After Decimating Their Credibility, Networks Still Spew 'Relentlessly Hostile' Trump Coverage

 Bob Hoge

"You’re not imagining it—you’re living in a misinformation world where the major broadcast networks are regularly depicting a country that you don’t live in. For four years, they told us that Joe Biden was just fine—sharp as a tack—even though our own eyes told us otherwise.

"Since 2016, they’ve tried to convince us that Donald Trump is Hitler reincarnate, even as he’s made major efforts to stomp out antisemitism in this country and has made no move to kill six million Jews.

"Have they learned anything as their reputations have cratered and no one trusts them anymore? Of course not. They continue on their relentless campaign to demonize conservatives while pushing radical woke ideology down the throats of low-information voters. The numbers bear it out:

"Just 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term, the broadcast evening news landscape is even more lopsided than it was eight years ago, when Trump was besieged with relentlessly hostile coverage. So far this year, the new Trump administration has faced a withering 92% negative coverage from ABC, CBS and NBC, whose flagship news programs averaged more than 19.3 million viewers during the first quarter of 2025, making them the most widely-watched news programs in the country.

"I know some readers, when faced with stories like this, say, “Who cares? Nobody watches these gaslighting idiots anyway." Unfortunately, that is not the case—as the Newsbusters report indicates, almost 20 million viewers tune in on average to these lie-fests. We can ignore it, but we do so at our own peril—just remember, we got Joe Biden for four miserable years." . . .

 WHCA 'Nerd Prom'   Marked by Insulting Gaslighting and the Press Learning Zero Lessons   "For reference, Daniels is a host on MSNBC, the most far-left network in existence. Have he and his fellow press members comported themselves as the "opposition?" Absolutely. I'd also cool it with the talk of great sacrifice from a class of people who mostly work from their couches if they aren't sitting in cushy studios. 

"Included in Daniels' words is the rank arrogance and inability to admit fault that has turned the mainstream press into a pariah. Progress would be admitting there are issues, changing their approach, and trying to regain trust. What's not progress is doubling down on how important they supposedly are while lying to people about their motivations and concerns for the public trust. 

"Remember when a verbatim question from a reporter ended up on a pre-printed Biden notecard, complete with a picture of who the questioner would be and her name spelled phonetically (because he was and remains senile)? The WHCA has still provided no explanation, and the journalist involved sits on its board." . . .

What Is Going On In Los Angeles?

Issued & Insights

"Nor have they shown themselves capable of leading the recovery. After promising to streamline the permitting process and rebound without delay, only four building permits for owners whose homes were destroyed had been issued 75 days after the fires."  

 "In a little more than three years, Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Olympics. It seems fair to ask if it is going to be up to the task. The city has a nearly $1 billion deficit and will be laying off 1,600 workers. The rebuild after winter wildfires killed 12 and destroyed 68,000 structures is moving as slowly as the state’s high-speed rail project. A federal judge has told Los Angeles officials he is their “worst nightmare.” And the city is being sued by its hometown newspaper.  

"Another question comes to mind: Could Los Angeles be the next Detroit? At times, it seems it’s in a race with San Francisco to see which will be the first to reach a Motor City-like nadir.  

"Due to its “serious financial headwinds,” the city is going to have to make cuts, immediately and in the future.  

“ 'This is an enormous hole to fill,” Matthew Szabo, city administrative officer, told the City Council last month. “The severity of the revenue decline, paired with rising costs, has created a budget gap that makes layoffs nearly inevitable. We are not looking at dozens or even hundreds of layoffs, but thousands.”  As much as 5% of the city workforce will likely have to go.

The Democrats have responded to Judge Hannah Dugan's arrogance with a combination of hypocrisy and political ineptitude.

David Catron; The American Spectator

. . ."This makes two judges arrested and two judges who, for all intents and purposes, refuse to adhere to their oaths of office. All four, and many more, see themselves as part of “the resistance.” But what are they resisting? It isn’t just Trump or even the will of the people. It’s the rule of law." . . .

