'They're not going to shut up MAGA!' Federal judge orders former Trump advisor Steve Bannon to prison



A federal judge has ordered former Trump advisor and "War Room" host Stephen K. Bannon to report to jail by July 1.

Bannon told reporters outside the courthouse Thursday that "all of this is about one thing. This is about shutting down the MAGA movement, shutting down grassroots conservatives, shutting down President Trump."

"Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, the entire Justice Department — they're not going to shut up Trump. They're not going to shut up Navarro. They're not going to shut up Bannon. And they're certainly not going to shut up MAGA!" added Bannon.

Background

While it is apparently acceptable for Democrats and elements of the Biden Department of Justice to ignore subpoenas by House Republicans, that tolerance is evidently not universal.

Bannon was convicted in July 2022 of two charges of contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas from the Democrat-controlled House Select committee investigating the Jan. 6 protests. He was subsequently sentenced to four months in prison.

'Can I ask you what American justice even means anymore?'

In response to the ruling, Bannon said, "We're gonna win at the Supreme Court," reported the National Pulse. "There's not a jail built, not a prison built that can shut me up."

Around the time of Bannon's sentencing, Blaze Media cofounder and nationally syndicated radio host Glenn Beck said in a special, "Do you recognize your country anymore? We used to be a nation of fundamental rights granted to us by God, and we lived under a system of laws that promised justice. Not social justice, but justice justice. Can I ask you what American justice even means anymore?"

"Was it justice when Steve Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress? We've seen people defy Congress for decades, but no one ever goes to jail," continued Beck. "The last time someone went to jail for this was back in 1961. Before that ... 1948! It's rare, even though we've seen people openly defy Congress time after time."

"Selectively deciding whether or not they'll decide to enforce the law isn't justice," added Beck. "[Bannon will do] four months in jail, but in January 2021, the former FBI lawyer that got caught falsifying evidence to spy on a member of President Trump's staff was spared prison and given a minor slap on the wrist."

Bannon was not the only Trump advisor subjected to selective justice.

The following September, Trump's former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro was also convicted of contempt of Congress.

Navarro's lawyers wrote to the Supreme Court saying that the "prosecution of a senior presidential advisor asserting executive privilege conflicts with the constitutional independence required by the doctrine of separation of powers."

"Not once before Dr. Navarro's prosecution has the Department of Justice concluded a senior presidential advisor may be prosecuted for contempt of congress following an assertion of executive privilege," added his lawyers.

Having been unsuccessful in his appeal, Navarro reported to prison in March.

Bannon to prison

Carl Nichols, the Trump-nominated judge overseeing Bannon's case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, initially paused his sentence while the "War Room" host appealed his conviction, reported CNN.

However, a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously tossed Bannon's challenges. Partisan prosecutors then asked Nichols to send Bannon packing to prison.

The judge indicated Thursday that he no longer felt there was cause to pause Bannon's sentence "any longer."

'Biden and his aides are taking off the political battlefield two of Trump's top surrogates before the 2024 presidential election.'

Bannon's defense attorneys reportedly argued ahead of Thursday's hearing that the judge lacked the authority to toss him in prison before he exhausted his options to appeal, including to a full panel of the D.C. Court of Appeals or the U.S. Supreme Court as Navarro had attempted.

Outside the court, one of Bannon's attorneys said, "This case raises a dynamic separation of powers issue. We know from years and decades of case law that the president and a former president has the authority to invoke executive privilege. ... It's his prerogative to invoke and it's presumptively valid when invoked. It's not for Congress to determine whether it was an appropriate invocation or otherwise, and Congress cannot be the arbiter of how to respond to that. Only a court can be."

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Reactions

Christopher Bedford, senior editor for politics and Washington correspondent for Blaze Media, said, "It paints a pretty clear picture of the DOJ's priorities that you're seeing Steve Bannon actually go to prison for contempt of Congress while so many others have slipped by."

