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- MAGA Speaker at Trump Religious Event Makes Unhinged Plea for Ballroom: The Lord...
MAGA speaker and evangelical author Eric Metaxas made the claim that President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project was part of a divine plan and historic mission involving the president that stretches back to America’s founding. Speaking at the “Rededicate 250” prayer event on the National Mall on Sunday, tied to celebrations for America’s upcoming 250th anniversary, Metaxas took attendees on a journey through U.S. history, making the case that “God’s hand” on the nation was clear “every time” the country “was saved” from threats designed to destroy it. “It was 30 years after we won our independence, the British challenged us in the War of 1812, burning parts of that city named after George Washington,” he began. “ You may be familiar with that city.” “They burned part of the city, including the White House, which at the time, if you can believe it, did not yet have a ballroom,” he followed. The audience laughed as Metaxas continued: “It’s hard to believe that it would take two centuries for the Lord to raise up a great man to bring that ballroom finally to stand where it needs to stand.” “It’s extraordinary,” he added. “We only had to wait 200 years.” The ballroom project, meanwhile, remains mired in legal and political controversy. Senate Republicans failed to secure taxpayer-backed security funding for the overhaul on Saturday after the Senate parliamentarian ruled the provision violated budget rules, handing Democrats a victory in their campaign against the project. Trump has insisted the estimated $400 million ballroom itself would be privately funded, though congressional Republicans had sought to tap part of a broader $1 billion security package following a shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner in April. The project also continues to face legal scrutiny from preservation groups challenging the demolition of the White House East Wing, even as an appeals court allowed construction work to proceed last month. Watch above via CSPAN.The post MAGA Speaker at Trump Religious Event Makes Unhinged Plea for Ballroom: The Lord Raised Up ‘A Great Man’ to ‘Bring That’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - John Oliver Fires Off Scorching CBS Protest, Shouts Out Stephen Colbert as He En...
(Screengrab via X/LateNighter) John Oliver gave a public tribute to late-night ally Stephen Colbert as the credits rolled on Sunday’s edition of Last Week Tonight, demanding viewers tune in to Thursday’s Late Show finale and borrowing a pointed and profane barb at CBS. In the final seconds of Oliver’s last broadcast before the finale is set to air, he praised the outgoing Late Show host in a shout-out. “Please enjoy Colbert’s final shows — he’s the f*cking best,” Oliver told viewers. “Good night, and good luck, motherf*ckers!” he added. “Please enjoy Colbert’s final shows,” John Oliver told viewers at the end of Sunday's 'Last Week Tonight.' “He’s the f*cking best. Good night, and good luck, motherf*ckers!”Full story: https://t.co/UK7kt3sFqw pic.twitter.com/PRzzk89ZV7 — LateNighter (@latenightercom) May 18, 2026 The signoff echoed Letterman’s appearance on The Late Show days earlier, when the former host offered a spin on legendary broadcaster Ed Murrow’s trademark farewell to deliver a jab at “the folks at CBS.” The defiant snipe at executives overseeing CBS, who canceled Colbert’s show last year, came as Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of Oliver’s home network, HBO, also moves toward a merger with Paramount. Late Nighter outlined Oliver’s professional history with Colbert, which stretches back over 20 years to when he worked under the host and Jon Stewart at The Daily Show. The outlet added, notably, that since Colbert took over The Late Show in 2015, Oliver has become the program’s most frequent guest, officially appearing 23 times, alongside multiple cameos and ensemble appearances. Oliver was with Colbert last Monday during the “Strike Force Five” reunion, as he joined a special Late Show send-off that also brought together Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Seth Meyers. CBS will pull the plug on the show on May 21 after announcing its cancellation last year. The network said that it was ending the show’s multi-decade run for financial reasons — although critics have pointed out that the cancellation came after Colbert criticized parent company Paramount’s $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump, which it finalized while seeking federal approval for a merger. Watch above via HBO.The post John Oliver Fires Off Scorching CBS Protest, Shouts Out Stephen Colbert as He Ends Show first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Trump Posts Bonkers Image of Himself Firing Missiles at Earth From Space
