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Transgender lawmaker ‘doesn’t know what a woman is,’ White House says after dig at Trump firings
Newsom’s wife slams Trump firings of Bondi, Noem, sparking panel debate
Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom, makes controversial claims about President Trump’s administration, accusing him of a ‘war on all women’ after the firings of Pam Bondi and Krisit Noem. A Fox News panel vigorously debates Newsom’s perspective, with contributors highlighting Trump’s historic appointment of women to high-level positions and questioning the motivation behind her public statement.
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The White House brushed aside remarks made by Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., to a reporter alleging that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard would be the next Cabinet official to leave the administration because President Donald Trump «only fires women.»
«Rep. McBride doesn’t know what a woman is,» White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said of McBride, a biological male who identifies as a woman.
McBride speculated to MeidasTouch reporter Pablo Manríquez that Tulsi Gabbard will be the next Cabinet member on President Donald Trump’s chopping block. In separate interviews, Manríquez asked McBride and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who they believed would be next to be fired. Both said it would not be a man.
The remarks come amid a shake-up in the Trump administration, as Trump announced the dismissal of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi within a span of four weeks. On Monday, Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid allegations of misconduct towards staffers.
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Reps. Alexandria Osacio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sarah McBride, D-Del. accused President Donald Trump of only firing women. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/ Ida Marie Odgaard / Ritzau Scanpix)
«All of them deserve to be fired,» McBride quipped. «I’m supporting impeachment of Pete Hegseth, because obviously right now, we are engaged in a reckless war of choice that he was a primary driver of.»
«But we know this president,» McBride said. «He only fires women, so my guess is Tulsi Gabbard.»
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., echoed McBride’s sentiment when asked the same question by Manríquez.
«Is he out of women?» Ocasio-Cortez asked. «Because that seems to be his pattern right now.»
TRUMP CABINET NOMINEES, APPOINTEES TARGETED WITH ‘VIOLENT, UNAMERICAN THREATS’
Then-U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem delivers remarks during a working lunch at the «Shield of the Americas» Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Fla., on March 7, 2026. (Rebecca Blackwell / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
She went on to say that Trump «seems to only have the capability to fire female secretaries.»
In response to a follow-up question about the «clownish behavior» of War Secretary Pete Hegseth and FBI Director Kash Patel, Ocasio-Cortez claimed that what Patel has done is «a thousand times worse» than what other officials have done.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference at the DEA headquarters in Arlington, Va., on July 15, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Neither Manríquez nor Ocasio-Cortez gave specific examples of misconduct by either man. Patel has filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic over reported allegations that he is a heavy drinker and that it affects his work. Meanwhile, Hegseth faced sexual assault and drinking allegations during his confirmation hearings, which he denied, and his tenure at the War Department was rocked by two separate Signal chat leaks in which information about military airstrikes were inadvertently shared with a journalist.
While the White House has stood by Hegseth, Democratic lawmakers have demanded his resignation and criticized his handling of the war with Iran.
«If you’re a man in the Trump administration, it seems that they reward misconduct,» Ocasio-Cortez said.
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“Hacer sonar la alarma”: una filósofa estadounidense afirma que es hora de señalar el mal en este tiempo
Susan Neiman ha advertido una paradoja. “A medida que el mundo se desliza hacia el desastre”, escribe en su nuevo libro, “nuestro lenguaje se ha vuelto más cauteloso”. Sin embargo, esta vacilación ha sido notablemente asimétrica. Al presidente Trump le encanta usar la hipérbole (“nasty”, “sleazebag”, “vermin”), mientras que los demócratas del establishment, al menos hasta hace poco, se han mantenido en un lenguaje de decorosa aversión al riesgo.
En Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era (Llamalo maldad: entendiente la Era de Trump), Neiman sostiene que las extendidas ideas erróneas sobre lo que es el mal hacen que la gente sea demasiado reacia a usar esa palabra. A pesar de su título deliberadamente provocador, afirma de manera categórica: “Este no es un libro sobre Donald Trump”. Filósofa moral nacida en Estados Unidos y radicada actualmente en Alemania, Neiman escribió en 2002 una aguda historia del mal en el pensamiento moderno. Su nuevo libro es menos una exploración filosófica que una guía polémica para el momento actual. Cree que la gente está tan aferrada a entender el mal en términos de monstruosidad individual —el villano jubiloso, el sádico depravado— que pierde de vista cómo suele operar el mal con mayor frecuencia.
Recuerda una entrevista con un productor de pódcast que no dejaba de preguntarle por un espantoso caso de canibalismo en Florida. Incluso cuando intentó decirle que ese tipo de incidentes distraen de males que ella considera más comunes y más peligrosos (“hacer la guerra para mantenerse en el poder”; recortar la ayuda para bajar los impuestos a los ricos), el productor volvía una y otra vez a los detalles escabrosos.