"I would like to say that it sets a precedent that Republicans ought to use in their own investigations. For example, the Republican leaders of the House Oversight and Accountability, Judiciary and Ways and Means committees referred Hunter Biden for arrest for contempt for lying to Congress. But that's not going to be enforced," said Bedford. "And it's not going to set a precedent because Republicans aren't going to take the same tack that Democrats have, unfortunately."

Mike Davis of the Article III Project noted in a statement, "We have had constitutional executive privilege for 250 years — going back to George Washington — so the President of the United States can receive candid, confidential advice from his advisors without fear their advice will get publicly aired before courts or Congress."

"President Biden and his Attorney General Merrick Garland have shamefully destroyed this, in their partisan quest to politicize and weaponize the Biden Justice Department to go after President Trump and his top aides," said Davis. "Biden and his aides are taking off the political battlefield two of Trump's top surrogates before the 2024 presidential election."

Davis added that this was all part of "a broader criminal conspiracy by Biden, his aides, and his allies to politicize and weaponize law enforcement and intel agencies to violate the constitutional rights of Trump, his aides, and his allies for the purposes of partisan lawfare and election interference."

Jack Posobiec, senior editor at Human Events and frequent guest on Bannon's "War Room," highlighted the nominal Republicans who voted to hold Bannon in contempt and effectively sealed his fate.

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Natalie Winters, cohost of "War Room," tweeted, "F*** Merrick Garland," then "War Room isn't going anywhere."

Former Trump White House official Darren Beattie noted that when the Democrats are no longer "able to force social media companies to censor, they resort to simply jailing their critics. Prison is the second stage of deplatforming."

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Belgian mayor downplays proposal to make Christmastime celebration of St. Nicholas more Arabic and 'intersectional'



A secularist Belgian mayor suggested that his municipality's yearly Christmastime celebration of Saint Nicholas was due for some inclusivity. In what has retroactively been characterized as a joke, Saint-Gilles Mayor Jean Spinette expressed the desire to augment his region's Dec. 6 festivities commemorating the Greek Christian in order catch up with the times and accommodate migrants from Morocco — a 99% Sunni Muslim nation in North Africa that restricts the practice of Christianity and punishes its public adherents.

Dec. 6 marks the death of Saint Nicholas, the 4th-century Greek bishop of Myra whom some revisionists like to think punched the heretic Arius in the face.

Saint Nicholas, the dominant inspiration for the modern-day Santa Claus, was apparently born rich but gave his inheritance to the poor. The bishop is also credited with donating money to a father who was compelled to sell his daughters into prostitution and stopping a storm to save ill-fated sailors. The Russian Orthodox Church holds him in high esteem, and the Catholic Church regards him as the patron saint of children.

Every year, a man dresses up as the historic figure and visits schoolchildren around Saint-Gilles, a Brussels satellite, dispensing gifts.

Spinette indicated he struck a partnership with the Moroccan town of Berkane, known for its production of clementines, reported Sudinfo.

"I would find it comical to have a Sidi Nicolas who provides clementines to children," the mayor told La Derniere Heure, replacing "saint" with an Arabic honorific.

"It's a way to find a link with the Muslim community in the town," said the mayor. "You should know that many people residing in Saint-Gilles come from this region of Morocco."

13.4% of Belgium's population is foreign-born. According to the government, 17.3% of Belgians with a foreign background and non-Belgians come from North Africa.

Beyond the title change and a new gig peddling Moroccan goods, the mayor indicated he had other changes in mind for the Greek saint.

"For us, Saint Nicholas must be environmentally friendly, respectful of religion, and intersectional," said Spinette.

Spinette alluded to the consequences of failing to placate modern sensibilites, adding, "Father Fouettard was fired a long time ago."

Father Fouettard or "Father Whipper" is a sinister character who served as Saint Nicholas' nemesis in an apocryphal 13th-century tale and in many more since. Whereas the saint protects and rewards good children, according to legend, Fouettard would chastise and sometimes murder naughty children.

Yannis Bakhouche, a Reform Movement section president in Saint-Gilles, said in a statement to DH, "It seems that the mayor is trying to divert attention from much more serious problems by launching this idea of changing the name of Saint-Nicolas to Sidi Nicolas. Saint Nicholas is a Catholic tradition that enchants all children, regardless of their origin or religion."

