Now that Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla has been chosen as Trump’s secretary of state, his Senate seat is open. Governor DeSantis is charged with appointing his replacement.

One of the names that has been floated to fill Rubio’s seat is Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump.

Today, Lara joined Liz Wheeler, host of “The Liz Wheeler Show,” to discuss the possibility.

“Is this going to happen? Do you want to be the next senator of Florida?” Liz asked.

“Obviously, this is up to Governor Ron DeSantis, and we’ll see who he ultimately feels is the right fit for the seat, but look – they’re big shoes to fill, obviously. Marco Rubio has held this Senate seat for a long time, and he really has the trust of the people of the state of Florida,” Lara responded, praising DeSantis for turning Florida from a swing state into a reliably red state.

“Now whether or not he wants me to be appointed to this position, obviously that’s his decision to make, but here’s what I can tell you: It has really been an honor to serve in the capacity that I have as co-chair of the RNC,” she told Liz.

“If I am asked to serve as the next senator from the state of Florida, it would truly be an honor. I have yet to be asked that, and we’ll see what happens, but it would be something that I would absolutely consider doing,” she added.

“So you would say yes if Governor DeSantis said, ‘Do you want to be the next Senator from the state of Florida?”’ Liz asked.

“I would say yes,” she confirmed.

To hear more of their conversation, including about President Donald J. Trump’s transition efforts and how the RNC enacted election integrity in Pennsylvania and beyond, watch the episode above.

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Polling analyst Nate Silver joined the chorus of voices calling on President Joe Biden to resign after seeing the president’s public appearance in the Amazon rainforest.

Silver said that the president’s refusal to take questions from the media at a precarious time in global affairs was just another reason to believe he is not mentally equipped to handle the immense pressure of the Oval Office.

‘It’s a very difficult job. It’s a dangerous world. Extremely high-stakes decisions in Ukraine. He should resign and let Harris serve out the last 2 months.’

Democrats have been floating the idea that Biden should hand over the reigns of the executive branch to Vice President Kamala Harris in order to make history and also spoil Trump’s merchandising profits.

“Is there any particular reason to assume Biden is competent to be president right now? It’s a very difficult job. It’s a dangerous world,” wrote Silver on social media Wednesday. “Extremely high-stakes decisions in Ukraine. He should resign and let Harris serve out the last 2 months.”

Silver referenced a Washington Post report describing the lengths to which journalists tried to get the president to take questions while he visited Brazil and Peru for a Group of 20 summit.

“President Joe Biden was in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, unprotected from mosquitoes, fire ants and loud, squawking macaws. But there was another pest he did manage to avoid: the pack of reporters traveling with him,” read the Post report.

“During a six-day foreign trip to Peru and Brazil that wrapped up Monday, the president rarely spoke in public, answering almost no questions despite repeated efforts to engage him,” the report continued. “One television producer took to writing messages on a large pad of paper, holding it up as Biden boarded and departed Air Force One.”

Biden’s aides have tried to ignore criticism and make it appear that everything is normal, but scrutiny on the president has grown as Democrats publicly blame him for their astounding losses and question his decisions.

“History is watching us,” said Biden during the trip. “I urge us to keep the faith and keep going.”

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American statesmen have a long and storied history, but it’s crucial never to take politicians too seriously. Democratic proceedings often carry a carnival-like aspect. Still, it’s hard not to imagine America’s founders looking down in dismay at the daily shame visited upon the republic they established. The recent election of a man identifying as a woman to the U.S. House of Representatives marks just the latest embarrassment. U.S. Rep. Tim McBride (D-Del.), who now calls himself Sarah, has become a lightning rod for controversy. Yet, the Republicans’ clumsy and timid response to the situation has been even more disappointing.

McBride’s election raised concerns among several female members about sharing restrooms with a biological man. These concerns echo back to 2016, when Target announced a policy allowing men who identified as transgender to use women’s restrooms.

A decisive electoral win cannot be followed by a retreat into the lazy, reactionary habit of merely responding to the left’s narrative.

Shortly after, the Obama administration issued a directive to schools, requiring them to permit transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms corresponding to their gender identity. Gyms, pools, and other public facilities soon followed suit, forcing women and girls to endure men exposing themselves in spaces that had traditionally been female-only.

Wokeness had not yet become a mainstream term, but the events of 2016 marked the opening salvo in a prolonged cultural battle. What was once known as social justice or political correctness had morphed into a far more extreme movement. In a rational world, the absurdity of this ideology would have rendered it dead on arrival. Yet, eight years later, the nation is still grappling with the bizarre question of whether a man can become a woman.

In response to this ongoing debate, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced a resolution requiring House members to use the bathroom corresponding to their biological sex, not the clothing they chose to wear that day. This resolution was entirely reasonable and should have been easy for Republicans to defend. Unfortunately, the GOP’s handling of the situation turned into a clown show.

