hands of blood that God turns away from their prayers because of their violence.  So, the pope is really standing in like a 2700th year old tradition of religious leaders telling the powerful that your piety is hollow if your hands are bloody. So people have, like, accused Pope Leo of meddling in politics. He's not, he's simply being steeped in the oldest job description, really, in the Hebrew prophetic tradition. BROWN: Let's play some sound from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has discussed religion and war in recent briefings and interviews, to give us some context around these comments from the pope. Let's watch. [Cuts to video compilation] SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH: Snap the rod of the oppressor, frustrate the wicked plans and break the teeth of the ungodly. By the blast of your anger, let the evil perish.  Blessed be the lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.  May the lord grant unyielding strength and refuge to our warriors. The Providence of our almighty God is there protecting those troops. And we're committed to this mission. [Cuts back to live] BROWN: So, talk about the significance of that language, especially when discussed in the context of this conflict with Iran. FR. BECK: Well, it's really significant because Pete Hegseth is praying for overwhelming violence against those who deserve no mercy at a Christian worship service.  I mean, the pope comes back with, what about gethsemane? I mean, Jesus rebukes the disciple who draws the sword. I mean, Jesus of the gospel refused the sword even to save his own life.  So, I think one of the positions here is actually rooted in the New Testament. And the other one is Christian Nationalism, which in my opinion is a contradiction in terms. So, I think it's really very interesting that the two are pitted against each other, and the pope is kind of taking it on, you know, heads on. BROWN: And the Pentagon has defended Secretary Hegseth invoking religion and his public statements by saying he is simply embracing his personal faith and the country's history as a Christian nation. That's what they say. But some critics argue that his language could divide what is supposed to be a secular military. What do you think, Father Beck? FR. BECK: Well, I think that this is holy week, right? So, this is the worst possible moment for Christian to justify war. This is the week when the church commemorates a state sanctioned execution of an innocent man. I mean, the pope said that Christians in the region may not even be able to celebrate Easter.  As you know, on Palm Sunday, just yesterday, a cardinal was blocked from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Palm Sunday.  So, in this very week, when Christians are reacting and reenacting Jesus entering Jerusalem nonviolently, like heading toward crucifixion rather than conquest, you have American political and military leaders invoking his name to justify airstrikes.  And so I just think it's really interesting that the first American pope is rebuking American power, military power. That's historic. It's never happened before. BROWN: Yeah. And he's doing it with that. And he's also been critical of the immigration crackdowns from this administration. Tell us more about just how unusual that is from a pope, let alone an American pope. FR. BECK: Well, it's unusual because first of all, this first American pontiff is telling the American government that their conduct is incompatible with the gospel. So, you have a pope who knows American politics. Knows the ethos of the people here. Maybe like roughly 20 percent, right, of the U.S. are American Catholics.  So, this is a real, I think, moment of conscience, not only for all Christians, especially for Catholics, because your pope is on one side of the question and unqualified defense secretary, I mean that's just not my opinion, that's the opinion of American generals, is on the other side.  So, I think Christians have to ask, in particular, Catholics, who do you align yourself with? Where do you stand? Do you accept the pope saying: Jesus is nonviolent? This war is immoral? Or do you look at people who really are having very difficult, I think, issues with trying to allow Christian scriptures to justify their positions. BROWN: All right. Father Beck, thank you for coming to offer your perspective. We appreciate it. (...)