Neiman quiere que los lectores piensen el mal de maneras menos espectaculares y más sistémicas. Cita el concepto de Hannah Arendt de “la banalidad del mal” como especialmente útil. El hecho de que Arendt haya sido denunciada por ello ilustra nuestra obstinada renuencia a ver el mal como algo distinto de lo demoníaco.
Arendt escribía sobre Adolf Eichmann, uno de los organizadores nazis del Holocausto, y sus críticos la fustigaron por retratarlo como un asesino de escritorio marcado por una “mera irreflexión”. Pero Arendt insistía en que eso no lo hacía menos culpable ni menos malvado; más bien, todo lo contrario. Lo que hace tan destructivo a ese tipo de mal, decía Arendt, es que no tiene profundidad: “Puede expandirse y devastar el mundo precisamente porque se propaga como un hongo en la superficie”.
Las consecuencias de esta línea de pensamiento son fecundas pero profundamente incómodas. Neiman entiende que muchos liberales angustiados pueden coincidir con su condena de la era Trump y aun así incomodarse con su terminología. “El mal es la palabra más explosiva que tenemos”, escribe. “Usada indiscriminadamente, puede servir para avivar el mal mismo”. Llamar mal a algo marca un límite y señala un terrible territorio más allá de él. “Los crímenes son cosas para las que tenemos procedimientos”, dice. “El mal es lo que uno dice cuando se le empieza a descolgar la mandíbula al sentir que se ha cruzado una línea”.
¿Qué ocurre cuando a una persona se le descuelga la mandíbula y a otra no? Es un dilema que queda fuera del alcance de este libro vigoroso. Neiman dedica muy poco tiempo a delinear por qué ha decidido que “mal” es la palabra adecuada para “un país donde hombres enmascarados deportan personas a tierras baldías que nunca han visto”, como ella lo expresa, o “un ejército que hace volar a pescadores en pedazos con las justificaciones más exiguas”.
Si esos hechos no le perturban, Call It Evil no es para usted. Neiman dice que no quiso recargar su libro con “matices y detalles”, porque lo concibió como una intervención. Su objetivo, dice, es “hacer sonar una alarma”.
Con ese fin, Call It Evil tiene tres partes principales. “Lo que está en juego” sostiene que nuestro malentendido del mal nos ha adormecido hasta la complacencia, de modo que ahora damos por sentadas la crueldad y la corrupción. “Lo que nos convenció” explica cómo el tribalismo y una ideología del interés propio socavaron nuestros compromisos mutuos. El fundamentalismo de mercado elevó la racionalidad económica por encima del razonamiento moral. La brutalidad y la despiadada dureza se convirtieron en signos de la “autenticidad” de un político. Neiman, judía residente en Alemania, señala lo ocurrido tras la muerte de 1.200 israelíes el 7 de octubre, cuando la memoria del Holocausto fue invocada para justificar la muerte de 70.000 palestinos en Gaza. El resultado, dice, ha sido una profundización del cinismo moral.
Su tercera sección, “Formas de salir”, ofrece prescripciones. Neiman afirma que la política identitaria es un callejón sin salida. (Ya había formulado un argumento similar en su libro anterior, Left Is Not Woke). Otro callejón sin salida es el comunismo, que, según dice, está sometido a “la misma adoración de la necesidad económica” que el capitalismo. Lo que recomienda es un “universalismo resuelto” combinado con la socialdemocracia. Cita la caracterización de Albert Einstein de ese sistema político como “la única manera de avanzar más allá de la fase depredadora del desarrollo humano”.
Einstein aparece de forma destacada hacia el final del libro, como ejemplo de alguien que respondió a las injusticias morales con coraje moral. Neiman sostiene que la imagen convencional del científico como un genio distraído de pelo alborotado pasa por alto la firmeza de sus compromisos políticos y el modo en que esos compromisos lo acercaron al peligro más de lo que muchos estadounidenses quizá imaginaron. El director del FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, se aseguró de que se vigilara el correo de Einstein y se rastrearan sus llamadas telefónicas. La vigilancia terminó solo cuando a Einstein le quedaban pocas semanas de vida. Su expediente en el FBI superó las 1.400 páginas.
Neiman detalla cómo, incluso antes de que Einstein emigrara a Estados Unidos, ya era blanco de una campaña de derecha destinada a negarle una visa. Después de jurar como ciudadano estadounidense en 1940, un colega le aconsejó evitar apariciones públicas que pudieran atraer ira política: “A largo plazo, su seguridad dependerá de su discreción”.
Pero Einstein decidió ignorar ese consejo. Utilizó su fama para hablar en voz alta sobre la injusticia. No era comunista, pero advirtió que el Red Scare estaba desgarrando su país adoptivo. Recibió cartas de odio y amenazas de muerte. Pocos días después de la muerte de Einstein, un clérigo de extrema derecha instó al Congreso a dejar de admitir refugiados para que Estados Unidos no fuera, Dios no lo permita, a “tener otro Einstein”.
