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Kathy Hochul Offers Shady Response After Greg Abbott Shares Meme Of Him 'Dunking' On Her Ahead Of Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals
Jun 02, 2026
New York Governor Kathy Hochul offered a shady quip about MAGA's stance on transgender athletes after Texas Governor Greg Abbott shared an AI-generated meme showing him dunking a basketball on her as President Donald Trump watches on ahead of the series between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA finals.
The Knicks and the Spurs are set to meet in the NBA finals for the first time since 1999, when San Antonio captured the championship. Game 1 is scheduled for June 3 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, with tipoff set for 8:30 p.m. ET.
Ahead of the game, Abbott shared an AI-generated image depicting himself in a Spurs jersey soaring for a dunk over Hochul, who was shown wearing a Knicks uniform. The image also featured Trump laughing beneath the basket.
Abbott shared the image along with the following caption that included an "alien" emoji, suggesting, as he often has, that Hochul and her fellow blue state governors are pro-illegal immigration:
"Spurs about to dunk on Knicks like Texas has been dunking on New York. Go Spurs Go."
You can see his post and the image below.
@GregAbbott_TX/X
Critics were not amused.
Abbott's post soon caught Hochul's attention, and she saw an opportunity to skewer conservatives' position on transgender athletes in sports:
"First of all, there's only a rivalry when there's competition. There is no competition. That's how I view it."
"I was actually surprised to see the president and Governor Abbott with their memes of me—they're dunking me on the court—that they're supportive of men and women competing in the same sport together. I found that very interesting."
You can hear what she said in the video below.
Republicans have rallied behind the Trump administration’s executive order banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports, leading to a legal clash with Maine after its Democratic governor declined to cooperate, warning Trump that she'll "see him in court" after he threatened to withhold federal funding from the state. Maine has since prevailed in that case.
People loved Hochul's response.
Abbott might want to think next time before he tweets.
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MAGA Influencer Ripped For Mind-Numbing Posts Comparing Melania To Michelle Obama—And The Obsession Is Real
Jun 02, 2026
MAGA podcaster Brilyn Hollyhand was widely mocked by X users after he shared a clip of First Lady Melania Trump talking about immigration to claim that former First Lady Michelle Obama "wishes" she was as great.
The 19-year-old—who previously served as the co-chair of the Republican National Committee Youth Advisory Council—shared a clip from Mrs. Trump's January 29 appearance on Fox Business' Mornings with Maria in which she claimed that her husband President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is rooted in his desire for a safe country for all.
At the time, she said:
"He would like to have a country that all of the people can walk down the street and not to be harassed or murdered or women raped. I think it's very important and what happened a few years ago, so many criminals came over the border, and he closed the border now, a while back already, and we need to take care of our citizens."
Hollyhand shared the clip along with the following swipe at Mrs. Obama (while completely overlooking the fact that Mrs. Trump herself overlooked her husband's long record of sexual harrassment and assault and his thousands of mentions in the Epstein files):
"Michelle wishes she was as great a First Lady as Melania. Now we just need to deport all illegals!"
You can see his post and the video below.
And he followed that up with a post trying to rip both Michelle and Jill Biden for not being as worthy as Melania of gracing the "cover of beauty magazines"? Really?
Umm, obsessed much? People were quick to shut him down.
Sure you really want to compare the two?
Hollyhand, who previously claimed politics had "gotten too hot" after the July 2024 attempt on then-candidate Trump's life, has pivoted to calling Democrats "enemies" and suggested to his followers that "the greatest threat to American civilization isn't foreign."
When in doubt, just assume you have another grifter on your hands: Hollyhand has Trump's long record of criminality in front of him and continues to look the other way.
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Pete Hegseth Is Getting Roasted Over His Hilariously Awkward Attempt To Do A Grapevine Workout With Navy Sailors
Jun 02, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was dragged hard on social media after video footage of his attempt at doing a grapevine workout with U.S. Navy soldiers in Singapore went viral online.
