Uproar over Obama’s ‘lecture’ grows as ex-Bernie Sanders adviser comes out swinging

A former Bernie Sanders campaign adviser slammed former President Barack Obama Thursday for calling out Black men who do not support Vice President Kamala Harris.

“Why are Black men being lectured to?” former Democratic Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner said on CNN. “Why are Black men being belittled?”

The former national co-chair of the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign said that Obama was “wrong.”

“Now, a lot of love for former President Obama, but for him to single out Black men is wrong, and some of the Black men that I have talked to have their reasons why they want to vote a different way, and even if some of us may not like that, we have to respect it,” she said.

Turner explained further, “So unless President Barack Obama is gonna go out and lecture every other group of men from other identity groups, my message for Democrats is don’t bring it here to Black men who, by and large, don’t vote much differently from Black women.”

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Turner added that politicians should strive to court all voters, and in the process, garner support from the “few good men out there who do care about the stripping away of some of women’s bodily autonomy.”

Turner concluded, “But this is wrong for President Obama. It is a wrong course for the Harris-Walz campaign to lay at the feet of Black men when they have their reasons.”

Turner’s comments came after Obama ripped into Black men who have not been as enthusiastic about Harris’ presidential bid as they were for his 2008 and 2012 political campaigns.

“We have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all corners of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running,” Obama said during a pre-campaign rally stop in Pittsburgh on Thursday.

The prominent Democrat said he had noticed a difference in the excitement surrounding Harris, particularly among African-Americans.

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Obama said, “Now, I also want to say that that seems to be more pronounced with the brothers. So if you don’t mind — just for a second, I’ve got to speak to y’all and say that when you have a choice, that is this clean: When on the one hand, you have somebody who grew up like you, went to college with you, understands the struggles [and the] pain and joy that comes from those experiences…” He went on to contrast this with Trump.

“You’re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses,” he continued. “I’ve got a problem with that.”

“I’m speaking to men directly — part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that,” Obama said.

Many Democrats have expressed fear of a repeat of 2016 when Trump defeated Hillary Clinton. 

Recent reports show a small gap between Harris and Trump in the polls.

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Biden tells Harris to ‘hang on’ when she interrupts him during meeting, calls her ‘president’

President Biden on Friday joked that Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is his “boss” and referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as the “president” while he delivered an update on hurricane recovery efforts from the White House.

Seated in the Roosevelt Room with members of his Cabinet, including the secretary and the vice president, who joined by teleconference, Biden said the priorities for his administration are power restoration and debris removal. 

“Our heart goes out to all those folks who’ve lost not only personal property, but their homes and some lost lives and grieving after the aftermath of the tornadoes, brutal wind, record downpours and historic flooding,” Biden said. 

The president informed reporters that he has spoken with dozens of officials from North Carolina, Florida and other states impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton in the last two weeks. According to Biden, experts have estimated that Milton caused $50 billion in damage alone.

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“We’re going to do everything we can to help you pick back up the pieces and get back to where you were,” he said.

North Carolina authorities on Friday confirmed at least 92 storm-related fatalities from Hurricane Helene, but were unable to provide the number of those who remain missing or unaccounted for. Florida officials confirmed at least eight people are dead after Hurricane Milton spawned at least four tornadoes which wreaked havoc in St. Lucie County, The Associated Press reported.

More than 3 million people remain without power in Florida and an untold number of homes are damaged from flooding, heavy wind and fallen trees. Even so, 50,000 power line workers pre-staged by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have already restored power to 1 million customers. 

President Biden reiterated that the federal government is fully involved in rescue and recovery efforts, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Coast Guard, the Army Corps and the Florida National Guard. He also criticized “disgusting” claims spread online that suggest the federal hurricane response has been inadequate. 

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The 81-year-old president appeared to trail off toward the conclusion of his remarks. At that point, Granholm interrupted by touching Biden on the arm, apparently to remind him to turn over the microphone to the vice president. 

“I know,” Biden said. “I’m going to go to the vice president in a second.”

