Another deadly weekend in Chicago goes virtually uncovered by the Elitist Media. One of the worst ongoing biases by omission stories out there just keeps getting worse, displaying gross media indifference as the bodies continue to pile up. Per Fox News: The city of Chicago was rocked by a spate of shootings over the weekend, including a drive-by mass shooting on Juneteenth, leaving six dead and 39 injured in the Windy City. The shootings, which took place in a three day period between Friday evening and Sunday, prompted President Donald Trump to call on Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker to take action by requesting federal assistance.  Chicago police reported that two dozen shooting incidents took place over the weekend, with victims who died ranging in age from 18 to 50, according to the Associated Press. On Friday night, two unidentified individuals fired into a crowd in Princeton Park on Chicago’s South Side, resulting in 12 people — eight males and four females — being hospitalized, according to the AP.  A horrific stretch of violence, by any stretch of the imagination. And yet there was virtually no coverage whatsoever of these shootings on broadcast network newscasts. The sole report to air comes via ABC’s Good Morning America First Look, 16 seconds during Monday’s 4AM hour: WATCH: The Elitist Media buried Chicago's violent Father's Day weekend, with at least 36 shot and 7 dead. The sole mention: 16 seconds on ABC during Monday's 4AM hour. A travesty when you consider that ALGAE drew significantly more coverage. HANNAH BATTAH: A violent weekend in… pic.twitter.com/l03vNTBaiE — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) June 25, 2026 HANNAH BATTAH: A violent weekend in Chicago. At least 36 people were shot in the city, seven killed. President Trump is renewing his call for military intervention. At least two dozen shootings were reported in the city since Friday night. Shooting incidents in Chicago are slightly up this year.  That’s it. That’s all she wrote across the dial. There were other non-related Chicago items that were deemed to merit broader coverage, such as the inauguration of the Obama Presidential Center on the South Side (except for the stiffed subcontractors, of course). But no time for these shootings. It should be noted that there were other stories the networks deemed to be worthier of coverage than another weekend crime wave in a city that continues to suffer too many of them. ABC had to air the tourists fleeing a Guatemalan volcano, and the overturned tractor-trailer full of bees. CBS ran an item on the new world record loudmouth, and the stoic dog that watched as another ate a hot dog at a Marlins game. NBC went with speculation over whether Taylor Swift’s wedding will be at Madison Square Garden, and with the aforementioned Guatemalan volcano.  Even the DEI manager that stole the Knicks-themed trashcan and got fired got more coverage than what transpired in Chicago over the weekend. That’s a shame. Unfortunately, it’s also standard practice, and we can’t help but imagine that were this level of violence to happen in a Republican city and state, the media’s interest would be (D)ifferent. There is no worse bias than bias by omission.  

The Elitist Media evening news finally came around to covering the heated New York City congressional primaries, wherein Mayor Zohran Mamdani backed challengers to two incumbents, and against the hand-picked successor of another retiring congresswoman. And nowhere to be found is any reporting on the extreme positions taken by these candidates. Here’s how ABC World News Tonight covered the primary, in an extended brief: WATCH: @ABCWorldNews covers the NYC congressional primaries after the fact with an emphasis on Trump calling them "communists", as opposed to the crazy, virulent, and terror-adjacent takes put forth by these candidates. DAVID MUIR: In New York City tonight, the political… pic.twitter.com/e9wuIQ4uOH — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) June 25, 2026 DAVID MUIR: In New York City tonight, the political shockwaves after high-stakes primaries here, the candidate, supported by Mayor Zohran Mamdani winning. Here's Jay O'Brien. ZOHRAN MAMDANI: Good evening, everyone. JAY O’BRIEN: Tonight, a political earthquake in New York sending a national message about voters eager for change and focused on the rising cost of living. Three Democratic congressional candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, winning their primaries, defeating candidates favored by the nation's top