On Saturday's edition of MS NOW’s The Weekend, Eddie Glaude went OFF! The normally measured Princeton professor — known for his calm, scholarly demeanor — unloaded in raw, fiery language rarely seen from him. Reacting to the Supreme Court’s recent Callais decision on the Voting Rights Act, Glaude, who is also an MS NOW analyst, openly questioned whether African Americans remain “full citizens” of the United States. He delivered a sweeping indictment of “MAGA forces,” claiming their opposition to DEI, race-based preferences in federal contracting, affirmative action in college admissions (including at Yale Medical School), and voting rights is part of a deliberate effort to "put us in our place” and preserve America as a “white republic.” Glaude’s enthusiastic support for racial discrimination in DEI, college admissions and government contracting represents the real threat to full citizenship: lowering standards for black Americans instead of expecting them to compete on equal terms. Glaude declared that MAGA forces believe “this country must be and must remain a white republic,” arguing that these moves represent an attempt to diminish black political power and “make this country white once again.” Princeton Prof Glaude's Meltdown: MAGA 'Trying to Make America White Again' pic.twitter.com/7fK9i1TuTP — Mark Finkelstein (@markfinkelstein) May 16, 2026 Glaude ended the segment by declaring that critics of racial preferences have awakened a “sleeping giant.” He predicted black voters, in a multiracial coalition, will surge to the polls in November 2026 and 2028 to “push back and push back hard.” “They’re gonna mess around and find out,” he said, smiling as he noted his own redaction of the stronger phrase. “This isn’t 1965. This is 2026, and they’re gonna see who the ‘New Negro’ — black folk, however you wanna describe us — who we are in this moment.” Capehart responded to Glaude's tirade by . . . applauding! Here's the transcript. MS NOW The Weekend 5/16/26 7:11 am EDT JONATHAN CAPEHART: Eddie, as I was listening to Melanie and thinking about the Calais decision, the Supreme Court decision, and what it's done to the Voting Rights Act. To Melanie's point the Voting Rights Act was passed sixty-one years ago, which means that America has been a true democracy, as you well know and have said, true democracy for sixty-one years. And so given the Calais decision are we, you and I, Eugene, are Melanie, are African Americans still full citizens of the United States? EDDIE GLAUDE: Well, I mean, that's, that's a wonderful and, and I think incisive question, Jonathan. And first of all, it's just wonderful to see everybody and to, to hear Melanie's fi-- fired up in this moment, which is absolutely important. Yes, I mean, on one level, from the vantage point of certain folk, they're not, they don't view us as full citizens, right? There, there are, there are forces at work in, MAGA forces at work in this country, who have as their aim and end, right, to put us in our place. Their, their, their design, whether it's an assault on DEI, whether it's an assault on federal contractors, whether it's an assault on college admissions, even Yale Medical School, right? Across the board, and now voting rights, there's a sense in which there are folks who believe that this country must be and must remain a white republic, And that begins with the diminution of black political power.That begins with putting black folk culturally and politically and socially in our place, as it were. And so we need to read this for what it is. I understand the politics, but we need to understand, I think, widen the aperture for a bit, and to understand the motivation of these folk as they seek, once again, once again, to, to, to make this country white, as, as it were. CAPEHART: Dr. Glaude, in the less than a minute that we have left, Melanie talked about folks waking up a sleeping giant. Will that sleeping giant actually wake up? Will black voters, in particular, in this multiracial coalition, rise up this November and in the November of '28 to push back, and push back hard, against what's been happening? GLAUDE: Absolutely. We're already seeing organizing in Louisiana, we're seeing it across the South, we're gonna see it today. We need to understand, remember, marches are just simply one phase in nonviolent action. We often think that marches are the end, aim, and end of political protest, but they're actually dramatic forms of political education. I'm thinking about James Lawson here. They set the stage for the organizing that's coming. We're going to show these folk that we're not just simply motivated by symbol. Remember how much we turned out for Barack Obama? Now we're gonna turn out for ourselves. We're gonna turn out in order to demonstrate that this country is ours. So, just wait. Let, let them, let, let them -- --they're gonna mess around and find out. You see how I redacted it? They're gonna mess around and find out who we actually are in this moment.  This is not 1965. This is 2026, and they're gonna see who the New Negro, black folk, however you wanna describe us, who we are in this moment. [Capehart applauds.]

