The Daily Wire&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/andrew-klavan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrew Klavan</a> declared victory for free speech after the media company battled to get its &#8220;What Is A Woman?&#8221; documentary to air without restrictions on Twitter.
The best-selling novelist and podcaster praised Daily Wire co-founders Jeremy Boreing and Ben Shapiro, as well as the documentary&#8217;s star, Matt Walsh, after Twitter reversed course and removed dubious &#8220;hateful conduct&#8221; restrictions on the movie. Klavan also hailed Twitter owner Elon Musk, who seemed to be at odds with his own employees over the issue.
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This is a huge win for free speech. Really proud of <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JeremyDBoreing</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@benshapiro</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MattWalshBlog</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDailyWire</a> &#8211; and <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> for taking the time to make this right. The truth not only sets us free, it keeps us free. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/whatisawoman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#whatisawoman</a> <a href="https://t.co/yTZo5eFDVh">https://t.co/yTZo5eFDVh</a>
&mdash; Andrew Klavan (@andrewklavan) <a href="https://twitter.com/andrewklavan/status/1664637525539840002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This is a huge win for free speech. Really proud of @JeremyDBoreing @benshapiro @MattWalshBlog and @realDailyWire &#8211; and @elonmusk for taking the time to make this right,&#8221; Klavan tweeted. &#8220;The truth not only sets us free, it keeps us free. #whatisawoman.&#8221;
<a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1664424891372941312?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH THE DAILY WIRE’S “WHAT IS A WOMAN?” FOR FREE ON TWITTER</a>
The Daily Wire posted the groundbreaking, 90-minute documentary on Twitter, where it could be viewed for free for 24 hours, Thursday night to mark the one-year anniversary of its release and continue to drive the conversation about the radical transgender craze. But Twitter initially labeled the documentary as “hateful conduct” and restricted its visibility because of two instances of supposed “misgendering.” A few hours before its release, Musk had taken to Twitter to insist that it had been a mistake, yet the film was saddled with restrictions when it aired.
At issue was a father referring to his own daughter with feminine pronouns despite her identifying as transgender, and a storeowner addressing a hulking city councilman who also claimed to be female with a masculine pronoun.
On Friday morning, Twitter had lifted the restrictions and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/every-parent-should-watch-this-elon-musk-retweets-what-is-a-woman-to-his-140m-followers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Musk retweeted the film</a>.
The documentary released last summer was watched by people in over 70 countries, even as legacy media reviewers ignored the film and its effect on the culture. Soon after its release, “What is a Woman?” became the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-is-a-woman-dominates-as-number-1-most-watched-movie-at-home-97-fresh-audience-score-on-rotten-tomatoes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most watched</a> movie at home, according to Rotten Tomatoes, which also showed that audiences scored the film with a 97% rating.

