<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/travis-kelce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce</a> definitely got everyone’s attention when he dropped a teaser trailer for Adam Sandler’s highly-anticipated &#8220;Happy Gilmore 2.&#8221;
In a clip Kelce posted to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEP410wIt46/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA%3D%3D">Instagram</a> on Tuesday, the Kansas City Chiefs star made a brief appearance in the trailer for the new Netflix movie, telling Sandler’s character, &#8220;It’s great to see you back, Mr. Gilmore!”
He captioned the post, “It’s great to see you back in 2025, Mr. Gilmore! Wishing everyone a HAPPY New Year with HAPPY GILMORE 2, coming to<a href="https://www.instagram.com/netflix/"> @netflix</a> in the new year.”
There were several reactions to the clip, including one message from fellow Chiefs star QB Patrick Mahomes, who wrote, “Let’s Go,” along with a fire emoji.
One comment from the official account for the Kelce brothers&#8217; “New Heights Show” podcast read, “Uh oh, Travvy learned how to putt,” along with a crying laughing face emoji.
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Kelce’s involvement in the film comes after the Chiefs tight end made it clear on a past episode of his podcast that he was a Happy Gilmore fan, and if there were a sequel in the works, he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae1J82fM23Q">would love to be part of it</a>. 
Sandler later appeared on the Kelce brothers&#8217; podcast and hinted at the role the Chiefs star player would have in the movie.
&#8220;Travis we&#8217;re gonna have fun because the scene you&#8217;re doing is with so many great golfers it&#8217;s going to be amazing. You&#8217;re going to be funny as hell,&#8221; the famed actor said, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/adam-sandler-travis-kelce-talk-athletes-happy-gilmore/story?id=113221086">ABC News</a> noted.
It will mark the first time the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-spotted-at-us-open-and-double-date-with-patrick-and-brittany-mahomes-following-maga-controversy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NFL star</a> appears in a movie after taking part in several TV projects like “Moonbase 8” and “Grotesquerie.&#8221;
Fans have been waiting a long time for a sequel to Sandler’s hilarious 1996 golf comedy, in which he played hockey player turned golfer to save his grandmother’s home. Based on the trailer, several original movie stars are returning for the sequel, including Christopher McDonald as rival golfer Shooter McGavin and Julie Bowen, who plays Gilmore&#8217;s love interest.
It’s fair to say the movie helped launch Sandler&#8217;s movie career, turning him from supporting roles to the leading man in such hits as “The Wedding Singer,” “The Waterboy,” “Anger Management,” and “50 First Dates.”
“Happy Gilmore 2”  is expected to debut sometime in 2025.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-shuts-down-taylor-swift-breakup-rumors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce Shuts Down Taylor Swift Breakup Rumors</a>

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Former NFL player and ESPN host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jason-kelce-breaks-silence-on-penn-state-heckler-incident">Jason Kelce</a> has been cleared in a phone-smashing heckler incident at Pennsylvania State University last month.
In a statement on Tuesday, Penn State police said it has closed its investigation and Kelce has been cleared of any wrongdoing after he was seen on video throwing a heckler’s phone to the ground after the person called his brother <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/travis-kelce">Travis Kelce</a> a “f****t for dating Taylor Swift,” the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-14177971/Police-issue-major-update-Jason-Kelce-phone-smashing-incident.html">Daily Mail</a> reported.
“The individual in the video footage circulating on social media has not been identified, and no one has come forward to University Police with a related complaint about damage to personal property,” the Penn State statement read. 
In the <a href="https://x.com/Outkick/status/1852792827710697785">video</a> that surfaced on X, the former Philadelphia Eagles star was attempting to walk into the Ohio State-Penn State college football game when he was surrounded outside Penn State’s Beaver Stadium, as The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jason-kelce-harassed-at-penn-state-smashes-hecklers-phone">Daily Wire</a> previously reported. It happened during Kelce’s attendance at the game for an appearance on ESPN’s College Gameday, <a href="https://people.com/jason-kelce-smashes-fans-phone-after-they-call-travis-homophobic-slur-8738785?hid=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;did=15218418-20241102&amp;utm_campaign=ppl_relationship-builder&amp;utm_source=ppl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=110224&amp;lctg=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;lr_input=a08f4ce0dc67f7e22d138c82b9ce538ad294bfaca0b145e2f563962e58e05ef7&amp;utm_term=news-alert">People magazine</a> noted.
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NEWS: Penn State University police have closed their investigation into the incident involving Jason Kelce slamming a fan’s phone to the ground before a football game last month.
Details 🔗<a href="https://t.co/2L2siQCWFk">https://t.co/2L2siQCWFk</a>
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One of the people who was walking very close to him was a male college student who pointed his phone&#8217;s camera in Kelce’s face and began harassing him.
In the clip, the person could be heard saying to Kelce, whose brother is dating the superstar singer, “Kelce, how does it feel that your brother is a f****t for dating Taylor Swift?”
