Sunny Hostin, the staunchly racist co-host of ABC News’s The Views, was on a roll this week between declaring on Monday’s show that America was “founded” on “racism and slavery;” then doubling down on Tuesday’s edition of their Behind the Table podcast, saying “this country still is sickened” with such things. In a bitter rant during Monday’s show, reacting to former First Lady Michelle Obama’s comments attacking America for not electing a woman yet, Hostin gave her take “as an afro-Latina” lashing out at America as racist: Because of my lived experience as an afro-Latina, I'm able to look at this world with a different prism and I'm able to tell this country and tell this audience and tell my fellow co-hosts some uncomfortable truths. This is a country based on racism and slavery and founded in it. There is systemic racism. And misogyny "I never met anyone that raises their hand and says, I'm racist,” she continued to attack Americans who voted for President Trump. “However, there are people that seem to be able to look the other way when it comes to racism. So you have a president who traffics in misogyny, who traffics in xenophobia, who traffics in sexism. And won against a black woman."   Staunchly racist Sunny Hostin lashes out at America for not electing a woman for president: "Because of my lived experience an afro-Latina, I'm able to look at this world with a different prism and I'm able to tell this country and tell this audience and tell my fellow co-hosts… pic.twitter.com/dKWaCYbFPX — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) November 17, 2025   Fast forward to Tuesday’s podcast and executive producer Brian Teta mentioned her comment “had a lot of people talking online.” In discussion about wokeism, Hostin doubled down and asserted that America was still “sickened with” what she was talking about: TETA: Well, the word “woke” just has been completely co-opted and changed into something different. HOSTIN: It’s been co-opted and bastardized but yeah. I believe that to be aware of inequity and injustice is to be woke. And so now, they've turned it around like it's a bad thing to be aware that someone is suffering that someone doesn't have the same opportunity. And I just – I think it's ridiculous that people don't see what this country was founded on and what this country still is sickened with. “It's a sick country. It’s a racist country,” she declared.   On The View's podcast, Sunny Hostin doubles down her anti-Americanism, that the country was and is still about racism and slavery: "I think it's ridiculous that people don't see what this country was founded on and what this country still is sickened with. it's a sick country.… pic.twitter.com/m6KYfPIUDC — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) November 19, 2025   Later in the podcast, Hostin scoffed at the idea of being racist toward whites: A lot of it for me is a little bit different because it when you think about it. You have the Department of Justice suing law firms or investigating law firms for anti-white racism. I mean think about that they tried to sue investigate Perkins Coie, this law firm that only has three percent black lawyers there. Where is the discrimination? What she conveniently omitted was how the firm allegedly announced that they would be implementing racial quotas for their hiring processes, according to the White House. “So that's what I'm talking about in terms of this country. You know, white supremacy is – it has become a big thing. And not talking about it doesn't make it go away,” she sneered. Teta brought the conversation back to Obama’s comments about America not being ready to elect a woman. Of course, Hostin agreed with her queen that it would happen “not in my life time.”   Hostin continued to spew racial resentment toward whites as she claims that America would never elect a black woman, and could more likely elect a "white conservative woman" even before a liberal one. "Possible, but there's a lot of misogyny in this country as well, and sexism,"… pic.twitter.com/euHQTM4sS3 — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) November 19, 2025   Hostin soon amended that position to add a touch of racism: “Maybe a woman, but not a black woman, ever. Not in my lifetime. (…) A white conservative woman, yes.” Which she quickly tried dial back as well: “Possible, but there's a lot of misogyny in this country as well, and sexism.” Clearly, Hostin’s “lived experience” is chronic racial grievance. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s Behind the Table November 18, 2025 10:52 (…) BRIAN TETA: Sunny delivered some of what she called “uncomfortable truths” about racism in this country. SUNNY HOSTIN: Yeah. TETA: And that had a lot of people talking online HOSTIN: And sexism. TETA: And sexism that was really – JOY BEHAR: I think that somebody said, this is not original. I forget which politician said it that wokeism is about racism really. Do you agree with that. TETA: Well, the word “woke” just has been completely co-opted and changed into something different. SUNNY HOSTIN: It’s been co-opted and bastardized but yeah. I believe that to be aware of inequity and injustice is to be woke. And so now, they've turned it around like it's a bad thing to be aware that someone is suffering that someone doesn't have the same opportunity. And I just – I think it's ridiculous that people don't see what this country was founded on and what this country still is sickened with. It's a sick country. It’s a racist country. (…) 12:29 HOSTIN: A lot of it for me is a little bit different because it when you think about it. You have the Department of Justice suing law firms or investigating law firms for anti-white racism. I mean think about that they tried to sue investigate Perkins Coie, this law firm that only has three percent black lawyers there. Where is the discrimination? So they’ve – BEHAR: How many white lawyers do they have? TETA: 97 percent. HOSITN: 97 percent. Yet, they're being – they were investigated BEHAR: That’s ridiculous! HOSTIN: - by the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. BEHAR: They're under Trump? HOSTIN: Yes. BEHAR: Oh, well. HOSTIN: So that's what I'm talking about in terms of this country. You know, white supremacy is – it has become a big thing. And not talking about it doesn't make it go away. TETA: Well, going back to the Michelle Obama conversation. On the other side of it, right now after Election Day this year, there are 14 women leading states as governors in 2026, 10 Democrat, four Republican. Does that give you any hope that the country will get to a place where they feel comfortable with it? HOSTIN: Not in my lifetime, but yeah. BEHAR: I don't know. There’s Spanberger and the other one, I think could be in the running. TETA: Not that it's necessarily them but just that the idea that the country is getting more comfortable with women leaders, or do you think there's a difference between – HOSTIN: Maybe a woman, but not a black woman, ever. Not in my lifetime. BEHAR: Yeah, well, there's always action then reaction, action reaction. TETA: That's what I'm kind of hopeful for. I'm hopeful that things swing the other direction. BEHAR: It's possible that somebody like a Liz Cheney could win being – if she wasn't in the – a dog house with her own party right now, she could be somebody who could run. I think maybe a conservative one would win faster than a liberal. It’s possible. TETA: A lot of people think that. A lot of people think a conservative woman might win first. HOSTIN: A white conservative woman, yes. BEHAR: Maybe. Maybe. HOSTIN: Possible, but there's a lot of misogyny in this country as well, and sexism. (…)

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the liberal media rushed to the defense of ABC chief White House correspondent and liberal tool Mary Bruce following President Trump’s extensive dressing down of her over questions about to him about the Epstein files and Trump family business dealings in Saudi Arabia and then to the Saudi crown prince about 9/11 and Jamal Khashoggi. Unsurprisingly, ABC’s Good Morning America co-hosts Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos came to Bruce’s defense on Wednesday: ABC’s Robin Roberts fawns over Mary Bruce after she was yelled at by President Trump yesterday: “And, Mary, I don't have to tell you, these are extremely challenging times. And thank you for your reporting and your willingness to ask these types of questions. It must be surreal… pic.twitter.com/zat2ymZ8Q4 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 19, 2025   Did Bruce just return from fighting Boko Horam? Why do liberal journalists treat asking tough questions of Republicans like the most dangerous and patriotic thing ever? Our Jorge Bonilla hit the bullseye with this take about the adulation for Bruce: “Given the media’s outcry, you’d think Trump had Mary Bruce wiretapped or prosecuted under the Espionage Act.” Leaving aside the content of Bruce’s questions, it was about time a Republican — anyone, really — tore this female Jim Acosta new one. MS NOW — the artist formerly known as MSNBC — weighed in repeatedly. Here were a few. Weekday afternoon host Katy Tur expressed disgust over Trump’s clapback because Bruce is “not a employee of the president for asking the Saudi Arabian head MBS about Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed, dismembered, and the CIA — also, Marco Rubio said that it was directed by [Mohammad bin Salman].” MS NOW White House correspondent Vaughn Hillyard joined in moments later: Yesterday, MS NOW WH correspondent Vaughn Hillyard rushed to defend ABC's Mary Bruce -- twice in 2 mins! -- because Donald Trump was mean to her, saying she “is a fine human being and a great colleague here from ABC here at the White House” and her questions were “commendable” pic.twitter.com/998cLqvb0f — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 19, 2025   In the next hour, Tur ignored Trump’s actual answer tearing into Epstein and instead claimed Trump launched “a personal attack” on Bruce with “a multi-minute diatribe about how he doesn’t like her and how disgusting she is and how he doesn’t like ABC.” Independent journalist Tara Palmeri agreed and reminded those unaware she used to be ABC and thus “worked with Mary Bruce at ABC and she is a stellar reporter and does not deserve that kind of abuse for asking questions, which are her right as a journalist.” Palmeri cartoonishly then said this was Bruce’s right to ask what she wanted in “representing their constituents — representing the people.” Quite the Freudian slip!     “That is what the press does when they ask those questions. So he’s actually attacking his own constituents when he attacks members of the press,” she added. In primetime, Last Word host Lawrence O’Donnell praised Bruce by calling her “the only reporter” in the White House “who rose to the moment” in grilling bin Salman. MS NOW kept it up on Wednesday. Way Too Early host Ali Vitali gushed she’s “looked up to Mary for years, worked alongside her on the campaign trail and the White House,” and is thus “an exceptional journalist.” On Morning Joe, co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Jonathan Lemire suggested Trump’s criticisms of Bruce were un-American (click “expand”): SCARBOROUGH: Well, and — and Jon, Jon Lemire, I mean, let’s talk about when Mary Bruce ABC asks a question that that feeds off of what Trump’s own CIA concluded in his first term that Khashoggi was chopped up, tortured and chopped up at the knowledge or direction of the guy that he was praising yesterday. Now, listen, if you want to say we work with very bad people and it’s time to move on. People have made that calculation. They just have. Maybe people don’t like that that calculation has been made. But to attack a lawyer [sic] and tell her, now get this, get this, get this, he’s sitting next to a man who was responsible for the sawing up of a reporter, and then he calls an ABC News supporter — a reporter insubordinate. Think about that. LEMIRE: There was a time when the American president, whoever it was, no matter which party, would try to be an example for the rest of the world in terms of human rights, in terms of freedom of the press. And that is something that this President has never been interested in doing. He’s cozying up to power authoritarians and the like. And yesterday, his response to that ABC reporter was, as noted, things happen. A bonesaw happened. That’s what happened to Jamal Khashoggi. He was chopped up with a bone saw at — at least the knowledge and perhaps at the instruction of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. He then went the — Trump the President went on to say, there’s some people who didn’t like Jamal Khashoggi, sort of, sort of suggested that maybe he had it coming, that some people disagreed with him. And this is and then to set him at another opulent state dinner in all but name last night, described as the glitziest event that he has thrown for any leader so far this year, the most lavish event the white House has held so far this year. We’re seeing images of it now was last night in — in the honor of, of MBS, you know, a problematic ally, to say the least. And we have, again, this President using a moment with the eyes of the world on him to side to — to — to turn away from what would be considered traditional values of the office. CNN wasn’t going to let MS NOW have all the fun. Moments after Trump’s takedown, News Central co-host Brianna Keilar called Bruce “a fine reporter” with “a lot of experience” and “is very well respected.” The Lead host Jake Tapper — whom Bruce used to work for as a producer when Tapper was at ABC — stated on his show Bruce “is a nice person and a good reporter.” Former conservative reporter-turned-CNN liberal Kaitlan Collins complained on her show The Source: I think a jarring moment was when the reporter was asking about [Saudi Arabia]. They weren’t actually asking President Trump for his view. They were asking MBS, saying that there’s a lot of Americans who are upset that he’s inside the Oval Office today. It’s the first time he’s been back, since Jamal Khashoggi was killed. Obviously, after 9/11 as well, a lot of families and victims there that are — that are upset by his presence inside the Oval Office today and so, for the President to lash out at the reporter, Mary Bruce, who’s a great reporter from ABC News, saying, We’re going to threaten your license, your broadcasting license, over this, while sitting next to an authoritarian leader who the CIA says, ordered the killing of a reporter. CNN NewsNight host Abby Phillip also gave her two cents: “Of course, Mary Bruce is a very good reporter and that answer from Trump, it’s very reminiscent, Scott Jennings, of a lot of other moments of pressure for this president, where when he’s feeling the heat, he takes it out on the media and especially on female reporters[.]” Over on X, former Obama official-turned-CNN senior political commentator David Axelrod swooned that “[e]very journalist and lover of democracy owes a debt of gratitude to [Bruce] for having the guts and professionalism to ask questions...that absolutely cried out to be asked.” Resistance favorite Peter Baker of The New York Times played the role of comical suck-up: “It may be repeating the obvious, but [Bruce] is a first-rate reporter. In the face of a presidential tirade aimed at silencing her, she calmly and professionally showed why a free, independent media remains essential, asking questions that powerful people don't want to answer.”

