In 2016, weekly sponsorships were ‘expected to cost in the range of $50,000 and $60,000.’
INVESTIGATIONS
BREAKING: Bezos Backtracks — Denies Reports that Amazon will Display China Tariff Costs on All Chinese Products After Stock Price Dip
Online retail giant Amazon has come out denying reports that their website will display tariff costs on Chinese imported goods following a dip in share prices and a scathing rebuke from the White House.
This follows a Punchbowl News report stating that Amazon will soon show how much President Trump’s tariffs supposedly add to the price of each product on the website to avoid blame.
The cost of the tariffs will be placed right next to the product’s total listed price.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded during a press conference on Monday and slammed the move as a “hostile and political act by Amazon.”
“Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?” she said. She then described the move as “not surprising” as “Amazon has recently partnered with a Chinese propaganda arm.”
“This is another reason why Americans should buy American. We are anchoring critical supply chains here at home to boost our own manufacturing here,” Leavitt added.
Now, Amazon has denied the initial reporting, saying that the consideration was only in place for the Amazon Haul store but not the main retail website.
Per CBS, Amazon’s shares dropped by more than 2% following Leavitt’s response. The price recovered by noon after reports of their denial at approximately 10 am ET.
“The team that runs our ultra-low-cost Amazon Haul store has considered listing import charges on certain products. This was never a consideration for the main Amazon site, and nothing has been implemented on any Amazon properties,” the company said in a statement, per Washington Post reporter Jeff Stein.
Amazon statement: “The team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store has considered listing import charges on certain products. This was never a consideration for the main Amazon site and nothing has been implemented on any Amazon properties.”
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) April 29, 2025
Developing…
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NY Times’ Weird Celebration of Lefty Streamer, ‘Very Handsome Man’ With ‘Thick Dark Hair’
The New York Times ran a frankly weird article on Sunday celebrating leftist internet streamer Hasan Piker, “A Progressive Mind in a Body Made for the ‘Manosphere.’”
If that wasn’t enough to quality for the Hasan Piker fanclub, the subhead continued: “Hasan Piker pumps iron, likes weapons and wears pearls. His brand of masculinity has won him many fans online — and has been a useful vehicle for his politics.”
Reporter Jack Crosbie’s actual profile matched. It was reminiscent of the paper’s bad old days of left-wing fan service, with alleged tech reporter Kevin Roose hyping censorious Marxist Twitter activists and accusing Christian satire site The Babylon Bee of purveying “misinformation.”
The paper devoted nearly 2,000 words to the obnoxious leftist of the so-called manosphere complete with pictures of his carb-friendly roast chicken meal and stash of nicotine pouches. It began:
Hasan Piker thinks being a man is simple.
Like many of the successful internet personalities who appeal to a generation of young men, Mr. Piker, a 33-year-old Twitch and YouTube streamer, is a “bro”: He likes weapons, inhales supplements, uses nicotine pouches and ruminates endlessly on the legacy of LeBron James. But unlike many of his contemporaries, Mr. Piker, an avowed socialist, is just as at ease dressing in French maid drag as he is on a basketball court.
In the six years since he started his daily online broadcasts about culture and politics, Mr. Piker has become a streaming star: He has about 4.5 million followers combined on YouTube and Twitch, the platform wildly popular with Americans who came of age during the Covid-19 pandemic.
One reason Piker might have a big following is how much he hates America and Israel and expresses support for radical Islamists. Fox News listed a pile of wild anti-American rhetoric: “If Hezbollah is a terrorist organization, [then] America is the top terrorist organization,” Piker said during a Sept. 17 stream. “Which it is, by the way. America is the top dog in terrorism and so is Israel.”
Piker implied that Hamas fighters had no responsibility for the mass killings and rapes carried out on Oct. 7.”You agree… Oct. 7, and the responsibility of Oct. 7 and all the actions that took place are directly in the hands of the Israeli state,” Piker said to a chatter. “I’m glad.” He openly rooted for a sequel to 9/11!
Crosbie sketched a limited analysis of Piker’s gross worldview, in paragraph…27!
Mr. Piker is similarly unfiltered with his viewpoints. Some can be extreme.
A vocal critic of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, Mr. Piker has been labeled anti-American by people across the political spectrum for saying the country “deserved” the Sept. 11 attacks. His recent accusations that Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza and his diatribes against the Zionist movement have led many supporters of Israel, including liberals like Representative Ritchie Torres of New York, to call Mr. Piker antisemitic.
