On Friday, all of the big three network morning shows had segments on Tennessee redistricting and the protests that followed, with special attention given to props used in the protests led by State Representative Justin Pearson (D). Of course, they loved the signs about “white supremacy,” a banner that read “Jim Crow 2.0,” along with the burning of a paper with the Confederate Flag on it in a seeming revival of the ‘Tennessee Three’ controversy from 2023. First, CBS Mornings continued its comparison of redistricting to the civil rights movement with a continuation of Thursday’s segment by correspondent Ed O’Keefe. Host Nate Burleson introduced the story as Republicans trying “to eliminate the state’s only black majority district.” Burleson described the protests, which included loud language and screams from Democratic representatives along with signs that claimed “white supremacy,” as a “passionate demonstration.”   CBS Mornings spent the most time of the network morning shows on the redistricting battle, as Ed O'Keefe highlighted protests in the Tennessee Capitol. O'Keefe also continued his likening of redistricting to the civil rights movement, as he talked to someone who "at 12 years… pic.twitter.com/XpM9tu97KI — Nick (@nspin310) May 8, 2026   O’Keefe’s news package began as his voice played over some protest audio from the Tennessee Capitol as he described the situation as “chaos,” as protesters tried to “stop legislation breaking up the state’s only Democratic House seat.” The protesters' attempt to “stop legislation” was passed over as he then highlighted a banner on the house floor held by a Democratic representative that read “Jim Crow 2.0” and the paper Confederate flag burning by Pearson. O’Keefe interviewed CBS election law analyst David Becker, who said the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act will “really minimize the impact of the minority population in a state.” In a continuation of Thursday, O’Keefe returned to Democratic Congressman Shomari Figures of Alabama, who called all southern redistricting discrimination. Then, O’Keefe interviewed civil rights activist Doris Crenshaw, as he connected the redistricting to Rosa Parks: O’KEEFE: Civil rights activist Doris Crenshaw, who at 12 years old started working on civil rights issues with Rosa Parks, was at an information session hosted by Congressman Figures Thursday night. [To Crenshaw] You've spent your entire life working for more representation, and they may be on the verge of taking it away. CRENSHAW: It does not sit well with me, and it shouldn't sit well with the people of goodwill in this country.   ABC's Good Morning America highlighted "heated protests" in Tennessee as the report played with audio of protesters in the background. The visual selection included notable members of 2023's 'Tennessee Three' protest, along with a sign that read "Fight Against White Supremacy." pic.twitter.com/pzdBIzfvv2 — Nick (@nspin310) May 8, 2026   On ABC’s Good Morning America, fill-in anchor Rachel Scott introduced a story on redistricting focused on Tennessee, as the chyron read, “Push to Redistrict Sparks Protests.” Reporter Jay O’Brien framed the redistricting as an end to black-district representation in Congress, as he ignored, like all the other shows, how Tennessee’s black majority district was represented by white Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN). His report talked over images and videos of “heated protests” screaming and holding up signs, provided by organizations like the ACLU, with phrases such as “Protect the South: No Jim Crow Maps.” Special highlight was, once again, given to Pearson, as the ABC package showed him walking through protesters while protesting, along with images of Democratic representatives holding up fists. At the end of the package, ABC showed another member of 2023’s ‘Tennessee Three,’ State Representative Justin Jones, as he held up a sign that read, “Fight Against White Supremacy.”   NBC's Today ensured all networks covered Tennessee redistricting protests, as host Willie Geist read the story as similar images of chaotic protests played. pic.twitter.com/eiKGXRmndv — Nick (@nspin310) May 8, 2026   Lastly, on NBC’s Today, the Tennessee redistricting was briefly covered by fill-in anchor Willie Geist, as similar images of protests played on screen: Back here at home, Tennessee lawmakers passed a new congressional map yesterday, dividing up the state's lone majority-black district. The redrawn district lines put Republicans in position to gain a seat in this fall's mid-term elections and to secure full control over Tennessee's congressional delegation. CBS’s comparison of redistricting to the civil rights movement showed the true direction media coverage wanted to go