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Screenshot via @FreddyLA7 on X. “Freddy,” the German tourist who went viral for his awestruck posts extolling the delights of American cultural institutions like Waffle House and Buc-ee’s as he travelled the country for the World Cup, has returned to social media after a brief hiatus, just in time for the semi-final matches. Along with Scotland’s Tartan Army, the Norwegians with their Viking rowing chant, and Europeans absolutely losing their minds with a newfound addiction to ranch dressing, Freddy is one of many World Cup foreign tourists who captured American hearts with his posts and he and two friends traversed the country. The German’s enthusiasm for American sports, fast food, and music racked up hundreds of thousands of followers, drew the attention of celebrities and politicians, and led to invitations and meet-ups with country singer Ella Langley, former Houston Texas player J.J. Watt, Houston Mayor John Whitmire, and multiple professional sports teams — plus lots of complimentary snacks and swag. Germany’s loss during the Round of 32 didn’t end Freddy’s travelogue, as he had booked travel for the duration of the tournament. The travel group with Ella Langley, our new favorite musician pic.twitter.com/3NAX9Cctbg — Freddy (@FreddyLA7) June 19, 2026 https://t.co/c0I6oZpXK0 pic.twitter.com/6wAQVdUPjq — Freddy (@FreddyLA7) June 16, 2026 File this under the “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” Department: Freddy soon found himself the target of backlash and conspiracies after political commentators promoted his posts to make partisan arguments. Freddy was accused of faking his guileless enthusiasm for America and being a MAGA plant, some sort of psyop, or secretly on the payroll for some elaborate product marketing scheme. Online sleuths combed through years of his past posts, arguing that he had misled his followers about not visiting the U.S. before. To be fair, that was not a claim Freddy himself had made but an incorrect assumption by some media and people who shared his posts, and he pointed out that while this was not his first visit to the States, this is a huge and diverse country and it was his first time visiting many areas, especially Southern small towns. Freddy deactivated his account on X amid the backlash, but has now returned, posting a long explanation on his account, explaining that he had left because “things became increasingly toxic.” “For some people, it’s unfortunately unfathomable that a good story can exist… [TheTopNews] Read More.59 mins ago - Washington Post Gets One of Its Interns to Fact-Check McConnell Photo Showing Pa...
AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke; Photo provided by Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office. The Washington Post got one of its interns to fact-check a photo of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) holding the paper’s sports section amid continuing “online speculation” about his health. The 84-year-old senior senator from Kentucky is retiring, having announced in February 2025 that he would not be running for re-election. He has served in the Senate since 1985 and is currently in his seventh term, making him Kentucky’s longest-serving Senator. McConnell spent years as both Senate Majority and Minority Leader as the Republicans’ electoral fortunes waxed and waned. In 2024, he stepped down from his party leadership role and was replaced by Sen. John Thune (R-SD). McConnell has been hospitalized for several weeks. Several Republicans have said they have spoken to him on the phone, but rumors and conspiracy theories have flourished online as he has remained out of the public eye. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) has repeatedly called for McConnell to provide a full update on his health to “end the crazy speculation.” In the meantime, the senator’s office has released several statements and then on Sunday, a photo of him in the hospital with his wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, by his side. In the photo, McConnell is smiling, wearing a button-down shirt and jeans, and holding a newspaper on his lap. According to the statement released from his office, McConnell said he was “briefly unconscious” and then taken to the hospital, where he has been recovering and “deal[ing] with a mild case of pneumonia,” but he did not break any bones, have a concussion, heart attack, or stroke. The newspaper in McConnell’s lap was quickly identified as Sunday’s sports section from the Post, but the “proof of life” photo did little to quell the chatter. The Jeff Bezos-owned paper weighed in Monday with a report by Ben Bindlay, who is identified at the end of the article as “an intern on The Washington Post’s politics team, covering campaigns and democracy.” Bindlay confirmed that the newspaper seen in McConnell’s photo was “The Post’s July 12 Sports section, featuring Chris Hacopian, the Washington Nationals’ selection with the No. 11 pick in this year’s MLB draft,” and included Screenshot via The Washington Post. The Post reached out to McConnell’s office to request a copy of the original photo, Bindlay wrote, and reviewed it Monday evening, finding that… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - SAN FRANCISCO
The partnership, a first of its kind for the artificial intelligence company, will use the prediction market’s data to power some search results about the soccer tournament. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Thomas Massie Calls Out the Many ’20-Minute’ Convos Republicans Have Had wit...
