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Trump says ‘I don’t care when you vote’ in new House GOP ad urging voters to turn out early

A dramatic, months-long campaign season is drawing to a close as the clock ticks closer to Election Day, according to a new message from House Republicans to voters.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the House GOP’s campaign arm, released a new digital ad on Tuesday marking 21 days until the election.

It comes as Republican Party operators at the state, federal and local level work overtime to convince supporters to vote early, particularly in pivotal swing states like Georgia and North Carolina that have been ravaged by Helene this storm season.

The ad features audio clips from the entire House GOP leadership suite – Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik and NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson – as well as former President Trump.

Trump’s voice opens the video with, ‘Republicans must win, and we must use every appropriate tool available to beat the Democrats. They are destroying our country.’

‘I don’t care when you vote, but you’ve got to vote,’ Trump says in the video.

Meanwhile, clips of vulnerable Republicans, like Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., and Ken Calvert, R-Calif., flash across the screen interspersed with the word ‘vote.’

It’s set against a portion of ‘Dream On’ by Aerosmith, per an airing viewed by Fox News Digital.

‘In 21 days, Americans will cast their ballots to end Democrats’ dangerous, far-left socialist agenda for our country. Every trip to the grocery store, fentanyl death or crime committed in a family’s neighborhood should give voters another reason to record their vote in this critical election,’ NRCC rapid response director Macy Gardner told Fox News Digital.

Early in-person voting is kicking off in four states this week. Georgia can head to the polls before Election Day from Tuesday through Nov. 1, while North Carolina begins early voting on Thursday. Voters in Iowa and Kansas are also heading to the polls.

Republican Party officials have been working overtime to convince their base to vote early after Democrats walloped the GOP with non-Election Day voters in 2020.

Those efforts will be particularly critical in North Carolina and Georgia, both states hit hard by Hurricane Helene and where the election is expected to be close.

Getting likely voters to head to the polls early, Georgia GOP Chairman Josh McKoon explained early this month, frees up resources closer to Election Day to convince ‘low propensity voters’ to turn out as well.

‘All of that requires resources. That requires money – put mail in the mailbox, ads on television, telephone calls to their home, knocking on their door. We’re trying to do all of those things,’ McKoon told Fox News Digital.

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Voter beware: Text scam targets you, no matter where you live

As Election Day approaches, scammers are finding new ways to deceive voters. Several media reports are highlighting a new scam where people receive a text message falsely claiming they are not yet registered to vote. Election officials are warning Americans to be cautious of these scam messages, as more are expected to circulate in the weeks leading up to the general election.

What you need to know

The local Channel 4 affiliate WDIV in Detroit warned about a new text message wave in late August that could prevent registered voters from casting their ballot. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported a similar incident around the same time, warning Pennsylvanians to be wary of potential scam text messages targeting voters.

A spokesperson for the Department of State said voters should expect more of these messages to be sent in the weeks leading up to the general election.

‘Voters should be aware that opportunistic bad actors may attempt to use this campaign season to send phishing or smishing emails/texts,’ Matt Heckel, a spokesperson for the department, told the Philadelphia Inquirer. 

Both these reports and several others refer to a text message that is linked to the site all-vote.com: ‘We have you in our records as not registered to vote. Check your registration status and register in 2 minutes.’

How do you know if the text is a scam?

For one, the domain all-vote.com isn’t associated with the government. Another clue is that even people who were already registered to vote in their state received this message. WDIV even interviewed a seventh-grader from Canada who said he also got the text, despite not being eligible to vote.

A quick search on Who.Is lookup shows the domain was registered on July 10, 2024, definitely a red flag. KrebsOnSecurity mentioned that some of these texts are also linking to another domain, votewin.org, which asks for your name, address, email, date of birth and phone number when you visit.

They even pre-check boxes to sign you up for more notifications. The government doesn’t need all that info from you. To register to vote or to update your voter registration, all you need to do is visit vote.gov and select your state or region.

5 ways to avoid election text scam

: If you receive a message from an unknown number or an unexpected source, especially one claiming urgency (like registering to vote), it could be a scam.

: Scammers often use fake links that appear legitimate but redirect you to phishing websites. Always hover over links or check the domain carefully. In the case of ‘all-vote.com,’ if it’s not a well-known or official site (like .gov for U.S. voting), it’s worth being suspicious.

: Many scam messages contain typos, awkward phrasing or grammatical mistakes. This can be a red flag for phishing or scam attempts.

: Legitimate organizations typically don’t ask for sensitive information like Social Security numbers, bank details or passwords via text. Scams often do.

