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On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart said that while Graham Platner shouldn’t have enjoyed support from Democrats as long as he did, the time it took for him to lose support doesn’t fundamentally undercut character arguments by Democrats “because we’re talking about one guy over a history of candidates where Democrats didn’t put those — the considerations they gave to Graham Platner into work.” Co-host Geoff Bennett asked, “Democrats, for years, had pointed at Donald Trump and made the argument that character matters. Does the fact that so many Democrats were willing to stick with Graham Platner,…

Furious Broadway veteran and Disney’s Agatha All Along star Patti LuPone has lashed out at Turkey and Egypt as both Muslim-majority countries lined up to close their waters to a LGBTQQIAAP2S+ cruise ship “full of gay men” she would be performing for. CNN confirmed Friday that Egyptian authorities did not allow Virgin Voyages’ cruise ship Scarlet Lady and its 2,000 gay passengers to enter its waters. Rich Campbell, the president and CEO of Atlantis Events, told the outlet, “We had full approval and they denied us clearance at the 11th hour.” The Hollywood Reporter notes Patti LuPone took to Instagram on July 2 to…

HONG KONG (AP) – Major German carmakers saw sharp quarterly sales declines in China as domestic demand weakened and competition heated up in the world´s biggest auto market. At Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche, China sales for the April-June quarter plummeted between 30% and 41% compared with the same period a year ago, according to company data released over the past week. For the first half of this year, they all reported a more than 20% year-on-year drop in China. The falling China sales have squeezed their overall profits and in some cases offset gains from other regions. This also…

CNN clarified that political commentator Scott Jennings’ claims that he spoke to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for almost 20 minutes “reflects his experience and is not CNN reporting.” In a statement to the Daily Beast, a spokesperson for CNN pointed out that Jennings “is not a full-time employee or journalist” with CNN. The statement comes as Jennings and other people have claimed that they’ve engaged in conversations with McConnell regarding several topics as rumors began to surface that the Kentucky senator might be “brain dead.” McConnell is reported to have been hospitalized since being admitted to the hospital on June…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel had “lost one of its greatest friends” as he led an outpouring of tributes from across Israel’s political spectrum following the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). He applauded the longtime South Carolina lawmaker as one of the Jewish state’s staunchest allies in Washington. Graham died Saturday at the age of 71 following what his office described as a “brief and sudden illness.” Alongside President Donald Trump’s tribute, Israeli leaders from the governing coalition and opposition praised the veteran senator’s decades-long support for Israel, his repeated visits following Hamas’s October…

Friday, during an appearance on FNC’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) argued that the rise of so-called Democratic Socialists would have implications on the global stage. According to the Arkansas Republican, the communist Chinese saw these American candidates as “ideological fellow travelers.” “Senator, I’m sure you suspected that this was in the offing,” host Laura Ingraham said. “It doesn’t shock me at all that communist China believes it will have a friend in these new socialists.” Cotton replied, “No, Laura, it doesn’t shock me either. And we shouldn’t be surprised that socialists in America and socialists in China get…

Those affected by the mysterious malaise have received almost $3 million in compensation, according to the Pentagon The US government has made its first payments to American personnel affected by the unexplained health condition known as ‘Havana Syndrome,’ the Pentagon has said.The victims of the mysterious malaise have already received almost $3 million in compensation under the Havana Act of 2021, the Department of War said in a statement on Friday.The department’s “commitment to mitigating non-kinetic threats remains absolute,” the statement read. The Pentagon will continue to improve care for those affected by ‘Havana Syndrome’ and “adapt to a dynamic…

A former Barack Obama press secretary was fired from his chief communications role for the Minneapolis city government and accused of allegedly stealing hundreds of dollars in cash and credit card purchases from fellow employees to fuel his habit for kratom —  an herbal “gas station” drug with addictive properties. Local officials ousted Adam Fetcher, 42, from his prestigious job as Chief Communications Officer (CCO) for the City of Minneapolis after only a year in the role as the result of a police investigation into theft and claims of substance abuse, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported this week. Kratom comes…

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is partnering with the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) to raise awareness and eliminate illegal straw-purchase gun sales in the Alamo City. The “Don’t Lie for the Other Guy” campaign will involve a major public awareness blitz to educate the public about the dangers posed by straw purchasers to public safety in the United States and Mexico. Straw purchasers are individuals who purchase a firearm on behalf of another person who cannot legally purchase one for themselves. Engaging in the activity carries stiff penalties, including up to…

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) told Fox News that Graham Platner “disqualified himself” from the U.S. Senate race after a rape allegation broke his campaign apart and he dropped out of the race, adding it was not a difficult decision to refuse to endorse him in the beginning. Dean was one of only a few Democrats who did not support him and who also publicly warned against Platner as the controversies around him intensified, the outlet reported Saturday. “I’m relieved. I’m sure Mainers are relieved. He disqualified himself,” Dean said. Platner suspended his campaign on Wednesday and later formally withdrew from…