Many in the liberal elitist media, including on ABC’s The View, had made the ridiculous suggestion that President Trump intentionally started a war with Iran as a distraction to the Epstein files because they purportedly implicated him in sex crimes against children. But on Tuesday’s edition of The View, moderator Whoopi Goldberg took the accusations to a new insane level by suggesting the war was started to distract from the search for Nancy Guthrie. She also claimed Trump thought of America’s service members as nothing more than “cannon fodder.” Describing the conflict with Iran, Goldberg repeatedly called it “nutty as hell.” Without explain why Trump would need to distract people from the Guthrie case, she floated it was a reason for the war (along with the Epstein files): GOLDBERG: I was thinking about it yesterday, because I thought, well, okay, why haven't we been talking about Savannah Guthrie and what's going on there? HOSTIN: And her mother. GOLDBERG: Why haven't we not been -- why have we not been talking about the Epstein files? Because that's still there. This is meant to get us so worked up that we are unable to see anything else. “It's a very wag-the-dog feeling. Very wag-the-dog feeling,” co-host Sunny Hostin agreed.   Whoopi claims the conflict with Iran is a distraction from the search for Nancy Guthrie and the Epstein files: GOLDBERG: Well, I mean, it's just nutty as hell. It's nutty as hell and you're right, every day is something new. And it's -- you know, I was thinking about it… pic.twitter.com/Boyu2mYouH — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 10, 2026   As the cast was nearing the end of their second Block talking about the war, Goldberg gave herself the final word by claiming that Trump didn’t care at all for the lives of American service members and was just sending them to die: HAINES: And no matter who is on the other end of that you watch a bomb or siren or in one of these country, it is a trauma that you don't forget. So, no matter who it is, you should have a gut-wrenching feeling that that was really hard and that was awful. And that was, you know. GOLDBERG: Well, they don't have that feeling because to them we're cannon fodder. They don't care. You know? It's how they also treat our vets. It tells you a lot. You've heard him talk about vets. You've heard what he has said. It was a disgusting accusation given that a lot of America’s military development had been to increase our lethality and the preserving of American lives. Her comments were meant to conjure horrific images for the American public into believing the conflict would like WWI were soldiers would go over the top and just get mowed down by enemy fire.   Whoopi claims Trump doesn't care about the lives of America's service members and they're just "cannon fodder" to him. pic.twitter.com/lWXpJ9UzdP — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 10, 2026   Goldberg was on something of a roll with making asinine comments during Tuesday’s episode. Apparently ignorant of President Biden draining the strategic oil reserves and Congressional Democrats blocking Trump from refilling them, Goldberg demanded to know why Trump hadn’t tapped the reserves to bring down supposedly high prices: GOLDBERG: And there's a whole, you know, we have reserves for this. We have reserves. Where are they? BEHAR: Oil reserves? GOLDBERG: Where is our oil?! Yeah, for gas, when gas gets too much, they bust out the reserves and it brings the price down. So where are -- where are the reserves? Where is that? Where is anything that he said other than a lot of misery.   Ignorant of how Democrats refused to allow Trump to refill the national strategic oil reserves after Biden emptied them, Whoopi Goldberg demands to know why Trump isn't releasing oil to lower prices (of course, they also don't seem to know that the reserve is not actually for… pic.twitter.com/8ABqEjqznc — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 10, 2026   In addition to being ignorant of why the reserves were largely empty, Goldberg flaunted her profound ignorance for what the reserves were actually meant for. They were not, as she insisted, meant to be an aid when prices got high. The strategic oil reserve was meant for the military during emergencies. Of course, no one corrected her. Goldberg wasn’t the only one making terrible comments that day. Co-host Joy Behar toyed with more violent rhetoric when she was seemingly fantasizing about America going through the French Revolution, when they killed their king: BEHAR: He speak with forked tongue. GOLDBERG: Like snake. Does it seem like we're going to be getting -- so, what does this tell you? This is mixed messages. And we’re used to that. But what does your gut feel? BEHAR: I feel like we're live in the reign of terror. Am I the only one here to remember the French Revolution?!   