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'Save Women’s Sports' activists ejected from NWSL match after being struck, confronted by pro-trans crowd
Around 20 "Save Women's Sports" activists wearing XX-XY Athletics shirts were forcibly escorted out of a Portland Thorns match on Friday night after members of the group were struck and verbally berated by other fans during a demonstration supporting female-only sports.
The confrontation occurred during the Thorns’ match against the North Carolina Courage at Providence Park in Portland, Oregon. The club’s schedule designated the match as its "Fan Appreciation" night.
According to a preliminary account, the group entered with their XX-XY shirts covered and kept them concealed through the first half. At the start of the second half, they revealed the shirts and unfurled a large banner reading "Save Women’s Sports," but matters quickly escalated from that point on.
Other spectators, described in the account as supporters of transgender inclusion in women’s sports, allegedly responded with verbal abuse and physical aggression, including striking members of the group with flagpoles carrying trans flags. Security subsequently escorted the roughly 20 demonstrators out of the stadium.
The organizers included women’s sports activist Amy Sousa and commentator Brandi Kruse, who previously helped organize rallies supporting WNBA player Sophie Cunningham.
Sousa told OutKick that she and other XX-XY Athletics attendees filed police reports after being escorted out of the stadium.
"We were attacked by fans. We were hit with flags. We had drinks and thrown at us," said Sousa, standing behind police outside the stadium because she did not feel safe. "Other people were forcibly pushed out the door. We had an ADA woman in a walker, she was forcibly pushed out the door. They let these people hit us with flags, another woman was punched in the face, all because we wanted to stand there in our shirts to protect girls sports."
This wasn't the first time Sousa and XX-XY Athletics supporters had been ejected from a Thorns game at Providence Park. A smaller group was removed in early September, when Sousa said she was accused of being "transphobic" for her pro-women apparel.
The decision to unfurl the "Save Women's Sports" banner and reveal their shirts at the start of the second half Friday was strategic. Sousa hoped the group could avoid ejection because soccer has no official breaks in play. But members of the Rose City Riveters — the Thorns' emphatically pro-trans supporters group — appeared to have caught wind of their intentions.
Just before the second half began, a number of fans were given transgender pride flags, apparently in an effort to obstruct other spectators' view of the banner and XX-XY supporters. One man sitting across the aisle from the group repeatedly shouted, "F--- you! F--- you, scum!" Chants of "Trans lives matter!" followed.
OutKick reporter Matt Calkins, who was credentialed for the match, attempted to document the confrontation but was also subjected to verbal and physical aggression. He was flipped off, called a Nazi, had his phone knocked out of his hand and had beer poured on his neck. The interaction was captured by Calkins on video.
XX-XY attendees weren't treated much better. Kruse had her right arm restrained behind her back by a security guard, who walked her up the stairs to the concourse and out of the stadium. This happened after she said she and others were hit multiple times with flags, with the assaulters repeatedly acting like it was an accident. Kruse added that another XX-XY attendee was pushed over her seat and "tumbled down." Aside from one man who poured beer on someone, Brandi said no other assaulters were removed.
"I asked the security guard 'Why are we being asked to leave and they're not not being asked to leave?' If you want all of us to leave that's another thing, but just us? So I said 'I'm not leaving on my own accord'," Kruse said. "So two security guards grabbed me and took me out. I'm in shock over it."
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A separate security guard also yanked an Calkins' credential from around his neck as he interviewed Sousa. The guard returned it seconds later but declined to explain his actions when questioned.
Director of security Jim McCausland was texted for comment, per OutKick's request, but said he did not have time to talk. OutKick also reached to the Thorns' communication director for comment — specifically as to why XX-XY attendees were escorted out but not their assaulters — but received no response.
Roughly half a dozen XX-XY supporters left the stadium before the banner was even revealed, fearing for their safety after seeing spectators wearing "Protect Trans Kids" shirts featuring images of knives. But Ari Laureano, who has detransitioned, chose to stay.
Laureano said just after he unbuttoned his coat to reveal his XX-XY shirt, he was smashed in the face by a flagpole. He added that assaulters used flags as a barricade to hide that they were striking the women he was with.
Worth it to try and make a change? In Laureano's mind, yes. But he doesn't expect much sympathy from journalists.
"I think the average person looks at this and doesn't understand what's going on, and the media goes and calls all these women horrible homophobic bigots," Laureano said. "But I'm here with them as a gay man who was harmed by being transitioned young, and I'm being beaten alongside of them. These are just normal impacted women who care about women's sports."