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Elon Musk retweeted The Daily Wire&#8217;s groundbreaking documentary &#8220;What Is A Woman?&#8221; early Friday, after his own social media platform undermined its airing on Twitter hours earlier with a barrage of restrictions.
The Daily Wire posted the groundbreaking, 90-minute documentary starring Matt Walsh on Twitter, where it could be viewed for free for 24 hours, Thursday night to mark the one-year anniversary of its release and continue to drive the conversation about the radical transgender craze. But Twitter labeled the documentary as &#8220;hateful conduct&#8221; and restricted its visibility because of two instances of supposed &#8220;misgendering.&#8221; A few hours before its release, Musk had taken to Twitter to insist that it had been a mistake, yet the film was saddled with restrictions when it aired.
Early Friday, Twitter&#8217;s tag restricting the visibility of &#8220;What is a Woman?&#8221; was removed, allowing Twitter users to like and retweet the documentary, and Musk tweeted out the film to his 140 million followers.
&#8220;Every parent should watch this,&#8221; Musk wrote.
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Every parent should watch this <a href="https://t.co/pIp6UP6vq8">https://t.co/pIp6UP6vq8</a>
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The tweet promoting the film received over 1 million views within three hours of airing. The Daily Wire&#8217;s tweet of the movie had been viewed over 20 million times by Friday morning and had been retweeted nearly 40,000 times.
At issue was a father referring to his own daughter with feminine pronouns despite her identifying as transgender, and a storeowner addressing a hulking city councilman who also claimed to be female with a masculine pronoun. But Musk pledged late Thursday to allow the film to air without a &#8220;hateful conduct&#8221; label, saying that although he uses people&#8217;s preferred pronouns to be polite, it is a matter of free speech.
Someone at Twitter missed the memo.
&#8220;That was fast,&#8221; Daily Wire Co-CEO Jeremy Boreing tweeted when the film began airing and was restricted. &#8220;Even after ⁦Elon Musk⁩ said Twitter’s threat to label What Is A Woman “hateful conduct” and to throttle the film’s reach was a mistake, Twitter did that very thing instantly upon the film going live.&#8221;
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Musk, who said the film was “definitely allowed” under the platform&#8217;s rules, later responded to a tweet from Walsh noting that, despite the film not appearing in users&#8217; feeds, being flagged by Twitter as &#8220;hate speech,&#8221; and being barred from the platform&#8217;s trending list, it had still garnered massive numbers of views.
&#8220;Will be fixed tomorrow,&#8221; Musk replied.
Walsh responded to Musk&#8217;s tweet promoting the documentary Friday, thanking Musk.
&#8220;Wow. Thank you, Elon. We really appreciate it,&#8221; Walsh said.
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Wow. Thank you, Elon. We really appreciate it. <a href="https://t.co/jaMnmfqARl">https://t.co/jaMnmfqARl</a>
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1664613456094298112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The documentary released last summer was watched by people in over 70 countries, even as legacy media reviewers ignored the film and its effect on the culture. Soon after its release, “What is a Woman?” became the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-is-a-woman-dominates-as-number-1-most-watched-movie-at-home-97-fresh-audience-score-on-rotten-tomatoes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most watched</a> movie at home, according to Rotten Tomatoes, which also showed that audiences scored the film with a 97% rating.
The documentary arguably sparked a movement to protect children from the harmful effects of sex change procedures. Following the film’s release and Walsh’s subsequent rallies and events speaking out about the potentially tragic consequences of so-called “gender-affirming” care, at least a dozen states have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nebraska-becomes-18th-state-to-ban-transgender-surgeries-on-children" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> transgender surgeries on minors.

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‘Every Parent Should Watch This’: Elon Musk Retweets ‘What Is A Woman?’ To His 140M Followers

'Every Parent Should Watch This': Elon Musk Retweets 'What Is A Woman?' To His 140M Followers

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A man has been charged with several crimes, including threatening the president, after a U-Haul truck crashed into barriers around the White House late Monday.
The driver of the truck, who <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12114653/Cops-charge-man-crashed-rented-U-haul-box-truck-security-barriers-near-White-House.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Daily Mail identified</a> as Sai Varshith Kandula, 19, of Chesterfield, Missouri, smashed into a security gate at Lafayette Park, which is in front of the White House gates. He was charged with five crimes, including threatening to kill, kidnap, or harm the president, vice president, or family member, police told WUSA.
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U-Haul crashes into protective barrier near White House. This looks like Lafayette Square area.<a href="https://t.co/WmELhHRIrE">pic.twitter.com/WmELhHRIrE</a>
&mdash; Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1660861398509912066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The crash occurred on the north side of Lafayette Square at 16th Street at around 10 p.m. The Secret Service said the U-Haul&#8217;s cargo hold was empty, but a Nazi flag was reportedly retrieved from the cab of the truck, <a href="https://abc7.com/white-house-u-haul-nazi-flag-secret-service/13287276/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to ABC7 News</a>.
&#8220;There were no injuries to Secret Service or White House personnel and the cause and manner of the crash remain under investigation,&#8221; said Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
Guglielmi later tweeted that a &#8220;preliminary investigation reveals that the driver may have intentionally struck the security barriers.&#8221;
The nearby Hay Adams Hotel was evacuated at the request of the Secret Service, according to The Washington Post. Roads and pedestrian walkways around the park were also closed temporarily.

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Man Charged With Threatening President After U-Haul Rammed Into Gate Near White House

Man Charged With Threatening President After Ramming U-Haul Into Gate Near White House

