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On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “On the Line,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) said if Democrats take the majority in the midterm elections, impeaching Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will be a priority. Auchincloss said, “There was no plan for this war.
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Transgender Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) said he did not fight to use the women’s restroom on Capitol Hill because “someone could shoot me,” and he did not sign up to be a martyr.
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The race for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas currently held by the RINO cuck John Cornyn is a tight one, according to an Emerson poll, but Attorney General Ken Paxton is up by one point over James “Neighbors With a Uterus” Talarico.
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Days after Chicago Sky player DiJonai Carrington was seen clotheslining Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham, she was at it again.
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Controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has found himself at the center of a debate about the direction of the Democratic Party and generations of voters to come. However, recently on his stream, which he does for hours every day, the far-left commentator has claimed the media is making him out to have more influence than he actually does.Evan Barker, author of “Nothing Left: Confessions Of A Democratic Operative,” disagrees with Piker’s analysis of his own popularity — he has more than 3 million followers on Twitch and millions more across other social media accounts — pointing to the increasing number of candidates who have invited him to campaign with them.”Why would these candidates have this desire to bring him into their state, to campaign alongside him if he wasn’t influential, to hold press junkets with him, to invite him to barbecues? Like, why would they be doing that if he didn’t have influence? Like, clearly, he does,” Barker told Fox News Digital.Barker is no stranger to Democratic politics. She raised tens of millions of dollars for Democratic candidates, campaigned for Hillary Clinton and worked for candidates backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.EX-DEM OPERATIVE DETAILS ‘NEW DONOR ESTABLISHMENT’ BEHIND MAMDANI-ERA PROGRESSIVES: ‘NOT FROM THE GRASSROOTS’Barker eventually broke with the party in 2024, a journey she details in her new book. She told Fox News Digital that Democrats are “testing their limits with the popularity” in areas of the country that aren’t deep blue, especially when campaigning with Piker.”It’s one thing to appear on somebody’s podcast, it’s another to have them come campaign for you,” she said.Piker’s hours-long stream primarily focuses on politics. He has backed several candidates in the 2026 cycle, including Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong. While El-Sayed won his primary race, Hong lost to Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who has since said he was not planning on campaigning with Piker.Piker’s long history of incendiary and far-left rhetoric has made him an easy target for Republicans. From his retracted comments about saying the U.S. “deserved” 9/11, to his praise of Chinese dictator Mao Zedong, and the hours of talking he does every day, there’s no shortage of comments for which Piker and his allies could be held to account.When asked what she would tell candidates who are thinking about campaigning with the Twitch streamer, Barker told Fox News Digital that she would advise against it.”I would say that the juice isn’t worth the squeeze,” she said. “Yeah, you’re trying to appeal to younger voters, you’re trying to drive out your base, but how do you win a general election aligning with him?”DEMOCRAT ESTABLISHMENT STRIKES BACK AS SOCIALIST CANDIDATE DOWNED IN BATTLEGROUND PRIMARYWhile Barker has expressed skepticism about Piker, she said she often hears those on the left defend their relationship with the streamer by comparing him to another media personality: Joe Rogan.During the 2024 campaign cycle, then-Vice President Kamala Harris was criticized for not appearing on Rogan’s show while running for president, particularly after both now-Vice President JD Vance and now-President Donald Trump sat for interviews with him. Some have made the case that Piker could serve as an alternative to Rogan, but Barker disagrees.”Hasan Piker is not at all like Joe Rogan, actually. So, the charm of Joe Rogan, what makes his show so powerful is that he talks about politics sometimes. Politics is sometimes peppered into his conversations, but by and large, the majority of the time, he’s not talking about politics,” she said. “Whereas Hasan Piker, that’s pretty much all he talks about.”She also noted that some of Piker’s rhetoric that appeals to younger voters might not resonate with larger populations in parts of the country that are not deep blue.”At the end of the day, I would remind these progressive candidates, it’s not just about pleasing your staff, it’s not just about pleasing, you know, the young people that are in this movement. If you want to win places like Wisconsin, if you want to win places like Michigan, you have to be patriotic,” she said. “The Rust Belt is filled with hardworking patriotic Americans who don’t feel the way that Hasan Piker does.”WISCONSIN DEMOCRATIC VOTERS CHALK SOCIALIST FRANCESCA HONG’S STUNNING LOSS UP TO ELECTABILITY CONCERNSAs Democrats weigh the consequences of backlash for campaigning with Piker against the access to younger voters that he brings, Barker says the streamer is quickly becoming well known offline as well. She argued that Piker is “probably the biggest podcaster, live streamer” that the Democrats have at their disposal.”He’s quickly becoming a household name. He’s quickly becoming the face of the progressive movement,” she said.Barker acknowledged that some progressives may not be “comfortable” with Piker as a de facto leader, calling his rise a “monster that they’ve created themselves.” She also compared the current moment to previous shifts within the progressive movement, arguing that figures and ideas once embraced by the left are later dismissed as excesses of an earlier era.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREBarker pointed specifically to recent discussions of “Woke 1″ after Ocasio-Cortez’s invocation of the term last week, arguing that Democrats have yet to reckon with the consequences of that period around 2020, which was marked by a surge in racial identity politics and progressive groupthink.”People’s lives were ruined because of ‘woke 1.’ It wasn’t just some mass delusion or mass hysteria that we all went through… It pushed people away from Democratic politics,” she said.Barker argued that Democrats’ continued willingness to align with figures like Piker shows the party has yet to move beyond that period.”I think that there needs to be a true reckoning in the progressive movement and in the Democratic Party for people to really be able to heal and move on from this,” she said.Fox News Digital reached out to Piker for comment.

