Chris Harrison announced a new traditional dating show after delighting fans for years as the host of “The Bachelor.”  On Wednesday, Harrison posted on Instagram that casting is open for a new, as-yet-unnamed series, which advertises “dating for traditional marriage.” “Chris Harrison is back,” the announcement says, adding that “a prominent streaming service is casting single men and women (21+) who want a traditional, marriage-minded partnership built on commitment and shared values.”  The post adds that casting agents are “looking for singles who believe in clear roles, long-term commitment, and building a life together – and who are dating with real intention.”    View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Chris Harrison (@chrisbharrison) The comments section was flooded with both excitement and some hate from leftists. “Best in the business!” one popular reply said. “We’ve missed you,” another person wrote. “Is this real!!? If so I am sooo ready!!” echoed a third. “I’m sorry this is giving MAGA,” one detractor pointed out. One of the people responding to her comment said, “That’s what I love about it! So refreshing to see core values returning!” Harrison responded to The Daily Wire’s request for comment, saying of the project, “I will be coming back to TV to do what means the most to me: helping people find love. I want to do a show that is actually about finding that true love. I think that’s been lost, and I think we all want it back. Will there be drama along the way? Absolutely, but in the end it will always be about love.” “The response to our casting announcement has been incredible,” the longtime reality show host continued. “People are talking, discussing, debating love and relationships; that’s what great reality TV is about. As for what the show is all about… I’ll turn to one of my favorite lines here: you’ll find out, after the break.” Harrison parted ways with “The Bachelor” after 19 years of hosting the series following controversy stemming from his defense of a contestant accused of racism.  The longtime host was attacked for defending Season 25 contestant Rachael Kirkconnell after she received backlash for attending an Antebellum-themed party before being cast for the show.   “The picture was from 2018 at an Old South Antebellum party. That’s not a good look,” former contestant Rachel Lindsay told Harrison during an interview with “Extra” in February 2021. “Is it [not] a good look in 2018, or is it not a good look in 2021?” Harrison replied. He said that the audience should “have a little grace, a little understanding, a little compassion” for Kirkconnell attending a party in 2018 when social etiquette was very different. These comments led to extreme backlash and eventually to Harrison resigning as the show’s host and issuing a formal apology. In 2023, Harrison said leaving the show ultimately had a positive impact on his life. “I still look at this as a blessing in my life. It was hard at first, obviously, it wasn’t immediate where I felt great about everything because what I went through was tumultuous. I don’t wish it on anybody,” Harrison said during a podcast interview in 2023. “But, with that said, I knew I had to remove myself from what became a very toxic situation, and I did, and that was a very difficult situation,” he added. “I’m proud of that decision. I’m proud that I handled it the way I did and I still look at it as a blessing because it changed my life on so many levels.”

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to ban the groups from operating in Texas, where they were recently designated as terror organizations. “Sharia law and the jihadists who follow sharia law have no business being in Texas,” Paxton said in a statement. “Radical Islamic terrorists are antithetical to law and order, endanger the people of Texas, and are an existential threat to our values.” The lawsuit builds on earlier action by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who labeled the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR foreign terrorist organizations and urged the federal government to revoke CAIR’s tax-exempt status. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a similar designation in late 2025. CAIR sued both states, denied supporting terrorism, and accused DeSantis of being “Israel first.” The move comes as the Trump administration intensifies its crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood chapters, which included designating three foreign branches of the organization as terrorist groups last month. Paxton’s lawsuit targets the Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR, and CAIR’s chapters in Austin, Houston, and Dallas-Fort Worth. It seeks to prohibit the groups and their affiliates from owning property in Texas or soliciting or recruiting members. Paxton argues that the Muslim Brotherhood is covertly operating under CAIR, which he identifies as the group’s “American chapter.” “The Muslim Brotherhood is a radical terror organization that exists to usurp governmental power and establish dominion through sharia law,” Paxton said. “The terrorist ties are unquestionable.” Paxton claimed that a CAIR-Texas founding board member was convicted in 2008 of funneling $12.4 million to Hamas through the Holy Land Foundation, with CAIR named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the case. “As the lawsuit notes, CAIR is undeniably the American face of an international terrorist organization,” Paxton added. When designating the Muslim Brotherhood, Abbott emphasized the group’s suspected ties to Hamas, which has been a U.S.-designated terrorist organization since 1997 and is the Muslim Brotherhood’s Gaza-based branch, which kidnapped and murdered American citizens during the October 7 attack in Israel. Abbott also cited a recent report that claims CAIR awarded $1,000 cash grants to university students who disrupted classes and intimidated or harassed fellow students “while celebrating Hamas’ October 7th attack.” “Americans have generous hearts, and federal law wisely creates incentives to donate to nonprofit organizations that promote the public good,” Abbott wrote. “But charity must not become a backdoor to sponsor terrorism, endanger Americans, and subvert our democracy.” CAIR dismissed the lawsuit in a statement to The Daily Wire, calling it “defamatory and unconstitutional.” “Ken Paxton is late. CAIR has already filed a federal lawsuit to block enforcement of Governor Abbott’s defamatory and unconstitutional proclamation. We have also defeated Greg Abbott’s attacks on the Constitution three different times in a row. We look forward to doing so again. Just as Mr. Paxton’s attempt to shut down a Latino voting rights group failed last week, his latest anti-Muslim publicity stunt also appears doomed to fail. The people of Texas elected Mr. Paxton to serve them, not to silence them for daring to oppose Israel’s genocide in Gaza. CAIR-Texas will be serving and protecting the people of Texas long after Ken Paxton leaves office, God willing,” the statement said.

Late-night court jester Jimmy Kimmel took to his stage this week to deliver a predictably smug eulogy for the documentary Melania, sneering at the film’s $7 million opening as nothing more than a “rigged” Hollywood accounting trick. Kimmel, who has built a career on the very “clique” culture he claims to despise, mocked the film’s record-breaking status as the best non-musical documentary debut in a decade. “That’s just a fancy way of saying it only lost tens of millions of dollars,” Kimmel quipped, visibly irked that a project associated with the Trump name could still command a box office presence. The monologue quickly descended into Kimmel’s signature brand of elitist condescension. He delighted in reports of bulk ticket purchases, comparing the film’s strategy to the RNC’s support of Donald Trump Jr.’s bestseller in 2019 — a book Kimmel claimed “no one has ever opened.” He saved his sharpest vitriol for the American heartland, mocking a group of female congregants from a Dallas megachurch who wore gowns inspired by the First Lady. In a line that perfectly captured the late-night divide, he labeled the women the “dumb as a Rockettes,” signaling once again that the only thing Kimmel finds funnier than his own jokes is the perceived ignorance of anyone living outside the 310 area code. Kimmel’s disdain for the “unwashed masses” was likely based on a more technical, if equally skeptical, Substack post by former IndieWire editor Tom Brueggeman. Brueggeman attempted to reconcile the $7 million haul with reports of “empty theaters” in deep-blue cities, suggesting the numbers were propped up by: Pity Purchases: “Sketchy” documentation of outside groups buying blocks of tickets to distribute for free to senior centers and activists. MAGA Spite: A surge in sales fueled by a desire to “own the libs” after the media began preemptively declaring the film a flop. Studio Math: Studio-provided estimates that conveniently projected a minimal Sunday drop to inflate the final weekend total. To Kimmel, the film’s 99% audience score — higher than The Godfather — was the ultimate punchline. “I’m sure Donald J. Corleone had nothing to do with that at all,” he smirked. For the late-night host, it seems the only thing more offensive than Melania Trump’s success is the fact that millions of Americans still refuse to take their cues from his teleprompter.