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The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) — which comprises the Thorns and 15 other teams — but like the WNBA, the league doesn't have a policy that would automatically exclude a male-born player.
Additionally, Washington and Colorado have measures on their Nov. 3 ballots that would restrict participation in school sports based on biological sex. Washington's initiative applies to K-12 athletics, while Colorado's would extend to college sports.
Women such as Sousa and Kruse — along with XX-XY founder Jennifer Sey — have been resolute in trying to get those measures passed. They've just never considered violence or vitriol as among their tactics.
"It's just fascinating this difference. Like, I live in Seattle, you know, as a conservative, I'm surrounded by things I don't like all the time — signs, ideas. It's never even crossed my mind to assault someone," Kruse said. "The mentality is very different."
Dallas Cowboys cheerleader alum reacts to My Chemical Romance gun stunt, Ric will be OK & NBA flopping
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They're so bent out of shape that they've slapped the band with cease and desist orders - a restraining order, to be exact – over this bit where lookalikes were brought on stage wearing what sure looks like Cowboys cheerleader outfits to get into a gun battle.
For a DCC alum like Stephanie Roberts, who danced for the team from 2015-2018, this is no laughing matter. In a TikTok video released Friday night, she wrote, "As a DCC alumni, I have a whole lot of nothing to say..."
Guys, she's mad.
"Let’s clarify one thing, the actual [Cowboys cheerleaders] were NOT present at this concert," she wrote in the caption.
Here's another part of the show where fake Cowboys cheerleaders are dancing onstage. It's unclear if the DCC is mad over this or just the gun routine. In the comment section, amateur lawyers are analyzing the case.
"If they didn’t introduce them as the Dallas cowboy cheerleaders they wont. The costumes are out on the mass market," some amateur lawyer named Colleen chimed in.
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Some other woman named Sabrina says this is legal because we're days away from Halloween. "If they didn’t introduce them as the Dallas cowboy cheerleaders they wont [get sued]. The costumes are out on the mass market," she claims.
You get the point. We'll have to see how this plays out in court.
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This is what played out last night here in NW Ohio. You know what we didn't see on any of the white shirts or white hoodies? "I hate black girls." Nope, didn't see it.
I was rather shocked to see these messages on shirts worn by the Toledo Whitmer kids, but, maybe I'm just isolated here and not aware of what's going on in the real world. You tell me if I'm just not up with current trends.
In case you didn't hear, the Nature Boy, 77, had a nasty fall on Friday, but his daughter assures us everything will be OK. That said, Ric was on Instagram saying something about blood clots like Jalen Hurts.
• Paul B. in Oxnard, CA takes me back to a Screencaps bit from June: I hopped on the $2 bill tip bandwagon. Mrs. Paul B. and I are in Nassau Bahamas for some nice R&R at an all-inclusive resort. Drinks are free but tips are appreciated and the $2 bill fits the (pardon the pun) bill perfectly.
Kinsey: For the new readers, back in June, for some reason, I ran a piece of content on tipping with $2 bills and how it's much easier than carrying around a bunch of singles. Then, I went on the golf trip with Canoe Kirk and Diesel from my text group where we exclusively used $2 bills and all the workers at the resorts were mesmerized. Not only were they making pretty good money because we were throwing them around like drunken sailors, but there was also the conversation element.
Give $2 bill tipping a try, especially if you're single and have trouble starting a conversation.
• Shawn in Hellabama suggests: On the subject of political texts (and robocalls,) you gotta love that politicians placed a carve out in the Do Not Call list legislation where political ads were exempt from obey the list.
One thing though, I do love that in the new iOS settings, that if a number calls that is not in your contacts, you can set it that your ringer will not go off. Then after the fact, when I go to delete the text or the call log, I can try to report spam so that hopefully the number will not call my phone again.
I have enjoyed the Outkick column from almost the beginning, so thank you for the years of entertainment.
Kinsey: I've heard from a couple of readers this week who've said they've loved the column since the beginning. I assume they mean since it started appearing on OutKick. Now I want to hear from readers who've been with me for at least 15 years, since the Busted Coverage days.
• Tom T. emails: I have to agree with Chris from California. Manners are important, and seeing someone with good manners is refreshing. My mom and dad taught us good manners, but the one who drilled it in was Grandma. She would call us out at the dinner table for bad manners, and then she would lay into my mom (her daughter) for not raising us right.