A second <a href="https://x.com/barstoolsports/status/1852779425990914182">video</a> showed a close-up shot of Jason looking directly at the heckler while he made the comments. In response, Kelce grabbed the phone and threw it to the ground. He then bent down to pick it up before walking away.
In a third <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB4pgg5CqFZ/?igsh=MTBlZjE4YzMxOA%3D%3D">clip</a>, Kelce could be seen bending down to pick up the dropped phone, at which point the heckler put his hand on Kelce and shoved the former NFL player to the ground. Kelce then stood up and lashed out at the heckler, saying “Who’s the f****t now?” before he walked off to attend the game.
The former Eagles star later addressed what happened in the video and admitted that he wasn’t happy with any of what had happened.
“Listen, I’m not happy with anything that took place,” Kelce said on the show. “I’m not proud of it. And in a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate. And I just don’t think that that’s a productive thing.”
“I really don’t,” he added. “I don’t think that it leads to discourse and it’s the right way to go about things. In that moment I fell down to a level that I shouldn’t have. So, bottom line is, I try to live my life by the golden rule. That’s what I’ve always been taught … even though I fell short this week.”
Kelce retired from the Eagles in March 2024. He is a host of the “New Heights” podcast with his brother Travis in addition to working for the sports network.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jason-kelce-breaks-silence-on-penn-state-heckler-incident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Kelce Breaks Silence On Penn State Heckler Incident</a>

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Pop star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a> closed out her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Eras Tour</a> this past weekend, setting a record for highest ticket sales ever, closing with just north of $2 billion in sales that were double the gross ticket sales of any other concert tour in history, per <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/arts/music/taylor-swift-eras-tour-ticket-sales.html">The New York Times</a>.
Previously, the highest-earning tour was Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour, which started in 2022 and is ongoing. That has earned just over $1 billion so far. In third place is Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour (2018-2023), which earned $939 million.
Swift’s first stop on the Eras Tour was in Glendale, Arizona, in March 2023. She closed out the tour in Vancouver, Canada, at the BC Place Stadium on Sunday, telling fans, &#8220;We have toured the entire world. We have had so many adventures. It has been the most exciting, powerful, electrifying, intense, most challenging thing I&#8217;ve ever done in my entire life.”
Right before playing her last song, “Karma,” and leaving the stage, the 14-time Grammy Award winner said to the crowd, “I want to thank every single one of you for being a part of the most thrilling chapter of my entire life to date — my beloved Eras Tour.”
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According to a report from <a href="https://people.com/taylor-swift-gave-eras-tour-crew-usd197-million-in-bonuses-exclusive-8758216" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People</a>, Swift gave out $197 million worth of bonuses to her tour crew, which included truck drivers, caterers, instrument techs, the merch team, lighting and sound, production staff and assistants, carpenters, dancers, a band, security, choreographers, pyrotechnics, riggers, hair, makeup, wardrobe, physical therapists, and the video team.
The singer, who now has a personal net worth of more than $1 billion, didn’t just earn money from the tour and merchandising. Swift was also the top streamed artist of 2024 on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music, the outlet noted. Her newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, was also the most streamed album of the last year.
She also released a self-published book called The Eras Tour Book over Thanksgiving weekend. The book included photos and text about the tour and reportedly sold 814,000 copies in two days. 
Fans headed to TikTok to point out <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-errors-tour-fans-complain-taylor-swifts-self-published-book-full-of-typos-layout-issues">multiple typos</a> and photo layout errors in the book, which they nicknamed “The Errors Tour Book.” Those complaints were not enough to stop the tidal wave of sales ahead of the holidays.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a>’s book about her massively popular Eras Tour was released on Black Friday, prompting fans to line up to purchase a copy. But now those same buyers are expressing their frustration on social media about all of the typos and layout issues in the 256-page coffee table book.
&#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/books">The Eras Tour Book,</a>&#8221; along with a vinyl and CD version of &#8220;The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology,&#8221; debuted exclusively at Target for a sale price of $39.99. Fans waited in line overnight after Thanksgiving for a chance to nab their copy, and it became an instant bestseller, moving an extraordinary 814,000 copies over the holiday weekend.
That made it the biggest publishing launch of 2024, per <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-eras-tour-book-first-week-sales-1235845444/">Billboard</a>.
But now that fans have had a chance to page through the book, which features more than 500 photos from The Eras Tour and some of Swift&#8217;s thoughts about it, they’re pointing out multiple problems. Some have even nicknamed it “The Errors Tour.”
These mistakes likely stem from the fact that the 34-year-old singer chose to self-publish instead of going through traditional publishing channels. The book was released through Taylor Swift Publications. 
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I know I’m not the only one disappointed with the Eras Tour book, but I haven’t seen anyone else talk about the glaringly obvious grammatical errors and clunky sentences within the pages. I make this video with peace, love, and a general frustration about how easy many of these problems could have been fixed with one more set of editing eyes. This book just had so much potential, and with a little tweaking it could have been absolutely spectacular. <a title="erastourbook" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/erastourbook?refer=embed">#erastourbook</a> <a title="errorstour" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/errorstour?refer=embed">#errorstour</a> <a title="booktok" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/booktok?refer=embed">#booktok</a> 
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Some examples include the &#8220;Folklore&#8221; song &#8220;This Is Me Trying,&#8221; which appears in the book as &#8220;This Is Me Rying,&#8221; per <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-fans-lined-target-220553826.html">Business Insider</a>. The song &#8220;Gold Rush,&#8221; from &#8220;Evermore,&#8221; appears as one word in the book but is supposed to be two.
