Double standards for death at the hands of public first responders? On Thursday’s PBS News Hour, co-anchor Amna Nawaz reported a reversal of a 2019 racially charged homicide conviction that she claimed "foreshadowed" the 2020 death of George Floyd via the victim's final words, "I can't breathe." "A court in Colorado reversed the homicide convictions today for two paramedics who'd been sentenced in the overdose death of Elijah McClain," anchor Amna Nawaz led into the story. "The 23-year-old black man had been forcibly restrained by police as he walked home from a convenience store in 2019. The paramedics injected him with ketamine and were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide after a trial in 2023. Today's ruling sends their cases back to a lower court. McClain's final words, "I can't breathe," foreshadowed those of George Floyd a year later and helped fuel public anger over police tactics across the nation." Those paramedics were actually with Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics, though police were on the scene of the death, which social media inflamed into a pre-George Floyd “say his name” virtue-signaling opportunity. Compare that to what Nawaz had to say about a new racially charged “I can’t breathe” incident from the United Kingdom, one conservatives see as proof of their belief that the United Kingdom is engaged in two-tier policing, with one standard for English citizens, who cops have been woke-trained to assume are racist, and a lenient standard for minorities and migrants. Background: Last December, 18-year-old college student Henry Nowak was stabbed five times in Southampton street by Vickrum Digwa, a British-born son of Sikh Indian nationals. But when the police arrived they handcuffed the stabbing victim Nowak instead, after Digwa (who knew how the race-game was played) falsely claimed Nowak had “racially abused” him. A handcuffed Nowak pled that he had been stabbed and couldn’t breathe. One compassionate police officer is heard to reply via bodycam, “I don’t think you have, mate.” Nowak died minutes later. Digwa was recently found guilty. Wednesday evening marked the News Hour’s first mention of the Nowak case, yet Nawaz’s insufficiently brief mention led with protests that came in the aftermath of the verdict and subsequent release of the bodycam footage -- not the woke police atrocity that sparked the protests.   PBS anchor Amna Nawaz leads with the protest, not the atrocity itself: "At least 11 officers were injured during clashes last night in...Southampton, where Henry Nowak was killed in December. The release of bodycam footage from the incident has fired up Britain`s far right..." pic.twitter.com/ZNT0WvnNmA — Clay Waters

With Maine's U.S. Senate Primary slated for next Tuesday, the liberal, elite media are doing all they can to limit the damage caused by the drip, drip, drip of revelations against Democrat Graham Platner, who was accused by three women in a Thursday New York Times story of volatile and “toxic” relationships that were unsettling and at times emotionally wrenching. On Friday's edition of the Fox News Channel's The Five, liberal Jessica Tarlov went to the mat for Platner's chances in November. Kayleigh McEnany provided the background and then threw it to Tarlov, who proceeded to imply that unless you are in Maine, you have no right to weigh in, and that the people of Maine may be less informed, and or not care as much about Platner's baggage:     TARLOV: Well, the thing is it's not up to me, and it's not up to anyone sitting at this table. We're sitting here in an air-conditioned studio in New York City. And the people of Maine, who are, by the way, not terminally online, might have a different opinion of this. "We'll find out if Democrats in Maine like Nazi tattoos," McEnany replied. That one seemed to hit a nerve with Tarlov, who momentarily paused and replied with an "okay" before continuing to praise what Platner stands for: What people have heard that they like is his platform. They've heard him talking about making sure that working-class people can have a better quality of life. They've heard him talking about Medicare for all, that we all deserve decent health care. These are things resonating across the country, in Democratic and in Republican districts. Yes, and Mussolini made the trains run on time. Tarlov then sent mixed messages about The Times story: The article was deeply disturbing to me. (....) That's really serious stuff, and you look insane if you're just outright saying oh, I don't consider this to be a real thing. (...) They also did a disservice putting [Lyndsey Fifield] out there essentially on her own when there is an argument, which is being made and taken very seriously by people that this could be politically motivated. This woman does work for Republican organizations, Heritage, Independent Women. She was one of the founders of a group called Ladies for Kavanaugh.  After saying her party will not be "lectured by the party of Donald Trump or Ken Paxton," Tarlv brought up an accusation against Congressman Max Miller (R-IL) of pouring boiling water on his wife (which he has denied), and used a post by Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report to claim that it will be "older, white women who live in Kennebec or York City," who will determine the election, once again ridiculously stating, "At this point, it's not up to us."  