The Department of Justice rejected a judge’s ultimatum on the “anti-weaponization fund” and called it a breach of the separation of powers doctrine.

President Donald Trump agreed to drop a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for the formation of a $1.8 billion fund to compensate the victims of weaponization of government in previous administrations.

‘Judges do not get to insert themselves into the department’s routine settlement authority.’

In response to a lawsuit over the fund, the government argued that the point was moot after Attorney General Todd Blanche testified to Congress that the fund was dead.

“We are not moving forward with the fund. Period,” Blanche said clearly.

However, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema cited statements from the president supporting the fund and Blanche’s reluctance to provide a written guarantee as evidence that the administration still sought to establish it.

Brinkema then gave the government a week to provide declarations under penalty of perjury from Blanche as well as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. She warned that if they failed to do so, she would allow a lawsuit against the government to proceed.

On Friday, the DOJ responded that the statements were unnecessary and constituted a “serious” violation of the separation of powers among the branches of government.

“It is telling that even after the federal court gave them a week, the acting attorney general and other senior administration officials continue to refuse to say under oath that the Slush Fund is dead and won’t operate in the future,” Democracy Forward president and CEO Skye Perryman said.

The organization is representing the plaintiffs, a coalition that includes a former federal prosecutor and two nonprofits.

“Nor have they provided any information under oath about their compliance with the court’s prior directives,” Perryman added.

A spokesperson for the DOJ told the Washington Examiner that the judge was improperly inserting herself into the lawsuit settlement.

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“The DOJ has already twice filed in court that the fund isn’t moving ahead, coupled with Blanche’s repeated testimony before Congress that the fund isn’t moving forward,” the spokesperson said.

“In essence, the judge’s demand for declarations was an attempt to require her to personally sign-off on any and all future settlements, separate and apart from the Fund, that the department may make,” the spokesperson added. “Judges do not get to insert themselves into the department’s routine settlement authority.”

Democrats and some Republicans have voiced opposition to the fund based on the critique that it would be a slush fund to reward the president’s supporters and allies.

Brinkema was nominated to the bench by former President Bill Clinton in 1993.

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a preliminary injunction Friday against a California law that allowed children to hide their transgender status from their parents.

The law required teachers and others to withhold information from parents related to their children identifying as transgender or asking to be called by a different name.

‘The Constitution is clear — parents have the right to know what is happening with their children and make decisions regarding their mental health, and no state law can override that fundamental protection.’

The three-judge panel initially rejected the lawsuit from residents of Huntington Beach but relented after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a similar case on the side of parental rights.

The appeals court recognized that the law would likely violate parents’ First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

America First Legal, the organization that represents the parents, called the ruling a major victory in a statement on its website.

“California cannot use state law to force schoolteachers and administrators into a conspiracy of silence against parents,” AFL senior counsel Nick Barry said. “California’s law, and similar school policies, use state coercion to intentionally interfere with the parent-child relationship and separate a child from their parent. That is wrong and unlawful.”

AFL added that the state of California “sought to prevent parents from obtaining information about ‘gender transitions’ of their own children without the child’s consent.”

Proponents of these types of laws say they are necessary to protect children who may have feelings that would lead them to identify as transgender from parents who may oppose their wishes. Critics say cutting out parents puts children at risk of grooming and abuse by far-left teachers and other school officials.

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“The Constitution is clear — parents have the right to know what is happening with their children and make decisions regarding their mental health, and no state law can override that fundamental protection,” Barry continued.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has not commented on the ruling yet.

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Tennessee residents of the city of Millersville were shocked to find out that their longtime city commissioner was arrested for numerous child sex allegations over four decades.

The Sumner County Sheriff’s Office said it took 76-year-old David Winston Gregory into custody on Wednesday at his home.

‘These allegations are serious. … There is no place in our society for actions like what is being alleged.’

The indictment claimed Gregory committed the crimes between 1987 and 2026, which included at least three instances of sexual abuse on a child that included three or more children. It further alleged that three of the instances constituted “the offense of aggravated sexual battery.”

He is being held at the Sumner County Jail on a $750,000 bond. Online records list two charges: continuous sexual abuse of a child and aggravated sexual battery.

