Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) released an X video denouncing the Trump Department’s alleged nit job against him and his family and alleging weaponization of government. Newsom offered no factual basis for a weaponization in progress. Nonetheless, the Elitist Media evening News ran with varying degrees of this narrative. The worst of these is, no surprise, ABC’s World News Tonight. Watch as Mary Bruce reports only half the allegations against Newsom in order to maximize the sweet dopamine hits of a weaponization narrative: WATCH: ABC's Mary Bruce does Gavin Newsom a solid by only reporting the rumored DoJ investigation into his wife's finances, and not the Biden-era investigation into his staff. DAVID MUIR: Back in the U.S. tonight, California governor Gavin Newsom's explosive new claim this… pic.twitter.com/LmXJT2mFyz — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) June 16, 2026 DAVID MUIR: Back in the U.S. tonight, California governor Gavin Newsom's explosive new claim this evening accusing President Trump of ordering the Justice Department to investigate Newsom and his wife. Here's Mary Bruce. MARY BRUCE: Tonight, California governor Gavin Newsom coming before cameras to accuse President Trump of using the power of the Justice Department to launch a political hit job against him. GAVIN NEWSOM: In recent days, federal agents have knocked on the doors of family, friends and former employees not because they found a crime, because they're simply trying to find one. BRUCE: Trump and Newsom have had a fraught relationship for years, sometimes talking and working together more often doing battle. DONALD TRUMP: He's an incompetent guy with a good line of (bullshit), and he doesn't get the job done. BRUCE: Newsom says he's a target for one reason. NEWSOM: He's coming after me because I'm considering running for President, because he hates that I've consistently called him out over and over again for his lies and deceit. BRUCE: Accusing Trump of going after his family. NEWSOM: And just in the last week, I've learned that his campaign has reached my own home. To get me he's coming after my wife Jen, someone who has done nothing wrong. BRUCE: We asked the Justice Department for more information. No response.  But David, sources tell ABC News federal investigators in California have been examining Jennifer Siebel Newsom's taxes. In a statement tonight, she says there are, quote, “no boundaries to what Donald Trump will do to challenge those who get in his way.” David. MUIR: Mary Bruce live at The White House. Mary, thank you. In fact, there are multiple probes in proximity to Newsom. Bruce makes no mention of the investigation into Newsom’s former Chief of Staff, which led to an indictment. Per the AP:   California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff was arrested and indicted on federal corruption charges this week, roughly a year after she disclosed the investigation to Newsom’s office and was placed on leave. Dana Williamson is accused of helping in a scheme to steal campaign money from former federal Health Secretary Xavier Becerra, filling fraudulent tax forms for personal expenses and making false statements to law enforcement. Neither Becerra nor Newsom are accused of any wrongdoing in the indictment. Newsom isn’t a target in any of these cases, as has been widely reported. This shouldn’t serve as an excuse for the media to blindly parrot his claims, but here we are. Local reporting refutes the idea of an investigation pushed down from Washington. Per Capital Public Radio: A person familiar with the matter denied the existence of an investigation specifically targeting the governor, but said there are multiple federal probes into people around him, including one related to his wife’s taxes. The probes began last year after whistleblower complaints in California government, and political leadership in Washington was not involved in the decision to open them, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss ongoing investigations.  This is quite different from what you heard from Mary Bruce, who was perhaps auditioning to be Gavin Newsom’s chief apple polisher. This is to be expected from ABC. CBS didn’t do that much better, either. The media hall monitor class talks a big game about CBS News becoming a MAGA talking points repository, but that’s simply not true. Consider the related entry from CBS’s Robert Costa, who very gently scratches in the direction of the real story: WATCH: @CBSEveningNews coverage sort of hints at what the Newsom scandal might be about but still chases the sweet crack hit of weaponization narrative. TONY DOKOUPIL: Back here in the U.S., California governor Gavin Newsom said today the Justice Department is investigating him… pic.twitter.com/qvXp60SacE — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) June 16, 2026 TONY DOKOUPIL: Back here in the U.S., California governor Gavin Newsom said today the Justice Department is investigating him and his wife and he accused President Trump of trying to punish a political enemy. GAVIN NEWSOM: You can investigate me. You can harass me. Put my name on every and any enemies list you have. But leave my wife and family out of