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Illegal immigrant top Dem fought to free turns up on voter rolls: 'mockery of our immigration laws'
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal is facing scrutiny after new records showed an illegal immigrant whose release from ICE custody he championed was registered to vote in Connecticut.
"Cecunjanin has made a mockery of our immigration laws on several occasions for more than two decades," a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told Fox News Digital of the illegal immigrant on Wednesday.
Records obtained through a public-records request by the West Hartford Republican Town Committee show Seyo Cecunjanin was registered to vote through the Connecticut DMV in 2018. The committee posted the records on X.
A DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital the Biden administration released the Montenegrin national back into the United States after he returned from Serbia in 2024—even though he had been under a final deportation order since 1997.
Cecunjanin first entered the U.S. illegally in 1997 using a fraudulent Dutch passport and was issued a final order of removal later that year. Despite that order remaining in effect for more than 25 years, he departed for Serbia in July 2024, returned about two weeks later, and was released back into the U.S. under the Biden administration before his June 20 arrest.
Blumenthal and other Connecticut Democratic officials pushed for Cecunjanin's release last month, holding a press conference and later touting his release, crediting their letters and public advocacy.
"His courage and faith are a lesson to all of us on this 250th national birthday. I look forward to welcoming him home. ICE seizing and detaining him was cruel and unconscionable. He was never a flight risk, or a danger to anyone," Blumenthal said in a July 3 statement celebrating the restaurant owner's release.
"I’ll support his efforts to gain permanent legal status and more. Welcome home, Seyo," he added.
Cindy Wolfe Boynton, communications director for the Connecticut secretary of the state’s office, told Fox News Digital that Cecunjanin never voted.
"Our records show that he registered to vote through the DMV in 2018. He was marked as an inactive voter in January 2023 after failing to respond to a routine National Change-of-Address canvass asking him to confirm his name and address," said Boynton. "An inactive voter remains on the voter rolls but cannot vote until they confirm or update their registration information, as required by state and federal law."
Critics quickly took to X to highlight the revelation, renewing scrutiny over Democrats' handling of election security.
"It happened again," Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn. wrote on X.
"HOLY CRAP The illegal alien who Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal and other Democrat officials rallied to support after he was detained by ICE… IS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN CT despite not being a citizen!" popular conservative X account Libs of TikTok posted.
"WHOA: Illegal Alien That Democrats Defended from Deportation Is Registered Voter. Senator Blumenthal and Connecticut Democrats tried to protect him," posted conservative commentator Benny Johnson.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the West Hartford Republican Town Committee and Blumenthal's office for comment.
Miami Heat post, then unlist YouTube livestream for "LeBron Introductory Press Conference"
Welcome back to "As The LeBron Turns."
That's right, folks! Though he may try to deny that he doesn't want the attention to be about him and his latest decision in free agency, LeBron James sure has been the focal point of several stories regarding his future.
In fairness to King James, a lot of that press has been a result of how teams and media members have handled his pending move, but I digress.
Speaking of which, the Miami Heat may have accidentally tipped their hand regarding LeBron's landing spot, and it happened on YouTube of all places.
It appears someone on Miami's social media team dropped the ball, posting then immediately unlisting a scheduled livestream on the team's official YouTube account for July 27.
The title of that livestream? "LeBron James Introductory Press Conference."
Well, well, well. I don't think it takes a genius to crack that code.
To their credit, a Heat spokesperson told ESPN's Shams Charania that the link was only posted to prepare for a "possible" LeBron James signing.
Sure, Jan. Sure.
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So, now the whole world likely knows where LeBron will be taking his talents this fall, and they might even know the exact date he's set to make his decision.
While we wait and see if the prophecy becomes a reality, let's check in on Miami's director of YouTube strategy.
Brutal.
Look, I know whoever the previous YouTube strategist was may have just spoiled the biggest free agent signing of the offseason, but getting fired (allegedly) feels a little harsh.
In actuality, clicking the link provided shows that the job was listed on July 1, long before the livestream snafu, so the conspiracy theories will have to be put on the backburner for the time being.
However, if the livestream link was created just as a precaution for a "possible" LeBron signing, then why did the Heat pull it down so quickly?
