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- MS NOW Host Cracks Up Over Nigel Farage’s Sole Challenger With Hilarious Resem...
MS NOW’s Katy Tur cracked up while introducing her viewers to Count Binface, an “intergalactic space warrior” and the sole challenger to British lawmaker Nigel Farage. On Thursday’s The Moment, Tur assured her viewers a something like a man calling himself Count Binface and wearing a trash can on his head is “not unusual” in British politics, but there is one major detail that makes it different this time around: The cape-wearing Count Binface is Farage’s only challenger in his upcoming August election. Farage resigned earlier this week from his position in the UK Parliament, triggering a by-election, which will put him up for reelection in early August as MP for Clacton. As Tur noted, Farage has no challengers because critics have dismissed it as an election solely meant to help Farage sidestep an investigation into massive financial gifts from wealthy crypto supporters. Farage claimed triggering the by-election will allow voters to judge of his actions. With other politicians dismissing the election as a political stunt, Count Binface has stepped in. The character is a creation of comedian Jonathan Harvey. He previously ran in elections as Lord Buckethead. Both costumes have a resemblance to the Black Knight character from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a movie Tur quickly referenced in an attempt to explain the garbage-head man. Screenshot via MS NOW “Seeing this for the stunt that it is, all the major UK political parties decided to boycott the election and not give Farage the satisfaction or the chance to run on being victimized. So who is he running against? In a twist only a Monty Python writer could deliver, Farage will be running against a trash can. Yes, Count Binface. That’s his name,” Tur said. The “intergalactic space warrior” spoke to the BBC on Wednesday and laid out some of his policies, which include creating “at least one affordable house” and “nationalizing” musician Adele. He said: I will tailor my manifesto to the local area as always, but most of my national policies will remain building at least one affordable house, nationalizing Adele, bring back Ceefax, and of course moving the hand dryer in the gent’s toilet in the Crown and Treaty Pub, Uxbridge, to a more sensible position because, as you know, it’s a national issue. What makes this latest run by Harvey different, Tur noted, is that he is the only challenger to Farage,… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - CNN’s Dana Bash Lavishes Rare Praise on Trump’s Washington D.C. Renovations
CNN’S Dana Bash gave President Donald Trump an unusual bit of praise Thursday as the White House unfurled a bizarre change at the North Portico. Video and photos showed scaffolding and workers at the North Portico, putting up a new tarp to block the view of the administration’s next renovation project at the historic complex. But instead of a bland tarp, the covering features an image of the columns. Workers have for weeks been renovating the portico’s columns, CNN reported. The work follows controversy over the president’s destruction of the East Wing to make way for a ballroom and other changes. Bash, speaking with a panel on her CNN program Inside Politics with Dana Bash that included CNN reporter Betsy Klein and Wall Street Journal scribe Josh Dawsey, dunked on the tarp before calling some of Trump’s other efforts around Washington D.C. “tremendous”: DANA BASH: All right. So the moment you’ve all been waiting for folks, we’re going to show you a video of a scrim or a piece of tarp I guess that was unfurled over the portico that Betsy was just talking about. And that tarp shows what the new columns will look like. So this is the actual act of changing that clearly at the direction of the president himself. Now let’s look at a live picture of the White House. So you see there the North Portico? That’s not really the North Portico. That’s a tarp with the columns that the president likes painted on it. This is taking place at the White House as the American people are really hoping that, yeah, maybe there are some beautification projects that need to be done in Washington, but there’s also some help that they need in their lives. BETSY KLEIN: But for Trump, this is the foundation of his legacy. He believes that this is how he will be remembered. He started in the Oval Office. He demolished the East Wing to make way for his ballroom. This is just the latest example of him trying to impose his style and taste on Washington, D.C.. JOSH DAWSEY: And if you walk around D.C., particularly down by the White House, the city looks like a construction site. I mean, the staggering number of things he’s doing, whether you like these projects or think he should be spending time on other things — city parks, the Reflecting… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Ex-CIA