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Cities and towns near the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dhs-secretary-mayorkas-on-continually-worsening-border-crisis-it-will-take-more-time-to-show-results" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mexican border</a> braced for chaos amid an expected surge of illegal immigrants Friday after the expiration of a Trump-era rule that allowed Border Patrol officers to summarily turn back migrants.
Migrants have been massing on the Mexico side of the border for weeks, waiting for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leading-republicans-decry-biden-border-crisis-as-title-42-ends" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expiration of Title 42</a>, which allowed them to be turned away based on COVID concerns. With the rule sunsetting at midnight, states on or near the border were expecting a human flood. In Texas, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greg-abbott-announces-texas-has-bused-nearly-16000-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Governor Greg Abbott</a> ordered razor wire and hundreds of National Guard officers deployed along its 1,254-mile border with Mexico. Arizona, New Mexico, and California were also braced for a surge.
&#8220;We’re witnessing an absolute travesty unfolding on our southern border,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1656831176244449281?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas Sen. Ted Cruz tweeted</a>. &#8220;It’s nothing less than an invasion!&#8221;
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JUST IN: Thousands of Haitians are forming in Mexico across from McAllen, TX waiting to storm the southern border.
Look at all those women and children!
&#8211; Title 42 is set to expire at midnight. &#8211; Border cities are declaring state of emergencies. &#8211; Abbott has deployed 10,000… <a href="https://t.co/WU1cHjwXUs">pic.twitter.com/WU1cHjwXUs</a>
&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1656789698881388544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Beleaguered Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued a statement a minute before midnight insisting that illegal immigrants streaming in after the policy ended would be sent back.
“People who do not use available lawful pathways to enter the U.S. now face tougher consequences, including a minimum five-year ban on re-entry and potential criminal prosecution,” Mayorkas said.
Mayorkas, who has been unable to get a handle on illegal immigration since the Biden administration came into power, insisted that the end of Title 42 means the policy reverts to Title 8, which could still allow Border Patrol officers to turn back illegal immigrants with a threat of prison if they return. The administration is also trying to implement another Trump-era policy which would require anyone from a non-contiguous country to seek amnesty from another nation. That would mean migrants coming through Mexico from Central America and other nations would have to seek amnesty in Mexico.
But to the hordes of migrants poised to overwhelm U.S. officials after the lifting of Title 42, the technicalities seemed to be of little import.
“What’s better, to live in Venezuela going hungry, or try to cross to find a better life?” Richard Arcia, 23, <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/11/texas-border-migrants-title-42-ends-el-paso/">told the Texas Tribune</a> from a migrant camp in Ciudad Juárez, across the river from El Paso. “I don’t need the American government to give me anything. I have a support system [in New Jersey], and I’ll get to work as soon as I can.”
All week, swarms of illegal immigrants have been seen crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S., a trend expected to accelerate beginning Friday. Border agents apprehended more than 11,000 people who crossed the border illegally on Tuesday, about double the amount seen in a typical day, The New York Times reported. After Title 42 lifts, U.S. officials are expecting up to 13,000 illegal immigrants to cross into the U.S. daily.
The ones who have already made it have stretched social services throughout the country, but especially in border communities such as El Paso, Texas, and Yuma, Arizona. While some surrender to authorities to begin the process of seeking asylum and then are turned over to shelters, many others have camped on sidewalks while they arrange transportation into the interior of the U.S.
“There is no light at the end of the tunnel,” El Paso Mayor Oscar Lesser said Thursday, after declaring a state of emergency in his overrun city.
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Migrants in Brownsville, Texas, open packets from DHS and use government-issued cell phones after processing. Some of their court dates reportedly won&#39;t be until 2027.
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&mdash; The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1656842482385035264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Another complication came late Thursday when a federal judge in Florida ruled that the U.S. government may no longer “parole” unprocessed illegal immigrants. That was being done as an alternative to sheltering them in detention facilities while overwhelmed Border Patrol officials filled out their paperwork. Customs and Border Protection is currently housing 28,000 illegal immigrants at its detention facilities, according to the head of the Border Patrol union.
Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls wrote President Joe Biden, calling on him to declare a national emergency to send more federal support to border communities like his. He said Border Patrol officials are turning loose hundreds of illegal immigrants, leaving them stranded in his city.
&#8220;We see the costs of illegal activity as many migrants fall victim to cartels, who traffic both drugs and humans across the border and into the U.S. in dangerous and often deadly manners,” Nicholls wrote. “These activities are business operations to cartels, and lead to the exploitation and rape and abuse and neglect.&#8221;

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‘No Light At The End Of The Tunnel’: Illegal Immigrants Surge Across Border As Trump-Era Rule Ends

'No Light At The End Of The Tunnel': Illegal Immigrants Surge Across Border As Trump-Era Rule Ends

