Seattle Storm center Stefanie Dolson wore a “Trans Rights Are Human Rights” shirt Tuesday, days after Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham defended keeping biological males out of women’s sports.  As part of a Seattle Storm promotional campaign sponsored by Alaska Airlines called ‘Arrivals,’ Dolson posed in a pro-trans tank top on Tuesday. Several photos showed her pointing to the word ‘Human’ on the shirt. Several photos posted to the team’s X account showed Dolson pointing to the word “Human” on the shirt.

Washington residents who received certain promotional emails from Costco between June 2021 and July 2026 may be eligible for compensation under a proposed $14 million class action settlement. Under the proposed deal in Aaland v. Costco Wholesale Corp., Costco agreed to create a $14 million settlement fund while denying any wrongdoing. “In agreeing to settle, Costco maintains that it complied with the law and does not admit any wrongdoing,” the document states. The lawsuit claims that Costco used deceptive subject lines that created a false sense of urgency, including phrases like “Today is the last day to access Member-Only Savings” and “Hot Buys available for 5 Days Only.”  According to the lawsuit, Costco continued offering some of the same promotions after telling customers they were about to expire, allegedly violating Washington’s Commercial Electronic Mail Act (CEMA) and the state’s Consumer Protection Act, the New York Post reports. Washington residents whose email addresses are in Costco’s records and who received the promotional emails between June 2021 and July 2026 may be eligible to file a claim.  Claim forms must be submitted by August 24, 2026. Those who wish to pursue their own lawsuit rather than participate in the settlement must opt out by the same deadline, Fox News reports. Eligible claimants may receive up to $500 each qualifying email, though the actual payout will depend on the number of valid claims submitted and other court-approved deductions from the $14 million fund. Costco also faces several other lawsuits over its products and business practices. A lawsuit filed earlier this month alleges that one of Costco’s protein powders contains toxic heavy metals, while another accuses the company of falsely advertising its rotisserie chicken as containing “no preservatives.”  A separate lawsuit alleges Costco continued charging higher prices tied to tariffs even after the tariffs were struck down.

Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan criticized the White House after it used his song “American Cars” in a social media post highlighting President Donald Trump’s visit to a Michigan auto plant. The White House posted a slideshow on TikTok and Instagram featuring photos from Trump’s recent visit to Michigan, using Kahan’s song from his fourth album, “The Great Divide,” as background music. The song is available for use across several social media platforms — thanks to a 2024 deal between the Universal Music Group and Meta — but that’s not stopping Kahan and “American Cars” co-writer, guitarist Noah Levine, from complaining that the White House used it.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by The White House (@whitehouse) “Would never approve of my music being used in support of you or this administration,” Kahan commented on the White House’s Instagram post. Levine, according to a Billboard report, also commented on the post, saying, “You fat f*ck this song isn’t for you” — but the comment appears to have been deleted. The music has since been disabled on the White House Instagram post. Kahan is far from the first to complain about President Trump’s use of music for either a public appearance or a social media post. Just last week, pop star Katy Perry complained that her song “Firework” was used in a White House video of military operations in Iran. @whitehouseIran has been warned.

