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 A judge ruled on Monday that charges against members of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert's staff would not be charged for trespassing in the Capitol last month.

Naturally, that didn't sit well with Fox Shmooze's Jesse "Dirty" Watters, who, with guests, whined about it on Monday, and leveled accusations of hypocrisy. The end result, it appears, is that it was a simple misunderstanding, not anything to be concerned about. Small potatoes compared to the ongoing investigation into a very real insurrection nearly 19 months ago. 

Deal with it, Jesse.

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It's now official. 3 1/2 months after winning a tag team match at Wrestlemania, boxer and YouTube star Logan Paul will face The Miz at Summerslam on July 30 in Nashville. Paul, in appearing on Monday Night Raw, pointed out how he's built his career proving doubters wrong, and the narcissistic Miz figures to be next on his hit list. Miz, you'll recall, turned on Paul after they won their match, jealous of Paul getting the spotlight over him.

Two nights earlier, in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, Miz (Mike Mizanin) was named MVP of the Celebrity All-Star Softball Game after clobbering a home run over the fence set up for the game. They don't expect anyone to clear the actual fences at, say, Dodger Stadium, so they have the fences brought in, and set up several feet in front of the real fences. Newly retired Hunter Pence, who hung up his spikes several months ago, hit 2 homers.

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12 years after his last match, Ric Flair is lacing up the boots again.

The Hall of Famer, despite a pacemaker in his heart, will team with son-in-law Andrade El Idolo (AEW) vs. Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal July 31 in Nashville, 24 hours after Jarrett officiates a tag team match at Summerslam. Many of Flair's friends, contemporaries, and associates, including Triple H, have tried to convince him not to go through with it, but he clearly wants to go out in a blaze of glory. 

All I have to say is, hope for the best, fear for the worst.

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Washington Nationals star Juan Soto isn't set to be a free agent until after the 2024 season, but he and his agent, Scott Boras Badenov, turned down a multi-year contract worth up to $440 million last week. Unsurprisingly, the thought of the last place Nationals offering Soto in a trade, with the deadline two weeks away, has Mets fans salivating at the prospect of bringing him to Flushing. 

Soto, on Monday, ended the Mets' Pete Alonso's run at Home Run Derby champion. Alonso was eliminated by Seattle rookie Julio Rodriguez, while Soto defeated sentimental favorite Albert Pujols (St. Louis) before beating Rodriguez in the finals.

Soto & Alonso in the same lineup, though? Scary. Mets fans on Reddit are so eager to get rid of underachieving Dominic Smith, they'd probably want to donate money to pay Soto's salary. Yeah, right.

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America's Oldest Baby is still upset with the Pulitzer Prize committee.

A judge on Monday rejected multiple requests from Donald Narcissus Trump to rescind a 2018 Pulitzer awarded to reporters from the New York Times for their investigative reporting on the allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election. We managed to contact Trump's new press agent:

"Nothing I can do, man. He tunes out anyone that tries to tell him anything."

Gee, what a surprise.