This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 313

… Jack Hughes, who scored the winning goal for the US Olympic hockey team today, has been an outspoken advocate for LBGTQ rights. This is what he said in a Dec 2024 interview when he was asked about many NHL teams and players refusing to participate in Pride Night: “The team I play for - we really support that. We are really a welcoming organization so I think a bunch of our guys on our team were really looking forward to that.”

… Hughes: “With how we grew up, my family really supports that too. Everyone on our team is really welcoming and they know it’s really important, so there wasn’t even a thought of not doing that.”

… Then again last year he criticized the league’s ban on wearing Pride jerseys and putting rainbow tape on hockey sticks: “I’ve come out and said, in terms of the Pride jerseys and Pride tape, it’s obvious that you want hockey to be an inclusive sport, so I have no problem with that. And a lot of my teammates have not had a problem with that.”

… “I think you’ve got to understand that there’s 700 players in the league so there’s lot of different opinions and stuff. But it might be a little much to make a fine for guys using pride tape because you never know what’s happening in someone’s family or in terms of support.”

… Trump made another batshit crazy Sat night post on Truth Social: “Working with the fantastic governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, we are going to send a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there. It’s on the way!!!”

… Landry responded: “Thank you, President Trump! Proud to work with you on this important issue!”

… WSJ: “The Navy has two hospital ships, and both are out of action undergoing maintenance. The WH didn’t respond to questions about what prompted the deployment. The Pentagon referred questions to US Northern Command, which referred questions to the WH.”

… ABC: “A US Navy sailor was medically evacuated Sat afternoon from an American nuclear-powered submarine by Danish military forces, according to a US and Danish official. The submarine broke from its mission and surfaced about 8 miles from Nuuk, Greenland, an extraordinary step for a vessel designed to remain hidden beneath the sea in secrecy.”

… “The sailor was airlifted by a Danish Defense Seahawk helicopter, deployed from the Vædderen, a Danish military patrol ship. It’s unclear what the nature of the medical emergency was, but it was not combat-related, according to the US official. The sailor is being treated at a hospital in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital.”

… Economist Lars Christensen: “This demonstrates with absolute clarity that the man is suffering from dementia and cannot grasp the most basic connections. Why do I say this? Because what his post is almost certainly prompted by is the fact that the Danish navy evacuated a sick crew member from an American submarine near Greenland within the last few days. Trump has been informed of this and told that the sick submariner (or whatever his rank may be) has been evacuated.”

… Christensen: “But Trump’s dementia-addled brain cannot process even the most straightforward info. Hence his bizarre post. In the WH, everyone knows that this is what has happened. The question is, when will they finally acknowledge that he is no longer mentally present?”

… Greenland Premier Jens-Frederik Nielsen responded: “It will be a no thank you from here. Trump’s idea of sending an American hospital ship to Greenland has been noted. However, we have a public healthcare system where treatment is free for citizens. That is a deliberate choice - and a fundamental part of our society. That is not the case in the US, where seeing a doctor comes at a cost. We are always open to dialogue and cooperation - including with the US. But please speak with us instead of making more or less random statements on social media.”

… Danish PM Mette Frederiksen: “I am grateful to live in a country where there is free and equal access to healthcare for everyone. Where it is not insurance coverage or personal wealth that determines whether you receive proper treatment. The same approach applies in Greenland. Have a good Sunday, everyone.”

… gCaptain: “Trump announced that the US will send a hospital ship to Greenland to provide medical care, posting alongside an illustration of the USNS Mercy. As of late Jan, the 1,000-bed hospital ship was firmly in drydock at Alabama Shipyard in Mobile, where it has been undergoing scheduled maintenance since July 2025. AIS data currently shows both US Navy hospital ships—the USNS Mercy and her sister ship USNS Comfort—moored at the Mobile shipyard. The USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort are the Navy’s only two hospital ships.”

… Local10 (Miami): Through tears, a Republican man made a desperate plea to Trump: “Please get her home! Please, she does not deserve this. She is the sweetest person, and she prayed for you.” It has been 8 months since ICE agents detained Yamile Alcantu, and her partner of 20 years, Wayne DeMario, has been in a lot of pain.

