I didn't watch the NBA All Star Game. It is a part of the boycotts of organizations that back that apartheid ethnostate.
Adam Silver is a Zionist who punishes players who speak up for certain injustices.
What made the news this weekend was a legendary NBA figure hinting retirement and remarks praising that apartheid ethnostate.
The 41 year old NBA legend disappoints me.
LeBron James becomes the latest media and sports figures to support the apartheid ethnostate of Israel.
In praise of Deni Avdija, an Israeli NBA small forward the Portland Trail Blazers, James stated he would one day like to visit Israel.
"I've never been there. But if I have fans there, I hope I inspire people over there not only to be great in sports but to be better in general in life," LeBron said at the All-Star Weekend. "Hopefully, someday I can make it over there. I've heard nothing but great things."
James recently called Avdija "a big-time player" and advocated for him to earn a spot in the 2026 All-Star Game in Los Angeles.
Deni Apartheid got the ball.
Avdija served in the Israeli Defense Forces and is facing backlash for his criticism of protesters. Also, you notice he is an Israeli living in Washington, DC. The United States national capital where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Mossad often plant espionage devices in areas to obtain classified information from the U.S. and other nations.
"When I know, you guys will know," he told reporters. "I don't know. I have no idea. I just want to live, that's all."
Israel has killed Americans. Great things.
The Israeli government killed Philip McC. Armstrong, Jr., Allen M. Blue, James C. Pierce, Stephen S. Toth, William B. Allenbaugh, Gary R. Blanchard, Francis Brown, Ronnie J. Campbell, Jerry L. Converse, Robert B. Eisenberg, Jerry L. Goss, Curtis A. Graves, Lawrence P. Hayden, Warren E. Hersey, Alan Higgins, Carl L. Hoar, Richard W. Keene, Jr., James L. Lenau, Raymond E. Linn, James M. Lupton, Duane R. Marggraf, David W. Marlborough, Anthony P. Mendle, Carl C. Nygren, Jack L. Raper, Edward E. Rehmeyer III, David Skolak, John C. Smith, Jr., Melvin D. Smith, John C. Spicher, Alexander N. Thompson, Jr., Thomas R. Thornton, Philippe C. Tiedtke, Frederick J. Walton, Rachel Corrie, Furkan Doฤan, Jacob Flickinger, Ayลenur Ezgi Eygi, Shireen Abu Akleh, Orwa Hammad, Mahmoud Shaalan, Omar Assad, Mohammad Khdour, Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, Saif al-Din Musalat, Amer Mohammad Saada Rabee and Kamel Ahmad Jawad.
Kyrie Irving puts Palestinian journalists in the spotlight. Israel has killed 290 journalists.
When an American is killed by Israel, the U.S. presidents ignore it or accept the Israeli narrative.
Lyndon B. Johnson, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Donald J. Trump have done not a damn thing about it. They just shrug their shoulders and allow Israel to get away with killing U.S. citizens.
Why vote Democrat when they protect the status quo?
Why vote Republican when they are dismantling the progress in favor of the status quo?
Why support celebrities? They only get richer while you work to you drop dead or retire with little or no financial support.
Israel's influence on U.S. politicians and the junk food media has reached a boiling point.
Americans are fuming over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu making his seventh appearance at the White House. He came to Washington, DC to greet President Donald J. Trump and members of Congress.
He has pushed for Trump to go ahead and launch a strike on Iran. Again on this 30 year allegation that Iran is close to building intercontinental ballistic missiles. The allegations that Iran has nuclear weapons is not proven.
Why is the United States concerned about a foreign country's own military defense?
They might as well have nuclear weapons. Cause you do not see the U.S. trying to instigate conflicts with Russia, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Great Britain or Israel.
Israel refuses to acknowledge they have nuclear weapons.
Rumors are flying across the world....
Will this be the time the U.S. launches an attack?
It will trigger World War III.
The Iranians have not invaded any foreign entity. They only retaliated against the U.S. and Israel after the two nations attack them.
Trump openly called for the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian to step down. They are pushing for the son of the ousted shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to return to power.
Reza Pahlavi, a Zionist is the son of the late ousted shah. He vows to bring a new age to Iran if he is returning back to power.
