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Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Profane response to an anti-Trump journalist costs Long Beach City College football coach his job
The head football coach at Long Beach City College has agreed to resign at year's end after a hostile direct message he sent to an anti-Trump writer goes public. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) Long Beach City College football coach Brett Peabody has agreed to resign following backlash from a profane direct message he sent to an online publisher who is critical of President Trump. On the day of Trump's inauguration in January, Peabody sent a private message to Aaron Rupar, who has nearly 1 million followers on X. Rupar, in turn, made the message public. Advertisement 'You're done you sorry fascist scumbag, hope you get held accountable for the bulls— that yiu e spread. Justice is in the horizon kiddo,' Peabody's direct message read. He then added "you've*" to correct his own typo. Rupar shared the message on his X account and added, 'I get lots of threatening DMs but I usually don't get them from head coaches of college football programs.' That post has been viewed 1.2 million times and reposted by 4,200 users as of Wednesday. Read more: USC athletics eliminates a dozen jobs as it manages new revenue sharing expenses Records obtained by the Long Beach Post show that Peabody has agreed to resign. Emails the Post obtained indicate Peabody was placed on paid administrative leave in February and a month later he agreed to resign at the end of the year. Advertisement Peabody will remain on paid leave through December and will be paid a six-month severance of approximately $60,000, according to a settlement agreement obtained by the Post. Marques Cooper was named LBCC acting head coach in March. Cooper had been the defensive coordinator and has been an assistant coach at Azusa Pacific, El Camino College and Santa Monica City College. Peabody told the Long Beach Post in January that sending the message to Rupar was "dumb" and 'was clearly not the best decision.' He apologized to LBCC, saying the tone of the post was "harsh and regrettable,' 'It was not a threat in any way, shape or form,' Peabody said. 'If you read it, I'm not sure how it could be construed as a threat. … I'd like to see journalists held at a higher standard.' Advertisement Read more: Stephen Miller finally gets his revenge on L.A. A petition to reinstate Peabody that was posted on by LBCC players and associates of Peabody has 68 signatures. "Throughout his tenure with us, [Peabody] has demonstrated exceptional leadership, dedication, and a true, burning passion for helping athletes develop both their skills and character," the petition reads. Peabody took over as head coach at LBCC in 2013, leading the Vikings to conference titles and bowl wins in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019. Previously, he was head coach and an assistant at L.A. Harbor College and head coach at South High School in Torrance. Get the best, most interesting and strangest stories of the day from the L.A. sports scene and beyond from our newsletter The Sports Report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Irish Daily Star
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Star
Donald Trump 'more orange than he's ever been' in terrifying Rose Garden speech
Fresh concerns have been raised about President Trump's skin color after he appeared particularly orange in a recent clip, though critics have questioned if the video was oversaturated. A fresh debate has been ignited over President Donald Trump 's skin color after a video clip in which he looked particularly orange went viral. Journalist Aaron Rupar remarked on X that President Trump looked "as orange as he's ever been today" after sharing a news clip from Fox News of Trump speaking outside at the White House Rose Garden late Monday afternoon. Around 3:22 p.m. EDT, President Trump announced that he signed the Take It Down Act, a near-unanimously passed bill proposed by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) last year that criminalizes deepfake and revenge porn. For several years, people have poked at the reality TV star-turned-president for his skin color, which often appears to be spray-tanned in a particularly orange shade. Several users replied to Rupar with photoshopped images of Trump as an oompa-loompa, orange characters from Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' while others shared images of various Pantone orange shades. "Oompa Loompa looking a--," one user replied, with another critic similarly adding: "Oompa Loompa doompety boom, Trump's failed tariffs spell economic doom." "Same shade as the traffic cones in a parking lot," another snarked. A third joked, "HOLY S--T, HE LITERALLY GOT DIPPED IN CHEETO POWDER." "Wearing perfect makeup for the circus he's running," another critic remarked. Making fun of both heads of office, another snidely said, "He didn't put a tariff on cosmetics cause he and JD Vance both have the most sephora VIB points of any shopper ever." In light of the president's recent trip to the Middle East, another replied, "That's a custom Saudi Arabian spray tan." However, Rupar's post also solicited ample criticism from users who cast doubt on the authenticity of the clip, which was sourced from Fox News, slamming Rupar, who boasts 968,000 followers on X, for "running out of material." "The saturation in the video is tweaked," one claimed. Another similarly added, "Wow! Even the flowers in the background have an unnatural hue. Aaron is still playing with his new imaging processing app." One partisan chimed in, rebuking, "Democrats are green — with envy."