"Last week, after their absurd attempt to make a martyr of Salvadoran deportee Kilmar Abrego Garcia, some Democrats seemed to realize they had committed a political blunder. As Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) put it, “I don’t know if that’s the right issue that Democrats should be focusing on right now.” Many polls, including a CBS/YouGov survey released Sunday, indicate that most Americans support the deportation of people living in the U.S. illegally. Yet, when a Wisconsin judge was arrested for aiding a “migrant” in his effort to escape immigration officials, the Democrats repeated their error.

"If any reader managed to miss this story, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan was taken into custody by the FBI on Friday and charged with two federal crimes involving obstruction of a federal proceeding and concealing an individual to prevent his arrest. The specific “individual” was Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican national living in the country illegally. Judge Dugan foolishly assisted his futile attempt to avoid apprehension at the Milwaukee County Courthouse on April 18, and her subsequent arrest inspired a number of Democrats to issue irresponsible statements such as this one from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.):

Americans are watching with outrage the stunning news that Trump’s FBI has arrested a sitting judge in Milwaukee for alleged obstruction of an immigration arrest. While all the facts are not yet in, the implications of this arrest are chilling. This is a drastic escalation and dangerous new front in Trump’s authoritarian campaign of trying to bully, intimidate, and impeach judges who won’t follow his dictates.  We must do whatever we can to defend the independent judiciary in America.

"Conspicuously absent from this portentous nonsense is any justification for Dugan’s illegal actions. Raskin is the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee and often reminds us that no one is above the law. He has never mentioned a county judge exception. Nor has Raskin’s counterpart on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who denounced Dugan’s arrest in an Orwellian statement: “When immigration enforcement officials interfere with our criminal justice system, it undermines public safety, prevents victims and witnesses from coming forward, and often prevents those who committed crimes from facing justice …”

"Durbin is clearly a little confused. It was Judge Dugan who “interfered in our criminal justice system” by personally conducting Flores-Ruiz out of her courtroom through an exit outside of which she knew no federal agents would be waiting. As reported by KKTV.com, “Dugan is accused of escorting the man and his lawyer out of her courtroom through the jury door last week after learning that immigration authorities were seeking his arrest.” He was only apprehended because he ran the wrong way after departing the building. Meanwhile, Wisconsin’s Democratic Governor, Tony Evers, condemned President Trump’s administration as dangerous:" . . .

What will it take for Democrats to love America more than they hate President Trump?

UPDATE: Democrats Burn Their ‘No One Is Above the Law’ Card in Response to Wisconsin Judge’s Arrest  "One of the most oft-repeated talking points from Democrats and media figures during President Donald Trump’s first term in office and the four years after was “no one is above the law.” They said it in part because Trump had the nerve to fight back in the court of public opinion— and courts of law when necessary — against the Democrats’ blatant lawfare schemes.

"But it didn’t take long before their masks slipped off, once again revealing who they really were underneath: crass hypocrites to whom the rules – and their purported “standards” – don’t apply.

"Such has been the case this week after the arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan, 65. According to the FBI charging document, Dugan was taken into custody by the FBI for two alleged U.S. Code violations: “Obstructing or impeding proceeding before a department or agency of the United States” and “Concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest.” . . .

"Last but not least, there was this, which is insane when you think about it:

You really can’t make this up.

Last week their crusade was for a confirmed member of MS-13 who beats his wife and was involved in human trafficking.

Michigan has had a vocal presence of anti-Israel demonstrators in recent times.

[RELATED: Former Columbia president says during deposition she doesn’t remember students calling for Israel’s destruction]

Broc Smith

University of Michigan suspends anti-Israel student activists from campus 

. . ."Last month, pro-Palestine demonstrators vandalized the house of the university’s provost with slogans like “Free Palestine,” “Divest,” “M Kills” and “No Honor in Genocide.”

"Michigan Regents Vice Chair Mark Bernstein strongly condemned the vandalism as an “assault” on the university’s fundamental values. “We have failed as an educational institution when these criminal acts replace responsible advocacy,” he noted. "

 I recall during Vietnam when American soldiers were taunted by these same types with the slogan "Baby killers!" Now they defend those Hamas allies for putting infants into ovens and cooking them alive or beheading them. TD

Gazans were here.

