On Tuesday, Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest host Colman Domingo welcomed actor and comedian Marlon Wayans to the show to discuss having a transgender child. According to Wayans, your child deciding to transition is the same as them deciding to date someone of a different race.Domingo began with some praise for his guest while also making sure he got as many letters of the initialism as he could, “But then the thing I love—I can tell you and I’m going to tell you this—the most is how you stand for LGBTQIA.” Jimmy Kimmel guest host Colman Domingo tells actor Marlon Wayans, "the thing I love—I’m going to tell you this—the most is how you stand for LGBTQIA." Wayans claims that his kid transitioning is like interracial dating, "I don't care what your kid is. They could be LGBTQ, you… pic.twitter.com/zYORlsTUwY— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) July 22, 2026 Wayans responded that loving your child should mean simply affirming their beliefs, “I mean, first and foremost, it's just human to stand for love, period, right? Unconditional love is something we should all have because every human deserves the same love and compassion as any other person, and I have a child that is trans. I have—my daughter is now my son. And for me, you know, I'm always gonna love, support, protect, and respect my baby. That's always going to be, so as long as—”He also promoted his stand-up routine about it, “I got a whole hour about it. And understand—I understand people—you know, for a parent or anybody in your life, you know, acceptance is the most beautiful place that you can be. Now, I have a special about the five stages of grief I went through in terms of my child's transition that I went through.”Getting to his wild analogy, Wayans continued, “And it brought me from denial to acceptance. And it's a beautiful journey that I think a lot of people need to hear because at the end of the day, I don't care what your kid is. They could be LGBTQ, you could be a black person bringing a white person home or a white person bringing a black person home. There's always some kind of beef. But at the end of the day, are you happy? Then I'm happy for you. That's all.” The premise of Wayans's and Domingo’s conversation is that a good parent loves their child just the way they are, but other parents know who kids think they are is not necessarily who they actually are. Comparing people who do not want to affirm their children’s delusions to racists who do not want their kid to date someone of another race is morally upside down.Here is a transcript for the July 21-taped show:ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!7/22/202612:03 AM ETCOLMAN DOMINGO: But then the thing I love—I can tell you and I’m going to tell you this—the most is how you stand for LGBTQIA.MARLON WAYANS: I mean, first and foremost, it's just human to stand for love, period, right? Unconditional love is something we should all have because every human deserves the same love and compassion as any other person, and I have a child that is trans. I have—my daughter is now my son. And for me, you know, I'm always gonna love, support, protect, and respect my baby. That's always going to be, so as long as—DOMINGO: Thank you.WAYANS: And I think—DOMINGO: But I’m going to tell you this—WAYANS: I got a whole hour about it. And understand—I understand people—you know, for a parent or anybody in your life, you know, acceptance is the most beautiful place that you can be. Now, I have a special about the five stages of grief I went through in terms of my child's transition that I went through.And it brought me from denial to acceptance. And it's a beautiful journey that I think a lot of people need to hear because at the end of the day, I don't care what your kid is. They could be LGBTQ, you could be a black person bringing a white person home or a white person bringing a black person home. There's always some kind of beef. But at the end of the day, are you happy? Then I'm happy for you. That's all.  

Democrat Americans don’t acknowledge that three top self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist politicians are actually “Socialist,” nor do they consider Communists to be a threat, results of a new national survey of U.S. adult citizens by The Economist/YouGov reveal.“Which of the following people are socialists?” the survey conducted July 17-20 asked, instructing respondents to “Check all that apply.”Less than half of adult Democrats surveyed said that either Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani or New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are Socialists.Though he caucuses with Senate Democrats, Sen. Sanders has publicly identified as a Democratic Socialist for more than a decade. Mayor Mamdani also openly refers to himself as being a Democrat Socialist, as does Rep. Ocasio-Cortez. Both Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez are members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and caucus with Democrats in Congress.But, in the survey, under half of adult Democrats labeled Sen. Sanders (46%) and Mayor Mamdani (44%) as Socialists. In the case of Ocasio-Cortez, only a third (33%) of Democrats said they view the congresswoman as a Socialist.In contrast, two-thirds (66%) of Republicans surveyed acknowledged Sanders’ Socialist status. Nearly the same percentages identified Mamdani (63%) and Ocasio-Cortez (62%) as being SocialistsAmong all adult U.S. citizens surveyed, 55% labeled Sanders a Socialist, 51% recognized Mamdani as Socialist and 45% labeled Ocasio-Cortez a Socialist. Of the five other left-wing politicians listed, former Democrat President Barack Obama (27%) was most-often called a Socialist.The major distinction between Democratic Socialism and traditional Socialism is one of degree. With Democratic Socialism, the socialist agenda is implemented mainly via democratic elections and some private ownership for profit is allowed. In pure Socialism, authoritarianism is legitimate and major industries may be owned only by the public, cooperatives, or workers for the purpose of production.The survey also asked the following question about the threat of Communism:“How much of a threat, if any, do Communists in the United States pose today?”Again, Democrats and Republicans were deeply divided, with Democrats expressing much greater tolerance of Communism.Only 7% of Democrats rated Communists a “major threat,” compared to 34% of Republicans and 18% of all respondents. Likewise, while half (50%) of Democrats said that Communists are “not a threat,” that view was shared by only 13% of Republicans and 33% of all U.S. adult citizens. Just 29% of Democrats said they viewed Communists to be at least a “moderate threat,” compared to 64% of Republicans and 43% of all respondents.

