A search and rescue team successfully rescued a dog buried under rubble following two massive earthquakes in Venezuela. Video shows the dog’s head sticking out of debris as the rescuers gave it water and dug it out. Venezuela rescuers give dog water as his head peeks out from mountain of earthquake rubble pic.twitter.com/7y9HJ2WQUF — New York Post (@nypost) June 26, 2026 The unit had finished a search and rescue mission at a nearby home when the group heard barking from rubble, according to the New York Post. The team located the dog and safely extricated it from the debris. “This extraordinary discovery has served as a symbol of hope for everyone at the disaster site,” the Caracas Fire Department said in a statement, according to the Post. “Our emergency teams continue to work tirelessly on search and rescue efforts, reaffirming our absolute commitment to saving lives. We press on, with strength and solidarity!” The successful canine rescue comes as searches for earthquake survivors continue. At least 920 people are dead and 3,360 are injured, the Post reported. Two earthquakes of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude struck Venezuela Wednesday night, leveling homes and large buildings in Caracas and the nearby area. Saturday night will mark three days since the disaster, a crucial period for rescue teams as the first 48 to 72 hours offer the best chance of finding people alive. “Each person saved is a miracle,” Jorge Rodríguez, president of Venezuela’s National Assembly, said. “We are not going to hide absolutely anything about the magnitude of this tragedy.” Venezuelan authorities began blocking access to La Guaira, the site of some of the worst destruction, so citizens would not disrupt rescue teams, Fox News reported. Many civilians are searching for missing loved ones by themselves, citing a lack of state search and rescue teams in hard-hit areas, according to the Post. Nazareth Jimenez, who lives in La Guaira, watched her neighbors use power tools to cut through rubble in an attempt to find survivors, the AP reported. “We’re making a call for help to the government and countries across the world,” Jimenez told the outlet. “There are still people alive in there.” As of Friday, the Venezuelan government believed around 50,000 people were still missing, and the U.S. Geological Survey predicted more than 10,000 deaths, The Daily Wire previously reported. The United States has offered assistance in the aftermath of the quakes, and rescue teams from California, Florida, and Virginia were sent to Venezuela Friday, according to Fox News. Teams from countries including Chile, Mexico, and Switzerland are helping search for survivors as well. “The U.S.A. stands ready, willing, and able to help!” President Donald Trump said Wednesday night. “I have instructed all agencies of our government to get ready to move quickly. We will be there for our new and great friends.”

San Francisco leftists screamed obscenities and chased LGBTQ activist and California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) away from the city’s Trans March — all because of Wiener’s stance on Israel. Video posted to X shows Wiener, a Jewish gay man running to replace U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in the House of Representatives, walking through crowds gathering for the march while multiple participants scream at him. Scott Wiener showed up to the trans march and for the first time we kicked his ass out. It’s sad because while he’s written some good legislation for queers, hes ultimately a genocidal-supporting center right shill. Trigger warning: broken man walking away defeated. Vote Connie! pic.twitter.com/TXIB7omxde — Dimitry Yakoushkin (@decadimitry) June 27, 2026 “You stopped being queer the moment you started supporting Israel, you piece of sh*t!” one of the march attendees shouted. The video started with the person behind the camera applauding Wiener’s legislation on LGBT issues. But the scene became chaotic as the person behind the camera brought up Gaza and other attendees at the march recognized Wiener. “I think your policy on the genocide of Gaza is terrible,” the person filming Wiener said while leftists in masks surrounded the state senator. “I think you do not belong here.” Other leftists in masks surrounded Wiener while he walked, calling him a “genocidal piece of sh*t” and yelling, “We f*cking hate you!” Former MTV reality star Spencer Pratt, who recently ran a viral campaign to become mayor of Los Angeles, reminded Wiener of the state senator’s own accusations against him. “Hey, Wiener guy! Remember when you called me a ‘McBigot’?” Pratt wrote on X. “How does it feel now that the Frankenstein you created is coming for you? Every stupid communist learns this history lesson the hard way. Enjoy!” Hey, Wiener guy! Remember when you called me a “McBigot”? How does it feel now that the Frankenstein you created is coming for you? Every stupid communist learns this history lesson the hard way. Enjoy! https://t.co/BYhKjn9URC pic.twitter.com/cCCr2u2PBp — Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) June 27, 2026 In the video, leftists repeatedly accused Wiener of betraying LGBT people because of his stance on Gaza and Israel. “It sucks because you’ve been wonderful, you’ve been wonderful for trans people, and you’ve been terrible, and you’ve been terrible, you’ve been terrible, you’ve been terrible on Gaza!” one person said as Wiener continued walking. Dimitry Yakoushkin, who posted the video to X, accused Wiener of being “center right.” “Scott Wiener showed up to the trans march and for the first time we kicked his a** out,” Yakouskin wrote. “It’s sad because while he’s written some good legislation for queers, hes [sic] ultimately a genocidal-supporting center right shill.” Following the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks against Israel, Wiener criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but stopped short of referring to Israel’s response as a genocide. In January 2026, he posted a video saying he does “believe Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.” His reversal did not save him from the leftists at the Trans March, however. “You’re a piece of sh*t on Gaza!” the person filming the video at the march yelled at him. “How could you do that? How could you betray queers? How could you oppress people?”