The push for installing puppet regimes is happening in real time. Trump had ordered an illegal invasion of the Venezuelan sovereignty. They captured the president, Nicolรกs Maduro and his wife. The U.S. slapped alleged drug and terrorism charges on them.
They seized Venezuelan sovereign properties with the intent to illegally use them for the interests of Israel and the American oil oligarchs.
The influence campaign sparked by Israeli intelligence has sought to have influencers opposed to Israel removed.
Hasan Piker was permanently banned from Twitch. Piker cited the criticism of Israel. He has took his platforms to YouTube and Rumble.
Guy Christensen was banned from Facebook and Instagram. He was banned from YouTube but fought back to have his platform reinstated. He also had his TikTok account demonetized and restricted.
Carrie Prejean Boller was removed from the White House Religious Freedom committee. She told Jewish extremists that she is a Catholic and refuses to bow to Israel or Zionism. She defended Candace Owens and said Palestinian children being killed is immoral.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) while in Germany had told an Israeli reporter what the country is doing is a genocide. The New York Post, Israeli influncers, Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) reacted to the remarks.
Former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had stated that she fears for her life. The far right agitator stated that the Epstein files being released will open a door to the exposure of how deep Israel involved.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) vows to release names. He said he isn't suicidal nor he will use heavy machinery.
Candace Owens has continued to believe that Israel might be involved in Charlie Kirk's death. She accuses Erika Kirk of being involved in elaborate scheme to push a pro Israeli stance at Turning Point USA. She released audio and video leaks showing Kirk not acting like a grieving widow. Owens has released emails detailing Charlie having frustration with Trump abandoning the America First movement for Israeli interest.
Josรฉ Vega, a candidate running for Congress accuses Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) of pushing defamatory allegations against him. The Canary Mission released a post alleging Vega is a raging antisemite who wants Israel to be erased. He alleged the addition of Michael Blake into the race is to take interest off his campaign. Blake who refuses to take AIPAC funds still wobbly on Israeli support.
Francesca Albanese faces calls to resign as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories after a French far right agitator claimed the observer said an inappropriate remark about Israel. It was an AI driven statement. It has Czechia, Germany and France demanding she is fired as special rapporteur.
Tucker Carlson is cautious about traveling to the Middle East. He will be interviewing U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee. Israel has threatened to ban his entry. They also allegedly have a hit on him.
Israel has cross so many lines. The public is starting to notice and they are getting sick and tired of their paychecks going to that apartheid ethnostate.
Okay, let me be clear.
When young Americans are seeing children being blown up, Israeli Defense Soliders wearing the clothes of their victims, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lecturing Americans on what is justified opinionated concerns, the AIPAC lobby trying to deflect by painting critics as being bought by foreign influence, the ADL trying push censorship campaigns on social media, the deflections to blame Muslims, the calls to deport critics because they oppose Israel, calling people "antisemitic" and a "terrorist" to stifle critics is seriously backfiring.
This ๐ฎ๐ฑ And Zionism Will Be Regarded As A Symbol Of Evil In The 21st Century.
Antisemitism has become just fucking noise. Folks are tired of being censored because of opinions.
It is free speech to call for the destruction of Israel, death to America or wishing for President Donald J. Trump to fail. It is not a crime nor it should be a punishment for terminations of employment.
It does not discriminate against race, religion, gender, sexuality or nationality.
Well Israel is a nationality but in that sense. People don't have to agree with the actions of its ongoing conflicts, its mass starvation, its genocide of ethnic indigenous Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese people, the policies, the apartheid or religious supremacy it engages in.
Israel has become one of the biggest road blocks in the Democratic Party. Also the age issue is haunting the party. Many of the leaders are old, tired and stuck on the 20th Century's leading the party.
Israel and its allies overplayed the use of antisemitism. From now on, as long as there is no violence towards anyone practicing Judaism or Islam, I will not hold my tongue when criticizing Israel, Jews, President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, former president Joe Biden, former vice president Kamala Harris, most members of Congress, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt, the Canary Mission, Zionism, colonialism, imperialism, slavery, racism, Christian nationalism, Jewish supremacy and white supremacy.
They are the cause of global instability in the world.