The book also incorrectly lists the singer’s Toronto tour stops as &#8220;November 14-16, 22-23,&#8221; ignoring the show she also played there on November 21.
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As for the insider snippets from Swift, many are <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/06/taylor-swift-eras-tour-book-typos-tiktok-labour-wembley/">saying</a> the book included unnecessary commas and had the same words in consecutive lines, as well as “clunky sentences.” Fans also said they wanted more behind-the-scenes details.
&#8220;I thought there would be a lot more little blurbs about the making of the show,&#8221; one purchaser told BI. &#8220;Not full essays, but like, &#8216;Oh, here&#8217;s me behind stage,&#8217; you know, little things and a few more behind-the-scenes pictures.&#8221;
Typos aren’t the only issue being called out. After many fans expressed dismay over the cover image, which shows Swift making a face they say is weird, they also noticed that the image layouts throughout the book seem off. In some cases, it’s hard to see the photos that span across multiple pages, and they say some images look blurry.
“Maybe that’s stylistic and cute to some people, but that’s a mistake to me,” one TikTok user said.
Some fans complained of pages being printed upside down. Social media is full of Swifties posting examples of the mistakes.

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Taylor Swift kicked off her Toronto concert Thursday night with a &#8220;land acknowledgment&#8221; a common practice among left-wing activists who believe they live on &#8220;stolen land.&#8221;
&#8220;We acknowledge that we are performing today at Rogers Centre, located on Treaty 13 lands,&#8221; read a graphic projected on stage before Swift&#8217;s performance. &#8220;We acknowledge the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples whose original and treaty territories we stand upon.&#8221;
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Treaty 13 refers to the <a href="https://mncfn.ca/the-toronto-purchase-treaty-no-13-1805/">Toronto Purchase of 1805,</a> in which the British government purchased the land that is now Toronto from the Mississauga tribe. Swift has become increasingly political in recent years, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dnc-targets-young-voters-for-kamala-with-taylor-swift-themed-snapchat-filter">endorsing</a> Vice President Kamala Harris and praising Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for being pro-abortion.
Once a feature of far-left organizations, land acknowledgment have become popular among liberals in recent years. The 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/dnc-opens-land-acknowledgment-forcibly-removed-tribal-nation">opened</a> with a statement that the convention was taking place on land where a Native American tribe had been &#8220;forcibly removed&#8221;
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-school-districts-across-the-country-say-america-was-built-on-stolen-land">reported</a> earlier this year that over 100 public school districts in the United States have “land acknowledgement statements,” many of which say the United States was built on “stolen land” and committed genocide.

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There was a mildly successful <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkzAgsOQJQE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commercial</a> back in 2016 where LeBron James was promoting Sprite. He keeps looking into the camera and saying, &#8220;I won&#8217;t tell you to drink a Sprite.&#8221; It&#8217;s supposed to be engaging and funny because you see, normally, when celebrities appear in advertisements, they tell you to buy a product. But here you had LeBron James, appearing in a Sprite commercial, refusing to endorse Sprite. It really subverted everyone&#8217;s expectations.
Reverse psychology like this has become popular in advertising because the typical direct, straightforward celebrity endorsement doesn&#8217;t have the same impact that it once did. This is also why the idea of &#8220;reverse endorsements&#8221; has become a thing. This is when a company puts a celebrity on its board of directors to make them seem really invested in the company, when it&#8217;s basically a no-show job. Derek Jeter had a &#8220;reverse endorsement&#8221; <a href="https://www.lawjournalnewsletters.com/2016/10/18/jeter-endorsement-dispute-examines-role-as-a-director-of-apparel-company/?srsltid=AfmBOopnBt1NPpb0WFiFsazkLNHD4cPHVt___A7Xqh7cNIaYkWtRI7QP&amp;slreturn=20241107193919" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deal</a> with a company called RevolutionWear, that makes some kind of high-tech underwear. It all fell apart and ended in lawsuits when the company collapsed, because the world of high-tech underwear is apparently extremely cutthroat.
But the point is, this underwear company thought they&#8217;d get more value out of presenting Derek Jeter as a &#8220;director&#8221; of the company, rather than just going with the normal, direct celebrity endorsement. There are about a million other examples of this, because the memo has gone out. In the entertainment world, traditional celebrity endorsements aren&#8217;t as interesting as they used to be. If you want a celebrity endorsement to have an impact, you have to get creative with it. And even then, most people probably still won&#8217;t care.
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The only people who haven&#8217;t gotten this memo are in politics. Political endorsements by celebrities are all the same. They&#8217;re unconvincing, uncreative and patronizing. And yet for some reason, pundits and political strategists on the Left genuinely believe that these endorsements are game-changing. They think that, once the normal person hears one of these endorsements, they undergo a form of mind control where they&#8217;re hopeless to resist.