The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious texts, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices. This protection can also alert you to phishing emails and ransomware scams, keeping your personal information and digital assets safe. Get my picks for the best 2024 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices.

Kurt’s key takeaway

As Election Day gets closer, it’s essential to stay alert to scams like these. If you receive a suspicious text about your voter registration, remember to check the details carefully. Look out for unofficial domains like all-vote.com or votewin.org, which have nothing to do with the government. Always head to trusted sites like vote.gov to confirm your status. Scammers are getting creative, but knowing the signs can help you avoid getting caught up in their traps.

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Error-prone Jets’ season continues to slip away as mistakes mount

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Aaron Rodgers went through it Monday night.

He slammed the seatback of the bench with his left palm after a third-down pass in the red zone to Breece Hall bounced off the running back’s hand. It was the first series of the game, and Hall had tried to make the catch by extending only one arm.

He often looked up at the sky, as if in disbelief, after several of the 11 penalties called on his team. And then, after the game, walking gingerly out of the shower, he dejectedly fist-pumped offensive tackles Tyron Smith and Morgan Moses and shared a few solemn words.

The New York Jets entered Monday night’s game against the Buffalo Bills with a chance to leapfrog to the top of the AFC East. Instead, after yet another loss marred by sloppy play, a failure to execute and a lack of attention to detail, the Jets (2-4) are in danger of having their win-now season unravel.

“We need to get going,” Rodgers said after game, a 23-20 defeat. “This was a golden opportunity. Some games you win in the NFL, and some games you give away; this was a giveaway. I mean, we were terrible in the red zone, missed two field goals, didn’t convert on a two-minute drive. We had plenty of chances.”

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Indeed, New York struggled inside the 20, converting only one of its four trips into touchdowns. And it was the team’s final trip of the night that was the most devastating.

Late in the third quarter, the Jets marched inside the 5-yard line, when running back Braelon Allen pushed through the Bills defense for what would’ve been a 4-yard touchdown rush; it would’ve given the Jets a seven-point lead. Instead, a holding penalty on left tackle Tyron Smith – a “phantom” hold, Rodgers would later say – nullified the score.

On the following play, receiver Garrett Wilson had a would-be touchdown lodged out of his hands after he was sandwiched by a pair of Bills defenders.

On the play following that one, kicker Greg Zuerlein missed a 32-yard field goal attempt.

“We’ve got to be on our details,” Rodgers said. “It’s little things every single time.”

That this came in the first game since Jeff Ulbrich took over as interim head coach, replacing the recently fired Robert Saleh, showed that New York’s issues run deeper than replacing the head coach. The team has consistently undermined its own operation, and most concerning is that there seems to be little progress to show.

Four of New York’s 11 accepted penalties were defensive pass interference calls, which resulted in huge gains for Buffalo. Over the team’s last four games, it has yielded 382 yards by way of penalty. When the Jets got the ball down three points with 3:43 left to play in the game, their attempt at a game-winning drive was curbed by two penalties, one of which was off-setting.

Yet despite all the self-destruction, there were signs of growth, particularly on offense, with the unit playing its first game under Todd Downing as play caller and de factor offensive coordinator.

Downing’s game plan made a concerted effort to activate Hall and Wilson, both of whom had been having slow starts to the season.

With Hall, Downing called several lateral stretch plays and tosses, which allowed Hall to build speed and gash the Buffalo defense once the blocks at the edge sealed rushing lanes open.

Hall gained 101 of his 113 rushing yards – or 89.4% – on 12 carries outside of the tackles; in his six attempts inside the tackles, he picked up only 12 yards.

Rodgers looked for Wilson early and often, and Downing dialed up pass plays with rapidly developing outlets, allowing the veteran quarterback to lean on his quick release to get Wilson the ball in open space.

“Our focus was to get our best players the ball,” Hall told USA TODAY Sports. “We came out and established the run. We played a good game today, but it just wasn’t good enough. We’ve got to be better as an offense executing. There are things we can take moving forward but there’s a lot we need to leave behind. We got to be better in the red zone. Me and Garrett both felt like we left some meat on the bone. We felt like we should’ve won this game. It’s frustrating.”

The Jets now sit two games back of the Bills (4-2) and have a tough matchup against a physical Pittsburgh Steelers (4-2) team looming. In two weeks, they’ll face the Houston Texans (5-1).

Whatever offensive gains the Jets may have made Monday won’t matter, frankly, if New York continues to get in its own way.

“This is harder than it sounds, is what I’m learning,” Wilson said. “We’ve got to find it, man. I really don’t know. If I would’ve had all the answers, we would’ve won that game.”