Torres protested to Twitch, lamenting “Piker has even gone as far as … telling his followers to ‘kill’ and ‘murder’ people “in the streets’ and ‘let the streets soak in their red-capitalist blood’.” Piker has also joked about inciting gun violence against Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), praised a “brave mujahideen” for wounding Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) in combat.
Crosbie, an outside contributor, also writes for Rolling Stone. He plugged his recent article on X in a March 14 tweet: “….some scenes from the protest movement inside Columbia’s campus this week, as the university administration sides wholeheartedly with both the Trump administration and Zionist groups on campus.”
(He clearly favors the loaded term “Zionist.” What’s wrong with simply saying “pro-Israel”?)
Newly pro-Israel liberal Brianna Wu chided the paper for what it left out of the bizarre profile: “The New York Times just wrote a puff piece about this person, not mentioning that he wants to eliminate everyone who has ever voiced support of Israel from public life, branding them a “Nazi.”
But Crosbie devoted a lot space to gushing (or was it crushing?) until it got cringeworthy.
….He will just as frequently pivot from criticizing the Democratic Party or the Israeli government to slamming right-wing comedians. This fluency between culture and ideology has led many to brand Mr. Piker a Joe Rogan of the left — if Mr. Rogan had a mop top and painted his nails.
Mr. Piker’s success on camera, in some part, has been aided by the fact that he is, by conventional standards, a very handsome man. He is 6 feet 4 inches tall and built like a professional athlete, with a square jaw, a beard and a head of thick dark hair.
“It’s the one aspect that many of my haters can’t shake,” Mr. Piker said of his appearance in a Twitch broadcast last year. “They can’t turn around and be like, ‘You’re not hot.’”
Crosbie couldn’t stop talking about Piker’s sex appeal. In fact, it got really weird for a New York Times story.
Indeed, tens of thousands of viewers may watch his videos for his political views, but many also tune in for the view of Mr. Piker himself, whose social media profiles are littered with suggestive images of his muscly body in states of undress — or “thirst traps,” as the pictures are known. Some of his fans scrape, screenshot, clip and repackage them into “fancams” that travel across the internet, glorifying Mr. Piker’s appearance and, indirectly, his beliefs.
Qatar Funded Muriel Bowser’s $61K Trip to Gulf State, Contradicting DC Mayor’s Claims: Report
Washington, D.C., mayor Muriel Bowser (D.) lied about a $61,000 trip she took to Qatar, which she said was funded by two different U.S. organizations. The Hamas-harboring Middle Eastern nation actually funded the trip, according to a new report.
Bowser’s office initially claimed her December 2023 trip to the Qatari capital city of Doha was funded by the D.C. Chamber of Commerce before changing its story and saying the U.S. Conference of Mayors paid for the trip. Both claims are false, local station WJLA/ABC7 reported Monday. In reality, Qatar covered $61,930 in travel expenses for Bowser and four staff members, according to a letter from Qatar to the mayor’s office that WJLA obtained through a FOIA request.
The mayor failed to record the trip with the District of Columbia or sign a donation agreement, both of which are required by law, even though Qatar referred to the trip as an “in-kind donation,” according to WJLA. Now, two years after Bowser visited Qatar, her office plans to file a donation agreement, reaching out to Qatari officials in February for “a breakdown of the expenses the Qatari Government paid for.”
Qatar has long faced scrutiny for funding Hamas and harboring senior leaders of the terrorist group in Doha, particularly after the group’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. After Hamas killed more than 1,000 Israelis and abducted hundreds more in the attack, the Qatari government blamed the Jewish state, saying it “holds Israel solely responsible for the ongoing escalation.”
This is not the only trip that Bowser failed to report. WJLA found that the District of Columbia has no expense records for several of the mayor’s other trips, including to the Masters Golf Tournament, Las Vegas, Miami, and Mar-a-Lago.
Lindsey Parker, Bowser’s chief of staff and one of the four staffers who traveled with her to Qatar, did submit one receipt: a taxpayer-funded $3,500 bill for a three-night stay at the luxury Atlantis-Palm Hotel in Dubai, where the mayor went following the Doha visit, according to WJLA.
Bowser dodged WJLA’s previous questions about her missing travel records. Qatar declined to comment.
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FDA Commissioner Faces Pressure To Limit Abortion Pill After Study Finds Increased Risks
This isn’t the first time Makary has encountered questions about the status of mifepristone under his leadership.
Shocking Attack on Colorado Voters: Democrats Push Bills to Gut Taxpayer Rights and Silence Citizens
In a jaw-dropping power grab, Colorado’s Democrat-dominated legislature is bulldozing two insidious bills that threaten to obliterate the state’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) and strangle the voice of everyday citizens.