I think we all know what that means.
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If that's the case, then South Florida will be home to both Lionel Messi and LeBron James, which is an insane amount of star power for one city.
Sorry, Dolphins fans, but you'll have to make due with Malik Willis and TuTu Atwell.
Tough luck, but you'll always have 1972.
Olivia Dunne fires back at MLB team over obnoxious comment, NFL WAG Gia Duddy sizzles & ESPN's bloodbath
Penultimate Hump Day of July AND we have NFL teams reporting for training camp today? How lucky are we?
It's all coming together, folks. I can smell it. We're grinding right now, but it's close to paying off. August begins next week. This Saturday marks the five-week countdown to our first college football game of the year.
Five weeks. I've got cartons of milk in the fridge older than that. Who has it better than us, boys and girls? Nobody.
Let's roll.
Welcome to a Hump Day Nightcaps — the one where Olivia Dunne tells the Cleveland Indians (yep) to kick rocks while Paul Skenes stuffs them in a locker.
What else? I've got plenty of fallout from ESPN's ... rough ... week, Gia Duddy checks in, and Charlie Woods is sounding more and more like his daddy on the course.
That's a good thing, by the way. Always a good thing to be like Tiger on the course. Not so much off of it.
Grab you a brick wall to run through after you hear this speech from John Harbaugh, and settle in for a Hump Day 'Cap!
Lordy, John. What was that? To be fair, Harbaugh hasn't really had to do an introductory speech in two decades, so he's understandably rusty.
But goodness ... give me something. Anything. Let's get these fellas fired up, coach! Football is back. That's the worst thing I had to sit through today, and I had an hour Zoom call on "content creation."
Oh well. Harbaugh and the Giants will be a story all year. Can't wait to see that team on the field.
But first, let's head out to the diamond with Olivia Dunne and the Pittsburgh Pirates, and get this call started.
For those who weren't locked in on this week's thrilling Pirates-Guardians game, Paul Skenes dominated over 7 innings, giving up one run and striking out 8 in a 7-1 win.
Some poor intern who runs Cleveland's account jumped the gun when the game was tied 1-1, calling out Livvy with a slick little caption.
Our girl made sure to fire back:
"Game was Dunne at 7-1 Pirates."
Don't come at MLB's First Lady and miss, Indians! Paul Skenes, by the way, appears to have his swagger back. After a rocky start to the summer, he's given up just five runs over his last three starts (3-0) and stuck out 19.
The "Paul Skenes has lost his stuff" narrative appears to have been greatly exaggerated. Weird how those things happen, right?
Speaking of narratives ... let's talk about this Pat McAfee nonsense that's starting to percolate in the wake of ESPN's summer housecleaning.
For those who missed it (don't know how that's possible if you read OutKick/Fox News), the World Wide (Woke) Leader laid off (fired) dozens of employees yesterday.
Ryan Clark was let go during NFL Live. Cam Newton was canned. Tom Pelissero was cut. It was a gutting.
Pat McAfee, meanwhile, is reportedly earning close to $30 million and in talks to double that salary pretty soon.
JJ Watt joined the "progrum" yesterday and ... addressed the elephant in the room:
"Slow, slow news day over there on the ESPN airwaves, huh?" Watt said to begin the interview. "I mean, besides the fact that you’re getting $100 million… Did they keep anybody? Or is everybody fired to pay you? I’m trying to figure that out."
This narrative that ESPN fired all these guys to pay McAfee is so stupid. The narrative that Pat McAfee's salary is ultimately what got Ryan Clark fired is even dumber.
Here's the bottom line: ESPN views Pat McAfee as an asset. The network has put him everywhere since the two partnered up a few years back. Everywhere. Not just football, either.
He was just at the Home Run Derby last week! An event, by the way, that wasn't on ESPN for the first time in three decades.
Pat McAfee didn't cost Ryan Clark his job. Ryan Clark lost his job because he brought nothing to the table for ESPN, beyond an (increasingly) occasional headache because he said something stupid.
ESPN chose to cut ties with a liability, and put more money into an asset. That's not a new or novel concept.
It's how businesses have been run for years.
OK, let's rapid-fire this Hump Day class into a big Hump Day night. First up? You know who ESPN absolutely should NOT have fired?