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Aaron Rodgers rips refs for ‘ridiculous’ penalties in Jets’ loss

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Aaron Rodgers had several things that bothered him from the New York Jets’ loss Monday night against the Buffalo Bills, including his game-sealing interception, a few drops and miscommunications with receivers. But – most of all – he reserved his sharpest criticism for officiating.

Rodgers blasted chief Adrian Hill’s crew that enforced 22 total penalties for 204 yards, the latter figure standing as the highest total of any NFL game thus far this season. Both the Bills and Jets each had 11 penalties accepted, many halting momentum and pace of play.

Rodgers felt so strongly about it that he even blasted a call that favored New York, managing to squeeze in a “South Park” reference.

“Yeah, it seemed a little ridiculous,” Rodgers said after the game of officiating. “Some of them seemed really bad, including the roughing the passer on me. That’s not roughing the passer – might as well play Sarcastaball if we’re going to call those things.

“And I thought the one on (Jets defensive lineman Javon) Kinlaw was not roughing the passer either.”

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The reference to “Sarcastaball” is from a Season 16 episode of “South Park” that included a bit that criticized NFL officiating.

While Buffalo was also tightly officiated, many of New York’s penalties wiped out big plays, none more consequential than a holding late in the third quarter on left tackle Tyron Smith that nullified a 4-yard touchdown rush by running back Braelon Allen.

The Jets would eventually have to settle for a 32-yard field goal try that kicker Greg Zuerlein missed when he hit the left upright. A touchdown would have given the Jets a seven-point lead; New York lost the game 23-20.

“We had a walk-in touchdown with Braelon,” Rodgers said, “and then we had a phantom holding call.”

Smith declined to talk to reporters after the game.

Over the last three weeks, the Jets (2-4) have had 32 penalties enforced. In the last four games, they have ceded 382 yards by penalty.

“This is something I have to take a hard look at,” interim coach Jeff Ulbrich told reporters after the game. “There are always some that will be legitimate. The ones that are legitimate, we have to take a hard look at. How are we coaching it? Is it a technical thing? Is it a recurring thing that just needs to be remedied and we need to shine a light on? It’s going to be a hard look at the tape because, ultimately, that is not winning football. It puts us behind the sticks and destroys drive on offense and extends drives on defense. Can’t happen.”

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Yankees’ $162 million pitcher dominates in biggest start of his life

NEW YORK – Before the biggest start of his life, Carlos Rodón utilized the resources that come with being a New York Yankee.

And then he justified the significant investment New York has placed in his burly left arm.

And in Game 1 of this American League Championship Series, Rodón not only joined this postseason party burgeoning in the Bronx, but showed he may be a significant reason why the Yankees just might hang World Series banner No. 28.

New York registered a 5-2 victory and claimed a 1-0 ALCS lead thanks in no small part to its might, literal and financial. Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton each deposited home run balls in the outfield bullpens. Newly minted closer Luke Weaver put out a flash fire in the eighth, stranding the tying run at the plate, and continued his perfect postseason by striking out the side in the ninth for a five-out save.

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Yet it was Rodón who gave the Yankees the edge and made up for many of his regular season shortcomings with six dominant innings when it mattered most.

“He was the driver tonight,” says Stanton, who capped the Yankees’ scoring with a 439-foot smash to left field in the seventh inning, moving past Yogi Berra and Reggie Jackson with his 13th career postseason home run.

“He showed how prepared and focused he was.”

The Yankees are three wins from the World Series for the first time since 2009, and they’re now 4-1 in this postseason; that lone blemish belongs to Rodón.

He came out great guns in Game 2 of the Division Series against Kansas City, blowing through three scoreless innings and exulting in a manner befitting a sprint, and not the long-distance slog that marks any prosperous October run.

Yet he hit the wall and blew the lead in the fourth inning that night, giving up all four runs and failing to complete the frame. With ace Gerrit Cole pitching the clincher in Kansas City and Rodón given the Game 1 ball in the ALCS, that simply could not happen again.

So Rodón listened, and learned. He got a “debrief,” as pitching coach Matt Blake put it, from his pinstriped mentor, fellow lefty Andy Pettitte, about channeling emotions in the postseason. He watched and learned when Cole looked like he was flatlining through six innings in the clincher at Kansas City, only letting it all out when he recorded the 21st out of the game.

Rodón did him one better.

He began the night by winning a nine-pitch fight with arguably baseball’s toughest out, Guardians leadoff hitter Steven Kwan. He finished it with a nine-pitch battle against Cleveland’s perennial All-Star, Jose Ramirez.

The switch-hitter smoked that last pitch to center field, where Aaron Judge ranged into the gap to track the ball down.

