Beloved author J.K. Rowling criticized transgender athletes who compete in women’s sports by saying they are stealing medals from women.

Rowling was responding to a report from the United Nations that detailed the shocking amount of medals women had lost in sporting events across the globe up to March 2024.

The eye-opening study revealed that more than 600 female athletes had lost medals in 29 sporting categories, totaling almost 900 medals going to men who identify as women in over 400 competitions.

“Over 890 medals, across 29 sports, stolen from women by men,” Rowling wrote on X.

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‘We’re not supposed to feel empathy for those women and girls.’

Readers soon chimed in on Rowling’s thread, with one pointing to the amount of effort and training female athletes are putting in only for them to lose out to a biological male.

Rowling responded directly to the remark with the ironic statement, “We’re not supposed to feel empathy for those women and girls.”

“The only people we should coddle are the mediocre men who decided they’d enjoy medals without the hassle of competing in the correct category.”

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Sadly, Rowling’s statement has rung true in recent instances of men playing against women.

NCAA volleyball player Sia Liilii said that her Nevada team was told by school officials they “weren’t educated enough” and “didn’t understand the science” when they refused to play against a team with a male athlete.

Similarly, San Jose State University’s Brooke Slusser said that when her school had meetings about a male athlete on her team, administrators predominantly focused on the well-being of the transgender individual and not the girls.

“We’ve had meetings, and it’s a lot of just checking in on [the male athlete]. … We were like ‘what about us?'” Slusser recalled. “Everyone above you is telling you you shouldn’t be talking for [the male], you need to make sure the other person is okay,” she explained.

During the 2024 Olympics, Rowling was highly critical of controversial boxer Imane Khelif, who won a gold medal in women’s boxing. Although the Olympics do not conduct gender tests, both the International Boxing Association and the World Boxing Organization claimed Khelif is a man.

Rowling shared an image of Khelif and opponent Angela Carini at the time, saying Khelif had “the smirk of a male [who] knows he’s protected by a misogynist sporting establishment enjoying the distress of a woman he’s just punched in the head.”

Khelif ended up naming Rowling in a criminal hate speech complaint in France. The complaint was made to Paris’ online hate speech office and claimed Khelif was a victim of cyber harassment.

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Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post, staunchly defended the newspaper’s leadership decision to cease political endorsements, citing the public’s pervasive distrust of corporate media outlets.

On Monday evening, Bezos released an opinion piece responding to reports that the Post would not back a presidential candidate in the upcoming election, as it did during previous election cycles.

‘I sighed when I found out.’

According to NPR, the paper faced significant criticism for the decision and reportedly lost more than 200,000 subscribers and counting — roughly 8% of its base. Other media outlets, including The Hill, the New Republic, and the Atlantic, torched Bezos for refusing to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.

Bezos’ op-ed explained the reason behind the decision, stating that the news media “is now the least trusted of all,” according to an annual public survey about trust and reputation.

“We must be accurate, and we must be believed to be accurate. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but we are failing on the second requirement. Most people believe the media is biased,” Bezos stated. “It would be easy to blame others for our long and continuing fall in credibility (and, therefore, decline in impact), but a victim mentality will not help. Complaining is not a strategy. We must work harder to control what we can control to increase our credibility.”

Bezos argued that political endorsements from newspapers do not have a measurable impact on election results.

“No undecided voters in Pennsylvania are going to say, ‘I’m going with Newspaper A’s endorsement.’ None. What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence,” Bezos continued.

He called ending the paper’s endorsements “a principled decision,” adding that it is “a meaningful step in the right direction.”

The Post was accused of making the decision not to endorse a candidate after an executive with one of Bezos’ companies met with former President Donald Trump. Bezos insisted that he was unaware of the meeting and that there was “no quid pro quo of any kind.” He noted that the decision was made internally and that neither presidential candidate was consulted.

“Dave Limp, the chief executive of one of my companies, Blue Origin, met with former president Donald Trump on the day of our announcement. I sighed when I found out, because I knew it would provide ammunition to those who would like to frame this as anything other than a principled decision,” Bezos explained.

He remarked, “But the fact is, I didn’t know about the meeting beforehand. Even Limp didn’t know about it in advance; the meeting was scheduled quickly that morning. There is no connection between it and our decision on presidential endorsements, and any suggestion otherwise is false.”

