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- Black Dem on CNN Blasts Debbie Wasserman Schultz for Refusing to Back Down in Mi...
Democratic congressional hopeful Elijah Manley blasted Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) for entering a primary race where she’s facing three Black challengers for a seat to represent a Black plurality district. Manley joined CNN’s Victor Blackwell on Saturday’s First of All and the candidate argued he is the best choice out of a crowded field, where Wasserman Schultz is now the only white candidate running. As Blackwell noted, Wasserman Schultz’s decision to run to represent Florida’s 20th district comes after redistricting efforts in the state. Wasserman Schultz is facing a total of four candidates: Luther Campbell, former U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (who resigned from office over an ethics investigation), Broward County Mayor Dale Holness, and Manley. Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Nikki Fried has come out and criticized Wasserman Schultz over her “refusal to engage in meaningful dialogue about her decision.” “I am disappointed by the congresswoman’s refusal to engage in meaningful dialogue about her decision, especially after our democratic ecosystem coordinated so closely to stop Republican redistricting,” she told the Miami Herald. She added that she has to remain neutral in the race due to her position, but that “does not require silence about our values. We will keep fighting for the maps, the seats, and the process that reflect every Black Floridian’s voice.” Manley accused Wasserman Schultz of carpetbagging and “playing games” with her explanation for running. The congresswoman explained to NBC that she already represented a majority minority district. “This is a majority minority district, just like the one that I represent now, this district. I represent a district now that is 42% Hispanic and 18% Black and the rest, non-Hispanic, white, and other. This district is 42%, Black and 20% Hispanic so I have represented a majority minority district for years, I know how to stand up for fight for and represent diverse communities,” she said. Manley responded: You know, the congresswoman can create any excuse that she wants, but at the end of the day, she did not engage in meaningful dialogue with the community before she decided to run. She ignored the legislative Black caucus and its chair chair. She ignored all the Black elected leaders, which is why she has no endorsement from any one of them. She ignored community leaders, the party. Like Chair Fried said, she ignored all of that dialogue. And now she’s pretending like she had those conversations… [TheTopNews] Read More.34 mins ago - Bill Maher Drops Bombshell Endorsemet of Graham Platner — By Comparing Him To ... Comedian and pundit Bill Maher advised Democrats to vote for embattled Senate candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) in a commentary that concluded with a comparison to President Donald Trump. On Friday night’s edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the interview guest was former David Sedaris, contributor to The New Yorker, humorist, and author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book “The Land and Its People. The panel guests were Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media; and Hagar Chemali, former spokesperson of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations (UN), co-founder of the Lebanon-Israel Peace Alliance, and host of the YouTube show “Oh My World.” Maher devoted the bulk of his “New Rules” segment to endorsing Platner and comparing him to other “broken people” — like Trump: BILL MAHER: Finally, New Rule: Let’s get real about Graham Platner. If you’ve been sleeping on politics lately, well, who can blame you? But the big story is the Democrats can likely take back the Senate in November if they win Maine. Their local candidate — now official after the primary this week — let’s just say has a backstory that screams “Don’t elect.” Now, I don’t judge Graham Platner because I’m just learning who he is. Problem is, so is he. What I do know is he served his country in the Marines in war, and you can never discount how big that is. But then there’s the sexting while married, scary behavior according to some of his exes, old posts about how he’s a communist and “all cops are bastards” and “Black people don’t tip.” Well, they don’t tip cops — I can understand that. Here’s a typical Platner quote he said about the Iraq War: “You can think it’s dumb and also kind of not want to miss it.” Oh Graham, I feel the same way about so many things — the Oscars, Christmas, Taylor Swift’s wedding, that little speech Nicole Kidman gives before the movie comes on where she looks insane. And then of course, there’s the Nazi tattoo on his chest. I mean, seriously, this guy’s whole life is the movie *The Hangover*. He doesn’t need a term in the Senate — he needs a gap year in Costa Rica. And yet, I would still urge the folks in Maine to vote for him for two reasons. One: We need to restore balance in our government, and a Democratic Senate would help a… [TheTopNews] Read More.46 mins ago
