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Rand Paul Calls Partial Release Of Epstein Files A ‘Big Mistake’ For Trump
Rand Paul Calls Partial Release Of Epstein Files A ‘Big Mistake’ For Trump
During an interview on ABC’s This Week with ABC’s Jonathan Karl on Sunday, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky delivered a blunt warning about the administration’s handling of the Epstein records, echoing concerns raised by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who has been relentless on the issue.
Massie forced the release vote and has accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of violating the law by slow-walking and limiting disclosure.
Paul did not dispute the core of that argument.
Instead, he went further, laying out exactly why half-measures on Epstein are political poison.
“I’ve supported transparency on the Epstein files from the beginning,” Paul said. “I’ve voted repeatedly to release them. I think it’s a good idea.”
Paul explained why that approach is doomed to fail.
“I think that trust in government is at a low ebb, and that people need to trust that justice is the same whether you’re rich or poor,” he said.
“And people tend to believe that some rich people got off scot-free in this — in the Epstein case, the Epstein files.”
Despite the Democrats’ attempts to weaponize the release of the files against Trump, the fact remains that the Biden administration sat on the files for four years—a decision that former Vice President Kamala Harris defends—despite endless rhetoric about transparency. Trump returned to office promising real transparency, and even Trump’s allies believe the administration has failed to live up to its promise fully.
Paul made clear that the administration’s fundamental mistake came when officials hyped the release and then appeared to back away once the spotlight intensified.
“I think it’s a big mistake,” Paul said.
“Look, the administration has struggled for months and months with something they initially ginned up and then sort of tried to tamp down.”
Paul warned that partial disclosure guarantees prolonged political fallout.
“So, any evidence or any kind of indication that there’s not a full reveal on this, this will just plague them for months and months more,” he said.
He’s right. Democrats have been insinuating for months that the Epstein files would somehow incriminate Trump, despite zero evidence.
Paul offered simple advice that should not require a Senate seat to understand.
“So, my suggestion would be — give up all the information, release it,” he said.
“What’s going to happen to people if they don’t? That will play out over time. But my suggestion to them is be transparent and release everything the law requires of you.”
When Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and the documents failed to deliver the left’s long-promised bombshell, Democrats pivoted to conspiracy theories and bureaucratic excuses. For example, Democrats pounced when a photo from the Epstein files was briefly removed from the online cache of Epstein-related material. This led to conspiracy theories that the Department of Justice was trying to protect Trump.
In an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche discussed the photo and the reason for the redactions in the files.
Blanche explained the removal had “nothing to do with President Trump” and was instead prompted by concerns over victim privacy after officials realized the images contained identifiable women. He stressed that DOJ policy allows victims, their lawyers, or advocacy groups to request that any document or photo identifying them be taken down and reviewed, a process he said explained the temporary disappearance of the materials.
“Well, you can see in that photo, there’s photographs of women,” Blanche said. “And so we learned after releasing that photograph that there were concerns about those, about those women, and the fact that we had put that photo up. So we pulled that photo down.”
Blanche also noted that numerous photos of Trump with Jeffrey Epstein have long been public, and that Trump himself has acknowledged socializing with Epstein in the 1990s and early 2000s before cutting ties with him years before Epstein’s 2006 arrest. Given that history, Blanche dismissed as “laughable” the notion that the department would selectively hide a single image to protect the president when “dozens” of similar photos are already in circulation.
.@DAGToddBlanche: “The absurdity of us pulling down a photo — a single photo — because President Trump was in it is laughable, and the fact that everybody is trying to act like that’s the case is a reflection of their true motivation.” pic.twitter.com/9u7ZjgL4m7
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 21, 2025
Democrats have failed to produce a promised “smoking gun” linking Trump to Epstein’s crimes despite years of access to the files under the Biden administration, and are now seizing on procedural moves in the document release to sustain conspiracy theories. Nevertheless, if Republicans want to prove they mean what they say, the path forward is obvious. Release everything required by law. Let the facts land where they may. The longer Washington drags its feet, the louder the suspicion grows, and the harder it becomes to argue that this time is different.
