Josh Hawley on Warpath After Baseball Players Targeted, and MLB Won't Like What May Be Coming Next

 Sister Toldjah – RedState

"RedState reported earlier on the disgraceful warning Major League Baseball issued in the aftermath of three San Francisco Giants baseball players (pitcher Landen Roupp, along with relievers J.T. Brubaker and Ryan Walker) refusing to bend the knee to "Pride Night" by writing Bible verses on their rainbow-themed hats during their Friday game against the Chicago Cubs.

"As my colleague Rusty Weiss noted, these were "Bible verses, mind you, that explain the true symbolism of the rainbow—God's covenant with Noah, his descendants, and every living creature after the great flood." The verses were Genesis 9:12-16: 

"The Monday warning stated that "The writing on the cap violates our rules, and consistent with normal practice, we have warned the players about future violations." In a follow-up statement, they pretended they weren't issuing the warning because they didn't like the Christian message. "To be clear, this routine verbal warning not to wear the hat in future games is not disciplinary and had absolutely nothing to do with the content of the message." Sure." . . .

MLB execs had no issue with acts of protest while cities were burned down by left-wing mobs in 2020. In fact, MLB changed the rules to allow more left-wing messaging!  Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier

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MLB Issues Warning To San Francisco Giants Pitchers For Having Bible Verses On Hats Meant For Pride Night: REPORT | The Daily Caller

. . . "As expected, players expressing their Christianity weren’t well received by sportswriters on the political left, who threw criticism at Roupp and his fellow pitchers. The backlash led to Major League Baseball getting involved.

"According to a report from The Athletic, an official within MLB has “warned” the Giants pitchers not to write on their hats and be in violation of the rules.

“The writing on the cap violates our rules, and consistent with normal practice, we have warned the players about future violations,” said MLB chief communications officer Pat Courtney in an official statement.

MLB Rebrands To MLBTQ+ | Babylon Bee

Chicago Cross Burning Is Latest Example Of Left-Wing Extremism Being Blamed On GOP

"All too often, acts of left-wing violence and extremism are ignored because the left is obsessed with the rather non-existent threat of right-wing extremism."

 The Federalist  

All too often, acts of left-wing violence and extremism are ignored because the left is obsessed with the rather non-existent threat of right-wing extremism so much so that it blinds their ability to see an increasingly radical left and as a result, (as is the case with Chicago), the knee jerk reaction from Democrats and the left is to blame Republicans.

"When a burning cross was found at a Chicago park last week, the media and Democrats already apparently knew who was responsible.

"“A large burning cross — a historic symbol of hate and intimidation against Black Americans — was discovered in a Chicago park where former President Barack Obama famously delivered his acceptance speech when he was elected the nation’s first Black president,” The Associated Press (AP) reported on June 10.

"Given the framing, readers may have been under the impression that police were searching for a white supremacist, a racist, and, given how the left has broadly painted Republicans as both of those things, a Republican.

"Gov. JB Pritzker said while speaking at Rainbow PUSH’s Coalition annual conference the very next day after the incident: “The fact that it even occurred at all speaks to what happens when the seeds of racism and fascism grow unchecked in our country.”

"Given how Pritzker himself has compared Trump to the Nazi regime and Democrats writ large have accused Republicans (and Trump) of being fascists, it’s hard not to suspect that Pritzker was subliminally blaming Republicans.

"Frank Chapman, a Chicago resident and executive director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression “pointed to how people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were ultimately not punished. President Donald Trump pardoned, commuted prison sentences, or ordered the dismissal of cases for all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in the attack,” as described by NBC News.

"“The same kind of people got the same white supremacist mentality as a cross-burning,” Chapman reportedly said. “So, they figured like they got a license now … with people pardoned and more or less shaking hands with the devil.”

"Gina Miranda Samuels, faculty director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago, blamed the cross burning on Trump.

"“I do think we’re living in a time when we have a president that stokes this kind of thing and invites this type of stuff,” she said. “People feel emboldened and are invited to see how far they can go.”

"Before any facts were known, the assumption that the culprit must be associated with Trump or the right was publicly disseminated by the left.

"It turns out that the man who is at least publicly claiming responsibility is Merlin Lu, a University of Illinois Chicago student who said he lit the cross to protest President Donald Trump." . . .  More...

FBI Disrupts ‘Dark’ Terrorist Plot Targeting UFC Freedom 250 Event; 5 Epstein-Obsessed Suspects in Custody

I can recall three speeches made by Joe Biden alone that I took to be a plea for people like this to do as they planned. Special recognition must also go to the Fonda-DeNiro-Reid performance recently as well as all things said by "The View" gossip group.

