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Taylor Swift Songs Removed from White House, Trump Campaign Posts (Another Hanoi Jane )

 Hanoi Jane want to be.

 

Some Taylor Swift songs have been removed from social media videos posted by President Donald Trump's ‌campaign and the White House, which has used two of the American superstar's songs over the past week.

The White House and a representative for Swift did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Swift has not spoken recently about Trump, although she endorsed his Democratic rival, then-Vice President Kamala Harris, in 2024. During the 2020 campaign, Swift posted on social ‌media that Trump was "WELL AWARE we do not want him as our president."

Trump has ​repeatedly criticized Swift. After she endorsed Harris, the Republican said on social media, "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!" Last year he wrote: "Has anyone noticed that, since I said 'I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,' ⁠she’s no longer "HOT?"

Dozens of artists, including Sabrina Carpenter and Ariana Grande, have called on the Trump ​administration not to use their songs.

The Trump campaign used two Swift songs over the last week on its ⁠TikTok page. One, playing on her lyrics, featured the caption: "Red (Donald Trump's Version). Red (Taylor Swift Wrote A Whole Album About Republicans). Donald Trump. Everything Has Changed (At Our Southern Border). Donald Trump. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (The Biden Harris Administration). Donald Trump. The Last ‌Time (An Autopen Runs The Country)." It referenced famous songs by the pop star.

In June, Trump's ​campaign posted a video ‌on the short-video platform with Swift's new "Toy Story 5" song "I Knew It, I Knew You." The short video was captioned "Nobody loves our country & the American People ‌more than @President Donald J Trump." It showed him interacting with children at the White House, dancing at a UFC match and appearing at a rally.

It was the third time the Trump administration ⁠or his campaign had used one of the Grammy ‌Award-winning pop star's songs in recent ⁠months.

In April, the White House shared a video showing the crew of Artemis II meeting with Trump at the White House ⁠the day ⁠before. The video used Swift's "High Infidelity" and lyrics from the song: "Do you really want to know where I was April 29th?"

The White House shared ‌another TikTok video in November featuring "The Fate of Ophelia" from Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" album, which had been released the month before. That video featured images of the U.S. flag, monuments and various photos of Trump, including his ‌2023 arrest ​mugshot.

That post garnered widespread social ‌media reaction and led to a White House spokesperson telling multiple news outlets the video was created because the Trump administration knew news outlets "would breathlessly amplify them."

The communications team for Trump, who ​is prolific on social media, has posted an array of hit songs with images including Trump's immigration crackdown, U.S. military operations against Iran and the arrest of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

The GOP Has a Nasty Little Surprise Planned for Democrats (and the DSA) This September

 Owing to how important the 2026 midterms are to the success of President Trump's second term agenda, the Republican National Committee (RNC) made the unusual step this year of throwing a midterm convention. 

We're used to the nominating conventions that are held every four years by the two parties. The summer before a presidential election, they trot out their candidates and their political celebrities, and they make speeches. There are big balloon drops, too, but it's typically pretty mundane stuff.

 

The exception, of course, being when master showman Donald Trump is the star of the show. He always brings the razzle dazzle. And it seems like the GOP establishment thought the 2026 elections could use some razzle dazzle, thus the midterm convention.

In exclusive reporting on Friday, Axios revealed that the GOP will be laser focused on one thing: the destruction wrought by socialism. Per Axios, Republicans will be making "a sweeping, made-for-prime-time case that Democrats have become captive to their activist left."

Calling the convention a "socialism telethon," the outlet revealed that "Republicans will make progressive politicians and activists recurring characters throughout the Sept. 9-10 convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas."

And they've got plenty of material to work with, apparently, after "GOP operatives spent months compiling footage of Democratic figures — including left-wing commentator Hasan Piker and Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico — that they'll use throughout the convention to paint Democrats as outside the mainstream."

 "Our video trove is endless," a person involved in the planning commented.

Sounds like it's time to get the popcorn popping.