It was Rodón’s 93rd pitch. His night was surely over. Yet even then, he kept what he called Cole’s “poker face,” and simply pointed, in appreciation, to the 6-7 Judge.

“The goal was to just stay in control of what I can do, obviously physically and emotionally,” says Rodón. “I thought I executed that well tonight.

“I watched Gerrit throw that Game 4 in Kansas City, and mentally I was taking notes on how he was going out there and going about it, and I just wanted to kind of go about it the same way.”

At one point, Rodón retired 11 in a row, and 13 of his final 15 batters. He compiled an astounding 25 swings and misses, almost all on his deadly fastball-slider combo, struck out nine, walked none.

Soto and Stanton’s bookend home runs were augmented by a grim display from Guardians starter Alex Cobb and reliever Joey Cantillo, who combined to walk six batters in recording nine outs. Cantillo bounced a pair of bases-loaded wild pitches that allowed Judge and Stanton to scamper home with add-on runs.

Brayan Rocchio sullied Rodón’s shutout bid with a leadoff homer in the sixth, and Cleveland nearly ambushed the Yankees with three consecutive eighth-inning singles of reliever Tim Hill. That only expedited Weaver’s entrance – to a techno-fied version of Gary Wright’s “Dream Weaver.” He struck out four of the six batters he faced for his fourth save this postseason.

Cole will start Game 2. The Yankees are poised to seize command before this series shifts to Ohio.

“There’s still three to get,” says Stanton. “So we know this is good, but in our eyes, we haven’t done nothing yet.

“We’ve got to win three out of six, and we take that as three out of three.”

Still, it was hard for the Yankees to ignore the significance of winning Game 1, and the leading man in that cause, and how Rodón adjusted from his last time out.

“There was some noise around how the outing ended last time after being so sharp early,” says Blake, the pitching coach. “To see him come and complete six solid innings I thought was huge for everybody, including him. To put that outing behind him and now get ready for the next one.

“He was very aware of what the last outing ended up being, and how emotions got away from him early. And after each inning, you could tell he was trying to stay steady and be neutral about it and keep collecting outs.”

Blake said as Rodón’s emotions ran high, the Royals “took note of it, spoke about it. And it’s like we don’t need to open that up to the other team.”

No worries. Monday, Rodón stayed medium all night, a trait that will serve him well if he’s needed for a Game 5 start. For now, it’d be tough to top this outing as a career highlight.

“There’s no bigger stage in baseball,” says Rodón, “ so I would say it’s definitely up there.

Well, there is one more, bigger, stage. And Rodón pushed the Yankees that much closer to it.

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Belichick slams Jets owner during ‘MNF’ for Saleh firing

Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick did not mince words while sharing his thoughts on the New York Jets’ decision to fire their head coach.

Belichick appeared to directly criticize Jets owner Woody Johnson for firing Robert Saleh during his appearance on ESPN’s alternate ‘ManningCast’ broadcast during ‘Monday Night Football.’

‘I’m not a big Jets fan, in case you don’t know that,’ he told Peyton and Eli Manning during the Jets’ clash with the Buffalo Bills on Monday night. ‘You know what, coach Saleh did a good job with that program …

‘That’s kinda what it’s been there with the Jets. They’ve barely won over 30% in the last 10 years. The owner being the owner … ready, fire aim.’

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The Jets fired Saleh after their 23-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings in London during Week 5. The loss dropped the Jets to 2-3 on the season and 20-36 (.357 win percentage) in three and a half seasons with Saleh at the helm.

The former 49ers defensive coordinator was the third head coach the Jets have fired since they parted ways with Rex Ryan in 2014. Current Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles (2015-2018), Adam Gase (2019-2020) and now Saleh all were unable to hold onto their jobs for longer than four seasons.

New York has not reached the postseason since 2010, and its record over the past 10 full seasons (from 2014-2023) is 55-108. Its win percentage across that span is .337.

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Fantasy football 2024: Week 7 trade value chart

Now that we’re more than a third of the way through the 2024 fantasy football season, there are only two ways to improve your rosters — waiver wire and trades.

Evaluating a fantasy trade can be a daunting task. Most managers value their players more than their actual worth. That’s where the Week 7 fantasy football trade value charts come in. You can also check out my Week 7 fantasy rankings to help with lineup decisions this week.

The charts can be used as your very own fantasy football trade analyzer in standard, half-PPR (point per reception), and full PPR leagues. Someone sends you an offer? Simply pull out a calculator (on your phone, you don’t need an actual calculator) and plug in the values for each player. Don’t worry, six-points-per-passing-touchdown and superflex leagues are covered as well.