Then, with a glance toward the reporters in the room, he grabbed the secretary’s hand and joked, “She’s my boss here.” 

Harris then seemed to interject, and Biden replied, “Hang on a second, Madame Vice President.”

Before turning the news conference over to Harris, Biden said his administration will request additional funds from Congress for recovery efforts. 

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“We’re going to need a lot of help. We need a lot more money,” he said. “So I’m just telling everybody now that I don’t want to hear this is going to be the end of it. So with that, I will yield to the president, I mean, the vice president,” he said.

Harris has clashed with DeSantis in recent days after the Republican governor declined to take her call regarding the hurricane response. He said Thursday that the vice president has “no role” in the process and added that she had never attempted to call him during previous storms in Florida.

“I am working with the president of the United States. I’m working with the director of FEMA. We’ve been doing this now nonstop for over two weeks,” DeSantis said Thursday. 

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Speaking from a TV screen, Harris made an effort to show that she is involved in cabinet discussions about recovery efforts, noting that she has spoken with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about cracking down on purported price-gouging in the wake of the disaster.

“We continue to coordinate resources with local and state authorities, including food, water, medical supplies and generators, and we will continue to work with the teams on the ground to restore water and power as quickly as possible in the coming days and weeks,” Harris said. 

“President Biden and I will make sure that the communities that are there on the ground and have been affected will have the resources they need not only to respond to the storm, but also to recover. And we will continue to keep communities in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina and across the Southeast ensured that they will recover from Hurricane Helene.” 

“The bottom line is we are in this for the long haul,” she said. 

‘Man enough’ video for Harris quickly crowned ‘the cringiest political ad ever created’

A new grassroots campaign ad went viral on Friday for attempting to argue that voting for Vice President Kamala Harris is the more manly choice this presidential election. 

The ad featured actors portraying men who cite their masculine credentials, ranging from men boasting they are “man enough” to do various stereotypically male activities, to more humorous boasts like eating “carburetors for breakfast” or not being “afraid of bears,” eventually resolving with the men declaring their support for liberal women’s political causes and for the Harris campaign.

The ad, which did not come from the Harris-Walz campaign, struck many online commentators as a prime example of why Harris is struggling to appeal to men.

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Senior policy analyst at Independent Women’s Forum Inez Stepman marveled at the video one X user dubbed “the cringiest political ad ever created” and replied, “This can’t be real.”

Fox Business senior correspondent Charles Gasparino remarked, “It’s so bizarre that those on the political left, who for years proselytized the hoi poi that men can be women and women can be men, that men can compete in women’s sports because we are all genderless creatures, now think they have credibility to say what a real man is all about. Sorry you blew it years ago.”

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Podcaster Wade Stotts poked fun at the awkwardness of one character in a cowboy hat by joking about what else he might say, like, “Howdy, pardner. Great economy we’re havin’ today, ain’t it? Sure hope Trump doesn’t poison the water hole. Anyway, nice talkin’ to ya. I’ve been outdoors before.”

“Must-see Kamala ad,” Claremont Institute fellow David Reaboi quipped. “Not only do they have no idea how actual men speak, they couldn’t find any convincing male actors.”

“This is amazing,” RealClearInvestigations senior writer Mark Hemingway said of the video. “Can’t tell if it’s satire or not. I don’t think it is?”

Claremont Institute associate editor Spencer Klavan suggested that this video, if anything, is revealing about what the American left wants men to be.

 “When Harris Walz say what men are like, they mean this is what men *should* be. You can tell because when it turns out men are revolted by this and reject it, they’ll blame men for being insufficiently enlightened, not themselves for failing to understand men.”

“This ad is amazing because neither pole in the argument captures the spirit of ‘being a real man,’” City Journal writer Chris Rufo said. “It’s not about barrel-aged bourbon or deadlifting 500 pounds, nor is it about supporting IVF or voting for Kamala Harris. These are both caricatures: one is a left-wing mistranslation of ‘manosphere masculinity’; the other is an attempt to ‘redefine masculinity’ in left-wing ideological terms. Taken together, they represent a phony simulacrum of the male nature.”