When CNN actually decides to give President Donald Trump an inch on anything positive about the economy, it’s the equivalent of a seismic earthquake rippling through the entire media landscape. CNN Business Executive Editor and anti-Trump pseudo journalist David Goldman probably had a bit of indigestion when he ran a November 17 story headlined: “Trump is right: He lowered some of your costs.” Of course, the headline also insisted: “But he also made many prices higher.” At least it's half-positive -- a shock coming from CNN. After the Bidenomics-loving Goldman regurgitated his hypocritical rebuke of Trump for allegedly “downplaying America’s affordability crisis,” he proceeded to argue that “Trump’s policies, perhaps more than any president’s in recent memory, have directly influenced the prices on thousands of consumer goods – both lower and higher.”  Remember that this is the same guy who ran this insane headline just before the presidential election October 24, 2024 to prop up Biden: “America won the war on inflation. You still think the economy stinks.” Goldman tried to reprimand those plebeians who were still reeling from the disaster wrought on them by former President Joe Biden’s outrageous stimulus agenda: “Inflation has been tamed. Consumers are spending like crazy. Companies have more jobs available than job seekers to fill them. What more could you want, America?” “Downplaying America’s affordability crisis” Goldman? Don’t make us laugh. In his new piece, Goldman pointed to Trump’s policies that have lowered the prices of drugs, oil and even eggs. NewsBusters raked Goldman over the coals in May for publishing a story on falling egg prices that reeked of oxymoronic logic: “Trump’s egg price fiction has suddenly become reality.” This was the equivalent of saying, “Yeah, so the lies Trump told eventually turned out to be kind of true but he was still lying.”  On oil, Goldman tried to downplay Trump’s deregulatory agenda while still sort of giving him props for putting pressure on OPEC to lower prices: “Trump dismantled many oil drilling regulations that he claimed would expand US oil production – but, so far at least, that hasn’t made any meaningful difference.” Interesting, given that Politico published a story October 9 headlined, “How long will Trump’s oil boom last?” Politico admitted then that “Production is at record levels but that might change.” This begs the question: Would oil production be at the same “record levels” with the Biden-era regulations in place or not? Goldman doesn’t answer this question. But of course, Goldman pivoted to attacking Trump’s reshuffling of the global trade deck as the main culprit behind other sectors' price increases, and even rehashed the same ridiculous argument that Trump made cuts to Medicaid. “By far the largest price increase on consumers that Trump has imposed came in the form of his sweeping tariffs on virtually every foreign country’s goods,” Goldman whined. But here’s the inconvenient truth: tariffs have been shown to have little to zero impact on America’s inflation rates, while many on the left prophesied economic doom by this point. As Heartland Institute Vice president Justin Haskins wrote in a November 19 Hill op-ed, government data give a drastically different picture on the tariff issue: [E]conomic data from government agencies and reports tell a very different story: So far, Trump’s tariffs are not driving inflation. In fact, some goods that are affected by tariffs have actually become more affordable. That doesn’t mean tariffs won’t cause higher prices in the months or years ahead. But right now, that’s not what’s happening. Goldman even admits the “calculation” for showing tariffs’ impact was “tricky,” which doesn’t lend itself well to a comfortable level of reliability, at all. Goldman was one of the media hacks who was prophesying doom because of Trump’s tariffs as early as August, when he argued based on unnamed economists that they would “damage the global economy and take America’s standing in the world down a peg.”  Haskins further noted that “If tariffs were causing inflation, it would also be reasonable to expect gasoline prices to rise. But that isn’t happening either. Thus far in November, gas prices nationwide have been hovering around $3.10, about the same as last year.” Goldman also lambasted Trump’s supposed “Historic cuts to America’s safety net programs, including Medicaid and food stamps,” which he argued would raise prices for “the country's neediest.” But as “conservative health policy experts” retorted to Fox News Digital November 14, “Republican changes have done nothing to harm those whom Medicaid was originally intended for — people not expected to be in the labor market, such as individuals with disabilities, pregnant women, children and seniors.” In addition, reported Fox, the experts “argue the Medicaid reforms built into Trump's tax cuts have actually improved the federal healthcare program for those it is supposed to be serving.” Context matters, eh Goldman?