Axios: GOP operatives spent months compiling footage of Democratic figures — including left-wing commentator Hasan Piker and Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico — that they'll use throughout the Republican convention to paint Democrats as outside the mainstream.… https://t.co/vOpd4ldjqO pic.twitter.com/ElHEMqm7xS

— Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 (@PollTracker2024) August 7, 2026

Axios: GOP operatives spent months compiling footage of Democratic figures — including left-wing commentator Hasan Piker and Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico — that they'll use throughout the Republican convention to paint Democrats as outside the mainstream.

Organizers will particularly focus on Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, who backs Medicare for All and criticizes Israel.

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat nominee for Senate in Michigan, will get particular attention for supporting things like Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, and nuking the filibuster. 

Also front and center will be HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. highlighting the MAHA movement and Vice President JD Vance talking about the anti-fraud task force he chairs. Vance is expected to speak the night of Sept. 9, with Trump taking center stage on Sept. 10 (although it's believed Trump will be in the convention hall both nights).

Call it Socialism-Palooza. Call it a September Surprise. Call it the gift that keeps on giving. Whatever you call it, Republicans appear determined to make Democrats spend two straight nights watching their own words and policies being projected onto giant screens for the entire country to see.

And that may be the smartest part of the entire thing. The GOP doesn't need to invent a caricature of today's Democrat Party when candidates like El-Sayed and activists like Hasan Piker are perfectly capable of making the case themselves. All Republicans have to do is hit "play."

Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.

Now Two Inner Circle DC Democrats Hint They Might Be Ditching the Party Over Socialist Senate Pick

This is getting to be bad news for the Donkey Party, readers.

There are now two more Democrats speaking their ahem, truth.

And these aren't just a few random bystanders. Both of these guys are from the inner circle of the Democrat establishment, who state they are not going to support radicals hijacking their party. And they are not saying they'll sit on the sidelines.

Just after the primary win on Tuesday for Democratic Socialist Abdul El-Sayed, making him the Dems' Michigan Senate nominee for the November election, a longtime Capitol Hill figure, Julian Epstein,

 

 the former chief counsel for the House Judiciary Democrats and the former staff director of the House Oversight Committee, wrote an op-ed in The NY Post:

After decades of giving my all for Democratic House and Senate candidates, this fall I will support — and contribute to — Mike Rogers, Michigan’s GOP Senate nominee, instead.

And I’ll do everything I can to make sure other Democrats follow.

With the exception of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, my party’s leaders have sought to appease the dangerous faction rising in our midst. 

He continued, talking about the deeper problems inherent in pushing diversity, equity, and inclusion — and a victim mentality — as the far-left does, to the detriment of generations of people:

The politics of identity grievance gives no one greater agency or know-how to succeed; it’s black-pilling an entire generation with a victim mindset that will only hold them back.

Perversely, the Democratic Socialists argue we need more of what’s failing.

But America’s future depends on teaching our people how to build, not how to take from others or peddle whining complaints.   

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READ MORE: JD Vance Returns Fire After Abdul El-Sayed Sneers About VP's 'Brown' Children

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He also spoke to the media about his move:

"I think the lunatics are in charge of the asylum," he told Fox News Digital. "I think that there is no room in the tent for people that want to destroy our Constitution. There's no room in the tent for people that want to align themselves with radical Islam. There's no room in a tent for people that want to align themselves with antisemitism."

But he wasn't finished:

"And there's no room, in my view, for people who don't have any interest in building for the next generation but only want to redistribute what others have created and want to basically tear down the free market that has been the most effective anti-poverty liberation machine that human beings have ever invented."

In the opinion piece, Epstein namechecks who he considers the only remaining sane Dems now, like Fetterman, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), and the Ragin' Cajun, James Carville, who have been sounding the klaxon: 

Fetterman, and a few other Dems like New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer and consultant James Carville, seem to get that — and they’re warning of a coming intraparty civil war. 

Some in Michigan are hinting at mass party defections in November. 

And El-Sayed’s new prominence means the bleeding won’t stop.  

