White House AI advisor David Sacks and the White House set the record straight after The New York Times implied that the Trump administration might be micromanaging AI companies with its new executive order.  In an X post, Sacks praised Trump’s newly signed executive order on Tuesday, directing the Department of War, the Department of Homeland Security, and various other parts of the administration to work with the AI industry to ensure significant new AI models advance U.S. interests and do not pose a security threat. Sacks specifically addressed that while there have been concerns that “this could morph into an ‘FDA for AI,’” this executive order “expressly forbids the creation of a new licensing, preclearance, or permitting regime.”  Conveniently, The Times did not explain how narrowly focused the president’s executive order actually is.  Sacks quoted a post by the White House Office of Science and Technology (WHOSTP), responding to The Times’s omission. “Lazy and inaccurate reporting from @NYT on this policy. The EO creates a process for frontier labs to voluntarily share cutting-edge cyber models in order to secure critical infrastructure and strengthen the government’s own cyber defenses. We are NOT conducting oversight of all new models, as that level of government overreach would have chilling effects on free speech and innovation,” the WHOSTP posted on X.  In his post, Sacks noted that the above description is “completely consistent with the discussions that I have participated in, where it was agreed that the EO is intended to apply only to models that represent a meaningful step-change in cyber capabilities (eg Mythos), not to incremental version numbers of existing models (eg Opus 4.7 -> 4.8).” Sacks also added that while a previous version of the executive order gave the federal government 90 days to review AI models, the new EO gives it only 30 days. “The change in the EO from a 90 day to 30 day period is a game changer because it allows our AI labs to comply with the voluntary framework without delaying new model releases,” noted Sacks. A similar executive order was reportedly scrapped 12 days ago after President Trump expressed concern that cumbersome regulation could slow down innovation as the U.S. works to maintain its edge against China in the AI race.  The initial executive order followed Anthropic’s decision to delay the public release of Claude Mythos after the AI model reportedly exposed thousands of “high-severity” security vulnerabilities across Big Tech. Anthropic instead opted to assist affected companies in patching security flaws through its Project Glasswing. Photo Credit: White House Flickr Photostream: President Donald Trump signs executive orders alongside Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and wounded warriors in the Oval Office, Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

Disney-owned ABC’s Good Morning America seethed Tuesday over Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt on California primary day, trashing him as a “conservative firebrand” who’s run a “provocative campaign” being such “a vocal critic” of Karen Bass for her handling of the wildfires and “draw[ing] criticism for campaign ads” and “blunt statements” about the homeless. WATCH: ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ trashes @SpencerPratt as a “conservative firebrand” who’s run a “provocative campaign” being such “a vocal critic” of Karen Bass for her handling of the wildfires and “draw[ing] criticism for campaign ads implying he’s since been living in an… pic.twitter.com/BtWYbb9ypt — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) June 2, 2026 After fill-in co-host and liberal apple polisher Mary Bruce said “all eyes” are “on the insurgent, former reality show star Spencer Pratt,” Los Angeles-based correspondent Trevor Ault showed his political ignorance by claiming “you don’t often see national attention and millions of dollars spent on a mayoral primary, but that is what voters are weighing today in Los Angeles.” His own network offered repeated stories about, for instance, New York City mayoral races. Ault then pummeled Pratt: And of course, a big portion of this attention is from the provocative campaign of reality star Spencer Pratt. This morning, California voters are headed to the polls with the spotlight on a highly competitive primary for Los Angeles mayor, including reality star-turned-conservative firebrand Spencer Pratt, making an unexpected push. Noting the independent candidate “rose to fame on the early 2000s MTV show, The Hills, Ault said Pratt “has taken aim at incumbent mayor Karen Bass,” who’s “battled lower approval ratings, triggered largely by her response to last year’s devastating wildfires.” Ault didn’t give much focus to the why of Pratt’s