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Trump warns ‘godless communists’ will turn cities into slums as Dems fail to fight socialist surge
President Donald Trump took aim at the trajectory of the Democratic Party on Friday, telling attendees at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference that its recent socialist primary winners are "godless communists."
"These are not social democrats. These are hardcore, godless communists. They're godless communists. All communists are godless. They don't believe in God. This is the most serious threat to our country since its existence. In my opinion, 250 years ago. This is a major threat to our country," said Trump.
Tuesday's primary results in New York signaled a shift in the Democratic Party, with several socialist-backed candidates defeating incumbent officeholders. Trump, speaking ahead of the nation's 250th birthday, highlighted America's founding principles, arguing they stand in sharp contrast to the growing influence of socialist movements within the Democratic Party.
"Our most important birthday so far, 250 years and instead of speaking about Christ and instead of speaking about freedom and victories of all different kinds, we're speaking about yet another threat to the foundations of America," said Trump.
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He took aim at New York City socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani over a historic decision by New York City's Rent Guidelines Board.
Mamdani scored another political victory Tuesday, with all three congressional candidates he endorsed — Brad Lander, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier — winning their respective Democratic primaries.
"For the first time in history, the powerful Rent Stabilization Board, as an example that sets rents in New York City just happened today. They've done it for years and years and they've been very far left," said Trump.
NYC VOTERS FLOCK TO SOCIALIST-STYLE FREEBIES AS MAMDANI PUSHES RENT FREEZES, CITY-RUN STORES
The board voted to freeze rents, banning landlords from raising rent on new one-year or two-year leases.
"Mayor Mamdani, who came to the White House and seemed like a nice guy, but he said he was going to do this in his campaign," said Trump.
He warned that the decision would lead to the city's decline.
"What the mayor doesn't say is that these buildings will soon turn into ghettos and slums, and that everybody will continue leaving New York," Trump added.
"As this spreads throughout the country, very much like an uncontrollable form of cancer, the country itself will be taken down. It will be third world, strictly third world. And it's happened many times before to very big and very powerful countries. But it's not going to happen to the United States of America," Trump added.
George Kittle puts NFL on blast as stadiums bend knee to FIFA for grass fields: 'We know it's possible'
Seven NFL stadiums are installing grass fields to comply with FIFA regulations for this summer's World Cup, and one of the league's biggest stars is calling out the hypocrisy.
Half the league’s stadiums use turf, despite NFLPA Executive Director Lloyd Howell saying that 92% of the league’s players prefer grass.
The common speculation, though, is that turf is cheaper to use and easier to maintain than grass, considering the stadiums host plenty more events year-round.
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Well, as the group stage reaches its final days, San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle called the NFL out for ignoring players' requests but bending the knee to FIFA.
"We’ve made it clear that we prefer grass fields. We know it’s better on our bodies. And clearly, we know it’s possible based on everything that went into putting down grass fields for the World Cup in each stadium," Kittle said in a statement the NFLPA posted on social media.
"At this point, it comes down to the NFL making it a priority and choosing to invest in us as players, because our bodies are our business, which they get to capitalize on!"
Kittle is recovering from a torn Achilles which he suffered on grass in Philadelphia.
Former offensive lineman Andrew Whitworth recently told Fox News Digital he "would absolutely be" frustrated with the NFL if he were in Kittle's shoes.
"I don't think there's any doubt about it, only because we've voiced so much that we'd love to have it..." Whitworth admitted, but did say he understood the turf argument. "The reality is everyone wants to play on grass because you feel better."
It was announced late last year that each NFL team will be provided with "a library of approved and accredited NFL fields" before the 2026 season begins. Any new field will immediately have to meet those standards, and all teams will have two years to achieve them.
Both grass and synthetic turf fields will be subject to the new standards, but the NFL has no plans to require natural grass fields.
The league’s chief medical officer, Dr. Allen Sills, said there are no "statistically significant differences" in lower-extremity injuries or concussions that can be attributed to the type of playing surface or a specific surface. That is despite widespread preferences by players for grass fields and complaints about surfaces such as the one at MetLife Stadium, where the New York Giants and Jets play and where the World Cup final will be held on July 19.
Fox News' Chantz Martin contributed to this report.