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is already exploring a run for president, and apparently one way to get Democrat primary voters excited is by suggesting military personnel should rebel against President Trump and refuse to accept his orders. On Tuesday, Slotkin posted a video featuring five other congressional Democrats urging the military to resist Trump "to stand up for our laws and our Constitution." Now imagine if congressional Republicans put out a video in 2021 advising the military to disobey President Biden. The word "insurrection" would come out of the elitist media in no time. The spirit of January 6! But you won't find any TV coverage from the major networks on this one. Fox News, Newsmax, and News Nation covered the controversy. Featured in the ad alongside Slotkin (formerly CIA) is Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona (Navy), as well as House members Jason Crow of Colorado (Army Ranger), Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania (Navy), Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania (Air Force) and Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire (Intelligence officer and wife of Biden national security adviser Jake Sullivan).  Let's guess these are the kind of military and intelligence personnel that anonymously leak like sieves to the leftist media to "patriotically" undermine Republican presidents. We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship. pic.twitter.com/N8lW0EpQ7r — Sen. Elissa Slotkin (@SenatorSlotkin) November 18, 2025 This is the script, which rotates between the six Democrats: We want to speak directly to members of the military and the intelligence community who take risks each day to keep Americans safe. We know you are under enormous stress and pressure right now. Americans trust their military. But that trust is at risk. This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens. Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats to our Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home. Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders. (Repeated twice.) You must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution. We know this is hard. And it’s a difficult time to be a public servant. But whether you’re serving in the CIA, the Army, our Navy, the Air Force, your vigilance is critical. And know that we have your back. Because now, more than ever, the American people need you. We need you to stand up for our laws, our Constitution, and who we are as Americans. Don’t give up. (Repeated twice.) Don’t give up the ship. In an interview about the ad with The New York Times, Sen. Slotkin raised the issue of attacking drug boats in Venezuela. This notion of disobeying Trump orders was also promoted by PBS News Hour recently.  “There’s a real issue there of morale and a feeling like they don’t have a lot of senior leaders who are protecting them,” Ms. Slotkin said. “There’s a lot of folks in the rank and file who feel very alone.”.... “I feel I’ve been a one-note song on these issues from the moment I entered the Senate, and they do not respond,” Ms. Slotkin said. Slotkin also professed concern about sending in the military to American cities, which the Democrats can't stand. At least the Times mentioned Republican criticism of the ad. Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) slammed the Dems in a post that read, “At the end of the day, they’re mad the American people chose Trump and now they’re calling on the Military and Intelligence Community to intervene. Sounds a little ‘subversive to democracy-ish.'” [Hat tip: Legal Insurrection]

The crossover that no one asked for came together on Tuesday as CBS’s host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, joined The New Yorker editor and NPR host David Remnick for a New York Public Radio fundraiser for an exercise in mutual back patting in the aftermath of Colbert’s cancellation and public media’s defunding. Deadline’s Jill Goldsmith reports that early on in their relationship, Colbert and his wife Evelyn previously fretted over which one of them would have to give up their precious public radio outlet, with Colbert claiming he “defended WBEZ Chicago to the best of my ability. A very reputable station. It was actually a source of some tension.” As it turned out, Evelyn eventually prevailed, and the Colberts moved to New York, which meant WNYC won out, which didn’t seem to bother Colbert in the long run, “WNYC got you going in the morning with all the information and all the culture and all the things you needed to know about New York and our country … And, at the end of a long day, WQXR was there like a frosty mug of Xanax to calm you down.” Evelyn also praised the network, claiming they “actually scheduled our days around WNYC. Stephen even taped a printout of the WNYC schedule to the back of our kitchen cabinet. And when we went to move our Honda Accord for alternate side of the street parking, we desperately tried to fit it between Morning Edition and Brian Lehrer, which was really stressful.” Back in October, The Hollywood Reporter’s Alex Weprin reported the fundraiser marked the debut of a new WNYC tagline, “You can’t defund the truth.” The partnership between liberal comedians and liberal public broadcasting was made more clear when it was Remnick’s turn to speak. Goldsmith quotes him as saying: ‘We live in a dark time, a threatening time,’ Remnick said. When Vladimir Putin came to office in Russia, ‘they came after the comedians.’ ‘They shut down a show called Kukly, a funny, political satirical show, and Putin first revealed his face by showing that he could not laugh at himself. This must sound quite familiar. It was not long after that, radio stations, television stations, newspapers and eventually, internet outlets began feeling not only the pressure, but were shut down,’ he said. ‘We cannot kid ourselves about the era that we are living in. This is a test.’ Somehow, things got even dumber from there. New York Public Radio Executive Chair LaFontaine Oliver huffed: Make no mistake, the elimination of federal funding was absolutely meant to bring about an ending. The end of unbiased journalism without fear or favor. The end of independent voices who raise a mirror so that we can see ourselves more clearly. And the end of mission driven institutions and individuals who work to protect and advance human dignity. But if you’ve been listening to the radio lately, you know what how we feel about that. You can defund public media, you can cancel grants, you can zero out the line item. You can shut down CPB. But you can’t defund the truth. Colbert’s attempt to help fundraise on behalf of public media comes only two days after fellow comedy host John Oliver announced an auction to help fund such outlets. However, if New York Public Radio can enlist Colbert to help raise money and Oliver can sell a $10,000 three-year-old cabbage, then maybe conservatives were right that liberal public media does not need taxpayer money.