Second Lady Usha Vance delivered a rare rebuke to The New York Times over an article essentially claiming that women within President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration were using maternity fashion to weaponize pregnancy.
Vance, who is pregnant with her fourth child with husband and Vice President JD Vance, mocked the outlet&#8217;s attempt to make her wardrobe political and made it clear that her maternity fashion choices were typically born of just three things: necessity, comfort, and economy.
&#8220;Now that we know the political significance of my $8.75 coral maternity dress from Old Navy, can’t wait to hear what the New York Times has to say about my elastic-waistband pants and compression socks!&#8221; Vance posted via X. &#8220;In the meantime, enjoy my pregnancy fashion (or lack thereof) and a good story with your kids on &#8216;Storytime with the Second Lady.'&#8221;
Along with her caption, Vance shared a video — also featuring the vice president — of herself wearing the dress in question as he read aloud from A. A. Milne&#8217;s classic, &#8220;Winnie the Pooh.&#8221;
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For good measure, Vance followed up with a screenshot of her receipt showing that she had, in fact, purchased the dress from Old Navy. It also showed that the coral-colored &#8220;Asymmetrical Shoulder Maxi Dress,&#8221; originally $49.99, had been marked down to $12.99 and she had saved an additional $3.74— making her final total $8.75.
And while that choice may have been one of convenience and economy, Vance said in March that being pregnant as the Second Lady of the United States meant that she necessarily had to change her style, mainly because her position dictated a number of events that she would have to attend — and many of those would not be held in places where leggings and sweatpants were considered appropriate.
&#8220;I have to dress up a lot more. I enjoyed my last pregnancy — there were a lot of sweatpants. I was working from home and sometimes put a blazer on over what was under,&#8221; she told NBC at the time.
The article to which Vance was responding was published on Wednesday and was titled, &#8220;The Politics and Power of the Pregnancy Image.&#8221; If that did not paint a clear enough picture of the tone, the sub-headline removed all doubt: &#8220;Usha Vance, along with Katie Miller and Karoline Leavitt, shows how much is said by an expectant silhouette, without anyone saying a word.&#8221;
The article proceeded to accuse women within the Trump administration of flaunting their pregnancies to make a political point: this is what women are supposed to do — and how they are supposed to look.
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Together, the women have created a notably consistent, and somewhat paradigm-shifting, picture of the White House’s family and fertility platform.
If the bare-chested, muscled mixed martial arts fighters of the U.F.C. match that President Trump hosted on Flag Day were the poster guys for MAGA’s image of masculinity, then the pregnant women of Trump world are one half of their feminine counterparts. Along with the sheath-clad, lip-filled, pageant-haired Mar-a-Lago set, they offer an image of idealized womanhood that gives literal shape to the pronatalist movement.
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Jill Filipovic, the host of the “<a class="css-yywogo" title="" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-week-in-women/id1632915204" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Week in Women</a>” podcast, suggested that even though it&#8217;s highly unlikely that the pregnancies were coordinated, the presentation appeared to be: &#8220;It almost feels like a memo went out. They have quite intentionally opted to present themselves as, ‘I am really pregnant, and this is what women were chosen to do,’ and they are happy to say that both with their looks and their mouths.”
Vance, quite clearly, said otherwise.
Miller, whose fourth child with longtime Trump adviser Stephen Miller was born just days before Father&#8217;s Day, <a href="https://x.com/KatieMiller/status/2069874153717395901">weighed in</a> as well — and said that maternity fashion had been made more difficult as American birth rates had fallen.
&#8220;Over the last few years, many clothing brands have largely stopped producing maternity clothes that most women actually want to wear. @SLOTUS has done a phenomenal job curating affordable, fashionable options that make pregnancy fashion accessible. The root cause is sadly straightforward: with fewer women having babies, it’s likely become unprofitable for brands to invest in dedicated maternity lines,&#8221; she said.