Chief Leon Panetta Says Renewed Iran Conflict Puts U.S. in ‘Forever War...Former CIA Director Leon Panetta warned Thursday the United States is entering into a “forever war in the Middle East” after renewing the conflict with Iran. While speaking with CNN’s Brianna Keilar on CNN News Central, Panetta admitted that recent strikes mean “we’re seeing is kind of the worst elements of a forever war in the Middle East, which means that we just attack a number of targets, and Iran strikes back at targets involving our bases in the Middle East. Both are hitting each other.” “Where are we headed here?” he continued. “The options don’t look very good. It’s either continuing this kind of forever war. [Or] It’s trying to arrive at some kind of ceasefire, but ceasefires have been very weak in terms of maintaining them, largely because, frankly, we don’t have a clear position on the Strait of Hormuz. That’s our greatest leverage right now, and it continues to be probably the primary element that is upsetting almost every approach to trying to resolve these issues.” The U.S. and Iran also have more issues on the table. “And we haven’t even begun to get to the 60-day negotiations that are supposed to deal with nuclear, deal with missiles, deal with proxies, deal with other areas that need to be covered,” Panetta added. “And so right now, very frankly, it is very difficult to identify what are we trying to achieve. I mean, if I were recommending something to the president, I, I would say as long as the Strait of Hormuz remains in the control of Iran, we will never have any kind of ceasefire. We will never be able to resolve these issues.” “And I think the president has a tough decision to make, whether he’s going to take control of the Strait of Hormuz and remove that leverage from Iran,” he concluded. “That’s that’s not easy. It will involve casualties. It will involve military action. But I do not see any kind of clear path here, as long as Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz.” President Donald Trump launched a fresh wave of attacks at Iran Wednesday evening, hours after he said the Memorandum of Understanding was over. Watch above via CNN.The post Ex-CIA Chief Leon Panetta Says Renewed Iran Conflict Puts U.S. in ‘Forever War in the Middle East’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- MS NOW Tells Mediaite It ‘Stands By Its Reporting’ After Trump WH Launches S...
AP Photo/Evan Vucci An MS NOW spokesperson told Mediaite the network “stands by its reporting,” after White House communications director Steven Cheung savaged journalist Carol Leonnig over her story on President Donald Trump’s new Qatari-gifted airplane. Leonnig posted to X on Wednesday, “Trump had to switch to his old AF1 when flying from Turkey to UK — because the gifted jet he insists is great didn’t have the defensive capabilities needed for safe travel amid Iran hostilities.” Leonnig included a link to her story that reported, “President Donald Trump swapped out his new Qatari-gifted Air Force One for his flight from the NATO summit to the United Kingdom over concerns that the gifted aircraft lacks the secure communications systems and military defenses needed to safely manage a rapidly escalating conflict with Iran, according to two former national security officials familiar with the matter.” The article included a statement from Cheung: “The new Air Force One is a state-of-the-art aircraft that has been fitted with high-level security protocols that ensure the safety of the President and his staff. As the President has said recently, there are many enemies of America who have their sights on him, and we use every tool at our disposal— including distraction and misdirection— to address those threats.” Cheung jumped on the report Thursday, writing, “Carol Leonnig is a liar and this article is complete Fake News. She has no idea what she is talking about. She says the White House declined to comment. Not true. We gave comment to the New York Times and many other outlets.” “Carol is not a real journalist. A complete fraud,” Cheung added. Carol Leonnig is a liar and this article is complete Fake News. She has no idea what she is talking about. She says the White House declined to comment. Not true. We gave comment to the New York Times and many other outlets. Carol is not a real journalist. A complete fraud. https://t.co/gIFl0IHaAs — Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) July 9, 2026 It was unclear what Cheung’s beef was with the MS NOW story, since both it and The New York Times story Cheung cited included the same facts, as well as his statement. Leonnig wrote that “Neither the Secret Service, nor Boeing responded to requests for comment.” She did not say, “the White House declined to comment,” as Cheung accused the outlet.The post MS NOW Tells… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Tucker Carlson Claims Graham Platner’s Downfall Wasn’t Actually About ‘Sex...