Karl Ravech.
Remember the old days at ESPN? The glory days of baseball when they had Ravech, Peter Gammons and Harold Reynolds on set? Mix in some John Kruk and Steve Phillips, and boy, was it an absolute party.
Now? ESPN doesn't care about baseball. They've decided to put all their eggs in the NBA basket, and continue to distance themselves from baseball. The firing of Karl Ravech — who'd been there for 33 (!!!) years — was disgusting.
But not surprising.
Next? You know what else is disgusting? This little moment from Charlie Woods' round earlier this week:
Taking a picture during someone's backswing — a kid's backswing — during a golf tournament is just the worst. God, these people are insufferable.
Personally, I think every golf course in America should adopt Augusta's no cellphone policy. I'm serious. It's, easily, the best rule in sports.
PS: How about the absolute disgust out from Charlie after that iron off the tee? Reminds me of this great Tiger moment from back in the day:
Man, I miss the Big Cat on the course. We had it so good.
OK, that's it for today. Good work, everyone. In honor of NFL camps officially opening today, here's infamous NFL Draft WAG Gia Duddy begging summer to stick around just a few weeks longer.
See you tomorrow.
Is McAfee to blame for Ryan Clark's firing? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.
EXCLUSIVE: Hawley to introduce bill blocking lavish USPS executive bonuses over mail delays, losses
FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is proposing legislation that would withhold bonuses for U.S. Postal Service executives, citing years of staggering financial losses for the agency and its overall on-time delivery record.
Hawley, who has launched an investigation into the Postal Service over its service record, will name the legislation the "No Bonuses for Bad Service Act," Fox News Digital has learned.
The bill would prohibit the USPS Board of Governors from approving any additional compensation for the Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General for a fiscal year in which the agency doesn't meet or exceed an on-time delivery rate of 95% for all mail products.
"While Missourians don’t receive their mail on time, the Postmaster General receives a hefty bonus each year," Hawley wrote in a statement to Fox News Digital. "I am introducing the No Bonuses for Bad Service Act to ensure postal service leadership isn’t receiving bonuses while Americans’ mail goes undelivered. It’s time for the Postmaster General to do his job and put Americans first."
Over the past ten years, Postmasters General have received more than $2 million in additional compensation, even as delivery performance declined and the budget numbers got worse, according to Hawley's office.
Among the reasons cited by Hawley for the proposed bill are the agency's $25 billion in financial losses over the past three fiscal years, which have coincided with an increase in postage rates and a dip in on-time delivery.
During the last three years of Louis DeJoy's tenure as postmaster general, the Board of Governors approved more than $567,000 in bonuses, Hawley said. Current Postmaster General David Steiner, who assumed office in July 2025, has already received $170,000 in bonuses, he said.
When Hawley confronted Steiner about the additional compensation during a June 24 hearing, Steiner said he doesn't control the doling out of bonuses.
"I am absolutely astounded at this today, general … and, frankly, if things don’t get better, you ought to resign, because you’re not doing the job. You’re leaving your good postal workers out there. You’re hanging them out to dry. They don’t make near what you do. They’re working their butts off, they’re getting blamed, and you’re getting the bonus. We have a big problem. Based on what I’ve seen today, you’re part of it," Hawley said at the time.
Residents in rural parts of Missouri sometimes wait weeks for their mail, Hawley said. In addition, a large pile of undelivered mail was found in April in a vacant lot in north St. Louis.
"The pattern is clear: as service has gotten worse, the Postmaster General’s pay has not," Hawley said.
Hawley was already investigating the Postal Service, accusing Steiner of ignoring congressional oversight while demanding records on the agency's use of outside restructuring consultants.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the postmaster general's office for comment.
GOP blocks Schumer's effort to ground taxpayer funding for Trump's Qatari Air Force One
President Donald Trump’s new Air Force One will remain in service, for now, after Senate Republicans blocked an attempt to prevent taxpayer dollars from upgrading the aircraft.
Democrats have spent the last year sounding the alarm over the Boeing 747-8 luxury jet gifted to Trump by Qatar over the hefty price tag to retrofit the aircraft and the security risks that it could pose in serving as the main plane for the president.