Johnson chokes

The first misstep occurred when Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) refused to answer a straightforward question about whether McBride was a man or a woman. During a press conference addressing the issue of bathrooms and locker rooms, Johnson dodged the question multiple times, instead stating that every member deserved dignity and respect. While this sentiment is true, it was obvious that Johnson used it to evade directly addressing McBride’s sex.

Given the topics covered in the press conference, Johnson should have anticipated the question and prepared a clear response. McBride is a man — full stop. As the leader of the Republican-controlled House charged with advancing Donald Trump’s agenda, Johnson’s hesitation was baffling.

The uproar over Johnson’s evasive response forced him to hold a second press conference, where he finally stated his belief that a man cannot become a woman. Johnson claimed the question was so absurd that he initially chose not to dignify it with an answer. Given his earlier hesitation, however, this explanation rang hollow. Notably, Johnson still avoided explicitly stating that McBride is a man or committing to specific actions to protect female members of the House.

If Johnson’s handling of this controversy reflects how he plans to approach implementing the MAGA agenda, it raises serious concerns about his leadership. His timidity in addressing fundamental issues does not inspire confidence.

Mace reaps what she sowed

The second misstep came from Mace herself. While her efforts to protect female colleagues reflected the right instinct, her execution left much to be desired. After describing herself as a feminist, Mace posted on X (formerly Twitter):

This is so strange to me. 25 years ago, I was celebrated as the first woman to graduate from a formerly all-male military college. Today I’m being attacked as a ‘bigot’ for fighting for women’s rights. The radical Left has lost its mind.

Using the left’s framing and language is always a misstep. Attempting to validate opponents’ positions to expose perceived hypocrisy often results in rhetorical failure for conservatives. More troubling, however, is the cognitive dissonance revealed in Mace’s statement.

On one hand, Mace seeks to defend female-only spaces, operating under the conservative belief that men and women are inherently different and that women deserve spaces apart from men. On the other hand, she wants to be celebrated as a feminist for breaking gender barriers at the Citadel, a formerly all-male military college. Mace wants to be honored for helping to deconstruct male-only spaces but, like so many before her, she is horrified when the cultural revolution she championed arrives at her own bathroom door.

A military college and a bathroom are not the same, obviously. Allowing men into female bathrooms and sports raises immediate safety concerns, and efforts to protect women in these spaces are entirely justified. However, discussions with combat veterans about the effects on unit safety and cohesion after introducing women to front-line roles reveal parallels that are more striking than they first seem.

A time for clarity

Mike Johnson needs to grow a spine, but much more importantly, the conservative movement needs to decide what it really believes about men and women. Are men and women inherently different, or does that belief only apply when it benefits women? Does biological reality influence societal roles and structures beyond bathrooms and soccer fields? Do men matter, or are “women’s rights” only a conservative talking point because they allow the movement to engage within the left’s framework?

The fact that, in 2024, Republicans have yet to answer these basic questions is both embarrassing and troubling. To lead and capitalize on the future possibilities created by President Trump’s historic re-election victory, conservatives must understand their identity and core beliefs. A decisive electoral win cannot be followed by a retreat into the lazy, reactionary habit of merely responding to the left’s narrative.

Ridiculous failures, like the one we just witnessed, are inevitable when a movement lacks a clear sense of purpose and conviction. Republicans must address these issues swiftly, as the American people delivered a decisive mandate and expect strong leadership — not a political comedy sketch.

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This is a Hollywood mea culpa no one saw coming.

In 2018, actress Rebecca Hall apologized for having starred in not one but two Woody Allen movies. This was the peak of #MeToo mania, when it was suddenly cool to bash Allen for decades-old allegations that he molested his daughter Dylan Farrow.

‘This is like Blockbuster still trying to collect late fees for those VHS tapes.’

Funny how those allegations didn’t bother the Hollywood elite until film producer Harvey Weinstein’s precipitous downfall in 2017.

Hall even vowed to contribute her salaries to the Time’s Up foundation, created in the wake of the Weinstein scandal.

Turns out she’s sorry for saying she’s sorry.

“I kind of regret making that statement because I don’t think it’s the responsibility of his actors to speak to that situation. … I regret this decision and wouldn’t make the same one today.”

Huh? What changed? The #MeToo movement collapsed, for starters. Celebrity political endorsements are now about as popular as eating Tide Pods. Hall suddenly realized she didn’t want to be an actress — slash — activist.

And Allen keeps making movies. A gig’s a gig, right?

Kamala stalks Kimmel

Hasn’t Jimmy Kimmel raised enough cash for Democratic coffers? The “Man Show” host turned progressive shill is furious that he’s still receiving fundraising emails from the Kamala Harris campaign.

The failed Kamala Harris campaign, to be exact.

“’There has never been a more important time to donate to the Harris Fight Fund Program’ than right now.’ … Now, I’m not an expert when it comes to campaigns, but I’m pretty sure there has been a better time.”