A surrogate mother gave birth to a baby against its biological parents’ wishes after fleeing to Texas with help from state Attorney General Ken Paxton.Surrogate mother McKenna West fled to Texas after her baby was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome around the time West was 20 weeks pregnant. The diagnosis allegedly prompted the baby’s birth parents to ask West to have an abortion, Paxton’s office wrote in a Tuesday news release.After West went on the run to Texas, Paxton intervened, formally notifying UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center of Dallas of their legal obligations to provide the baby with “medically necessary, life-saving care upon birth,” his office wrote.DEM GOV MAURA HEALEY SIGNS SWEEPING MASSACHUSETTS BILL ALLOWING ABORTIONS UP TO BIRTH”The court has made the right decision in immediately acting to protect baby Gabriel’s life and ensure he receives the care he deserves,” Paxton said in the statement. “My office utilized every tool at our disposal to protect life, and we will not back down in continuing to support baby Gabriel’s well-being. Every child in our state deserves to be cared for and protected, and that’s exactly what I’ll fight for.””While the surrogate mother of baby Gabriel has traveled to Texas for protection and care for Gabriel, the intended parents have refused to agree that they will consent to the life-saving surgery for Gabriel after he is born. Attorney General Paxton has now secured a legal victory that will ensure baby Gabriel’s life is protected and that care is provided,” his office’s statement also read.West’s baby, named Gabriel, was born on Wednesday, according to Fox News’ Kerri Urbahn. Gabriel was brought to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit where doctors could soon perform lifesaving surgery.SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY SLAPS DOWN BLUE STATE TARGETING PRO-LIFE GROUPThe hospital where the surgery would likely be performed has a 100% success rate on the procedure, Urbahn reported.”Baby Gabriel deserves a chance at life, and I will not allow anyone to unlawfully deny him medically necessary care,” Paxton said. “My office will use every tool available to protect innocent lives and ensure that every child receives the care required under Texas law.”Fox News Digital contacted Paxton’s office, UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center of Dallas for additional comment.

A luxury $9.1 million yacht sank into the waters of the Mediterranean Sea Tuesday, just days after it had been delivered to its new owner.The Angiola II was off the coast of Porto Cervo on the popular Italian island of Sardinia with 14 guests on board when it experienced engine failure that sparked a fire, the New York Post reported.The blaze damaged seals on the vessel, which began to take on water, causing it to tip onto its side.DRUNK REPEAT OFFENDER CALLED A ‘TICKING TIME BOMB’ BEFORE 80-MPH BOATING COLLISION KILLED WOMAN: PROSECUTORSThe guests managed to escape to safety and were rescued by nearby vessels, The Telegraph reported.Video footage showed the boat on its side.COAST GUARD OPENS FIRE ON BOAT SMUGGLING 25 CHINESE NATIONALS NEAR FLORIDA AFTER IT REFUSED TO STOPThe unidentified owner — an Italian businessman — was the last one off the ship, the newspaper reported.The yacht reportedly sank at a depth of around 23 feet between an island called L’Isola dei Cappuccini and Capo Ferro on Sardinia’s exclusive Costa Smeralda, or Emerald Coast, the news report states.The boat will be kept under surveillance until a recovery company recovers it from the sea floor.The yacht can reportedly accommodate 10 guests and is fitted with five cabins and five crew members. It has four engines and can reach speeds of 28 knots.