your personal vendetta. DOKOUPIL: CBS News Chief Washington Analyst Robert Costa is following this for us. Bob, good evening. Glad to have you. The governor there says this is politically motivated. What do we know? ROBERT COSTA: Tony, so far no comment from the FBI or Justice Department but Governor Newsom has been a longtime political rival of the president and CBS News has confirmed that federal investigators are contacting family friends, associates, and records are being requested. In fact, sources say people are being asked about the finances of the governor's family with a focus on nonprofit groups linked to his wife Jennifer. She is a longtime filmmaker who works on women's empowerment among other projects. Newsom has a rising profile and last year he told me that he will consider a presidential campaign after the midterm elections. Sources close to him told me tonight that he will fight this publicly and forcefully in the coming weeks, and wants to push back hard against President Trump. He and other top Democrats believe President Trump is weaponizing the Justice Department. Other Trump critics like former FBI director Jim Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James- they have faced indictments. Tony. DOKOUPIL: Bob, thank you very much. Here again, the sweet crack hit of weaponization narrative appears to be far stronger than the actual truth about the investigation into Siebel’s finances that we now know wasn’t ordered from Washington. Costa dropped a hint, but the Free Beacon has been looking into this for a while. In August 2024, Newsom's office sent a letter on his behalf to the Biden Interior Department urging it to reject a $700 million proposed casino project north of San Francisco by the Koi Nation, a tribe with fewer than 100 members. But the Biden administration approved the project anyway, so in May, Newsom sued the Trump administration in a last ditch effort to block the Koi Nation’s casino. Should Newsom get his way, it would be a major win for the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, a major California political donor which operates its own gambling compound just 15 miles away from its rival’s proposed site, which broke ground on a $1 billion expansion in 2023. A little-known California government disclosure database may shed light on why Newsom took Graton Rancheria’s side in the high-stakes dispute.  In April 2024, a few months before Newsom sent his letter to the Biden Interior Department, the Democratic governor requested Graton Rancheria to contribute $500,000 to his wife’s charity, the California Partners Project. And in April 2025, one month before Newsom filed his lawsuit against the Trump administration, he again asked Graton Rancheria to contribute another $500,000 to his wife’s charity. The tribe cut those checks specifically at Newsom’s request, according to California’s "behested payments" database, which discloses whenever state elected officials request others to make donations on their behalf. There are those within the media reporting class who say that conservative sites don’t break news. And yet, here we are. The Free Beacon item was published in July of 2025. But the media went silent.                       The only network to mention both Newsom’s wife and senior staff was NBC. Here is that report in its entirety: WATCH: @NBCNightlyNews's brief of the Newsom press conference mentions both investigations, as opposed to just mentioning the one into his wife. TOM LLAMAS: Tonight, California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is making new accusations, some big ones, against President Trump,… pic.twitter.com/3VSdvPrCMG — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) June 16, 2026 TOM LLAMAS: Tonight, California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is making new accusations, some big ones, against President Trump, claiming the Trump Justice Department is now investigating him and his wife because he might run for president. Kelly O'Donnell joins us now. Kelly, the DoJ is now responding? KELLY O’DONNELL: That's right, Tom. And Governor Newsom made this public today in a video post himself where he described himself as part of the president's so-called hit list as a frequent Trump critic and potential Democratic presidential candidate. The Department of Justice is declining comment.  Multiple sources familiar with the probe do tell us there are investigations under way that arose from whistleblowers and state government and did not originate here in Washington. Those sources also say the focus is on the governor's wife, Jen Newsom, and tax-related issues. A senior staff member of the governor, but not Newsom himself. However, the governor's office calls this a fishing expedition and also says it believes IRS and FBI investigators have obtained financial and banking records, including some linked to Jen Newsom’s nonprofit work. Tom. LLAMAS: All right. Kelly O’Donnell for us. Kelly, thank you. In due time, we will all discover what Newsom was trying to get out in front of. In the meantime, the Elitist Media continue to chase a fake weaponization narrative in service of a potential Democrat presidential candidate. It’s (D)ifferent that way.  

