The WNBA has suspended Seattle Storm minority co-owner Celeste Keaton from attending the team’s next five home games after she berated two teenage girls for supporting Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham and her defense of women’s sports.

The league also imposed an undisclosed fine on the Storm following the ugly confrontation at Tuesday night’s game at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena, according to ESPN.

The confrontation happened Tuesday night during the Storm’s home loss to the Fever at Climate Pledge Arena. The teenage girls wore XX-XY Athletics shirts highlighting biological sex and held a sign that read, “Thank you Sophie for speaking up for girls.”

According to their account on the unDivided podcast with Brandi Kruse, Keaton approached them, raised her voice, called them “f***ing insane,” and launched into a rant that left at least one of them in tears. Reports also indicate she invoked religion, telling them she hoped Jesus could forgive them.

This was Indiana’s first game after Cunningham told ESPN it is “common sense” to keep biological males out of women’s and girls’ sports. “I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men,” she said. She later doubled down: “I said what I said… I think it’s really important to protect children.”

Cunningham has repeatedly made clear that her position is not rooted in hatred toward transgender people. She has said there is room to love everyone while still telling the truth about biological differences and protecting female athletic opportunities.

The Seattle mob apparently did not get that message.

After the incident exploded across social media, Cunningham came to the defense of the teenage fans.

“You can disagree and still be kind,” Cunningham wrote before praising the girls for standing up for their beliefs.

She then blasted Keaton’s behavior as “truly embarrassing” and said it exposed the kind of leader the Storm co-owner is.

The Seattle Storm scrambled to contain the damage Wednesday by issuing an apology through majority owner Ginny Gilder.

The WNBA eventually stepped in, barring Keaton from Seattle’s next five home games and imposing the financial penalty.

Fox News Digital reported that the league confirmed the disciplinary action Thursday.

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President Trump is set to unveil his “Freedom Haulers” initiative to license veteran truck drivers and crack down on illegal alien truck drivers at the White House this afternoon. 

Fox reports:

The Trump administration is pairing its crackdown on illegal immigrants and non-English-speaking commercial drivers with a new effort to recruit military veterans into the trucking industry.

Trump, along with Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins and acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, will welcome a truck on West Executive Avenue to announce the initiative.

The Department of Transportation will expand eligibility for veterans to receive expedited commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs), extending the waiver period from 12 months to 24 months after active-duty service.

Werner Enterprises, an Omaha, Nebraska-based trucking company attending Thursday’s event, will announce plans to hire 1,400 new veteran drivers.

The administration is also highlighting its ongoing crackdown on commercial drivers who fail to meet English-language proficiency requirements or are improperly licensed.

“President Trump’s administration has made our roads safer by taking illegal alien, non-English-speaking truck drivers off America’s highways. Now, through the Freedom Haulers initiative, the president is expanding opportunities for our veterans by making it easier to obtain commercial driver’s licenses once they conclude their service,” White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told the outlet.

“By leading a multi-agency process spanning the departments of Transportation, Labor, Veterans Affairs and War, President Trump is bolstering America’s trucking industry, which is crucial to strong supply chains, while helping our nation’s heroes transition to civilian life with quality, good-paying jobs.”

The event is scheduled to begin at 1:30 pm ET.

Watch live below:

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MAGA TV and radio host Wayne Allyn Root made a guest appearance with Steve Bannon on “War Room” yesterday. Root said, “We know exactly what the truth is. These guys are murderers- mass murderers! This guy, Fauci- if he’s found guilty by a jury of his peers, he should hang!”

WATCH:

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President Trump on Thursday announced a plan to circumvent RINO Senators Cornyn and Tillis after they tried to derail Todd Blanche’s confirmation for Attorney General.

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday evening postponed a key vote to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination for Attorney General.

The Senate Judiciary Committee was set to vote on Blanche’s nomination on Thursday morning.

However, Chairman Chuck Grassley postponed the markup vote as RINO Senators Tillis and Cornyn make demands from the DOJ on its language related to restricting Trump’s IRS agreement.

Cornyn and Tillis are demanding that the DOJ submit in writing Todd Blanche’s commitment to scrap the weaponization fund.

On Thursday morning, President Trump said he may temporarily withdraw Todd Blanche’s nomination until Senators Cornyn and Tillis leave office.

Full statement from President Trump:

Todd Blanche is a STAR, and everyone knows it!

He has the potential to go down as one of the Greatest Attorney Generals of All Time.

However, John Cornyn, of Texas, and Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, both of whom I refused to Endorse, and whose political careers have been ended by my action, are refusing to vote for this Great Nominee, who will remain, in any event, as Acting.

Remember, both Cornyn and Tillis voted for Merrick Garland, and others, too numerous to mention.

I have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd’s name, if they do not do the right thing, and putting him back after Cornyn and Tillis are out of office. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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An unhinged man paid the ultimate price after deciding to bring a knife to a gunfight with Los Angeles County deputies.

As KABC reported, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday released body camera footage showing the moment sheriff’s deputies gunned down a man after he stabbed one of them in a Lancaster, California parking lot.

Per the outlet, the incident occurred on June 20.

Audio from the Sheriff’s Department shows a concerned citizen telling a dispatcher that they saw someone swinging knives in public, which prompts a police response.

Surveillance video shows three sheriff’s patrol vehicles arriving at the scene to confront the man, identified as Robert Castro.

He is seen in the footage walking away from the deputies pursuing him in a parking lot.

The first deputy arrives to confront Castro, who turns around and storms toward the police car.

As the deputy gets out of the car, Castro attacks him with a knife. Fearing for his life, the cop shoots the perp several times, causing him to collapse to the ground.

A second deputy arrives to help his partner, who has suffered a stab wound. He also fires several shots when Castro reaches for his knife on the ground.

“Don’t move, don’t move!” Stop reaching!” the policeman repeatedly yells.

Castro eventually stops moving on the ground.

WATCH:

KABC reported that Castro was later taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The injured deputy was also transported to a hospital, where physicians treated his stab wound.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department released a statement confirming the sequence of events in the body-cam footage.

Before Deputy #1’s patrol vehicle came to a stop, Castro turned and rapidly walked in the deputy’s direction. Castro then ran at Deputy #1, drew a knife, stabbed the deputy, and Deputy #1 discharged his service weapon.

When Castro moves his hand, Deputy #2 commands him to ‘Stop reaching.’ The second deputy then opens fire.

Here is the full video:

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