The Elitist Media are feverishly trying to gin up a corruption scandal in The White House, while doing their level best to avoid reporting on actual corruption scandals that are happening as we speak. These omissions have migrated to their Sunday political shows. Watch as ABC’s Jon Karl whines about the several beautification projects underway in the nation’s capital: With multiple government services fraud scams ongoing, ABC News focuses on ginning Trump's DC renovations into a scandal. pic.twitter.com/XMRIeHv4GP — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) May 17, 2026 JON KARL: Elsewhere, the president says he’s making overdue renovations, fixing long, broken fountains at Lafayette Park. The cost of the project, currently at $17.4 million, awarded without competitive bidding to a company that had done work at Mar-a-Lago. And over here in front of the Lincoln Memorial you have the iconic reflecting pool. And here is a project Trump has been very excited about. They drained the water from the pool, and they appear to be painting the floor of it, what Trump calls American flag blue. At first, President Trump said the project would cost roughly $1.5 million and would be done in two weeks. The tab now stands at nearly ten times the original estimate, almost $15 million. Another no-bid contract to a company that had done work at a Trump golf club. And finally, President Trump says he has big plans for what he calls the Trump Kennedy Center. There is no doubt that this building and this area out back on the Potomac River looks a little bit worn and beaten down, could use a renovation. The sense is they might have much more in mind than a simple renovation. The National Trust has also joined a lawsuit with several other groups to stop any Trump construction at the Kennedy Center without congressional approval. The administration says that work there will affirmatively fulfill the board’s responsibilities to repair and improve the center. Are you concerned that the Kennedy Center could go the way of the East Wing? That they could actually tear down -- QUILLEN: One reason why the suit requests a preliminary injunction so that that doesn’t happen. KARL: So, you are concerned that they could literally knock good chunks of the Kennedy Center down? QUILLEN: We’d like that not to happen. KARL: Yes. (END VIDEOTAPE) STEPHANOPOULOS: Thanks to Jon Karl. The roundtable’s up next. ABC devoted close to seven minutes of Sunday show time to the White House ballroom, the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, the proposed Triumphal Arch, and other various projects. Karl devoted lavish time to each, and found time to interview the CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who is suing the administration over these projects. Additionally, Karl took the time to suggest that there may be some corruption afoot with the way the contracts were conducted.  There was certainly time on ABC to cover actual scandals in progress, like the Medicaid fraud schemes currently under investigation in places like Minnesota and Ohio. Ohio, in particular, has drawn no coverage from the Elitist Media despite Vice President JD Vance spearheading efforts to combat this egregious corruption. Likewise, there was no time spent on the Department of Justice into the Soros-funded Fairfax County DA whose handling of egregious illegal alien crime puts the community at risk. Trump-deranged slop routinely gets preferential treatment at ABC. Actual scandals? Well, that’s (D)ifferent. Click “expand” to view the full transcript of the aforementioned segment as aired on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” on Sunday, May 17th, 2026: DOUG BURGUM: Everybody wanted to have a clean, safe and beautiful Washington, D.C.. But if this president makes it a priority and personally says we're going to get it done for our 250th, then the word “vanity" gets inserted. (VIDEO SWIPE) FDR did the reconstruction back in pre-World War II. You know, Teddy Roosevelt tore some stuff down to build the West Wing. Were those vanity projects? No. They're still helping the nation today. (END VIDEO CLIP) GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defending Donald Trump's renovations across the nation's capital, including his East Wing ballroom. Chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl sat down with the woman suing the president to try and stop that project. It's her first interview since her organization filed the lawsuit. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JON KARL: It came as a shock back in October when, without warning, construction crews tore down the East Wing of the White House. DAVID MUIR: Demolition at the White House, sources now telling ABC News the entire East Wing expected to be demolished. KARL: A first step in making the massive ballroom next to the White House. DONALD TRUMP: They wanted to build a ballroom at the White House. I think it will be the finest ballroom of its kind anywhere in the world. KARL: The destruction of the East Wing particularly shocked Carol Quillen, the woman who is now trying to stop further construction of Trump's ballroom. CAROL QUILLEN: The White House is an iconic structure in this country. How could it just be torn down with no warning or notice or consultation? KARL: Quillen is the president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She argues it was against