‘Racist’ new Sacha Baron Cohen film sparks a boycott before it even hits theaters



Sacha Baron Cohen is bringing Ali G back to the big screen, but the character is already stirring controversy.

Tens of thousands of emails were sent urging theaters not to screen "Ali G: Who Iz I?" over accusations that the character is rooted in offensive racial stereotypes — something that’s never stopped theaters from promoting his films before.

And for this reason, BlazeTV hosts Stu Burguiere and Dave Landau aren’t sure the negative hype is entirely organic.

Dave recalls his old films where he would interview important figures like Dick Cheney who “wouldn’t know who he was.”


“It was always a fascinating interview because he would just bomb the interview, and it was always pretty funny to watch,” he says, noting that his film "Borat" made him laugh “the hardest” he ever has in theaters at “how unbelievably funny and inappropriate it was.”

“I am not a fan at all ... of this, ‘Well, our standards have changed, and now he can’t do this character anymore.’ It's more of just like, 'I don’t know, I’m kind of done with that character from 20 years ago,'” Stu chimes in.

“Well, everybody knows who he is,” Dave agrees. “So it’s either they’re in on the joke, or they’re being paid to be on it. I mean, half the trailer is just people breaking because they know who he is.”

“It’s played out,” he continues. “We know the joke and so do the people that he’s playing the joke on. I certainly don’t think it’s racist. If it’s racist against anybody, it’s probably Jews, and he’s Jewish.”

“I mean, the most offensive stuff in Borat was against Jewish people,” he adds.

Dave also notes sarcastically that “sending emails because a movie shouldn’t be shown and getting 37,000 of them” doesn’t “at all build hype and give incentive for places to show a film.”

“I’m kind of skeptical, honestly,” Stu says. “It feels to me like a promotional stunt, like, ‘Oh gosh, everyone’s calling him racist, this is a big controversy.'”

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Hysterical Bluesky leftists say watching newest Harry Potter series is 'genocidal'



While many Harry Potter fans are preparing for the latest rendition of the fabulously popular "Harry Potter" fantasy franchise, liberals on Bluesky are raging at anyone who might stab the transgender movement in the back.

Many have turned against the series after author J.K. Rowling unapologetically defended women's rights against the interests of the transgender agenda.

'F**k that hateful witch i wouldn't piss on her if she was on fire.'

On Bluesky, the left-wing alternative to the X social media platform, the activists are especially vicious against Rowling. The boycott calls centered around a screed at the Verge claiming Rowling was using her wealth to erase trans people "from existence."

"Supporting this genocidal bulls**t in a world with 1,345,869,098 other TV shows you haven’t watched yet is unnecessary and harmful," read one response.

"Rowling is a fascist and supporting her show enables it to continue," replied another critic.

"Oppressing a micro-minority from position of power to try and stay relative in an attention economy. A group posing no threat to you or society," said another detractor.

"The unaffected cis people clinging onto their emotional support franchise like the last drop of heroin in a needle is crazy," said another critic.

"The average [Harry Potter] fan would rather push us into a woodchipper than give it up."

"F**k that hateful witch i wouldn't piss on her if she was on fire," said another critic. "I'm definitely not watching that s**t."

"I’m keeping a list of the HBO Harry Potter actors just so I can never watch their s**t ever again. F**k all of them. Make that show poisonous and career-destroying, just like their hateful hearts," said one in response to the HBO trailer.

Another critic called the series fundamentally bad because it's "classist, racist, pro-slavery, pro-cop, regressive, anti-revolutionary."

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Rowling has faced the criticism on social media with re-energized attacks on the transgender agenda. She has also had to distance herself from some of the Harry Potter film actors over the issue.

"Men defining what a woman is, what women should and shouldn’t fear, what women should and shouldn’t say, what rights women should be fine with giving up and, of course, what constitutes ‘real’ misogyny: get a bloody mirror," Rowling posted in 2023.

"That’s real misogyny, looking right back at you," she added.

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Kacey Musgraves opens tour with plea for children of 'unfairly' deported migrants — and gets BRUTAL backlash



Multi-Grammy-winning country singer and songwriter Kacey Musgraves is facing calls for a boycott after she asked her fans to support a legal aid organization helping the children of deported migrants.

Musgraves has been directing some proceeds of her sales to the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, and she went farther during the Chicago opening night of her newest tour.

'What happened to the country music industry?'

"It’s a wonderful organization, and they help give aid — legal aid — and money to children whose parents have been deported unfairly,” Musgraves said at the United Center on Friday.

"It’s not a political thing. It’s just these kids need help," she added.

"That would mean a lot to me. If you don't want to, that's totally fine too."

While she got a lot of applause and support from her fans, there were some boos from the crowd as well.

Many on social media said the plea would end Musgraves' career.

"'[Musgraves] has just officially ended her career by asking for money for criminals who used their children as pawns to commit crime and stay in America illegally. She could have asked for money for Americans who need assitance [sic] but nope. She's done!" said one critic.

