The liberal brains at Time magazine really had to think hard to come up with a way to make Iranians look good and the Republicans look bad. So the top story of their Time.com newsletter today was: "The Iranians Stuck Between ICE Detention and Deportation to War-Torn Homeland." Naturally, it's a gay couple stuck in Trump's cruel web. Reporter Philip Wang began:  When Ali and Adel showed up at the southern border in El Paso, Texas in 2025 after traveling thousands of miles from Iran, they believed that America was a place of freedom and opportunity. Instead, the Iranian gay couple found themselves in separate ICE detention facilities hundreds of miles apart, facing the threat of deportation back to Iran. TIME is using pseudonyms to protect their safety. They always love using pseudonyms for any Trump "victims" because it makes them sound like they're in great danger. Liberal outlets love to use this for pro-Hamas protesters and ICE-busting radicals, too.  The couple, one in his late 30s and the other in his early 40s, fled Iran for Turkey in 2021 after being arrested by Iran’s morality police who opened a criminal investigation into their relationship—same-sex activity is punishable by death in Iran. Soon after, fearing for their safety, they left Turkey for Mexico and eventually arrived in the U.S. The next obvious step in this publicity is to run all the defense lawyer's talking points:  Wolf said Adel’s condition is particularly alarming. He suffered severe organ damage after the couple was attacked in Mexico en route to the U.S., and has since lost a significant amount of weight and experienced fainting episodes while in detention. “He's incredibly frail, to the point where he could no longer ambulate. He couldn't walk because of the pain,” Wolf said. “He had to have other detainees pick him up and carry him to the bathroom and to the shower, which was incredibly distressing.” Then comes the data points of an anti-Trump project from professors at UCLA and UC-Berkeley:  Ali and Adel are among hundreds of Iranians facing an impossible choice: remaining in a U.S. immigration system increasingly defined by mass deportation, or returning to an authoritarian regime that represses its citizens. According to data from the Deportation Data Project, ICE arrested at least 432 Iranians in 2025, more than half of whom had neither been convicted of a crime nor were facing pending criminal charges at the time of their arrest. If either of these poor unfortunate souls had any criminal record, you wouldn't know, since they're kept pseudonymous.  The second item in this "news" letter also seemed more like a press release: "Here’s Which Cities Are Likely to Host the Biggest No Kings Protests." Chantelle Lee touted the Saturday protests against evil Trump: "This Saturday could be the largest day of domestic political protest in U.S. history, according to event organizers." Left-wing protests are often presented in the rosy view of "event organizers."  

On Thursday, law enforcement and the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida announced charges against a brother and sister in the placement of a bomb at MacDill Air Force base, a key U.S. base amid the war in Iran as it’s home to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and U.S. Special Operations Command. This national security bombshell was of no interest to NBC (and barely at all to ABC) on their flagship newscasts Thursday night and Friday morning. While 27-year-old Ann Mary Zheng was arrested, her brother Alen Zheng remains at large and fled to....China (which opens up a dangerous set of possibilities vis-à-vis the Chinese regime). At a Thursday press conference, the U.S. Attorney said they were not yet sure whether the two Americans have dual citizenship in China. Thursday’s CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil provided a welcome contrast with a full story on this and aired prior to the ongoing lead story of the last few weeks in the (Democrat-created) Homeland Security shutdown that has caused mass chaos at American airports with TSA workers remaining unpaid. “Also developing tonight, the FBI says it knows who placed a bomb outside MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa this month. The base key to U.S. operations in Iran and the indictments coming down late today. Two siblings charged, the sister arrested, her brother still on the run,” Dokoupil declared in an opening tease. Dokoupil later began the segment by calling the development “major news” in the “potentially deadly explosive device found outside MacDill Air Force Base,” which “[t]he FBI says it was placed there by a 20-year-old man who has since fled to China.” This segment on Thursday’s @CBSEveningNews with @TonyDokoupil was the only full report on a broadcast network morning or evening newscast about the indictment of two Chinese-Americans in the placement