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Take a look at the screencap, and try to guess what California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom was smiling so broadly about in an interview aired on today's CNN This Morning:The recent rains filling many of the state's reservoirs? Perhaps the presence of the San Francisco 49ers in this weekend's NFC championship game? Nope. Bizarrely, Newsom unleashed this—and several other—megawatt smiles while discussing the recent mass shootings in his state that have claimed 18 lives. Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Don Lemon hosted a segment on today's CNN This Morning to discuss Ron DeSantis's decision to uphold the Florida State Department of Education's decision to deny the College Board the opportunity to run a pilot AP (Advanced Placement) course on African American Studies pushing themes like "Intersectionality and Activism." At one point, CNN's Audie Cornish said "I don't know where he wants to draw the line. Slavery was political at one point."Responded Lemon: "So, slavery became illegal. Now it's going to be illegal to teach slavery in schools. It seems really odd." Get the rest of the story and view...

What's going on at CNN This Morning? Don't tell us there's been an outbreak of objectivity! Earlier this week, we noted the show's skepticism about the White House's claim that it was simply a "coincidence" that there were no migrants at a "migrant service location" in El Paso when Biden visited it. Today, CNN This Morning took a surprisingly jaundiced view of the Biden admin's handling of disclosures of information regarding classified docs in Biden's possession as a private citizen after leaving the vice presidency. Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

"Do we know anything about the suspect's condition? I mean, the officers' condition, I should say?"Yeah, you should say, Don. But you didn't. Betraying liberal media instincts, on today's CNN This Morning, Don Lemon first asked the reporter covering the New Year's Eve attack machete attack on three NYC police officers about the condition of the suspect. Then— perhaps realizing that his concern for the suspect over the officers wouldn't play well in much of America—Lemon tried to cover his tracks. Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

CNN stopped just short of issuing a Breaking News alert. But on today's CNN This Morning, a seriously self-important anchorman Don Lemon announced that he would be attending the South Lawn signing of the "Respect for Marriage Act." At the conclusion of a segment on the matter, it was with great solemnity that Lemon proclaimed: "I'll be at the White House today. To witness it. Yes, I'm going to go. To witness it in person. I think it's important. And my fiancé as well."Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

S.E. Cupp, a "CNN Republican," apparently thinks it's cool to use a vulgar term to describe Herschel Walker. On today's CNN This Morning, in a post-mortem panel on Walker's campaign, Cupp said that Republicans might have had a better result in Georgia: "If you had a strong Republican leadership willing to say to Donald Trump, this candidate is crap and we're not going to win with this candidate." Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

CNN anchor Don Lemon boldly asserted the network has never had a liberal stance — despite an ongoing push from top boss Chris Licht for more centrist coverage. The left-leaning Lemon, best known for his vocal criticism of prominent Republicans, made the dubious claim during an appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Monday after the comedian nudged him to address CNN’s recent move toward nonpartisan coverage. “Word on the street is that you guys aren’t allowed to be liberal anymore. Is that the case?” Colbert asked. “I don’t think we ever were liberal,” Lemon replied. Lemon’s answer...

CNN Host Don Lemon, fresh off his demotion from primetime, pressed a Jewish former State Department official for ten minutes to condemn Donald Trump over his meeting with Kanye West and renowned anti-Semite Nick Fuentes in Mar-a-Lago.Lemon’s exchange got increasingly desperate and painful to watch.“As a grandchild of Holocaust survivors. I’m concerned with the mainstreaming of antisemitism wherever it comes from,” Len Khodorkovsky said. “And I condemn Kanye’s antisemitism and I condemn…”“Do you condemn the former president for meeting with anti-Semites?” Lemon asked.“Sir, sir, alright, you know…”“You said you condemn anti-Semitism and the mainstreaming of anti-Semitism. Do you condemn the...

Don Lemon has unwittingly let CNN's cat out of the bag. Guests aren't there to engage in an actual discussion. They're brought on to express a specific opinion. And if they try to stray from CNN's script, they will be shut down. Lemon gave a perfect illustration of the phenomenon on Monday's CNN This Morning. The guest was Len Khodorkovsky, a former Trump administration official, who is Jewish. And in Lemon's mind, the clear purpose of Khodorkovsky's appearance was to have him criticize Trump for hosting a dinner with Nick Fuentes and Kanye West. In fact, in a variety of...

TRUMP GETS PLAYED. What is sure to be one of the weirder moments of the 2024 presidential campaign has just taken place before the campaign is even fully underway. Here is the short version: Just before Thanksgiving, former President Donald Trump had dinner at Mar-a-Lago with Kanye West, Nick Fuentes, and Milo Yiannopoulos. West is the famous rapper, businessman, and reported bipolar disorder patient who says he will run for president in 2024, a campaign he began last month by announcing on Twitter that he was "going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE," a threat that brought him widespread condemnation...