Truth Social/Donald J. Trump President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself firing missiles at Earth from space on Sunday in a post promoting the U.S. Space Force. In the image, simply titled “Space Force,” Trump could be seen in a spaceship or station pressing a big red button. In the background, five monitor screens showed lasers hitting the Earth below and creating a huge, nuclear bomb-like mushroom cloud, seemingly large enough to eradicate all human life on the planet, as the monitors read, “TARGET DESTROYED.” Truth Social/Donald J. Trump The president also posted another Space Force image that showed him operating satellite weapons to destroy other satellite weapons in Earth’s orbit, next to a flag that read, “STACEBS SPACE FORCE.” Truth Social/Donald J. Trump In yet another image posted by the president on Sunday, Trump could be seen walking next to an extraterrestrial, who appeared to have been taken prisoner by U.S. forces. Truth Social/Donald J. Trump “Space is now recognized as a warfighting domain and the United States must be prepared to meet the emerging threats we face in this new battlefield,” said the White House in 2018 following Trump’s launch of the Space Force. “Recognizing this, President Trump is taking action to ensure that the American military is equipped to protect our Nation and preserve our freedom to operate in, from, and to space.” The Trump administration is currently working a “Golden Dome” space-based missile interceptor system, with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Lockheed Martin awarded contracts to make the project a reality. In March, Trump’s NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman also announced that the agency would build a U.S. base on the moon in the coming years.The post Trump Posts Bonkers Image of Himself Firing Missiles at Earth From Space first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Anderson Cooper Fights Back Tears in Final ’60 Minutes’ Sign-Off After Two D...Anderson Cooper choked up as he signed off from 60 Minutes for the last time on Sunday night, after two decades on the show, with a heartfelt farewell tribute to the flagship newsmagazine’s journalistic value and historic importance. The veteran journalist delivered his final report for the programme during the season finale, which would be his last, before growing visibly emotional as he attempted to record his closing line: “I’m Anderson Cooper.” After pausing for several seconds and looking down to compose himself, he repeated the sign-off three times, a long-running tradition on the show. In an extended 60 Minutes: Overtime, Cooper reflected on his over 20 years as a correspondent for the show. At the open of segment, when one interviewer informed him of his two decade span at the show, Cooper replied, “Wow, it’s been a hell of a ride.” Clips rolled of past assignments and interviews, from celebrities to lawmakers and business moguls, cut with commentary from Cooper. “This is crazy,” he said. “This is my last shoot for 60 Minutes. 60 Minutes has always been a place, at least for me, that you get to step into somebody else’s shoes. You get to see things through their eyes and see what their struggles are and what they are facing and you learn from that.” Cooper added that he first began watching 60 Minutes after his father died and that the show stood out for its “trusted” and “hard-hitting” reporting, as he fondly recalled the familiar names of past CBS correspondents and striking stories they brought. Cooper also said that when he finally landed the role he “could not believe” he had made it to the show and recalled how after legendary reporter Bob Simon died, he was given his office, and still keeps a bottle of scotch that was left behind by the man, who he noted later repeatedly inspired him in the field. Further clips ran that included interviews with Prince Harry, actor Donald Sutherland, and singer Lady Gaga, but Cooper said the stories that stayed with him most involved ordinary people. Recalling stories reporting across Africa over the years Cooper said, “That’s the great thing about 60 Minutes is that if you pitch a story of like, ‘I think this is a really important story. Let’s go and do it.’ They’ll say yes.” “The thing is, it’s never felt like work. It’s felt… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
