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Top House Democrat says anti-Israel activists’ threats kept him from town halls for a year
A senior House Democrat divulged this week that he has not been able to hold a town hall for over a year due to threats from anti-Israel activists.
Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., the lead Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, made the explosive claim in an interview with Breaking Points on Tuesday.
"This is my biggest problem with the left," Smith said. "I have been unable to hold a town hall meeting for a year because a bunch of leftists show up and scream at me and don't let anyone else speak.
"You talk about illiberal," he continued. "Having people stand out in front of my house, screaming death threats at me and threatening my wife."
Smith, a member of the Democratic Party’s establishment wing, has previously condemned far-left activists who vandalized his home in 2023 over his support for Israel, including spray-painting "baby killer" in red on his garage doors.
"And the left [says], ‘Oh, well of course we don’t support [that]. We're peace activists. We would never do something like that.’ Okay. How about you just say, ‘No, they did it. It's wrong. We're against it. We are going to be liberal.’"
He also recounted attending a hearing at the University of Washington during which pro-Israel speakers were shouted down by far-left activists during a debate on divesting from the Jewish state.
"So the first three people got up and testified in favor of divesting. [The] fourth person got up and testified against divesting," Smith said in the "Breaking Points" interview. "Two sentences in, [they were] shouted down, screamed at, wouldn't stop."
"I think that whole thing has created a major problem as well," he added. "And we have to be able to have an intellectual discussion."
Smith also said the left has dubbed him a "Trump supporter" for pushing respectful debate.
He held up socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as an example of civility on the left.
"I don't agree with everything that he's doing, but he's having legitimate, thoughtful conversations instead of screaming matches over who can threaten the loudest," Smith reflected.
The Washington Democrat is not the only member of the House Democratic Caucus who has faced harassment from anti-Israel activists.
A New York City coffee chain told Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., in June that he was not welcome at their storefronts over his support for Israel.
Days later, Goldman, who is Jewish, lost reelection to Brad Lander, a Mamdani-backed challenger, who put criticism of the Jewish state at the center of his campaign.
Fox News Digital reached out to Smith for comment.
WATCH: AOC won't rule out White House bid after poll names her Democrats' top 2028 pick
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is keeping the door open for a 2028 White House bid after a new poll showed the New York Democrat as the leading choice among prospective Democratic presidential candidates.
She sidestepped Fox News Digital’s question asking if she would like to be the Democratic 2028 nominee.
"I have genuinely not really weighed seriously anything past the midterm elections," Ocasio-Cortez told Fox News Digital when asked if she is interested in a run. "I think that I'm taking in this information just like anybody else."
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The progressive House Democrat repeatedly has toyed with the idea of both a presidential bid and a potential Senate bid to run against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., when he is up for re-election in two years.
Insight into the Democratic party’s top pick for the presidential election in 2028 was released in a University of New Hampshire Granite State Poll Wednesday — showing Ocasio-Cortez as voters' frontrunner candidate.
While New Hampshire no longer holds the first official Democratic presidential primary, the state has played a large role in testing White House hopefuls and remains closely watched for early voter signs.
Ocasio-Cortez dodged giving her own thoughts on the poll that shows strong interest for her to lead the Democrats in the next election cycle.
"You're gonna have to ask a voter about that," Ocasio-Cortez said when asked about the new poll. "I have less insight into it than they do."
The poll projected her ahead of other prospective candidates that are likely to run in 2028, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, former Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Gavin Newsom and other prominent party members.
Support for Ocasio-Cortez rose to 22% support among likely Democratic voters. Ocasio-Cortez gained seven points since February's survey — placing her one point ahead of Buttigieg and 17 points ahead of Harris.
Both Harris and Newsom lost ground since February’s survey.
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Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed many socialists that won in their respective primary elections, beating out incumbents and mainstream Democrats.
Ocasio-Cortez has been endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America in prior runs. She is largely expected to receive a Democratic Socialists of America endorsement for the 2028 election, as infighting has erupted within the organization over its potential pick.
Some Democratic Socialists of America members are advocating announcing an earlier presidential endorsement, as the organization usually selects their endorsement at its biennial national convention — taking place in summer 2027.
Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
Justice Department sues Colorado over in-state tuition and financial aid for illegal immigrants
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Colorado over the offering of in-state tuition and financial aid for illegal immigrants attending public colleges and universities, the latest legal challenge over what critics say amounts to discrimination against U.S. citizens.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Colorado federal court, names the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, the state Department of Higher Education, and its director, JB Holston, as defendants.