Democrats, including two sitting members of Congress. MAMDANI: My goal is to make America a place that every American can afford. (VIDEO SWIPE) I know it's an issue that every working person across the country is facing, and what we need is a politics that puts working people back at the heart of what we focus on and what we fight for, as opposed to making them a footnote. O’BRIEN: Two Democratic Socialists, Darializa Avila-Chevalier and Claire Valdez now likely headed to Congress. So is former city Comptroller Brad Lander, who defeated Congressman Dan Goldman by emphasizing Goldman's support for Israel, another flashpoint in these races. And David, the big question tonight is will these results have a ripple effect come November? And if so, who will benefit? President Trump already trying to put his stamp on all of this, branding the winners as “communists”, David. MUIR: Jay O’Brien, live at the Capitol tonight. Jay, thanks. Jay O’Brien’s focus is on a triumphant Mamdani. There is no mention whatsoever of the extreme positions taken by the primary challengers. The only mention of Israel, for example, is as referenced in the Lander-Goldman race. But there is no mention of Darializa Avila-Chevalier’s statements on Israel-Gaza, or on her role in the violent protests at Columbia University. All of that was swept under the rug. The report closes out with a complaint that the mean Donald Trump referred to the communists as “communists.” A classic Trumpwash. Things weren’t that much different on the CBS Evening News. Here is that report in its entirety. WATCH: @CBSEveningNews report on the NYC congressional primary deemphasizes role of virulent anti-Israel rhetoric in the race and completely omits the insane remarks coming from the candidates. Towards the end, Ed O'Keefe tries to deemphasize socialism TONY DOKOUPIL: We now turn… pic.twitter.com/JgD8AYEu31 — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) June 25, 2026 TONY DOKOUPIL: We now turn to a big night for the Mayor of New York City who endorsed three far-left candidates for congress and all three won, raising questions about the future of the Democratic Party, even as Trump-backed candidates had a good showing as well. Here's our Senior White House Correspondent, Ed O'Keefe. ED O’KEEFE: He’s mayor of New York, but Zohran Mamdani is now also a kingmaker. ZOHRAN MAMDANI: We are showing there is a new path for politics in our city and in our country. O’KEEFE: In defiance of other party leaders, the mayor recruited a slate of like-minded Progressives or Democratic Socialist congressional candidates, and dropped this ad during the New York Knicks’ championship run. BRAD LANDER: I'm Brad Lander and I‘ll block billionaires from buying our elections. DARIALIZA AVILA-CHEVALIER: I'm Darializa Avila-Chevalier and I will defend New York by abolishing ICE. CLAIRE VALDEZ: I'm Claire Valdez and I‘ll stand up against bad landlords and greedy corporations. O’KEEFE: It worked. Brad Lander defeated Congressman Dan Goldman, who earned national attention for managing the first Trump impeachment trial. And 32-year-old PhD student, Darializa Avila-Chevalier defeated Adriano Espaillat, Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. All three candidates are critical of Israel. LANDER: I will be one of the Jewish members of Congress most willing to stand up loud for Palestinian human rights, freedom and dignity. (VIDEO SWIPE) And I will stand firmly against bigotry aimed at Jews. O’KEEFE: As for Republicans, President Trump's near-perfect record of picking primary candidates continued, in part because in South Carolina gubernatorial runoff he endorsed both contenders and Attorney General Alan Wilson won. DOKOUPIL: All right Ed, back to these big results in New York here, what do they tell us about the state of the Democratic Party? O’KEEFE: Well, in New York City it says Mayor Mamdani has a grip on city politics and how New York City Democrats vote in city congressional primaries. But more broadly, it signals Democrats are looking for change and change looks different in various parts of the country. Just 40 minutes north of the city for example, Democrats chose Cait Conley to run in one of the most competitive contests this year. Her national security background mirrors that of many other Democrats who’ve won contests in recent years, and moderates also won in Maryland and Utah. None of them said anything about socialism. Tony? DOKOUPIL: Yeah, but that said, a lot of incumbents are losing primaries, it seems to me, is this normal? O’KEEFE: It is a little more in recent years, certainly at the primary season point of an election year. And in the case of Republicans, it’s because they lost the support of President Trump. For the Democrats, it is because of either redistricting, having lost their seats in contests against fellow Democrats, or, as we saw last night, because voters are looking for someone new. Tony. DOKOUPIL: All right Ed, thank you very much. The report is almost identical to ABC’s, albeit lengthier, because it included a quick recap of the South Carolina gubernatorial primary. Additionally, the report played a big chunk of a Mamdani ad promoting his congressional slate which piggybacked on the Knicks’ playoff run.  