Democrat California Rep. Eric Swalwell’s past comments about how victims of sexual misconduct should make their accusations at public hearings have come back to haunt him – now that he is being accused of sexual misconduct. The scandal-plagued Swalwell has dropped out of California governor’s race and announced he plans to resign from Congress as claims of sexual misconduct mount and national media coverage of the accusations magnifies. Swalwell’s rejection of the women’s accusations has prompted social media users to post now-viral videos of comments the congressman made in 2018 during Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings. Like Swalwell, Kavanaugh faced accusations of sexual misconduct. Regarding the claims against Kavanaugh, Swalwell told MSNBC that public hearings should be held to "bring in all the victims, allow them to be heard, allow them to be questioned.” “That will clear his name if he's indeed innocent," Swalwell said.

NBC’s Saturday Night Live Weekend Update co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che were at it again this past weekend. A week after joking about President Trump hypothetically getting shot again, they considered the possibility of Second Lady Usha Vance committing suicide to get away from Vice President JD Vance. Along the way, the duo would launch other outrageous attacks, including playing around with anti-Semitic puppeteering tropes and accusing the country of sexism. Jost also declared that “President Trump did genuinely issue a post threatening to destroy Iran's entire civilization and ended with the phrase 'praise be to Allah' and I know that makes Trump sound like he is a radical terrorist, but remember, Trump has already been to a paradise with 72 virgins.”   Colin Jost and Michael Che had some more crazy bits on SNL including "President Trump did genuinely issue a post threatening to destroy Iran's entire civilization and ended with the phrase 'praise be to Allah' and I know that makes Trump sound like he is a radical terrorist, but… pic.twitter.com/8KDTHnnbNM — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) April 14, 2026   Che then followed by returning to the idea that Netanyahu is some sort of puppet master, “There's growing confusion whether Israel being allowed to continue bombing Lebanon was part of the ceasefire with Iran. Ultimately that decision comes down to the man controlling our military: Benjamin Netanyahu.” Shortly after, Jost turned to the ceasefire talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, “JD Vance was asked about Iran's right to enriched uranium, and he made kind of a weird analogy. Watch.” In a clip, Vance explained that “My wife has the right to skydive, but she doesn't jump out of an airplane because she and I have an agreement she's not going to do that because I don't want my wife jumping out of an airplane.” Not only was Jost confused by the analogy, he took it ten steps further, “What the hell are you talking about? Only thing that makes any sense in that entire analogy is that we can all understand JD Vance's wife having the urge to jump.”   Later, Che had a couple more, "The Justice Department has formed a task force intended to eradicate anti-Christian bias, which hopefully works better than the church's strategy of molesting it out of you" and "Yesterday, Kamala Harris said she was thinking about running for… pic.twitter.com/d1dlsvJxrk — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) April 14, 2026   Later, in non-Iran-related news, Che turned to another one of SNL’s favorite topics, “The Justice Department has formed a task force intended to eradicate anti-Christian bias, which hopefully works better than the church's strategy of molesting it out of you.” Che then turned to 2028 campaign news, “Yesterday, Kamala Harris said she was thinking about running for president again, and I like her chances as long as she finally grows that penis.” If engaging in anti-Semitic puppeteering tropes is Che’s worst habit. His second worst is trying to find excuses for Harris’s failed 2024 campaign while attacking the country as racist or sexist. Meanwhile, the newest question arising from SNL is whether Jost and Che can go one week without joking about a Republican dying. Here is a transcript for the April 11-12 show: NBC Saturday Night Live 4/12/2026 12:15 AM ET COLIN JOST: President Trump did genuinely issue a post threatening to destroy Iran's entire civilization and ended with the phrase “praise be to Allah” and I know that makes Trump sound like he is a radical terrorist, but remember, Trump has already been to a paradise with 72 virgins. MICHAEL CHE: There's growing confusion whether Israel being allowed to continue bombing Lebanon was part of the ceasefire with Iran. Ultimately that decision comes down to the man controlling our military: Benjamin Netanyahu. Earlier tonight, JD Vance announced that the U.S. and Iran have ended negotiations without a deal after talking 21 hours straight. And guys, I think they're done for real, based on how his mascara is running. JOST: Before the talks fell apart, President Trump warned Iran about making any more demands, saying the Iranians don't seem to realize they have no cards. They're literally holding a strait. JD Vance was asked about Iran's right to enriched uranium, and he made kind of a weird analogy. Watch. JD VANCE: My wife has the right to skydive, but she doesn't jump out of an airplane because she and I have an agreement she's not going to do that because I don't want my wife jumping out of an airplane. JOST: What the hell are you talking about? Only thing that makes any sense in that entire analogy is that we can all understand JD Vance's wife having the urge to jump. … CHE: The Justice Department has formed a task force intended to eradicate anti-Christian bias, which hopefully works better than the church's strategy of molesting it out of you. JOST: California police have arrested a man who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at the home of ChatGPT founder Sam Altman, after ChatGPT told him, "That's a great idea." CHE: Yesterday, Kamala Harris said she was thinking about running for president again, and I like her chances as long as she finally grows that penis.