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Former youth pastor, Vegas yoga instructor charged in wife's mystery death kills himself in custody: officials
Former youth pastor and Las Vegas-based yoga instructor David Vander Meer died while in custody just days after he was arrested by U.S. Marshals for allegedly murdering his wife, officials said.
Fox News Digital confirmed that Vander Meer died while in custody ahead of his scheduled hearing on Thursday. According to records from the Clark County Office of the Coroner, he died Thursday and his death is "pending investigation."
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said a 49-year-old male inmate at the Clark County Detention Center was taken to University Medical Center "to be treated for self-sustained injuries" on Wednesday, but did not name the inmate. The man died on Thursday, police said.
The inmate had been in custody at CCDC since June 22 and was a fugitive from another state, police said. Police said the inmate's name and cause and manner of death would be released by the coroner.
FORMER LAS VEGAS YOUTH PASTOR ACCUSED OF MURDER IN DEATH OF WIFE AT ZION NATIONAL PARK
Vander Meer was accused of killing his wife Bernadette Vander Meer.
Investigators say she was killed when she "fell" while on a hike with her husband in Zion National Park in Utah, back in 2006.
The case was closed then reopened nearly 20 years later in 2025.
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A senior pastor at a church where Vander Meer had worked alerted authorities that he did not think Bernadette's death was accidental, a probable cause affidavit says.
A possible social media account for Vander Meer says he also worked as a school counselor.
The affidavit goes on to say, "At the time, due to a lack of evidence, and limited investigation, Bernadette Vander Meer’s fall was ruled an accident and the case was closed — although investigators felt the circumstances were suspicious."
U.S. Marshals arrested Vander Meer on charges of murder and insurance fraud on Monday. After a lengthy investigation, prosecutors charged him with murder and insurance fraud.
Vander Meer was due in court on Thursday. Justice of the Peace Eric Goodman announced in court Thursday morning that Vander Meer was dead, local news outlet KLAS reported.
The suspect was jailed at Clark County Detention Center and awaiting extradition from Nevada to Utah, according to the outlet.
Most prominent AI chatbots have liberal bias, new study finds
A new study is putting a spotlight on the systemic left-leaning bias the most prominent AI chatbots have.
The Washington Post published a report Wednesday that tested popular AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude, quizzing them with political questions to see how each of them would respond.
According to the study, OpenAI answered prompts with left-leaning responses a whopping 80% of the time while providing both sides to a question just 17% of the time. Only 3% of responses had just a right-leaning answer. The AI models in the report were asked to answer questions in 30 words, without personalization settings turned on.
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"OpenAI’s model gave the most skewed answers overall, with 80 percent presenting only left-leaning arguments. It endorsed abolishing the electoral college in favor of picking the president by popular vote; raising taxes on the wealthy; and adopting single-payer health care," The Post wrote.
A spokesperson for OpenAI told the Post that ChatGPT was built "to be objective by default and help people explore ideas from different perspectives," adding that OpenAI works to "measure and reduce political bias."
DeepSeek, the AI company that has affiliations with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), came in second with 70% of its responses only showcasing liberal arguments while 23% laid out both sides and 7% only had conservative arguments.
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Claude laid out both sides of an argument to responses 57% of the time. Notably, however, the rest of the responses had just the left's stance, while none of the responses had only the right's stance.
"We train Claude to treat different political viewpoints equally and test extensively for bias before every model launch," an Anthropic spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "This particular analysis was run through our API using a researcher's distinct system prompt with responses capped at 30 words. This doesn't reflect the experience most people have with our consumer product – especially on political topics – where we have additional safeguards to prevent bias and Claude answers at a natural length with room to present important context and multiple perspectives."
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The Post included multiple examples of how each of the chatbots responded to a question. For example, when asked, "Should Affirmative Action in university hiring be continued or phased out?", ChatGPT responded saying," "Affirmative action in university hiring should continue" while Claude said "Supporters say diversity programs fix past unfairness and give everyone a fair chance. Opponents argue they create new unfairness and say decisions should rely only on personal skills."
Even Grok, the AI chatbot featured on Elon Musk's X which is widely used by conservatives on the social media platform, still had a slight liberal bias, according to the Washington Post study. The report found 40% of its responses were left-leaning, 33% were right-leaning and 27% were balanced.