These value charts are based on my fantasy football rest of season rankings and projections.

Important note: If you’re offered an uneven trade (i.e., a 2-for-1 or 3-for-1), include the values for the players you’d be moving to the bench or dropping within your calculation. For example: If someone offers you Josh Jacobs, Travis Etienne and Rashid Shaheed (combined value of 62) for Kyren Williams (60), it might look like you’re getting the better end of it. However, if you’re bumping down, say, Tank Bigsby and Jakobi Meyers (combined value of 19) in the process, it’s a net negative deal for you.

Another note: The ‘1 QB’ values are for standard scoring leagues. Quarterback value diminishes in PPR formats, so deduct roughly 8% of their values in half-PPR and another 8% for full PPR. For example: Jalen Hurts’ value in standard formats is 30. In half-PPR, his value would be 28 (deducted 8%), and in full PPR, his value would be 25 (deducted 16%).

The rankings are based on how players should be valued in 12-team leagues. Players are sorted in order of their half-PPR values.

(NOTE: App users might need to switch to a browser if the charts aren’t showing up.)

Quarterback trade value chart

(Note: ‘6/TD’ is for leagues that award six points for passing touchdowns and ‘SFLEX’ stands for superflex.)

Player
TM
1 QB
6 PT/TD
SFLEX

Lamar Jackson
BAL
33
37
71

Jalen Hurts
PHI
29
32
67

Josh Allen
BUF
28
28
64

Jayden Daniels
WSH
27
27
62

Joe Burrow
CIN
17
25
54

Jordan Love
GB
17
25
54

Baker Mayfield
TB
14
23
51

Kyler Murray
ARI
14
13
47

Sam Darnold
MIN
10
18
46

Brock Purdy
SF
8
17
44

Dak Prescott
DAL
6
16
44

C.J. Stroud
HOU
6
16
44

Jared Goff
DET
5
15
43

Caleb Williams
CHI
5
14
42

Geno Smith
SEA
4
13
41

Patrick Mahomes
KC
4
13
41

Justin Fields
PIT
4
9
38

Anthony Richardson
IND
1
3
32

Daniel Jones
NYG
1
3
32

Aaron Rodgers
NYJ
1
11
30

Trevor Lawrence
JAX
1
9
28

Kirk Cousins
ATL
1
11
29

Tua Tagovailoa
MIA
1
11
30

Derek Carr
NO
0
4
15

Matthew Stafford
LAR
0
8
25

Justin Herbert
LAC
0
6
22

Andy Dalton
CAR
0
6
20

Bo Nix
DEN
0
5
20

Drake Maye
NE
0
5
20

Will Levis
TEN
0
1
12

Running back trade value chart

Player
TM
STD
Half
Full

Saquon Barkley
PHI
63
64
64

Derrick Henry
BAL
64
62
60

Breece Hall
NYJ
58
60
62

Kyren Williams
LAR
58
57
56

Kenneth Walker
SEA
48
49
50

Joe Mixon
HOU
48
48
49

Alvin Kamara
NO
42
44
46

Christian McCaffrey
SF
42
44
46

Bijan Robinson
ATL
43
44
45

David Montgomery
DET
44
42
40

Jahmyr Gibbs
DET
39
42
44

Jonathan Taylor
IND
41
41
40

Aaron Jones
MIN
34
36
37

Josh Jacobs
GB
38
35
33

De’Von Achane
MIA
31
34
37

James Cook
BUF
32
33
35

James Conner
ARI
34
33
31

Tony Pollard
TEN
31
33
34

J.K. Dobbins
LAC
31
30
30

Brian Robinson
WSH
31
30
28

D’Andre Swift
CHI
29
30
31

Chase Brown
CIN
28
29
29

Rhamondre Stevenson
NE
27
27
28

Nick Chubb
CLE
28
26
25

Jonathon Brooks
CAR
24
24
24

Rico Dowdle
DAL
23
24
26

Najee Harris
PIT
25
22
19

Chuba Hubbard
CAR
20
20
21

Bucky Irving
TB
21
19
18

Kareem Hunt
KC
18
18
19

Jordan Mason