Bezo stated that he is “not an ideal owner” of the newspaper “when it comes to the appearance of conflict.”

“Every day, somewhere, some Amazon executive or Blue Origin executive or someone from the other philanthropies and companies I own or invest in is meeting with government officials. I once wrote that The Post is a ‘complexifier’ for me. It is, but it turns out I’m also a complexifier for The Post,” Bezos declared.

“You can see my wealth and business interests as a bulwark against intimidation, or you can see them as a web of conflicting interests. Only my own principles can tip the balance from one to the other,” he added.

Because of general distrust of the corporate media, the public has turned to “off-the-cuff podcasts, inaccurate social media posts and other unverified news sources, which can quickly spread misinformation and deepen division,” Bezos noted.

The business magnate pledged not to use the Post to push his own interests and stated that he would do everything in his ability to revive the newspaper’s credibility.

“To win this fight, we will have to exercise new muscles. Some changes will be a return to the past, and some will be new inventions. Criticism will be part and parcel of anything new, of course,” Bezos said.

Last week, a New York Times source revealed that Bezos has requested that the paper hire more conservative op-ed writers to expand its audience, Blaze News previously reported.

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1776 Project PAC founder Ryan Girdusky’s conservatism frequently puts him at odds with leftist panelists on CNN, although for the most part, past engagements have been relatively civil. Things took a turn on Monday’s “NewsNight with Abby Phillip” when the titular host of MSNBC’s canceled “The Mehdi Hasan Show” insinuated that Girdusky, President Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, and others with whom he disagreed on matters of policy are Nazis.

Evidently tired of the worn-out liberal smear, Girdusky turned the tables — which was particularly easy given Hasan’s reputation for “anti-Israel agitprop” — and made a dark joke about the former Al Jazeera presenter perhaps being a terrorist.

After landing a rhetorical punch that left Hasan repeating himself and the other panelists melting down, Girdusky was kicked off the set and banned from the show.

“You can stay on CNN if you falsely call every Republican a Nazi and have taken money from Qatar-funded media,” Girdusky
noted afterward on X. “Apparently you can’t go on CNN if you make a joke. I’m glad America gets to see what CNN stands for.”

Background

Trump held a
high-energy campaign event Sunday at Madison Square Garden. The venue was at capacity, and the rally went swimmingly despite the best efforts of Harris supporters to cancel and spoil the event.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and New York state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal likened the event to a Nazi rally at the Garden in 1939, as opposed to the Democratic Party’s national conventions at the Garden in 1976, 1980, and 1992.

MSNBC, Time magazine, and various other liberal publications soon dutifully
regurgitated the Democrats’ suggestion that Trump’s campaign event was essentially the Nazi rally of the day — meaning that all those present, including 94-year-old Holocaust survivor Jerry Wartski, were themselves Nazis or Nazi sympathizers.

Counterstrike

On Monday, CNN host Abby Phillip and Girdusky
debated whether the media had just defamed Trump or all those in attendance at the Garden rally.

Hasan, an
exponent of the false narrative about the Hunter Biden laptop story, chimed in to defend the media’s characterization.

According to Hasan, there were even more examples from the rally that were reminiscent of the exterminationists of yesteryear.

There was still Tucker Carlson doing replacement. Don Jr. did replacement. And then Trump himself turned up and talked about invading and occupying our country, which is the language of the far right. He talked about enemy of the people, which is Joseph Goebbels. He talked about the enemy within, which is literally Hitler. I mean, these are the — my problem is — I get it, which [is] nobody wants to be called Nazis. It’s very inflammatory.

“If you don’t want to be called Nazis, stop doing, stop saying —” said Hasan, at which point Girdusky leaned forward to point out that the Israel critic was casting stones from a glass house.

“You’re called an anti-Semite more than anyone in this table,” said Girdusky.

‘It is fine to call anyone on the political right a Nazi.’

“I’m a supporter of the Palestinians,” said Hasan. “I’m used to it.”

“Yes. Well, I hope your beeper doesn’t go off,” responded Girdusky.

Israel
hid explosives inside pagers used by Hezbollah terrorists and triggered them in September, killing at least 11 individuals and injuring over 4,000 others in Lebanon and parts of Syria.

Hasan did his best to misconstrue Girdusky’s dark humor into a death wish.