Already rammed through the House and the Senate State, HB 25-1327 is a blatant attack on Coloradans’ sacred right to launch citizen initiatives. The legislation slashes the already razor-thin timeline for setting petition titles, throws up a gauntlet of bureaucratic traps, and hits petition organizers with outrageous fines, up to $1,500, for even the smallest paperwork misstep.
There is also a sneaky “safety clause” that brands this bill as critical for “public peace, health, or safety,” blocking voters from challenging it through a referendum. This attack on citizen petition rights is designed to be untouchable, shielding itself from the very democratic process it seeks to destroy.
Meanwhile, HJR 25-1023 is moving toward a House floor debate with an even more sinister component. This resolution authorizes a taxpayer-funded lawsuit to dismantle the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR).
TABOR, a constitutional amendment in Colorado, passed by voters in 1992, is designed to limit government spending and taxation. It requires voter approval for most tax increases, new taxes, or debt issuance and caps annual government spending growth to the rate of inflation plus population growth.
Any revenue collected above this limit must be refunded to taxpayers unless voters approve keeping it. TABOR applies to state and local governments, aiming to ensure fiscal restraint and protect taxpayers from unchecked government expansion.
Taxpayers will be hit even harder by being on the hook to pay for lawyers to fight against their own interests.
Colorado taxpayers may foot the bill twice if Democratic lawmakers manage to pass a resolution directing the legislature to sue the state in an attempt to invalidate the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.
That’s because not only will taxpayers likely be responsible for paying the lawyers hired by the legislature to bring the case, but they’ll also be on the hook for the costs incurred by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office to defend against the legal challenge to TABOR, a constitutional amendment voters approved in 1992.
If House Joint Resolution 25-1023 passes as expected, the General Assembly’s nonpartisan Office of Legislative Legal Services would likely hire a group of attorneys to file the lawsuit. In the past, the legislature’s third-party legal bills in much smaller cases have cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars.
SB25-173 just passed thirds. This disastrous bill attacks TABOR by letting the state hide revenue from taxpayers and keep money that should be refunded. In a $1.2 billion shortfall, Democrats are finding new ways to rob Coloradans instead of cutting spending. pic.twitter.com/xoLIOTM7bI
— Colorado House Republicans (@COHouseGOP) April 28, 2025
If this lawsuit prevails, it could unleash a tidal wave of attacks on other voter-passed laws, from transparency mandates and ethics reforms to term limits.
While the left spends time at protests chanting about ‘saving democracy, ‘ Democrats in Colorado are working hard to dismantle the democratic process in the state.
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Iconic ‘You wouldn’t steal a car’ ad allegedly contained pirated content: ‘Just precious’
Americans keen to watch a movie on DVD have in years past frequently been confronted with a compulsory anti-piracy ad equating the unlawful digital acquisition of a film to grand theft auto. Moviegoers occasionally had to sit through the same jarring ad in theaters. In an ironic twist, the iconic font flashed repeatedly at would-be pirates in dark rooms across the country may itself have been pirated.
The
ad, which has been parodied numerous times including by “The IT Crowd” TV series, was created by the Motion Picture Association of America in conjunction with Britain’s Federation Against Copyright Theft and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. It debuted in theaters around the world and on home entertainment in July 2004.
At the outset, it shows a teenage girl downloading a pirated film on a desktop computer. The ad then runs through a sequence of dramatized crimes broken up by white text on black background telling prospective digital pirates that they would not similarly engage in other forms of theft: “You wouldn’t steal a car”; “You wouldn’t seal a handbag”; “You wouldn’t steal a television”; “You wouldn’t steal a movie.”
Finally the ad states, “Downloading films is stealing — is against the law. Piracy. It’s a crime.”
The corresponding
print campaign, which used the same font, insinuated a link between “DVD piracy and serious crime,” highlighting cases where pirated DVDs were found in the possession of unsavory characters including an illegal alien and drug traffickers.
Bluesky user Rib
noted last week that the font used throughout the ad “was a pirated clone (XBAND Rough) of a real font (FF Confidential).”
‘The campaign has always had the wrong tone.’
Rib
explained that by using the font editing software FontForge on a PDF from the ad campaign’s website, he was able to confirm “they are indeed using the illegal clone version of the font, rather than the licensed one!”
Sky News subsequently
conducted its own investigation. After replicating the process, the network drew the same conclusion: The piracy ad’s font was pirated.
