On Saturday morning, CNN’s First of All with Victor Blackwell featured a gushy talking-points interview with trans activist T.S. Madison. The two discussed the “erasure of trans people” and the potential impact of the Save America Act. Madison warned parents that they need to be “protecting” their kids from the “people making these laws.” The conversation began with Blackwell describing Madison as “one of the most visible trans Americans” in the entertainment industry. In response, Madison argued, “We're living in a climate right now where the erasure of trans people is, it seems, as it's been priority number one in this administration.” After mentioning the Time cover story in 2014 touting trans woman activist Laverne Cox,  Blackwell asked Madison: "You talked about the erasure. Talk about some of the things that I've heard from your team impacting you in this climate." Madison mentioned a bill against stalking and harassing people, because "the judicial system still works and that the protections for people in general, just human beings, it still works because what is -- what I've noticed in the social climate of the situation is I've been dehumanized because I'm trans and a large percentage of us are. Well, majority of trans people are being dehumanized."   T.S. Madison explains the "erasure" of trans individuals#cnn #tsmadison @victorblackwell #news pic.twitter.com/hlQw22RjDm — Sarah (@scbpoli) April 2, 2026   Blackwell then shifted the conversation to statistics released by the leftist Human Rights Campaign Foundation on "Trans Day of Remembrance," which highlighted data on violence against the trans community: "Since 2013, 70 percent of transgender and gender non-conforming victims of violence were people of color. 82 percent Transgender women, nearly 60 percent were black trans women, 71 percent of them shot to death. We don't talk enough, I think about the physical threat to not only trans people, but people of color. What do we need to know behind those numbers?" Madison responded, “We need to know that behind those numbers is that people are always trying to find some way to justify it.” Conservatives justify violence? Advocacy groups like the Human Rights Campaign link this violence to a lack of "acceptance" from conservatives. CNN isn't going to invite any conservatives on to disagree.  Then Blackwell emphasized that at the “center of the political conversation,” the Save America Act was expanded to “prohibiting transgender athletes from playing on sports teams aligned with their gender identity [and] banning already rare surgical procedures for trans youth.” Madison concluded by stressing the importance of people voting and noted, “the way that you garner votes is you fearmonger, especially from this regime.” Madison’s response to parents who ask, “How can we protect my kids from trans?” was, “No, you need to be protecting your kids from the people who are making these laws.” Click "Expand" to view the transcript: First of All With Victor Blackwell 3/28/2026  8:41:39-8:46:06 VICTOR BLACKWELL: You are one of the most visible trans Americans in movies, on television, podcasting. What is the value of a day of trans visibility in this moment? TS MADISON (ENTERTAINER AND ACTIVIST): People need to understand that your visibility is your activism. Your presence is your advocacy. Because we're living in a climate right now where the erasure of trans people is, it seems, as it's been priority number one in this administration. And so what I enjoy about being T.S. Madison is that not only do I advocate for visibility and my activism is rooted in you seeing me. I encourage others to not be afraid and to be, you know, exactly who you are and live out loud. How long do we know life is? BLACKWELL: Yes. Yes. MADISON: And it's no reason for us to be living in the shadows. BLACKWELL: It's been 12 years since your friend Laverne Cox was on Cover Time magazine. MADISON: Yes. That's my girl. BLACKWELL: Yeah. That cover the transgender tipping point and that was obviously a different climate in 2014. MADISON: It was. BLACKWELL: You talked about the erasure. Talk about some of the things that I've heard from your team impacting you in this climate. MADISON: Currently right now, you know, I'm going through a lot of situations in my own personal life and I'm doing my best now to fight back against that. I plan on trying to communicate around a bill that helps people like myself in stalking situations and harassment and cyberbullying and doxxing. And so, what I've learned through this situation that's going on in my personal life right now is that the judicial system still works and that the protections for people in general, just human beings, it still works because what is -- what I've noticed in the social climate of the situation is I've been dehumanized because I'm trans and a large percentage of us are. Well, majority of trans people are being dehumanized. And so because of that, people think that the law is not there to protect us because of what's going on in politics. BLACKWELL: Yes. MADISON: But the law still works for human beings and so my goal is to push for new sanctions and bills for the protection of trans people. BLACKWELL: Talking about protection and specifically on trans people of color, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, they published their latest numbers. This was on Trans Day of Remembrance end of last year. Tracking violence against the trans community. Since 2013, 70 percent of transgender and gender non-conforming victims of violence were people of color. 