on the topic. As the other networks highlighted protests in Tennessee, it seemed like the networks were hungry to return to the ‘Tennessee Three’ story from 2023 as they returned to highlight Pearson and Jones. The transcript is below. Click "expand": CBS Mornings May 8, 2026 7:14:52 AM Eastern NATE BURLESON: Republicans in Tennessee are giving their party a better chance to win every congressional seat in November. They voted to eliminate the state's only black majority district on Thursday. Opponents held a passionate demonstration. They say this will punish black voters. Supporters, though, say the new maps are not driven by race. Ed O'Keefe looks a how this fight is playing out. [Cuts to news package] ED O’KEEFE: Chaos at the Tennessee capital in Nashville Thursday, as Democratic lawmakers and protesters tried to stop legislation breaking up the state's only Democratic House seat.  [Protest audio] Yelling, holding signs, calling the move ‘Jim Crow 2.0.’ Even burning a printout of the confederate flag. STATE REP. JUSTIN PEARSON (D): [Holding up Burning Confederate Flag] We will not go back. O’KEEFE: The change follows a Supreme Court ruling last week that narrowed the Voting Rights Act.  CBS News election law analyst David Becker says the ruling has this effect. DAVID BECKER: And in some cases, that's going to mean that they blanche their entire state's delegation and really minimize the impact of the minority population in a state. O’KEEFE: That's the concern for Democratic Congressman Shomari Figures of Montgomery, Alabama, where a similar pending Supreme Court decision could draw his majority-black district off the map. REP. SHOMARI FIGURES (D-AL): What that translates into is this. It is okay to discriminate against Democrats who are black, but it is not okay to discriminate against black Democrats. Doesn't make a lot of sense. O’KEEFE: Alabama's Attorney General says it is a question of reflecting the state's Republican tilt. ALABAMA AG STEVE MARSHALL: Alabama is a conservative state. I expect we will have conservative representatives. O’KEEFE: Civil rights activist Doris Crenshaw, who at 12 years old started working on civil rights issues with Rosa Parks, was at an information session hosted by Congressman Figures Thursday night. [To Crenshaw] You've spent your entire life working for more representation, and they may be on the verge of taking it away. DORIS CRENSHAW: It does not sit well with me, and it shouldn't sit well with the people of goodwill in this country. [Cuts back to live] O’KEEFE: As of yet, nothing in Alabama has changed. The Supreme Court could issue a ruling allowing the state to redraw its map as early as today. Now that Tennessee has acted, nine Republican- and Democratic-controlled states across the country have redrawn their maps. Three more in the deep south may do so ahead of November's elections. Gayle? (...) ABC’s Good Morning America May 8, 2026 7:14:30 AM Eastern RACHEL SCOTT: Now to the protests over the nationwide race to redraw congressional maps across the country for partisan advantage ahead of the midterm elections. Jay O'Brien is in Washington with the latest. And Jay, Tennessee now the latest state to approve a redistricting plan. JAY O’BRIEN: That's right, Rachel. Good morning to you. Tennessee Republicans passed a new congressional map yesterday, likely to eliminate the state's only majority-black district which is the only House seat held by a Democrat there. The move sparking heated protests inside the Tennessee state capitol as the votes were taking place.  Tennessee is now the first state to redraw its congressional maps after a Supreme Court decision last week weakened the Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination and gerrymandering. The Tennessee chapter of the NAACP has already filed a lawsuit to block these maps from going into effect. Other republican states, though, like Louisiana, Alabama, and South Carolina, are now also moving to redraw their maps. It’s all just the latest in a months-long wave of redistricting that swept through Republican and Democrat controlled states ahead of the November midterms, Michael? (...) NBC’s Today May 8, 2026 8:04:32 AM Eastern WILLIE GEIST: Back here at home, Tennessee lawmakers passed a new congressional map yesterday, dividing up the state's lone majority-black district. The redrawn district lines put Republicans in position to gain a seat in this fall's mid-term elections and to secure full control over Tennessee's congressional delegation.  Tennessee now becomes the ninth state to enact a new congressional map ahead of the midterms. Republicans could pick up as many as 14 seats as a result of the changes compared with 10 for Democrats, though several maps face litigation. (...)