Whoopi claims Trump doesn't care about the lives of America's service members and they're just "cannon fodder" to him. pic.twitter.com/lWXpJ9UzdP — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 10, 2026   Also making dumb comments, Hostin whined that Trump was spending money on eliminating one of America’s enemies instead of supposedly “eradicate[ing] homelessness.” She also blamed him for California having high gas prices: And they're estimating that if it goes on for say some of the other war, 40 days, 43 days, it could cost the American people more than $200 billion. To eradicate homelessness in this country, it would only cost $20 billion. So, while using this money to wage a war which is a regime change war which he said he wouldn't do it, the people that voted him wanted America first. Put America first, end homelessness. Why are gas prices in California $8 a gallon?" For someone named “sunny,” she was pretty dim. California was the only state in the union with gas prices anywhere close to that high, which meant it was California’s policies that were responsible for that. Additionally, California had spent billions trying to solve their own homelessness problem and it had only gotten worse, and it was already the worst in the country.   Sunny Hostin says Trump and the military have no plans for the conflict in Iran. She whines that Trump is taking out one of America's enemies instead of paying "$20 billion" to "eradicate homelessness." She also blames Trump for California having $8 gas: "And they're estimating… pic.twitter.com/VkztjigOhL — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 10, 2026   The View is an ABC News program. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View March 10, 2026 11:03:26 a.m. Eastern (…) JOY BEHAR: He speak with forked tongue. [Laughter] WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Like snake. Does it seem like we're going to be getting -- so, what does this tell you? This is mixed messages. And we’re used to that. But what does your gut feel? BEHAR: I feel like we're live in the reign of terror. Am I the only one here to remember the French Revolution?! [Laughter] I really feel like - I feel like every day I wake up and he has created more chaos, more misery around the world. The economy is going down the toilet. Gas prices are going through the roof. World economies are suffering. And we're in the middle of this and I feel like we're pretty much helpless to do anything because [slams her had on the desk] the Republican Party will not stand up to fool! That’s all. [Applause] SUNNY HOSTIN: That's all. I mean, it's something to your point, Whoopi, you know, I've said it before, it's very easy to get into a war, very hard to get out of one. And we know that and I don't think he has a plan. I don't even think he has concepts of a plan at this point. And I -- GOLDBERG: Like healthcare. HOSTIN: Yeah, like healthcare. GOLDBERG: Yeah, so it’s like that. HOSTIN: Well, I mean the concept of a plan on how to get out of Iran. He's saying there is no leader. Actually the son of the person that used to be the leader is considered far-more right is now in charge. And I think these mixed messages really are going to ultimately effect the American people, because it is estimated that this war that we started is costing the American people between $1 billion and $2 billion a day. BEHAR: God. HOSTIN: And they're estimating that if it goes on for say some of the other war, 40 days, 43 days, it could cost the American people more than $200 billion. To eradicate homelessness in this country, it would only cost $20 billion. So, while using this money to wage a war which is a regime change war which he said he wouldn't do it, the people that voted him wanted America first. Put America first, end homelessness. Why are gas prices in California $8 a gallon?" (…) 11:06:36 a.m. Eastern GOLDBERG: And there's a whole, you know, we have reserves for this. We have reserves. Where are they? BEHAR: Oil reserves? GOLDBERG: Where is our oil?! Yeah, for gas, when gas gets too much, they bust out the reserves and it brings the price down. So where are -- where are the reserves? Where is that? Where is anything that he said other than a lot of misery. BEHAR: Right. GOLDBERG: A lot of pain for people. His people in particular. UNDERWOOD: That's right. HOSTIN: The people that voted for him. GOLDBERG: The people who voted for him feeling it. HOSTIN: Yeah. BEHAR: I think they're turning a little bit. (…) 11:08:59 a.m. Eastern GOLDBERG: Well, I mean, it's just nutty as hell. It's nutty as hell and you're right, every day is something new. And it's -- you know, I was thinking about it yesterday, because I thought, well, okay, why haven't we been talking about Savannah Guthrie and what's going on there? HOSTIN: And her mother. GOLDBERG: Why haven't we not been -- why have we not been talking about the Epstein files? Because that's still there. This is meant to get us so worked up that we are unable to see anything else. [Applause] HOSTIN: It's a very wag-the-dog feeling. Very wag-the-dog feeling. (…) 11:13:02 a.m. Eastern SARA HAINES: And no matter who is on the other end of that you watch a bomb or siren or in one of these country, it is a trauma that you don't forget. So, no matter who it is, you should have a gut-wrenching feeling that that was really hard and that was awful. And that was, you know. GOLDBERG: Well, they don't have that feeling because to them we're cannon fodder. They don't care. You know? It's how they also treat our vets. It tells you a lot. You've heard him talk about vets. You've heard what he has said. Already? All right. There you go. We'll be right back.

