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Customer threatens to kill fast-food workers during heated dispute: 'She wanted her money back'
The night crew at a Missouri fast-food restaurant recently received death threats during a dispute with a customer, the manager told Fox News Digital.
The Jan. 7 incident took place at Paul's Drive In, located in Kansas City, Missouri, according to a Facebook post from the restaurant.
"A customer became verbally aggressive during a routine refund and escalated to making explicit threats of violence, including threats to kill our staff," the post read.
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"One of the employees involved is 16 years old."
The customer's concern, the business added, "was already being handled" when the situation erupted.
"A refund was actively in progress. There was never any refusal to resolve the issue," the post added.
"When the threats began, the refund was completed and the individual was removed from the property."
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Arianna Tarbox, an employee at the restaurant, told FOX 4 Kansas City the customer threatened to "get [us] shot up."
"She wanted her [expletive] money back," Tarbox said.
Paul's Drive In co-owner Amanda Fulbright told FOX 4 the behavior happens "pretty often" in the service industry.
"People who work everywhere, whether it's a restaurant or any service industry — they're here to serve you. They're not here to be your servant."
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She added that the customer is now banned from the restaurant and that management contacted police.
Speaking to Fox News Digital on Monday, Fulbright said her restaurant is reinforcing a zero-tolerance policy for abusive behavior.
"This week, we will be posting new code-of-conduct signage in our restaurant that clearly outlines our commitment to respectful treatment, staff safety and our expectation that threats, harassment or abuse will not be tolerated," she said.
"The signage also emphasizes something that's important to us: We are proud to employ and protect young workers."
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Salar Sheik, a Los Angeles-based restaurant consultant and founder of Savory Hospitality, told Fox News Digital that the core principles he emphasizes while training are "resolving issues through acknowledgment, empathy and involving a manager when necessary."
"While managers, especially in fast-paced environments like quick service, can sometimes be limited in what they can offer, we always encourage staff to handle concerns with care and professionalism," Sheik said.
"That said, when a customer becomes unreasonable about food or service, it is essential a manager be part of the interaction."
He added that no employee "should ever be treated unkindly or made to feel threatened by a guest."
"In those situations, I believe banning a customer can be justified."
Mom killed shielding kids after husband erupts in rage over NFL game: police
A Florida mom is being remembered as a hero after she was shot protecting her children when her husband flew into a violent rage over an evening NFL game.
Jason Kenney, 47, shot and killed his wife, Crystal Roure, 38, before turning the gun on himself just three days before Christmas, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Kenney had been drinking while watching Monday Night Football inside his shed – located at the family’s Highland City home – when he came inside to watch the end of the game at around 11 p.m. on Dec. 22, 2025, authorities said.
Upon entering the home, a fight ensued between the couple after Roure said she did not want to watch football, according to police.
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As the altercation escalated, Roure yelled for her 12-year-old son to run to a nearby neighbor’s house and call 911, and he heard a single gunshot as he was fleeing the home.
Responding deputies subsequently found Roure dead in the family’s living room with a gunshot wound to her head, and her 13-year-old daughter suffering from two gunshot wounds while in her bed. The couple’s 1-year-old child was also found asleep in her crib, unharmed.
The teen survived the shooting after the bullet struck her nose and ricocheted through the top of her head, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a news conference.
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"She said, ‘I begged him, don't shoot me, don't shoot me, don't shoot me. And he shot me anyway,’" Judd said, referring to Kenney’s teen stepdaughter.
Authorities also discovered an undated letter Roure wrote to Kenney, telling him: "You’re drinking, you’re using cocaine again. This is not the way a family should be. You need God."
Immediately following the shooting of his wife and stepdaughter, police say Kenney fled the area in his truck and called his sister to tell her he "had done something really bad and he was not going to jail." Kenney reportedly added that she would "see it on the news," before driving to his deceased father’s home in Lake Wales and entering a shed on the property.
When officers arrived and began yelling for Kenney to come outside, they heard a single gunshot and ultimately found him deceased from an apparent self-inflicted wound to the head.
"He absolutely destroyed a family," Judd said. "When you go in there, there is a beautiful Christmas tree with lots of Christmas presents under the tree, just like the nuclear family should be, and it ends up this way."
