'AVATAR' BOMBSHELL: James Cameron sued for ripping off likeness of indigenous actress



A series of movies based on sympathizing with indigenous cultures is allegedly set on the backdrop of hypocritical practices, a new lawsuit is claiming.

James Cameron's billion-dollar "Avatar" franchise has clear messages surrounding protecting native peoples and their environments, but according to a recent legal filing, he has actually been taking advantage of an aboriginal woman over the course of the 16-year lifespan of the films.

'A hugely lucrative film franchise that presented itself as sympathetic to Indigenous struggles.'

Actress Q'orianka Kilcher said that when she played Pocahontas across from Colin Farrell and Christian Bale in 2005's "The New World," director Cameron was so enthralled by her "beauty" that he used her likeness.

Kilcher, who has a native Peruvian background, was allegedly the inspiration for Neytiri, the female lead played by Zoe Saldana.

Face off

As NBC News reported, Kilcher said she had no idea her face was being used until she saw Cameron at an event in 2010 after the first "Avatar" movie was released. She said Cameron invited her to his office and gave her the gift of a sketch drawn and signed by him.

The gift allegedly included a note that said: "Your beauty was my early inspiration for Neytiri. Too bad you were shooting another movie. Next time."

Kilcher was just 14 years old when she played Pocahontas.

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Scan scam?

According to Variety, the legal complaint filed in California said Kilcher's likeness was later replicated in production sketches, sculpted into 3D models, and laser-scanned into digital models to be distributed to visual effects companies. The lawsuit further alleged that Kilcher's likeness was used not only in movies but in posters and promotions across the world.

An interview with Cameron from 2024 was also noted in the filing, in which the director stood in front of the "Avatar" sketch and specifically identified Kilcher.

"The source for this was a photograph that was in the L.A. Times as part of the promotion for 'The New World.' It's a young actress named Q'orianka Kilcher, who played Pocahontas in 'The New World,'" Cameron explained. "So this is actually her lower face. She had a very interesting face, and I wound up meeting her years later, and I gave her a signed print of this."

Don't look back

After this, Cameron specifically told the interviewer that Kilcher was not the true inspiration for Neytiri and that Zoe Saldana — an American from New Jersey with a Dominican and Puerto Rican background — was actually who the character looked like.

"Not that she was the inspiration for the character," Cameron said about Kilcher. "But I just wanted to show how a specific person's look could come through in the character, and that was important, because then the second we cast Zoe, we started, you know, Neytiri suddenly looked like Zoe. So, you know, the question is how did we get to that point."

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'Silently exploiting'

Lawyers for Kilcher said, however, that "what Cameron did was not inspiration; it was extraction."

"[Cameron] took the unique biometric facial features of a 14-year-old indigenous girl, ran them through an industrial production process, and generated billions of dollars in profit without ever once asking her permission. That is not filmmaking. That is theft," said Arnold P. Peter of Peter Law Group.

The lawsuit added, "The result was a hugely lucrative film franchise that presented itself as sympathetic to Indigenous struggles, all while silently exploiting a real Indigenous youth behind the scenes."

Neither Disney nor Lightstorm Entertainment, both of which were named in the lawsuit, responded to Align's request for comment.

Representatives for Cameron did not respond to requests from outlets like NBC News or People, either.

The "Avatar" trilogy has grossed over $1.8 billion at the box office. Two more movies are planned for 2029 and 2031.

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‘Low-IQ content’: Meet the left’s new ‘radical leftist hero’



Like many of her fellow liberals, progressive podcast host Jennifer Welch used the latest attempt on President Trump’s life to show her true colors.

In a segment on her podcast “I’ve Had It,” Welch mocked Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, for her response to the assassination attempt.

Dressed in all black with a black baseball cap to match what Kirk wore in her video message, Welch said, “How would you feel if the president of the United States said he wanted to wipe out an entire population? How would you feel if your husband said, ‘Because he’s famous, he can grab them by the p***y?’”

“What would Jesus do? What would Jesus do to the black pilot? How would you feel if your husband, president of the United States, was an adjudicated rapist? How would you feel about that? How would you feel?” she said.


