Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett was ripped by conservatives on social media this week after claiming President Donald Trump is "occupying the White House" and is an "enemy to the United States."
"Unfortunately, we have someone that is occupying the White House, and as far as I’m concerned, he is an enemy to the United States," Crockett said on MSNBC on Sunday. "I don’t know what it’s going to take to get people to wake up."
The Texas congresswoman also suggested that Trump is a "dictator" in her cable news appearance.
Conservatives on social media quickly pushed back against Crockett.
"Almost sounds like this ‘defender of democracy’ would support an insurrection," Fox News host Laura Ingraham posted on X.
"When are we going to hold members of Congress accountable for their words and actions?" retired professor Carol Swain posted on X.
"Dangerous election denier stuff here," former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., posted on X.
"By all means, continue this leaderless, tired charade and keep losing elections," Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., posted on X.
"Yeah, she's running in 2028," Red State writer Bonchie posted on X.
"Jasmine Crockett labeled Trump as an enemy of America while simultaneously saying she doesn’t understand anything that’s going on," conservative influencer account Gunther Eagleman posted on X. "She’s really this dumb."
"The unquestioned leader of the Democratic Party," CNN commentator Scott Jennings posted on X. "Keep going!"
Fox News Digital reached out to Crockett’s office for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Crockett has become one of the most prominent faces of the Democratic Party, opposing Trump’s agenda and the DOGE efforts of Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Crockett recently sparked a frenzy on social media when she told a reporter outside the U.S. Capitol that if she could tell Musk one thing it would be, "F--- off."
Former ESPN broadcaster Keith Olbermann slammed Pat McAfee and called on the company to fire him on Monday following the WWE commentator’s remarks about Canada.
McAfee called Canada a "terrible country" after wrestling fans in Canada booed "The Star-Spangled Banner" performance ahead of the Elimination Chamber premium live event over the weekend. He sounded off about the backlash he received during his episode of "The Pat McAfee Show."
"A lot of us tried to warn the new espn management that the day would come when this idiot would draw them into a permanent political controversy and they could either be subsumed by it, or fire him," Olbermann said in response to McAfee’s Monday remarks. "That day is today. Fire him."
"Now, Canada, listen, there’s been some things said to me from Canadians that I guess I respect because of the passion that you have for your country — which I hope you understand that I was showing the same for mine," McAfee explained on the show. "You booed my country."
"I understand, now, from the Canadians that they have a lot more passion for their country than I could have imagined. A lot of terrible things have been said about me, and I understand it," McAfee continued.
"I didn’t say Canadians were terrible. I said your country was. You booed us. I said you were terrible. Let’s shake hands and move along. I still love Canadians… I hope it gets settled."
Boos from Canadian fans during the U.S. national anthem began amid President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods. The president paused them in February but had it start this week.
The boos continued during the 4 Nations Face-Off, leading to a fight between American and Canadian NHL players in Montreal.
Fox News’ Scott Thompson contributed to this report.
A Facebook group for Cybertruck owners is full of videos and photos of passersby and other drivers flicking them off, leaving notes that say “WHAT’S ELON’S CUM TASTE LIKE?,” and “NAZI CAR,” and people kicking their cars, throwing slices of cheese at it, etc.
This genre of post is being made nearly daily in a group called “Cybertruck Owners Only,” a development that shows two things. The wider protests and backlash against Elon Musk at Tesla dealerships is, at the very least, making it uncomfortable for some people to own a Cybertruck. The protests also highlight that Cybertrucks are outfitted with many cameras that are always recording in “Sentry Mode,” and that a community of Cybertruck owners are sometimes trying to identify people using this footage.