“This is like Blockbuster still trying to collect late fees for those VHS tapes.”

Will this stop Kimmel from resuming his 24/7 Trump-bashing? Of course not. Still, it’s nice to see some bipartisan outrage from TV’s most predictable, and suddenly sad, clown …

Cher and share alike?

Who knew “I Got You Babe” had a double meaning?

The smash Sonny and Cher ditty that rocked the charts in 1965 proved a prelude to Sonny Bono’s financial wickedness. That’s according to the 78-year-old Cher, who opened up about her late husband’s financial moves in a New York Times interview tied to her just-released memoir called … “Cher: The Memoir.”

“He took all my money. … I just thought, ‘We’re husband and wife. Half the things are his, half the things are mine.’ It didn’t occur to me that there was another way.”

Perhaps she channeled those memories for her solo career, including 1974’s “Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves”?

No downtime for Denzel

Denzel Washington’s retirement sounds … busy.

The superstar recently hinted that he has but a few more movies left in him, somber news for movie-lovers across the globe.

“I don’t know how many more films I’m going to make,” Washington, 69, said. “Probably not that many. I want to do things I haven’t done.”

Since then, he leaked that he’ll co-star in the upcoming “Black Panther 3.” That’s not all. He has two more “Equalizer” sequels planned. Nothing says striking new creative ground like extending a franchise built from an ’80s TV series into its fifth installment.

Maybe Washington spent a few too many days away from a film set’s perks and figured retirement is for suckers …

Technical decision

That overhyped match between brawlers Jake Paul and Mike Tyson drew a whopping 108 million viewers across the globe. Rumor has it a good 50% of them actually saw Paul whip “Iron” Mike and not a buffering wheel of doom.

At least the unlucky ones were spared the sight of Tyson’s 58-year old tuchus. To paraphrase the former and future first lady, “Be better, Netflix …”

They come back. They always do.

Advertisers make nice with Musk

Neil Young and fellow aging rebels pulled their music from Spotify in 2022 after the platform refused to cancel host Joe Rogan for his contrarian pandemic views. Young and company later returned their music to Spotify after their cancel culture attack swung and missed.

Now, it’s some of the world’s biggest corporations backpedaling on their anti-free speech efforts.

IBM, Disney, Lionsgate, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Comcast pulled their advertising from X, the platform formerly known as Prince, last year to protest owner Elon Musk. Why? He’s a free-speech fan. Those corporations? Not so much.

Now, all of the above are back on the platform, sending their sweet, sweet ad cash to Team Musk’s coffers.

They could have just funneled that cash to Bluesky, the new choice of the Resistance(TM). Chances are they probably realize it’ll be the next Mastodon or Threads before long.

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While many celebrities had vowed to leave the U.S. if President-elect Donald Trump were elected again, former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, appear to have actually followed through on the threat.

According to sources that spoke to TMZ, the couple has absconded to a region in southwest England called the Cotswolds that is located about two hours from London.

‘This isn’t about politics. It’s about human rights, and it’s not okay.’

TMZ said they had purchased the home before the election, but Trump’s triumph made them “very disillusioned” with the U.S., and they decided immediately afterward to “get the hell out.”

DeGeneres donated to the Harris-Walz campaign and endorsed the Democratic ticket on social media to her millions of fans.

“There’s nothing more powerful than a woman whose time has come!! I can’t wait for @KamalaHarris to be our next president,” she wrote on Instagram.

In August, DeGeneres sold her mansion on a 10-acre estate in Santa Barbara County for $96 million after purchasing it two years ago for $70 million. The Tuscan-style home includes 9,000 square feet, five bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and access to a private beach.

DeGeneres had previously criticized the Trump administration in 2017 over his opposition to laws enforcing the transgender agenda.

“This isn’t about politics. It’s about human rights, and it’s not okay,” she said at the time.

She also faced furious condemnation from the left in 2019 when she defended chatting and joking with former President George W. Bush at a Dallas Cowboys game.

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As the rubble is still being cleared from the presidential election, the corporate media should reflect on its shamelessly partisan coverage and how it once again failed to gauge voter sentiment. Instead, it is launching a massive campaign to sway public opinion against the priorities of Donald Trump’s second administration, specifically his plan to deport the millions of individuals who entered the country illegally over the past four years.

This may seem like a Herculean lift, given that Trump made immigration reform a cornerstone of his campaign. Voters rewarded him with a landslide victory in the Electoral College and a decisive popular vote margin. Consistent with those results, a majority of Americans now support mass deportations. Undaunted, anti-borders activists in network and cable news are working tirelessly to derail Trump’s immigration policies, using misleading data, selective omissions, and sentimental appeals.

The recent election results show the old media strategy is failing harder than ever.

