‘Shake That Ess’: Dunkin’ Drops Pop Star’s New Drink with Sexually Suggestive Ad

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‘Shake That Ess’: Dunkin’ Drops Pop Star’s New Drink with Sexually Suggestive Ad

(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA) Dunkin’ released a new drink partnering with pop star Sabrina Carpenter on Monday, featuring a cameo from the Short n’ Sweet songstress herself in a suggestive video advertisement.

Showcasing Dunkin’s new Sabrina’s Brown Sugar Shakin’ Espresso, based on her hit song “Espresso,” Carpenter urged New Years’ Eve celebrators to try her new beverage and “Shake That Ess’.”

“I just love shaking that ess’,” the Emmy-nominated singer said among the backdrop of a bustling, pink Dunkin’ party.

As Carpenter, dressed in a pink sequined bodysuit and fur coat, shook her drink, a woman approached her and said, “You’re really good at shaking that ess’.”

The woman commented that Carpenter had been “shaking that ess’ for hours” and encouraged the pop star to take a sip from her drink.

The ad cut away to a man wearing a suit and sunglasses who said, “I’m shaking that ess.’” Another cutaway showed a female partygoer who asked if she can “grab that ess’” while standing beside a butler holding the drink on a gold platter.

“No one shakes that ess’ like grandma,” an elderly woman said to Carpenter’s surprise. The singer responded, “Grandma?”

Carpenter smiled after watching the old lady shake up Dunkin’s new beverage. She bashfully came out and said, “Oh, Shake That Ess’ kinda sounds like Shake that a**,” to the tune of a beep censoring the swear word. The Dunkin’ logo appeared over Carpenter’s lips.

Carpenter is no stranger to cheeky, sexual humor. The former Disney Channel actress previously made headlines with raunchy lyrics in her “Nonsense” outros and provocative  “Juno” positions on stage.

Dunkin’ described its new limited time “Shake That Ess’” partnership with Carpenter in a press release. The expresso, oatmilk and brown sugar beverage is available for purchase at Dunkin’ locations exclusively on New Years’ Eve.

“If there’s one day that begs for a little extra espresso, it’s New Year’s Eve. On Dec. 31, Dunkin’ teams up with Sabrina Carpenter, the GRAMMY-nominated global superstar behind this year’s chart-topping hit ‘Espresso,’ to introduce ‘Sabrina’s Brown Sugar Shakin’ Espresso’—a limited-time, handcrafted iced beverage combining Dunkin’s bold espresso, brown sugar notes, and oatmilk, shaken to perfection,” the company’s announcement read.

Dunkin’ elaborated on its celebrity partnership by saying, “The result is a deliciously frothy, subtly sweet sip ready to kick off 2025 in style. The launch is celebrated through Dunkin’s playful new ad campaign, ‘Shake That Ess’, starring the espresso expert and bringing Sabrina’s burst of personality and trademark humor into the Dunkin’ cinematic universe.”

Julianna Frieman is a freelance writer published by the Daily Caller, Headline USA, The Federalist, and the American Spectator. Follow her on Twitter at @JuliannaFrieman.

Biden Donor Calls Trump a ‘F**king Genius’ for Beating Dems

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Biden Donor Calls Trump a ‘F**king Genius’ for Beating Dems

(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA) John Morgan, who donated to Democrats for years, called President-elect Donald Trump a “f**king genius” for defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

The Florida-based fundraiser for President Joe Biden told Politico in an interview published Sunday that although he is not sure if Trump is “stable,” he was impressed by the Republican’s populist appeal and reformation of the party.

“I don’t know if Trump is a stable genius, but he’s a f**king genius,” Morgan told the outlet. “He tapped into something Republicans never saw, which was anger and populism on that side.”

Trump did not only win the Electoral College; for the first time, the president-elect won the popular vote along with all seven battleground states—Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Morgan previously stopped identifying himself with the Democratic Party but still supported Democrat candidates since distancing himself from the party label.

The attorney dumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into Democrat campaign, including the Harris campaign, through his law firm Morgan & Morgan, according to Open Secrets.

