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[Introverted_loner @A_BigBash]

JAY-Z BREAKS DOWN WHAT MADE BIGGIE A GREAT WRITER AND THE CHALLENGE OF WRITING FOR DR. DRE

JAY-Z: “Biggie was one of those ones who didn't run from controversy, whether it made him look bad or not. Most people's egos wouldn't allow them to say that.”

“He had such an endearing quality as a writer. ‘Black and ugly as ever’ — that one word was so powerful. Anything he said after that was going to be amazing.”

JAY-Z also explained his approach to writing for Dr. Dre after he left Death Row:

“I had to get into his psyche. What would he be thinking right there? I would be thinking, I have to remind people that I'm Dr. Dre.”

“It's like a cooking show. These are the ingredients I have to work with, and I'm going to make them make sense. And it can't be corny.”

[‏ً @Dejisco29]

“Britain has already been taken over.” Rafe Heydel-Mankoo says a quiet cultural revolution has transformed the country, and blames Tony Blair and the Conservatives.

Rafe Heydel-Mankoo: “We now have to accept that Britain is a post-revolutionary society. It’s already happened. That’s why we’re having this discussion here, not on BBC One, not on mainstream television.”

“We are actually the counter-revolutionaries now, even though we are in the majority, because this has been a top-down revolution imposed upon us by our elites.”

“This has been so insidious because it’s been so gradual. And now you see, for example, that mainstream liberals are spouting Marxist ideology.”

Andrew Gold: “What you just said, that the revolution has already happened… Shit, man, I just got goosebumps when you said that. Because that is how it feels.”

Rafe Heydel-Mankoo: “The Conservative Party is proof in point of how the revolution has taken place, because Tony Blair cemented this revolution.”

“You would have thought the Tories would have tried to reverse that long march through the institutions. We should be 14, 15 years into that project. That’s the scandal, the disgrace and the dilemma we have.”

“Once you understand we’re in a post-revolutionary society, that should focus minds and you realize how difficult it is to win back Britain.”

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

Stephen A. Smith says Trump did not offer him the role of White House Press Secretary 🤣

Reporter: “What about the press secretary role. Did you discuss that?”

Smith: “No.”

Reporter: “Did he offer you it?”

Smith: “No way in Hell!”

[Woodz 🇺🇸 @Nibiru1000]

I’m not MAGA, but Trump has done more for Black folks in the first two years of his 2nd term than Obama’s entire presidency. Y’all just gotta stop stop being emotional, lol.

[Overton @overton_news]

President Trump just told Stephen A. Smith that had it not been for Gulf countries in the Middle East, he would have “gone further” in taking out the IRGC.

This is big.

SMITH: “If it wasn’t for the other nations, particularly in the Middle East that don’t want you to do that, would you have already taken them out?”

TRUMP: “Yes. I would. I would have, yeah.”

SMITH: “And by taking them out that means what?”

TRUMP: “Going further than I went.”

That’s an important moment right there.

You get the sense that this was something Trump went against his own better judgment on, choosing to listen to others rather than act on his instincts.

[Introverted_loner @A_BigBash]

Ft @stephenasmith @Trevornoah @eugenekhoza

[Introverted_loner @A_BigBash]

Stephen A. Smith Opens Up About His Presidential Ambitions — And What Changed His Mind

Trevor Noah: “Do you actually plan to run for President?”

Stephen A. Smith: “I was serious about it because I really genuinely believe I could win.”

“I know what it’s like to be hungry. I grew up struggling. I would look out for the best interests of the country, not myself.”

Trevor Noah: “Is adding another unqualified person the way we solve the problem?”

Stephen A. Smith: “I would never surround myself with unqualified people.”

Stephen A. Smith: “I would run as a Democrat.”

But running would mean leaving his career behind.

“I have to come off the air. Which means I’ve got to give up my money.”

“Hell no, I’m not giving it up. I’ve worked in this career for 30 years. I’ve earned this.”

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: President Trump announces he plans to RAPID-FIRE VETO legislation sent to him by the Democrats until they run out of things to pass

Dems do NOT have a veto-proof majority!

"I'm going to be vetoing a lot of things that they're going to send me initially that are bad for the country. And I think eventually they're going to call in. They're gonna say, let's make a deal. And we'll be able to make deals on healthcare, on drug prices."

Hakeem and Schumer can try to ram through socialism and amnesty. As soon as it goes to Trump, VETO PEN

Overriding a veto takes 290 House votes and 67 in the Senate.

If Republicans stick together, every veto STANDS.

And they'll also be dealing with Stephen Miller if they want to compromise

[‏ً @Dejisco29]

Ava Santina and Esther Krakue clash over whether sexual assault victims should report allegations years later.