Other local officials were stunned by the allegations.

“As a government official where the alleged events occurred, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on this case,” Millersville Mayor Lincoln Atwood said. “I have full confidence in those investigating these events. I also have full faith in our judicial system. No one is above the law.”

“These allegations are serious. My prayers are with all potential victims,” Vice Mayor Dustin Darnall said.

“I will remain committed to supporting all victims, especially victims of sexual abuse. There is no place in our society for actions like what is being alleged,” he added.

Gregory served as a city commissioner for 14 years. His current term expires in 2026.

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Michael Shaw, a resident of the city, said the allegations were “disgusting” in comments to WKRN-TV.

“We can’t have that kind of stuff,” he said. “We got to have leaders that are actually leaders. We got to have people that don’t get like that.”

Gregory made headlines when he demanded that the town’s assistant police chief, Shawn Taylor, apologize for spreading conspiracy theories alleging that police staged the Covenant School shooting in Nashville.

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The federal government is getting into comedy; whether that will be supported by the taxpayer remains to be seen.

Government-funded educational videos are stepping into the modern era, tapping versatile actor Chris Pratt to head up a new project.

‘Intended to engage international audiences with America’s constitutional values.’

Birthday boy

The combined effort between the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Public Diplomacy and Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs will have the “Guardians of the Galaxy” actor star in a series of comedy shorts for the birthday of the United States.

According to Variety, the America 250 videos will follow Pratt as he hopes to share his passion for American history but realizes he isn’t as knowledgeable as he thought he was.

Pratt will get help from historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin, who will keep him on track and correct his historical knowledge.

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Showboat diplomacy

The government project, in its entirety, is intended to “inform and engage foreign publics about America through international media engagement, educational and cultural exchange programs, digital communications, and outreach conducted through U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide,” an announcement stated.

The series was actually designed as a “public diplomacy initiative intended to engage international audiences with America’s constitutional values and history through modern digital storytelling,” the producers reportedly said.

These producers are from digital media company ATTN: — out of Los Angeles — and said they are “always looking for new ways to make important topics accessible to broader audiences.”

ATTN: co-founder and CEO Matthew Segal said America 250 offers a “unique diplomacy opportunity to reintroduce the stories, principles, and people that shaped the nation.”

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‘Unhappy’ coincidence

The series may have a different mission, but it isn’t the only America 250-themed comedy sketch series making noise. “Seinfeld” creator Larry David’s “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness” is set for release on HBO at the end of June.

The series stars David, along with guest stars like Jerry Seinfeld and Vince Vaughn, in a stream of outlandish bits centered around American history.

Essentially, David acts as his typical misunderstood and outraged self in different historical settings. Fans can look forward to seeing him get annoyed about the first-ever flight or criticizing the photo of a soldier’s wife during trench warfare in WWI.

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Marine Corps. veteran Major James Capers Jr. recently received the Medal of Honor, leaving audiences in awe of his story of perseverance and tragedy.

Capers accepted the award from President Donald Trump on Thursday, but it was his powerful pro-America message on Friday that garnered a thunderous reaction.

‘Lost a lot of good men in battlefields. I fought two wars and suffered 19 bullet holes.’

‘I’ve said enough’

Capers is a combat veteran who participated in 64 long-range reconnaissance patrols and five major campaigns in Vietnam, according to his biography. Missions included POW rescue missions ordered by the president and the recovery of a B-57 that allegedly had a nuclear bomb.

On Friday, Capers was inducted into the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Upon taking the podium, Capers kept his remarks short but powerful.

“I have no words,” the 89-year-old began. “But your applause reminds me of some dark days, of some brave men who are not here today. So I’ll speak for them.”

“This is the greatest country in the world,” Capers declared. “I fought for that flag; I believed in it.”

“I’ve said enough,” Capers said after just under a minute in front of the room.

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‘Lost a lot of good men’

Capers and President Trump shared some proud moments together at the White House on Thursday, with Trump linking arms with the veteran to help him stand during the ceremony. Trump was also seen holding hands with the South Carolina native as they spoke to each other on stage.