… DeMario, the owner of Wayne’s Guitar World, said he and Alcantu were fierce Trump supporters and never imagined their nightmare: “They grabbed her, put her in shackles and chains. I really thought this was just going to be something more organized, but it’s obviously not. They just blanket everybody. She is my fiancé. She is the love of my life. She is my best friend. We live together and I want to continue living with her for the rest of our lives.”

… “DeMario said Alcantu moved to the US from Cuba 25 years ago through a Visa Lottery, a State Dept program. They didn’t think her immigration status would be a problem, and he voted for Trump. Last year, the Trump admin announced DHS’s efforts to terminate the Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan parole programs.”

… “With Nicolás Maduro’s capture on Jan. 3, the flow of oil from Venezuela to Cuba stopped. There are power outages, water service disruptions, and shortages of basics on the communist island. Alcantu and DeMario fear that the Trump admin will deport her to the communist island in crisis. DeMario said he is overwhelmed. Without Alcantu being able to work, DeMario said he is worried about the new attorney’s fees and detention facility costs.”

… Guardian: “When Karen Newton left home in late July 2025, she knew that international travellers were being locked up in immigration detention centres in the US. ‘I was aware, but I never thought it would have any impact on my holiday.’ Karen, 65, had a British passport and a tourist visa. She hadn’t been abroad for 8 years, and was keen for some guaranteed sun.”

… “She and her husband, Bill had an ambitious itinerary that would take them through CA, NV, WY, MT and then on to Canada over two months. The dream holiday ended abruptly on 26 Sept, as Karen and Bill were trying to leave the US. When they crossed the border, Canadian officials told them they didn’t have the correct paperwork to bring the car with them. They were turned back to MT on the American side – and to US border control officials. Bill’s US visa had expired; Karen’s had not.”

… “She didn’t know it at the time, but it was the beginning of an ordeal that would see Karen handcuffed, shackled and sleeping on the floor of a locked cell, before being driven for 12 hours through the night to an ICE detention centre. Karen was incarcerated for a total of 6 weeks – even though she had been traveling with a valid visa.”

… “Karen and Bill were shackled at the wrists, waist and ankles and bundled into a vehicle. Karen doesn’t know how long they were on the road for. They arrived at the border patrol station in MT in the middle of the night, and were held there for 3 days, sharing a cell without beds; they slept on mats on the floor, under foil blankets. ‘I was very nervous and frightened the whole time. And I was chilled to the bone – I couldn’t warm up.’”

… “Karen arrived home in Hertfordshire to find her car battery flat and her houseplants dead. After failing to pay 2 months’ worth of bills, her credit score has been affected. There were mounds of post, and 6 weeks’ worth of emails that she says she is still trying to catch up on. Their luggage, which was confiscated when they were detained, has never been returned. ‘Every so often I think of something else that was in my suitcase that I’m never going to see again.’”

… “Rebecca Burke, the British graphic artist detained by ICE when she was backpacking through North America, was released after 19 days once her story became international news. She has a message for other tourists considering a trip to America: ‘Don’t go – not with Trump in charge. It’s totally out of control over there. There’s no accountability. They don’t seem to need a reason for detaining you.’”

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… Harvard Prof Joseph Allen on RFK Jr. blaming the flu vaccine for his voice condition: “Guy with voice condition misattributes it to a vaccine (despite living wildly unhealthily lifestyle, like snorting coke off toilets, drinking unpasteurized milk, using heroin for 14 years…), then makes it his life’s mission to end life-saving vaccines for kids. Trump endorses this.”

… Trump continues to have a temper tantrum after losing the tariff case. After initially announcing he was going to impose a new 10% tariff on every country in the world at his press conference, he increased that to 15% with a post this weekend.

… Trump: “I, as President of the USA, will be, effective immediately, raising the 10% Worldwide Tariff on Countries, many of which have been ‘ripping’ the U.S. off for decades, without retribution (until I came along!), to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level. During the next short number of months, the Trump Admin will determine and issue the new and legally permissible Tariffs.”