campaign, footnoting “[h]e’s been a vocal critic of the mayor since his Pacific Palisades mansion burnt down in the fires” before turning his ire to the first-time candidate: [B]ut he’s drawn criticism for campaign ads implying he’s since been living in an airstream trailer, later clarifying he’s actually staying in a luxury hotel. He’s also stirred mixed reactions for his campaign’s frequent use of reposted AI-generated ads and his blunt statements about wanting to clear out the city’s homeless. The labeling game carried over to the California gubernatorial ballot as he tagged former Biden HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra as merely a “Democrat,” far-left candidate Tom Steyer as just a “billionaire progressive,” and leading Republican candidate Steve Hilton as simply a “conservative commentator.” The invective is even more maddening considering the fac that this was the first time Pratt’s mayoral bid was mentioned on Good Morning America or its PM counterpart, World News Tonight. Outside of multiple Pratt mentions on The View, the March 5 and May 18 editions of Nightline were the only ABC News shows to give him airtime. Over on CBS Mornings (which has covered Pratt multiple times), co-host Gayle King leaned into the positive comments President Trump has leveled toward Pratt and extrapolated that to being an endorsement. Chief correspondent Matt Gutman said it’s “one of the most fiercely fought races in the country” and “anyone’s game” between “incumbent Democratic mayor” Bass, “former reality TV star and Republican” Pratt, and “democratic socialist” Raman. On Bass being AWOL during the January 2025 wildfires and a lackluster response, Gutman condensed it to “criticism” she’s looking to “overcome.” “And one of her most ferocious critics has been Pratt, who told our Adam Yabaguchi, it’s what encouraged him to join the race,” Gutman said in talking about Pratt before tagging Raman as someone “leaning into fighting homelessness.” As for the governor’s race, Gutman brought up “former Biden administration official” Becerra, “environmental advocate” Steyer, and “former Fox News host” Hilton. “Now, affordability is a huge issue for Californians right now. The latest CBS news poll shows a whopping 70 percent of voters find the cost of living to be unmanageable, and whoever wins will manage a state with a roughly $4 trillion economy, and a lot of work ahead of them,” he concluded, saying nothing about the left’s irongrip on most or all of the state for the last 30 years. NBC’s Today had Los Angeles-based correspondent Liz Kreutz on the case, correctly explaining Pratt has defined the policy debates of the race: “Spencer Pratt has certainly made a name for himself in this race that’s really been centered on three key issues: frustration over homelessness, the fire recovery, and a large decline in Hollywood production here.” She described the race as “a contest fit for Hollywood...where reality star Spencer Pratt...with the help of viral AI campaign ads made by his supporters has gained late traction in his long-shot bid” to “to unseat incumbent Democratic mayor Karen Bass, who faced intense criticism for her handling of” the fires. Here’s how she framed the gubernatorial race as well as primaries in Iowa and New Jersey (click “expand”): Californians are also choosing the next leader of the nation’s most populous state. Nearly 60 candidates are running to succeed Governor Gavin Newsom. The crowded race becoming even more muddled after former Congressman Eric Swalwell dropped out following sexual assault allegations, which he denies. Democratic politician Xavier Bacerra, currently in the lead with billionaire investor and climate activist Tom Steyer, also a Democrat, and right-wing political commentator Steve Hilton tracking closely behind. And there are other major races today in six primary states, from Iowa — where Democrats are battling it out, hoping to win a Senate seat in the traditionally Republican state this fall — to an unusual race in New Jersey where GOP Rep. Tom Kean has disappeared from the public eye for months, leaving Republicans worried they may eventually lose his key congressional seat. All setting the stage for midterm elections that could shift the balance of power in Washington. Now, as for that race in New Jersey, Congressman Kean has said he is addressing a personal medical issue and he will return once recovered, but he’s offered no other details. Meanwhile, here in California, there are several notable House races to watch, including in San Francisco, where voters are deciding who will take over Speaker Emeriti Nancy Pelosi’s seat after she retires after nearly 40 years in Congress[.] To see the relevant transcripts from June 2, click here (for ABC), here (for CBS), and here (for NBC).

