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- CNN Host Cuts Off Scott Jennings in Brawl Over Black Vote: ‘It’s My Show, La...
CNN host and legal analyst Laura Coates cut off GOP pundit Scott Jennings over his take on the dilution of Black political power, jumping in to refute him and ending the argument by declaring, “Yeah, it’s my show, last word!” President Donald Trump touched off an ever-escalating redistricting war when he demanded that red states redraw their maps to gain advantages in the 2026 midterms — and dared Democrats to do the same. That war escalated when the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision striking down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana in a ruling that further weakened protections embedded in the Voting Rights Act. In rapid fashion, Republican legislatures in states across the South leapt to redistrict under the new ruling, which critics say dilutes Black representation. On Tuesday night’s edition of CNN’s Laura Coates Live, Coates discussed the issue with a panel that included Jennings, Chuck Rocha, Ashley Etienne, and Shermichael Singleton. When Jennings claimed the VRA case did not “undermine Black political power” because Black people still get one vote apiece, Coates jumped in with relish — and drew laughter with her emphatic “last word”: ETIENNE: I think Democrats are going to continue to fight fire with fire because we understand that this isn’t just about November. Again, it’s a long- term play to undermine Black political power. JENNINGS: How does this — how does the Callais case, the VRA case, undermine Black political power? All Black Americans, all white Americans, all Americans before the Callais case had one vote. Now, they all still have the franchise and they have one vote. Why is it undermining Black political power just to take away an artificial floor of Democratic seats? COATES: Oh, me, me, me. ETIENNE: Go for it. COATES: OK, I’m taking this. ETIENNE: The lawyer on that. COATES: That was in the voting section of the Civil Rights Division. And I’ll tell you, as everyone realizes, that when you dilute the voting power of a particular population, the one person, one vote is essentially a myth. If you tell them that they’re going to be separated and can never actually vote for a candidate that they’re choosing or have the opportunity to have that candidate elected, that’s problematic. And before you give me that squint, don’t tell me that Republicans have fewer offices in the New England River, but the crux of the matter is the Voting Rights Act in 1965 was designed… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Jimmy Kimmel Riffs on Trump’s Fave New Insult to Mock His ‘Bragging’ About...Jimmy Kimmel mocked President Donald Trump as “mommy’s smartest boy” for “bragging” about his ability to ace cognitive tests as he flipped the president’s new favorite insult back at him. Trump, who turns 80 next month, declared himself in “PERFECT” health after undergoing his annual physical and dental examination on Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said “everything checked out PERFECTLY” and thanked the medical staff after what the White House described as a “routine” evaluation as part of his regular preventive care. In the past, as scrutiny around his fitness for office has sharpened, the president has repeatedly pointed to his performance on cognitive screening tests, particularly the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, as evidence of his mental health. Most recently, the president riffed on the test at a rally in support of Rep. Mike Lawler’s (R-NY) campaign. During his open monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday, the comedian ran back the clip from the New York rally to mock the test as “incredibly easy.” “He’s mommy’s smartest little boy, I’m so proud of him, he got it right. This test, this test he’s bragging about is called the Montreal Cognitive Test. First of all, it’s incredibly easy. I took it myself. I got a perfect score. No problem. And second, there are no equations on this test. There’s no multiplication. There’s no division,” Kimmel said. “He’s making that up,” he added. Even his lies are lies.” Rounding on Trump’s new insult for political opponents – “Dumocrats” – the comedian continued: “You know, if you take the “E” out of dementia – if you remove the “E” and replace it with a “u.” You’ve got something called ‘dumentia.’” Kimmel went on to argue that the reason the president was “sensitive about the idea he’s losing it mentally” is because he spent so many years accusing former President Joe Biden of cognitive decline. The comedian said: “He’s sensitive about the idea he is physically unfit as well. He got another physical today. It’s his third examination in a little over a year. Do you think when they do