Morning Joe 7-22-26 The liberal media consensus has been that Iran has emerged stronger than ever from the conflict with the United States and Israel. Joe Scarborough has been a strident voice in that downbeat choir. Thus, on Morning Joe's June 18th episode, Scarborough railed that the Memorandum of Understanding leaves the Iranian regime "more powerful than they've ever been."On Wednesday's Scarborough chat-a-thon, Kim Ghattas, a contributing editor at the Financial Times, acknowledged that while Iran may appear to hold the upper hand with actions like threatening the Strait of Hormuz and inflicting casualties, the reality on the ground tells a different story. “It's very interesting to hear Richard speak about Israeli overreach and American overreach. Because I also think the Iranians are overreaching at this moment in the conflict . . . They also feel quite stuck,” Ghattas said, reading the tea leaves from Iranian officials including Foreign Minister Araghchi. “It sounds like, from listening to these interviews, the Iranian foreign minister was sounding quite demoralized, almost.” Rather than sticking to his "Iran-stronger-than-ever" guns, Scarborough exclaimed, "Boy! That's so important," and brought in Washington Post columnist and associate editor David Ignatius to expand on the point.Ignatius agreed with Ghattas's views: "We've been talking about how the United States is stuck, and I think that's equally true of Iran . . . Iran has been hit so hard. They're really playing a pretty weak hand. Week by week, their ability to project power declines."   Surprise! @Morning_Joe Guests Admit Iran ‘Stuck, Demoralized, Declining'@KimGhattas @IgnatiusPost pic.twitter.com/l3ckx8jbrD— Mark Finkelstein (@markfinkelstein) July 22, 2026 Wednesday’s exchange highlighted an Iranian regime that, despite its bluster and continued missile/drone launches, is internally strained, economically battered, and increasingly limited in its capacity to sustain or expand its reach.While Ghattas and Ignatius still framed aspects of U.S. and Israeli actions as overreach, their candid assessment of Iran’s vulnerabilities undercuts the simplistic “Trump made Iran stronger” storyline that has dominated much of the coverage.Faced with insights from far better-informed experts, will Scarborough back off his apocalyptic preaching against Trump's handling of Iran? Wouldn't bet the rent.Here's the transcript. MS NOWMorning Joe7/22/266:04 am EDTJOE SCARBOROUGH: I want to add to the discussion contributing editor at the Financial Times, Kim Ghattas. And Kim, Richard was just talking about how both the United States and Israel find itself greatly challenged.  The United States tied down in Iran, and Israel not only tied down across the region, but also more unpopular with United States voters than at any time since 1948. How is that impacting the direction not only of this war, but also the region? KIM GHATTAS: Joe, it's very interesting to hear Richard speak about Israeli overreach and American overreach. Because I also think the Iranians are overreaching at this moment in the conflict. And reading through the tea leaves of what Iranian officials are saying, including the foreign minister, Araghchi, who was speaking just over the weekend in an interview. There's really a sense that, although it may look like they have the upper hand closing the Strait of Hormuz, inflicting damage and casualties on the United States and its forces and troops in the region, they also feel quite stuck. It sounds like from listening to these interviews, the Iranian foreign minister was sounding quite demoralized, almost. SCARBOROUGH: Boy, that's so important. Let's bring in a columnist and associate editor at The Washington Post, David Ignatius. David, let's underline Kim's point right now. Because obviously we're looking at this from a position of how this could be a growing quagmire for the United States. If you step back and just look over the past year or two, you have an Iranian regime, which you said was ready to fall under its own weight. The fact that Donald Trump may have given them a second life doesn't take away from the fact they still face the same economic challenges. They still face the same popular discontent there. But it is fascinating when Kim talks about the Iranian foreign minister being down. It reminds me, again, as we talked about earlier this week, David, of the checks and balances in the United States. He might as well be the Senate majority leader who can't get a bill through because, as we've said time and again, between the Revolutionary Guard and the mullahs and the parliament and the president and the president's cabinet, there are a lot of checks and balances there in Iran. There always have been. They've just been made more scrambled and Byzantinian since this war began. Talk us through that. DAVID IGNATIUS: So, we've been talking about how the United States is stuck, and I think that's equally true of Iran. Iran has been hit so hard. And that comes after years of economic neglect and decline. . . . The problem is that the people who have the guns in Iran are just intoxicated with their resistance to the United States and Israel. And you can understand why. They've stood up to bombardment. They're still going. They're still fighting. So they think this conflict is going their way. It's going their way only in the sense that they're still in the game. They're still able to fire drones and missiles, to hit targets in Bahrain and Jordan, inflict casualties, deaths on the United States. So that gives them a sense of power. But they're really playing a pretty weak hand. Week by week, their ability to project power declines.