La idea de que Einstein fuera un peligro para Estados Unidos suena ridícula. Pero, de nuevo, imagine el tipo de hostilidad que enfrentaría hoy. Neiman cita a Ece Temelkuran, una periodista turca que tuvo que abandonar la Turquía autocrática de Recep Tayyip Erdogan y que actualmente vive en el exilio.
Sin utilizar la terminología de Arendt, Temelkuran sugiere lo fácil que fue, en un principio, no advertir que algo insidioso estaba creciendo y devastando su país. Ese lento deterioro moral solo se vuelve evidente “después de que se ha infligido un daño severo al concepto fundamental de justicia, y una vez que ha sido destruida la moral mínima de la que no sabías que dependías”.
Fuente: The New York Times
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Vance declares Democrats ‘party of hatred,’ says party has moved beyond big government, censorship
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FIRST ON FOX: Vice President JD Vance argued Thursday that Democrats have moved so far to the left that they no longer resemble the party of past Democratic presidents, branding the modern Democratic Party the «party of hatred» in a fiery convention address first obtained by Fox News Digital.
«They’re not the party of FDR or JFK. Hell, they’re not even the party of Bill Clinton anymore,» Vance said. «The Democrats are the party of hatred. They’re the party that despises America and the people who built it.»
Vance used the closing night of the Republican convention to build that charge across a series of cultural and economic flashpoints, pointing to a Democratic candidate’s attack on the nuclear family, his own clash with Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and what he cast as a broader Democratic message telling American children «who they ought to hate.»
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Vice President JD Vance speaks at the Lake Lucerne Summit at the Buergenstock resort in Obbuergen, Switzerland June 21, 2026. (Urs Flueeler, Pool Photo via AP)
The vice president contrasted that portrait with what he called Americans’ «birthright» — the opportunity to build a family, own a home, find meaningful work and pass a better country to their children — while honoring his late friend Charlie Kirk one year after his assassination.
On the anniversary of Turning Point USA’s co-founder Charlie Kirk’s death, Vance honored his friend.
«I was elected Vice President of the United States one year ago today, on September the 10th of last year, that good friend was taken from us when Charlie was assassinated. Now, Charlie left behind two children, two little kids. They were too young to fully understand,» said Vance.
Vance recalled Kirk’s message to young men that few callings are greater than falling in love, starting a family and becoming a father — words that have taken on new meaning for the vice president since he and Second Lady Usha Vance welcomed their son Alec in July.
Vice President JD Vance speaks with Breitbart News Washington bureau chief Matthew Boyle at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
He used Kirk’s legacy to transition into touting what he called Americans’ «birthright» exceptionalism.
«I believe the Founders built this nation on a promise that echoes our Creator: That every American child is born an heir, born with a birthright,» said Vance. «Born with the right to inherit the blessings of this country. Not because of who their parents are. Not because of what they look like or where they come from. But because they are Americans.»
Vance used the opportunity to outline his vision for rebuilding the nuclear family, while taking shots at Democrats.
«I think about what the Democrats have said about our shared birthright as Americans, or frankly, the lack thereof in Michigan. One Democrat in particular, one candidate has said, and I quote ‘f the nuclear family.’ What are you even talking about?» said Vance.
«They come not from a desire to serve you or our fellow Americans, but they come from a very deep emptiness in the soul,» he added.
CROWD ERUPTS AS VANCE SMACKS DOWN PROTESTER WAVING MEXICAN FLAG: ‘GET YOUR A– OVER THERE’
Vance used the opportunity to outline his vision for rebuilding the nuclear family – taking shots at Democrats. «I think about what the Democrats have said about our shared birthright as Americans, or frankly, the lack thereof in Michigan.» (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)
A protester emerged carrying Mexican and Palestinian flags, prompting Vance to respond, «What the people at home missed is that we just had a protestor interrupting us and waving the Mexican flag.»
«Well. Well, my friend, if you love Mexico so much, get your ass over there. I’ll buy you the plane ticket,» the vice president said.
Vance said the protester should have been waving the American flag, adding that it is a symbol of the fight for the American dream.
«This fall, the Democrats are running candidates who will tell your children what they’re allowed to say, how they’re allowed to live, and importantly, who they ought to hate. Because that’s what the Democrat Party is about in 2026. It’s not about you, it’s about foreign fraudsters, and it’s about who they hate,» said Vance.
A protestor throws a Mexican flag as US Vice President JD Vance speaks during the second day of the Republican National Committee midterm convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on September 10, 2026. US Republicans are betting that putting President Donald Trump at the center of their campaign can rescue a party facing grim election forecasts, despite the president’s negative approval ratings. A day earlier, on the first day of the midterm convention, he promised $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans retain control of Congress in November. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)
Vance spoke about the economy former President Joe Biden left, pointing to housing costs and Americans competing against illegal immigrants in the job market.