Tyler Durden
Sun, 12/21/2025 – 21:35
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rand-paul-calls-partial-release-epstein-files-big-mistake-trump
Knicks se imponen al Heat con el mejor registro de la temporada de Brunson con 47 puntos
NUEVA YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson anotó 47 puntos, su máximo de la temporada, y los Knicks de Nueva York superaron una noche discreta de Karl-Anthony Towns para vencer 132-125 al Heat de Miami el domingo.
Mientras Towns solo consiguió dos puntos y seis rebotes en 29 minutos, Mikal Bridges anotó 24 unoidades con un seis de siete en triples, Josh Hart añadió 13 tantos y diez rebotes, y OG Anunoby anotó 18 en la segunda mitad. Los Knicks mejoraron a un récord de 20-8 en general y 14-2 en casa.
Kel’el Ware tuvo 28 puntos y 19 rebotes para Miami. El Heat ha perdido siete de los últimos ocho partidos, cayendo a un récord de 15-14.
Con Towns sin anotar en los primeros 25:02, y registrando su menor cantidad de puntos desde que se unió a los Knicks, Brunson, Bridges y Anunoby asumieron la responsabilidad, especialmente en la segunda mitad.
Ware hizo su quinto triple, luego el mexicano Jaime Jaquez Jr. encestó un par de tiros libres que redujeron la ventaja de Nueva York a 120-118 con 3:12 por jugar. Pero los Knicks respondieron con una racha de 8-0, impulsada por un triple de Bridges y tres tiros libres de Brunson tras una falta flagrante.
Brunson y Bridges se combinaron para 45 de los 66 puntos de Nueva York en la primera mitad, con Bridges anotando 18. El dúo encestó nueve de 13 triples en la primera mitad, incluyendo un tiro de Brunson con 0,8 segundos restantes en el segundo cuarto que puso a Nueva York arriba por cuatro al descanso.
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DOJ Seeking Appeals On Dismissals Of Criminal Cases Against James Comey, Letitia James
DOJ Seeking Appeals On Dismissals Of Criminal Cases Against James Comey, Letitia James
Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is appealing the dismissal of a pair of criminal cases against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey, according to new court documents filed on Friday.
James was indicted in October by a grand jury with charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution. Comey was charged in September with lying to and obstructing Congress during his testimony in 2020 about the FBI’s investigation into false claims of ties between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia.
Both had pleaded not guilty, and their cases were thrown out in late November.
The newest appeals by the DOJ mark the latest move in what’s been a series of unsuccessful legal actions taken against the New York attorney general specifically.
James’s original case was dismissed in late November after U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie ruled that former Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan’s appointment by the president as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was unlawful.
The judge tossed Comey’s case for the same reason that Halligan’s appointment violated laws restricting the DOJ from naming top prosecutors without a Senate confirmation. Halligan had presented Comey’s case to a federal grand jury by herself five days before the statute of limitations would expire on the former FBI director’s testimony he gave to Congress.
In Currie’s Nov. 24 decision, she wrote both James and Comey’s cases were a “unique, if not unprecedented, situation where an unconstitutionally appointed prosecutor” used powers that she “did not lawfully possess.”
The DOJ vowed to continue pursuing charges.
Since the case was dismissed, DOJ prosecutors attempted twice this month to secure a new indictment against James, but a grand jury refused to bring charges both times. The New York official has repeatedly claimed the prosecution against her is “baseless.”
In the latest legal filings, the DOJ is appealing James and Comey’s case dismissals, along with several other actions, including the judge’s decision that found Halligan’s appointment and her signing of the indictments unlawful.
James’s indictment alleged that she lied about her plans for a Virginia home, for which she obtained loan terms that would have saved her approximately $19,000 over the life of the loan. Her lawyer said the indictments against James were a “mockery of our justice system” and accused the president of “political vendetta.”
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the appeals.
The attorneys for both Comey and James also did not respond to a request for comment on the latest development in their cases.