"For three decades, Congress has made clear that Colorado cannot give education benefits to illegal aliens that it does not give to all American citizens," said Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward. "By granting illegal aliens in-state tuition, Colorado is not only violating federal law but subsidizing education for illegal aliens at taxpayers’ expense."
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"Our litigation efforts will not cease until we have fulfilled President [Donald] Trump’s promise that illegal aliens will not obtain preferential treatment over our Nation’s own citizens," Woodward added.
Fox News Digital has reached out to both agencies named in the lawsuit for comment, along with the office of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis.
The complaint argues that the Advancing Students for a Stronger Economy Tomorrow (ASSET) Act and related state policies violate a federal statute that prohibits states from offering higher education benefits to illegal immigrants based on their residency, unless the same benefits are available to all U.S. citizens.
In an effort to expand access to those benefits, Colorado reduced the high school attendance requirement from three years to one year, and removed a requirement that students must be admitted to college within 12 months of graduating from high school, according to the federal complaint.
The state also repealed a requirement that mandated illegal immigrant students submit an affidavit stating they had applied for lawful presence or would apply as soon as they were eligible, the complaint states.
By providing lower tuition rates and state-funded scholarships to local illegal immigrants while denying them to out-of-state citizens, Colorado is accused of creating an unconstitutional preference that is preempted by federal authorities.
The Justice Department also argues that lower tuition incentivizes illegal immigration and rewards them for breaking the nation's laws.
Thursday's lawsuit marks the fourteenth launched by the Trump administration challenging in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.
"This Department of Justice is committed to fulfilling President Trump’s promise that illegal aliens will not obtain taxpayer benefits or preferential treatment over our own citizens," the Justice Department said.
The lawsuit asks the court to declare several Colorado state laws associated with the matter unconstitutional, as well as award court fees.
DSA member leads Dem primary in Midwest battleground — but trails likely GOP nominee: poll
A socialist-backed candidate is leading the field in a high-stakes Democratic gubernatorial showdown in battleground Wisconsin.
Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong, a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member, stands at 26% support among voters likely to cast a ballot in the state's Aug. 11 Democratic primary for governor, according to a Marquette Law School poll released this week.
Former Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who narrowly lost the state's 2022 U.S. Senate election to GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, stood at second place in the survey at 15%, with nearly half of those questioned still undecided. Hong and Barnes are part of a crowded field of Democrats in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
The primary is also shaping up, along with the Aug. 4 Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, as a key statewide showdown in a crucial swing state between the far-left and the center-left establishment for the ideological future of the party.
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Hong, who is backed by Wisconsin-based DSA chapters, has also landed the support of top nationally known progressives, including Reps. Ilhan Omar of neighboring Minnesota and Ro Khanna of California, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender.
Her platform includes guaranteed paid leave as well as a one-year moratorium in Wisconsin on building AI data centers. Hong has faced scrutiny over years-old social media posts calling for defunding and abolishing the police. Her campaign says she no longer supports cutting police budgets or abolishing police departments.
In the poll, Wisconsin's current lieutenant governor, Sara Rodriguez, received 11% support. Rodriguez dropped out of the race last week, after the poll was conducted, following controversy over her campaign’s mishandling of financial reports.
When Rodriguez's supporters’ votes were transferred to their second choice, the poll indicated Hong leading Barnes by a slightly smaller 27% to 18% margin.
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Two other Democratic candidates, former Wisconsin Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan and state Sen. Kelda Roys, registered in the low single digits.
After Rodriguez suspended her campaign, former Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley jumped back into the race. Crowley had recently dropped out to back Rodriguez.
Evers, who decided against seeking a third term as Wisconsin governor, quickly backed Crowley, calling him the "best candidate" to defeat Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany in November.
Tiffany is on a glide path to capture the Republican nomination as he faces off with long-shot medical service technician Andy Manske in the GOP primary.
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The poll indicates Barnes edging Tiffany 44%-40% in a hypothetical general election matchup, with Hong trailing Tiffany 43%-40%.
The survey was conducted July 8-16, with 838 Wisconsin registered voters, including 695 likely voters, questioned.
The poll's overall sampling error is plus or minus 4.5 percentage points, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.1 percentage points for likely Democratic primary voters.
Megan Rapinoe says efforts to bar trans athletes from women's sports are 'attack on women in society'
Former U.S. Women's National Team star Megan Rapinoe said Tuesday that efforts to bar transgender athletes from competing in women's sports amount to "an attack on women in society," arguing the debate extends far beyond questions of fairness in athletic competition.