The campaign began even before Election Day. A week prior, CBS’ once-esteemed “60 Minutes” aired a feature examining what Trump’s immigration policy might entail. Correspondent Cecilia Vega accompanied Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on an arrest, spoke with illegal immigrants facing potential deportation, and interviewed Tom Homan, Trump’s pick for border czar and former acting ICE director. Full disclosure: Homan previously served as a senior fellow at the Immigration Reform Law Institute.

During her interview with Homan, Vega used selective data to argue against mass deportations while disregarding statistics that strongly support the policy. She claimed, without citing a source, that deporting one million illegal aliens annually would cost $88 billion, framing this as an unreasonable and unacceptable expense.

However, Vega omitted a 2023 cost study showing that illegal immigration imposes a total fiscal burden of $150.7 billion on U.S. taxpayers each year. This estimate obviously does not include the additional costs from 2024 or the additional strain on social services intended for U.S. citizens and legal residents. Why continue paying so much for chaos and crime when stable communities could be achieved for less?

The report also featured Jason Houser, a former ICE chief of staff during the Biden administration, who portrayed himself as a pragmatic government official in opposition to Homan’s alleged extremism. Houser noted that detaining illegal aliens arrested by ICE costs $150 per night, a figure framed as an unnecessary waste of taxpayer dollars.

Vega again failed to provide viewers with the complete story. Under the Biden administration’s border policies, the federal government and New York City have been spending an average of $256 per night to house illegal aliens in The Row, a 1,331-room luxury hotel in Manhattan, as well as roughly 140 other properties across the five boroughs. It’s a similar story in Chicago and other large sanctuary cities. A local New York news outlet found that The Row wastes tons of fresh, edible food meant for migrants by throwing it in the trash daily. If fiscal responsibility is the goal, it doesn’t take an economics degree to recognize that ICE detention is the more cost-effective option.

As it has done for years when arguing against border security, the media continues to highlight the most sympathetic individuals here illegally, portraying them as victims of a heartless, xenophobic policy. “60 Minutes” followed this familiar script, featuring a crying woman in Baltimore expressing fear that her family members might be deported.

The report conveniently ignored the most sympathetic victims of illegal immigration: angel families, whose loved ones were killed by violent criminals, drunk drivers, or others who never should have been in the country. Why didn’t the story include families of victims like Jocelyn Nungaray, Laken Riley, or Rachel Morin? And why no mention of the 325,000 migrant children the Biden administration has lost track of, many of whom face risks of sex trafficking and forced labor?

The answer is obvious: “60 Minutes” sought not to provide an objective examination of a complex issue but to deliver propaganda designed to sway public opinion against the Trump administration’s forthcoming enforcement of immigration laws.

As with so many other issues, the corporate media aims to convince you to ignore the reality you observe daily and instead accept the ideologically driven, manufactured narrative it presents. The recent election results show the old media strategy is failing harder than ever.

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When a wounded Army Ranger received a well-deserved thank you for his service last week, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house — literally.

Emotional footage shows the moment retired U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Hargis and his family first step into their brand new, mortgage-free home in Nolensville, Tennessee — a gift from the Gary Sinise Foundation.

‘There is not another man like him that I would trust my life with.’

“This is insane,” says one of two young sons Hargis shares with wife Taylor before breaking down in tears.

Hargis, who served as K-9 handler with the 75th Ranger Regiment, describes seeing the house for the first time as “absolutely overwhelming.”

During Hargis’ fourth deployment in Afghanistan, his team was ambushed while conducting routine operations. Four members of his unit were killed along with his K-9 companion, Jany. Hargis lost both his legs while running into danger to assist a fellow Ranger in a minefield.

“During a night raid, we were drawn into an area that was littered with buried IED’s (improvised explosive devices), and our targets had donned explosive vests that were concealed under their clothing,” Hargis explains.

Hargis had learned that his wife was pregnant with their first child just a week before. After his life-changing injuries, his joy at becoming a father turned to apprehension.

“I was so intent on getting back to my wife and unborn child, but I was afraid of facing my wife in broken form,” Hargis said.

That apprehension vanished the moment they were reunited.

“My fears and insecurities were washed away when she raced to be by my side as the ambulance doors opened. There was never a moment that she wasn’t by my side fighting for me when I couldn’t.”

Hargis’ friend, U.S. Army Ranger Spencer Cox, says he wasn’t surprised by his fellow Ranger’s courage.

“That’s the kind of person Joshua is. He is the most selfless individual I have ever had the privilege of working with.

“His tireless work ethic, spirit, soul, and love for his family are truly remarkable,” Cox continued. “There is not another man like him that I would trust my life with. I know that Joshua can manage and succeed in any environment, no matter what is thrown at him.”

The family’s new, custom-built residence will provide a more accessible environment for the Purple Heart recipient than their previous split-level home.

Hargis says the added independence the house affords him will make him a better husband and father.