My full AJ Forum speech last week: the common enemy of humanity is THE SYSTEM that has enabled the genocide in Palestine, including the financial capital that funds it, the algorithms that obscure it and the weapons that enable it. pic.twitter.com/PzTQFFybsG
— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) February 9, 2026
Again, as long as there is no violence towards anyone practicing religious beliefs, there is no antisemitism when criticizing the Jews.
To clear up the Western-back junk food media's account of Oct. 7, the Israelis used the Hannibal Directive to massacre the illegal settlers to prevent Hamas from taking IDF soliders. The IDF has the advanced weapons to kill settlers at a festival.
Hamas has been very clear on who they targeted. They targeted the IDF and the walls. They do not target civilians. Israel has exaggerated the way this went down.
Israel has used American weapons to kill children, women, men, their own settlers, journalists, doctors, humanitarian aid workers, UN peacekeepers and their own IDF soliders. Israel has killed Americans, British, German, Australian, Canadians and French citizens.
No investigations were carried out to why Israel targeted them.
Iran can dictate their own road without U.S. influence.
Israel refuses to allow independent journalists and monitors into Gaza, Lebanon and Syria.
IDF soliders who refuse to carry out orders are often taken out by snipers.
The "hostages" were IDF soliders.
Israel is repeatedly violating the Trump backed ceasefire. They continue its invasion of Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria. They have stopped humanitarian aid and attacked any attempts by volunteers or independent surveyors.
The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if President Donald Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a far more serious conflict than previously seen between the countries.
The disclosure by the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the planning, raises the stakes for the diplomacy underway between the United States and Iran.
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will hold negotiations with Iran on Tuesday in Geneva, with representatives from Oman acting as mediators. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned on Saturday that while Trump’s preference was to reach a deal with Tehran, “that’s very hard to do.”
Meanwhile, Trump has amassed military forces in the region, raising fears of new military action. U.S. officials said on Friday the Pentagon was sending an additional aircraft carrier to the Middle East, adding thousands more troops along with fighter aircraft, guided-missile destroyers and other firepower capable of waging attacks and defending against them.
Trump, speaking on Friday after a military event at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, openly floated the possibility of changing the government in Iran, saying it “seems like that would be the best thing that could happen.” He declined to share who he wanted to take over Iran, but said, “there are people.”
“For 47 years, they’ve been talking and talking and talking,” Trump said.
Trump has long voiced skepticism about sending ground troops into Iran, saying last year, “the last thing you want to do is ground forces,” and the kinds of U.S. firepower arrayed in the Middle East so far suggest options for strikes primarily by air and naval forces. In Venezuela, Trump demonstrated a willingness to rely also on special operations forces to seize that country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, in a raid last month.
Asked for comment on the preparations for a potentially sustained U.S. military operation, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said: “President Trump has all options on the table with regard to Iran.”
“He listens to a variety of perspectives on any given issue, but makes the final decision based on what is best for our country and national security,” Kelly said.
The Pentagon declined to comment.
The United States sent two aircraft carriers to the region last year, when it carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear sites.
However, June’s “Midnight Hammer” operation was essentially a one-off U.S. attack, with stealth bombers flying from the United States to strike Iranian nuclear facilities. Iran staged a very limited retaliatory strike on a U.S. base in Qatar.
Risks increasing
The planning under way this time is more complex, the officials said.
In a sustained campaign, the U.S. military could hit Iranian state and security facilities, not just nuclear infrastructure, one of the officials said. The official declined to provide specific details.
Experts say the risks to U.S. forces would be far greater in such an operation against Iran, which boasts a formidable arsenal of missiles. Retaliatory Iranian strikes also increase the risk of a regional conflict.
The same official said the United States fully expected Iran to retaliate, leading to back-and-forth strikes and reprisals over time.
The White House and Pentagon did not respond to questions about the risks of retaliation or regional conflict.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to bomb Iran over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs and crushing of internal dissent. On Thursday, he warned the alternative to a diplomatic solution would “be very traumatic, very traumatic.”
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has warned that in case of strikes on Iranian territory, it could retaliate against any U.S. military base.
The U.S. maintains bases throughout the Middle East, including in Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Trump for talks in Washington on Wednesday, saying that if an agreement with Iran were reached, “it must include the elements that are vital to Israel.”
Iran has said it is prepared to discuss curbs on its nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions, but has ruled out linking the issue to missiles.