Don Lemon grilled former President Trump’s deputy secretary of State on Monday about Trump’s recent dinner with antisemite Nick Fuentes. Speaking on CNN This Morning, Lemon asked Len Khodorkovsky, a Jewish man who said he is a grandson of Holocaust survivors, if it was wrong for Trump to meet with the known white supremacist. “From what I understand, President Trump said he didn’t know Nick Fuentes was coming, and Nick Fuentes himself, from what I understand, said President Trump had no idea who he was at the dinner,” Khodorkovsky said. “So I — look, let’s just call Nick Fuentes for...

Shades of Dan Rather! On CNN This Morning, Don Lemon tried to make the case that, despite being debunked by a Justice Department investigation and report, the Ferguson-born slogan of "hands up, don't shoot" was fake but accurate. As Lemon put it: "Remember, hands up don't shoot, after Ferguson, became a nationwide protest symbol for police mistreatment of minorities. It was about more than the shooting of Michael Brown." Note that Lemon only spoke of a "DoJ report" on Ferguson, debunking the "hands, up, don't shoot," claim. Lemon never revealed that the report was authored under the Justice Department leadership...

During the last presidency, CNN hosts like Don Lemon routinely insisted Donald Trump was mentally unfit for office, and then would compare him to a six-year-old. On Monday's CNN This Morning, Lemon greeted Joe Biden's 80th birthday by lamenting anyone who would question President Biden's mental fitness as he turned 80 on Saturday. Lemon kvetched: "What about the respect for elders thing that we talk about? Because we treat, I think, our elderly people not -- we don't support them and honor them as much as other countries."Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

CNN's Don Lemon is a shameless pro-Democrat hack. On today's CNN This Morning, CNN's Pamela Brown reported on her interview with Rep. James Comer, the Republican chairman of the House oversight committee, who will be leading the investigation. Comer indicated that although Joe Biden will not be subpoenaed, this will be an investigation of the president. Lemon, expressing skepticism, asked Brown whether there is any "there, there" to the investigation. Lemon suggested that the investigation is nothing more than "retribution" for the Democrats' investigations of Donald Trump.And Lemon concluded the segment by scoffing at the importance of the investigation: "The...

TNT NBA analyst Charles Barkley went off on what he calls “election deniers” in the Republican Party who, according to Barkley, don’t believe an election is legitimate unless they win. Barkley appeared on CNN This Morning with hosts Don Lemon, Kaitlan Collins, and Poppy Harlow for an interview that included Kyrie Irving and the midterm election cycle. The NBA Hall of Famer told the hosts he was glad the election cycle in Arizona – one of three states where Barkley has homes – is over. Specifically, Barkley said that the “election denying” from Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake had “disappointed”...

Don Lemon was in his liberal-media glory on today's CNN This Morning, taunting Kari Lake over her reported loss in the Arizona governor's race. In reaction to the results, Lake had tweeted: "Arizonans know BS when they see it."Playing off that, Lemon said: "That is apparently true, since voters rejected her, and so many other liars. Obviously, her tweet is the BS here."Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

CNN’s flashy new morning show co-hosted by Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins bombed in its debut episode on Tuesday. Despite heavy promotion from the network, “CNN This Morning’s” first show drew a mere 387,000 viewers and averaged 71,000 viewers in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic, according to Nielsen ratings. By comparison, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” amassed 793,000 viewers head to head from 6 to 9 am ET. Meanwhile, Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” came out on top, averaging nearly 1.5 million viewers. No show across CNN, MSNBC and Fox News ranked lower than Lemon’s program on Tuesday.

On CNN This Morning today, Frank Luntz was doing his Solomonic best to split the baby. In order to stop "tearing the country apart," he called on Republicans to stop talking about voter fraud, and on Democrats to stop talking about voter suppression. But co-host Don Lemon wasn't buying into Luntz's call for kumbaya. Lemon had no problem with Republicans shutting up about voter fraud. But he insisted that despite record-breaking voter turnout, Democrats should continue talking about voter suppression. Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

New CNN show. New hosts. Same old liberal bias. Tuesday was the first episode of CNN This Morning, the show replacing New Day. And the new hosts, headed by Don Lemon, wasted no time in exposing their liberal slant. In an extended segment on the attack on Paul Pelosi, Lemon condemned Kari Lake for her comments on the attack, calling them "vile, vile."Lake had said at an event that whereas Nancy Pelosi has protection in Washington, DC, "apparently, her house doesn't have a lot of protection." Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

"This race is not going to decide this election" -- Katie HobbsFreudian slip? She is the Secretary of State for AZ and oversees the elections VIDEO