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- ‘You Just Made My Point for Me’: CNN Commentator Dunks on Scott Jennings for...
CNN commentator Scott Jennings had his point flipped back at him during Monday’s episode of NewsNight, with one of his colleagues merrily embracing a point he made about the Department of Homeland Security shutdown as an admission she thought would be great fodder for political ads for Democrats. Kasie Hunt guested for Abby Phillip as the panel discussed the latest developments with the standoff between Democrats and Republicans in Congress over funding for DHS, which has meant that TSA agents are working at the nation’s airports without being paid. Numerous agents who cannot afford to forgo their paychecks have been calling out, leading to hours-long security lines. President Donald Trump has ordered agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the airports. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) confirmed reports Monday that there had been a deal on the table where the Democrats would agree to fund everything but ICE, so the TSA agents could get paid, but Trump killed that deal. “Scott, you talk to folks in the administration all the time,” said Hunt. “What’s it going to take to get the president to a point where he’s willing to do what a lot of people in the Republican Senate seem to want him to do?” Jennings said he had heard from people “who were actually at the White House tonight” that several GOP senators went there to talk with Trump. “I think there is going to be a deal,” said Jennings, adding that he thought “some Democrats may be willing to go along with this,” describing the potential deal as agreeing to “fund DHS, except for the enforcement removal operations, EROs,” which is “about 6,000 of the 260,000 employees.” The next step, said Jennings, would be for Republicans to “go to a reconciliation plan wherein that you then do the ERO funding and you try to do the Save America Act.” “And the only reason this is possible is because the president got them plenty of money last summer in the Big Beautiful Bill for ICE operations,” Jennings added, noting that the Democrats would “never support reconciliation” but the Republicans might be able to “get a few Democrats on board” with the phase one funding part, and so “this might be how it ends, and maybe you get it done this week, and maybe we get these poor TSA agents their paychecks.” “Scott, you just made my point for… [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago - MAGA CNN Guest Says Democratic Senator’s ‘Job’ Is To Support Trump’s WarGOP Strategist Brad Todd declared that it is Sen. Chris Van Hollen‘s (D-MD) “job” to support Trump’s position in the Iran War. On NewsNight Monday evening, CNN’s Kasie Hunt shared a clip from her earlier interview with Hollen in which she asked him if he believed Iranian officials, who claim the U.S. and Iran are not currently negotiating a ceasefire, over President Donald Trump. Hollen responded affirmatively. “I believe that based on all the information that’s available and Donald Trump’s track record of lying,” Hollen said. “We know he’s lying when he says that the Iranians are talking with us, and they’re about to give Donald Trump everything he wants. Yes, that’s a lie.” Todd blasted Hollen for “undermining the president.” “Chris Van Hollen is a United States senator,” he said. “He’s a senior member of our government, and he is undermining America’s ability to end this war on our terms by undermining the president. It is his job as a United States senator to support the United States position here, just like he did when Obama was in Libya, and he gave him 90 days and basically just took his word for everything.” He hypothesized that Iranian officials would not want to admit involvement in any negotiations with the U.S. for fear of repercussions. “But, back to the Iranian government, of course, no one’s admitting they’re talking to the president of the United States, because that would be a good way to be hung by a crane tomorrow if you’re a person in the Iranian government,” he said. “The Iranian government is not just a bad actor. They terrorize and murder their own citizens, much less anybody who might cut a deal with the United States. So, I think we ought to trust the American president about what America’s interests are.” When asked by CNN’s Ashley Allison if Trump “has been inconsistent” in his rhetoric about the Iran War, Todd avoided answering the question but admitted that he believes the president is offering “too many different objectives” and should speak to the press less frequently. “I wish he would do less color commentary and less play-by-play,” he said. “Instead of talking six times a day to the press on this, I wish he’d talked once a week.” Watch above via CNN.The post MAGA CNN Guest Says Democratic Senator’s ‘Job’ Is To Support Trump’s War first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.6 hours ago
- Republicans in Panic Mode Over Senate Seat They Thought They’d Flip: ‘A Reci...