Manhattan Institute fellow Leor Sapir argued, “What this ad fundamentally misses is that manliness is all about NOT waiting for encouragement or permission to stand up for (or to) something. This is what makes it at once dangerous and essential for civilization.”

“I don’t think this ad is meant to convince men to vote for Harris (LOL),” Newsweek opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon wrote. “I think it’s meant to reassure her base—college educated women—that the Democratic Party is truly theirs. The only men the party recognizes are these emasculated, AI generated putzes.”

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The ad’s director, Jacob Reed, said it was made for Creators for Harris, and a disclaimer for the ad says it is not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee. 

He noted that the ad is a half-joking, yet earnest appeal, “even though it’s more sketch comedy than political ad, what these men are saying is true.”

“With the rise of role models like Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff on the national stage, I think the left is finally finding its footing on how to talk about masculinity — I think we’re overdue for a redefinition of what it means to be a man in America and I hope this campaign can start to shape that conversation.”

Fast Company reported that Reed’s “original version was a bit more scolding. It included lines like, ‘I’m not afraid of a woman having rights because what kind of creep would I be then?’” 

Later however, “After marinating on the concept a bit further, Reed realized the last thing he wanted to do was condescend to his potential audience, whom he saw as both people already on board the Harris train and people on the fence.”

Fox News Digital reached out to Reed and the Harris and Trump campaigns.

Taylor Swift fans choose sides in Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese rivalry after interview

Caitlin Clark may have just won over more Taylor Swift fans than Kamala Harris has. And Clark didn’t have to ask for any of it. 

A viral resurfacing of a social media post Clark sent when she was in college has made her the latest worshipped ally of the Swift army. 

The post originally came right after Swift went public with her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce. Clark welcomed Swift to the Chiefs’ fan family. Clark has said she is a lifelong Chiefs fan having grown up in suburban Iowa. 

“Taylor Swift welcome to the good side,” Clark wrote Sept. 24, 2023, in a post on X with the hashtag “Chiefs Kingdom.”

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In the last 24 hours, multiple Taylor Swift fan pages across social media have recirculated Clark’s tweet after a controversial podcast episode hosted by Clark’s archrival, Angel Reese. 

Reese hosted a woman named Kayla Nicole, who is a promotional model, media personality, on-air host and entertainment journalist popular on Instagram with more than 797,000 followers. It’s a following that has been growing rapidly since the episode was posted Thursday, after Nicole went into personal detail about her romantic relationship with Kelce in the past and its heavy aftermath.

“We’ve seen each other in public spaces before, but it’s — I think that we’re both aware of the nature of his new situation that there’s just no room really for us to communicate or acknowledge each other publicly without it being spun into something crazy,” Nicole said of Kelce and his new relationship with Swift. 

Nicole also claimed she has received hate for the relationship ever since Kelce began to date Swift instead of her. 

“I would be lying if I said that that level of hate and just, like, online chaos doesn’t impact me,” Nicole said. “It does, even to this day. You can go to my most recent post, and it will be people debating each other why I am worthless, and I’ll never be a talented person and I have no career.”

The comments have ignited a widely debated controversy on social media, with some defending Nicole and sympathizing with her for the alleged hate she has received. However, others, and many who openly identify as Swift fans, have been critical of Nicole for a variety of reasons. 

Many of those same Swift fans declared themselves fans of Clark in her ongoing women’s basketball rivalry against Reese. 

Clark and Reese have been transcendent figures in women’s basketball, linked to one another since they first met in the 2023 NCAA women’s basketball championship. Reese famously mocked Clark at the end of that game when her LSU Tigers defeated Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes for the title, pointing to her finger in a taunting fashion to remind her who was getting the ring. 

This sparked outrage from Clark’s immense fan base, including Bartstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, who called Reese “a piece of s—” in a widely circulated X post after Reese’s gesture in the championship game.

Clark and Reese have never acknowledged that there is a “feud” between them and have only made respectful comments about one another in interviews and press conferences. However, fans of the stars have been notorious for attacking one another on social media since that game in 2023. 