Welch also promoted her new anti-fascist book, saying, “Make sure you preorder my book, which I would like to dedicate to one Erika Kirk.”

“Erika, the person that I’m talking about today, fascist, is you. You. You were the racist fascist about whom I am talking to. The work that your husband’s company and that you are doing to America’s youth to make them racist, narrow-minded, hateful, and bats**t crazy is an absolute disgrace. And thank you for the outfit, hashtag inspo,” she added, while her co-host laughed uncontrollably.

BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales is disturbed by liberals’ new “radical leftist hero.”

“It’s alarming to me that a lot of people are watching this content, let alone like one person. I don’t understand the other worthless shrew that comes into frame and starts cackling like it’s just so hilarious,” Gonzales says, calling it “low-IQ content.”

“You’re talking about Erika Kirk’s dead husband and saying that he’s a fascist because he created Turning Point USA so that young people could have a conservative organization to look up to so that they weren’t just inundated by leftist indoctrination,” she continues.

“It’s kind of depressing that people are, anyone is, consuming this content,” she adds.

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Brewer fantasizes about Trump's death AGAIN — and even Wisconsin Democrats are appalled



Kirk Bangstad, the owner of Minocqua Brewing Company in Wisconsin and the treasurer of a federal super PAC of the same name, is among the American leftists who apparently savor news of violence against conservatives and other Americans with opposing political views.

Bangstad rushed, for instance, to state, "F**k Charlie Kirk," immediately after the Turning Point USA founder's assassination at Utah Valley University, then wrote weeks later, "May his soul never find peace."

Beyond relishing in Kirk's demise, Bangstad — a twice-failed Democratic political candidate who was ordered to pay a six-figure sum for defamation in 2023 and was charged with harassment last year — vowed in an alarming message posted in January to give fellow travelers "free beer, all day long, the day he dies."

Though the post did not mention President Donald Trump by name, Bangstad's remarks to reporters and subsequent posts made clear he was referring to Trump, whom he unsuccessfully attempted to block from the 2024 presidential ballot in Wisconsin.

In the post — made after Bangstad circulated a wanted poster for a federal agent, called for "regime change" in the U.S., and stated that "it's just a matter of time" before "every ICE agent will face justice" — the brewer insinuated Trump's death was imminent, writing, "Show us this post when it happens in a few months and we'll make good on that promise."

While Wisconsin Democrats were virtually silent about Bangstad's extremist content earlier this year — content that the U.S. Secret Service previously told Blaze News was on the agency's radar — they piped up after the brewer wrote the following last weekend after yet another attempt on Trump's life, this time at the White House Correspondents' Dinner:

Well, we almost got #freebeerday. Either a brother or sister in the Resistance needs to work on their marksmanship or he faked another assassination to get a a [sic] positive news cycle. We'll never know. Regardless, we stand at the ready to pour free beer the day it happens.

A spokesman for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — whose female reporter Bangstad has tasked his followers with hounding — that the radical brewer's "rhetoric is completely unacceptable and should be retracted immediately."

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"We're not afraid to call out this sort of inappropriate behavior no matter where it comes from — our GOP colleagues should learn to do the same," said state Democratic Party spokesman Phil Shulman.

"I denounce those who had any reaction to last night's shooting other than outrage at the state of political violence in our country," said former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who is presently running as a Democrat for governor. "It's completely unacceptable, and I am thankful for the actions of law enforcement who acted swiftly and bravely to keep everyone safe."

A campaign spokeswoman for Democratic state Rep. Francesca Hong, who is also running for governor, told the Journal Sentinel that Bangstad's post "is intentionally inflammatory and a symptom of the normalization of political violence."

Missy Hughes, another Democratic candidate in the Wisconsin gubernatorial race, stated, "Such vile rhetoric is completely unacceptable and must be universally condemned."

Even a former underling has turned against the brewer.

Rebecca Cooke, a Democrat running in Wisconsin for the U.S. Congress who worked for Bangstad during his failed 2016 congressional campaign, said, "This rhetoric is dangerous and unacceptable — showcasing just how broken our political system is."

The criticism by fellow travelers appears to have broken Bangstad's thin skin.

