First, Sophie Cunningham dished out common sense on the subject of men playing in women’s sports.

And then the public weighed in, making it clear that even if Cunningham made WNBA execs weak-kneed, the Indiana Fever guard certainly connected with fans, because on Friday morning, her shoes sold out within hours of their debut.

“There was buzz around the sneakers, but a near sell-out on release day seemed unlikely. But in less than 24 hours, the shoes have sold out at adidas,” Sports Illustrated reported.

you guys really showed up! nothing but genuine love for yall https://t.co/2c4nLEeRna

— Sophie Cunningham (@sophaller) July 24, 2026

“I said what I said. I think it’s kind of common sense,”  Cunningham said in a video posted to X when asked about her position.

“And I think I’ll always believe in that. I think it’s really important to protect children, and that’s little girls who are also involved in that category. I stand on what I said, and I will always believe that,” she said.

“When it comes just to protecting women in sports and young girls in sports, I feel very strongly about that. I think that’s why you have Title IX,” she said, referring to the legislation requiring colleges that offer sports for men to offer them for women.

Sophie Cunningham gets grilled by WNBA reporters for saying men shouldn’t be able to play women’s sports. Refuses to back down. “I said what I said.” Eloquently defends women’s sports as woke reporters press her. Love all of this. Well done @sophaller. pic.twitter.com/kUjlt8ZZDH

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 23, 2026

“I extend love, and I don’t dislike anyone,” she told another media questioner. “I think there’s room for absolutely everyone here, and I think there’s room to love everyone.”

“I have never once said I hated the trans community,” she said.

In an interview with ESPN, she said her position is misunderstood.

“I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that,’” she said.

“I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And 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.

Politically, she said, “I’m very much in the middle. I agree with things on both sides, disagree with things on both sides. And that’s all I’ve ever said about my political beliefs. But people love to assume,” she said.

Cunningham “is a thousand percent right,” ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith said Thursday, according to the New York Post.

“What if an NBA player decided to transition to playing in the WNBA?” Smith said. “How elite would they be? How great would they be? We gotta put stuff in its proper perspective and call it like it is.”

“I am a supporter of the LGBTQ+ community,” Smith added. “I believe in supporting people’s civil rights and civil liberties come hell or high water. To the end. But you also gotta look out for everybody else. You can’t look out for a trans athlete at the expense of biological women. What did they do?”

Sophie Cunningham Said What Others Are AFRAID to Say!

My Full Take in the Comments. pic.twitter.com/dsiXtxNwyE

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) July 23, 2026

“We live in a society where people got scared. They got scared to say these things. We’ve got to stop that. Every truth ain’t meant to be told … but it ain’t meant to be hidden either,” he said. “You can’t have a society where we’re ignoring the clear unfairness of a male transitioning to female and competing in their sports. It is clearly unfair to women. Sophie Cunningham is a thousand percent right!”

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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Conservative historian and scholar, Victor Davis Hanson, made an excellent point about the communists of the DSA last night during an appearance on the Sean Hannity Show.

Hanson pointed out that people like Mamdani, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and others have come to the United States of America from failed states but seem to want to reenact the very failure that they fled from.

He also noted how ironic it is that all of the people at the top of this movement are extraordinarily wealthy. Even the influencers like Hasan Piker, who lives in a million dollar home and drives a Porsche.

Transcript via Real Clear Politics:

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON, HOOVER INSTITUTION SENIOR FELLOW: Yeah, this is a top-down phenomenon, Sean. And it’s mostly 85 percent of the membership of the Democratic socialists are identify as white and the majority are — have college degrees and they’re very frustrated that their brilliance wasn’t recognized or appreciated in these very expensive urban enclaves where they live.

But they’re all wealthy. I mean, Mamdani is a single child. He grew up in privilege. His family was among the one percent in Uganda. They have a family compound on Lake Victoria.

Ro Khanna now is flirting with socialism. His wife drives a $200,000 Range Rover. He — the kids have golf courses in their names. We could go on and on and on.

Hasan Piker, he bought a almost a $3 million home in West Hollywood. He drives a Porsche.

So, it’s not coming from the working class. It’s not coming from minorities necessarily. It’s coming from an affluent group of people, and second and first generation people that are migrating — immigrating here, Chevalier, Mamdani, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib who left failed states and they come over here and apparently they want to reenact the mass — the disaster they fled from.

It makes no sense, but they’re not going to identify the politician part. They don’t want to identify as socialist or communist because it’s a death knell in a race. But the people who are egging them on are the non- politician.

Hasan Piker, you know, you got to be brave. You got to tell everybody you’re a communist. See that, try that and see how you do in anywhere — outside of New York or Denver or Cambridge, Mass. I don’t think you’ll do very well.

Here’s the video:

It’s all a facade.

Victor Davis Hanson just spent nearly two minutes exposing the champagne socialists like Zohran Mamdani, Ro Khanna and Hasan Piker.

As Hanson points out, the movement consuming the Democrat Party alive isn’t being led by the working class…it’s being… pic.twitter.com/z3IeVdhvKH

— Overton (@overton_news) July 24, 2026

Hanson is correct about all of this. Isn’t it funny how no one in the media seems to notice any of this?

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YouTube star Ms. Rachel, who makes educational videos for children, has donated at least three thousand dollars to the campaign of far left Michigan senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

No one should really be surprised by this news. Ms. Rachel is a big supporter and friend of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

What this news should do, is make parents rethink the idea of letting their children watch her videos. She clearly has a political agenda and if it’s aligned with Mamdani, that should tell you everything you need to know.