AP Photo/Brynn Anderson Republicans had eyed Georgia’s Senate seat as a target to flip from blue to red in 2026, but the current occupant is proving to be far more challenging to dethrone than they had expected, according to a report by Liz Goodwin at The Washington Post. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) has served in the U.S. Senate since winning a runoff election, along with his colleague Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), on Jan. 5, 2021 — one day before the infamous attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump. Numerous political observers credited — or blamed, depending on the partisan orientation — Trump for Ossoff’s and Warnock’s wins, as the president had been furiously attacking the integrity of the 2020 election for weeks, dissuading Georgia Republicans from voting. Ossoff was viewed by Republicans as having “ridden the coattails” of Warnock, the senior pastor at Martin Luther King Jr.’s former church in Atlanta, and initially thought to be more vulnerable to a challenge in 2026, wrote Goodwin. Trump won Georgia by two points in 2024, and the plan was to paint Ossoff as too liberal for a right-leaning southern state. That plan has developed major cracks in its foundation, wrote Goodwin, in no small part because Ossoff has been ruthlessly disciplined. The Post’s report describes in detail Ossoff’s Senate office exhibiting “a hyper focus on local Georgia issues” and seeking “to provide excellent constituent services to any Georgian, regardless of their political affiliation,” taking inspiration from a Republican, the late Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA). “I don’t crave attention. I’m not doing this for the spotlight,” Ossoff told the Post. “I want to do a great job for the state.” Ossoff has largely avoided the social media traps that have ensnared other progressive Democrats by creating sound bites for GOP attack ads. One anonymous Republican strategist admitted to the Post they were “not feeling bullish” about being able to defeat Ossoff, because he “has wisely avoided the temptation of going on cable news for six years and playing to the base for social media likes. … I think he’s going to reap the benefits of that.” Georgia Republicans are also embroiled in a tough primary battle. It’s not nearly as fiery as the one currently blazing in Texas, but they are still “lamenting their bitterly divided primary field made worse by a recruiting failure” when Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA)… [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago - Trump Goes Out of His Way to Say Hegseth Was ‘The First’ to Advocate Iran Wa...President Donald Trump said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was “the first” person in his administration to push for war with Iran. The remark could be viewed either as Trump giving praise or laying the groundwork for an eventual shakeup at the Pentagon, depending on subsequent events in the Middle East. The U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran on Feb. 28, since which time the administration has offered nearly a dozen justifications for the war, but appears to be especially emphasizing the alleged nuclear threat that Iran posed. That rationale is at odds with comments Trump made after joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last year, which the president said at the time were “totally obliterated.” Thirteen American service members have died since fighting began, as well as more than 1,300 Iranians. Iran responded to the attacks by closing the Strait of Hormuz, which has choked the flow of oil and sent prices surging. Trump had demanded that Iran reopen the strait, or he would order the country’s power plants bombed. On Monday, the president said he would pause some strikes and that the U.S. and Iran were in negotiations. Iranian officials denied talks were taking place. Speaking in Memphis on Monday at a crime task force roundtable, Trump took a detour to say that Hegseth was the first to advocate for the war. “I called a lot of our great people,” Trump said. “We have great people, and I said, ‘Let’s talk. We got a problem in the Middle East. We have a country known as Iran that, for 47 years, has been just a purveyor of terror, and they’re close to a nuclear weapon.'” Moments later, with Hegseth in attendance, the president said: And Pete, I think you were the first one to speak up. And you said, “Let’s do it, because you can’t let them have a nuclear weapon.” So, we are now having really good discussions. They started last night, uh, little bit the night before that. And uh, I think they’re, you know, I think they’re very good. They want peace to– they’ve agreed they will not have a nuclear weapon, you know etc., etc., but we’ll see. You have to get it done. But I would say there’s a very good chance. Trump went on to say that Israel has “been a great partner in this fight.” Watch above via Fox… [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago
- Investigator Sent to Deadly LaGuardia Crash Was Stuck in TSA Line for Three Hour...The long TSA security lines at the airports are not just a hassle for travelers, they held up an investigator going to the scene of a deadly runway crash for hours until the National Transportation and Safety Board intervened. An Air Canada plane collided with a Port Authority fire truck that was crossing the runway shortly after the plane landed at LaGuardia Airport in New York late Sunday evening. The fire truck was responding to a call from a United flight that reported an odor in the cabin. Both of the Air Canada pilots were killed and dozens were sent to the hospital. LaGuardia remains shut down in the wake of the crash and is expected to remain closed through Tuesday afternoon. Earlier Monday, National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy held a press conference regarding the progress of the investigation. According to Homendy, the team of investigators “began to arrive around 3:10 am,” but some were “still en route” at the time of her press conference, meaning they had not yet had “a full day of investigation” yet. She acknowledged that there were “a lot of questions,” and said she wanted to “set expectations,” especially in light of the DHS shutdown. “We have DHS that is shut down, and we have long TSA lines,” she said. “Our air traffic control specialist, who was in line with TSA for three hours, until we called — in Houston — to beg, to see if we can get her through, so we can get her here. So it’s been a really big challenge to get the entire team here, and they’re still arriving as we speak.” CNN aviation and transportation correspondent Pete Muntean reported on the latest developments in the story on Monday’s episode of AC360, telling Anderson Cooper that the incident was “kind of symptomatic of an aviation system that’s really bursting at the seams.” While the issues with funding TSA workers’ paychecks were “not necessarily connected” directly to the crash, it was still “having an impact on aviation as a whole,” by causing “plenty of people” to miss their flights, and now “it’s impacted the NTSB work here.” “They can’t even get their people here,” said Cooper. Wow. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy says the agency had to "beg" to get a key LaGuardia crash investigator (a specialist on air traffic control) through TSA in Houston… [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago
- ‘I Didn’t Think Kamala Was Hot’: Jesse Watters Debates Whether Dems Need â...Fox’s Jesse Watters ripped former Vice President Kamala Harris, declaring her “not hot” in a heated debate about whether Democrats need an “attractive” candidate to win the 2028 presidential election. An article by The Bulwark, which proclaimed in its headline that “Dems Want Hotter Candidates on the Ballot,” sparked superficial conversation among Watters and his The Five co-hosts. Dana Perino, former White House Press Secretary, kicked off the debate by noting the seemingly androcentric nature of the “hot” requirement after Fox played a clip of two women calling for an attractive male candidate. “Notice that it’s the women—the women aren’t suggesting that there is a democratic woman they would like to put forward, right?” Perino said. “Where is the girlhood? To me, Kamala Harris was an objectively beautiful person, and she couldn’t win, so I don’t think that’s what it is. I also think people are watching too much Love Story. I like the show very much, but they have this idea if they go back and they re-create JFK, that they’ll be able to win, but it’s more about policies than … pretty.” Co-host Emily Compagno went on to ponder if the so-called “hot” candidate requirement “stems from the media fawning over Gavin Newsom.” “Especially since he’s like a six at best,” co-host Greg Gutfeld said of Newsom, though he adopted the stance that “people aren’t attracted to ugly ideas.” Next, Watters jumped in to continue the hot-or-not style debate. “I have to disagree with Dana,” he said. “I didn’t think Kamala was hot.” “No, she was attractive,” Gutfeld spoke over him. “I said she was beautiful,” Perino corrected Watters. “I didn’t say hot.” Gutfeld offered up Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) as a “hot” candidate, which Watters immediately shut down. “I’m not going to go there,” he said, before doubling down on his comments about Harris. “I don’t know,” Watters said. “I mean, she was okay. But if we’re talking hot, she’s not hot. Did you ever see the politicians before television? It was like old fat guys with no hair, with like mutton chop sideburns. So, TV is the thing. You’ve got to have a good-looking person, and now I like the fact that Democrats have gone from like, we need a transgender native American amputee, to just someone who is hot. And I feel like that’s progress.” Co-host Jessica Tarlov slammed the conversation, calling it “ridiculous.” “This is just being a normal human… [TheTopNews] Read More.8 hours ago
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