On Monday’s Inside Politics, CNN host Dana Bash spoke to California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton about the wild state of the race in light of the sudden torrent of publicized allegations late last week against Democrat Congressman Eric Swalwell, asserting to Hilton there hasn’t been any “proof” there’s been an effort to hide and/or leave unaddressed rumors of Swalwell being a creep. Following an opening question about how Hilton believes the race will change with Swalwell dropping out, Bash stepped up to defend her fellow liberals by insisting she hasn’t “seen any proof that people knowing about allegations that he raped people.” WATCH: CNN's Dana Bash defends Eric Swalwell by playing whataboutism with Trump, argues she hasn't "seen any proof" that anyone knew about Eric Swalwell's treatement of women and stayed silent pic.twitter.com/q6zJZj93fu — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 13, 2026 Bash further waved the proverbial pom-poms by turning the tables on Hilton by playing whataboutism with President Trump since “[h]e was, of course, found liable in a civil suit of sexual abuse and bragged about grabbing women by the you-know-what.” “You’re okay accepting that, but clearly upset about the allegations of Eric Swalwell,” she demanded. Hilton didn’t back down in blasting “the hypocrisy” and reasserted “it was an open secret about his behavior on Capitol Hill, and the extent of it” and he’s heard accounts… from many Democrat friends involved in politics in California.” Addressing Bash’s lazy attempt to downplay Swalwell by invoking Trump, Hilton noted “that was litigated many times, including in two general elections in America, and people came to their view about that.” Because seemingly everything must have a Trump angle for the elite media at CNN, Bash argued Hilton was engaged in “hypocrisy” because he’s “comfortable” accepting the endorsement of someone “found liable in [a] civil suit” for rape while denouncing a Democrat for alleged sexual misconduct (click “expand”): BASH: Well, let me just push you on that, because you used the word hypocrisy, and it is true that the President was re-elected after he was found liable in that civil suit, but it’s just a question about you and what you’re comfortable with. You’re still comfortable with this endorsement, even though you are, understandably, condemning the allegations against Eric Swalwell? HILTON: Well, I voted for the President, as so many millions of Americans did, so I think that is the clear response to something where you get an endorsement from somebody you’ve already supported and you’ve already voted for. I think that speaks for itself. I’ve not weighed in specifically on the allegations, more on the hypocrisy of the Democrats, who’ve been lecturing us for all these years about their values and Me Too and how they’re there for the fight for women and so on, and yet, knowing about some of this stuff – BASH: Yes. HILTON: – they continue to back and endorse Eric Swalwell. BASH: Yes. Again, unless you can tell me, I have not seen or heard any Democrat who knew about allegations of rape. Here are three examples of the “proof” Bash claimed did not exist, including two from journalists: Boy I tell you what you give the journos 10 years to chase down leads and a half dozen whistle blowers on a silver platter and political expediency and by god they will break the story. pic.twitter.com/RBAEsk6JOn — Jarvis (@jarvis_best) April 13, 2026 And those do not even address the security concerns Swalwell created by involving himself with Fang Fang. The rest of the interview featured more of Bash hitting Hilton from the left. In part while responding to questions of whether a Trump endorsement will “help you” and not “backfire,” Hilton emphasizing his economic platform: “[M]y message about how we’re going to make our state Cal-affordable, $3 gas, cut your electric bills in half, your first 100 grand tax-free, a home you can afford to buy, that’s got broad appeal across the board.” Bash responded by conceding that lowering gas prices in California “was already a tall order” since “the gas price is always higher than the rest of the country,” but has been exacerbated by the Iran war: “I’m putting up on the screen here, the average price of gas in California is $5.89 a gallon. It was $4.55 just two months ago.” Without mentioning California’s high gas tax being the highest in the nation, Hilton concluded the interview by emphasizing the need to drive prices down regardless of what happens in the Middle East (click “expand”): You’re seeing the prices of gas in California have been surging for years as a direct result of Democrat policies. That was true before the situation in the Middle East, and it’s going to be true afterwards unless we change direction and that’s what I’m talking about, is to open up, as long as we’re using oil and gas in California, we should be using oil and gas from California rather than shipping it halfway around the world on giant supertankers spewing out carbon emissions. There’s common-sense things we can do to bring prices into line with what’s in the rest of the country. You have some states where it’s $3. It has been even during the Iran situation. The spike in gas prices in California as a result of Democrat policies is more than double the spike, which is obviously temporary from the situation in the Middle East, so I think that over time, once that temporary spike is reduced and we can move in a new common-sense direction on energy policy in California we can bring costs down to what they are in the rest of the country. To see the relevant CNN transcript from March 13, click here.