… CNBC: “Trump’s announcement claimed that the new tariffs will take effect without delay, but it is unclear if any official documents have been signed detailing the timing. A WH fact sheet issued Friday said the original 10% tariffs would go into effect on Feb. 24.”

… Neal Katyal: “Seems hard for the President to rely on the 15% statute (sec 122) when his DOJ in our case told the Court the opposite: ‘Nor does [122] have any obvious application here, where the concerns the President identified in declaring an emergency arise from trade deficits, which are conceptually distinct from balance-of-payments deficits.’ If he wants sweeping tariffs, he should do the American thing and go to Congress. If his tariffs are such a good idea, he should have no problem persuading Congress. That’s what our Constitution requires.”

… WH Trade Advisor Jamieson Greer on Fox: Q - “This is not popular with the American people. In our latest poll, two-thirds of Americans are not happy with the tariffs. Greer: The president has been campaigning on tariffs for many years. He does what he says. So the policy hasn’t changed.”

… Q: “Will you fight attempts for people to regain refunds or will those be paid out?Greer: It’s a matter for the courts. The Supreme Court declined to say this. They created this situation and we will follow whatever they say to do.”

… Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Fox: Q - “What can you tell us about how the 2025 tariff revenue will have to be refunded? Bessent: I can’t tell you anything because on Friday the Supreme Court did not address that. It’s out of our hands since it’s in the court, and we will follow the court’s orders.”

… Then Bessent on CNN: Q - “As the Treasury Secretary, it’s hard to believe that you don’t have an opinion or know where these revenues, over $100 billion, are going to go, or have an opinion on where they should go. Bessent: I had an opinion, and the court did not agree with my opinion.”

… They are going to make every company and person entitled to tariff refunds sue. So the Trump admin will get to defend a few thousand more lawsuits with everything else they are having to deal with in court.

… Economist Justin Wolfers to Meidas: “What we now have is a pro-tax Republican president. Maybe he favors this tax because it’s regressive - it takes a bigger chunk out of the paychecks of the poor than of the rich. Maybe he thinks he can baffle us with bullshit and pretend China is paying, but that’s a story people aren’t buying.
These are tremendously unpopular tariffs. At a time when people are worried about affordability - and he said on day one he would bring down prices - instead he has redistributed from the poor to the rich.”

… CNBC: “India’s trade negotiators will reschedule their planned visit to the US aimed at firming up an interim trade deal. The development comes after the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s tariffs as illegal on Friday. Within hours, Trump invoked Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to first impose a 10% global import tariff, before increasing that to 15%.” India reported want to “reevaluate” their position after the court decision.

… Trump then announced he was revoking his endorsement of Jeff Hurd since he voted against tariffs: “Based on a lack of support, in particular for the unbelievably successful TARIFFS imposed on Foreign Countries and Companies, I am hereby WITHDRAWING my Endorsement of RINO Congressman Jeff Hurd, of CO’s 3rd District. Hurd is one of a small number of Legislators who have let me and our Country down. He is more interested in protecting Foreign Countries that have been ripping us off for decades than he is the USA.”

… Detroit News: “Matthew Moroun, whose family owns the Ambassador Bridge, gave $1 million to a PAC that supports Trump less than a month before Trump threatened to block the opening of a new, competing span between Detroit and Canada. The $1 million receipt for the super PAC MAGA Inc. was revealed in a monthly campaign finance disclosure covering Jan.”

… “Moroun gave the money on Jan. 16. 24 days later, on Feb. 9, Trump used a social media post to threaten to prevent the new Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Windsor from opening until Canada treats the US with what he described as ‘fairness and respect.’”

… WaPo’s Jeff Stein: “Trump aides are struggling to spend an extra $500 billion on the military, delaying budget. Trump agreed to Pete Hegseth’s bid for a 50% military spending boost. Russ Vought and others objected internally. It’s so much money they can’t figure out how to spend it. We are set to spend $10 trillion on the military over the next decade. The Trump plan would make it $15 trillion - a $5 trillion increase. Expanding Medicare to cover dental/vision/hearing care was estimated to cost $400 billion over a decade.”

