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Actor Dennis Quaid said during a recent interview that he plans to vote for former President Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election. The A-list celebrity made the remarks during an interview with Piers Morgan on British television when asked by Morgan what he thought of Trump. “I think I’m gonna vote for him in the next election,” the actor said. “It just makes sense. I was ready not to vote for Trump, until what I saw is, more than politics, I see a weaponization of our justice system and a challenge to our Constitution.” “Trump is the most investigated person, probably in the history of the world, and they haven’t been able to really get him on anything,” he added. He said that he has not always liked everything that Trump has said, “but as president … the only thing I liked about Trump was everything he did.” “What he did with Korea, with Rocket Baby, the way he defeated ISIS in three weeks,” he continued. “You know, people don’t even remember, it happened so fast. How he stood up for us overseas. The way he responded to China. He stands up to people and that’s what makes him a leader. Rather than, what I kind of compare it to, what was going on in Jimmy Carter’s administration, where we’re trying to be everybody’s friend and pal.” “And there’s some evil people and bad actors in this world and so, you know, people might call [Trump] an a**hole but he’s my a**hole,” Quaid said. “I’ll tell you one true thing about him is that I really feel that he is working for the American people. That’s what he’s all about, and I do believe that to be true and sincere.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP When asked about Biden, Quaid said that he doesn’t believe that Biden is “at the helm, I don’t feel he’s there.” “I feel that he says things to get votes, not that he truly believes them,” he added. “And now I’m really gonna get some blowback, but that’s the way I feel.” WATCH: Here’s the full clip of Dennis Quaid’s remarks why he explains why he is going to vote for Trump and why he won’t vote for Biden. “It just makes sense. I was ready not to vote for Trump, until what I saw is, more than politics, I see a weaponization of our justice system and a… pic.twitter.com/74E5fnVvbR — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) May 29, 2024

Harvard University, which has embroiled itself in controversy with 122 faculty members saying that criticizing the deadly phrase “from the river to the sea, Palestine must be free” is “imprudent” and a former president who refused to condemn anti-Semitic protests and calls for the genocide of Jews, has now decided the university “should not, however, issue official statements about public matters that do not directly affect the university’s core function.” In April, interim President Alan M. Garber and interim Provost John F. Manning announced the formation of the Institutional Voice Working Group to decide when Harvard as a university “should speak on matters of social and political significance and who should be authorized to speak for the institution as a whole,” the Harvard Gazette reported. The group was co-chaired by Noah Feldman, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and Alison Simmons, the Samuel H. Wolcott Professor of Philosophy. “The main point of the report is that the University’s leadership can and should speak out on anything relevant to the core function of the University, which is creating an environment suitable for free, open inquiry, teaching, and research,” Feldman stated. “That environment is threatened these days, and we need to defend it. At the same time, the University as an institution should not make official statements on issues outside its core function. Harvard isn’t a government. It shouldn’t have a foreign policy or a domestic policy.” In January, Claudine Gay, the first black president in Harvard’s history, resigned after plagiarism allegations against her, her initial silence when 34 student groups blamed the October 7 Hamas massacre of over 1,200 Israelis solely on Israel, and her reluctance to condemn anti-Semitism when she testified before Congress. She also reportedly put together a task force after the death of George Floyd, with its stated goal being to diminish the number of white men who were visible in campus spaces. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP When the furor over Gay broke, eleven of the twelve members of the Harvard Corporation stood by her, writing, “As members of the Harvard Corporation, we today reaffirm our support for President Gay’s continued leadership of Harvard University. Our extensive deliberations affirm our confidence that President Gay is the right leader to help our community heal and to address the very serious societal issues we are facing.” Virginia Kruta contributed to this article. Related: Embattled Harvard Prez Created A Task Force To Decrease Visibility Of White Men On Campus

Actor Russell Brand said this week that it’s been a “big change” after becoming a Christian a month ago. The comedian and podcast host made the remarks in a video posted to social media where he shared what his experience has been like thus far into his new journey. “I’ve been a Christian a month now and it’s been a big change,” he said. “Not that I’ve entirely changed as a person, of course I haven’t, but I’ve taken on a lot of new concepts and it changes you to accept that it’s not like you’re in a game show and by doing really, really good things, you can get redeemed.” “No, repentance, to repent, means that you have to continually change and acknowledge that I am in a battle against myself,” he continued. “That I need to surrender myself to an ever-present eternal and accessible Jesus. That mercy is something that’s given to me, been granted to me, that I live with through love, not something that I can sort of win or achieve by doing good deeds.” He said that he’s enjoyed reading Christian literature and that he has a sense of peace now that he did not have before. “When I’m in doubt, I feel the instruction is there, accessible, and I feel like I know what I am supposed to do and when I don’t do what I am supposed to do, that is even clearer,” he said. “When I feel myself being selfish or inconsiderate or putting myself first or not thinking about how I can be better to other people, it is as if there is an inner illumination available to me now.” “I love the simplicity of the idea of God coming to Earth as a man to experience what it is to be human and to sacrifice himself because that is the only sacrifice that could bring us home, that could give us the opportunity for redemption,” he continued. “I like the idea, when I am in prayer and in communion just alone, that there is a figure available, wounded and coronated, available to me. In my failings, in my failures, and in my fallibility, there is strength to be broken. Not just broken by life in the sense of life is rearing and exhausting, but to be broken in the same way that you have to train an animal to behave itself, to be broken into better conduct. It is a beautiful journey to go on.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP WATCH: One month as a Christian, and already… pic.twitter.com/1wBt9CJYaG — Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) May 27, 2024

Dakayla Wilson and Easton Magliarditi’s final duet on Season 18 of So You Think You Can Dance was both mesmerizing and emotional. Now that the season has concluded, fans are remembering the best performances of the year, and Dakayla and Easton’s duet to Lana Del Rey’s Change is among the top. The dance was Dakayla’s final duet, and it fulfilled her dream of working with choreographer Talia Favia. She chose to pair up with her tried and true partner, Easton, who had been cut the episode prior. The two gorgeously and perfectly played off each other’s strengths as they moved through the slow, melancholy music. By the end, the judges and audience were moved to tears. “I am so in awe of you right now,” Allison Holker told Dakayla. “There is something about being a good dancer, and then something about someone who can make someone feel something at home, and you always deliver on that.” Dakayla and Easton’s “So You Think You Can Dance” Duet Was “Best Dance Of The Season” Despite neither of the dancers taking home the crown, So You Think You Can Dance fans are certain their duet was “the best dance of the season.” “This dance is going into the best of the best moments,” someone wrote on Instagram. “Wow! Just blown away!” “I can’t stop watching this. It’s just extraordinary. That little moment when she lifts him… just breathtaking,” a fan swooned on YouTube. “This was the single best moment of a great season,” wrote another commenter. “Bravo!” Dakalya’s duet with Easton was also a defining moment for her. During a behind-the-scenes chat with Allison, she shared that the routine was crafted around the changes that she was making in her own life and the confidence she had to find to face them. Dakayla took home the runner-up title by the conclusion of the finale. Her boyfriend, Anthony Curley, was crowned the winner. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post This Ethereal Duet From The “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 18 Finale Was Absolutely Mesmerizing appeared first on InspireMore.

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