"It's a time when we come together, share sweets, chocolates, and create memories together. Why [would Spinette] want to change something that brings everyone together over trifles? This has never been a demand from the Muslim community, it is truly astonishing," said Bakhouche.

"We should work together to resolve these concrete problems that affect each of us on a daily basis instead of trying to please with ideas that divide," continued Bakhouche. "I believe that our municipality needs leaders who take care of real priorities and who unite the Saint-Gilloise community rather than dividing it with futile ideas."

Facing backlash, Spinette suggested in a subsequent Meta post that he has no intention of changing "the name of Saint-Nicolas or this beautiful tradition appreciated by all children in Saint-Gilles. This is obviously not the case and the Saint-Nicolas event is particularly appreciated in all the schools in our town. He will be celebrated this year as always and I deplore this unnecessary controversy."

While the Christian tradition in Saint-Gilles may survive this year, elsewhere in Europe it appears to be getting the axe.

The European Conservative highlighted how the Austrian municipality of Plainfield in Salzburg has told event organizers to keep Saint Nicholas — often wearing a bishop's miter and a visibly Christian cross — away from its kindergarten due to concerns about "diversity" and "cultural differences."

Cultural differences have been recently cited elsewhere in the region for another kind of change.

Blaze News recently reported that a school in northern Germany is in the process of changing the name of a kindergarten because "Kindertagesstätte 'Anne Frank'" is apparently not diverse or inclusive enough and fails to resonate with immigrant families.

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Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters faces backlash for wearing Nazi-like uniform at Berlin concert, comparing Anne Frank with George Floyd and Palestinian journalist



Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters is facing backlash to imagery at his concert in Germany that some critics are calling "anti-Semitic." During his recent concert in Berlin, the controversial rocker was dressed in garb resembling a Nazi uniform, and there were comparisons of Anne Frank with George Floyd and a Palestinian journalist.

Waters' concert at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin last week has recently garnered attention after video clips were posted to social media.

The enormous screen at the concert highlighted numerous names during the show, including Anne Frank – the German girl who was forced to go into hiding because the Nazis were hunting down Jews.

Other names included U.S. victims of deadly police encounters, including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Philando Castile.

Also broadcast on the screen was Sophie Scholl, an anti-Nazi political activist murdered by the Nazis; Mahsa Amini, a protester who died in the custody of Iranian "morality police" under suspicious circumstances in 2022; and Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian journalist for Al Jazeera who was shot and killed during a firefight between Israel Defense Forces and Palestinian militants in the West Bank in 2022.

Also during the concert, Waters was dressed in a uniform that resembled that of a Nazi SS soldier. He is seen on video wielding a replica rifle and firing off rounds.

A large pig balloon floated over the crowd that reportedly had the logo of Elbit – an Israeli defense company.

\u201cjetzt hat sich der roger offenbar als waffen-SS verkleidet samt roter armbinde und er\u00f6ffnet das feuer mit einer gewehr-attrappe\u201d
— Nicholas Potter (@Nicholas Potter) 1684347686
\u201cHere is video footage of Roger Waters dressed in facist SS Nazi garb, shooting the machine gun at the show:\u201d
— Ari Ingel (@Ari Ingel) 1684879937

On Wednesday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry wrote on Twitter, "Good morning to every one but Roger Waters who spent the evening in Berlin (Yes Berlin) desecrating the memory of Anne Frank and the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust."

\u201cGood morning to every one but Roger Waters who spent the evening in Berlin (Yes Berlin) desecrating the memory of Anne Frank and the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.\u201d
— Israel Foreign Ministry (@Israel Foreign Ministry) 1684913341

"Roger Waters compares the tragic death of a Palestinian journalist covering a firefight between Israeli forces & Palestinian militants to the death of Anne Frank who was led to the slaughter with over 6 million other Jews at the hands of the Nazis," said Ari Ingel – director at Creative Community for Peace, a self-described "non-profit entertainment industry organization comprised of prominent members of the entertainment community who have come together to promote the arts as a bridge to peace, to educate about rising antisemitism within the entertainment industry, and to galvanize support against the cultural boycott of Israel."

