Daily Wire host Matt Walsh explained how the Right has made progress in fighting back against the LGBT pride agenda, telling radio host Jesse Kelly that corporations now need to think twice before going all in for pride month. “I am seeing … more than I remember in recent years, of companies pulling back on the pride month stuff,” Kelly said in his interview with Walsh, also pointing out that 10 different National Football League teams declined to celebrate pride month. “Are we maybe finally stopping some of this culture war stuff?” “I think we are gaining some ground. I think there is no question that culturally, when it comes to this sort of thing in particular, we are in a better spot right now than we were two or three years ago,” Walsh answered. “Now, that’s far from saying that we’ve won the culture and that we’re in a great spot, but I do think that, who has gained ground over the last two years and I don’t think it’s that side of it,” he added, referring to the LGBT movement. “We’ve made it so that a lot of these companies, if they lean too heavily into pride, it’s going to be a problem, we’re making it a problem,” Walsh pointed out. “It’s at least a cost now for these companies. They have something to think about, they have something to weigh. There’s a risk involved if they go too heavy with the pride stuff. That’s probably why some of them are backing away from it.” The Daily Wire host went on to explain that companies like Target made a serious mistake when they started “very explicitly going after kids,” as well as the broader “child gender transition insanity,” both of which Walsh says pushed normal people away from the movement. “At the same time, they were also making this explicit play against parental rights, literally treating parents at PTA meetings and school board meetings like terrorists, and that turned out to be a bridge too far.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP The two also discussed Ms. Rachel, a popular YouTuber who makes educational content for babies and toddlers and recently came out in support of pride month. “There are plenty of parents who will just sit their kids down in front of YouTube and watch videos like this,” Walsh said while discussing her channel, also contending that “making this turn into open LGBT indoctrination … is where this usually ends with these children’s performers.” “My question is, why people on the Right still continue to patronize things like this, are we this desperate for entertainment for our kids,” Kelly asked. “How in the world does anybody with any right-leaning thought put their kids in front of that crap?” “The good news is that I’ve heard from a lot of conservative parents who say that they are just done with Ms. Rachel after this,” Walsh explained. “I do think that parents, at least conservative parents, seem to be waking up to this kind of thing more and becoming a little bit more discerning about the stuff they put in front of their kids.”

An anonymous source recently told People that Brad Pitt is “upset” that his daughter, Shiloh, filed paperwork on her 18th birthday to drop the “Pitt” from her last name. “He’s aware and upset that Shiloh dropped his last name. He’s never felt more joy than when she was born. He always wanted a daughter,” the source said. “The reminders that he’s lost his children, is of course not easy for Brad. He loves his children and misses them. It’s very sad,” the insider added. The last name debacle made headlines last week as Shiloh used her first official day of adulthood to make a major change to her surname. For anyone who hasn’t been paying attention, this move from the eldest biological child of Pitt and ex-wife Angelina Jolie was unprecedented. But a small amount of research shows that the move lines up with the drama between Pitt and his kids that’s been brewing for years. Andrea Staccioli/ Insidefoto/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images Jolie, 48, and Pitt, 60, met on the set of “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” in 2003 and it’s widely reported that their chemistry was undeniable. This was complicated by the fact that Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston at the time. He and Jolie officially became a couple following his divorce in 2005. Pitt and Jolie became Hollywood’s “it couple” over the next decade. They formally wed in 2014. Together, they share six kids: Maddox, 22, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, Pax, 20, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 15. Jolie had adopted Maddox from Cambodia and Zahara from Ethiopia prior to her relationship with Pitt. He legally adopted them after they got together. The couple had their first biological child, Shiloh, in 2006. Next they adopted Pax from Vietnam. Finally, Jolie