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Republican lawmakers laid out in damning detail Wednesday their evidence that at least nine members of President Joe Biden’s family took in as much as $10 million from operatives in China and Romania while Biden served as President Obama’s vice president.
The lawmakers, all members of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, revealed subpoenaed bank records showing payments from foreign companies to Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. The evidence unveiled Wednesday, first in a memo and then during a news conference, raises more questions about President Joe Biden&#8217;s past claims that he &#8220;never&#8221; discussed Hunter Biden&#8217;s business dealings with his son.
&#8220;President Biden has claimed since the 2020 election that his family has not received money from China,&#8221; Committee Chairman James Comer, (R-KY), said during a press conference announcing the memo Wednesday. &#8220;That was a lie in 2020 — and he continues to lie to the American people now.&#8221;
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The House Oversight presser just began with Chair James Comer announcing &quot;astonishing&quot; findings from the last four months of investigation including the transfer of money to the Biden family, including during the period when Joe Biden was Vice President.
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Lawmakers took turns laying out the evidence against the Biden family.
“Every time we turn over a rock, there’s more evidence,” said Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC). &#8220;This could be the most corrupt scheme in American politics, where a sitting vice president&#8230; where we saw members of his family,  nine of them so far, there may be more, that were enriched from countries all over the world.&#8221;
Mace said the money was moved through a series of shell companies she believes were designed to cover the Biden family’s tracks. Some 20 companies affiliated with Biden family members were set up after Biden became vice president in 2009, creating a complicated web of cut-outs and pass-throughs, lawmakers alleged.
Those companies, including Owasco P.C., Hudson West III, LLC, Robinson Walker, LLC, and Rosemont Seneca Bohai, LLC, took in millions of dollars from foreign companies while delivering no apparent services, the committee said.
Comer revealed that payments totaling $1 million from Romania went to the Biden family while the then-vice president was working on Romanian issues. The lawmaker also claimed that&#8217;s committee has uncovered millions of dollars sent to the Bidens from an array of Chinese companies and through multiple banks, which he described as a web designed to conceal the transfers.
“The transactions in Romania and China show related but separate issues identified by the Committee that raise serious questions about financial disclosures and risks to national security,” Comer’s memo alleged.
Comer released a 36-page memo prior to the news conference revealing that the Biden family allegedly set up more than 20 companies to take in foreign money, possibly in exchange for influencing policy. The committee subpoenaed records from four banks linked to &#8220;specific individuals and companies that engaged in business activities with Biden family members and their business associates,&#8221; the memo said.
Republicans also alleged that Hunter Biden used his family name to set up a 2016 meeting between a Serbian running for United Nations Secretary-General and then-national security adviser to the vice president Colin Kahl.
Rep. Jim Jordan, (R-OH), said the committee has reviewed nearly 200 Biden family-linked Suspicious Activity Reports, bank-generated documents compiled to flag dubious international transactions. The Biden Department of Treasury initially blocked the committee from receiving the reports.
Comer again said his committee “plans to gather additional bank records in the near future and continue following the money trail” as part of its commitment to “rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse that exist at the highest level of the federal government.”
White House spokesperson Ian Sams told CNN “Comer has a history of playing fast and loose with the facts and spreading baseless innuendo while refusing to conduct his so-called ‘investigations’ with legitimacy.”
Hunter Biden is under investigation by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, reportedly for income tax evasion. Last week, Comer and Sen. Chuck Grassley, (R-IA), revealed that a &#8220;highly credible&#8221; whistleblower has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whistleblower-alleges-fbi-has-evidence-of-biden-engaging-in-bribery-scheme-with-foreign-national" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told them that the FBI has long been in possession</a> of a form allegedly containing evidence showing that then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal bribery scheme with a foreign national.
“It has been alleged that the document includes a precise description of how the alleged criminal scheme was employed as well as its purpose,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter to the Department of Justice and FBI, demanding that the record be turned over. “Based on the alleged specificity within the document, it would appear that the DOJ and the FBI have enough information to determine the truth and accuracy of the information contained within it.”
Comer and Grassley both expressed skepticism that the DOJ and FBI, which are increasingly seen by conservatives as partisan, could be trusted to investigate the Biden family. Rep. Byron Donalds, (R-FL), said at Wednesday&#8217;s news conference that he also had little faith the federal agencies would take the Oversight Committee&#8217;s revelations about the Biden family&#8217;s dealings seriously.
&#8220;It&#8217;s interesting that the Department of Justice has been investigating Hunter Biden for quite some time, and we seem to never get anywhere,&#8221; Donalds said. &#8220;I wonder what&#8217;s going on at the Department of Justice. The bottom line is there is no real business here. None.&#8221;

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House Republicans Lay Out Damning Case Of Biden Family’s Alleged Corruption