I&#8217;ve shared part of this clip before, but it&#8217;s worth seeing again because it may be the single best reaction video from MSNBC after they realized Trump was winning. This is Joy Reid trying to process how Donald Trump could have possibly defeated Kamala Harris. After all, Kamala Harris ran a &#8220;flawless campaign.&#8221; And as evidence of the proposition that Kamala Harris ran a &#8220;flawless campaign,&#8221; Joy Reid cites all of Kamala Harris&#8217; celebrity endorsements. This is footage that belongs in a museum for future historians studying the downfall of the Democrat Party and the corporate press. Watch:
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If you still haven&#39;t figured out the problem with the legacy media, this comment by Joy Ann Reid should set you straight. Reid says Harris ran a &quot;flawless&quot; campaign to the point that Beyonce, Taylor Swift, and &quot;even&quot; Queen Latifah who never endorses anyone, endorsed Harris. <a href="https://t.co/N8IwIplhKn">pic.twitter.com/N8IwIplhKn</a>
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There&#8217;s a lot to consider in that clip, but really at this point you can&#8217;t be mad at Joy Reid. Everyone knows she is what we may call, politely, a very special person. What&#8217;s kind of remarkable is that everyone else on the panel — people who are extremely partisan, but not clinically insane — just nod along when she makes this claim. She&#8217;s suggesting that a political endorsement by Queen Latifah is so rare and enigmatic that, if a candidate should ever obtain it, then that candidate must be blessed by the gods. That candidate would be destined to win. I guess that makes sense. She is royalty after all.
But that was a moment that should&#8217;ve been a bridge too far, even for an MSNBC panel. For one thing, the premise isn&#8217;t even true. We&#8217;re talking about the same &#8220;Queen Latifah&#8221; who performed at Obama&#8217;s inauguration after telling people to vote for hope and change. And then she did a skit with Kamala Harris just a few months ago at the &#8220;NAACP Image Awards,&#8221; telling everyone to register to vote because otherwise Trump will win. Yes, this is the Queen Latifah that supposedly never gets involved in politics.
But on top of that, even if we pretend Queen Latifah never gets involved in politics, the idea that her endorsement will sway anyone — or that it&#8217;s a sign of a &#8220;flawless campaign&#8221; — suggests that Democrats are suffering from a level of delusion that is truly unprecedented. And that becomes even more apparent when you look at this vaunted Queen Latifah endorsement they&#8217;re talking about. 
She just sits in a chair and, instead of talking about makeup, she reads off some talking points from Kamala Harris&#8217; campaign. Watch:
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Today, so much is on the line.
On one hand, we have HIM, a felon, a comfortable liar, an impeached president, a misogynist, and a non-leader who doesn’t care about anyone, but the top 1%&#8230;which excludes over 300M Americans.
And on the other hand, we have HER, Kamala Harris, a… <a href="https://t.co/6EhUwaa2z9">pic.twitter.com/6EhUwaa2z9</a>
&mdash; Queen Latifah (@IAMQUEENLATIFAH) <a href="https://twitter.com/IAMQUEENLATIFAH/status/1853728277447446780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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One of the many amusing things about this video is the comments section, and how it differs depending on the platform. If you go on Instagram, a lot of the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/queenlatifah/reel/DB-94jSRJtS/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comments</a> are pretty supportive. There&#8217;s people posting heart emojis everywhere, saying it&#8217;s a powerful message, and how Queen Latifah is their hero and so on. One person wrote, &#8220;I’m going to always love you Queen Latifah ! Never change.&#8221;
And then you go on X, and it&#8217;s a completely different scenario. It&#8217;s like stepping out of a country club and into the Vietnam War. The top <a href="https://x.com/hodgetwins/status/1853816198627999886" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comment</a> is, &#8220;Did you go to the Diddy parties too?&#8221; The next <a href="https://x.com/apst_paul_Adams/status/1853752752205111495" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one</a> is, &#8220;How much were you paid?&#8221; And then <a href="https://x.com/VernonForGA/status/1853770039305945296" target="_blank" rel="noopener">there&#8217;s</a>, &#8220;Another weak man for Kamala.&#8221; It&#8217;s just brutal, if also hilarious, and completely justified.
It&#8217;s yet another reason the Left wants to destroy X. People on X generally reflect what&#8217;s going on in the country. But if you spend all your time on Reddit or Instagram, you might end up like Joy Reid. You might have thought Kamala Harris had this in the bag. After all, Queen Latifah&#8217;s on her side, and everyone else on the platform loves it. And then you go on X and everyone&#8217;s wondering how much she was paid.