Self-described antifascist anarchists advertised their plans to protest at the Nashville Freedom Conference later this week, which will feature Daily Wire hosts Michael Knowles, Reagan Conrad, and Cabot Phillips, along with Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan. A leftist Nashville group, which goes by the name 615 Antifascist, posted a flyer on social media calling for people to “rally against transphobia” at the Nashville Freedom Conference on Saturday, February 7. The Freedom Conference, hosted by the Young America’s Foundation, is a two-day event that begins Friday and is expected to draw hundreds of young conservatives from across the country. The anarchist group specifically called out Knowles, whom they accused of making “inflammatory” comments, “especially around transgender people.” “I’ve been informed that Antifa intends to protest my speech on Friday. The last time they sent a goon to one of my speaking events, he ended up in federal prison,” Knowles said on Monday. “Looking forward to another opportunity to help correct America’s under-incarceration problem!” I’ve been informed that Antifa intends to protest my speech on Friday. The last time they sent a goon to one of my speaking events, he ended up in federal prison. Looking forward to another opportunity to help correct America’s under-incarceration problem! pic.twitter.com/nllaYT0aLX — Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) February 2, 2026 It’s unclear if the group has any plans to also protest on Friday, when Knowles is scheduled to take the stage. Knowles commented further on the leftist group’s protest plans during his show on Tuesday. “There’s a Nashville antifa — even in Nashville. Nowhere is sacred, I guess. This is the ‘rally against transphobia.’ They’re still on this; they’re still on the trans thing,” Knowles said. “They never give it up because it’s the apotheosis of liberalism, because the transgender ideology is the culmination of centuries of the liberal impulse for radical liberation from everything, including morality, social order, religion, God, and even the self.” Knowles is used to leftists and anarchists showing up to make a scene when he speaks, and in one instance, three years ago, a protest became violent. In 2023, a leftist protester attempted to disrupt an event featuring Knowles at the University of Pittsburgh by setting off homemade smoke bombs and shooting a firework into a crowd of protesters and police officers, injuring one person. The protester, 37-year-old Brian DiPippa, was sentenced to five years in prison. Knowles has enraged radical leftists for years over his strong stance against gender procedures. During a 2023 speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Knowles argued that “transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely — the whole preposterous ideology, at every level.” The comment sparked a firestorm from leftists who falsely claimed that Knowles was arguing for the eradication of trans-identifying people. The Nashville antifascist group said in its flyer that the Freedom Conference “will include leadership sessions, and a lineup of right-wing voices from media designed to ‘confront the Left’s narratives’ and mobilize young conservatives across campuses and communities.” Other featured speakers at the event include CNN conservative contributor Scott Jennings, conservative activist Robby Starbuck, and pro-life activist Abby Johnson. The anarchists told people to meet at a Lutheran church just a block away from the hotel in downtown Nashville where the conference is being held. The antifascist group says it’s “a collective of anonymous individuals based in Nashville, Tennessee, united in the mission to combat Fascism in all its manifestations.” The group focuses on protesting the Trump administration’s policies and “rejecting oppressive social norms … such as racism, sexism, xenophobia, capitalism, and transphobia.”

Vice President JD Vance’s conspicuous absence from the command center during a historic military operation to capture a notorious narco-dictator has finally been explained, but his unconventional setup raises more questions about the Trump administration’s inner power dynamics. Vance Breaks Silence on Raid Night Location Vice President JD Vance disclosed on February 5, 2026, that he monitored the high-stakes military operation from a mobile Situation Room van approximately 20 miles from President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted Vance around 10:30 p.m. on January 2 to inform him the raid was imminent. While other senior officials congregated at the primary command center at Mar-a-Lago, Vance remained in the van with friends, a setup the White House defended as necessary for operational security. The explanation came after weeks of speculation about his whereabouts during one of the administration’s most significant foreign policy actions. JD Vance finally explains his whereabouts during US raid to capture Venezuela despot Nicolas Maduro https://t.co/JubYbxDvkc pic.twitter.com/MkZAXHzIS2 — New York Post (@nypost) February 5, 2026 Trump’s Bold Move Against Venezuela’s Narco-Regime President Trump ordered Operation Absolute Resolve to dismantle Nicolás Maduro’s narco-terrorist regime, which has devastated Venezuela since Maduro succeeded Hugo Chávez in 2013. Delta Force operators, supported by CIA intelligence and FBI Hostage Rescue Teams, assaulted Maduro’s Fort Tiuna compound in Caracas at approximately 2:00 a.m. local time on January 3. The mission resulted in seven American injuries and over 100 Venezuelan and Cuban deaths, according to reports. Trump announced Maduro’s capture at 4:21 a.m. Eastern Time, declaring victory against a dictator accused of human rights abuses, oil