Washington governor-elect Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, announced Monday that he is creating a subcommittee in his transition team that will have the sole purpose of fighting Project 2025.

The transition team expects Project 2025 to be pushed by the Trump Administration despite President-elect Trump’s efforts during his campaign to distance himself from the controversial proposal.

Ferguson’s committee will be co-chaired by Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates CEO Jennifer Allen and King County Councilmember Jorge L. Barón, who is also a former executive director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Fox 13 reported.

“We are preparing in case President Trump attacks Washingtonians’ core freedoms,” Ferguson said, according to the outlet. “We will keep Washington moving forward no matter what happens at the federal level.”

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Project 2025 is a controversial initiative organized by conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation that was authored by a number of conservatives, including some former Trump administration officials.

The initiative offered right-wing policy recommendations for Trump’s second term, including replacing civil service employees with Trump loyalists, abolishing the Department of Education, criminalizing pornography, eliminating DEI programs, cutting funding for Medicaid and Medicare, rejecting abortion as health care, carrying out mass deportations and infusing the government with Christian values.

During his campaign, Trump had sought to distance himself from the initiative, which has been criticized as being an authoritarian and Christian nationalist plan that would undermine civil liberties, saying he knew nothing about it, that parts of it are “absolutely ridiculous and abysmal” and that its backers are on the “radical right.”

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Washington governor-elect Bob Ferguson announced Monday that he is creating a subcommittee in his transition team to fight Project 2025. (Getty Images)

Former Trump officials also told POLITICO ahead of Election Day that people involved in Project 2025 would be blacklisted from his administration.

But Trump has selected authors and contributors for Project 2025 to serve in his next administration, including Russell Vought as director of the Office of Management and Budget, Tom Homan as “border czar,” Stephen Miller as deputy chief of policy and Brendan Carr as chair of the Federal Communications Commission.

“This is a critical time in our nation as we look to the possibility of our communities being under attack from many different directions,” Allen said, according to Fox 13. “I’m honored to serve on Governor-elect Ferguson’s transition team and to co-chair this subcommittee to support his leadership in our state and country in championing and safeguarding reproductive rights and all of the rights of Washingtonians.”

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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Barón said he is “honored to assist Governor-elect Ferguson in his transition into this new role and to co-chair this important subcommittee,” Fox 13 reported.

“As an immigrant and as the proud parent of a trans daughter, I am particularly grateful that the Governor-elect is committed to protecting all Washington state residents, and especially those communities at greatest risk of having their rights attacked by the incoming federal administration,” Barón continued.

Ferguson’s office said the subcommittee will establish policy priorities for his first 100 days in office, according to Fox 13, although specific policy proposals have not been released.

The “Harbaugh Bowl” at SoFi Stadium went to John, as he beat his brother Jim’s Los Angeles Chargers, 30-23, on “Monday Night Football” to get his Baltimore Ravens back in the win column. 

The Ravens moved to 8-4 on the season, while the Chargers dropped to 7-4. 

It may have been the first game he didn’t score this season, but the Ravens’ offense was once again led by the strong rushing attack of Derrick Henry. 

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Henry tallied 140 rushing yards on 24 carries (5.8 per attempt), as Baltimore’s run game continues to beat up on NFL defenses this season. 

It was nothing flashy for Henry, but one of the best defenses in the league couldn’t figure out how get the big stop when he had the ball in his hands. 

Meanwhile, two other rushers were able to find the end zone, with Lamar Jackson getting in for the Ravens’ first score of the game and Justice Hill putting the dagger in the victory with a 51-yard score in the fourth quarter. 

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Things went so well for Los Angeles to start this game off, as Justin Herbert was methodical as he charged downfield and ultimately rushed it in for an opening-drive touchdown. But it was the only one of two touchdowns the team would score all game, as Cameron Dicker was active kicking field goals.

Jackson, on the other hand, was able to get two of his passes into the end zone with Mark Andrews leaping to haul one in during the fourth quarter, while Rashod Bateman fought through a defensive pass interference call at the end of the first half to snag a 40-yard bomb from Jackson to take a 17-13 lead at the time. 

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert (10) runs the ball against the Baltimore Ravens during the first half at SoFi Stadium. (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images)

Gus Edwards was able to score from one yard out with less than a minute to play in the fourth quarter, giving Dicker a chance to have an onside kick with a one-score game. 