Appearing on ABC's "The View," Rapinoe dismissed arguments that restrictions on transgender athletes are primarily about protecting girls' and women's sports. Instead, she argued, opponents are using the issue as part of a broader campaign against women's empowerment.
"They're going after trans people in sports, and they're using this as a wedge issue because we love sports. And, you know, we don't want our little girls to be unsafe in sports. And it's like, ‘Unsafe from who? But okay,’" Rapinoe said.
"But now we're using this as like, an overarching thing, when really what we're attacking women, we're saying, ‘If you look like this as a woman, you can play, if you look like this as a woman.' There's a bill in Washington happening right now that's going to require all girls, just like full stop, to go through a sex test, an invasive, like examining their genitals to see if they're a woman," Rapinoe said.
Initiative IL26-638, according to the House Republican Caucus, would "prohibit students it defines as ‘biologically male’ from competing in certain school athletic activities intended for female students only. It would require verification of biological sex by students’ healthcare providers."
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"They don't like women in sports because it helps us with confidence and power," Rapinoe said. "And we see so many women in the C-suite played elite level sports. It's just great for you physically and all of it. But it's an attack on women in society."
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In a recent article in Marie Claire entitled, "Anti-Trans Legislation Isn't About 'Protecting Girls'—It's About Distracting Us From What Matters," Rapinoe wrote, "The truth is, trans people have been competing in sports for decades, and will continue to participate as this smoke screen from bad faith legislators and anti-LGBT groups cloak the real damage being done. As with so many other manufactured issues we fall for, women and girls will suffer the most."
Rapinoe did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Nancy Guthrie mystery: 'Today' show intruder sparks security shakeup at NBC studio
NEW YORK — The "Today" show is upping its on-set security after an intruder accosted co-host Craig Melvin in a vestibule, hurling a racial slur and landing himself in jail facing hate crime charges, according to a new report.
"We wanted to reach out with an important update regarding studio access for ‘Today’ interviews," reads an excerpt from an email show staff sent to Hollywood PR firms, first published by Variety. "In light of the recent events last week, we are implementing stricter security protocols effective immediately."
The primary change is that guests can now be accompanied by only two people — whether they be stylists, spokespersons, social media aides or other "support personnel," according to the report.
"We’ll defer to you on who those two individuals should be, but there will be no exceptions or additional personnel permitted in the studio during the interview," the message continued. Additional staffers would be asked to remain in the green room, outside of the studio.
The report comes a week after Andrew Truelove, a 41-year-old Virginia native, allegedly snuck in behind someone going through a security gate leading into a restricted area of the NBC studio at Rockefeller Center. He was allegedly hunting for Al Roker and found Melvin instead — then allegedly screamed a racial slur at him just before 9 a.m., according to city police.
No one was physically hurt, the show said in a statement, but the security lapse reportedly cost one guard his job.
"NBC and 'Today' take the safety and security of our employees, talent, staff and guests extremely seriously," the show's statement continued. "We are reviewing the incident and our security protocols and remain committed to providing a safe and secure environment for everyone who works at and visits our studios."
"Today" show clips from that morning show Truelove loitered outside the ground-floor studio's window for at least a half-hour, appearing in multiple shots between 8:03 .m. and 8:34, when actress Anne Hathaway was on set to discuss her role in the latest adaption of "The Odyssey."
The incident comes just six months after another "Today" co-host's mother was the victim in a home invasion abduction from her house in Tucson. Savannah Guthrie's mother Nancy remains unaccounted for, and no suspects have been publicly identified.
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Truelove, the man accused of hate crime burglary and menacing in the Melvin attack, had felony convictions in his home state and more than a dozen pending charges in New York before the incident. He is currently being held at a New York City jail on $10,000 bail.
Truelove pleaded not guilty at his arraignment last week and his lawyers waived an appearance at a follow-up hearing Wednesday. He's due back in court on Aug. 5.
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In October 2007, Truelove was accused of trying to abduct an 8-year-old from a school in Norfolk, Virginia. He was convicted at trial and sentenced to 10 years in prison, of which six were suspended, followed by 10 years on probation, court records show.
A psychiatrist testified he had symptoms of bipolar disorder and had stopped taking medications before the incident because they made him gain weight, according to The Virginian-Pilot.
Other charges in Virginia included trespassing, making bomb threats, destruction of property and repeated probation violations.
In 2014, he was arrested on charges of stealing signs from memorials dedicated to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.
