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ICE recruitment ads air on UFC, WWE programming
Chilling ICE recruitment ads are seeping into sports and entertainment programming, including the UFC, WWE, WNBA and NFL programming depending on the…
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Karim Zidan
To understand Trump, look to the arena
From cage fights at the White House to crowd censorship at the US Open, Trump’s sports appearances are a contest of power, loyalty, and spectacle.
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Karim Zidan
Bread, Circuses, and the 'Enemy Within'
After deploying the military to enforce "law and order" amid anti-ICE protests in LA, Trump appeared at a UFC event in New Jersey in a spectacle…
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Karim Zidan
Exclusive: DOGE member identified as jiu-jitsu blackbelt
Sports Politika has identified DOGE member Donald P as Donald Park, a private equity investor and BJJ blackbelt under Royler Gracie.
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Karim Zidan
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Trump’s UFC favourites keep getting KO’d
And it's making the sport fun to watch again.
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Karim Zidan
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The Role of Sports in Trump’s First 100 Days
From targeting trans athletes, doing a lap at the Daytona 500, and taking in a UFC show, here is how Trump uses sports to fuel a culture war & present a…
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Karim Zidan
MMA forums shaped one of the American Right’s most influential thinkers
Darryl Cooper, the podcaster spewing Nazi apologia, says he cut his internet teeth on MMA forums.It sounds odd—until you remember those same forums…
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Karim Zidan
Make America Tap Again
Trump showed up to UFC 314 to project strength amid his tough-guy trade war—but by night’s end, his MAGA fighters were outclassed by foreigners from the…
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Karim Zidan
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When the UFC’s Hitler fanboy got knocked the f*** out
Bryce Mitchell, the UFC's resident Nazi who fights again this weekend, once got shut down by a punch so perfect it could’ve been divine intervention.
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Karim Zidan
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Big Podcast, Small Brain: The true Joe Rogan experience
Despite mainstream media’s attempts to frame Joe Rogan as a critic of Trump, the reality is far less compelling—Rogan is a self-proclaimed “moron” whose…
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Karim Zidan
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The Democrat congresswoman with an MMA background—and why it matters
As a Native American woman, a lesbian, and a progressive lawmaker, Sharice Davids represents an alternative vision of what an MMA…
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Karim Zidan
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Conor McGregor’s St. Patrick’s Day Spectacle
Former UFC champion Conor McGregor, who fueled anti-migrant riots in Ireland, is in the U.S. meeting with Trump on St. Patrick’s Day to discuss…
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Karim Zidan
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