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Screenshot via C-SPAN The FEMA official who claimed he once teleported to a Waffle House has been ousted from the agency, CNN reported on Thursday. In March, CNN’s KFile team — Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck, and Gabe Cohen — reported that Gregg Phillips, the head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, had a disturbing history of violent political rhetoric and even claims of teleporting to a Waffle House. Phillips wildly recalled in a January 2025 podcast: I was with my boys one time and I was telling them I was gonna go to Waffle House and get Waffle House. And I ended up at a Waffle House – this was in Georgia and I end up at a Waffle House like 50 miles away from where I was. And they said, “where are you?” and I said, “A Waffle House.” And “a Waffle House where?” And I said, “Waffle House in Rome, Georgia.” And they said, “That’s not possible, you just left here a moment ago.” But it was possible. It was real… Teleporting is no fun. It’s no fun because you don’t really know what you’re doing. You don’t really understand it, it’s scary, but yet – but so real. Now, according to CNN’s Kaczynski and Cohen, he’s been “pushed out” of FEMA. While the Department of Homeland Security maintained that Phillips was only “taking leave for personal reasons,” sources told the outlet otherwise. “New DHS leadership had grown weary of the embarrassment surrounding Phillips’ public image and of his periodic clashes with the department’s other leaders,” CNN wrote. Per a FEMA statement to The Washington Post, which first reported on Phillips’ departure, the former official “has played a pivotal role in stabilizing the Office of Response and Recovery and advancing key reforms to strengthen our mission delivery.” Additionally, the Post wrote that a senior official who left FEMA earlier this year, David Arnold, will come back to take Phillips’ post in an acting capacity.The post FEMA Official Who Claimed He Teleported To Waffle House Gets Beamed Out of Agency first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.54 mins ago - World Cup Pride Match Scheduled in Seattle Will Be Iran vs. Egypt, And They’re...
Photo by Quinn Daedal via Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 Creative Commons License. When Seattle was granted a World Cup match for this month — June is Pride Month — the host committee made plans to show support for the LGBTQ+ community with a “Pride Match Day.” And then FIFA drew Iran and Egypt for that spot in the schedule. Neither country is happy about it. A spokesperson for the Iran national team voiced loud criticism of the “Pride Match Day” without mentioning it or the LGBTQ+ community by name, issuing a statement to The Athletic that merely referred to “this movement”: The Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran takes this matter seriously and has clearly communicated its position to FIFA. Iran and Egypt are two Muslim countries with deep cultural and religious commonalities, and the views expressed by both federations reflects the values and beliefs shared by the people of both countries. Our position is that no ceremonies, or promotional activities associated with this movement should be present inside the stadium or as part of the match environment. This position has been communicated to FIFA through the appropriate channels. We believe FIFA should take into account the views and concerns of the participating teams when considering matters related to the match environment and stadium presentation. FIFA has been informed of this shared position by both countries and is expected to take the necessary steps to ensure that no related ceremonies or promotional activities take place within the stadium or as part of the official match environment. The Athletic’s report noted that the Iranian spokesperson also said that the government “has relayed to FIFA that it does not wish to see symbols or representations of the ‘movement’ within the stadium,” but FIFA has confirmed that it views the World Cup as an “inclusive event” and will permit rainbow flags at all its matches throughout North America this year. The Egyptian Football Association expressed similar objections in its own statement, declaring it would refuse to participate in “the holding of any activities related to supporting homosexuality” during its match against Iran, because this “directly contradicts with the cultural, religious and social values in the region, especially in the Arabic and Islamic communities.” The plans for Pride Match Day were conceived by the Seattle host committee before Iran and Egypt were named in the draw for the game last December.… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Trump Says ‘Iran Wants To Make a Deal With Us Very Badly’ – Right After I...
President Donald Trump reiterated his claim that Iran is desperate to make a deal, doing so right after it was reported that the country struck a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. On Thursday, U.S. and Iranian officials confirmed to The New York Times that Iran hit a cargo ship attempting to transit the vital waterway via the southern route off the coast of Oman. Iranian officials had warned ships that they must navigate the strait through its territorial waters. Trump has claimed that Iran no longer controls the passageway. A U.S. official told the Times that Iran used a drone to hit the ship. In response, the U.N. halted its plan to evacuate sailors from ships that had been stranded in the Persian Gulf. Iran closed the strait after the U.S. and Israel began bombing the country in February to put economic pressure on Trump to stop the campaign. The U.S. and Iran reached a temporary ceasefire agreement in April, which has been renewed multiple times, though the sides have exchanged sporadic fire. About an hour after the latest attack was reported, Trump told a gathering of farmers that Iran is negotiating from a position of weakness. He did not mention the strike. Iran wants to make a deal with us very badly,” the president insisted. “And we probably will, I think we will. But the strait is open.” He added, “We knocked the hell out of them, and now we’re negotiating from a position of pure strength, pure strength. They know that. And the strait’s already open. And we’re setting records in the strait.” The war has been broadly unpopular since the beginning. Elsewhere in his remarks on Thursday, the president told the farmers that they will soon be able to sell their products to “the lovely country of Iran.” Watch above via Real America’s Voice.The post Trump Says ‘Iran Wants To Make a Deal With Us Very Badly’ – Right After It Bombs Ship first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Trump Tells Farmers They’ll Be Able to Sell Products to ‘The Lovely Country ...President Donald