On Monday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish and her panelists discussed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s speech in Normandy over the weekend, which remembered the 82nd anniversary of D-Day and the U.S. and Allies' victory. Cornish likened a portion of his speech in remembrance of a victory over Nazi Germany to language “Nazis would have used” after Hegseth briefly mentioned European immigration issues. After talk of the Iran war and LEGO propaganda, the morning program turned to Normandy and showed only the immigration portion of Hegseth’s around 13-minute speech. Here was what Hegseth said in that clipped portion: Sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies. Beaches in Spain, in Italy, in Greece, in Bulgaria. Boats and men arrive. When will European capitals do something about that invasion? Or is it too late? I pray not, and I believe not.   On Monday's CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish likened part of Sec. Pete Hegseth's Normandy D-Day remembrance speech to language that "Nazis would have used" after Hegseth mentioned European immigration issues. pic.twitter.com/SxTHEfFYWu — Nick (@nspin310) June 8, 2026   Panelist Becca Wasser of Bloomberg took issue with Hegseth's mention of immigration and said he made the speech about politics. Cornish asked if Hegseth was under orders to talk “ideology,” to which Wasser responded, “That moment was not for politics. That was a moment for remembrance. That was to remember those who gave the biggest sacrifice so that we in America and those in Europe could be free. And that was also a moment in that speech for remembrance that Secretary Hegseth gave in front of the very few members of the greatest generation that are left.” To note, the rest of Hegseth’s speech was focused on the sacrifices made by soldiers on D-Day and not solely political, as the panel seemed to suggest. Then, Cornish decided to liken Hegseth’s words to those who were defeated by the Americans in World War II: Um, anybody else? What's going on there with Hegseth talking about it?  I thought it was weird to talk invasion or use language that, like, I don't know, Nazis would have used about people invading the homeland. It felt like a sort of dissonance there. After Cornish’s Nazi comparisons and an apparent “dissonance” to the remembrance, AP reporter and CNN Analyst Sueng Min Kim agreed: Clearly a dissonance. And again, as Becca said, I mean, there is a time and a place for politics. However. I mean, if you look at all the cabinet secretaries, I feel like Hegseth is the one that is reflexive - reflective of Trump the most. She continued, “that is a Trump ideology, right there, saying that, you know, injecting politics into an arena where politics may not be appropriate.” Cornish’s Nazi comparison fell short in the full context of the speech, where Hegseth remembered how America and its allies broke “the Nazi war machine” and helped “liberate a continent” from their rule. But sure, let us just make more Nazi comparisons and dilute the term while there was a Senate candidate with a literal Nazi tattoo in Maine that was poised to become the Democratic nominee. The transcript is below. Click "expand": CNN This Morning June 8, 2026 6:42:55 AM Eastern (...) AUDIE CORNISH: I have to ask one more thing, Becca, because I have you here and we often talk about Pete Hegseth, the Defense Secretary, what he's up to. And over the weekend, he was in Normandy, and he was marking the D-Day anniversary. And people are talking about his speech because he started to talk about - actually, I'm going to play it for you so you can hear. Again, this is supposed to be Memorial Day. Here is what the Defense Secretary had to say. [Cuts to video] SEC. PETE HEGSETH: Sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies. Beaches in Spain, in Italy, in Greece, in Bulgaria. Boats and men arrive. When will European capitals do something about that invasion? Or is it too late? I pray not, and I believe not. [Cuts back to live] CORNISH: So, is he like under orders to always talk domestic, sort of, ideology in these contexts? BECCA WASSER: I don't know about that, but let me tell you what I do know. That moment was not for politics. That was a moment for remembrance. That was to remember those who gave the biggest sacrifice so that we in America and those in Europe could be free. And that was also a moment in that speech for remembrance that Secretary Hegseth gave in front of the very few members of the greatest generation that are left.  And so they are standing on the very beaches that they landed on on that day, remembering what they saw and what they lost, things that, frankly, we today cannot even fathom. And that moment was supposed to be for them. So, it's supposed to be about remembrance, not politics. And that's where I come down on it. CORNISH: Um, anybody else? What's going on there with Hegseth talking about it?  I thought it was weird to talk invasion or use language that, like, I don't know, Nazis would have used about people invading the homeland. It felt like a sort of dissonance there. SEUNG MIN KIM: Clearly a dissonance. And again, as Becca said, I mean, there is a time and a place for politics. However. I mean, if you look at all the cabinet secretaries, I feel like Hegseth is the one that is reflexive - reflective of Trump the most.  I mean, this is - I mean, that is a Trump ideology, right there, saying that, you know, injecting politics into an arena where politics may not be appropriate. I mean, that's something that the president does all the time. I mean, that's - I mean, that CORNISH: Compared to like a Rubio or some other kind - KIM: Right, I mean, that is someone that knows that the president is always watching. (...)