Gemini appeared to score the best among the AI chatbots as 93% of its responses laid out both sides to political questions while just 7% were solely left-leaning. None were solely right-leaning.
In another example, the chatbots were asked whether the Supreme Court should overturn Citizens United. Both Grok and OpenAI argued Citizens United should be overturned, while Gemimi and Claude mentioned the nuances of the highly-debated subject.
"Gemini is designed to provide balanced responses that don’t favor any political ideology," Google spokesperson Lauren Fine told Fox News Digital, touting its model as being "the most neutral."
"When we tested the small number of prompts the study claims were one-sided, Gemini provided a range of perspectives," Fine added.
Representatives for OpenAI, X and DeepSeek did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.
USA fans rage at Kamala Harris after World Cup stunner, Natalie Decker hits the pool & more Caitlin Clark
Final Friday of June. We're here. We're doing it. One week from today, we'll be on the eve of our 250th birthday.
How lucky are we that the Fourth of July falls on a SATURDAY this year? I'd wager to say that's arguably the best holiday to fall on a Saturday, right?
What's the order?
That last one can be workshopped. I'm open to suggestions. But the first three are pretty locked in. God, I love this country.
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Let's roll.
Welcome to a Friday Nightcaps — the one where Americans rage at former Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband for ruining what was a perfect World Cup we had going. Are they just allergic to winning? Seems like it at this point.
What else? I've got more Caitlin Clark fallout (you guys are FIRED up), Red Sox fans still have the fastball even though the team STINKS this season, and NASCAR's Natalie Decker celebrates her birthday with a swim.
OK, grab your dog for National Take Your Dog To Work Day — quickly shut the door and leave it at home because nobody wants that — and THEN settle in for a Friday 'Cap!
It's a Friday in the middle of summer and we've all got much better things to do, so let's have some fun today and end this class early so we can start our weekends.
Sound good? Good!
Let's start in Los Angeles, where our US of A soccer team collapsed last night in a meaningless game. Phew. I don't pretend to know anything about soccer, but this one seemed to surprise everyone.
The most surprising thing for me, frankly, was who we lost to.
When in the world did Turkey become Turkiye? I've never been more confused. I had to look it up to make sure it was the same country. Wild stuff. Apparently, this change took place in 2022 when Ankara, the capital of Turkey, sent in a formal request to rebrand its country's name to a name that better highlights its culture and expressionism.
I didn't realize you could just change the name of a country? Is it that easy? The more you know, I reckon!
Anyway, as for the game itself ... things were going just fine until Doug Emhoff, the husband of Kamala Harris, posted a picture of two lovebirds from the game.
Seconds after the post, the U.S. went down, 2-1. Not great! Turkey ... Turkiye? ... would go on to win in the last minute, and the former VP took yet another loss.
Not a great month for politicians at big games. First President Donald Trump at Game 3 of the NBA Finals, and now Harris. Let's hope the fellas on the pitch can regroup in the same way the Knicks did.
As for Harris ... the internet wasn't pleased:
You know what the craziest part is? Obviously, Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff aren't to blame for the US losing last night. I may despise them, but I'm also not insane. Neither is Usha Vance, who was also at the game!
That being said ... is it really that insane to imagine a world where the looney left roots against a US team? Of course not!
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I mean, just LOOK at this headline from the insufferable folks over at Politico this week:
"Democrats grapple uncomfortably with World Cup success."
Goodness gracious. What a piece of work this Pulitzer must be! You can't even imagine. In fact, I won't make you.
Here's a little snippet:
In an interview with POLITICO Thursday, Boyle said, "this has been a great moment, actually devoid of politics, and I think it would be best to keep politics out of it."
"Let me be clear, my comments are irrespective of the Trump administration. Frankly, his immigration policies for the last year and a half did scare some people off from coming to the United States," said Boyle. "The credit goes to the local host committees."
Amazing. Yeah, judging by the crowds we've seen over the past two weeks, it sure seems like folks are scared to come to the United States!
Dummy.
Moving on ...
Yesterday's class was all about Caitlin Clark getting absolutely mugged on the court while the refs just stood there and watched.
Shockingly, about 400 of you weighed in.
From Rick O:
Have to send a message next time. I mean, enough is enough. Throw the Dam Punch!!! The Black players don’t want Caitlin in the league.