On Monday, President Donald Trump made it very clear that passing his very popular voter ID bill – the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act – is his “number one priority.” This comes on the heels of his Truth Social statement on Sunday that he will “not sign other Bills until this is passed.” NewsBusters previously reported on Friday that the broadcast networks have completely ignored the SAVE America Act legislation since it passed the House on February 11. There has also been a similar lack of interest from the Big Four News Apps. Since Friday, the President has doubled down on his pressure to get the bill passed. So did this finally prompt the networks to cover it?  No.  MRC analysts reviewed the ABC, CBS, NBC evening and morning news shows from February 11 (when the SAVE America Act passed the House) to the morning of March 10 and found the broadcast networks have devoted ZERO seconds to the bill that enjoys over 70 percent approval in recent polling.  Are the networks deliberately refusing to cover the bill, hoping that this popular Trump agenda item will just die on the vine?  It should be noted that ABC, CBS and NBC are aware of the President’s push of the SAVE America Act, but they are just choosing to bury the news on their low-rated very early morning news programs or streaming services. On the March 9 edition of ABC’s GMA First Look, which airs in the 4am hour in most major markets, correspondent Hanna Battah offered a brief 18-second mention in her story on the partial government shutdown affecting travellers. On the March 9 edition of NBC’s Early Today, also a 4am show on most stations, correspondent Alice Barr offered 26 seconds on Trump insisting “he will not sign any bill” until the SAVE Act bill was passed.  On CBS’s 24/7 streaming outlet, correspondent Major Garrett spent 30 seconds on the bill on the March 5 edition of The Takeout.  For this study, MRC analysts looked at the broadcast evening (ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News), morning news shows (ABC’s Good Morning America, CBS Mornings, NBC Today) from February 11 through the morning of March 10. President Trump’s voter ID bill isn’t just being suppressed just on the broadcast networks. It’s a very similar situation on the Big Four News Apps.    Big Four News Apps Hide SAVE America Act Despite Bipartisan Popularity The suppression of the SAVE America Act isn’t limited to broadcast networks. MRC Free Speech America’s review found that a similar pattern continued on the Big Four News Apps, where coverage was either completely absent or negative. Despite the bill’s growing bipartisan support, Apple News, Google News and Microsoft’s MSN chose silence.  Yahoo News did feature the legislation, but only twice in its top 20 morning stories across three days — and both stories came from left-leaning outlets that framed the bill negatively. This analysis focused on the top 20 stories promoted by Apple News, Google News, Microsoft’s MSN, and Yahoo News during the mornings of March 8–10.  Across these three days: Apple News, Google News and MSN promoted a combined 180 stories in their top 20 morning placements. Not a single one mentioned the SAVE America Act in their headlines. Yahoo News did include the SAVE America Act in its promoted coverage, but only twice out of the 60 stories featured in its top 20 morning listings during the March 8–10 review period. Notably, both stories came from left-leaning outlets, Yahoo News and NBC News, and both framed the legislation negatively. On March 9, Yahoo News featured an NBC News write-up about Trump vowing to block legislation until the SAVE America Act is passed. NBC News’s bias was evident from the start, warning readers in the second paragraph that “Noncitizen voting is illegal and uncommon.” Yahoo News took its bias one step further, directly accusing the bill in its headline of “potentially disenfranchising millions of voters.” [Emphasis added.] The first paragraph repeated the claim: “President Trump on Sunday said he would not sign any new legislation into law until Congress passes the SAVE Act, a Republican-led bill that would dramatically overhaul elections nationwide and potentially disenfranchise millions of voters.” [Emphasis added.]  When explaining what the bill does, Yahoo News even claimed that it “would create additional hurdles for women who take their partner’s name after getting married, who would need to provide extra documentation to explain why their current name doesn’t match what’s listed on their birth certificate or passport.” The coverage also echoed NBC News by emphasizing that “Only U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in most U.S. elections,” while undercutting Trump’s comments about illegal voting:  “Though Trump and many Republicans have claimed that noncitizen voting is rampant in American elections, researchers have found a ‘shockingly small number’ of actual documented incidents — far too few to impact the outcome of even small local elections.”