The high-stakes battle for the ideological future of the Democratic Party moves to Florida next week, before heading to New England early next month, as the 2026 primary season wraps up.After impactful left-wing victories this month by Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed and Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in crucial Democratic Senate primaries, and a searing setback for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), with the downing of DSA member Francesca Hong in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, the next faceoff in the party’s civil war comes Tuesday in Florida.That’s where DSA endorsed Oliver Larkin is challenging more moderate Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz in a key congressional swing district that’s among roughly two dozen House seats that will determine if Republicans hold onto their razor-thin majority in the midterm elections.DEMOCRATIC GROUP LAUNCHES $15 MILLION WAR ON DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS: ‘MORTAL DANGER’Two weeks later, the party’s divisions return to a statewide stage, as longtime progressive leader Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts is facing a serious primary challenge from more moderate Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton.A left-versus-center battle is brewing a week later in neighboring New Hampshire, in the party’s Senate primary for a crucial battleground seat Democrats must hold in the midterm elections in order to win back the chamber’s majority from the GOP.Progressives scored their biggest victory to date a week ago, when El-Sayed narrowly edged moderate Rep. Haley Stevens to capture the party’s Senate nomination in the Great Lakes battleground, in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters.DEMOCRATIC GROUP LAUNCHES $15 MILLION WAR ON DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS: ‘MORTAL DANGER’On Tuesday, Flanagan downed moderate Democratic Rep. Angie Craig by roughly 20 points, to grab the party’s nomination in blue-leaning but competitive Minnesota, in the race to succeed another retiring Democrat, Sen. Tina Smith.Both El-Sayed and Flanagan were backed by top far-left leaders, including progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.But in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial showdown, Hong was upset by a razor-thin margin by Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who was backed by retiring Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.Evers and Crowley, pointing to Hong’s past controversial comments on defunding the police and criticizing Thanksgiving, argued that a Hong primary victory would have boosted GOP nominee Rep. Tom Tiffany’s chances of flipping the Wisconsin governor’s mansion.With the primary calendar winding down, here’s a closer look at the final nomination faceoffs that are dividing Democrats and giving Republicans plenty of ammunition to use in the midterms.The 33-year-old Larkin, a veteran of Sanders’ 2016 Democratic presidential campaign, is also the only DSA-endorsed House candidate running in a crucial congressional swing district.Larkin says he supports abolishing the U.S. Senate, arguing in a Fox News interview that it’s an “undemocratic institution.”He agreed with socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should have been arrested during his recent trip to the U.S., and refers to Israel’s ruling coalition as a “religious supremacist regime.”Moskowitz is a strong and vocal supporter of Israel, who has advocated for robust U.S. military and security assistance.DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUBThe two-term federal lawmaker and former state representative and Florida FEMA director is running for re-election in the state’s newly redrawn 25th Congressional District, a Broward County-anchored seat in the southeastern corner of the red-leaning stateMoskowitz, who enjoys establishment backing from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is also supported by AIPAC, a major-Israel aligned political group. Larkin enjoys plenty of support from top far-left leaders, including controversial political streamer Hasan Piker. Moskowitz is the polling and fundraising lead over Larkin heading into the primary.Markey is backed by a slew of progressive politicians and groups, including Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, as well as fellow Bay Stater Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a member of the far-left Squad.SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTERMoulton is supported by a smaller group of more moderate Democratic lawmakers and groups.While the primary is partially viewed as a progressive versus moderate showdown, the Democratic Party’s generational showdown is very much at play in this contest.The 80-year-old Markey has served in Congress for half a century, first in the House and since 2013 in the Senate. The 47-year-old Moulton has repeatedly emphasized it’s time for a new generation of leaders.The push by Democrats for generational change was fueled two years ago by then-81-year-old President Joe Biden’s exit from the presidential race amid questions over his physical and mental stamina following a disastrous debate performance against President Donald Trump.A similar generational fight is being waged in the Democratic primary in Massachusetts’ 8th Congressional District. That’s where 71-year-old Rep. Stephen Lynch, who has served in the House for a quarter-century, is being primary challenged by 39-year-old Patrick Roath.The action moves north a week later to neighboring New Hampshire, where longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the first woman in the nation’s history elected governor and to the Senate, is retiring.Four-term Rep. Chris Pappas is the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, and enjoys plenty of establishment backing, including from Shaheen and the Granite State’s other Democrat in the chamber, Sen. Maggie Hassan.Pappas is the clear polling and fundraising leader in a race that also includes medical scientist Karishma Manzur, who is backed by a handful of progressive groups.A backer of Israel, Pappas has been blasted over the support he’s receiving from AIPAC by Manzur, who argues Israeli has committed “genocide” against Palestinians in its war with Hamas in Gaza.Fox News’ Matthew Donnell contributed to this report.

