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White House calls The Chicks' Natalie Maines a 'despicable nobody' after singer's vulgar attack on Trump
The White House is firing back after The Chicks' singer Natalie Maines launched a vulgar social media attack against President Donald Trump.
Maines sparked controversy this week after posting a profanity-filled rant targeting Trump, accusing the president of destroying democracy in an Instagram post.
"Natalie Maines is a despicable nobody who clearly suffers from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has rotted her peanut-sized brain," a White House spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
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Maines' original post read, "Our democracy is disappearing right before our eyes. This fugly slut is using your gas money to pay the insurrectionists. But don’t worry about it. I’m sure posting selfies will fix everything."
She added, "My last post that called him a fugly slut got removed. We’ll see how long this one lasts. Repost and help the message live."
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The singer’s comments immediately generated a flood of reactions across social media, with some applauding her for continuing to speak out while others accused her of being divisive and out of touch.
"[She’ll] never learn... She ruined her entire bands life by running her mouth about her political beliefs on a stage shes paid to display her talent on, not her political beliefs," one critic wrote on X.
Another user told Maines, "He’s not going anywhere!! He is your president!! His voters have no regrets!"
"Like she’s somebody! I used to like her music until she started broadcasting her opinions on the open stage. We don’t want to hear it. You all have no idea nor do you care how the middle class live and survive. Stick to your art," another comment read.
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Other supporters defended Maines’ comments, saying, "OG’s know this isn’t an out of left field opinion from you. And you’re still [100%] correct."
"You been preachin’ truths from the start! Keep preachin’!," another commenter added.
One fan praised Maines’ willingness to remain outspoken despite criticism, writing, "Thanks for this Nat. [Saluting your] bravery. coming back here is brutal ... the heaviness and anxiety. but we live to fight another day."
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Fox News Digital has reached out to Maines for comment.
Maines has never shied away from political controversy.
In 2003, while performing in London shortly before the Iraq War began, the singer famously told concertgoers she was "ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas," referring to President George W. Bush.
The backlash was brutal at the time, particularly within country music circles, with many radio stations pulling the band's music from rotation and some fans publicly destroying their albums in protest.
Trump roasts Dem candidate as unelectable for cardinal sin in Texas
President Donald Trump is confident that his pick for U.S. Senate in the Lone Star State will easily defeat Democrat James Talarico, whom he called unelectable because "he’s a vegan in Texas."
Talarico is a prominent state lawmaker who was only recently propelled to the national stage after winning the Democratic Senate nomination in Texas earlier this year. He has been widely lambasted by conservatives for his history of controversial statements, including claiming, "God is non-binary" and that "sex is a spectrum."
While speaking with reporters before boarding Air Force One on Wednesday morning, Trump predicted that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who he endorsed this week, will "win very substantially" in the upcoming primary runoff with incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
He then forecasted that Paxton would "go on to defeat a very defective candidate that believes in six genders, and he takes hits at Jesus Christ, and he’s wearing a mask six months ago, anybody wearing a mask six months ago doesn’t get it."
He then ripped into Talarico, saying, "And he’s vegan, he’s a vegan in Texas."
"You can’t get elected as a vegan in Texas," Trump insisted.
Trump’s comments reference an unearthed 2022 clip of Talarico giving a speech and calling reducing meat consumption "existential."
"We have heard, I think, heard more and more issues of animal welfare. I think, not just because it’s the right thing to do, and it’s the moral thing to do, but also… necessary to fight climate change," Talarico said, adding, "It is now existential that we try to reduce our meat consumption, and that we try to respect animals."
"So, I am proud to say that our campaign has officially become a non-meat campaign," Talarico continued. "So, we are only buying vegan products from our local vegan businesses."
Talarico can be seen wearing a mask during the speech.
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His resurfaced comments caused a significant stir in Texas, where beef cattle production is a multibillion-dollar industry and the state's largest agricultural segment.
"Who wants to tell him that cattle is the #1 commodity in Texas?" the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, wrote on X.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, labeled Talarico a "freak" who wants to "ban BBQ."