But Isaiah Likely secured the attempt to seal the Ravens’ victory, a much-needed win for Baltimore after faltering in Pittsburgh last week.

Jackson finished the game with 177 passing yards on 16-of-22 through the air with his two touchdowns and one rushing score. Zay Flowers was his top receiver with 62 yards on five receptions, while Andrews had 44 yards on five catches as well. 

For Herbert, he went 21-of-36 for 218 yards, where drops were an issue for his receivers on the night. Quentin Johnston was the main culprit of that as he couldn’t haul in any of his five targets. 

Ladd McConkey, who has been a standout rookie for Los Angeles, had 83 yards on six catches. 

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) throws the ball against the Los Angeles Chargers in the first half at SoFi Stadium. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

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Also worth nothing for the Chargers: J.K. Dobbins, the ex-Ravens who has shined for the Chargers this season, left the game with a knee injury. Dobbins has a history of torn ligaments in his knee, so Chargers fans are waiting with bated breath to see what happens with their star running back. 

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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said a state law requiring a photo ID to vote being upheld in court is a “huge win for election security.”

“Missouri proved today how to handle radical activists that come into a state with secure elections and try to undermine them through the legal process,” Bailey said in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital.

Bailey added that this was a huge victory for the Show Me State.

“We went to court, we put on the evidence, and radical activists working to undermine our elections FAILED. This is a HUGE win for election security,” Bailey said in a post on X. 

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Elon Musk also shared his approval and praise for Missouri’s court ruling.

“Congratulations AG Bailey! Now we need this nationwide,” Musk wrote in a post on X.

The Missouri court’s decision to uphold the voter ID law came after heavy criticism from groups arguing that such requirements could disenfranchise voters.

However, Bailey’s office successfully presented evidence supporting the law’s necessity and effectiveness in maintaining the integrity of the voting process. The court’s ruling confirmed that the voter ID law does not impose a burden on voters.

Missouri also provides free non-driver’s licenses for voting for those who do not already have a driver’s license or have a current license. The health department’s Bureau of Vital Records provides free birth certificates to those seeking their first non-driver’s license in order to vote if the applicant does not have a current driver’s license.

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Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem ruled Monday that a Missouri law requiring a photo ID to vote would remain intact. (Getty Images)

“There is not a severe burden on the right to vote as the State has gone to great lengths to help voters obtain IDs,” Bailey wrote in a previous court brief.

In October 2022, Cole County Presiding Judge Jon Beetem had already rejected a lawsuit brought by the Missouri League of Women Voters, NAACP and two voters challenging a law passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature making it mandatory that voters show photo identification to cast a regular ballot. Under the 2022 law, people with a valid government-issued photo ID are still able to submit provisional ballots, which will be counted if they return later that day with a photo ID or if election officials verify their signatures.

A Missouri court decided to uphold the state’s voter ID law, something Andrew Bailey fought for. (Vanessa Abbitt/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Republicans said the goal of the 2022 law was to deter voter fraud, but the plaintiffs in the case argued the legislation placed unconstitutional hurdles on voting, suppressing turnout.

Before the 2022 midterm elections, it was acceptable for Missourians to present a voter registration card, a student identification card, a bank statement or utility bill or a valid driver’s license to cast their ballots in the state.

The National Conference of State Legislatures reports that 36 states request or require identification to vote, of which at least 20 ask for a photo ID.

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Other Republican-led states are moving in the same direction as Missouri, which could serve as the blueprint for national policy.

“I’m proud that Missouri will continue to lead the nation in defense of election security,” Bailey said. 

Critics argue that such requirements are an overreaction that could disenfranchise eligible voters.

Fox News Digital’s Danielle Wallace and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Three men were busted by police in Nashville after an alert citizen called 911 to report seeing the men at the top of the AT&T Building on Sunday.

Just before 5 p.m., a witness called police after noticing three men who appeared suspicious on top of the iconic skyscraper that is often referred to as “The Batman Building” for its obvious resemblance to the caped crusader. 

“Yes, ma’am. I’m at Garth Brooks’ bar down here, and we’re looking at the AT&T building. And there are three individuals on the top of the AT&T building, like all on the tower part. They don’t look like they’re supposed to be there. And it’s a Sunday. So I can’t imagine they’re working. But it looks very strange,” the caller described. 