In college, my roommate got a date with the hot girl that he had a crush on. I pulled him aside before the date, and told him NOT to hold his fork like a shovel, shoveling food into his mouth. I showed him the correct way to hold a fork. He was EXTREMELY grateful, because he just didn’t know. The date went well, and he may have gotten some make-out time due to his great table manners.
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That is it this morning. Screencaps the III has an early soccer match followed by our road trip to Columbus for Screencaps Jr.
I will see all of you tomorrow from Columbus as I fill in for SeanJo who's on vacation. Let's have a great weekend. Go get those pumpkins.
Trump's war on drug cartels could gain powerful new ally after pivotal election
EXCLUSIVE: Brazil could join the U.S.-led effort to combat drug cartels if presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro wins the country’s Oct. 25 runoff election, according to his brother, Brazilian politician Eduardo Bolsonaro.
The initiative, known as the Shield of the Americas, is designed to expand security cooperation among countries in the Western Hemisphere, including intelligence sharing, military coordination and joint efforts to disrupt cartel financing.
The coalition follows the Trump administration’s decision in February 2025 to designate eight major criminal organizations as both Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists. The groups include Tren de Aragua, MS-13, the Sinaloa Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the Northeast Cartel, the Gulf Cartel, La Nueva Familia Michoacana and Carteles Unidos.Â
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"The main thing that we need to do is fight the cartels," Eduardo Bolsonaro told Fox News Digital. "They work together in a lot of countries, so we should fight back then."
Brazil has not joined the initiative under left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Eduardo Bolsonaro said that if his brother’s conservative Liberal Party wins the presidency, Brazil would work with the Trump administration to combat the country’s powerful criminal organizations.
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"So I’m sure that, under the leadership of President Trump and the Shield of the Americas, we have the opportunity for the first time" to work together against the cartels, Eduardo Bolsonaro said.
Brazil’s presidential runoff will pit Flávio Bolsonaro against Lula after Bolsonaro led Lula in the first round. He has said he would seek closer security cooperation with the United States and other conservative governments in the region.Â
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The potential addition of Brazil would expand the coalition’s presence in South America, where criminal groups such as Primeiro Comando da Capital and Comando Vermelho have become major forces in the regional drug trade.
Other countries participating in the U.S.-led effort include Argentina, El Salvador and Peru. The initiative has also drawn participation from countries including Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay and Chile, according to the State Department.
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The coalition’s broader goals include combating drug trafficking, disrupting criminal financing and strengthening cooperation among law enforcement and military officials.
U.S. officials have repeatedly linked cartel activity to the trafficking of fentanyl and other illicit drugs into the United States. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has also attributed hundreds of thousands of American deaths to cartel-linked drug overdoses.
College football's NIL and transfer portal chaos on display as nation's top receiver holds absurd ceremony
It's the fourth Saturday of October, folks. Wake up! It's another college football gameday!
The season is just over the halfway point, and the temperature has been cranked way up. We've got conference races coming down to the wire. Playoff hopefuls in must-win situations. Arch Manning might get benched? Half the top 10 teams in the country lost last weekend.
It's just chaos everywhere you look right now, which is why college football is, by far, the best sport in America.
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Now, with all that being said, it's also the dumbest sport in America — mainly due to the horrible NIL and transfer portal landscape that we've all created.
And for those who don't believe me, here's Oregon State freshman star Jesse Legree — who is also one of the top receivers in the country — taking time out of his busy week of practice to hold a signing ceremony at his high school to announce ...
... that he's signing BACK with the Beavers for next season.
Take a look:
"What is the major announcement you want to make to the country?" the CBS fellas ask Legree, who is stationed at St. Francis Academy with what sounds like a big crowd on hand.
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"I will be signing with the Oregon State Beavers for the 2027-2028 season," Legree, who currently plays for the OREGON STATE BEAVERS, said.
Look, college football is so broken off the field at this point, I'm not even sure where we go from here. The product on the field is excellent. It's the best show on turf right now, and that includes the NFL.
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But off the field? It's such a joke. This is so absurd, I don't even know where to begin. To channel my inner Mike Gundy:
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"Where are we at in society today?!"
Holding a news conference, calling the local TV stations, and announcing to "the country" that you're ... returning to your school next season ... is everything wrong with the current college football landscape. It feels like an SNL parody.
Sadly, it's not.
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And by the way, this has nothing to do with Jesse Legree, the player. He's arguably the best wide receiver in the country not named Jeremiah Smith.
