Knicks will make history as first NBA
team to visit Trump White House
Posted By: Mercedes44, 6/17/2026 11:31:56 PM
President Donald Trump came to see the Knicks at Madison Square Garden for the NBA Finals. Now, the champs are returning the favor. Knicks owner James Dolan confirmed Wednesday during an interview on WFAN that the team will go to the White House to be feted by the president. It will mark the first time an NBA champion is visiting the White House in either of Trump’s two terms. “We just did receive an invitation from the White House, which we accepted,” Dolan said when asked about a potential visit to the nation’s capital. “We still have to figure out the details, et cetera, but yes, of course.
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When a burning cross was found at a Chicago park last week, the media and Democrats already apparently knew who was responsible.
“A large burning cross — a historic symbol of hate and intimidation against Black Americans — was discovered in a Chicago park where former President Barack Obama famously delivered his acceptance speech when he was elected the nation’s first Black president,” The Associated Press (AP) reported on June 10.Given the framing, readers may have been under the impression that police were searching for a white supremacist, a racist, and, given how the left has broadly painted Republicans as both of those things, a Republican.
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Democrats, who tell us it’s Normal Americans who are really the people doing all that mostly peaceful but fiery violence, continue to behave like rabid badgers. Worse, they behave like envious rabid badgers, which is never a good look. The Party of diversity and tolerance is anything but, and this time, the object of their hate is Elon Musk—still.
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