On Saturday, Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi said U.S. military intervention in Iran could save lives and urged Washington not to spend too long negotiating with Tehran’s clerical rulers on a nuclear deal.
The exiled son of Iran’s toppled shah told Reuters in an interview there were signs that the Iranian government was on the brink of collapse and that an attack could weaken it or accelerate its fall.
“We are hoping that this attack will expedite the process and the people can be finally back in the streets and take it all the way to the ultimate regime’s downfall,” said Pahlavi, who is based in the United States and has lived outside Iran since before his father was toppled in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
New York woman attacked by acid. The suspect arrested nearly five years later.
Be warned there will be images that are disturbing or graphic.
The Savannah Acid Attack is still an ongoing case. Maybe the suspect will drop a freestyle and admit he came out like an assassin putting the acid to the face.
Well in Nassau County, New York, a 29 year old man did and got arrested. It took damn near five years to arrest a man accused of dosing a woman with sulphuric acid in an alleged hitman attack.
He rap a verse and leads lead to his arrest.
Nafiah Ikram does not know the suspect but is constantly in fear. She was partially disfigured after the suspect ambushed her as she was approaching her home in 2021.
“I started … panicking. I was like, ‘Dad, someone threw something in my face!’ Ikram said following the attack in Elmont, New York. “And he was like, ‘Oh my God, it’s acid.’ ”
It was March 17, 2021. The sulfuric acid scorched Ikram’s face, neck and chest, and permanently blinded her right eye, requiring numerous surgeries and reconstructive grafts.
For nearly five years, as she navigated the physical and emotional aftermath of the surprise attack, the case went unsolved. Her mysterious assailant, who fled in a red Nissan Altima, remained unknown.
But for Ikram and her family, the case this week took a welcome turn. Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 29-year-old Brooklyn man, Terrell Campbell, with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of noxious material. He pleaded not guilty and is being held without bail.
He is a flower delivery operator and part time rapper.
Two years after the incident, investigators said, the aspiring hip-hop artist posted a song to YouTube in which he boasted about an acid attack. One line goes, ‘On the street in the night like a hitman assassin, trying to run up and have your face burned in acid.”
Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly described the song as “cruel and brazen,” and an attempt to further Campbell’s music career.
Nafiah was helping her mother with groceries when the suspect attacked her from behind with sulphuric acid inside a cup.
“It’s sickening,” Donnelly told reporters Tuesday. “He bragged on the internet for everyone to see. He thought after several years without an arrest that he was home free.”
Campbell’s attorney, Gregory Zak, declined to comment when contacted by CNN.
After almost five years of living in fear, Ikram said the arrest has brought her some relief.
“I’m glad that I’ve closed the chapter on the uncertainty and the safety and the looking over the shoulder,” she told CNN affiliate News 12 Long Island.
Years later she still undergoes surgeries to remove scar tissue
Ikram was 21 and a student at Hofstra University when the attack happened. She’d just returned home from her job at a local pharmacy and was gathering items from her car before going inside.
Investigators at the time said her attacker was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and gloves.
A nearby surveillance camera captured grainy video of the attack, but the assailant appeared mostly as a blur as he rushed up behind her, then fled into the night.
The attack stunned the suburban New York neighborhood and drew widespread attention. “Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi, a friend of Ikram’s family, went on Instagram and urged people to share relevant information with police.
Ikram suffered first- and second-degree burns to her face, right eye, arms and throat. The injury to her throat was so severe she must undergo repeated operations to remove scar tissue, Donnelly said.
“She survived the attack, but that was just the beginning of a painful journey for a beautiful young woman … for the past five years, she endured this unimaginable pain. She has also lived with two heartbreaking questions — who and why?” Donnelly added.
“Today, I am proud that we are finally able to answer one of those questions…” she said. “As for the why, our investigation continues and we cannot provide any additional details at this time.”
Suspect isn't talking. But his social media shows incel behavior. He also rapped a verse confirming he had something to do with the attack.
Despite her life-altering injuries, Ikram said she remains positive.
“I’ve realized just being a good person and being true to who I am no matter what, is where Terrell lost and where his downfall was,” she told News 12 Long Island, “because I refuse to lose my morals and my humanity no matter what happens to me.”