"Vote Republican this November. The steaks couldn’t be higher," Cornyn wrote.
Amid the backlash, the Talarico campaign blasted out a photo of the candidate wearing a Texas flag shirt and taking a large bite out of a turkey leg.
"Official Statement from James Talarico on Vegan Accusations," the campaign wrote.
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In response to Trump’s criticisms on Wednesday, JT Ennis, a spokesperson for Talarico’s campaign, told Fox News Digital that "as costs continue to rise and corruption in Washington runs rampant, James is focused on taking power back for working people and bringing down the price of gas, groceries, and healthcare."
"James is building a people-powered movement to take on this broken, corrupt political system — not any one politician, not any one political party, but the billionaire mega donors and puppet politicians who have made life more expensive for Texans while enriching themselves," said Ennis.
Jeff Bezos calls Trump more 'mature' and disciplined in second term compared to his first
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Wednesday that President Donald Trump was more "mature" and disciplined in his second term during an interview with CNBC.
"I’m comparing him to his first term, and I think he is a more mature, more disciplined version of himself than he was in his first term. Again, I’ve worked with all the presidents, I will work with all the presidents, you know, and I hope to do that going forward if they’ll have me, but we need our business leaders to provide input into the administration, regardless of who the president is," Bezos told CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin.
Bezos argued he was on America's side and said he worked with past presidents as well and would continue to do so.
"I’m on the side of America, and that is so important. Like, and that’s where business leaders should be," he told Sorkin. "I think we are, but we get perceived as being like, you know, partisan or whatever. Like, I was helping [Barack] Obama every chance I could. I was helping [Joe] Biden every chance I could. I still call Obama for advice. He’s a very smart guy."
The Amazon founder went on to say that Trump had good ideas and deserved credit where credit is due.
At the start of Trump's term, Bezos said during an interview with CNBC's "Squawk Box" that Trump had mellowed and seemed calmer.
Bezos was also pressed on Amazon's "Melania" documentary about the first lady during the interview.
Sorkin asked, "There’s a view among critics that say that part of what you have done or are doing is trying to placate the president with either the sort of shift in the tone of what’s happening at The [Washington] Post or even some of the things at Amazon, the decision to make the documentary around Melania, for example."
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"Yes, the Melania thing is a falsehood that will not die. So, you know, I see it reported all the time that somehow I was involved in this," he said. "It’s not true. We have denied it. Melania’s office has denied it, it’s not true. I had nothing to do with that. By the way, it appears it was a good business decision. You know, it did very well in theaters, it has done very well on streaming. People are very curious about Melania. So, even though I had to do nothing with it, you know, it appears that the Amazon team made a very wise business decision."
He also told Sorkin that he had nothing to do with the hit movie "Project Hail Mary," which he also said was a good business decision.
"Amazon’s a big company, it makes a lot of decisions, but no, this idea that somehow that is a way of buying influence, it’s just not correct," he said.
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The "Melania" documentary debuted at the top of Amazon Prime's streaming charts after premiering in March.
The documentary follows 20 days in Melania Trump's life just before her husband's second term in office. It hit the streaming service Monday.
"Melania" became the most-streamed film on the platform and the most-streamed content overall in the United States just one day after its streaming premiere, according to Flix Patrol and as Fox News Digital previously reported.
Aaron Rodgers confirms he's retiring after upcoming season with the Pittsburgh Steelers
The next logical question on everyone's mind after Aaron Rodgers agreed to return for another NFL season last week is: Would he continue deciding year-to-year on how long he'd play, or would this be his final year?
Well, we have an answer from Rodgers himself.
"Yes," Rodgers told reporters on Wednesday when asked if he's retiring after this year.
"This is it, yeah."
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So, Rodgers intends to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers in what is his 22nd season and call it a career after that.
Now comes the part where some people will think this is a good thing, a fitting end because Rodgers is 42-years-old and will be 43 in December, and obviously old enough to know his own mind and how much he has left in the proverbial tank.