Now, to be clear, I&#8217;m not saying Queen Latifah was paid for this endorsement. I would never suggest such a thing. But in general, it is worth noting that the Kamala Harris campaign raised something like $1 billion dollars, and they ended the campaign in debt by $20 million dollars. They had $120 million in the bank just a month ago, and now they&#8217;re in the red. And a lot of that money probably did go to some celebrity performances, like the one Megan Thee Stallion did at a Kamala rally. But in any event, it&#8217;s clear that this was a horribly managed campaign in every respect. So it&#8217;s not exactly unthinkable that these people truly thought an endorsement by Queen Latifah would help them win. They really seemed to think that people wanted to see stuff like this.
That would explain why they courted the endorsement of Cardi B, who&#8217;s so illiterate that it actually caused problems for the campaign. Mid-endorsement, her teleprompter went out, so she couldn&#8217;t say anything until someone ran up with a phone containing her prepared statement. Watch:
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🔥🚨BREAKING: Rapper Cardi B’s teleprompter broke when she took the stage at Kamala Harris rally in Wisconsin and Cardi had to wait in front of a live audience for over a minute until a stranger brought her a cell phone with a script. This tells you everything you need to know. <a href="https://t.co/kKL7q1lw35">pic.twitter.com/kKL7q1lw35</a>
&mdash; Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) <a href="https://twitter.com/dom_lucre/status/1852543848959905827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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You have to wonder, again, who this is supposed to impress. Even if she had read all of that perfectly, who exactly is supposed to care about this? What demographic are they targeting?
Whatever they were going for, it didn&#8217;t work. Pretty much the only demographic group that Kamala Harris won on Tuesday, according to exit polls, was the same group Joy Reid belongs to: black women. She won by something like 92%. It&#8217;s a two-percent improvement from Joe Biden two years ago. But both of these numbers are actually low, by Democrats&#8217; standards. Obama got more than 95% of the vote from black women. Hillary Clinton got 94%. So if anything, there&#8217;s some evidence that endorsements like this aren&#8217;t really helping, even among Democrats&#8217; most loyal constituency.
The Guardian certainly seems to think there&#8217;s a good chance these endorsements aren&#8217;t helping anywhere. They just ran a big article that explores the question of why all these celebrities, from Bruce Springsteen to George Clooney to Taylor Swift, may have actually been <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/nov/06/celebrity-endorsements-didnt-help-kamala-harris-taylor-swift-beyonce">counterproductive</a>: 
<blockquote>A poll from YouGov shortly after [Taylor] Swift’s endorsement found that only 8% of voters would be &#8216;somewhat&#8217; or &#8216;much more&#8217; likely to vote for Harris – with a surprising 20% saying the endorsement actually made them less likely to vote for her.</blockquote>
Yes, as we talked about at the time, Taylor Swift&#8217;s endorsement might have made people less likely to support Kamala Harris. And there&#8217;s evidence this took the Harris campaign by surprise. 
The article also <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/nov/06/celebrity-endorsements-didnt-help-kamala-harris-taylor-swift-beyonce">states</a>:
<blockquote>Back in July, Charli xcx posted a three-word tweet that some commentators thought might help swing the US election. Arriving the day after Kamala Harris announced her bid for the presidency, Charli’s tweet said simply: &#8216;Kamala IS Brat.&#8217; It was a reference to Charli’s latest album, Brat, which had dominated the pop cultural landscape &#8230; The overall meaning was clear: Kamala was the presidential candidate with the most energy and authenticity. &#8230;. The Harris campaign leaned into the endorsement, changing the backdrop of its official X page to the same garish green colour used on the record’s sleeve. &#8230; Yet as the dust settles on an extremely depressing election result, it appears clear that not only did Charli xcx’s tweet have no meaningful impact on the election result, nor did the endorsement of any celebrity.</blockquote>
This was a big problem for Kamala because, to the extent she had a campaign strategy at all, it hinged almost entirely on endorsements. Kamala was endorsed by all of the most famous celebrities in Hollywood and the music industry. It paid off with a crushing and historic defeat. Why might that be?
Unlike the panel on MSNBC, I&#8217;ll answer that question. For one thing, as I mentioned earlier, celebrity endorsements in general aren&#8217;t that effective anymore. But they&#8217;re particularly ineffective right now, when inflation is high and people are struggling to afford essentials. In an economic environment like that, Americans aren&#8217;t particularly interested in sermons from obscenely wealthy entertainers — not that they&#8217;re all that interested even in a good economy.
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The other problem is that the power of celebrity in general has been massively watered down in recent years. There are just so many of them that even the biggest ones (like Taylor Swift or Beyonce) don&#8217;t have the kind of culture-changing impact that Michael Jackson or Elvis had decades ago. When a woman can become famous by saying &#8220;Hawk Tuah,&#8221; the whole concept of a &#8220;celebrity&#8221; loses a lot of its luster. 
This has been obvious to everyone for some time, which is why a lot of celebrities have found new ways to endorse products, like those &#8220;reverse endorsement&#8221; deals that I mentioned. But apparently, it wasn&#8217;t obvious to the Kamala Harris campaign. They believed, in all seriousness, that amassing a bunch of these vapid, cookie-cutter endorsements would win them the election. They thought Americans cared so little about substance that they&#8217;d vote for a candidate who can barely articulate a coherent thought, all because of the endorsements of some other morons who also can&#8217;t articulate coherent thoughts. After what happened on Tuesday, there&#8217;s no one — except maybe MSNBC anchors — who seriously thinks that these celebrities have any sway over anyone anymore.