EXCLUSIVE: Last month, the Media Research Center exposed Microsoft’s MSN for manufacturing the illusion of balance on its feed while concealing its censorship by promoting non-political, right-leaning stories in top placements. In practice, MSN's scheme is simple: the digital news gatekeeper uses right-leaning outlets for entertainment and human interest stories to fake balance and suppress political reporting — especially stories the elitist media ignore — while routing major, policy-impacting news stories through left-leaning outlets. March offered much of the same, as the Microsoft-owned news aggregator maintained a lopsided imbalance in its morning feeds to mislead Americans on consequential issues, with the U.S.-Iran war among the topics MSN framed as negatively as possible. MRC Findings of MSN’s Top 20 Morning Editions in March: Microsoft’s MSN kept right-leaning coverage scarce, with just 58 stories, accounting for only 12% of all sampled stories and almost entirely from one single outlet. Meanwhile, the news aggregator promoted 226 stories (47%) from left-leaning outlets and 199 stories (41%) from center-rated outlets. Of the limited right-leaning share, Microsoft’s MSN devoted nearly half (28 stories) to celebrities, crime, sports or other human-interest topics.  The aggregator excluded stories from every right-leaning outlet except Fox News, Fox Business and The Western Journal, resulting in a ratio of 88 left-leaning outlets and others to only three right-leaning outlets. The imbalance presented by Microsoft’s MSN ensured that much of the hard-hitting political news coverage was seen through the lens of left-leaning sources. For example, coverage of the Iran conflict included 46 stories from left-leaning outlets compared to just 16 from right-leaning sources. “MSN’s imbalance favoring the left isn’t a mistake; it’s a choice,” said MRC Free Speech America VP Dan Schneider. “It might think that it can pull the wool over people’s eyes, but its manipulation of the news is apparent to anybody that looks beneath the surface.” MRC’s prior work shows just that. In February, MSN also shunned right-leaning sources, narrowing coverage to little more than Fox News and Fox Business. MSN Once Again Elevates Right-Leaning Public Interest Stories to Fabricate Balance Microsoft’s MSN is one of the Big Four News Apps that the MRC has repeatedly exposed for sidelining right-leaning outlets in its feeds, effectively limiting Americans’ access to balanced news coverage. Like in February, MSN’s attempt at appearing more balanced than its competitors (Apple News, Google News and Yahoo News)  was merely an illusion. In March, MSN once again relied on Fox (Fox  News and Fox Business) and one story from The Western Journal as its right-leaning sources, but even then, it rarely elevated Fox’s political content. MRC analyzed the 620 stories that MSN promoted over the month’s 31 days and used independent media bias firm AllSides to determine the bias of each outlet. Of those, 483 stories came from outlets with AllSides ratings, with the breakdown being: Left-leaning: 226 stories (47% of rated coverage) Center: 199 stories (41%) Right-leaning: 58 stories (12%)   A closer look at the specific 58 right-leaning stories revealed that all but one came from Fox-owned sources: 52 from Fox News and five from Fox Business. The only other outlet promoted by Microsoft’s MSN was The Western Journal.  MSN overwhelmingly promoted Fox News and Fox Business’s stories on sports, local crime, and other human-interest topics. At least 28 of the 52 focused on human-interest topics, while 16 covered foreign policy — primarily the Iran conflict. MSN’s apparent obsession with suppressing hard news stories on policy from right-leaning outlets leaves its audience in the dark.  In a puzzlingly glaring example, MSN shut out Fox stories on Sheridan Gorman’s alleged murderer, a Venezuelan national who had lived in Colombia, while flooding readers with coverage of Chet Hanks being “trapped” in Colombia. MRC researchers found no Fox News stories about criminal illegal aliens detained by DHS, but they did encounter several celebrity stories, such as a 95-year-old Canadian actor handing out life advice. Last month, MSN elevated a Fox News piece on a cruise line shutting down. This month, it doubled down with other cruise stories, this time about Carnival Cruise Line canceling 11 sailings and another about the Regal Princess changing routes to save people in a distressed boat. Other Fox News stories Microsoft’s MSN