mismanagement, and supporting the violent Tren de Aragua gang that has terrorized American communities. Strategic Victory Disrupts Drug Trafficking Networks The operation represents more than capturing one socialist dictator—it strikes directly at transnational criminal networks flooding America with illegal drugs and migrants. Maduro had rejected exile offers in late December 2025, even as US forces struck Venezuelan ports linked to Tren de Aragua smuggling operations. The $50 million bounty on Maduro, raised in August 2025, reflected the urgency of neutralizing his regime’s narco-trafficking empire. Following the raid, Trump negotiated with acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez on oil access, trade, and security arrangements, with the administration asserting America is now “in charge” of stabilizing the nation and recovering assets to reimburse taxpayers for damages caused by Maduro’s criminal enterprise. Senate Vote Affirms Executive Authority With Limits Vance played a crucial role beyond monitoring the raid, casting the tie-breaking Senate vote that blocked a war powers resolution challenging Trump’s military action. The vote affirmed presidential authority under Article II while restricting future troop deployments without congressional authorization for use of military force. This balanced approach satisfies constitutional conservatives concerned about endless foreign entanglements while supporting decisive action against genuine threats to American security. Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores now face narco-trafficking charges in New York, marking accountability for a regime that oppressed millions and destabilized the hemisphere for over a decade under socialist misrule. Despite the operational success, Vance’s absence from the primary command center and subsequent return to Cincinnati without public briefing appearances sparked criticism about transparency and his visibility compared to Rubio’s prominent post-raid profile. Political observers note potential rivalry between the Vice President and Secretary of State, with some suggesting Vance strategically distanced himself to avoid blame should Venezuela involvement expand into a prolonged commitment. This tension reflects broader divisions within the Trump coalition between non-interventionist conservatives and those prioritizing aggressive action against narco-states. The administration maintains Vance’s remote setup was purely security-focused, though questions persist about coordination protocols for future high-stakes operations requiring seamless communication among top officials. Sources: 2026 United States intervention in Venezuela – Wikipedia Vance Finally Explains Where He Was During Venezuela Raid – Political Wire With Tie-Breaking Vote From Vance, Senate Kills Venezuela War Powers Resolution – Truthout JD Vance’s Disappearing Act on Venezuela – Substack

We love a good bassline. It gives our favorite songs low notes and creates an amazing rhythm. Of course, we all have different tastes, and some could say that naming the best music is totally subjective. As fans, we can agree. So rather than poll fans about the greatest bassists of all time, Consequence went straight to the source and asked musicians themselves. They surveyed 30 bassists to find their favorites and compiled a list of the 100 greatest bassists of all time. Musicians Explained Their Choices for the Greatest Bassist of All Time Consequence polled men and women, and both appeared on the list of the greatest bassists of all time. The list is exhaustive, but we’ll go right to the top five. It consists of a wide variety of artists, with Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea at No. 5. “Flea is such a staple in rock and a funk rock trailblazer. His aggressive playing and in-your-face style have been a strong influence on mine from the first time I picked up the bass,” Alien Ant Farm’s Timmy Pee said. Studio musician Carol Kaye took the No. 4 spot. “Carol is a studio legend, forever embedded in some of the greatest recordings known to man. The strength and evenness of her playing is to die for. And the feel of her fingers and timing could bring a tear to your eye. She is an inspiration to every bass player, especially the girls like me who always dream of being inside such powerful music,” Julia Cumming of Sunflower Bean explained. The No. 3 spot went to Jaco Pastorios. “Jaco redefined electric bass playing and brought fretless into light. He used effects and created imaginative solos,” Steve Blanco of Imperial Triumphant said. “He incorporated many styles/genres into his playing and got an amazing, warm, and punchy tone throughout his short-lived career.” Many think Sir Paul McCartney is the second-greatest bassist of all time. Among them is Jeff Pilson ofDokken and Foreigner. “McCartney’s melodic lines and creativity are second to none. And he truly defines making bass parts which enhance the feel of the track and make the song so much better,” he said. Musicians Say the Greatest Bassist of All Time is James Jamerson Justin Smolian of Dirty Honey explained it very well. “James Jamerson created what would become the foundation of rock and roll and R&B bass as part of the Motown house band, The Funk Brothers. His basslines created the core of most of the Motown hits, and he was an essential part of the Motown sound. Jamerson’s ability to create iconic basslines such as ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’ and then execute multiple permutations on those ideas without distracting the listeners while continuing to push the song forward are a masterclass in bass playing,” he said. This story’s featured image can be found here.

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