Tyler Durden
Sun, 12/21/2025 – 21:00
Porter y Clowney lideran a los Nets en la victoria 96-81 sobre los Raptors
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NUEVA YORK (AP) — Michael Porter Jr. anotó 24 puntos, Noah Clowney agregó 19 y los Nets de Brooklyn vencieron la noche del domingo 96-81 a los Raptors de Toronto.
El novato Egor Demin tuvo 16 puntos y Nic Claxton terminó con 12 para los Nets, quienes lideraron por 15 puntos en el tercer cuarto, se quedaron atrás al inicio del cuarto y luego volvieron a tomar la delantera.
Brandon Ingram terminó con 19 puntos e Immanuel Quickley agregó 17 puntos y diez asistencias para los Raptors, quienes han perdido seis de sus últimos nueve juegos después de comenzar la temporada 15-7.
Brooklyn superó a Toronto 29-16 en el cuarto cuarto. Los Nets permitieron su menor total de puntos de la temporada.
Brooklyn lideraba 60-45 a mitad del tercer cuarto antes de que los Raptors realizaran una racha de 20-7 para cerrar el período. Los Nets fallaron siete tiros de campo y perdieron el balón cinco veces durante ese tramo.
Toronto abrió el cuarto cuarto con canastas consecutivas de Jamison Battle y Collin Murray-Boyles para tomar una ventaja de 69-67 antes de que los Nets pidieran un tiempo muerto con 10:55 por jugar.
El centro de Toronto, Jakob Poeltl, fue retirado del juego durante el primer cuarto debido a una lesión en la espalda.
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DK Metcalf de los Steelers lanza manotazo a fanático de Lions tras intercambiar palabras
DETROIT (AP) — DK Metcalf, receptor de los Steelers, lanzó un manotazo a un aficionado que se inclinaba sobre la barandilla en la primera fila del Ford Field durante el segundo cuarto de la victoria de Pittsburgh por 29-24 sobre los Lions de Detroit el domingo.
Metcalf y el aficionado, que llevaba una camiseta negra y azul y una peluca azul, estaban hablando antes de que el dos veces Pro Bowler lanzara un golpe con la mano derecha hacia la cara del hombre. Metcalf no pareció hacer mucho, si es que hubo algún contacto.
“Escuché sobre eso, pero no lo había visto. No he tenido la oportunidad de hablar con DK”, comentó el entrenador en jefe de los Steelers, Mike Tomlin.
Aunque no se lanzó un pañuelo de castigo en el campo, la liga revisará el incidente y Metcalf podría enfrentar una sanción.
El número 4 de los Steelers terminó con cuatro recepciones para 42 yardas.
Metcalf, de 28 años, está en su primera temporada con los Steelers después de pasar seis temporadas con Seattle.
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3 takeaways from a 152-150 win over the Atlanta Hawks as the Chicago Bulls stretch a 3-game winning streak
ATLANTA — Four minutes into Sunday’s 152-150 win over the Atlanta Hawks, the Chicago Bulls were already out of breath.
“Man, this game’s a track meet,” assistant coach John Bryant noted as the starters huddled up on the sidelines for a welcomed timeout.
Guard Coby White just shook his head as he answered: “You have no idea.”
The Bulls and the Hawks serve as metronomes for the entire NBA. Chicago ranks second overall in pace (103.8 possessions per game). Atlanta trails only slightly behind with the fifth-fastest pace in the league (102.4). And this breathless style of play clashed in full effect on Sunday as each team tried to outrun the other.
At the half, Matas Buzelis gawked in disbelief at the score: 83-73. But when he voiced incredulity about how many points the Bulls had already scored, his teammates barely reacted.
“I was like — OK, this must be normal,” Buzelis said with a laugh.
It almost wasn’t enough.
Even with 152 points on the board in the NBA’s highest-scoring game of the season, the Bulls came a single possession away from fumbling the win. Isaac Okoro fouled out with 41.5 seconds left on the clock. Coby White missed three free throws within the final minute. Buzelis missed another with 4.2 seconds remaining, allowing the Hawks to take one final crack at a win with a two-point deficit. Trae Young got to his spot and attempted to bait Josh Giddey into a game-tying foul, launching a shot before the buzzer that fell just wide.