Piers Morgan: “I remember Rose McGowan, for example, going public about Harvey Weinstein.”

Ava Santina: “And look what happened to her.”

Piers Morgan: “She was incredibly courageous, and she did get a lot of terrible fallout from it. But by going on the record, I think it did help to incarcerate him.”

Ava Santina: “If these women had gone to the police first, the police would have said, ‘These are historical incidents. You can’t actually prove them in a court of law,’ and they would have been out the door anyway.”

Esther Krakue: “That’s why it’s important to encourage women to speak out. It’s not just about them. It’s also about protecting other women. I’ve had friends who’ve been raped, and I’ve said, ‘This is bigger than you, because this person can go and do this to other women.’”

Ava Santina: “If something that serious happens to you, the last thing you want to do is phone up LAPD and have two men round your house investigating.”

Esther Krakue: “Actions have consequences. You cannot have it both ways. You cannot choose to be quiet and then 10 years later say, ‘By the way, I was raped. Here’s my story.’”

Ava Santina: “I’m just asking for a little sliver of compassion for the women.”

Esther Krakue: “I have a sliver of compassion, but I also have a sliver of compassion for the alleged victims who were not protected because these women didn’t go to the police. Actions have consequences.”

Piers Morgan: “If you don’t go to the police, in a way you’re allowing a rapist, if that’s indeed what Russell Brand turns out to be, to continue doing what they’re doing.”

[Bulwark Clips @BulwarkClips]

Smith: “Are you saying you would beat Obama?”

Trump: “Yeah, I think I’d beat him easily.”

Smith: “Easily?”

Trump: “I think he’s highly overrated, yeah."

Smith: "Oh my lord."

Smith: “How was Obama overrated?”

Trump: “I thought he was a divider.”

Smith: "What would you classify yourself as being?”

Trump: "As a person that brings people together.”

[Overton @overton_news]

Stephen A. Smith seemed skeptical when President Trump started listing the policies his administration delivered for black Americans.

So Trump pulled out a LIST and started rattling off his accomplishments one by one.

LOL.

Smith sat there listening, and the expression on his face was that of someone who was genuinely impressed.

TRUMP: “I have a list of things that I wrote here...”

SMITH: “Read the list!”

TRUMP: “I’ll read the whole thing!”

“The Trump administration awarded a record one-time investment of $438 million to historically black colleges and universities that were ready to go bankrupt...”

Trump kept going, listing accomplishment after accomplishment for several more minutes.

Smith sat there listening.

By the end, he didn't have much to say.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BOOM: Stephen A. Smith says that 300,000+ people LOST their federal job since Jan. 2025, and President Trump's response is perfect

I say, fire as many federal workers as possible 🔥

SMITH: "Over 300,000 lost their federal jobs. You told me—"

TRUMP: "They ALL got new jobs."

SMITH: "You said they're flourishing in the private sector. They tell me that's not true."

TRUMP: "It's TRUE. And they're getting more money! You can't have a federal government where 10 PEOPLE do 1 JOB." 🫳🏻🎤

"Those people, for the most part, got better jobs, better-paying jobs, and they love going to work...somebody had to do something about it and I DID IT."

OPM put the 2025 drop at roughly 317,000 federal workers, the BIGGEST CUT in decades

A huge share of them took BUYOUTS or retired instead of being fired.

Keep shrinking!

[‏ً @dyklumi]

Stephen A. Smith presses Trump on midterm losses, approval ratings, and his controversial endorsements as Trump struggles to explain the Republican setback

Stephen A. Smith: “You said going into the midterms, put you on the ballot.”

Donald Trump: “They didn't put me on the ballot. The people didn't believe in the candidates, perhaps.”

Stephen A. Smith: “Isn't it possible that people might have liked you, but they may not have liked the candidates you endorsed? Or did the cost of living become an issue?”

Donald Trump: “No, I think it's both. I feel I had to do what I did in Iran. Historically, that's going to be a great decision, I hope. But short-term, I guess it's tougher politically.”

Stephen A. Smith: “Your approval rating was lower than theirs, though.”

Donald Trump: “I think my approval rating is good, but I wasn't on the ballot. When you're not on the ballot, you don't pull them in.”

Stephen A. Smith: “You said, put you on the ballot, and now you're saying they didn't. That means they didn't listen to President Donald Trump.”

Donald Trump: “Well, I say that they maybe didn't like the candidates.”

Stephen A. Smith: “Did you like them?”

Donald Trump: “Some of them I liked, some of them I liked less, but I thought every one of them was better than the Democrats in terms of policy.”

Stephen A. Smith: “Why did you endorse Paxton to begin with? His record coming into it wasn't that great. He had issues. Why him?”

Donald Trump: “He was a good attorney general. I had problems with John Cornyn in the past. He was very disloyal to me early on, and I remember that. I have a very good memory.”

