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Mark Schlereth said Bill Belichick looks like an “absolute clown” dating 23-year-old Jordon Hudson. Schlereth, a former NFL offensive lineman-turned-Fox Sports analyst, didn’t sugarcoat his reaction to the 72-year-old Belichick’s newfound romance with the former cheerleader. “I think he’s a pig,” Schlereth said during a recent installment of his and Mike Evans’ 104.3 The Fan sports radio show in Denver, per Awful Announcing. “That’s disgusting…That’s just awful. What are you doing? “Plus, you just look like an absolute clown.”

''We know we're at a very important moment in the history of our country, an unprecedented situation. That's why I really want to address the French people and especially the young generation. I think we are a generation that can make the difference. We see today that the extremists are at the gates of power. We have the opportunity to choose the future of our country. That's why I call upon the youth to go out and vote, to really be aware of the importance of this situation. I hope to use my voice as best I can because you...

PARIS (AP) — Water in the Seine River had unsafe elevated levels of E. coli less than two months before swimming competitions are scheduled to take place in it during the Paris Olympics, according to test results published Friday. Contamination levels in the first eight days of June, after persistent heavy rain in Paris, showed bacteria such as E. coli and enterococci beyond limits judged safe for athletes. The report was published by monitoring group Eau de Paris one day after a senior International Olympic Committee executive said there were “no reasons to doubt” races will go ahead as scheduled...

Immunotherapy before surgery for patients with metastatic melanoma appears to be especially successful. Some 59% of patients respond so well to this therapy that adjuvant treatment is no longer needed, according to the results of the NADINA study. Standard treatment for patients with metastatic skin cancer (melanoma stage III) consists of the removal of local lymph nodes, followed by a year of adjuvant treatment with immunotherapy or targeted therapy. "Despite that, we still see disease recurrence within three to five years in nearly half of these patients," Blank explains. The study showed neoadjuvant immunotherapy could induce a stronger and broader...

The United Nations (UN) is set to add Israel, and the Hamas terrorist group, to a blacklist of countries and groups that harm children — provoking an angry response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called the decision “delusional.” The move marks the second time in recent weeks that an international body has equated Hamas and Israel in condemnation, after the International Criminal Court announced that it would seek arrest warrants for Israeli officials as well as Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes during the conflict in Gaza.

Judge Aileen Cannon is again ripping up the court schedule in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case – pushing some of the legal questions that have been before her for months even further down the road. Cannon is planning on holding a sprawling hearing on Trump’s request to declare Jack Smith’s appointment as special counsel invalid, signaling she could be more willing than any other trial judge to veto the special prosecutor’s authority. The planned hearing also adds a new, unusual twist in the federal criminal case against the former president: Cannon on Tuesday said that a variety of...

One of the most popular books in the 1980s was the satire “Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche.” It was a tongue-in-cheek homage to what even then was a perceived fading masculinity starting to infect our broader society. One of the chapters listed “Historic dates in Real Man history.” Of June 6, 1944, better known as D-Day, it states: “150,000 Real Men storm Normandy beach.” In a way, I could end this piece right there, as I cannot offer a more fitting tribute to what occurred on those hallowed beaches 80 years ago today. But I will try. Because as the...

The issues that plagued the 2020 election haven’t gone away — in fact, Democrats have spent the past four years vigorously working to double down on those efforts while employing an entirely new set of tactics to rig the 2024 election. Republicans can’t win until they understand the threats this election faces as a whole new host of rigging tactics play out, not the least of which is Democrats’ attempt to jail their political opponent.The “Zuckbucks” schemes of 2020 pale in comparison to Biden’s mobilization of the federal government to drive voter turnout in ways that help Democrats. And as...

Soft and sugary, it has spurred the spirits of World War One soldiers on the front lines. Warm and doughy, it has earned the adulation of Homer Simpson, the main character of America's longest-running animated TV series. Heart-shaped and jelly-filled, it has even been used to honour the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's wedding. And every 2 June since 1938, we celebrate it - the donut or doughnut - on National Donut Day in the US

Stephen A. Smith got heated when discussing the Caitlin Clark situation in the WNBA on "First Take" on Monday morning. The prominent ESPN host said that WNBA players, who like the NBA are mostly Black, are likely jealous of Clark, who is white, and all of the attention she has been getting. "There are girls – young ladies – in the WNBA who are jealous of Caitlin Clark. She is a White girl that has come into the league," Smith said. "She has bursted onto the scene. She hasn’t proven herself yet. It’s not even about them thinking they’re better...

MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill said Monday on “Deadline” that former President Donald Trump exhibited “classic mob behavior” during his legal maneuvers. Host Nicolle Wallace said, “I read all the DOJ indictments of Donald Trump. I don’t believe witness tampering is one of them.” She added, “I know he’s been charged for the obstruction piece of Mar-a-Lago, but it’s abundantly clear that trial will never happen, certainly not in judge aileen cannon’s courtroom. There is this issue that if all of your legal education comes from ‘Law & Order,’ I don’t know that you know the fancy legal terms but the...

John Rich is hitting out at Democrats following the guilty verdict in Donald Trump's New York criminal trial, and the country singer's message has gone viral. "Only Communists put their political rivals in jail," Rich, a longtime MAGA supporter wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday. The post has since received over 756,000 views. Trump, the first former president to be convicted of criminal charges is due to be sentenced on July 11. The former president was found guilty by a New York jury on Thursday of 34 counts of falsifying business documents to hide "hush money" payments to Stormy...

When the main casualty is the rule of law itself.On May 30th, a Manhattan jury found former President Donald Trump guilty of thirty-four jerry-rigged felony charges brought against Mr. Trump by the progressive Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The fix was in, and the main casualty was the rule of law itself.District Attorney Bragg abused his prosecutorial powers by targeting Mr. Trump personally, as he had promised to do when he ran for office, and then coming up with concocted felony offenses to charge him with. The Trump-hating district attorney magically alchemized a statute of limitations-barred misdemeanor of falsifying business...

A climate activist affixed an adhesive poster to a Monet painting at the Musée d’Orsay Saturday. The woman, who said she intended to raise awareness for climate change, was arrested. The stunt was carried out by a member of Riposte Alimentaire (Food Response), a group of environmental activists and defenders of sustainable food production in response to the climate crisis. The group has been targeting museums across Europe for years, including most recently a protest at the Louvre last month. A video on X showed the activist sticking an adhesive barren red landscape on top of Claude Monet’s 1873 painting...

flew into Wilmington, Del., on Sunday night, where his 54-year-old son’s felony gun trial begins Monday, and will spend the whole day there with no official duties. Joe Biden’s looming presence in the strange small city leaves nobody in any doubt of the message he is sending to Delaware special counsel David Weiss, the prosecutors, the judge, and the jury pool being chosen Monday: You mess with my son, you mess with me. It’s all very subtle, in a flagrant way, much like Joe’s impromptu visit to Hallie Biden, the widow of Beau and former lover of Hunter, just nine...

<p>Pro-MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) delivered a passionate rant in the halls of Congress following ex-NIAID Director Anthony Fauci’s testimony Monday, blasting Democrats for claiming Republicans worship Donald Trump while ignoring their own Covid-era transgressions.</p><p>The conservative firebrand went on to point out it was Democrats who forced the country to cower in fear and shut down over Covid.</p>

A study published Wednesday reports that girls are experiencing their first period earlier in life, and that their menstrual cycles are becoming more and more irregular, particularly in black and brown girls, which the researchers posited may be caused by ‘racism’. “This cohort study of 71,341 US female individuals born between 1950 and 2005 found significant trends toward earlier menarche and longer time to regularity over time,” the study said in the ‘Findings’ section.The researchers said that accelerating the onset of menarche can lead to adverse health outcomes.“These findings suggest that early-life menstrual characteristics have been trending in directions that...

A seething mob of anti-Israel protesters busted inside the Brooklyn Museum Friday, where they set up an encampment, made their way to the roof and draped a banner from the side of the building declaring the war in Gaza “genocide.” The intruders — who were the vanguard of a massive demonstration nearly 1,000 people strong — scaled the building and rappelled down inside of the art museum with climbing equipment, police sources said. Hundreds of others surrounded the museum. A number of protesters on the roof draped a giant banner reading “Free Palestine Divest From Genocide” over the front of...