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MS NOW Plugs Reverend and 'Grandmother' Who Stalks ICE, Invokes the Holocaust
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MS NOW Plugs Reverend and 'Grandmother' Who Stalks ICE, Invokes the Holocaust

On Tuesday afternoon's Chris Jansing Reports, MS NOW promoted a liberal activist who stalks immigration agents so she can warn illegal aliens of their presence and keep them from being arrested. She also made the left's latest reference to Nazi Germany by invoking Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. Jansing set up the piece by touting the "grandmother" who is trying to undermine federal agents: In New Orleans heightened fear as federal agents enforce President Trump's immigration crackdown. But one local grandmother is rolling up her sleeves and pushing back: 71-year-old Reverend Jane Mauldin says her faith drives her to keep her community informed and safe, so she trails ICE agents patrolling the city's streets, alerting people of their whereabouts on social media. She then brought aboard reporter Alex Tabet to discuss a "ride-along" that he was doing with 71-year-old Unitarian pastor Jane Mauldin and to speak with her live. The MS NOW reporter filled in viewers: Well, Chris, Reverend Jane Mauldin is having an absolutely massive impact here in the New Orleans area. She's doing what so many others are doing here, which is ICE-verifying, ICE spotting as it's called. And the way that it works is that you're in a Facebook group, you're in a WhatsApp group, you'll hear an eyewitness report of a potential federal agent in the area. And she'll go and drive to that area, take a picture of a car that she suspects to be ICE, report it back into those Facebook groups, into those WhatsApp groups, as a means of letting the community know to shelter in place and to stay safe, but also by letting DHS and ICE know that they're being watched. No concern was shown about whether federal agents are endangered by their locations being made public by such actions. And at one point, Reverend Mauldin tried to tie in Nazi Germany by quoting Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel: TABET: Why is it so important for you to be doing what you're doing? And how does your faith drive what you're doing here today? REVEREND MAULDIN: Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel said, "The opposite of love is not hatred, it is indifference." And I believe my faith in action drives me to love, to be present, to witness and care for my neighbors. And I love my country dearly. I want my children, my grandchildren and their grandchildren to have the similar democracy to what I have. And if I don't act now by helping to protect my neighbors, then it will be gone. A bit later, she hyperbolically accused ICE of kidnapping people: When vehicles -- when people like this want to abduct and kidnap my neighbors with no reason to do so other than the color of their skin, that is not America. That is not what I believe. I believe we are all brothers and sisters and care for one another. And I'm trying to do my part right now as are thousands across New Orleans area. Tabet is a journalist who has a history of showing sympathy of such liberal activism. On the November 18 Ana Cabrera Reports, he hugged an activist in Charlotte who helps run a group that provides food to immigrants who want to stay indoors to avoid immigration agents. Transcripts follow: MS NOW's Chris Jansing Reports December 9, 2025 12:44 p.m. Eastern CHRIS JANSING: In New Orleans heightened fear as federal agents enforce President Trump's immigration crackdown. But one local grandmother is rolling up her sleeves and pushing back: 71-year-old Reverend Jane Mauldin says her faith drives her to keep her community informed and safe, so she trails ICE agents patrolling the city's streets, alerting people of their whereabouts on social media. MS NOW reporter Alex Tabet is in Louisiana for us, and I know you're with the reverend in a ride-along right now, so talk to us, what you're seeing and what she's telling you. ALEX TABET: Well, Chris, Reverend Jane Mauldin is having an absolutely massive impact here in the New Orleans area. She's doing what so many others are doing here, which is ICE-verifying, ICE spotting as it's called. And the way that it works is that you're in a Facebook group, you're in a WhatsApp group, you'll hear an eyewitness report of a potential federal agent in the area. And she'll go and drive to that area, take a picture of a car that she suspects to be ICE, report it back into those Facebook groups, into those WhatsApp groups, as a means of letting the community know to shelter in place and to stay safe, but also by letting DHS and ICE know that they're being watched. And we're actually at the scene of one of these reports right now with Reverend Jane Mauldin. Reverend Jane, why do you suspect