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Congressman Seth Moulton&#8217;s (D-MA) balancing act — between his own reputation for being a moderate democrat and pressure from the party&#8217;s new left flank — was on full display after a question about his support for Graham Platner in Maine’s Senate Race ended in a scuffle. 
After a reporter asked the Massachusetts Senate hopeful his thoughts on Platner’s race, Moulton responded, “Who are you asking this question?” The camera fell to the ground then, and Fox News’s Cameron Cawthorne claimed that Moulton had knocked it out of his hand. 
“You should do a better job of hanging onto your phone,” he said. 
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.<a href="https://x.com/sethmoulton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sethmoulton</a> lashes out and knocks down phone when asked whether he endorses Platner
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— Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) <a href="https://x.com/Cam_Cawthorne/status/2069837303518781765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2026</a></blockquote>
Even Democrats who were quick to endorse Platner early in the election cycle have been hesitant to discuss him as report after report has added disturbing color to his checkered past. The most recent revelation came on Monday, when The Daily Wire uncovered a disturbing joke Platner <a href="http://t.co/tDJOKYM2G6">posted</a> on the internet about bestiality, necrophilia, and incest. 
That came on the heels of multiple women coming forward and claiming Platner <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/us/politics/platner-maine-senate-girlfriends-relationships.html">sent</a> sexually explicit messages while married. Platner’s profile on kik — dubbed a “predator’s paradise” because of the ease with which underage users are able to join the app and talk with adults — was also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/see-it-graham-platner-has-active-profile-on-predators-paradise-messaging-app">uncovered</a> by The Daily Wire. Even Platner’s “life on the sea” narrative has begun to unravel after he reported income from the business as “other <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/platners-living-sea-claim-dismantled-critics-financial-docs-paint-different-picture">$5,001</a>” on financial disclosures. 
Earlier in the month, Democratic leadership convened with Platner to discuss his race against incumbent Susan Collins (R-ME). Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) — who will face Moulton in his state&#8217;s September 1 primary — attended the meeting. Markey has served in Congress since <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/massachusetts-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html">1977</a> and most recently touted his legislation that proposed a “trans bill of rights.” 
Moulton, in contrast, faced backlash from within his own party when he <a href="https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-moulton-moment-and-the-mamdani-effect-how-the-democratic-party-is-abandoning-its-jewish-center/">said</a> he did not want his daughters “getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete.” 
The current cycle is not Moulton&#8217;s first attempt for higher office. In 2019, Moulton launched a Presidential Campaign. “We can’t go too far left or we lose middle America,” he <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-politics/democratic-2020-candidate-moulton-says-sanders-warren-too-liberal-to-beat-trump-idUSKCN1S309T/">said</a> at the time. But seven years later, Moulton has praised socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani for his affordability agenda and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=what+has+seth+moulton+said+about+socialism&amp;oq=what+has+seth+moulton+said+about+socialism&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRiPAjIHCAIQIRiPAtIBCDUyNjhqMGo3qAIAsAIA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:a278378d,vid:J3B9Y9Cpk3U,st:0">directly</a> refused to denounce socialism.
Moderate Democrats like Moulton face new opposition heading into the midterms as their base is shifting dramatically to the left. On Tuesday, three Mamdani-backed Socialist candidates swept their respective congressional races in New York City, unseating two incumbent Democrats.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) embraced the shift. &#8220;Our message to the oligarchs: bring it on,&#8221; he said. &#8220;After last nights decisive wins, [we] have a new, strong, bold Democratic party.&#8221;
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Our message to the oligarchs: bring it on.
After last nights decisive wins, have a new, strong, bold Democratic party. <a href="https://t.co/cGqpQozYcn">pic.twitter.com/cGqpQozYcn</a>
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) <a href="https://x.com/RoKhanna/status/2069879382852735291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2026</a></blockquote>

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Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) delivered a Bible-based — and very personal — Father&#8217;s Day message specifically aimed at children who were growing up without fathers.
Scott joined CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Sunday morning&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; where he talked about the fact that he&#8217;d grown up from the age of seven without his own father present — and then, when he married, he&#8217;d become a stepfather to his new wife&#8217;s adult children.
He spoke about <a href="https://x.com/CNNSOTU/status/2068700521251119222">advice</a> from a pastor, who&#8217;d reminded him that he had to &#8220;earn the right to influence&#8221; the lives of the adult children in his newly-blended family — and he said that advice had so far served him well. But then Tapper asked what advice he had for fathers — or for those who might be living without a father.
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Senator Tim Scott&#8217;s powerful Father&#8217;s Day message: &#8220;If you are without a father, do not think that his absence somehow makes you less qualified to do anything. You are fearfully and wonderfully made&#8230; Do not let your dad&#8217;s absence be an excuse for doing something that you will… <a href="https://t.co/QUZErFshMg">pic.twitter.com/QUZErFshMg</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://x.com/CNNSOTU/status/2068698028710506509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2026</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;On this Father&#8217;s Day, what&#8217;s your message to all the people out there, either the dads or the people who don&#8217;t have dads?&#8221; Tapper asked.
&#8220;If you are without a father, do not think that his absence somehow makes you less qualified to do anything. You are fearfully and wonderfully made,&#8221; Scott said, quoting Psalm 139:14. &#8220;But it is your responsibility at a certain age to take responsibility of your life and to make the most out of it.&#8221;
&#8220;Do not let your dad&#8217;s absence be an excuse for doing something that you will later regret,&#8221; he added.
Scott told Tapper that even though his own father had left when he was young, he&#8217;d always felt motivated to go out and make him proud.
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Senator Tim Scott&#8217;s dad left when he was 7 years old, but he still saw him through rose-colored glasses: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know very many kids who don&#8217;t want to make their dads proud.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/t1eGwVO028">pic.twitter.com/t1eGwVO028</a>
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&#8220;I don&#8217;t know very many kids who don&#8217;t want to make their dads proud,&#8221; he said.