House Republicans Lay Out Damning Case Of Biden Family's Alleged Corruption

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Major League Baseball superstar Mookie Betts swears he isn’t ghosting his Dodgers teammates by staying at an Airbnb instead of bunking with them for LA’s three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers.
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The star outfielder simply wants no part of Milwaukee’s reputedly haunted Pfister Hotel. Betts has heard stories, including from fellow former MVP Bryce Harper, about strange goings-on in the 130-year-old downtown building, and doesn’t want any angry spirits throwing him off his game.
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&#8220;You can tell me what happened after,&#8221; Betts <a href="https://www.ocregister.com/2023/05/09/dodgers-mookie-betts-rents-airbnb-to-avoid-haunted-milwaukee-hotel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the Orange County Register</a>&#8216;s Bill Plunkett. &#8220;I just don&#8217;t want to find out myself. &#8230; Every noise, I&#8217;d be like, &#8216;Is that something?'&#8221;
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According to <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/haunted-baseball-stories-from-pfister-hotel-c298043052" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MLB.com</a>, a host of players and coaches have stories about paranormal encounters at the luxury hotel. Harper told <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/9315544/justin-upton-more-mlb-players-spooked-milwaukee-haunted-hotel-espn-magazine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESPN The Magazine</a> of a chilling episode during his rookie year, when he played for the Washington Nationals. Before going to bed, he had carefully laid out his clothes on a table, he recounted.
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&#8220;When I woke up in the morning — I swear on everything — the clothes were on the floor and the table was on the opposite side of the room against the wall,&#8221; Harper said. &#8220;I was so flustered. I honestly thought there might be someone in my room. I had no idea what the hell just happened, so I actually looked around, and then I checked to see if the door was still latched, and it was.&#8221;
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Onetime Texas Rangers star Michael Young claims that in 2013, he was awakened by a spirit stomping around in his room. He told ESPN he told the ghost &#8220;he was welcome, that we could be pals, that he could marinate in there for as long as he needed to, just as long as he didn&#8217;t wake me up.&#8221;
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Other notable players who have told creepy tales about their stays at the Pfister include former third-baseman Adrian Beltre, ex-St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martínez, and former Pittsburgh Pirates and Colorado Rockies Manager Clint Hurdle.
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Former outfielder Carlos Gomez told the New York Post back in 2009 he flat-out refused to stay at the Pfister.
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&#8220;I&#8217;m scared to go there,&#8221; <a href="https://nypost.com/2009/07/10/baseball-players-fear-haunted-hotel-in-milwaukee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gomez said</a>. &#8220;They should change the hotel. Everybody here doesn&#8217;t like the hotel. Why they always put us in the same hotel when you can&#8217;t sleep?&#8221;
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Betts’ decision may have helped him focus at the plate: The 2018 MVP led off the Dodgers’ 6-2 victory Tuesday with a home run.
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Frightened Major League Superstar Refuses To Join Teammates At ‘Haunted’ Hotel

Frightened Major League Superstar Refuses To Join Teammates At 'Haunted' Hotel

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Major League Baseball

Sports

Longtime <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/west-virginia-governor-files-to-run-for-manchins-senate-seat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">West Virginia</a> University <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/univ-of-alabama-basketball-player-charged-with-capital-murder-in-the-deadly-shooting-of-23-year-old-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">basketball</a> Coach Bob Huggins is facing calls for his firing after he used a gay slur to insult an opponent’s fans during a radio interview Monday.
Huggins, 69, was being interviewed by Cincinnati radio host Bill Cunningham on WLW when he was asked about an incident in which Xavier fans threw sex toys onto the floor during a game against University of Cincinnati back when Huggins coached the Bearcats.
&#8220;Any school that can throw rubber penises on the floor and then say they didn&#8217;t do it, my God, they can get away with anything,&#8221; Huggins said.
Cunningham quipped, &#8220;I think it was &#8216;transgender night,&#8217; wasn&#8217;t it?&#8221; That prompted the response from Huggins that some say could end his tenure in Morgantown.
&#8220;What it was, was all those f*gs, those Catholic f*gs, I think,&#8221; Huggins said.
Huggins later <a href="https://twitter.com/wvuhoops/status/1655684254469091329?s=46&amp;t=f7DIOTPR3DYPk9b1rr9JQw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apologized</a>.
&#8220;Earlier today on a Cincinnati radio program, I was asked about the rivalry between my former employer, the University of Cincinnati, and its crosstown rival, Xavier University,&#8221; the statement read.
&#8220;During the conversation, I used a completely insensitive and abhorrent phrase that there is simply no excuse for &#8212; and I won&#8217;t try to make one here. I deeply apologize to the individuals I have offended, as well as to the Xavier University community, the University of Cincinnati and West Virginia University. As I have shared with my players over my 40 years of coaching, there are consequences for our words and actions, and I will fully accept [anything] coming my way. I am ashamed and embarrassed and heartbroken for those I have hurt. I must do better, and I will.&#8221;
West Virginia University is reviewing the incident and issued a statement condemning the remarks.
&#8220;Coach Huggins&#8217; remarks today on a Cincinnati radio show were insensitive, offensive and do not represent our university values,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;West Virginia University does not condone the use of such language and takes such actions very seriously. The situation is under review and will be addressed by the university and its athletic department.&#8221;
Calls for Huggins’ ouster came quickly.
“If West Virginia retains Huggins, its message to LGBTQ students or citizens of the state would be undeniable: The basketball coach thinks your very existence is funny and to be made fun of,” wrote USA Today basketball writer Dan Wolken. “How can anyone in a position of power at West Virginia accept that?”
Huggins, an Ohio native who graduated from West Virginia, has been a college basketball coach for 38 years. His career includes stints at University of Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State, and his current job at West Virginia. He has compiled an 863-389 record.
Huggins was fired from the Cincinnati job in 2005 despite leading the team to 14 straight NCAA tournament berths, after being arrested a year earlier for driving under the influence. Since taking over at West Virginia in 2007, Huggins has led the Mountaineers to 11 NCAA tournament appearances.