Hegseth was in Singapore to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue, a top regional defense forum. While there, he insisted the American military is not "turning our backs" on Asia while fulfilling "global obligations" such as the Iran war.
And when not reassuring Asian allies—while taking the opportunity to criticize New Zealand and repeat the Trump administration's grievances with European NATO allies—he took the time to do drills with the crew of the USS Boxer.
And at one point, Hegseth—who wore a "THIS IS WAR" T-shirt throughout the exercises—did a grapevine workout... or tried to, in any event.
For those who don't know, a grapevine workout is a coordination drill where you have to move sideways, crossing one foot alternatively in front of and behind the other.
The footage shows Hegseth didn't exactly do the best job at it.
You can watch what he did in the video below.
The mockery was swift.
A longer video showing more of the workout he participated also didn't fare well online.
It's funny to see Hegseth do so badly at this considering he thinks he's such a hot shot with the military at his disposal—he previously, in reference to the Iran war, said that "the only ones that need to be worried right now are Iranians that think they’re going to live.”
He also previously said his move to refer to the Department of Defense as the "Department of War" is important because the country has lost its "warrior ethos" and that the country's founders "wanted an empowered military—the handcuffs were taken off—to fight to win, and then bring those troops home."
Despite criticism of his own physical condition, Hegseth has encouraged service members to watch or read a speech he delivered last month at Quantico, Virginia, in which he declared the end of what he called a “woke” military, criticized “fat generals,” and said female troops should be held to the same physical fitness standards as men.
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Jon Ossoff Perfectly Explains Why Trump Wants To Build His Ballroom And Put His Face On Money—And Yep, That Tracks
Jun 02, 2026
Georgia Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff called out President Donald Trump at a rally in Atlanta on Sunday, saying Trump's plans to build a ballroom at the White House and his push to put his face on $250 bills say a lot about why he is "a failed president."
Last year, Trump ordered the demolition of the entire East Wing to make way for a 90,000 square-foot ballroom that will dwarf the size of the White House itself, sparking alarm from historical preservationists and the public alike.
Construction started during the recent government shutdown—at the same time that the Trump administration announced that families would not receive SNAP benefits as scheduled. The administration also refused to release contingency funds that would ensure families that rely on these payments don't go hungry.
But the ballroom plans are just one of many vanity projects for a president who is notorious for wanting to put his name and face on things.
Last week, it emerged that Trump approved a proposed design featuring his portrait on a new $250 bill bearing his signature, despite longstanding federal law barring living people from appearing on U.S. currency.
Ossoff, reacting to all this news, said the following at an Atlanta rally where he appeared alongside Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms:
"He’s trying to put his face on the money. Did you see that? He's building a monument to himself. But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone..."
Audience members applauded enthusiastically, to which Ossoff added:
"...because he's a failed president and a national disgrace."
You can hear what he said in the video below.
People agreed Ossoff had hit the bullseye with his observation.
Ossoff and Bottoms appeared together at what advisers said would be the first of a series of joint campaign events aimed at presenting a united Democratic ticket.
Standing behind a podium emblazoned with the slogan “United for Georgia,” the two emphasized party unity ahead of a high-stakes election cycle. Ossoff faces a difficult reelection race in a state won by Trump in 2024, making his seat central to Democrats’ hopes of regaining Senate control, while Bottoms is seeking to become Georgia’s first Democratic governor elected since 1998.
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Lisa Kudrow Reveals She Was Once Mistaken For Dionne Warwick—And Warwick's Reaction Is Hilariously Priceless
Jun 01, 2026
Celebrity mix-ups are practically their own meme at this point, but Lisa Kudrow being mistaken for Dionne Warwick probably wasn't on anyone's 2026 bingo card. It all unfolded during a recent Hollywood Reporter Comedy Actress Roundtable featuring Ashley Padilla, Hannah Einbinder, Keke Palmer, Quinta Brunson, Rachel Sennott, and Kudrow herself.