Princeton president digs in heels after Trump revokes $210 M over anti-Semitism concerns, saying he’s protecting ‘academic freedom’  

. . ."The Trump administration suspended the funds as the result of a Department of Education investigation started in 2024 as the result of a Title VI complaint filed by Campus Reform Editor-in-Chief Dr. Zachary Marschall.

"Marschall wrote that Princeton protesters chanted anti-Israel messages shortly after the Oct. 7 massacre, and that “The violent words of these protesters completely disregard the atrocities Hamas has already committed and promises to commit in the future against the people of Israel, including raping, murdering, and kidnapping civilians.” His Title VI complaint stated that Princeton allowed such anti-Semitism to continue with impunity. 

"[RELATED: Princeton students host extreme anti-Israel speakers, including one who says Zionists ‘exploited’ the Holocaust]" . . .

Drone footage shows Pacific Palisades reservoir still empty

Monica Showalter

LA Empty reservoirs today

"After Gavin Newsom tooted his own horn about how much California has learned its lesson about fire prevention, and shoveling out $170 million for just that purpose, someone on X sent up a drone over the famous empty Pacific Palisades reservoir ... and found it still empty:

"Business as usual, empty reservoirs, and the L.A. Department of Water and Power still makes $750,000 a year. Perhaps the state has a new illegal alien benefit to dole out. The reservoirs were specifically built to ensure a large supply of water for firefighters to fight fires in the event the inevitable happened. It did, and the reservoir was "under repairs" for years, making it empty.

"Obviously, they don't care.

"And just as appalling, amid all the bragging about Los Angeles 'rebuilding' and 'rising up' after January's conflagration, someone sent a drone up to take a gander at how that's going

A flyover of wildfire recovery efforts in Los Angeles show empty reservoirs, and very little actual recovery in Malibu. pic.twitter.com/ALrIvYTQ0q

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) April 25, 2025

On “Assassination Culture”: It’s Not You, It’s the Left

"A new report warns that rising left-wing support for political violence, fueled by online “assassination culture,” threatens the foundations of civil discourse and democracy."

 Thaddeus G. McCotter 

"After all, during the four years of the Biden Administration, the right did not engage in a similar wave of violence, let alone have it ignored or condoned by the media. In fact, it was the federal government under a leftist president that used its police and surveillance powers to infringe upon the constitutional rights and civil liberties of its opponents."

"Writing in City Journal, Zack Dulberg and Max Horder, senior fellows at the Network Contagion Research Institute, examined the results of a recent survey to determine why America has experienced a disturbing increase in political violence. The answer should surprise no objective observer: “Progressives increasingly support violence.”

We found that nearly one-third of Americans surveyed—and around half of those identifying as left-of-center—believe that the murder of certain public figures is at least somewhat justified. The figures are startling: 38 percent of respondents, and 55 percent of those left of center, said assassinating President Trump would be at least somewhat justified; 31 percent of respondents, and 48 percent of those left of center, said the same about Musk. Forty percent of respondents, and 58 percent of those left of center, deem it at least somewhat acceptable to “destroy a Tesla dealership” in protest.

"Further, based upon their findings, Mr. Dulberg and Mr. Horder have identified the disease ravaging the body politic: 

Our report also discovered an online “assassination culture,” found in predominantly left-leaning digital spaces, such as Bluesky and Reddit. This subculture justifies and glorifies political violence. Some of these networks’ users wield the name “Luigi” or use the Luigi video game character as coded endorsements of Brian Thompson’s alleged assassin, Luigi Mangione. These users cloak explicit calls for violence in stylized memes. Many believe that political murder and sabotage are acceptable forms of protest.

"And again, as the authors stress, this is no longer a phenomenon on the fringe of the public square: “This ‘assassination culture’ incubated on social media has migrated from the margins of public life into the mainstream.” . . .

"Hon. Thaddeus G. McCotter (M.C., Ret.) served Michigan’s 11th Congressional District from 2003-2012, He served as chair of the Republican House Policy Committee and as a member of the Financial Services, Joint Economic, Budget, Small Business, and International Relations Committees."