Debra Heine › American Greatness  

“This is what happens when people turn the rhetoric up so loud that disagreeing with somebody is a cause for violence,” Vance said. “We got to tell everybody to tone it down.”

"FBI Director Kash Patel announced Tuesday that the feds disrupted a “two wave” domestic terrorist plot targeting the UFC Freedom 250 celebration prior to the event held on the White House South Lawn, Sunday.

"Five anti-Israel, Epstein-obsessed suspects are currently in custody following a multi-state operation that was initiated when the threat was discovered on June 10. The suspects have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

"Investigators have identified a potential network of 23 anti-Trump suspects involved in the pre-operational planning on encrypted Signal chats.

"The patriotic UFC event was held on the South Lawn as part of President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday weekend, drawing an estimated 4,300 attendees, including about 1,200 active-duty service members. Another 85,000 people watched the grand spectacle on giant screens at the nearby Ellipse.

"The suspects reportedly planned to use explosive-laden drones to strike buildings near the event, trigger a mass evacuation and steer crowds toward a pre-staged sniper team, officials said.

"A subsequent “second wave” of attackers allegedly planned to storm the White House gate amidst the chaos.

"One suspect, identified as Michael Alan Thomas of California, told investigators he believes the U.S. government is run by elites who were friends with Jeffrey Epstein, sacrifice and eat children, and are protected by President Trump, according to the federal arrest warrant. " . . .

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15 Antifa Goons Face Slew of Charges For Attacks on Federal Officers During Anti-ICE Riots in Minneapolis

American Greatness  

"He said the agitators “even followed law enforcement officers from locations like the Whipple building to the officers’ homes.'”

"The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that 15 Antifa-affiliated defendants have been charged with conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers, along with several other charges related to the violent anti-ICE uprising in Minneapolis earlier this year.

"A federal grand jury in Minnesota indicted the agitators for plotting violence against ICE officers during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities, dubbed “Operation Metro Surge.”

"During a press conference announcing the indictment, U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Daniel N. Rosen declared that “political violence is the scourge of our times” and said that federal law enforcement is dedicated to combatting that violence.

"He told reporters that the defendants are members of Direct Action Minnesota (also known as DAMN) and its subgroup the Black Cat Workers Collective, a group of “Antifa affinity” organizations that train members in aggressive tactics against law enforcement.

"Rosen said the Black Cat Workers Collective “advocates, promotes and utilizes militant tactics and violence,” and pointed out that on social media, the group even features a banner depicting the 2020 torching of the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct, along with the words, “Welcome to Minneapolis!” . . .  More...

Major League Baseball commits an unforced error — an unforgiveable one

 "All about honoring the gays and stomping out the Christians."

Eric Utter  

"Sports is supposed to be about entertainment and escape, not indoctrination and adherence to The Narrative. It should be unifying, not divisive."

"Leftists constantly assert that there is no state-sponsored religion in the U.S. (even though they hate the nation). There should be no mandate to honor divergent sexualities, either."

"Insanity is en vogue.

"Major League Baseball (MLB) wants each and every team to abide by its Pride Month mandates. (Only one team, the Texas Rangers has failed to do so this year.) Teams are supposed to host a “Pride Night” during which the team’s players are supposed to don gaily colored Pride apparel. As if that isn’t intrusive and tyrannical enough, MLB has now issued a warning to three Christian San Francisco Giants pitchers who had the unbridled temerity to inscribe a Biblical passage, Genesis Chapter 9, on their “Pride Night” ball caps last Friday.

"That passage reads:

And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

"Pat Courtney, MLB’s chief communications officer, issued a statement to LGBT sports site Outsports reading, “The writing on the cap violates our rules and consistent with normal practice we have warned the players about future violations.” Outsports subsequently published a truly stupefyingly hypocritical and condescending commentary stating, “Three SF Giants pitchers disgraced themselves at the team’s Pride Night, weaponizing the Pride rainbow and attacking the LGBTQ community.” . . .  More...

Battling ‘Pride’ month with religious faith initiatives - Susan Quinn  

"We also recognize that some members of the Pride community are promoting a lifestyle that many of us don’t appreciate or agree with, yet they often feel justified in attacking us. What’s worse, is they’re often not content to keep it in their bedroom—they force it into our churches and schools, demand we censor our beliefs to promote theirs, and come after children."