Some people will think this is terrible, because what if he's really good this season? What if he surprises himself? What are we going to do without Aaron Rodgers quarterbacksplaining to his teammates exactly how to run the plays they may or may not have practiced the previous week?
And some people, well, won't believe a word Rodgers is saying.
Because he's been known to change his mind before.
He's been known to play with words before.
He's been known to be kind of hard to predict both on and off the field.
All of that is in play.
But assuming Rodgers does indeed have a plan to play one more season and then disappear into private life — as he has promised he'd do in the past — it has to be said that no matter what happens this coming season, his legacy is pretty much already written.
Aaron Rodgers is a Super Bowl champion and four-time NFL MVP. Only Peyton Manning, with five MVP awards, has won more.
And yes, Rodgers still has a chance to tie him if he balls out this season.
Aaron Rodgers currently ranks:
Only Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Manning have thrown more TD passes than Rodgers. Rodgers may eclipse Manning's TD mark of 539 this season and finish third on the all-time list. Brady (649) and Brees (571) are likely out of reach in the TD pass category.
Only Brady, Brees, Manning and Brett Favre have more career passing yards than Rodgers, who has 66,275. He would have to have an unlikely monster season to catch Manning who finished with 71,838 passing yards.
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The point is Rodgers has eye-popping statistics that put him among the elite quarterbacks ever to play the game. He is a certain future Hall of Famer.
Will he be considered among the all-time greats? That's another question.
That's not an answer that always relies on statistics but rather includes opinion and number of Super Bowls won and how the fickle media felt about a player.
The thinking here is Rodgers won't care much about that.
He knows who he is, how he played, and apparently, when he's walking away.
Britney Spears stuns with a post-plea deal Instagram dance, college baseball HOT mic & is this dream normal?
Penultimate Hump Day of May! Didn't we just say that about April? Lordy, time is flying. That ain't a bad thing, by the way. The second half of the calendar is always the best part of the year.
We spend the first six months of the season building the storylines and the characters, and then things really pick up around the midseason finale.
It never fails. We're nothing if not consistent in this country. One minute, you're searching for #content in the middle of March. The next, you've got those beautiful few days in October when all the major sports collide on the same night.
But first, we have to get there. We're a few sleeps away from our first real holiday weekend of 2026. Let's grind our tails off and finish the week strong.
Welcome to a Hump Day Nightcaps — the one where Britney Spears dusts herself off after a rocky few months, and returns to Instagram with a BANG.
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What else? I've got some absolute gems down in the college baseball world as June Madness starts to sneak up on us, and does anyone else have this recurring nightmare? I always thought it was just me, and then I saw a tweet yesterday that blew my mind. You'll see.
OK, grab you a million bucks if you have it lying around for National Millionaire Day, and settle in for a Hump Day 'Cap!
I don't really have any quirky anecdotes to add here given I'm nowhere close to being a millionaire, but it does give me the chance to revisit arguably the greatest reality show of the 1990s ...
Remember "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"? The best. God, it was the best. I'm talking about the early years with Regis, not the later years with Meredith Vieira. Nobody watched those.
I feel like the OG show really revolutionized TV. Nobody had ever really seen a gameshow like that, with those stakes, and it was must-watch every week. It was also on during the absolute golden age of TV, when audiences would regularly reach 20 million to 30 million. The only thing that ever comes close to that now is the Super Bowl.
But does the Super Bowl give us moments like this? Don't think so!
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Just an iconic moment from an iconic show. We used to have it so good in this country, and we just flushed it down the toilet.
PS: How great was Regis Philbin? Miss that dude. Can't believe it's been six years since we lost him. Sad.
OK, let's get this class started with someone who is absolutely a millionaire ... or, at least she used to be.
Britney Spears!
Looks like Brit is back, baby! Rough start to the year for Spears, who was charged with a DUI in March and later pleded guilty to "wet reckless" in exchange for dropping the DUI charge.
For those who don't know all about "wet reckless," it means she was instead hit with fines, given 12 months of probation, time served and will need to complete a DUI course. The plea offer is standard for defendants with no DUI history, no crash or injury on the road, and a low blood-alcohol level.