promoted included: “Pilot claims Google Earth image may show Amelia Earhart's missing plane on Pacific island reef,” by Fox News, promoted March 21. “'Baywatch' star Alexandra Paul arrested after allegedly stealing beagles in Wisconsin raid,” by Fox News, promoted March 18. “Dolly Parton gives health update at Dollywood after postponing Las Vegas residency shows,” by Fox News, promoted March 16. “‘Access Hollywood’ canceled after 30 years,” by Fox News, promoted March 14. “Kurt Russell offers 'no apologies' for traditional hunting lifestyle” (March 14)   Notably, of the 199 center stories promoted by the news aggregator, it pushed Newsweek a staggering 104 times. Microsoft’s MSN Relies on Elitist Media for Impactful News — Like Iran Conflict MSN’s imbalance of left-leaning vs. right-leaning stories means critical news is filtered through a leftist lens. For instance, MRC researchers found that of the month’s roughly 92 stories on the U.S. and Israel’s armed conflict with Iran, just 17% came from right-leaning sources, with the specific breakdown being: 46 left-leaning (50%) 30 center (33%) 16 right-leaning (17%)   In response to MSN’s shenanigans, MRC Free Speech America Director Michael Morris said, “MSN’s anti-conservative bias is hiding in plain sight. It feigns balance by throwing in some articles from right-leaning outlets here and there, but the digital news gatekeeper still promoted nearly three times more left-leaning articles than right. It's time for digital news gatekeepers to commit to fair representation.”  MSN’s strong promotion of stories from left-leaning and other elitist media outlets included headlines that seemed to push an agenda attacking Trump while casting Iran in a favorable light. A Washington Post headline — “Video appears to show US Tomahawk hit naval base near Iranian school” — seems to subtly blame the Trump administration for the deadly strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school. Its carefully-crafted language implies U.S. responsibility without explicitly stating it, leaving readers with the impression that the administration is at fault while the truth remained unclear.  For example, a Newsweek headline — “Iran raises doubts over Donald Trump deal remarks” — sided with Iran, suggesting Trump’s earlier comments about a ceasefire were false, even though prior reporting showed Iran was already open to a ceasefire if strikes stopped. Those were just two examples of a broader pattern of extreme bias. Other headlines pushed polling narratives that painted Trump and the war in Iran negatively: “New Iran poll hands Donald Trump direct message from voters,” by Newsweek, promoted March 26. “Unpopular POTUS, unpopular war - and Trump's surrender in Iran will be even worse: James Carville,” by MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), promoted March 10. “'Disgusting and evil.' Trump faces MAGA backlash on Iran,” by USA Today, promoted March 03. “'Not our war': Europe says no to Trump,” by Reuters, promoted on March 19.   Some stories recycled standard left-wing attacks: “Iran war deaths could resurface Trump’s complicated history with military sacrifice,” by The Associated Press, promoted March 7.  “Why presidents stumble in this most solemn task,” by CNN, promoted March 8.   Other reporting emphasized fallout for Trump, focusing on economic pressures and rising oil prices: “Nobel economist Paul Krugman says the Iran war could be the 'straw that breaks the camel's back' for a fragile US economy,” by Markets Insider, promoted March 5.  “Gold just had its worst week since 1983,” by CNN, promoted March 21.  “Iran picks new leader as war deepens oil shock,” by Bloomberg News, promoted March 9. “It was supposed to be another boom year for the economy. March changed everything,” by Business Insider, promoted March 30.   Other headlines reinforced a narrative of the U.S. losing ground in the war, while portraying Iran as increasingly in control of the escalation. CNN investigates: How Iran strikes have damaged US military sites,” by CNN, promoted March 4. “Iran appears to have conducted a significant cyberattack against a US company, a first since the war started,” by NBC News, promoted March 12. “Iran is hitting the radars that underpin US missile defenses,” by The Wall Street Journal, promoted March 8. “Sources: Iran laying traps for potential US attack on Kharg Island,” by CNN, promoted March 26.   Methodology: MRC researchers examined the top 20 stories on Microsoft’s MSN at approximately 8:30 AM ET from March 1 to March 31. MRC researchers used the AllSides media bias ratings, which categorize an outlet as “left,” “lean left,” “center,” “lean right” or “right” to determine the overall bias presented by Microsoft’s MSN and analyzed the results. Conservatives are under attack! Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency, clarity on hate speech and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored, contact us using CensorTrack’s contact form, and help us hold Big Tech accountable

