Weekend Report: What's going on?

Coverage of Trump's trial obscured his alarming Time magazine interview. Puppy-killing governor falsely says she met Kim Jong Un. Counter-protesters make racist gestures in Mississippi.

According to the ratings and the polls, few Americans are paying close attention to Donald Trump’s criminal trial. But that hasn’t stopped the corporate media from giving it and the campus protests enormous coverage, while Trump’s bone-chilling Time magazine interview is a sideline story, including his stating he would not accept the 2024 election if he didn’t agree with it and that he could foment violence….

Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota set the internet on fire when she confirmed that in her new book she brags about executing her own dog—a 14-month-old—because the dog, Cricket, misbehaved. Now she’s being called on the carpet for lies in the book, including a claim that she met the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and said he “underestimated me.” It’s all apparently sunk her chances of being Trump’s VP running mate…

Pro-Palestinian protests at the University of Mississippi brought out counter-protesters who heckled them, including one guy who made monkey noises and gestures at a Black student. Worse yet, a MAGA congressman from Georgia then posted a video of the encounter on X seemingly supporting the actions, commenting, “Ole Miss taking care of business.” …