On Monday, a man carrying axes knives a hammer and a machete, was arrested for allegedly setting off an incendiary device outside a federal building in NYC, after firing shots from an airsoft rifle at the building, which houses New York's ICE field office as well as DHS and other federal agencies. The man also had anti-ICE material, but many in the liberal media questioned who is to blame for motivating the attack, as was the case Monday on CNN's NewsNight With Abby Phillip, with substitute host Sara Sidner.Sidner began the segment with a detailed description of just how serious the attack on the building was. She then played a clip of Border Czar Tom Homan, weighing in on the attack. HOMAN CLIP: I'm sure if you ask that person why he did it, he will repeat the talking points, I just said, that you hear from Democratic members of Congress, the Democratic Mayors and Governors who simply want ICE to go away. And as they keep attacking and miscommunicating what ICE does every day, calling them Nazis and comparing ICE to the Nazi regime, are you kidding me?Sidner then attempted to partially blame ICE for the attack, as she turned to CNN's Scott Jennings.SIDNER: Words do matter. So do actions, right?....Republicans saying things, Democrats saying things, and then there's the actions of ICE as well. When you look at this, do you agree with Homan that this is something that is because of Democrats, or is this a single guy who decided to do something that was illegal? JENNINGS: Of course, I agree with Homan, and it's not a single guy. This is another in a long string of attacks on ICE personnel, ICE facilities. There's been a massive spike in violence against ICE agents, really against all law enforcement, specifically federal law enforcement out there.In fact, according to DHS vehicle attacks against ICE officers have gone up 3,300%. Jennings then turned his attention to Democrat elected officials.JENNINGS: You've got members of Congress, the Mayor of New York City, Governors, all sorts of people out there who are using language that would lead someone to go do these kinds of things. It's despicable. These people are effectively political vigilantes. They've been programmed by the left to go out and take matters into their own hands, and it ought to be stopped right now.Possibly concerned that Jennings had made his point too well, Sidner again tried again to push her narrative. SIDNER: But is it possible that it is the actions of ICE that have people talking like this, not just getting messaging from the Democrats, but seeing what's happening in their communities?JENNINGS: If you believe that a government agency is doing something that you don't like, and your choices are (A) cast a vote, (B) use your words, or (C), go set off an incendiary device at the Federal Building in New York City, and you pick C, there's no justification for this. There's no rationalization of it, and that's patently ridiculous if that what's is what anybody's going to argue tonight.When all else fails, blame President Trump, and that's exactly what former Clinton White House aide Keith Boykin did.BOYKIN: If you believe a government agency is doing something wrong, do you use your vote, do you use your words, or do you resort to violence? In one very clear example, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, implicitly encouraged people to resort to violence. That was the January 6th insurrection.That's the usual false take. Trump told the protesters, "I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard." Intent on keeping the focus on the President, Sidner started describing old incendiary quotes from Trump before former RNC Spokesperson Elizabeth Pipko tore it all down. PIPKO: Donald Trump has said a lot over the last ten years. Tonight we're talking about the left, but Donald Trump has also asked people to respect police officers and to respect authority and to respect ICE agents who are risking it all.... I think the President has to be separated from what happened today. And if you want to sit here and talk about January 6th, which I think we're going to do on this show until the end of time, we should also be able to say, hey, when Democrats actually run on the same message that this man today was holding, get ICE off of our streets, no more ICE, abolish ICE, resist ICE, this is going to continue to happen.Blaming Trump for almost everything, is what the leftist media can be counted on to do. The same can be said for covering up the violent and inciteful leftist rhetoric, which has been going on for many years.