Waters' concert opened with a statement that read: "On a matter of public interest: a court in Frankfurt has ruled that I am not an anti-Semite. Just to be clear, I condemn antisemitism unreservedly."

At a concert in Belgium in 2013, Rogers also donned a Nazi-like uniform and had a floating pig with the Star of David emblazoned on it.

The Times of Israel reported in 2013:

Waters, who recently urged other performers to boycott Israel and compared Israel to apartheid South Africa, was singing on stage on July 20 under the balloon while toting a machine gun replica and wearing a long black leather jacket with a red-and-white arm band, reminiscent of a Nazi uniform. The former Pink Floyd member was singing “get him up against the wall, that one looks Jewish and that one’s a coon, who let all of this riff-raff into the room” – the lyrics of the song “In the Flesh.”

"In the Flesh" is from Pink Floyd's 1979 album "The Wall." The song is about a jaded rock star named "Pink," who "hallucinates himself as a Nazi-like dictator ordering his audience to attack ethnic minorities."

The song ends with Waters as Pink declaring, "If I had my way I'd have all of you shot!"

Waters – who turns 80 in September – is currently on his farewell tour, called "This Is Not a Drill."

TikTok's 'pansexual' COO identifies as 'both a woman and non-binary' and is rearing 'kids in a same sex household'



TikTok chief operating officer Vanessa Pappas identifies as "pansexual" and as "both a woman and non-binary" and uses "both they/them and she/her" pronouns, according to an announcement shared on social media — Pappas' name is listed as "V(anessa) Pappas" on social media .

"A personal update. I shared this to our TikTok organization over the weekend and wanted to bring visibility here as well," Pappas wrote.

"I am pansexual and raising my kids in a same sex household with my loving spouse and partner of 20 years - as a family we spend a lot of time talking about the importance of recognizing diversity across sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, gender, age, socio-economic status, personal abilities, political backgrounds etc," Pappas declared. "Most recently our conversation has focused on gender identity. In my personal life, I primarily go by V and more recently they/them. Since representation matters, I recognize the importance of language in identifying and affirming gender differences."

"So while most of you know me as being fairly private as it relates to my personal life I did feel it important to bring my whole self to work and to share my gender identity and preferred pronouns," Pappas wrote. "So how to best address me? I use both they/them and she/her as I still very much value my identity as being both a woman and non-binary. I don't worry if you don't use V or they/them all the time, but I do appreciate the effort to recognize my preferences."

TikTok is a controversial social media company because it is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company.

The app has been banned from U.S. House of Representatives devices. "The Committee on House Administration has authorized the CAO Office of Cybersecurity to initiate the removal of TikTok Social Media Service from all House managed devices," according to a notice. "TikTok is NOT allowed on House mobile devices."

\u201cThe House is removing TikTok from all work phones starting today, per notice I obtained \n\n"The Office of Cybersecurity has been deemed The TikTok mobile application to be a high risk to users due to a number of security risks"\n\n(the omni implemented a similar policy for the feds)\u201d
— Nicholas Wu (@Nicholas Wu) 1672156876

A measure approved late last year as part of the massive omnibus bill targets TikTok by demanding the development of "standards and guidelines for executive agencies requiring the removal of any covered application from information technology," with certain exceptions — the measure stipulates that "the term 'covered application' means the social networking service TikTok or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited or an entity owned by ByteDance Limited."

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'These cops were blue before they were black': Ana Navarro of 'The View' downplays race of black police officers charged with murdering black man Tyre Nichols



Ana Navarro on Monday's episode of "The View" downplayed the race of the black police officers charged with murdering black man Tyre Nichols in Memphis earlier this month.

“People would have done more to help a dog out than they did to help Tyre Nichols out," Navarro said in one clip. "And that is inhumanity. And what we saw, in this case, is that good cops come in any gender, any class, any color. And bad cops can be of any gender and any color — and these cops were blue before they were black."