the law to knock down the East Wing and to build a ballroom without congressional approval first. Trump has said he doesn't need that approval. QUILLEN: I think we can all agree what should happen here is that if our historic resources, the most iconic structure in the country, is going to be altered in an irreversible way, more people should weigh in than one man, the current resident of that building. KARL: He's a renter, if you will. QUILLEN: He's a steward. KARL: He's a steward. QUILLEN: Right? He's a steward. He is responsible for what he's inherited. And passing that on to future generations. He's more than a tenant, I would say. He's a steward. KARL: President Trump himself has called Quillen over the phone multiple times, she says to personally urge her to drop the lawsuit, a request the administration officially made in late April. QUILLEN: He has expressed to us the desire of the military to have this project. KARL: And have you urged him to go through a process to get it done? QUILLEN: We have expressed our view that there's a legally required process. The judge has also expressed, look, there's a process. Go through the process. KARL: And his response to the lawsuit, the Justice Department's response. He says that what your organization is basing this on is Trump derangement syndrome. QUILLEN: I don’t know what Trump derangement syndrome is exactly. KARL: It would mean you are absolutely opposed to anything Donald Trump, I think is how it would probably be defined. QUILLEN: No, I don’t think that's true. I’m not opposed to everything he does. I don’t have a lot of strong emotion about him as a person. I just believe that any sitting president should follow the law and that we all have an -- we should all have an opportunity to weigh in. KARL (voice over): The ballroom is just one of many ways President Trump plans to remake the historic center of the nation’s capital. At the White House, he has installed a patio on the Rose Garden, a door into the Oval Office and the colonnade with gold. He plans to paint the Eisenhower Executive Office Building white. Plans first unveiled to a startled Fox News host, Laura Ingraham. LAURA INGRAHAM: But you’re not worried that’s like a big white blob. President Trump’s most ambitious construction project is about two miles away. It’s on this plot of grass, inside a traffic circle, just outside the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery, that Trump plans to build his arch. The size of the plan is staggering, 250 feet tall. That is two and a half times the size of the Lincoln Memorial. It is larger -- significantly larger than the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. And it is almost as high as the Capitol Dome. The planned arch is so tall that this week the FAA announced it is conducting a review to see if it would interfere with air traffic in Washington. A group of Vietnam veterans is suing to stop construction because it blocks the view of Arlington Cemetery. The administration says it will enhance the visiting experience for Arlington National Cemetery for veterans, the families of the fallen and all Americans like. This week it appears there was surveying activity at the site. “The Washington Post” reported that the Trump administration planned to start work there as an unrelated no bid contract already underway at the White House. The Trump administration announced Friday a new plan at nearby West Potomac Park as the site of his planned National Garden of American Heroes. A proposal that raised questions about whether congressional approval is required. Elsewhere, the president says he’s making overdue renovations, fixing long, broken fountains at Lafayette Park. The cost of the project, currently at $17.4 million, awarded without competitive bidding to a company that had done work at Mar-a-Lago. And over here in front of the Lincoln Memorial you have the iconic reflecting pool. And here is a project Trump has been very excited about. They drained the water from the pool, and they appear to be painting the floor of it, what Trump calls American flag blue. At first, President Trump said the project would cost roughly $1.5 million and would be done in two weeks. The tab now stands at nearly ten times the original estimate, almost $15 million. Another no-bid contract to a company that had done work at a Trump golf club. And finally, President Trump says he has big plans for what he calls the Trump Kennedy Center. There is no doubt that this building and this area out back on the Potomac River looks a little bit worn and beaten down, could use a renovation. The sense is they might have much more in mind than a simple renovation. The National Trust has also joined a lawsuit with several other groups to stop any Trump construction at the Kennedy Center without congressional approval. The administration says that work there will affirmatively fulfill the board’s responsibilities to repair and improve the center. Are you concerned that the Kennedy Center could go the way of the East Wing? That they could actually tear down -- QUILLEN: One reason why the suit requests a preliminary injunction so that that doesn’t happen. KARL: So, you are concerned that they could literally knock good chunks of the Kennedy Center down? QUILLEN: We’d like that not to happen. KARL: Yes. (END VIDEOTAPE) STEPHANOPOULOS: Thanks to Jon Karl. The roundtable’s up next.  