The freshman currently leads the nation in receiving yards (1,040), touchdown catches (14) and yards per game (148.6). Not bad! It's only natural that folks would speculate that he's probably hitting the portal next season and going to an LSU, or Notre Dame, or Miami, or Ohio State.
I get it. And honestly, good on Legree for actually returning to Oregon State. You NEVER see kids dance with the partners they came with anymore. They're all one-and-done.
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Not Legree. Good for him.
I just don't know that we needed all the theatrics that came with it.
Chris Pratt says audiences are hungry for 'unapologetic, patriotic' action stories
Chris Pratt believes audiences are craving different kinds of stories from Hollywood.
During a recent appearance on "The Tonight Show," Pratt opened up to Jimmy Fallon about what made the first season of the "Terminal List" so successful.
"It connected with an audience that … we kind of look at it as it's a bit of an underserved audience. We just wanted to make an unapologetic, patriotic, kick-ass action show and the audience really turned up," Pratt said.
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He continued, "You know, everything I learned about combat, I learned from watching movies and stuff. I have never been to Fallujah or anything like that."
Pratt went on to explain that working with ex-Navy SEALS and veterans on the set gives the show an authenticity that audiences recognize.
"These guys have a real eye for combat based on their experience and it's really authentic … Veterans will come up and say, ‘You know, I served. I did a couple deployments and the action, the behavior, the tactics, the jargon, the decorum, all of it is really authentic,’ and I think that's why people like it," Pratt continued.
The actor explained that the show is based on a book series about a Navy SEAL, and he included real Navy SEALs to be involved with the production.Â
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"We have 17 veterans on our production … Two or three special operators that are executive producers," Pratt said, adding, "We just have Navy SEALS all over the place, it's really cool."
Pratt also teased season 2 of "Terminal List" on the talk show.
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"So, the first season was really this dark psychological thriller about a Navy SEAL who gets vengeance on these people who are responsible for a conspiracy that, you know, wiped out his platoon and killed his family and gave him a tumor in his brain. So, that's the story," Pratt began.
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"And it ends with him basically getting vengeance on everybody on his list and sailing away," he continued.
"So, the second [season] based on the book becomes more of like a globe-trotting global spy thriller. It's like — it's about espionage. It's international," Pratt said.
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Season 2 of the "Terminal List" premiered on Prime on Oct. 21.
Louvre turns away tourists as Paris braces for renewed violence following destructive riots
Tourists were turned away from the Louvre on Saturday as some of Paris' most iconic museums remained shuttered amid fears of renewed violence, a week after destructive riots erupted across France.
The Louvre, Musée d'Orsay, Picasso Museum and Grand Palais were all shuttered Saturday as French officials prepared for another weekend of potentially violent demonstrations, according to The Associated Press (AP).
Visitors were seen peering through the Louvre's locked gates Saturday, where a posted notice announced its temporary closure.
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The museum, home to Leonardo da Vinci's famed "Mona Lisa," was among several major attractions closed amid fears of violent protests.
French officials planned to deploy up to 70,000 law enforcement officers nationwide on Saturday, supported by helicopters, armored vehicles and water cannons, according to the AP.
The closures came as protesters gathered across France on Saturday, with police rerouting Paris' main demonstration away from the city center to prevent another outbreak of violence.
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Shopkeepers were seen boarding up storefronts across Paris, while police stood guard beneath the Arc de Triomphe as authorities braced for another round of unrest.
The closures also disrupted Art Basel Paris, a major international art fair held at the Grand Palais.
It had opened to the public Friday before organizers canceled the weekend program over security concerns.
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The precautions followed a weekend of violent demonstrations that left approximately 3,000 businesses across France damaged or looted, according to the AP.
The Louvre had already been forced to close earlier in the week after student protesters blocked access to the museum, Fox News Digital previously reported.
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Visitors arriving at the Louvre on Monday morning were met with barricades at the museum's iconic glass pyramid, Carrousel du Louvre and Passage Richelieu entrances, as protesters from the École du Louvre blocked access, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
The blockade forced museum officials to turn away visitors from the popular attraction, which draws as many as 20,000 people on its busiest days, according to French media reports.
Earlier this week, tourists were left frustrated after being turned away from the Louvre, with one Dutch couple calling the closure "shameful," according to French newspaper Le Monde.
"You are giving Paris a terrible image," the couple said as they held up their tickets.
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The U.S. Embassy in France has warned Americans to steer clear of violent protests as widespread unrest prompted curfews and raised concerns about travel disruptions across the country.