Investigators found searches for sulfuric acid in the suspect’s internet history
Nassau County Police said the big break in the case came from a tip about a possible suspect from someone who’ll receive a $50,000 Crime Stoppers reward. Investigators declined to provide additional information about the tipster’s identity.
After investigators identified Campbell, they worked with the New York Police Department to determine his address and found a red Nissan Altima parked outside, Donnelly said.
“We later learned that he had regular use of a red 2015 Nissan Altima back in 2021 that was registered to a family member,” Donnelly said. “As we continued our investigation, we reviewed Campbell’s internet search history. In the minutes following the 2021 attack, we found searches asking, ‘how do I remove sulfuric acid from my car’s fabric?’”
The district attorney’s office also discovered Campbell had posted a music video to his song, “Obsidian,” in October 2023 under the name YungBasedPrince. The song’s lyrics fit the narrative of the crime, Donnelly said.
“Two years after he ambushed Nafiah and left her screaming in pain on her front lawn, he actually produced and uploaded a music video to YouTube boasting about throwing acid in a woman’s face … A harrowing attack boiled down to some lyrics to get him attention,” she said.
Authorities said they’re working to determine a motive for the attack but declined to provide additional details. They’re also looking into the possibility that someone paid Campbell to do it, Donnelly said.
No remorse.
Ikram said Campbell is a stranger to her and that the reason behind his alleged involvement is a mystery.
“I hope that things come to light … the fact that I don’t even know this individual makes me question who else could possibly be involved?” she told the CNN affiliate.
Campbell worked in flower delivery, his attorney told News 12 Long Island. His next court hearing is February 18.
US Congresswoman Laura Gillen, who represents the part of Long Island where Ikram lived, welcomed the arrest. “For years, her attacker remained at large, posing a continued threat to our communities and denying the Ikram family the justice they deserve …,” she said in a statement.
“I’m relieved to see that an arrest has been made in the case. Now, Nafiah and her family are one step closer to receiving the justice and closure they deserve.”
Gillen is a moderate Democrat. She is a bigot who supports Israel. I bet you the lawmaker would not of supported Nafiah had she known of her support for Gaza. Nafiah has strong support of the Palestinians.
You can't steal my beauty or resistance.
Because on her social media, it shows she is definitely a pro Palestinian supporter.
Nafiah, stay beautiful and hope justice is serve to the suspect.
He faces 25 to LIFE if convicted.
The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Trump puts his support in Julia Letlow for the U.S. Senate in Louisiana.
MAGA infighting grows.
Widow of a U.S. member elect who died before office announced her run for the Senate.
Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) is the widow of Luke Letlow, the Rep-elect who died days before his swearing in. He won the Republican primary and general election in 2020.
Before the Jan. 3, 2021 swearing in, the Republican caught the coronavirus and died.
Julia, a professor at a local university ran and immediately won her special primary and special general election. She has served the district since 2021. She is dating Kevin Ainsworth, a lobbyist and lawyer from Baton Rogue. He proposed to her around Christmas last year.
Letlow is a reliable vote for President Donald J. Trump.
Now because of this, he has endorsed an intraparty fight between her and current senator of the state, Republican Bill Cassidy.
Both are Zionists and white nationalists. They rather give billions to fund Israel and its genocide. Louisiana ranks 48 of 50 in education. It ranks pretty damn low in infrastructure. They ranks poor in water quality. They ranks poor in poverty.
About 39% of the population is Black. The state is gerrymandered to say least.
The governor is proposing to write out the two Black districts despite the federal courts ordering them to be drawn.
Cassidy is part of the swing. So far, he voted with Trump 97% of the time. He has voted with Biden at least 15% of the time. He voted with Obama at least 10% of the time.
Cassidy voted to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial. Trump vowed to target Republicans who crossed him. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) has announced his reelection. This announcement of Letlow will likely force him to either face a run off election or a retirement announcement.
Letlow is favored with a 48% chance of winning while Cassidy has a 47% chance.
Trump endorsed her early this year as she was teasing a run.
Letlow arrived at the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office on Friday to sign up to run, she had to walk past a van with a billboard blasting “Liberal Letlow.” The ad, which accused Letlow of trading hundreds of stocks “like her pal Nancy Pelosi” and calling her a “champion of DEI policy” said it was paid for by Cassidy’s campaign.