In substance, though, the report was the same. No mention of any of the candidates’ radical histories or roles in the Hamas-adjacent protests at Columbia and elsewhere. Same formula as ABC- Mamdani, candidate fluff, and Trump. More of the same on NBC Nightly News: WATCH: @NBCNightlyNews glosses over radical candidates in NYC congressional primary, hype Mamdani instead HALLIE JACKSON: In New York, political shockwaves after big wins for the city's mayor in key primaries there, with questions now on whether Democrats in other places can… pic.twitter.com/8HZwWReS9M — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) June 25, 2026 HALLIE JACKSON: In New York, political shockwaves after big wins for the city's mayor in key primaries there, with questions now on whether Democrats in other places can replicate the progressive victories. Sam Brock is joining us now and Sam, all three of the candidates Zohran Mamdani endorsed won last night. SAM BROCK: Hallie, good evening. It was a clean sweep and it appears that Mayor Mamdani has the Midas touch when it comes to backing progressive candidates that challenged establishment Democrats. The mayor's three choices sweeping the field, with two candidates knocking off incumbents. That includes Brad Lander, who beat veteran Congressman Dal Goldman by about 30 points- that is a landslide that few saw coming. The takeaways tonight, Hallie, Democratic candidates who voiced strong criticism of Israel did well and that Democratic Socialism is expanding in deep blue New York here. But Republicans argue those candidates are too liberal to win in swing districts. President Trump weighing in tonight, saying if the 2028 Democratic nominee is a Democratic Socialist, it’s going to help the GOP. Hallie. JACKSON; Sam Brock, thank you. NBC took a similar approach: glaze Mamdani, deflect on virulent antisemitism by redirecting to Lander, and throw Trump in at the end. As was the case with the rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez eight years ago, the Elitist Media aided and abetted the election of Democratic Socialists.  Time has shown that the media does the exact opposite to what we see above when faced with conservative candidates. Rather than concealing their positions or rhetoric, they cast those in the worst possible light. We are reminded yet again that were it not for double standards, there would be none at all.  

In the wake of electoral victories for the Democratic Socialists of America in New York’s Democratic primaries, the ladies of ABC’s The View were bitterly split on what it meant for the future of their Democratic Party. The two of the more ecstatic co-hosts were Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin. The former mocked those who were “afraid of the term,” while the later celebrated and defended their extremism as “a force to be reckoned with.” Behar opened the praise by touting how erudite New Yorkers supposedly were. “Obviously, New Yorkers aren't watching Fox constantly and so they're - and they're not afraid of the term democratic socialism,” she proclaimed. She then proceeded to falsely suggest that first responder services, trash collection, and the Ponzi scheme known as Social Security were successful democratic socialist policies in action: If I fall down, I want an ambulance. If my house is on fire, bring your hose. You know what I mean? (…) I'm not scared of the term. I think they're scared of the term in this country! But Social Security is a democratic socialism. Partly unemployment insurance is. The people who pick up your garbage, the people who take the fire out of your house. All of these are democratic socialism.   