The Bee Explains: How Soccer Works

Babylon Bee  

"The 2026 FIFA World Cup is being hosted in the United States for the first time since 1994. But what should be a cause for celebration is, instead, confusing a lot of Americans who can't quite seem to grasp the nature of the game. Thankfully, The Babylon Bee is here to compile all the facts you need to understand the obscure sport of soccer."

"WHAT IS IT?

Soccer, or fútbol as it's often erroneously called, pits two teams of twenty against each other in a rectangular arena to see who can put a ball in the other team's goal the most times.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?

The game takes place over a series of rounds called halves. Each half is supposed to take 45-minutes, but they never do. The game clock often goes beyond the elapsed time for no discernible reason, giving players an additional opportunity to casually jog around on the grass.

HOW DO YOU PLAY?

Players must work as a team to overwhelm the opposing team's goalie and symbolically murder him through the scoring of goals.

There are several key positions:

• Center — This guy is in the center.

• Forward — This guy is further forward than the center.

• Sweeper — This guy sweeps the field near their goal to make sure nothing will trip his teammates.

• Goalie — This guy is in the goal and protects it, keeping the other team from scoring. He also gets to wear special gloves.

• Other — Everyone else takes up this position, and kind of just runs around the field in random directions. They can also chase butterflies and catch them for extra points.

As players compete for possession of the soccer ball, they must also adhere to several arbitrary rules meant merely for philosophical introspection. These include the offside rule (with an imaginary line that follows a player's heart), out of bounds, and the use of hands.

HANDS?

Though commonly called "fútbol" internationally, the sport often employs the use of knees, chest, and head for some reason. Hands are strictly off limits, except when they're not. A foul is typically not called unless a soccer player first announces, "I am going to use my hands!" and then proceeds to do so.

HOW ARE FOULS RULED?

In place of referees or umpires, the sport employs the use of on-field schoolteachers who reprimand poor players by assigning them devastating yellow or red report cards to shame them into submission.

IS IT A DANGEROUS SPORT?

Only for the audience. Soccer is unique in that it takes place both on and off the field (or "pitch," as it's called to honor baseball, the only sport invented by God). Audience members take part in the event themselves as if it were an interactive show. A team's fans must, by necessity, shout down opponents in an attempt to destroy them, or their team will lose style points.

The outcome of the match, win or lose, leads to a riot. This is a strict rule observed by all true soccer fans.

I DON'T THINK I UNDERSTAND THIS GAME

Well, this article explained it perfectly, so that's on you."

There may be trans men on a women's soccer team; this is a tell:

Transgender Women's Soccer Player Outed On Free Kick

Fonda and Joy Reid dared call President Trump "Racist"!

Bette Midler, Robert De Niro mocked for anti-Trump concert in NYC

Joy Reid goes on most unhinged, racist rant yet: ‘mediocre white men’ never invented anything   . . . "According to these two idiots, white people are parasites, riding the coattails of incredible black intellectuals and inventors. Naturally, Ali and Reid didn’t name any specifics about who these achieving blacks were, because of course, this is a fictitious narrative. (If they had name-dropped Thomas Sowell or Booker T. Washington, I would have actually heard them out.)

"Here’s this, per Hall:

‘These people cannot create culture on their own,’ Ali said. ‘Without Black people, Brown people, the DEIs, there’s no culture in America. We make the food better. We make the economy better. We make the music better. Right? MAGA can’t create culture. They got Cracker Barrel and Kid Rock.’

"An America without black people would mean rates of theft, rape, and murder would drastically drop—statistically speaking. If there were no blacks, every state would essentially look like Vermont, known as “the safest” state, which has a black population near zero (1.6%). And without DEIs it means we’d restore systems based on merit, meaning everything from services to products would be better, for everybody." . . .

"If “these people” (meaning whites) “cannot create culture on their own,” then how do they explain the gloriousness of Europe? (And, America is simply an extension of European peoples and the Christian values conceived there, built for European progeny.). . . 

In what universe could professedly anti-racist Hollywood elderly invite the bitter bigotry of Joy Reid? Not occasional racist opinions but ones woven throughout all she is, feels and declares.

 A List of Joy Reid's Most Racist and Hateful Comments on MSNBC | OutKick

'Jingle Bells' Is A Racist Song?

Cornell student who said he's 'not interested in working for a Jew' is given $11k from supporters

 UK Daily Mail   

"Young Mr. Franco sounds like he experienced FAFO. His parents should have taught him some manners. A simple “I’m not interested” would have prevented all of this." Reader comment...

"A Cornell student caught in a whirlwind of controversy after declaring that he was 'not interested in working for a Jew,' has received more than $11,000 from supporters who blamed Jewish people for trying to 'ruin' his reputation. 