National "Public" Radio -- the network that claims to speak for all the American people -- pounced on promoting "Pride Month" on Weekend Edition Saturday, lamenting how the Trump administration's drive against wokeness and "inclusion" in large corporations is defunding "Pride" celebrations. The headline: "Pride celebrations struggle as corporate sponsorships dry up." Where will they make up the gap? In Pittsburgh, they touted "the state government swooped in with a grant at the last minute to help narrow the gap." Taxpayers backed the gay agenda. Naturally, NPR would never allow an opposing view when "inclusion" is at stake. Pride-aganda is the norm.  The story began: HANNAH FRANCES JOHANSSON: June is Pride Month. That means weekends will be punctuated with parades and festivals across the country celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. Corporate sponsors have become a funding staple, donating in exchange for a feature in the parade or festival. A majority of Pride celebrations have seen a reduction in sponsorships, especially bigger celebrations, according to Jordan Braxton, co-president of the United States Association of Prides.  In the online article, Braxton explained "the Trump administration's dismantling of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, has scared corporations away from sponsoring Pride celebrations. 'I think that's why some of the corporations have pulled back, because they don't want that government scrutiny,' she said. JOHANSSON: Less money for Pride sometimes also means less money for year-round LGBTQ+ events and resources. E. Ciszek, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin who is writing a book about how LGBTQ+ people are represented in public relations and advertising, said public support from corporations for this community has become politically costly. E CISZEK: What once was a organizational asset - right? - has now become an organizational risk. The only counter-argument (from within the bubble) was that Pride Month was "too corporate" anyway. Pride events were celebrated as crucial for youth:  JOHANSSON: People are chanting things like "out of the closet and into the streets." The biggest sponsor back then was a local bank. But in the last 20 years, large corporations, including Fortune 500 companies, have become sponsors of Pittsburgh Pride. Now there are way more attendees - tens of thousands, instead of hundreds. Lyndsey Sickler, another Pittsburgh Pride organizer, said it's important to create an event where people can be free of judgment. LYNDSEY SICKLER: They are in a space that is actively, loudly celebrating everything that is us. And for some people, no matter what age that is, it's their first time. And I don't - nothing else matters at that point. JOHANSSON: Ultimately, Sickler said Pride is about the teenager who has never met another trans person or the parents whose kid just came out as gay. It's about support. NPR would never jeopardize that crusade by letting an opponent say anything on their formerly federally-funded stations. But Jim Acosta thinks other networks are the "propaganda giants."

The journalists appear to have lost their enthusiasm for exposing police brutality, if their attitude toward Henry Nowak is any indication. As of June 1, left-wing cable (CNN, MSNBC) and broadcast (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS) networks have completely ignored the gruesome murder and alleged police abuse of White British teenager Henry Nowak. MRC analysts looked through Nexis and SnapStream transcripts going back to December 4, 2025 for any mention of Nowak on any of the left-leaning cable or broadcast network. As of Monday, June 1, not a single word has been breathed about his plight.  On the evening of December 3, 2025, Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old British college student in Southampton, England was violently murdered while walking home. He was stabbed five times by 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa, the British-born son of Sikh Indian nationals.  When the police arrived on the scene they handcuffed Nowak, not Digwa, after Digwa lied to officers that Nowak had “racially abused” him. As Nowak was handcuffed and dragged by officers, he pleaded with them repeatedly for help, insisting he couldn’t breathe, and he’d been stabbed. One officer replied: “I don’t think you have, mate.” He died just minutes after being cuffed. The case earned renewed attention in late May of 2026 thanks to widespread posts about Nowak story on X (formerly Twitter). Late on June 1, The Southampton Police released body cam footage of the arrest. The footage doesn’t do the officers any favors, to say the least. The Southampton police arrested a White British teenager for being stabbed by a Sikh. It sounds hyperbolic, but those are the facts of the case. So, where are all the journalists? It almost doesn’t bear repeating that for the news media, the death of George Floyd during a police encounter back in 2020 was treated as one of the most important stories imaginable. For months on end, American audiences heard emotional diatribes about about the dangers of police brutality and supposed systemic racism in the police system. None of those journalists have spared even a moment’s thought for Henry Nowak. There are numerous reasons why, of course. But chief among them is Nowak’s ethnicity. White people, in the eyes of the news media, are only ever perpetrators of police brutality and racially-motivated killings, never the victims.   MRC’s Free Speech America division found that, while the “Big Four” news apps (Apple, Google, MSN, and Yahoo) did include a handful of news stories from UK news outlets that mentioned the newly-released body cam footage on June 2, none of them mentioned that Vickrum Digwa was a Sikh. In fact, Digwa’s Sikh faith was not mentioned in a single one of the 80 UK news articles mentioning the incident on the Big Four apps.  Contrast that whitewash with the standard media reaction whenever a non-White person is the victim of an interracial killing. Within hours, journalists are digging up everything they can about the perpetrator, in an effort to prove the attack was racially motivated.  Just as the American news media are spitting on Nowak’s plight because of his race, the British media are protecting his killer due to his. Thanks to to the massive groundswell of interest on the right, Henry Nowak’s plight may yet receive some begrudging attention from the news media. But even if the story does abruptly start to look newsworthy, it’s likely to be relegated to a news brief on one or two of the broadcast networks’ evening newscasts this evening. And on CNN and MS Now, if Nowak’s murder is ever mentioned at all, it will almost certainly be framed as, this dumb thing that a bunch of right-wing people are talking about online.

