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By Nick Arama Scandal-plagued Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for the Senate in Maine, has now been hit with an even bigger scandal.  A woman who dated Platner is now alleging he committed sexual assault against her five years ago. Platner is denying the allegations.  The woman, a 41-year-old Maine resident named Jenny Racicot, detailed the alleged incident to POLITICO in three interviews over the past two weeks. POLITICO also spoke with a man Racicot dated and confided in the years after the alleged incident, and reviewed documents, including emails between Racicot and her therapist and messages between Racicot and an acquaintance whom she warned against getting involved with Platner years before he ran for office. Racicot alleges he entered her home, intoxicated, and forced himself on her.  “I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me,” she said. “I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, ‘This is no longer my cho...

By Rusty Weiss Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is catching fresh heat after appearing on the cover of Essence magazine, where she was branded "the People's Champion." It's the latest in a surprising string of efforts to pursue celebrity status for the Justice, who somehow found her way onto a body rarely associated with vanity projects. The special collector’s edition, unveiled by Essence on America’s 250th birthday, celebrates Jackson as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court and a “powerful voice for those simply seeking the God-given birthrights promised to every American.” "There is no better moment to celebrate her extraordinary legacy," they write. As America celebrates its 250th birthday, ESSENCE is honored to unveil the first magazine cover of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic career. As the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, there is no better moment to celebrate her… pic.twit...

By Nick Arama As we reported, Folarin Balogun was given a red card during the last U.S. World Cup game against Bosnia and Herzegovina. That meant he couldn't play the rest of the game, and he was suspended for the next game, Monday evening's game with Belgium. Balogun is not looking at the defender and is trying to get the ball, the defender throws his body in the way and Balogun lands awkwardly. Never should’ve been a red, suspension would’ve been unjust. pic.twitter.com/uKBi2UHnSW — nicky 🇺🇸🇨🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇲🇽 (@PFF_Nicky) July 5, 2026 There was a lot of uproar about the call, as my colleague Bob Hoge noted.  It was also a big disadvantage to the U.S. team to lose one of their top strikers, although as I noted, Balogun took it with grace.  The foul wasn't even called initially. It wasn't called until there was a VAR (Video Assistant Referee) review. That raised questions about whether the protocols were being improperly applied because the VAR's slow mo...

By Tyler Durden Summary: Cuba's Power Grid Collapses  Castro's Grandson Ready To Talk With Trump   Cuba Goes Dark Hours after USA Today published an interview between one of its journalists and Cuban President Castro's grandson, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, the communist-run island experienced an island-wide power grid collapse. The electrical workers' union said the entire power grid went offline and that officials were investigating the cause. Cuba's energy ministry confirmed the blackout and said crews were working to restore service. "A total disconnection of the National Electric Power System is occurring. The causes are being investigated," the electrical workers' union wrote on X. 🔴 #AHORA || Ocurre una desconexión total del Sistema Electroenergético Nacional. Se investigan las causas. Se continuará informando al respecto. pic.twitter.com/F7ksTBTakO — Unión Eléctrica de Cuba (@OSDE_UNE) July 6, 2026 Time is ticking for the communists ...

By Rusty Weiss Hunter Biden , for reasons known only to him, went public with sharp criticism of President Trump and his family on Sunday, claiming they raked in billions from government contracts and overseas deals by cashing in on the presidency. That's right, Burisma’s best-known, best-paid board member of all time is giving a TED Talk on ethics. Biden, in a lengthy social media post, detailed a series of alleged transactions involving Trump family members and associates, while referencing the years-long public scrutiny he faced over his own business activities. "I hope everyone had a great 4th of July," he wrote. "I know [President Trump] and family did. 250 years ago, we declared independence from a king who ran the colonies as a family business. In just 18 months, the Trumps have made King George look like an amateur." The notorious crack smoker's post jumps straight in, wildly exaggerating and cherry-picking Trump family business stuff to paint i...

By Ariel Zilber Turkey has reportedly blocked an American LGBTQ+ cruise from docking at two of its ports, citing “moral values” in the latest sign of the Islamist-run government’s increasingly hardline stance toward the LGBTQ+ community. The “Athens to Venice” voyage organized by Los Angeles-based Atlantis Events was scheduled to stop in the western Turkish port of Kuşadası on July 7 before continuing to Istanbul. Instead, the cruise will now visit Cairo, Egypt, and the Greek island of Crete, according to CNN , which first reported the ban. Local authorities in Turkey said they had canceled the planned port calls because the chartered vessel was booked by groups “known for behaviors incompatible with the fabric of our society and our moral values.” Officials in Aydin province, where Kuşadası is located, said there was “absolutely no possibility of the group in question visiting our province for an event of this nature.” The ship, the “Scarlet Lady,” is owned by Richard ...

By NEIL MUNRO America “means nothing” unless it welcomes all migrants and their versions of justice, says a Fourth of July message from a Muslim migrant now facing deportation for pro-Hamas advocacy at Columbia University and for alleged migration fraud. “I came to America like so many immigrants before me, chasing opportunity, stability, prosperity, and justice,” said Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-born Islamic advocate whose many progressive lawyers have appealed his deportation case to the U.S. Supreme Court. He continued: I fight because I believe America can be what it promises. That promise means nothing if it doesn’t also mean freedom and justice for everyone [emphasis added] . Happy Independence Day, America. Get out of our Country 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/3AcW1uI3sj — Joni Job (@jj_talking) July 4, 2026 Other prominent immigrants are pushing the same claim that America is promised for migrants. On July 3, for example, New York City’s ethnic Indian, Muslim immigran...

By AMY FURR Radical leftist Bill Ayers and a Princeton University professor led an event on Friday, the eve of America’s 250th birthday, called “250 Years of Resistance” in Democrat-run Chicago, Illinois. Ayers is the former leader of the Weather Underground, an anti-American domestic terrorist group that Breitbart News reported has ties to former President Barack Obama. Ayers told an audience during the event at the National Public Housing Museum that the Declaration of Independence is a “mixed and contradictory document” and recalled the 200th anniversary in 1976 when his group printed a poster for the event that read, “200 Years Is Enough.” “Now it’s 250 years and I feel similarly. I feel like there’s nothing more appropriate than having a conversation tonight about 250 years of resistance,” he added, according to a clip from Manhattan Institute investigative analyst Stu Smith: 🚨 Bill Ayers and Princeton’s Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Mark July 4th With No Patriotism,...

By Streiff While most of us were focused on family and friends over Independence Day and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, our heroes in the Fourth Estate found a more interesting subject. Hundreds of masked members of Patriot Front showed up to provide the dot from a laser pointer for the media to chase. According to the Telegraph channel allegedly operated by Patriot Front, some 400 members of the organization descended on Washington, D.C. to link the Trump administration to White supremacy. Hundreds of masked members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front marched through parts of Washington, ​D.C., ahead of the Independence Day ‌festivities planned for the evening https://t.co/MaUjWGUcpd pic.twitter.com/KiVoOiNKnQ — Reuters (@Reuters) July 4, 2026 Allegedly , Patriot Front is a Texas-based White nationalist group classified as such by the ADL and SPLC. It was created in the run-up to the infamous 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville,...