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Florida Attorney General subpoenas NFL as part of new probe into Rooney Rule and other DEI programs
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who in March put the NFL on notice that the league's Rooney Rule may violate the state's Civil Rights Act, on Wednesday issued a subpoena as part of a formal investigation to determine if the league has been discriminating in its hiring practices and other matters of employment.
The subpoena sent to the NFL offices in New York -- a copy of which was obtained by OutKick and Fox News -- orders the league to appear at the Department of Legal Affairs, Office of the Attorney General, Office of Civil Rights, in Tallahassee on June 12 at precisely 9 a.m.
The subpoena compels the NFL to produce extensive records dating back to 2020 (and earlier for some items) covering the Rooney Rule, the Offensive Assistant Mandate, Resolution JC-2A, the Accelerator Program and the Mackie Development Program. It seeks internal policies, communications with government agencies, legal challenges (including those tied to the Brian Flores lawsuit), compliance tracking, enforcement actions and detailed hiring datahiring data -- including candidate race and sex.
Notably, the subpoena zeroes in on how the NFL defines "minority," verifies demographic status, and uses race or gender in hiring decisions or incentives. It also demands evidence of the league’s intent and justification for these programs.
NFL ROONEY RULE AND OTHER DEI INITIATIVES MAY SOON BE IN RETREAT
The Florida attorney general also wants the NFL's communications with the EEOC, United States Department of Justice, or other federal or state agency concerning the Rooney Rule, Resolution JC-2A, the Offensive Assistant Mandate, the Accelerator Program, or the Mackie Development Program.
This sweeping investigative demand makes it obvious that the AG is investigating practically every Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) program related to coaching, front office and other executive advancement initiatives that might provide an advantage for one class of people while ignoring or not serving another class.
The NFL had no immediate comment.
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But this should not come as a big surprise.
Uthmeier originally delivered a letter dated March 25 containing "a word of caution" to the league, contending that the Rooney Rule "brazenly violates Florida law" and outlining to the league how its rule violates the Florida Civil Rights Act.
Uthmeier wrote, "the Rooney Rule and its offshoots require precisely what Florida law forbids. They require teams to limit, segregate, and classify applicants for certain employment and training opportunities because of race and sex. And they do so in a way that tends to deprive applicants of opportunities for employment."
In that initial letter of contact, the AG gave the NFL until May 1 to reply. The NFL did indeed respond within the allotted time but the response from NFL General Counsel Ted Ullyot did not satisfy Florida's chief law enforcement officer.
Uthmeier on Wednesday continued to press the issue in a letter obtained by OutKick and Fox News. In his correspondence, the AG contends the NFL actually changed its website page for the Rooney Rule.
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"My office appreciates the NFL’s stated commitment to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination. We also appreciate how quickly the NFL changed its website in response to our letter, as well as the NFL’s assertion that it no longer requires the consideration of race or sex in the hiring of at least one offensive assistant," Uthmeier wrote.
"Unfortunately, neither your letter nor the changes to your website assuage our concerns over the NFL’s violations of Florida law. In fact, they raise new ones."
Uthmeier continued to take aim at the Rooney Rule: "You also claim the Rule "does not license clubs to consider race or sex in making hiring decisions. But according to your own statements, its very point is to do just that. "Through hiring best practices, the Rooney Rule aims to increase the number of minorities hired in head coach, general manager, and executive positions.
"Or to quote the NFL’s own Executive Vice President, "the Rooney Rule and other policy adjustments are necessary" "[u]ntil [the NFL] see[s] organizations doing the right thing for the right reasons in hiring individuals."
"In the end, year after year, the NFL has bemoaned the hiring of 'white' coaches rather than 'coaches of color.' This obsession with hiring based on race is wrong. It also violates Florida law."
Wednesday's step by Florida is ultimately intended to have the NFL relieve the Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers from having to apply what the attorney general deems are illegal hiring practices for the clubs' most visible employees, namely coaches and personnel department executives.
