Twin brothers were arrested Tuesday and charged with making terroristic death threats to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin. The brothers, Ricardo Antonio Roman-Flores and Emilio Roman-Flores of New Jersey, allegedly threatened on social media, not only to torture and kill McLaughlin, but to also to shoot U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents “on sight.” One of the brothers has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon. As Fox News reports: “[O]ne of the brothers allegedly tweeted in a partially redacted response to a McLaughlin message: “‘We Americans should find you, tar you, feather you, and hang you as we did to anyone serving tyrants before the Revolutionary War.’ “A second partially redacted tweet, reportedly from the other brother, read: ‘Shoot ICE on sight.’” “We are NOT afraid of you,” DHS declared in a social media post, issuing a warning to other would-be attackers following the arrests: “Let this be a warning to anyone who dares threaten or attack our law enforcement and DHS officials. We will find you, we will arrest you, and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. “We are NOT afraid of you.” The demonization of immigration enforcement by Democrats and liberal media has reportedly fueled an 8,000% increase in the number of death threats against ICE law enforcement officers.  

It was announced on Monday that ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel signed a one-year contract extension to remain at the network until at least May 2027, and when he took to the air that night, Kimmel made it obvious that a big reason why was to continue going after President Trump. After reading a Truth Social post from Trump where he blasted 60 Minutes’s interview with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Kimmel sarcastically retorted, “Well, I'm sorry you feel that way about 60 Minutes, and the last thing I want to do is upset you during this sensitive time, but I have one more bit of entertainment news to share, and that is I have decided to extend my contract here at ABC for another year.”     Kimmel had previously mused on multiple occasions about retirement. However, Kimmel and his wife, Molly McNearney, who also serves as a writer and executive producer on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, have an overinflated view of their own importance to the future of democracy. They view Kimmel as a free speech martyr who won the battle with the Trump Administration back in September after he was suspended for conspiracy theorizing about the political identity of Charlie Kirk’s assassin and view it as their civic duty to continue that fight and not make it seem as if Trump bullied him off the air. The fact that Kimmel believes CBS counterpart Stephen Colbert is also a free speech martyr who will be cancelled in May of next year likely only reinforces his belief. It is not the first time either. Back in 2017, the media was all about the idea that Kimmel was America’s “conscience” as he ripped Republicans and the first Trump Administration for not agreeing with him about the economics of health insurance, while choosing to portray the debate as between one side that cared about people and one that didn’t. Ironically, Kimmel’s contract renewal proves that all the hysterical warnings about fascism coming to America as Trump goes after his media critics are just that: hysteria. Here is a transcript for the December 8-taped show: ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live! 12/9/2025 12:45 AM ET JIMMY KIMMEL: Well, I'm sorry you feel that way about 60 Minutes, and the last thing I want to do is upset you during this sensitive time, but I have one more bit of entertainment news to share, and that is I have decided to extend my contract here at ABC for another year. Please, sit, sit, it's embarrassing, but our show has been renewed to May of 2027 or until the world ends, whichever comes first, but I thought about it. I decided and given a lot of thought and decided I would like to spend less time with my family and so to our audience here and at home I'm honored and humbled to be part of your routine whether it's in bed at time or during your morning toilet time, it means a lot to me to have your attention and work with this great group of people for another year.