Democrats in many districts will be forced on the campaign trail to distance themselves from El-Sayed or denounce him — and every one of their comments will write another permission slip for party defections come fall.  

To arrest this freefall, Democratic leaders must do more than just tell the extremists to find another party; they must also admit that post-modern liberalism is failing.

And in delicious fashion, Epstein calls out "big tent" Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as "weak" and "timid."

Weak, timid figures like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are spouting empty clichés — “We are a big-tent party” — while abdicating their moral and political responsibilities.

Democrats aren’t coddling Scandinavian-style socialists; they’re getting into bed with a nihilistic, deconstructionist brand of third-worldism. 

It’s an ideology that seeks the elimination of prisons, policing, borders, the Senate, the presidency, the Supreme Court and democratic free markets.  

A worldview that aligns with genocidal jihadist movements like Hamas.

A generation ago, the left would’ve recognized this cadre as Trojan horse doing the bidding of our adversaries.

But not today. 

He flatly states the hard truth, "Democrats can’t run from this lunacy in November." 

But he was not alone this week, as I said. 

On Friday, Michael LaRosa, the former spokesman for Dr. Mrs. Jill Biden and special assistant to Joe Biden,

 

 seconded Julian Epstein's open letter to party members — by simply resharing it on X with "SAME."

Sounds like he got some pushback for that from other Democrats, and he had much more to say on Saturday in a meandering, but entertaining X monologue. (I'll share just a part of it, but the whole thing is here if you want to read it.)

Warning: coarse language

Last night, I literally wrote ONE WORD on X—“SAME”—then closed my laptop, put my phone on my mid-century-modern nightstand, poured half a glass of Whitehaven New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, watched the first episode of Ted Lasso Season Four, fell asleep—and apparently woke up in Crazy Town.

That said, since everyone suddenly seems so interested in my personal opinion: no, I could never support El-Sayed. Of course, I support a reasonable Republican like Mike Rogers, someone who worked with President Obama and Democrats as Chair of the Intelligence Committee. Of course I would rather see someone like Rogers over a "D" who is too much of a pu**y to stand up to an anti-Semitic goon like Hassan [sic] Piker.

I would never encourage any Democrat to support a candidate too weak to stand up to extremists who believe that those men and women jumping from a burning building 110 stories up because the alternative was worse deserved what they got on September 11th.

If you can’t stand up to amateur DJs or whatever he is spewing hateful and inflammatory rhetoric from behind a microphone, why should voters believe you’ll stand up for an entire state in the United States Senate?

LaRosa reminds anyone looking on at his X feed that "I’m not a public official. I have no constituency, no endorsement apparatus, and no particular political juice to offer. I don’t vote in Michigan. I have no connection to Michigan or this Senate race beyond being a lifelong Democrat and political observer with opinions."

Oh, and he only cares about one thing: "I only care about keeping bad people out of the Democratic Party and good people in public service for the right reasons. That’s it."

Democrats are in a heap of trouble, readers, if people like this are not on board for the midterms with a Republican sitting in the White House. These are the true believers, the ride or die, always-on-board acolytes, who are falling away.

The trend signals that this isn't about one election cycle or one Senate race. It's a long-term problem — and the Dems have no solution in sight. 

 

WNBA Player Cries White Privilege After Getting Ejected for Hard Foul Against Sophie Cunningham

Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham was subjected to a horrific flagrant foul on Saturday’s game versus the Chicago Sky.

DiJonai Carrington,

 

 a forward for the Sky, clotheslined Cunningham as she attempted a fast break layup late in the first quarter. Carrington was awarded a Flagrant 2 for the intentional act and found herself ejected from the game as a result.

Shortly following her ejection, Carrington, a black woman, accused officials of racism for being held accountable for her actions. Carrington would later post a thinly veiled threat against Cunningham by posting the date of the Sky’s next game against the Fever on August 23.

 

Cunningham has found herself as a target of players, officials, coaches, and fans for taking a stand against men entering the WNBA due to the league’s refusal to restrict transgender players from participating in women’s basketball.