«Our nation became a place where you had to be rich to enjoy what used to be the birthright of every ordinary middle-class life,» he said.
Vance touted his wins from leading the White House Task Force on fraud and calling out Democrats for «refus[ing] to prosecute the crime.»
He said the task force has found $250 billion of fraud just since he was appointed fraud czar.
Vance took aim at Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, with whom he has sparred in recent weeks after El-Sayed made comments about the second family.
«He saw me describing what a decent man and my papa was genuinely a decent and good man. He saw me talking about my papa and his work and his history and what he loved and what he cared about. And you know what old Abdul did? He asked mockingly whether I’d be willing to bring Usha back in time to meet Papa,» Vance resurfaced.
Vance said El-Sayed saw «the color of his skin, sees his background, and decides that he could never have loved my wife.»
«Abdul himself was raised by his own white step-grandparents. He knows exactly that kind of bond and what it looks like in a family, and he chose any way to say that a man like my grandfather couldn’t have love from the bottom of his heart,» Vance added.
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Top Trump official reveals how 30-minute military op unlocked Venezuela oil windfall for US buyers
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DALLAS, Texas — The 30-minute U.S. military operation that removed Nicolás Maduro from power has helped clear the way for a sweeping expansion of Venezuela’s battered energy sector, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said, sharing that the country’s national energy production will more than double by the end of 2027.
«Chevron is going to more than double their energy production. In fact, that national energy production in Venezuela will more than double by the end of next year from the intervention on Jan. 3 this year,» Wright told Fox News Digital on the sidelines of the RNC Midterm Convention.
Wright said the military actions in Venezuela helped open the door for a major increase in oil production as the administration has increasingly taken an active role in the socialist country as part of a broader push to expand U.S. influence and investment.
U.S. forces entered Venezuela for Operation Absolute Resolve Jan. 3, capturing Maduro and his wife Flores. War Secretary Pete Hegseth said the attack was part of «massive joint military and law enforcement raid» and lasted less than 30 minutes.
TRUMP TOUTS ACCESS TO 65 BILLION BARRELS OF VENEZUELAN OIL IN DEAL HE SAYS WILL SLASH GAS PRICES
A view of the town of Agua Santa Rosa, on the shores of Lake Maracaibo, among dilapidated houses in Maracaibo, Venezuela, July 27, 2026. (Jose Isaac Bula/Anadolu via Getty Images)
«You had 25 years of communist dictatorship. The standard of living has just plummeted in Venezuela. Eight million Venezuelans fled. About a million of them, and not all of them good actors, came to the United States of America. People tried to beg, borrow, bribe, anything they could to change the Venezuelan government. No luck,» Wright said.
«President Trump is an out-of-the-box, bold foreign policy leader.
«A brief military operation, arrest two criminals and now we have leverage over the government. It’s an existing government. Are they perfect? No. But we have a lot of leverage.»
Chevron scored an investment of more than $7 billion over five years and more than double its Venezuelan oil production to 600,000 barrels per day, according to its press release.
Venezuela controls more than 300 billion barrels of crude reserves, roughly 20% of the world’s total. Despite holding an estimated 17% of the world’s oil reserves, Venezuela produces only about 1% of global output after years of political instability and deteriorating infrastructure undermined its energy industry.
TOP ENERGY TRADER HAILS TRUMP’S VENEZUELA OIL DEAL AS A ‘GENERATIONAL WIN’ FOR GAS PRICES
President Donald Trump takes questions from members of the press aboard Air Force One Jan. 11, 2026, while traveling from Palm Beach, Fla. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Wright said shifting the center of global energy production toward the Western Hemisphere will put the U.S. at the center and major producers, including Canada, Guyana and Mexico supplying more of the world’s oil and gas.
Millions of barrels of new Venezuelan production would be processed through U.S. refineries and produced using American rigs and infrastructure, creating thousands of American jobs, according to the White House.
STATE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES ‘TOTAL COMPLIANCE’ FROM VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT IN RELIEF EFFORTS AFTER MADURO ARREST
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright speaks to Fox News Digital at the RNC Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas. (Fox News Digital)
The administration’s emerging approach to Venezuela could use U.S. leverage with energy investment to prompt political change.
That deal comes with added importance as the war with Iran disrupts oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. The average U.S. price for regular gasoline rose to about $4.22 a gallon Wednesday, according to AAA, up from roughly $3.19 a year earlier.
«We’re solving a 47-year conflict with Iran. We cannot have a nuclear-armed Iran. This is a nation sounding death to America and doing everything they can to implement it. But we’ve massively grown United States natural gas exports, good for our economy, good for the world economy,» Wright said.
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