"Brighter Days!!!" indeed for our girl. Good to see Britney back on her feet with an extra spring in her step. This is what it's all about. The American Dream.
OK, let's keep this class moving because I have two meetings this afternoon that I'm very much looking forward to.
June Madness is right around the corner, which means the college baseball season is starting to heat up. We've got conference tournaments this weekend, with the selection show on Monday.
On that note, let's check in on yesterday's SEC opener between Vanderbilt and Kentucky!
Goodness gracious. So much to break down here.
For starters, screaming like THAT after an 89 mph fastball is insane behavior. Frankly, screaming like that after Strike 1 is ridiculous on its own, but mix in the fact that the pitch didn't even touch 90 (!!!), and it's a whole different level.
A lot of folks are blaming today's travel ball culture for this behavior. I know this is Joe's turf, so I won't impede too much, but where do we stand on that? Is youth baseball to blame here?
It's been a while since I played travel ball (15 years, sadly), but I certainly don't remember it looking like that back in the day. I know it's gotten out of control, but Lordy, that's a tough look.
As was this over in the LSU game:
Whew. See what I mean? College baseball deserves some more shine. I feel like it gets the short end of the stick when it comes to college sports, but it shouldn't. Clearly, it's electric.
June Madness!
As for the Vandy pitcher ... Thank goodness the Baseball Gods were tuned in here. They made quick work of Connor Fennell, and rightfully so. Wild stuff.
OK, let's rapid-fire this Hump Day class into a big Hump Day Night. First up? Might as well stay in the college ranks, where ABS is apparently now a thing?
I had no idea they were introducing it for the SEC tourney, but buddy, it's been an ... interesting ... experiment:
Yikes.
Look, ABS is clearly here to stay. It's been a success at the major league level, and the rumor mill says it's probably coming to college baseball next season. It's been generally fine, and that's coming from someone who wasn't thrilled about it in spring training.
That being said ... in no world should that first clip be a strike. I don't care what the robot says. That ain't a strike. We used to be a proper country.
Finally, on the way out, I leave you all with a question that's consumed me since last night when I saw this tweet:
I have had that exact nightmare for years now. Years. It happens once every few months, and it's the same every single time.
I show up to a random class at a random school, and it's exam week, and it's the first time I've been to said class that entire semester. And I just spend the entire dream panicking about flunking the class, which is obviously going to happen given I haven't showed up all semester.
I've always thought I was crazy ... until I started reading the comments in that above thread. Apparently, this is a common dream? Has ANYONE here had it, or something similar? What does it mean?
I assume it's stress-induced, but who knows? I'm hoping someone in class today does. Let me know!
OK, that's it for today. Good work, everyone. Let's have a big night.
I've got nothing clever to really end class with, so here's 'Smokin Hot Charley Hull ditching the cigarettes for nicotine pouches on the golf course.
She joins NASCAR's Natalie Decker as the second woman to join the pouch community this month. It's a weird trend, but I'm not here to judge.
See you tomorrow.
OutKick Nightcaps is a daily column set to run Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. (roughly, we’re not robots).
Ever had that dream? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.
DNA cracks 40-year cold case mystery with arrest in library worker’s savage slaying: police
Nearly four decades to the exact date a 22-year-old Virginia woman was murdered, authorities have announced an arrest in the cold case.
Charles Berry, 66, of Newington, Connecticut, was taken into custody Monday in connection with the 1986 rape and murder of Roberta Walls, the Newington Police Department said in a statement.
The arrest was made in coordination with the Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD), which issued an arrest warrant for charges related to the Virginia Beach homicide, police said.
The case began on May 15, 1986, when Walls’ body was discovered in a field behind Old Donation Elementary School, according to VBPD.
Authorities previously said 22-year-old Walls was found "with obvious signs of trauma due to a violent assault."
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She suffered multiple stab wounds and had been raped during the attack, WAVY-TV reported.