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Former NFL player and ESPN host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jason-kelce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Kelce</a> broke his silence about a recent incident involving a heckler at Pennsylvania State University — and said that he wasn’t happy with any of what had happened.
During the pregame show of <a href="https://x.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1853576180026462281">ESPN’s</a> coverage of the Monday Night Football Game, Kelce talked about the video on social media — which showed a heckler calling his brother <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/travis-kelce">Travis Kelce</a> a “f****t,” after which Kelce threw the person’s phone to the ground and the heckler shoved him down.
“Listen, I’m not happy with anything that took place,” Kelce said on the show. “I’m not proud of it. And in a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate. And I just don’t think that that’s a productive thing.”
“I really don’t,&#8221; he added. “I don’t think that it leads to discourse and it’s the right way to go about things. In that moment I fell down to a level that I shouldn’t have. So, bottom line is, I try to live my life by the golden rule. That’s what I’ve always been taught … even though I fell short this week.”
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Jason Kelce addressed the Penn State phone-smashing incident at the start of ESPN&#8217;s pregame show tonight and apologized:
&#8220;In a heated moment, I decided to greet hate with hate. &#8230; I fell short this week&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/884LtqvFzX">pic.twitter.com/884LtqvFzX</a>
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1853576180026462281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
Kelce then directed the audience&#8217;s attention to the Monday night game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, noting that there was no need to address the matter further on that platform. 
In the <a href="https://x.com/Outkick/status/1852792827710697785">video</a> that surfaced on Saturday on X, the former Philadelphia Eagles star was attempting to walk in to the Ohio State-Penn State college football game when he was surrounded outside Penn State’s Beaver Stadium, as The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jason-kelce-harassed-at-penn-state-smashes-hecklers-phone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Wire</a> previously reported. One of the people who was walking very close to him was a male college student who pointed his phone-camera in Kelce’s face and began harassing him.
In the clip, the person can be heard saying to Kelce, whose brother is dating Taylor Swift, “Kelce, how does it feel that your brother is a f****t for dating Taylor Swift?”
A second <a href="https://x.com/barstoolsports/status/1852779425990914182">video</a> showed a close-up shot of Jason looking directly at the heckler while he made the comments. In response, Kelce grabbed the phone and threw it to the ground. He then bent down to pick it up before walking away.
In a third <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB4pgg5CqFZ/?igsh=MTBlZjE4YzMxOA%3D%3D">clip</a>, Kelce could be seen bending down to pick up the dropped phone, at which point  the heckler put his hand on Kelce and shoved the former NFL player to the ground. Kelce then stood up and lashed out at the heckler, saying “Who’s the f****t now?” before he walked off to attend the game.
The video was taken during Kelce’s attendance at the game for an appearance on ESPN’s College Gameday, <a href="https://people.com/jason-kelce-smashes-fans-phone-after-they-call-travis-homophobic-slur-8738785?hid=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;did=15218418-20241102&amp;utm_campaign=ppl_relationship-builder&amp;utm_source=ppl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=110224&amp;lctg=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;lr_input=a08f4ce0dc67f7e22d138c82b9ce538ad294bfaca0b145e2f563962e58e05ef7&amp;utm_term=news-alert">People magazine</a> noted. Kelce retired from the Eagles in March 2024. He is a host of the “New Heights” podcast with his brother Travis in addition to working for the sports network.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jason-kelce-harassed-at-penn-state-smashes-hecklers-phone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Kelce Harassed At Penn State, Smashes Heckler’s Phone</a>

Jason Kelce Breaks Silence On Penn State Heckler Incident

Podcast host and former NFL player <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jason-kelce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Kelce</a> was harassed during his visit to Pennsylvania State University by a heckler who called his brother <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/travis-kelce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce</a> a “f****t,&#8221; and in response, Kelce smashed the person’s phone before the heckler shoved him to the ground.
In the <a href="https://x.com/Outkick/status/1852792827710697785">video</a> that surfaced on Saturday on X, the retired Philadelphia Eagles star is attempting to go to the Ohio State-Penn State college football game when he is surrounded outside Penn State’s Beaver stadium. One of the people who was walking very close to him was a male college student pointing his phone-camera in Kelce&#8217;s face and harassing him.
In the clip, we can hear the person say to Kelce, whose brother is dating Taylor Swift, “Kelce, how does it feel that your brother is a f****t for dating Taylor Swift?”
A second <a href="https://x.com/barstoolsports/status/1852779425990914182">video</a> shows a close-up shot of Jason seeing the heckler holding the phone in his face while making the attack on his brother. In response, Kelce grabs the phone and throws it to the ground. He then bends down to pick it up and walks away.
In a third <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB4pgg5CqFZ/?igsh=MTBlZjE4YzMxOA%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clip</a>, we see Kelce bend down to pick up the dropped phone again, when the heckler puts his hand on him and shoves the former NFL player to the ground. Travis&#8217; brother then stands up and replies to the heckler, “Who’s the f****t now?” before he walked off to the game.