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Comedian Bill Maher scorched Democrats — former Vice President Kamala Harris chief among them — for ignoring and even mocking the idea of patriotism until they needed to win elections.
Maher, during his Friday broadcast of HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Real Time,&#8221; scolded Democrats who were refusing to celebrate the United States as it passed it&#8217;s 250th anniversary, arguing that they were only making themselves look petty and small in their efforts to attack President Donald Trump.
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Bill Maher on America’s 250th Birthday: &#8220;I’m NOT DOWN with this attitude of ‘Well, we’re having a party, but if Trump’s going, I’m not.’ That’s so high school it should be in the Epstein files.” 
⁰“Go to the party; it’s a big celebration. You probably won’t run into him. This… <a href="https://t.co/u0rlUhmOsc">pic.twitter.com/u0rlUhmOsc</a>
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&#8220;This is about America. He isn’t America. He’s a temporary caretaker of America, America’s employee. And the message should be that America isn’t actually his and that no one’s side gets to own being psyched about the country,&#8221; Maher argued.
&#8220;So I’m not down with this attitude of ‘Well, we’re having a party, but if Trump’s going, I’m not.’ That’s so high school it should be in the Epstein files,&#8221; he added, drawing laughs from the audience. &#8220;Go to the party; it’s a big celebration. You probably won’t run into him. This country’s 3.8M square miles, and that’s without Greenland.&#8221;
Maher went on to argue that a lot of the dire events Democrats had predicted had failed to materialize — not the least of which being their fear that Trump would barricade himself in the White House and refuse to leave after losing in 2020 — before he turned on the former vice president.
Jabbing at Harris&#8217;s 2024 call for Democrats to &#8220;take back the flag,&#8221; he pointed out that eleventh-hour conversions would never be convincing.
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💥NEW: Bill Maher *ROASTS* Kamala Harris🤣🇺🇸
“Every election year, Democrats seem to remember patriotism for about an hour at their convention when they&#8217;re trying to win back swing voters. The whole message of Kamala&#8217;s speech in 2024 was: ‘Take Back the Flag.’”
“That&#8217;s why she… <a href="https://t.co/xYubuHowij">pic.twitter.com/xYubuHowij</a>
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) <a href="https://x.com/JasonJournoDC/status/2068467326903861419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Harris, during her speech, claimed that the &#8220;pride of being an American&#8221; was truly the &#8220;greatest privilege&#8221; anyone could even experience — but Maher was not buying it.
&#8220;The message that most threatens authoritarians isn’t America sucks. It’s America is ours too. Every election year, Democrats seem to remember patriotism for about an hour at their convention when they’re trying to win back swing voters. The whole message of Kamala’s speech in 2024 was take back the flag. That’s why she talked about America like a pageant contestant,&#8221; Maher said. &#8220;Hard to believe she lost, huh? Well, you can’t take back the flag in an hour if the rest of the time you treat patriotism as something vaguely embarrassing.&#8221;

