Bill began Thursday with a new poll from CBS News that asked a random sampling of Americans how they view President Trump's response to the mayhem and murder in Charlottesville.  34% of the respondents approve of the president's actions, 55% disapprove, and the remainder has no opinion.  Also, 44% of those polled say that President Trump's policies have exacerbated racial division, while 51% contended that his policies have had either no effect or a beneficial one.  Finally, most of those polled describe the killing in Charlottesville was an act of domestic terrorism.  "It was terrorism," Bill agreed, "just like today in Barcelona where a guy drove a car into a plaza trying to kill people.  This is what ISIS does and this is what the guy in Charlottesville did." 

Bill also weighed in on the CEOs who have severed their ties with President Trump's advisory councils.  "Some of them did it for reasons of conscience," he surmised, "which they have a right to do.  But many of them are doing it because pressure groups like Color of Change and Media Matters are saying that if you associate with Donald Trump we'll call for a boycott of your company.  That's what they did to me!  And believe me when I tell you that most commentators on cable news are frightened to have anything to do with Donald Trump right now.  One of the few exceptions is Sean Hannity, who has been threatened with boycotts all over the place." 

Bill then welcomed, via Skype, The Daily Caller's Peter Hasson, who has investigated far left pressure groups.  "There are at least a dozen groups pressuring sponsors," Hasson reported, "and they are spearheaded by the two groups you mentioned, Color of Change and Media Matters.  This is part of a broader strategy on the left to go after corporations and tell them that they will tarnish their brand if they continue to support Republicans and conservatives.  They're basically threatening them." 

Hasson elaborated on the most vicious organization, Media Matters:  "They are a very well-funded activist group whose entire purpose is to silence conservative voices.  Right now they are doing everything they can to get Sean Hannity off the air by going straight to advertisers.  They are buddy-buddy with other journalists who also want to see Hannity taken out.  A lot of people in the media are afraid to go after these groups." 

Bill compared these groups with Hitler's henchmen in the early 1930s:  "His Storm Troopers actually went to the media and warned them that if they say anything bad about the Nazis we'll burn your place down and beat you up.  They went to corporations and did the same thing.  What's the difference between what happened in the early 1930s and now?"  Hasson agreed that both eras represent the worst in "thug politics" and also bear a distasteful resemblance to Al Capone's extortionist tactics. 

After wrapping up his discussion with Peter Hasson, Bill moved on to Trump confidante Steve Bannon, who gave an interview in which he boasted of his power and expressed disagreement with some of the president's policies.  "This is all self-defeating for Steve Bannon," Bill theorized.  "He's not going to be in the White House much longer because he's not General Kelly's kind of guy.  Trump is under siege and Bannon's days and hours may be numbered." 

On another subject, Bill discussed the Confederate statues that have already come down or will soon be removed.  "You don't whitewash history," he said, "but you don't honor guys like Jefferson Davis and Nathan Bedford Forrest, who helped found the KKK.  You can move those statues to a museum or somewhere like that.  The Union Army was fighting for the preservation of the United States, while the Confederates were fighting for a new country that included slavery.  There's a big difference!" 

In Utah, an illegal immigrant named Victor Francisco Michel-Lara is accused of raping a 7-year-old girl multiple times.  "This guy was deported twice and came back three times," Bill complained, "and this is Kate's Law right here.  He admits to abusing this girl and is being held on $200,000 bail, which is low.  Should you get three jumps over the border?  No." 

While answering emails from Premium Members, Bill suggested that President Trump can firm up his support if the economy continues to do well:  "This is where Trump can get back his mojo.  If he continues to stimulate the economy and create jobs so wages go up, this other stuff won't matter so much and the far left will recede in power.  But right now the left's opposition is afraid." 

In order to illustrate the brutality of the Civil War, Bill read from a proclamation issued in 1862 by a Confederate general.  It included this ominous warning to enemy troops:  "If any of our men are fired on while passing through the country, I will lay waste the entire surrounding neighborhood." 

Finally, Bill advised Premium Members that he'll be on the road a bit over the coming weeks but will regularly deliver a podcast, whether by video or audio.  And next month the No Spin News will be enhanced and expanded to deliver even more content and analysis.  "We think this is a tremendous growth industry," he said, "and people aren't getting what they need from the news agencies right now.  We're going to give that to you."

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