However, on “Fox & Friends” on Friday morning, Major Capers made sure there wasn’t a single dry eye watching his interview with host Ainsley Earhardt.

When asked what was going through his mind when he received the medal, Capers’ remarks did not fall short of remarkable.

“It was difficult time for me because I felt a little guilty, because I didn’t really feel like I deserved it with all of the men and women that served, and I get to do something like this.”

Capers did say it was “a wonderful day” that he was honored to take part in, but that he couldn’t help but think of his fallen friends.

“You always think about that; you never turn that loose. Lost a lot of good men in battlefields. I fought two wars and suffered 19 bullet holes, and along the way, out of the battle zones,” Capers recalled. “My son died in my arms of appendicitis, and my wife of 50 years died of cancer. So I had to survive that, on top of losing wonderful special operation Marines in combat.”

“So there’s no real satisfaction in getting a medal when I’ve lost so much,” he added.

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Honor and gratitude

Earhardt, clearly fighting back emotions, asked how the man got through so much tragedy. Capers responded by saying it was his military duty, and that’s what the “unit” is supposed to do.

“When one falls, somebody else has to replace that person who fell,” Capers explained. “So I feel honored to have the support that I find today. Honored. And I give gratitude to the ones who made this happen. Can’t say I’m happy to be here, because this award belongs to a lot of young men who followed me and died in battlefields around this world for a country that we honor this flag. I appreciate that.”

Capers’ closing words of encouragement were simply to “honor that flag.”

“When one man falls, then another one picks up that rifle and drives toward the enemy, and that enemy must be defeated. That is an old adage that we use, and it has been successful for 250 years.”

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If you only read the headlines, you’d think the American dream is officially out of reach. Starter homes cost more than $1 million. Summer electric bills are approaching $800. Families are struggling to keep up.

But Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck argues that the story being sold to Americans is incomplete.

“As of today, there are 242 cities in this country where the typical starter home, the first rung, the one that’s supposed to be for the beginners, costs a million or more dollars,” Glenn explains.

“By the way, before the pandemic, that number was not 242. It was 80. So in five years, it nearly tripled,” he adds.

California has the most cities with these high-priced “starter” homes, while New York and New Jersey aren’t far behind.

But it’s not just housing costs that are up — utilities are too.

“Americans are projected to spend almost $800 on electricity just getting through this summer, June through September. That’s up more than 10% from last year,” Glenn says.

“Now, the pros at the National Energy Assistance Directors Association will tell you it’s a stack of things all landing at once — hotter summers, more air conditioning, an aging grid that needs hundreds of billions in upgrades, the new AI data centers that everybody loves to point at, and inflation,” he explains.

“Monthly bills are up 23% since 2019. And right now, 1 in 6 Americans, 1 in 6 households, is behind on the utility bill. Arizona is getting hit the hardest. Then it’s Connecticut, Washington state. North Dakota has it the easiest,” he continues.

However, Glenn points out that these are just headlines — and as per usual, the mainstream media is not telling the whole story.

“If you lose the truth, the next thing you lose is hope. … A lot of Americans have lost both. So, let me give you the truth under the headline because the truth is where you’re going to find hope,” Glenn says.

“Let’s start with a million-dollar house. That number is real. It’s not your number. Because buried in the same report is the figure that nobody put in the story or the headline: The typical starter home in America is worth 198,649,” he continues.

“Now, that is still a lot of money, but it’s not $1 million. It’s under $200,000. Those 242 terrifying cities are all clustered where? On the expensive coastlines,” he adds.

As for the electricity bill, Glenn says, “if you are one of the 1 in 6, the why is not warming or cooling your house. Knowing the AI data centers are only part of the problem doesn’t lower the number on that envelope that you’re avoiding now because you can’t pay it.”

He points out that “every bit of wire” in our electric grid “was built by a past generation.”

“The same generation, one generation, electrified a continent that had been dark since the beginning of time. One generation. Abundance was a choice that we made. … And that means we can make that choice again,” he says.

“You’re not in checkmate. You’re not. You’re being told in stories like this about averages,” he continues, adding, “and you don’t live in an average.”

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A Wisconsin grant program intended to benefit minority students was struck down by the state’s supreme court as discriminatory on Thursday.