Navarro added that "these cops were part of the Scorpion Unit. It could not have been more aptly named 'cause they were filled with poison and hatred and a desire to kill. That night they were out hunting — hunting for a victim, who just happened to be this young man, Tyre Nichols. And I think we are so tired, everyone is so tired — and particularly black mothers are so tired of seeing this over and over again."

Navarro's take can be seen in the second video below:

\u201cRaging Ana Navarro proclaims: "People would have done more to help a dog than they did to help Tyre Nichols." (It was the middle of the night and no one was on the street)\nAnd she says the cops killed him because "These cops were blue before they were black" and "hunting" him.\u201d
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@Nicholas Fondacaro) 1675094892

What's the background?

Nichols, 29, was hospitalized after being pulled over Jan. 7 for reckless driving and died from his injuries three days later. The five officers involved were fired for violating department policies after an internal investigation — and arrested and booked into jail. Each officer was charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, two counts of official misconduct, and official oppression.

In an interview Friday morning with Memphis' police chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis, CNN's Don Lemon asked, "Five black officers, a black police chief in a black community — what do you make of the race of the officers and what that says to the community and to the country about the policing, the care —" Davis interjected that "race" isn't the reason for policing problems.

Friday evening police released video of Nichols' beating as officials braced for rioting. CNN's Van Jones penned an op-ed that evening saying that even though black officers are charged with murdering Nichols, "black people can harbor anti-black sentiments" and can be influenced by racism.

What else was said on 'The View'?

Whoopi Goldberg, another co-host of "The View," echoed Navarro's downplaying of race, saying it's not an issue of black or white — but a problem with "policing itself."

"Seems things don’t seem to make sense to people unless it’s somebody they can feel, or they can recognize. ... Do we need to see white people also get beaten before anybody will do anything?" Goldberg added. "I’m not suggesting that, so don’t write us and tell me what a racist I am. I’m just asking, is that what people have to see in order to wake up and realize this affects us all?"

\u201cClaiming she's "not suggesting that," Whoopi suggests white people need to be beaten by police before reforms will happen.\n"Do you we need to see white people also get beat before anybody will do anything? ... Don't write us and tell me what a racist I am."\u201d
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@Nicholas Fondacaro) 1675094892

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CNN anchor uses Damar Hamlin's shocking on-field collapse to attack House Republicans: 'They don't care'



CNN anchor John King invoked the horrifying incident with Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin on Thursday to criticize House Republicans.

After nearly one dozen ballots, House Republicans have failed to elect a new House speaker. A faction of 20 Republican lawmakers have been blocking Rep. Kevin McCarthy's bid over concerns that his leadership will continue to empower the political status quo.

What did King say?

Discussing the chaos in the House, King asserted that Republicans do not care about respecting government institutions, apathy that he claimed is demonstrated by the chaos.

"Whoever wins the speakership, will that person be speaker for a week? A month? By August when you have to do the debt ceiling, and that means you have to be responsible ... respecting the system, the organizations, the government?" King began. "They don't care. They don't care."

Because House Republicans hold a narrow majority in the House, King said each member must accept "responsibility as a member of the team."

"Imagine if a baseball team goes on the field and after two pitches, the right fielder decides I want to pitch. It can't work that way. Someone has to be in charge," he said. "That doesn't mean you always agree with your boss, you don't always agree with your manager. You don't always agree with your coach."

That's when he invoked the scary incident with Hamlin.

"Imagine those two doctors we just listened to who treated, and all the people in the field who cared for that Buffalo Bills player: if somebody said 'no' or 'no, I want to do the other job'— it doesn't work that way," King said.

"When you're on a team you have to yes. Yes, you go to the boss's office and you say, 'I want this, I want this, I want this.' But eventually somebody has to make a decision," he continued. "And you have to accept the responsibility of the government."

King added, "They don't want that responsibility. They don't care about that responsibility. They don't respect that responsibility."

\u201cDisgusting: CNN invokes Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest to warn against GOP lawmakers.\n"Imagine those two doctors that we just listened to who treated, and all of the people on the field who treated the Buffalo Bills player if they said, 'no, [I don't want to function as a team]'"\u201d
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@Nicholas Fondacaro) 1672950903

To round off his rant, King gloated that Republicans underwhelmed in the 2022 midterm elections because "the American people said we don't want crazy," yet Republicans won control of the House, which has, in his estimation, resulted in "crazy."

