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- Al Sharpton Slams Ron DeSantis for Mocking Hakeem Jeffries With ‘Offensive Acc...
Al Sharpton did not enjoy Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) showing off his impression of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) earlier this week, with the reverend accusing DeSantis of using an “offensive accent” on his MS NOW program on Sunday. Sharpton added it was just another example of the Republican Party’s “racist rhetoric” on display. He asked his guest, Florida Democratic Chair Nikki Fried for her reaction to DeSantis “mocking” Jeffries, which he said coincided with Republicans “dismantling civil rights protections that have been an important part of our democracy for decades now.” Sharpton was referring to the recent 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that race-based gerrymandering violates the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Fried said DeSantis was trying to “dehumanize” Jeffries and “dismantle” human decency. She continued: Remember that this has been Desantis’ M.O. You know, just a couple years ago, he got rid of Black history in our school system. Back in 2022, he actually vetoed the the maps from the legislature during the actual redistricting period of time so that he can draw his own maps to dismantle one of our Black elected congressional seats in the panhandle. So this is what Ron Desantis has consistently been doing. You know, [the] “Stop Woke Act,” the DEI attacks. So I’m not surprised that DeSantis continues to stoop lower and lower and lower when it comes to his rhetoric. You can judge DeSantis going after Jeffries for yourself via the clip below: LMFAO!! Gov. Ron DeSantis just mocked the CRAP out of Hakeem Jeffries, doing an impression of Temu Obama's failed threats to block Florida redistricting "We gon' do MAXIMUM WARFARE against Republicans! Florida Republicans, you F around, you gonna find out!" "He's like,… pic.twitter.com/LmZf9t6yjJ — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 30, 2026 As for the landmark Supreme Court ruling from last week, Sharpton was not the only cable news talking head who was upset about it. MS NOW legal analyst Paul Butler argued the ruling showed the Supreme Court clearly does not “respect” the rights of Black and Brown voters on Saturday night, and CNN star Abby Phillip worried the ruling could“eradicate” political representation for Black Americans and other minority groups in the South. President Donald Trump, on the other hand, celebrated the decision on Wednesday. The court’s decision voided Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district, with the court’s conservative-leaning justices finding it relied too heavily on… [TheTopNews] Read More.40 mins ago - Trump Announces US Will Help ‘Free Up’ Ships from Strait of Hormuz — Warns...
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. Navy will help “guide” the ships of “neutral and innocent bystanders” safely through the Strait of Hormuz as part of a new initiative. The president dubbed the new plan “Project Freedom” and announced it would begin Monday morning in a post on Truth Social. Trump posted, “Countries from all over the World, almost all of which are not involved in the Middle Eastern dispute going on so visibly, and violently, for all to see, have asked the United States if we could help free up their Ships, which are locked up in the Strait of Hormuz, on something which they have absolutely nothing to do with — They are merely neutral and innocent bystanders! For the good of Iran, the Middle East, and the United States, we have told these Countries that we will guide their Ships safely out of these restricted Waterways, so that they can freely and ably get on with their business.” He said it was mission to help nations that are “not in any way involved” in the Middle East currently. “I have told my Representatives to inform them that we will use best efforts to get their Ships and Crews safely out of the Strait,” Trump said. “In all cases, they said they will not be returning until the area becomes safe for navigation, and everything else.” Trump continued: I am fully aware that my Representatives are having very positive discussions with the Country of Iran, and that these discussions could lead to something very positive for all. The Ship movement is merely meant to free up people, companies, and Countries that have done absolutely nothing wrong — They are victims of circumstance. This is a Humanitarian gesture on behalf of the United States, Middle Eastern Countries but, in particular, the Country of Iran. Many of these Ships are running low on food, and everything else necessary for largescale crews to stay on board in a healthy and sanitary manner. I think it would go a long way in showing Goodwill on behalf of all of those who have been fighting so strenuously over the last number of months. The president ended his post with a warning: “If, in any way, this Humanitarian process is interfered with, that interference will, unfortunately, have to be dealt with forcefully.” Watch the clip above via Fox News.The post Trump… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Press Freedom’s Real Crisis Is Hiding in Plain Sight