Townhall reports:

YouTuber Ms Rachel Just Cut a Campaign Check. Take a Wild Guess of Who It Was Written Out to

Ms. Rachel, the so-called educational YouTuber who tends to hang out with terrorist sympathizers, decided to get involved in the 2026 midterms. She’s a close friend of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Recently, she cut a $3,000 check for Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

Sayed is the left-wing insurgent in this race, and he aligns closely with the far-left, anti-Israel, and antisemitic circles that are starting to dominate the Democratic Party. Another thing about Ms. Rachel—she wouldn’t be rolling in it if she didn’t talk about Gaza incessantly…

Another useful idiot for the radical left.

BREAKING: Miss Rachel, the viral kids’ content guru, has been revealed to be funding Abdul El-Seyed’s campaign.

Parents should know that their kids are being indoctrinated to be the next Antifa. pic.twitter.com/Tmi8v6dml4

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) July 24, 2026

Of course, it’s all about views for her YouTube channel.

From the New York Post:

The mayor’s bestie, the online toddler influencer known as Ms. Rachel, recently took a sharp turn into politics, posting less about the ABCs and more about “Palestine” — and amassing a fortune along the way.

The numbers tell the story.

In 2023, before Hamas’ marauders crossed into Israel to behead babies, rape teenage girls and kidnap hundreds of innocent civilians, Ms. Rachel enjoyed a sizable but solid audience of about 5 million viewers.

Once she started posting and speaking incessantly about Gaza — offering only grudging empathy, at best, to the Israeli children slaughtered in their beds or held hostage in dark tunnels by vile terrorists — her numbers zoomed: As of this year, her channel boasts more than 20 million subscribers.

The Democrats are becoming an Islamist party. People like Rachel are helping it happen.

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Residents of a community on Long Island’s south shore are angry over plans to convert a former Catholic seminary into an all-boys Muslim boarding school, complete with a mosque.

The building is in a residential neighborhood and locals are concerned about traffic and the prospect of a Muslim call to prayer being broadcast five times a day.

A recent town meeting on the subject lasted for five hours as people lined up to voice their concerns.

The New York Post reports:

Fuming Long Island residents are fighting the opening of a Muslim boarding school for boys that’s expected to house 120 teenage students — claiming it will destroy a quiet suburban neighborhood.

A group of Bay Shore homeowners claims the proposal for an overnight dorm is illegal under codes for the suburban Saxon Avenue, on a 13-acre waterfront property that housed a Catholic seminary years ago.

“The proposed use by the new property owner is far more intensive than what is appropriate for a quiet residential neighborhood,” Kevin Colgan, an Islip resident and leader of the anti-boarding school movement in the neighborhood, known as “Saxon Says No,” said in a statement.

“This is about protecting the integrity of our zoning laws — not opposing any individual or organization — zoning laws exist to preserve the character, integrity, and quality of life within our neighborhoods while ensuring that land uses are appropriate for their surroundings,” Colgan said…

The United American Muslim Association, a group partly based out of the Suleymaniye mosque in Dix Hills, scooped up the sprawling property from the Roman Catholic Montfort Missionaries for $5 million.

Libs of TikTok posted a clip from the town meeting. Watch:

MUST WATCH: Residents of Islip, Long Island, are SPEAKING OUT against a proposal to place an all-boys Muslim boarding school right in the middle of a residential neighborhood.

“The Muslim call-to-prayer is five times a day… It’s VERY VERY disturbing.” pic.twitter.com/iZ9yZSiLEn

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 24, 2026

Here’s a video report from CBS News in New York:

The town will probably cave on this and approve it anyway. Best of luck to the locals.

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Every once in a while, it’s very easy to see that talking points have been sent out. When two or more people in media are pushing the same narrative, it’s obvious.

Tonight is the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner and multiple journos are talking about how Trump – not them – has destroyed trust in media. If these people had an ounce of honesty in them, they would admit that they destroyed their own industry through constant lies, but they can’t do that. They’re simply not capable.

They are also incapable of shame, as you’ll see below.

Up first is CNN’s talking potato, Brian Stelter, who calls himself a media reporter. In this clip, he says “The damage Trump has done, both in his first term and now in his second term, in terms of trust in media, that has been enormous.” Watch:

Covering the WHCA, Brian Stelter laments the “damage” has done to trust in the media.

Brian was a prime purveyor of the “Cheap Fakes” hoax for Joe Biden during the 2024 campaign. pic.twitter.com/A3RE5NE3dq

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 25, 2026

Over on MSNOW, some random journo in this clip says “The president has convinced a great many Americans to not trust reporters and that’s done a lot of damage. A lot of long term damage.” Watch:

MSNOW covering the WCHA:

“The president has convinced a great many Americans to not trust reporters.”

Fails to mention that they’ve done just fine with that all on their own. pic.twitter.com/dmbMon9WD3

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 24, 2026

In this clip from Curtis Houck of NewsBusters, Chris Hayes of MSNOW says:

“Donald Trump famously has been hostile to the free press, almost implacably so. He believes it to be the enemy of the people and literally says as much almost every chance he gets. He thinks critical, accurate coverage of his presidency is tantamount to treason. He’s bullied and harassed reporters individually and gone after them in a million different ways. The last time he went to one of these things, he got roasted so bad it forever altered the political trajectory of our entire country.”

Here was how Chris Hayes opened the 8pm Eastern hour of MS NOW’s coverage of the #WHCD.

Chris, show me on the doll where Trump hurt you…

“Donald Trump famously has been hostile to the free press, almost implacably so. He believes it to be the enemy of the people and literally… pic.twitter.com/QRhdmrOxg0

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 25, 2026

These people completely destroyed trust in their own industry and rather than own it, they’re trying to blame Trump.

It’s the laziest, dumbest, and most backwards argument they could make.

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