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- The Five Cheers ‘Pompous’ Scott Pelley’s Firing: ’60 Minutes Murdered It...
The hosts of Fox News show The Five cheered new 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton’s decision to fire veteran anchor Scott Pelley on Tuesday after Pelley criticized the show’s new leadership at a staff meeting. Bilton’s first meeting with 60 Minutes staff on Monday– after being appointed to his new role by CBS editor Bari Weiss on Thursday amid a slew of firings– was hijacked by Pelley, who demanded to know more details on the firings, which included correspondent Cecilia Vega and the show’s long-time Executive Editor Draggan Mihailovich. The former anchor of CBS Evening News also took aim at Weiss, claiming she had “no qualifications for her job” and is “murdering 60 Minutes.” Pelley criticized Bilton directly, telling him he “would never be welcomed” at the show and calling out Bilton’s “slender” qualifications for the job. Bilton announced Pelley’s termination in a letter addressed to the longtime 60 Minutes correspondent on Tuesday evening, calling out his “misconduct” and “antipathy to the future of the show” before informing him of his firing. The move triggered outrage from a swath of media figures, including MS NOW anchor Rachel Maddow, who accused Bilton of overseeing a “Hungarian, oligarchic-style takeover” at President Donald Trump’s urging. Wednesday’s edition of The Five characterized Pelley’s ouster in a starkly different light. “This guy throws a tantrum in a public view. Then he leaks it to everyone to amplify his like appearance as some kind of hero,” said Greg Gutfeld. “He just looks like a cartoon because he is a cartoon.” He continued: If you look at people like Nick Shirley and Chris Rufo, Bill Melugin’s border coverage, [Michael] Shellenberger on homelessness, it reveals how far 60 Minutes has fallen. They have not done any real investigative pieces, and the all the mistakes they have made. You remember Leslie Stahl talking about the laptop, denying it was real, or Pelley himself blaming Biden’s infirmities on a stutter? These guys are idiots. Goodbye. Kayleigh McEnany struck a similar tone, telling co-host Jesse Watters that the newsmagazine was to blame for its own upheaval. Watters agreed, calling the show “bloated” and “stuck in the past,” before Martha MacCallum turned the conversation back to the “pomoupous” Pelley. Read their exchange below: MCENANY: A lot of people would argue, Jesse, that 60 Minutes murdered itself. I mean, you had Scott Pelley bringing on Marc Elias as if he were some neutral lawyer or victim of Russian collusion. WATTERS:… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Four House Republicans Defy Trump and Push War Powers Resolution Over the Finish...
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images The House of Representatives delivered a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump on Wednesday as four Republicans crossed the aisle to pass a war powers resolution regarding the conflict in Iran. The House was supposed to vote on the measure on May 21, but Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pulled it from the floor when it appeared that not enough Republicans would be present to vote against it. But on Wednesday, the measure passed as just enough Republicans voted in favor of the resolution, which directs Trump to withdraw U.S. military assets from the war on Iran. The vote was 215-208. Every House Democrat voted for the resolution, as did four Republicans: Reps. Tom Barrett (MI); Warren Davidson (R-OH); Brian Fitzpatrick (PA); and Thomas Massie (KY). A similar measure is being considered in the Republican-controlled Senate. Even if the resolution were to pass the Senate, the president can – and almost certainly would – veto it. Nevertheless, Wednesday’s largely symbolic vote is a sign of how unpopular Trump’s war on Iran is. Last month, an ABC-Washington Post poll revealed that the war, which Trump launched with Israel on Feb. 28, is more unpopular than the Vietnam and Iraq wars, both of which are broadly considered foreign policy disasters. Sixty-one percent of Americans say the war is a “mistake,” and just 19% say the campaign has been successful. When asked about the war’s unpopularity last week, Trump said he does not care. “They have 250% inflation,” the president said of Iran. “Their money has no value. Their whole economic system is broken down. They thought they were gonna outwait me, you know. ‘We’ll outwait him. He’s got the midterms.’ I don’t care about the midterms.” “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,” Trump added, reiterating his claim that the country was close to building a nuclear weapon, despite U.S. intelligence assessments to the contrary.The post Four House Republicans Defy Trump and Push War Powers Resolution Over the Finish Line in Stinging Rebuke first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - GOP Candidate Asked Point-Blank If He’s ‘A Liar and a Fraud’ — Then Brin...