(ABC/Evan Vucci/AP photo) This post was originally published on Dan Perry’s Ask Questions Later Substack page *** Media freedom is under pressure as governments discover the effectiveness of not only killing and jailing journalists but deploying regulation and legal pressure – such as the FCC pressuring ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel. But as we mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3, there is a deeper shift at play: the creator economy has collapsed the distinction between journalism and content, leaving the public unsure what the press is, and why it’s worth defending. This is the actual emergency. At the baseline level, the figures making the rounds look bad: The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that 330 journalists were imprisoned worldwide at the end of 2025, while Reporters Without Borders finds that more than half the global population now lives in countries where press freedom faces serious constraints. They describe the visible assault on journalism, mainly from authoritarian systems that have sought to controlling inform. Independent reporting disrupts that control, and repression follows. The more surprising development is what’s happening in some democratic systems, chiefly in the United States under the Trump Administration, where pressure on the media operates through institutional channels that carry the appearance of legality. The shameless move by the Federal Communications Commission to initiate an early review of station licenses held by ABC is this week’s prominent case in point. Kimmel had caused offense with jokes about the First Lady. This kind of procedural burden can function as pressure in a clear assault on free speech. The pattern extends into more direct interventions affecting how journalism is practiced. The administration has tightened control over White House press pools over political issues and imposing new constraints on Pentagon access while using litigation as a tool, with high-profile lawsuits targeting outlets including CBS and CNN over coverage, impose financial and legal burdens. Across democratic (but backsliding) societies, variations of this pattern appear through regulatory scrutiny, legal exposure, and public campaigns that seek to delegitimize reporting. These measures rarely amount to outright suppression, yet raise the cost of offering the government. The effect accumulates gradually, nefariously, and often without significant public opposition. Why is much of the public indifferent, then? Don’t people want journalism? I think part of the answer is confusion at this time about what journalism even is. The social foundation that sustains press freedom has shifted… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Barney Frank Speaks to Jake Tapper After Entering Hospice — Delivers Stern War...Former Sen. Barney Frank (D-MA) delivered some stern warnings to fellow progressives as he enters his final days in hospice care due to congestive heart failure. The 86-year-old spoke to CNN’s Jake Tapper Sunday about his new book, The Hard Path to Unity: Why we must reform the left to rescue democracy. “You are a Progressive icon, but now you are expressing some reservations about where the Progressive movement has gone,” Tapper said. “Yes, I’ve been trying to decide, by the way, personally, whether it’s better to be an icon or an emoji,” Frank quipped. Frank said Progressives were making a crucial mistake on culturally sensitive issues like transgender people in sports, by “taking the most controversial parts of the agenda and turning them into litmus tests.” “Obviously, I’ve been working for gay rights — started in 1972 when I filed the bill, and we in the movement to established fairness for gay and lesbian and bisexual people,” Frank said, continuing: We picked to work on those issues, which were more acceptable. We didn’t get to marriage until after these other things had been resolved. And that’s what I’m suggesting that we do today. The analog is male to female transsexuals playing sports that are for women. I understand a lot of anger about that. And I think in the interest of the transgender community as well as others, it would be better to go at that in a more granular way and not simply announce that if you don’t support it, you’re a homophobe. Tapper asked about the controversial Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner from Maine, whom Frank surprisingly likened to President Donald Trump. “Look, Donald Trump, we originally thought was a joke, and then he turned out to be very good at one thing — exploiting voter discontent. And so he won an election based on that,” Frank said. “And since then, it’s gone back to being a joke. The man is imploding. He has no program that he’s seeking to adopt. I think Platner actually shares with Trump this capacity for making the most out