Judd revealed that relatives of the family told investigators that Kenney had been abusing his wife "for a while," despite the sheriff’s office having no records of any domestic violence calls regarding the couple. Additionally, Kenney had no criminal history, Judd added.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
"After they were married, I know she said he was drinking a lot more but she said that he was going to stop and said he would get help with it. Obviously that didn't happen," Roure’s sister, Stephanie Roure, told USA Today.
"My sister died a hero for protecting her children and getting my nephew out of the house to make the 911 call," Stephanie Roure reportedly said. "She did that. She saved their lives and by doing so my nephew saved his sister's life, and thank God the baby was untouched."
Red-Washing: How the media sanitizes a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary as a ‘preschool teacher’
When police in Michigan arrested Jessica Plichta live on air as she finished a TV news interview supporting Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, she became an instant protest hero, seen as a victim of the heavy hand of law enforcement.
The 22-year-old from Grand Rapids was widely described in media reports as a "preschool teacher," an "anti-war activist" and protest "organizer." And while those descriptions are not wrong, they were hardly comprehensive. A Fox News Digital investigation reveals they are part of a pattern in the media in which the radical ties of leftist agitators are ignored, depriving readers of a deeper and more accurate picture of their sinister goals.
"Preschool Teacher, 22, Arrested on TV After Condemning Trump," blared a headline in The Daily Beast, above an article that noted cynically, "Welcome to America." The UK-based Guardian published an article framing her as a progressive "anti-war" activist. And Democracy Now, an anti-Trump platform, lamented, "Grand Rapids Police Arrest Protest Antiwar Organizer After She Condemns Trump."
Few outlets reported that Plichta is a dedicated revolutionary in the radical Freedom Road Socialist Organization, a self-described Marxist-Leninist "organization of revolutionaries fighting for socialism in the United States." The FBI in 2010 investigated the group for alleged ties to terrorist groups, including the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. It is part of a sprawling network of Marxist-Leninist groups funded by a China-backed billionaire and committed to sowing chaos on American streets, using issues from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to Elon Musk and President Donald Trump to fan the flames of discord.
But while the media worked to downplay or even hide Plichta's radical ties, she has not been shy about her associations.
"I’m a proud cadre member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization!" Plichta declared at a pro-Maduro protest Jan. 3, just hours after U.S. military forces had captured Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, for alleged narcoterrorism.
The Freedom Road Socialist Organization and Plichta didn't respond to requests for comment.
Plichta’s case is one in a series in which the media glosses over – essentially red-washing – the radical ideologies of far-left people and organizations involved in protests and agitation against the Trump administration. Similarly, the media has largely described anti-ICE protester Renee Nicole Good, killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis last week, as a "37-year-old mother of three" and "an amazing human being," with little scrutiny of her participation in a militant anti-ICE group called "Minnesota ICE Watch," which trains members to aggressively obstruct the work of ICE officers.
For the far-left, sanitizing protesters accomplishes an organizing strategy that its consultants recommend in information warfare: "lead with sympathetic characters." The goal is often to disguise coordinated revolutionary activity as grassroots activism.
"It seems there is a widespread practice in the media of identifying conservatives by their political or group affiliations," said Walter Kirn, a veteran journalist and editor-at-large at County Highway, a pioneering media publication. "They're ‘MAGA.’ They're ‘Trump supporters.’ They're ‘far right.’
"Meanwhile, on the left," Kirn said, "people are described sympathetically by their roles. They're ‘moms.’ They're ‘protesters.’ It's an obvious double standard that should be corrected, particularly when membership in specific activist groups is involved." Kirn also edits a Substack newsletter, "Unbound."
In most cases, the activist groups are transparent about their work and proud of their objectives. The stated goal of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, which planted its red "FRSO" flag on the street where Good was killed, is to subvert the U.S. The Freedom Road Socialist Organization receives 501(c)(3) nonprofit benefits through the Lucy Parsons Institute for Social Research, a small Chicago nonprofit which last reported $264,004 in revenues.
Plichta’s arrest on Jan. 3 came soon after she led the pro-Maduro protest through the streets of Grand Rapids, blocking intersections. Despite multiple warnings from police, the group refused to move to the sidewalk.
She read her speech from her phone, a megaphone in her hand, and the young revolutionary didn’t mince her words.
"Free Maduro! Free Maduro!" she shouted. "We demand his safe return to Venezuela!"
