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Yahoo
12-08-2025
- Politics
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MAGA Senator Mike Lee Posts Creepy AI Clip of Trump Rewarding ‘Big Balls'
Republican Senator Mike Lee has posted a disturbing AI-generated clip of Donald Trump placing the Medal of Freedom around the neck of Edward 'Big Balls' Coristine after the teen was the victim of a carjacking. The post came as the president finally addressed the 19-year-old ex-DOGE staffer by name in a Truth Social message on Thursday. Trump wrote, 'Edward: The Crime situation in Washington, just like our Southern Border where ZERO Illegals entered in the last three months, will be a safe place very soon. Thank you for your bravery and heart. Stay tuned!' Senator Lee has already posted the fake clip on his personal account this week, but he doubled down on Thursday with a caption about making 'DC safe again,' including 'Trump gives the Medal of Freedom to Big Balls.' The AI clip appears to show a fake Trump leaning into the computer-generated image of the teenager, before placing his hands on his shoulders. Senator Lee credited X user ALX with making the AI clip–the user's bio states they are an 'American supremacist'. ALX had posted the clip –made using Elon Musk's Grok technology–on Wednesday with the caption 'Give Big Balls The Presidential Medal of Freedom.' ALX's account has featured a string of pro-'Balls' content, from complaining about a lack of mainstream media coverage over the assault to posting an apparent tribute in Washington that read, 'Heal fast Big Balls, thanks Trump! Love DOGE.' As well as trying to hard launch the hashtag #BigBallsForDCMayor, Lee also backed Trump's latest passion project of a potential federal government takeover power of Washington D.C, adding it would lead to a restoration of 'law and order'. Crime in D.C. has become a Trump talking point this week after the president posted a graphic photo of the teenager, who uses the nickname 'Big Balls,' from Sunday's crime scene. Coristine was left bloodied after an alleged carjacking in Washington on Sunday. He was approached by at least two teenagers at around 3 a.m., according to a police report. Metropolitan Police arrested a 15-year-old male and 15-year-old female, both of Hyattsville, Maryland, and charged them with unarmed carjacking. On Wednesday, Trump referenced the teen, who now works for the Social Security Administration, in a press conference at the White House, without actually mentioning him by name. 'We have a capital that's very unsafe,' Trump said. 'You know, we just almost lost a young man, beautiful, handsome guy that got the hell knocked out of him the night before last and, uh, I'm going to call him now. We wanted to give him a little recovery time.' Trump continued, 'We just put a call into him. They're calling back in a little while, but he he went through a bad situation to put it mildly, and there's too much of it. We're going to we're going to do something about it.' The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for an update on the president's interactions with Coristine. On Thursday, Fox News' Gutfield co-host and ex-wrestler Tyrus called for more respect on Coristine's name. 'Instead of calling him 'Big Balls,' we should call him by his name; we should revere him,' Tyrus said. He added, 'The problem is we've worked so hard to water men down... and the ones who suffer the most are women. We need to praise this man, and we need to praise more young men for getting involved because men, it's time to get back in the game.' Corisitine entered the MAGAsphere earlier this year when Elon Musk hired him to overhaul the federal government as part of DOGE, with his ballsy nickname being spotted on his LinkedIn profile. He quit in June, after working on projects including Trump's 'gold card' visa, which was designed to sell U.S. citizenships for $5 million apiece.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Entertainment
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Hillary Clinton's HiddenLight Behind Kursk Submarine Doc Featuring Bill Clinton
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton's HiddenLight is behind a Sky History documentary series about the Kursk submarine disaster that will for the first time feature her husband Bill Clinton. Airing later this month, Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin will forensically examine events that started in August 2000 after an explosion onboard the Kursk submarine trapped a group of Russian submariners at the bottom of the Barents Sea. The series questions why Russia's military and political establishment took so long to alert President Putin to the disaster and took days to accept international assistance, whilst the families of the 118 submariners desperately waited for information. More from Deadline Joe Biden Awards Medal Of Freedom: Denzel Washington Gives POTUS A Hug, Hillary Clinton Gets A Standing Ovation And Bono Delivers A Quip Joe Biden To Award Medal Of Freedom: Bono, Denzel Washington, Michael J. Fox And George Stevens Jr. Among Showbiz Recipients Bill Clinton Released From Hospital After Being Treated For Flu - Update Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin will feature first-hand testimony from those involved including Bill Clinton, who was U.S. President at the time. Bill Clinton will for the first time be appearing in a show produced by the company run by his wife and daughter. The two-parter will also feature the families of the Kursk submariners following their brave quest for justice, while hearing about how Putin – in his first 100 days of power – reacted to the disastrous press he received. Hillary Clinton runs HiddenLight with her daughter Chelsea Clinton and Sam Branson. The Clintons are not EPing this series, however, with Amy Flanagan and Liz Collier set to EP Kursk. HiddenLight's past credits include Zurawski v Texas, Lyra and Move Ya Body: The Birth of House. 'This extraordinary story, which unfolded over just ten days, captured the attention of the world,' said Flanagan. '25 years on, it reveals Putin's playbook and showed the hallmark of the leader he was to become but it also tells a different, very human story of nations coming together, despite the lies and the chaos, to try and save their fellow sailors.' Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin was commissioned for Sky History by Dan Korn, VP of Programming Hearst Networks EMEA and Hayley Reynolds, Acting Director of Sky Docs. Producer is Maria Drovnenkova and director is Becky Read. International rights are held by Sphere Abacus. Best of Deadline 'Ginny & Georgia' Season 3: Everything We Know So Far 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery 'The Sandman' Season 2: Everything We Know So Far
