Carmaker Jaguar has made an about-face in its advertising formula, now opting for simplicity after a disastrous woke ad campaign seemingly derailed sales just over a year ago.In late 2024, the company dropped an ad that was widely criticized, mocked, and labeled "woke."'Jaguars need to be beautiful.'The ad featured a diverse cast of flamboyantly dressed androgynous actors — including a man in a dress — in an attack on the "ordinary.""We're here to delete ordinary. To go bold. To copy nothing," the tagline read. Strangely enough, though, the commercial did not include a single image of a car, let alone a Jaguar.The strange marketing campaign even drew ire from President Trump, who said last August, "Jaguar did a stupid, and seriously WOKE advertisement."The ad became infamous over the summer, months after its release, and was coupled with a devastating sales decline.Now, the company is going in a different direction, drawing on its original Jaguar E-type that launched at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1961.RELATED: It's time to make cars beautiful again With the tagline "Original then. Original now," Jaguar seems determined to invoke classic car nostalgia with a set of three 30-second ads released earlier this week.The ads seem like the company is simply extending an olive branch to possible customers, as it is not promoting anything new, but includes its concept car — the Type 00 — which was first announced at the end of 2024.The first ad, titled "Spirit of Reinvention," simply shows off its mid-1950s XKSS and 1975 XJ-S.The second ad, "Bold Expression," gives a nod to the classic Jaguar SS models, while the third ad, "Shocking the World," shows a vertically hanging E-type while referencing its original release.RELATED: 'Being woke is for losers': Trump mocks Jaguar CEO amid resignation Jaguar Type 00. Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images The ads are a stark contrast from the previous campaign, which culminated with Jaguar Land Rover's longtime CEO stepping down in July. The resignation came after sales dropped 97% when comparing April 2025 to April 2024. Just 49 Jaguars were registered across Europe in April 2025, a massive decline from 1,961 the previous April. The shocking downturn came after record profits just a few months before.It remains unclear what the future holds for Jaguar, as it labels its new concept car as a "non-production vehicle," but the Type 00 still seems to be the brand's focus. According to Jaguar's former designer Ian Callum, several different models were scrapped to make way for the new design."They were all taken away," Callum said. "They were all stopped, and even the current cars were stopped."The Type 00 is now the future of the brand and is being used as "a statement," he said. While Callum admitted the car is "bold" and "handsome," it is not "beautiful.""And Jaguars need to be beautiful," he added.Readers should note that Jaguar Land Rover has been owned by Indian manufacturer Tata Motors since 2008. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

In 1996, the Oscars viewership totaled a whopping 45 million — but now, in 2026, the number has dwindled to a measly 17 million.“At 17 million, it’s attracting about 5% of the American public,” BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock comments, adding that Clay Travis made an interesting point regarding the celebrity awards show.“Big media take: the only reason broadcast TV networks still exist is the NFL. Go look at ratings, if the NFL isn’t on NBC, CBS and Fox, what are people watching on these channels? Bigger media take: sports is the only reason cable TV still exists. Am I wrong? Debate, discuss,” Travis wrote in a post on X.The Oscars, like sports, Whitlock comments, “used to be a powerhouse.”“It was like a big party, a big holiday event, Oscars night. Families would dress up, families would throw parties, people would invite everybody over, people would have wine and beer and drink and food,” he recalls.“It was like a celebration. It was a mini-Super Bowl. And now it’s nothing. And it’s nothing because it moved away from reality. It’s nothing because the movies are nothing. They are straight trash,” he says, blaming DEI for the quality of films.“The woke movement has done this. Woke movies, woke television, woke everything, the move away from reality. Movies and TV no longer reflect our reality. And that has made sports the last thing still connected to reality, the last thing that still reflects an American reality. It makes sports more valuable,” he explains.And sports still reflect an American reality because many of them are attached to patriotism.“There is an underserved market of people out here that want to see things on television, things in popular culture, that reflect a love for America and are connected to something that’s believable,” Whitlock says.“This is how I know they have killed capitalism, because there’s this great mass of America that just wants popular culture to serve them up some reality, some masculinity, some moral values loosely connected to Christianity,” he continues.“They want to celebrate America,” he adds.Want more from Jason Whitlock?To enjoy more fearless conversations at the crossroads of culture, faith, sports, and comedy with Jason Whitlock, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Sources have informed multiple publications that the FBI is investigating combat veteran Joe Kent over an alleged leak of classified information. Four individuals with direct knowledge of the probe told Semafor that it predates Kent's resignation on Tuesday as director of the National Counterterrorism Center.A source familiar with the case told Axios that Kent was suspected of leaking information to Tucker Carlson and another conservative podcaster and that the bureau is looking into whether the allegedly leaked information pertained to Israel and Iran.'Israelis drove the decision.'When asked for comment, the White House referred Blaze News to the FBI. The FBI declined to comment. Blaze News reached out to Kent for comment but did not immediately receive a response.Kent — a retired Green Beret and former CIA officer whom President Donald Trump nominated to be NCTC director in February 2025 and the U.S. Senate confirmed in a 52-44 vote in July — wrote in a post accompanying his resignation letter addressed to Trump and published Tuesday that Iran "posed no imminent threat to our nation" and that "it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby."The ex-intel official said further in the letter:Early in this administration, high-ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the American media deployed a misinformation campaign that wholly undermined your America First platform and sowed pro-war sentiments to encourage a war with Iran. This echo