Radio host says Caitlin Clark is WNBA's version of Jeremy Lin: 'The exact same thing'
A talking head is off the Caitlin Clark train.
The WNBA's 2024 first overall pick and Rookie of the Year made her return to the hardwood Saturday after being limited to just 13 games last season, with a groin injury ending her second campaign.
She dropped 20 points in what was a struggle from 3-point land, going 2-for-9 from deep, including missing a potential tying 3 in the game's final seconds.
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Clark took the sports world by storm during her time in Iowa and has undoubtedly been the primary reason for the growth of women's basketball — but soon, it will all end, says former Philadelphia sports radio host Tyrone Johnson.
"The Caitlin Clark thing is over because she’s not the best player in the WNBA," Johnson said on SportsGrid's "The Craig Carton Show." "She’s not the best guard in the WNBA. She’s not even the best guard from her college class because that’s Paige Bueckers, who plays for [the] Dallas [Wings], who beat them in the season opener. This could be a situation where we look back on Caitlin Clark, and we’re not gonna look back on her like she’s Michael Jordan. She’s Jeremy Lin. This is just Linsanity."
Johnson also criticized Clark for joining forces with Morgan Wallen at his concert in Indianapolis.
"Morgan Wallen says the N-word liberally. Says it more than I do, and I’m Black," Johnson said.
Johnson also called out Clark's "b----ing and moaning to the refs nonstop."
"But when we look back on this, we’ll go, this girl had the world by the balls. She had everybody loving her. People who hate women’s sports were tuning in just for her. And when we look at Jeremy Lin and look at her, we’re going to find out that at the end of the day, it was the exact same thing."
Lin took the world by storm in 2012 when he suddenly became a prolific scorer for the New York Knicks after riding their bench. In a 17-game stretch, he averaged 20.7 points and 8.5 assists, including a memorable 38-point effort against the Los Angeles Lakers and a game-winning 3-pointer against the Toronto Raptors, but that type of success was short-lived. He was, however, able to manage a fine career coming off NBA benches until 2019.
When Awful Announcing referred to Johnson's monologue as a "hot take," Johnson said it was "the bestest" take.
Clark set numerous records in her rookie season after becoming the NCAA's all-time leading scorer, averaging 19.2 points and 8.4 assists (for what it's worth, Lin's career-high was 18.0 points). Battling through injuries last season, Clark put up only 16.5 points but handed out 8.8 assists per contest and was named to her second All-Star team. Lin was never an All-Star but did finish seventh in the NBA Sixth Man of the Year voting in 2015-16.
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Las Vegas man kills ex-wife and her husband in grocery store amid child 'custody issues': police
A Las Vegas man has been charged with double murder after he allegedly shot and killed his ex-wife and her new husband at their shared workplace on Tuesday.
Police say Alejandro Estrada, 43, entered the Smith's grocery store where the couple worked and immediately opened fire. He was eventually tackled by patrons in the store who held him down until police arrived.
The victims, Amanda Rosas and Victor Frias Rosas, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Amanda married Rosas last year, but she and Estrada were still in the midst of a tense custody battle over their 12-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter. Estrada owed her over $2,800 in child support payments, according to the New York Post.
Police say Estrada had multiple weapons at the time of the attack. He is now facing 12 charges, including two counts of murder.
"He was completely calm. No expression. No nothing," shopper Paula Milton told the Las Vegas Review-Journal of Estrada. "You could tell it was him because everyone else was running and screaming, and he was like no big deal."
The incident comes just days after police arrested a Las Vegas high school student accused of murdering a homeless woman.
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The Review-Journal identified the suspect as Dennis Geiggar, a high school student with a reported history of behavioral issues and anger-related incidents. He was arrested May 5, but the body of the victim, 61-year-old Marceline Biasini, was found April 21.
The victim was found lying on the sidewalk outside a business and "suffering from apparent injuries" just after 8 a.m. on April 21, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) told Fox News Digital.
Nearby surveillance video captured a brief, suspicious encounter in the middle of the night, showing a suspect approaching the victim’s area and leaving about a minute later, the Review-Journal reported, citing police records.