Joy Behar says she loves democratic socialism and falsely claims first responder services and garbage collection are democratic socialist policies in action, and praises the Ponzi scheme that is Social Security: Obviously, New Yorkers aren't watching Fox constantly and so… pic.twitter.com/jBWoposZlv — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 24, 2026   Behar’s comments about trash collection proved her ignorance and how she never lived outside New York City or other major city, since in most places private companies handled it. Not to mention the fact that fire fighting and EMTs were not socialist. It became clear that Behar didn’t actually know who she was waving her pompoms around for, and that she was only doing it because they had a (D) at the end of their name. Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin was the one to embarrass Behar by getting her reaffirm that she wanted first responder services, then introduced her to one of the winning candidates, Darializa Avila Chevalier, who wanted to abolish the police and who attacked her favorite Democrats (Click “expand”): FARAH GRIFFIN: So, you just talked about these goods and services. You want the police to come. BEHAR: Yeah. FARAH GRIFFIN: You want the fire department to come. BEHAR: Yeah. FARAH GRIFFIN: Well, one of your new candidates, [Darializa] Avila Chevalier, wants to abolish the police and all prisons. She was asked four times, 'how would you deal with someone who committed murder then? What is your plan?' And she dodged and didn't answer. She tweeted that 'Obama is evil,' 'Biden is a rapist and a war criminal,' and 'bleep Kamala Harris.' “I don't like the way she sounds at all,” Behar admitted before hedging, “Well, she's not the party. She's one person.”   Alyssa Farah Griffin points out that while Behar wants police to come help her, one of the democratic socialists wants to abolish all police. Behar doesn't seem to be aware of who she was supporting: FARAH GRIFFIN: So, you just talked about these goods and services. You want the… pic.twitter.com/gmVli0orMO — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 24, 2026   Farah Griffin tried to warn her co-hosts of the extremists they were cheering: “These candidates that were endorsed by DSA, the Democratic Socialists were extreme candidates. And I've seen this happen in my party where the extreme right-wing takes over and you can't get your party back.” Up next was Hostin, who made it clear she loved the leftist extremism and declared it America’s cultural and political future. “I think that New York is the nation's cultural and political capital and that's just a fact. And the Democratic Socialists of America is a force to be reckoned with at this point,” she said.   Of course, Sunny Hostin is in full support of the left-wing extremism. She claims New York is America's "cultural and political capital" and praises the DSA as "a force to be reckoned with." She says it's time for the Dems to capitulate to the extremists wing: SUNNY HOSTIN: I… pic.twitter.com/K6zjsDsNyY — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 24, 2026   The sparks really flew when independent co-host Sara Haines called out, Chevalier for going to a rally the day after October 7 and literally celebrating Hamas. Hostin tried to shame and bully Haines from going down that line of argument by suggesting she was wrongly portraying all critics of Israel as Jew haters. Haines held her ground and pressed the point, Hostin relented quickly (Click “expand”): HOSTIN: You’re not implying that being pro-Palestinian and -- FARAH GRIFFIN: There were pro-Hamas chants taking place at this rally. HAINES: On October 8th, the only thing that happened is Israel had been attacked and people had been brutally murdered and raped. And so, on October 8th I don't think there needed to be rallies cheering on Hamas. HOSTIN: You’re calling her an anti-Semite? FARAH GRIFFIN: Oh, yes. HAINES: I’m full-blown going to call her an anti-Semite. She would proudly call herself that, trust me. HOSTIN: Okay. HAINES: Dan Goldman who we just spoke about was refused coffee at a coffee shop because they said we don't want money from this individual American human showing up at a coffee shop, because they think it comes from AIPAC and Israel. When we start normalizing crazy conspiracy - HOSTIN: Is Brad Lander an anti-Semite? HAINES: I’m not - Just listen who I'm talking about. Haines even had some rare praise for republicans when she noted, “one party is ousting anti-Semites, one is electing them.” And she threw Hostin’s own words about racism back in her face: “As you always say [gestures to Hostin], a racist doesn't say, ‘Hey, I'm a racist.’ They also don't say, ‘Hey, I'm an anti-Semite.’ Unless you’re this candidate.”   