And in 2023, after getting off of probation, he left Virginia for Southern California, where he was profiled in the Los Angeles Times in a lengthy story on his battle with homelessness.
USA Today Reporter apologizes for invoking Emmett Till in column about Caitlin Clark after upsetting the woke
USA Today "reporter" Nancy Armour has apologized for invoking Emmett Till in a column targeting — who else? — Caitlin Clark.
"In my recent column, I made an inartful comparison with the murder of Emmett Till. I intended to connect the issues the WNBA is currently facing with its All-Star Game being hosted in Till’s hometown of Chicago," Armour wrote in an apology posted Thursday on — where else? — Bluesky. "I obviously did not provide enough context for that."
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For background, Armour published one of the most desperate and irresponsible sports columns of the year earlier this week, arguing that Clark's reactions to missed calls put "Black" and "queer" WNBA players "in danger."
Paraphrasing Armour's argument wouldn't do it justice. So here it is:
"It shouldn’t need reminding this country has an awful history of Black people being harmed, even killed, in the name of 'defending' white women. The WNBA’s All-Star Game this weekend is in Chicago, Emmett Till’s hometown, and a local art gallery is currently hosting an exhibit imagining his life if he hadn’t been lynched. While it’s incumbent on the WNBA to do more to protect its players, there also should be an expectation on Clark to recognize the wider consequences of her actions."
In other words, according to Armour, defending Clark's flopping somehow puts Black women at risk of lynching.
Honest question: How did USA Today not fire her on the spot?
Forget her opinions or her right to voice them. A national news outlet allowed a columnist to turn a routine basketball play — flopping — into a discussion about the lynching of Black Americans.
The analogy is so detached from reality that it raises questions about the editorial process that allowed it to be published. At the very least, Armour should be fired for exercising such stupidity.
We can only imagine what was going through her head when she wrote those words. She likely believed she was scoring points with the Bluesky crowd by showing how willing she was to vilify the straight White superstar and her fans. We haven't seen someone in sports media try this hard to impress the online activist class since ESPN's Mark Jones falsely accused police officers of trying to murder him.
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OutKick asked USA Today whether it instructed Armour to issue the apology. We did not receive a response by the time of publication.
But we're not convinced the outlet made the call.
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In fact, Armour may have outdone even herself. In trying so hard to prove she's woke, she ended up offending many of the same people on Bluesky, who accused her of minimizing and trivializing the murder of Emmett Till.
These people truly are incredible. They cannot cover Caitlin Clark normally.
Still, the fact that a column about Clark ended up comparing her on-court behavior to lynching black people is a level of excess that would impress even Jemele Hill.
WATCH: Dem demands 'one case' where sanctuary cities didn't turn over illegal immigrants. DHS provides list
A New York City congressman drew swift pushback from Republicans and the Department of Homeland Security after claiming sanctuary jurisdictions turn over removable criminal illegal immigrants to federal authorities upon completion of their sentences.
Rep. Daniel Goldman, a Democrat representing Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn, was responding to remarks about the immigration system from Reps. Darrell Issa and Tom McClintock, R-Calif., during a markup of a bill that would enshrine President Donald Trump’s border security orders into law.
"Sanctuary cities… I ask you please cite one case where there was a criminal conviction, the defendant served his time and was convicted of a removable offense under the [Immigration & Nationality Act of 1952] and he was not turned over by the city or the state to the Department of Homeland Security," Goldman addressed his Republican colleagues during the markup.
"You have not and are unable to provide one, is my guess. Maybe you'll have one or two, but the policy of sanctuary cities and sanctuary states is that if you are removable after you're convicted after you complete your sentence, you are turned over to the Department of Homeland Security."
The claim was met with immediate skepticism after Goldman finished speaking, as Rep. Brad Knott, R-N.C., noted he prosecuted such cases in the Tar Heel State.
"Sanctuary jurisdictions do have a very wide paradigm in how they're operated. There's some sanctuary leaning jurisdictions in my home state of North Carolina: We had to pass a law at the state legislature to override the discretion," Knott said, adding that recent cases in Fairfax County, Virginia, support his assertion that sanctuary jurisdictions do not cooperate after an illegal immigrant is convicted.
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DHS also rebuked Goldman’s claim of common cooperation, citing thousands of cases in the lawmaker’s home state to make their point.
Since January, New York’s failure to honor ICE detainers resulted in the release of 6,947 criminally convicted illegal immigrants, according to statistics DHS shared with Fox News Digital.