Democrats created, and media have promoted, the myth that the SAVE America Act’s voter I.D. requirement would make it harder for married women to vote, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt explained at a press event Tuesday. “One of the biggest things the Democrats are saying, the claims they’re making, is that the SAVE America Act, it would prevent married women from voting in elections or make it harder for them,” a reporter told Leavitt, asking if the allegations are true. “There is zero validity to these claims,” Leavitt said, noting that the Democrats’ false narrative has been advanced by the media: “I’m glad that you brought them up, because you have the Democrats who have created this myth. And it has been perpetuated, unfortunately, by many in the mainstream media. “Let me be very clear: the SAVE America Act does not prohibit anyone from voting – with the exception of illegal aliens.” Related: Elitist Media Ignore Trump’s Top Priority: Popular SAVE America Act It’s actually Democrats, not Republicans, who are working to disenfranchise voters, Leavitt said: “And the greatest way to disenfranchise American citizens from voting in American elections is to allow illegal aliens to vote, which is what Democrats want to do. You see it taking place in Democrat jurisdictions at the state and local level across this country. So, the SAVE America Act corrects that.” Married women who have changed their names who have already registered to vote would be entirely unaffected by the law and those who hadn’t yet registered to vote could still do so by updating their state’s records, Leavitt said. The press secretary went on to express indignation at Democrats’ claims that some groups of people aren’t smart enough to obtain I.D. and register to vote: “And, this is something that the American people, married women, and minorities and people all across the country – who Democrats are insultingly saying cannot do this – they’re already doing it every day: going to the Social Security office, going to the DMV. “And, I think it’s frankly insulting that the Democrats are saying that there are certain groups of people in this country who aren’t smart enough to update their documentation to allow them to vote.” “Again, this is a huge myth,” Leavitt said. .@PressSec says "there is zero validity" to the Democrats' claim that the SAVE America Act would prevent and/or hinder married women from voting in elections. pic.twitter.com/vQ28harwhT — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 10, 2026 Indeed, as CNSNews has reported, a Pew Research study of U.S. adults shows broad minority support for voter I.D. requirements: 82% of Latinos favor photo ID to vote. 76% of black Americans favor photo ID to vote. 85% of white people favor photo ID to vote. 83% of all U.S. adults favor photo ID to vote. “Normally, you’d might expect there’d be a big divide by party, with Republicans really for it and Democrats really against it – but not really, here,” CNN Data Analyst Harry Enten observed regarding the poll, pointing out that even 71% of Democrats support requiring a photo ID to vote. Total support for requiring photo ID to vote has been “north of 75%” for years, Enten said, citing Pew surveys going back to 2018. Americans agree with Nicki Minaj when it comes to voter id. 83% of favor photo voter id to vote per Pew. This includes 70%+ of Democrats and Republicans, as well as 75%+ of Americans across races.... White, Black, and Latino. It's not controversial. pic.twitter.com/9Kocw85Uh8 — (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) February 3, 2026  

CNBC’s Mad Money host Jim Cramer has reached semi-divine stature! His ability to use his bird brain to effectuate the inverse of what he prophesies will happen to the market continues to prove itself legendary and unmatched! Cramer crafted a perfectly timed column March 8 speculating that President Donald Trump’s successful military actions in Iran “may send oil to $150 to $200 a barrel. Here’s my advice for stock investors.” Point of order: Whenever Cramer says “here’s my advice,” investors should be privy to the fact that this typically means to do the exact opposite. Cramer was adamant that “[t]he U.S.