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Actor Tom Hanks jabbed at liberal outlet MSNOW, mocking the far left outlet when a reporter caught up to him on Thursday at the opening of former President Barack Obama&#8217;s Presidential Library in Chicago.
The &#8220;Toy Story&#8221; actor, dressed for the outdoor occasion in a black blazer and round sunglasses, turned to the reporter and asked what information he should share with the &#8220;800&#8221; people who might be likely to be tuned in to the network.
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The reporter was naming off some of the famous people in attendance at the library&#8217;s opening, mentioning Doris Kearns Goodwin before turning to address Hanks.
&#8220;What can I do for the 800 people watching MSNOW?&#8221; the actor asked as the reporter turned toward him.
&#8220;Come on,&#8221; the reporter pushed back, telling Hanks that the shot was live.
&#8220;All right, add a zero to it if you need to,&#8221; Hanks laughed.
&#8220;I would say millions, now that you&#8217;re on our air,&#8221; the reporter replied.
&#8220;All right, all right,&#8221; Hanks laughed.
The library opening drew a massive crowd, including former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Joe Biden — along with their respective First Ladies – and former Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as a number of celebrities. The opening ceremony itself was largely mocked across conservative media because it began with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-presidential-library-officially-opens-with-land-acknowledgement">land acknowledgement</a> to the native tribes that had occupied the area previously.
The fifth film in Hanks&#8217; &#8220;Toy Story&#8221; franchise opened in theaters on Friday, June 19 — and had already set off alarm bells when it set the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/toy-story-5-breaks-the-wrong-kind-of-record-for-pixar">wrong kind of record</a> for Pixar. The critics&#8217; rating for the latest installment ranked lower than any of the previous four on film site Rotten Tomatoes, coming in at 94%. The fourth ranked three points higher at 97%, and the first two had perfect scores of 100%. Critics have argued that the franchise lost its way as the final offering failed to provide a real &#8220;villain&#8221; in the story.