"Join us in the struggle against imperialism!" she continued.
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"Brick by brick…wall by wall…one struggle will free us all!" she yelled.
Soon after, at about 5:30 p.m., outside the Fountain Street Church, Plichta was giving an interview to the local TV station, WZZM 13 On Your Side, when two Grand Rapids police officers came up behind her and arrested her for obstructing a roadway and failure to obey a lawful command from a police officer. Her mouth fell open, and she slowly put her hands above her head, saying, "I am not resisting arrest. I am going peacefully."
Local media immediately reported the story, describing Plichta simply as a "preschool teacher" and protester. On Monday, she complained in an interview that police put her in their cruiser "without buckling my seatbelt." The interview was staged with her comrades behind her, including one carrying a signed branded "Freedom Road Socialist Organization." There was no mention of Plichta's radical ideological orientation in the story.
National and international media soon followed suit, making Plichta a darling of the left. But to her self-described "comrades," she and Freedom Road Socialist Organization were new stars in a sprawling movement, all under the International People’s Assembly, an umbrella group for about 200 communist, socialist and Marxist-Leninist groups worldwide. That group has more on its agenda than stopping the Trump administration from arresting illegal immigrants or even toppling South American dictators.
The International People’s Assembly is supported by controversial U.S. tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham, currently under investigation by the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee as an alleged propagandist for the Chinese Communist Party. Singham finances a number of groups in the U.S. in the socialist-communist network, fomenting anti-American sentiment on the streets, including The Answer Coalition, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, BreakThrough News and Code Pink, co-founded by his wife, Jodie Evans.
In recent days, these groups have been actively mobilizing socialist, communist and Marxist-Leninist members nationwide to protest U.S. "imperialist" policies against immigrants, Venezuela, Palestinians and a host of other issues. Even there, major news outlets are largely ignoring the role of far-left groups in organizing the protests and describing them instead with sweeping statements framed as national consensus. CNN called the protests a "nationwide outcry," while the New York Times described the demonstrations as a "mounting outrage. Neither CNN nor the New York Times described the demonstrations' openly socialist organizers, even though the New York Times published two photos of the trademark black-and-white signs of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, its name in bold letters across the signs, and it even published one photo with "FRSO" and "Freedom Road Socialist Organization" across the bottom.
In its investigation of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, according to internal documents made public, the FBI launched its query in 2010 to see whether U.S. activists associated with the organization provided material support to foreign groups designated by the State Department as terrorist organizations. That investigation resulted in raids of activists’ homes and offices that the group called "repression" but didn’t lead to criminal charges.
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The Freedom Road Socialist Organization and its network of socialist organizations hosting the anti-ICE protests believe the U.S. capitalist system must be abolished, and they support the communist governments of Cuba, China, Russia and North Korea.
It framed Plichta’s arrest as part of a pattern of "repression" against revolutionary activists.
Plichta's case illustrates how revolutionary groups can embed themselves within mainstream protest movements, like an insurgency, leveraging popular causes to advance a far more radical political agenda.
Whether the media was oblivious or purposeful, the clues to Plichta's ideological radicalization were all there. She emerged from her brief stint at Kent County Correctional Facility with a red shirt with "FRSO" visible behind her winter jacket.
Inside the Fountain Street Church, the group’s organizational secretary, Tom Burke, president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 26, gave the local chapter a pep talk in its defense of Maduro, its members leaning on their protest signs as they listened intently. One sign read: "Regime change begins at Home."
Burke advised them to join other chapters and send a delegation to Maduro’s courtroom for his trial to "create havoc, make the country ungovernable for Trump and his friends and just stir it up everywhere we can."
"So, comrades, please join me, and we’re going to defeat Trump and his minions," Burke said.
Next to him, Plichta nodded in agreement.
"Solidarity!" Burke closed.
Plichta joined the chant: "Solidarity!"
UK targets Elon Musk’s X with fines and possible ban over Grok deepfake abuse
The British government intensified its crackdown on AI-generated sexual abuse Monday after ministers confirmed a possible ban on Elon Musk's social media platform X amid a widening probe and with the company potentially incurring hefty fines.
The dramatic move follows the launch of a formal investigation by Ofcom, the U.K. communications regulator, into whether X breached its legal duties under the U.K.'s Online Safety Act and came after reports that the platform’s built-in AI chatbot, Grok, was used to generate and share sexualized deepfake images of women and children.
