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Insider spills on Trump’s fragile ego after NBA game: ‘Getting booed really gets to him’

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President Donald Trump made his way to his home city of New York Monday to attend the NBA Finals game only to be met with thunderous boos by basketball fans, which, according to a former senior Trump administration official, genuinely upsets him.“Getting booed in public really gets to him,” said the ex-senior Trump official, speaking with Zeteo for its report Tuesday on the condition of anonymity. “When I worked with him, he would sometimes call me to complain about it, sometimes when I was trying to go to bed.”Trump’s announcement that he would be attending the NBA Finals game between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs sparked immediate backlash – including from prominent conservatives – over the disruptions his presence would cause to thousands of New Yorkers. Knicks fans told Trump over the weekend to instead “stay home,” and New Yorkers greeted Trump’s motorcade with “the loudest set of boos ever heard,” Balls & Strikes Editor in Chief Jay Willis claimed.And, according to a current White House official, it was well-known among those around the president that his attendance would be met with hostility.“We are headed into hostile territory,” said a White House official ahead of the NBA Finals game, also speaking with Zeteo on the condition of anonymity.As to why Trump would knowingly subject himself to such a public display of disapproval and “generate fodder for [his] enemies,” Zeteo’s Asawin Suebsaeng presented a theory.“Trump knew how big a deal Monday’s basketball game was, and his Blob-like ego couldn’t help but try to bask in the glow (the Knicks lost, by the way; and while it may be unfair to blame Trump, Knicks fans are not not blaming him),” Suebsaeng wrote. “Never mind that seemingly no one in the crowd wanted him there, and that people in attendance and outside the arena apparently agreed with the solid majority of Americans that his administration resplendently sucks. When the masses boo, it affects him. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.”LOL if you thought the Trump boos were loud on TV, wait until you hear them from inside MSG.Video courtesy of Evan Roberts from WFAN on X.[image or embed]— TrumpsTaxes (@trumpstaxes.com) June 8, 2026 at 7:56 PM

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Jasmine Crockett gets into a heated clash with MLK's right-winger niece

Religious conservative activist Alveda King came to a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday as a Republican star witness. She left rattled — and firing back at a Texas Democrat who questioned whether she has any right to her famous last name.The confrontation erupted at a GOP-called hearing targeting the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) — already unraveling before Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) got the microphone. King, a Fox News contributor and chair of the America First Policy Institute's Center for the American Dream, had moments earlier shouted — according to Raw Story reporting — "Stop killing the babies and cutting the penises off!" derailing a Democratic colleague's questioning entirely.Then Crockett took her turn.She didn't go after the SPLC. She went after King."You want them to believe that somehow she espouses who Dr. King was," Crockett said, pointing out that the committee had not called Martin Luther King III or Dr. Bernice King — "the ones that were actually raised by Dr. King." She read aloud from MLK's book Why We Can't Wait and his 1967 speech "The Other America" to make her point plain.The implicit charge: Alveda King, a vocal Trump booster who defended Georgia's controversial voting restrictions as consistent with her uncle's legacy, doesn't actually represent what her uncle believed.King got her chance to respond — after Crockett had already walked out."It seems as though you have suggested that I am a b------ to the King family legacy," King said, her voice shaking. "I am legitimately the daughter of Rev. Alfred Daniel Williams King and Dr. Naomi Ruth Barber King. We are a family who loves God, and I love you. God bless you."Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC), who yielded time so King could respond, made sure the absence was noted."Let the record reflect," Fry said, "that the gentlelady from Texas left the room."

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Cognitive expert exposes ‘sundowning’ sign in Trump’s latest public humiliation

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Cognitive expert exposes ‘sundowning’ sign in Trump’s latest public humiliation