The brewer, who has apparently been selling voodoo dolls bearing the faces of Trump administration officials and "I wish it was free beer day" T-shirts, wrote on Facebook, "Leave it to the Corporate Dems and politically naive Democratic gubernatorial candidates to take the bait and condemn 'political violence' or 'politically violent rhetoric' after the 3rd questionably/arguable fake assassination attempt against Trump."

"Aggression and accusation is the MO of Trump and MAGA," Bangstad wrote. "Flat-footed answers and retreat is unfortunately the MO of Corporate Dems and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Time to flip the scrip [sic] and for Democratic leaders and journalists to force Trump and his regime to prove they're not lying before covering a story about political violence and yet another 'would-be assassination attempt.'"

After claiming that his assertion that leftists need to "work on their marksmanship" was "hyperbole," Bangstad wrote in a post on Tuesday, "The day 'he' dies will do a LOT to end that suffering. Sure, JD Vance will bring with him a more intelligent treachery to the world stage if Trump passes — but when the symbol of American weakness, ignorance, and bigotry finally breathes his last breath — the entire world will be able to breathe a little easier."

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NASA astronaut gives very American response to DEI questioning



Before the Artemis II mission blasted off to go around the moon, the astronauts were faced with one more earthly question about diversity and representation.

The last-ditch struggle session-style question came while the astronauts were in preflight quarantine, literally unable to escape the woke query.

'It's the story of humanity, not black history, not women's history.'

Just three days before the launch on Sunday, the astronauts fielded questions, with a focus on race and gender coming from Spectrum News' Anthony Leone. He asked, "There are so many firsts here for this mission. The first commander of a returned manned mission to the moon. The first black man, the first woman, the first Canadian to visit the moon. What do these firsts mean to each of you?"

The first to answer was Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, who squashed any idea of self praise:

"We are not doing this for the superlatives. We're doing this because it's a unique opportunity. We are going for all and by all. This is what NASA embodies."

Next it was pilot Victor Glover who completely rejected the premise, going viral for his response.

"I want to highlight, I guess maybe one facet of this is the tension," Glover explained.

"This dichotomy between happiness that a young woman can look at Christina and just physicalize her, her passion or her interest, or even if it's not something she wants to do, she can just be like, 'girl power.' And that's awesome. And that young brown boys and girls can look at me and go, 'Hey, he looks like me, and he's doing what?' And that's great, I love that," Glover continued.

However, the astronaut then revealed he has grown tired of race being the first thing mentioned about his accomplishments:

"I also hope we are pushing the other direction that one day we don't have to talk about these firsts, that one day this is just —" Glover paused to reset for emphasis. "Listen to this: that this is the human history. It's about human history. It's the story of humanity, not black history, not women's history, but that it becomes human history."

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Glover then passed the mic to Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist. Koch did not disappoint either, telling reporters that the mission is "not about celebrating any one individual."

"If there is something to celebrate, it's that we are at a time when everyone who has a dream gets to work equally hard to achieve that dream ... if we are not going for all and by all, we aren't truly answering all of humanity's call to explore. That, to me, is what's worth celebrating."

While the NASA astronauts all focused on the bigger picture rather than celebrating race or gender politics, the fourth crew member, Canadian mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, took a different route.

While Hansen began by saying the mission is an acknowledgment of "anybody who shows up" and is able to contribute something meaningful, he quickly pivoted to give progressives an answer to be proud of.

"I'm wearing a Canadian patch here that was designed by an Anishinaabe artist in Canada, and it just represents some of the beauty of indigenous culture and their perspective on the moon and the seven sacred laws and just the richness of doing something together and how inviting that is."

The Anishinaabe refers to a grouping of native tribes that surrounded the Great Lakes region. Including the Algonquin and Mississauga people, as well as groups of smaller tribes, it is an oft-cited moniker favored by activists pursuing their political endeavors.

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Glover is a devout Christian; he has been adamant about his faith and even asked for prayers regarding his moon mission. His brazen unwillingness to compromise on presenting his views has made him stand out throughout the mission lead-up.