“For our family it means so much more, it’s mental, it’s emotional, it’s freedom to be able to interact as a family a little bit better. All of the small details in that house that are going to make not only my day to day easier, but my wife’s day to day easier raising two boys, it’s a huge blessing.”

The Gary Sinise Foundation teamed up with a number of partners to construct the home, among them Sunbelt Rentals, Owens Corning, Kaishan Compressor USA, and LP Building Solutions for Professionals.

“We want them to know we never forget,” says actor and musician Sinise, who started the foundation in 2011 to help veterans, first responders, and their families. “I’m a grateful American and I want them to know it, and I want to be somebody who can rally support from around the country.”

You can watch the touching video of the Hargis family seeing their new home for the first time here.

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An underage high school student was sexually assaulted in a bathroom by a knife-wielding 19-year-old who had trespassed onto campus in a suburb of Dallas, according to police.

The incident unfolded on Tuesday afternoon on the campus of Mesquite ISD’s Horn High School in the city of Mesquite, Texas.

‘The mother of the victim had warned police that Elijah had threatened her child before the attack and said that he would show up on the campus.’

Mesquite police said that the man was able to enter the school despite security measures because someone inside opened a locked door for him. Once inside, he allegedly sought out a female student whom he had previously had a relationship with and forced her into a bathroom.

Police said in a press release that the man assaulted the victim and “used a weapon to force her into a bathroom, where the sexual assault occurred.”

The suspect ran off from the school after a teacher realized he wasn’t a student and was later arrested at his home in Seagoville, police said. They identified him as 19-year-old Synnaiz Elijah.

A spokesperson for Mesquite ISD explained the security measures taken at the school.

“Exterior doors are locked for a reason. There are only two authorized entrances for visitors to enter Horn High School,” read the statement. “All exterior doors are checked four times every day by campus staff to ensure they are locked and closing properly. There are three full-time School Resource Officers and three security guards on campus every day.”

Elijah is charged with aggravated assault of a child.

An arrest affidavit said that the mother of the victim had warned police that Elijah had threatened her child before the attack and said that he would show up on the campus. She even went to the school to notify campus police just hours before the assault allegedly occurred.

The school said in a letter to parents that the student who allegedly allowed Elijah in to the school would be punished, but some parents were angry that they weren’t notified about the incident more quickly.

Mesquite has a population of about 150,000 residents.

A news video about the arrest can be viewed on the YouTube channel for KDFW-TV.

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If the Ku Klux Klan’s continued existence in the United States is unsettling, its emergence in Ireland is almost surreal. Yet here we are in a time when reality is much stranger than fiction.

Frank L. Silva, a former KKK member, has been actively collaborating with anti-establishment groups in Ireland, sparking media outrage and widespread head-scratching. Silva’s history shows how the Klan has evolved from its post-Civil War roots to modern offshoots. The dark irony here is impossible to overlook.

Irish immigrants were depicted in political cartoons as brutish, animalistic figures, often described as ‘negroes turned inside out.’

You see, the Klan’s ties to Irish identity and the very concept of “whiteness” go way back.

The fighting Irish

The 19th century saw waves of Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Famine only to find themselves vilified upon arrival in America. The Ku Klux Klan, with its roots deeply entwined with anti-Catholic sentiment, exploited this wave of Irish immigration to fuel fear and division. Irish Catholics were portrayed as a threat to Protestant values and, by extension, to the American people.

If there’s one thing the Irish love — beside drinking, dancing, cursing, joking, and singing — it’s a good fight. Recognizing the threat, they met it head-on, fists raised.

One striking example of Irish defiance was the Notre Dame student uprising of 1924. When a Klan rally was held near their campus, Irish Catholic students stood their ground, showing strength in the face of real danger.

“But weren’t the Irish ‘white’?” some of today’s crusading anti-racists may ask. “Wasn’t the Klan all about preserving and promoting “white supremacy”?

This is where a little history lesson is in order.

White privilege?

In 19th-century America, Irish immigrants were not considered “white” in the same sense as Anglo-Saxon Protestants. They were perceived as racially inferior due to a mix of religious, cultural, and economic biases.

Arriving destitute and in droves, Irish immigrants were seen as competition for low-wage jobs in rapidly urbanizing cities. Their willingness to work for less fueled native workers’ resentment and economic anxiety — sound familiar?

Religious tension deepened these divisions. In a country founded on Protestant ideals, Irish Catholics were viewed as agents of the Vatican, a foreign power. This suspicion, stoked by groups such as the Know-Nothing Party, painted Irish Catholics as potential saboteurs of American democracy — loyal not to the United States but to Rome. The notion that the Irish could undermine governance gained traction in certain circles, giving weight to the Klan’s anti-Irish campaigns.

The animosity, while harsh, had roots in primal instincts — tribalism. A group of newcomers with strange accents and unfamiliar customs seemed wholly different. From an evolutionary standpoint, the suspicion made complete sense. Welcoming a complete stranger into your home with open arms is, at best, unwise. At worst, it can be disastrous.