Sara Haines calls out Chevalier for cheering on Hamas on October 8. She calls out the Democrats for embracing antisemitism, Hostin is stunned by how willing Haines is. Hostin stares blankly when Haines talks about Hamas raping women: HAINES: One thing I would say. I just read a… pic.twitter.com/Hb39BYv0B3 — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 24, 2026   Knowing Hostin was personal friends with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Farah Griffin noted that the Democratic Socialist candidates were calling for his ouster. Hostin didn’t respond. For her part, moderator Whoopi Goldberg ran defense for the leftist extremists. She ignored their policies and suggested the criticism was about age. She whined that people used to call for young candidates, but now they're upset with young candidates. She demanded everyone "wait, let's see how they act" once elected.   Whoopi runs defense for the leftist extremists. She ignores policies makes it about age. She argues that people used to call for young candidates, but now they're upset with young candidates. She demands everyone "wait, let's see how they act" once elected. pic.twitter.com/JagAgVKjsD — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 24, 2026   As they were approaching a commercial break, Hostin tried to have the last word by bizarrely arguing that Mayor Mamdani helping to elect antisemites somehow meant he wasn’t an antisemite too: I recall a lot of people were talking about Mamdani and what a terrible mayor he was going to be and what an antisemite he was. And he has proven to be quite the opposite. He's proven to be a kingmaker, a leader. Great for this city. Hostin was smoking some pretty potent copium, but the segment proved how dangerous The View and ABC News were for pretending this was a "bona fide news program." The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View June 24, 2026 11:03:39 a.m. Eastern (…) JOY BEHAR: Obviously,  New Yorkers aren't watching Fox constantly and so they're - and they're not afraid of the term democratic socialism. If I fall down, I want an ambulance. If my house is on fire, bring your hose. You know what I mean? We are looking -- [Applause] I want -- I'm not scared of the term. I think they're scared of the term in this country! But Social Security is a democratic socialism. Partly unemployment insurance is. The people who pick up your garbage, the people who take the fire out of your house. All of these are democratic socialism. And there is a major reaction formation going on if you see -- we'll see soon, we're talking about it later about Republican senators are turning, congressmen are turning on Trump and people have had it with this right-wing nasty politics that we've had to subject ourselves since this guy got into office! [Applause] (…) 11:04:55 a.m. Eastern ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: So, you just talked about these goods and services. You want the police to come. BEHAR: Yeah. FARAH GRIFFIN: You want the fire department to come. BEHAR: Yeah. FARAH GRIFFIN: Well, one of your new candidates, [Darializa] Avila Chevalier, wants to abolish the police and all prisons. She was asked four times, 'how would you deal with someone who committed murder then? What is your plan?' And she dodged and didn't answer. She tweeted that 'Obama is evil,' 'Biden is a rapist and a war criminal,' and 'bleep Kamala Harris.' These were not people running on an affordability agenda. These were left-wing extremists that were elected last night at the expense of moderate Democrats. So, a seat that you guys do need to win if you want to take back the House. BEHAR: I don't like the way she sounds at all. FARAH GRIFFIN: Well, that's what I'm saying. BEHAR: Well, she's not the party. She's one person. FARAH GRIFFIN: But that is the point. These candidates that were endorsed by DSA, the Democratic Socialists were extreme candidates. And I've seen this happen in my party where the extreme right-wing takes over and you can't get your party back. I would warn you all this is very dangerous and it could risk you losing the House. SUNNY HOSTIN: I disagree with that. You know, I think that New York is the nation's cultural and political capital and that's just a fact. And the Democratic Socialists of America is a force to be reckoned with at this point. BEHAR: Yes. [Applause] HOSTIN: I really do believe that. You mentioned these other candidates that won, but you didn't mention Brad Lander who ran on a Democratic Socialist platform. He ran on building more affordable housing, protecting reproductive fights, the fight to