"Austin Franco, 19, sparked a fierce debate on social media after he turned down an interview at a tech start-up over the founder's Jewish faith. 

"Gabe Einhorn, the 24-year-old chief executive of VryfID, an anti-fraud platform, jumped on X to share the message he received from Franco on the college career platform Handshake. 

"He included a screenshot of Franco's comments, which read: 'Not interested in working for a Jew. Thanks.' 

"Yet, after receiving mountains of backlash over his comments, supporters began appearing and rallying behind the Ivy League student. 

"A GiveSendGo was even made for Franco, which garnered over $11,400 as of Monday afternoon. 

"An account on X, which operates under the username Lord Miles, said he created the fundraiser and wrote: 'I’ve created a givesendgo with 100% of proceeds going to him. jews are doxxing this man and trying to ruin his career. I cannot let that happen.'

"The user, who is known for controversial content, verified an X account previously believed to be connected to Franco, which has a bio that reads, 'Standing by my principles: honor, integrity, and loyalty.'" . . .  More...

Greta Thunberg might find him to her liking if he doesn't mind her keffiyeh.

Victory in Iran

 Don Surber   

"Cuba is next. I doubt we’ll kill many leaders and we cannot destroy their air force, navy and air defense because they don’t exist. We could land troops, but why? Cuba needs foreign investment, not Army Rangers."

"Move over, Marilyn Monroe. Your happy birthday to President Kennedy is nothing compared to Trump ringing in his 80th with a UFC bout, the Marine Corps Band and a flyover by the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels over the mall with its restored reflecting pool that no longer suffers the aftermath of the Kenyan Klown’s benighted presidency.

"Also on Sunday, Iran’s third-string regime waved the white flag and gave up.

"Epic Fury was well-named. In 38 days, America stripped a nation of 92 million people of its military.

"We have not had as decisive a military victory since the Persian Gulf War. We did so with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman AND Israel on our side.

"If someone told you this 10 years ago, you would have thought them crazy. Arab Muslims supporting Israel against a Muslim nation? Get out of here. Donald Trump saw it as a challenge. He launched the Abraham Accord to bring Jews and the Muslims together.

"It worked.

"Yes, we lost 13 troops in the fighting—but that just happens to be the number of troops Joe Biden lost in surrendering the Ba[g]ram airport in Biden’s faile[d] retreat from Afghanistan. Biden left behind at least $8 billion worth of military hardware behind.

"The Pentagon estimates we killed 6,000 Iranian military personnel, we sank 150 Navy vessels and we destroyed most of Iran’s 350 aircraft. Many of its planes never left the ground. We took out Iran’s air defense.

"A year earlier, Operation Midnight Hammer buried Iran’s nuclear program under three mountains. Here’s a shovel and a pick. Good luck digging it out.

President Trump said:

The main thing is that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon!

They fully agreed to that with strong POLICING powers and they won’t have a nuclear weapon, which is what it was all about because they probably would have used it if they had it.

So we had two big moments when we terminated the JCPOA, that was the Obama deal, the Barack Hussein Obama deal.

And when I terminated, that was very important because it was a road to a nuclear weapon. It was a horrible deal for the United States. It was a deal where billions of dollars was given to Iran.

"The president later tweeted, “Iran has agreed to never have a Nuclear Weapon! Also, the story that the U.S. is paying Iran 300 million Dollars is Fake News, put out by the Dumocrats!!! President DJT.” . . .  More...

James Talarico did WHAT?! Talarico has more backpedaling to do.

Mike McDaniel

"Back on June 3, in Talarico is polling ahead—in Texas?!  I noted that his Republican opponent for the US Senate, Texas AG Ken Paxton, was using the underhanded tactic of letting Talarico talk. I wrote in part:

Talarico is now a real meat eater, recently filmed munching a big chunk of BBQ while wearing a Texas flag shirt, but in 2022, while wearing a mask (?!), announced his campaign was vegan to fight the “existential climate crisis." These days, he’s all for developing Texas oil and gas, and ready to fight his own party over that, but his own previous words say the opposite, including mandating climate hoax curricula in public schools. He said, “Our trans community needs abortion care too.” Jesus was a radical feminist, and there are six genders. “God is non-binary.” “The American flag is a complicated symbol for most of us,” and of course, he’s for open borders.

That’s not going to work very well in Texas, and now we learn from Elizabeth Stauffer at Legal Insurrection, there are even more reasons for Texans to vote against Talarico:

The Washington Free Beacon reported that Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico worked for six years as an “equitable education” consultant for a company that designed DEI plans for Texas public schools. He began working for MAYA Consulting in 2019 and left one month after launching his Senate campaign last year. He earned more than $83,000 from the company in 2025.