Calling yourself a comedian does not give you the license to spread fake news under the guise of exaggeration or hyperbole, but once again NBC’s Saturday Night Live has done just that. This time the guilty party was Colin Jost, who played Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth and claimed that the drug boats being hit in the Caribbean are actually just fishermen and that the name of the operation is Operation Kill Everybody. During the cold open about Hegseth taking questions from reporters, Jost played an exaggerated version of Hegseth that was frequently yelling, singing tonally inappropriate songs, or trying to do a tough guy shtick. As he opened it up for questions, Fake Hegseth urged, “Now, you got questions for me, fine, pretend I'm a random fishing boat and fire away.”     Mikey Day played the part of one reporter who wondered, “Okay. Is there any truth to the allegations that after an initial strike on a drug smuggling boat, you ordered a second strike to kill the survivors?” Jost acted offended that anyone would ask such a question before reverting to the “Hegseth likes alcohol” trope, “Uh, first of all, that kind of cruel, heartless act has no place in Operation Kill Everybody. Second, I wasn't even in the room when it happened, okay? I was so jacked up after the first strike, I had to make an emergency call to my sponsor—sorry, a guy I met in an anonymous meeting—so I don't drink something that I like, and I want, but I can't have, but I want it, and I need it, and I want it right now bup, bup, bupaba, it's booze. Next question?” After Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley briefed relevant lawmakers on Capitol Hill, it seemed as if Republicans and Democrats agreed on nothing except for that there was no “kill everybody” order. Ashley Padilla portrayed another reporter who asked, “Yes, what did you say to Senator Mark Kelly, who said you act like a 12-year-old playing Army?” After declaring Kelly is “a girl’s name” and that Padilla’s character should “get a husband,” Jost finally answered the question, “If I was just ‘playing Army,’ would there be 80 dead fishermen— narco-terrorists in Venezuela right now? Next question.” There is no evidence that the people onboard these boats are actually fishermen. On the controversial attack dominating the headlines, there is evidence drugs were onboard, and in other cases, foreign countries have prosecuted survivors.   Here is a transcript for the December 6 show: NBC Saturday Night Live 12/6/1014 11:31 PM ET COLIN JOST/PETE HEGSETH: Now, you got questions for me, fine, pretend I'm a random fishing boat and fire away. MIKEY DAY/REPORTER 1: Okay. Is there any truth to the allegations that after an initial strike on a drug smuggling boat, you ordered a second strike to kill the survivors? JOST: Uh, first of all, that kind of cruel, heartless act has no place in Operation Kill Everybody. Second, I wasn't even in the room when it happened, okay? I was so jacked up after the first strike, I had to make an emergency call to my sponsor—sorry, a guy I met in an anonymous meeting—so I don't drink something that I like, and I want, but I can't have, but I want it, and I need it, and I want it right now bup, bup, bupaba, it's booze. Next question? ASHLEY PADILLA/REPORTER 2: Yes, what did you say to Senator Mark Kelly, who said you act like a 12-year-old playing Army? JOST: First of all, “Kelly,” that's a girl's name. What's his first name, “Dress?” PADILLA: No. It's “Mark,” like I said. JOST: Oh, get a husband. PADILLA: I'm trying! JOST: To answer your question, if I was just “playing Army,” would there be 80 dead fishermen— narco-terrorists in Venezuela right now? Next question.

On Tuesday, a little over year since she made excuses for the assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson and hyped the ghoulish reaction from her fellow leftist extremists, ABC’s Sunny Hostin used her platform on The View to take a crack at being the defense attorney for alleged assassin Luigi Mangione in the court of public opinion. In practice, the former federal prosecutor came off as needing to return to law school so she could learn about foundational concepts like probable cause. In a segment teased at the top of the show as a discussion of women writing love letters and more to Mangione, Hostin backed up her apparent love for him with action. At the top of her comments, Hostin tried to quell concerns from his supporters by personally vouching for his defense attorneys. She also hyped Mangione as “a young person with all the potential in the world”: And I do know these defense attorneys, I know Karen Agnifilo extremely well. She is the best of the best and she was a former prosecutor, and so I know for sure that he is getting the best defense. And don't we want that? I think we do want people who allegedly murdered a CEO, a young person with all the potential in the world to have a defense and so that if he is convicted, he is rightfully convicted. In an effort to get cheap applause for her argument, Hostin essentially suggested that thinking he was guilty at this point was something improper that only President Trump would want. “We're not this sort of banana republic or we shouldn't be that throws people out of this country without due process. Right?” she chided.   