NASCAR has indefinitely suspended driver Daniel Dye, 22, after he mocked another racer using what he described as a “gay voice” during a livestream. The video that circulated on social media Tuesday shows the Kaulig Racing driver altering his voice to imitate fellow driver David Malukas. “As soon I start doing a David Malukas gay voice I get a gold, so let’s keep it going,” Dye can be heard saying in the clip. pic.twitter.com/ZJSvK2lgX0 — mario (@LostSchemes) March 17, 2026 Malukas, a 24-year-old Team Penske driver, has frequently been pictured on social media with his girlfriend, Kamila Jurkus, and has not publicly identified as gay.  Dye issued an apology later Tuesday, saying he chose his words “poorly” and understood why they upset people. “I have some close friends in the LGBTQ+ community who I would never want to feel less of themselves because of what I said,” Dye wrote. “That’s exactly why I should hold myself to a higher standard.” Dye said he is “committed to learning from this.”  pic.twitter.com/qf72WEdxmM — Daniel Dye (@danieldye43) March 17, 2026 NASCAR has not provided a timeline for Dye’s reinstatement. Brad Moran, managing director of the NASCAR Cup Series, said Dye must complete a customized program before being considered to return. “They are all one-on-one and customized to fit every situation,” he said during an interview with Sirius XM.  “Once he gets through the program, and the folks that hold and manage the program are comfortable that there were some good lessons taught, and he understands the severity of what these things can do to folks, once that happens, he gets put back in for reinstatement,” Moran added. This is the second time Dye has been suspended. At age 18, Dye was arrested at a Daytona Beach racing event and charged with felony battery after punching a classmate, resulting in a ruptured testicle, per Associated Press.

This article is part of Upstream, The Daily Wire’s new home for culture and lifestyle. Real human insight and human stories — from our featured writers to you. *** After spending 99% of her post-royal life “nesting and healing” in Montecito, and also trying to make us eat flowers, Meghan Markle’s future looks a lot less Netflix-and-chill. Previously fronting $60 million to support Markle’s alleged “passion for elevating everyday moments in beautiful yet simple ways,” the streaming giant officially dumped the duchess of Sussex and her hostage prince, leaving hopes of future projects and a whole bunch of jars of jam in a “box to the left” (lyrics by Beyoncé, one of Meg’s fake BFFs). Within hours of Netflix breakup headlines hitting mainstream media, Markle employed her personal PR Iron Dome: posting about her kids on Instagram. Well, she posts everything but their faces. As People breathlessly reported the moment it went live, Markle’s As Ever Instagram account dropped a close-up shot of Markle’s hands cupping her daughter Lilibet’s hands, which held a white bloom to tease an upcoming collab with “ephemeral luxury” flower brand High Camp Gardenias. For when nothing but a $255 limited-edition box of flowers, herbs, and tea stuff will do. Earlier that day, as if she could sense the future bad press, Markle shared an Instagram video featuring a glitch-like snippet of Lilibet’s voice, along with her shoe, and her tiny hand patting a chicken. If she can keep fans flapping in the breeze when it comes to her kids, the clickbait always works. But it feels less like she’s protecting her kids from the spotlight and more like she’s holding onto the only card she has left to play. When all else fails for Markle, I bet we’ll finally see Lilibet and Archie’s faces.  Probably too innocently nicknamed “sharenting,” posting about kids on social media remains a hotly debated topic, with 75% of parents snitching on other parents for posting too much information about their kids online. Whether it’s about their location, embarrassing experiences, or inappropriate photos, an online presence can sabotage a child’s self-confidence, make them vulnerable to child predators, or worse.  Plenty of celebrity parents succeed in keeping their kids’ lives offline. If you think about it long enough, you might remember that actors Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes actually have two daughters you never see. Responding to a fan on Instagram, Mendes said of their kids, “I’ll talk about them of course, with limits, but I won’t post pictures of our daily life.” Halle Berry has also kept her children’s lives on lock, telling TODAY, “It’s a safety issue. I just don’t want to plaster them all over the internet. That just doesn’t feel right for me.”  The reason you probably can’t picture what George Clooney’s kids look like — or Drew Barrymore’s, Adele’s, or Chris Hemsworth’s, for that matter — is that their faces are rarely, if ever, featured on social media. But the opposite is true for kids who aren’t just getting “sharented” on social media; they’re built into their family’s billion-dollar brand.  Fifteen years into posting on Instagram, we’ve all been around the block enough to know how brutal the social media microscope can be. Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s oldest daughter, North West, made her social media debut as an infant in 2013. By the ripe old age of 10 months old, she was posing with her parents for Vogue and making headlines like “North West’s Vogue photo shoot faux pas: Peeing on Kanye,” clearly aimed at humanizing the Kardashians. Over a decade later, 12-year-old North launched her own Instagram and a TikTok account, which she reportedly shares with her mom; it has 21 million followers. Recent posts show her in decidedly anti-Kardashian blue hair, finger piercings, fake face tattoos, and a black grill that creates the illusion of having no teeth. Is she just rebelling against her famous-for-being-famous mom? Creating an identity unrelated to her notorious rapper dad? Or just existing as a ridiculously privileged kid? Nothing’s weird when shock value is the family business. When fans voiced concern for North’s well-being, Kim responded, “It’s okay [heart hands emoji].” But as followers continue to zero in on North’s “knock-kneed” walk, the alleged “bowel” problems Kanye brought up, and the dyslexia diagnosis North discussed on TikTok, “okay” doesn’t seem to paint the right picture. It’s a similar story for kids who become regulars on other social media platforms, as the Hulu documentary “Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke” exposed. The Utah-based influencer family known as 8 Passengers (two parents and six kids), headed by mom Ruby Franke, once raked in an estimated $100,000 per month on YouTube, sharing the adventures of a fun-loving Mormon family. Eight years after the channel was launched in 2015, Franke’s 12-year-old son was recorded on a stranger’s home security camera with ligature wounds on his ankles and wrists, looking malnourished and asking for help. After a widely reported trial detailed the brutality with which Franke leveraged her children’s fame, Franke and her family therapist accomplice, Jodi Hildebrandt, were each convicted of four counts of aggravated child abuse and sentenced to four consecutive 15-year prison sentences.  Okay, I have to give her the benefit of the doubt. Maybe Meghan Markle is intentionally making a solid move by not sharing much about her kids’ lives on social media until they’re old enough to decide for themselves. Still, I can’t help but wonder if she’s just waiting to cash in on the big reveal.  In 2008, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reportedly sold exclusive photos of their newborn twins, Vivienne and Knox, to Hello! and People magazine for $14 million. As ethics columnist Dr. Bruce Weinstein noted, “If your own parents are literally selling you out, where can one feel safe?”  Maybe celebrity kid pics don’t go for quite as much these days, especially if you’re driving the Sussex struggle bus. But when it comes to Meghan Markle’s kids, we’ll see how bad the press needs to be for us to get the full picture.  *** The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Last week, my home state of Michigan witnessed something truly terrifying: a terrorist attack at a house of worship. The attacker drove a vehicle filled with explosives into a synagogue in West Bloomfield, a suburb of Detroit, just a few hours outside of my district. Thankfully, on-site security personnel quickly intervened — stopping the terrorist and preventing any injury to the innocent children or staff inside. I am grateful to these guardians for responding quickly to safeguard those innocent lives, and I pray for the recovery of those injured in stopping this despicable attack. This attack, however, isn’t an isolated incident. It is part of a broader and deeply troubling rise in antisemitism that has spread across our country since the October 7, 2023 massacre in Israel. Nowhere is that rise more evident than on our college campuses. Students have been whipped into an activist frenzy targeting Israel and the Jewish people. Rather than stamping out the antisemitic fervor, faculty are fanning the flames. Many campus leaders seem completely unwilling to do anything about it. JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images On campuses across the nation — regardless of size or location — student groups are organizing to harass and intimidate Jewish students. Groups like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) are the ringleaders, often with the backing of similar faculty organizations. At Columbia University, antisemitic demonstrators stormed a library, disrupted students, and chanted slogans like “from the river to the sea.” Eden Yadegar, my guest to President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress last year, described it as “disrupting one of the most basic functions of the university.” All too often, this chaos leads to violence. The House Committee on Education and Workforce — of which I am the chairman — heard from Michael Kaminsky, a student at DePaul University and a first-generation American who was assaulted by masked attackers for his efforts to promote dialogue about Israel and the Jewish faith. He was left with a fractured wrist, and his friend was knocked unconscious. This is not what college should be. Students should be focused on learning and growing — not fearing harassment or assault because of their identities. These actions are not happening in a vacuum. They are being encouraged — sometimes openly — by faculty. At Haverford College, Tarik Aougab — a member of Haverford Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FSJP) — labeled pro-Israel students as “racist genocidaires” while praising the October 7 attacks as “a historic moment.” At the University of California, Berkeley, a professor posted that he “could have been one of those who broke the siege.” At MIT, former linguistics professor Michel DeGraff accused a student of having a Zionist “mind infection.” JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images This kind of rhetoric has consequences. Let’s be clear: for many Jewish Americans, Israel is central to their identity. When students are targeted under the guise of “anti-Zionism,” the line between activism and antisemitism is not just crossed — it’s erased. And yet, too many university leaders have failed to meet this moment. Time and again, university presidents have come before this Committee and refused to take responsibility. They hedge, they equivocate, and they fail to