SF
19
18
16

Devin Singletary
NYG
19
18
18

Tank Bigsby
JAX
19
17
15

Isiah Pacheco
KC
17
17
17

Austin Ekeler
WSH
13
16
18

Raheem Mostert
MIA
18
16
14

Kimani Vidal
LAC
13
14
14

Travis Etienne
JAX
12
14
17

Tyrone Tracy
NYG
14
14
15

Rachaad White
TB
10
12
15

Zack Moss
CIN
12
12
13

Alexander Mattison
LV
10
12
14

Tyler Allgeier
ATL
10
10
10

Braelon Allen
NYJ
9
9
10

Ty Chandler
MIN
9
8
7

Blake Corum
LAR
8
8
8

Zach Charbonnet
SEA
8
8
9

Javonte Williams
DEN
5
7
10

Jerome Ford
CLE
4
6
8

Antonio Gibson
NE
4
6
8

Dameon Pierce
HOU
6
6
6

Ray Davis
BUF
5
6
7

Emanuel Wilson
GB
6
6
7

Jaleel McLaughlin
DEN
3
5
7

Jaylen Warren
PIT
3
5
8

Tyjae Spears
TEN
4
5
7

Trey Benson
ARI
4
4
4

Jaylen Wright
MIA
2
2
3

Wide receiver trade value chart

Player
TM
STD
Half
Full

Saquon Barkley
PHI
63
64
64

Derrick Henry
BAL
64
62
60

Breece Hall
NYJ
58
60
62

Kyren Williams
LAR
58
57
56

Kenneth Walker
SEA
48
49
50

Joe Mixon
HOU
48
48
49

Alvin Kamara
NO
42
44
46

Christian McCaffrey
SF
42
44
46

Bijan Robinson
ATL
43
44
45

David Montgomery
DET
44
42
40

Jahmyr Gibbs
DET
39
42
44

Jonathan Taylor
IND
41
41
40

Aaron Jones
MIN
34
36
37

Josh Jacobs
GB
38
35
33

De’Von Achane
MIA
31
34
37

James Cook
BUF
32
33
35

James Conner
ARI
34
33
31

Tony Pollard
TEN
31
33
34

J.K. Dobbins
LAC
31
30
30

Brian Robinson
WSH
31
30
28

D’Andre Swift
CHI
29
30
31

Chase Brown
CIN
28
29
29

Rhamondre Stevenson
NE
27
27
28

Nick Chubb
CLE
28
26
25

Jonathon Brooks
CAR
24
24
24

Rico Dowdle
DAL
23
24
26

Najee Harris
PIT
25
22
19

Chuba Hubbard
CAR
20
20
21

Bucky Irving
TB
21
19
18

Kareem Hunt
KC
18
18
19

Jordan Mason
SF
19
18
16

Devin Singletary
NYG
19
18
18

Tank Bigsby
JAX
19
17
15

Isiah Pacheco
KC
17
17
17

Austin Ekeler
WSH
13
16
18

Raheem Mostert
MIA
18
16
14

Kimani Vidal
LAC
13
14
14

Travis Etienne
JAX
12
14
17

Tyrone Tracy
NYG
14
14
15

Rachaad White
TB
10
12
15

Zack Moss
CIN
12
12
13

Alexander Mattison
LV
10
12
14

Tyler Allgeier
ATL
10
10
10

Braelon Allen
NYJ
9
9
10

Ty Chandler
MIN
9
8
7

Blake Corum
LAR
8
8
8

Zach Charbonnet
SEA
8
8
9

Javonte Williams
DEN
5
7
10

Jerome Ford
CLE
4
6
8

Antonio Gibson
NE
4
6
8

Dameon Pierce
HOU
6
6
6

Ray Davis
BUF
5
6
7

Emanuel Wilson
GB
6
6
7

Jaleel McLaughlin
DEN
3
5
7

Jaylen Warren
PIT
3
5
8

Tyjae Spears
TEN
4
5
7

Trey Benson
ARI
4
4
4

Jaylen Wright
MIA
2
2
3

Tight end trade value chart

Player
TM
STD
Half
Full

George Kittle
SF
39
37
36

Travis Kelce
KC
30
33
34

Brock Bowers
LV
30
32
33

Trey McBride
ARI
30
32
33

Sam LaPorta
DET
25
24
24

Jake Ferguson
DAL
18
20
21

Evan Engram
JAX
10
14
20

T.J. Hockenson
MIN
13
12
12

Cole Kmet
CHI
13
12
11

Dalton Kincaid
BUF
9
11
13

Mark Andrews
BAL
12
11
10

Kyle Pitts
ATL
9
10
11

David Njoku
CLE
7
8
10

Hunter Henry
NE
8
6
5

Pat Freiermuth
PIT
5
6
6

Tucker Kraft
GB
5
5
6

Isaiah Likely
BAL
6
5
3

Dallas Goedert
PHI
4
4
3

Dalton Schultz
HOU
3
3
3

Overall Week 7 fantasy football rest of season rankings

Note: These values are for 12-team, one-QB leagues with half-PPR scoring.