The court relied heavily on a previous U.S. Supreme Court opinion against race-based admission programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

‘This is also a big win for taxpayers, who can now challenge many other race-based programs in state court.’

The Minority Undergraduate Retention Grant Program targeted black, Hispanic, and Native American students, as well as immigrants from Cambodia, Laos, or Vietnam who migrated to the U.S. since 1975.

Assistant Attorney General Charlotte Gibson argued that the state program was not restricted by the higher court order and met the standards set forth by the court.

The court disagreed.

“The Constitution requires that every person ‘must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual — not on the basis of race,'” the ruling of the court reads.

During the hearing, Chief Justice Jill Karofsky challenged the plaintiff attorney by citing a post from President Donald Trump about former President Barack Obama that many saw as racist.

“Just last week, the president of the United States posted a remarkably and insanely racist video of President and Michelle Obama depicted as apes,” Karofsky said.

“In this state, people of color contribute to the vitality of our state, and they are thanked by facing disparities when it comes to housing, access to medical care, transportation, incarceration, financial stability, and education,” she added. “Do you take issue with anything I just said up to that point?”

Luke Berg, of the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, responded that the worst discrimination is “when the law treats individuals differently based on their race.”

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The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty’s managing vice president, Dan Lennington, praised the ruling.

“This is a major win for students,” he said. “Race cannot be used to dole out scholarships and other financial aid. This is also a big win for taxpayers, who can now challenge many other race-based programs in state court. WILL is proud to stand for equal rights and make that case everywhere we can.”

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President Donald Trump signed the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding on Wednesday evening, immediately opening the Strait of Hormuz to the free flow of oil and setting the stage for a final peace deal with Tehran.

While the markets responded positively, there was a great deal of consternation both in the U.S. and in Israel about the terms of the deal, particularly the provisions requiring money for Iran’s reconstruction and the “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.”

‘For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep.’

The fragile peace has been undermined by more than just criticism on the sidelines.

Disregarding the demands for a cessation of hostilities, Hezbollah and Israel engaged in a brutal exchange on Thursday and Friday that has claimed multiple lives and delayed the permanent peace talks. This bloodletting has, however, since been put on pause, owing to a truce reportedly brokered by the United States and regional actors.

The Israel Defense Forces announced late on Thursday that an explosive Hezbollah drone had detonated near Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, injuring four soldiers. Another terrorist drone reportedly detonated several minutes later, injuring another Israeli soldier.

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The Hezbollah strikes turned deadly early Friday morning when a suspected anti-tank missile struck a tank belonging to the 401st Armored Brigade’s 52nd Battalion in Lebanon’s Kfar Tebnit area, killing all four crew members, reported the Times of Israel.

Israel, in turn, launched numerous strikes — over 150 by early Friday — against alleged terrorist targets in Southern and Eastern Lebanon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he had instructed the IDF to “strike Hezbollah with full force” and reiterated that “Israel will remain in the security zone in Southern Lebanon for as long as required to protect the settlements in the north.”

The Lebanese health ministry claimed that the Israeli strikes killed at least 47 people — at least 18 of whom were reportedly civilians — and wounded nearly 100 others since midnight.

That toll was evidently not nearly enough for Israel National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who stated, “For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep. All of Lebanon must burn!”

“With all due respect to the Americans, Israel must make it clear to the entire world that the blood of our sons and the security of our citizens are not forfeit. All of Lebanon must burn,” continued Ben-Gvir, one of the most outspoken critics of Trump’s deal with Iran. “In the Middle East, you don’t win with measured responses and restraint — you need to go berserk. To obliterate. To crush the terror..”

Three regional officials told the Associated Press that the U.S., Qatar, and Iran brokered a truce between Lebanon and Israel — a truce that a senior U.S. official told Reuters was set to begin Friday at 4 p.m. local time.

“Hezbollah and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire,” said the American official on background. “We understand that after the exchange of fire ⁠earlier today, Israel and Hezbollah are ⁠now in a ceasefire.”

A Hezbollah leader said in a statement to CNN that while the group’s fighters will respect the ceasefire, the movement and actions of Israeli forces in Lebanon will receive “a suitable response.”