In November, Morgan said Harris should be “disqualified forever” for running for office after her campaign mismanaged roughly $1.5 billion and suffered a historic loss—both electorally and financially.

“Remember the movie Mad Max when the everybody just doing whatever they wanted, end of the world?” Morgan told NewsNation his Chris Cuomo. “That’s what happened here. All of a sudden, everybody’s got the keys to the candy store, ad buyers, talent, consultants. There’s 100 days to do it, and the money started pouring in, pouring in.”

The Biden donor added, “Remember this, Chris, it wasn’t pouring in for Harris. It was pouring in against Trump. Everybody that was voting and supporting Harris was really voting against Trump.”

Julianna Frieman is a freelance writer published by the Daily Caller, Headline USA, The Federalist, and The American Spectator. Follow her on Twitter at @JuliannaFrieman.

‘Eat Their Lies’: Singer Dropped for Lyrics on ‘Man Made’ COVID, Cancel Culture

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‘Eat Their Lies’: Singer Dropped for Lyrics on ‘Man Made’ COVID, Cancel Culture

(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA) Musician Iyah May said Monday that she lost her manager after refusing to change the lyrics of her new song bashing a “man made virus” and cancel culture.

May revealed on social media platform X that she left her label after her manager dropped her, posting a thankful message with video of her new song “Karmageddon.”

The lyrics of May’s new song read, “Man made virus, watch the millions die / Biggest profit of their lives / Here’s the inflation, that’s your prize,” among other indictments of the lying media and cancel culture.

The Australian singer continued, “Turn on the news and eat their lies / Kim or Kanye, pick a side / Cancel culture, what a vibe.”

May called herself an “independent artist” in light of her manager’s decision to leave, bashing corrupt politicians and the government to her 37,000 followers in a separate post that said, “it feels like profit and power and greed governs the world.”

She added that “warriors” and “healers” can combat the darkness that governs, saying, “There are people who actually give a sh!t and will spend their lives fighting in the light.”

Brett Cooper, a popular Gen Z host who recently split from the Daily Wire, praised May’s music by saying, “this is sick – go support her!!!”

Other influential X users like Liberty Lockdown host Clint Russell promoted the young Australia’s defiant lyrics and independent streak as well. He wrote, “This lady has BARS,” and called her unrestrained songwriting “perfect.”

Students for Trump advisor Ryan Fournier added, “Meet Iyah May. She’s an Australian based singer who just lost a contract with her management company because she refused to change these lyrics. It’s amazing!”

Julianna Frieman is a freelance writer published by the Daily Caller, Headline USA, The Federalist, and the American Spectator. Follow her on Twitter at @JuliannaFrieman.

CNN Panelist Refuses to Kiss Up to ‘Terrible President’ Carter After His Death

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CNN Panelist Refuses to Kiss Up to ‘Terrible President’ Carter After His Death

(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA) CNN’s Scott Jennings refused to glorify former President Jimmy Carter during a late Monday panel discussion following the 100-year-old’s death.

Carter, the 39th U.S. president, died Sunday at his home in Georgia after two years in hospice care. Since then, the media has praised the deceased Democrat—but Jennings pulled no punches.

On NewsNight with Abby Phillip, the CNN commentator blasted Carter as a “terrible” one-term president who disgraced America by “meddling” in foreign affairs after losing reelection.

“He was a terrible president. That’s why he lost in a landslide after his one term,” Jennings said. “And, if it’s possible, I think he was even a worse ex-president because of his meddling in U.S. foreign policy. Because of his saddling up to dictators around the world. Because of his vehement views, anti-Israel views, and more than dabbling in anti-Semitism over the years.”

Jennings noted that Carter frustrated Democrats, adding that former President Barack Obama did not have the 39th president speak at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

“He often vexed Democrats,” Jennings told fellow panelists. “Obama didn’t even have him speak at his ’08 convention. He put Bill Clinton in a terrible foreign policy box on a North Korea nuclear issue.”

Carter had a “huge ego,” according to Jennings, who reiterated that Carter continued to wade into politics post-presidency despite the resounding rejection of voters.