On another night — with worse luck — the result might have been different. And that possibility still haunts coach Billy Donovan despite the positive result.
“I’m happy we won the game, I’m happy with a lot of things that we did do, but I always try to look at the things that we’ve got to really, really control and take some ownership of,” Donovan said. “Those are the things that can come back and hamstring you. I always say — you let luck come back in with that.”
This was always going to be a game won by whichever team punched back the hardest. Neither team could stop the other from scoring in an offensive outpouring. But in their third consecutive win, the Bulls continued to provide a bit of much-needed bite — and clawed one game closer to .500.
Here are three takeaways from the win.
1. When it rains, it pours.
Chicago Bulls forward Matas Buzelis shoots during the first half against the Atlanta Hawks, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)
Midway through December, the Bulls offense lost its momentum. It wasn’t something subtle — the bottom dropped out with a swiftness, leaving Chicago reeling amid a losing skid punctuated by a constant influx of injured players.
But with the entirety of the central rotation mostly cleared off the injury report, the Bulls have begun to get their rhythm back in the last week. That was enough to fuel the Bulls through two wins over the Cleveland Cavaliers. And it was enough to power a 152-point performance in Atlanta highlighted by an 83-point first half.
This jolt of scoring started behind the arc. Matas Buzelis scored four 3-pointers on his own in the first half. Buzelis did not miss a shot from the floor until the fourth quarter, finishing with a season-high 28 points on 10-for-11 shooting with seven made 3-pointers.
Three other players — Coby White, Isaac Okoro and Kevin Huerter — scored at least two 3s apiece in the first half as the Bulls racked up 12-for-24 shooting from behind the arc. For a team averaging 13.9 makes per game from 3-point range this season, that flurry came as a welcome change.
The Bulls cooled slightly from deep in the second half — going 8-for-18 — but their overall production didn’t slow even as those shots fell with less authority. Chicago piled up points by keeping the ball moving, forcing a higher tempo in the open court and returning to the inside-out identity that buoyed the offense earlier in the season.
Nine different players finished in double-digits, including a near-triple-double from Josh Giddey, who logged 19 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds.
2. Scoring outweighed the defensive inadequacies.
Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young misses a game-tying shot as time expires against Chicago Bulls guard Josh Giddey during the second half on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)
Chicago’s 152 points would have felt meteoric if they weren’t matched by an equally hot Atlanta offense. The teams played as if they made a tidy handshake agreement in the halls outside their respective locker rooms to not play any defense. After the Bulls dropped 45 points in the second quarter, the Hawks answered with a 42-point third quarter. The result was a slug fest that didn’t give either team a substantial advantage until the final buzzer.
The Hawks offense is still readjusting to the return of Trae Young, who missed the first 22 games of the season with a sprained MCL. The guard reignited his shooting with a 7-for-8 onslaught from deep to tally 35 total points. Young fed the onslaught with his own scoring, but he also peppered the Bulls defense with dangerous passes to set up his teammates. That began with the opening possession, when he nutmegged Nikola Vučević with a crafty pass between the center’s legs to feed Onyeka Okongwu for a layup.
While the Bulls preached parity, the Hawks were anchored by standout nights from their stars — and one unlikely secondary scorer. Okongwu and Jalen Johnson pounded the paint for a combined 59 points. And for every hot shot the Bulls hit from deep, Vít Krejčí had an answer, knocking down six of his 10 shots from behind the arc off the bench.
3. Still waiting for White.
Coby White of the Chicago Bulls draws a foul from Dyson Daniels of the Atlanta Hawks during the fourth quarter at State Farm Arena on Dec. 21, 2025, in Atlanta. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
The Bulls still need Coby White to return to his typical form — and Sunday’s game was another step in the right direction. The guard started once again alongside Josh Giddey and the rest of the standard primary rotation. He ripped off a few of his textbook dance-and-dodge drives in the opening half and still managed to tally 21 points and five assists.
