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Trump Calls LeBron James a ‘Total Disgrace’

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“President Donald Trump attacked Philadelphia 76ers forward LeBron James on Thursday over a video appearing to show the NBA star stretching during the national anthem ahead of his Sixers debut against the New York Knicks on Tuesday,” ABC News reports.

Said Trump: “While listening to our National Anthem, LeBron James disrespects our Country!”

He added: “I said right from the beginning that he’s no good, a TOTAL DISGRACE. LeBron James should apologize to all of those Great American Warriors and Heroes who died for the American Flag, and all that our Country stands for!”

Republican Leader Embarrassed by Ali G Film Will Sue

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“The chair of the El Paso County Republican Party has said he intends to sue Sacha Baron Cohen over footage of the local politician used in new satirical comedy Ali G: Who Iz I?” The Guardian reports.

“In the film, Michael Aboud is shown taking part in a training program with another Cohen character, ex-Mossad terrorist expert Col Erran Morad, who instructs Aboud and fellow MAGA sympathizers in self-defense techniques including the wearing, over clothes, of protective plastic buttocks. He also schools them in how to fire bullets from the middle of these buttocks by the repeated up and down manipulation of a rubber penis.”

Trump Talks About Dinner with Bill Maher

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“Donald Trump is once again praising Bill Maher following a dinner he had at the White House with the HBO host along with Stephen A. Smith and Kid Rock,” Deadline reports.

Said Trump: “It was a great dinner, it was a very informative dinner. Smart people. Stephen A. is great. Bill Maher — I will tell you what. He likes me a lot more than people understand, and I actually like him. It was a good dinner.”

Trump Posts a Made-Up Quote From Denzel Washington

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“President Donald Trump posted a laudatory, but fabricated, quote from Denzel Washington on his Truth Social page Monday morning, the actor’s team confirmed,” the Washington Post reports.

“The quote, in which Washington purportedly says he has ‘never met anyone braver, smarter, or who cares more about America’ than Trump, has circulated online before.”

Mediaite: Trump elevates viral — but fake — social media rumor that he has Denzel Washington’s support.

Jessica Chastain’s Thriller to Finally Be Released

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Deadline: “The release of The Savant is back on. A year after Apple TV put the thriller starring Jessica Chastain on hold three days before it was slated to premiere on Sept. 26, 2025…”

“The Savant‘s last-minute benching was due to its storyline about preventing extremist attacks and some imagery, including sniper attacks, that were considered potentially triggering two weeks after the assassination of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk.”

Barbra Streisand Blasts Trump’s Ego

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“Barbra Streisand expressed disdain for President Donald Trump’s ‘unchecked ego’ on Thursday following his threat to demolish the Kennedy Center amid the ongoing legal battle to mount his name on its exterior,” The Wrap reports.

Said Streisand: “You can easily imagine my indignation at seeing this revered institution become the subject of such a bitter struggle over one man’s name and unchecked ego.”

Universal Getting Cold Feet On Elon Musk Movie?

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Hollywood Reporter: “When it screened at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, Musk got the kind of reception every international distributor dreams about. Attendees applauded enthusiastically for five minutes and saluted director Alex Gibney, even shouting ‘thank you’ inside the festival’s Sala Grande for his hard-hitting investigation into the world’s richest man.”

“But despite that instant and reassuring focus group, Universal Pictures, which controls worldwide rights to the film outside of North America, now appears to be having second thoughts on a documentary it paid a significant sum to acquire.”

Trump Says He’s ‘Happy’ Prince Harry Is Leaving

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“President Donald Trump celebrated Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle’s plans to leave the U.S. taking a dig at the royal couple as they return to live in the UK,” Bloomberg reports.

Said Trump: “I’m happy about it. I was not a fan. I thought they treated the royal family with great disrespect. I didn’t like it. I didn’t like the way she acted. I thought she was terribly disrespectful to the Queen, to King Charles.”

He added: “I wouldn’t have taken them back, frankly. If I were the royal family.”

Fired General Was Advised to Drop Kid Rock Investigation

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“Days before the Army’s top officer was abruptly fired earlier this year, he was advised by a fellow general now vying to replace him to stop the military’s investigation into an unauthorized helicopter flyby of musician Kid Rock’s Tennessee estate,” the Washington Post reports.

“Gen. Randy George, whom Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed as the Army chief of staff without explanation, felt it was important to follow typical protocol and determine whether any safety regulations had been violated during the March 28 flyby.”

White House Derides Rosie O’Donnell

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“Rosie O’Donnell’s stint filling in for ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has not gone unnoticed by the Trump White House,” Deadline reports.

On Friday, they issued a statement: “Rosie O’Donnell is a nasty woman and a total slob whose brain has been completely destroyed by Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

The Wrap: Rosie O’Donnell unleashes on Trump in insult-heavy monologue.

Meghan Markle Sought Senate Appointment

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New York Post: “Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sought U.S. political clout far beyond the dreams of any British royal since King George III, with the Duchess of Sussex angling to take over the Senate seat held by Kamala Harris ahead of the 2020 presidential election.”

“Weeks before Democrat Joe Biden’s win over President Donald Trump, a source says, Markle requested a sit-down with California Gov. Gavin Newsom because she ‘wanted to be considered to be appointed’ to the seat held by Harris, which she vacated just before becoming vice president on Jan. 20, 2021.”

Alan Dershowitz Won’t Forget What Larry David Did to Him

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Mark Liebovich: “Here it is, August on Martha’s Vineyard, and Alan Dershowitz has barely been heard from.”

“Well, that’s not exactly true. He has been heard from on many topics—because Dershowitz is who he is, and pretty much anyone can join Substack, and TV bookers can be hard to resist. Still, he has said little publicly about the maddening injustice he’s faced in recent years: his annual summer shunning at the hands of the island’s liberal social gentry. Has this perennial comedy of ill manners—the Vineyard cancellation of Alan Dershowitz—finally run its course?”

Why Does Minnesota Keep Electing Entertainers?

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Hollywood Reporter: “When Michele Tafoya became the Republican nominee for Senate from Minnesota Tuesday night, the longtime Sunday Night Football reporter made a resounding entrance onto the political stage. Tafoya collected more than twice as many votes as her nearest opponent, a former Navy SEAL…”

“But Tafoya also sent a different signal with her win: the tradition of television entertainers diving into Minnesota politics is alive and well.”

“Former pro wrestler Jesse Ventura did it, winning an election for governor in 1998 in a shocking upset. Comedian and SNL veteran Al Franken did it, winning an election for senator in 2008 in a shocking drama (a recount and a few hundred votes). A pair of local TV fixtures, news anchor Rod Grams and entrepreneur and TV-commercial mainstay Rudy Boschwitz, did it, each serving as senators in the last few decades of the 20th century.”

“And now Tafoya is looking to do it too.”

Taegan Goddard

Taegan Goddard

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