The actresses were asked about the strangest fan interactions they'd ever experienced, and Kudrow's answer quickly stole the conversation.
Recalling an encounter from the height of Friends' popularity, Kudrow shared:
“It was during 'Friends,' and I was going to Jerry’s Deli or something. And the hostess goes, ‘Oh! OK. I’ll show you to your table.’ And I went, ‘Aw, she’s seen Friends — that’s cute.'”
At first, Kudrow assumed the hostess had recognized her from the hit NBC sitcom. But the interaction was about to take a turn nobody could have predicted.
Somehow, the hostess seemed to connect Kudrow to Warwick's 1985 hit That's What Friends Are For rather than the sitcom Friends itself—a leap in logic that remains difficult to diagram.
She revealed the most random conclusion the hostess reached:
“She took me to the table, and she had an accent—she was from somewhere in Eastern Europe—and just went, ‘Uh, I know who you are…’ She said, ‘You are Dionne Warwick.’ And I just went, ‘No, I’m not!'”
The comparison left everyone at the table scratching their heads. Warwick, 85, is a Black music legend who has never appeared on Friends and is more than two decades older than Kudrow.
The closest pop-culture connection between the pair may be Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, where Kudrow played Kimmy's mother before Maya Rudolph later popped up as Warwick—hardly enough to justify the hostess's conclusion.
Still laughing at the encounter years later, Kudrow continued:
“Then it was, ‘Wait, Dionne Warwick? Why would you think I’m Dionne Warwick?' I just went, ‘She’s a legend. She’s a legendary singer.’ And she just went, ‘Oh, OK.’ I just thought it was the funniest thing ever.”
You can view the interview clip here:
- YouTube E! News
But the story somehow became even better when the Queen of Twitter herself entered the chat. And yes, that's Twitter—not X—as Warwick has famously continued referring to the platform by its original name.
Warwick gave her take on the posted “twote” for the story:
It looks like you may have chosen two photos of me for your twote @PopBase https://t.co/WkIdBnImq1
— Dionne Warwick (@dionnewarwick) May 29, 2026
It looks like the hilarious mix-up is Warwick-approved.
As it turns out, Warwick has found herself on the other side of a celebrity mix-up before. During the 2022 U.S. Open, commentators mistook the singer for fellow music legend Gladys Knight while she was attending the tournament.
Kudrow has not publicly responded to Warwick's post, but fans quickly flooded the replies with their own reactions.
You can view the comments below:
The roundtable panel was equally amused as the story unfolded. As Kudrow worked through the logic—or lack thereof—behind the mistaken identity, the table erupted in laughter.
Palmer couldn't resist adding her own spin to the conversation:
“Girl, if you’re Dionne Warwick, I’m Stevie Nicks.”
Brunson then shared that celebrity mix-ups happen more often than people might expect. She joked that fans frequently mistake her for Palmer, while recalling a story about Niecy Nash being asked which Abbott Elementary cast member she was while signing autographs outside Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Quinta Brunson offered her own Barbara Howard-approved analysis, calling it “just face blindness. American face blindness.”
The discussion also touched on navigating fame, social media, and public scrutiny. Kudrow revealed she stopped reading online comments during the run of Friends, while Padilla reflected on viral sketches and Einbinder discussed using stand-up comedy to help build confidence.
Kudrow most recently starred as Valerie Cherish in the third and final season of HBO's The Comeback, which concluded in May 2026. She is also set to reunite with longtime Friends co-star Jennifer Aniston for The Hollywood Reporter's "Actors on Actors," premiering Wednesday.
The full roundtable is available to watch below:
- YouTube The Hollywood Reporter
The hostess's reasoning may remain one of Hollywood's great unsolved mysteries, but at least it gave the internet a Lisa Kudrow-Dionne Warwick crossover nobody knew it needed.
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