that that car that we can see right there -- why do you suspect that might belong to DHS or to ICE? REVEREND JANE MAULDIN, UNITARIAN PASTOR: I have seen many confirmed DHS ICE vehicles over the last week. They all fit the same mold. Large SUV, usually white or black, fully dark-tinted windows with out-of-state license plates in strange places where they have no obvious reason to be. This fits that mold. TABET: And Reverend Mauldin, you're 71 years old, you have four grandchildren. You have a lot on your plate. Why is it so important for you to be doing what you're doing? And how does your faith drive what you're doing here today? REVEREND MAULDIN: Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel said, "The opposite of love is not hatred, it is indifference." And I believe my faith in action drives me to love, to be present, to witness and care for my neighbors. And I love my country dearly. I want my children, my grandchildren and their grandchildren to have the similar democracy to what I have. And if I don't act now by helping to protect my neighbors, then it will be gone. TABET: Reverend Mauldin, thank you so much, Chris. I'll toss it back to you. JANSING: And, Alex, I know they're telling us to toss it back, but I have to ask her what the reaction has been, what she's seeing, and does she feel she's making a difference? TABET: Our anchor is wondering -- Chris Jansing is wondering, what have you been seeing in your community? And do you feel that you're making this difference? REVEREND MAULDIN: Absolutely. I feel I'm making a difference. There are hundreds, probably thousands of people in the New Orleans metro area who are organized to help provide food and services -- to watch for ICE vehicles, and alert our neighbors so they can make decisions to help keep themselves and their families safe. There are so many layers of care happening in our community. It has exploded with care and love and compassion. This is truly a city, a metro area that loves each other, and I'm making a difference by just being one small part of that to help people stay safe. When vehicles -- when people like this want to abduct and kidnap my neighbors with no reason to do so other than the color of their skin, that is not America. That is not what I believe. I believe we are all brothers and sisters and care for one another. And I'm trying to do my part right now as are thousands across New Orleans area. TABET: Reverend Mauldin, thank you so much. JANSING: Alex, thank you for bringing it to us. We greatly appreciate it. (...) MS NOW's Ana Cabrera Reports November 18, 2025 11:37 a.m. ALEX TABET: Now, just 30 minutes ago, Border Patrol agents were spotted on the premises right here at a nonprofit in Charlotte which provides child care services for refugee families and for immigrant families. And it really caused quite a fear. It's the second time this week they were spotted here, but that is not scaring the volunteers here from pushing forward. They're continuing to gather donations of essential goods like water, like milk -- everyday items that families need to feed themselves -- to feed their children that they are afraid to go outside of their homes and get all throughout this city of Charlotte, given the uncertainty of the repercussions. (...) Just break down what happened just a half hour ago. How is it impacting you personally? And how is it impacting the children who you service. SALMA VILLARREAL, OURBRIDGE FOR KIDS: Yeah, so, within 24 hours, Custom and Border Patrol has had to enter the properties that host all of these nonprofits that support immigrants three or four times. And they have one goal: to instill fear -- to make the places that our community felt the most safe in not be safe anymore. That is what they're doing, and so, personally, you know, myself, it's -- its disheartening -- it's heartbreaking to see what's going on, but it's just making our team more resolved and continuing to support our community and continuing to fight for justice and for what's right. And it's making our community scared -- like our spaces are spaces where we fight so hard that every family -- every child feels safe and welcomed and loved. And now they're hearing that ICE was at Ourbridge -- ICE was here, ICE was there -- the places that they felt the most safe in. And so we're hearing from our kids that they're scared. They're confused. Kids don't know these names. They just know that there's people out there who want to take them away from their parents. And so now we have to do that work to try to help them heal and help them feel safe again in this city. But we have so many people like you said who are doing just that. TABET: Salma, thank you. Can I give you a hug? VILLARREAL: Yeah. TABET: And, as Salma noted, they've been working hard all day. Their goal is to send food and medicine to at least 150 families across the city of Charlotte, Ana.