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Legendary Basketball Coach Bob Huggins Faces Calls For Firing After Gay Slur

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oklahoma-bans-trans-procedures-on-kids-becoming-16th-state-to-enact-such-protections">Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt</a> said he is pulling the plug on the state’s sole PBS television station because of “indoctrination and over-sexualization” of children through content that promotes drag queens and the LGBTQ agenda.
In an <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/oklahoma-governor-stitt-defends-decision-axe-pbs-funding-over-really-problematic-lgbtq-content" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exclusive interview with Fox News Digital</a>, the Republican leader said taxpayers should not have to fund OETA-TV, given its far-Left bias. He recently moved to block funding for the station through 2026. Unless the state legislature overrides his veto, the network will cease operations this year.
“OETA, to us, is an outdated system,” Stitt said. “You know, the big, big question is why are we spending taxpayer dollars to prop up or compete with the private sector and run television stations?”
“And then when you go through all of the programming that&#8217;s happening and the indoctrination and over-sexualization of our children, it&#8217;s just really problematic, and it doesn&#8217;t line up with Oklahoma values,” he added.
Stitt’s office pointed to a segment of “Let&#8217;s Learn,” which featured a drag queen known as Lil Miss Hot Mess reading a purported children&#8217;s book called “The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish.”
Another show aired by the station, “Clifford The Big Red Dog,” features lesbian parents, a show called “Work It Out Wombat” features a gay character, and “Odd Squad” depicted a same-sex wedding. Stitt also noted OETA recently aired a segment on its “Newshour” program that voiced support for chemical treatments including puberty blockers for children who identify as transgender.
OETA’s “Pride Month” programming included a special about a town in which Christians “step into the spotlight to dismantle stereotypes” about drag queens.
Democrats in the red state, including State Rep. Monroe Nichols, accused Stitt of mounting an attack on “public education and underrepresented Oklahoma communities.” OETA board member Ken Busby told <a href="https://ktul.com/news/local/gov-stitt-axes-pbs-funding-over-shows-with-lgbt-content">KTUL</a> taxpayers must support arts and culture.
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But Stitt told Fox News Digital the station has strayed from its educational mission and that if its programming was worthwhile, the private sector would make it available.
“When you think about educating kids, let&#8217;s teach them to read and their numbers and counting and letters and those kind of things,” he said. “I mean, some of the programming that we&#8217;re seeing… it just doesn&#8217;t need to be on public television.”
Stitt recently signed into law a ban on all chemical and surgical transgender procedures on children, joining 15 states which have enacted similar laws.

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Oklahoma Gov Pulls Plug On State's PBS Station Over Drag Queens, 'Indoctrination'