these, he knows he’s going to the hospital? Or like when you trick your dog into going to the vet?” Watch above via ABC.The post Jimmy Kimmel Riffs on Trump’s Fave New Insult to Mock His ‘Bragging’ About Cognitive Test first appeared on… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- Fox’s Brian Kilmeade Revels in Al Green’s Primary Defeat: ‘What a Clown Sh...Fox News host Brian Kilmeade commended Texas voters for “sobering up” and voting Rep. Al Green (D) out of office in a Texas primary on Tuesday night. During a discussion about the Texas primaries on Wednesday morning’s Fox & Friends that largely focused on Ken Paxton’s victory over John Cornyn the night before, Kilmeade brought up Green’s defeat at the hands of Rep. Christian Menefee in the Lone Star State’s 18th District. “I just love the fact that Al Green is out,” Kilmeade said to co-hosts Ainsley Earhardt and Lawrence Jones. “That embarrassment, the guy waving his cane at the president of the United States. What a clown show he is.” He added: “So they finally sobered up and elected a guy we don’t really know much about, but they redistrict over there.” Kilmeade’s remark was in reference to President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address of his second term, where Green heckled Trump while brandishing his cane. He was removed from the chamber as a result. The antics also led to a vote to censure Green, who later told the House floor that he would do it again. A year later, Green was again ejected from the State of the Union address after holding up a sign that read, “Black People Are Not Apes,” a response to a video Trump posted that depicted former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as primates. Green faced off against fellow Democratic incumbent Menefee — in a matchup that was the result of the new redistricting map passed by the Republican-controlled Texas legislature. Watch above via Fox News.The post Fox’s Brian Kilmeade Revels in Al Green’s Primary Defeat: ‘What a Clown Show He Is’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- ‘Looks Terrible’: The New York Post Calls Out Trump Over Ethics Issues
(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) The New York Post called out President Donald Trump over the mounting ethical issues hanging over his administration in a new editorial imploring him to hit the reset button. “Team Trump is doing a lot of good, but overshadowing those achievements right now are some ugly optics and confusing-or-worse communications. No two ways about it: The Trump Justice Department settlement of the Trump IRS lawsuit looks terrible,” argued the Post. “A blanket guarantee that the prez and his family will never ever face an IRS audit? A $1.8 billon ‘anti-weaponization fund,’ courtesy of the taxpayers, to be doled out to people who claim they were victimized by Biden-era ‘lawfare’ — with no evident need to even show evidence? This is on a par with Joe’s final-days blanket pardons for Hunter and the rest of the Biden clan. And it landed about the same time the prez disclosed that his personal account has made 3,600 stock trades with total values of $220 million to $750 million while he’s in office.” The editorial continued: His personal fortune has reportedly more than doubled since his second term began, from $2.4 billion to $6.3 billion. Add in his sons’ extensive, highly lucrative crypto dealings with Gulf state Arabs and other foreigners. None of it is a good look, however legal or above board it may in fact be. It comes at a time when regular Americans suffer spiking energy prices (and the ensuing economic troubles) caused by the Iran war — sacrifices that may be worth the gain of permanently defanging the Islamic Republic, but sacrifices nonetheless. The Post isn’t the only right-leaning entity to take note of the bad optics; a number of Republican senators have also come out against the $1.8 Anti-Weaponization Fund. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s meeting with the GOP caucus about the issue was described as a “sh*tshow,” and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) sent his members home shortly after it. “We by no means want to put all Team Trump’s troubles down to ‘poor communications,’ but whatever public message they’re trying to send, and what policies they should rightly be proud of and crowing about, sure isn’t coming through,” concluded the Post. “Somebody needs to get on top of this, with an eye not just on the White House speaking directly to the public’s concerns, but on how what it’s doing looks to average Americans.”The post ‘Looks Terrible’:… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Joe Scarborough Nukes DNC Chair Ken Martin as ‘Just Horrible at His Job’: â€...Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough singled out Democratic National Committee chairman Ken Martin as “just horrible at his job” as he warned the party was “getting crushed” by the Republicans on fundraising because “nobody trusts” him. Martin is facing growing criticism from within the Democratic Party over his handling of a long-awaited internal review into Kamala Harris’s 2024 election loss to President Donald Trump. The DNC chair delayed releasing the post-election analysis for months before publishing it on Thursday amid pressure from party officials and donors. Still, the report itself immediately drew backlash from Democrats who argued it failed to address key issues surrounding the party’s defeat, including former President Joe Biden’s decision to seek reelection. Critics also noted that the document made no reference to Gaza or Israel, despite fierce internal divisions over the war during the campaign, further fueling concerns about Martin’s leadership ahead of the midterm cycle. In his opening salvo at the top of Wednesday’s show, Scarborough unleashed on Martin as a major impediment to Democratic potential. First of all, let’s just talk about how bad of a DNC chair Ken Martin is, and let’s just talk about how crazy the Democratic Party is that in times that should be like striking up the old ‘FDR happy days are here again,’ but they’ve got a 20% approval rating, and they’re getting completely blown away in fundraising, completely blown away! Why can Ken Martin is there instead of, well, first of all – Ben Wikler at the beginning, are anybody else force Rahm Emanuel to go back in, because Rahm wins. And I know a lot of Democrats hate that. I know they hate doing the smart thing. But my god, he is so horrible at his job. I’m sure he’s a wonderful person, a wonderful, wonderful community… I don’t know if he’s married, but I’m sure he’s a great husband. Great if he has kids, a great father, a wonderful tee ball coach, great at car pool, he’s one of those guards that goes out in school, you know? But as a DNC chair, he is just horrible. They are getting crushed by the Republicans. Guest contributor Jeffrey Goldberg, editor at The Atlantic, called the job “impossible,” which just set the host off again. Scarborough joked that Martin had been given help through massive Republican spending on the Texas primary race: No no no!… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
- ‘Fear! Panic!’ Scott Jennings Brawls With CNN Democrats Over Texas Senate Ra...CNN’s Scott Jennings brawled with Paul Begala and Xochitl Hinojosa on Tuesday night over the Lone Star State’s Senate race between Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and state representative James Talarico (D). “All these analysis of this race of sort of the differences between what a [John] Cornyn or a Paxton would look like here, I’m thinking about the differences between Talarico and literally every other Texan,” mused Jennings. “Don’t know any Texans who believe in six genders other than Talarico. Don’t know any Texans who said it’s immoral to eat meat other than Talarico. Don’t know any Texans who walk around saying things, ‘You know, God is non-binary.’ You all are both Texans. Do you know any other Texan who even talks like that? Issues aside, who says these things out loud? When this gets, when this gets adjudicated, all that money coming in from California and New York, it’ll be well spent in Texas.” “Do you know what I’m smelling, Scott? Fear! Panic! Raw, stinking panic!” replied Begala, as Jennings steered the conversation back toward Talarico’s comments on gender, and Begala stressed pocketbook issues. “You want it to be about woke, I want it to be about broke,” asserted Begala. “I want it to be about: Are you a normal person?” exclaimed Jennings. “Six genders and no meat in Texas!?” Hinojosa went on to slam Paxton over his ethical shortcomings: He [Talarico] is an eighth generation, white Texas male who loves meat and appeals, talks about the cost of living in the state, is appealing to a moderate electorate, including Republicans who don’t want to vote for Paxton, and Republicans are running completely scared right now… when I we’re talking about morality and like, you know, values and stuff like that. You have Paxton here who was married for almost 40 years, and his wife who knows him the best, ended their marriage on biblical grounds. What does that mean? I’m a Catholic. I will say that either means you cheated on your spouse with a man or a woman, or you went ahead and abused your spouse. I would say that is — when you’re talking about judgment — a woman who knows that-, has known that man for 40 years, that is judgment. Watch above via CNN.The post ‘Fear! Panic!’ Scott Jennings Brawls With CNN Democrats Over Texas Senate Race first appeared on… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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