The British news site noted, however, that there was no evidence to suggest the campaign’s designers were aware that the font was pirated, adding that copies of the pirated font were widely circulated in the early 2000s.
Dutch type designer and software developer Just van Rossum told Sky News, “I had known about the ‘illegal clone’ of my font before, but I didn’t know that that was the one used in the campaign.”
Van Rossum confirmed to Melissa Lewis, a reporter at the Center for Investigative Reporting, that XBAND Rough “is indeed an ‘illegal clone’ of FF Confidential.”
“The campaign has always had the wrong tone, which (to me) explains the level of fun that has been had at its expense,” said van Rossum. “The irony of it having used a pirated font is just precious.”
Neither America’s Motion Picture Association nor the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore responded to Sky News’ requests for comments. The Federation Against Copyright Theft declined to comment, indicating the campaign predated anyone now working at the organization.
Van Rossum
told TorrentFreak that he has no intention of taking action, as he is no longer the font’s official distributor. The licensing is reportedly now handled by the American digital typesetting company Monotype.
This is not the first time an anti-piracy ad came off sounding like hypocrisy.
The Foundation for the Protection of the Rights of the Entertainment Industry of the Netherlands asked Dutch musician Melchior Rietveldt to compose music for
another anti-piracy video in 2006.
Wired
reported that the following year, Rietveldt discovered that his music was being used on a globally distributed “Harry Potter” DVD without his permission. His music had actually been used on at least 70 different commercial DVDs.
Years later, an Amsterdam court fined Rietvedlt’s music royalty collections agency, ordering the outfit to pay the musician the money owed him.
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‘Jesus won’: Las Vegas Raiders top draft pick centers achievements around God
Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty added to the growing acceptance of Christianity in the NFL when he was selected early in the first round by the Las Vegas Raiders.
At No. 6 overall, Jeanty became the highest-drafted Boise State player in the school’s history. The accolade will be hard for him to escape, but it has been his faith that he has managed to keep at center stage.
As he was about to exit the draft stage, Jeanty was asked to provide advice and what he would say to his 10-year-old self. The athlete said, “Just continue to trust in God and your abilities, and stay disciplined.”
“All your goals and dreams are accomplish-able,” he added, per Sports Spectrum.
Soon thereafter, Jeanty sat down for his first press conference for Las Vegas to get introduced to the Raiders’ fanbase. The young running back was asked a lot about his character — which is something that was of particular focus for the team’s coaching staff — with one reporter asking how much faith is a part of Jeanty “as a man.”
‘God had His hands on this [Boise State] program.’
“It’s everything,” Jeanty replied. “That’s what I’ve been rooted in. That’s what helped me get to where I’m at in this point. I’m just thankful for that relationship with the man upstairs because it’s given me so many opportunities.”
Jeanty has reportedly been featured in pro-Christian videos with organizations such as the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. In a video for that group, Jeanty described himself as a “Christian cleverly disguised as an All-American running back.”
“I’ve learned that God has blessed me with amazing talents. I’ve just been able to do a lot of great things with it, but at the same time, not losing yourself in it and understanding that my identity is in Christ,” Jeanty said in the video.
He added, “God had His hands on this [Boise State] program. I could see that Christianity was a big thing here and that guys were real big on their faith. I learned to embrace that, and all the guys and people around the facility have embraced me.”
Boise State was founded by the Episcopal Church in 1932.
Boise State had a second man of faith drafted late in the sixth round; defensive end Ahmed Hassanein immediately referenced his faith on a media call afterwards, as well.
“[My time at Boise State] taught me so much, other than being a football player and a pass rusher. It taught me how to be a man. A man of God. A man of honor. A man of respect.”
According to CNN, Hassanein previously converted from Islam to Christianity and soon become a leader in the Boise State locker room.
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Nets Tout 100-Day Doompolls After Pounding ‘Relentlessy Negative’ Trump Coverage
What does 92% negative coverage of President Donald Trump’s second term get you if you’re the legacy media? After the first 100 days, a basis from which to elicit doompolls that peddle narratives of disarray and chaos, while instilling fear in viewers.
Of these, CBS Evening News was demonstrably and by far the worst. Watch as their poll coverage begins with inflammatory language, to wit: John Dickerson alleging that trade war is a Trump economic policy, and with correspondent Janer Shamlian’s report shamelessly evoking the specter of the Great Recession of 2008:
MAURICE DuBOIS: Tomorrow is day 100 of President Trump’s second term, and more than half the Americans CBS News polled told us that is enough time to judge his administration.
JOHN DICKERSON: So here is how they judge it. 45% approve of the job he’s doing. 55% disapprove.