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Two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/major-league-baseball" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Major League Baseball</a> pitchers were ejected and now face hefty fines after their ill-advised standoff on the diamond after the singing of the Star Spangled Banner Saturday.
Kutter Crawford, of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ghost-town-boston-red-sox-fans-leave-bud-light-vendor-empty-in-viral-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston Red Sox</a>, and Matt Strahm, of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/six-philadelphia-phillies-died-from-brain-cancer-astroturf-suspected-of-being-the-cause" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, both refused to leave the Citizens Bank Park field after the national anthem, instead staring intently at each other. The pitchers, friends who were teammates in Boston last year, apparently goaded each other into the stunt.
&#8220;Zero of it was planned,&#8221; Strahm told WEEI’s Rob Bradford. &#8220;Just, anthem was over, and I looked across, and Kutter kind of gave me a grin, and I knew exactly what that grin meant, so [I] just stood there.”
&#8220;If you know me, you know competition is everything to me, so kind of felt like I was being called out right there,” he added. “Looking back on it, probably not the wisest decision I’ve made in my big-league career.&#8221;
Red Sox Manager Alex Cora said both players ignored orders to get off the field.
“(The umpire) gave them a warning and they stayed there and they got thrown out of the game,” Red Sox Manager Alex Cora said later. “Both of them.”
Ejections come with automatic fines in Major League Baseball. Those fines are even steeper if a player who is on the injured list gets thrown out of a game. Crawford is on the injured list with a strained hamstring.
“If you get thrown out and you’re on the IL, you get crushed,” Cora said.
The amounts the players will be fined have not yet been announced.
Crawford, 27, is in his third year and earns a salary of $730,000, according to <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/crawfku01.shtml">baseballreference.com</a>. Strahm, 31, is in his eighth season and earns more than 10 times as much as his pal. But Cora predicted Crawford’s teammate, Chris Sale, would help his fellow Florida Gulf Coast alum out.
“It’s a big one because you’re on the IL,” Cora said. “I know there’s a guy that went to the same school as him that’s probably going to take care of that.”
Sale makes nearly $30 million per year and has earned nearly $180 million during his illustrious career.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Joe Biden</a> made it official early Tuesday: He will run for reelection in 2024, despite the fact that he would be 86 at the end of a second term in the White House.
Biden has widely been expected to announce the bid, even though his first term has been plagued by foreign and domestic policy missteps and an approval rating stuck in the low 40% range. He made the announcement in a<a href="https://joebiden.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> video shot earlier this month</a> at his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, vacation home.
“Joe and Kamala are running for reelection, and we need your help to spread the word. Share this video with your friends!” the video, entitled &#8220;Freedom,&#8221; announces.
The video begins with a scene from the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, followed by an image of an abortion rights protest as Biden warns ominously that &#8220;MAGA extremists are lining up&#8221; to threaten democracy.
&#8220;Cutting Social Security that you’ve paid for your entire life while cutting taxes for the very wealthy,&#8221; Biden says. &#8220;Dictating what health care decisions women can make, banning books, and telling people who they can love. All while making it more difficult for you to be able to vote.&#8221;
Biden already faces a primary challenge from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and there have been rumors that California Governor Gavin Newsom and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin could enter the race. However, the Democratic National Committee has already declared it will not sponsor in debates and that it is fully behind Biden.
Biden is scheduled to meet with key donors on Friday. His campaign message is likely to emphasize his “Build Back Better” infrastructure plan and his response to the COVID pandemic.
The Republican field could expand, but as it shapes up now, Biden is likely to face a rematch with former President Trump, who leads by a wide margin in polls. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to announce his bid in the coming weeks and could pose a challenge to Trump.
At 80, Biden is already the oldest president in history. He moves stiffly, takes a record amount of vacation time, and often loses his train of thought while speaking in public. Should he win reelection, he will be 86 when he leaves office in January 2029.
A recent Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll showed that just a quarter of Americans want Biden to run again, including less than half of Democrats. Biden&#8217;s approval rating is 43% in the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president-biden-job-approval-7320.html">Real Clear Politics polling average.</a>