of a bomb at MacDill Air Force base, the home of CENTCOM pic.twitter.com/sOt1AwtOsa — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 27, 2026 Correspondent Cristian Benavides delivered even more stunning findings about the bomb and when it was found: BENAVIDES: Tony, what is so frightening here is that officials say it took six days for this explosive device to be discovered. They say that it was real. It could have killed a lot of people, but for some reason it did not detonate. According to federal authorities, Alen Zheng planted an explosive device on March 10th near MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. Minutes later, a 911 call reported a bomb had been placed on the base. U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA GREGORY KEHOE: The MacDill personnel searched the base and I’m the entire base and did not find the device at that time. BENAVIDES: It was eventually discovered on March 16. By then, prosecutors say Zheng and his sister, Ann Mary Zheng had sold the black Mercedes used to transport the bomb to the base and fled to China. Benavides explained Ann Mary Zheng had, for some reason, returned to the U.S. and, with authorities already onto her, she was arrested upon her return and “charged with being an accessory after the fact and tampering with evidence.” In a second soundbite from U.S. Attorney Kehoe, he said an FBI search of their home “found” additional “IED components.” After reiterating to viewers that the Tampa-area base “houses Central Command, in charge of military operations in the Middle East, including the war with Iran,” Benavides said officials had not yet revealed a motive. “China does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S. although it does negotiate in some cases, prosecutors say they don’t have any evidence that Zheng was working with the Chinese government,” the CBS reporter concluded. Unfortunately, it likely wouldn’t come as a shock if, given the information already shared, some connection to Chinese intelligence or the CCP is discovered. In the case of the aforementioned ABC, all they could muster was a 23-second news brief on Friday’s Good Morning America from news reader Will Reeve: Friday’s ‘Good Morning America’ on ABC could only pull down 23 seconds on the MacDill bomb, speedily moving by the bombshell that the brother is still in China pic.twitter.com/9kEeDk4SVs — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 27, 2026 We begin [New at 7:30] with a brother and a sister indicted for allegedly planting an explosive device at McDill Air Force base in Florida. The device was found on March 16 outside the base’s visitor’s center. It did not go off. The siblings escaped to China but the sister came back. She is under arrest. The brother is still in China and the motive behind the plot is unclear. Thursday’s NBC Nightly News focused heavily on the Savannah Guthrie interview, but they still found time for other stories, including a disturbed man driving onto a Daytona Beach tarmac and trying to forcibly board an airplane. To be fair, CBS’s Dokoupil also covered it, but he still found time for MacDill. In the case of both NBC’s Today and CBS Mornings on Friday, they remained hot on the trial of a Hawaii doctor who allegedly tried (and failed) to murder his wife while hiking. But like with the Daytona drunk, ABC’s Good Morning America found time to cover the Lifetime movie in-waiting and a bomb that could have wreaked havoc at one of the country’s most important military installations. To see the relevant CBS transcript from March 26, click here.

On Friday’s CNN This Morning, Audie Cornish introduced a segment on lawsuits against social media companies declaring: “This week, one woman received justice in her fight against Big Tech.” Not a verdict or a jury award—but “justice,” equating the verdict with justice itself. The anti-corporate tilt is on. The segment highlighted a recent jury decision holding Meta and YouTube liable in a case involving a young woman’s mental health. It also featured prominent trial lawyer Mark Lanier, who said the verdict sent a message that companies “will be held accountable,” that “so many families” have been harmed—and that more cases are coming. The program spotlighted a $6 million verdict and aired Lanier’s comments, even as his firm says it has recovered “over $20 billion” for clients and typically charges whopping contingency fees of “between 33 and 40%” of recoveries. Cornish added that the case could be “just the tip of the iceberg,” noting that thousands of similar lawsuits are pending—suggesting a potentially massive wave of litigation. She then turned to plaintiff Tammy Rodriguez, whose 11-year-old daughter died by suicide in 2021, and asked about criticism from a Wall Street Journal editorial describing such cases as a “social media shakedown” benefiting trial lawyers more than