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Jason Kelce smashes the phone of some homophobic loser to bits after he decided to talk s**t on his brother and Taylor Swift right in front of him.
What an icon.<a href="https://t.co/HMKRP2iYLB">pic.twitter.com/HMKRP2iYLB</a>
— Eagles Nation (@PHLEaglesNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/PHLEaglesNation/status/1852762286659920291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
Reading through social media, the support for Kelce appeared to be overwhelming, with many people pointing out this person was harassing him, and saying horrible things about his brother clearly in an effort to get a viral moment.
“Good for Jason Kelce. Can’t say bulls*** and not expect a response,” one person <a href="https://x.com/MarkMizzouSteel/status/1852785021788041430">wrote</a>.
Another <a href="https://x.com/colin_dunlap/status/1852764756811358442">added,</a> “I love this. Jason Kelce just took a stand for normal men against the ‘idiots who have become way too comfortable saying ridiculous s*** to people who can actually kick their a**&#8217; crowd. Good for him.”
While a third person <a href="https://x.com/TaylorTwellman/status/1852776563491717481">wrote</a>, “People are gonna comment about Jason Kelce but the point is there’s no accountability for anything anyone says anymore. The old days with no phones and social media what do you think would have really happened?! People are losers for this crap.”
One person noted how the man &#8220;following and berating Jason Kelce deserved to have his phone smashed. He went looking for trouble and intentionally wanted to elicit a reaction. F that guy!”
The video was taken during Kelce’s attendance at the game for an appearance on ESPN’s College Gameday, <a href="https://people.com/jason-kelce-smashes-fans-phone-after-they-call-travis-homophobic-slur-8738785?hid=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;did=15218418-20241102&amp;utm_campaign=ppl_relationship-builder&amp;utm_source=ppl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=110224&amp;lctg=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;lr_input=a08f4ce0dc67f7e22d138c82b9ce538ad294bfaca0b145e2f563962e58e05ef7&amp;utm_term=news-alert">People magazine</a> noted. Kelce retired from the Eagles in March 2024. He is a host of the “New Heights” podcast with his brother Travis and also works for ESPN as a sports analyst.

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Kansas City Chiefs star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/travis-kelce">Travis Kelce</a> shut down those <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a> break-up rumors and said that he and the superstar singer&#8217;s relationship is real and they are “absolutely happy.”
During Kelce’s “New Heights” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NbEhHb3c-Y">podcast</a> with his brother Jason Kelce, the Chiefs tight end spoke with their guest actress Niecy Nash about working together on “Grotesquerie.”
Nash revealed that she’d gotten texts from people trying to find out about Kelce and the “Shake It Off” hitmaker’s relationship, to which she would reply, “Get off that man’s business” and made it clear they aren’t “getting nothing out of” her.
“I appreciate you always,” Kelce replied on the show. “And every time someone has a mic in front of you and asks you something like that, thank you for always showing love.”
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“You know it’s real,” he added. “And you know that me and Tay are absolutely happy, and I appreciate you always making sure that everybody knows that.”
The comments came after Kelce’s rep hit back at headlines about an “entirely false and fabricated” PR stunt regarding an alleged “comprehensive media” plan involving a “break-up plan” for September 28 for the Chiefs player and Swift, after documents started making the rounds online, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/entirely-false-travis-kelces-rep-denies-staged-break-up-with-taylor-swift">reported</a>.
Since then, the couple have been seen packing on the public displays of affection at a New York Yankees game and the U.S. Open where the two shared a VIP box with Chiefs star QB Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany Mahomes, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/09/09/sports/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-enjoy-double-date-with-patrick-and-brittany-mahomes-after-us-open-outing/">New York Post</a> reported.
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The “Shake It Off” hitmaker and Kelce were then photographed looking stylish on their way to dinner in New York City at Meduza Mediterrania restaurant. Arriving separately — but to the same location — were the Kansas City Chiefs QB and his wife, the Post noted.
The Kansas City tight end and “Blank Space” hitmaker have been linked together since last summer. It was previously believed the two had their first date after she attended his game on September 24. 
However, Swift later made it clear their relationship started weeks before and they were a couple by the time she went to his first game, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-finally-spills-details-about-travis-kelce-romance">reported</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-spotted-at-us-open-and-double-date-with-patrick-and-brittany-mahomes-following-maga-controversy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce Spotted At US Open And Double Date With Patrick And Brittany Mahomes Following MAGA Controversy</a>

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A Louisiana judge paused further efforts by state officials to clear a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homelessness">homeless</a> encampment in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-orleans">New Orleans</a> ahead of a series of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a> sold-out concerts over the weekend.
The decision came after city officials began relocating about 75 individuals who were living in tents under an overpass close to Caesars Superdome, where Swift performed. The city expected the shows to lure 150,000 people to the area, which prompted the relocation, per <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/judge-blocks-sweeps-homeless-camp-new-orleans-taylor-swift_n_671e1714e4b03aa5c1cd6761">the Associated Press</a>. Louisiana Republican Governor Jeff Landry ordered the relocation.