of the anger that people feel. What I’m afraid of is that he won’t be able to translate that into enough votes.” “But I am concerned that among some in my party, there has been a ‘flavor of the month’ tendency. So that somebody who’s new and hadn’t been able… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Karl Rove Tells Republicans How to Win the 2026 Midterms — And Argues Trump Ca...Karl Rove gave congressional Republicans a sobering warning on Sunday: They cannot depend on President Donald Trump to pull a rabbit out of his hat and help them keep control of the House and Senate during the midterms later this year. The former senior adviser to President George W. Bush shared his game plan for the GOP to retain a congressional majority during an interview on Fox News Sunday. His take in a nutshell: stop being conservative and start being more aggressive. “The Republicans are falling back on the problem that most White House parties fall into in a midterm election, which is to say ‘Vote for me, I’ve done a good job, do you want more of the same?’ and they can’t do that,” Rove said. He continued, “They’ve got to go on the offense by saying the big issues of the day, we can do better than the other side. Affordability? Where were you back when we had 8% inflation under Joe Biden? Were you, my Democratic opponent, opposed to those policies? I am.” Rove said GOP lawmakers also need to beat their chests over tax cuts from the Big Beautiful Bill. “Most import of all, they’ve gotta show they have another act. Not just ‘Vote for me because of what I’ve done.’ But ‘vote for me because of what I want to do. Here is the agenda I’m going to work hard for in my next term,'” Rove said. “And that agenda has to come from them — it can’t be given from the leadership, can’t come from the president. It has to come from them.” If not, voters will view congressional Republicans as inauthentic followers, Rove added. His analysis comes as the Dems enjoy a fairly cushy lead in most polls; the one major outlier is Harvard’s latest poll showing the two parties tied heading into November. Watch above via Fox News.The post Karl Rove Tells Republicans How to Win the 2026 Midterms — And Argues Trump Can’t Do It for Them first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Josh Shapiro Ally Caught On Tape Saying the Governor Secretly Boosted a GOP Cand...
(AP Photo/Marc Levy, File) An ally of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said the governor stealthily boosted a Republican’s reelection bid as payback against a Democratic challenger who questioned whether Shapiro was “secure enough” to serve as Kamala Harris’ running mate during the 2024 election. Axios reported the story on Sunday. “Bob Brooks, a Shapiro-backed candidate for the U.S. House, made the surprising comment Wednesday to a small group of Democratic college students” at Lehigh University, reporters Holly Otterbein and Alex Thompson wrote. Their report included a 50-second audio clip of Brooks making his claim, after he was asked why his Pennsylvania firefighters union supported Republican Stacy Garrity over Democrat Erin McClelland in 2024; Garrity was the the state treasurer at the time and went on to defeat McClelland in that year’s election. “That was a request, ironically, from Gov. Josh Shapiro because Erin McClelland was running against her,” Brooks told the college students. He added, “Josh Shapiro had requested because Stacy, er, Erin McClelland came out hard about something on Josh Shapiro, and really, the Democratic Party as a whole turned on Erin McClelland. And he said, ‘I would like you guys to endorse Stacy Garrity.'” Brooks was referring to when McClelland publicly criticized Shapiro being floated as Harris’ pick to be her vice president. “I want a VP pick that’s secure enough to be second under a woman, is content to be VP & won’t undermine the president to maneuver his own election & doesn’t sweep sexual harassment under the rug,” McClelland posted on X in 2024. Axios explained that was McClleland talking about “Shapiro’s former top aide, Mike Vereb, being accused of sexual harassment in 2023. Vereb stayed in his position for months after a complaint was filed, and Shapiro’s administration reached a settlement with Vereb’s accuser for $295,000.” Shapiro said he did not know about the complaint until months later. Brooks later told Axios he “misspoke and made an inaccurate statement.” Listen to the audio below: Scoop w/ @hollyotterbein Josh Shapiro secretly helped the Republican state treasurer's 2024 bid after their Dem opponent criticized Shapiro as a potential VP pick, close Shapiro ally Bob Brooks said.Brooks said he misspoke. We have the audio:https://t.co/sylgRZD7Ol pic.twitter.com/F0AzC0wp6d — Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) May 3, 2026 Otterbein and Thompson wrote Shapiro going against his own party over the insult showed his “penchant for hardball political tactics.” “It also could… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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