"I want to use the abilities that God has given me to do my job well and support my crewmates and mission and NASA," he said in a 2020 Christian Chronicle interview; in remarks to Christianity Today, Glover said that he "very intentionally" puts "God at the front" of his missions because "it's the way I try to live my life as well."

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Comedian Leslie Jones calls marriage 'legalized slavery' — and cringes as her progressive logic backfires



A friendly podcast interview turned into a harrowing ordeal when comedian Leslie Jones faced every celebrity's nightmare: having to justify her progressive beliefs.

In a recent appearance on writer and comedian Ziwe's YouTube show "You'd Be an Iconic Guest," the "Saturday Night Live" alum was her usual confident self, offering her takes on race, marriage, and culture.

Confident, that is, until the host began challenging Jones' logic.

'If he expecting you to be a trad wife, might as well pull out a whip and a chain.'

Ball and chain

After Jones said she finds "powerful men" like President Barack Obama attractive, Ziwe suggested that this proclivity might be interpreted as "submissive."

"Could you be a trad wife, is what I'm asking," the host added.

"Absolutely f**king not," Jones replied.

When pressed to clarify, Jones expanded her contempt to marriage in general.

"Because that's not who the f**k I am. And my daddy didn't raise me like that," Jones asserted. "To be anybody's wife. My dad used to literally say that to me, 'I didn't raise you to be somebody's wife.'"

"That's so brave," Ziwe replied, in a tone that suggested the opposite.

Undaunted — or unaware — Jones brought her rant to a bold conclusion: "I think marriage is legalized slavery."

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Guys and gays

Ziwe, demonstrating an impressive restraint, calmly encouraged her guest to pursue her bizarre line of thought.

"Say more. Because if I'm thinking about slavery and I'm thinking about marriage, there are two different images that come into my head."

"Absolutely not," Jones came back. "I don't know how you don't. A man is, especially if he expecting you to be a trad wife, might as well pull out a whip and a chain."

"I don't believe in ... marriage. ... And I don't think it's beneficial for a woman at all," Jones went on.

As Jones' irritation mounted, Ziwe ramped up the trolling, asking her guest which cause she cared less about: gay rights or men's rights.

"Male rights," Jones replied. "Because f**k them, they already got rights."

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Again, Ziwe pressed Jones to explain.

When Jones said something about men needing to "evolve," Ziwe countered by bringing up a recent incident in which the NBA reprimanded Jones for disrupting a game while sitting courtside.

"So it's interesting as you talk about how men should do better and get better. You're barking at a, you know, young 24-year-old doing their job ... what's the logic there?" the host asked.

Jones confirmed the incident, offering no justification other than her age: "I'm 58 ... I should be able to do whatever I want."

Therapy session

As the interview went on, Jones became increasingly exasperated, likening it to an interrogation, asking for her publicist, and at one point musing, "My career about to be over 'cause I think I'm going to attack this person."

The interview culminated with Ziwe — demonstrating an impressive command of progressive-ese — calling out Jones for not watching her show before her appearance.

"You've never engaged with my work at all as a black woman? ... Wow. And so you're talking about breaking the glass ceiling and how men should do better. And you have a black woman sitting across from you, and you can't even think to engage with her work[?]"

While Jones gamely stayed for the entire interview, despite her evident discomfort, she did admit it was not an enjoyable experience. "I'm gonna need therapy after this."

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'We want to be inclusive': After Christian player posts Bible verses, Patriots coach says team needs to be 'educated'



New England Patriots Head Coach Mike Vrabel says there is "a fine line" between personal expression and not being inclusive enough.

The coach and former Patriots player spoke to media in a formal setting on Tuesday and fielded questions about one of the team's star running backs.

'We're trying to educate them.'

Particularly, Vrabel was asked about TreVeyon Henderson, who responded to the falling-out a Chicago Bulls player had with his team this week. The Bulls released player Jaden Ivey after he expressed disagreement with gay pride celebrations in the NBA while stating his support for Christianity.

In response to the story, Henderson, who describes himself as a "follower of Jesus Christ," posted a series of Bible verses on his X account and only one time provided his own commentary.