Since the start of the Iran War, the leftist media has followed the Democrat script, intensifying their scrutiny of Israel, including one sided reporting on allegations that the U.S. was dragged into the war by the Jewish state, and retaliatory strikes by Israel against Hezbollah in Lebanon. On Monday, 30 House Democrats, including all Squad members, signed a letter demanding that we find out more about Israel's nuclear capabilities, something that CNN's Abby Phillip came out in full support of early Wednesday on NewsNight. Philip began, "Everybody knows that Israel has nukes. We don't know how many. Is it time for there to be more transparency around that?" After providing a lengthy lesson on Israel's nuclear history, Presidential historian Tim Naftali seemed to say, yes it was time, to make an exception when it comes to Israel. NAFTALI: It has never been our policy as a government to tell people about our allies nuclear arsenals, if they don't say it themselves. And we're stuck in this policy because of the cold war, it's a problem. PHILLIP: But now that there's a hot war in the Middle East, does that change the calculus? CNN's senior political commentator Van Jones came to Israel's defense, big time, calling out his own party, and this issue, for what it is. JONES: What is the point? We already know that they have nukes. If the United States forces them to cough up    the furball, how is that in the interest of the United States? I just don't know what the point is.... It seems to me it's just another attempt on the left wing of my party, to throw a rock at Israel. And it just seems like a whole bunch of people in my party, just like throwing rocks at Israel, and this is the latest rock. I try to be fair about this stuff. How does it advance the interest of the United States to force Israel to cough up this furball when everybody already knows it anyway? What's the point? Then Naftali seemed to reveal what the left is really looking to accomplish. NAFTALI: But one of the things that has fallen away is our leverage.  We've never had a lot of leverage over the state of Israel when it comes to its decisions on national security. They're an independent country. Our national interests and their national interests do overlap, but not completely.... Israel does what Israel wants to do. And one of the things we haven't done as much of as we could, we haven't used our leverage to say to Israel, sometimes, you know, the war you've launched against Hamas, Hamas deserves it, but the way you're fighting it, it's not good for the international system and it's not good for us....It's a good debate to have, not on the nuclear issue, but how can the United States use its leverage to make the Middle East more peaceful? Isn't that what they thought Team Biden was doing? How did that work out? Then Jones stepped in again with another dose of common sense. JONES: I'm asking an honest question. Why? I mean, I is has there been some rumor that says that Israel is going to nuke Iran? I don't think there has been. PHILLIP: There's only one power in the Middle East that has a nuke and it's Israel. And so the question is, what are the circumstances? What are the boundaries? Are there any boundaries? They don't acknowledge that they have them. People know that they that they do. But are there any boundaries? And I think that seems like a fair question. Really? Should Israel reveal this information to the world, or just to  to members of the Squad, and others who can easily leak it? Naftali took it a step further: "The issue here is whether it should go public." Phillip continued her strong push against Israel's stance, "Why shouldn't they (Israel) behave the way other nuclear states that are good actors do when they have those nuclear weapons, they have a certain degree of transparency.... There's no reason for them not to acknowledge it." Interestingly, Scott Jennings was on the panel, but he did not weigh in at all on this issue. It's obvious Phillip goes beyond the what the Democrat letter demands, which is for Congress to be informed. She wants every one of Israel's enemies to know all that they can about Israel's capabilities, which should come as no surprise from the woman, who on Wednesday redefined the meaning of the anti-Israel, anti-Jewish chant of From the River To The Sea.

Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen announced her resignation Friday amid a probe of potential unethical relations with an attorney who argued cases, including a redistricting case, before the state’s high court on which she served. The allegations against the Utah high court judge are detailed in a complaint submitted late last year to both Chief Justice Matthew Durrant and the Judicial Conduct Commission, local KSL TV reports: “The resignation follows a KSL report about a complaint against Hagen, submitted to the state’s Judicial Conduct Commission, alleging she had an improper relationship with an attorney who argued cases before the court. The attorney represented several plaintiffs in the high-profile case over Utah’s redistricting maps, which led to a new congressional map being adopted last November. “Hagen submitted a letter of resignation to Gov. Spencer Cox, stating that she is stepping down from the high court, effective immediately, according to a press release from the governor’s office.” Last month, KSL TV broke the news of the scandal and Republican lawmakers’ plans to investigate: “The allegations originally come from Hagen's ex-husband, Tobin Hagen, who said he suspected the justice began having an inappropriate relationship with Reymann, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuit over Utah's redistricting maps. “Tobin Hagen allegedly described the circumstances surrounding his divorce proceedings to another attorney, including allegations that Diana Hagen had exchanged text messages with Reymann, which Tobin Hagen said began as ‘silly’ and then became ‘more suggestive.’”

“We will stop at nothing to protect our kids,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier promised Friday while updating his efforts to bring traffickers and child predators to justice in his state. “We’re only just getting started,” AG Uthmeier said in a social media video reporting that his office has put over 1,500 child predators behind bars during his time as attorney general. Uthmeier then provided “a couple big announcements in our effort to fight traffickers and child predators here in the state of Florida.” Both involved convictions of child predators who will be serving long sentences. “Today, we can announce that we’ve secured a lifetime sentence against Raul Brown from Wellington, Florida after he recruited a 16 year-old to move in with him, convinced her to become a stripper and then trafficked her out to perform commercial sex acts for other individuals. And he profited off of this disgusting behavior,” Uthmeier reported: “Thankfully, he’s going away for a very, very long time.” Uthmeier went on to announce that his office had just secured a guilty verdict against a man who “solicited and traveled to have sex with two minor children”: “Again, he’s going to go away for a long time and is looking at up to 35 years behind bars.” “Here in the state of Florida, we will stop at nothing to protect our kids and to put these dangerous predators behind bars,” AG Uthmeier vowed, before thanking all those who are working to safeguard children in his state. We've put over 1,500 child predators behind bars, just secured a life sentence for a human trafficker who sold a child into prostitution, and obtained a guilty verdict for a predator who tried to pay $300 to sexually abuse two underage girls. We are just getting started. pic.twitter.com/9jFXzA6QcV — Attorney General James Uthmeier (@AGJamesUthmeier) May 8, 2026    

Celebrity land thief Billie Eilish flaunted her hypocrisy again, this week, when she scolded Americans that we are all morally repugnant for eating meat.  So, to Billie Eilish, eating animals is wrong because you should have empathy for living beings, but abortion is just fine because babies aren't human. Liberalism is a mental disorder pic.twitter.com/cEUJi54ryy — MRC Video (@mrcvideo) May 8, 2026 “Eating meat is inherently wrong,” she proclaimed in an interview with Elle Magazine. “Two things cannot coincide,” she continued, lecturing viewers that loving animals and enjoying a good ribeye are mutually exclusive.  Apparently that makes all of us carnivore dog owners Cruella de Vil! The self-righteous pop star expectedly alienated many with her take, to which she doubled down with an even more tone deaf and grammar-blind response.  “Go watch some footage of what is done to the animals! if that footage was hard for u to watch i encourage u to pls take a look at urself,” she wrote on Instagram.  That’s rich, coming from a militant abortion cheerleader who has previously stated banning the dismemberment of pre-born babies makes her “so mad.” Maybe she should go watch some footage of what is done to HUMAN BEINGS in the womb and take a look at herself, if it’s also hard to watch.” If “standing up” and “having empathy for living beings” is so “controversial,” like Billie claims, leftists like her are the reason why.