Rep. Derrick Van Orden thinks the road to America's first gay president could hit a serious speed bump ... with Black voters.
Charlie caught the Wisconsin Republican Thursday on Capitol Hill and asked him about Pete Buttigieg saying America is ready for a gay president ... a belief Mayor Pete says dates back to his 2020 run.
Van Orden says a candidate's sexuality doesn’t factor into how he judges them ... but when Charlie asked whether the rest of America feels the same way, the congressman zeroed in on Black voters.
Jason Oppenheim is making a wager with L.A. mayoral hopeful Nithya Raman ... it's not about closing a real estate deal ... but it does have to do with putting people in homes.
The Oppenheim Group honcho sat down with Nithya to discuss the way she's handled homelessness in her district while on the city council ... and he wants her to take things further if she ends up in the mayor's office.
Jason challenged Nithya to slash homelessness in half by the 2028 Olympics ... saying she can ring his big ol' bell if she can pull it off.
The backlash over Macklemore being dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour continues … with a prominent Pro-Palestine group in Philly announcing a protest outside his show this weekend ... TMZ has learned.
The group, Philly Palestine Coalition, and another organization named Shut Down D&Z are urging people to come show support for their cause on September 19 outside the Lincoln Financial Center.
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"Billionaires, Zionists & Warmongers out of Philly" the group states, in a flyer for the event, shared with us.
Hasan Piker claims the United States has committed more terrorism than Al-Qaeda, at least "pound for pound" ... including the alleged bombing of an Iranian elementary school.
The streamer made the controversial remarks on "The Axios Show" ... claiming, "We have caused tremendous terror all around the world."
Citing the February bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school that left some 120 kids dead, Hasan says ... "If you're killing 140 schoolgirls, that is an act of terror."
NFL owners were allegedly assured Macklemore wouldn't mention Palestine during the second night of Ed Sheeran's tour stop at MetLife Stadium ... but he did anyway, according to a new report.
According to The Wall Street Journal, several NFL team owners complained about Macklemore's pro-Palestinian messaging following the first night of the New Jersey shows. WSJ sources say the owners were assured he would remove all references to Palestine from his second night performance ... but he ultimately kept them in.
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The report does not identify who made that promise to the owners. Macklemore later blamed New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft for drawing a line in the sand and getting him removed from the tour.
Nominating Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate in 2024 wasn't a mistake ... at least not according to Rep.. Jim Clyburn.
Charlie caught up with the South Carolina congressman in D.C. Wednesday ... and asked whether the former vice president could end up on the 2028 ticket.
Charlie asked if Democrats should avoid making the same mistake twice ... noting Kamala already lost to Donald Trump already -- but Clyburn was quick to say it was no mistake on the first go.
Rep. Beth Van Duyne says anyone who is ripping Sydney Sweeneyfor stripping down to her birthday suit in some recent commercials is just jealous of her smoking hot body ... and if she had the goods, she might never cover up!!!
Jacobgot the Congresswoman from Texas and asked her about Sydney using sex to sell all sorts of things ... from clothing to undergarments to sports betting websites.
Sydney's catching some flak for her methods, but Rep. Van Duyne sees no issues ... telling Jacob, "If I looked anything like her naked, I don't know if I would ever wear clothes."
Rep. Randy Fine is firing back at the free-speech defense of Macklemore ... saying the rapper can spew all the "antisemitic garbage" he wants, but nobody has to give him a stage.
Charlie caught up with the Florida congressman Wednesday, one day after AOC told us Robert Kraft and other stadium owners were trying to silence Macklemore over his pro-Palestinian comments.
Fine sees it very differently ... pointing to Macklemore's infamous 2014 costume -- a bushy wig and beard with a large prosthetic nose -- and saying that history matters when looking at the controversy now.
Rep. Lauren Boebert says late-night votes on Capitol Hill can get rowdy ... and this time, she says it was Democrats bringing the extra energy ... and she wonders if they're showing some liquid courage.
Jacobcaught up with the Colorado congresswoman outside the Capitol Tuesday night after a lengthy House session -- lawmakers didn't adjourn until 10:44 PM -- and right off the bat you can tell the vibe feels more like an after-party.
Boebert was dressed way more casually than your typical day on the Hill -- rocking an American flag sweater and pants -- though she made sure to point out she still had heels on.
When we asked what the vibe is like during those late-night votes, Boebert said her Freedom Caucus crew is usually the rowdy bunch ... joking they're sometimes under the influence of a little "Holy Ghost fire."
Charlie caught up with the congresswoman from New York on Tuesday ... and, just like he asked Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Charlieasked her a few questions about Macklemore's unceremonious ousting from Ed's tour.
AOC's taking Tlaib's advice ... she's boycotting Ed because she says he's complicit in Robert Kraft and other stadium owners' efforts to silence Macklemore.
Sen. John Kennedy still seems shocked that the FBI is willing to take a second look at candidates who admit to bestiality ... because chicken fornicators aren't getting a job offer from him.
Charlie caught up with the Senator from Louisiana on Capitol Hill after Tuesday's bizarre exchange between him and FBI Director Kash Patel ... and he said he still doesn't totally understand why the agency had to get into bestiality in the first place.
Sen. Kennedy says it should be obvious ... if a candidate shows up to a job interview with his office and says they're into legs and breasts AND wings -- then they're not getting a position from him, regardless of whether his bylaws specifically state it or not.
Kash Patel is feeling the heat on Capitol Hill over the FBI removing bestiality as a disqualifier to become an agent ... a regulation that, as you can imagine, raised a bunch of eyebrows.
The FBI Director testified Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about oversight of his agency, and when Sen. John Kennedy grilled Patel regarding the bureau’s recent policy change, things got weird.
Patel explained the previous system automatically removed any FBI candidates who'd been involved in bestiality or prostitution "on either side of it."
Boosie Badazz is posting receipts of his alleged conversations with pardon brokers who couldn't secure him clemency from President Trump ... and the texts show a chaotic string of messages full of typos from one of the men he claims he paid $600,000.
The rapper posted screenshots of text messages on his X account Monday ... which appear to be communications between the rapper and Jack Burkman, one of the alleged pardon brokers.
It looks like the messages were exchanged between November 2025 and February 2026 ... and it appears Jack is assuring Boosie that his team is working on getting him a Trump pardon.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib is raking Ed Sheeran and Robert Kraft over the coals after Macklemore was kicked off Ed's tour for his pro-Palestine rhetoric ... telling us she has no respect for Ed or Kraft.
Charlie caught up with the Representative from Michigan on Tuesday ... and she says she instantly lost respect for Ed when he dropped Macklemore from his remaining tour dates amid mounting pressure.
Rep. Tlaib says it always feels like Palestinians are always an exception ... claiming other groups get full-throated support during humanitarian crises -- but not Palestinians.