The league has announced that it will begin investigations into “what a woman is” to settle the matter as the controversy dominates discussions surrounding the WNBA.

 

WNBA to Hold Meeting to Discuss What the 'W' Stands for

The WNBA continues to be a disaster — this is a complete mess. Since the league is woke and its fanbase is equally extreme, they chose to keep going down this path, and now they’ve hit a wall. Reality and facts don’t change based on feelings, and that’s a very tough concept for liberals to grasp. There are men and women, and the fact that this league and most progressives can’t define what a woman is truly shows how crazy this issue has become. It’s not hard, but the league is going to host some meeting to define what constitutes a female 

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert has sent a memo to teams that addresses ongoing discussions around transgender athletes in women’s basketball.

“I know many of you have received questions in recent weeks regarding transgender athlete participation in women’s basketball, and I expect this topic will continue to receive significant attention,” Engelbert wrote in the memo, which was sent Friday afternoon and obtained by The Associated Press. “I wanted to reach out to share how we are approaching these conversations at the league office and to thank those of you who have responded to questions from the media with thoughtfulness and professionalism.”

The memo said the topic will be discussed further by a task force of team presidents and general managers at a previously scheduled meeting next week.

In an ESPN article published last month, Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham voiced support for barring transgender girls and women from girls’ and women’s sports. Cunningham’s comments sparked small rallies and protests in Seattle and Portland when the Fever were on the road last week.

This comes after a couple of former NBA players declared their intention to join the WNBA.

At some point, Engelbert has to grow a pair and face the media.

 

She avoided the media, especially an interview on The Dan Patrick Show, because he was going to press her about how the league is handling the Caitlin Clark issue, where the league's face is getting hammered pervasively, but no fouls are being called. And now this, it’s a circus. And not that I care, but the front office also needs an overhaul. 

 

Senate departs D.C. for recess without passing SAVE America Act 😠👎

Members of the United States Senate have exited for their August recess after an all-nighter to confirm U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, but failed to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act as President Donald Trump urged them to.

On Saturday, Senators departed Washington, D.C., to return to their home states or take congressional delegation trips abroad for the next several weeks. They are not due to return to the Capitol until Monday, September 14^th.

Before the senators left, they passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through the midterms, ensuring they would not cause another shutdown before the high-stakes elections in November. The measure passed 90-6.

 

Senator Darline Graham (R-S.C.) voted “present” for the bill, likely because it includes a $174,000 death gratuity payment for her brother, late Senator Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) “heirs at law.” This could include her, as he was unmarried with no children, possibly posing a conflict of interest.

The chamber later voted largely across party lines to confirm Todd Blanche for the permanent U.S. attorney general position to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ).

The confirmation came after days of uncertainty as several Republicans held out alongside Democrats over concerns that Blanche’s former career as Trump’s personal defense lawyer may prevent him from carrying out his duties with objectivity. In the end, only two Republicans opposed Blanche’s confirmation.

While other priorities were wrapped up late on Friday and in the early-morning hours of Saturday, the SAVE America Act was not among them.

Instead, Republican Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Senate Budget Committee Chair Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) spoke to the president Friday evening about an alternative plan to approve elements of the election security bill in a broader budget package that would also fund the Department of War upon their return in mid-September.

“There was a concern whether or not it could actually pass, the budget resolution, tonight,” Johnson acknowledged.

“We’re not in a position right now where we have the wherewithal to pass it right now,” Lee said of the SAVE Act.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) 

 

and other Senate Republicans agreed to hold a vote Friday on a bill sponsored by Senator Jon Husted (R-Ohio) — S. 5271, the “American Confidence in Elections Act” — that would require voters to show photo identification. This failed 52-46 because it did not garner 60 votes.

In a roll-call vote to adjourn, some Republicans railed against the notion of a recess while the voter ID bill was still in limbo.

“The Senate cannot leave DC without a vote on election integrity,” said Senator Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) on X on Friday. “Period.”

The Senate cannot leave DC without a vote on election integrity.