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Police previously revealed she was last seen alive at the Bayside Public Library the night before her murder, which is located across the street from where her body was discovered.
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Walls reportedly was an employee at the library and was leaving work to meet with friends when she disappeared.
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In 2017, authorities received funding to use DNA samples preserved from Walls’ body to compile a composite image of a person of interest, the outlet reported.
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Following his arrest, Berry was transported to the New Britain Superior Court in Connecticut on Tuesday as he awaits extradition, according to authorities.
He was subsequently indicted by a grand jury "in connection to Robert Walls’ [murder]," FOX 61 reported. His bail has been set at $2 million by the Connecticut court.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Virginia Beach Police Department for comment.
Karen Bass grilled over broken homelessness promise, blames bureaucracy for slowed progress
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was grilled about her past promise to end street homelessness in the city, but admitted in an interview released Wednesday that she unfortunately fell far short of that goal.
Bass, who is running for re-election, did an interview with CNN at the St. Vincent Behavioral Health Campus, formerly a hospital, that is being transformed into a facility for mental health, addiction treatment and housing for the homeless. Los Angeles is one of many cities in California that have become known for homelessness.
Anchor Elex Michaelson asked, "So, when you talked to Jake Tapper in 2023, you said that your goal was to end street homelessness in LA by 2026. It's now 2026 and we haven't ended it. How are you so off?"
"We haven't ended it," Bass agreed. "Basically when I said that, it was at the beginning of my term. I am very committed to achieving that goal. I didn't anticipate some of the bureaucratic barriers that I would experience, but I am prepared to take those on now."
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She went on to argue that Los Angeles had made a choice in past decades to not address homelessness and focus solely on building, noting she has fast-tracked many affordable housing units.
"So, basically, the policy of LA City and LA County was we could accept street homelessness as long as we were building. We didn't anticipate the problem metastasizing," she said. "In my three and a half years, for the first time, two years in a row, street homelessness has decreased in our city. There hadn't been a decrease before."
Bass added that while this is a policy that impacts people from all walks of life, there are actually some bureaucrats dedicated to continuing it.
"So this is a problem that all Angelenos experience, and we have got to have a commitment that this has to end," she said. "The city and the county never made that commitment before, and I found something that surprised me. I found a lot of people who work internally in the system who were very resistant to ending street homelessness."
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"But you promised that it would go away 100%," Michaelson said. "And it's only gone down about 17.6%. So why should people trust you that you're going to be able to get to the 100%?"
Bass said it was the first time the issue had decreased at all, arguing that the accomplishments made so far were due to her leadership.
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"We need to end the failed policies of the past, which is, ‘All we're going to do is focus on building, and we are going to ignore street homelessness.’ That is what the city and the county has done for years," she said.
Trump honors two record-breaking athletes at US Coast Guard Academy graduation ceremony
President Donald Trump attended the U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduation ceremony on Wednesday and honored two senior athletes.
While speaking at the graduation in New London, Connecticut, Trump said that the graduating class was "blessed with many tremendous athletes" and invited two in particular to join him on stage.
First, Trump introduced Broock Desta, the academy's all-time leader in receptions, yards and touchdowns.
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"Do we have a little NFL future here? Maybe? I don't know, usually that could happen when you're leading by that much," Trump said of Desta.
Desta also played for the academy's basketball team his senior season, but he was a true star on the gridiron. In 36 career games, Desta caught 29 touchdowns while also rushing for one and throwing another. He racked up 3,487 receiving yards on 234 catches.
Next to the stage was women's lacrosse star Abby McAllister, the women's lacrosse program's all-time leader in assists and points.
"Are you that good?" Trump asked jokingly before adding, "That's a big record."
"We throw them a little off on timing when I do this, but what the hell? We have time. Right? This is your day. And when somebody achieves what these people did, we should give them a little extra recognition, right?" Trump continued.
Between introducing the athletes, Trump mentioned his executive order from 2019 in which he allowed graduates of the U.S. military academies to play professional sports before fulfilling their active-duty requirement.
