Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) is leaning into his support for Israel as the war in Iran escalates and as speculation about a potential 2028 presidential run grows. In recent interviews with progressive podcast hosts, Shapiro has not shied away from the topic, engaging at length on an issue that has become increasingly fraught for… Source link
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro tore into fellow political pundit Piers Morgan for platforming what he described as “America haters” on his show, calling the right-wing Brit the “Jerry Springer of political television” during Wednesday’s episode of his own YouTube series. The Daily Wire co-founder was left fuming over Morgan’s Tuesday edition of Piers Morgan Uncensored, in which comedian-turned-commentator Dave Smith slammed the US and Israel’s joint attack on Iran and called the US “arguably the worst terrorist organization in the world,” given the number of civilians killed in US military operations over the last 25 years. Accusing Morgan of making “a mockery of the entire industry by putting on screen whatever dregs are still willing to go on screen,” Shapiro compared the Brit to infamous tabloid talk show host Springer, then blasted Smith as unfunny and ill-informed about foreign policy. Ben Shapiro, here in 2024, fumed at fellow political pundit Piers Morgan for having “America hater” Dave Smith on his show this Tuesday. Connecticut Post/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images Shapiro, a staunch defender of Israel …
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Jonathan Majors is preparing for his Hollywood return in an untitled new movie, produced by conservative commentator Ben Shapiro through his right-wing media company, The Daily Wire. Written and directed by Kyle Rankin, the upcoming film — which has started production in South Carolina — marks the 36-year-old Marvel actor’s first on-screen role since being convicted in 2023 of assaulting his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari. Shapiro, 42, will co-produce alongside Dallas Sonnier for his Bonfire Legend production company. Travis Mills (Frontier Crucible), Lillian Campbell (The Pendragon Cycle), and Sydney Aucreman (Terror On The Prairie) are also producing, according to Deadline. “You’re not going to BELIEVE what we’re doing,” Shapiro wrote in a post on X accompanying the Deadline story. Details of the film’s plot and additional cast are being kept tightly under wraps, but it’s reportedly being likened to action movies Red Dawn …
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro filed an amicus brief on Tuesday in support of the City of Philadelphia’s lawsuit against the Trump administration’s removal of an exhibit about slavery at the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. That exhibit, entitled “Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation,” served as a memorial to the nine enslaved people who worked at the President’s House Site, where George Washington lived for the majority of his presidency. (The White House wasn’t completed until 1800, during John Adams’s presidency.) Other panels of the exhibit discussed the slave trade and slave economy, according to the New York Times. Related Articles Independence National Historical Park, which also includes Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, is managed by the National Park Service. The Interior Department removed the exhibit last week, citing President Donald Trump’s March 2025 executive order in which he listed Independence National Historical Park as being subjected to the “corrosive ideology” of acknowledging the historical accuracy of slavery in this country and that US Presidents owned slaves by falsely …
Sometimes the country wants a man of faith. This happened when Jimmy Carter, a former Sunday-school teacher, was elected following Watergate, and when the born-again George W. Bush’s slim victory looked like a repudiation of Bill Clinton’s sex-scandal-marred presidency. To speak in the register of faith—not a particular sect or even God, but a grounding belief in a higher order—is to reach beyond partisanship, to try to return to basic moral precepts. In calmer times, a leader expounding from such heights risks sounding preachy and self-righteous. But when the country is exhausted, this might be just what people want. Right now, the country is exhausted. And Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a top contender for president in 2028, has a new memoir in which the word faith appears nearly 100 times. In Where We Keep the Light, Shapiro is doing what presumptive candidates for the highest office usually do when they write such a book: He is laminating his narrative. Here is the regular guy who loves shooting hoops, who is hopeless with a hammer, who …
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) wrote in his upcoming memoir that while being vetted as a possible running mate for former Vice President Kamala Harris during her 2024 presidential campaign, he was asked if he was ever an Israeli agent, according to multiple news reports. Shapiro described in his memoir, “Where We Keep the Light,”… Source link
(RNS) — It is an almost predictable rite of passage in American Jewish life. I am talking about how so many Jewish kids spend time in Israel when they are teenagers or college students. They go on youth movement trips, study abroad programs, gap-year experiences. Some do various kinds of volunteer work. They come home sunburned, thoughtful and changed. It is an unremarkable story. And it is precisely what young Josh Shapiro did. Josh would grow up to become Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania. He is an appropriately ambitious politician — so much so, that he came within inches of becoming Kamala Harris’ running mate. And then, there was the vetting process — as Shapiro has revealed in his new memoir, “Where We Keep the Light.” Members of the campaign team asked Gov. Shapiro whether he had ever been a “double agent for Israel.” When he responded with disbelief, the question escalated. Dana Remus asked him: Had he ever communicated with an undercover agent for Israel? To which Shapiro responded: “If they were undercover, how …
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro was already irritated by what he describes as “unnecessarily contentious” questions from the team vetting him to be Kamala Harris’s running-mate, when a senior aide made one final inquiry: “Have you ever been an agent of the Israeli government?” The question came from President Biden’s former White House counsel, Dana Remus, who was a key member of Harris’s vice presidential search team. Shapiro, one of the most well-known Jewish elected officials in the country—and one of at least three Jewish politicians considering a run for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination—says he took umbrage at the question. “Had I been a double agent for Israel? Was she kidding? I told her how offensive the question was,” Shapiro writes in his forthcoming book, Where We Keep the Light, a copy of which The Atlantic obtained ahead of its release on January 27th. The exchange became even more tense, he writes, when Remus asked whether Shapiro had ever spoken with an undercover Israeli agent. The questions left the governor feeling uneasy about the prospect …
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) formally launched his reelection bid Thursday while chatter around his potential 2028 White House bid has continued to grow. “We’ve gotten s‑‑‑ done all across our commonwealth to make a real difference in people’s lives,” Shapiro said in his campaign’s launch ad with Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis (D). “As your governor,… Source link
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro set another campaign finance record for Pennsylvania with $30 million on hand as he seeks a second term this fall, his campaign said Tuesday. Pennsylvania has emerged as the nation’s premier presidential battleground state, and Shapiro’s strong showing in the 2022 governor’s race elevated his profile within the Democratic Party, where he’s viewed as a potential 2028 White House contender. In the general election, Shapiro, 52, is expected to face Stacy Garrity, the twice-elected state treasurer who has been endorsed by the state Republican Party. Garrity had yet to report campaign fundraising details as of Tuesday. The deadline to file campaign finance reports with the state is Jan. 31. Shapiro isn’t expected to face a serious challenge in the May 19 primary election. The deadline to submit paperwork to get on the primary election ballot is March 10. Shapiro’s $30 million dwarfs the previous state record for a candidate heading into an election year. Shapiro set the previous record, reporting $13.4 million at the start of 2022. …