After Trump’s surprising admission over the weekend about the jet, which was unveiled as the latest addition to the Air Force One fleet by the White House last month, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., tried to halt any taxpayer funds from flowing to the project.
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The administration estimated that upgrading the aircraft, which already has a base value of $400 million, could cost up to $1 billion.
"The luxury jet may have come wrapped in a bow for Donald Trump, but it came with a massive price tag for the American people," Schumer said on the Senate floor. "Trump is asking taxpayers to fork over an estimated $1 billion to retrofit, and max out his flying palace, so it can meet the security standards of the existing Air Force One fleet."
"That, of course, we already paid for," he continued. "Americans can't afford gas, can't afford groceries, can't afford their electric bill. But Trump thinks they can afford to fly him in style."
Schumer tried to forcefully pass his bill, Presidential Airlift Security Act, Wednesday afternoon, which would require that no Department of War funding may go to the purchase, modification, restoration or maintenance of an aircraft previously owned by a foreign government.
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And it comes after Trump, after pressure from the Secret Service, opted to fly back to the U.S. from Turkey in a different plane than the new Air Force One because of a lack of proper security enhancements, like countermeasures for heat-seeking missiles.
Trump told reporters on Sunday, when asked why the deterrence systems weren’t visible on the new plane, said that the plane, "has a lot of capability, but as I understand it, in about a month or so, they’re going to send it to have it be maxed out."
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Trump, and told reporters on Monday that while the new Air Force One is "perfectly safe for the president’s travels," it was slated to receive additional upgrades and enhancements in the fall that would keep the plane on the ground for a month.
"During that time, the president will fly on the old Air Force One," she said.
Schumer’s gamble was promptly blocked by Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., who argued that the legislation was more far reaching than just halting taxpayer dollars from upgrading the Qatari jet, and hamper the country’s capabilities in the face of a nuclear threat.
"Unfortunately, this legislation would also apply to a different aircraft, the Survivable Air Operations Center aircraft, or SAOC," Fischer said. "Those aircraft were actually purchased from Korean Air. So this legislation would hamper a crucial program that ensures presidential safety in the event of a nuclear war."
She argued that the SAOC played a crucial role in the nation’s planning in response to a nuclear threat — Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications, known as NC3 — and that Schumer’s move would "significantly harm" the country’s key nuclear deterrent.
"This is the plane that will command and control our nuclear weapons on America's worst day. We cannot play these political games with the NC three," Fischer said.
Likely Platner replacement's resurfaced posts on 'democracy' come back to bite him: 'Hypocritical socialist'
Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, the presumed replacement to Graham Platner on the Democratic ticket for U.S. Senate, has a long history of emphasizing the importance of democracy despite being set to accept a nomination without a single vote being cast for him.
"I've always believed that our democracy is at its best when everyone has a chance to participate – whether I agree with you on an issue or not," Jackson posted on X in 2020 leading up to a Maine Democratic primary.
Jackson, a fifth-generation logger who ran in the Democratic primary for governor and finished third, has echoed that sentiment on many occasions, stressing the importance of voters being heard.
"The work of our democracy is one of constant engagement," Jackson posted on X in 2024. The same year he wrote, "Our democracy hinges on our ability to participate in free and fair elections, and our ability to accept the results – even when it doesn’t go our way."
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"I believe in my heart that our state is at its best when everyone has a chance to make their voice heard and fully participate in our democracy," Jackson posted on X last November.
Jackson, who has also promoted the "No Kings" protests and railed against oligarchs, has faced criticism in recent weeks from his Republican opponents for jumping in the race to replace Platner, and presumably winning, via a process where delegates and party officials control the outcome rather than voters.
"Troy Jackson has no problem casting his principles aside when the process is rigged in his favor," Natalie Baldassarre, RNC national press secretary, told Fox News Digital. "He's just another hypocritical socialist who talks like a logger but will cut deals with D.C. elites to game the system and get his way."
"There are no kings in America, right @TroyJackson207?" Kristen Cianci, Republican National Committee Northeast regional comms director, posted on X this week. "Doesn’t seem to bother you when you’re the one being crowned."
