Trump's UFC fighter slurs Michelle Obama on live tv

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: UFC White House fighter Josh Hokit calls Michelle Obama a “man” in sweary post-win interview
During Donald Trump’s 80th birthday UFC celebration, victorious fighter Josh Hokit looked directly into the camera, on live television, and declared that Michelle Obama was “a man” in a clear attempt to curry favor with the President, who allegedly cracked a half-smile.

While this kind of behavior isn’t too surprising from a man who has made “giving and receiving brain damage” his career, it is absolutely infuriating to see this kind of transphobia being thrown about willy-nilly, not to mention the shocking disrespect to a former First Lady who has done nothing but work to improve the lives of the American people and set our children on the path to success. Hokit needs to apologize immediately and donate the winnings of his fight to a charity that supports LGBTQ youths in need…if there ARE any charities that accept “Trumpcoin.”

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump White House loses it over weather at UFC fight
Only the Trump administration could possibly get in a beef with the WEATHER CHANNEL for…accurately reporting the wet, muggy, and heavily mosquitoed conditions at Trump’s birthday bash. So of course they did!

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Mike Johnson: Trump’s presidency is OVER if Republicans lose the House
Red to Blue: Speaker Johnson just said the quiet part extremely out loud: “[Trump] needs all four years, not just two, to fix the mess. And that’s what we need. If we lost the midterms, heaven forbid, if we lost the majority in the House, it would be the end of the Trump presidency in a real effect.” That’s what’s at stake this November. We are faced with a choice between succumbing to dictatorship or stopping Trump’s agenda in its tracks and making him a lame duck two years into his term. Democratic leadership just identified the top 20 most important races for the 2026 midterms. Will you make a donation that will be split between all the progressive Democrats in these must-win races? Let’s take our country back and WIN in November!

Trump and Iran reach tentative deal to end war, reopen Hormuz
It would appear that the president has figured out a way to get the Iran War boondoggle off his neck, with a signing ceremony is set for Friday in Switzerland. That is, unless, Netanyahu tries to torpedo the whole thing by nuking a Lebanese kindergarten; the original agreement to the deal was delayed by several hours after Israeli once again bombed the suburbs of Beirut on Sunday morning, provoking fury from the Iranians and Trump, who allegedly raged “Why did Bibi have to do a fucking attack? I was so pissed off. I let him know. He has no fucking judgement. I let him know that.”

Given Israel’s previous refusals to abide by any ceasefires, it remains to be seen whether or not we will have a real peace, but these are the most promising developments yet.

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Trump allegedly “furious” that Situation Room audio was leaked to journalists
So it would appear that somebody in Trump’s orbit leaked audio from *the Situation Room* to reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. Even worse, the audio is from the meetings in which the Trump team was discussing the decision to attack Iran and how to respond to the damning accusations in the Epstein Files that allege the president participated in child sexual abuse. “We’re afraid some of our most sensitive conversations were being recorded … And we have no idea which ones,” said a Trump admin source to Axios.

This would usually be a pretty big deal if national security was a thing that the government cared about, which it clearly does not, given the Trump team’s almost universal use of unsecured private communication devices. It is deeply ironic to see them complain about being betrayed after filling the entire administration with psychotic, self-serving jackals. Clearly, they learned nothing from Trump’s first term in office.

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Former MMA star appears to post and delete screenshots of Eric Trump asking him if any of the White House fights were rigged
It appears that the Trump and the UFC may have rigged the President’s big birthday fights. Former UFC star Daniel Cormier posted a series of screenshots showing Eric Trump allegedly asking him straight-up if the fights were rigged so he could be on them. “I’m probably going to get a lot of flak for bringing this to light, however I refuse to stay silent,” Cormier said in a tweet. “The UFC is a sport that I am deeply passionate about. I will not tolerate this type of insider behavior. Shame on anyone trying to ruin this beautiful event.”

Surely the event that is being staged to promote Trump’s personal cryptocurrency, in which the fighters are being paid in Trump’s crytocurrency, hosted by the adminstration that makes millions of dollars off of betting on inside information, wouldn’t ALSO be rigged so his family could profit…right?

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