Judge Lori Jupiter issued a temporary restraining order on Friday, mandating that officials refrain from relocating individuals without legal proceedings. Her ruling said that residents at the encampment must be informed they can leave freely and prevented state law enforcement from discarding personal belongings without judicial oversight. This order remains in effect until November 4.
The decision came after a lawsuit filed by residents of the encampment argued that state police violated their constitutional rights. They said they had personal items seized and destroyed and were forcibly moved from where they were living. The suit claimed that enforcing officers said, “The governor wants you to move because of the Taylor Swift concert.”
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Governor Landry’s office said the sweep was part of an ongoing campaign to address homelessness and safety in preparation for Swift&#8217;s tour stop and the upcoming Super Bowl in February, which will take place in New Orleans in February 2025. 
The governor’s communications director, Kate Kelly, said, “As we prepare for the city to host Taylor Swift and Super Bowl LIX, we are committed to ensuring New Orleans puts its best foot forward when on the world stage.”
However, advocacy groups argue that the sweep disrupted ongoing efforts to connect the resident homeless population with housing resources and social services.
One nonprofit head who works with the homeless complained about the sweeps. 
“Some people were frightened and left, and that’s not good,” Martha Kegel, executive director of Unity of Greater New Orleans, said. “Because then all the work that we did to assess them and document their disabilities and, you know, work with them on their housing plan has now been wasted.”

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The Democratic National Committee is targeting young voters via social media by introducing a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a>-themed Snapchat filter promoting their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2024-election">candidate</a>, Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris">Kamala Harris</a>.
The new filter allows app users to promote themselves as supporting Harris for president via graphics that say “fearless for,” as a reference to the singer’s 2008 album. Options include “reproductive rights,” “democracy,” “climate action,” and “student loan debt relief.” The header says, “In My Voting Era.”
Swift is back on tour this weekend after a brief hiatus from her massively popular Eras Tour. The tour, which began in March 2023, will conclude in Canada at the end of the year.
The Harris campaign also erected Swift-themed billboards in the Miami area despite Florida not being considered a swing state for this year’s election. There will also be a mobile billboard on a boat near the stadium, per <a href="https://variety.com/2024/music/news/taylor-swift-kamala-harris-snapchat-gotv-1236181746/">Variety</a>. The ads are also catered to Swifties, with slogans including, “We’re in our Kamala Era.” 
The Snapchat filter will only be available in Florida and seven crucial swing states: Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and North Carolina, <a href="https://gizmodo.com/dems-launch-taylor-swift-snapchat-filter-to-target-young-voters-for-kamala-harris-2000513374">according</a> to Gizmodo.
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After staying quiet on politics for most of 2024, Swift endorsed Harris following the debate between Donald Trump and the VP in early September. 
“I’m voting for [Harris] because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos. I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate [Tim Walz], who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades,” she shared with her 283 million followers on Instagram at the time.
“I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice,” Swift added. “Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a> has pledged $5 million to help <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hurricane">relief efforts</a> following the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/natural-disaster">devastation</a> caused by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton.
The 34-year-old recording artist, who was just named the world’s wealthiest female musician with an estimated net worth of $1.6 billion, made the large donation to the non-profit organization Feeding America.
This was confirmed on the group&#8217;s official Instagram page. A message from Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fonteno said, &#8220;We&#8217;re incredibly grateful to Taylor Swift for her generous $5 million donation to Hurricane Helene and Milton relief efforts. This contribution will help communities rebuild and recover, providing essential food, clean water and supplies to people affected by these devastating storms.”
The statement continued, “Together, we can make a real impact in supporting families as they navigate the challenges ahead. Thank you, Taylor, for standing with us in the movement to end hunger and for helping communities in need.&#8221;
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The caption thanked Swift &#8220;for standing with us and the movement to end hunger and helping communities in need in the wake of #HurricaneHelene and #HurricaneMilton.” 
“Together, we can make a real impact in supporting families as they navigate the challenges ahead,&#8221; the caption concluded.
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Swift has donated large amounts to charities and people in need before. In December 2023, she pledged $1 million toward natural disaster relief after damaging storms caused damage in Tennessee. The “Blank Space” singer also gave $100,000 to the family of a 44-year-old woman who was killed at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade last February.
Hurricane Milton made landfall over the central west coast of Florida on Wednesday evening, bringing with it powerful winds, torrential rain, and damaging storm surge, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/major-hurricane-milton-makes-landfall-over-florida">reported</a>. The state had already been hit by Hurricane Helene less than two weeks ago, and cleanup efforts were ongoing when the latest storm hit.
The National Hurricane Center announced that the storm’s eye made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane near Siesta Key in Sarasota County at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Hurricane Helene hit Florida as a “major” Category 4 hurricane late last month. The storm traveled across Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Virginia, contributing to the deaths of at least 227 people. Entire towns were destroyed, and millions lost power, cell phone service, and running water.

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