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With a long-awaited finals appearance by the New York Knicks bringing the sports spotlight to New York City, CNN had of course found a way to turn the highlight of the night into a rant about President Donald Trump. Allegedly concerned about the ‘injection’ of Trump into sports, CNN injected their own politics into a non-partisan event in the hopes of getting even a slight hit on Trump.  The CNN crew brought House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries into the discussion, via a soundbite, where he would rail against Trump, treating his very presence at the game as a tragedy to befall the people of New York: I'm not sure it's going to be a good reception for him, but why does Donald Trump always have to ruin a good thing? Like literally, the Knicks haven't been in the NBA finals for 27 years. The city is trying to celebrate this. We've embraced this team, and this guy has to inject himself. I mean, come on, seriously, give us a break.     Making sure to appraise Jeffries’ New Yorker heritage, CNN bent over backwards to try and discredit Trump’s own connections to the city. Bomani Jones went as far as to label it an “away game” for the New Yorker President, seeming to reject the concept that someone can root for their native city’s team regardless of political affiliation: Like, what was the most surprising thing about it to me is that Trump normally turns up at like college football games. Places that for him are home games. This is not a home game no matter where he's from. This is an away game. I am surprised that this is something that he wants to do, because he typically thrives on positive affirmation, and he ain't going to get none of that on Madison Square Garden. Like not a bit. The CNN cast seemed expectant at a negative reaction from the crowds, inevitably rooting for major pushback against Trump’s presence at the event. One would think they would be more concerned about peoples’ reactions to heckling of the president during sports events, given their reaction to the “Let’s Go Brandon” chants criticizing Biden back in 2021. For being so concerned about the injection of politics into sports, CNN sure seems ready to inject politics into the situation themselves. Radical leftist NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani will also be attending the Knicks game, but you don’t hear any uproar from the CNN hosts about how his attendance will be ‘ruining’ the game. Contrast that with how ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg surprisingly defended Trump’s appearance at the game during Monday’s episode of The View. “Trump and Mayor Mamdani are Knicks fans and have been, they're New Yorkers,” she argued. “I think anybody who's a Knicks fan should be there. You earned the right as a Knicks fan. I don't care who you are. I don't have to like you.” It all goes to show how CNN was grasping at any chance to attack Trump, trying to spin his mere presence at a sports game into being a catastrophe for the fans and the event as a whole. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read. CNN’s News Central June 8, 2026 8:44:51 Eastern (...) BOMANI JONES: The level of happiness that you see in the streets of New York City right now, I don't think anything but the Knicks could generate that. JOHN BERMAN: You're right. I mean, you're right. Just full stop. I mean, I was in Connecticut, Northern Connecticut yesterday, out on the streets and people were yelling, “Go Knicks!” Like out of nowhere, like out of context, they were concerned about that. It's a huge, huge deal around here, Bomani.  But I will say, though, that given how important this is to people, there are mixed feelings about the President being there and throwing that political element into it. I did speak to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries about this. He is a native New Yorker. Listen to what he said: [Cuts to video] HAKEEM JEFFRIES: I'm not sure it's going to be a good reception for him, but why does Donald Trump always have to ruin a good thing? Like literally, the Knicks haven't been in the NBA finals for 27 years. The city is trying to celebrate this. We've embraced this team, and this guy has to inject himself. I mean, come on, seriously, give us a break. Why doesn't this guy just focus on trying to improve the quality of life of the American people? Because the Trump economy has been a disaster. [Cuts back to live] BERMAN: So what about the mixture or the injection, as he says, of politics into sports, Bomani? JONES: No, this isn't about the injection of politics into sports. This is about the injection of Trump into sports. If this were just about any other president, I don't think it would go over the way that it would. This is specifically about this man, whose relationship with his hometown is fraught, I think would be a fair thing to point out. But in this time, in this moment with this guy, ain't nobody really trying to hear this. Like, what was the most surprising thing about it to me is that Trump normally turns up at like college football games. Places that for him are home games. This is not a home game no matter where he's from. This is an away game. I am surprised that this is something that he wants to do, because he typically thrives on positive affirmation, and he ain't going to get none of that on Madison Square Garden. Like not a bit. BERMAN: It's an interesting take: this is not a home game for the president, despite being from New York. Bomani Jones, great to see you. Thanks for sticking around, appreciate it. Kate?