"Troy Jackson has a clear path to be the nominee for Senate, almost a week BEFORE the nominating convention," Maine Republican state Rep. Laurel Libby posted on X. "So much for no kings… "
Additionally, some Democrats in Maine have expressed frustration about the lack of democracy in the process to replace Platner, Politico reported this week.
"We were not under the impression that people were going to be already coming into this process predetermined," Platner supporting Maine Democratic voter Lindsey Harwath told the outlet about the process. "That seems very undemocratic. That seems like rigging a process before you’ve done it."
Fox News Digital reached out to the Jackson campaign for comment.
Jackson won the vast majority of the 500 slots that were up for grabs on Saturday and Sunday as Maine's 16 counties held two days of delegate selection for next weekend's state Democratic Party nominating convention to replace Platner.
While the delegates on Jackson's slate are not required to support him at next weekend's convention in Bangor, Maine, he is now considered all but certain to secure the nomination and face off in the midterm elections against Republican Sen. Susan Collins in what's expected to be a combative and expensive ballot box battle. It will be among a dozen races nationwide that will determine if the Democrats can win back the Senate majority. The GOP currently holds the chamber 53-47.
Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
Minnesota city sued for demanding Christian preacher pay vendor fee to hold pro-life sign
FIRST ON FOX — A Minnesota municipality faces a federal civil rights lawsuit after police charged an open-air Christian preacher with criminal trespassing for standing in a public parking lot.
The federal lawsuit, filed Tuesday by the Center for American Liberty on behalf of Bryan Conwell, accused officials of placing an unconstitutional "price tag" on free speech by forcing a peaceful speaker to buy a commercial license.
"The First Amendment doesn't come with a price tag," Mark Trammell, CEO of the Center for American Liberty, said in a statement.
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"Government officials cannot force Americans to buy a license before they peacefully express their beliefs on public property. If they can silence Bryan today, they can silence anyone tomorrow."
The lawsuit, filed against the City of Benson, Minnesota, claims city police and officials violated the constitutional rights of Conwell, an open-air street preacher and vocal advocate against abortion.
Fox News Digital reached out to the City of Benson for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Lawsuit documents obtained by Fox News Digital explain that Conwell regularly holds signs in a public place and waits silently, speaking only to those who approach him and engage in conversation. The lawsuit stipulates he "blocks no one, threatens no one, and sells nothing. He asks only to be left alone to speak."
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It continues to explain that when Conwell chose to stand in a city parking lot during a farmers market event, one that is free and open to the public, city officials and police asked that he leave or pay a $20 fee to speak. The lawsuit claims they asserted "exclusive use" of the public property.
When Conwell refused to pay a vendor fee for non-commercial speech, police cited him for criminal trespass July 9 and issued a second citation when he returned on July 16. Conwell now faces up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine for each citation.
Officer interactions captured on video and referenced in the lawsuit show police warned Conwell that his legal woes would worsen if he continued.
"The more you come back, the more citations you're going to get," an officer told him.
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Video provided to Fox News Digital by the Center for American Liberty shows Conwell speaking to police while holding a sign reading "Abolish Abortion to the Glory of God." In the clip, he can be heard questioning why his activism is a problem, noting he did the same thing the week prior.
"Well, legally I can be here, and that's the whole thing. And so, I can't be cited. So, unless there's a crime being committed, why am I being cited?" Conwell asks in the video.
The lawsuit also cites a conversation between Conwell and an officer, one who wrote him the ticket, in which the officer expresses confusion over enforcing the town's policy against protected speech.
"To be honest, man, I want clarification too," the officer told Conwell, according to court filings. "There are crimes of trespassing and crimes of disorderly conduct, but also you have your First Amendment right, so we've got to try to figure that out. ... I know what you're doing, I get it. I'm glad someone is out here doing it."
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The lawsuit alleges these actions constitute severe First Amendment violations, including infringement on freedom of speech, the free exercise of religion, viewpoint discrimination and unconstitutional fees on speech.
Conwell’s lawsuit comes amid a broader push by lawmakers and legal groups to protect street preachers from police overreach. Earlier this month, congressional Republicans urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a similar case involving Richard Hershey, a Christian evangelist who was threatened with arrest in 2020 for handing out pamphlets on a public sidewalk in Louisiana.