In an effort to cast Stephen Colbert as a martyr for free speech ahead of the imminent cancellation of The Late Show, NBC’s Sunday Today sought to cast the owner of CBS’s parent company as "a prominent Trump supporter.” Except that this isn’t true.  Watch as NBC entertainment correspondent Chloe Melas suggests that CBS is owned by MAGA, casts doubts on the financial rationale behind the cancellation of The Late Show, and then brings on a media critic to bolster her point of view: Fact Check: False. @ChloeMelas on #SundayToday @TodayShow: “CBS was recently acquired by Skydance Media, whose owner, David Ellison, is a prominent Trump supporter.” Reality: In 2024 Ellison donated $929,000 to the Biden Victory Fund. Per https://t.co/LLxw1n8uWm: “David Ellison’s… pic.twitter.com/gka7P0T0fZ — Brent Baker

We've seen it since the beginning of the Iran War from the left-wing media. Trump and Israel are bad, Iran, while not necessarily good, is certainly not a threat to the U.S., and  the atrocities that they have committed against their own people, and their targeting of civilian infrastructure in several Middle Eastern countries, for the most part, goes unreported. Consistent with this pattern, early on Thursday morning, CNN's The Story Is With Elex Michaelson, aired a report from inside Iran that easily could have been mistaken for an anti U.S., pro-Iran propaganda piece. Michaelson led into the report with what would prove to be a damaging disclaimer. MICHAELSON: CNN's Matthew Chance is now in Iran with photojournalist Alex Platt, with an inside look at how the war is impacting Iranians. We'd like to note that CNN only operates there with the permission of the Iranian government, as is required under local regulations, but maintains full editorial control over what it reports. There was not a "Chance" they would make Iran look bad.  CHANCE: We're on a long drive towards the Iranian capital, but we've had to stop because we've come to a bridge that was struck by a U.S. or an Israeli airstrike during the recent bombing campaign. You can see a whole section of it has fallen into the into the river. And if you look around over here, all the cars and trucks have had to go around on this detour. When you when you consider all the other roads and bridges that have been hit, it's added hours to the journey time.. Wow, that is just awful. Why would the U.S. or Israel hit bridges that citizens use to get from place to place? Looks bad, no? Well what Chance doesn't tell his viewers is according to the IDF, via the Times of Israel, "The IDF announces that it bombed eight rail bridges and sections of roads 'used by the Iranian terror regime to transport weapons and military equipment.' Chance continued with a description of the deadlock between Iran and the U.S., and  presented it as a "both sides" issue, rather than rightfully blaming Iran for their unyielding stance on the nuclear issue.  CHANCE: Well, before we arrived in Iran, some Iranians told us, don't go in. It's too dangerous. The war could resume at any time, especially amid growing tensions over the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the failure of the U.S. and Iran to reach a compromise over nuclear activities. Chance never mentioned a recent social media post by Iran's President which said, "We will never bow our heads before the enemy, and if talk of dialogue or negotiation arises, it does not mean surrender or retreat."  He then continued his sympathetic account of how the war has changed the lives of many Iranians. CHANCE: Meanwhile, here in Iran, we're glimpsing how the country is being shaped by the conflict and the pressure it's under from crowds of Iranians at the border. We've just been to hauling cooking oil across from Turkey, where it's much cheaper. An acute cost of living crisis, remember, sparked nationwide protests late last year that ended in horrific violence. Horrific violence? No details, of course, because those  protests happened before the war, and according to Amnesty International, "The authorities carried out massacres of protesters, primarily on 8 and 9 January, when the death toll rose into thousands. January 2026 marks the deadliest period of repression by the Iranian authorities in decades of Amnesty’s research." He also doesn't inform that Iran agreeing to get rid of their nuclear potential would solve the described crisis, and his silence on that spreads the blame around to all involved. Chance finished up with what it seemed he was hinting at all along.  CHANCE: To the words of one Iranian father who told me that what he called Trump's War, had silenced people and made the Iranian government stronger. In his words, at least for now. Remember the disclaimer given by Michaelson leading into Chance's piece including, CNN "maintains full editorial control over what it reports"? If accurate in this case, it's a very sad commentary. But, after all, this is CNN.