protect and stand up for the LGBTQ+ community. Medicare for all. FARAH GRIFFIN: Who did he unseat though? Who did he beat? HOSITN: [Stammers] He beat another Democrat. FARAH GRIFFIN: He beat Dan Goldman - HOSTIN: That's right! FARAH GRIFFIN: - who led the impeachment against Donald Trump. HOSTIN: Yes, but - FARAH GRIFFIN: He took out a sitting progressive liberal who was a liberal hero two years ago, but because he believes in Israel's right to exist he lost his seat. HOSTIN Because perhaps it's time for change. Perhaps it's time for change. The Democratic Party for a very long time has been searching for an identity and I see a great parallel between -- to your point about the right. I see a great parallel between the rise of the Tea Party in 2009 as a rebuttal basically to President Obama's policies and the financial crisis and the -- and the Democratic Socialists of America's rise in 2016 in reaction to Donald Trump. In reaction to healthcare. In reaction to the lose of healthcare - [Applause and crosstalk] SARA HAINES: One thing I would say. I just read a fascinating article this morning and it was talking how one party is ousting anti-Semites, one is electing them. And I would say that this article raised great points. Avila Chevalie - how ever you say her name. FARAH GRIFFIN: Chevalier HAINES: She was at a pro-Palestine rally prompting Hamas and celebrating that on October 8 of 2023. FARAH GRIFFIN: The day after. HAINES: These people are not afraid to -- They don't only not denounce, they actually espouse these beliefs that everything Israel does has influenced our world. BEHAR: That not going to fly in New York City! HAINES: No, it is right now, actually. HOSTIN: You’re not implying that being pro-Palestinian and -- FARAH GRIFFIN: There were pro-Hamas chants taking place at this rally. HAINES: On October 8th, the only thing that happened is Israel had been attacked and people had been brutally murdered and raped. And so, on October 8th I don't think there needed to be rallies cheering on Hamas. HOSTIN: You’re calling her an anti-Semite? FARAH GRIFFIN: Oh, yes. HAINES: I’m full-blown going to call her an anti-Semite. She would proudly call herself that, trust me. HOSTIN: Okay. HAINES: Dan Goldman who we just spoke about was refused coffee at a coffee shop because they said we don't want money from this individual American human showing up at a coffee shop, because they think it comes from AIPAC and Israel. When we start normalizing crazy conspiracy - HOSTIN: Is Brad Lander an anti-Semite? HAINES: I’m not - Just listen who I'm talking about. He was refused coffee over someone saying. FARAH GRIFFIN: His office was also vandalized with anti-Jewish slurs. HAINES: Yes. BEHAR: So, wait a minute. Wait a minute. One coffee shop is normalizing it? HAINES: No. No. FARAH GRIFFIN: His office was vandalized with anti-Semitic slurs in New York. Like, this is happening. HAINES: So, one thing I would say the right is doing right, right now, the extreme right and extreme left are meeting about anti-Semitism. They hide under the cloak of ‘we’re criticizing Israel;’ which some people criticizing Israel are not anti-Semites, all anti-Semites criticize Israel and use it as cover. As you always say [gestures to Hostin], a racist doesn't say, ‘Hey, I'm a racist.’ They also don't say, ‘Hey, I'm an anti-Semite.’ Unless you’re this candidate. BEHAR: All of that does not bring down the cost of bread, which is what people are focused on! HAINES: My point here is though, that's the mistake the Democrats are making. Affordability and the separation between the haves and have-nots, that is fair. All Americans want to be able to afford groceries and healthcare and have good education and all those things. That is not what these people are running on. FARAH GRIFFIN: These same Democratic Socialists last night were literally chanting “you're next” at Hakeem Jeffries. They want to take Hakeem Jeffries out of the House of Representatives. (…)