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If Vice President JD Vance decides to run for the nation&#8217;s top office in 2028, he already has one unlikely endorsement — albeit an unofficial one — from Joy Behar.
When Vance appeared on Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;The View,&#8221; no one expected him to get along with the decidedly liberal and vocally anti-Trump hosts of the ABC talk show — and certainly, no one expected him to walk away from the table with one of them encouraging him to run for president — but that is what happened.
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Joy Behar admits she&#8217;s smitten for JD Vance and asked him to run for President backstage &#8220;because he has a good vibe&#8221; and is &#8220;intelligent&#8221; after his appearance on The View:
&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe that he&#8217;s a bad guy.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/MOvQM5eTZ6">pic.twitter.com/MOvQM5eTZ6</a>
— Danny De Urbina (@dannydeurbina) <a href="https://x.com/dannydeurbina/status/2067276383374455162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Following Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast, Behar sat down with longtime executive producer Brian Teta for the &#8220;Behind the Table&#8221; podcast — and they jumped right into a conversation about Vance&#8217;s appearance and how he&#8217;d surprised them by being genuinely funny.
&#8220;Listen, he talked about his giant head for a while. I enjoyed that,&#8221; Teta smiled, referencing Vance&#8217;s claim that people often only saw his big head and didn&#8217;t notice he was tall. &#8220;He sat down with a joke, I thought that was pretty good, his press team told him that this was a table of MAGA Republicans —&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, that was funny,&#8221; Behar agreed.
&#8220;And apparently — oh, I&#8217;m getting a note here — you told him during the break that he should run for president because he has a good vibe,&#8221; Teta said then, turning to Behar for a response.
&#8220;I think that even though — for a Republican, mind you, I&#8217;m not a Republican,&#8221; Behar said. &#8220;I think possibly I voted for Michael Bloomberg once for mayor, who was supposedly — supposedly he was a Republican. I don&#8217;t mind a Republican on the city level because it needs a little discipline. But on the national level, I want somebody with a good heart, and those are more in the Democratic Party in my opinion.&#8221;
&#8220;They care about the poor, they help people,&#8221; Behar continued, adding, &#8220;The Republican Party is more about saving taxes for rich people, so I&#8217;m not a Republican.&#8221;
Teta interjected then to say that Vance had admitted backstage that appearing on &#8220;The View&#8221; had made him more nervous than preparing for his vice presidential debate against Governor Tim Walz (D-MN).
&#8220;He should be,&#8221; Behar shot back, arguing that the ladies with whom she shared the table brought &#8220;many receipts&#8221; when they presented their questions. &#8220;Truthfully, as I said to you in the beginning of this conversation, I don&#8217;t think that he&#8217;s a bad guy. So if he runs against, say, [Governor] Gavin Newsom (D-CA), that will be an interesting debate to see those two because they&#8217;re both intelligent.&#8221;
During the podcast, Behar and Teta also revealed that Vance had set no ground rules for the interview — meaning that they could ask him absolutely anything and he had no advance knowledge of what they might want to talk about — and that he&#8217;d agreed to those terms without contest.
Teta then said the most important thing about the interview was the &#8220;bar&#8221; it set — meaning that any future presidential or vice presidential candidate would be unwise to refuse an appearance on &#8220;The View.&#8221;
&#8220;They all will. They have to stop here. They want the female vote,&#8221; Behar declared, suggesting that candidates could only access American female voters through their show.
Teta said he&#8217;d like to invite Secretary of State Marco Rubio to appear, and Behar shot back, &#8220;We&#8217;ll put him on with Ana Navarro, that will be interesting to watch. Talk about a cage match.&#8221;
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On their podcast, The View proclaims that &#8220;the bar is set&#8221; and presidential candidates NEED to come on the show like VP Vance. 
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— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://x.com/NickFondacaro/status/2067255767900504185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Former MTV reality star Spencer Pratt jabbed at incumbent Mayor Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) when he learned that the mayor&#8217;s own brother had joined a class-action lawsuit against the city over the Palisades fire.
Pratt announced that he and his wife, fellow reality star Heidi Montag, were suing Los Angeles almost immediately after the deadly fire destroyed their home — but he responded on Sunday to the news that Kenneth D. Bass was also joining the suit over the loss of his multi-million-dollar Malibu home.
&#8220;I am proud to be teaming up with Karen Bass&#8217; brother in suing his sister for her reckless negligence that led to the destruction of our homes,&#8221; Pratt captioned a clip from a local news report. &#8220;I hope their Thanksgiving dinner isn&#8217;t too awks. I know ours hasn&#8217;t been the same since last year &#8230;&#8221;
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I am proud to be teaming up with Karen Bass&#8217; brother in suing his sister for her reckless negligence that led to the destruction of our homes. I hope their Thanksgiving dinner isn&#8217;t too awks. I know ours hasn&#8217;t been the same since last year&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/d8YyGjJ775">pic.twitter.com/d8YyGjJ775</a>
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The ABC affiliate revealed court documents that showed Kenneth D. Bass as a plaintiff in a case filed in May, in which he joined the class-action suit and claimed to have suffered from &#8220;smoke inhalation, severe emotional distress, mental anguish and annoyance&#8221; in addition to the loss of his home.
&#8220;As part of the mass tort legal process, Mr. and Mrs. Bass’ names were formally added as some of the nearly 40,000 victims who suffered losses. Their family connections are irrelevant, and as non-public citizens they are entitled to respectful privacy as they pursue their legal rights along with all represented victims,&#8221; attorneys for Kenneth Bass and his wife told <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/karen-bass-responds-to-brothers-lawsuit-over-palisades-fire-home-loss/">The New York Post</a>.
The home in question has not been rebuilt, and Bass sold the 1.5-acre lot — that still includes a putting green, a pool, and a guest house that were not lost in the fire — for $2 million last May.
The suit blames the city&#8217;s failure to respond to the fire on the reservoirs that were depleted: &#8220;The Palisades Fire has been a traumatic event for its victims, who through no fault of their own, went from homeowners to homeless in a matter of hours.&#8221;
During a recent campaign event, Mayor Bass — who is facing a run-off challenge in November from Democratic-socialist city councilwoman Nithya Raman — was clearly avoiding the question when she was asked three times about her brother&#8217;s addition to the suit.
&#8220;We’re not talking about that!&#8221; an aide pushed back as Bass was pressed on the issue.