In a video taken from a Cybertruck of a man throwing American cheese slices at the windshield of a Cybertruck, many comments suggest filing a police report and attempting to dox the man by posting a screengrab of his face to social media: “Freeze frame and blow up his face. Go on all the social media platforms and post your video. I would file a police report stating that if he is willing to do this in public, then he obviously has some type of vendetta against me, and therefore, I feel threatened and fearful for my life… the only way these people will learn [is] if they are shamed,” one comment reads. “Can you make an 8 x 11 print out of his face with a QR code that leads to the video so everybody in your city will know who this guy is and what he did?? can’t we just make him famous?”
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Others have suggested that Sentry Mode should use facial recognition to keep their trucks safe: “At the very least it should say ‘You are being recorded’ while describing the person. And on some Black Mirror level ish, at the most? Let it use facial recognition through the internet and call the offenders by their name while threatening legal actions.”
In at least one case, a Cybertruck owner claims to have identified a man who flicked off his Cybertruck in a road rage incident. The Facebook post shows the man was identified using a shirt he was wearing that showed his place of employment. He was then identified in a company photo and the group found his LinkedIn profile. The case was covered by the local news.
Another post shows images of words people had drawn on the side of a dirty Cybertruck with their fingers, which included “KYS [Kill Yourself],” “Cyber Chode,” “CUCK,” and two different penises, one of which was hairy and ejaculating. The owner of the Cybertruck posted videos taken by his Cybertruck that showed two snowboarders scrawling the art on the truck. A photo posted by the owner after “two washes” showed that one of the penises faintly remained on the car. Another commenter showed that someone had similarly written “SELL THIS” on the side of his dirty Cybertruck, while another posted a screengrab of a man spraying shaving cream on his Cybertruck.
Others have posted notes that have been left on their Cybertrucks, which include “WHAT’S ELON’S CUM TASTE LIKE,” “NAZI CAR,” and “NAZI” left on three separate Cybertrucks. Other videos posted by Cybertruck owners show pedestrians and people in other vehicles flicking them off, giving them thumbs down gestures, pantomiming kicking motions or blowjobs, etc.
All of this has made owning a Cybertruck unpleasant, as is the point of these protests. The overall sentiment in the Cybertruck Facebook owners group is hard to nail down, but many owners are leaning into the hate, chalking it up to something only “crazed” or “brainwashed” “libs” are doing, something only “poor” people who are “jealous” are doing, or various other forms of cope and seethe. A thread about a driver in a Ford Fiesta flicking off a Cybertruck is primarily about how Ford Fiestas are cheap, whereas Cybertrucks are expensive.
“Driving a Tesla these days feels like being the villain in WWE—the guy the fans love to hate. And honestly, I enjoy it,” one Cybertruck owner posted. “The funniest part is that their outrage isn’t even their own; it’s programmed into them, spoon-fed by media nonsense designed to make them hate Elon Musk and EVERY technology.”
“It is just a truck. It isn’t a political statement, it isn’t a statement of solidarity or a show of allegiance to anything or anyone other than renewable energy,” another post from someone who is clearly coping reads.
“Never owned a car that generated so much hate,” another reads. “I fucking embrace it.”
Scrolling through these posts is a good reminder that Cybertrucks and other Teslas can be set to record all the time in “Sentry” mode, meaning that these are not just trucks, they are surveillance devices on wheels.
A post from a prospective Cybertruck owner that says “I’m so nervous about there haters vandalizing my truck….any advice or perspective you can offer?” has 122 comments, with many of them saying that they should not worry because the Cybertruck is always recording: “Never turn off Sentry. It is like having a bodyguard protecting your truck all the time.” Another reads “Keep Sentry Mode on and park near buildings with cameras for secondary surveillance. The only way the haters will learn is through litigation.” A third reads “Drive with authority…f- these misfits! Think of this, you can do the same but they’ll be recorded…you won’t.”
Another post reads “Where's the thread coordinating a show of support for Elon.
These protestors in front of Tesla Service Centers need to see what a majority looks like...A couple hundred CTs surrounding them might do it.”
Not every post in the group is about people hating Cybertrucks or Elon. Many of them are image posts of people showing off vinyl wraps they have put on their Cybertrucks, while others are videos of random people taking photos with the cars or who are curious.