A University of Michigan economist is sending a clear message to all the media and intelligentsia panicians following the release of a blockbuster May jobs report: It’s time to cut it out. Justin Wolfers joined ABC News Live on Friday morning to break down the explosive news that the U.S. economy added 172,000 jobs in May, which blew out expectations for a mere 80,000 bump by 115 percent. If that wasn’t impressive enough, the jobs numbers for the past two months were also revised up significantly. Wolfers cut to the chase in addressing those who believe the U.S. economy is on knife’s edge: “I think the thing this will really do is it's time to stop talking about the word recession.” As Wolfers added, “Recessions don't happen when the labor markets motoring along like this.” Wolfers emphasized that this number isn’t a one-off. In fact, admitted Wolfers, “Normally I would tell you you don't want to look too much at any one number.” He continued: “These things go up and down, but it really is a very, very strong number.” Economist to ABC News on explosive May jobs numbers: "It's time to stop talking about the word recession." pic.twitter.com/Obh6rlZq8g — Joe Vazquez (@JV3MRC) June 8, 2026 This really placed a damper on Bloomberg News’s May 21 call that America was due for a “recession” rivaling “the Great Financial Crisis” of 2008 in August if the Strait of Hormuz remained closed. The outlet ludicrously hitched its wagon to volatile oil markets for its recession, which have been in consistent flux since the outbreak of the Iran war. In fact, as MRC Business previously noted, basing a long-term recession call on volatile energy markets and a region supplying just seven percent of U.S. crude is like a weatherman declaring a Category 5 hurricane in late summer because it drizzled in his backyard in spring. The May jobs numbers are proof why this logic didn’t exactly pan out. As Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Robin Brooks pointed out back on May 8: There's a bunch of commodity forecasters who've been making apocalyptic oil price forecasts for 3 months now. There's a reason those forecasts have been wrong and will stay wrong. If you're hung up on inventory depletion, you're double counting this shock. What to expect on inflation pic.twitter.com/ldQqX4GMJF — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) May 26, 2026 As it could be expected, Bloomberg News wasn’t alone in pushing apocalyptic scare porn. The lefty yahoos over at MS NOW took it a step further as far back as April and actually claimed the U.S. economy “may break” before Iran. CNN Business senior reporter David Goldman even prophesied that, based on a single snapshot in time of oil price futures, Americans won’t see prices dip below $70 until 2032, six years from now! How exactly does this pseudo-Nostradamus know this?

"The so-called liberal media?" On Monday's Morning Joe, analyst John Heilemann deployed the dismissive phrase as he downplayed legitimate criticism of the dominant press. The comment came during a discussion of President Trump's recent verbal scuffle with Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker. Heilemann argued that Trump's base "hates the media" and that confronting the press remained a surefire way to rally "hardcore MAGA people." "There's been animosity towards the so-called liberal media long before Donald Trump, but he has made it a central part of his political appeal." So-called? For more than 21 years, NewsBusters has documented the mainstream media's pronounced liberal bias — a reality Heilemann and his MS NOW colleagues continued to treat as imaginary. The irony was thick. This was the same John Heilemann who claimed in May that the "MAGA base" wants "to see more brown people sent out of the country". In October 2024, he repeatedly stammered that he was "I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm nervous, very nervous" Republicans would launch a civil war if Trump lost the election. Heilemann has also likened Republican opposition to gas stove bans as an addiction to "bad bathtub meth," called for the display of shocking images of children's bodies from gun violence, and blamed Republicans for Russia's invasion of Ukraine — even with Joe Biden in the White House.   Heilemann on Morning Joe: Trump's Base Hates the 'So-Called' Liberal Media pic.twitter.com/Meyjy8ubIw — Mark Finkelstein (@markfinkelstein) June 8, 2026   Back in 2012, Heilemann himself admitted the obvious about media favoritism toward Barack Obama: "No person with eyes in his head in 2008 could have failed to see the way that soft coverage helped to propel Obama first to the Democratic nomination and then into the White House." Yet now he treats media bias as a figment of the MAGA imagination. Grabien founder Tom Elliott's took up Heilemann's 2020 challenge to viewers to name examples of MS NOW bias, preparing a lengthy compilation that included Heilemann labeling the Republican party a "death cult." By sneering at half the country while pretending the press stands above bias, Heilemann and his MS NOW colleagues only deepen the very public distrust they decry. Here's the transcript. Click "expand" to read: MS NOW Morning Joe 6/8/26 6:41 am EDT MIKA BRZEZINSKI: John Heilemann, the politics of this has been, uh, do you believe the president gets traction when he has a scuffle with a reporter like Kristen Welker? What's the gain for him, politically? JOHN HEILEMANN: Well, the president's base hates the media. To David's point, I think that that horse is already let out of the barn door a long time ago. The president's been ginning up, and look, there's been animosity towards the so-called liberal media long before Donald Trump, but he has made it a central part of his political appeal.  And for a guy who, for a variety of reasons — we were talking about this earlier, Mika — has done a bunch of things to alienate his base, whether it's the war in Iran, the Epstein crisis, the Epstein scandal and his betrayal of the base on that subject, this is someone who does feel as though he needs to keep whipping up the base.  And one of the core elements of the cultural appeal that he's had to, again, his base — I'm talking about the hardcore MAGA people — is to beat up on liberal media. I think that, that he, you could argue that it is, counter, there's that for every MAGA voter who loves seeing Kristen Welker get beat up like that, you're doing damage to yourself with independents. But I do think Trump's instinct politically is always to go back to the base.