Screenshot via social media Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial debate this week featured local 9News anchor Kyle Clark pressing the leading candidate on his “extraordinary” claims about his life and straight up asking him how voters can know if he’s a “liar and a fraud?” The race pits two MAGA candidates, including Victor Marx, who is ahead in the polls, against the establishment candidate State Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer (R). Kirkmeyer also had an eyebrow-raising moment during the debate when she defended once trying to lead the northern part of the state to secede. Clark pressed Marx hard on his past claims, which include that he killed a man at age seven. “You claim that you’ve been all around the world, armed to the teeth, rescuing women and children from captivity, that you stopped human smugglers at the Mexico border and made them pay a price, that you, as a civilian, called in a U.S. Military airstrike that killed 70 ISIS fighters, that you were the first American into Gaza during the war with Israel, that you’ve done 150 high-risk missions and every one has been a success. You told me last week that it’s all true and that you don’t need to prove it to anyone. But you’re talking to voters now. How should voters decide whether you’ve lived one of the most extraordinary lives in human history, or whether you’re a liar and a fraud?” Clark asked. Marx tried to pivot with an attack on Kirkmeyer, answering, “Can we back up to her for one second? Please, please answer the question, sir. I will. But this — I’ll make a little informal complaint. The folks at home don’t want to hear about her past and what she did. That’s not gonna make a lick of difference to those who are having trouble putting food on the table, Kyle, paying their electricity bill, having to try to figure out how they send their kids to school.” GOP Gov candidate Victor Marx says he doesn’t need to prove his claims about living a life of danger and daring as a high risk missionary. I asked Marx how voters should decide whether he’s lived one of the most extraordinary lives in human history or if he’s a liar and a fraud. pic.twitter.com/XAytUpBGn9 — Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) June 3, 2026 Clark interjected, “Sir, how much of your time do you plan to… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - SpaceX IPO to Be Largest Ever at $135 Share Price
The $135 share price means Elon Musk’s rocket maker is poised to exceed the 2019 initial public offering of Saudi Aramco in both valuation and money raised. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Trump Eggs On Reporter To Read His Anti-Communist Social Post Back to Him: ‘Di...President Donald Trump felt his new anti-communism post on social media was so well-written that he stopped an Oval Office press conference on Wednesday to have a reporter read his words back to him. Iris Tao — a reporter for NTD News, which is associated with the right-wing Epoch Times — brought up Trump’s “stern words” on communism when the president called on her to speak. “I just wrote that — did you like that?” Trump giddily asked her. Tao told him it was “certainly meaningful to a lot of Americans.” She likely included herself among those people; Tao was born in China and has said she grew up “absorbing a lot of communist propaganda.” “Well, you wanna read it? Do you have it?” Trump asked her. “I just felt, I’ve seen what’s going on with communism…” Trump continued, as she checked her phone for his Truth Social post. Tao then started to read it aloud: Communists always do well with the Voters or, as they would say, THE PEOPLE, in the Early Years! But, in the end, the Country, State, or City, GOES TO HELL! Great Violence proceeds at levels never seen before, and the entity dissolves into Poverty, Squalor, and Crime. Remember, breathtaking “Popularity” first, and then, guaranteed DEATH AND DESTRUCTION! Trump then picked it up from there, saying Americans were seeing the misery of communism in cities like New York City — where democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is mayor — and Los Angeles. “It’s so easy, you know. I’d be the greatest in the world,” Trump said, while speculating what would happen if he suddenly became a socialist. “Nobody would be as good as me… I would sell them, ‘You’re gonna get free rent, you’re gonna get free houses, you’re gonna get free food, you’re gonna get free everything,'” Trump continued. “But eventually that ends. And it leads to death, destruction, and squalor — 100% of the time.” The president then referred to Mamdani’s few trips to the White House. Trump said he was a “very nice person” and a “smart guy,” but that he had no idea why he was so anti-business. It made no sense, Trump said. Watch above via Fox News.The post Trump Eggs On Reporter To Read His Anti-Communist Social Post Back to Him: ‘Did You Like That?’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
- World’s Top Women’s Tennis Player Says She ‘Just Wants to Quit’ the Spor...
Screenshot Aryna Sabalenka, the world’s top women’s tennis player, floated the idea of quitting the sport altogether following a stunning upset loss in the French Open. Sabalenka faced 25th-ranked Diana Shnaider on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the tournament. After winning the first set 6-3, Sabalenka led the second 5-3 and was just one game away from winning the match and advancing to the semifinals. Instead, the Belarusian tennis star completely collapsed in the second set and lost 7-5. Then, she stunningly lost the third set 6-0 to cap a miraculous comeback by Shnaider. Sabalenka lost the final 10 games of the match. No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka is OUT of Roland Garros after losing 10 STRAIGHT GAMES to No. 25 Diana Shnaider Another upset in Paris pic.twitter.com/TRKBHcd7sP — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 3, 2026 After the match, a dejected Sabalenka spoke to the media when she revealed the loss was so demoralizing she wanted to give up the sport. “No thoughts, no emotions,” she said when how she was feeling after the match. “Just wanna quit tennis right now, but we’ll see. We’ll see in a few days. Hopefully I’ll get back on track mentally.” "No thoughts, no emotions. Just want to quit tennis right now…" Aryna Sabalenka after her loss to No. 25 Diana Shnaider #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/C87w8mf6XM — TNT Sports U.S. (@TNTSportsUS) June 3, 2026 For Sabalenka, it was second straight year in which she struggled in the French Open. In last year’s tournament, she lost to American star Coco Gauff in the final. Like the 2026 tournament, she won the first set before collapsing in the second and third.The post World’s Top Women’s Tennis Player Says She ‘Just Wants to Quit’ the Sport After Gutting Loss first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
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