On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” host Dana Bash said that Democratic Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong wouldn’t give a yes or a no on whether she still wants to defund the police.
During a longer exchange on Hong’s past and current views on policing, Bash asked, “I just want to, just to, sort of, put a fine point on it, you said your views can evolve, have your views actually evolved on defunding the police?”
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Democratic Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong responded to a question on if she has changed her past view on defunding the police by saying that “I think that what my values are are where some of my beliefs are as well, but where my values are is in making sure that public safety is for everyone, that everyone has access to it.”
Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong struggled Friday to square her past calls to abolish the police with her current campaign message when Fox News host Dana Perino pressed her on the record.
Hong sat for the interview on America’s Newsroom. The state representative belongs to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and pays dues. Perino pressed her on old posts. Those posts backed defunding police, abolishing the Senate, and getting rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Friday on MS NOW’s “The Beat,” longtime Democrat strategist James Carville called President Donald Trump a “washed-up, fat old man.”
Carville said, “I don’t think Trump matters that much anymore. I think he’s a washed-up, fat old man. I think he’s going to, in spite of everything the Democrats are doing, is going to have a massive loss in November. And I’ve said this repeatedly, I think he’s going to walk away. I don’t think he’s capable of leading this country. I don’t think he has the energy.”
Wisconsin Democrat gubernatorial front-runner Francesca Hong argued in a resurfaced post that Americans should “cancel Thanksgiving,” according to a since-deleted 2020 tweet circulating online days before the state’s August 11 primary.
Friday on MS NOW’s “The Beat,” longtime Democrat strategist James Carville said this country is in grave peril and “the Democratic Party is not meeting the moment.”
Carville said, “Let’s take the plane another 10,000 feet. This is the truth, we have lost a war. We lost a war to a third world power. Get over it. Right now our debt to GDP ratio, I think, is higher than it was in 1946, after we actually won a war. And then today in the Wall Street Journal, which you alluded to very justifiably and very perceptively—a woman by name of Meredith O’Rourke is the president’s fundraiser. She says she calls donors that have met with the president and says, ‘The president wants this money. Now, pay up.’ And it goes between $5-15 million. That is the staggering level of debt, defeat and corruption that the United States of America, at the end of July in 2026, is facing. And I have got to tell you, I am not impressed by the response of a lot of people in the Democratic Party. We’re having a race in Michigan and we’re talking about Palestinian self-determination. We’re having a race in Wisconsin, we’re talking about whether we should tax Harley-Davidson 17%. We’re not meeting the moment. The Democratic Party, this country is in grave peril and in my opinion the Democratic Party is not meeting the moment.”
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) co-chair Megan Romer doubled down this week in her viral Fox News interview, describing the U.S. Senate as an institution with “no real purpose.”
Romer spoke on the Bad Faith podcast, hosted by Briahna Joy Gray. Gray once served as national press secretary for Bernie Sanders. The appearance followed Romer’s Fox News Sunday interview from days earlier that drew backlash from both parties. On the podcast, Romer defended the DSA platform and hit back at critics who called her earlier remarks radical.
A 21-year-old man has been arrested and accused of sexual misconduct with a teen girl after a baby was found abandoned in a wooded area in Indianapolis on July 24.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) said they found the newborn baby near the tree line of a trail near Lace Bark Lane and Long Wharf Drive after receiving reports of an abandoned child. Authorities said the newborn baby was transported to a local hospital for a welfare check and was reported in stable condition.
Friday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) predicted President Donald Trump’s attorney general pick Todd Blanche would not be confirmed.
Host Kasie Hunt asked, “When you look at the landscape, are there more Republicans than meet the eye who are opposed to the Blanche nomination over these issues that Cornyn and Tillis have raised?” Hunt asked. “And is that number potentially five senators or more like 15?”
The Democrat-dominated Massachusetts state Senate passed a late-term abortion bill on Friday and sent it to Gov. Maura Healey’s (D) desk for approval.
The bill, called “An Act Prioritizing Patient Access to Care” or H.5595, would ultimately allow unborn babies to be aborted throughout pregnancy in the state and would strike down the state’s current 24-week limit, which has exceptions for the life of the mother and a deadly fetal diagnosis. Under the bill, doctors would have the discretion to decide whether or not to perform a late-term abortion, the Washington Post reported.
The Trump State Department has revoked over 100,000 visas, State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.
When asked about the Trump administration’s efforts to keep “reckless foreign drivers off our streets by revoking visas and denying further travel to the United States,” Pigott explained that when it comes to the department’s visa revocation policy, they have already revoked well over 100,000 visas.
Republican Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (A-AK) are working with Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) on a bill to block part of the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle the Department of Education (ED).
On Thursday, the Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) Committee approved the bill, S. 5046, in a 13-9 vote to prohibit ED from moving special education and several other education offices to other federal agencies, Politico reported.