One member posted a video of Mennonite men who just happened to be glancing at the car. Another posted a video of a clearly identifiable man who just happened to be walking by and turned to look at a parked Cybertruck. One Cybertruck owner posted a video of a mother and her two young children taking a photo in front of the truck. “Does this seem suspicious to anyone?” they said.
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Jay-Z has filed a defamation and conspiracy lawsuit against an Alabama Jane Doe who had accused him of raping her when she was 13 at a 2000 Video Music Awards afterparty in New York.
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In a new lawsuit, Jay-Z unloads on a woman who said he raped her at age 13 at a Diddy party.
She has since admitted to Jay-Z's camp that her rape accusation was false, the new lawsuit alleges.
The woman later withdrew her lawsuit against Jay-Z and Diddy.
Rap superstar Jay-Z on Monday filed a hotly-worded new defamation lawsuit against a woman who last year accused him of raping her at age 13 at a party hosted by Sean "Diddy" Combs.
In his lawsuit, Jay-Z — given name Shawn Carter — alleges that the Alabama-based accuser, identified only as Jane Doe, has admitted to the rapper's own reps that her rape accusation, made in her own now-abandoned lawsuit, had been false.
"Doe has now voluntarily admitted directly to representatives of Mr. Carter that the story brought before the world in court and on global television was just that: a false, malicious story," Jay-Z's lawsuit says.
The woman is described in the lawsuit as financially bankrupt, suffering from mental health and drug issues, and "desperate to obtain a payday."
She has "made three other sexual assault allegations which were either dropped or dismissed by courts," Jay-Z's lawsuit alleges.
The woman's lawyers, Texas-based civil attorneys Tony Buzbee and David Fortney, also come under heavy fire in the lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Alabama.
Jay-Z alleges that the lawyers and their client "were soullessly motivated by greed, in abject disregard of the truth and the most fundamental precepts of human decency."
Buzbee had filed the Jane Doe's lawsuit last year knowing that the accusations against Jay-Z were false, the lawsuit alleges.
"That assertion is absolute hogwash," Buzbee told Business Insider of the claim on Tuesday morning.
"Jane Doe has never wavered and certainly has never recanted. Jay Z's team made that up. We intend to address these lies in due course," Buzbee added.
The woman had first told her story in an explosive October lawsuit that was amended in December to also name Jay-Z.
She described being a 13-year-old girl who'd hoped to see celebrities as she waited outside Radio City Music Hall in New York City during the 2000 Video Music Awards show.
Her lawsuit described being invited and then driven by a limo driver to a party hosted by Combs in "a large white house." There, she alleged, she signed an NDA, was given a drink by "waitstaff," and was then raped by Combs and Jay-Z while "Celebrity B," a female unnamed in the lawsuit, watched.
Her lawsuit was dropped last month, with Buzbee declining to comment at the time. Representatives for Jay-Z and Combs had steadfastly denied any sexual assault took place.
The woman's description of events was an "impossibility" and an "absurdity," Jay-Z's lawsuit said Monday.
Her legal efforts amounted to extortion by "malevolent, soulless lawyers," the lawsuit also alleged, and started with a "menacing" November 5 private demand letter.
Only after Jay-Z's reps refused this demand for an "extortionate payoff," was the rapper then publicly named, it says.
"Buzbee then went forward with naming Mr. Carter, with full knowledge by him, as imparted to him by Doe, that Mr. Carter had never assaulted Doe, and Doe's entire story as it related to Mr. Carter was completely fabricated," Monday's lawsuit said.
Compounding matters, on Friday the Buzbee firm "threatened Mr. Carter's counsel to double-down with yet another false public statement by Doe" if her admissions of lying were revealed, the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages.
Buzbee, meanwhile, is unbowed.
"We intend to seek a restraining order for Jay Z's team to leave this poor woman alone," he told BI. "She has been harassed and threatened and we intend to make them stop."
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