However, the backlash against the Irish was extreme and largely detached from reality. Cultural narratives and pseudoscientific theories added fuel to the fire. Irish immigrants were depicted in political cartoons as brutish, animalistic figures, often described as “negroes turned inside out.”

This comparison underscored their perceived moral and intellectual inferiority, supporting the belief that they threatened societal stability. Books like “Comparative Physiognomy” perpetuated these stereotypes, further entrenching the racialization of the Irish and positioning them below the dominant white Protestant identity.

Franklin’s foresight

Earlier this year, the brilliant Steve Sailer revisited Benjamin Franklin’s essay “Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind,” a polemic opposing the influx of German immigrants into Pennsylvania. Franklin worried that these newcomers would resist assimilation into English-speaking society, potentially reshaping the colony with their own customs and language rather than blending in and strengthening a unified culture. Less melting pot, more splintered silos.

Franklin’s fear was entirely reasonable. Shared skin color was no assurance of shared values or a cohesive society. The threat, as he saw it, was not merely foreign influence but the fracturing of what he considered the cultural fabric of early America.

This notion holds a striking parallel to modern debates. The idea that “white privilege” is a uniform experience ignores the varied and often tumultuous paths of European-descended populations. The Irish’s suffering during the Great Famine, the persecution of Eastern European Jews, or the challenges faced by Southern and Eastern European immigrants all challenge the monolithic narrative of privilege.

The only thread connecting these people was their shared hope for a better life. That’s it. They faced prejudice, economic struggle, and cultural exclusion. “Whiteness” has never been, and will never be, a simple, unified identity. True racism lies in denying this reality.

Franklin’s fears resonate in today’s world. The genuine celebration of diversity — a blend of backgrounds and traditions — has been warped by ideologies that prioritize superficial traits over shared cultural values.

Not that long ago, before the hyper-progressive mind virus took hold, we sought to respect differences while finding stable common ground.

Now, it’s about men in skirts, pronouns, and 700 different genders.

Degeneracy has taken the place of diversity.

EU-inspired erosion

The assumption that shared skin color equates to cultural uniformity is as flawed now as it was in Franklin’s era. This brings us to the larger consequence of global immigration and cultural dilution.

Once unique, robust cultures such as those in Germany and Ireland are now grappling with the consequences of globalization’s unchecked march. Mass immigration, driven by open-border policies and economic interests, has accelerated cultural erosion at an alarming rate.

The very essence of these nations’ identities is being submerged under the weight of Brussels-bred conformity. Franklin’s warning about cultural displacement, voiced over two centuries ago, feels prophetic today. The results of unfettered globalization can be seen in the loss of distinct identities and the rise of tensions that hark back to the very divisions that defined the Irish struggle in America.

The question is, how much will be lost before nations recognize the cost?

The re-election of Donald Trump offers the United States a glimmer of hope. But in Europe, hope is in short supply. In fact, one could argue it vanished years ago.

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The liberal reaction to Donald Trump’s win has been entertaining to say the least — in part because they are literally filming themselves in the midst of what can only be recognized as absolutely insane mental breakdowns.

“I know that you’ve seen these videos going around of these women who set their tripod and set up their phone, put it on their dashboard, whatever, just to cry and scream into the camera. I see that, and I’m like, ‘Gosh, I’m so glad they did not get the political representation that they need,’” Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” tells Megyn Kelly.

“Now, they’re vowing not to have sex, not to have kids, not to get married, to forfeit all of those things. Do you think that they’re serious about their commitment to chastity?” she asks.

Kelly does not believe these women are capable of sticking to it, but the men might be.

“Sadly no, because I think it’s a great idea in their case. I don’t think they should reproduce. We don’t need further generations of that weakness and hot messiness, and I don’t think they’re really going to have much opportunity though,” Kelly explains.

“I don’t get the impression from most of these videos that these ladies are beating them off with a stick,” she continues, before noting that some of them have even been filming themselves shaving their heads in protest of Trump’s win.

‘That’s why they feel comfortable shaving their hair,” she says. “It’s, like, no real difference.”

Meanwhile, conservative women, Kelly has noticed, tend to present themselves in a more attractive light.

“I don’t know what it is about conservatives, but by and large, it’s a very attractive group. They tend to be people who have their lives together, who care about grooming, who care about presentation,” she says.

When Kelly has made her way onto college campuses, she can usually tell where their political allegiance lies upon first glance.

“When somebody comes up to me on a college campus,” she explains, “I know they’re going to say ‘I’m a fan’ or ‘I don’t like you.’ If it’s an attractive woman, you can take it to the bank that it’s going to be a conservative.”

“So these leftist women who somehow think it’s a middle finger to the man to lean into unattractiveness are really only hurting themselves, and really, you know, hooking up and getting pregnant is probably the last thing they need to worry about,” she adds.