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) called out the ’20-minute’ phone conversations Republicans have held with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and said those calls should be taken publicly. McConnell, 84, was reportedly transported to the hospital via ambulance on June 14 after paramedics arrived at his home to assist someone unconscious from cardiac arrest. While McConnell released a statement on Sunday in which he claims he was hospitalized due to a fall that rendered him “briefly unconscious,” he said he did not break any bones, have a concussion, tumors, hemorrhages, nor endured a heart attack or stroke. He also included a photograph from a hospital bed with his wife Elaine Chao sitting beside him. Some social media users and members of the press have questioned the photo’s authenticity. Since McConnell’s hospitalization, a striking number of senior Republican figures and pundits have claimed they spoke to McConnell in nearly 20-minute phone calls. “I spoke to my old friend Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior Senator from Kentucky,” Conservative CNN pundit Scott Jennings wrote on X. “He’s still recovering in the hospital. We talked for just shy of 20 minutes … about IRAN, UKRAINE, the unfolding situation in MAINE, my visit to the TR Presidential Library, and even a little bit of Senate history. I told him we want to see him back at work as soon as possible.” Politico reported that Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso also spoke with McConnell for a similar, nearly 20-minute stretch. Amid all the 20-minute call claims, Massie took to X to crack a joke: “I spoke to McConnell for about 20 minutes this morning. He said we should end the war with Iran, quit giving aid to Israel, stop spying on Americans without a warrant, and he’s really sorry about how my primary turned out.” He continued the joke on Monday when Congressional reporter Pablo Manríquez asked him if he was convinced by McConnell’s photo. Massie: I had a nearly 20-minute conversation with Senator McConnell. And he said we should stop spying on Americans, quit bankrupting the country, and stop starting these new wars. And he expressed his sadness that I lost my primary. But it appears that a lot of people had… pic.twitter.com/T1rD97Qxsn — Acyn (@Acyn) July 14, 2026 “Well, you know I had a 20-minute conversation, nearly 20 minutes, with Senator McConnell,” Massie said. “And he said we should stop spying on Americans, quit… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Treasury Secretary Shows Off $1 Coin With Trump’s Face On It
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent proudly showed Fox’s Jesse Watters a new $ 1 coin — complete with President Donald Trump‘s face on it. In an interview from the Treasurer’s Office that aired Monday night, Bessent gave Watters a glimpse at the currency changes underway to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. Among those changes are new paper currency touting Trump and Bessent’s signatures and the $1 coins with Trump’s headshot. The coin Bessent showed Watters did not appear to be the 24-karat commemorative gold coin, approved by the federal Commission of Fine Arts in March, that features Trump from the waist up with his fists on a desk. Instead, it seemed to be the legal-tender coin intended for circulation to commemorate America’s 250th Anniversary. Trump’s White House released candidate designs for that latter $1 coin in December 2025. To date, based on publicly available information, the semiquincentennial coin does not seem to have final design approval from the Commission of Fine Arts. An 1866 law, the Thayer Amendment, prohibits the use of the likeness of any living person on U.S. currency, bonds or other notes. It came about after Treasury Department official Spencer Clark attempted to put his own image on banknotes to honor explorer William Clark. Apparently, the congressional bill for the note’s creation said it should honor “Clark,” so Spencer Clark took it to mean himself. Additionally, the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 states that a president must have been deceased for at least two years prior to being honored on a coin. “As Treasury Secretary, I only have two mandates: The currency has to say, ‘In God We Trust,’ somewhere on it, and there cannot be an image of a living person,” Bessent told Watters as he attempted to make a distinction between the rules that apply to paper currency versus coins. “But, we have the president’s signature, which again, I think it is appropriate for the 250th. During that 150th, there was a Calvin Coolidge coin. So, we can put living people’s images on a coin.” Watch above via Fox News.The post Treasury Secretary Shows Off $1 Coin With Trump’s Face On It first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Trump Explains Lindsey Graham’s Cause of Death: ‘Part of His Body Literally ...President Donald Trump offered quite the explanation for the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who died on Saturday. Graham, 71, died from an aortic dissection, which occurs when the aorta – the largest artery in the human body – endures a tear in the inner lining. That tear allows blood to leak into other layers and reduces blood flow to vital organs. Trump joined Monday’s edition of Greg Kelly Reports on Newsmax, where the host asked if foul play may have caused the senator’s death. Specifically, Greg Kelly inquired about the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin had something to do with Graham’s death. Kelly noted that the senator had just returned from Ukraine hours before his death. “Look, the Russians, they have a habit of poisoning people they don’t like,” Kelly told Trump. “And Lindsey Graham once called for Putin to be taken out. Do you have any suspicions or worries? Do you think we know the whole story about his death?” Trump downplayed Kelly’s suggestion and explained what happened to the late senator: Well, I think we do. We’ve had great doctors. And they talked about, you know, a certain part of his body literally blew up. And that’s a condition I believe his father had also. His father died very, very young from heart complications. And that’s what Lindsey had. And it’s something that’s, number one, it’s very tough to see. And even if you see it, it’s hard to fix, very hard to fix. And, you know, he had a problem with arteries and I thought it was like a 70% blockage. I said, “Lindsey, you’re gonna have to go and take care of that.” But this was not that problem. This was a different problem that wasn’t really related. The president went on to add that he spoke with Graham hours before the senator died. “But he just got back, and I said, ‘How are you doing?’ And he said, ‘Well, I’m doing good, but I’m tired.’ And within, you know, a short period of time after that call, he was gone. Amazing actually. But he was, I don’t think, you know, just to answer the conspiracy theory, I don’t know. I’d love to say yes, but I think he had some problems.” On Monday, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster (R) appointed Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone (R), to finish out the term, which expires in… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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