(Christian Science Monitor via AP) Tucker Carlson claims former Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner‘s downfall was not “really about sex or tattoos” but rather a massive ploy by “the establishment.” On Wednesday, Platner announced that he would be suspending his Senate campaign amid a myriad of scandals, from a now-covered Nazi Totenkopf tattoo to recent harrowing allegations of sexual assault. Jenny Racicot, a 41-year-old Maine resident said she had an on-again, off-again relationship with Platner for more than two years, until he assaulted her. A bombshell report by Politico details her experience: “He entered her rural Maine home uninvited one night in late 2021, deeply intoxicated, and forced himself on her while she repeatedly told him to stop. She said she cut off contact with him after telling him the encounter was not consensual.” In the video announcing the suspension of his campaign, Platner insists the allegations of sexual assault against him are “all false.” Carlson, a former pro-Trump pundit who split from the president over the Iran War, shared his theory about the demise of Platner’s campaign in his newsletter, Morning Note. “Graham Platner’s fall is not really about sex or tattoos,” the X post previewing the newsletter reads. “The establishment cared so much about getting him canceled because he opposed their economic and foreign policy programs that serve the powerful and shaft average Americans.” Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro, who is in a longstanding ideological feud with Carlson, slammed the X post with his own post to the platform. “Hey, who would defend a far-Left candidate with a Nazi tattoo, a deep and abiding hatred for America, and multiple rape allegations?” he wrote. Lyndsey Fifield, another ex-girlfriend of Platner’s who accused him of being “cavalierly contemptuous of women’s emotions, of our ‘weakness'” in a New York Times article last month told The Washington Post that he would remove condoms during sex without her consent or knowledge.The post Tucker Carlson Claims Graham Platner’s Downfall Wasn’t Actually About ‘Sex or Tattoos’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Onetime Partner of Accused Charlie Kirk Killer Says He Confessed to Murder in Pe...Luna Twiggs, the onetime romantic partner of accused Charlie Kirk shooter Tyler Robinson, said Robinson confessed in person to the killing and “started crying a bit.” Twiggs’ previously recorded comments were played in the courtroom during day four of Robinson’s preliminary hearing. (NPR Utah reported last month that defense records indicate Twiggs’ name at birth was Lance, but her chosen name is Luna and she uses she/her pronouns. The state’s Fourth District Court Judge Tony Graf has referred to Twiggs by her birth name and with she/her pronouns.) Fox News broadcast the moment the recording was played live. Kirk was shot on September 10, 2025, while speaking in Utah. Twiggs, who has since moved out of state, spoke to officers in April of this year. It is unclear if the pair are still in a relationship. Twiggs told officers she saw Robinson on September 11. “He was up and around doing a lot of stuff around the house,” she said. “And then I think I saw him after that message where I said … I was doing laundry. I didn’t want him going to my parents’ house right then, when he said there was probably cops outside. I went back home. It was just him there, and I said bye to him, and he drove off. I just went back to my parents’ house.” Twiggs added Robinson was “walking around a lot.” When asked if Robinson spoke about Kirk’s shooting, Twiggs added, “[He] didn’t go into detail. I asked him in person if what he said was true the night before and he said it was. He started crying a little bit, and said he wishes he hadn’t done it it. And then kept going around, just doing stuff, I think to keep himself busy or distracted or something.” Robinson “eventually said he would talk to his parents or turn himself over,” Twiggs also said. NPR Utah also reported the defense wanted to subpoena Twiggs and have her testify in person, but prosecutors successfully argued in-person testimony was not necessary at this stage. Watch above via Fox News.The post Onetime Partner of Accused Charlie Kirk Killer Says He Confessed to Murder in Person: ‘Started Crying a Bit’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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