President Donald Trump's disastrous trip to the NBA Finals was not just a public humiliation for him, because according to one cognitive health expert, it also showed a dire sign of his potential "sundowning" cognitive decline for the entire world to see.Amid the New York Knicks' historic run, Trump opted to return to his hometown of New York City to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday evening. The decision turned into a nightmare for all involved: Trump was booed mercilessly when he was shown on the jumbotron during the national anthem; fans had to arrive hours early and go through heavier security checks to due the president's attendance; and, in what fans are chalking up to a "curse" caused by Trump, the Knicks lost their first game to the San Antonio Spurs after a 13-game winning streak.On top of all of that, Trump was once again caught on camera appearing to nod off while watching the game, this time in a much more high-intensity environment than the Oval Office events and Cabinet meetings where he has been caught falling asleep in the recent past.Aside from the embarrassment, this incident also renewed concerns about Trump's seemingly declining health. Hilary Shae, a licensed speech and language pathologist who frequently comments on Trump's cognitive condition, released a new video on Tuesday explaining why this latest nap might be yet more evidence that he is dealing with dementia and "sundowning behavior."Shae explained that what makes this incident more notable than others was the fact that Trump was surrounded by noise and commotion at Madison Square Garden, circumstances under which a person with healthy cognitive function would struggle to nod off."When people have dementia, and they have sundowning behavior, what happens is they get lots of this confusion, this agitation, their whole time clock is messed up because of their suprachiasmatic nucleus being deteriorated and their circadian rhythm is just not aware of what's going on," Shae explained. She noted that Trump, in recent days, has likely been off his normal schedule and encountered situations that could potentially have messed with his head, including gloomy weather during a trip to Wisconsin — which she previously noted can cause disorientation in dementia patients — and his disastrous interview with NBC News, where he stormed off early after being aggravated by tough questions. All of this might have left Trump unable to use his environment to set his internal clock.She further explained that someone falling asleep in such a high-stimulus environment as a basketball game is doing so because their brain is "shutting down.""Their brain no longer has the cognitive and physical and emotional energy to function, and it just shuts itself down," she added. "His brain could not keep him awake even in one of the most stimulating environments that we could possibly put him in."

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Judge's scathing denunciation ought to sink Trump nominee in a single word: analysis

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Judge's scathing denunciation ought to sink Trump nominee in a single word: analysis

A single word in a scathing ruling by a federal just should be enough to sink the nomination of Todd Blanche for attorney general, according to a new analysis.The 79-year-old president formally nominated his former criminal defense attorney to lead the Department of Justice, but MS NOW columnist Jordan Rubin flagged a key word in a recent ruling against the administration – and that's "tainted" – as reason enough to disqualify him."That’s how a judge described Blanche’s investigation into Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who became a prime target of the administration’s crudely incompetent deportation regime last year," Rubin wrote. "The Trump-controlled government illegally sent Abrego to El Salvador in violation of a court order, then resisted additional court orders for his return, and then finally secured his return but only to greet him with an indictment that a judge recently dismissed as unconstitutionally vindictive.""It’s rare for judges to grant vindictive prosecution motions, but the actions of Blanche and his colleagues made it possible," the columnist added. "Indeed, U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw emphasized that he didn’t reach the conclusion 'lightly' in his ruling last month."The Obama-appointed judge dismissed charges of illegally transporting undocumented immigrants against Abrego, writing that the government would not have brought the prosecution if he hadn't successfully challenged his removal to El Salvador, and she pointed the finger at Blanche for the case."Crenshaw singled out the blundering of Blanche, who is currently the acting attorney general after Pam Bondi’s departure," Rubin wrote. "He was deputy attorney general at the time of the Abrego probe. 'Absent Blanche’s tainted investigation,' Crenshaw wrote in his May 22 ruling, Abrego’s illegal indictment would not have happened."The judge also noted Blanche's remarks in a Fox News interview in which he stated that DOJ began investigating Abrego after a Maryland judge “questioned” the legality of his deportation, and she said his "remarkable statements" about the case helped Abrego prove his prosecution was vindictive."Therefore, Blanche has not only acted as an instrument for Trump’s revenge but has done so in a manner that has thwarted that revenge’s success," Rubin wrote. "To be sure, Blanche is a competent attorney, but he has chosen what might be termed a 'tainted' path. If the GOP-controlled Senate confirms him to the top job full time, then a microscopically dim silver lining could be that his continued service to Trump will result in further fumbles."