Gutfeld had enough:   GUTFELD: I'm so glad to be in an air-conditioned studio. I didn't know that it obscures my view of a Nazi. Somehow, my opinion means less about a guy with a Nazi tattoo, because I'm in an air-conditioned studio. TARLOV: But you don't vote for him is my point. (....) GUTFELD: We have been lectured by your party about toxic masculinity for years. Even examples of chivalry, whether it was opening a door. Is this really, you know, a sign of some kind of -- of male patronage, patriarchal action? And then you get the very apex of toxic masculinity, Nazism, physical abuse, mental abuse, recklessness, drunkenness, and suddenly, the rhetoric dissolves, and it's more ohhh, about this rugged man struggling through a dark period, as if giving his bad behavior a chapter heading kind of makes it less repugnant. How long is this dark period, Jessica? But I know it doesn't matter, we're not voting. It's not up for us to say. I just have a question. Is he a toxic male or not? Is he a toxic male?  TARLOV: I find him to be toxic. GUTFELD: Okay, good, that's good. Then you should -- then you shoud judge it and say, I think it's disgusting. TARLOV: I did say it. Did you not hear what I said for three minutes? GUTFELD: I heard it buried in a lot of whataboutisms. (....) GUTFELD: This is an insult to all men. They prop this guy up as "one of us," a grizzled everyman, Jesse, a noble warrior. This was their version of a dude just like Swalwell. Oh, if I only knew about Swalwell then that I knew about now, I wouldn't have voted for him. Well, now here's your chance, and you're still supporting him, okay? Tim Walz, Hasan Piker, these were your men. Any guy -- any real guy...would avoid this guy at a bar. He gives you the creep vibes the way Swalwell did. As usual, Gutfeld exposed Tarlov's left-wing nonsense for what it is.

CNN's biased man-in-the-street interviews strike again.  Last month, the network cherry-picked two Texas Republicans who said they wouldn't vote for Ken Paxton in the general election, including one who said he'd "absolutely" vote for James Talarico. It was then fair to ask how many actual Paxton supporters they interviewed before settling on just those two. It was more of the same on Saturday's CNN This Morning: Weekend. Reporter Danny Freeman hit the streets in Maine ahead of Tuesday's primary. There are over 386,000 registered Democrats in Maine. But Freeman couldn't find — or CNN chose not to air — a single one who said he would refuse to vote for scandal-plagued candidate Graham Platner. The closest he came was finding a supposed Janet Mills supporter who lamented Democrats would lose in November — but she did not say anything about whether she would abandon her party's nominee! One woman named Bonnie Depp said she'll probably vote for him because "I don't think a lot of this crap is anybody else's business."  The most telling example was a woman who flatly accused Platner of lying when he said he didn't realize that the tattoo he'd been sporting for 18 years was a Nazi SS-inspired Totenkopf: "He's an intelligent man, of course, he knew about it." But that didn't stop her from declaring: "I'm gonna vote for him, yeah." CNN Can't Find a Single Maine Democrat Who Won't Vote for Platner pic.twitter.com/Tit5wB6Wyl — Mark Finkelstein (@markfinkelstein) June 6, 2026 Then there was "Zoo Cain," who said he wasn't interested in Platner's "foibles," and supports him because he "loves" what he says on the issues. Zoo lamented that "everybody is piling on" Platner. Yeah, how unfair to raise a candidate's personal history! Finally, there was the Democrat voter for whom ignorance was bliss: "Don't know if it's misinformation or disinformation, right? Like, I don't know. Do any of us really know what's gonna be, or what kind of character he has? Don't know. Unproven." Actually, Platner has admitted much of his misconduct. But that was way back five years or so ago! He's a changed man!  When the candidate is a Republican with troubling issues, CNN has no trouble finding party members ready to abandon ship. But for Democrat Platner, whose Totenkopf tattoo he covered up after first claiming ignorance, plus allegations of toxic and threatening behavior toward women, suddenly every voter interviewed is either enthusiastically on board or holding their nose but voting anyway because Senate control matters more.  