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Embattled former First Son Hunter Biden offered an extensive defense of Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, arguing that his critics should be the first to reveal the contents of their own phones.
Biden, speaking with Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA), explained away everything from Platner&#8217;s Nazi-inspired tattoo to his apparent history of troubling behavior with women before arguing that he made up for any shortcomings by taking appealing political positions. Biden also suggested that Platner&#8217;s issues were irrelevant anyway, since the people raising concerns about him were probably equally dirty.
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Newsom raised the question about Platner, who has faced a number of controversies since he rose to the top of the heap in Maine, asking Biden what he made of the way things had played out in recent weeks.
&#8220;What do think in the context of authenticity versus the audacity frame of Platner as a — as, you know, an example?&#8221; Newsom asked, referencing Platner&#8217;s tattoo and vulgar comments he&#8217;d made on social media.
Biden began by attributing Platner&#8217;s previous behavior to his military service and his struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, alluding to his own troubled history as a drug addict and suggesting that he of all people would recognize someone who was trying to right his own course.
&#8220;He&#8217;s not saying something new today that he wasn&#8217;t saying four months ago,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;Or five months ago, which is this: he was a veteran, a combat veteran, and when he came back he had some real issues with PTSD, and that trauma, and whatever way that he was working it out, I think he has been really open about &#8230; he wasn&#8217;t a good person.&#8221;
Biden then compared Platner&#8217;s struggles to his own, saying that he knew how much &#8220;stamina&#8221; and &#8220;courage&#8221; it took to turn things around.
He went on to declare that he was &#8220;99% certain that Graham Platner is no Nazi,&#8221; and argued that people should stay out of the Maine Democrat&#8217;s relationship with his wife.
&#8220;I always say to people, like, show me your phone,&#8221; Biden continued, and Newsom laughed. &#8220;Give me access to your iCloud. Let&#8217;s go through it and pull everything that we can that is inappropriate, that is off-color, that is — you know, that selfie that you took when you were drunk off your ass and you sent it to your blah, blah, blah. Like, show me your phone!&#8221;
Biden argued that, by that standard, no one would ever be qualified to hold public office — and appeared to suggest that for that reason, people should ignore the furor around Platner.
In his final defense, Biden said he did not believe Platner was abusive, and he was worth supporting because no matter what his personal issues might be, he supported things like government-provided free healthcare and sticking it to billionaires.

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Hunter Biden Defends Graham Platner With A 'Show Me Your Phone' Challenge

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Hunter Biden

Maine

The CEO of the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue was a font of absolutely no information during a Capitol Hill hearing on Wednesday.
Regina Wallace-Jones gave the same answer to every question — invoking her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination — throughout the hearing, provoking a shocked response from Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) when she offered the same response to a question about her name.
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Apparently, even the preferred usage of the ActBlue CEO’s name is protected under the 5th Amendment. <a href="https://t.co/9tJhqRcwCQ">pic.twitter.com/9tJhqRcwCQ</a>
— Rep. Barry Loudermilk (@RepLoudermilk) <a href="https://x.com/RepLoudermilk/status/2064760465960378405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2026</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;So I do have a series of questions for you, but I want to make sure I’m respectful. Is it Miss Jones or Miss Wallace-Jones?&#8221; Loudermilk asked.
&#8220;On the advice of my counsel, I respectfully decline to answer this question pursuant to my Fifth Amendment rights under the Constitution,&#8221; Wallace-Jones replied, prompting a few laughs in the room.
&#8220;Okay, wow! Okay, didn’t, uh … expect that one,&#8221; Loudermilk reacted in surprise.
But Wallace-Jones also refused to answer the more substantive questions — including a series of questions from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) about whether ActBlue had allowed illegal foreign donations to pass through the platform or had weakened fraud safeguards to help Democrats.
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After Rep. Garcia (D-CA) claimed that the hearing on ActBlue is nothing more than a charade, Rep. Jim Jordan made him eat his own words.
&#8220;Let&#8217;s be clear. We&#8217;re here because ACTBlue&#8217;s legal counsel said Ms. Wallace-Jones lied to Congress, willfully and knowingly misled the… <a href="https://t.co/493tQJLH0R">pic.twitter.com/493tQJLH0R</a>
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) <a href="https://x.com/AndrewKolvet/status/2064734664334438419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Jordan, pushing back on claims from Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) that the hearing was more of a political performance than substance, pointed out that statements from ActBlue&#8217;s former legal counsel had prompted the hearing.
As laid out in a <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/media/in-the-news/actblue-employees-took-fifth-house-depositions-146-times">press release</a> from the House Judiciary Committee in April, former ActBlue general counsel Darrin Hurwitz, ex-director and associate general counsel Aaron Ting, and former counsel Zain Ahmad all parted ways with ActBlue after warning that unspecified changes to fraud standards could leave the political action committee and fundraising platform open to legal risks.
In the investigation that followed, ActBlue employees invoked their 5th Amendment rights at least 146 times — and Wallace-Jones did the same throughout her hearing on Wednesday, declining to answer questions such as:
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<li>&#8220;How much fraud is too much fraud?&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;How many foreign contributions did ACTBlue accept?&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;How much money did ACTBlue accept from Russia?&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Why did your entire legal team quit, your in-house legal team?&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Did your legal team quit because of reduced fraud standards?&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Did you weaken your fraud standards to help Democrats?&#8221;</li>
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&#8220;The crux of this misconduct is simple: ActBlue appears to have accepted illegal foreign donations en masse and tried to cover it up, lying to and withholding information from Congress in the process,&#8221; the Judiciary Committee&#8217;s report concluded.