"What path will you choose?" Henderson wrote, alongside images of Bible verses.

Vrabel was asked by a reporter how he differentiates between conduct that is detrimental to a team — the Bulls' official reason for releasing Ivey — and a player's right to personal expression.

"I think there is a fine line. I'm gonna tell you, I love TreVeyon," Vrabel quickly replied. "I love the person. He cares deeply about our team. He cares deeply about his faith. He cares deeply about his family, his wife, the people in our building, and so I want [the players] to be able to express what they believe in their heart and in their mind."

That was Vrabel's setup before pivoting toward progressive ideology.

"But I also want to make sure that they're educated, and we want to be inclusive," he said firmly.

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Henderson's posts hardly amounted to anything other than a copy and paste of Scripture. However, Coach Vrabel implied the posts could make others feel uncomfortable or possibly harm the team.

He also suggested that everyone with the Patriots "wants to provide an environment for people to, one, feel comfortable, but also to share their personal beliefs. And then also we represent the team, and we represent the organization."

Vrabel continued, saying that while his players cannot have their phones taken away from them, they certainly need to be educated, a term he repeatedly used.

"We just want to educate them to — never going to tell them how to feel. Certainly want to make sure that they understand that their actions represent something more than just themselves."

He concluded, "So I do think there's a fine line. We're always talking about those kinds of things. We're trying to educate them."

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Henderson was his team's top running back last season, garnering 911 yards on 180 carries in his rookie season. Carries were split with now-sixth-year player Rhamondre Stephenson, who had 603 yards on 130 carries.

Despite Henderson leading the team, he is listed as New England's second-string for the upcoming season by ESPN, likely because Stevenson had double the number of carries in the NFL playoffs.

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DEI-obsessed 'Captain Marvel' star puts away politics, embraces video games: 'What was I thinking?'



Actress Brie Larson is wondering why she bothered with politics in the first place.

Once outspoken about the Donald Trump administration — and known for condemning “white dude[s]” who criticized her films — Larson now appears to have found a different focus.

'What was I thinking doing all these dramas where I had to speak on, like, very serious issues happening?'

The half-French-Canadian star — born Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers — has gradually stepped back from overtly progressive politics, returning to a more traditional Hollywood pastime: promoting her projects.

After what she called the best press day of her life, Larson told Fandango, “What was I thinking doing all these dramas where I had to speak on, like, very serious issues happening?”

White fright

Press and “serious issues” used to go hand in hand for 36-year-old Larson, who rarely missed an opportunity to lecture fans about racism and sexism. This tendency only intensified once her role as Captain Marvel brought her worldwide fame, putting her at odds with a significant portion of Marvel’s fanbase.

In 2018, while accepting an award for “Excellence in Film,” Larson called out film criticism for having too many “white males.”

“Less than a quarter were white women, and less than 10% were underrepresented men. Only 2.5% of those top critics were women of color,” she said.

Larson added that she didn’t need to hear from a “40-year-old white dude” about her movie because it “wasn’t made for him.”

“I want to know what that film meant to women of color, to biracial women, to teen women of color, to teens that are biracial,” she continued.

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Larson then clarified that she didn’t “hate white dudes.”

Tank girl

While the Larson-starring 2019 “Captain Marvel” proved invulnerable to the controversy, audience enthusiasm for women-led superhero films has since cooled. The 2023 follow-up, “The Marvels” — which found Larson joining forces with two other female heroes — became the studio’s worst-performing superhero film.

That same year, actor Samuel L. Jackson relayed that Larson was indeed “broken” by President Trump winning in 2016, saying they bonded on the set of “Kong: Skull Island” (2017).

“We bonded through the election while we were doing her movie when Donald Trump won. She was broken, and I was like, ‘Don’t let ’em break you. You have to be strong now,’” Jackson recalled.

Once one of Hollywood's most vocal progressives, Larson has seemingly stepped away from the political scene entirely, choosing to laser-focus on her projects, which have mostly included TV appearances and now “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.”

As she once did with politics, Larson is diving headfirst into gaming culture.

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Gamer great

“There’s so much that video games are taking from cinema, and I think it’s really time for us in cinema to recognize what we can take from video games,” she told host Jacqueline Coley on “Seen on the Screen.”