White still doesn’t look comfortable. He’s clearly struggling to keep up with the physicality of the game, both in contact play and in his cardio fitness running up and down the court. His 3-point shots often fall an inch or two short, clanking off the rim. This is expected for a player who missed a significant portion of the offseason in addition to the opening weeks of the regular season — but that doesn’t make it any easier for the Bulls to operate without their would-be leading scorer at full strength.
Still, White found his shot dependably in the fourth quarter, scoring 11 points while forcing himself to the free throw line eight times. Those clutch misses from the penalty stripe stuck out in a closely contested game, but White’s ability to deliver from the floor in the final frame was crucial for a Bulls team attempting to climb up the rungs of the Eastern Conference.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/21/chicago-bulls-atlanta-hawks-highest-scoring-game/
El actor James Ransone, conocido por su papel en “The Wire”, muere a los 46 años
LOS ÁNGELES (AP) — James Ransone, el actor que interpretó a Ziggy Sobotka en la serie de HBO “The Wire” y apareció en muchos otros programas de televisión y películas, ha fallecido. Tenía 46 años.
La oficina del médico forense del condado Los Ángeles indicó en registros en línea que Ransone murió por suicidio el viernes.
Sus créditos cinematográficos incluyen “It: Chapter Two”, “The Black Phone” y “Black Phone 2”, y apareció en los programas televisivos “Bosch” —un drama policial— y “Poker Face”.
Se les dejaron mensajes el domingo a los representantes de Ransone, así como a un portavoz de la oficina del médico forense, para solicitarles sus comentarios.
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NOTA DEL EDITOR — En Estados Unidos, la línea nacional de prevención del suicidio y crisis está disponible llamando o enviando un mensaje de texto al 988. También hay un chat en línea en 988lifeline.org.
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JD Vance refuses to set red lines over bigotry as conservatives feud at Turning Point
PHOENIX — Vice President JD Vance said Sunday the conservative movement should be open to everyone as long as they “love America,” declining to condemn a streak of antisemitism that has divided the Republican Party and roiled the opening days of Turning Point USA’s annual convention.
After a long weekend of debates about whether the movement should exclude figures such as bigoted podcaster Nick Fuentes, Vance came down firmly against “purity tests.”
“I didn’t bring a list of conservatives to denounce or to de-platform,” Vance said during the convention’s closing speech.
Turning Point leader Erika Kirk, who took the helm after the assassination of her husband, Charlie Kirk, has endorsed Vance as a potential successor to President Donald Trump, a helpful nod from an influential group with an army of volunteers.
But the tension on display at the four-day gathering foreshadowed the treacherous political waters that Vance, or anyone else who seeks the next Republican presidential nomination, will need to navigate in the coming years. Top voices in the “Make America Great Again” movement are jockeying for influence as Republicans begin considering a future without Trump, and there is no clear path to holding his coalition together.
Defining a post-Trump GOP
The Republican Party’s identity has been intertwined with Trump for a decade, but he’s constitutionally ineligible to run for reelection despite his musings about serving a third term. Tucker Carlson said people are wondering, “who gets the machinery when the president exits the scene?”
So far, it looks like settling that question will come with a lot of fighting among conservatives. The Turning Point conference featured arguments about antisemitism, Israel and environmental regulations, not to mention rivalries between leading commentators.
Ben Shapiro, co-founder of the conservative media outlet Daily Wire, used his speech on the conference’s opening night to denounce “charlatans who claim to speak in the name of principle but actually traffic in conspiracism and dishonesty.”
“These people are frauds and they are grifters and they do not deserve your time,” Shapiro said. He specifically called out Carlson for hosting Fuentes for a friendly interview on his podcast.
Carlson brushed off the criticism when he took the stage barely an hour later, and he said the idea of a Republican “civil war” was “totally fake.”
“There are people who are mad at JD Vance, and they’re stirring up a lot of this in order to make sure he doesn’t get the nomination,” he said. Carlson described Vance as “the one person” who subscribes to the “core idea of the Trump coalition,” which Carlson said was “America first.”