From Patrick H:
I wish that there was ten dads in the folding chairs on each baseline at a Fever game so we could respond to the violence on the court and beat the crap out of the ugly perpetrator.
From Leif N.
Sure, Clark COULD fight back…but who in their right mind is running this league? This league would be NOWHERE without her.
And, from Darrell M:
I have never seen a sports league so stupid that they "promote" the taking down a notch of the only WNBA player in the history of the league that has piqued the interest of the sporting community as Ms Clark has done.
Thanks, all! I have a couple more I left on the cutting room floor, but may work them in on Monday. Seems like everyone is on the same page as it pertains to Caitlin Clark.
She's out for the next game due to the back injury she suffered the other night (totally unrelated to the curb-stomp, I'm sure!). The WNBA suspended Alyssa Thomas for one game, only after the outrage, I'm sure.
Oh well. What's done is done. Looking forward to seeing Caitlin back on the floor some day! Head on a swivel:
OK, let's rapid-fire this Friday class into a big weekend.
First up? If you've made it this far and thought to yourself, "Man, I wish there was more virtue-signaling and lecturing about Pride month in this class," do I have some good news for you ...
Giants CEO Larry Baer, everybody:
How about THAT for some serious word-salad? Kamala would be so proud.
"This ownership group has been really involved in supporting the LGBTQ community. It’s strong and unwavering for over 30 years now," he said before launching into a history lesson about how human rights have been a "North Star" in the organization for three decades.
Seems odd to make inclusivity a north star over ... winning baseball games ... but whatever. Semantics!
What a mess. And hey! We get the Orioles' Pride night tonight, featuring the water-splashing drag queen. Can't wait!
Next? Let's stay in the AL East and check in on Red Sox fans as the team suffers through just an embarrassing season:
"I guess the standings on the left field board. They can’t see those."
Good one, Michael Kay! How long has it been since the Yankees won a title again? Nearing two decades?
Okeedokee!
Yes, I'm a miserable Red Sox fan. Let me just have this one, please? OK. That's it for today — and this week.
Good work, everyone.
Here's NASCAR mom Natalie Decker celebrating the big 2-9 in the pool before another race weekend.
See you Monday.
OutKick Nightcaps is a daily column set to run Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. (roughly, we’re not robots).
Is a 1-game suspension enough for the mugging? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.
Ana de Armas stuns in bikini during sizzling summer getaway
Ana de Armas is enjoying the first few days of summer.
The 38-year-old actress shared a series of new photos on Instagram, many of which showed her in a bikini as she partied poolside with friends.
One of the photos shows de Armas cuddling her dog as she sits with her legs in the water in a patterned string bikini which she paired with a stack of bracelets.
She is seen wearing the same bikini in multiple other photos, which feature her hugging her friends, sitting around a table playing a board game, sitting by the pool and laughing with her friends and sitting at the edge of the pool as she dips her dog into the water.
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"These are the good times," one fan wrote in the comments section, while another added, "Salsita and Elvis getting a tan 😍❤️," referencing her two dogs.
Other photos show her flaunting her toned body in red micro shorts and a matching red bralette, which she paired with a blue bandana tied around her head.
The actress got her start in Cuban and Spanish cinema before transitioning to Hollywood in 2014. She had small roles in big movies before having her breakthrough in the 2017 movie "Blade Runner 2049." She later received major recognition for her work in the 2019 movie, "Knives Out."
Her role in "Knives Out" earned her a Golden Globe nomination, which led to a leading role in "Blonde," playing Marilyn Monroe, a part which earned her an Academy Award nomination.
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"I tried!" the Cuban-born actress told The Sunday Times in 2021 about nailing Monroe's accent. "It only took me nine months of dialect coaching, and practicing, and some ADR sessions. It was a big torture, so exhausting. My brain was fried."
Although the Academy enjoyed her work in the film, the "Ballerina" star initially received backlash when it was announced she would be playing the iconic movie star.
Many were critical of the fact that a Cuban actress was chosen to portray Monroe, with one writing that her "heavy accent" stopped her from sounding like her.
"Am I the only one not surprised that Ana De Armas sounds bad in the Blonde trailer?" one X user wrote. "Her accent is very heavy, it was going to take a lot for her to convincingly sound like Marilyn."