-Iran war-fueled rally is not ‘phony’ based on a giant short squeeze, although there is a lot of squeezing going on.” In his fatalistic view, “the producers can’t flick a switch, and it’s only been a week of war. That’s why talk of $150 or even $200 barrel a day oil will be in the news over the next few weeks if this Middle East conflict continues.” So, what ended up happening? After Brent (global) and West Texas Intermediate (U.S.) crude briefly spiked to around $120 a barrel March 9, both indexes later plummeted under $100 for one of the largest single day reversals in oil trading history following a meeting from G-7 countries to release 400 million barrels from reserves. On the extreme end, Brent crude dipped below $90 and WTI crude fell to $85 before settling at $98.96 and $94.77 a barrel respectively. As of 1:40 p.m, both indexes are trading at or below $90 and $80 respectively March 10 so far.  In layman’s terms: Cramer’s prediction — ONCE AGAIN — collapsed harder than the overall media’s credibility with American voters. As Cramer concluded, “Steel yourself; the pessimists will have gravitas.” Yeah, for a whole 11 hours. Derp. Today’s chart of oil prices will be referenced for decades to come. You just witnessed history. pic.twitter.com/R6VQTG8EDZ — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 9, 2026 Oh, but it gets better. At around 3:30 a.m. on March 10 — after his forecasts exploded in his face — Cramer still tried to eke out some sort of consolation prize that would detract from the #InverseCramer meme that he has come to personify in market news. “The oil futures themselves are an imperfect lot. A $34 swing on a small commodity might be okay but on the most important one in the world, this market still doesn't have all the players it needs,” Cramer snorted in an X post. The oil futures themselves are an imperfect lot. A $34 swing on a small commodity might be okay but on the most important one in the world, this market still doesn't have all the players it needs. — Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) March 10, 2026 Translated: This could be Inverse Cramer-speak for Go Bullish! on oil, but we at MRC Business are still in the process of deciphering just exactly how he perceives the relationship between language and the real world so it's anybody's guess at this point.

As his time as host of The Late Show winds down, CBS’s Stephen Colbert was awarded the Writers Guild of America’s Walter Bernstein Award on Sunday in another example of liberal celebrities giving other liberal celebrities awards for their liberalism. Introducing Colbert, Robert Smigel hailed Colbert as someone who speaks “truth to power,” by which he just meant that Colbert mocks Republican presidents. Smigel, best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and as the voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, recalled Colbert’s appearance at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner, “And as I watched Stephen bomb and bomb and bomb, it occurred to me: Anyone else I'd ever seen do this gig would have ‘read the room,’ would have done something to break the tension, a self-effacing, improv quip, or an exaggerated wipe of the brow, anything to get the crowd on their side. But Stephen just kept going. And I know at some point, he clearly read the room. And he just said to himself, "Fuck the room.’”   At Sunday's Writers Guild Awards, Robert Smigle introduced Stephen Colbert winning the Walter Bernstein Award hypes his 2006 WHCD performance "he just said to himself, 'fuck the room.' And he just kept tearing into the president three feet to his right, never breaking characters.… pic.twitter.com/F8LJCiNvYH — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) March 10, 2026   Colbert’s attacks on President Bush led Smigel to add, “And he just kept tearing into the president three feet to his right, never breaking character. Stephen Colbert was not going to sell out Stephen Colbert. And that's the night Stephen went from being my comedy crush to my comedy hero.” As if Presidents Obama and Biden never happened, Smigel fast-forwarded to the present day, “And we all know what's going on now. Things are so messed up that now they're clearly our tangible consequences to speaking truth to power. But Stephen, you've always led with integrity.” Smigel added, “And recently, of course, Stephen, you called out your new bosses for bowing to Trump ‘like dogs’ to get their merger done. Stephen, I know you love your staff and your writers. I know how badly you feel for them. And I also hope—I hope you also know that they wouldn't want you to be anything less than the decent and brave soul that you are.”   