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CEO Of Democrat Fundraising Machine Refuses To Answer Questions

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Democrat

fundraiser

Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) has brought in a veteran crisis communicator to handle public scrutiny over his ties to disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and any future dealings with the Senate Ethics Committee.
The communicator in question is Andrew Bates, who most recently handled crisis communications for former President Joe Biden as he weathered the final days of his ill-fated 2024 re-election campaign and the end of his term in the White House.
According to a <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/06/09/democrats-ruben-gallego-eric-swalwell-biden-andrew-bates?utm_campaign=mrf-utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_source=x&amp;utm_medium=owned_social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;mrfcid=202606096a1d03c13e6f3e29b07150c1">report</a> published Tuesday by Axios, some in Gallego&#8217;s camp feel they&#8217;re being sidelined to make room for the Biden alum.
&#8220;Senator Gallego has been clear that he plans to help Democrats take the majority in 2026 and is weighing all options for his political future. He has brought on Andrew to help navigate those processes,&#8221; a spokesperson for Gallego told the outlet.
What Gallego&#8217;s team did not say was that the senator has been under increased scrutiny since several women came forward with accusations of sexual misconduct and even rape against Swalwell. Gallego has repeatedly claimed that he had no knowledge of Swalwell&#8217;s alleged behavior — despite the fact that the former California congressman was a longtime close friend and former roommate.
An experienced crisis communicator may be necessary if Gallego is to survive the fallout — and Bates&#8217; work for the Biden White House certainly speaks to that.
When even the Democratic leaders in Congress — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), among others — were approaching the White House and calling for Biden to bow out of the 2024 race, Bates was telling reporters that it wasn&#8217;t going to happen.
&#8220;The president told both leaders he is the nominee of the party, he plans to win and looks forward to working with both of them to pass his 100-days agenda to help working families,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/us/politics/biden-election-drop-out.html">Bates said</a>, just a few days before Biden announced that he would not continue his presidential re-election campaign.
On July 18, Bates posted an ABC News article citing an unnamed White House official who declared Biden&#8217;s plan to remain in the race.
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“Flatly denied reports that the president is now more open to the idea of ending his campaign.
‘Anyone who has talked to Joe Biden in the last 24 hours can tell you that is not true,’ [said] the senior White House official, who has spoken to Biden today”<a href="https://t.co/oCbBCvfciW">https://t.co/oCbBCvfciW</a>
— Andrew Bates (@AndrewBatesNC) <a href="https://x.com/AndrewBatesNC/status/1814028972809683025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Keep the faith,&#8221; Bates posted on July 20 — along with an article about Biden&#8217;s plans to hit the campaign trail in the coming days.
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Keep the faith.
“1 big thing: Biden digs in”
“Biden officials are telling Democratic critics that President Biden is eager to prove them wrong — and plans to hit the campaign trail once he recovers from COVID” <a href="https://t.co/fIrxXSsrXv">https://t.co/fIrxXSsrXv</a>
— Andrew Bates (@AndrewBatesNC) <a href="https://x.com/AndrewBatesNC/status/1814663860525097305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Just over 24 hours later, Biden would exit the race.
And by late February of 2025, Bates — who had defended Biden to the final hours of both his campaign and his presidency — was on MS NOW claiming that President Donald Trump might not have the &#8220;energy&#8221; to do the job well.
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.<a href="https://x.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a>: &#8220;Former Biden spokesperson suggests Trump might not have the &#8216;energy&#8217; to do the job, &#8216;desperate to show that he&#8217;s in charge'&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/ML0U5uB91v">https://t.co/ML0U5uB91v</a>
— Andrew Bates (@AndrewBatesNC) <a href="https://x.com/AndrewBatesNC/status/1893730118528278608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act