gave birth to twins, Knox and Vivienne, in 2008. Christopher Polk/WireImage And Shiloh isn’t the only one changing her name. Vivienne, who is listed as a producer assistant for the Broadway musical “The Outsiders,” uses the last name “Jolie” in the Playbill. A video of Zahara introducing herself while joining the Mu Pi chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at her university shows the teen introducing herself as “Zahara Marley Jolie.” What gives? Why are so many of Pitt’s children choosing to separate themselves from the Academy Award winning actor? Most entertainment insiders believe it can be traced back to an incident that happened when the family flew from Paris to Los Angeles in 2016. The alleged incident became public in 2022 when Jolie filed a complaint claiming that her ex grabbed her by the head and shook her, then choked one of the children who tried to step in and stop him. The abuse allegations were made shortly after the flight, per NPR, but most details were kept hidden until 2022. The New York Times was first to report the verbiage found in the court document. “Pitt’s aggressive behavior started even before the family got to the airport, with Pitt having a confrontation with one of the children. After the flight took off, Jolie approached Pitt and asked him what was wrong,” the filing says. “Pitt accused her of being too deferential to the children and verbally attacked her.” At another point, the document stated, “He pulled [Jolie] into the bathroom and began yelling at her. Pitt grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her, and then grabbed her shoulders and shook her again before pushing her into the bathroom wall.” One of the couple’s children who was only identified as being between the ages of 8 and 15-years-old at the time verbally defended Jolie. This allegedly caused the actor to act out in anger. “Pitt lunged at his own child and Jolie grabbed him from behind to stop him. To get Jolie off his back, Pitt threw himself backwards into the airplane’s seats injuring Jolie’s back and elbow,” the filing continued. “The children rushed in and all bravely tried to protect each other. Before it was over, Pitt choked one of the children and struck another in the face.” The document also accused Pitt of pouring beer on Jolie and both beer and red wine on the children. Jolie said Pitt was “becoming a monster” as he “ranted” and “mimicked the behavior of a monster and screamed at them,” per People. She said she and the children were “shell-shocked” and “frozen, scared and didn’t know what to do.” The actress claimed that Pitt’s behavior made her feel “like a hostage.” NPR noted that criminal charges “would not be pursued due to several factors.” The “Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood” actor denied the abuse claims via his rep. An initial statement in 2022 classified the allegations as “completely untrue.” The rep later amended the statement, admitting Pitt displayed inappropriate behavior but said Jolie was blowing it out of proportion. “(Jolie’s) story continues to evolve each time she tells it. Brad has accepted responsibility for what he did but will not for things he didn’t do,” the new statement said. “He has been on the receiving end of every type of personal attack and misrepresentation,” Pitt’s attorney Anne Kiley said at the time. “Thankfully, the various public authorities she has tried to use against him over the past six years have made their own independent decisions. Brad will continue to respond in court as he has consistently done.” Karwai Tang/WireImage It’s not just Pitt’s daughters seemingly shunning their dad. The couple’s oldest son Pax also reportedly shared his opinion, allegedly called his adoptive father a “world class a**hole” and “f***ing awful human being” in a Father’s Day post on his private Instagram account in 2020, per The Daily Mail. “You time and time and again prove yourself to be a terrible and despicable person,” the social media account holder wrote over a picture of Pitt accepting the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2020 for his role in “Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood.” “You have no consideration or empathy toward your four youngest children who tremble in fear when in your presence,” the post said. “You have made the lives of those closest to me a constant hell. You may tell yourself and the world whatever you want, but the truth will come to light someday.” The drama continues as Pitt and Jolie battle for custody over their two remaining minor children and amid a messy controversy over the ownership of their French vineyard, Chateau Miraval. The former couple was declared legally single back in 2019, but their divorce is still ongoing until those two issues are settled.