"We made it possible for people like Broock that really have a great ability at sport, and in some cases, will be drafted by the NFL or have a chance of getting into the NFL, or baseball or basketball or whatever it might be. The problem is they had a service," Trump said. "You know, they had to serve five years. And that's not exactly conducive to being drafted very high if you had to go away...
"It has made such a difference. It's also made a big difference in recruiting. That's why your teams are better today than they used to be. ... it made your recruiting much better because you're able to now recruit the top the top people, people that really have a chance of getting into professional sports and one of the reasons you have such good teams."
Trump was also presented a Coast Guard football helmet.
As NIL has run rampant in college sports, Trump signed an executive order to "preserve the unique American institution of college athletics by restoring order, fairness, and stability" last month.
The order "directs Federal agencies to bolster the effectiveness of key college-sports rules on transferring, eligibility, and pay-for-play by evaluating whether violations of such rules render a university unfit for Federal grants and contracts."
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‘Hunter Biden’ X account debuts with eyebrow-raising claim as GOP lawmakers pile on
A newly active X account bearing former first son Hunter Biden’s name drew mockery from GOP lawmakers and prominent social media personalities after posting its first message Tuesday.
"Your laptop’s reputation precedes you," Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn wrote in response to the "@HunterBiden" account.
Fox News Digital reached out to X and Hunter Biden's art gallery to verify if the account belongs to the former president’s son, but did not receive confirmation. The account has garnered thousands of followers and interactions since Tuesday, when it launched its first message.
"I'm Hunter Biden. You've never actually heard from me," the account blaring the former first son's name posted.
The account's profile reads: "Artist. Author. Recovery Advocate."
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Hunter, 56, has re-emerged in the public spotlight as he attempts to rebuild his image following years of controversy involving drug addiction, legal troubles and scrutiny surrounding his personal life.
The X account, @HunterBiden, was first launched in 2013, according to a Fox News Digital review, but posted its first public message on Tuesday. Hunter Biden's art gallery website is linked to the X account, while the art gallery's website links to the X account, a YouTube page and a Substack account.
The tweet sparked a wave of mockery aimed at the younger Biden, as well as a handful of accounts quipping that the former first son would allegedly launch a 2028 run.
"We’ve heard plenty," Republican Indiana Sen. Jim Banks responded to the account.
"Trust me, we've heard and seen ENOUGH from you," Republican Missouri Rep. Jason Smith chimed in.
Other social media users quickly piled onto the alleged Hunter Biden post, resurfacing past controversies and even floating him as a potential political candidate.
"Oh this oughta be good," said conservative commentator Nick Sortor in an X response.
"Very real chance he doesn’t remember that we have, in fact, heard from him in hours of podcasting before now," said Fox News contributor Mary Katharine Ham.
"The 2028 Dark Horse Candidate," wrote one X user, while another added "He’s running."
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Additionally, Candace Owens tagged the X account in a trailer for her upcoming interview with Hunter Biden, who is continuing a media tour following years of controversy while under the public spotlight.
The @HunterBiden account reposted the video, writing, "She’s got questions. I’ve got answers. Thursday."
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Hunter Biden has been involved in a string of controversies spanning his foreign business dealings, tax and gun charges, and scrutiny tied to his family’s political connections.
Hunter received a pardon from President Joe Biden for any offense he "has committed or may have committed" from Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 1, 2024, before his father left office.
In September 2024, Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to nine federal tax charges in California for a scheme evading over $1.4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2019. He was also convicted in Delaware in June 2024 for lying on a federal form about his drug use to purchase a firearm in 2018.
Hunter published a memoir titled "Beautiful Things: A Memoir" in 2021, detailing his battle with severe substance abuse and family tragedies from his own perspective.
Dan Le Batard, who previously avoided Doug Emhoff abuse allegation, declares journalism 'dead'
Podcast host Dan Le Batard declared sports journalism "dead" this week during a segment about Amazon’s studio crew criticizing ESPN insider Shams Charania for breaking the league’s MVP award before the official announcement.