Police said officers were able to spot the men on the building with binoculars. One thrill seeker was seen near a spire of the building and another was lying down on the circular AT&T logo.

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Officers entered the building and headed to the roof, but neither they nor a police helicopter crew could find the three men. 

Following a floor-to-floor search, officers ultimately ended up in a men’s restroom on the 24th floor just before 6:30 p.m.

Three men were caught hiding in a bathroom stall after a 911 caller reported them on top of Tennessee’s tallest building Sunday afternoon.  (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)

The officer found all three men hiding together in a locked stall and ordered them to show their hands under the door of the stall.  

The three complied and were taken into police custody.

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Nashville Police caught the three out-of-state trespassers inside a bathroom stall after a brief search.  (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)

The men told police they entered the building through an unsecured door. 

They are all three facing charges of aggravated trespassing and disorderly conduct charges.

The trespassers were identified as Jacob Thomas Cieszynski, 26, of Chicago, Chase Cooper Lester, 26, of Culloden, Georgia, and Ryan James McGarrity, 20, of Laguna Woods, California.  

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Three out-of-state men surrender to Nashville police after being seen on top of the iconic “Batman Building.” (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)

In addition to aggravated trespassing and disorderly conduct, police said Lester is also charged with possessing burglary tools after a crowbar and a screwdriver were found in his backpack.

Officers also seized several cameras from the three, including a GoPro.  

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One of the men told officers that they had heard the AT&T Building was the “best place to get a view of Nashville,” so they entered and climbed the stairs to the roof. 

“This case is a prime example of an alert citizen SEEING SOMETHING suspicious and SAYING SOMETHING to authorities. We all benefit by each other’s vigilance,” said Nashville Metropolitan Police Public Affairs Director Don Aaron. 

President-elect Trump announced three key appointments to White House offices on Monday, including two who served during his first term.

The announcement included the appointment of James Braid, who will return to the White House as the deputy assistant to the president and director of the Office of Legislative Affairs.

Braid worked in legislative affairs at the Office of Management and Budget during Trump’s first term, and since then he has served as the lead policy staffer for Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate.

Braid has also served as chief of staff for multiple members of Congress, and has taken on several other senior policy roles on Capitol Hill since 2015.

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Trump also announced Alex Latcham will return to the White House as the deputy assistant to the president and director of the Office of Public Liaison.

Latcham previously served as special assistant to the president and deputy political director during Trump’s first term.

For the past eight years, Latcham served Trump as a senior deputy political director for his campaign and for the Republican National Committee.

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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The third person to be appointed is Matt Brasseaux, who will serve as deputy assistant to the president and director of the Office of Public Affairs.

Brasseaux worked as a deputy political director for the Trump campaign and Republican National Committee in 2024.

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He also served as a regional political director for the Republican National Committee and campaign manager for now-Gov. Joe Lombardo in Nevada.

Former CNN boss Chris Licht spoke candidly about what led to his 2023 ouster from the network, suggesting he faced resistance to “change” from staff.

In an interview Saturday at the New York Press Club’s Journalism Conference, Licht said it was his “mission” when he was hired to restore America’s “trust” in CNN and chalked up his firing as mere “business.” He said he even remains friends with the man who fired him, parent company Warner Brother Discovery CEO David Zaslav.

Licht was then asked by ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith whether he could “pinpoint” what exactly led to his firing, citing examples like the CNN Trump town hall and the now-infamous Atlantic profile that painted him in a negative light, both having sparked backlash among staff. 

“When you try to change something dramatically, you can’t do it alone. You’ve got to build the trust of the organization. They have to believe in you. And I did not build that trust,” Licht said. “I was not able to, in the time that I was there, build trust so that people would tune out the noise and sort of follow me into that.”

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“Because of time? Or because of something else?” Smith asked.

“Time’s an element of it,” Licht responded. “We have to remember where things were at that time. It was a crazy – I think everyone could objectively say it was a crazy time, particularly in that organization, but I’m not letting myself off the hook.”

“I think when you try to have a bold way of going forward, you have to be confident and you have to show confidence in it so people follow you, but there’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance and I still work on dialing that and I think sometimes I was on the wrong side of that.”