Portions of the so-called manifesto of the school shooter who targeted The Covenant School last year show that contrary to claims by police, the shooter appears to have been motivated by gender ideology and other political issues. “So now in America, it makes one a criminal to have a gun or, be transgender, or non-binary,” the shooter wrote in documents that were in her car at the time of the shooting, according to the Tennessee Star, which obtained copies of dozens of handwritten diaries. “God I hate those s—head politicians,” the entry continued. The diary entry was called “My Imaginary Penis” and said, “I finally found the answer – that changing one’s gender is possible.” She raged that her mother was raised “conservatively” and did not support her gender transitioning, saying, “I’d kill to have those resources.” The discrepancy could explain why the FBI sought to suppress the manifesto, given that its contents raise issues about why the FBI did not count the shooting as domestic terrorism. Authorities have worked relentlessly to prevent the transgender killer’s writings from becoming public, while also suggesting that they do not contain political motives. The FBI told The Daily Wire shortly after the shooting that it was not considering it domestic terrorism. The FBI’s definition of domestic terrorism is “violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature.” Joe Biden’s DOJ officials have said that right-wing terrorism is the biggest threat to the country, and the FBI has been accused of coming to that conclusion by juking the stats, falsely putting unrelated cases in the category of right-wing terrorism while not counting left-wing terrorism as such. She wrote that she used stuffed animals to pretend to be a boy having sex with a girl, saying “God, I am such a pervert.” The diary entry was dated 16 days before the March 27, 2023 attack, The Star reported. In another entry dated a month before the shooting, she wrote “So now [because] of you, I wish death on myself cause of the pure hatred of my female gender… with no rights, anyone’s country is a s—– dictatorship,” The Star reported. The Star also uncovered a document this week showing that the FBI pressured the Nashville police not to release the manifesto. Nashville Metro Police Department chief John Drake promised Gov. Bill Lee he would, before breaking his promise. The uncovered documents also suggest that the head of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation also may have misrepresented their contents. Nashville News Channel 5 reported last month that TBI director David Rausch “said what police found isn’t so much a manifesto spelling out a target but a series of rambling writings indicating no clear motive. From what Raush said, the material finds that the killer did not write about specific political, religious or social issues.” Two separate leaks have now undermined that claim, with documents obtained by Steven Crowder also showing the shooter — who was killed by police and who The Daily Wire is not naming — was fueled by hatred against left-wing targets like “white privilege” and “crackers.” “Wanna kill all you little crackers,” she wrote. Josh DeVine, a spokesman for TBI, did not immediately explain the discrepancy. The FBI did not return a request for comment on why, given the contents of the manifesto, it was not deemed domestic terrorism, and whether the FBI’s suppression of the manifesto was designed to conceal that discrepancy. In the months before the shooting, Democratic politicians had claimed, in overheated rhetoric, that Republicans were oppressing transgender people with new policies. After the shooting occurred–despite a manifesto that may have suggested it was left-wing terrorism ginned up by their own rhetoric–authorities concealed the manifesto, and Democrats used the shooting to demand another of their priorities, gun control. Transgenders have allegedly been behind a spate of planned school shootings, and contents of their writings have in other cases been released without issue. Last month, another female-to-male graduate of a Nashville Christian school was charged with allegedly threatening to commit a copycat attack near the anniversary of the Covenant shooting. Tennessee Gov. “Bill Lee knows if he makes one wrong move it’s Joever [sic] for him,” she wrote, adding that the school taught her that “‘Vengeance is mine,’ sayeth the Lord.”