DuBOIS: And on the number one issue in the past election, the economy, 58% disapprove of the way he is handling it.
DICKERSON: For one thing, 63% told us they believe Trump policies, which include tariffs and a trade war, are driving food prices higher.
DuBOIS: Those are some of the perceptions of the economy and of the president on the eve of his 100th day.
DICKERSON: For a ground-level view of the economy, we sent Janet Shamlian to the heart of America: Elkhart, Indiana. Janet.
JANET SHAMLIAN: So Elkhart knows tough times. The unemployment rate was close to 20 percent in 2008, and many of the people that I talked to were in Elkhart at the time.
It appears that CBS News is continuing their collective crashout over a potential Paramount settlement with Trump ahead of a potential merger with Skydance Media, and over the related resignation of executive producer Bill Owens- who also oversaw 60 Minutes. There is no other explanation for this hackneyed tie-in to 2008, replete with a throwback to correspondent Dean Reynolds touring an empty RV plant in Elkhart, Indiana.
Let the record reflect that CBS appears to have selected Elkhart as its token red state victim of Trump policy, having previously featured the city in its item on tariffs forcing brides to “say yes to the dress.” Our nonscientific review of recent transcripts shows that, other than as CBS’s “Trump is even hurting red states” locale, the media don’t care about Elkhart unless a tornado rolls through.
ABC and NBC showed slightly more restraint but that’s a very low bar. Rachel Scott’s coverage for ABC did a rundown of the polls but centered on advancing the Deported Citizen Babies Hoax. NBC did likewise, minus the hoax promotion, in keeping with their hard-earned reputation as the least awful of the legacy evening newscasts.
Each of the networks relied on terrible public polling with divergent results. The common ground: the polls were of “adults”, not registered or likely voters. In NBC’s case, 40% of respondents didn’t even vote in the 2024 presidential election. Of those polled who did, only 30% voted for Trump, as opposed to the 49.8% of actual voters who did so in the election.
Let these garbage polls and their horrendous coverage thereof remind us of the words of the great Rush Limbaugh, gone but never forgotten:
The polls are just being used as another tool of voter suppression. The polls are an attempt to not reflect public opinion, but to shape it. Yours. They want to depress the heck out of you.
Click “expand” to view the transcripts of the aforementioned reports as aired on their respective newscasts on Monday, April 28th, 2025:
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
4/28/25
6:36 PM
DAVID MUIR: We turn now to President Trump, who marks 100 days in office tomorrow. Tonight here, the new ABC news poll: what Americans are saying about the economy, inflation, immigration, and President Trump’s promise to end the war in Ukraine on Day One. Here’s Rachel Scott.
RACHEL SCOTT, SHOUTING IN FRONT OF MARINE ONE: Mr. President?
SCOTT: Tonight, on the eve of marking his first 100 days in office, President Trump facing the reality that while he was elected in large part because of the economy and inflation —
DONALD Trump: Starting on day one, we will end inflation. (VIDEO SWIPE) We will end inflation and we will make America affordable again.
SCOTT: He has now presided over the worst first 100 days in the stock market since Richard Nixon. Today, the new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll on the first 100 days shows the president’s approval rating is 39%, the lowest 100-day approval rating of any president in 80 years. 72% say his economic policies will likely cause a recession in short-term. 73% say the economy is in bad shape. And 53% say it’s gotten worse since he took office. President Trump’s tariffs leading to global uncertainty. And his 145% tariffs on China remain in place. The president says he has a good relationship with president Xi of China, but that he hasn’t reached out to him. Telling Time Xi has personally reached out to him, something China denies. I asked the president, when did you talk?
(SHOUTING IN FRONT OF MARINE ONE): You said you spoke to president Xi? When did that happen? China said that hasn’t happened.
Trump: I spoke to him numerous times.
SCOTT: Other reporters pressing, too.
REPORTER: Have you spoken to him since the tariffs? When did you last speak with him?
Trump: I don’t want to- I don’t want to comment on that. But I’ve spoken to him many times.
SCOTT: But China today once again insisting that hasn’t happened. Today a spokesperson saying, “as far as I know, there have not been any calls between the two presidents recently.” Adding, “Let me make it clear one more time that China and the U.S. are not engaged in any consultation or negotiations on tariffs”, after warning, “the United States should not confuse the public.” On immigration, the other major issue in the November election, President Trump getting his highest marks. But they come with new questions tonight. 46% of Americans approve of his immigration policies. But 48% say his actions deporting undocumented migrants have gone too far. Tonight, The White House defending how they’ve handled mass deportations after three children who are U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, were deported to Honduras, along with their mothers, after routine checks by ICE. The president’s border czar, Tom Homan, claiming the presidents were given a choice.