"The precise location of the crime scene was obstructed from surveillance cameras, but video surveillance with audio … captured the suspect approaching Marceline’s location and, seconds later, a scream is heard followed by approximately 61 loud thuds," the Review-Journal report said.
Geiggar had recently been expelled from a nearby high school for allegedly trying to start a fire on campus. Police said he had "numerous incidents where his anger had resulted in his punching walls and trash cans" and had been participating in anger management classes, according to the outlet.
Fox News' Bonny Chu contributed to this report.
Who is James Erdman III? CIA whistleblower who went from COVID mandate fights to Senate spotlight
James Erdman III, a CIA whistleblower who testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Wednesday alleging a federal cover-up of COVID-19 origins, has a long history of clashing with the government on the coronavirus issue.
Erdman is a former intelligence officer and military veteran who co-founded the grassroots advocacy group Feds For Freedom, an organization that emerged during the COVID-19 vaccine mandate battles involving federal workers and members of the military.
While public information online about Erdman's early life is sparse, according to biographical information published by Feds For Freedom, Erdman previously served as a non-commissioned officer with the Army’s 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment before later serving in the National Guard. The organization says he also worked as a senior bioinformatics and biometrics consultant in the private sector, and spent time serving in the Middle East, South and East Asia, and Europe.
Erdman joined the CIA in 2013.
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"He’s a decorated officer with decades of intelligence and national security experience," GOP committee chairman Sen. Rand Paul said during the hearing, adding that Erdman "recently completed a joint duty assignment with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Director’s Initiatives Group (DIG)."
Feds For Freedom became known for backing legal and public advocacy efforts involving federal employees who challenged vaccine requirements imposed during the Biden administration. Court filings and public statements show Erdman participated in some of those efforts on behalf of the group.
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In interviews tied to the group’s media platforms, Erdman discussed questioning government COVID-19 policies and later helping organize opposition to federal vaccine mandates.
The group has backed or participated in multiple lawsuits involving agencies including the FBI, Department of Defense, NASA and State Department. Several cases alleged violations of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and discrimination against employees seeking religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
Erdman told senators on Wednesday that intelligence agencies, particularly the CIA, are failing to provide transparency and accountability, and warned Congress is being misled as a result.
"The legislative and executive branches will continue to be misinformed if this type of behavior is not addressed," Erdman said.
On Wednesday, Erdman focused on biological research oversight and made the case that the federal government needs a sweeping review of federally funded life sciences work, including stricter definitions of "gain-of-function" research and weapons-related research, and better enforcement of existing policy.
"Public health policy would have been very different had the American public been made aware that a virus from a lab in China was going to serve as the foundation for an emergency use authorization M-RNA products," Erdman said.
Conservatives torch ‘climate refugee’ couple after Texas escape ends in ‘literal crap show’
A Maine couple who described themselves as "climate refugees" after relocating from Texas discovered human feces on the front porch of their new home in Bangor, an incident that quickly drew mockery from conservative commentators.
In an article published in the Bangor Daily News, the couple, Shawn and Sara Good, sought to frame the incident of discovering feces and signs of a man sleeping on their patio furniture as a fair tradeoff to escape the "catastrophic" weather that plagued them in Texas. The article centered on the couple moving to Bangor because of their concerns about climate change. The Goods said they fled Austin after facing four catastrophic events in the past five years.
"When looking at global news, I’m so lucky that the big event I experienced recently was someone sleeping on my porch," Sara told the Bangor Daily News.
Local and national conservative voices criticized the couple and the Bangor Daily News for its framing of the incident in a city facing a serious homelessness issue, with encampments in the downtown area. The Bangor City Council passed an ordinance on Monday banning the storage of personal belongings along sidewalks in an effort to push back against encampments.
Maine Republican state Rep. Reagan Paul suggested the article by the Bangor Daily News reads more like satire from the Babylon Bee than a hard-hitting news story.