Hallie Biden, Hunter Biden’s sister-in-law-turned-lover, admitted that she’s “embarrassed” and “ashamed” that Hunter got her hooked on crack in 2018. On Thursday, Hallie — the widow of Hunter’s late brother Beau Biden — testified in federal court that the first son introduced her to crack cocaine during the summer of 2018. She made the admission when she took the stand on day 4 of Hunter’s Delaware trial, where he faces several gun-related charges, the New York Post reported. Halie, who told the courtroom that the two became romantically involved in late 2015 or early 2016, said that after they started dating she learned of Biden’s use of the drug.  “I found it [crack] and Googled it because I didn’t know what it was,” Hallie said of finding it in her Wilmington home. “He told me what it was, crack cocaine.” Biden’s sister-in-law — who testified on the guarantee of immunity — said she started using the drug too in June 2018 but was done with it by August that year, telling the prosecution that it was Hunter who had introduced her to the illegal substance.  ? Hallie Biden, the widow of Hunter Biden’s late brother Beau Biden, testified that Hunter introduced her to crack. “It was a terrible experience that I went through. I’m embarrassed and I’m ashamed,” Hallie said on the witness stand.https://t.co/9P7SKi8KId — Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) June 6, 2024 “It was a terrible experience I went through and I’m embarrassed and I’m ashamed,” Hallie said. I regret that time of my life.” Hallie said while she was done with it by the end of that summer, Hunter wasn’t — and she witnessed the first son smoking it. She also said she went with him to get to the illegal street drug. Biden’s sister-in-law said when he used the drug it would result in him becoming “agitated [and] high-strung. But other times [he was] functioning as well.” Pivotal to the case, Hallie also testified about finding Hunter’s gun — which he’s charged with illegally owning while on drugs in October 2018. She said she found it when she went “to clean out any drugs or alcohol in the car … in an effort to help him get or stay sober.” “Aside from trash and clothes, I found remnants of crack cocaine, paraphernalia — oh, and the gun, obviously,” Hallie told the court. “I panicked and I wanted to get rid of them,” she added, of the gun and ammunition. “I didn’t want him to hurt himself or [for] my kids to find it and hurt themselves.” She said she ended up putting the gun in a leather pouch and tossing it in the trash at her grocery store. Hunter is charged with lying on a form in order to purchase a handgun in October 2018. Because Hunter is a drug addict, he should have checked a box indicating such, and not doing so amounted to making a false statement material to a firearms sale and making a false statement in a firearms transaction record, Reuters reported.  Those are the first two charges against Hunter. The third relates to Hunter violating a law banning drug users and addicts from possessing firearms. Ashe Schow contributed to this piece.

A defensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs went into cardiac arrest on Thursday after suffering a seizure during a team meeting. Defensive end BJ Thompson, a 25-year-old who was drafted in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL Draft out of Stephen F. Austin State University, suffered the medical emergency during a special teams meeting. NFL insider Tom Pelissero posted on X: “The Chiefs canceled all team activities today after a backup defensive lineman had a seizure in a special teams meeting and went into cardiac arrest, per sources.” “The team’s medical staff worked quickly, an ambulance was called and the player is currently in stable condition,” he added. The #Chiefs canceled all team activities today after a backup defensive lineman had a seizure in a special teams meeting and went into cardiac arrest, per sources. The team’s medical staff worked quickly, an ambulance was called and the player is currently in stable condition. — Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) June 6, 2024 The American Heart Association responded to the incident by posting on X: “Wishing @Chiefs DT BJ Thompson a full recovery following his cardiac arrest during a team meeting earlier today. We’re grateful for the Chiefs’ medical staff that responded quickly before an ambulance arrived.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP The incident comes a year and a half after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during a football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in January 2023 after suffering a cardiac arrest following a hit that he took. Hamlin was eventually able to return to the football field the following season after spending time in the hospital. Related: LeBron James’ Son Suffers Cardiac Arrest During Basketball Workout

More than 100 health care professionals and groups have signed onto a declaration calling on major medical organizations to halt dangerous transgender medical interventions for children. The “Doctors Protecting Children Declaration” was signed by doctors, nurses, psychotherapists, scientists, researchers, and others, who announced the declaration at a Thursday press conference in Washington, D.C., The Daily Signal first reported. “We are here defying the claims made by these medical organizations in the U.S. that those of us who are concerned are a minority, and that their protocols are consensus,” Dr. Jill Simmons, a pediatrician and the executive director for the American College of Pediatricians, said at the press conference. “They are not consensus, and we are speaking in a loud and unified voice: enough.” The group said in their declaration that they have “serious concerns about the physical and mental health effects of the current protocols promoted for the care of children and