The embassy said in a Monday statement that partial curfews had been introduced in several French cities, with additional restrictions possible.
Travelers visiting Paris this week were advised to avoid popular protest gathering spots, including Place de la République, Place de la Bastille and Place de la Nation, along with major thoroughfares such as Boulevard Voltaire, which are frequently used for demonstrations, per The Times of London.
Jessica Mekles of Fox News Digital, as well as The Associated Press, contributed reporting.
BROADCAST BIAS: Networks show France burning but highlight ‘peaceful’ protesters
For decades, American broadcast news networks have touted the benefits of socialism in France, from government-funded day care to healthcare to a mandated five weeks of vacation. Then-NBC host Katie Couric summed it up in 2001: "The French, they’ve got it right, don’t they?"
Socialism is always a warm, comforting blanket. It can’t ever fail. So, when violent rioting recently broke out in Paris and other cities, the preferred TV term was failing "public services."
On Oct. 19, ABC foreign correspondent Tom Soufi-Burridge said: "The protest Saturday, involving hundreds of thousands of people, were supposed to be about the cost of living, and the state of France’s public services, but the situation quickly spiraled out of control in multiple French cities."
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"CBS Mornings" star Gayle King echoed it: "The demonstrations began to protest the rising costs of living and declining public services." CBS reporter Aidan Stretch also cited a "ballooning government deficit," which is code for overspending. The socialists would blame undertaxing.
Most network reports didn’t avoid that there was violent rioting, looting and property destruction. But they claimed the protests were "hijacked" by bad people. CBS’s Stretch pushed the split: "The most extreme unrest was in cities across France, where protests over poor school conditions and worker pay were hijacked by masked rioters who torched cars, burned down government buildings and looted stores, stealing most of the inventory from this boxing shop."
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On the "PBS News Hour," Ross Cullen blamed "underinvestment" by the socialists: "More than 600,000 people took part in peaceful rallies across the country, a convergence of different protest movements demonstrating against high gas prices, rising inflation, and underinvestment in public services. But the unrest that took hold after the demonstrations was unprecedented."
There was still some ludicrous "mostly peaceful" phrasing. Many mocked the BBC, as its Paris-based reporter James Waterhouse claimed, "They were mostly peaceful, but as we saw in the capital, in the wings were those who wanted to take advantage of the disorder."
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He toed that line that there were "genuine protesters," ruined by opportunist thugs: "And this morning, in Paris and across France, there is an anger. Few believe this was at the hands of the genuine protesters, but down to an opportunistic minority who came in and sought to rob and cause carnage." That throbs with support for the radicals organizing this movement, just as the BBC and American networks promoted Black Lives Matter in the violent protests and rioting after George Floyd’s death in 2020.
National Public Radio struggled with how all this unrest could be exploited. A morning news anchor lamented: "The French far right is capitalizing on what is described as the seeming failure of President [Emmanuel] Macron’s government to keep order." Seeming failure? NPR heard from French political scientist Dominique Moisi, warning about the right wing: "The risk that Marine Le Pen will be the next president of France are very real, very high."
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NBC chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel also lamented the "far right" exploiting it all. "We were there earlier this month as student protests over school conditions, initially peaceful, were growing and meeting resistance. Some of the demonstrators are trying to kick it away, to throw it away. Why all of this now? A mix of discontented youth, economic anxiety and politics, with France's far right saying all of the mayhem is caused by illegal immigration – hoping to capitalize on these scenes to win national elections just six months from now."
The "far right" in France are defined as extreme for their ardent opposition to mass migration, especially from Muslim countries, and how it will make France more like the Third World. President Donald Trump was very outspoken about letting in immigrants who hate Western civilization: "If Europe doesn’t close its borders and bring the criminals out, like the people that are protesting, Europe is finished."
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CNN and MS NOW joined in denouncing Trump for "fearmongering" over riots in "darker overtones" for political gain, which is pretty rich considering how the entire elitist media couldn’t stop talking about the Jan. 6 riot for four years to punish Republicans.
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Network TV coverage avoided showing Palestinian flags and other signs of Islamic "resistance." When activist Greta Thunberg shows up at your protests, it’s radical left and "pro-Palestinian." This also happened in the newspapers. Former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer tweeted: "I asked Grok if the NYT [New York Times] or WP [Washington Post] have shown any pictures of the rioters in France holding Palestinian flags. The answer is no. Why are these papers hiding the truth? Why are they sanitizing the news to protect Islamists?"