3M Open 2026 best bets: Five golfers who can upset Scottie Scheffler at TPC Twin Cities this week
For most sports and golf fans, the PGA TOUR season effectively ended last week after The 154th Open Championship, golf's final major of the year. However, there are no weeks off for us golf-betting degenerates, and the money won at this week's 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota, is still green.
TPC Twin Cities is a classic Midwest birdie-fest designed by Arnold Palmer, where low scores are mandatory. With water hazards lurking on 15 holes, driving accuracy and precise iron play are crucial. While the bentgrass greens are gentle, spraying off the tee guarantees a fast ticket home.
Somehow, 3M convinced World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler to fly from England to Minnesota, where he will make his tournament debut. Maybe Scottie wants to break out of his slump; after all, he hasn't won since the first event of the season: The American Express. Or perhaps 3M just made Scheffler an offer he couldn't refuse.
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Like Scottie, I've only hit one outright this season, and I'm hoping for better luck in Minnesota this week. Despite Scheffler cashing a top-five bet for me at last week's British Open, I still lost 2.52 units (u), bringing my 2026 PGA TOUR balance to -53.52u. All this means is that I'm due. Without further ado, here are my horses for the course for TPC Twin Cities.
3M Open 2026 bet slip
The following odds are based on my previous bets on the golfers listed below. Subject to change.
🇯🇵 Hideki Matsuyama +3604 at Polymarket (0.55u) and Top-10 with ties +295 at Kalshi (0.5u)
🇺🇸 Ben Kohles +7400 (0.27u) and Top-20 with ties +225 (0.5u), both at DraftKings
🇩🇰 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen +7884 at Polymarket (0.25u) and Top-20 with ties +252 at Kalshi (0.5u)
🇿🇦 Casey Jarvis +8233 (0.24u) at Polymarket and Top-20 with ties +239 at DraftKings (0.5u)
🇦🇷 Emiliano Grillo +10000 at DraftKings (0.2u) and Top-20 with ties +310 at Kalshi (0.5u)
The bottom line is Hideki is by far the second-best player in this field and his odds should be below +2000. He has been all over the place with his driver this season. Still, he has gained strokes on the field in driving accuracy in three straight starts: U.S. Open (major), the Travelers Championship ("signature event") and The Open Championship (major).
Matsuyama’s TPC Twin Cities record is nothing to brag about — T7 in 2019, withdrew in 2022 and T30 in 2023 — but at least he has experience here. There are plenty of birdie opportunities at TPC Twin Cities, as long as you don’t hit into one of the many bodies of water, and these greens are easy. Hideki has gained strokes putting in five of his last six starts, per DataGolf.com, and three of the four majors this year (The Masters, PGA Championship, British Open).
Believe it or not, this winless jabroni is first in my model at Bet The Number. Granted, driving accuracy and iron play are my two most important skills for my 3M Open model, and Kohles leads the field in driving accuracy over the last 40 rounds and ranks second in Strokes Gained (SG): Approach. Yet, it’s still ridiculous to see him ahead of Scottie.
Nevertheless, Kohles ranks 19th in this field for SG: Putting over the last 12 rounds, per Bet The Number, which is his biggest weakness. He could’ve, should’ve won the 2026 John Deere Classic a few weeks ago but choked it away with a double bogey on the final hole to finish T3.
That said, I'm choosing to look at that as a good thing because he got into contention, and you need to be in it to win it. Lastly, a lot of longshots have won the 3M Open and Kohles’ game fits TPC Twin Cities, making anything above +6000 a "good number."
A prodigious driver, Rasmus has gained strokes off-the-tee in 12 consecutive starts, per DataGolf.com, including The Masters, PGA Championship and British Open. He’s made six straight cuts, with his best finish in a single-person event being a T9 at last week’s Open Championship.
Neergaard-Petersen has gotten in the mix at other high-profile events, such as a T3 at the 2025 DP World Tour Championship in November, followed by a win at the 2025 Crown Australian Open a month later.
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According to Bet The Number, which only factors in PGA TOUR shot-link data, the Dane ranks 12th in this field in SG: Putting over the last 12 rounds. Bombers who have a hot putting week have won five of the seven 3M Opens, and Neergaard-Petersen fits that mold.