82 percent Transgender women, nearly 60 percent were black trans women, 71 percent of them shot to death. We don't talk enough, I think about the physical threat to not only trans people, but people of color. What do we need to know behind those numbers? MADISON: We need to know that behind those numbers is that people are always trying to find some way to justify it. And the reason why it's not talked about enough is because what I'm noticing from the social climate is everyone is always trying to blame the victim or find fault within the victim instead of listening to the people -- to the victim say, I'm a victim. BLACKWELL: At the center of the political conversation right now is the Save America Act. President Trump initially wanted this to be about voting and requiring passport or citizenship to register to vote, but then added trans legislation prohibiting transgender athletes from playing on sports teams aligned with their gender identity, banning already rare surgical procedures for trans youth. What do you make of that making its way to the center of the political conversation and to a voting bill? MADISON: Well, you have to understand that votes count and you need people to vote. And so the way that you garner votes is you fear monger, especially from this regime. Do you know how much I've watched people say, I don't agree with this, what the President is doing, and I don't agree with the policies of this, but that trans stuff, I can get with that. Like, I want to protect my kids. How can we protect my kids from trans? No, you need to be protecting your kids from the people that are making these laws.

If you have been tuned into the left wing media since the start of the war with Iran, you have heard a continuation of what you've been hearing for the last 10 years, Donald Trump is a liar, who is now lying about everything related to the conflict. He lied about why we went to war, the status of the war, he's even lying about conducting negotiations with Iran in an effort to end the war, say those who will repeat the accusations whether they know them to be true or not, which led to a revealing discussion Tuesday on Fox News's The Five. After playing a few examples of those left wing talking points, Panelist Greg Gutfeld nudged fellow panelist, liberal Jessica Tarlov with a good one. GUTFELD: I have a thoughtful question for a change to you. So I don't know what's true. So I try to fill the gaps between the facts, with hope and faith that this will work out, it will work out effectively. Because I have faith in this country, I have a faith in the President. I'm curious, because I don't think you believe you know everything either. You're like me. What do you fill your gaps with if you don't know the truth, what do you rely upon? And Tarlov said exactly what one might expect her to say. TARLOV: I rely upon reporters who have had long careers in foreign policy who are based in the region or have excellent sourcing in the region. Can't really talk to many Iranians at this point....But The New York Times, The Economist.  A sad admission, but Gutfeld wanted to dig deeper. GUTFELD: I would say that falls in the fact area. What about the things you don't know? When you come here, you sit down, how do you talk about something you don't know? TARLOV: I think that I admit that I don't know things and that I want to err on the side of optimism where there's opportunity to do that. But I also want to be clear-headed, based upon the things that I do know from the reporters who have experience in this and know better. So that's how I prepare to come here on a daily basis to address, loosely speaking, the same question every day.  She loves those reporters doesn't she? When Panelist Emily Compagno responded, the difference was startling. COMPAGNO: Well you didn't ask me but I'm going to take a stab at answering that question.... Because I was thinking about how, you know as these journalists and these talking heads are all saying that this President is lying. They know with certainty that everything out of his mouth is a lie. I think about to myself, what establishes veracity and credibility when you do trust someone? When you trust your spouse going out and your parents growing up in these things. It's what is demonstrated. And so I look at this President, his first term and this one. And I think about how he has demonstrated to me with every policy decision, every action, that he is prioritizing American interests. And he's doing it in a macro sense. Which means policy, which means judicial appointments, which means everything from voting approaching to trade negotiation and tariffs and everything. And the micro sense of protecting our soldiers. She then compared Trump to his  predecessors. COMPAGNO: And I think about in the Obama administration when he prosecuted journalists. And you contrast that with this President who gives ten off the cuff interviews a day at least. I think about the Biden administration that prosecuted soldiers for murder....I know too that I don't know anything, but what I fill the gaps in with is a faith that this President has my best interest in mind. Both in that macro and in that micro sense that he will with every decision, determine what is best for our country and for our soldiers. GUTFELD: Hmm, well said. The difference is striking and revealing. Tarlov's liberal mindset, is all about filling in the gaps by relying on "reporters", in other words, listening to what the media says, while Compagno thinks for herself, looking at what she does know, and analyzing it to come up with her own take on the issues. Speaks volumes. 