The attack ads highlight how ferociously Cassidy, Letlow and Treasurer John Fleming are battling for the mantle of “most conservative” as they seek the GOP nomination in Louisiana’s new closed party primaries.
“I loathe the negativity that has to take place in campaigns,” Letlow said after qualifying Friday, when asked about the attack ads right outside. “I wish that we all could run positive campaigns on our records and our vision and our dreams for Louisiana.”
Letlow also said that “President Trump would never endorse someone who is not a true America-first conservative,” and said she has battled against diversity, equity and inclusion programs as a member of Congress.
Cassidy also officially joined the race Friday. During remarks to reporters in Baton Rouge, he didn’t directly address Letlow.
He said the Senate contest is “about who has a proven track record of delivering for our state, and my track record is far better than anyone else running for this office.”
Fleming also has gone on the offensive. When he signed up to run on Wednesday, he said he was running against “two liberal candidates” and accused Cassidy of flip-flopping on key issues. He also claimed Gov. Jeff Landry had schemed to get Letlow into the race to further his own political ambitions.
In this game, you are not friends... you're politicians.
Landry later fired back, saying “anyone who makes stuff up like that may not be fit for office.”
Letlow has thrown her own political punches.
On Thursday, she seized on a Fox News story about a Louisiana judge who ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release four detainees from custody.
“The Middle District in Louisiana is one of the most liberal in the country and Bill Cassidy has selected many similar judges during his time in the Senate,” Letlow posted on X. “It is unforgivable that this radical judge forced ICE to release four criminal illegals, already convicted of murder and child sex crimes.”
Landry joined that line of attack on Friday.
“For more than a decade, Bill Cassidy has supported liberal Obama judges,” Landry wrote on X. “Recently, he led the efforts to block the addition of a new conservative federal judge in Louisiana’s Middle District. Instead he has spent his time listening to the Never Trumpers and voting to impeach.”
Cassidy responded to Landry on X: “Jeff — Check your facts. There isn’t a middle court vacancy now and never has been while I’ve been in the Senate.”
Cassidy said he “never voted for a single Obama judicial nominee in Louisiana when I’ve been in the Senate” and that he is “proud of fighting for conservative results for Louisiana.”
The iconic actor James Van Der Beek passed away from cancer.
Midway Wrap up in May.
An iconic actor has passed away on Tuesday. I missed this and I am shocked.
James Van Der Beek, 48 has passed away in Austin, Texas.
He had not disclosed his cancer. He knew he had it but wanted to live his life to the fullest.
If you watched Dawson's Creek, Don't Trust That B---- in Apartment 23, CSI: Cyber or the films Versity Blues and Bad Hair you seen James perform in his best.
“Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully this morning. He met his final days with courage, faith and grace. There is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity and the sacredness of time. Those days will come,” said a statement from the actor’s family posted on Instagram. “For now we ask for peaceful privacy as we grieve our loving husband, father, son, brother and friend.”
Van Der Beek revealed in 2024 that he was being treated for colorectal cancer.
Van Der Beek made a surprise video appearance in September at a “Dawson’s Creek” reunion charity event in New York City after previously dropping out due to illness.
He appeared projected onstage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre during a live reading of the show’s pilot episode to benefit F Cancer and Van Der Beek. Lin-Manuel Miranda subbed for him on stage.
“Thank you to every single person here,” Van Der Beek said.
Forever tied to ‘Dawson’s Creek’
A one-time theater kid, Van Der Beek would star in the movie “Varsity Blues” and on TV in “CSI: Cyber” as FBI Special Agent Elijah Mundo, but was forever connected to “Dawson’s Creek,” which ran from 1998 to 2003 on The WB.
The series followed a group of high school friends as they learned about falling in love, creating real friendships and finding their footing in life. Van Der Beek, then 20, played 15-year-old Dawson Leery, who aspired to be a director of Steven Spielberg quality.
With Paula Cole’s “I Don’t Want To Wait,” as its moody theme song, “Dawson’s Creek” helped define The WB as a haven for teens and young adults who related to its hyper-articulate dialogue and frank talk about sexuality. And it made household names of Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams and Joshua Jackson.
“While James’ legacy will always live on, this is a huge loss to not just your family but the world,” Sarah Michelle Gellar wrote to his widow on Instagram. Katharine McPhee Foster added: “This is just beyond devastating news.” Others posting messages of mourning were Jenna Dewan and Olivia Munn.