TOM HOMAN: What we did is remove children with their mothers, who requested their children depart with them. This is a parental decision. Parenting 101. Having a U.S. citizen child, does that make you immune from our law?
SCOTT: The ACLU says the 4-year-old suffers from a rare form of cancer. On the 2-year-old sent to Honduras, a federal judge appointed by Trump saying he has a strong suspicion the administration deported the 2-year-old, whose mother is currently pregnant, with no meaningful process. And the ACLU claiming the parents were nevert given a choice. That the parents did not have the opportunity to coordinate with caretakers or legal representatives. In a new interview with The Atlantic, the president was asked, what would happen if the administration accidentally deported the wrong person or an American citizen? The president saying, quote, “let me tell you that nothing will ever be perfect in this world.” And on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the promise from candidate Trump —
Trump: Before I even arrive at the Oval Office, I will have the disastrous war between Russia and Ukraine settled. Settled. It will take me no longer than one day.
SCOTT: Tonight, the war still raging. 46% of Americans said Trump’s approach to Russia is too friendly. The president requesting this meeting with Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy at The Vatican, ahead of Pope Francis’s funeral this weekend. Though it’s still unclear how and when this war will end, and what concessions, if any, will come from Vladimir Putin. With so much focus on the president’s interactions with our allies, tonight Canadians will be heading to the polls, an election that will decide how Canada responds to the president’s ongoing tariff threat and his push to make Canada the 51st state. All of that all could end up helping the Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney, who took over after Justin Trudeau stepped down and has vowed to confront President Trump head-on. David.
MUIR: Now a lot of eyes on that Canadian election tonight. Rachel Scott, thank you.
CBS EVENING NEWS
4/28/25
6:30 PM
MAURICE DuBOIS: Tomorrow is day 100 of President Trump’s second term, and more than half the Americans CBS News polled told us that is enough time to judge his administration.
JOHN DICKERSON: So here is how they judge it. 45% approve of the job he’s doing. 55% disapprove.
DuBOIS: And on the number one issue in the past election, the economy, 58% disapprove of the way he is handling it.
DICKERSON: For one thing, 63% told us they believe Trump policies, which include tariffs and a trade war, are driving food prices higher.
DuBOIS: Those are some of the perceptions of the economy and of the president on the eve of his 100th day.
DICKERSON: For a ground-level view of the economy, we sent Janet Shamlian to the heart of America: Elkhart, Indiana. Janet.
JANET SHAMLIAN: So Elkhart knows tough times. The unemployment rate was close to 20 percent in 2008, and many of the people that I talked to were in Elkhart at the time. Take a listen.
Elkhart, Indiana, is often considered a crystal ball on the economy, because it produces 80% of the nation’s RV, a big-ticket discretionary item. People don’t buy them when times are tough. And right now on Elkhart’s main street, concern is blooming.
JENNIFER RUPNOW: We are facing tariffs, everybody is.
SHAMLIAN: And people are cutting back when they are unsure.
RUPNOW: That’s right.
SHAMLIAN: Jennifer Rupnow owns Matzke Florist. This is usually one of her biggest times of the year.
Are you seeing a slow down?
RUPNOW: Oh, yeah. Very much so. And with- even with us trying to gear up for Mother’s Day, you’re- you are not seeing the orders come in.
SHAMLIAN: It’s not only Elkhart feeling less rosy. The latest CBS News poll indicates a majority of Americans, 53% believe the economy is getting worse. The poll, a snapshot of the Trump administration’s first 100 days, finds 48% say his policies are making them worse off financially. Elkhart’s concern dates back to the 2008 financial crisis when unemployment skyrocketed. CBS News’ Dean Reynolds was there.
DEAN REYNOLDS: At this plant up until August, 900 people once worked. Today, there is nobody here.
SHAMLIAN: In 2025, RVs are still rolling off the production line, but residents have shifted to neutral.
JEANNE KERR: Enjoy your meals.
SHAMLIAN: That wait-and-see approach is also being felt further down Main Street.
How are bookings right now?
KERR: Things are not as busy as usual.
SHAMLIAN: Jeanne Kerr owns The Vine.
KERR: People are a little concerned about the uncertainty. I definitely think that people are not spending as much right now.
SHAMLIAN: And how does that impact you?
KERR: We’re pretty flat. Business is adequate, but not great.
