"Did the NBA get it right? In my opinion, no, because you prioritized superstardom and views over someone's health."
—@KendrickPerkins on the NBA not suspending Victor Wembanyama 😳
"At some point, when you're getting pushed around all the time, ... you're gonna stand up for yourself."
@RealJayWilliams reacts to Wemby's Game 4 ejection vs. the Timberwolves 👀
🗞️ REPORT | Vice President JD Vance has raised private alarms with President Trump that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s briefings on the Iran war have been “so positive as to be misleading,” according to The Atlantic, which reports growing friction between the two over the accuracy of the Pentagon’s war assessments.
🔹Vance specifically questioned Hegseth’s characterization of U.S. missile interceptor stockpiles as “robust,” privately warning Trump that the U.S. is depleting them at a dangerous rate, a concern that directly contradicts the Pentagon’s public posture.
🔹Sources in Vance’s inner circle told The Atlantic he has been careful not to openly accuse Hegseth of lying, instead framing his skepticism as his own strategic inquiry to avoid fracturing the war cabinet.
🔹The report adds to a growing body of evidence that the administration’s public presentation of the war diverges significantly from internal assessments — including CNN’s earlier reporting that roughly half of Iran’s missile launchers and thousands of one-way attack drones survived the initial U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign, and NBC’s reporting that damage to U.S. bases across the region was far worse than publicly acknowledged.