This past weekend Vice President JD Vance led the U.S. delegation that sat across the table from Iranian representatives in Pakistan, in an effort to reach a peace deal to end the war with Iran, an effort that failed after our enemy refused to accept many of our demands. As a result, Vance as come under the spotlight of the liberal media, many of  whom are looking to blame him for the failed talks, and seem to be hoping that this might upset his chances to run for President in 2028. Monday on MS NOW's Katy Tur Reports, the host seemed to be trying to do both during her segment on Vance, and directed her first question to former G.W. Bush  Advisor Mark McKinnon. TUR: JD Vance went out to Islamabad to negotiate a peace deal with Iran on a war that he did not support. How did it go? How does this go for him politically? McKINNON: His biggest assignment and the worst assignment. Trump likes to talk about having all the cards. Well, JD Vance went into that negotiation with no cards.... So the problem for Vance is that people who are opposed to this conflict in the MAGA coalition will say, even though he was quietly opposed, will say he didn't do enough and that people are for it say he did too much. Tur then asked Marc Short of Advancing American Freedom if this will hurt Vance in the future and didn't get the answer she was most likely looking for. SHORT: I actually think it probably helps him not to have struck a deal. I think striking a bad deal with Iran would have reinforced the notion that that he is purely captive of the Tucker Carlson anti-Ukraine isolationist side of the party.... There have been people even more skeptical if he'd struck a deal with the Mullahs that allowed him to continue to enrich uranium or allow them to continue to have rights over the Straits of Hormuz. So I think in the end, just from not necessarily from a pure political point of view, which is your question, I think it probably benefits him not to have struck a deal. Tur continued her fishing expedition turning to Short once again. She had to "yeah, but" it.  TUR: Yeah, but what about the position he's in, he was somebody who said no foreign wars, no forever wars, America First, no draft, even though the White House is now saying they're not going to rule that out.... It seems like Vance is being forced to embrace things that he promised he would not embrace, or that he would push aside in his political career. Does that discomfort at best, hypocrisy at worst? Does that hurt him in the long run?  SHORT: I think it hurts him more if he shows distance with the President.... I think that some of the most successful vice presidents have been the ones that have shared their counsel with the President in private but have been very careful to make sure from a press perspective, that they're lockstep with the President. That approach wasn't working, so Tur turned her attention to attacking the Vice President for his "entire career as Vice President." TUR: What is the success that he can point to so far in his career as Vice President? I mean, he's going to Iran so far, nothing. I guess no deal is better than a bad deal, but he went out and campaigned for Viktor Orban. Orban lost in a in a crazy, crazy landslide. I mean he doesn't have a lot to show for his term so far. The biggest thing that I can remember from JD Vance is him sitting in the Oval Office and yelling at Zelensky, you haven't even thanked us once. McKinnon then dispelled Tur's analysis. McKINNON: I think over the you know, the course of the this next term, if Vance runs for president, he's going to be judged on the overall success of the administration, not whether or not he, you know, led this particular effort or that particular effort. He's tied to President Trump, forever, for better or for worse. Strange that Tur would be harshly judging the accomplishments of Vance, who has been in office for 15 months, yet seemed to be all in for an all female ticket of Kamala Harris/ Gretchen Whitmer back in 2024. What exactly were Harris's accomplishments again?