'Liar Country'? CBS's 'Fire Country' Blames CA Wildfires on Climate Change, Not Human Causes
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'Liar Country'? CBS's 'Fire Country' Blames CA Wildfires on Climate Change, Not Human Causes

CBS’s drama Fire Country, now in its fourth season, is set in the fictional town of Edgewater, California. So, it was only a matter of time before we got hit with the, “it’s climate change, not liberal bureaucracy,” excuse for the state’s ongoing, real-life problem of severe wildfires. Episode 7, “Best Mom in the World,” featured a meeting between fire chief Manny (Kevin Alejandro) and his crew where Manny imparted lessons he learned at a fire training session in Sacramento. The team had recently battled a massive fire that was difficult to control and claimed many lives and homes. Manny warned his crew that, “Thanks to climate change,” they’re “at war,” and they need to be prepared because the fires are going to get much worse: Manny: All right, everyone, sit down. As you all know, I went down to Sacramento for a couple of days to do some training, and they put me in this presentation about fire season. Well, we all know damn well there is no fire season anymore. Thanks to climate change, it's all year round. Just keeps getting worse. Last year, little more than 8,000 wildfires and over a million acres burned. Here in NorCal, we had Zabel Ridge. And we lived it, and we fought it. We saw this. It took land. It took homes. And lives. Right now, snowcap's at 30% of normal, which means we're gonna have a really dry spring. And if we don't get significant, and I mean significant, winter storms, they're saying it's about to look like this. So, we got to be ready, guys. We were this close, this close to losing our town. But this? This will make the Zabel Ridge Fire look like a baby. We cannot wait for it. We have to act. Now. I'm talking resources, I'm talking training. I'm talking, whatever you got going on, set it down. Single focus, no distractions. Because what's coming ain't stopping for nothing. We're at war. Umm, did Gavin Newsom write this episode? When Manny’s division chief chastised him for his “death is imminent,” and “everyone should panic,” messaging because she believes he shouldn’t give the firefighters the full picture all at once, Manny clapped back with, “That’s science…the mother of all fires will come.” Sure, Manny. Liar, liar, pants on fire (pun intended). Let’s just ignore the fact that liberal California politicians have spent decades banning controlled burns and shutting down logging and grazing that used to clear deadwood, all while chasing carbon credits. It’s not about “science.” It’s about government bureaucracy protecting areas of “habitat” where 100 million dead trees remain unremoved, just waiting to become potent tinder for the next massive wildfire. Poor forest management has led to this excessive fuel buildup (dead wood, underbrush, and dense vegetation), making fires more intense when they occur. As for the “snowcaps” (the proper term is “snowpacks”), California weather has alternated between drought and deluge for centuries. The 0.8°C of warming since 1880 isn’t to blame here. Lastly, most of the “8,000 wildfires” mentioned were ignited by homeless encampments, downed PG&E lines (thanks to shifting focus onto green-energy incentives), arsonists, and other man-made causes. Combined with unmanaged fuels, these incidents increase the severity and frequency of fires more than miniscule temperature changes. “Climate change” is just a copout for liberal politicians like Newsom who want to shift the blame from themselves and their horrible policies. Too bad Fire Country chose to give cover to such liberal bureaucracy rather than emphasize the real problems with, and causes behind, California wildfires.

NJ Brothers Arrested, Charged with Making Terroristic Death Threats Against DHS’s McLaughlin
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NJ Brothers Arrested, Charged with Making Terroristic Death Threats Against DHS’s McLaughlin

Twin brothers were arrested Tuesday and charged with making terroristic death threats to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin. The brothers, Ricardo Antonio Roman-Flores and Emilio Roman-Flores of New Jersey, allegedly threatened on social media, not only to torture and kill McLaughlin, but to also to shoot U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents “on sight.” One of the brothers has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon. As Fox News reports: “[O]ne of the brothers allegedly tweeted in a partially redacted response to a McLaughlin message: “‘We Americans should find you, tar you, feather you, and hang you as we did to anyone serving tyrants before the Revolutionary War.’ “A second partially redacted tweet, reportedly from the other brother, read: ‘Shoot ICE on sight.’” “We are NOT afraid of you,” DHS declared in a social media post, issuing a warning to other would-be attackers following the arrests: “Let this be a warning to anyone who dares threaten or attack our law enforcement and DHS officials. We will find you, we will arrest you, and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. “We are NOT afraid of you.” The demonization of immigration enforcement by Democrats and liberal media has reportedly fueled an 8,000% increase in the number of death threats against ICE law enforcement officers.  

Kimmel Tries To Taunt Trump With Contract Renewal
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Kimmel Tries To Taunt Trump With Contract Renewal

It was announced on Monday that ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel signed a one-year contract extension to remain at the network until at least May 2027, and when he took to the air that night, Kimmel made it obvious that a big reason why was to continue going after President Trump. After reading a Truth Social post from Trump where he blasted 60 Minutes’s interview with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Kimmel sarcastically retorted, “Well, I'm sorry you feel that way about 60 Minutes, and the last thing I want to do is upset you during this sensitive time, but I have one more bit of entertainment news to share, and that is I have decided to extend my contract here at ABC for another year.”     Kimmel had previously mused on multiple occasions about retirement. However, Kimmel and his wife, Molly McNearney, who also serves as a writer and executive producer on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, have an overinflated view of their own importance to the future of democracy. They view Kimmel as a free speech martyr who won the battle with the Trump Administration back in September after he was suspended for conspiracy theorizing about the political identity of Charlie Kirk’s assassin and view it as their civic duty to continue that fight and not make it seem as if Trump bullied him off the air. The fact that Kimmel believes CBS counterpart Stephen Colbert is also a free speech martyr who will be cancelled in May of next year likely only reinforces his belief. It is not the first time either. Back in 2017, the media was all about the idea that Kimmel was America’s “conscience” as he ripped Republicans and the first Trump Administration for not agreeing with him about the economics of health insurance, while choosing to portray the debate as between one side that cared about people and one that didn’t. Ironically, Kimmel’s contract renewal proves that all the hysterical warnings about fascism coming to America as Trump goes after his media critics are just that: hysteria. Here is a transcript for the December 8-taped show: ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live! 12/9/2025 12:45 AM ET JIMMY KIMMEL: Well, I'm sorry you feel that way about 60 Minutes, and the last thing I want to do is upset you during this sensitive time, but I have one more bit of entertainment news to share, and that is I have decided to extend my contract here at ABC for another year. Please, sit, sit, it's embarrassing, but our show has been renewed to May of 2027 or until the world ends, whichever comes first, but I thought about it. I decided and given a lot of thought and decided I would like to spend less time with my family and so to our audience here and at home I'm honored and humbled to be part of your routine whether it's in bed at time or during your morning toilet time, it means a lot to me to have your attention and work with this great group of people for another year.