‘Nightcaps’ is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk. It runs Monday–Friday on OutKick.com.Over the hump and safely into a big Thursday filled with actual NFL football (kind of) and an MLB Field of Dreams game only the 1%ers can watch.What a blessing. What a day! Are things starting to ramp up, or what? And who knows! Maybe by the end of this class, the WNBA will have figured out what a woman is.HOME RUN DERBY RATINGS CRASH ON NETFLIX, SETS 20-PLUS-YEAR LOW AS QUESTIONS SURFACE ABOUT PROGRAM QUALITYI wouldn’t hold your breath, but there’s always a chance.Welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one where Pat Sajak, of all people, points out the lunacy in tonight’s annual Field of Dreams game.Pat Sajak! We usually only check in with Maggie Sajak in this class. I believe Pat’s a first-timer. Welcome aboard!What else? I’ve got a couple wild moments yesterday in the world of little league baseball, Apple TV’s Tricia Whitaker enjoyed a Canadian cottage getaway and Lordy, did you guys have some steak takes on the heels of yesterday’s class.Well done. We’ll dive in.Take out a second mortgage, grab you a Netflix subscription and settle in for a Thursday ‘Cap!I think Major League Baseball does a lot of things right. Frankly, they’re probably the best sport when it comes to doing things that make sense.Look at the mess that is the WNBA right now and compare it to MLB. It’s laughable.The pitch clock was brilliant. I’ve come around on the ghost runner. ABS has very clearly worked. The Home Run Derby and the All-Star game are the two best exhibition events in sports (not a high bar, to be fair).The Field of Dreams game has been a home run since its debut way back in 2021. It’s perfect. Everything about it is perfect.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!This year — tonight — is the first year it won’t be on Fox. Instead, it was scooped up by Netflix during last year’s TV negotiations.Yes, that means if you really want to watch some Phillies-Twins action tonight from Iowa, you’re gonna have to pay up.And when folks realize this… look out.In fact, one already has:Does it seem a bit ironic that MLB’s Field of Dreams game — which harkens back to a simpler, more bucolic time — is being streamed on Netflix?You know what, Pat Sajak? You are 1000% right. What a rip-off! More importantly, what a vocabulary on 79-year-old Pat Sajak! Bucolic? I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that word in my life. Does Pat still have the fastball, or what?Bucolic, by the way, is an adjective that means relating to the pleasant, peaceful aspects of the countryside, country life, or shepherds, according to the stupid AI bot that runs Google now.Pat wasn’t alone in his bewilderment, by the way:I could go on and on. Nobody is happy. Is anyone ever happy?For those still on the fence, a Netflix subscription costs $8.99 a month (with ads). If you really hate ads, you have to pony up a whopping $20 a month. And if you really hate ads AND regular 1080p HD, you have to pay $27 for the 4K version.Thank God I’m a T-Mobile customer. Free MLB TV and Netflix included! What a deal.(Not a promotion, but I wouldn’t mind if it was.)OK, let’s keep this class moving … from the big diamond to the little diamond! What a night we had in the Little League World Series regionals last night.We had:What a sport:Thoughts? First impressions?The coach who gave a sermon on the mound (come on, that’s a good one!) is taking a little heat today because folks say he should’ve been out there giving a scouting report instead. Boots on the ground say the next three batters reached safely, and Arizona went on to lose.Not great! For what it’s worth, my little league coach used to tell me, “Zach, if you strike out, there are a billion people in China who will wake up tomorrow and won’t care.”Decent advise for a 12-year-old, I reckon. But we also never got anywhere close to Williamsport, so perhaps we could’ve used some more motivation.As for the coach who got tossed … that’s nothing. I grew up with a coach who used to get thrown out every week for arguing anything and everything under the sun. During one All-Star game in particular, he snuck back into the complex Bobby Valentine style and hung out behind the outfield fence.That’s called commitment. Loved Coach Tony.OK, let’s rapid-fire this Thursday class into a big Thursday night of preseason football. First up? Yesterday, I gave you my Mount Rushmore of Steaks to celebrate National Filet Mignon Day.From Larry K in Iowa:Anything that moos is my favorite meat. I grew up a meat and potatoes kid. Still am 7 decades later. Ribeyes and Kansas City strips are my favorites. My smoker will be fired up this weekend.Thanks, Larry! Bring a couple over to the Field of Dreams game!From Tom J. in Omaha:I have two:Ribeye on the bone — the bone must be there with no questions asked – it’s not the same eating a boneless ribeye.Porterhouse — which you cannot go wrong, and it is of course two steaks in one on a big bone — so technically, number 2 and 3 would equal a porterhouse.Thanks, Tom! Agree wholeheartedly on the bone-in Ribeye. Huge difference.And, From Ryan N:Agree with your steak rankings. Up until end of last year I never even considered ordering anything but a ribeye, but I’ve been on a filet tear so far this year. For me it’s more about portion control than anything else. I can’t be knocking down 14+ oz ribeyes all the time anymore. It’s football season, Ryan. Portion control, shmortion control! Let’s get the ribeyes back in the rotation and worry about the waistline in January.OK, that’s it for today. Good work, everyone. Six NFL preseason games tonight and the Field of Dreams game for those who have a rich uncle who recently kicked the bucket.Here’s Apple TV’s MLB girl, Tricia Whitaker, to get everyone ready.See you tomorrow.Best little league memories? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.

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