"The crimes of these aliens include 29 homicides, 2,509 assaults, 199 burglaries, 305 robberies, 392 dangerous drugs offenses, 300 weapons offenses, and 207 sexual predatory offenses," said Assistant DHS Secretary Lauren Bis, who added there were around 7,000 illegal immigrants in the state with active detainer requests as of last winter.
"Sanctuary politicians must stop putting politics above public safety. This type of insanity leads to more crimes and more innocent victims," Bis said.
Fox News Digital reached out to Goldman for comment.
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During his remarks, Goldman also criticized Issa’s invocation of Ellis Island’s policies toward European immigrants at the turn of the century.
"First of all, my grandmother also came through Ellis Island. There was no immigration law at that time. And, certainly there was no NCIS where you could look at a database and figure out whether someone has a criminal record from their own country," said Goldman, whose district includes the New York State portion of the now-defunct facility.
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He said tuberculosis patients were housed and rehabilitated to complete their immigration proceedings and that 98% of those who came through Ellis were allowed into the U.S.
"So I don't think you wanna go back to the quote ‘orderly process’ unquote that you said Ellis Island is," he said.
DHS cited at least 12 cases it said contradicted Goldman's claim, including several involving illegal immigrants arrested for violent crimes who New York authorities released despite ICE detainer requests.
Among them was a Dominican national arrested for attempted murder who was released in the Bronx before ICE later apprehended him last September.
DHS also cited a Crips gang member with a prior assault conviction who was arrested last August on a criminal weapons possession charge and released despite a detainer request.
The agency also pointed to Turkish national Selman Cevik, who was on the Known or Suspected Terrorist (KST) list and became the subject of an ICE detainer after his arrest on a first-degree menacing charge. New York City authorities released him before ICE later tracked him down, DHS said.
Smokin' Hot Charley Hull suffers a brutal quadruple bogey, USA Today gasbags & Angel Reese is back at it!
'Nightcaps' is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk. It runs Monday–Friday on OutKick.com.
Over the hump and safely through to the other side of the week. We're eight days away from August. Down here in Florida, that means we're about a week away from the real start of hurricane season.
Technically, it started on June 1. But us Sunshine State vets know the real season goes from about Aug. 1 through October. The Tropics wake up when the calendar turns to August. They really wake up around Labor Day.
Once in a while, they'll stay asleep until a few weeks before Halloween. Those are the absolute worst.
Anyway, it's been a quiet summer thus far. Always is. But there are storms coming. This is why we GRIND.
Let's roll.
Welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one where Smokin' Hot LPGA golfer Charley Hull suffered one of the most brutal quadruple bogeys I've ever seen during this morning's Scottish Open.
I'd quit.
What else? I've got a Red Sox prospect hitting a tank and then slapping the catcher, USA Today's Nancy Armour being an absolute lunatic, the Big Js harassing Sophie Cunningham, and can I interest anyone in some Angel Reese bikini pics before the All-Star break?
Didn't think so! Too bad.
Grab you some vanilla ice cream for National Vanilla Ice Cream Day, and settle in for a Thursday 'Cap!
First of all — how great is my state? Goodness, I will never leave. The most innovative state in America, by a mile. Can't believe I hadn't thought of that!
Secondly ... I did my Mount Rushmore of Ice Cream Flavors last week, so no need to rehash for Vanilla Ice Cream Day. I will say, in the pantheon of the "Big Three" ice cream flavors (strawberry, vanilla and chocolate), vanilla is easily — easily — No. 1.
Nobody's ever said, "I don't like vanilla ice cream." It might be boring, but it gets the job done in any situation. It's not going to win any awards, but it's always going to be in the mix.
And that's your ice cream Ted Talk for the day. You're welcome!
Now, let's get this class started with golfer Charley Hull — famous for ripping cigarettes on the course — grinding through the worst quadruple bogey I've ever seen in the UK today:
Lordy. The movement on the initial putt is just absurd. That green should be illegal. And then the three failed chips. Just a brutal hole, and some brutal conditions.
Hell of a quadruple bogey save from Charley, though. I would've already been in the next tee box getting ready to rip one to the moon. Good for her.
Speaking of hitting things to the moon and being frustrated, let's check in on Boston's No. 3 prospect, Justin Gonzales, who belted a home run to Virginia last night, and then promptly ignited a brawl after touching them all.
What a scene!
There is SO much going on there, I don't even know where to begin.
For starters ... what a call by those minor league announcers! I was ready to run through a brick wall. Electric.