President Donald Trump released new renderings of a limited edition passport commemorating America’s 250th anniversary. “The U.S.A.’s New Passport, which says, “Welcome, but be good!” Trump posted on Truth Social June 26. The U.S.A.’s New Passport, which says, “Welcome, but be good!” President DJT pic.twitter.com/6RkPqh94Kn — Just Trump on Truth (@JustTrumpTruth) June 26, 2026 The sample images show Trump at the Resolute Desk with the Declaration of Independence in the background and his signature at the bottom. The second page features “The Declaration of Independence” painting by John Trumbull. “These passports will feature customized artwork and enhanced imagery while maintaining the same security features that make the U.S. Passport the most secure documents in the world,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott told CNN in April, when the passports were first announced. The limited edition passport is only available through the Washington Passport Agency in Washington, D.C., beginning July 6 while supplies last, according to the State Department’s website. The new design will be the default version at the Washington location, but the regular passport design will remain available online and at other passport-issuing locations. Previous renderings of the passport featured a different portrait of Trump opposite the Trumbull painting, first published by Fox News. The new version appears to be based on a portrait of Trump in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery. The special designs coincide with a variety of events celebrating the United States’ 250th anniversary. Earlier this month, the UFC held a “UFC Freedom 250” event at the White House, The Daily Wire previously reported. President Trump himself kicked off the Great American State Fair in the nation’s capital on June 24th, opening a 16-day exposition on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. In August, IndyCar will host a “Freedom 250 Grand Prix” around the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Comedian and HBO host Bill Maher admitted on Friday that his vote would be “in play” in coming elections if the Democratic Party continued its headlong gallop toward socialism. Maher spoke with Vice President JD Vance on Friday’s broadcast of “Real Time,” and the discussion turned to the recent wins — particularly in places like New York City — racked up by fringe Left candidates endorsed by Democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani. “Like, if this is where the Democratic Party is going, where this Democratic socialist — this obsession with Israel, with the Jew hating, they don’t believe in capitalism, no prisons…” “If this is where they’re going, my vote is in play,” Maher declared. “Okay, I like to hear that,” Vance replied. “It actually always has been,” Maher continued. “I just, every year, I don’t make my decision by who has an R or a D, I actually always came to the conclusion that the Democrat was probably better and voted for them. And Trump can’t run again and he’d be a little too exciting for me anyway. So it’s either going to be you or Rubio.” Maher underscored his point by jabbing at one of the Mamdani-backed Democratic socialist candidates who recently won her primary in New York — Darializa Avila Chevalier. TRUTH NUKE: Bill Maher on Democratic Socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier: “There’s one candidate she will be a congresswoman from New York’s 13th District, who the New York Times asked her if someone mu*ders someone randomly should they go to jail? Couldn’t get her to say yes to… pic.twitter.com/6zlnqGZKTz — RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) June 27, 2026 “There’s one candidate, she will be a congressperson from New York’s 13th District, who the New York Times asked her if someone murders someone randomly should they go to jail? Couldn’t get her to say yes to that,” Maher said. “She says, no more police ever at all. Ever. She says our veterans are war criminals. She said f*ck Kamala Harris and Joe Biden’s a rapist.” “So there is a woke mind virus, and I think we found patient zero,” Maher concluded. And Maher is far from the only Democrat in the public eye raising concerns about the rapid influx from the party’s fringes: “The View” host Sara Haines raised the same issue during a recent “Behind the Table” podcast with executive producer Brian Teta and cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin.

