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- GOP Rep Questions Top Trump Diplomat Who Claims Biden Admin Was ‘Trying to Mak...
During a Thursday House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) questioned Sarah Rogers, the State Department’s undersecretary for public diplomacy, over her claim that former President Joe Biden’s administration was “trying to make the maps more gay.” Rogers, who serves under President Donald Trump, was called as a witness in the hearing titled “Advancing National Security Through Public Diplomacy.” At around the two-hour mark, Mast, who serves as chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, asked, “Can you tell me what is queering the map?” “So I think we were trying to make the maps more gay,” said Rogers, referring to efforts she said were made by the Biden administration. Mast, looking astounded, responded, “Literally? How do you make a map more gay? Or gay at all?” “I don’t know,” admitted Rogers. “Since the age of cartography, we’ve had pretty good maps, but maybe they weren’t gay enough. I also took critical theory in college, and I think sometimes people use ‘queer’ as a verb. I do understand that the maps we were trying to make gay were, I think, of Czechia and Slovakia. So maybe those countries asked for it. I doubt it, but I don’t know.” “We do have real things to work on in Congress, like what’s going on with the imminent threat of Iran. And it’s embarrassing that we have to talk about the fact that things like this were funded,” said Mast, referencing grants from the United States for “a DEI flash mob in Kyrgyzstan, a diversity roadshow in India, diversity and inclusion programs in Luxembourg, Spain, New Zealand, Canada, and Malaysia, teaching trans and intersex leaders in India.” “We would absolutely love to know the individuals specifically who were busy writing these grants, because they have no business receiving another paycheck from the people of the United States of America,” concluded Mast. Watch the clip above via the House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats on YouTube, starting at the 2:01:08 timestamp.The post GOP Rep Questions Top Trump Diplomat Who Claims Biden Admin Was ‘Trying to Make the Maps More Gay’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago - Virginia Legislature Passes Bill Banning Public Schools From Teaching January 6 ...
AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File The Virginia legislature has passed a bill that prohibits the state’s public schools from teaching that the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was a “peaceful protest” or that there was “extensive election fraud” in the 2020 presidential election. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) is expected to sign the bill that was passed on party-line votes by Democratic majorities in the state House of Delegates and Senate and is believed to be the first of its kind in the U.S., according to a report by The Washington Post. The text of the bill, HB333, adds new language to the Virginia statutes that requires any local school board that imposes new restrictions on “[a]ny program of instruction on or relating to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol” and “any accompanying curriculum or instructional materials, or any instruction provided by a teacher as a part of any program of instruction.” Any school that teaches about the events of Jan. 6, 2021 is required by HB333 to “[d]escribe the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol as an unprecedented, violent attack on United States democratic institutions, infrastructure, and representatives for the purpose of overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election.” The new statutory language also says that schools shall not “describe, portray, or present as credible a description or portrayal of the actions precipitating or involved in the events of the January 6, 2021, insurrection as peaceful protest” or “state, suggest, or present as credible a statement or suggestion that there was extensive election fraud that could have changed or actually changed the results of the 2020 presidential election.” The bill’s sponsor, Virginia Del. Dan Helmer, a Democrat representing Fairfax, characterized HB333 a response to a website launched by the White House on Jan. 6, 2026 that blamed Democrats and Capitol police for the violence, accused then-Vice President Mike Pence of “cowardice” and “sabotage,” and claimed no wrongdoing by President Donald Trump. “The White House webpage says January 6 was a peaceful protest, and people who instigated it were the police and National Guard,” said Helmer. “This is a preventative measure against a massive disinformation campaign on the part of the White House.” Republican legislators criticized HB333 as “state-sponsored mind control,” reported the Post, adding that the bill “raises complicated questions about how far government should go in dictating how… [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago - Ben Stiller Shames Trump Administration for Using ‘Tropic Thunder’ Clip: ‘...Actor and director Ben Stiller is the latest artists to demand the Trump administration stop using their work as “propaganda.” The White House X account posted a mash-up of war-hype movie clips and actual Iran strikes for its latest Iran war promotion Friday under the heading, “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY.” The movie clips included Gladiator, Braveheart, Top Gun, and Stiller’s 2008 film, Tropic Thunder. “Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip. We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie,” Stiller wrote. https://wwww.twitter.com/BenStiller/status/2029989426948870182 The clip in question showed actor Tom Cruise as Hollywood studio executive Les Grossman doing a celebratory dance. Last year, Trump poached pop star Sabrina Carpenter’s song “Juno” in a post that depicted ICE raids, which the artist called “evil and disgusting.” And Top Gun songwriter Kenny Loggins “spoke out against the White House’s use of his hit song ‘Danger Zone’ in a video that depicted Trump flying over No Kings protestors and dropping poop all over them,” according to The Hollywood Reporter, saying, “This is an unauthorized use of my performance of ‘Danger Zone.’ Nobody asked me for my permission, which I would have denied, and I request that my recording on this video is removed immediately.” According to a report in Vanity Fair, “Since Trump began his political career in earnest, he’s been told off, sued, insulted, or some combination of the sort by legends like the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Rihanna, Pharrell Williams, and Phil Collins,” to name a few. Friday’s White House video ran one day after critics berated the administration for splicing clips of actual strikes on Iran with scenes from the video game “Call of Duty.” CNN panelist David Sanger, with The New York Times, said he’s “never seen anything like this, that sort of takes the real footage and tries to basically suggest this is a game.” Watch the clip above via The White House.The post Ben Stiller Shames Trump Administration for Using ‘Tropic Thunder’ Clip: ‘War Is Not a Movie’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago
- Gavin Newsom Calls Kristi Noem a ‘Scapegoat’ for Stephen Miller: The ‘Dark...