The IDF said that it will continue its operations in Lebanon.

“These attacks by Hezbollah are violations of the ceasefire. They prove that Hezbollah’s goals remain the same: to remain on Israel’s borders and to plan and carry out attacks on our civilians,” said an IDF spokesman. “This is not a reality we can accept, and this is exactly why the IDF continues to operate in Southern Lebanon.”

Earlier this week, Trump bemoaned the loss of life in Lebanon — where the health authority reports that 3,980 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since March 2 — saying that “the Lebanon piece is something we’ll have to work on a little bit.”

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A federal appeals court has sided with the Trump administration in the decision to remove display panels about slave history at the President’s House site in Philadelphia.

Activists accused the administration of trying to white out the troubling slave history of the site where Presidents George Washington and John Adams once lived.

‘The decision to do this appears to be made because the President’s House Site memorialized the nine enslaved individuals that were held there against their will by President Washington.’

A lower court had ordered the National Park Service to restore the panels, but a 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals panel found unanimously on Thursday that the order should be overturned.

The appeals court said the lower court had misinterpreted the contract between the NPS and the city of Philadelphia and also found the replacement installation was “full of historical context.”

The court added that the replacement installations “highlight the momentous events that took place in the President’s House and the other sites at Independence National Historical Park.”

Workers removed the slavery panels from the site on the corner of 6th and Market Streets in Old City in Jan. 2026.

Paul Steinke of the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia called the removal a “terrible day” for American history.

“The decision to do this appears to be made because the President’s House Site memorialized the nine enslaved individuals that were held there against their will by President Washington and his wife, Martha,” he said to CBS News, “and this is the only federal historic site that commemorates the history of slavery in America.”

The city of Philadelphia sued NPS and argued that it had violated their agreement to seek “communication and consultation” before implementing any changes to the site.

District Judge Cynthia Rufe, who was nominated by former President George W. Bush, opened her ruling against the administration back in February with a quote from George Orwell’s “1984.”

RELATED: Judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibits to presidential home site

An NPS spokesperson mocked the city of Philadelphia after the original ruling.

“We encourage the City of Philadelphia to focus on getting their jobless rates down and ending their reckless cashless bail policy,” the statement reads, “instead of filing frivolous lawsuits in the hopes of demeaning our brave Founding Fathers who set the brilliant road map for the greatest country in the world — the United States of America.”

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Despite telling Mika Brzezinski on “Morning Joe” that “there’s nothing out there that’s actually concerning,” Graham Platner’s leaked text messages have taken a turn for the worse — as they prove the Senate candidate lied about his Nazi tattoo.

In one newly released string of messages, an ex tells a friend that he “makes weird noises,” he has a “Nazi tattoo,” he was “f**king around on his [fiancee],” and that she was glad to be rid of him.

The friend responded, “All fixable except CHEATER,” to which Platner’s ex answered, “idk man I think there’s a lot of that that isn’t fixable.”

In another text exchange, one woman says about his campaign, “Hes got a decent platform,” while the other responds, “Better not take a peek at the Nazi tattoo on his chest.”

“Hard knowing what we know tho,” the first woman fires back.

And in one more leaked message, a woman writes, “It’s crazy cuz I also know he has a very unfortunate tattoo, and he never gave me back my pie dish, so I’m considering selling him out.”

“Again, another person confirming they knew about that tattoo before he ran for office, before supposedly Graham Platner said that he knew about his own tattoo and what the origins of it were. Again, this man is an absolute pathological liar, Dave,” BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere tells co-host Dave Landau.

“He’s a perfect candidate, though, for Democratic women willing to believe absolutely anything. So he might be your guy,” Dave agrees.

“I get why he’s lying, I’ll say that, because it is very hard to run for office and say, ‘Yeah, I knew it was a Nazi tattoo the whole time,’” he adds.

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JD Vance proved once again that unlike the left, the right is not afraid to step into the lion’s den when he sat down with the panel of “The View” — who of course took the opportunity to claim President Trump was in cahoots with Jeffrey Epstein.

“They were best friends for about a decade,” host Ana Navarro claimed.