… Harrison Berger, reporter for The American Conservative: “Driving around McLean, VA and you can see rows of mega mansions, in large part financed by US taxpayer handouts to the defense industry executives who live in them. Trump’s $1 trillion (and proposed $1.5 trillion) budget likely explains why there are so many new mansions under construction.”

… The New Republic on the SAVE Act: “Mitch McConnell appears to be stalling the voting bill backed by Trump, and fellow Republicans are not happy. McConnell, who leads the Senate Rules Committee, is refusing to schedule a vote on the legislation, thus preventing it from moving forward.”

… “Rep. Anna Paulina Luna attacked McConnell, claiming on X without evidence that ‘over 84% of Americans and 95% of Republicans want voter ID. Why do you completely disregard the will of the people who voted for you?’ Last year, McConnell wrote in WSJ that such a bill would give a future Democratic president and Congress the ability to ‘use more sweeping mandates to carry out a complete fed takeover of American elections.’”

… Guardian: “DOJ prosecutors across the US have suffered a string of embarrassing defeats in their aggressive pursuit of criminal cases against people accused of ‘assaulting’ and ‘impeding’ federal officers. In recent months, the govt has relentlessly prosecuted protesters, government critics, immigrants and others arrested during immigration operations, often accusing them of physically attacking officers or interfering with their duties. But many of those cases have recently been dismissed or ended in not guilty verdicts.”

… “In several high-profile cases, the prosecutions fell apart because they relied on statements by DHS officers that had no supporting evidence or in some instances were proven by video footage to be blatantly false. Criminal defense lawyers said it was unusual for fed prosecutors to pursue a high volume of charges over minor clashes with law enforcement, and that it was extraordinary to see the DoJ lose case after case across jurisdictions.”

… “In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and 5 charged cases were still pending. As of the end of January, there have been no convictions.”

… “In LA, the federal public defenders have won all 6 cases filed against ICE protesters that have gone to trial since June. Fewer than 1% of federal criminal defendants were acquitted across the US in 2024, with US prosecutors traditionally having a roughly 90% conviction rate. Juries have also issued not guilty verdicts for people accused of assaulting ICE or similar charges in Louisville, Kentucky, Seattle and Washington DC.”

… Kristi Noem announced that TSA was suspending their PreCheck and Global Entry programs in airports because of the DHS shutdown. Guardian: “The programs are designed to help speed registered travelers through security lines. Suspending them could cause headaches for passengers. Noem said in a statement that ‘shutdowns have serious real world consequences. TSA and CBP are prioritizing the general traveling population at our airports and ports of entry and suspending courtesy and special privilege escorts”.

… “TSA’s PreCheck program allows approved passengers through a faster security lane at US airports and is designed to reduce wait times. Global Entry expedites US customs and immigration clearance for pre-approved, low-risk international travelers entering the US.”

… Harvard Prof Juliette Kayyem: “This is a ploy by WH and DHS to disrupt air travel in order to blame Democrats. Think about it rather than just repeat their headlines. Why would the more efficient system which uses fewer agents and gets more people through be shut down? It makes no sense.”

… Kyle Potter, Editor of Thrifty Travel: “To my knowledge, this is unprecedented. And likely counterproductive. PreCheck and especially Global Entry (which is largely automated through facial recognition for verification) help federal employees handle more travelers. This will lead to huge bottlenecks affecting everyone.”

… WaPo later in the day: “Breaking news: DHS reversed course Sunday after saying that it would suspend TSA PreCheck because of the partial government shutdown. The Global Entry program, however, will remain paused, according to an official.”

… Guardian: “In a further retreat from its pledge to ban artificial dyes from food, Trump’s FDA announced that it would loosen labeling requirements to allow companies to state ‘no artificial colors’, even though products may contain some dangerous substances such as titanium dioxide.”

… “The FDA in Feb announced it would allow food makers to claim ‘no artificial colors’ as long as the dyes are not petroleum-based, but health experts say even some naturally based additives present health risks, and the labeling would deceive consumers. The FDA agreed to what critics label a ‘handshake’ with Big Food to stop using the dyes, though Kennedy framed it as ‘an understanding’. Some candy makers still are refusing to fully stop using artificial dyes.”