"This is actual ‘news’ from the Bangor Daily News — treating a literal crap show as heartwarming proof that Maine is paradise," Paul wrote on X. "Most of us already know it — but for the few holdouts still treating the Bangor Daily News as serious journalism: when your paper has to spin literal human feces on a doorstep into a heartwarming relocation success story, it’s time to admit reality and maybe stop taking them seriously as journalism."
Investigative reporter Steve Robinson weighed in, suggesting the couple faced a better fate than another Maine couple who were shot and killed in front of their two children just six months after moving from Texas in 2023.
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"By Maine standards human s--- on the door is good considering the last couple from Texas who moved here were murdered by a recidivist aspiring rap artist in front of their young children," Robinson posted on X. "Liberals call this restorative justice."
In recent years, Texans have faced Winter Storm Uri, which caused power outages throughout the state, deadly floods that claimed the lives of 130 people last year, Hurricane Beryl, and extreme heat.
Conservative commentator Dana Loesch, who lives in Texas, said every region of the United States can face catastrophic weather.
"It's Texas," Loesch said on her show. "Texas gets some tornadoes. Texas gets some flooding."
"They leave Texas because it's hot here," Loesch continued. "That's a you issue. You should have known that."
Climate change is increasingly shaping where Americans choose to live. A Forbes study found 30% of homeowners have moved because of it.
Columbia University professor Alexander de Sherbinin suggested the U.S. could see "significant movements" as people seek to relocate to avoid more severe weather.
"Northern states could see an influx of people, because their summers will still be fairly pleasant and their winters less severe," de Sherbinin told Columbia Magazine.
WNBA's officiating overhaul is already drawing complaints from players and coaches one week into season
The WNBA spent all offseason promising to fix its officiating problem.
Now, less than a week into the 2026 season, players and coaches across the league are already wondering if the league may have overcorrected.
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After years of complaints about inconsistent whistles, excessive physicality and a lack of accountability from officials, commissioner Cathy Engelbert acknowledged during All-Star Weekend last July that officiating had become a growing concern around the league.
"As we go forward on the officiating, we hear the concerns. We take that employee input," Engelbert said at the time. "Every play is reviewed. We spend hours and hours and hours. Obviously, we use that then to follow up with officials’ training."
She added, "It’s something we need to continue to work on. As our game has evolved, so does our officiating. So we’re on it."
Turns out, the league really was working on it.
The WNBA formed an offseason officiating task force that included players and coaches in an effort to clean up some of the league’s growing issues around physicality and consistency.
And the changes have been noticeable immediately. Maybe too noticeable.
Through the first 11 games of the 2026 season, teams are averaging 22.3 fouls and 23.1 free throws per game — a sharp increase from last season’s averages of 17.5 fouls and 18.2 free throws.
There have already been five games this season in which a team attempted at least 25 free throws. There were only 25 such games during the entirety of the 2025 season.
So while the league wanted officials to crack down on excessive physicality, players and coaches are already complaining that games are turning into whistle fests.
Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve — who famously blasted officiating during last year’s playoffs and was later hit with the largest fine in league history — said the current product is not what members of the task force discussed.
"What I’m confused about, being on the task force, we talked about unnecessary physicality. We didn’t say we want to call marginal fouls. We never brought that up," Reeve said after Minnesota’s opener.
"It takes a little bit of time for sure to calibrate, both them and us. … Obviously, we’ll continue to work with the league on getting right because we’re not the only team sitting here wondering why everything is a foul."
Just days earlier, though, Reeve sounded optimistic about the changes.
"How our game has looked the last two years is not how we want it going forward," she said. "We’re working really hard because we don’t want the level of physicality that we’ve seen in our game, and so I’m confident that the game is gonna therefore be more fluid — freedom of movement."
Instead, early returns suggest the games are becoming less fluid.
New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart called it "insane" that Sunday’s game against the Washington Mystics lasted two hours and 41 minutes.
"It disrupts everyone’s flow," Stewart said. "This game was 2 hours and 41 minutes long. That’s insane… I know it’s going to take time of, like, figuring out what’s the standard of what’s going to be called, but there’s calls that are being called that are unnecessary on both sides, and then there’s no flow."