An illegal alien convicted of assaulting a homeless man with a machete in California (but set free by the state’s sanctuary policies) has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be sent back to El Salvador – where he is convicted of murder. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security detailed the arrest of the MS-13 gang member in a X.com post Thursday: “SAN DIEGO: MS-13 gang member and murderer RELEASED from jail by California sanctuary politicians ARRESTED by @ICEgov. Criminal illegal alien, David Antonio Aviles Perez, has an international warrant for MURDER in El Salvador.” “His criminal history also includes an arrest in 2023 in California for assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a controlled substance, and petty theft. However, Gavin Newsom’s sanctuary policies allowed this gang member to be RELEASED back into California neighborhoods.” “Gavin Newsom’s sanctuary policies allowed this gang member to be released from jail after his arrest for assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a controlled substance, and petty theft,” Department of Homeland Security Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement: “Releasing this gang member back into California neighborhoods put American lives at risk. Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Mullin, this murderer is off our streets and will soon be out of our country.” Perez is a reportedly a MS-13 executioner known as “the witch” who, in 2023, was arrested and convicted in Monterey, California for attacking a homeless man with a machete, only to be released back into the community. El Salvador issued the international warrant to take custody of Perez in order to make him serve a 20-year prison sentence for aggravated homicide in his home country. He will remain in ICE custody while his return to El Salvador is processed.

POLL: What was the worst media quote of the week? (Vote below)   Watch the worst quotes presented by @Schineman pic.twitter.com/8hL5VdI1U0 — Media Research Center (@theMRC) April 2, 2026   NOMINEES:    Sunny Hostin: It’s “Reckless” to Encourage People to Have “Children”  “I think it’s just really reckless to be suggesting that people should have children when you now know in this country there’s this affordability crisis and for a two-person household, a married household you need over $400,000 for childcare.”— Co-host Sunny Hostin on ABC’s The View, March 30.    Jim Acosta Laughing at “Very Funny” Protest Sign That Wishes Death on Donald Trump “These are some very colorful and clever signs here. It says, ‘OK, cholesterol, do your job.’ I think I know what that means. That’s very funny. It’s very clever.”— Former CNN correspondent laughing at anti-Trump signs at a No Kings rally in Washington DC as aired on The Jim Acosta Show podcast, March 28.     Don Lemon: “I Could Be President” and “I Could Definitely Run This Country Better Than Donald Trump” “Look, if I wanted to – I know people gonna think I’m crazy, this is gonna be the headline, and people are gonna laugh about it – I think I could be President of the United States. I could definitely run this country better than Donald Trump.”  — Former CNN anchor Don Lemon on Pod Save America, March 29.         Sponsored by James P. Jimirro

At the end of Tuesday night’s The 11th Hour on MS NOW, fill-in host Catherine Rampell, with guest Mark Joseph Stern, a liberal court writer for Slate and a member of the BlueSky Brigade, compared a Trump administration investigation into alleged antisemitism at UPenn to the Holocaust. Why? Because the admin asked for names of Jewish students on campus as part of the investigation.  The segment was the last the late night news show aired after Stern just talked about the Birthright Citizenship Supreme Court case, where he suggested arguments supporting the Trump Executive Order were white supremacist in nature. Rampell then introduced a The New York Times story on the Trump administration’s ask of the names of Jewish employees at the University of Pennsylvania as part of an investigation into possible antisemitism and discrimination against Jews on the campus. This was part of a broader crackdown after the anti-Semitic activities seen on campuses in 2024. An AP wire story published by PBS said the ask from the government was “not unusual” according to a former federal official.    