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Surprise! All Four CNN People-In-The-Street Criticize Trump On Economy
On CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish aired clips of interviews with four Americans. And--surprise!--all of them were critical of Trump's economic policies.

CNN Pushes Pool On How Long Rubio 'Will Last' As Secretary of State
On her first day as host of CNN This Morning, Audie Cornish assembles a panel consisting of Never Trumper Jonah Goldberg of The Dispatch, and two New York Times journalists. The panel pushes a pool on how long Marco Rubio will last as Secretary of State, based on the notion that the views he is obliged to promote in the position are antithetical to his historical views.

CNN's Smerconish Slams 'Disgraceful' Ban on Transgenders in Military
Appearing as a guest on Friday's CNN This Morning, CNN weekend anchor Michael Smerconish lamented the Donald Trump administration's ban on transgenders in the military, calling it "disgraceful."

CNN Accuses Trump Of Using 'The Federal Purse to Rescind Rights'
Ron Brownstein struggled with the idea that blue states could be on the wrong end of federal civil rights issues on Friday’s CNN This Morning as he claimed that the Trump Administration is trying to use “the power of the federal purse to rescind rights.”

CNN Couldn't Find A Trump Voter Who's Turned Against Him
CNN This Morning airs a clip of John King's trip to Colorado's 8th District, in which he interviewed four people who voted for Trump. All express some reservations about his style or specific policies, but not one says that if they had to do it again, they wouldn't have voted for him.

CNN Fear Mongers: CIA Hiring Cuts Could Trigger ‘Treasonous Activity’
CNN continued spinning their wheels about Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Monday, as a panel on This Morning discussed plans for CIA cutbacks. Drawing on unnamed sources, they raised fears of disgruntled former agents committing treason by selling American secrets, and suggested that, if that happened, DOGE would somehow bear the blame.

Sciutto: Ignoring Trump Moves on Ukraine Could Lead To Another 9/11
On CNN This Morning, substitute host Jim Sciutto suggested that if Americans don't pay attention to Trump's handling of Ukraine, it could lead to another 9/11. For the second time during his current run as a fill-in host on the show, Sciutto chose Joe Walsh as his "Republican" on the panel, a rabid Trump antagonist who, while attending the 2024 DNC to show his total support for Kamala Harris,…

CNN Lefties Panic Like NATO is Dead, It's 'Trump Abandoning Europe'
On CNN This Morning, Dispatch co-founder Jonah Goldberg says Trump has a "goldfish's memory" of history, but that he subscribes to a 19th-century notion of spheres of influence. He thus sees the US's sphere of influence as the Americas and Europe, while Putin and Xi have their spheres of influence, in which Putin gets Ukraine, Xi gets Taiwan, and the US gets Panama. Per Goldberg, Trump…

Republican To Sciutto: 'Are You Asking Questions Or Are You On Panel?'
It was an iconic moment in the annals of the liberal media being called out in real time over its transparent bias. Kudos to Brad Todd for tearing off Jim Sciutto's fig leaf [an unenviable task!] and revealing him as the liberal activist he is. On today's CNN This Morning, Sciutto, subbing for Kasie Hunt, persistently argued with Todd over the Justice Department's order to New York's Southern…

On CNN's Sciutto-Stacked Panel, Dem Predicts 2026 Wins, Ignores Polls
Substituting for Kasie Hunt on CNN This Morning, leftist Jim Sciutto stacks the panel, balancing a Dem strategist and former Biden aide with Joe Walsh, a "Republican" who is actually a fierce Trump antagonist, someone who supported Biden in 2020 and Kamala Harris in 2024. Ignoring the polls, Dem panelist Meghan Hays predicts Democrat gains in 2026 and 2028.

CNN Tries to Link Trump & Russian Intelligence’s ‘Influence Operation’
The liberal media were apparently still trying to suggest President Trump was a Russian asset during Tuesday’s edition of CNN This Morning. Anchor Jim Sciutto and senior international correspondent Fred Pleitgen’s redux of the Russia Collusion Hoax involved them juxtaposing Trump’s desire to bring the War in Ukraine to a close with an ad put out by the Russian Foreign Intelligence…

CNN's Sciutto Tees Up Palestinian To Accuse Trump Of Ethnic Cleansing
CNN's Jim Sciutto, sitting in for Kasie Hunt on CNN This Morning, teed up a Palestinian to repeatedly accuse Trump of "ethnic cleansing" in Gaza, and Israel of "genocide." Sciutto never raises October 7th, Hamas, or hostages.

CNN Grants a Little Balance to Dan Senor On Trump's Gaza Message
On CNN This Morning, Dan Senor, an expert on Israeli affairs, says that the essence of Trump's statement on Gaza is that we must not do what has failed before -- rebuilding Gaza while permitting Hamas to remain involved. He does express unequivocal opposition to the notion of American boots on the ground in Gaza.

CNN Touts Efforts to Help Illegal Aliens Hide from ICE
Over the weekend, CNN viewers several times got to see a pre-recorded piece in which reporter Rosa Flores rode with a liberal activist in Chicago who helps illegal aliens hide from ICE by delivering food to their homes.