adolescents in the United States who express discomfort with their biological sex.” The declaration sounded the alarm on subjecting gender dysphoric children to medical interventions like transgender surgeries, cross-sex hormones, and puberty blockers, saying these treatments involve “serious long-term risks” including “sterility.” “Evidence-based medical research now demonstrates there is little to no benefit from any or all suggested ‘gender affirming’ interventions for adolescents experiencing Gender Dysphoria. Social ‘affirmation,’ puberty blockers, masculinizing or feminizing hormones, and surgeries, individually or in combination, do not appear to improve long-term mental health of the adolescents, including suicide risk,” the group said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP One issue is the lack of long-term followup studies on children who have undergone these treatments, the group noted. Another issue is the “immature, often impulsive, nature of the adolescent brain.” “Most children and adolescents whose thoughts and feelings do not align with their biological sex will resolve those mental incongruencies after experiencing the normal developmental process of puberty,” the health care providers wrote. Also, socially transitioning children, which can involve a child picking a new name and pronouns and changing their appearance, can lead to medical interventions later, warned the group, which includes several psychiatrists and counselors. The group also took issue with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), saying its guidelines are “demonstrably flawed,” yet many gender clinics follow them. Instead, psychotherapy for underlying mental health issues like autism, depression, anxiety, and trauma should be the “first line of treatment” for children experiencing discomfort with their biological sex, the group said. The group noted that other countries including England, Scotland, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland have all pumped the brakes on transgender medical interventions for children. “Despite all the above evidence that gender affirming treatments are not only unhelpful, but are harmful, and despite the knowledge that the adolescent brain is immature, professional medical organizations in the United States continue to promote these interventions,” the group said. “Further, they state that legislation to protect children from harmful interventions is dangerous since it interferes with necessary medical care for children and adolescents.” The declaration called on the main U.S. medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Endocrine Society, the American Medical Association, and the American Psychological Association to “immediately stop” promoting social affirmation, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries for children and adolescents who experience distress over their biological sex. “Instead, these organizations should recommend comprehensive evaluations and therapies aimed at identifying and addressing underlying psychological co-morbidities and neurodiversity that often predispose to and accompany gender dysphoria,” the group stated. Several health care organizations signed onto the declaration as well, including the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, the Catholic Medical Association, Genspect, and the National Association of Catholic Nurses.

Dakota Fanning revealed the unique birthday presents she has received every year from Tom Cruise since early in her career. During the 30-year-old actress’ appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” the host mentioned how sweet she finds it that Cruise still sends Fanning a gift every year on her birthday, before sharing that the gift is always a new pair of shoes. “I find this amazing that every year on your birthday, Tom Cruise actually still sends you a present on your birthday and says ‘Happy Birthday.’ That’s so nice,” Clarkson told the “Twilight” star, noting that it’s been more than a decade since Fanning worked with the “Top Gun” star on “War of the Worlds” in 2005. Fanning said she turned 11 while the two were working on the movie together and he gave her her “first cell phone.” “It was a Motorola Razr,” Fanning recalled. “I didn’t have anyone to call but I just wanted a Razr so bad. And I must have been talking about it a lot because that’s what he got me. It was such great memory.” However, since that time, she said Cruise has sent her the “same thing every year, after the cellphone” and that’s shoes, because he knows she’s loved them since she was very young. “I started to be able to fit into really small adult shoes when I was on the ‘War of the Worlds’ press tour so I was very excited about them,” Fanning said. “And so, from that birthday on, he always sends me shoes.” Clarkson replied that the actress “must have a massive shoe collection brought to you by Tom Cruise,” and Fanning just responded with a big laugh. The “Top Gun: Maverick” star is well known for gifting his friends unique presents, like a white chocolate coconut cake he sends a few fellow celebrities every year for Christmas. Tom Hanks recently talked about this cake that he said his family and entire staff look forward to every year. “This cake is so great,” he added. “You can really only have it once a year. Which works out perfectly because I don’t order it. It arrives as a gift at Christmas.” “Now, I’m gonna drop a name now, and I don’t want you to go berserk, but this is a big name,” Hanks continued. “Not everybody gets this white chocolate coconut bundt cake. This is a Christmas gift that we get every year from Tom Cruise.” The “Forrest Gump” star said he’s not the only one who eagerly waits for the cake to arrive, but the entire staff at his production studio does as well. Related: ‘Mission: Impossible’ Co-Stars Reveal Wild Gifts From Tom Cruise During Shoot