“And remember he signed that Transparency Act under duress when some Republican women, congresswomen like Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, did not give in to his pressure of not signing. He brought Lauren Boebert into the Situation Room to pressure her into caving on not voting for that bill,” she continued.

“Let me respond to that,” Vance replied. “So number one is yes, Donald Trump — he said this — he knew Jeffrey Epstein back in the 1980s. He also threw Jeffrey Epstein out of his club when he found out he was a creep and reported him to the police.”

“That’s something that the media often misses when it reports the story. They tell the fact that they knew each other in the ’80s, which the president himself admits. They ignore the fact that he narced on him to the police and led ultimately to Jeffrey Epstein’s downfall,” he calmly explained.

“It all tracks if you’re paying attention,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales comments on “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.”

“‘They were best friends for a time period,’” she mocks, before pulling up a photo of Epstein and Bill Clinton posing together.

“They look thick as thieves here. Oh, oops. That’s the wrong best friend,” she jokes.

“They always forget that relationship,” she adds.

Gonzales also points out that Whoopi Goldberg was silent throughout the exchange.

“Whoopi didn’t have anything to say there, I guess, because remember she was in the Epstein files. She wanted to borrow Jeffrey Epstein’s jet for personal reasons. She needed a plane to get to Monaco,” Gonzales says.

However, while Whoopi was silent, Ana Navarro wasn’t giving up.

“Let’s just be truthful and transparent here,” she argued. “They didn’t just know each other; they were incredibly close friends.”

“He reported him to the police,” Vance responded. “That’s what I’m saying. That is objectively true.”

“‘They didn’t just know each other,’” Gonzales mocks again, joking that they were “to the level” where Trump could ask Epstein to “borrow his private plane.”

“Oh, wait. That’s your co-host sitting next to you,” she adds.

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San Francisco Giants sportscaster Mike Krukow vehemently defended the team’s Pride Night celebration in lengthy remarks after three pitchers wrote Bible verses on their hats.

Pitchers Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker, and Ryan Walker wrote differing forms of “Genesis 9:12-16” on their Giants rainbow-themed hats last week, and veteran commentator Krukow says it was a big mistake.

‘The strength of this city is its ethnicity, its culture.’

Krukow’s diatribe came after hosts on radio station KNBR asked him on Tuesday if he had any thoughts on the protest. Krukow did not hold back, directly comparing the “gay community” to black Americans by referring to homosexuals as an oppressed “minority.”

“It’s hard to put it into perspective when you have so much emotion and so much of love for people who have been pinged at and oppressed and there was so much prejudice at you,” Krukow attempted to explain. “The gay community has had to deal with issues, as the black community, as any minority community has had to.”

The announcer championed the Giants organization’s long history of supporting gay people, which he said dated back to 1994 when it raise money for AIDS research. This was just one of the reasons Krukow said it was the duty of Giants players to understand the culture of the city, and thus, to support gay events.

RELATED: Minor league baseball team cancels Pride Night ballgame — but still holds Pride Night to punish players

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“It’s your responsibility to know just how sensitive this city is in regards to that cultural freedom and religious freedom and just the way that you live your life. And I think they were in for a rude awakening with the response,” Krukow said.

However, the protests did not prevent Giants fans from showing up at the next two home games. As Blaze News reported, attendance fluctuated in the days following the allegedly bigoted acts, with more fans showing up on the Sunday after Pride Night than they did on Pride Night itself.

The 74-year-old announcer made plenty more partisan comments during his radio appearance, saying the “ethnicity” and “freedom” of San Francisco is what makes the city great.

“The strength of this city is its ethnicity, its culture,” Krukow claimed. “It’s the freedom for people to be able to come to a city and be free. And that’s a powerful thing.”

Though Krukow frequently mentioned “freedom,” he seems to have been referring to sexuality.

RELATED: Do Giants fans hate the Christian protest on Pride Night? Attendance numbers reveal the truth

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Krukow did mention that he feels it is necessary to respect both sides of the issue.

Krukow said that complaints about the Pride Night protests were not from just “trolls,” but rather “deep thoughts” and “educated opinion[s]” on why it is imperative to support the “gay community.”

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