Period.

— Senator Ashley Moody (@SenAshleyMoody) August 7, 2026

“I voted NO on sending the Senate home. The American people sent us here to work for them, and I’m tired of Washington acting like getting the job done is someone else’s responsibility,” Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) wrote on X on Saturday.

I said I’d vote to stay through August recess and get our work done. I meant it.

I voted NO on sending the Senate home. The American people sent us here to work for them, and I’m tired of Washington acting like getting the job done is someone else’s responsibility.

— John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) August 8, 2026

“What’s up with recess, anyway?” remarked Graham earlier this week. “Who gets a month off from work?”

If the filibuster is the only thing standing in the way of passing the SAVE America Act, then I'm a YES vote to end it.

There's too much at stake. Democrats refuse to protect our elections or our children from the transgender agenda.

It's time to get this done for President… pic.twitter.com/ToXK1n381W

— Darline Graham (@DarlineGrahamSC) August 3, 2026

Families Demand Mayor Mamdani Stay Away from 9/11 Memorial

New York is reeling as families of Sept. 11 victims and concerned citizens have launched a petition demanding Mayor Zohran Mamdani be kept away from Ground Zero’s 25th‑anniversary ceremonies, arguing his record and associations make his presence inappropriate at such a sacred event. The petition has attracted significant attention and thousands of signatures, a raw reminder that memory matters to the people who lost loved ones that day.

Veteran New Yorkers like Rudy Giuliani — who led the city through its darkest hours in 2001 — have not been silent, blasting the mayor’s past gestures and saying plainly that certain choices would be offensive to survivors and first responders. Giuliani has publicly criticized Mamdani’s actions, including taking the oath on a religious text and other symbolic moves he sees as divisive, and he’s made clear that respect for the victims should come before political theater.

Mayor Mamdani, for his part, insists he will attend the commemoration and has repeatedly pledged to honor the families, survivors, and first responders who still bear the scars of that day, even visiting the 9/11 Memorial earlier this year and offering words of solidarity. That on‑the‑record promise hasn’t calmed nerves for many who see a pattern in his public associations and statements that they find troubling.

 

What the petitioners point to isn’t a single offhand comment but a constellation of past remarks, endorsements, and relationships that critics say show a lack of unequivocal condemnation of rhetoric and figures tied to extremism. Those concerns — coupled with academic writings and inflammatory social media posts connected to people in Mamdani’s orbit — have made families who want a solemn, nonpolitical remembrance understandably wary of big‑stage appearances by a mayor with such baggage.

No one is asking to weaponize grief for political gain, but neither should the city pretend these worries don’t exist; the sensible middle ground is to prioritize the victims and the families who sacrificed, not to stage a publicity moment. If the left insists on elevating symbolism over sensitivity, it will only deepen the divide between ordinary New Yorkers who remember and the political class that seems intent on pushing its own narrative.

Beyond the rancor over memorials, Mamdani’s agenda — from costly city programs to sweeping ideological experiments — has conservatives worried that New York is trading competence for dogma at a time when the city needs leadership that unites and rebuilds. Folks who pay taxes and keep this city running have every right to ask whether the priorities of a mayor aligned with radical ideas will deliver public safety, fiscal stability, and respect for the institutions that bind us together.

Patriots who lost family members on Sept. 11 deserve clarity, decency, and above all, respect — not evasions or excuses from public officials who seem more interested in signaling than in healing. If Mayor Mamdani truly means the words he’s said about honoring victims, he should prove it by putting families first and avoiding any actions that would turn a solemn commemoration into another political spectacle; New Yorkers deserve nothing less.

 

Uncovering the Hidden Truth Behind Today's Controversial Topics

 

I can do that — but I don’t see a clear news story referenced in the title/description you pasted. Please either paste the YouTube video link or tell me which specific news story or topic this video was about (for example: defund the police, a specific trial, CRT in schools, bail reform, etc.). If you want, I can pick the most likely topic and research it, but I prefer the exact link or topic to ensure accuracy.

 

 

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