chamber was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, and that should you strike now, there was a clear path to victory. This was a lie and is the same tactic the Israelis used to draw us into the Iraq war that cost our nation the lives of thousands of our best men and women.The president told reporters on Tuesday, "I read his statement — and I always thought he was a nice guy — but I always thought he was weak on security, very weak on security."RELATED: If Congress can’t oversee the FBI, who can? Photographer: Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images"When I read his statement, I realized that it's a good thing that he's out, because he said that Iran was not a threat. Iran was a threat — every country realized what a threat Iran was. The question is whether they wanted to do something about it," said Trump.Trump later shared an image of a tweet that Kent posted in January 2020, imploring Trump, then in his first term, to "wipe Iran's ballistic capability out and get our troops out of Iraq — they are only targets now."White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed on Tuesday that Kent's resignation letter was replete with "false claims" and noted that "the absurd allegation that President Trump made this decision based on the influence of others, even foreign countries, is both insulting and laughable."On Wednesday, Kent appeared with Tucker Carlson, who said about the Iran strikes: "Joe Kent was right. Therefore, Joe Kent must be destroyed. And there is, of course, this ongoing effort to do that — to dismiss Joe Kent as a tool of the Islamists or a leaker."During the interview, Kent explained to Carlson his reasons for leaving the administration, his misgivings about the conflict with Iran, and his support for the president and Trump's previous policies.Referring to remarks made earlier this month by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Kent told Carlson — who was denounced on March 5 by the president following months of criticism — that the "Israelis drove the decision" to attack Iran. Intelligence showed that Iran was neither on the verge of obtaining a nuclear weapon nor planning "to launch this big sneak attack," Kent added.He further claimed that Trump was siloed when it came to the issue of Iran, stating that "a good deal of key decision-makers were not allowed to come express their opinion to the president."'He quit because he's under investigation.'Kent also claimed that when it came to Charlie Kirk's assassination, "we're not really even allowed to look into that at all." Kent even intimated that the assassination might have something to do with Kirk's vocal opposition to a possible regime-change war in Iran."One of President Trump's closest advisers who is vocally advocating for us to not go to war with Iran and for us to rethink, at least, our relationship with the Israelis, and then he's suddenly publicly assassinated, and we're not allowed to ask any questions about that — it's a data point," said Kent. "It's a data point that we need to look into."'One of the sources reportedly familiar with the FBI investigation into Kent told Axios, "He left quite an online paper trail and he has been monitored for months.""He's going to try to say this was in retaliation for his resignation," continued the source, "but it's the other way around: He quit because he's under investigation — and he knew it."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Arizona has filed the first criminal charges against a prediction market website in the United States.Kalshi is one of two major prediction market websites in the country (along with Polymarket), which allows users to make money off of almost anything. 'We just can't allow companies to come in here and override our laws.'Whether it's Taylor Swift getting married or the future price of Bitcoin, prediction markets turn real-life events into shares that can be bought and sold depending on their value. The value changes based on which outcome users are putting their money into. Like financial exchanges, these predictions are regulated federally by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, but Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) is calling that into question."We just can't allow companies to come in here and override our laws or try to bypass our laws against online gaming outside of regulations," Mayes told Arizona's CBS 5.Mayes' office put out a press release on Tuesday alleging that Kalshi has accepted bets from Arizona residents that violate state law. The press release included a filing against Kalshi Trading LLC out of Delaware, listing 20 criminal charges related to what Arizona referred to as "proposition bets," which typically refer to sports bets focused on individual player performances.RELATED: Insider war bets. Multiple lawsuits. Free groceries. Are the top prediction platforms about to crash out? The filing listed 16 "betting and wagering" offenses and four counts of "election wagering."This included "bets" on the 2028 presidential race, the 2026 Arizona gubernatorial race, the 2026 Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary, the 2026 Arizona Secretary of State race, and whether the SAVE Act would become law.The alleged sports bets were on pro and college events, including prop bets on individual performances in those categories.The state said that Arizona law prohibits operating an "unlicensed wagering business" and separately bans "betting on elections outright."A Kalshi spokeswoman told Business Insider that she believes Arizona's charges are "seriously flawed" and an example of "gamesmanship.""These charges are meritless, and we look forward to fighting them in court," the spokeswoman, Elisabeth Diana, told the outlet.RELATED: Prediction markets let you 'bet' in states where gambling is banned: Here's how Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images "Kalshi may brand itself as a 'prediction market,' but what it's actually doing is running an illegal gambling operation and taking bets on Arizona elections, both of which violate Arizona law," AG Mayes said in the press release. "No company gets to decide for itself which laws to follow."Mayes added, "Arizona will not be bullied into letting any company place itself above state law."Kalshi's front page is currently covered in political predictions, which of course are subject to change. This includes the options to trade on topics like government shutdowns, U.S. tariff rates on China, and the results of the midterm elections.Prediction markets have become so popular that they have forced major gambling platforms like DraftKings and FanDuel to create their own models, offering services to a national market as opposed to operating on a state-by-state basis.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!