“The Atlantic article I absolutely should not have done,” he continued. “Speaking of arrogance, imagine saying yes after, by the way, saying no several times, but at the end, saying yes because you know what, when this comes out in a year, I will have saved everything. This is gonna be an article that’s going to be so positive because in a year, I did it. Imagine that arrogance now that I look back. Now, I hadn’t failed at anything before. So it was I absolutely thought, you know what, it’s been a year, they’re going to be writing about ‘wow, look at all these great things that have happened.’ So, no, I should have done that. Definitely should not have taken a reporter to the gym. If I can say one thing to anybody, do not bring a reporter to the gym.”

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Licht said there were CNN staffers that “didn’t want change” as he attempted to stear the struggling network in a different direction. ( Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Licht defended the Trump town hall as he did during the blowback against CNN, saying, “I still believe today it was the right thing to do.” And while he reiterated his regret about not disclosing to viewers that the New Hampshire town hall was filled with Trump supporters and center-right voters, he pointed to their positive reactions to then-candidate Donald Trump as being significant in its own right. 

“Remember, we hadn’t seen Trump for a very long time. That was the first time he answered very tough questions in a long time. And the fact that his shtick resonated with voters in New Hampshire, that’s part of the story, but people at home had to be told that and that’s one thing I would have done differently,” Licht said. 

He continued, “So why was it? I think it’s all of that… There are those that didn’t want change, and how I reacted to those people, you know, I picked some fights I shouldn’t have picked. There’s some things I should – some alliances I should have built, or people I should have trusted more. There’s people I should have trusted less. But, you know, there’s not a leader in any organization that doesn’t have those self-reflections.”

A spokesperson for CNN declined to comment.

Licht was handpicked by Zaslav in 2022 to help revive CNN’s viewership and restore its journalistic credibility after the network spent years building a reputation for being an anti-Trump news organization under Licht’s predecessor, Jeff Zucker. 

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Licht defended CNN’s town hall with then-candidate DonaldTrump, which sparked backlash from liberal viewers and network staffers alike. (Screenshot/CNN)

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CNN’s rank-and-file resisted Licht’s efforts to remove the spectacle from its coverage. Among his major moves were dismissing prominent liberal on-air figures, including Brian Stelter, Don Lemon and Jeffrey Toobin.

However, Licht had completely lost the trust of CNN staff after the network hosted Trump town hall in May 2023, which sparked unprecedented fury from within the newsroom. Licht was fired by Zaslav weeks later. 

Fast-forward to November 2024 as financial woes and dismal viewership continue to plague the network. Many of Licht’s decisions were reversed – Stelter was rehired as a media analyst, Toobin and Lemon have made multiple appearances as guests – and CNN’s anti-Trump coverage came back in a roaring fashion through Election Day. 

CNN’s current honcho Mark Thompson is now tasked with stopping the bleeding of its dwindling audience and its bottom line. CNN staffers have told Fox News Digital they’re “deeply frustrated” as significant budget cuts and layoffs are likely to rock the network in the coming months. 

Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi reportedly fled the United States after President-elect Donald Trump’s successful bid to return to the White House during the 2024 presidential election.

However, prior to the election cycle, DeGeneres claimed on her “Ellen’s Last Stand … Up” tour that she was kicked out of Hollywood “for being mean.”

While prepping for her big Netflix show earlier this year, the comedian traveled the country and told an audience at a gig in Santa Rosa, California, that she had no plans to continue life in show business.

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“This is the last time you’re going to see me. After my Netflix special, I’m done,” she told the crowd, according to SFGate. “Thank you for still caring! Let me catch you up on what’s been going on with me since you last saw me. I got chickens.”

DeGeneres added, “Oh yeah, and I got kicked out of show business for being mean. Next time, I’ll be kicked out for being old. Old, gay and mean, the triple crown.”

During the open mic night, she noted how her views of fame had changed since the beginning of her career.

“Oh yeah, and I got kicked out of show business for being mean. Next time, I’ll be kicked out for being old. Old, gay and mean, the triple crown.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

“I used to say, ‘I don’t care what people say about me.’ Now I realize I said that during the height of my popularity,” DeGeneres said. “I am many things, but I am not mean.”