On the left, wokeness unites socialists and Muslims in a "diversity" framework advocating for the "marginalized." They chant "Free Palestine" as if Gaza was all about liberty and democracy. They don’t want anyone to consider who gets marginalized in Muslim-dominated theocracies. And they won’t report accurately when leftists riot abroad or at home.
Christina Applegate's MS misdiagnosis after 5 years of treatment exposes alarming medical reality
Christina Applegate’s recent revelation that she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis is raising questions about how the disease can be confused with other conditions — even after years of treatment.
The actress, 54, shared the news during an Oct. 20 episode of her podcast, "MeSsy," alongside co-host Jamie-Lynn Sigler, saying she was in a complete "state of shock."
Applegate was first diagnosed with MS in 2021 after experiencing debilitating symptoms and undergoing extensive testing, including brain and spinal MRIs and a spinal tap. She said doctors found dozens of lesions on her brain.
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After years of treatment, her doctor decided to stop her regular infusions and monitor her B cells.
"And my B cells didn't change. They didn't go higher, they didn't go lower, they didn't change, and she had never seen that. So I guess that began kind of a study into my diagnosis," Applegate shared.
After additional brain scans, the doctor came into Applegate’s room and said, "Congratulations, you don't have MS."
The actress did not consider this to be good news, however.
"Because you don't get misdiagnosed and then all of a sudden [you’re] better," she said. "I haven't gotten better … If anything, I've gotten worse in some ways."
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Applegate noted that she has "every symptom" of someone with MS, adding that there are many conditions that mirror the disease.
She recalled that her MRIs clearly showed around 30 lesions, but said her neurologist identified a different feature — which she described as a "string" — that led to the conclusion that she did not have MS.
"So I'm back at square one [and] don't know what's going on with me."
Dr. Marwa Kaisey, an associate professor of neurology at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, said during a follow-up "MeSsy" podcast episode that misdiagnosis of MS is "fairly common."
In a study of patients referred to MS clinics at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai, Kaisey — who has not treated Applegate — said she found that nearly one in five who arrived with an MS diagnosis ultimately did not have the disease.
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"Some [had been diagnosed] for decades," she said. "And a majority of them were on medication to treat their MS."
The primary challenge, according to the doctor, is that there is no single test for MS. "It's not like we have something like a pregnancy test that says, yes, you have it, no, you don't."
Instead, Kaisey said, "It's a list of criteria, some of which remain a little bit subjective."
Most misdiagnosed patients did have some type of white matter spots, or lesions, on their MRI scans, Kaisey noted, but they had a different cause that was not MS.
Newer imaging techniques may help doctors distinguish MS lesions from white matter spots caused by other conditions.
Kaisey pointed to the "central vein sign," an MRI finding that looks for small blood vessels running through the center of lesions, which is a characteristic associated with MS. The sign was incorporated into updated MS diagnostic criteria to help doctors determine whether white matter lesions are consistent with the disease.
Richard Ransohoff, MD, a Boston-based neurologist who sits on the Board of Directors for the American Brain Foundation, called the central vein sign "a real step forward" in distinguishing MS lesions from other abnormalities.
"Things are getting better, and even in the time that Ms. Applegate has been having her symptoms and her evaluation, things have gotten better," said Ransohoff, who also has not treated the actress.
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Many of the symptoms of MS — such as tingling or numbness in the feet, fatigue and brain fog — are very common in other conditions as well, according to both neurologists.
"To distinguish MS from its mimics can be challenging, and doctors, even with the best intentions … can sometimes still get it wrong," Kaisey said. "To diagnose MS, we need a symptom that's kind of very specific to MS, and we also need the MRI that looks like MS."
Kaisey said she has found that being "undiagnosed" with MS can be even harder than receiving the initial diagnosis, particularly when the disease has become intertwined with someone's identity, family and community.
"So to suddenly take that away, I think it’s earth-shattering. It's life-changing in a huge way."
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The neurologist emphasized that patients should feel comfortable asking questions and getting a second opinion.
"Don't be afraid to do that, especially if something inside is telling you that you need to dig a little deeper," she advised.
Ransohoff reiterated that MS misdiagnoses are common. "It’s a tough diagnosis, and there is no single element in the diagnostic process that tells you with 100% certainty that it is MS," he told Fox News Digital.
The neurologist said even after a diagnosis, doctors should "keep an open mind" and be willing to reconsider.