But how about the slap from Gonzales? Not a punch. A slap. So degrading. So humiliating. He's such a large human (6-5, 260), it's almost impossible not to get in his way.
Finally, Look at the umpire. He attempts to stand in the middle of the two, but quickly retreats. He couldn't abandon ship fast enough. He was outta there.
That's what we call a "business decision," folks. I don't blame him. Fight or flight, and he wasn't gonna win that fight.
Let's get Justin Gonzales to Fenway this weekend and start a new winning streak! Trade deadline be damned. We already have our ace in the hole down in South Carolina.
OK, let's rapid-fire this Thursday class into a big Thursday night. First up? The WNBA is an absolute embarrassment, Part 1:
That's an actual paragraph from insufferable USA Today columnist Nancy Armour's latest drivel, in which she asserts that Clark’s reactions to missed calls put "Black" and "queer" WNBA players "in danger," essentially blaming her for alleged racist messages sent by people she doesn’t know and hasn't publicly condemned.
What a lunatic. What a nutbag. Here's my one Nancy Armour story. If you've been in this class for a while now, you've probably already heard it, so feel free to skip to the next chapter.
At my previous job at the Daytona Beach News-Journal, I somehow became the sports editor for about a year. Incredible, right?
Anyway, I was in charge of putting together what would appear in our newspaper section the next day (newspapers!), and this was during the awful COVID era when vaccines were a huge topic.
Nancy spent weeks obsessing over all the "anti-vax" athletes, and would occasionally write something dumb about them. One day, she took aim at Aaron Rodgers (of course), and it appeared in our next day's paper.
I was so annoyed and exhausted by her (as was our 80-year-old readership), that I told the page designer that I didn't want one more Nancy Armour in my section. Not one single byline.
Our readers, naturally, were thrilled. Believe me, I heard from them. It lasted about a week until the higher-ups at USA Today caught wind of it and asked me about it. I told them how insufferable she was, and then they hemmed and hawed and eventually said I couldn't ban her.
That's how insane they are over there. That, by the way, is why I ended up at OutKick about five months later.
Best decision of my life.
OK, story time is OVER! Next? The WNBA is an absolute embarrassment, Part II:
Just listen to those weirdos. They are FURIOUS with Sophie Cunningham. They can't believe someone dare speak out against the machine.
"I said what I said. It's common sense."
Lordy, they are fuming right now. It's the best. Sophie is the best. God bless her.
OK, that's it for today. Good work, everyone. Let's end our day by checking in with Angel Reese posting thirst traps to social media even though she once famously complained about people "sexualizing" her.
Okeedokee.
Is Nancy Armour insane? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.
'The View' host calls out fellow co-hosts for defense of Graham Platner despite his Nazi-linked tattoo
"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin took a swipe at her co-hosts on Thursday while reminding them that some of them defended Graham Platner despite his Nazi-linked tattoo.
Griffin said the panel had debated Platner's candidacy at length, and said the whole saga was making it harder for the Democratic Party to win the Maine Senate seat.
Joy Behar said candidate controversies didn't make things harder for Republicans, as Griffin also noted that Ken Paxton was not someone she would support in Texas.
"Why do you think that is? Why do you think the Republicans fall in line and the Democrats have to fall in love and the Republicans are constantly claiming to be the party of family values and morality," co-host Sunny Hostin asked.
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Hostin said she would support Platner multiple times in the last few months, despite news of many controversies, including the Nazi-linked tattoo. However, she said Platner should exit the race after he faced multiple allegations of sexual abuse.
"I don’t know that I’m convinced either party puts up the best people. I’m just going to be honest. I love you guys, but a lot of you guys defended a guy with a Nazi tattoo who was credibly accused of a number of things," Griffin responded.
Behar said, "Don't look at me, I did not."
"I did, but I didn’t know most of his background," Hostin responded.
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg claimed she didn't know it was a Nazi tattoo and that no one told her.
"I didn’t see that tattoo as a Nazi thing. No one ever told me that tattoo – what that was," she said.
The co-hosts also debated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., as a potential 2028 candidate for the Democratic Party.
Griffin argued that if AOC became the Democratic nominee that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is considered a potential Republican frontrunner, would be sworn in 2028.
Behar agreed and said it was because the U.S. did not want to elect a woman to the presidency.
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"They don’t want to see a powerful woman in that position for some reason," she said.
Co-host Sara Haines listed several candidates she liked, including former Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
Hostin wondered if the country would elect Buttigieg, as she and Behar said they couldn't afford to try it.