“I respect people who run for president and get elected to president, but in his particular case, I think he time and again proved why he was never suited for the office in the first place,” Jennings said.

Jennings added that Carter came close to committing, or even committed, treason.

“In the run-up to the Persian Gulf War, he wrote letters to all of our allies and to Arab states asking them to abandon their cooperation and coalition with the United States,” the conservative pundit told his colleague who touted Carter’s humanitarianism. “If it’s not treasonous, it’s borderline treasonous.”

Julianna Frieman is a freelance writer published by the Daily Caller, Headline USA, The Federalist, and The American Spectator. Follow her on Twitter at @JuliannaFrieman.

Secret Service Sniper Says He Can’t Use Radios Anymore Due to Trump Shooting Trauma

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Secret Service Sniper Says He Can’t Use Radios Anymore Due to Trump Shooting Trauma

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Secret Service’s counter-snipers left the July 13 deadly Trump rally believing that they took fire—with one of them telling Congress that he can’t use his agency’s radios anymore due to the trauma from the event, according to recently released interview transcripts.

The information that Secret Service may have been shot at was initially revealed by one of the counter-snipers on the northern barn behind Donald Trump. Even though trees were blocking their view from the gunman on the AGR rooftop, those counter-snipers can be seen flinching when the shooting began—perhaps because they were taking fire through the trees.

The counter-sniper first told the Senate Homeland Security Committee in August about being shot at. On Oct. 7, that unnamed counter-sniper provided more details to the House Task Force investigating the Trump assassination attempts.

“I’m telling you, I could have reached out and smacked these projectiles out of the air with my hand. They were that close. I could feel the air, the pressure difference in my eardrum as these rounds passed,” the Secret Service counter-sniper told congressional investigators.

The counter-sniper further said that the forensic evidence supports his conclusion: “They found out later that it was hydraulic fluid that had struck the—a projectile had hit a hydraulic line in a crane that was next to our posting, and it had sprayed hydraulic fluid onto their weapons, equipment, and themselves. And the only way a round is going to hit that is if the shooter had elevated his weapon, pointed it over at us, and fired.”

He also said that his partner also believes they were shot at. The two discussed what happened when they arrived on the rooftop of the Butler Memorial Hospital to protect Trump as he received treatment for being shot in the ear.

“When we got to the hospital roof, we had a second to re-establish our position … I looked at my partner as we were setting up our equipment, and I said, hey, how close were those rounds on our left? And he looked at me and he turned white as a ghost and he said, ‘I heard them all on my right.’ And so those rounds were snapping right between us,” the counter-sniper said.

Months later, the counter-sniper told Congress he was still suffering traumatic effects from the incident—so much so that he couldn’t bring himself to use Secret Service radios anymore.

“The sound that a radio transmission makes is the same sound as a round snapping by. So I can’t use them because it brings me back to that day,” he said. “I’m telling you, in my knowledge, training, and physical experience, a round was close enough for me to smack with my hand.”

Reacting to that disclosure, a Task Force member told him, “I’m sorry that some of those comms issues are bringing you back to that day. I can only imagine … That’s traumatic.”

The Task Force member then asked him if he believes the shots at him were fired by alleged gunman Thomas Crooks, to which the counter-sniper responded: “I couldn’t positively identify whether Crooks was shooting at me because I never saw Crooks, but if someone from Butler PD was engaging us, I have a list of questions for them.”

The counter-snipers on the northern barn never returned fire. It was instead their counterpart on the southern barn who put the final kill shot into Crooks—15 seconds after shooting began, and 10 seconds after a local cop shot at Crooks, causing him to stop firing.

The counter-sniper who shot the AGR gunman was also interviewed by the House Task Force, but he didn’t speak much to whether he received fire. However, his partner, counter-sniper team leader, John Marciniak, told the Task Force that the FBI later determined that fire came in their direction.