In her way of a conclusion to the Iran War, which seemed poised to end after a negotiated deal ahead of President Trump’s G7 world leader visit to France, frequent Morning Joe guest and BBC U.S. special correspondent Katty Kay said the War with Iran might push more countries to get nukes, like… South Korea. While her thought on the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia shifting towards nuclear weapons might have made sense, she decided to lump South Korea and Japan into the equation, two countries that already would be protected under the U.S. nuclear umbrella as military allies. Saudi Arabia and the UAE were also allies, who would be protected by the US military anyway, as seen during the war of the past months.   Frequent Morning Joe guest Katty Kay's Iran War Conclusion: South Korea, Japan, and Saudi Arabia may develop nukes. The Saudi mention makes sense, but... South Korea and Japan? pic.twitter.com/c0k6blAdNy — Nick (@nspin310) June 15, 2026   Host Joe Scarborough asked Kay, in future history, “whether this war stopped Iran from gaining nuclear weapons or not will ultimately be how it will be measured?” Kay framed her answer in a nuclear lens entirely, and claimed the war, in which the U.S. bombed a country, Iran, harshly for a long period of time, especially at the start of the war, would lead to more nuclear programs around the world: Look, I think we might even take it one step further, Joe, and look, not just at Iran, but whether this war in some way contributes to making the world a less safe place because it ushers in a period of nuclear proliferation around the world. She first started her answer with the possible thought of nuclear development in Middle East allies Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which made some sense, as their regional enemy, Iran, will seemingly remain a large threat if they do not hold their end of the new negotiated deal years down the line. But as she expanded her answer, Kay still had not brought up any enemies of America and she instead mentioned allies of the U.S. on the coast of the Pacific Ocean: You can look at countries like South Korea, Japan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, how many countries around the world that have been happy to pull back from having nuclear weapons up until now may look at what happened to Iran and think to themselves, you know what? What happened to Iran did not happen to North Korea. And what's the difference? North Korea has a nuclear weapon, and Iran had not actually developed one. As a correspondent for the BBC, maybe Kay should have been updated on reporting from the BBC on a 2023 deal for South Korea to be protected by U.S. nuclear submarines. As for Japan, they were also protected by US nuclear weapons, as said in a statement their foreign ministry released just a week ago. So, in all, Kay believed the bombing of an enemy country, Iran, over nuclear weapons, which the BCC reported had left much damage to 50 Iranian military bases, will lead to US allies making nuclear bombs, even though they were protected by U.S. weapons? Just a normal start of the week to a program that just saw its show cut by an hour. The transcript is below. Click "expand": MS NOW’s Morning Joe June 15, 2026 7:15:18 AM Eastern (...) JOE SCARBOROUGH: But do you agree with John that, at the end of the day, in the grand sweep of history, if whether this war stopped Iran from gaining nuclear weapons or not will ultimately be how it will be measured? KATTY KAY: Look, I think we might even take it one step further, Joe, and look, not just at Iran, but whether this war in some way contributes to making the world a less safe place because it ushers in a period of nuclear proliferation around the world.  I think America has done such damage to its standing as a provider of security for countries around the world. I mean, just if you were sitting in Dubai or Abu Dhabi today, you would have serious questions about whether you could rely on the United States long term, and you might have more questions about whether, actually, would I be better off having a nuclear weapon myself?  You can look at countries like South Korea, Japan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, how many countries around the world that have been happy to pull back from having nuclear weapons up until now may look at what happened to Iran and think to themselves, you know what?  What happened to Iran did not happen to North Korea. And what's the difference? North Korea has a nuclear weapon, and Iran had not actually developed one.  So, my concern about what we have just gone through for the four months is partly what it's done to the global economy, what it's done to some people in the world's poorest countries is horrifying because of the cost of gas and the cost of fertilizer in terms of real lives. But looking forward, I think there is a grim chance that this has ushered in a period of more nuclear proliferation and therefore less security for the world, even beyond the question of what happens to Iran's nuclear program. (...)