Party loyalty über alles. Or to borrow our Jorge Bonilla's brilliant take: "Maine Kampf." CNN This Morning: Weekend 06/06/26 6:04 am EDT VICTOR BLACKWELL: Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, let's talk about him. He may be a favorite to win Tuesday's primary in Maine, but he is also quickly losing voters' enthusiasm. Platner is a Marine vet, an oyster farmer, and the front runner to take on Susan Collins in the November election, but a barrage of scandals from a covered-up Nazi-linked tattoo to toxic relationship allegations has voters ready to cast their ballots while holding their noses. CNN's Danny Freeman talked to voters in Maine about how they feel about voting for Platner. BONNIE DEPP: Either get it all out there or shut up. One of the two. DANNY FREEMAN: For many Maine Democratic voters we spoke with, they said they're frustrated with Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, who they feel could give them the best shot at defeating long-time Republican Senator Susan Collins, and pave the way for Democrats to take control of the Senate. Are you considering holding your breath and voting for him? DEPP: I got until Tuesday to decide, but I'm pretty sure I'll vote for him. I don't think a lot of this crap is anybody else's business. FREEMAN: For some Democrats, they're willing to look past the interpersonal stories. "ZOO CAIN": I'm not really interested in the guy's foibles. You know, I'm interested in his vision and what he has to say, and I love what he has to say. So yeah, it's been definitely difficult because everybody is piling on this guy. FREEMAN: But others didn't buy Platner's tattoo explanation. SANDRA BRADEN: He's an intelligent man, of course he knew about it. I don't blame him for denying it, but —  FREEMAN: But that's still not enough not to vote for him, you're still gonna vote for him, likely. BRADEN: — I'm gonna vote for him, yeah, but I don't like it. I'm not in favor of all that [bleeped.] FREEMAN: Still, for some, the drip, drip, drip has left voters confused. WOODY HAYWOOD: I don't know if it's misinformation or disinformation, right? Like, I don't know. Do any of us really know what's gonna be, or what kind of character he has? Don't know. Unproven. So is it the devil that we have, the devil we know or the devil that we don't know yet? FREEMAN: According to a pair of recent polls conducted before the latest allegations, a head-to-head matchup between Platner and Senator Collins appears competitive. One with no clear leader and the other showing Platner with an advantage. While Platner is the clear favorite to win the Democratic nomination on Tuesday, another high-profile candidate's name is still on the ballot. Governor Janet Mills suspended her campaign back in April, but a source now tells CNN she's been getting encouragement to reenter the primary. Beth Dindas, a Mills supporter from the start, thinks it's likely too late. BETH DINDAS: I think that ultimately, unfortunately, we're going to lose this race again, and we're going to have six more years of Susan Collins, who has let down the people of Maine time after time.

CNN Business reporter Nathaniel Meyersohn came out with an utterly ludicrous headline June 4 trying to retcon Mamdani’s hammer-and-sickle persona, “Zohran Mamdani’s capitalist plan to fix the housing crisis.” No, you didn’t misread that. Meyersohn is actually arguing that Mamdani’s socialist pipe dream to use $22 billion in tax dollars for government-built “affordable housing,” while putting rent freezes on landlords, is somehow giving a nod to capitalism. The reason: Mamdani is now supposedly looking to get the real estate developers who opposed him to sign off on his agenda. That’s it. Meyersohn tried to put lipstick on the pig of Mamdaninomics: His strategy uses market-oriented policies — easing building regulations, loosening zoning restrictions and rescuing the city’s crumbling public housing stock through private financing — to advance his social democratic goals of 200,000 affordable homes over the next decade. However, as always is the case with these textbook cases in media gaslighting, the devil is in the details. The National Review editorial board pointed out May 29 that “Technically, those buildings will be owned and managed by private investors. But the city will foot much of the bill and, in return, layer on mandates that are sure to slow production and drive up costs.” If that wasn’t bad enough, under the Mamdani plan, “Developers will have to pay construction workers a minimum wage of $40, almost twice the industry’s national average. Once the buildings are completed, if ever, the city will keep rents capped.” In short, “Mamdani wants to be your landlord.”  What in the Sam Hill does that have anything to do with free markets? Even Meyersohn, in all his illusory wisdom, undercut his own thesis in the 12th paragraph: “[Mamdani’s]housing plan still contains policies like rent regulations that squeeze private developers and may undermine the city’s ability to produce as much housing as other cities.” And that paragraph came just before a blaring sub-headline Meyerson included, “Rent freeze.” Agendas like these would make Karl Marx blush.  As George Washington University Law School Professor Jonathan Turley wrote May 30: “Mamdani promised in his inaugural address to introduce New Yorkers to ‘the warmth of collectivism.’ It now appears landlords will likely be the first to feel the heat.” Cronyism? Maybe. Capitalism? Only if you’ve been chugging the Schnapps and ended up drunker than your overly political uncle at Thanksgiving dinner. Putting communist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rent-control abomination of an agenda and capitalism in the same context as if they’re synonymous with one another is some crazy work, CNN.