Armie Hammer is back. So are Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman, Jonathan Majors, Louis C.K., Brett Ratner, and other canceled stars. Cancel Culture, which tore through Hollywood over the last decade, is losing its grip. No longer do comedians fear that an old stand-up routine might “resurface” and crush their careers. Artists with troubling pasts can work again, allowing audiences to judge whether they’re worthy of forgiveness. That’s great news, but a strain of Cancel Culture remains very much in place. It’s purely ideological in nature, and it’s supported by mainstream media outlets, Hollywood, Inc., and the culture at large. Embrace MAGA, President Donald Trump, or simply the Right, and watch it snap into action. For some stars, being apolitical is seen as an unofficial conservative pose and, sadly, worthy of condemnation. Sydney Sweeney has faced media scrutiny for not formally embracing a political party. That intensified after press outlets learned she had registered as a Republican in Florida but refused to share her ideological beliefs. That media focus intensified after her far-Left critics complained her American Eagle jeans ad, where she playfully said she had good “jeans,” was seen as a white supremacist dog whistle. Media outlets ran with the absurd attacks. Another tiny example happened recently with the opening of the Great American State Fair. Singer Leonard Cohen’s estate decried the potential use of the late singer’s “Hallelujah.” This particular event highlighted the enduring Cancel Culture movement. The Great American State Fair originally hired a gaggle of fading music stars, including Bret Michaels, Young MC, and Vanilla Ice, to entertain the crowd. The media played up the event’s loose connection to Team Trump – the administration tasked with creating the event to honor the nation’s 250th birthday. The assembled artists quickly fled the gala, either suggesting the concert would be too political in nature (without evidence) or that they’ve been threatened with violence for appearing (Michaels). Comedian Bill Maher called foul on the artists’ decision. Wouldn’t it have been better to play this gig? … It’s a month-long gig, lots of people, like — just celebrating America. Can’t we all just celebrate America itself and leave Trump out of it? That misses the point. The musicians want to keep performing, and they know that being associated with any event tied to President Trump might hurt their careers. Said careers weren’t exactly thriving to begin with, putting even more pressure on them to conform. Yet roughly the same time, we saw a group of high-profile musicians, including U2’s Bono and The Edge, and Bruce Springsteen, perform at President Barack Obama’s presidential museum opening. They didn’t fear professional pushback (nor should they). This wasn’t a patriotic event to honor a national holiday. The opening celebrated the most prominent Democrat in the nation, and in doing so, the musicians didn’t face violent threats or attacks on their professional future. That’s as it should be. Yet there’s an extreme double standard in play. Just ask British singer M.I.A. She joined Kid Cudi’s Rebel Ragers tour earlier this year as an opening act, but she quickly lost the gig for saying the “wrong” thing on stage. She shared Right-leaning opinions, and in a New York minute, she was gone. The singer later filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Kid Cudi. The media reported the lawsuit but didn’t share any outrage over the singer’s free speech rights or the potential of wrongful termination. Nor did reporters note the irony of Springsteen creating an entire tour to spread his far-Left views while M.I.A. lost her job for sharing a fraction (of a fraction) of that political commentary. Perhaps the best example of the media trying to cancel a superstar for aligning with MAGA came courtesy of Nate Bargatze. He’s the most successful comedian of the moment, a squeaky-clean stand-up who sells out arenas and never discusses politics on or off stage. Bargatze attended the recent White House/UFC extravaganza, an event meant to honor the nation’s upcoming birthday and showcase the popular sport. Bargatze was not only on hand for the fights but snapped pictures with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and his wife, actress Cheryl Hines. That sparked several media outlets to shame Bargatze for the snapshots, including The Daily Beast and Parade magazine. They played up a small sample of “outraged” social media users to buttress their flimsy argument. “USA TODAY has reached out to Bargatze’s rep for comment.” What comment? Yes, I attended the event. No, I don’t refuse photographs from people, regardless of their political leanings. It’s absurd and tantamount to press bullying. And it quickly got worse. A few days later, far-Left comedian W. Kamau Bell slammed Bargatze for palling around with “fascists,” sparking a fresh wave of media coverage, including Variety. The not-so-subtle message? Cozying up to MAGA in any way is like supporting fascism. That’s actually fascist. Bargatze had to issue a public statement saying he’s a big UFC fan and remains apolitical. Had Bargatze attended a similar event with a Democrat in the White House, the moment would have gotten little, if any, coverage. Or, it might have expanded his already huge career. Why would the media pile on Bargatze? He’s technically too big to cancel, but it’s all about sending a message. Align with the Right in any manner, be it a social media post or a simple selfie, and you’ll be “outed” and punished. The comedian will survive this news cycle. Lesser stars might not, and thus they’ll stay quiet moving forward. None of this should be surprising. Actors like James Woods, Kevin Sorbo, Scott Baio, and more have faced retribution for simply leaning to the Right. Hines hasn’t had an acting gig since her husband joined the Trump administration. She isn’t even a part of Larry David’s new HBO Max series, “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness.” That’s despite David working with stars he’s collaborated with over the decades on the show, including Jerry Seinfeld, Susie Essman, Vince Vaughn, and more. And she’s not even conservative. Her crime? She’s married to a former Democrat who felt he could do some good for the country by joining the Trump administration. It’s why Hollywood conservatives created Friends of Abe long ago. The secretive group once met to network, bond, and share horror stories about the professional pummeling they face for being on the Right. The group still exists and remains an off-the-record affair. The ironic part? Cancel Culture against conservatives has existed in Hollywood for some time. The term became popular when that punishment expanded to include anyone who ran afoul of the progressive narrative, AKA woke. Now, as woke fades and Cancel Culture cases shrink, it’s back to where it originally thrived, punishing conservative stars who dare speak their minds or pose for selfies. *** Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of HollywoodInToto.com. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. He’s also the host of The Hollywood in Toto Podcast. Follow him at @HollywoodInToto.