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"If things start going differently from your expectations, if the person begins to have symptoms that really don't fit in with MS, or they don't respond to treatment, then you really start to put on your thinking cap and say, ‘What else could this be?’"
"It requires the ultimate in humility as a physician. You simply have to say there are certain things we know and certain things we don't know."
Classic early MS symptoms tend to appear relatively quickly, persist for weeks and then recede, according to Ransohoff.
Anything producing a similar pattern can potentially mimic the disease. Some of those conditions may include certain strokes in younger people, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disease (a rare autoimmune disease of the central nervous system), MOG antibody disease (a rare autoimmune inflammatory disorder), lupus and migraine, he said.
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Migraine is one of the most common alternative diagnoses, both neurologists agreed.
Kaisey noted that migraine can also produce MRI abnormalities in the form of white spots, although they are usually smaller and in a different shape and location.
"If you're not looking closely at the MRI or you don't know exactly what to look for, you can confuse the two," she said.
In some cases, reversing an MS diagnosis can actually provide a concrete alternative diagnosis and better-targeted treatment — but that did not happen in Applegate’s case, Ransohoff noted.
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"You have to have tremendous sympathy for her suffering in that context, because even when treatment is not going as well as you would like, it's better to know what you're dealing with," he said.
"Facing the unknown when you feel crappy is a very tough road to go."
To prevent misdiagnosis, Ransohoff recommends that everyone who receives a multiple sclerosis diagnosis is seen by a specialist at a specialty MS center, who has developed pattern recognition after many occurrences of seeing the disease.
The neurologist noted that MS treatment has advanced dramatically over the course of his career, growing from virtually no options to more than 20 medications today.
"You want to work with someone who has experience with all those medicines, with all the various patterns that MS can show, because every person's MS is different," he said.
If a treatment isn’t helping or is causing significant side effects, an MS specialist can reassess the approach and help identify a more appropriate medication, Ransohoff added.
The doctor emphasized that the outlook for people who do have MS has improved dramatically.
"The person who's diagnosed with MS today is totally different from 40 years ago when I got started," the neurologist said. "If the diagnosis is correct and the treatment is correct, then they should do pretty well with their MS."
Missouri businesswoman and single mom killed when police SUV responding to emergency crashes into her Audi
A Missouri businesswoman and mother was killed when a police SUV responding to an emergency slammed into her luxury vehicle, raising questions about the deadly crash.
Misty Leslie, 48, died after an Independence Police Department officer driving a 2024 Ford Explorer struck the passenger side of her 2022 Audi SQ5 at an intersection outside Kansas City shortly after 1 a.m. on Oct. 11.
The Independence Police Department said in a statement that the officer was traveling west on U.S. Highway 24 with his emergency lights and siren activated when Leslie's northbound Audi entered the intersection.
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Police said early evidence suggests the officer had a green light and Leslie had a red light when the crash occurred. Both drivers were wearing seat belts.
Leslie was taken to a hospital with serious injuries and later died. The officer was also hospitalized but was not seriously injured.
Police have not said how fast either vehicle was traveling or what emergency the officer was responding to. The crash remains under investigation.
The collision comes months after Independence police tightened restrictions on high-speed pursuits following years of scrutiny over the department's driving practices.
During a March City Council meeting, interim Police Chief Douglas Brinkley said Independence officers conducted 541 pursuits in 2025, compared with 137 by Kansas City police, The Kansas City Star reported.
"I do think we have a reputation for pursuing but we still have to balance that risk versus reward," Brinkley told council members.
A 2024 investigation by the newspaper found that Independence led the Kansas City metropolitan area in high-speed police pursuits. More than 1,200 pursuits across the region in 2022 resulted in over 150 crashes and 51 injuries, with Independence accounting for about one-third of those injuries.
The department revised its policy earlier this year to restrict pursuits for minor traffic violations and city ordinance offenses. Leslie's crash, however, occurred while an officer was responding to an emergency call, not during a reported pursuit.
Fox News Digital has contacted the Independence Police Department seeking details about the officer's speed, the emergency call, his duty status and whether any video captured the crash.
A public records request has also been submitted under Missouri's Sunshine Law seeking crash reports, dispatch records, available footage and the department's emergency-driving policies.
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Leslie was a district manager with Signet Jewelers, where she supported the Banter by Piercing Pagoda brand, and owned EBW Photography, a business focused on capturing important moments in people's lives, her obituary said.