MLB Continues Shameful Anti-Christian Crusade—Threatens Players Over Bible Verses on 'Pride Night' Caps

I lost much interest in football over the players kneeling during the National Anthem, soccer (What interest there might have sprouted) from that disgusting US women's team, and now the great American game, Baseball. What's left; quilting? Lawn Bowling? TD

RedState   

"In reality, this isn’t about rule violations. It’s about whose beliefs MLB is willing to tolerate. The message to Christian players is crystal clear: your faith is unwelcome on the field."

"That warning is backed up by a statement given by Pat Courtney, MLB’s chief communications officer, to Outsports."

"In yet another display of its ongoing war on Christian faith, Major League Baseball has issued an official warning to three San Francisco Giants pitchers who dared to write Bible verses on their Pride Night caps.

And by 'warning' we mean threat, because what follows a warning in sports? Most likely a fine. Or, you know, as per Rule 3.03 of the official MLB Rulebook, a non-conforming player can be barred from participating in the game.

While the league under Commissioner Rob Manfred eagerly green-lights rainbow alterations and perpetually bows to the LGBT alphabet mafia, it is drawing a firm line at players subtly referencing God’s word.

It's shameful. Utterly shameful.

According to The Athletic, MLB is putting its collective foot down after San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Landen Roupp and two of his teammates dared to add Bible verses to their 'Pride Night' caps. Bible verses, mind you, that explain the true symbolism of the rainbow—God's covenant with Noah, his descendants, and every living creature after the great flood.

"Similar behavior will not be tolerated," the report ominously reads.

Champagne Socialism Comes to America

 The American Spectator   

"The young Americans drawn to socialism are not our opponents; they are our neighbors, and the best answer to their very real anxieties is not to dismiss them, but to make the case, with clarity and conviction, that economic freedom has done more to solve the problems they care about than any government program ever has or will."

   "Socialism doesn’t just fail economies; it fails people, creating victims of the very people it promises to help. It separates effort from reward, replaces personal responsibility with political dependence, and displaces our rich civil society motivated by neighborliness and a commitment to the common good with an ever-expanding state. Yet the polling suggests that 62 percent of Americans ages 18 to 29 now view socialism favorably. It is important to understand this trend, but equally important to understand what it does to them and to us when we let it take root.Young Americans are increasingly enamored with socialism and even communism. Yet this is at odds with a more recent Gallup survey suggesting that, while positive views of capitalism have fallen from 61 percent in 2010 to 54 percent in 2025, 95 percent of Americans viewed small businesses positively, and 81 percent viewed free enterprise positively. The disconnect is that you cannot have one without the other. The only type of entrepreneurship — a hallmark of an unfettered economy — you get in socialism is political entrepreneurship fueled by envy, which is institutionalized by policies executed with a patina of equity but that result in class divides and zero-sum games.

   "It may be easier to understand why older generations do not have the same affinities for central economic planning. They saw the threat of the Soviet Empire as it marched across Europe and of Mao’s takeover of China, resulting in the largest manmade famine in history. Perhaps for those generations, it is easier to connect socialism’s outcomes to its promises. But thankfully, the Soviet threat is gone, and China’s brief embrace of market reforms under Deng Xiaoping in the 1980s produced the largest poverty reduction in a single country in history, proof that even a little capitalism saves lives. That China is now retreating from those reforms should serve as its own warning.

   "No serious economist, political theorist, or public intellectual is arguing that we should return to the good old days of Vladimir Lenin, characterized by random executions, show trials, and labor camps. Still, it’s not 1989 anymore. There is no wall to tear down, and the creeping threat of socialism comes from the well-educated young generation of homegrown champagne socialists. Our flirtation with socialism is dangerous and internal. They decry capitalism as they rage-tweet from laptops while sipping on fair-trade lavender-infused matcha lattes. 

   "Nobel laureate F. A. Hayek won the intellectual debate on the impossibility of socialism, and dedicated his 1944 book The Road to Serfdom to “the socialists of all parties.” This is not only a problem of the progressive left. The progressive right is alive and well, seeking equity stakes in American companies like Intel in the name of national security and Spirit Airlines in the name of jobs. Political entrepreneurship pays big dividends on both sides of the aisle, and the instinct to use government power to pick winners and losers is the same impulse regardless of party." . . . More...

Anne Bradley is vice president of academic affairs at the Fund for American Studies and a professor of economics at the Institute for World Politics.