The Daily Show’s host-of-the-week Desi Lydic welcomed former U.S. Women’s National Team soccer player-turned progressive culture warrior Megan Rapinoe to Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Show to help her promote her new podcast, Why Are You Like This? During their conversation Lydic and Rapinoe would smear the country as a bunch of sexists, while Rapinoe would claim that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is her dream guest.Lydic began by wondering, “So, we, the U.S. just hosted the World Cup. What do you think is harder? Getting Americans to care about soccer or getting Americans to care about women?” The Daily Show's Desi Lydic asks Megan Rapinoe, "So, the U.S. Just hosted the World Cup. What do you think is harder? Getting Americans to care about soccer or getting Americans to care about women?"Rapinoe answered "We seem super into the World Cup. We nailed that" and… pic.twitter.com/g2RbblQgkK— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) July 22, 2026 For Rapinoe, the answer was the former, “We seem super into the World Cup. We nailed that.” That led Lydic to wonder, “When’s the rest going to follow?”Rapinoe claimed that Americans will care about soccer outside of the context of the World Cup before they care about women, “Yeah, probably soccer.”As the two bantered back and forth, Lydic responded, “Yeah. Yeah. Okay, so far. So far” and Rapinoe added, “It feels like that's changing, but, you know, slowly?”Later, Lydic turned to the podcast and asked, “Who’s your dream guest?”Rapinoe tried to court Mamdani, “Well, I have been on a—look at the camera: Zohran Mamdani, hey girl! I’m here. I’m in New York. You’re doing a great job. We've got the soccer connection. I would love to do it. I feel like he is doing stuff very differently.” Rapinoe was on to promote her new podcast, because everyone has a podcast, so Lydic asked her "Who’s your dream guest?" Rapinoe began with "Zohran Mamdani, hey girl! I’m here, I’m in New York. You’re doing a great job." She also mentioned Michelle Obama pic.twitter.com/8Y4iFfKLUi— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) July 22, 2026 After citing basketball players Jalen Brunson and A’ja Wilson, Rapinoe added, “Michelle Obama would be great.”Lydic wrapped things up by thanking Rapinoe, “I appreciate all that you do, all of your advocacy, and I've got to tell you, I like that you're like this. So, thank you for being like this!”It is ironic, but not necessarily surprising, that Lydic and Rapinoe joke about the country caring more about soccer than women. Soccer is what made Rapinoe famous, but now she spends her time advocating for the erosion of competitive integrity in women’s sports by endorsing letting men who think they are women compete in them, and it is that advocacy that makes her a wanted guest for The Daily Show.Here is a transcript for the July 21 show:Comedy Central The Daily Show7/21/202611:25 PM ETDESI LYDIC: So, we, the U.S. Just hosted the World Cup. What do you think is harder? Getting Americans to care about soccer or getting Americans to care about women?MEGAN RAPINOE: We seem super into the World Cup.LYDIC: Yeah. Yeah.RAPINOE: We nailed that.LYDIC: When’s the rest going to follow?RAPINOE: Yeah, hello! Yeah, probably soccer.LYDIC: Yeah. Yeah. Okay, so far. So far.RAPINOE: It feels like that's changing, but, you know, slowly?LYDIC: I sure hope so?RAPINOE: Yeah, it is.…LYDIC: Who’s your dream guest?RAPINOE: Well, I have been on a—look at the camera: Zohran Mamdani, hey girl! I’m here, I’m in New York. You’re doing a great job.LYDIC: Make it happen!RAPINOE: We've got the soccer connection. I would love to do it. I feel like he is doing stuff very differently.LYDIC: Yes.RAPINOE: Jalen Brunson over here in New York, that would be interesting.LYDIC: Yeah. Get a Knick in there.RAPINOE: A'ja Wilson would be awesome. Michelle Obama would be great.LYDIC: Yeah. Excellent List.RAPINOE: You can come on the pod any time you want.LYDIC: Well, okay, now you mention me, sure! Sure!RAPINOE: Save the best for last.LYDIC: After Michelle Obama, okay! I appreciate all that you do, all of your advocacy and I've got to tell you, I like that you're like this. So, thank you for being like this!RAPINOE: Thank you. Thank you.