Later, Colbert quips, "As we know, the revolution will not be televised. It was going to be televised, but then Paramount bought it. And evidently the revolution was losing like $40 million a year. It had to go. I hear the revolution is thinking about starting a Substack" pic.twitter.com/SHLDJeYiRy — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) March 10, 2026   During his acceptance speech, Colbert took a dig at his Paramount bosses, “This is not the 1950s. This is not the Red Scare. And as far as I can tell, no one in late night is fomenting a revolution. As we know, the revolution will not be televised. It was going to be televised, but then Paramount bought it. And evidently the revolution was losing like $40 million a year. It had to go. I hear the revolution is thinking about starting a Substack.” Sunday’s WGA ceremony illustrated one thing perfectly: whether it is Smigel, Colbert, or the WHCD, the idea of speaking truth to power means attacking Republicans. The WGA was not going to give anyone an award for their biting satirical critiques of Obama or Biden, but there are millions of dollars to be made and awards to be earned if you attack Bush, Trump, and presumably whoever the next Republican president will be. Here is a transcript for the March 8 ceremony: Writers Guild Awards 3/8/2026 ROBERT SMIGEL: And as I watched Stephen bomb and bomb and bomb, it occurred to me: Anyone else I'd ever seen do this gig would have “read the room,” would have done something to break the tension, a self-effacing, improv quip or an exaggerated wipe of the brow, anything to get the crowd on their side. But Stephen just kept going. And I know at some point, he clearly read the room. And he just said to himself, “Fuck the room.” And he just kept tearing into the president three feet to his right, never breaking character. Stephen Colbert was not going to sell out Stephen Colbert. And that's the night Stephen went from being my comedy crush to my comedy hero. And we all know what's going on now. Things are so messed up that now they're clearly our tangible consequences to speaking truth to power. But Stephen, you've always led with integrity. When so many comedians take the easy route of mocking religion, Stephen, you never shy from speaking up for your faith. And that means a lot to the many of us who are afraid to speak up for our faith. And you were also willing—I don't know if people remember this. He was—Stephen was willing to address the allegations about your boss, Les Moonves, before anyone in the industry, any other late night show wanted to touch that story. And recently, of course, Stephen, you called out your new bosses for bowing to Trump [Trump voice] “like dogs” to get their merger done. Stephen, I know you love your staff and your writers. I know how badly you feel for them. And I also hope—I hope you also know that they wouldn't want you to be anything less than the decent and brave soul that you are. … STEPHEN COLBERT: Bernstein, as you saw, was a brilliant writer, and as you know, was blacklisted. And I did a little research, and as I was doing the research on Walter Bernstein for this award, I discovered—I don't know why I didn't know this. It dawned on me. The blacklist was not a government policy. The blacklist wasn't a law or a regulation or an executive order. It was a voluntary, industry-wide agreement to deny work to left-leaning artists out of fear that certain members of the government might publicly attack the parent corporation of these artists or the union they belong to. It was that threat, only the threat of trouble that ended so many careers. And now, while I'd be associated with Mr. Bernstein in any way is a great honor. I want to be clear that I do not deserve the implied parallel here. This is not the 1950s. This is not the Red Scare. And as far as I can tell, no one in late night is fomenting a revolution. As we know, the revolution will not be televised. It was going to be televised, but then Paramount bought it. And evidently the revolution was losing like $40 million a year. It had to go. I hear the revolution is thinking about starting a Substack.