This is one of the most random golf bets I’ve ever made, which is saying a lot. I’ve never seen Jarvis play before, and he’s not even a full-time PGA TOUR pro. But I saw he had +5652 odds at Bookmaker at the time of writing, which is way off-market from the legal U.S. sportsbooks and prediction markets. That’s significant because Bookmaker is considered a "sharp sportsbook" for golf betting.
After seeing that Jarvis was steamed at Bookmaker, I wanted to figure out why. Surprisingly, the South African ranks second on the DP World Tour this year in stroke average and has two wins. Before you poo-poo his DP World Tour standing, know that those rankings include Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland, Patrick Reed and Tommy Fleetwood, among other full-time PGA TOUR pros.
Furthermore, Jarvis finished T21 at the Genesis Scottish Open two weeks ago, a co-sanctioned event between the PGA TOUR and DP World Tour, and T6 last week at The Open Championship. Jarvis is only 22-years-old, so maybe he can actually play. At this price, in this weak field, I’m willing to take a shot on him.
TPC Twin Cities is Grillo’s Happy Place. Here is his record in the 3M Open: T20 last year, T24 in 2024, T10 in 2023, T2 in 2022, missed cut in 2021 and T3 in 2020. The Argentinian is 12th on TOUR this season in driving accuracy and has gained strokes on the field in driving accuracy in his six appearances at TPC Twin Cities.
Grillo is a notoriously weak-to-inconsistent putter, but he’s gained strokes on the greens in five of his six 3M Opens and three straight starts heading into TPC Twin Cities, including at Shinnecock for the U.S. Open, which has one of the most difficult green complexes in the world.
As you can tell by my season-long record, it’s tough to win a golf tournament. However, Emiliano loves this course, and he should perform better than his odds suggest and at least finish in the top 20.
Mayo Cup season standings: 4,482nd with $5,146,536
Who cares? I'm dead in this contest, and I'd need the first place for this tournament to be worth four times as much to make any notable improvement in the standings. But, rather than be a coward and omit this section, I'll own up to my garbage season in golf betting and play all the holes.
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Jasmine Crockett roasted for claiming ‘racist history’ led World Cup fans to root against Argentina
Progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is garnering widespread mockery for her "delusional" claim that FIFA World Cup fans rooted against Argentina due to the country’s "racist history."
During a House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, Crockett remarked that the World Cup "captured the imaginations of the entire world when they saw all of these people of color that was playing for all these teams."
Addressing one of the witnesses testifying at the hearing, she said, "Ultimately, if you recall, the last two teams, it was Argentina and Spain, and it seemed like the vast majority of the world was rooting for Argentina or actually against Argentina. Right? And why was that? Just give me an explanation. If you could guess."
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The witness replied, "Spain had the best team, maybe that’s why they were rooting for them."
Crockett laughed and said, "There’s also a racist history that exists as it relates to Argentina."
Though subcommittee Chair Rep. Timothy Burchett, D-Tenn., quickly moved the hearing along, social media was not so quick to overlook Crockett’s claim.
Columnist Kelly Rae Robertson said, "Jasmine Crockett is insufferable. Another delusional take claiming a World Cup match was racist? Why is she still here — I thought she was leaving?"
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The congresswoman recently lost her U.S. Senate primary to challenger James Talarico. Because she opted not to seek re-election to her House seat while running for the Senate, she is set to retire from Congress next January.
"I'm so confused as to why this is being discussed in a Congressional hearing lol," political commentator and women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines posted.
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In another post, Gaines wrote, "Spain: Wins the World Cup That's it. That's literally it. Jasmine Crockett: ‘RACISM!!!!’"
"Rep. Jasmine Crockett is getting clowned nationwide," conservative commentator Eric Daugherty observed.
"WITNESS: Spain had the best team... CROCKETT: There's also a RACIST HISTORY! You can't make this up. She's too low IQ to be in the halls of Congress!" Daugherty wrote.
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Agustín Almada, an Argentine economist, appeared to take offense at the comment, posting on X, "This is a blatant lie. Argentina started to get rid of slavery in our war of independence from Spain!"