SNL's Hegseth Says Drug Boats Targeted In 'Operation Kill Everybody' Are Fishermen
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SNL's Hegseth Says Drug Boats Targeted In 'Operation Kill Everybody' Are Fishermen

Calling yourself a comedian does not give you the license to spread fake news under the guise of exaggeration or hyperbole, but once again NBC’s Saturday Night Live has done just that. This time the guilty party was Colin Jost, who played Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth and claimed that the drug boats being hit in the Caribbean are actually just fishermen and that the name of the operation is Operation Kill Everybody. During the cold open about Hegseth taking questions from reporters, Jost played an exaggerated version of Hegseth that was frequently yelling, singing tonally inappropriate songs, or trying to do a tough guy shtick. As he opened it up for questions, Fake Hegseth urged, “Now, you got questions for me, fine, pretend I'm a random fishing boat and fire away.”     Mikey Day played the part of one reporter who wondered, “Okay. Is there any truth to the allegations that after an initial strike on a drug smuggling boat, you ordered a second strike to kill the survivors?” Jost acted offended that anyone would ask such a question before reverting to the “Hegseth likes alcohol” trope, “Uh, first of all, that kind of cruel, heartless act has no place in Operation Kill Everybody. Second, I wasn't even in the room when it happened, okay? I was so jacked up after the first strike, I had to make an emergency call to my sponsor—sorry, a guy I met in an anonymous meeting—so I don't drink something that I like, and I want, but I can't have, but I want it, and I need it, and I want it right now bup, bup, bupaba, it's booze. Next question?” After Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley briefed relevant lawmakers on Capitol Hill, it seemed as if Republicans and Democrats agreed on nothing except for that there was no “kill everybody” order. Ashley Padilla portrayed another reporter who asked, “Yes, what did you say to Senator Mark Kelly, who said you act like a 12-year-old playing Army?” After declaring Kelly is “a girl’s name” and that Padilla’s character should “get a husband,” Jost finally answered the question, “If I was just ‘playing Army,’ would there be 80 dead fishermen— narco-terrorists in Venezuela right now? Next question.” There is no evidence that the people onboard these boats are actually fishermen. On the controversial attack dominating the headlines, there is evidence drugs were onboard, and in other cases, foreign countries have prosecuted survivors.   Here is a transcript for the December 6 show: NBC Saturday Night Live 12/6/1014 11:31 PM ET COLIN JOST/PETE HEGSETH: Now, you got questions for me, fine, pretend I'm a random fishing boat and fire away. MIKEY DAY/REPORTER 1: Okay. Is there any truth to the allegations that after an initial strike on a drug smuggling boat, you ordered a second strike to kill the survivors? JOST: Uh, first of all, that kind of cruel, heartless act has no place in Operation Kill Everybody. Second, I wasn't even in the room when it happened, okay? I was so jacked up after the first strike, I had to make an emergency call to my sponsor—sorry, a guy I met in an anonymous meeting—so I don't drink something that I like, and I want, but I can't have, but I want it, and I need it, and I want it right now bup, bup, bupaba, it's booze. Next question? ASHLEY PADILLA/REPORTER 2: Yes, what did you say to Senator Mark Kelly, who said you act like a 12-year-old playing Army? JOST: First of all, “Kelly,” that's a girl's name. What's his first name, “Dress?” PADILLA: No. It's “Mark,” like I said. JOST: Oh, get a husband. PADILLA: I'm trying! JOST: To answer your question, if I was just “playing Army,” would there be 80 dead fishermen— narco-terrorists in Venezuela right now? Next question.