[Stephen A Smith @stephenasmith]

Former President Barack Obama vs. President Donald Trump. If they ran against each other for a third term, WHO WINS?!

[Introverted_loner @A_BigBash]

Ft @wizkhalifa @michaelstrahan ⁠@ConSchwartz @williamdzombak @hlybpod

[Introverted_loner @A_BigBash]

Wiz Khalifa Reveals How “See You Again” and “Black and Yellow” Became Two of the Biggest Hits of His Career

Wiz Khalifa: “They brought me the song, but I was just supposed to be like, 8 bar on there.”

“They just kept bringing it back, and it just kept having me write more and more and more.”

On “See You Again,” he credits the team behind the record:

“I couldn’t even imagine, you know, that happening, or just me doing that on my own without the collective of people who made that song come together.”

On “Black and Yellow” becoming a No. 1 hit:

“I just made that song for my city. Maybe it’ll be cool. I didn’t think it would be a number one hit.”

[Introverted_loner @A_BigBash]

@Pasha24p Imagine that

[Introverted_loner @A_BigBash]

Trump Reveals Why He Hasn’t Ended the Iran War Despite Having the Power to Do So

Stephen A. Smith: “People say two things cost Republicans seats: the war with Iran and your tariffs. What role did that play in the GOP’s losses?”

Trump: “The war was just something I had to do regardless.”

Stephen A. Smith: “You can end this. Why haven’t you?”

Trump: “I could end it immediately at the request of the nations that I’m looking to protect.”

“Saudi Arabia has asked me to please just let it be the way it is now for a while.”

“The people that we’re looking to protect would rather have me do it the way I’m doing it.”

[Introverted_loner @A_BigBash]

Ft @realDonaldTrump @stephenasmith

[mophater 💫 @mophater]

Sara Haines PRESSES Abdul El-Sayed on his "hurt people hurt people" response to the Temple Israel attack — "It took you about five months"

Sara Haines: Sen.-elect, we're both people of faith. I'm a practicing Christian, you're a practicing Muslim. I've often at this table and in my life been most critical of people that completely twist my religion to justify cruelty to others. I feel a particular responsibility when people invoke my faith [MISSING LINE]

Your response that "hurt people hurt people" after the Temple Israel attack in Michigan in March really stuck with a lot of people, and you did apologize for that, but it took you a while. It took you about five months to seemingly understand why that landed wrong with people and voters and constituents.

Do you think that leaders have a responsibility to challenge the extremist views in their own religion, especially considering you're the first Muslim senator of the United States?

Abdul El-Sayed: Yeah, well, I really appreciate that question. And I agree with you entirely that we want to live in a world where faith is something that's used to uplift all of us rather than to justify the worst human actions that sometimes drag us down.

After the attack, I've been to Temple Israel, I went for a bar mitzvah when I was a kid, I grew up just 15 minutes away, I condemned it immediately. And I wanted to offer context, but when people are hurting, context is secondary, and I just should have stood with their pain. And I learned from that experience. And I'm not above apologizing when I make a mistake.

[MISSING: HIS LINES ABOUT THE ATTACKER LOSING FAMILY IN AN AIRSTRIKE, "NO EXCEPTIONS AND NO ASTERISKS" AND "RICOCHET AROUND THE WORLD"]

Sara Haines: I respect that. I just think that if that had been done anywhere near what I believed, I would be so furiously enraged that they would use the words that I have led my life with to hurt people that way, and that was young kids, so I just was surprised it took a minute for you to understand that part.

Joy Behar: Better late than never.

Abdul El-Sayed: Well, it's also better early than late, and that is why I apologize for it.

[‏ً @dyklumi]

Piers Morgan presses Daniella Weiss on whether Jewish and Palestinian lives are equally valuable

Piers Morgan: “A senior Israeli lawyer says that a Jewish life is worth 10 million Palestinian lives. I think it's important to ask whether you believe both lives are worth the same.”

Daniella Weiss: “I don't know about it, I don't know the person, and if you want to dwell on this, it's your decision.”

Piers Morgan: “Am I right in concluding that you believe a Jewish life is worth the same as a Palestinian life?”

Daniella Weiss: “A Jew is proud to be a Jew, and a Muslim is proud to be a Muslim. So what's this comparison?”

Piers Morgan: “I'm a Catholic, an Irish Catholic. You are an Israeli Jew. I think we're both worth exactly the same.”

Daniella Weiss: “I think that all human beings, all human beings are the same.”

Piers Morgan: “Why can't you just say a Jewish life is worth the same as a Palestinian life? Yes or no?”

Daniella Weiss: “I think that all human beings were created by God. This fact in itself shows that all human beings are the same.”