TikTok now prohibited on House mobile devices



The popular social media app TikTok has been prohibited on House mobile devices.

"The Committee on House Administration has authorized the CAO Office of Cybersecurity to initiate the removal of TikTok Social Media Service from all House managed devices," according to a notice from the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.

"House staff are NOT allowed to download the TikTok app on any House mobile devices," the notice said. "Tik Tok is NOT allowed on House mobile devices. If you have the TikTok app on your House mobile device, you will be contacted to remove it." The notice specified that these restrictions start "immediately."

The massive omnibus spending package that Congress recently approved included a provision to ban TikTok from executive agency devices, with certain exceptions.

"By way of background, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 requires executive brand agencies to begin removing the social networking service TikTok or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited," the notice explained. "The Committee on House Administration has authorized the Office of Cybersecurity to implement a similar policy for the U.S. House of Representatives."

\u201cThe House is removing TikTok from all work phones starting today, per notice I obtained \n\n"The Office of Cybersecurity has been deemed The TikTok mobile application to be a high risk to users due to a number of security risks"\n\n(the omni implemented a similar policy for the feds)\u201d
— Nicholas Wu (@Nicholas Wu) 1672156876

A CAO advisory earlier this year that said, "We do not recommend the download or use of this application due to these security and privacy concerns."

"TikTok is a Chinese-owned company, and any use of this platform should be done with that in mind. The 'TikTok' mobile application has been deemed by the CAO Office of CyberSecurity to be a high-risk to users due to its lack of transparency in how it protects customer data, its requirement of excessive permissions, and the potential security risks involved with its use," the advisory from earlier this year stated.

'The View' co-host forced to retract egregious accusation against Amy Coney Barrett: 'Sorry about that'



"The View" co-host Joy Behar was forced to apologize on Tuesday after claiming one day earlier that Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is a member of a "hate group."

What did Behar claim?

On Monday, the liberal commentator claimed that Coney Barrett's membership in religious group People of Praise is evidence that she belongs to a "hate group."

"Now, here’s my question. She is, you know, a religious person. She belongs to the People of Praise group, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled them a hate group, and their founder has questioned the so-called separation of church and state," Behar declared.

"They believe that sex should occur only within marriage and, of course, between a man and a woman. They’ve got very specific things that they believe," she added.

The remarks came as progressives demand Coney Barrett recuse herself from a case in which religious liberty and LGBT ideology clash. Critics have specifically cited Coney Barrett's connection to People of Praise as reason she must recuse herself.

But is what Behar claimed true?

The Southern Poverty Law Center, in fact, does not categorize People of Praise as a "hate group."

On Tuesday, she therefore retracted her previous claims defaming Coney Barrett and issued an apology. She claimed she had conflated People of Praise with another organization, but was vague about which exact organization that was.

"I have to clarify something I said yesterday," Behar said. "I want to correct something I said on air when I stated that People of Praise had been deemed a hate group.

"I just got them mixed up with another group. It was inaccurate. So I don’t think that’s right that I should — I have to say, you know, sorry about that," she added. "Anyway, I conflated them."

\u201cA day late and a dollar short.\nJoy Behar is made to walk back a false statement she made yesterday when she lied about Justice Amy COney Barrett being a member of a "hate group."\n"I just got them mixed up with another group. It was inaccurate."\u201d
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@Nicholas Fondacaro) 1669737995

When discussing Coney Barrett on Monday, "The View" co-host Sara Haines surprisingly disagreed with her co-hosts on the issue of Coney Barrett's recusal.

"I’m an avid LGBTQ ally and supporter and I believe in all of that, but I don’t think she should recuse herself for that very reason. This is not a religious opinion," she said.

"When you write these opinions they’re pages long. As the general public, we hear the headlines of the results, not how they got there," she explained. "It’s kind of like a math problem. They have to cite and source every single part of what they do, and judges across this country go to work every day and have to set aside their personal beliefs."