Turning Point spokesperson Andrew Kolvet framed the discord as a healthy debate about the future of the movement, an uncomfortable but necessary process of finding consensus.
“We’re not hive-minded commies,” he wrote on social media. “Let it play out.”
If you love America, you’re welcome in the movement, Vance says
Vance acknowledged the controversies that dominated the Turning Point conference, but he did not define any boundaries for the conservative movement besides patriotism.
“We don’t care if you’re white or black, rich or poor, young or old, rural or urban, controversial or a little bit boring, or somewhere in between,” he said.
Vance didn’t name anyone, but his comments came in the midst of an increasingly contentious debate over whether the right should give a platform to commentators espousing antisemitic views, particularly Fuentes, whose followers see themselves as working to preserve America’s white, Christian identity. Fuentes has a growing audience, as does top-rated podcaster Candace Owens, who routinely shares antisemitic conspiracy theories.
“We have far more important work to do than canceling each other,” he said.
Vance ticked off what he said were the accomplishments of the administration as it approaches the one-year mark, noting its efforts at the border and on the economy. He emphasized efforts to end diversity, equity and inclusion policies, drawing applause by saying they had been relegated to the “dustbin of history.”
“In the United States of America, you don’t have to apologize for being white anymore,” he said.
Vance also said the U.S. “always will be a Christian nation,” adding that “Christianity is America’s creed, the shared moral language from the Revolution to the Civil War and beyond.”
Those comments resonated with Isaiah White-Diller, an 18 year-old from Yuma, Arizona, who said he would support Vance if he runs for president.
“I have my right to be Christian here, I have my right to say whatever I want,” White-Diller said.
Turning Point backs Vance
Vance hasn’t disclosed his future plans, but Erika Kirk said Thursday that Turning Point wanted Vance “elected for 48 in the most resounding way possible.” The next president will be the 48th in U.S. history.
Turning Point is a major force on the right, with a nationwide volunteer network that can be especially helpful in early primary states, when candidates rely on grassroots energy to build momentum. In a surprise appearance, rapper Nicki Minaj spoke effusively about Trump and Vance.
Vance was close with Charlie Kirk, and they supported each other over the years. After Kirk’s assassination on a college campus in Utah, the vice president flew out on Air Force Two to collect Kirk’s remains and bring them home to Arizona. The vice president helped uniformed service members carry the casket to the plane.
Emily Meck, 18, from Pine City, New York, said she appreciated Vance making space for a wide variety of views.
“We are free-thinkers, we’re going to have these disagreements, we’re going to have our own thoughts,” Meck said.
Trump has spoken highly of both Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as potential successors, even suggesting they could form a future Republican ticket. Rubio has said he would support Vance.
Asked in August whether Vance was the “heir apparent,” Trump said “most likely.”
“It’s too early, obviously, to talk about it, but certainly he’s doing a great job, and he would be probably favorite at this point,” he said.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/21/vance-red-lines-bigotry/
Steelers superan 29-24 a Lions tras castigo de Amon-Ra St. Brown que anula el TD ganador de Goff
Por LARRY LAGE
DETROIT (AP) — Los Steelers de Pittsburgh llevaron a los Lions de Detroit al borde de la eliminación de los playoffs el domingo, manteniéndose firmes para una victoria de 29-24 cuando el touchdown de Jared Goff en la última jugada fue anulado por un castigo de interferencia de pase ofensivo de Amon-Ra St. Brown.
Goff lanzó un pase en cuarta oportunidad a St. Brown justo antes de la línea de gol. El receptor empujó al esquinero Jalen Ramsey para quedar libre, y antes de que los Steelers pudieran derribar al receptor número 14, lanzó un lateral al quarterback, quien se arrojó a la zona de anotación.
Los árbitros se reunieron para discutir la jugada durante algún tiempo en el campo antes de anunciar la decisión para consternación de la multitud.
Jaylen Warren tuvo dos acarreos de touchdown de 45 yardas en el último cuarto y terminó con un récord personal de 143 yardas para los Steelers, quienes aplastaron a sus oponentes con 230 yardas por tierra, por 15 de los Lions.