The effete snobs of the leftist media were on full display as they lamented the "despicable vulgarity" of President Trump hosting a UFC event on the White House lawn. MS NOW host Lawrence O'Donnell insisted Marco Rubio compared Trump's "despicable vulgarity" of the UFC event to JFK talking about putting men on the moon. Actually, Rubio was referring to the imagination of UFC head honcho Dana White.  NewsBusters Associated Editor Nick Fondacaro and MRC Video content creator Nick Kangadis discussed everything from the UFC to JD. The ladies of The View fussed about interviewing Vice President Vance as part of a book tour for his book about his faith journey, titled Communion. In the last few months, The View attacked Vance for suggesting he'd like his Hindu wife to become a Christian -- and these conspiracy theorists also kookily claimed Vance and Elon Musk were plotting to kill Trump.  You can tell the leftists are authoritarians when they proclaim "billionaires shouldn't exist." Their money should be confiscated for the "public good." So Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire on paper after the initial public offering of SpaceX was sure to spark a tizzy in the leftist media.  If any Americans are designated as billionaires, they can go Full Soros and fund the leftists, and then they are "admirable" philanthropists. But Elon funded Trump's campaign for president and then ran the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort, so he's like a Darth Vader figure. Graham Platner displayed the Left's double standard on billionaires in a recent campaign speech. He'd overrule the Citizens United precedent finding a free-speech right to fund campaigns, and "if a billionaire looked at a TV ad the wrong way we’d put them in jail.” We can all guess from the Elon Musk press coverage what defines "the wrong way." Then Fondacaro updated us on Zachary Young's ongoing defamation suits, against AP and Puck.com. A highly anticipated ruling by the Florida Supreme Court ensured the defamation suit would get revived on appeal. And just days after telling Florida’s First District Court of Appeal to ignore the AP’s own stylebook in the case, the newswire’s lawyer wanted the court to ignore the Supreme Court’s ruling as well. Enjoy the podcast below. The audio is here. 

MRC Watchdogs churn out breaking news on a daily basis. Don't miss Today's Highlights, where you can keep up with the top MRC content, whether it's the latest study on media bias, a glaring omission from the elitist media, or how the Big Tech companies are serving up the same leftist spin as the media.  Top Stories: The MRC Brings Bias Receipts on The View in Advance of Vice President JD Vance's Tuesday appearance MRC Flashback Exposes ABC’s The View Claiming Vance Plotted to Assassinate Trump MRC Calls Out Washington Post for Gushing over Ms. Rachel’s Crusade against ICE MRC Exposes Apple and Google Twisting Trump Victories in GOP Primaries       The MRC Brings Bias Receipts on The View in Advance of Vice President JD Vance's Tuesday appearance Vice President Vance doesn’t need our advice on how to handle the cackling coven, but he might enjoy throwing some data in their faces, and the MRC bleed data: They’ve claimed at least four times that Trump stole the 2024 election. Just since Vance took office, they’ve told their audience that Trump is deporting American-born citizens who he doesn’t like, he’s going to try to outlaw interracial marriage (look out, Usha!), Trump RX is giving people tainted drugs, and Trump is going to steal the midterm elections somehow. They had on 128 liberal guests last year, but only two conservative guests, one of whom was Marjorie Taylor Greene when she was already feuding with Trump. The other one was Cheryl Hines, who isn’t even really a conservative; she’s just married to RFK Jr.   MRC Flashback Exposes ABC’s The View Claiming Vance Plotted to Assassinate Trump The Media Research Center highlighted ABC’s The View hosts accusing J.D. Vance and Elon Musk of plotting to murder President Trump by pushing him down the stairs. Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar suggested Vance and Musk were planning to take over after getting rid of Trump. The View co-hosts labeled Vance a sociopathic liar and mocked his name as standing for juvenile delinquent. MRC research documented The View blaming Trump and Vance for assassination attempts while ignoring left-wing rhetoric.   MRC Calls Out Washington Post for Gushing over Ms. Rachel’s Crusade against ICE The Media Research Center exposed The Washington Post’s glowing coverage of children’s educator Ms. Rachel lobbying on Capitol Hill against ICE family detention. The Post featured a large front-page photo and headline portraying Ms. Rachel as a hero delivering letters and drawings from children in ICE custody. MRC noted the Post pushed activist claims of cruelty against babies and toddlers while downplaying security needs at detention facilities. The Washington Post celebrated Ms. Rachel’s activism on immigration alongside her previous controversial stances on Gaza and other issues.   MRC Exposes Apple and Google Twisting Trump Victories in GOP Primaries The MRC revealed that Apple News, Google News, MSN, and Yahoo News heavily favored left-leaning sources in coverage of Republican primaries. Apple and Google pushed negative framing of Trump-backed wins as retribution and defeats for the GOP. The Big Four News Apps sourced 80 percent of primary stories from hostile left-leaning outlets while silencing right-leaning perspectives. MRC research documented the exclusion of at least 20 relevant stories from conservative outlets over the first 100 days of primaries.