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Dallas Wings rookie Azzi Fudd was confused by the whistle during preseason play, too.
"I thought you could be physical in the W and anytime you touch someone, it’s a foul," Fudd said. "So I’m not really sure whether to be physical, whether to — I don’t know. I’m still figuring that out."
And Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale joked that players may need to spend the season defending with their hands straight up in the air.
"We can see they’re calling a little different," Ogunbowale said. "I guess we just have to adapt, because that’s going to happen… It’s been a long time since I had three fouls in the first half and almost fouling out. I guess show our hands and see what we can do."
To be fair, this is also exactly what some coaches wanted.
Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White — another vocal critic of officiating last season — said the league essentially needed to "overcorrect" after years of letting too much contact go uncalled.
"We have asked, in all of our offseason, have asked officials to call everything," White said. "The challenge, and the question sometimes: Is it consistent? So that’d be the next growth phase and growth area. But this is what we need to clean up some of the stuff that we saw last year. So there is going to be frustration early, but it’s necessary."
White echoed those comments again after Indiana’s opening-week loss to Dallas.
"This is what we want," she said. "We need to overcorrect, so to speak, so that we have freedom of movement, so it’s a free-flowing offense."
The irony here is that nearly everyone agreed officiating needed to improve after the disaster that unfolded during the 2025 playoffs.
Last postseason became completely overshadowed by technical fouls, free throw disparities, suspensions and public meltdowns from coaches and players.
At one point, Reeve called the selection of a playoff officiating crew "f---ing malpractice."
Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon said the physicality was "out of control" and warned it would "lead to fights."
Meanwhile, stars like Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Kelsey Plum and Natasha Cloud all publicly sounded off about officiating concerns throughout the season. Sophie Cunningham was fined three separate times in just a couple of months for daring to question officials.
So yes, the WNBA absolutely needed to address the issue.
But one week into the season, the league now appears stuck trying to find the sweet spot between "letting them play" and calling a foul every time someone breathes too aggressively in the paint.
And judging by the early reactions around the league, that balancing act is going to remain a major storyline all season long. Again.
Senate takes major first step to prevent future shutdowns with painful accountability play
The Senate is one step closer to adding painful consequences for lawmakers who choose to shut down the government.
The upper chamber on Wednesday unanimously advanced a resolution from Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., that, if passed, would prevent lawmakers from getting paid during future shutdowns. It comes after the once-rare occurrence became a political cudgel wielded by Democrats time and again in the last year.
Despite having spurred the two longest shutdowns in history, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats joined Republicans to move the measure along for a final vote.
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But its success through the first hurdle has not quite sated concerns that Democrats will again try to force another shutdown before the midterm elections in the fall.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told Fox News Digital that its success "helps" but suggested that the move from Democrats was more political than not.
"I think it's, they realize, I mean, that's a really bad posture to be in if you're opposing something like that at a time when you got a lot of government employees who aren't getting paid, and, you know, people up here are voting against depriving themselves of pay when everybody else is not getting paid," Thune said.
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"So I just think that's a very difficult political vote for Democrats," he continued. "I think they've recognized it, and I’m guessing they had a fairly robust conversation at their lunch yesterday."
Kennedy’s resolution, which he described as a resolution of "shared sacrifice," can’t take effect until after the upcoming election cycle, adding more concern that Democrats may be tempted to repeat the cycle.
"If I were king for a day — I'm not, I don't aspire to be — but if I were, I'd make this resolution effective immediately," Kennedy said. "Because I'm … very concerned that my Senate colleagues on the Democratic side are going to try to shut down the government yet again right before the elections to try to create chaos to affect the midterm elections."
Kennedy's resolution would direct the secretary of the Senate to withhold lawmakers' pay until a shutdown is resolved. A rank-and-file senator earns $174,000 per year, while a leader of either party can earn over $193,000 per year.
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And it would only pertain to the Senate — a point he made clear on the Senate floor just before the vote.