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First son <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a> has taken up residence in the White House in order to duck process servers sent by his baby mama, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/04/23/hunter-biden-may-be-living-at-the-white-house-to-evade-legal-papers-from-his-baby-mama/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to author and journalist Miranda Devine</a>.
The “Laptop From Hell” author and New York Post columnist made the bombshell allegation Sunday, writing that lawyers for former stripper Lunden Roberts asked an Arkansas court to put Hunter Biden behind bars for refusing to turn over his financial records in response to her lawsuit over child support payments. Roberts is the mother of Biden’s 4-year-old daughter, but neither Biden nor the girl’s powerful grandfather acknowledge their flesh and blood.
“[Biden is] flaunting the dignity and authority of the court,” by refusing to provide records to Roberts, her lawyers charged. “This court should incarcerate the defendant in the Cleburne County Detention Center until he complies with this court’s orders.”
Rumors have swirled for months that Hunter Biden and his wife, Melissa Cohen, are living at the White House with their toddler son, Beau, in order to avoid being served legal papers in the Arkansas lawsuit. Devine reported that a swing set had been installed on White House grounds.
Roberts, a 32-year-old former stripper, proved with a court-ordered paternity test that her daughter, Navy, was Hunter Biden’s child. Last year, the troubled son of the president went to court to have his monthly child support payments lowered prompting the current legal battle.
Roberts’ legal team now includes former adviser to President Trump Garrett Ziegler, whose Marco Polo Project analyzed Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop and identified more than 400 crimes allegedly committed by Biden.
Hunter Biden lived the life of a wealthy jet-setter while his father was vice president, accompanying him on overseas trips from 2008-2016, and striking lucrative deals with energy companies and investors in China and Ukraine. The laptop, which the liberal media initially tried to discredit but which has since been proven to be legitimate, has provided a trove of information about alleged Biden family corruption.
In addition to illuminating Hunter Biden’s corrupt international dealings, the laptop also opened a window into his drug abuse, patronizing of prostitutes, and disturbing and dysfunctional family squabbles.
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Hunter Biden is currently under investigation by U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss for possible tax and gun crimes. Last week, an IRS whistleblower came forward to say that powerful players inside the Department of Justice, reportedly including Attorney General Merrick Garland himself, were trying to kill the investigation.
The House Committee on Oversight is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-investigator-suspects-biden-family-dozen-part-of-influence-peddling-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">examining Biden-linked bank records</a> looking at other Biden family members who appear to have benefited from shady international deals. Rep. James Comer, (R-KY), last month discovered that a Biden associate received a $3 million wire transfer from a Chinese energy company. Four members of the Biden family, including Hunter, the president’s brother, James, and Hallie Biden, who is the widow of Hunter’s deceased brother Beau and his own former paramour, pocketed $1.3 million from the transfer.
“There’s not going to be anybody left for a Christmas picture if the DOJ did their job and went and indicted anyone who has any type of fingerprints involved in this influence peddling scheme,” Comer said. “I mean, it’s the entire family.”

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Hunter’s Hideout: Troubled Biden Son Reportedly Camping At White House To Duck Baby Mama’s Lawyers

Hunter's Hideout: Troubled Biden Son Reportedly Camping At White House To Duck Baby Mama's Lawyers

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Hundreds of pro-transgenderism protesters tried to disrupt a Tuesday night debate featuring Daily Wire host Michael Knowles at the University of Pittsburgh, setting off smoke bombs and chanting in an effort to derail the event.
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Knowles was at the school’s O’Hara Student Center to debate journalist Brad Polumbo in an event sponsored by the Pitt College Republicans and billed as “Should transgenderism be regulated by law?” Inside the event, which was posted on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iziX8fVV4gg&amp;t=1316s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube</a>, protesters shouted “Trans rights are human rights” as Knowles began to speak.
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“There they are,” Knowles quipped. “That sounds like they’ve gotten into harmony. It’s not even melody anymore. I guess there was an opening act.”
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Once the event began, Knowles argued that recognizing biological men as women just because they seek to identify that way erases womankind.
&#8220;If the law has nothing to say about what a woman is, then the law has nothing to say at all,&#8221; Knowles said. &#8220;Either women have rights and legal protections as women, as they always have, or they don&#8217;t.&#8221;
During one exchange, Knowles and Polumbo debated the hot-button issue of men using women&#8217;s restrooms. Polumbo, who describes himself as a libertarian-conservative, argued that it was an issue of property rights, and not a government matter and that whomever owns a restroom should be able to decide who can use it.
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“What about the military bathrooms?” Knowles asked.
“The military can have its policies,” Polumbo said, to which Knowles replied, “That’s the government.”
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Before the 7:30 p.m. event began, hundreds of pro-trans protesters gathered outside and an “incendiary device” was set off. Police told Pitt News the device was a “combination of a firework and a smoke bomb.”
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Over the next two hours, the university closed or restricted access to buildings and residence halls on campus, and Pittsburgh city police officers joined campus police in an effort to control the crowd. Order was reportedly restored just before 10:30 p.m., nearly 90 minutes after the event ended and Knowles departed.
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Knowles has angered trans activists by decrying the chemical and surgical castration of minors and calling for the radical ideology that insists people can change genders to be “eradicated.” Activists falsely claimed that Knowles&#8217; call was tantamount to advocating for “genocide” of people who identify as transgender.
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The University of Pittsburgh later tweeted a summary of the chaotic scene outside the student center.
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“On the evening of April 18, 2023, an Emergency Notification Service message was sent alerting the campus community to an incident happening outside of O’Hara Student Center,” the tweet stated. “There were several groups gathering, including guests arriving for a speaker event and counter demonstrators in the vicinity.”
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