- ‘What the F*ck Are We Doing?’ Joe Rogan Rips Through Trump Grievances and Un...Joe Rogan and his guest ripped through a list of grievances with President Donald Trump and argued the man’s second term has nothing been everything his supporters hoped for. Author and bowhunter Cameron Hanes joined Rogan this week on The Joe Rogan Experience where Hanes declared he has “no idea what this current Trump term even is.” Hanes and Rogan were discussing how the negativity of politics and the state of the world can drag one’s mental health down, and Rogan brought up several issues that people have concern over, like the Epstein files and questions around the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “I can go down a negative rabbit hole pretty easy. I try to avoid wading in that,” Hanes said. “Well sometimes it’s like, you just get fed up. Like, where the f*ck are these Epstein files? The f*ck is this? Why is this redacted? Where is it? Who the f*ck killed [John F. Kennedy]? Come out with it. Who f*cking killed Charlie Kirk, for real? Like, what is that? Why is that f*cking story so clouded in mystery? Why do they pave over the f*cking ground right after the shooting? What the f*ck is going on there?” Rogan asked. “See, now you’re making me in a bad mood,” Hanes responded, adding he’ll lose “his sh*t” if he thinks about those subjects too much. “We’re all pissed. We all thought that, you know, all that stuff was gonna be released right after the election. We’re gonna drain the swamp and find all the pedophiles,” Rogan said. “Well, the first term was more like that. That’s what gave me hope for this term. The first term, there was some draining the swamp going on, I felt. Then we had the [Joe] Biden disaster, and now the second term has been, I don’t even know what this is,” Hanes said. Rogan pointed to the Iran conflict as the breaking point for some Trump supporters. “Well, it would have been a whole lot different, first of all, if we didn’t bomb Iran. I feel like we bombed them the first time, we were good. The second time was like — even the first I’m like, what the f*ck are we doing? And then when they were saying, like, this is it, the the escalations are over we’re gonna work this out. And the second time when we bombed them,… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- Anti-MAGA Host on CNN Mocks Trump ‘Shirtless Lubricated’ UFC Birthday Bash: ...Anti-MAGA podcast host Loren Piretra mocked President Donald Trump’s UFC fight in an appearance on CNN, telling host Elex Michaelson “It’s giving Pride Parade.” The Trump-backed “Freedom 250” organization is putting on a UFC fight at the White House on Sunday to celebrate Flag Day/Trump’s birthday. The president’s bash has survived a legal challenge, but may run into stormy weather. On Friday night’s edition of CNN’s The Story Is, host Elex Michaelson asked Piretra if the fight is “a good use of the White House lawn” and Piretra derided it as a trashy, overpriced, homoerotic spectacle: MICHAELSON: Yeah. Well, speaking of fight, President Trump is getting ready to host a UFC fight on the White House Lawn. We have live pictures as they’re getting ready for that. There’s been legal fights to try to stop that. This whole thing is built. $60 million spent by UFC on this. You think this is a good way to use the White House Lawn? PIRETA: When I think about this and when I think about what the people need in this moment, it is not men in a cage, shirtless, lubricated, fighting each other under a Budweiser sign. People are without health care. Health care is unaffordable. They can’t afford to put gas in the car. The cost is astronomical. And people voted for Trump because they believed that he was going to make their lives more affordable. But instead, what we’re getting is this mix between an 80-year-old birthday party and a pride parade. And what are American citizens doing? We’re paying for the bill for the Super Bowl level security. MICHAELSON: You’re saying this is the pride parade? PIRETA: It’s giving pride parade. There is going to be shirtless men lubricated in a cage under, a Budweiser logo and a crypto logo. It’s kind of giving something we’d see in West Hollywood on a good weekend. Watch above via CNN’s The Story Is.The post Anti-MAGA Host on CNN Mocks Trump ‘Shirtless Lubricated’ UFC Birthday Bash: ‘It’s Giving Pride Parade’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Polls Show Blue Collar Whites ‘Seriously Doubting’ Trump ‘For First Timeâ€...
