Defamation Lawyer Argues Against Using Objective Definitions for Words

For those following NewsBusters’ coverage of the defamation cases brought against CNN (successful) and the Associated Press (on-going) by Navy veteran Zachary Young, one name should be familiar: Charles D. Tobin. A lawyer with Ballard Spahr, Tobin was part of the legal team that represented CNN and then the AP. As with the nature of defamation cases, both hinged on words and their…

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 12th, 2026 5:31 PM

Founding Fathers Laid the Foundation for a Strong Gold-Backed Dollar

For almost 200 years after the nation’s founding in the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. could brag about having the world’s strongest long-term currency, with hardly any inflation until the 1960s, the decade when President Lyndon B. Johnson took silver out of our coins.

Dr. Mike Fuljenz
June 12th, 2026 4:51 PM

CNN Platforms Lib MMA YouTuber to Hit on Politics of Trump and UFC

Before Sunday’s UFC Freedom 250 Fight at the White House, Friday’s CNN This Morning focused on what the fight and a UFC partnership with the State Department symbolized. MMA Analyst Luke Thomas argued the UFC was intertwined with politics, especially the Trump Administration, as he wondered why the mainstream media never made the UFC “pay” after the “UFC helped launder Donald Trump’s…

Nicholas Spinnato
June 12th, 2026 4:31 PM

DHS: ‘We Will NOT Comply’ With Spanberger’s Unconstitutional Mask Ban

“Our officers wear masks to protect themselves and their families,” the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) explained Friday, calling the mask ban signed by Democrat Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger “unconstitutional.”

Craig Bannister
June 12th, 2026 4:13 PM

Ungrateful: Ana Navarro Whines About VP Vance Appearing on The View

Vice President J.D. Vance was slotted to be a special guest on ABC’s The View next Tuesday, but in an appearance on their Behind the Table podcast on Thursday, co-host Ana Navarro was ungrateful that he was taking time out of his schedule to speak with them. She huffed about him there to only sell his book and didn’t what him to be able to create a viral “moment” when he was there.…

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 12th, 2026 3:21 PM

Placating Platner: Nets Skip ANOTHER Ex-Girlfriend’s Troubling Claims

Our friends at the New York Post uncovered another twist and turn late Thursday afternoon in Maine Democrat Graham Platner’s phony record and scandal-ridden life as another ex-girlfriend came forward to share not only did Platner cheat on his then-fiancé with her in 2021, but confirmed he was aware he had a Nazi tattoo and believed America is the “evil, bad guy overseas.”

Curtis Houck
June 12th, 2026 1:38 PM

Judge Foils Dems’ Bid to Allow ‘Never Residents’ to Vote in NC

Democrats’ bid to skirt previous court decisions in order to allow people who have never lived in North Carolina (“never residents”) to continue voting in the state was slapped down by Superior Court Judge Hoyt Tessener in a ruling released this week.

Craig Bannister
June 12th, 2026 1:28 PM

Bjorn Lomborg RIPS Media Smearing World Cup with Climate Scare Porn

Hoover Institution’s voice of reason on the never-ending climate change propaganda slop-throwing fests ripped the media a new one for trying to inject that nonsense into the quadrennial World Cup festivities. 

Joseph Vazquez
June 12th, 2026 1:16 PM

CNN's Phillip Disputes Mockler for Dismissing Platner's 'Weird' Tattoo

Just two hours after the polls closed in Maine on Tuesday, CNN's NewsNight with Abby Phillip and her panel gave us a sample of what we can expect from the liberal media between now and the November mid-terms, where Republican Senator Susan Collins will face off with the now official Democratic nominee Graham Platner, whose Nazi tattoo is just one of a litany of disturbing revelations…

Steve Malzberg
June 12th, 2026 12:44 PM

CNN Is Surprised The South Is Welcoming Foreign World Cup Tourists

Over the past couple of days, social media has been filled with foreign tourists marveling over aspects of American culture and hospitality ahead of the World Cup. For CNN sports analyst Christine Brennan, this was a surprising development, especially for tourists visiting the South. On Friday’s edition of The Situation Room, Brennan told hosts Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown that “we…

Alex Christy
June 12th, 2026 12:39 PM

CNN Casts World Cup as Chaotic After Somali Ref Banned For Terror Ties

As the World Cup is set to begin on Thursday, Wednesday’s CNN This Morning decided to parrot the view of the joint North American-hosted event, with most games played in the U.S., as a “World Cup of chaos,” as labeled by former English soccer star Ian Wright, due to immigration customs and visa enforcement. 

The segment’s start focused on a Somalian referee who was barred from…

Nicholas Spinnato
June 12th, 2026 10:03 AM

America Through the Strangers’ Eyes

The World Cup is kicking off here in the United States, and for the next five weeks, a sport most Americans cannot be bothered to watch will bring the rest of the planet to our doorstep. They are already arriving. Germans, Spaniards, Egyptians, Australians, every continent but Antarctica is showing up, and something is happening that ought to make us pause. Their minds are being blown away by…

Erick Erickson
June 12th, 2026 10:03 AM

Kimmel Claims Lincoln Is Thanking Booth After Reflecting Pool Makeover

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel previewed Sunday’s UFC fight at the White House on Thursday by recapping all of the renovations President Trump has done to the White House and surrounding area. After concluding with the reflecting pool makeover, Kimmel claimed that Abraham Lincoln is now thanking John Wilkes Booth that he does not have to see what is going on in front of his memorial.

Alex Christy
June 12th, 2026 9:45 AM

Column: Texas Murder Is Pushed Away to Trash 'Right-Wing Provocateurs'

Senseless murder at a high-school track meet can be expected to make national news, but if the murderer is black and the victim is white, the story is destined to disappear quickly from the spotlight. On April 2, 2025, 17-year-old Austin Metcalf was stabbed to death by 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony in Frisco, Texas. The story vanished after the shock wore off.

Tim Graham
June 12th, 2026 6:00 AM