“At the time, I had no reason to believe shots were fired at us until speaking to the FBI …  apparently, a round had hit one of the hydraulic fluid hoses that was holding up the screens and speakers. That sprayed all over top of us. And, at the time, I asked [his partner] ‘Am I seeing snow right now? Is it like heat exhaustion?’ And he said, ‘I don’t know,’” Marciniak told the Task Force in October.

“But it was hydraulic fluid that sprayed all over us. So I guess around—it was in the air, in our direction, but not close to us.”

Some, including online researcher John Cullen, have argued that the shots at the Secret Service counter-snipers indicates that there was a second gunman along with Crooks.

The FBI, for its part, told Headline USA that one of the rounds indeed struck machinery near the counter-snipers—but that the bureau doesn’t have evidence that the snipers were specficially targeted.

“The shooter fired eight rounds on July 13th in the direction of where then-Presidential candidate Donald Trump was speaking. The FBI is aware of one round that struck a piece of machinery causing the dispersal of shrapnel and hydraulic fluid in the immediate area of impact,” the FBI told this publication in an email on Monday.

“However, the effort to process the crime scene did not reveal evidence suggesting the shooter specifically targeted U.S. Secret Service sniper positions.”

Meanwhile, it’s unclear as to whether the Secret Service counter-sniper who can’t use his radio is still on duty. The part where the Task Force asks him if he’s on leave is redacted. In other transcripts, that portion isn’t redacted. For instance, the sniper who shot Crooks was put on desk duty, while Marcinak was put back on duty after a week of leave.

The Secret Service did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment about the matter.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/jd_cashless.

I Hereby Resolve… Gold and Silver in 2025

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I Hereby Resolve… Gold and Silver in 2025

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) As we launch into 2025, perhaps you should resolve to get some gold and silver!

If you had made that resolution last year, you’d probably be pretty pleased with yourself – assuming you followed through and kept your self-pronounced commitment.

If you bought gold on January 1, 2024, you paid around $2,074 per ounce. At today’s price, you gained about 26 percent over the year.

And if you bought silver at $23.99, you earned a 21.3 percent return.

Not too shabby. In fact, gold and silver will likely rank among the best-performing assets of 2024.

Now, there’s no guarantee you’ll see the same results in 2025. However, it seems likely this New Year’s Eve is the “end of the beginning” for gold and silver, to steal a phrase from our good friend Brien Lundin.

The underlying fundamentals that drove precious metals higher in 2024 remain in place as we dive into 2025. Price inflation is still sticky. Nevertheless, the Federal Reserve seems intent on lowering interest rates. De-dollarization is still in play, as the world is wary of America’s weaponization of the dollar. That means we will likely see more central bank gold buying in the months ahead. There is plenty of U.S. government fiscal mismanagement on the horizon. Higher interest rates continue to burden Americans loaded up with debt. And on and on it goes.

Promises Were Made to Be Broken

But of course, if you resolve to get gold and silver this year, you have to follow through. And that’s easier said than done.

Here’s the ugly truth: if you make resolutions for 2025, odds are you will abandon them within the next several days — two weeks, tops.

So, maybe you should just act now and skip the formality of making promises you aren’t going to keep.

Don’t misunderstand; I’m not questioning your intentions — just your willpower. And I don’t mean to offend. I’m just stating the facts — playing the odds, if you will.

On average, people break their New Year resolution by January 12. So, you have less than two weeks to go before you can put this all in the past.

I didn’t make this up. I’m basing all of this on research conducted by Strava, a social media network for athletes. According to a New York Post story, the company analyzed more than 31.5 million online global activities to come up with that date. I don’t have any idea how they did that, but it sounds sciency, and we’ve all been told we must “trust the science.”

Then there’s this: according to a study conducted by the University of Scranton, just 8 percent of people achieve their New Year’s goals — ever. In other words, more than 90 percent fail. That’s why I feel pretty safe playing the odds. Unless you’re way out of the mainstream, your resolutions are already toast.

So, why set yourself up for failure?

But You Can Always Take Action Now!

As for me, I’ve solved the problem of broken New Year’s resolutions. I just don’t make them at all.