Grok was launched in 2023 but its image generator feature, Grok Imagine, was added in 2025 with a specific mode to generate adult content.
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Liz Kendall described the recent use of the AI tool being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images as "deeply disturbing."
Kendall also warned that social media companies would be held accountable if they failed to act.
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"I welcome Ofcom’s urgency in launching a formal investigation today," Kendall said, according to Reuters. "It is vital that Ofcom complete this investigation swiftly because the public – and most importantly the victims – will not accept any delay."
In a separate statement shared later Monday, Kendall said the Grok AI tool had been used to create and circulate degrading, non-consensual intimate images.
"No woman or child should live in fear of having their image sexually manipulated by technology," she said before adding, "The content which has circulated on X is vile. It is not just an affront to decent society, it is illegal."
Kendall added that sharing or threatening to share deepfake intimate images without consent, including images of people in their underwear, constitutes a criminal offense under U.K. law.
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She warned that Ofcom has the authority to issue "fines worth millions of dollars" or penalties of up to 10% of a company’s qualifying worldwide revenue.
"But X does not have to wait for the Ofcom investigation to conclude," Kendall said. "They can choose to act sooner to ensure this abhorrent and illegal material cannot be shared on their platform," she warned.
Ofcom had said it "urgently made contact" with X on Jan. 5, demanding explanations about the steps being taken to protect U.K. users and setting a response deadline of Jan. 9.
While xAI, another company founded by Musk, responded, Ofcom said it decided to open a formal investigation after reviewing the available evidence "as a matter of the highest priority."
In a statement shared Monday, Ofcom said, "Reports of Grok being used to create and share illegal non-consensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material on X have been deeply concerning."
"Platforms must protect people in the UK from content that’s illegal in the UK, and we won’t hesitate to investigate where we suspect companies are failing in their duties, especially where there’s a risk of harm to children," the statement said.
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As previously reported by Fox News Digital, the chatbot acknowledged in a public post on X that it had generated and shared an AI image depicting two young girls in sexualized attire, calling the incident a "failure in safeguards" and apologizing for the harm caused.
Amid mounting criticism, Grok confirmed it has begun restricting some image-generation and editing features to paying subscribers. The chatbot said the limitations were implemented to prevent further misuse.
Musk also accused the U.K. Government of "fascism" Monday for "arresting thousands of people for social media posts."
The billionaire Tesla founder had responded to a post on X that claimed the country arrests more people for social media posts than "any other country on earth."
Alongside the Ofcom investigation, the U.K. government announced that legislation criminalizing the creation of non-consensual intimate images generated by AI would come into force this week.
Kendall said responsibility does not rest solely with individuals.
"The platforms that host such material must be held accountable, including X," she said.
If they do not act, she said she is "prepared to go further."
Meanwhile, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's official spokesperson said the government’s presence on the platform was "under review" and that "all options are on the table."
The Associated Press also reported Monday that Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Elon Musk and Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office for comment.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
Ex-NFL player missing for 7 months, sister says
The sister of former New York Giants defensive back Sam Beal pleaded with the public for help finding her brother who has been missing for about seven months.
Essence Zhane took to her Facebook page on Monday to ask anyone who may have seen Beal to contact the Kentwood Police Department in Virginia.
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"Tomorrow makes it 7 months since we’ve last heard from or seen my brother," she wrote on social media. "We’ve done everything we could on our end to piece things together and at this point we’re in desperate need of support on all ends. I’m not here to answer a bunch of why’s and how’s I just need this to land in the right direction to gain some form of answers or closure.
"I’m a Big sister and I need my brother to know that We Love You and miss you and this has been a heavy feeling for months to carry around."
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System database said the last time Beal had contact with loved ones was back on July 13, 2025. He is missing from Virginia Beach, Virginia.
He’s described as having black hair with a muscular and athletic build with brown eyes.
Beal’s girlfriend was the last one to see the former NFL player. He dropped her off at her family’s home and was supposed to head to work. However, Beal headed toward Virginia Beach. His girlfriend said the last time she heard from him, he said he was going back home.