There haven’t been many children named Donald recently, and for those with TDS, that was reason to celebrate. It’s been a relatively slow news cycle, at least if you ignore the revelations about Dr. Anthony Fauci and the U.K. migrant rape gangs, so the leftist media busied themselves by talking about baby names - and making it all about Donald Trump. On Tuesday’s episode of his increasingly-unhinged show The Last Word, MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell happily jumped on that train, as he does with every anti-Trump stance he can find. Yes, the big bad orange man takes up so much of the liberal media’s headspace that the mere decrease in popularity of the name “Donald” makes them jump for joy. Over the last 24 hours, leftist sources like NOTUS, The Independent, and The Daily Beast have all published pieces on the name Donald’s unpopularity. “More people named their babies Lawrence, a name I would not wish on anyone, than Donald,” O’Donnell crowed on his show. But for most of history, Donald has trounced Lawrence in the numbers. Lawrence only peaked at 10,302 in 1952, while Donald’s highest number was about three times that. Both have declined recently, with only 183 more baby Lawrences than Donalds in 2025.     And of course, O’Donnell made another Trump-Hitler connection based on this groundbreaking baby names news: “Adolf dropped rather dramatically in popularity after Adolf Hitler executed six million Jewish people in death camps while he was losing World War II before he took his own life.” The name Adolf was never popular anywhere in the world. In the U.S., it peaked in 1918, with only 56 babies; in Czechia with 31 in 1939; and in 1893 in Germany with a whopping 11 baby Adolfs. And after the events of World War II, many countries and some American states outright banned the name, and everywhere it isn’t illegal, it’s socially unacceptable.  O’Donnell suggested that the same kind of ostracization awaits the name Donald in the near future: “Less than 400 babies out of 3.6 million babies born last year will have to live with the name Donald, which they might want to change after taking elementary school history classes.” Get ready for some more numbers: Donald has fallen in the Social Security Administration's ranking to number 673, with 395 babies given that name in 2025. It peaked in 1934 at number six, with 30,408 babies named Donald that year. When President Trump was born in 1946, there were 26,272 other baby Donalds in the same year. But after 1956, the name Donald declined sharply. Trump was 10 years old at the time, so that’s probably not his fault.  Donald is hardly the only name to have a significant decline since the mid-1900s. Other Presidents’ names, such as Ronald, Dwight, Franklin, and even William (Bill) and George saw their popularity drop over the same time period. Barack is so uncommon that it doesn’t even rank in the top 1000 for baby names, yet no liberal media outlet would dare to suggest that Obama was a failed president because of that.  While the name Donald has risen and fallen with the usual trends, it’s highly unlikely that it will forever live in infamy, unless RFK Jr. classifies TDS as a real mental illness. As Senator John Kennedy says, “There’s no cure for stupid.” The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: MS NOW's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 6/23/26 10:00:46 p.m. Eastern LAWRENCE O'DONNELL: Well, Donald Trump has scored his lowest job approval rating yet in a Reuters poll at 34 percent.  And we have what could be another measure of Donald Trump's unpopularity and disapproval: baby names.  Donald is the new Adolf. The baby name Donald has hit its lowest point in popularity in American history. According to Social Security Administration data reviewed by the website NOTUS, News of the United States, “The federal agency received fewer than 400 Social Security card applications for babies - baby Donald's last year, making Donald the nation's 690th most popular baby name amid Trump's return to the White House for a second term.” Less than 400 babies out of 3.6 million babies born last year will have to live with the name Donald, which they might want to change after taking elementary school history classes.  More people named their babies Lawrence, a name I would not wish on anyone, than Donald. More babies were actually named Princeton last year than Donald. Princeton, a name I've never heard for anything other than a town in New Jersey. And oh yeah, university.  Adolf dropped rather dramatically in popularity after Adolf Hitler executed six million Jewish people in death camps while he was losing World War II before he took his own life. And we learned last night from the reporting of maybe Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in their new book, Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, that Donald Trump happily compares himself to Adolf Hitler, because a caddie for a retired professional golfer wrote an assessment of the most powerful people in history in which the caddie concluded that Donald Trump is more powerful than Adolf Hitler was, or Joseph Stalin, or any of the other mass murdering, hateful, sociopathic dictators in history. And Donald Trump is proud of that. Donald Trump is so proud to be compared to Adolf Hitler, that he actually gave that document, written by the caddie to Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. From page 412 of their book, “The evident pleasure Trump took in the company of Mao, Hitler and Stalin. He drew no distinction between those who built and those who destroyed, between those who liberated and those who enslaved. What mattered was that they had had huge power, and that he had more.” (…)