I will admit that’s probably not the best strategy for personal growth. Then again, it minimizes disappointment. Life is better without disappointment, right? So, maybe this is a personal growth plan.

All that said, I do believe in challenging myself and striving for personal growth. I just don’t think making a big pronouncement on Dec. 31 is the best strategy.

I’m more of a “take action” kind of guy.

Psychologists have actually studied resolutions, and they say that most people get too caught up in the moment and set expectations too high. That drives them to commit to things they will never be able to realistically achieve.

To put it simply, their dreams aren’t really actionable.

I’ll give you an example.

You might say something like, “I’m never going to eat donuts again.” Or perhaps you’ll promise yourself, “I’m going to work out every single day!”

That’s not going to happen.

You’re not going to do it.

You know it.

I know it.

The clerk at Dunkin’ Donuts knows it.

Psychology being what it is, most people will just toss in the towel after the first little setback. I bet you’ve experienced this yourself. You slip up, forget you made a resolution, and take a bite of a donut at the office, and the next morning, you’re in the Dunkin’ Donuts drive-through. (Yes. Donuts are a thing for me.)

And you’re going to hurt so bad the day after you go to the gym for the first time you’ll never want to go back. When you miss day two, you might feel guilty and just throw in the towel.

But don’t lose hope.

You can absolutely make your life measurably better in 2025. You can set some reasonable goals, take action from day one, and achieve them.

The key, experts say, is incremental lifestyle changes. Instead of giving up donuts forever, maybe you could just cut back to one donut a week. Instead of promising to work out every single day, set a reasonable workout goal.

Nutritionist Dr. Carly Moores said another problem is that people try to make too many changes at once. You know that guy – he goes gangbusters on Jan. 2. He fasts, and then he goes to the gym and works out for three hours. The next day, he hurts so bad he can barely get out of bed. Plus, he’s starving to death. To compensate for his suffering, he heads to Waffle House and never graces the inside of the gym again.

Moores advises making reasonable, incremental changes.

“Start with small changes and continue to build on these or try to tackle one change at a time,” Moores said. “Try to set yourself goals, reflect on your progress towards these, acknowledge that changes can be hard, and results won’t happen overnight … or even in the first two weeks of the new year.”

Here’s the takeaway – changing your life is a process – not a pronouncement.

Using the calendar flip at the beginning of the new year as an opportunity to reflect, evaluate, and set goals isn’t a bad thing. Sometimes we need to reset. The New Year holiday provides that opportunity.

But remember, talk is cheap. You have to take action. As the saying goes, there’s no better time than the present.

So, if you’re thinking, ‘I sure do need to get my financial house in order,’ take a little time today and talk to a Money Metals’ precious metals specialist. They can help you figure out how gold and silver can help you reach those goals.

So, here’s to a prosperous and joyful 2025!

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Yellen Admits to Letting China Hack the U.S. Treasury Dept. amid Major Security Breaches

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Yellen Admits to Letting China Hack the U.S. Treasury Dept. amid Major Security Breaches

(Headline USA) Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, already in the hotseat for her failed economic stewardship in allowing inflation to run rampant, faced mounting criticism following reports that China had hacked into America’s sensitive data ahead of the incoming Trump administration.

Chinese hackers remotely accessed several U.S. Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency said Monday.

The Treasury Department said it learned of the latest problem on Dec. 8, when a third-party software service provider, BeyondTrust, flagged that hackers had stolen a key that helped the hackers override the service’s security and gain remote access to several employee workstations.

“A threat actor had gained access to a key used by the vendor to secure a cloud-based service used to remotely provide technical support for Treasury Departmental Offices end users,” assistant Treasury secretary Aditi Hardikar said in a letter to leaders of the Senate Banking Committee. “With access to the stolen key, the threat actor was able override the service’s security, remotely access certain Treasury DO user workstations, and access certain unclassified documents maintained by those users.”

The compromised service has since been taken offline, Hardikar said.

“[A]t this time there is no evidence indicating the threat actor has continued access to Treasury information,” she claimed.