"How about donating money the help kids who's [sic] parents have been killed by illegal immigrants! What happened to the country music industry?" replied another detractor.

"People need to stop giving money to these pieces of s**ts, and I'm talking about the likes of Kacey Musgraves, don't buy her music, don't go to her concerts. And if you do you might as well say you're okay with illegal immigration," read another reply.

"Boycott Kacey Musgraves Music! Her music sucks and her tour had nobody attending! Lmao," said another critic.

In May Musgraves had a teenage mariachi band open for her concert after they made headlines for being previously detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security defended the detention of the teens in a statement to KSAT-TV.

"The law requires illegal aliens who show up at a port of entry without valid entry to be detained while all their claims are heard. You can look it up in the statute," the spokesperson said.

"Unlike the previous administration, the Trump administration is not going to ignore the rule of law," the spokesperson added. "Every day, the brave men and women of ICE are arresting and DEPORTING dangerous criminal illegal aliens, including gang members, from our country."

Musgraves' "Middle of Nowhere" tour will continue on to New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

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Longtime Dodgers fan George Lopez says he has abandoned team over owner's links to ICE



Hispanic comedian George Lopez says he has given up his longtime devotion to the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Lakers after discovering the owner's investments in federal immigration detainment centers.

Lopez made the comments on a Facebook post and during an interview with Shaquille O'Neal on "The Big Podcast" released June 10. Clips from the episode have gone viral on social media this week.

'So as soon as I found that out, I disassociated myself. ... I lost two teams in one week.'

The team has tried to encourage its fandom among members of the Latino community in Los Angeles despite activists' complaints about the displacement of a Latino community when the stadium was built in 1959.

Lopez, who was born in 1961, referred to that history when he said the team blocked him on Facebook after he called them out for not speaking out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in L.A.

"So they’ll take a stand on me, but not on the treatment of the families who called Chavez Ravine home before they decided to build a baseball stadium where they lived and where their families called home," Lopez responded. "Also, no comment from the owners. … If anyone doesn’t belong, it’s the Dodgers."

Lopez had been a common sight at the Dodgers games and had participated in many promotions with the team.

The Dodgers principal owner Mark Walter reportedly held a financial stake in the GEO Group, which operates for-profit detention centers. He also leads TWG Global, which has links to Palantir Technologies, a company that has received millions from ICE for data analytics.

The Los Angeles Times reported that Walter's investment firm had completely divested from GEO Group as of March.

Lopez told O'Neal that he also dropped his support for the Lakers.

"Mark Walter owns detention centers and runs them for profit," Lopez said.

"So as soon as I found that out, I disassociated myself from the Dodgers and the [Los Angeles] Lakers, unfortunately. I lost two teams in one week."

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He added the complaint about Chavez Ravine.

"The idea that Dodgers Stadium was built on a Latino neighborhood that was, people were forcibly removed in the late ‘50s," he continued.

"Then, when I found out they run that [detention] thing for profit and part of ICE and where they put people, I dissociated myself."

While activists continue to call for Latinos and others to boycott the Dodgers, a recent report showed the team still enjoys the highest attendance rate in the entire league, with 50,544 per game.

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Italian restaurant owner REFUSES to serve National Guard members — and doubles down after online backlash



The owner of an Italian restaurant refused to serve National Guard members because he said they were making his city less safe.

Miles Tamboli says he has gotten harassment and threats after telling four uniformed members of the Memphis Safe Task Force to leave his restaurant, Tamboli's Pasta & Pizza.

'None of that makes us safer. It makes us less safe, and it does the most damage to the people who were already struggling.'

The backlash against Tamboli's got a significant boost when the popular Libs of TikTok account posted about the owner's political statement and called on followers to make their voices heard.

"Tamboli's Pasta & Pizza REFUSED to serve four members of the Tennessee National Guard. This is the owner, Miles Tamboli. Would be a shame if everyone in the area knew they kicked out US servicemembers!" Libs of TikTok wrote Wednesday.

That post garnered more than 2.9 million views on its own.

WMC-TV reported that state and federal law allows a business to refuse service to people based on their occupations.

"On Saturday night we declined to serve four uniformed members of the Memphis Safe Task Force, and I stand behind that decision completely," Tamboli wrote in a statement to WMC. "I love this country and I love this city, and that is exactly why I made this call. I want Memphis to be safe."

He went on to claim that crime had fallen in the city before the task force had arrived.

"Families in this city are now afraid to drive to work, afraid to take their kids to school, afraid to be seen," he continued. "Our own schools reported that fear drove children to stop showing up to class. And this month a 20-year-old Memphian named Tyrin Johnson was shot and killed by National Guard troops during a foot chase, with no body camera footage and no answers for his family. None of that makes us safer. It makes us less safe, and it does the most damage to the people who were already struggling."

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He also claimed that "dozens" of other businesses pledged to oppose the National Guard operation.

One of those businesses, named Da Sammich Spot on Park Avenue, made national headlines when it refused to serve the troops in January.