On Tuesday night, MS NOW's Catherine Rampell, guest hosting The 11th Hour, and Slate writer Mark Joseph Steyn compared the Trump Administration investigation of antisemitism at UPenn to the Holocaust. pic.twitter.com/R4T9Y5Gp62 — Nick (@nspin310) April 1, 2026   Nevertheless, Rampell, the person who made sure to clarify she was “not a Democrat, I’m a journalist,” framed her question to Steyn in a way to compare the situation to lists and Holocaust: They say that they need this list to investigate anti-Semitism, to protect Jews. What can you tell us about this particular ruling? And if I may ask, I recall your writing a couple of years ago about how your grandfather was a Holocaust survivor. You know, lists and Jews, good thing historically? Bad thing historically? What do you make of this? Steyn agreed as he said Trump’s Birthright Citizenship executive order case has brought back the “old history” of the Nazi regime: Speaking of stateless people, my father and my grandfather actually arrived here as a stateless person because he was stripped of his citizenship in Poland, under laws pushed by the Nazi regime and occupying forces. Then, Steyn questioned if the investigation of antisemitism at UPenn was legitimate: Well, really, there's very little evidence that this is a legitimate investigation. It looks a lot more like harassment of Penn using Jewish employees and Jewish groups as conduits to get at university administrators who are deemed to be too woke by this government. And I think that this really does raise troubling first amendment issues. He ended with worry that a “list” of names of Jews will be handed over to the government with an attack on a completely unrelated Supreme Court ruling, presumably about Citizens United v. FEC. (...)The fact that the judge just wrote that off and said that this list of Jews could readily be turned over and in fact, had to be turned over, or else Penn could face sanctions. It seems tone deaf, it seems historically unwise, and it also seems to clash with First Amendment rights that the Supreme Court has been very willing to grant to those who are wealthy enough to want to purchase influence in elections anonymously. Since Mark Joseph Steyn had moved to be a member of the BlueSky Brigade, it's not surprising to hear him spew some old-fashioned Trump to Nazi comparisons. The transcript is below. Click "expand": MS NOW’s The 11th Hour with Staphanie Ruhle March 31, 2026 11:53:41 PM Eastern (...) CATHERINE RAMPELL: I want to ask you about another judicial decision that just came out today. A federal judge today approved the Trump administration's efforts to obtain a list of Jewish people on campus from the University of Pennsylvania.  They say that they need this list to investigate anti-semitism, to protect Jews. What can you tell us about this particular ruling? And if I may ask, I recall your writing a couple of years ago about how your grandfather was a Holocaust survivor. You know, lists and Jews, good thing historically? Bad thing historically? What do you make of this? MARK JOSEPH STERN: Yes, I think a bad thing, historically. My own family history certainly bears that out. Speaking of stateless people, my father and my grandfather actually arrived here as a stateless person because he was stripped of his citizenship in Poland, under laws pushed by the Nazi regime and occupying forces. So, this is not new history. It's just history that Trump is trying to bring back. It's a disappointing decision. The judge actually kind of criticized the university for raising this comparison to Nazi Germany and said, oh, it's nothing like that. We shouldn't be worried. The Trump administration is just trying to validly investigate anti-semitism on campus.  Well, really, there's very little evidence that this is a legitimate investigation. It looks a lot more like harassment of Penn using Jewish employees and Jewish groups as conduits to get at university administrators who are deemed to be too woke by this government. And I think that this really does raise troubling first amendment issues.  The Supreme Court has generally been very protective of anonymous speech and anonymous association. It has protected very wealthy groups' ability to donate large sums of money, millions of dollars to political causes, anonymously, concealing their names from lawmakers and from the public.  Here, it would seem that Jewish members of the Penn community should have at least the same right to be able to affiliate with other Jews anonymously, without having their names exposed to the federal government. The fact that the judge just wrote that off and said that this list of Jews could readily be turned over and in fact, had to be turned over, or else Penn could face sanctions. It seems tone deaf, it seems historically unwise, and it also seems to clash with First Amendment rights that the Supreme Court has been very willing to grant to those who are wealthy enough to want to purchase influence in elections anonymously. (...)