families. Rodriguez rejected that characterization, insisting the lawsuits are not financially motivated. “The attorneys that we have been involved with are not out there for the money,” she said. “It’s not about the money for any of us actually. As hard as it is for people to hear that or they don't want to believe us, this is about accountability.” WATCH: CNN Guest Claims Lawyers Suing Social Media “Not Out There for the Money” pic.twitter.com/VKE1525AYN — Mark Finkelstein (@markfinkelstein) March 27, 2026 Rodriguez acknowledged skepticism about that claim, noting that “people say this is a drop in the bucket,” but argued that financial penalties are necessary because companies “only feel it in their pocket.” Against that backdrop, the claim that lawyers “are not out there for the money” is difficult to square with a system in which firms tout tens of billions in recoveries while taking substantial contingency fees—and where, as CNN itself noted, thousands of additional cases are still to come. Cornish closed by asking Rodriguez about her daughter’s “legacy going forward.” Rodriguez said her mission is now to “educate families,” adding: “If I had known, Selena would still be here.” Even as Rodriguez acknowledged that many people question the claim that these lawsuits aren’t about money, CNN presented the case as “justice”—without exploring the scale of the litigation or the financial incentives driving it. Here's the transcript. CNN This Morning 3/27/26 6:21 am EDT AUDIE CORNISH: So, this week, one woman received justice in her fight against Big Tech. A jury found Meta and YouTube liable on all counts in a case accusing them of intentionally addicting the now 20-year-old woman and harming her mental health.  MARK LANIER: This message is one that's important to Kaley and her family. But it's of very great importance to a generation of people who have been affected. There are so many families who've been tragically hurt through the addiction of social media. And we've sent a message with this that you will be held accountable.  CORNISH: All right, so this case could be just the tip of the iceberg. There are thousands more just like it and more trials expected this year.  Some of the plaintiffs aren't even alive for their day in court, and that includes the daughter of Tammy Rodriguez. Her 11-year-old daughter, Selena, died by suicide in 2021. And Tammy has a pending lawsuit against several social media companies, accusing them of being responsible for her daughter's death, claiming dangerous features on the apps that drove her to tragedy.  Her mother, Tammy Rodriguez, is here now. Tammy, welcome back. Thank you so much for being with us.  TAMMY RODRIGUEZ: Thank you for having me back.  CORNISH: I had talked to you, I think, one or two years ago when the Supreme Court was doing a ruling along the lines of this case, a little bit different legally. And at that time, you all basically lost. So what was it like to be in this courtroom where a verdict was read in your favor?  RODRIGUEZ: It was incredible. You know, I was there for the day that Mark Zuckerberg did testify. Unfortunately, that's the only day I was able to be there for.  But to hear him have to testify facing us this time. Wwhen we were in this you know, in Congress before, he faced away from us.  This time he had to face us while he testified under oath, and that was huge for us parents. That's a win in itself.  . . .  CORNISH: One of the things I noticed, the Wall Street Journal editorial page, their reaction was, the social media shakedown begins." And they treated this ruling as something that they say is a victory for the lawyers who want to sue, not for the kids, not for the families. What's your reaction to that?  RODRIGUEZ: That's 100% wrong. That, 100%, because I can tell you the attorneys that we have been involved with are not out there for the money.  They've been able to put us in, in situations where they can enable us to meet, um, whether it be government, whether it be, you know, media or things so that we can educate, we can spread awareness.  They've helped us to perform this parent network. It's not about the money for any of us actually. As hard as it is for people to hear that or they don't want to believe us, this is about accountability.  Unfortunately, with Big Tech, they only feel it in their pocket. I understand that most people say this is a drop in the bucket, but this is only one case, and there's so many more to come.  CORNISH: What does this mean for your case, and are you thinking about what you want for Selena's legacy going forward?  RODRIGUEZ: Well, our case is in the federal court. We're in the MDL. So we still have a while until we get in there. But I will continue for the rest of my life. That has become my mission is to educate families to these things that I had no idea about. And if I had known, Selena would still be here. 