… Thomas Galligan with Center for Science in the Public Interest: “This is going to cause confusion and allow some companies to mislead folks about the colors that are present in their foods. It’s frustrating, especially when the rhetoric suggests they are solving the problem, but in practice they’re just letting industry do whatever they want.”

… Trump also posted this: “Netflix should fire racist, Trump Deranged Susan Rice, IMMEDIATELY, or pay the consequences. She’s got no talent or skills – Purely a political hack! HER POWER IS GONE, AND WILL NEVER BE BACK. How much is she being paid, and for what???”

… Steve Witkoff interviewed with Lara Trump for her Fox weekend show, and continued to demonstrate he is either incredibly naive and stupid or just a greedy traitor. On Putin: “He’s never been anything other than straight with me. I say that and I get attacked but that is an accurate statement.”

… Witkoff on Russia-Ukraine: “It’s a silly war. It really is a silly war. And they’re fighting over - they’re arguing this territory. You know, everyone throws the word dignity around, but what does dignity get you if you have that amount of killing there?”

… Witkoff: “They don’t seem like they really want to fight with one another, and I don’t think they do. I think what’s happening is at the leadership levels, it’s hard for them to finish off making a deal.”

… Witkoff has met with Putin 8 times. He has never met with Zelensky.

… Witkoff on Iran: “The president is curious as to why they haven't capitulated. Why under this pressure with the amount of naval power over there, why they haven't come to us and said we profess we don't want a weapon.”

… Witkoff on Gaza: “We are going to be able to clear and demolish all the areas and get it ready for a renaissance.”

… Sen. Adam Schiff announced he will join the boycott of Trump’s State of the Union and instead speak at the People’s State of the Union hosted by MeidasTouch and MoveOn with several other Democratic Reps and Senators.

… Maine US Senate candidate Graham Platner to Meidas: “We are all beginning to realize - right, left, Republican, Democrat - we are just there to be exploited by a small group of people who, in some ways, are kind of running the world for their own benefit. And the Epstein files show that in glaring fashion. The only way we’re going to move forward is by building the political power to hold all these people accountable and make sure that that kind of wealth doesn’t just get to be accrued anymore.”

… At the Governor’s Dinner, Trump pledged to save the Great Salt Lake in Utah: “That is what I call a real environmental problem - not using hairspray and I’m going to ruin the ozone. I am in my apartment in Trump Tower, the building is sealed off. And if I use hairspray, they say, you’re creating an environmental hazard.”

… Trump then noted how he always approves disaster aid for Republican states while playing games with the rest: “Gov. Abbott, you had a couple requests - very expensive. He did tell me I had the greatest vote in the history of Texas by far. But it is Texas, it is always big dollars, but I always approve it.”

… Trump was not even close to being one of the top vote getters for presidential candidates in Texas. For example, FDR got 88% of the vote in Texas in 1932. Nixon got 66% in 1972. Trump’s 3 election results in Texas were 52-43, 52-46, 56-42.

… JD Vance did an interview with Usha on Fox. He led off with this: “I’m going to answer first so I steal all of her good answers so she has nothing to say.”

… Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) on AOC: “The congresswoman is kind of like VP Harris, but with more bartending experience.”

… AOC responded: “My having been a waitress makes me 1000x more qualified to govern on behalf of working people than whatever lifelong politician nonsense you’ve swung from your whole career. Why should working people vote for you if this is what you think of them?”

… Financial Times: “Arab and Muslim states have reacted with outrage after the US ambassador to Israel told an interviewer that it ‘would be fine’ if Israel took over a huge swath of the Middle East. Mike Huckabee, an evangelical Christian, made the comments in an interview with the rightwing American commentator Tucker Carlson, who asked about a biblical verse that described God promising Abraham’s descendants the land between ‘the Wadi of Egypt’ and the Euphrates.”

… “Pressed on whether Israel had a right to this land, which covers much of the modern-day Middle East, including parts of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Huckabee said ‘it would be fine if they took it all’. The Arab League, which represents 22 Arab states, condemned Huckabee’s remarks as ‘extremist and lacking any sound basis’.”