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Blue collar white voters are “seriously doubting” President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy in a recent “extraordinary swing,” the New York York Times noted after a review of polling data. Trump has seen his approval drop in several areas as the Iran conflict rages on, but the Times’ Shane Goldmacher wrote that going into the latest midterms this years feels very different from 2018 when Republicans lost dozens of House seats, but gained in the Senate. According to the Times: Today, that once-deep reservoir of good will has largely evaporated. Blue-collar white voters are, for the first time, seriously doubting Mr. Trump’s handling of the economy. A review of polling by The New York Times shows an extraordinary swing on that issue among white voters without college degrees between his first midterm election and now. The president has gone from “working class white voters” approving of him on the economy by a 30% margin in 2018 to now facing disapproval ratings from 14 to more than 30%. “His cratering support among a loyal demographic that has served as the foundation of his political coalition for a decade has the potential to be among the most consequential developments of 2026, according to interviews with strategists in both parties who are involved in the midterms,” according to the Times. Recent approval data from Fox News, CBS, NPR/Marist/PBS, CNN, and the New York Times/Siena College all have Trump at an approval rating ranging from 33% to 47%. According to CNN polling, the president’s approval on the economy among working class white voters has fallen from 66% in 2018 to 57% now. Fox polling showed a 25% approval on his handling of inflation, and a Times survey found just 36% approval among white blue collar voters on the cost of living. The cost of gas and other goods has gone up amid the Iran conflict, and inflation recently rose above 4% for the first time in three years. Republican pollster John McLaughlin, who previously worked with Trump, warned that white blue collar voters are essential to Republicans keeping control of Congress. “It’s critical,” he said. “If they don’t, we lose the House and the Senate.”The post Polls Show Blue Collar Whites ‘Seriously Doubting’ Trump ‘For First Time’ in ‘Extraordinary Swing’: NYT first… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Paramount Honcho Blames Opposition to WBD-CNN Mega-Merger on Antisemitism Amid D...
screenshot A key Paramount figure recently blamed opposition to the Warner Brothers Discovery mega-merger — which would include CNN — on antisemitism, even as the deal’s Qatari and Saudi financing is scrutinized by officials. The debt-heavy $111 billion merger was approved by the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division on Friday, but still faces obstacles from other state and international regulatory bodies. Paramount Chief Legal Officer and former Trump Justice Department official Makan Delrahim said, in an LA Times interview this month, that the deal is hampered by the “antisemitic viiews” of some of its critics: Many people in Hollywood view the merger with trepidation because of the prospect of more job losses. Others see it through a political lens. How do you evaluate the politics? Politics is part of life. It’s part of the beautiful process of democracy. Generally, we are very empathetic to the folks in Hollywood, but this transaction will actually create more and better and exciting jobs. David is an absolute lover of films; he’s a filmmaker himself. For the first time, you are getting an owner who comes from the creative side. Let’s be honest. There’s a lot of fear-mongering, particularly from people in Washington, D.C. They are running a political campaign. Some of these people are trying to inflict harm on this transaction really because of their own antisemitic views. Regulators and law enforcement officials will see right through that. Delrahim did not elaborate, but he did go on to dismiss concerns about the debt that goes along with the deal: Do regulators share others’ concerns about the merger debt — $79 billion — for the combined company? Some regulators appropriately have asked about it. They say: ‘This is what we have heard, that you guys are not going to be around because of this debt,’ which is just silliness. David and his family are owner-operators. They’re not rented CEOs. They have over 50% ownership. They put their money at stake and my money is on them. Much of that debt — almost forty percent — will be held by Saudi, Qatari, and UAE wealth funds, according to a Paramount filing reported by Variety: Paramount said Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will have a 15.1% equity stake; the United Arab Emirates’ sovereign wealth fund will own 12.8% equity; and the Qatar Investment Authority will own 10.6% equity. Paramount has previously said foreign investors backing its WBD… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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