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"Samuel did not bring anything with him aside from the clothes he was wearing, a pair of slides, and his wallet that contained his banking card and driver’s license," a description of his disappearance in the database read. "The girlfriend's vehicle was recovered in Virginia Beach, VA by one of her family members. The vehicle was found with Samuel's shoes and socks on the floor of the front passenger seat along with some sand on the floor."
Beal was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and attended high school in the state. He went to Western Michigan before the Giants took him in the 2018 NFL Supplemental Draft.
He played in games with the Giants, including starting three games for them during his rookie season in 2019. He missed the entire 2020 season due to a COVID-19 opt-out.
Beal pleaded guilty to gun charges before the 2021 season and was placed on probation for a year.
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NYC hospital accuses nurses’ union of seeking protections for workers arriving drunk, high as strike begins
As thousands of medical caregivers walked off the job Monday in what became the largest nurses’ strike in New York City history, officials at a major hospital accused the nurses’ union of making unreasonable demands — including protections for nurses who come to work drunk or high.
Officials at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx told Fox News Digital that demands by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) show nurses putting their own interests ahead of patient safety.
"NYSNA leadership’s demand that a nurse not be terminated if found to be compromised by drugs or alcohol while on the job is another example of putting their own self-interest before patient safety," Montefiore Senior Vice President of Strategic Communications Joe Solmonese told Fox News Digital in a statement.
Montefiore added the union is also pushing for an exorbitant increase in pay.
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"As they double down on their $3.6 billion in reckless demands, including nearly 40% wage increases, we remain resolute in our commitment to providing safe and seamless care," Solmonese said.
NYSNA did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
On Monday, roughly 15,000 nurses represented by the NYSNA went on strike after months of negotiations failed to produce an agreement. The walkout affected several major medical institutions, including Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian.
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According to NYSNA, nurses have been demanding improved staffing ratios, better benefits, fair pay and stronger protections against workplace violence — concerns heightened by a recent active shooter incident at Mount Sinai Hospital and another violent incident at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.
The union did not publicly disclose its salary proposal, but argued that hospital executives have been prioritizing corporate profits and high administrative salaries over patient care. They claimed that the three health care systems involved collectively held more than $1.6 billion in cash as of September 2025. The union also noted that CEO compensation at these facilities rose by 54% between 2020 and 2023, with one executive earning $26.3 million in 2024 alone.
"Management at the richest hospitals in New York City are threatening to discontinue or radically cut nurses’ health benefits," NYSNA said, adding that the cuts would affect 27,000 nurses at over 50 hospitals in the state.
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NYSNA President Nancy Hagans added in a statement: "Unfortunately, greedy hospital executives have decided to put profits above safe patient care and force nurses out on strike when we would rather be at the bedsides of our patients. Hospital management refuses to address our most important issues—patient and nurse safety. It is shameful that the city’s richest hospitals refuse to continue healthcare benefits for frontline nurses, refuse to staff safely for our patients, and refuse to protect us from workplace violence. It is deeply offensive that they would rather use their billions to fight against their own nurses than settle a fair contract. Nurses do not want to strike, but our bosses have forced us out on strike."
Mount Sinai slammed the union’s economic demands as "extreme," warning that they were simply impossible to meet.
"Unfortunately, NYSNA decided to move forward with its strike while refusing to move on from its extreme economic demands, which we cannot agree to, but we are ready with 1,400 qualified and specialized nurses – and prepared to continue to provide safe patient care for as long as this strike lasts," Mount Sinai said Monday.
Fox News Digital reached out to NewYork-Presbyterian for comment.
Fox News Politics Newsletter: Trump declares himself Venezuela’s ‘acting president’
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President Donald Trump branded himself as the "president" of Venezuela in a social media post Sunday night, after signaling that the U.S. would oversee Caracas, Venezuela, for years.
Trump shared a doctored image that looked like a Wikipedia page that identified him as "Acting President of Venezuela" since January 2026, after the U.S. conducted strikes in Venezuela and seized its dictator, Nicolás Maduro.
Trump said Jan. 3 that the U.S. would run Venezuela until a safe transition could occur, and he told The New York Times in an interview published Wednesday that he anticipated that the U.S. would oversee Venezuela "much longer" than six months or a year. Even so, he did not share a more detailed estimated timeline…READ MORE.
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Trump announces 'final' 25% tariff on countries doing business with Iran regime
President Donald Trump announced what he described as an immediate and "final" trade order targeting Iran and its global partners.