Swalwell’s BFF Brings Back Infamous Biden Lackey To Manage Crisis Response

Swalwell's BFF Brings Back Infamous Biden Lackey To Manage Crisis Response

Eric Swalwell

Joe Biden

Daily Wire host Michael Knowles had to explain what &#8220;Two-Spirit&#8221; meant to a gay commentator during a live television broadcast.
Knowles, during an appearance on &#8220;Piers Morgan Uncensored,&#8221; debated gay commentator James Barr over LGBTQ Pride Month — and the conversation came to a screeching halt when Morgan discovered that Barr didn&#8217;t even fully understand all the letters in the latest iteration of the acronym: LGBTQIA2SL+.
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&#8220;It’s LGBTQ+,&#8221; Barr said, but Morgan quickly pushed back.
&#8220;No, it’s LGBTQIA2SL+,&#8221; the host pointed out.
&#8220;Right, sure,&#8221; Barr agreed.
&#8220;What does any of that mean?&#8221; Morgan asked.
&#8220;Are you now going to test me on what that is?&#8221; Barr asked.
&#8220;Because I have no idea,&#8221; Morgan admitted.
Knowles interjected then, explaining, &#8220;You know, 2[S] means two-spirit.&#8221;
&#8220;Two-spirit. What’s that?&#8221; Morgan asked.
Barr, clearly unsure of his answer, guessed, &#8220;I think that is a[n] American-Canadian …&#8221;
&#8220;You have no idea, do you?&#8221; Knowles interjected.
&#8220;Brilliant! You have no idea!&#8221; Morgan exclaimed. &#8220;We’re celebrating something. You have no idea what you’re celebrating!&#8221;
At that point, Knowles jumped in to explain further: &#8220;In the interest of Pride, I&#8217;ll tell you what it is: They say that Two Spirit was this ancient Native American sexual identity, but it&#8217;s not actually. It was invented in 1990 —&#8221;
&#8220;How does Michael Knowles know this and you don’t?!&#8221; Morgan asked, equally incredulous and amused by the direction the conversation had taken. He went on to take Barr apart over his blind support for a community described by an acronym that he clearly did not understand.
&#8220;We&#8217;re spending a month celebrating stuff that you can&#8217;t even explain what we&#8217;re celebrating!&#8221; Morgan concluded.

Michael Knowles

Michael Knowles Has To Explain ‘Two-Spirit’ To Gay Commentator On Live Television

Michael Knowles Has To Explain 'Two-Spirit' To Gay Commentator On Live Television

LGBTQ

Pride Month

Comedian and HBO host Bill Maher said that people often got the late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk all wrong — and did so intentionally in an effort to score points.
Maher, who interviewed Kirk before his assassination in September of 2025, raised the topic during a recent episode of his &#8220;Club Random&#8221; podcast with guest and fellow comedian Jeff Dunham — and he argued that Kirk&#8217;s statements were often cut off and presented without context so that the Christian activist could be portrayed as a &#8220;monster.&#8221;
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💥NEW: Bill Maher on Charlie Kirk: “I liked him as a person. I’m glad I talked to him. I do not think he was a monster.” <a href="https://t.co/jDymW06WrK">pic.twitter.com/jDymW06WrK</a>
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) <a href="https://x.com/JasonJournoDC/status/2063987830750093746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2026</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The Charlie Kirk interview with you and him was really interesting,&#8221; Dunham said.
&#8220;Me, with him here?&#8221; Maher asked for clarification.
&#8220;Yes.&#8221;
&#8220;I loved it,&#8221; Maher agreed, adding that he&#8217;d since been asked to participate in a documentary about Kirk, and that he&#8217;d quickly agreed to do so.
&#8220;I&#8217;m giving them five minutes after my taping Friday night, because — and I told them, don&#8217;t expect me to be just saying, you know, hagiography about Charlie,&#8221; Maher continued. &#8220;I liked him as a person, I&#8217;m glad I talked to him. I do not think he was a monster, and if you look — if you look at — uh-oh, heart attack?&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah,&#8221; Dunham laughed.
&#8220;If you look at his statements, I&#8217;ve read the full statements. Of course, because everybody is only interested in getting points for their team they mischaracterize them,&#8221; Maher added. &#8220;But even when I read the full statement, which were accurately characterized, I still disagreed with him. But it wasn&#8217;t what they present — it wasn&#8217;t what they presented.&#8221;
&#8220;Again, it&#8217;s always in the middle — it wasn&#8217;t as bad as they said, but I still disagree,&#8221; he said.
Dunham said that&#8217;s what he&#8217;d enjoyed about Maher&#8217;s interview with Kirk — that he had allowed him to fully lay out his points and had considered them rather than simply pushing back and calling him names.
&#8220;My little motto here is everybody&#8217;s a monster until you talk to them,&#8221; Maher concluded.

Charlie Kirk

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