Kennedy’s push isn’t the only one that’s brewed in the Senate following the 43-day shutdown over enhanced Obamacare premium tax credits and the latest 76-day Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
That’s because shutdowns have become a common tool over the last year and a half that Democrats have turned to as a negotiating counterpoint. In Trump’s second term alone, Congress has been on the precipice of a closure four times.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has been pushing his Shutdown Fairness Act, which would require that working federal workers are paid during a shutdown.
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., has the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act, which would automatically fund the government for two-week stretches until Congress lands on a compromise funding deal.
Xavier Becerra draws fierce criticism after attempting to control terms of on-camera interview
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra faced criticism over a tense television interview with Annie Rose Ramos that began with the California gubernatorial candidate questioning whether the segment would be a "gotcha piece."
"By the way, this is a profile piece, this is not a gotcha piece, right?" Becerra asked Ramos before the interview formally began.
The exchange immediately turned awkward when Ramos responded that the questions were intended to help voters learn more about him as a candidate.
"The way I describe profile is you talk about all the things that I’ve done, things I want to do, and along with some tough questions," Becerra said. "But not only tough questions."
The interview quickly generated backlash from conservative commentators and Republican activists online, many of whom accused Becerra of appearing defensive and combative during the exchange with Ramos.
Jennifer Van Laar, managing editor of RedState, praised KTLA for airing the full exchange and argued that Becerra briefly showed anger during the interview.
"Wow.... the STATION posted this. And good for them," Van Laar said on X. "There’s a microexpression on his face a few seconds before the end of this clip where you can see his anger briefly, which he quickly replaces with a smile."
Van Laar also criticized the former HHS secretary’s demeanor during the interview.
"Trying to come across as jovial, kind Becerra... but that ain’t who he is," she said.
Michael Trujillo, a Democratic strategist, criticized Becerra’s opening exchange with Ramos and framed it as dismissive toward a younger female reporter.
"I’ve seen this a lot in my community," Trujillo said on X. "A man telling a younger woman how to do her job."
Dana Loesch, a conservative radio host and former NRA spokesperson, also weighed in on the exchange and referenced prior reporting involving migrant children.
"It’s insane that the NYT story alone first didn’t end his political career," Loesch said on X. "This is all just so, so bad."
Kevin Dalton, a conservative political commentator, said, "KTLA just ended Xavier Becerra."
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The sharpest exchange came during a discussion of Becerra’s tenure at HHS, when Ramos referenced a New York Times investigation involving migrant children released to sponsors by federal authorities.
"That’s not accurate," Becerra said after Ramos cited findings that the department could not account for tens of thousands of children. "What you just read is not accurate."
Becerra then accused Ramos of echoing Republican messaging.
"You’re essentially, I don’t know if you got those talking points from Donald Trump," Becerra said.
Ramos pushed back, noting she was referencing reporting published by The New York Times.
"That’s not what the New York Times article said," Becerra responded. "The New York Times said that individuals, the children and their sponsors, did not respond to calls. They didn’t say we couldn’t find kids."
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Ramos later said she was surprised by the tone of the interaction because it differed from her interviews with other gubernatorial candidates.
"Honestly, I was caught off guard because it was so dramatically different from any of the other candidates that we had approached and sat down with," Ramos said.
"This was one of our final interviews," Ramos said. "As you saw, we’ve interviewed Sheriff Chad Bianco, Tom Steyer, and really, the only question I’ve gotten from anyone consistently is, ‘Is it Annie or Annie Rose?’"
When reached for comment, the Becerra campaign referred Fox News Digital to a previous statement from spokesman Jonathan Underland, who said that "unlike some candidates in the race, Becerra doesn’t walk away when the questions get difficult."
"Over decades in public service, he’s consistently shown up, answered tough questions and respected the role journalists play in holding public officials accountable," Underland added.
San Francisco Giants asked to retire 'thrusting' celebration a day after taking the league by storm
"I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them."