- Stacey Abrams Accuses Mike Johnson of Celebrating The ‘Return of Jim Crow’Stacey Abrams accused House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of celebrating “the return of Jim Crow to the South” after he commended the Supreme Court for ruling race-based gerrymandering violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Abrams ripped Johnson and the recent redistricting decisions during an interview on MS NOW’s The Weekend: Primetime on Sunday. The show played a clip of Johnson telling Fox News earlier in the day that the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling that Louisiana’s congressional map violated the VRA was “long overdue” and was “bringing back fairness and certainty to the system.” Co-Host Antonia Hylton then asked Abrams what she believed Johnson meant by that. “He’s saying it brings back 1964, 1963, 1892,” Abrams said, when “race neutral” laws made it harder for Black Americans to vote. “The race neutral laws that were in place prior to the Voting Rights Act said that you could have poll taxes and literacy taxes that diminished participation, but were race neutral,” Abrams said. She said Johnson is from the South and should understand as well as anyone that “this is bollocks, that this is hogwash. They are very clear that race and partisanship sit side-by-side.” Abrams continued, saying the “remarkably racist behavior” that was thwarted by the Voting Rights Act has now returned. “And so what he is celebrating is the return of Jim Crow to the South. And that is a terrible thing for America.” The former state representative from Georgia is not the only Democrat to blast the recent redistricting victories for Republicans. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) accused members of President Donald Trump’s administration of preferring to see Black Americans “pick cotton” than pick the president during an appearance on MS NOW on Saturday. Her harsh words came a few weeks after the Supreme Court’s ruling voided Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district; the court’s conservative-leaning justices found the state’s map relied too heavily on race. Chief Justice John Roberts said the Louisiana district was a “snake” created along racial lines. Justice Samuel Alito agreed, writing the map was an “unconstitutional gerrymander.” Trump celebrated the decision afterwards, saying it was the “kind of ruling I like.” Watch above via MS NOW.The post Stacey Abrams Accuses Mike Johnson of Celebrating The ‘Return of Jim Crow’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.12 hours ago
- 60 Minutes Reveals Insider Trading on US Military Conflicts Is Exploding: ‘Luc...Prediction markets analysts told 60 Minutes Sunday that insider trading on U.S. military conflicts is exploding, and that the soldier accused of trading on the U.S. invasion of Venezuela was merely a small fish in a very large pond. Last month, Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke was indicted on federal charges for allegedly using information he had about the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to rake in $400,000 on Polymarket. “In the U.S. it’s prohibited to make military bets on platforms like Polymarket, though it’s easy to find digital workarounds as Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly did,” 60 Minutes correspondent Jon Wertheim said. “Here is what’s more astounding than the existence of military bets — how often they pay off.” “It’s alarming to see a culture around betting on war,” said reporter Michelle Kendler-Kretsch at the anti-corruption data collective that examined Polymarket bets on military actions. “She looked specifically at long-shot wagers, bets with less than 35% odds,” Wertheim said. “Despite being underdogs, they won more than they lost, a telltale sign, she says, of, quote, ‘systemic insider trading.” Kendler-Kretsch said that military bets on those long-shot wagers have a 52% success rate, while sports bets are at just 7%. “This might be the most insane pattern we have found on Polymarket so far,” said Nicolas Vaiman, who runs a small data analystics firm called Bubblemaps based in Paris, France. The firm, “creates visualizations of bets on Polymarket to spot bubbles, or clusters, of suspect traders,” Wertheim said. “This big cluster in the middle, no one talked about it,” said the firm’s head of investigations, who goes by the online handle Deebs. “They shared, for the first time, what they believe is a more egregious insider trading case than Gannon Ken Van Dyke’s,” Wertheim said. “We spotted nine Polymarket accounts all connected who made collectively $2.4 million betting almost exclusively on U.S. Military operations. Van Dyke made $400,000. Here $2.4 million. Now, here is the crazy part. 98% win rates,” Vaiman said. “This is like winning the lottery multiple times,” Deebs added. “The linked accounts made dozens of winning bets on the specific dates of pivotal moments in the war with Iran even when the odds were low,” Wertheim said before asking, “How do we know this isn’t just someone who has really good instincts?” “Luck alone cannot explain the numbers,” Vaiman said. “If you know this,… [TheTopNews] Read More.12 hours ago
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