Democrats are in full damage-control mode over Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, even as fresh allegations of unsettling behavior toward women continue to swirl. Meanwhile, CNN This Morning host Cornish is pushing an alternative to the politically-wounded Platner. Cornish sounded that theme from her opening words in Friday's Group Chat segment on the Maine race: "The question this morning for Democrats: is it too late to cut bait?" Or shuck an oyster? On Wednesday, Platner met with a number of Democratic senators to discuss the situation, and Cornish played clips of a number of them commenting after the meeting. Tina Smith of Minnesota managed to keep a straight face in response to CNN reporter Manu Raju's question as to whether they asked Platner whether there were any more shoes to drop: "No, we didn't talk about that. The main thing we talked about was, really, what his, why it is that he's been connecting so much with Maine voters."  Riiight! Forget all those scandals, Graham. Just tell us about how great you are! Smith's patently implausible denial was flatly contradicted by this report in The Wall Street Journal, "Senators Privately Ask Platner Whether New Allegations Will Emerge": "Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders asked Platner if any additional allegations would emerge against the embattled Democratic candidate, according to people familiar with the discussion. Platner said there weren’t any." Speaking of Sanders, in a clip Cornish played of his interview with Kaitlin Collins, Bernie played up Platner's military record: "This guy served four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. He went through some very bloody and horrible situations. He has acknowledged that he came back with PTSD." Bernie Sanders, born-again military fanboy--who knew? But back to Audie and her theme o' the day: out with Platner, in with Maine Governor Janet Mills. Early in the segment, Cornish noted Mills' recent comments to the Portland Press Herald: "People have the impression that I withdrew or dropped out, but I simply suspended active campaigning. I'm still on the ballot." Underlined Cornish: "So, there is another option." Later, when panelist Noel King [like Cornish, an NPR veteran] suggested Democrats' "only option" was to stick with Platner and "keep it going," Cornish pushed back forcefully: "It's not the only option! The other option is Janet Mills. Come on. It could be!"   Dems Whistle Past Platner Graveyard as CNN's Cornish Pushes Janet Mills Option pic.twitter.com/IsCoyy6r6O — Mark Finkelstein (@markfinkelstein) June 5, 2026   The episode perfectly captures the Democrats' and friendly media's awkward position. They want to embrace Platner's "I was a bad guy who saw the light" redemption story — complete with military service and PTSD — yet can't ignore the fresh baggage threatening a key Senate race against incumbent Susan Collins.  Hence the public support for Platner mixed with private jitters and not-so-subtle floating of Mills as a Plan B. Interestingly, both New York Senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, uttered the same carefully calculated line, expressing confidence that "We [Democrats] will win Maine." Missing: any mention of Platner. Sounds like they might be on Team Cornish-for-Mills! Here's the transcript. Click "expand" to read: CNN This Morning 6/5/26 6:04 am EDT AUDIE CORNISH: So the question this morning for Democrats: is it too late to cut bait? KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND: I'm very optimistic we're gonna win Maine. MANU RAJU: Did you talk about any of the shoes to drop that could come out in this race? Or, or, or did he try to get ahead on any of that? TINA SMITH: No, we didn't talk about that. The main thing we talked about was, really, what his, why it is that he's been connecting so much with, with Maine voters.  PETER WELCH: He's accepting the burden that he's gotta give his explanation of that to Maine voters, and they decide. KAITLIN COLLINS: Are you worried about anything else coming out about him? BERNIE SANDERS: I don't know. All I can say is, look, I'm sure he's not a saint. And by the way, let's not forget, he has acknowledged, this guy served four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. He went through some very bloody and horrible situations. He has acknowledged that he came back with PTSD. CORNISH: Joining me now in the group chat, Elliot Williams, CNN legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, Carine Hajjar, Washington Post editorial board member, and Noel King, co-host and editorial director of the "Today, Explained" podcast. Thank you guys for being here. So one of the things I'm looking at is response, response on the left, response from Democrats. The other thing I'm looking at is, what next? Because this election is going to happen in a few days, and earlier this week, Governor Janet Mills told the Portland Press earlier that, quote, "People have the impression that I withdrew or dropped out, but I simply suspended active campaigning. I'm still on the ballot." So there is another option.  . . .  Does it matter if the problematic part is the story? Meaning, his whole entire spiel has been, "I was a bad guy, I saw the light, and you want more guys like me seeing the light, Democrats." And, you know what I mean? The, the sort of like, I could have been in the Manosphere, but look, I'm here, running as a Democrat. And what do Democrats do with that story that they've been telling? NOEL KING: Keep it going, I think, is the only option at this point. CORNISH:  It's not the only option! The other option is Janet Mills. Come on. It could be!