DuBOIS: And Janet, how are you seeing this uncertainty playing out in everyday life there in Elkhart?
SHAMLIAN: You know, Elkhart- people have seen this happen before, right? In 2008. For example the woman, Jeanne who runs the restaurant, told me she was laid off from her job at that time, and she’s made it a point to be debt-free since then in her personal life and in her business. And Jennifer, the woman who owns the florist shop, she right now needs a pair of shoes. She says she’s on her feet all day, but at this point, that’s $150 that she is unwilling to spend. So that is how uncertainty is playing out in Elkhart.
DuBOIS: That it is. Janet Shamlian in Elkhart, Indiana tonight. Thank you.
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
4/28/25
6:31 PM
LESTER HOLT: Good evening and welcome. It is something every modern-day president faces, the measuring stick of those first 100 days in office. Tonight as the Trump presidency nears that mark, some harsh takeaways for the president and his administration, starting with a 45% approval rating among voters, according to a new NBC News-Staytuned poll. His approval rating is higher than his first term, but it is barely masking erosion and warning signs on some of the other issues that helped propel him into office, like the economy or his approval on trade and tariffs stands at 39%. And on border security and immigration, a signature issue for President Trump, our poll shows him with a 49% approval. And tonight, the removal of an undocumented migrant mother and her two children, both American citizens, is the latest flash point in an ongoing fight over the president’s mass deportation policies. Garrett Haake has the latest.
GARRETT HAAKE: Tonight, President Trump approaching his 100th day in office, focused on his top day one priority, border security. The president signing three executive orders on immigration, including one ordering the attorney general to compile a list of so-called sanctuary cities, and states that don’t fully cooperate with the federal immigration authorities, after a weekend raid in Colorado Springs where the DEA says over 100 migrants in the U.S. illegally were arrested at an underground nightclub frequented by MS-13 and TdA gang members.
KAROLINE LEAVITT: The American public don’t want illegal alien criminals in their communities, they made that quite clear on November 5th, and this administration is determined to enforce our immigration laws.
HAAKE: The White House touting a 95% drop in illegal border crossings in March compared to the same month last year under President Biden. But tonight, the administration is facing criticism from migrant advocates over the removal of two American citizen children of an undocumented woman from Honduras, including her 4 year-old son. A migrant rights group says he was sent to Honduras without his medication for Stage Four cancer. The Trump administration says his mother chose to take her children when she was deported.
TOM HOMAN: A mother wanted her children to go with her. What better due process would anybody want? That’s a parent’s choice, not a government choice, not a judge’s choice.
HAAKE: We pressed President Trump’s border czar.
How is going after families with young kids targeting the worst of the worst?
HOMAN: First of all, we said we’re going to prioritize the worst of the worst.
HAAKE: You feel like that’s what you’re doing?
HOMAN: Absolutely. But when you prioritize something, it doesn’t mean you forget about everything else. I have said from day one: if you’re in the country illegally, you’re not off the table.
HAAKE: But nearly 100 days into his second term, it is the economy where President Trump is facing his biggest challenge. Just 39% of Americans approve of his handling of trade and tariffs in a new NBC News-Staytuned poll. Overall, the president’s approval rating stands at 45%. Two points down from our poll a month ago.
HOLT: And Garrett, our poll also shows President Trump has just a 40% approval rating on handling of inflation, and The White House is about to focus on that tomorrow.
HAAKE: Yeah, that’s right, Lester. The president marks 100 days, the Treasury Secretary will be here tomorrow to defend the administration’s economic approach, and the president will hold his first major rally since the campaign in Michigan. A state he won, but where the economy and his tariffs are front and center. Lester.
HOLT: All right. Garrett, thanks.
Meyers Demands Democrats Get In Line Those ‘Doing S***’
NBC’s Seth Meyers gave another one of his odes to the far-left faction of the Democratic Party on Monday’s edition of Late Night as he demanded others in the party fall in line behind them because they are allegedly “doing [bleep].”
The first senator to earn Meyers’s disapproval was Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. After playing a clip of Schumer with CNN’s Dana Bash, where the latter suggested former’s letter-writing strategy would not work. Meyers responded, “She might as well have said, ‘Bless your heart.’ If Trump was funny, he’d write back to Schumer telling him he was about to write him back.”
Doing his Trump voice, Meyers continued to mock Schumer’s letters, “Chuck, just got your letter. So sorry. Guess it got messed up with the other mail. Going to get back to you ASAP on all eight questions. Just don’t want to rush it, as I could tell you took a lot of time with yours and want to repay you with the same thoughtfulness in kind. In the future, to make sure your correspondence reaches me as quickly as possible, please make sure to wad them into a ball and stick them directly up your own ass. Best, Don.”