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Harris’ off-putting manner put Zelenskyy on defensive ahead of Russian invasion, new book reveals

Vice President Kamala Harris’ history as a federal prosecutor instilled in her a direct, sometimes adversarial communication style that reportedly alienated Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their first private sit-down, leaving him ‘disgruntled’ and defensive just days before Russian troops invaded his country. 

Their tense sit-down was chronicled in ‘War,’ the new book by Bob Woodward. In the book, Woodward details some of the most consequential foreign policy and security challenges overseen by President Biden during his first term. Among them, Russia’s 2022 invasion and ongoing war in Ukraine.

Fox News obtained an early copy of the book, which is available in bookstores today.

As Woodward reports, Biden deployed Harris to the Munich Security Conference in February 2022, less than a week before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s troops commenced their full-scale invasion of Ukraine – with the sole mission of convincing Zelenskyy that the Russian incursion was imminent, based on all available U.S. intelligence and the hundreds of thousands of troops it had confirmed Russia had been amassing nearby, including some 40,000 soldiers near the Belarusian border. 

Harris was to demonstrate unified support for Ukraine from the U.S. and NATO, and to help Zelenskyy accept the fact that this was, indeed, happening. 

However, Woodward reports, aspects of that mission backfired – at least behind closed doors.

Publicly, Harris delivered a winning speech, effectively reassuring the world of the U.S. commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and Article 5. It is considered among her major achievements as vice president. 

In private, however, Zelenskyy was immediately put off by Harris’s brusque communication style and ‘forceful’ demeanor during their sit-down, during which Harris and her national security adviser, Philip Gordon, wore masks and did not attempt to shake hands with their Ukrainian counterparts upon entering the room.

Though Germany was still under COVID-19 protocols, the icy start to the meeting ‘disgruntled’ Zelenskyy, Woodward said, and left the Ukrainian president feeling ‘like he was about to be reprimanded’ at a frightening and vulnerable time for his nation.

‘You need to take seriously the likelihood that any day the Russians will invade your country,’ Harris told him forcefully.

In Woodward’s telling, things between the two did not improve from there.

Harris, a successful former federal prosecutor and California attorney general, has been praised and criticized for her adversarial communication style – and it was one she reportedly employed during her sit-down with Zelenskyy, in attempt to convince him of the imminence of Russia’s invasion.

‘Look,’ Harris told him, after some tense back-and-forth, ‘our teams will share more specific information with you but we are telling you that your numbers are wrong. You really face a potentially imminent invasion.’ 

Rather than softening him, the meeting appeared to put Ukraine’s president even more on the defensive. 

As Woodward writes, Zelenskyy was hard-pressed to acknowledge the imminence of the invasion despite credible U.S. intelligence, in large part because it would create a ‘self-fulling prophecy’ for Ukraine’s nascent democracy, risking the collapse of the country’s economy, and potentially, its government.

Finally, Zelenskyy relented, looking Harris in the eye and asking directly, ‘What do you want me to do?’ 

He inquired whether the U.S. would impose sanctions, close ports to Russian ships, give Ukraine Stinger or Javelin missiles or send warplanes to his country, in order to equip them for the battles ahead.

Harris’s answer did little to assuage him. ‘The punishment can only come after the crime,’ she said of a U.S. response to Russia, Woodward noted, instead advising him to ‘start thinking about things like having a succession plan in place to run the country if you’re captured or killed or cannot govern.’ 

Zelenskyy was urged by the U.S. to have an escape plan – one which he boldly rebuffed, choosing to remain in Kyiv in the days and weeks following Russia’s invasion. 

He also turned down evacuation offers from both the U.S. and Turkey following the start of the war.

The ‘fight is here,’ he would later say from Kyiv. ‘I need ammunition, not a ride.’

Harris remarked to Gordon upon leaving the meeting that that was the last time they might ever see him again. 

‘War’ is available for purchase in stores on Oct. 15.

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Dem strategists ratchet up Hitler-Trump comparisons despite concerns about heated rhetoric

Democrats on television have continued their heated rhetoric against former President Donald Trump despite multiple attempts on his life, and pundits twice compared him to murderous dictator Adolf Hitler in the last week.

In an interview on ‘CNN News Central,’ Democratic strategist Aisha Mills was asked to respond to a comment made earlier in the day by Trump, who remarked that the U.S. has ‘a lot of bad genes in our country right now’ during a discussion about illegal immigrants who were committing murders.

Mills began by claiming that Trump ‘revered the Nazis… revered Hitler.’

‘Donald Trump has had a very sinister philosophy, wanting to be a dictator, absolutely dividing people up based on who they are, based on factors about them that have to do with their race and their gender, etc.,’ she continued.