'The View' hosts accuse Dr. Oz of violating medical ethics for debating Fetterman: 'What kind of a doctor is behind that?'



"The View" co-host Joy Behar suggested Wednesday that Dr. Mehmet Oz violated a medical pledge to "do no harm" when he chose to debate Democrat John Fetterman.

Wait, are you serious?

Reacting to Tuesday's debate between the Pennsylvania senatorial candidates, Behar accused Dr. Oz of harming Fetterman, who suffered a stroke in May.

"The Republican Party is running a bunch of ads about showing Fetterman stumbling on things because of the stroke," Behar said. "What kind of a doctor is behind that? Aren’t you supposed to do no harm?"

Behar explained that she has a personal relationship with Dr. Oz, thus, from her perspective, "he's like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."

While it is often believed that the phrase "first, do no harm" is part of the ancient Hippocratic Oath, the phrase is believed to have originated in the 19th century. Though physicians do recite an oath when graduating from school, it is not the Hippocratic Oath.

Still, the phrase "first, do no harm" is a key principal in bioethics that medical professionals tend to abide by.

John Fetterman, Dr. Oz Face Off In First Debate | The View www.youtube.com

After Behar's attack, Sunny Hostin immediately condemned Dr. Oz and accused him of being a "bully."

"It’s really strange. It was really strange to me that he chose to bully a stroke victim," Hostin said of Dr. Oz. "Yeah, right. Like he obviously was bullying him."

Hostin, however, did not provide any evidence to back her claims.

What's the irony?

Just one day before accusing Dr. Oz of harming Fetterman and bullying him, the same commentators mocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for appearing to have a "stroke" while debating Democrat Charlie Crist.

"You know this guy DeSantis has the charisma of this cup. I think when Crist says, 'Are you going run in 2024,' he looks like he’s having a stroke — he can’t even answer that simple question," Behar said. "This is where I say Trump has a better shot, certainly with the Republican Party and the Republican base, than he does."

Moreover, "The View" also attacked Georgia Republican Herschel Walker for possibly having had a stroke as well — and then laughed at the possibility that he could have brain damage.

"[W]hat makes the Republicans think that Herschel Walker is coherent and he hasn’t had a stroke?" Behar said on Oct. 13.

\u201cJoy pivots to Herschel Walker, lashing out and asking: "What makes the Republicans think that Herschel walker is coherent and he hasn't had a stroke?"\n"That's a valid point," Sunny declares. They then collectively laughed at the possibility that Walker had brain damage.\u201d
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@Nicholas Fondacaro) 1665674359

73% of Americans agree that extreme political views are hyped by misinformation — like that pushed by the liberal media in these 5 instances



The latest Pearson Institute/AP-NORC survey was published on Thursday, revealing that Americans overwhelmingly agree that misinformation is a problem. Of the 1,003 adults aged 18 and older who were interviewed between September 9 and September 12, 77% agreed that "misinformation increases hate crimes" and 73% agreed it increases "extreme political views."

Sheila Kohanteb, forum executive director at the Pearson Institute for Study and Resolution of Global Conflict, said, "The public continues to see misinformation as a significant problem that is impacting them personally."

"Many are also worried about the impact on democracy including the ways misinformation fuel hate crimes and extreme political beliefs," Kohanteb added.

David Sterrett, senior research scientist with the AP-NORC Center, said of the results, "There is a consensus among people, regardless of their partisanship, age, or race and ethnicity, that misinformation is a problem."

MediaWise's director, Alex Mahadevan, suggested that "uncertainty, polarization, [and] the decline of local news" have brought about a "perfect storm that's created a flood of misinformation."

While the AP assigned blame to "online misinformation," this universal concern over the veracity of false claims and their fallout was no doubt exacerbated in part by a myriad of consequential lies advanced by the establishment media in recent months and years.

Here are five instances where impactful false claims were advanced or amplified by liberal mainstream news organizations.

1. Russian Collusion Hoax

Claim: Then-candidate and later-President Donald Trump and his team conspired with the Russians to secure victory in the 2016 presidential election.