With his scheduled appearance on ABC’s The View on Tuesday, Vice President J.D. Vance will be only the third conservative guest allowed to express their opinions on the show in 2026. The announcement brought excitement to many as they anticipated a thrashing of the Cackling Coven, but others still didn’t understand it, thought he was giving them undue attention, and would unnecessarily boost the show. But here’s the thing, The View is not dying the same way late night is or like many on social media claim. As a NewsBusters study showed, in 2025, The View only has two conservatives express their political opinions in their presents, contrasted with 128 liberals. By going on the show, Vance is doing what NewsBusters has reported many conservatives have been trying - unsuccessfully - to do for years. It’s an opportunity for a strong conservative to have the opportunity to push back in a way that they’re not used to and have actively protected themselves from. On an episode of their Behind the Table podcast last year, faux conservative co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin admitted that they didn’t want guests who would try to generate a viral “moment.” It was a sentiment echoed by fake Republican co-host Ana Navarro on their podcast last week, when she whined about Vance’s appearance. By “moment” they mean someone calling out their hypocrisy and nonsense directly and embarrassing them. We saw their aversion to strong conservative guests in 2023, when The View thrice rejected requests from Texas Senator Ted Cruz to make an appearance on the show, despite being on the show multiple times. Cruz’s last appearance on the show involved him getting on set with a literal pocket full of receipts to call out their hypocrisy and bias. The disbelief that Vance would want to go on the show stems from conservatives drastically underestimating The View’s popularity. I’ve seen many a commenter suggest that since none of their friends watch The View, they must not have a large audience. I’ve even been accused of being the one keeping the show on the air because of my viral video posts on X. But here’s the rub.  America is a country of over 340 million people. There are fandoms for bands, shows, movies, streamers, Instagram personalities, YouTubers, etc., that number into the hundreds of thousands or even millions that you’ve never heard of and give the content creator a comfortable or even extravagant lifestyle. Just take Critical Role, for example (if you’re Googling them, thanks for proving my point). According to TV Insider, “The View continues to rank number one in households and total viewers among daytime talk shows (with 2.638 million viewers on average, and a 1.79 rating in the key audience demographic), above NBC’s Today Third Hour (2.081 million and 1.36 rating), Today with Jenna & Sheinelle (1.445 million and a .94 rating), and NBC News Daily (with 1.430 million and a .95 rating).” That 2.6 million blows even their cable news competition out of the water (including in the coveted 25-54 demographic). That means they’re not going anywhere. The other key factor that gives them staying power is that they’re profitable in a way that the late-night comedy shows just aren’t. While late-night relies on ad revenue, The View has multiple income streams. In addition to their ad revenue, they have “View Your Deal,” a segment where they highlight lifestyle, home décor, makeup, kitchen, health products, etc., from many different brands and sell them at a usually steep price cut on their website. They also have a special sponsorship from a local hotel in New York City, which they direct their studio audience to stay at when they’re coming for the show. Additionally, they’ll run special segments sponsored by certain medical device companies, health and beauty companies, and even a maker of artificially grown diamonds. In short, they make bank. Conservatives pretending The View doesn’t exist doesn’t affect their ability to influence those who hang on their every word. It just means they’re going unchallenged. Like it or not, they’re a force and conservatives need to take the opportunities granted to them to appear so they can shatter their carefully tailored fantasy world of lies. The harder they flail in the aftermath of a conservative’s appearance, the more it hurts ABC and Disney’s argument they’re a “bona fide news program,” which is before the FCC. When your opponent gives you an opening, you exploit it.