Trump promised American farmers that they’ll soon be able to sell products to “the lovely country of Iran” during a Thursday dinner at the White House’s Rose Garden. Referencing Iran, with whom the U.S. signed a memorandum of understanding to end their conflict last week, Trump said, “After years of getting ripped off by other countries on trade, we’ve reduced the agricultural trade deficit, just this year, by 42%, opening markets to the American exports, and all over the world, we’re opening up markets for the farmers.” The president continued: And we have another one, a new market, coming up. And that’s called the lovely country of Iran. It’s a beautiful place. Would anybody like to go there? Uh, the Islamic Republic of Iran, uh, they’re having a hard time with food, and we’re gonna be taking some of their money and we’ll spend it, and we’re gonna be buying wheat, soybeans, and corn — a lot of it — and, uh, that process is gonna be starting pretty soon. It’s gonna be pretty big, too. I think it’s gonna be very big. Early on Thursday morning, however, Speaker of the Parliament of Iran Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf posted on X, “America falsely claims our unfrozen assets will buy their agriculture. Interesting. The only crop we’re harvesting is what you planted: decades of mistrust. It’s organic, abundant, and homegrown. But apparently the US only exports GMO soybeans, broken promises, and trash talks.” America falsely claims our unfrozen assets will buy their agriculture. Interesting. The only crop we're harvesting is what you planted: decades of mistrust. It's organic, abundant, and homegrown. But apparently the US only exports GMO soybeans, broken promises and trash talks. — محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) June 25, 2026 Trump’s pledge garnered a lot of attention from left-leaning voices on X, including from MeidasTouch editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski, who wrote on Thursday, “So then farmers won’t need anymore taxpayer bailouts from this point forward then like they have to get constantly during both of Trump’s terms? No more welfare for farmers?” Notably, in a March White House address, the president claimed that farmers “make enough money” already and that government financial assistance “doesn’t matter to you, right?” Watch the clip above via @WhiteHouse on YouTube.The post Trump Tells Farmers They’ll Be Able to Sell Products to ‘The Lovely Country of Iran’ first appeared… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- ‘I’m Gonna Get in Trouble’: JD Vance Quotes ‘Great Christian Theologian ...Vice President JD Vance quoted the “great Christian theologian P Diddy” during a Thursday conversation at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, laughing, “I’m gonna get in trouble.” Speaking with Richard Nixon Foundation CEO Jim Byron, Vance was questioned on the title of one of his chapters in Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith — “More Money, More Problems.” “Why does more money sometimes cause more problems?” asked Byron. “Well, you know, I’m a millennial, and so I believe that’s the wisdom of the great Christian theologian P Diddy,” said Vance to laughs from the crowd, “who, as we found out over the last couple of years, is very much not a Christian or a theologian.” Here, Vance is referring to disgraced hip-hop artist Sean Combs, who is currently serving a 50-month sentence for two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. “Mo Money Mo Problems” is a 1997 song by The Notorious B.I.G., featuring Combs and Mase. “But,” the vice president attempted to continue while still laughing, “see, I’m gonna get in trouble for all kinds of things. That’ll be one of ’em. That will be in an attack ad at some point in the future.” Also in his Thursday appearance, Vance commented on the “historical legacy” of former President Richard Nixon. “I think that his historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, but I think deservedly so,” said the vice president. “As I joked with [former National Security Advisor] Robert [O’Brien] backstage, if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12-hour news story. The idea that it would have taken down a presidency is crazy. And by the way, if you look at the story of how the deep state took down Richard Nixon, it’s not all that different from what the same groups of people, the same institutions, tried to do to [President] Donald Trump.” Watch the full clip above via @NixonFoundation on YouTube.The post ‘I’m Gonna Get in Trouble’: JD Vance Quotes ‘Great Christian Theologian P Diddy’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
- Trump Declares, ‘The Communists Are Finally Making Their Move’
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta In a statement more befitting the Cold War era, President Donald Trump announced that “the communists” are trying to take over, stating that they are “finally making their move.” The president appeared to be reacting to Tuesday’s Democratic primary results in New York, where three candidates endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, won U.S. House primaries, two of which were against incumbent members of Congress. On Thursday, Trump posted on Truth Social to say he has been preparing for the return of communists “for a long time.” “The Communists are finally making their move,” he wrote. “I’ve been waiting and preparing for this for a long time. It’s easy to be a Communist — All you have to do is say, ‘I’ll give you everything,’ but that means you’re taking it away from others that have earned it. Over thousands of years, that Ideology has not worked once. The game is on. Enjoy watching!” On Tuesday, former NYC comptroller Brad Lander crushed Rep. Dan Goldman to earn the nomination in the 10th district. Union organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated Rep. Adriano Espaillat in the 13th district. And state Rep. Claire Valdez trounced Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso in the 7th district. All three districts are solidly blue, and so the Mamdani-backed candidates are expected to win. Tuesday’s primary results came as something of a shock to establishment Democrats. CNN’s Van Jones, a former Obama administration official, said, “The roof is collapsing on the Democratic Party establishment. Democratic strategist James Carville called for a “schism” in the Democratic Party. “And I actually do think it’s time for Democrats to talk the ‘s’ word: schism,” Carville reacted on Thursday. “I really do. Everybody’s always said, ‘No, no. We’re a coalition. We’re a big tent.’ And there’s just some sh*t I can’t be in the same tent with.”The post Trump Declares, ‘The Communists Are Finally Making Their Move’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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