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CNN fact-checker tears Trump apart over gas prices

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CNN fact-checker tears Trump apart over gas prices

President Donald Trump keeps insisting that gas prices aren’t especially high. What many Americans see at the pump tells a different story, and CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale has the numbers to prove it.As recently as Tuesday, Trump claimed that the price of gas is “not very high, relatively speaking. I mean, it’s lower than during the Biden administration.”Trump was not especially specific, but Dale is.According to AAA, today’s average gas price is $4.16. That is lower than the peak number during the Biden administration, $5.02, which occurred after Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022.“But the current $4.16 per gallon national average is significantly higher than the national average when Biden left office in January 2025, which was $3.12 per gallon,” Dale explains. “And it’s higher than the national average was on 1,334 of Biden’s 1,460 full days as president, figures provided by AAA show.”Dale reports that today’s price is higher than the price during 91 percent of the Biden presidency, and higher than any day during his final 29 months.Today’s price is also “much higher” than it was one year ago: $3.12. It’s higher than on the day Trump launched his attack against Iran: $2.98.The good news is today’s price is lower than the price from one month ago ($4.53) and lower than last week ($4.29).Trump has repeatedly promised lower prices once the Iran war ends.Just last week he told reporters, “when it’s all straightened out, you’re going to have oil prices drop down to maybe even lower than they were.”During his explosive “Meet the Press” interview on Sunday, Trump claimed that as soon as the Iran war is settled, “gasoline prices are going to drop like a rock.”In May, he claimed the price of gas was “peanuts.” And in mid-April, Trump declared that the price of gas “hasn’t gone up as much as I thought.”Just weeks after the Iran war started, in March, Trump said that gas prices “are gonna come tumbling down along with everything else” once the war is over.Dale also found Trump frequently claims he saw the price of gas in Iowa hit $1.85.“I was in Iowa, another place I like a lot, and it was just before we started the excursion to Iran. And we passed gas stations; it was $1.85 a gallon. And we’re going to get them down to those numbers again very quickly,” Trump said.That trip to Iowa was in January, Dale notes, when the average price in the state was $2.57. Only a niche blend that is not for use in all cars hit $1.85.

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Most Americans think the future looks worse under Trump

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Most Americans think the future looks worse under Trump

In the face of rising gas prices caused by President Donald Trump’s decision to launch war with Iran, a sizeable majority of Americans expect that the problem will only continue to get worse. According to the Hill, a new poll shows that nearly two out of three U.S. voters think the cost of gas will continue to rise over the coming year. “The survey, released Monday by Reuters/Ipsos, found that 59 percent of 4,531 respondents said that gas prices will go up in the next 12 months,” explained the Hill. “Meanwhile, 17 percent of respondents said that they will improve, 13 percent said they will stay the same and 11 percent either skipped the question or were unsure. More than 8 in 10 Democrats and more than 6 in 10 independents believe gas prices will continue to increase over the next year. Just more than one-third of Republicans said the same while a plurality of that group, 39 percent, said the opposite.”This shows that not only do Americans in general see the situation getting worse moving forward, but that one in three Republicans share that pessimism. That surprisingly sizeable negative faction within the president’s own party suggests a strong level of discontent with his economy and doubt over his handling of the war. “Negotiations to end the conflict in the Middle East, which recently passed the 100-day mark, are ongoing and on rocky footing, after Iran and Israel traded fire over the weekend,” the Hill explained. “President Trump told reporters early Tuesday morning that negotiations with the Islamic Republic are ‘going well’ and he ‘could have at least an idea by one or two days from now’ on whether the two sides will come to an agreement. Throughout the conflict, the president has expressed optimism about the state of negotiations.” The gas poll, however, suggests that voters — even a third of his own — don’t share that optimism. While gas prices have eased slightly in recent days, “Gas prices remain well above their benchmark in the days before the war. AAA reported on Feb. 26, two days before the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, that the national average for a gallon of regular gas was under $2.99.” As of Tuesday, the average price is $4.16 — an increase of nearly 40 percent.According to Patrick De Haan, the head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, the recent dip in fuel prices is due to lower oil costs and “improving refinery runs.” He went on to note, however, that with the Strait of Hormuz still “effectively closed,” any “further deterioration” in the region “could send prices sharply higher.” “For now, motorists may enjoy the savings at the pump,” he warned, “but the risk of a significant reversal has not gone away.”

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