Family members remembered her as a determined, competitive leader who cared deeply about her employees and brought passion to everything she did.
But her greatest source of pride was her daughter, Emarea Leslie.
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"Of all the titles Misty held throughout her life, being Emarea's mom was the one that mattered most," the obituary read.
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Leslie's friend Christel Meinhold also paid tribute to the single mother, describing a close friendship built around raising their children and supporting each other through life's challenges.
"If you knew Misty, you knew that woman couldn't do ANYTHING halfway," Meinhold wrote in a Facebook tribute, recalling Leslie's dedication to her career, photography and motherhood.
The women also developed close relationships with each other's children, with Meinhold describing Leslie as an important presence in her son's life.
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"I wish we had one more three-hour conversation that solved absolutely nothing," Meinhold wrote.
A funeral service for Leslie was held Oct. 19 in Lee's Summit, Missouri.
Fox News Digital has also contacted the Missouri State Highway Patrol to determine whether it is assisting with the investigation, along with Signet Jewelers for comment on Leslie's death.
Cornell rape accuser can remain 'Jane Doe' as judge warns threats could lead to federal charges
A judge has allowed the former Cornell student who sued the Chi Phi fraternity members over rape allegations to continue using the pseudonym "Jane Doe."
New York Supreme Court Justice Phaedra Perry-Bond, who is presiding over the civil case, said in a Friday order that Jane Doe had argued that publicly identifying her could expose her to "retribution and retaliation," hinder her social life and career, and cause shame to her family.
Doe also told the court that she fears being identified would lead to her family being placed in danger, adding that she has "experienced extreme anxiety, depression, and insomnia."
None of the defendants opposed Doe's request to continue using a pseudonym, according to the order.
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Ultimately, the judge ruled that Doe's privacy interests outweighed the normal presumption that court proceedings should be fully public, especially given "the notoriety of the allegations" and "the widespread reports of certain malicious actors' behavior in attempting to threaten and retaliate against anyone tangentially involved in this case."
In an unusual move, the judge included a sort of public service announcement in her order, warning that attempts to harass or threaten Doe, the defendants or attorneys involved in the case could constitute a federal crime and lead to prosecution.
Perry-Bond also noted that allowing Doe to use a pseudonym would preserve public access to the case without resorting to more restrictive measures, such as sealing the court docket or closing the courtroom.
While Doe will remain anonymous publicly, the individually named defendants will continue to be identified in court filings.
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However, Perry-Bond said protections for sensitive personal information, such as home addresses, phone numbers and email addresses, should also be extended to the individually named defendants. She invited the parties to propose an agreement providing similar protections to defendants and potentially other people involved in the case.
Doe filed her lawsuit in September, accusing seven former Chi Phi fraternity members of drugging and raping her on the night of Oct. 19, 2024, and into the next morning.
The complaint also names the fraternity itself, the university, and the bar Doe went to the night of the alleged gang rape.
In the lawsuit, she alleges she was already intoxicated when she arrived at the fraternity house, where the men then pressured her to take ketamine and other substances. The men have denied wrongdoing, with some saying any sexual activity was consensual and others denying they were involved.
The fraternity was suspended on Nov. 8, 2024, the same day Doe reported sexual assault allegations to campus police, according to Doe's civil complaint.
Local prosecutor Matthew Van Houten, who intially declined to pursue criminal charges, has said Doe's sworn statement from November 2024 did not allege that she was drugged against her will or gang-raped.
That statement, Van Houten said, described her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as "voluntary, conscious, and consensual."
However, CBS New York later obtained the transcript of the Cornell police interviews with Doe on Nov. 14 and 15, 2024, during which she told investigators: "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped."
Van Houten said he was never given this full transcript. He announced late last month that his office was reopening the investigation after allegations made in Doe's lawsuit differed from those in her sworn statement nearly two years earlier.
Days after Van Houten reversed course, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul removed him from the case, citing her lack of confidence in his judgment, and appointed state Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor.
James' appointment has also drawn controversy, with multiple defendants seeking her removal over alleged bias stemming largely from a social media post she made days before her appointment that they argue showed sympathy for Jane Doe.
On Thursday, James filed a response in court, arguing that the defendants have no standing and that even if they did, the governor has the power to appoint a special prosecutor.
A separate motion from another defendant, a former fraternity member, asked the state Supreme Court to disqualify James from any future grand jury proceedings, arguing that her public comments had prejudiced potential grand jurors and undermined the fairness of the process. That matter remains pending.