So-called “teen takeovers” in Chicago are becoming increasingly violent, to the point that even little boys are being savagely brutalized, says the founder of a “violence interruptor” group that intervened during Wednesday’s teen mob outbreak. “Well, we got about two or three hundred kids just running back and forth, jumping on cars, just fighting, taunting the police,” Chitown Crime Chasers Founder Justin Peters, who was at the scene of the teen takeover at Chicago’s Loop, said in an interview with Fox Chicago 32. Peters described how his group intervened to help one little boy who was being stomped on by some of the teens in the mob: “It got pretty bad, to the point of me and my team actually witnessed a little boy actually getting stomped out unconscious and I had to render aid to him and we had to call an ambulance for this boy.” “Unfortunately, viral video is circulating showing me rendering aide to a teenage boy who was violently jumped and stomped on unconscious,” Peters reported, sharing Chitown Crime Stoppers video from the teen takeover on X.com. #TEEN #TREND #CHAOS Unfortunately, viral video is circulating showing me rendering aide to a teenage boy who was violently jumped and stomped on unconscious. Myself, my #CCC Violence Prevention team, and our partners from Community Intelligence Unit - CIU showed up to do… pic.twitter.com/U7r7vcDq5A — Chitown_Crime_Chasers (@CCC_CrimeChaser) March 26, 2026   “Yet another chaotic takeover that the city is struggling to control and handle this year,” Peters writes. “We as violence Interruptors are frustrated having to get involved, in between, and risking our lives to help keep the peace with these kids with little support from the city and no help from the community & parents.” Wednesday’s violent teen takeover is part of an intensifying trend in Chicago, Peters says: “It’s frustrating and it’s something that’s an occurrence that’s been happening a lot to us lately. This is the third month of the year and we’ve had several teen takeovers, especially in the downtown area where the same event is happening: more shooting, more shooting kids.” “I actually had one of the boys that I mentor get shot at the last teen takeover,” Peters said, calling the mob breakouts “devastating.” Peters describes Chicago Crime Chasers as a “violence interruptor” that responds to crime scenes to help the community and helps spread awareness by providing a safe platform for teens to share their trauma, grief, pain and loss. “I’m a man of faith. I’m a man of God. And, he called me to do this and I’m just following this path,” Peters said in a 2024 interview after a 17-year-old was shot and killed, explaining why he created Chitown Crime Chasers. “If it’s breaking my heart seeing this, I can’t image how they (teens) feel, because they’re seeing this, they’re living in it,” Peters told NBC Chicago. “They’re reaching out for help, they’re crying out for help and it seems like their cries are being ignored.”

Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host-of-the-week Josh Johnson reacted to President Trump’s appearance at Markwayne Mullin’s swearing-in ceremony to be secretary of Homeland Security by declaring that the lack of a Pocahontas joke about Sen. Elizabeth Warren proves that Trump either is getting less racist or has dementia. Naturally, Johnson settled on the latter. Of course, Johnson also never cared to explain the origin of the Pocahontas/Fauxcahontas jokes. Johnson teed up a clip of Trump referencing the fact that Mullin was the only Native American senator during his tenure, “President Trump officially swore in [Kristi] Noem's replacement: Oklahoma senator and most Oklahoma-sounding man, Markwayne Mullin. Let's see how it went.”   The Daily Show's Josh Johnson reacts to Trump and Markwayne Mullin's swearing in ceremony "He spent all that time talking about Markwayne being the only Native American senator, and not once did he make an Elizabeth Warren-Pocahontas joke. That never would have happened 5 years… pic.twitter.com/WGhbZSiV6U — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) March 27, 2026   In the clip, Trump mused, “As the only Native American, I didn't know that. Huh? Let me look at you. Uhh. I think that's all right.” Johnson reacted, ‘“Let me look at you?’ ‘Let me look at you’ feels like racist T-ball. Like, ‘Stay right there, be still, I'm about to knock this out of the park.’ I mean, maybe Trump was just excited because he thinks Markwayne might be one of the Village People.” He then moved on to Warren, “But here's something I noticed: He spent all that time talking about Markwayne being the only Native American senator, and not once did he make an Elizabeth Warren-Pocahontas joke. That never would have happened five years ago, which means he's either getting less racist or he has dementia. He definitely has dementia.” The Pocahontas/Fauxcahontas jokes are meant to criticize Warren, not make fun of Native Americans, because the actual racism would be Warren claiming to be a Cherokee—which Mullin actually is—to try to advance her career. Here is a transcript for the March 26 show: Comedy Central The Daily Show 3/26/2026 11:01 PM ET JOSH JOHNSON: But now she's gone, and this week, President Trump officially swore in Noem's replacement: Oklahoma senator and most Oklahoma-sounding man, Markwayne Mullin. Let's see how it went. DONALD TRUMP: As the only Native American, I didn't know that. Huh? Let me look at you. Uhh. I think that's all right. JOHNSON: "Let me look at you?" "Let me look at you" feels like racist T-ball. Like, "Stay right there, be still, I'm about to knock this out of the park." I mean, maybe Trump was just excited because he thinks Markwayne might be one of the Village People. But here's something I noticed: He spent all that time talking about Markwayne being the only Native American senator, and not once did he make an Elizabeth Warren-Pocahontas joke. That never would have happened five years ago, which means he's either getting less racist or he has dementia. He definitely has dementia.