Those are the sage musings of one Andy Bernard from "The Office," and I have to say, truer words were never spoken.
We all remember the San Francisco Giants outfield and their "hip thrusting celebration," right?
After their 9-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers Monday night, the Giants' outfielders huddled together for a little postgame celly, and gifted us one of the most bizarre displays of exuberance you'll ever see on the baseball field.
And the crazy part is that they won again in LA on Tuesday night, meaning, at worst, they'll split a four-game series with their hated rivals from SoCal, and will get some much needed momentum to help turn their early season woes around.
But, unfortunately, the good times had to end, and the Giants were asked to retire their on-field menage a trois almost as quickly as they introduced it.
Goodnight, sweet prince of a celebration. We hardly knew ye.
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Yes, it looks like the San Francisco Giants' front office (or someone in a position of authority, at least), put the kibosh on their outfielders doing their best Village People impression, and, judging by some of the comments you guys left me yesterday at the bottom of my article, the directive is a welcome one indeed.
I could have sworn this particular celebration would have caught on and swept through the Bay Area, but alas, that's not the case.
I'm not sure who made the call to end the celebration, but unlike my readers, the fine folks on X are not quite as pleased to see the thrust get eradicated.
See? I had a feeling Giants fans would embrace that celebration with open arms.
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The new one definitely doesn't have the same "zest" to it, but a bow is a classy gesture that is sure to make all six of the conservative San Francisco residents happy, if they haven't fled for Texas or Tennessee yet.
We will see how hard the line is when the Giants start slumping again, because if they go on a five-game skid, I can almost guarantee Tony Vitello will bring back the thrusting in a "break glass in case of emergency" situation.
Until then, it looks like we've left the good old days of grown men forming a "thrust circle" at center field.
Plan your memorials accordingly.
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This beach cover-up pairs with any swimsuit, offering a lightweight layer for the beach or pool. Adjustable sleeves, a high-low hem and side slits add versatility, while breathable cotton keeps it comfortable. Take advantage of the $30 discount while it lasts.
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Score up to 60% off button-downs, boxer briefs and T-shirts.
Original price: $115
This Carhartt button-down shirt combines comfort and durability with wide-wale cotton corduroy and a relaxed fit. The slightly faded finish gives it a worn-in look from the start.
Original price: $71.50
This five-pack of Calvin Klein microfiber boxer briefs delivers soft, stretchy comfort with a signature logo waistband — a solid addition to your weekly rotation.
Original price: $34.99
Get ready for Memorial Day or Fourth of July celebrations with this patriotic T-shirt, now priced at $20. The black tee features a distressed American flag graphic in shades of gray and white across the chest.
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Update your summer shoe collection with these under-$50 sneakers and sandals.
Original price: $80
Built for wet conditions, these Columbia water-resistant fishing sneakers pair a grippy outsole with lightweight cushioning for comfort and traction. A secure lace-up fit keeps you stable on the boat or trail, while drainage ports and stain-resistant materials help manage splashes and messes.
Original price: $70
This updated take on classic Keds sneakers keeps the timeless look while adding modern comfort. A cushioned footbed and arch support help keep you comfortable throughout the day, while the sleek leather design pairs easily with any outfit.
Original price: $40
Step out in warm-weather style with these Dr. Scholl’s slide sandals, featuring crisscross straps and a relaxed, summery look. Cushioned insoles add comfort and support for all-day wear.
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Refresh your skincare or makeup for less with deals on Lancôme, MAC and more.
Original price: $45
Stay fresh with this Jack Black grooming set that includes a cleanser, body lotion and full-size deodorant. Together, they offer a simple, no-nonsense routine designed for convenience.
Original price: $38
Set your makeup and control shine throughout the day with this lightweight pressed powder. The sheer formula delivers a soft, matte finish without adding noticeable color or texture, making it ideal for quick touch-ups.
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Original price: $36
Hydrate your lips while adding a glossy finish with this Clinique trio featuring three full-size shades in pink, coral and nude. The formula delivers smooth, even color with a moisturizing feel for daily wear.