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Reese has said Clark’s fans have sent her death threats and made explicit AI images of her and sent them to her family. 

“I think it’s really just the fans, her fans, the Iowa fans, now the Indiana fans, that are really just, they ride for her, and I respect that, respectfully. But sometimes it’s very disrespectful. I think there’s a lot of racism when it comes to it,” Reese said. 

Her latest episode drew debate. Criticism against Reese for hosting Kelce’s ex, prompted a response from Reese Friday afternoon. 

“Hating pays too,” Reese wrote in a post on X with emoji of painting toenails. The episode has attracted significant attention in the last day, which Reese will profit from as the podcast host. 

Nicole isn’t the first victim of hate comments from Swift fans either. Swift fans famously attacked another woman who was famous for a relationship with a Chiefs star player. Brittany Mahomes, the wife of quarterback Patrick Mahomes, was the subject of a viral backlash for liking a post from Donald Trump’s Instagram account Aug. 13. 

The post outlined the former president’s 2024 policy agenda. Swift fans were familiar with Mahomes for her friendship with Swift when they attended Chiefs games to watch Patrick Mahomes and Kelce play.

But many of those same Swift fans recirculated screenshots of Mahomes’ like of the post, which made her the target of online attacks that she addressed multiple times through more Instagram posts. It thrust Mahomes and her husband into the national political conversation. After Swift endorsed Kamala Harris Sept. 10, Trump said he liked Brittany Mahomes more than Swift in a Fox News interview Sept. 11. 

Patrick publicly commended his wife after Trump’s comments that same day but refused to endorse a political candidate. 

Swift’s initial endorsement of Harris also drew a response from Clark, who liked Swift’s Instagram post that announced the endorsement statement. 

When asked why Clark liked that post, the basketball star did not endorse Harris but said she wanted to use her platform to encourage Americans to vote. 

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As more Swift fans turn to Clark after Reese’s interview, they will be joining a fan base that has been widely debated as well. Some WNBA players, including Reese and Connecticut Sun player Alyssa Thomas, have accused the Indiana Fever fan base of racism, while Sun player DiJonai Carrington called the Fever fans “the nastiest fans in the [WNBA].” 

Clark has said some of her team’s fans are not fans during the Fever’s exit interviews Sept. 27. 

“Those aren’t . Those are Clark said. 

One of two teens charged in retired police chief’s death found unfit to stand trial

One of two teenagers charged in the death of a retired police chief who they allegedly ran over as he was bicycling on a Las Vegas road has been found unfit to stand trial. 

Jesus Ayala, now 19, has been moved from jail to a secure Nevada psychiatric facility for evaluation, treatment and possible trial if he is found competent, according to cover records. The commitment order suspends criminal charges against him.

Fox News Digital has reached out to his public defense attorney, David Westbrook.

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Ayala and Jzamir Keys, then 16, pleaded not guilty last year to murder and other charges in the death of Andreas “Andy” Probst, 64, a retired former police chief in the Los Angeles suburb of Bell.

Probst was riding his bicycle in August 2023, when video showed he was struck from behind by the driver of an alleged stolen car and left fatally injured on the side of the road.

In the video of the hit-and-run, the driver asks, “Ready?” as the giggling passenger records the collision on his iPhone.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, hit his a–,” he tells the driver, who then veers the Hyundai Elantra into the bike lane behind Probst, who is wearing a red shirt and shorts as he pedals.

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The passenger turns, points his iPhone out the window and records Probst rolling to a stop on the side of the road.

“Damn, that n—- got knocked out!” the passenger says in the 31-second clip.  

“Oh, s—, we need to get out of here,” the panicked driver replies as he steps on the gas.

Probst was taken to a hospital where he died. Police arrested Ayala later that same day, and he allegedly bragged that he would get off easily as a juvenile. 

“I’ll be out in thirty days,” he was allegedly captured saying on an officer’s body camera.

The officer replied, “You might be out of juvie in thirty days and moved to an adult jail, because that’s how bad it is.”