Ellen DeGeneres announced she would be leaving the public eye after the release of her Netflix special. (Getty Images)

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The longtime comedian was rocked by accusations of harboring a toxic workplace at her self-titled program, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” as well as allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior by ousted producers. One producer had also reportedly been at the heart of the complaints of poor workplace culture.

The allegations ultimately led to the end of the show in 2021 after 19 seasons on air. The final episode aired in May 2022.

In her Netflix special, “Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval,” DeGeneres addressed being “kicked out of show business.”

DeGeneres hosted her self-titled talk show for 19 seasons before the program ended in 2022. (Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.)

“The ‘be kind’ girl wasn’t kind — that was the headline,” DeGeneres said. “Here’s the problem: I am a comedian who got a talk show, and I ended the show every day by saying, ‘Be kind to one another.’ Had I ended my show by saying, ‘Go f— yourselves,’ people would’ve been pleasantly surprised to find out I’m kind.”

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DeGeneres and de Rossi sold their Montecito home in August, Fox News Digital confirmed with the couple’s relator, Riskin Partners.

The couple had been house hunting in rural England last month, a source told People Magazine. “Ellen was in England house hunting in the beginning of October,” the insider claimed. “She ended up finding a house that she loved and purchased it shortly after.”

Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi have reportedly settled in England. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

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DeGeneres previously shared support for Vice President Kamala Harris to become the next president of the United States by re-sharing Taylor Swift’s social media endorsement.

“This childless cat lady couldn’t agree more,” DeGeneres wrote, seemingly referencing Vice President-elect J.D. Vance’s previous comments.

“Reagan,” the first full-length feature chronicling the life of former President Ronald Reagan, topped Amazon’s Best Sellers list after becoming available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital earlier this month.

The film, which stars Dennis Quaid as the 40th president, was released on Blu-ray on November 19 and immediately rose to the top of Amazon’s Best Sellers in Blu-ray charts over the weekend.

A press release for the movie said the show leapfrogged past ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’, ‘Despicable Me 4’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy set.”

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“Reagan” outperformed box office expectations in its opening weekend in September, taking the third spot behind “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Alien: Romulus.”

Despite boasting a 98% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the biographical drama became a target of left-wing outlets who widely panned the film.

The Daily Beast called “Reagan” “the worst movie of the year.” Brutal reviews were also published in The Washington Post, Variety, The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the film’s opening weekend.

In an interview with Fox News Digital last August, Quaid brushed off concerns that portraying a Republican president would get him “canceled.”

“It’s a biopic. It’s a love story. It’s about all of us as America, where we used to be,” Quaid said. “A lot of that gets twisted because people have agendas. And so, yeah, they tried to cancel me a couple of times, but so what?”

Reagan may have been a divisive figure to some on the left, Quaid said, but the film about his life is not “political.”

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The film is based on the 40th president. (Getty Images)

“When Reagan was president as well, you know, they called him a warmonger. But this is the guy who ended the Cold War, by the way, and made peace with the Soviets. But it took a cold warrior like that. … And they called him a third-rate actor, this and that,” Quaid remarked.

Elya Baskin, who also stars in the film, described the significance of his casting in an op-ed he penned for Fox News Digital last year.

“When I was offered a role in a picture called “Reagan,” I read the script and knew right away that I had to play this role. You see, the role I was asked to play was that of a Soviet citizen by the name of B.E. Kertchman, who, in the 1920s defected to the United States,” he wrote.

“When I came to America 45 years ago, I thought that I had landed in paradise. People I met were friendly and generous, and the abundance of goods was mind-blowing. In the Soviet Union, I had to spend hours in lines to buy simple things like toilet paper and I could not speak openly about ideas that were not state approved. In America, I could openly express my opinions on everything without fear of being prosecuted,” Baskin continued.

“I always assumed that it would stay like that in America forever. Unfortunately, I was wrong. This new country that I cherished deeply began to change. I started to notice Marxist ideology – discredited countless times around the world – slowly creeping in into different aspects of our lives,” he said. “Traditional moral values were being overturned and using simple common sense was becoming anathema to the intellectual elite. 

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“Today, just as in the Soviet Union, I have to hide my true feelings and am afraid to express them openly. Those basking in their subjective opinion of what is politically and socially correct just now control what I’m allowed to say and will soon dictate what I am permitted to think.”

He described the film as possibly the “most important” of his career, characterizing his role in “Reagan” as a “warning.”