On Wednesday, PolitiFact chief correspondent Louis Jacobson reported some self-interested news on their GlobalFact conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, organized by the International Fact-Checking Network. Both PolitiFact and the IFCN are projects of the Florida-based Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Angie Holan, director of the IFCN and former editor of PolitiFact, preposterously claimed in Lithuania: "We have been under attack by political players who would shirk accountability for their false messages," she said. "We’ve been accused of bias even when we made every effort to be fair and nonpartisan." Fact check: False! That's ridiculous. They haven't "made every effort" to be nonpartisan. We've documented that in the first three months of 2026 in "Truth-O-Meter" ratings for elected or appointed officials, the Republicans were rated “Mostly False” or worse in 22 of 32 fact checks (69 percent), and they drew zero “True” ratings and two “Mostly Trues.” By contrast, the Democrats were never rated as “Mostly False” or worse (zero percent), and were awarded one “True” rating, six “Mostly True” ratings, and four “Half Trues.” There’s a disparity in the number of fact checks of 32 to 11, or almost three to one, and the disparity in “False” warnings is 22 to 0. In 2025, we found Republicans were deemed "Mostly False" or worse in 124 of 146 fact checks (84.9 percent). The Democrats were tagged as "Mostly False" or worse in just 17 of 49 checks (34.6 percent). So if you compare the numbers of "False" warnings, the party breakdown is 124 to 17, or 7.3 to 1. The number of checks are roughly 3 to 1. PolitiFact can be accused of bias because their bias is blatantly obvious.  Jacobson added Holan also quoted Pope Leo XIV, whose recent encyclical on artificial intelligence included the guidance that "truth is a common good and not the property of those with power or influence." Add to the list of pom-pom speeches the Poynter Institute's chairman, Neil Brown who equated their efforts with democracy -- and their critics with repression: "Misinformation is repression, and fact-checking is absolutely essential in the fight against repression. Why else would so many powerful forces be hard at work to try to undermine what we do? The work of fact-checking is hard, it is honorable, and it makes a difference."  You can't fact-check the fact-checkers. That's somehow anti-democracy. The arrogance of that is jaw-dropping -- especially since the badly named "independent fact checkers" were used to degrade and censor social-media messages they found False. So guess who was the keynote speaker at this event?  Nina Jankowicz — who was ousted from the U.S federal Disinformation Governance Board in 2022 amid a campaign by critics who accused it of government censorship — urged the fact-checking community to act with "solidarity," "audacity" and "courage," adding that the movement has not always been as unified as the moment requires.... "We were, and in many cases remain, too timid, too careful, too technical in a moment that rewards bold action and emotional connection," she said. "Now I’m not suggesting that we fight fire with fire, that we stoop to the level of the autocrats attacking us. We don’t need to traffic in AI slop and online abuse to gain ground in this battle. But we do need to meet people where they are and speak to them in a language they understand on topics they care about." Jankowicz told attendees that if they remembered one thing from her keynote, she wanted it to be this: "We do not need to reinvent ourselves. We did not do anything wrong. The liars of this world have spent so much time and energy and money attacking us, precisely because what we are doing is working, and because we represent a formidable challenge to their power and their profit. … We need to keep fighting." Late in the article, Holan made another obviously untrue claim: "Fact-checking is not censorship; it is not a partisan cause. It never was."