Los Steelers (9-6), líderes del Norte de la Conferencia Americana, han ganado tres partidos consecutivos después de una caída a mitad de temporada, avanzando al liderazgo de la división con dos juegos restantes.
Detroit (8-7) perdió dos juegos seguidos por primera vez en más de tres años, terminando su remota posibilidad de ganar un tercer título consecutivo de la División Norte de la Conferencia Nacional. Aunque los Lions no han sido eliminados de los playoffs, sus probabilidades son escasas en la NFC.
Los Lions tuvieron dos touchdowns anulados por castigos en el último minuto. Goff lanzó un pase de touchdown de una yarda a St. Brown con 22 segundos restantes, pero el novato Isaac TeSlaa fue sancionado por interferencia de pase por establecer un bloqueo que liberó a su compañero de equipo.
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Nicki Minaj surprises conservatives with praise for Donald Trump, JD Vance at Arizona event
Female rapper Nicki Minaj on Sunday made a surprise appearance at a gathering of conservatives in Arizona that was memorializing late activist Charlie Kirk, and used her time on stage to praise President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, calling them “role models” for young men.
The rap star was interviewed at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest convention by Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, about her newly found support for Trump — someone she had condemned in the past — and about her actions denouncing violence against Christians in Nigeria.
The female rapper’s recent alignment with the Make America Great Again movement has caught some interest because of her past criticism of Trump even when the artist’s own political ideology had been difficult to pin down. But her appearance Sunday at the flagship event for the powerful conservative youth organization may shore up her status as a MAGA acolyte.
Minaj mocked California Gov. Gavin Newsom, referring to him as New-scum, a nickname Trump gave him. Newsom, a Democrat, has 2028 prospects. Minaj expressed admiration for the Republican president and Vance, who received an endorsement from Erika Kirk despite the fact he has not said whether he will run for president. Kirk took over as leader of Turning Point.
“This administration is full of people with heart and soul, and they make me proud of them. Our vice president, he makes me … well, I love both of them,” Minaj said. “Both of them have a very uncanny ability to be someone that you relate to.”
Minaj’s appearance included an awkward moment when, in an attempt to praise Vance’s political skills, she described him as an “assassin.”
She paused, seemingly regretting her word choice, and after Kirk appeared to wipe a tear from one of her eyes, the artist put her hand over her mouth while the crowd murmured.
“If the internet wants to clip it, who cares? I love this woman,” said Erika Kirk, who became a widow when Charlie Kirk was assassinated in September.
Last month, the rapper shared a message posted by Trump on his Truth Social network about potential actions to sanction Nigeria saying the government is failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country. Experts and residents say the violence that has long plagued Nigeria isn’t so simply explained.
“Reading this made me feel a deep sense of gratitude. We live in a country where we can freely worship God,” Minaj shared on X. She was then invited to speak at a panel at the U.S. mission to the United Nations along with U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz and faith leaders.
Minaj said she was tired of being “pushed around,” and she said that speaking your mind with different ideas is controversial because “people are no longer using their minds.” Kirk thanked Minaj for being “courageous,” despite the backlash she is receiving from the entertainment industry for expressing support for Trump.
“I didn’t notice,” Minaj said. “We don’t even think about them.” Kirk then said “we don’t have time to. We’re too busy building, right?”
“We’re the cool kids,” Minaj said.
The Trinidadian-born rapper is best known for her hits “Super Freaky Girl,” “Anaconda” and “Starships.” She has been nominated for 12 Grammy Awards over the course of her career.
In 2018, Minaj was one of several celebrities condemning Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy that split more than 5,000 children from their families at the Mexico border. Back then, she shared her own story of arriving to the country at 5 years old, describing herself as an “illegal immigrant.”
“This is so scary to me. Please stop this. Can you try to imagine the terror & panic these kids feel right now?” she posted then on Instagram.
On Sunday on stage with Erika Kirk, Minaj said, “it’s OK to change your mind.”
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