Sunny Hostin, who made excuses for the assassination of a healthcare CEO last year, now praises the attorneys for Luigi Mangione: "I do know these defense attorneys. Actually I know Karen Agnifilo extremely well. She is the best of the best and she was a former prosecutor. And so… pic.twitter.com/4YIKnYfiMC — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) December 9, 2025   As a former federal prosecutor, The View often leaned on Hostin as their in-house subject matter expert on legal matters. She tried to exploit that role and prey on the ignorant by playing dumb, suggesting Mangione was subject to an illegal search of his backpack upon arrest, and falsely claiming they needed a warrant: HOSTIN: But let me say this, you know, the evidence in question is sort of this backpack that he had on. And when they arrested him, they immediately searched the backpack and as a reason. They said it was because they thought it had a bomb. Now, the Fourth Amendment to our Constitution says you cannot be unreasonably searched, your body, your home, your effects - which would include a backpack - unless you have a warrant and they did not have a warrant. But they did have this reason, you know, ‘we think there was a bomb.’ But they didn't -- it was at a McDonald's and they didn't evacuate the McDonald's. So, if you really thought, Miss Police Officer, that there was a bomb, you would have evacuated. JOY BEHAR: So, that’s all grounds for appeal. HOSTIN: It could be.   Hostin (a former federal prosecutor) continues by taking on the role of being his defense attorney by trying to get him off on a purported technicality. She claims the police illegally searched his bag when they confronted him for the arrest: "But let me say this, you know, the… pic.twitter.com/c8cuaSWR9H — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) December 9, 2025   Co-host Sara Haines seemed to sense something was wrong with what Hostin was saying. In the face of simple questioning, Hostin’s claims buckled. In an attempt to swing things back in her favor, see returned to the cheap applause tactic she used earlier and suggested the cop lied about thinking Mangione was a danger: HAINES: So, a police officer can't check for the gun if they're arresting someone? HOSTIN: They can, if they say, ‘do you have anything pointy.’ Usually, during an arrest, they'll say, ‘do you have anything pointy or that can harm me, do you have a gun in the backpack.’ And then, if the person says yes or no, it doesn't matter. HAINES: Do you trust someone who says, ‘no, I’m good?’ HOSTIN: I’m saying it doesn't matter. You take that backpack and can search it. In this – in this -- this time in this instance she said, they were searching for a bomb, but that doesn't make sense because they would have evacuated the McDonald's. So, you can't use a lie to conduct a search because this country is not that kind of country. Contrary to Hostin’s claims, they didn’t need a warrant. They had probable cause. There was a nationwide manhunt for a guy wanted for a murder with a firearm whose description Mangione fit. There was also the not-insignificant fact that he had a manifesto against the healthcare system in his possession. And as co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin pointed out, his defense team was trying to get it thrown out as evidence: “And what I find is rich, and Sunny could speak about this. Right now, the defense team is doing what it should be doing, trying to get this critical evidence thrown out that includes his manifesto about the healthcare system.” Hostin never address the manifesto. She also never tried to dispute if the ballistics of the firearm in Mangione’s possession matched the bullets used in the assassination.   Sunny Hostin touts some of the heinous comments celebrating the assassination of Brian Thompson: "Isn't that something? I think it's reflective about how people are feeling about their healthcare." She then calls for universal healthcare. pic.twitter.com/FFQaf3lTnN — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) December 6, 2024   The transcript was below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View December 9, 2025 11:18:40 a.m. Eastern (…) SUNNY HOSTIN: The system is doing what it's supposed to do. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. That is our system here, and I think that needs to be – WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Expected. HOSTIN: That needs to be expected. And I do know these defense attorneys, I know Karen Agnifilo extremely well. She is the best of the best and she was a former prosecutor, and so I know for sure that he is getting the best defense. And don't we want that? I think we do want people who allegedly murdered a CEO, a young person with all the potential in the world to have a defense and so that if he is convicted, he is rightfully convicted. Because that's not -- that's the type of country we are. We're not this sort of banana republic or we shouldn't be that throws people out of this country without due process. Right? [Applause] But let me say this, you know, the evidence in question is sort of this backpack that he had on. And when they arrested him, they immediately searched the backpack and as a reason. They said it was because they thought it had a bomb. Now, the Fourth Amendment to our constitution says you cannot be unreasonably searched, your body, your home, your effects - which would include a backpack - unless you have a warrant and they did not have a warrant. But they did have this reason, you know, ‘we think there was a bomb.’ But they didn't -- it was at a McDonald's and they didn't evacuate the McDonald's. So, if you really thought, Miss Police Officer, that there was a bomb, you would have evacuated. JOY BEHAR: So, that’s all grounds for appeal. HOSTIN: It could be. SARA HAINES: So, a police officer can't check for the gun if they're arresting someone? HOSTIN: They can, if they say, ‘do you have anything pointy.’ Usually, during an arrest, they'll say, ‘do you have anything pointy or that can harm me, do you have a gun in the backpack.’ And then, if the person says yes or no, it doesn't matter. HAINES: Do you trust someone who says, ‘no, I’m good?’ HOSTIN: I’m saying it doesn't matter. You take that backpack and can search it. In this – in this -- this time in this instance she said, they were searching for a bomb, but that doesn't make sense because they would have evacuated the McDonald's. So, you can't use a lie to conduct a search because this country is not that kind of country. [Applause] So, all that to say, I'm not saying that he didn't do a horrible thing. I'm not saying that's been found innocent. But I am saying that let's let the process work the way it's supposed to. (…)

On Friday night, Charlotte’s light rail system was again foisted into the national spotlight as a criminal illegal alien — 33-year-old Oscar Solarzano — allegedly stabbed an innocent fellow passenger and left them with serious injuries. Apprehended soon after, Solarzano was hit with a slew of charges, including attempted first degree murder. And, like we initially saw with the fatal September 5 stabbing of Ukrainian immigrant Iryna Zarutska, ABC, CBS, and NBC have shown no interest in covering this latest negative headline for the Queen City on their flagship morning and evening newscasts and Sunday political talk shows. NBC showed they were fully aware of the story, however. On Monday, the stabbing was covered four times (with one being a reairing) on their free, ad-supported television platform, NBC News NOW. Its early evening newscast Hallie Jackson NOW was one such show that brought it up. “Let’s take you to North Carolina now, where a man accused of stabbing someone on a train last week was denied bond during his first court appearance today. Prosecutors say he was drinking alcohol. He was yelling at people Friday while on the light rail in Charlotte, before allegedly grabbing a knife and stabbing somebody in the chest,” Jackson began. I know this won’t come as a shock to anyone, but Friday night’s Charlotte light rail stabbing allegedly by an illegal alien hasn’t received a single mention on the flagship morning or evening shows for ABC, CBS, and NBC. NBC’s FAST channel NBC News NOW covered it four times on… pic.twitter.com/G5VLp6EhxO — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 9, 2025   Along with the slew of charges he’s now facing, Jackson added the illegal “admitted to drinking and to stabbing the man and had actually been banned from riding the train even before the attack happened.” Instead of a brief or deploying a junior staffer, correspondent Aaron Gilchrist — who’s appeared on NBC Nightly News and Today — was on the case throughout the day and further displayed the fact that NBC was wholly aware of this. Gilchrist reiterated most of Jackson’s setup before adding “[a]s we understand it, this started with Solorzano having an interaction with one person on the train, yelling, cursing on the train” with the victim demanding Solorzano “back up, to quiet down, to not bother people, and that turned into a physical altercation...which ended with, according to prosecutors, Solorzano pulling out what they described as a large, fixed blade knife and stabbing the victim in the chest here.” Gilchrist continued: At this point, we know that prosecutors intend to have Lozano held in jail, obviously with such a serious charge. They also say that he had already been banned from the light rail system in Charlotte, something that we’re still looking into to try to figure out what prompted that and then how he was still able to get access to the train system. A lot of questions still remaining here, Hallie. Gilchrist went onto reiterate this happened despite “safety on the light rail system” having received a lot of “attention” after Zarutska’s death as the city and rail itself claimed to “have invested in trying to ramp up safety and security” with “more off duty officers,” “private security,” and “new technology and safety tools for riders.” “But Hallie, our station, our affiliate in Charlotte, talked to some folks who use the system who said that they are really concerned about their own safety, trying to do basic things like going to work on the train system there in Charlotte. They want to see more done,” he concluded. The bias by omission wasn’t the only similarity between the two attacks. Just as was the case then, Friday’s incident has received multiple mentions on cable news across the Fox News Channel, Newsmax, Newsmax2, and NewsNation. Even CNN mentioned it with five mentions on Sunday and an addition times on Monday. MS NOW — the artist formerly known as MSNBC — joined the broadcast networks in ignoring it. Instead of covering this, they covered a potpurri of weird stories such as ABC’s World News Tonight reporting Martha Stewart hopes to be composted when she dies, CBS Mornings airing new audio from the 2023 near-disaster of an off-duty pilot trying to crash a plane while high on mushrooms, and NBC’s Today sharing that more people are falling for celebrity AI scams. To see the relevant Hallie Jackson NOW transcript from December 8, click here.