The front page of Tuesday’s New York Times was graced with a profile of James Talarico, the elitist media’s newest hope to finally elect a Democrat in Texas: “Progressive Faith Powers Texas Democrat’s Run -- Evangelicals See Threat in Talarico’s Pastor.” The online headline and subhead was more provocative: “Are Texans Ready for Talarico’s Kind of Christianity? -- Jim Rigby, a pastor who rarely uses the word “God,” is a key to understanding the Senate candidate trying to pull off something unusual in Texas." As usual, all concerns about mixing religion and politics evaporate once a Democrat seems in striking distance of winning a statewide seat in Texas. The long profile by Ruth Graham (who covers religion for the paper) and Texas bureau chief J. David Goodman conveniently skipped over most of the theological complications that would render the pastor’s view, and by implication those of Talarico himself, contradictory and absurd. From the liberal heart of Texas came this excoriation of the Apostle Paul’s hopelessly troglodyte moral philosophy: On a recent Sunday morning at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, Jim Rigby asked his congregation to share what came to mind when he mentioned the Apostle Paul, the major Christian figure to whom 13 books in the Bible are attributed. They cheerfully complied: “Villain!” “Homophobic!” “He’s a jerk.” Paul’s attributed writings include passages seen as encouraging wives to submit to their husbands and instructing them to be quiet in church, and others condemning same-sex sexual behavior as sinful. Mr. Rigby acknowledged the trouble. But in a sermon that also cited the Bhagavad Gita and the Buddha, he nudged his congregation to reconsider the apostle, one of the most important in the early Christian church…. One longtime member of St. Andrew’s was not there, although he had attended the previous weekend: James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate…. The Times has been looking for their Democrat hero in Texas for years. Anyone remember future senator and president Beto O’Rourke? At 37, Mr. Talarico has become one of the Democratic Party’s fastest-rising stars in part by talking about his identity as a Christian. Unlike some politicians who forge politically strategic relationships with faith leaders deep into their careers, Mr. Talarico has an authentic lifelong relationship with a local pastor, and speaks easily about his personal faith. As the Democratic base becomes increasingly secular, Mr. Talarico’s faith-forward approach is unusual for a white Democrat. And it seems to be working…. Check out this simplistic, slanted summary of the theological argument: But as the race intensifies, Mr. Talarico’s religious identity is also coming under new scrutiny. He is a seminary student at Mr. Rigby’s alma mater, a progressive institution in Austin. And he has injected unusually complex theological arguments into discussions of progressive policy. In return, political and theological conservatives have called Mr. Talarico a heretic, compared him to the serpent in the Garden of Eden and suggested he could be the Antichrist. So Talarico is making sophisticated arguments while his right-wing opponents are offering caricatures? By his own account, Mr. Rigby has been a major influence and inspiration. And now, Mr. Talarico’s opponents are also turning a critical eye ​to the pastor. They are finding a spiritual leader whose views on political issues like immigration and abortion, but also questions like the historical truth of the resurrection of Jesus, are out of step with the teachings of many other churches. One need not be particularly devout to know that believing in the resurrection of Jesus is a basic Christian requirement (Talarico himself believes it). Mr. Rigby does not use male pronouns for God, for example, because it is a kind of “violence” to imply to a girl that her brother is more like God than she is, he said in an interview after the service.... There was more flattery about Talarico’s supposedly complex theological arguments. Mr. Talarico, who is on leave from his studies at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, often veers into the theological weeds in a way that other politicians who talk about their faith do not…. PS: One mild challenge to Talarico’s skewed Biblical views came near the end, linking the story of Mary the mother of Jesus with abortion rights. “The angel comes down and asks Mary if this is something she wants to do, and she says: If it is God’s will, let it be done,” Mr. Talarico said.... Mr. Rigby recalled preaching on the passage in the past. He wasn’t bothered by the fact that in the text, the angel does not, in fact, “ask” Mary if she accepts the pregnancy, as Mr. Talarico framed it, but rather tells her it will happen.