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The incident report noted that Ayala showed no remorse for the man’s death. “It’s just a, f——, ah, hit-and-run. Slap on the wrist,” the teen flippantly told the officer. 

Keys was arrested days later after he shared the sick footage with friends on Instagram, and the video started circulating at his local high school.

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What you need to know about eggs — and the conventional wisdom that’s actually wrong

Lisa Steele, author of “Fresh Eggs Daily,” addresses five common myths about eggs.

Based in Maine, Steele has raised chickens for years and also has ducks and geese on her farm. (See the video at the top of this article.) 

Read on to find out what matters when it comes to choosing eggs – and some tips on making the best-ever egg dishes for the whole family.

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1. Eggshell colors don’t indicate nutritional value

Eggs don’t have more or less nutritional value depending on their shell color, Steele told Fox News Digital.

“The shell color is dictated by the breed of the chicken that lays it,” she said. “Different chickens have different pigments that they apply on the eggshell.”

The actual eggs themselves, she said, are “pretty much the same” nutritionally. 

2. Not all eggs need to be refrigerated

While eggs that are purchased at a grocery store in the United States do have to be refrigerated, eggs have a natural defense against bacteria and moisture, Steele said. 

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“Just before an egg is laid, the hen puts an invisible covering on it called the bloom,” she said. 

This “bloom” protects the egg but, by law, commercial farmers in the U.S. have to wash it off. 

“So now, at this point, the egg is vulnerable, and now it needs to be refrigerated … In Europe and a lot of other parts of the world, they just collect the eggs and leave them, and then they don’t need to be refrigerated,” Steele said. 

Unwashed eggs, like ones from backyard chickens or small, non-commercial farms, do not have to be refrigerated, she said. 

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It is easy to tell if an egg is still fresh, Steele said. 

Simply pour a glass of water and drop in the egg. 

Eggs that sink to the bottom and stay there are still good — but any “floaters” should probably be tossed, she said. 

3. Know the truth about making deviled eggs

It’s a myth that older eggs are necessary when making deviled eggs, Steele said.

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While older eggs can be easier to peel, older eggs also contain much more air than newer eggs – which leads to a misshapen hard-boiled egg. 

Using older eggs for deviled eggs is “the worst advice,” Steele said, “because you do want a nice, egg-shaped egg.” 

Instead of hard-boiling eggs for deviled eggs, steam them, Steele said.

“I steam them in a steamer basket over simmering water. Same amount of time. Then put them in ice water,” she said. “That makes the shell come off.”

This will make the peeling process much easier, Steele said, even for brand-new eggs. 

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“I’ve collected eggs, gone inside and cooked them, and they peel perfectly,” she said. 

4. There’s a difference between ‘cage-free’ and ‘pasture-raised’

“Cage-free” and “pasture-raised” are not the same thing.

“When you’re at the grocery store, if you look for pasture-raised eggs, that’s really the gold standard,” she said. “Cage-free has kind of become a buzzword that everybody looks for.”

Just because a chicken is not raised in a cage does not mean it is being treated well, Steele said. 

“They’re still in a huge warehouse,” she said. “So you want ‘pasture-raised.’ You know that the chickens are out in the sun. They’re enjoying life and the eggs are more nutritious.” 

Chickens in a pasture, she said, are “rummaging around in the dirt and the grass and eating weeds.” 

The eggs from pasture-raised chickens have less cholesterol and more nutrients, Steele said. 

5. Eggs are not just for breakfast

Eggs are not only for breakfast. They can be eaten at any time of day, Steele said. 

“Eggs are really good for you. They’re a complete protein. They contain tons of nutrients – every nutrient needed for life, except for vitamin C,” she said. 

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Eggs, added Steele, are “still relatively inexpensive compared to other types of protein.” 

“Eggs are really good for you.”

“So for dinner, instead of cooking a chicken or whatever, cooking eggs is really quicker,” she said. 

“Clean out the fridge, throw in extra vegetables that you’ve cooked from the night before or different types of meat and cheese,” Steele said.

“And it’s a really great way to clean up the fridge and have a pretty well-rounded dinner on the table pretty fast.”