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- ‘It’s Insane!’ Californians Fume Over $6 Gas In Scathing MS NOW Segment
MS NOW reporter Laura Haefeli presented a segment on the network on Friday that highlighted just how desperate California’s gas and oil situation has become. Haefeli joined anchor Ana Cabrera and presented interviews with both Californians facing what is an average gas price of $6.16 (almost $2 above the national average), as well as a Chevron official who said he’s never faced a situation like the current one. Gas prices have shot up over the last months amid the Iran war, but Haefeli reported California has found itself in a particularly tricky spot as they face “the worst supply crisis” in the country. Haefeli reported: Not only are gas prices going up, but the real serious issue right now in California is supply. We were inside of the Chevron refinery here in El Segundo, California, just over my shoulder here. And what they’re dealing with is a lack of access. This refinery is crucial to California. It’s the biggest Chevron refinery on the west coast, and they’re having some serious problems. Take a look. For decades, tankers made their way between the Middle East and California’s coast. But as of this week, no more are coming. Chevron El Segundo refinery director Bryon Stock said he’s never seen anything like the current supply situation in his nearly-30 year career. “It made me pause. I think it gave me pause for a moment because that’s a significant milestone that I’ve not seen or faced in my 27 year career,” he said. “Californians could soon face the worst supply crisis in the U.S., and at Chevron’s Southern California refinery, we saw it for ourselves,” Haefeli added. California imports roughly 60% of its crude oil from overseas, 20% of that coming from the Middle East. The state’s geography prevents it from using pipelines that other states use, and further complicating things is the Jones Act, a law that requires ships moving oil between U.S. ports to be American-owned, crewed, and built. There is a current waiver on the law from the Trump administration. Californians facing prices ticking up again and again at the pump also spoke to Haefeli, calling current prices “insane.” “It’s getting crazy. It’s insane,” one woman said. “I don’t even get full tanks anymore.” “With the economy and spending and groceries and gas and all these things, it definitely weighs heavy,” another resident said. “It’s supply and demand at… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - ABC Lashes Out at Trump FCC in Blistering Filing Accusing Them of Violating Firs...
ABC lashed out at President Donald Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over what they call a First Amendment violation against the popular daytime talk show The View. Earlier this year, Trump’s Brendan Carr-led FCC opened an “enforcement proceeding” against The View over his agency’s new guidelines on “equal time” rules. Carr and Trump have been aggressive about punishing and pressuring media outlets with which they disapprove. In a new 52-page filing to the FCC, ABC lawyers objected strongly to the action and repeatedly accused the Trump administration of attempting to violate free speech rights. The filing opens “The Commission’s order to file this Petition for Declaratory Ruling is unprecedented, beyond the Commission’s authority, and counterproductive to the Commission’s stated goal of encouraging free speech and open political discussion. The Commission’s actions threaten to upend decades of settled law and practice and chill critical protected speech, both with respect to The View and more broadly.” The filing continues: Some may dislike certain—or even most—of the viewpoints expressed on The View or similar shows. Such dislike, however, cannot justify using regulatory processes to restrict those views. The government does not get to decide “what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion.”4 Or which “ideas and beliefs [are] deserving of expression [and] consideration.”5 The danger is that the government will simply decide which perspectives to regulate and which to leave undisturbed. In fact, while the Commission now questions The View’s decades-long exemption, it has not expressed any inclination to apply a similar interpretation of the equal opportunities rule to other broadcasters, including the many voices— conservative and liberal—on broadcast radio. And as a broad array of voices, including many conservatives, have recognized, if the government is allowed to discriminate on the basis of viewpoint in a Republican administration, there is little preventing it from doing so when the Democrats are in charge. The ABC attorneys devoted an entire section to explaining the First Amendment violation, and concluded: The View, and other shows like it, support the public interest, as Congress envisioned when it adopted the bona fide news exemptions. This goal—giving the public the broadest access to news about political races by permitting broadcasters to cover political news without fear of sanction—is especially critical today. As the 2026 election approaches, the American people need more access to political news and more exposure to political candidates, not less. It is… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Top 60 Minutes Correspondent Reportedly Heading For the Exit, Lawyering Up to Ta...
Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi will reportedly end her decade-long run at the top-rated news magazine program at the end of the month after publicly slamming what she sees as “corporate meddling” at CBS News. Page Six Hollywood’s Tatiana Siegel reported on Friday that sources in the know say CBS will not be renewing Alfonsi’s contract, which expires at the end of the month. Siegel also added that her sources say Alfonsi has hired high-powered media lawyer Bryan Freedman – who famously scored Megyn Kelly as $69 million settlement from NBC News in 2019. Neither CBS nor Freedman did not reply to Siegel’s request for comment on her reporting. Puck’s Dylan Byers reported earlier in the week that Alfonsi’s exit appeared all but certain after she heavily hinted during an award speech she was going to follow in the footsteps of Bill Owens – the former 60 Minutes executive producer who quit in protest of Shari Redstone’s efforts to appease the Trump administration to smooth over her sale to David Ellison. “I always said I would follow Bill Owens over a cliff,” she joked while picking up the Ridenhour Prize last week, adding, “and I guess I finally did.” During her speech, Alfonsi mentioned the headline-grabbing 60 Minutes piece on El Salvador’s CECOT Prison, which was the center of controversy after CBS News editor in chief Bari Wiess pulled it at the last minute, arguing the White House’s response wasn’t well enough included. “Thank you for this award. I didn’t know that the theme was hope. My hope recently has been that I still have a job,” she said. “And every morning I wake up to another headline that says I’ve been fired.” “I will not linger on the internal mechanics of the dust-up at CBS that led to our CECOT story being pulled, but we have to be honest about what it represents,” Alfonsi continued. “It wasn’t an isolated editorial argument. In my view, it was the result of a more aggressive contagion: the spread of corporate meddling and editorial fear. It’s hard to watch.” Alfonsi’s CECOT story did eventually air with few changes, given the Trump administration’s unwillingness to respond.The post Top 60 Minutes Correspondent Reportedly Heading For the Exit, Lawyering Up to Take on CBS Leadership first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - ‘How Dare He Stand By Complicitly!’ The View’s Sunny Hostin Accuses Marco ...The View’s Sunny Hostin unleashed on Secretary of State Marco Rubio for what she sees as his standing by “idly” while minorities are persecuted under the Trump administration. Hostin’s comments came during a discussion on Friday about Rubio’s chances if he runs for president in 2028. “The odds-on favorite for the Republican nominee for 2028 as of today are absolutely Marco Rubio,” declared Alyssa Farah Griffin. That assertion rankled Hostin. “Well then, the Republicans are going to lose because I do not think that Marco Rubio can remove the stench of the Trump administration from his very being!” Hostin exclaimed to audience applause. She continued: He is the son of immigrants from Cuba that came here in 1956. How dare he stand by complicitly and allow Latinos to be rounded up, allow American citizens to be shot in the face and shot in the chest and shot in the back. How dare he allow the voting — stand by idly — while the Voting Rights Act is gutted, and disenfranchising African American voting. Something that African Americans, who built this joint for free, who built this country for free, be disenfranchised of their vote. And at the moment as the Secretary of State, immigrants from travel ban countries are currently in limbo. The Trump administration has expanded travel restrictions to include 39 countries facing full or partial bans. And a lot, Black and Brown countries. And what about Haiti? You think a Haitian should — is allowed to be here with their temporary status just thrown away and going back to a country that is in complete political turmoil when his very parents left political turmoil and found asylum here? Disgusting! Co-host Ana Navarro stepped in with a correction. “Can I tell you something? They didn’t leave political turmoil. They left, as you mentioned, in 1956. So, they left before the Cuban Revolution. They left because they were poor. They left like so many people leave Mexico, leave some other countries, because they were looking for better — for economic opportunities.” “Even worse! Even worse then on Marco Rubio,” Hostin said. “And his grandfather at one point had a deportation order. His grandfather, whom he adored, had a deportation order against him. Would have been deported under Trump,” Navarro added. Watch the clip above via ABC’s The View.The post ‘How Dare He Stand By Complicitly!’ The View’s Sunny… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Marco Rubio Reveals What He and Pope Leo Talked About in ‘Cordial’ Vatican M...Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday briefly detailed what he spoked to Pope Leo XIV about during their recent meeting in the Vatican. The day before, Rubio met with the Pope and several Catholic leaders to discuss a wide variety of matters. Notably, it was the Trump administration’s first meeting with the pontiff since President Donald Trump launched a barrage of verbal attacks over Pope Leo’s calls for peace. Those calls also included veiled criticisms of the administration. Speaking to the press on Friday, Rubio revealed that he and the Pope spoke about the ongoing war and that the conversation remained “cordial,” saying: We had a very good meeting. I mean, ultimately, it’s important– first of all, we work together with the church, and we talked about those areas that we’re working together on, different parts of the world. I know everyone’s interested in the other aspects of it, but I expressed, updated them on the situation with Iran, expressed our point of view about why this is important, and the danger that Iran poses to the world, which is largely recognized. So, obviously, you know, the Holy Father is a spiritual leader first and foremost. I mean, that’s his role to play. And obviously, the church has always interacted on behalf of a mission for peace and a respect for all of humanity, but at the end it was a very cordial and important meeting. Weeks earlier, it was reported that the Catholic Church had a meeting at the Pentagon that was anything but cordial. According to the report, Pentagon officials threatened Vatican officials and even referenced an era of the papacy that was influenced by the military. The characterization of that meeting has since been disputed. Watch above via Fox NewsThe post Marco Rubio Reveals What He and Pope Leo Talked About in ‘Cordial’ Vatican Meeting first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Joe Rogan Says UFO File Dump Could Be Convenient Distraction From Iran War ‘No...Joe Rogan argued this week that a batch of UFO files being released by President Donald Trump’s administration could simply be a convenient distraction from the Iran war “not going well.” On Thursday’s The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan was joined by Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) to discuss the files being released. The two also got into “freaks” in Congress, possible modern “MKUltra” experiments being conducted by the CIA, and more. While on the topic of UFOs and aliens, Rogan suggested Trump could be dumping out files to distract from the ongoing conflict with Iran. “What doesn’t totally make sense is why now—disclosure—other than, I mean this is being cynical,” Rogan said, adding, “The Iran war is not going well.” Trump has spoken about a potential new deal on the table with Iran, but the conflict has raged on with Iran targeting and charging tolls to ships in the Strait of Hormuz, where roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply moves through. The president has promised more “bombing” if the new deal is not agreed to. “The American public’s very upset. A lot of people don’t think we should have ever been involved in that in the first place. And we need some good news,” Rogan said. He added, “We need something to distract us.” “If I was gonna do it, now would be the time I’d do it,” Burchett said. The congressman argued Trump doesn’t care about the distraction, but genuinely wants to disclose more information about UFOs. He also, however, warned people not to get too excited about what is actually released and made unclassified, saying the “war pimps at the Pentagon” don’t give up “that easily.” “I don’t want everybody to get their hopes up. I don’t have a lot of faith in our government,” he said. Watch above via The Joe Rogan Experience.The post Joe Rogan Says UFO File Dump Could Be Convenient Distraction From Iran War ‘Not Going Very Well’: ‘Need Something to Distract Us’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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