In a post shared on Truth Social, Trump said any country that continues doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran would be hit with a 25% tariff on all trade with the U.S.
The president wrote: "Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America. This Order is final and conclusive. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
The post came amid heightened tension with Iran as the country entered its fourteenth day of spiraling protests and unrest in which hundreds of people have been killed.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Elizabeth Warren calls on Democrats to reject billionaire donors ahead of 2026 and 2028 elections
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., argued to CNN’s Dana Bash on Monday that Democrats’ path forward to electoral victory is ditching the donor class in favor of the American people.
Warren was interviewed about her speech earlier at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., where she said Democrats had to "credibly demonstrate" they could take on a "rigged system," which might mean upsetting the wealthy. In the address, she contrasted Democrats who will take on the fight head-on and those who "politely nibble around the edges of change."
"So, look, the Democrats need to build a bigger tent in order to win in 2026, 2028 and beyond. So the question is, how do we do that?" Warren told CNN. While she said he has not managed to follow through, she credited President Donald Trump for at least discerning that one of everyday Americans’ biggest priorities is wanting basic costs lowered.
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"So Democrats have to hold Donald Trump accountable, but we have a real choice to make about how we‘re going to move forward on our agenda," Warren said. "We can either say we are all in for American families and lay out in concrete terms, ‘Here‘s how we‘re going to lower costs.’ Or, we can say, ‘We‘re going to moderate that, we‘re going to nibble around the edges in order to be more attractive to billionaire donors who might help fund Democratic campaigns.’"
Bash noted that some in the Democratic Party may see this as a losing tactic that ignores practical political realities. Warren acknowledged the desire to win but said it’s the donor class that needs to wake up to reality if they want Democrats to be victorious.
"No, what I want to do is win. I want to win in November of 2026," Warren said. "Read the room. If you’re looking at a room of anything other than very wealthy donors, what the American people are telling us over and over and over is ‘I‘m voting for the candidate who credibly says that they will lower costs for me.’ Look at what James Carville said. I don’t always agree with James Carville, but James Carville said it was clear even to him that Democrats need to run the most populist campaign since the Great Depression if we want to win in 2026."
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Bash then asked her how she plans to win back more working-class Americans who supported her party in the past, but were alienated by some of the far-left cultural issues that dominated Democratic Party politics in recent years. Bash noted that uptight attitudes towards issues like using the "right pronouns" was one salient example, asking if Warren thinks the solution is not to discuss those issues.
"My view is, let’s put forward an agenda from Democrats that will really deliver for working families," she said. "Let’s get out there and talk credibly about what it is we are willing to fight for. Are we willing to fight to increase housing supply? Are we willing to fight to get corporations out of the business of buying up those houses in America, even if it annoys, irritates, pisses off a bunch of billionaire donors who are making money off the system as it is."
Bears' Ben Johnson pours gasoline on Packers rivalry: 'I just don't like that team'
Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson didn’t back down from the storied rivalry with the Green Bay Packers as he faced a question about his explicit remarks about the NFC North team.
Johnson dropped multiple F-bombs as he celebrated with the Bears following the team’s comeback playoff win. On Monday, Johnson defended the comments and said he even talked with team owner George McCaskey about it.
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"There’s a rivalry that exists between these two teams," Johnson said. "Something that I fully recognize and I’m a part of. I just don’t like that team.
"George and I have talked and we’re on the same page."
Chicago won the game, 31-27, after being down by 18 points in the first half. The Bears’ social media account posted a video of Johnson hyping up the team.
PACKERS' HEAD-COACHING SITUATION THRUST INTO SPOTLIGHT AFTER PLAYOFF LOSS
He was heard saying, "F--- the Packers! F--- them! F---ing hate those guys."
The rivalry between the Bears and Packers is certainly revved up. Johnson threw gasoline on the fire when he first joined the Bears. He was asked at the time why he chose Chicago. He said he "kinda enjoyed beating Matt LaFleur twice a year."
The message sparked a few icy handshakes during the season, including one after the playoff game. Chicago went 1-1 against Green Bay in the regular season and defeated them when it counted the most.
The first-year head coach praised his players for their gritty performance, coming off two losses and going into halftime down 21-3. Johnson said his team was "built for pressure."
Johnson will lead the Bears into the NFC Divisional Round against the Los Angeles Rams.
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