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Last weekend, UFC legend Jon “Bones” Jones defended his heavyweight title, defeating Stipe Miocic with a crushing kick to the ribs that tumbled the former heavyweight champion in the third round.

Following his victory, Jones shocked the audience by doing the iconic Donald dance while the president-elect watched in his usual front-row seat. Several allies, including Elon Musk, Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy, RFK Jr., and House Speaker Mike Johnson accompanied Trump, adding to the spectacle.

But the hype was just getting started. Jones then presented his belt to Donald Trump, as UFC fans went ballistic with excitement before re-entering the Octagon for an equally shocking post-match interview with Joe Rogan.

“I want to acknowledge Jesus Christ. I tell you what, man — I cannot take credit for a gift like this, man. I really owe it all to him. And I know that there’s millions of people around the world watching right now, and I just want to let you guys know that Jesus loves you so much,” Jones said.

“Blaze News Tonight” host Jill Savage and Blaze News editor in chief Matthew Peterson invite Steve Kim, BlazeTV contributor to “Fearless,” on the show to discuss a most remarkable night.

Steve says that what Jones did in the Octagon on Saturday night is part of the new precedent that’s been set following Trump’s re-election: Athletes are “coming out of the closet.”

Steve repurposes this phrase to refer to how “athletes seem to be liberated in a lot of respects post November 5” regarding sharing “their own beliefs,” whether related to culture, religion, or politics.

Jones, in a matter of seconds, was candid about where he stood on at least two of those.

“He just hit the grand slam,” praises Steve. “It’s amazing that MAGA is something that people are very proud to expose and to exhibit, and I think it’s great to see.”

When it comes to Jones presenting Trump with his belt, Peterson says that “many people said, whether they praised it or whether they hated it, this looked like a gladiator in the arena going to the emperor.”

One reporter likened Trump to Julius Caesar following the event.

“This is sort of the conquering Republican Caesar who’s going into the Colosseum and everyone‘s cheering, and he‘s got his political gladiators with him,” said CNN’s Marc Caputo, adding that Trump was “sending a message to the Senate.”

“Donald Trump has had the greatest personality arc in about a month. He went from Adolf Hitler to Julius Caesar,” laughs Steve.

To hear more of the conversation, watch the clip above.

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A former Maryland teacher pleaded guilty in June to illegal child sex crimes with a student and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. However, she’ll only serve a year behind bars after a judge suspended the vast majority of her sentence.

On June 20, Melissa Marie Curtis pleaded guilty to three counts of third-degree sex offenses with an underage middle school student. During her sentencing Friday, Curtis also was given five years of supervised probation, according to the Montgomery County State Attorney’s Office.

The former student claimed that Curtis sexually abused him nearly two dozen times.

Once released, Curtis will be required to register as a sex offender for 25 years. She also won’t be allowed to have unsupervised contact with minors other than her own children.

According to a previous statement from the Montgomery County Department of Police, its Special Victims Investigations Division in October 2023 began a probe into an adult male’s allegations that in 2015 he engaged in sexual acts with Curtis when he was a minor and she was 22.

The incidents continued for several months while the victim was a student at Montgomery Village Middle School and Curtis was a teacher at the same school, the statement said.

The alleged victim at the time was in the 8th grade and 14 years old; he allegedly volunteered for an after-school program Curtis ran.

Police executed an arrest warrant for Curtis on Oct. 31, 2023. Curtis turned herself in to authorities on Nov. 7, 2023.

The former student claimed that Curtis sexually abused him nearly two dozen times.

Citing court documents, D.C. News Now reported last year that Curtis sexually abused the student in a classroom, in a car, at her mother’s home, and at his house.

The news outlet also said, citing charging documents, that Curtis “touched his penis while in a classroom and performed oral sex on him.” Also, she is accused of providing alcohol and marijuana to the minor.

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The first openly transgender member of Congress elected to the U.S. House of Representatives responded Wednesday to a ban on biological males in congressional bathrooms designated for women.

Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride of Delaware released the statement after Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced the ban earlier in the day.

‘I’m just a woman trying to pee in peace in the women’s restroom without a MAN IN IT.’

“I’m not here to fight about bathrooms. I’m here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families,” McBride wrote in a social media post. “Like all members, I will follow the rules as outlined by Speaker Johnson, even if I disagree with them.”

McBride went on to call the debacle a distraction from “the real issues” facing the country.

“I continue to look forward to getting to know my future colleagues on both sides of the aisle,” McBride continued. “Each of us were [sic] sent here because voters saw something in us that they value. I have loved getting to see those qualities in the future colleagues that I’ve met and I look forward to seeing those qualities in every member come January. I hope all of my colleagues will seek to do the same with me.”

The controversy arose after Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina proposed legislation to ban biological males from women’s bathrooms in Congress in response to McBride’s election.

“I will stand in the brink and in the way of anyone on the radical left who thinks it’s OK for a penis to be in a woman’s locker room or a bathroom or a changing room,” said Mace to a reporter.