The show caused a stir when one of the teens embarked on a racy affair with a teacher 20 years his senior and when Holmes’ character climbed through Dawson’s bedroom window and they curled up together. Racier shows like “Euphoria” and “Sex Education” owe a debt to “Dawson’s Creek.”
Van Der Beek sometimes struggled to get out from under the shadow of the show but eventually leaned into lampooning himself, like on Funny Or Die videos and on Kesha’s “Blow” music video, which included his laser gun battle with the pop star in a nightclub and dead unicorns.
“It’s tough to compete with something that was the cultural phenomenon that ‘Dawson’s Creek’ was,” he told Vulture in 2013. “It ran for so long. That’s a lot of hours playing one character in front of people. So it’s natural that they associate you with that.”
Meme king.
A popular GIF and ‘Varsity Blues’
More than a decade after the show went off the air, a scene at the end of the show’s third season became a GIF. Dawson was watching as his soul mate embarks on a love affair with his best friend and burst into tears.
“It wasn’t scripted that I was supposed to cry; it was just one of those things where it’s a magical moment and it just happens in the scene,” Van Der Beek told Vanity Fair. He seemed exasperated when he told the Los Angeles Times: “All of a sudden, six years of work was boiled down to one seven-second clip on loop.” (Van Der Beek himself recreated the GIF in 2011 for Funny or Die and gave it a second life.)
While still on “Dawson’s Creek,” Van Der Beek hosted “Saturday Night Live” — the musical guest was Everlast — and landed a plumb role in “Varsity Blues,” playing a second-string high school quarterback who leaps into the breach when the star suffers an injury.
Van Der Beek’s character, Mox, turns out to not be a football fanatic, preferring to read Kurt Vonnegut and yearning for the college education that will allow him to escape the jock mentality of his Texas town.
“I don’t want your life,” he screams at one point. Critic Roger Ebert called him “convincing and likable.”
After ‘Dawson’s Creek’
Some of his projects after “Dawson’s Creek” included co-creating and playing Wesley “Diplo” Pentz, a dull but likable music producer in the mockumentary satire on Viceland, “What Would Diplo Do?” In 2019, he made it to the semifinals of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” and played a balding, out-of-shape ex-boyfriend on “How I Met Your Mother.”
“The more you make fun of yourself and don’t try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you,” he told Vanity Fair in 2011. “I’ve always been a clown trapped in a leading man’s body.”
Between 2003 and 2013, he made appearances in shows like “Criminal Minds,” “One Tree Hill,” and “How I Met Your Mother.” He played himself with a crackpot intensity in the Krysten Ritter-led ABC drama “Don’t Trust the B— in Apartment 23,” and the short-lived “CSI” spinoff “CSI: Cyber” and CBS’ “Friends With Better Lives.”
He’s also appeared in movies such as Kevin Smith’s 2001 comedy “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” and its 2019 sequel, “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.” He was in the Bret Easton Ellis adaptation of “The Rules of Attraction” in 2002 opposite Jessica Biel and Kate Bosworth.
In 2025, he was unmasked as Griffin on “The Masked Singer,” after singing a cover of John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” and “I Had Some Help” by Post Malone and Morgan Wallen.
Early life as a theater kid
Van Der Beek, who was raised in Cheshire, Connecticut, started acting at 13 after suffering a concussion playing football that prevented him from playing for a year. He landed the role of Danny Zuko in his school production of “Grease.”
He stuck with theater, landing at 16 in 1994 an off-Broadway role in “Finding the Sun” by Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Albee and one of the sons in a revival of “Shenandoah” at the prestigious Goodspeed Opera House in his home state.
He earned a scholarship to New Jersey’s Drew University but left school early when he was cast in “Dawson’s Creek.” In 2024, he returned to campus to accept an honorary degree for his “selfless service and exemplary commitment to the mission of Drew,” the university said.
Drew University President Hilary Link welcomed Van Der Beek with a popular quote from his “Dawson’s Creek” character: “Edge is fleeting,” she said, “but heart lasts forever. So on this morning, we pay tribute to that heart.”
He is survived by his wife, Kimberly, and six children, Olivia, Joshua, Annabel, Emilia, Gwendolyn and Jeremiah.