Last night @GavinNewsom said Kristi Noem is just the scapegoat and Stephen Miller must face accountability next pic.twitter.com/dizlbI54xp — Jack Cocchiarella (@JDCocchiarella) March 6, 2026 California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) accused President Donald Trump of using Kristi Noem as a “scapegoat” after her sudden removal as Homeland Security secretary, instead pointing the finger at the White House’s hardline deportation policy architect Stephen Miller. Trump fired Noem late Thursday and nominated Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) to replace her after reportedly being angered by testimony she gave earlier in the week before the Senate Judiciary Committee. During the hearing, Noem was grilled by Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) and claimed the president had commissioned a $220 million advertising campaign designed to encourage undocumented migrants to self-deport. Newsom seized on the shake-up while speaking in New Hampshire during a tour promoting his new book, Young Man in a Hurry. Appearing on-stage with Gen Z liberal influencer Jack Cocchiarella hours after the ouster, the governor was asked about Noem’s firing but quickly redirected attention toward Miller, who serves as White House deputy chief of staff. “Let’s be honest here. The dark heart of this administration is not known, it’s Stephen Miller and he needs to be next. And it’s really true,” Newsom said. He continued: “In so many ways, she’s just a scapegoat in all this. Everything she was doing was designed by Miller. And I don’t think it, I know it, remember where I come from, California. Future, in this respect, happened in California first.” Posting the clip to X, Newsom called out Miller, warning: “You’re next, Stephen.” Watch above via X.The post Gavin Newsom Calls Kristi Noem a ‘Scapegoat’ for Stephen Miller: The ‘Dark Heart’ of the Trump Admin first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago - Betting Company Sued for Refusing to Pay Out $54 Million to People Who Bet on Kh...
(Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/AP photo) Kalshi, a betting company, is being sued for not paying out $54 million to users who predicted Iran’s supreme leader would be out of office by March 1, just days after he was killed. A class action lawsuit was filed on Thursday that called Kalshi’s actions “deceptive” and “predatory.” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s ex-supreme leader, was killed, along with other high-ranking government officials in strikes this week launched by both the U.S. and Israel. “With an American naval armada amassed on Iran’s doorstep and military conflict not merely foreseeable but widely anticipated, consumers understood that the most likely—and in many cases the only realistic—mechanism by which an 85-year-old autocratic leader would ‘leave office’ was through his death. Defendants understood this as well,” the lawsuit reads. Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour has defended his company’s decision, saying his company does not deal with markets “directly tied to death.” “We don’t list markets directly tied to death,” the CEO wrote on Saturday on X. “When there are markets where potential outcomes involve death, we design the rules to prevent people from profiting from death. That is what we did here.” Reacting to news of the lawsuit, Mansour doubled down on his defense of refusing the payouts. “We stand by principle and law: 1. Kalshi didn’t deviate from its market rules. They were clear that death did not resolve the market to ‘Yes,'” he wrote. “2. Kalshi’s rules prevented a ‘death market’, where traders directly profit from death. This is a good thing (+ we’re a US based market). 3. Kalshi made no money here, and even reimbursed all losses out of pocket. Not a single user walked away losing money from this market.” We stand by principle and law: 1. Kalshi didn't deviate from its market rules. They were clear that death did not resolve the market to "Yes". 2. Kalshi's rules prevented a 'death market', where traders directly profit from death. This is a good thing (+ we're a US based… https://t.co/gXMeQECFLz — Tarek Mansour (@mansourtarek_) March 6, 2026 Mansour has argued that there is a “death carveout” rule that has always been part of his company’s policy. “While the rules were clear and we tried our best to highlight them, traders vocalized they were not prominent enough,” he said. “We heard you, and we decided to reimburse out of pocket for… [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago - Obama Honors Jesse Jackson at His Funeral: ‘Rose Above Despair and Kept That R...Former President Barack Obama honored the late Reverend Jesse Jackson at his Chicago funeral on Friday, emphasizing that during the civil rights movement, Jackson was someone who “rose above despair and kept that righteous flame alive.” Jackson, the longtime civil rights leader, two-time presidential candidate, and protégé of Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of 84 on Feb. 17 after decades as one of the most recognizable figures in American activism and politics. Along with Obama, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Joe Biden, former First Lady Jill Biden, and former Vice President Kamala Harris were in attendance for Jackson’s Friday funeral. “When the optimism of the early movement had begun to fade, and leadership had begun to fracture, and when the country seemed to have grown bored, gotten weary of the idea of justice and equality, and moved on to other concerns,” Obama said, “Reverend Jackson rose above despair, and kept that righteous flame alive.” Speaking of Jackson’s campaigns for president and specifically, the 1984 Democratic presidential candidates debate, Obama said, “I remember how at the time, plenty of people, including — I’m sorry — plenty of black folks, were dismissing Jesse’s chances. Suggesting, ‘He just wants attention,’ ‘He can only get black votes’ … In his ideas, in his platform, in his analysis, in his intelligence, in his insight, Jesse hadn’t just held his own — he had owned that stage.” “He wasn’t an intruder. He wasn’t a pretender. He belonged on that stage,” underscored the former president, before speaking of the inspiration he felt as a fresh college graduate watching that debate in 1984. “The message he sent to a 22-year-old child of a single mother with a funny name — an outsider — was that maybe there wasn’t any place, any room where we didn’t belong.” Watch the clip above via MS NOW.The post Obama Honors Jesse Jackson at His Funeral: ‘Rose Above Despair and Kept That Righteous Flame Alive’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago
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