"I’d like that time to live forever. [Sports journalism] is dead. It’s not dying, it’s dead," Le Batard said. "These streamers have no interest, none of them, none of them, have any interest in doing journalism and that’s why I’m telling you this war, the journalists have already lost it."
Whether sports journalism is actually dead is one topic. Hearing Dan Le Batard make the declaration is another entirely.
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Le Batard was once a respected columnist and investigative reporter at the Miami Herald. He built a reputation as a sharp, witty voice in sports media. He deserves credit for that work. But few people have done more to undermine the integrity of the industry in recent years than he has. Few have blurred the lines between journalism, activism, performance, and selective outrage more aggressively.
Consider his coverage of women and domestic violence.
In recent years, Le Batard has publicly framed himself as someone with zero tolerance for the mistreatment of women. He forcefully condemned UFC President Dana White after White was filmed slapping his wife, and he repeatedly weighed in on allegations against former Ravens kicker Justin Tucker.
"From the franchise that gave you the Ray Rice elevator video, we get this flailing bulls--- making it sound like Justin Tucker was the victim," Le Batard wrote on X after Baltimore released Tucker. "‘We’ve released Justin Tucker’ would have sufficed. Football players don’t respect kickers. But the Ravens respect this one, who was bad last year, more than they do women."
On the surface, those comments sound like the words of a journalist taking allegations seriously and holding powerful people accountable.
The issue is the hypocrisy.
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A month before the 2024 presidential election, the Daily Mail published allegations from an ex-girlfriend of Doug Emhoff, husband of then-Vice President Kamala Harris. The woman, who claimed witnesses could corroborate her account, accused Emhoff of "forcefully slapping" her during an incident in 2012.
Emhoff’s first major interview after the report was not with CNN or MSNBC. It was with Dan Le Batard. And yet, Le Batard never asked about the allegations. Not once.
Instead, he opened the interview with a question about love.
"Tell me what you've learned about love from your wife," Le Batard asked.
"Communication," Emhoff responded.
To be clear, no one expected Le Batard to conduct a hostile interrogation. The interview was clearly intended to humanize Emhoff and help rehabilitate the public perception of the Harris campaign. Fine. That happens in media.
However, refusing to acknowledge the allegations represented an embarrassing abandonment of basic journalistic standards.
Even openly partisan networks would almost certainly have asked Emhoff for a response, if only to satisfy the minimum obligation of addressing a major allegation involving a national political figure.
OutKick asked Le Batard on Tuesday about declaring journalism "dead" while simultaneously conducting interviews like the one with Emhoff. He did not respond. We will update the story if he does.
The hypocrisy of the Emhoff interview was not an isolated contradiction.
Years earlier, Le Batard hired Howard Bryant to work for Meadowlark Media. Bryant had previously been arrested after allegedly assaulting his wife in public in front of their 6-year-old son. According to reports, witnesses told police Bryant was seen choking his wife. Bryant was also charged with assaulting a responding police officer.
Given Le Batard’s repeated public declarations about violence against women, his decision to employ Bryant raised obvious questions. Questions he has never seriously addressed, despite our repeated inquiries.
It’s also worth noting that Le Batard’s executive producer, Mike Ryan, defended the Emhoff interview earlier this year by dismissing critics as "pedos" for supporting Donald Trump. In other words, he had no defense at all.
And when it comes to the kind of journalism Le Batard appears to value, he was the only notable media figure to defend Deadspin after the outlet falsely framed a 9-year-old Chiefs fan as wearing blackface. The family later filed a defamation lawsuit against Deadspin, after which The Dan Le Batard Show’s official X account quietly deleted the clip.
This history makes Le Batard’s eulogy for sports journalism difficult to take seriously.
If sports journalism is dying, it’s because figures like Dan Le Batard abandoned the core principles in favor of partisan politics and hackneyed culture war theater.
The fact that he now casts himself as the ombudsman of the industry is insulting to the few people left trying to practice sports.
We now await Le Batard to land the first interview with Diddy after he is released from prison, only to ask him about "love."