Johnson made it clear in his statement that in addition to gender-designated bathrooms in Congress, there are also unisex bathrooms, and each member has their own bathroom in their individual office.

“I’m just a woman trying to pee in peace in the women’s restroom without a MAN IN IT,” Mace said on social media.

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Donald Trump has made an impressive political career of proving the D.C. consultant class wrong. In 2016, he won the presidency by running a campaign nearly the opposite of what the infamous RNC “autopsy” report had prescribed four years earlier. In 2020, he came just 42,000 votes short of winning again, despite facing unprecedented obstacles from a global pandemic and its aftermath.

And now, Trump has once again shown his instincts are far better than those who claim to be “professionals.” In an election where most pundits were urging Republicans to hyper-focus on standard issues such as the economy and immigration, Trump instead went on offense on one of Democrats’ greatest vulnerabilities: their far-left stance on transgender issues. That decision has propelled him back to the White House.

If you don’t trust the polling, then you should at least trust the results.

In the final few weeks, exposing Kamala Harris’ transgender radicalism became the closing message of the Trump campaign. According to AdImpact, Republicans spent at least $215 million total on ads highlighting the radical consequences of the Harris-Walz agenda: male athletes in women’s sports, sex-change surgeries and puberty blockers for minor children, ideological indoctrination in public schools, and, most visibly, taxpayer-funded sex-change operations for prisoners and illegal immigrants. One report suggests Trump focused his ads more on these issues than on the economy, housing, and immigration combined.

This strategy flew directly in the face of conventional wisdom. In the run-up to the election, politicos from both parties argued that the transgender issue only catered to the GOP base and wouldn’t resonate with the wider electorate. Yet outside their D.C. bubble, the issue was indeed resonating. For anyone with a pulse on the average American voter, this shouldn’t have come as a surprise.

For years, polling has shown that Democrats’ transgender stances are extremely unpopular. For example, a 2023 NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found voters opposed to allowing minors to receive “gender transition-related health care” by 37 points, even if a parent or guardian consents. A Yahoo News survey this month showed Americans believe that the left’s gender-ideology agenda has gone too far by a 24-point margin. And a YouGov poll found voters in swing states agree with the Republican position on gender and bathrooms by margins of 16 points or more.

Such lopsided numbers aren’t just driven by Republican respondents, either. Large numbers of independents, young people, suburban women, black voters, and Latinos all side with conservatives on these issues.

But if you don’t trust the polling, then you should at least trust the results. The first general election cycle focused this heavily and forthrightly on transgender issues was in 2021. There, the transgender debate helped propel Gov. Glenn Youngkin in the final weeks to his shocking upset in Virginia. Meanwhile around the country, dozens of states were beginning to pass laws to prohibit males in girls’ sports and restrict gender transition procedures for minors. When South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) decided to veto a transgender sports bill early in the year, a massive backlash followed. To Noem’s credit, she changed course and signed a similar bill in the following legislative session.

In 2022, opposition to the transgender agenda continued to gain momentum. Yet more states took action, including in Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott declared gender transitioning children to be child abuse. In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis won a resounding re-election after a first term defined in large part by his embrace of cultural conservatism. This set him apart from many other GOP candidates nationwide, most of whom barely used gender issues in ads — to their detriment. In a midterm where Republicans largely underperformed, failing to take advantage of one of the Democrats’ biggest vulnerabilities turned out to be a significant mistake.

Of course, that was not the case this year. Beyond Trump’s own campaign, numerous other candidates went on offense on gender issues, spending hundreds of millions of dollars in Senate and House races nationwide. This was a smart strategy, not only to energize the Republican base but also to appeal to persuadable voters. According to data collected by my organization’s political arm, American Principles Project PAC, our own ads on transgender issues we have run in campaigns since 2019 have consistently moved tens of thousands of swing voters from Democratic to GOP candidates.

In this year’s election, one can also trace the potential effect these ads had through polling. For example, in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race, the Senate Leadership Fund began running ads highlighting Democrat Sherrod Brown’s record on transgender issues in early September. Around the same time, Republican Bernie Moreno began to rise in the polls, eventually pulling even with Brown after trailing by six points when the ads first started, according to the FiveThirtyEight average. Similar movement can be seen in many other races where such ads were aired.

In short, there can be little doubt that Republicans’ culture war offensive was a decisive element of their victory. And with Democrats now on the back foot, the GOP should press its advantage. Force Democrats to take votes in Congress on keeping men out of women’s sports and protecting kids from dangerous transgender medical procedures. Take executive action on these issues and dare Democratic leaders in blue states to sue. As long as the left continues to stick to these unpopular positions, they will continue to be a liability for them.

Twice now, Donald Trump has bucked D.C. elites and been rewarded for doing so. Perhaps it’s time for those elites to finally start taking notes.

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