… The Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which represents 57 mainly Muslim-majority states, also criticized Huckabee’s comments. It branded them ‘an unacceptable call for the expansion of Israel, the occupying power, and its seizure of more Palestinian and Arab lands based on a false and rejected historical and ideological narrative’.”

… Huckabee posted this today after the US Olympic hockey team won: “What??? The guy scoring goal for 1st USA Gold Medal in hockey since 1980 is a Jew? Oh my. I’m sure the Jew-haters will say Mossad was behind it!”

… Hakeem Jeffries was asked on Fox why Dems won’t give in on the DHS shutdown: "We believe this moment should be used to make dramatic changes to ICE that are bold, transformational, and meaningful - these are basic, common sense demands."

… Meidas held a panel discussion with Democratic state AGs. CO AG Phil Weiser: “Antitrust laws aren’t enforced only by the federal govt - they’re also enforced by state AGs. So whatever corrupt dealings or presidential whims might occur, we still have the authority to review mergers to ensure we’re protecting consumers, and we take that responsibility seriously.”

… MN AG Keith Ellison: “I’ve been hearing a lot about paying rappers and other influencers - Trump offering them pardons, and not disclosing that they’re being compensated for what they’re saying. A lot of these folks don’t even need to say, ‘Vote for Trump,’ because they know people might not respond to that. What they can say is, ‘None of these elections really matter anyway.’ That kind of talk can swing an election. We’ve got to be on alert for that.”

… OR AG Dan Rayfield: “This is a president who deliberately leads by fear, because that’s how he gets the outcomes he’s looking for. He creates primary dynamics where people are scared to say anything different - because if they do, he’ll try to compel their actions in Congress. He leads through fear.”

… VA AG Jay Jones: “Look at the success we had in VA. People joke, but we say, ‘As goes VA, so goes the nation.’ We had a historic sweep of our statewide offices. We won 13 seats in our state legislature. I think that really portends well for what’s happening across the country in 2026.”

… LA Times: “Leaders of the CA Democratic Party, along with liberal activists and loyal power brokers, are openly expressing fear that their crowded field of candidates running for governor may splinter the vote and open the door to a surprise Republican victory in Nov. Because of those concerns, the Democrats lagging at the bottom of the pack are being urged to drop out of the race to ensure the party’s political dominance in statewide elections survives the 2026 election.”

… State party chair Rusty Hicks: “CA Democrats are prepared to do what’s required. We are ready and willing and able to do what’s required to ensure we have a strong candidate coming out of the primary to do what’s required in Nov.”

… “9 prominent Dems are running to replace Gavin Newsom, compared to 2 top GOP candidates, and could divide the Democratic electorate enough that the Republicans could receive the most votes in the June primary and advance to the Nov election. Under CA’s ‘jungle primary’ system, the top two vote-getters advance to the general election, regardless of their party affiliation.”

… “While Hicks and other party leaders did not publicly name the candidates who ought to leave the race, among the candidates lagging in the polls are state Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, former state Controller Betty Yee, former LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and former Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon.”

… “Given the sprawling field of gubernatorial candidates, the lack of a clear front-runner and the state’s unique primary system, the race appears up for grabs. According to an average of the most recent opinion polls, conservative commentator Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco - both Republicans - are tied for first place. Each received the support of 15.5% of voters. The top Democrat, Rep. Eric Swalwell, was backed by 12.5%.”

… The Independent: “FL Republican Rep. Byron Donalds used to speak with a strong Jamaican accent that he has long since dropped, his ex-wife has alleged. According to Bisa Hall, Donald’s wife from 1999 to 2002, that was not always the case. ‘He absolutely did have a Jamaican accent when we first met; it was gone within a few days. He said that he used the fake accent because he wanted to stand out; there were a lot of guys at our university from NY, but very few from Jamaica.”

… Kid Rock posted: “Here we go again. The fake liberal media says I’m charging $5,000 for front-row tickets. They know damn well that’s not the full story. Those are extremely limited First Class seats like I explained — FOUR tickets per row, first five rows only (5k per seat row 1, 4k row 2, 3k row 3, 2k row 4, 1k row 5) — Again ONLY 4 seats in rows 1 through 5.”

… I’m not sure how that proves the “fake liberal media” was wrong.