Impact: The false narrative and its supporting claims ultimately resulted in the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller; a two-year-long $32 million Russia probe; a midterm Democratic House victory; a distracted, investigation-addled presidency; and over 55% of Democrats left believing it to be true.

Facts: Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 2019 report cleared the Trump campaign, indicating that neither the president nor his team had conspired with the Russians during the 2016 election.

The Russian source of some of the rumors that were widely circulated about Trump is presently on trial and the Steele dossier, which the FBI used to spy on Trump, has been discredited.

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2. Hunter Biden laptop story

Claim: The Hunter Biden laptop story initially reported on by the New York Post is Russian disinformation, "unverifiable," and the libelous work of the Trump campaign.

Impact: The media, aided by Big Tech censorship and elements of the intelligence community antipathetic to Trump, successfully downplayed the implications of the damning evidence discovered on Hunter Biden's laptop, which he abandoned at a Delaware computer repair shop.

The repair shop's owner received countless death threats and was roundly castigated.

Then-candidate Joe Biden won the 2020 election. A recent TechnoMetrica Institute of Policy and Politics poll found that 79% of respondents indicated that “a truthful interpretation of the laptop” by the media would have resulted in Trump's reelection.

Facts: The laptop's authenticity and its contents were verified by the liberal media after the election.

3. 'Fiery, But Mostly Peaceful' riots

Claim: The BLM riots "were largely peaceful."

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— Joe Concha (@Joe Concha) 1598508212

Impact: This and other coordinated efforts to downplay violence committed by BLM rioters allegedly eliminated pressure on politicians to take action while also generating greater distrust in the news media.

Facts: In September 2020, Axios reported that the BLM riots incurred $1 billion in damage and was the "most expensive in insurance history." Other estimates put the cost closer to $2 billion.

Of the 8,700 BLM-related events, 574 involved violent acts in over 140 cities, including shootings, arson, looting, vehicular crimes, and explosions.

RealClear Investigations reported that between 6 and 20 persons were killed in the riots.

1 police officer was killed and 2,037 officers were assaulted or injured. 16,241 arrests were made.

4. Deaths at the Jan. 6 Capitol protests

Claim: Five cops were killed by Trump supporters on January 6, 2021, one of whom was bludgeoned to death.

Impact: Liberal outlets' suggestion that protesters killed police at or as the result of the Capitol protests lent credibility to those who repeated the lie for political advantage, including the president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and January 6 committee panel chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.).

Facts: The only person killed at the Capitol was a protester, U.S. Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt, who was gunned down by Capitol police Lt. Michael Byrd.

No police officers died in the line of duty during the Capitol protests.

Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick, who was claimed to have been killed in or as the result of the fracas, returned to headquarters in "good condition" after the incident, but suffered two strokes the following day, reportedly dying of natural causes.

5. Nick Sandmann

Claim: Then-16-year-old Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann tried to intimidate a native American Vietnam War veteran when attending the March for Life at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. When the native elder sought to peacefully march by, Sandmann blocked his way and then prevented him from retreating. At some stage, Sandmann or one of his peers chanted "build the wall."

Impact: Sandmann was defamed as a "racist kid," received death threats, and was the subject of vicious, violent rhetoric amplified by celebrities and others online.

CNN, the Washington Post, and NBC were among the outfits that had to settle multimillion-dollar defamation suits filed by Sandmann.

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— Nicholas Sandmann (@Nicholas Sandmann) 1639778759

Facts: While waiting for their bus to arrive, Sandmann and his peers were targeted by a nearby group of black Hebrew Israelites, who leveled at them a litany of vulgar, racist remarks. Sandmann reportedly nonverbally motioned for one of his peers to stop engaging with one of Phillips' alleged associates, then nonconfrontationally stood in place.

Nathan Phillips, who is not a Vietnam War veteran, approached Sandmann, banging his drum just inches from the teen's face.

An independent investigation concluded there was no evidence that Sandmann and fellow students used "offensive or racist" statements. It also found that Phillips' account of the incident contained "some inconsistencies."