Personal responsibility. That used to be something that most Americans believed in. Most Americans still do, but pretty much nobody in our political class does, because the most seductive line in American politics is: “It’s not your fault.” Here’s why our national debt is out of control, inflation is rampant, and there’s no end in sight. The Left is fully invested in the idea that every bad decision is the result of societal consequence; the Marxist theory at work. But it is also true that people make decisions. The Left suggests that every decision is in fact a societal or governmental decision. Unfortunately, this has also bled over to the Right. This sort of attitude, which is that nothing is your fault, has three results. One: The radical expansion of government. That’s because if you don’t take responsibility for your life, then somebody else has to take responsibility for your life, and the government has to expand, either by subsidizing or bossing you around or both. We treat the actual normal things the government should be doing as secondary, and the stuff we personally should be doing as the government’s primary functions. This is how you end up with the idiotic take that the government should spend, not on defense, but on whatever the social program of the day is. You end up with financial illiteracy. When you believe that it’s the government’s job to take care of all your problems, this is what you end up with: that the government should not take care of our national defense, that we should be short on interceptors so that we can spend more on SNAP. Here’s the reality: Consider all the government’s social programs, with their heavily incentivized private benefits, such as employer-funded healthcare, 401(k) matches, and tax credits. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, or the OECD, ranks the United States the number one global spender on social programs. Our net total spending, when you combine the public safety net and private benefits, ranks us number two per capita, behind France. Two: We start putting focus on the government not doing its core functions and doing all these other things that are not its core functions. Three: We become worse people because nothing is ever our fault. Personal responsibility withers; governmental control increases. It is a very, very short road from  “I have no agency” to “I can take whatever I want from the government because it’s not my fault.” You want to know why people keep moving party to party, wildly swiveling from side to side? It’s because if people promise you the world, they will come up short. The government cannot make up for the failures of personal decision making. Social institutions wither; personal responsibility withers. On an individual level, people tend to buy this nonsense because it tells them what they want to hear: It’s not their fault; the government can take care of it. That’s what politicians will say to reassure the people. But eternal national debt and inflation, the withering of our social institutions and the withering of personal virtue is where this is going. If you want that, you simply get rid of the basic idea of human nature that the Founding Fathers believed in. The Founding Fathers believed that we all had choices in front of us, good choices and bad choices, and because we all have the capacity for evil and the capacity for good, they said we needed checks and balances and constitutionally protected freedoms because they believed that the capacity for choice was our highest human calling. That was what mattered more than anything. Because if you’re not exercising your choice in pursuit of the good, then what are you on this planet for?

Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Tuesday refused to endorse Troy Jackson, the last-minute candidate party elites chose to replace accused rapist Graham Platner on the November ballot.  In an interview with local outlet WMTW, Mills said she has not spoken with Jackson and stopped short of endorsing him, adding that she still wants to see Republican Senator Susan Collins go down in November.  “We haven’t spoken, but clearly Susan Collins is vulnerable, and she should be — she should be defeated,” Mills said. She did not comment on whether the process her party had used to coronate Jackson as the nominee would alienate voters.  It’s unusual for a sitting Democratic governor to withhold an endorsement from her party’s U.S. Senate nominee. Perhaps the lingering resentment stems from Mills spending months crisscrossing Maine, warning party activists and voters that Platner’s baggage would be too heavy to carry — even in a blue-leaning state. Voters, along with much of the Democratic establishment, ignored her warnings.  The Democratic establishment viewed Mills, who was recruited and backed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), as the strongest candidate to defeat Collins. However, Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) had different plans.  The Daily Wire previously reported that leftists turned to the embattled Platner after their initial choice was found to have a major “skeleton” in his closet. In July 2025, two Bernie Sanders-aligned political operatives hunted for a Democrat to challenge Collins, ultimately landing on and recruiting Platner. The oyster farmer launched his campaign a month later with a viral video that quickly attracted national attention from leftist activists and Democratic donors.  Trying to stop his momentum, Mills went on the attack against Platner in commercials, highlighting his scandals and running with the tagline, “Graham Platner: The closer you look, the worse it gets.” One advertisement in particular featured older women expressing disgust.  Ultimately, her strategy failed to gain traction with an increasingly restless base eager to buck their party’s establishment. On April 30, Mills suspended her campaign.  “While I have the drive and passion, commitment and experience, and above all else — the fight — to continue on, I very simply do not have the one thing that political campaigns unfortunately require today: the financial resources,” Mills said in a statement.  Now that Platner is off the ballot, Democrats face a new challenge: rallying their base behind a nominee who previously opposed abortion and same-sex marriage and is known for a history of public outbursts. Republicans hope to use Jackson’s conservative past and his new leftward platform as a wedge issue, arguing the shift will alienate voters across the political spectrum and help propel Collins to victory in November. “He’s a Bernie Bro,” Collins told reporters in the halls of the U.S. Senate.  Susan Collins on Troy Jackson: “He’s a Bernie Bro.” pic.twitter.com/qzt63Y3phE — Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 23, 2026