Spain defeated Argentina in the World Cup final in New Jersey on Sunday. President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented Spain its trophy.
Caitlin Clark creates WNBA ratings tug-of-war as CBS, NBC tout dueling viewership records
Caitlin Clark’s popularity has reached a new level.
It’s no longer noteworthy simply because she delivers another massive television audience. Now, major networks are simultaneously claiming that they carried the most-watched WNBA game of the season. Of course, both games included Clark and the Indiana Fever.
CBS Sports announced Tuesday that the July 18 game between the Indiana Fever and New York Liberty averaged 2.579 million viewers and peaked at just over 3 million.
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The network called it the most-watched WNBA game on any network this season and the second-most-watched WNBA game on any network since 2000.
There’s just one issue.
NBC made essentially the same announcement six days earlier.
NBC said the Fever’s July 12 game against the Las Vegas Aces averaged a Total Audience Delivery of 2.64 million viewers across NBC and Peacock. The network called it the most-watched WNBA game of the 2026 season and the second-most-watched WNBA regular-season game since 2000.
So, which network actually carried the biggest WNBA game of the year?
Potentially both.
The difference comes down to how the audiences were measured and how the networks worded their respective claims.
CBS’s 2.579 million figure was based on Nielsen Big Data + Panel measurement. NBC’s 2.64 million figure was a combined Total Audience Delivery across NBC and Peacock, incorporating Nielsen’s television data and digital viewing measured by Adobe Analytics.
In other words, CBS is claiming the most-watched WNBA game on an individual television network. NBC is claiming the largest combined audience across its broadcast and streaming platforms.
The NBC total topped the CBS number by only 61,000 viewers, a difference of approximately 2.4%. But because Peacock viewers were included in NBC’s figure, the two numbers aren’t exactly apples-to-apples.
Sports Media Watch reported the NBC linear audience at 2.46 million, with the rest of the Total Audience Delivery coming from streaming measured by Adobe Analytics.
Neither network is necessarily wrong. They are measuring slightly different things and promoting the version that allows each to claim the top spot.
That’s what network PR departments do.
But the dueling claims reveal something far more important than which company gets to put "most-watched" on a graphic.
Clark and the Fever produced two audiences exceeding 2.5 million viewers in six days, on two different networks, against two different opponents, and on two different days of the week.
The July 12 Fever-Aces game, which was played on a Sunday, averaged 2.64 million viewers and peaked at 2.8 million, despite tipping off at 9 p.m. ET and ending after 11 p.m. Indiana won the game, 109-75.
Six days later, Fever-Liberty averaged 2.579 million and drew more than three million viewers at its peak on a Saturday night.
CBS now owns the two largest reported Nielsen-measured single-network WNBA audiences of the season. The previous leader was the June 6 matchup between the same two teams, which averaged 2.557 million viewers.
The rematch didn’t merely approach that audience. It surpassed it. That also means that Clark might have helped create another must-see WNBA rivalry. Her games against Angel Reese-led teams have always drawn well, but now it appears that fans like to watch her face the New York Liberty, too.
For the record, the only WNBA regular-season game to draw a larger audience since 2000 was the Fever’s 2025 season opener against Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky, which averaged 2.7 million viewers on ABC and peaked at 3.1 million.
The Fever’s grip on the modern WNBA ratings leaderboard extends far beyond the top three. Based on published national television audiences, Indiana has appeared in the 28 highest-rated WNBA regular-season games of the past 20 years.
The first game on the list that did not feature the Fever is the May 2024 matchup between the Los Angeles Sparks and Las Vegas Aces, which averaged 1.34 million viewers on ABC and is tied for 29th with a Fever-Mercury game from later that season.
No WNBA game from 2009 through 2023 reached even 1 million viewers, and Candace Parker’s highly anticipated 2008 debut drew 1.07 million, meaning none of those games threatens the 1.34 million cutoff.
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Essentially, Clark and the Fever have overwhelmed the WNBA ratings chart to the point that the league’s biggest modern audiences are now competing against one another.
The biggest question surrounding a Caitlin Clark-driven television rating is no longer whether it set some kind of record.
It’s which network gets to claim it.