In fact, Larson has made virtually no public political comments since the COVID-19 era and the unrest of 2020.

Instead, she’s ramped up public appearances after a period of relative quiet — traveling internationally to promote Nintendo projects and even speaking Japanese.

“I love Nintendo so much. I’ve been playing it my entire life,” she said in Kyoto, Japan. “I’m so grateful to be here.”

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Jaguar walks back woke ads that led to crushed sales — now invokes 1960s simplicity



Carmaker Jaguar has made an about-face in its advertising formula, now opting for simplicity after a disastrous woke ad campaign seemingly derailed sales just over a year ago.

In late 2024, the company dropped an ad that was widely criticized, mocked, and labeled "woke."

'Jaguars need to be beautiful.'

The ad featured a diverse cast of flamboyantly dressed androgynous actors — including a man in a dress — in an attack on the "ordinary."

"We're here to delete ordinary. To go bold. To copy nothing," the tagline read.

Strangely enough, though, the commercial did not include a single image of a car, let alone a Jaguar.

The strange marketing campaign even drew ire from President Trump, who said last August, "Jaguar did a stupid, and seriously WOKE advertisement."

The ad became infamous over the summer, months after its release, and was coupled with a devastating sales decline.

Now, the company is going in a different direction, drawing on its original Jaguar E-type that launched at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1961.

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With the tagline "Original then. Original now," Jaguar seems determined to invoke classic car nostalgia with a set of three 30-second ads released earlier this week.

The ads seem like the company is simply extending an olive branch to possible customers, as it is not promoting anything new, but includes its concept car — the Type 00 — which was first announced at the end of 2024.

The first ad, titled "Spirit of Reinvention," simply shows off its mid-1950s XKSS and 1975 XJ-S.

The second ad, "Bold Expression," gives a nod to the classic Jaguar SS models, while the third ad, "Shocking the World," shows a vertically hanging E-type while referencing its original release.

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The ads are a stark contrast from the previous campaign, which culminated with Jaguar Land Rover's longtime CEO stepping down in July.

The resignation came after sales dropped 97% when comparing April 2025 to April 2024. Just 49 Jaguars were registered across Europe in April 2025, a massive decline from 1,961 the previous April.

The shocking downturn came after record profits just a few months before.

It remains unclear what the future holds for Jaguar, as it labels its new concept car as a "non-production vehicle," but the Type 00 still seems to be the brand's focus. According to Jaguar's former designer Ian Callum, several different models were scrapped to make way for the new design.

"They were all taken away," Callum said. "They were all stopped, and even the current cars were stopped."

The Type 00 is now the future of the brand and is being used as "a statement," he said. While Callum admitted the car is "bold" and "handsome," it is not "beautiful."

"And Jaguars need to be beautiful," he added.

Readers should note that Jaguar Land Rover has been owned by Indian manufacturer Tata Motors since 2008.

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Jasmine Crockett claims voters were 'disenfranchised' following crushing defeat in key Texas primary



Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) endured a brutal electoral blow Tuesday night after her opponent James Talarico secured the nomination in the Texas Senate Democratic primary.

Talarico, a more moderate Democrat, decisively won the nomination, dashing Crockett's aspirations for higher political office. With 80% of the vote tallied on Wednesday morning, Talarico sailed through with 53.1% of the vote, while Crockett brought in just 45.6%, according to the New York Times.

Talarico's win may indicate a shift toward a more moderate platform.

Despite Talarico's decisive win, Crockett was quick to blame election fraud.

"We're about to file a lawsuit to keep the voting polls open," Crockett said. "... I can tell you now that people were being disenfranchised."

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Talarico embraced the blue-dog Democrat campaign style, pitching himself as a Christian and appealing to working-class voters. Crockett, on the other hand, exemplified progressivism in full force, modeling herself after Squad members like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).

Despite Crockett's appeal to the progressive faction of the left, Talarico's win may indicate a shift toward a more moderate platform within the Democratic Party.

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Talarico will now face off against either Attorney General Ken Paxton or incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in November.

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