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One airline makes special offer to snowflake passengers wanting to boycott Trump International Airport, leaked memo says



Anti-Trump passengers to Florida who will suffer trauma from flying into President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach may have a free option available to them from one airline.

Many on the left claimed to be boycotting the airport after it was officially renamed on July 9. It was previously named Palm Beach International Airport.

The airline pushed back ... and claimed their rules 'don't allow for changes because of an airport's name or three-letter code.'

According to a memorandum sent to United Airlines reservation agents and obtained by Live and Let's Fly, passengers who object to landing at the airport could be rerouted to Ford Lauderdale Airport or Miami International Airport.

The memo even offers a statement that agents can use when confronted by a snowflake passenger:

"I understand that you'd rather not fly to this airport anymore. We can look at nearby airports like Fort Lauderdale or Miami instead. Is that an acceptable alternative?" the memo suggests, according to Live and Let's Fly.

The airline pushed back in a statement to the New York Post and claimed its rules "don't allow for changes because of an airport's name or three-letter code."

The president's Trump Force One plane was the first to land on the tarmac of the airport after the name change. Many of his supporters and allies praised the decision to change the name, which was signed into law by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

"There is no person who has done more for Florida and our country, and no one more deserving of this incredible honor," Eric Trump responded on social media at the time.

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"Congratulations Dad — I'm happy to have played a big role in making this happen," the president's son continued.

The airline also said the memorandum was poorly worded and that passengers may make changes to their ticket for many reasons without incurring charges.

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'F**k this fascist regime': Texas bakery hit with boycott after calling MAGA 'rabid' and 'immoral' in Fourth of July post



The owner of a Texas bakery said it was staying open for the Fourth of July out of fear and anger over the policies of the Trump administration, and many responded by calling for a boycott of the bakery.

Haley Popp used the Facebook account for the Hive Bakery in Flower Mound to issue a scathing attack on supporters of President Donald Trump after initially saying she didn't feel like celebrating the holiday.

This is hardly the first time Popp has used her politics to rile up Republicans and get free marketing for her business.

"We expressed not wanting to celebrate the 4th this year, as we're embarrassed, afraid, and disappointed in what this country has become," reads the post on the bakery shop account.

"MAGA is adversarial. It's a cult of unintelligent, rabid, immoral sycophants. Those conservatives who still have rational thought have left the MAGA movement. Those who remain and continue to support the most corrupt administration in our nations history, are here, wishing for our bakery to burn to the ground," she added.

"Enjoy a little taste of this Americana," she concluded. "We are open tomorrow from 10-6 as we refuse to observe this holiday. F**k this fascist regime and every single person perpetuating the downfall of our country. Still holding out hope for an AOC revolution."

That post went viral after the popular Libs of TikTok account posted it on social media.

She has since claimed that the anger and hatred led to a response from liberals, who bought her T-shirts and ordered woke baked goods to show their support for her and their opposition to Trump.

But this is hardly the first time Popp has used her politics to rile up Republicans and get free marketing for her business.

In 2022, Popp posted pro-abortion messages from the bakery's account and later posted screenshots of the angry responses she got. She said she had a line out the door and sold out of many items when liberals came out to support the bakery.

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She told the Dallas Eater at the time that she had been very open about her support for "LGBTQ rights, Black Lives Matter, and women's rights" since opening the bakery.

Then in 2025, she made the news again for the same thing. A WFAA-TV report said she profited greatly from the reaction of Trump supporters.

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Whitlock blasts NAACP for ‘victimology’ message targeting young black athletes



The NAACP has called for young black athletes to boycott Southern sports programs in light of redistricting, and BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock is tired of the organization's victim mindset poisoning the youth.

“The NAACP has been set up as an institutional leader for black people, and they continue to promote the message that we’re owed something, we’re victims, and that young black people, you need to make these incredible sacrifices," Whitlock tells Virgil Walker.

“The idea that blacks are being marginalized … is absolutely inaccurate and false,” Walker agrees.

“No black person is now not able to vote that was voting. No black person is marginalized. There are no tests that are going to be in place at voting booths. … Nothing is going to change. But they’ve leveraged that to an audience for whom they’ve preached victimology,” he says.



“They want to leverage young black players at the very moment in their lives when they’re actually coming into opportunity, education, and money,” Walker says, pointing out that the organization is “nowhere to be found” when those kids are struggling during their youth.

“And the moment at which these kids are about to walk through a door of opportunity, the NAACP says, ‘Oh, hold up, hold up. Before you go there, we need to take all of that opportunity away from you, because you need to spend that equity, that sweat equity, with us,” he continues.

“That kind of messaging should scream so loud in the ears of parents that they begin to see organizations like the NAACP for the fraudulent organizations that they are,” he adds.

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Boston Suburb Becomes Legal Battleground Over Anti-Israel 'Values' Law That Jewish Group Says Is Thinly Disguised BDS Policy

A small town outside of Boston has quietly emerged as a central battleground in nationwide efforts by anti-Israel activists to force divestment from Israel under the guise of so-called Values-Aligned Local Investments laws.

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