MS NOW host Jen Psaki has never stopped being a shameless PR representative for the Bidens. On Wednesday night, she made conspiracy noises about President Trump’s son Eric riding to Beijing with Daddy on Air Force One, potentially to make personal business deals. Shameless – because that’s exactly what Hunter Biden did when Vice President Biden flew to China in 2013. On Thursday, Eric Trump tweeted on Friday that he plans on suing Psaki and MS NOW, accusing them of pushing “blatant lies.” PEAK SHAMELESSNESS: MS NOW host Jen Psaki rips Eric Trump for flying with Daddy to Beijing and cashing in with Chinese business. No, Jen, that's Hunter Biden flying with the VP in 2013. It's like she never worked for President Biden....or she still is! pic.twitter.com/fLJ9kA9Yx7 — Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) May 17, 2026 JEN PSAKI: Guess where Trump’s adult son, Eric, is right now? Well, he’s with his father in China. Now, Eric Trump does not have a role in the U.S. government. In fact, he’s supposed to be sort of firewalled off from any US government activities because he took over the family businesses when his father reentered the White House, supposedly to prevent conflicts of interest. But there he is. You can see him…. A spokesperson for Eric himself said that Eric was just joining the president in his own personal capacity, saying that Eric will not participate in any discussions or meetings related to any business entity and that Eric Trump does not have business ventures in China or plans on doing business with China. Now, that is quite an interesting denial, given this piece in the Financial Times out just today. And here’s the headline. “Eric Trump joins Beijing trip as family linked group chases China deal.” You see Eric is on the board of a company called ALT5 Sigma. And you can see him and Don Jr. here ringing the opening bell at the NASDAQ with the name of that company and the name of the Trump family crypto company right behind them....  it certainly seems like Eric might be getting a little more than just quality time with his dad out of this China trip, doesn’t it? I mean, I could go on and on and on about all of the sketchy ways that Trump’s sons are making money while their dad is president....You would think that Trump and his sons would deserve more financial scrutiny, not less. Eric Trump shot back: Contrary to her monolog [sic] and blatant lies, I have NEVER been on the board of ALT5 — not now, not ever. Any person with basic access to Google and willing to open a company’s annual report or proxy statements would know this. I have had zero involvement in any merger discussions involving any public entity I do not run or control. I have zero business interests in China. No properties, no investments, nothing! On Friday night, Psaki clarified that Eric was a little bit correct on the board thing, but their association remains: Now to be as fair as possible. To Eric, I should say that his role at ALT5 is that, at the very least, been complicated. We do know that he's not currently a director on the board, but as you just heard, the company initially announced that he was becoming a director on ALT5's board of directors. Likewise, a company filing with the SEC said he was being appointed as a director on the board, and the company's website also listed him as a director on their leadership page. And then that situation changed because in subsequent filings with the sec, Eric was designated as an observer on the board, a role that typically means you cannot cast a vote at board meetings, but you are able to attend them. Lawrence O'Donnell, Stephanie Ruhle, and Ali Velshi also joined the Eric Trump Cashes In caucus, but they never worked in PR for the Biden family business.  New York Post columnist Miranda Devine, author of two books investigating the Biden finances -- Laptop from Hell and The Big Guy, offered her take:   I would rather not have seen another president's son fly into China on Air Force One when the memory of Joe and Hunter Biden's grift burns bright. But this is a pretty emphatic denial and what a hide from Jen Psaki, who lied and obfuscated for Hunter for years from the White… https://t.co/U7Ri6vulAP — Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) May 16, 2026