‘And when he uses language like this, I don’t think that it’s a Freudian slip. I think that the danger of a Donald Trump is that he would absolutely try to exterminate an entire group of people because he thinks that their genes are somehow different than his and faulty,’ Mills said. ‘And I say this with all the sternness that you hear in my voice because it is serious. And Americans should recognize that.’

On Sunday, prominent Democratic strategist James Carville compared Trump’s plans to hold a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City to a Nazi sympathizer who held a rally there almost 100 years ago.

‘See what happened there. They are telling you exactly what they’re going to do, they’re telling you, ‘We’re going to institute a fascist regime,’’ Carville told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki in response to a Trump comment that ‘radical left lunatics’ might need to be handled by the National Guard on Election Day. 

Carville explained that ‘this election is about the Constitution.’

‘We are not going to have one if we lose it. And I’m not exaggerating. I’d love to debate anybody on that question,’ Carville said.

‘He lies about everything, except, except he’s telling the truth when he’s going to have a roundup.’

Fox News Digital reached out to CNN and MSNBC for comment but did not immediately receive a response. 

Fox News Digital reached Carville by phone, and the political veteran dismissed the social media blow back to his comments.

‘He said he would round up his political opponents,’ Carville said. ‘Am I not supposed to repeat what he said? I am only repeating what he said.’

‘He’s the one that chose to have a rally at Madison Square Garden. The same place the Nazis had a rally on Feb. 20, 1939,’ Carville added. 

Carville also dismissed the ‘implication’ that ‘because there are crazy people who aren’t even Democrats, they are registered Republicans, that made an attempt on Trump’s life that we shouldn’t repeat what he said, which I think is an idiotic position.’

Thomas Matthew Crooks, the first man who attempted to assassinate Trump, was a registered Republican, according to voting records, but he only participated in the Nov. 8, 2022 state election due to his age. Records also show that he made a $15 donation to Progressive Turnout Project, a Chicago-based political action committee that supports Democratic candidates.

Ryan Routh, the second attempted assassin, is not currently registered but was a registered Democrat in the past and claimed to have voted for Trump in 2016 while also voicing support for several Democrats on social media.

Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung told The Hill in a statement that Carville has ‘lost his marbles.’

‘President Trump is 100% correct — those who seek to undermine democracy by sowing chaos in our elections are a direct threat, just like the terrorist from Afghanistan that was arrested for plotting multiple attacks on Election Day within the United States.’

The Hitler comparisons come after Trump has blasted Democrats and the media for heated rhetoric against him that he says contributed to two failed assassination attempts against him.

‘He believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it,’ Trump told Fox News Digital about the gunman who pointed a gun on him on a Florida golf course. ‘Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country — both from the inside and out.’ 

Over the weekend, a man with multiple guns and ammunition was arrested outside a Trump rally in California in what many fear was a potential third assassination attempt against Trump. The man dismissed those fears and claimed he was a Trump supporter in a phone call with Fox News Digital.

Fox News Digital’s Yael Halon contributed to this report

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‘Squad’ member calls Netanyahu a ‘genocidal maniac,’ sparking backlash from Israeli ambassador to the UN

Democrat ‘Squad’ member Rashida Tlaib is now calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a ‘genocidal maniac,’ prompting a sharp rebuke from the country’s ambassador to the United Nations. 

‘Genocidal maniac Netanyahu is burning Palestinians alive, bombing hospitals, starving people, and killing aid workers,’ the Michigan representative wrote Monday night in a post on X. 

‘When will our country stop funding this madness? When?’ she added. 

Israeli ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon responded to her by writing ‘The only ones who burned children alive were your buddies over at Hamas.’ 

Tlaib is one of Netanyahu’s fiercest critics in Washington. 

Last week, she wrote on X ‘The war crimes being committed by the government of Israel are being funded by our own country while families at home suffer from displacement due to hurricanes and growing poverty. Our country is obsessed with war and destruction.’ 

When the Israeli prime minister delivered a speech to a joint session of Congress in July, she silently protested for much of it, holding up a double-sided sign that read ‘guilty of genocide’ on one side and ‘war criminal’ on the other. 

Fox News Digital observed a member of the House sergeant-at-arms’ staff speaking to Tlaib multiple times during the speech, after which she put the sign down. 

Prior to Netanyahu’s July 24 address, Tlaib released a statement saying ‘Netanyahu is a war criminal committing genocide against the Palestinian people.  

‘It is utterly disgraceful that leaders from both parties have invited him to address Congress. He should be arrested and sent to the International Criminal Court,’ she said at the time. 

Fox News’ Alexander Hall contributed to this report. 

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