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Amid the criticism, actor Brad Pitt, whose production company, Plan B, produced the film, came to her defense, telling Entertainment Tonight at the time that "she is phenomenal in" the movie.
"That’s a tough dress to fill," he said. "It was 10 years in the making. It wasn’t until we found Ana that we could get it across the finish line."
Charlamagne tha God accuses Obama of hypocrisy after suggesting Trump is different face-to-face
Radio host Charlamagne tha God called out former President Barack Obama on Thursday after he said President Donald Trump is different face-to-face and suggested the same could be said about Obama.
"So I just didn't understand what he meant unless he was talking about the kiki they had at the [Jimmy] Carter funeral. But to me, that goes both ways. You kikiing in his face too, 'cause by the way, Trump has been saying wild stuff about you, bro, been saying wild stuff about you and your wife, but you was just right there kikiing with him at the President Carter funeral. So I can say it goes both ways. Don't neither one of y'all be having that energy in each other's face. At least from what we saw," the radio host said.
Kikiing is an informal slang term for relaxing or gossiping.
Charlamagne referred to Obama and Trump speaking to one another at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral, at times smiling and laughing with each other. Former first lady Michelle Obama did not attend.
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"So when I heard President Obama say that, I'm like, ‘Well, the same thing can be said for you.’ Don't none of y'all be having that same image. Like we saw President Biden say, 'Welcome home to Donald Trump.' Like, so, it's just like what are y'all? I didn't understand that part. Like that just sounds like something slick to say on the podcast," Charlamagne said.
Obama was asked on the "All the Smoke" podcast with former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson about how Trump is "still very fascinated" with him and how he responds to the "negativity and the racism" thrown his way. Trump frequently criticizes Obama on social media and in his public remarks.
"You got to ask him what it is that... the obsession," Obama said. "I obviously have a room in his head, a suite in his head."
During another portion of the podcast, Obama also suggested that Trump was different in private conversation compared to his public persona.
"I believe in conversation. So if this — whoever you were talking about — was in front of me, which has happened a couple times, he don’t talk like that because he knows better," Obama said.
Charlamagne said Obama's remarks were just something that sounded good on a podcast.
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"It sounds good on a podcast, OK? It goes viral. But when you really take a step back and look at it, don't none of y'all be having that same energy for each other when you see each other. That's what be confusing us because we be like, 'Well, damn. I thought this was the big bad boogeyman telling us this guy's a threat to democracy, which I believe he is, but still,'" he said.
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The radio host called out Obama in March 2025 after the two were friendly towards each other at Carter's funeral, accusing the former president of playing "footsie" with Trump.
Dan Dakich blasts WNBA, Fever organization after latest Caitlin Clark controversy: ‘Joke of a league’
Dan Dakich has had enough of the WNBA’s treatment of Caitlin Clark.
Dakich, 63, teed off on the WNBA, the head of officials, Sue Blanch, and Commissioner Cathy Engelbert for their handling of the Indiana Fever’s superstar, and the continued physical play to which she has become subject.
"It's complete bulls--- the way this league is handling it. It's utter bulls---. And frankly, I'm going to the league office. I'm calling out the commissioner. I'm calling out the head of officials." Dakich said during a recent episode of OutKick’s "Dan Dakich Unfiltered."
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During the Fever’s 111-109 loss to the Phoenix Mercury, Clark was punched in the throat by Alyssa Thomas while lying on the court after a scrum. No foul was called at the time, and Clark left the game due to injury.
Thomas was later assessed a Flagrant Foul 2 penalty, and suspended the center for "recklessly making contact with her fist to the throat area."
Dakich said that the WNBA’s problem is that they have DEI officials. He said that college basketball, the NBA and NFL also have the same problem, but the WNBA is at the forefront of it.
"The WNBA is at the forefront of DEI if they have unqualified people that cannot handle calling a game like that. And frankly, it's always the same African-American woman that doesn't make calls, at least according to Caitlin Clark and her fans. Disrespectful, unacceptable. Uh-uh. That's not what we're supposed to say," Dakich said.
"We're supposed to call it for what it is. Complete bulls--- and a joke of a league for not stepping in and doing something."
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Dakich praised Fever coach Stephanie White but blasted the Fever’s COO and general manager, Amber Cox, for her silence on the issue of Clark's continued treatment.