enforce even their own rules. The result is what we see today: antisemitism that is spreading, intensifying, and, in some cases, turning violent. My Committee has released a report documenting just how serious this problem has become. The findings are clear: weak leadership, radical faculty, and emboldened student groups have created an environment where antisemitism festers — and Jewish students are paying the price. This cannot continue. * * * Tim Walberg represents Michigan’s 5th Congressional District and is serving his ninth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He currently chairs the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Afroman is no stranger to his legal escapades making headlines. But the “Because I Got High” singer is back in the news this week for a different kind of courtroom drama. The rapper on Wednesday won a defamation trial after several deputies sued him for music videos he made using real footage from the sheriff’s department’s botched raid at his Ohio home in 2022. The jury found that the hitmaker did not defame the seven deputies from the Adams County Sheriff’s Department or invade their privacy when he dropped a series of music videos post-raid. “We did it America,” a red, white, and blue-clad Afroman exclaimed after the verdict dropped. “We did it, freedom of speech.” The deputies sued Afroman — whose real name is Joseph Foreman — in 2023, claiming the singer used their likeness without permission. The deputies claim the video for “Lemon Pound Cake” caused humiliation and distress to the deputies, plus prompted death threats, per a report from Local 12 News in Cincinnati. Per Local 12, the deputies involved in the lawsuit wanted big-time money for the alleged emotional damages. Their attorney, Robert Kiplinger, asked the jury for specific amounts for each of the deputies for “all the suffering the seven plaintiffs endured,” according to the news outlet. The highest amount requested was for Lisa Phillips at $1.5 million. Brian Newland and Randy Walters each asked for $1 million. Kiplinger also asked jurors to award $400,000 to be divided among Shawn Grooms, Shawn Cooley, Justin Cooley, and Mike Estep. “In all circumstances, the jury finds in favor of the defendant,” the judge said Wednesday evening. When Afroman took the stand Tuesday, he said any pushback from the video is the deputies’ fault. “If they hadn’t wrongly raided my house, there would be no lawsuit, I would not know their names, they wouldn’t be on my home surveillance system and there would be no songs,” Afroman said. The video for “Lemon Pound Cake” was played in court Wednesday where the jury could listen along to the song’s lyrics, including: “The Adams County Sheriff kicked down my door. Then I heard the glass break. They found no kidnapping victims. Just some lemon pound cake.” The officer depicted in the song, looking at an apparent lemon pound cake in Afroman’s home, is Deputy Shawn Cooley, who has since retired from the Adams County Sheriff’s Department. Cooley told the jury the attention caused by the video led to threats against his life, his wife, and his children. Cooley said it was difficult for his family to go to public places like Walmart after the song that has more than 3 million views and counting on YouTube was released. The 51-year-old rapper was not charged following the raid, which left him with significant damage to his home and plenty of footage for music videos. Afroman claims the raid stemmed from allegations of drug trafficking and kidnapping.

Joseph Duggar, a member of the Duggar family made famous on the TLC reality series “19 Kids and Counting,” has been charged with sexual abuse of a minor. The 31-year-old Arkansas native was arrested on Wednesday for a crime that allegedly took place in 2020. Duggar is accused of assaulting a 9-year-old girl in Panama City Beach, Florida, while the child was on vacation with her family. Authorities allege that Duggar asked the victim to sit on his lap and proceeded to sexually assault her. “As the vacation continued, he also asked her to sit next to him on a couch and covered them with a blanket. During this time, Duggar manipulated the victim’s underwear and grazed her genitals. Duggar would also continue to rub his hands on her thighs,” the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. “The victim stated Duggar eventually apologized for his actions and the incidents stopped after the apology.” According to authorities, the victim’s father later confronted Duggar about the alleged abuse, prompting Duggar to admit to those actions. Duggar was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, molestation of a victim younger than 12 years old, and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person 18 years or older, the statement noted. Joseph is the seventh child in a family of 19 children. These accusations come almost four years after Joseph’s older brother, Josh Duggar, was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on charges of possession of child pornography in 2022. Josh was also accused of sexually abusing five girls, including several of his sisters. The TLC reality series was canceled in 2015 following revelations that Josh molested his sisters and a babysitter when he was a teen. Josh also admitted to cheating on his wife and issued a public apology. TLC introduced a spinoff series, “Counting On,” which was mostly about two sisters from the Duggar family. It was also canceled following Josh’s 2021 arrest. Joseph works as a real estate broker and has been married to Kendra since 2017, per People. The couple has three children together and possibly a fourth, though they stopped sharing their lives on social media several years ago and did not publicly announce another birth.