The department did not provide details on how many workstations had been accessed or what sort of documents the hackers may have obtained, but a department spokesperson said in a separate statement that it was being investigated as a “major” cybersecurity incident.

“Treasury takes very seriously all threats against our systems, and the data it holds,” the statement claimed. “Over the last four years, Treasury has significantly bolstered its cyber defense, and we will continue to work with both private and public sector partners to protect our financial system from threat actors.”

Despite the claim, there have been indications that Yellen herself—along with other Biden emissaries, such as former “climate czar” John Kerry and his successor as secretary of State, Tony Blinken—have been less than vigilant during meetings with the trans-Pacific rival.

China succeeded in hacking top State Department officials in July 2023, ahead of a visit by Kerry.

Meanwhile, Yellen appears to have been drugged by the Chinese with psychedelic mushrooms during a visit last spring.

In Beijing, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson gave China’s standard response to hacking allegations after the recent attack.

“We have repeatedly stated our position on such groundless accusations that lack evidence,” Mao Ning said at a daily briefing. “China consistently opposes all forms of hacking, and we are even more opposed to the dissemination of false information against China for political purposes.”

The incident comes as U.S. officials are continuing to grapple with the fallout of a massive Chinese cyberespionage campaign known as Salt Typhoon that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans. A senior White House official said Friday that the number of telecommunications companies confirmed to have been affected by the hack has now risen to nine.

The Treasury Department said it was working with the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, as well as others, to investigate the impact of the hack. It said the hack had been attributed to Chinese state-sponsored culprits but did not elaborate.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Cuomo Opposes Toll Pricing He Signed Into Law Amid Potential Comeback

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Cuomo Opposes Toll Pricing He Signed Into Law Amid Potential Comeback

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has turned against New York City’s controversial congestion toll, despite being considered its chief architect during his tenure. 

On Sunday, Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi told the New York Post that the $9 commuter tax imposed on drivers entering Midtown Manhattan could do more “harm than good.”

These remarks directly opposed Cuomo’s successor, Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has defended the policy. 

“It is undeniable that New York is in a dramatically different place today than it was in 2019, and without a study forecasting [the toll’s] consequences based on facts, not politics, it could do more harm than good to New York City’s recovery,” Azzopardi said. 

He also reminded Hochul that the toll’s implementation was “premised on a safe and reliable subway system,” which is not a standard many New Yorkers believe the city has met. 

Homicides in the subway system have reached their highest levels in 25 years, with 10 murders reported in 2024 alone.

Most recently, an illegal alien allegedly set a sleeping woman on fire and watched her die while sitting on a bench. 

Cuomo hinted at his opposition to the congestion toll earlier this year but is nonetheless surprising given his role in enacting the policy. 

In 2019, Cuomo struck a deal with then-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to implement congestion pricing in Manhattan in a bid to reduce traffic in Manhattan while funding the public transit system. 

In a 2024 New York Post opinion column, Cuomo called for the toll to be halted, arguing that the city was still suffering from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“For many, traveling to the city is no longer a necessity — and for some it is an unwelcome hardship,” Cuomo wrote.  

“What impact will an additional $15 entry surcharge have on New York City’s recovery in this moment — when the migrant crisis, crime, homelessness, quality of life and taxes are all pressing problems?” he asked, citing the toll’s pricing at the time. 

In response to Cuomo’s criticisms, Hochul spokesperson Avi Small hit back: “Drivers upset about paying a $9 toll when entering Manhattan should remember two things: Andrew Cuomo is the reason they’re paying a toll, and Kathy Hochul is the reason it’s 40% lower than originally envisioned.” 

Cuomo quickly fired back, claiming the $15 toll was enacted under Hochul’s administration, sarcastically adding: “but please gaslight away. New Yorkers aren’t stupid.” 

Cuomo served as New York’s governor from 2011 until his resignation on Aug. 23, 2021, following numerous accusations of sexual harassment. Hochul, his lieutenant governor, assumed office the next day and won a full term in 2022. 

Cuomo’s recent reversal on congestion pricing comes amid rumors he is eyeing a potential comeback as a candidate for New York City mayor.  