Meyers then moved on to urging the party to get behind its show horses, “That said, there are Democrats who seem to be meeting the moment, like Chris Van Hollen, who flew to El Salvador and succeeded in meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, or Cory Booker, who spoke on the Senate floor for a record 25 hours to protest Trump’s policies. And AOC and Bernie Sanders, who have been amassing massive crowds in places like Idaho and Montana on their Fighting Oligarchy tour.”
The next senator to end up on Meyers’s bad side was Elissa Slotkin, “Although apparently some Democrats are nitpicking their word choice.”
That led to a clip of Sanders on Meet the Press where host Kristen Welker asked, “She said, ‘Democrats should stop using the term oligarchy because it’s a phrase that doesn’t resonate with all Americans.’ Are you missing a chance to speak to a wider audience, senator?”
After Sanders hyped their crowd sizes, Meyers marveled over his favorite senator, “Bernie is the tough love guidance counselor who believes in us. He should do his next speech sitting backwards on a chair in a high school classroom.”
Flowing a Sanders impression that featured him alluding to Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Elon Musk as “those losers,” Meyers returned to Slotkin, “Also, Democrats, Democrats. Now is not the time to nitpick the messaging of other Democrats. Instead of critiquing someone else’s message, go out there and do your own thing and give voters the choice they were deprived of this last election. Take a cue from the ones who are actually going out there doing [bleep] and getting attention for it.”
Contrary to what Meyers claimed, voters did have a choice last November, and they rejected Meyers’s view for America that featured progressive culture wars and border chaos. Neither Meyers nor the people he promotes have shown any indication that they are willing to meet the American people where they are on those issues.
Here is a transcript for the April 28-taped show:
NBC Late Night with Seth Meyers
4/29/2025
12:51 PM ET
SETH MEYERS: She might as well have said, “Bless your heart.” If Trump was funny, he’d write back to Schumer telling him he was about to write him back.
[TRUMP VOICE] “Chuck, just got your letter. So sorry. Guess it got messed up with the other mail. Going to get back to you ASAP on all eight questions. Just don’t want to rush it, as I could tell you took a lot of time with yours and want to repay you with the same thoughtfulness in kind. In the future. to make sure your correspondence reaches me as quickly as possible, please make sure to wad them into a ball and stick them directly up your own ass. Best, Don.”
That said, there are Democrats who seem to be meeting the moment, like Chris Van Hollen, who flew to El Salvador and succeeded in meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, or Cory Booker, who spoke on the Senate floor for a record 25 hours to protest Trump’s policies. And AOC and Bernie Sanders. who have been amassing massive crowds in places like Idaho and Montana on their Fighting Oligarchy tour. Although apparently some Democrats are nitpicking their word choice.
KRISTEN WELKER: Let me ask you about something that your colleague, Senator Elissa Slotkin said. She said, “Democrats should stop using the term oligarchy because it’s a phrase that doesn’t resonate with all Americans.”
Are you missing a chance to speak to a wider audience, senator?
BERNIE SANDERS: Well, geez. We had 36,000 people out in Los Angeles, 34,000 people in Colorado. We had 30,000 people in Fulsom, California, which is kind of a rural area. I think the American people are not quite as dumb as Ms. Slotkin thinks they are.
MEYERS: Bernie is the tough love guidance counselor who believes in us. He should do his next speech sitting backwards on a chair in a high school classroom.
[SANDERS VOICE]: “Listen up, America. I know you’re not as dumb as people think you are. You just need to apply yourself. Start showing up to class, and stop smoking weed under the bleachers with those losers.”
Also, Democrats, Democrats. Now is not the time to nitpick the messaging of other Democrats. Instead of critiquing someone else’s message, go out there and do your own thing and give voters the choice they were deprived of this last election. Take a cue from the ones who are actually going out there doing [bleep] and getting attention for it. Because if there’s one thing Donald Trump is good at, it’s getting attention. Nobody knew what the [bleep] Hunter’s laptop was but, then he just said it over and over again until eventually, every uncle at Thanksgiving finally stopped talking about Hillary’s server.
Maybe that’s why Bernie is the perfect kryptonite to Trump. He’s never gonna have a technology Trump can pin on him. I mean, laptop, server, Bernie, get real. The only signal Bernie uses is two fingers when he’s trying to get the check from the waiter. [SANDERS VOICE] “Over here. No, we do not want to hear about the dessert specials.”