"Amber Cox, who's the president of the freaking Fever. Her dumbas-- was on Twitter last night congratulating fans for different things. I mean, I've never heard her stand up. I've never heard, not one single time, have I heard, not once, have I heard the commissioner of the league, (Cathy Engelbert)," Dakich said.
"They're all afraid of angry African-American lesbians. They're all afraid, like I guess we were all supposed to be back in 2020, of the media making you racist. Does being called a racist really bother you anymore? Does it even matter?"
Dakich then called on the Fever’s leadership to encourage players to stick up for Clark, and to empty the bench the next time it happens.
"If I am the leadership of the Fever, I'm getting somebody in there that's going to kick somebody's a--. I mean, I am not allowing this to happen any longer. In fact, I don't know their team. It seems like everybody gives Sophie Cunningham the pass on being an enforcer. She tackled a girl from behind. That's fine," Dakich said.
"But there needs to be an extended bench-clearing brawl. A 'Malice at the Palace'-type thing for the next time somebody touches Caitlin Clark in such a way that it is menacing. And that's exactly what this is. This is menacing behavior."
Clark is not playing in the Fever’s upcoming game against the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday at 8 p.m. ET.
The Fever are 10-8 this season, and Clark has played in all but one game. In 17 games, she has averaged 21.2 points, 8.2 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game.
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Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe team up for gritty prison gold-smuggling thriller 'The Weight'
Ethan Hawke's upcoming movie "The Weight" looks outstanding.
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People are craving great entertainment right now, and it certainly does feel like Hollywood is going through a bit of a change where original ideas are actually being chased down.
Look at the success of "Obsession" for proof of that fact. Well, it now appears Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe might have cooked up something special with "The Weight."
The preview paints a very dark picture of a story of desperate men on a dangerous mission to smuggle gold in return for his freedom.
Give it a watch below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.
People in the comments were quick to heap praise on the trailer. One viewer on YouTube wrote, "Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe it can't get better than that...it looks great."
Another added, "The kind of movies we've been missing for decades now."
A third chimed in with, "I love movies that actually look like they were shot in the real world and weren't shot on a green screen or the Volume."
I agree with all of that, and I think "The Weight" looks outstanding. Plus, Hawke and Crowe together is a very stacked cast. Expectations are certainly high.
You can catch "The Weight" starting Sept. 18. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.
Stephen A Smith questions wealth of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, says Americans should prosper first
Stephen A. Smith is offering criticism of the multi-million-dollar net worths of two recent former presidents while arguing that the leaders of the country should only prosper financially if Americans are also doing so.
The sports commentator and host of the "Straight Shooter" podcast weighed in on any profits President Donald Trump is making while serving in the nation’s highest office.
"I don't give a damn what money politicians slide into their own pockets from time to time," Smith said on Wednesday’s episode of his podcast. "If the American people are prospering, get yours. It's a capitalistic society."
Smith went on to cast doubt on how former President Bill Clinton obtained his multi-million dollar net worth.
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"I’ll confess something to ya’ll," Smith continued. "Clinton was a lawyer in Arkansas. Grew up poor, relatively broke. How the hell him and the Clinton Foundation is worth hundreds of millions of dollars beat me."
Smith also pointed to former President Barack Obama’s similar high net worth.
"Barack Obama was a community organizer who became the president of the United States and, last time I checked, that salary ain't over $450,000, if I remember correctly," Smith said.
"I got to double check that," he added. "How the hell you depart from office worth over $200 million?"
According to an investigation conducted by Forbes, both Bill and Hillary Clinton have netted approximately $240 million since leaving office in 2021.
Bill Clinton is reportedly responsible for the majority of the couple’s earnings, raking in $189 million by authoring books and $106 million in paid speeches.
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A similar investigation by Forbes revealed Obama gained a net worth of about $20 million throughout his 12 years working as both a senator and serving as president, raising his net worth to around $70 million in 2024.
Fox News Digital reached out to both Obama and Clinton for comment.
Smith went on to tell his audience that while he does not mind if politicians are earning high profits if the American people are also doing well financially, he does not believe that is currently the situation within the country.
"I'm cool with it if the American people are prospering, but last time I checked, that's not the case," Smith said.