DC Mayor Scrambles to Remove Street Ads Chastising Trump as Trash

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DC Mayor Scrambles to Remove Street Ads Chastising Trump as Trash

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration scrambled to remove advertisements placed at transit stops that linked President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters to trash—an offensive comparison that had landed President Joe Biden in deep trouble earlier this year. 

The ads—which Bowser’s office seemingly approved—featured a prohibition sign over an image of Trump wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat while holding a Project 2025 book. One billboard, displayed at a bikeshare station at 3rd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, stated, “Keep DC Trash Free.” 

In response to the ads, DDOT claimed it had not authorized the content, stating it was not created or funded by the D.C. government. “This image was not created, funded, or authorized by the DC government, and our teams are currently working to remove them,” the D.C. agency said on X. “If you see additional images like this, we encourage you to report them to 311.” 

Bowser’s office declined to comment on the matter and directed inquiries to DDOT’s statement, according to the New York Post. 

The Trump-Trash ads featured the official logos of the Mayor’s Office of the Clean City and the DC Department of Public Works. 

The hashtag #TrashFreeDC—which the mayor’s office uses—was also visible.

These remarks echo Biden’s earlier comments comparing Trump’s voters to “garbage.”

“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,” Biden said, referring to Trump and his supporters during a call organized by Voto Latino.

He added, “His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American. It’s totally contrary to everything we’ve done, everything we’ve been.” 

Trump quickly condemned the offensive remarks, arguing that Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are unfit to govern if they hold such disdain for MAGA voters.  

He also humorously trolled Biden by donning a trash collector’s vest and riding on a trash truck in response to the “garbage” comparison.

Racist Backlash Erupts Over NFL Star’s Viral Engagement to White Woman

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Racist Backlash Erupts Over NFL Star’s Viral Engagement to White Woman

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A black NFL superstar proposed to his girlfriend on the field Sunday, capturing viral attention on social media. However, some users reacted with racist vitriol directed at the girlfriend, simply because she is a white woman. 

The viral video shows Washington Commander Safety Jeremy Reaves dropping to one knee to ask his longtime girlfriend, Mikaela Worley, to marry him. Reaves proposed after his team defeated the Atlanta Falcons to secure a playoff spot. 

While most users celebrated Reaves’s decision to share this special moment, others took issue with Worley’s race.

The comments reflected a disturbing animosity toward white women, particularly in the context of their support for President-elect Donald Trump.

One user remarked, “mid yt women got the NFL on LOCK!” using “yt” as slang for white people and “mid” to belittle Worley’s appearance. This comment garnered 21.7 million views and over 132,000 likes.

Another user questioned “What makes them marry outside of their race?” receiving 248,000 views. 

A different user, without evidence, suggested that marrying a white woman helps in securing brand endorsements.

“Their professional careers and agency told them that the 2 black parent house hold ‘thing’ would jeopardize his image,” the user claimed. “A form of submissiveness by the nfl player.” 

A fourth user stated that the Black community “lost another one,” referring to Reaves. 

A user named ShayUnleashed shared the clip with the caption, “In all honesty, it just does not look right,” which garnered 1.4 million views. 

Another individual, Leanoarda Jonie, wrote that “no amount of money will unruin your blood line,” without specifying to whom she was referring. 

In another comment, Jonie suggested, “She’s crying because deep down she doesn’t want to do this.” 

Jonie doubled down on her claims, remarking without evidence “that these are staged for a long time. It’s a new way they try to make white women believe ‘everyone is doing it.’” 

Reaves seemingly ignored the racist comments, telling reporters that the victory motivated his proposal. 

Another X user disturbingly wrote that “nothing looks more natural than an interracial couple.”

“I hate losing, so there’s no way I could have done that in the right spirit after a loss,” Reaves said in an interview with the Associated Press. “That thing was burning a hole in my pocket.” 

“She’s earned it. I can’t say enough about her,” Reaves added. “When I was at my lowest last year, she was there to pick me up every day. She showed up. That’s my best friend. Been my best friend since high school.” 

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