“Did you just say I should die?” said Hasan. “Did you just say I should be killed?”

Girdusky apologized, indicating that was not his meaning and that he thought Hasan had signaled support for Hamas. Phillip attempted to intervene, but there was no consoling Hasan.

“You just said I should get killed on live TV,” said Hasan. “You said you hope my beeper shouldn’t go off.”

Former Biden-Harris campaign staffer Ashley Allison fed on Hasan’s rage and berated Girdusky, weaving criticism of the conservative into yet another attack on Trump.

After more hand-wringing, the show went to break.

Banned

Phillip began the next segment — from which Girdusky was noticeably absent — with an apology, not to the conservative for the Nazi smear, but to Hasan for the beeper joke.

“I want to apologize to Mehdi Hasan for what was said at this table. It was completely unacceptable. When we get this discussion started, you’ll see that Ryan is not at the table. There is a line that was crossed there, and it’s not acceptable to me,” said Phillip. “It’s not acceptable to us at this network. We want discussion. We want people who disagree with each other to talk to each other. But when you cross the line of a complete lack of civility, that is not going to happen here on this show.”

CNN confirmed to Blaze News that Girdusky “will not be welcomed back at our network.”

In response to questions about whether Nazi and terrorist accusations were weighted differently and whether Hasan might also face repercussions, CNN stated, “There is zero room for racism or bigotry at CNN or on our air. We aim to foster thoughtful conversations and debate including between people who profoundly disagree with each other in order to explore important issues and promote mutual understanding. But we will not allow guests to be demeaned or for the line of civility to be crossed.”

Phillip
revealed late Monday night that CNN has asked Hasan back, portraying the leftist who previously suggested that non-Muslims are subhuman and that all homosexuals are pedophiles as a victim.

“We really hope that he will join us again soon,” said Phillip.

Blaze News reached out to Girdusky for comment but did not receive a response by deadline.

“It is fine to call anyone on the political right a Nazi,”
tweeted Max Abrahms, associate professor of political science at Northeastern University. “It is not okay to call an antisemitic Qatar agent who runs PR for terrorists a terrorist.”

Sean Davis, co-founder of the Federalist,
said of the comment that got Girdusky ousted, “Absolutely legendary comeback, and a clinic on the only way to handle garbage corporate media.

Jack Posobiec, senior editor at Human Events,
noted, “Understand what just happened[.] Mehdi Hasan called Ryan Girdusky, a Polish-American, a Nazi[.] Ryan responded with a quip about beepers[.] Ryan was kicked off, and CNN apologized to Hasan for his comments[.] That’s how it works at CNN.”

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With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, Donald Trump’s campaign just keeps looking better.

And shockingly, New York City just turned out big-time for the former president.

Not only did the mayor, Eric Adams, tell his party to tone down the divisive and harmful rhetoric regarding Trump, but a rally Trump held at Madison Square Garden completely sold out — and the crowd outside was even bigger.

“That place was packed,” Pat Gray of “Pat Gray Unleashed” comments. “What does it seat, 20,000?”

The NYPD released the official count of those in attendance, with Madison Square Garden at 19,500 people and 75,000 people outside the arena rallying in support of Trump’s campaign.

“And it’s a Nazi rally, because in 1939, Nazis held a rally at Madison Square Garden,” Gray comments, poking fun at the Democrats who have compared the two.

“So what I just heard you say is Billy Joel is a Nazi,” Keith Malinak comments, as Billy Joel has also sold out Madison Square Garden many times. “If you go to Madison Square Garden and a big crowd shows up, you must be a Nazi.”

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A resident of a rural Illinois home fatally shot an intruder early Friday morning, Shelby County Sheriff Brian McReynolds told the Effingham Daily News.

“At 5:25 a.m., the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a home invasion in progress at a rural Herrick address within Shelby County,” McReynolds said in a press release, the paper said. “The suspect was identified as Wade M. Barnes, 19 years old, of Cowden. Barnes was known by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office due to prior involvements, including a current criminal case.”

It seems Barnes was in trouble with the law earlier this month. He was charged Oct. 9 with aggravated fleeing from a police officer, possessing a firearm without a state Firearm Owner’s Identification Card, transporting liquor by a driver under 21, damage to property greater than $300, and operating an uninsured vehicle.

Barnes was threatening the home’s occupants, the Daily News said, and McReynolds noted that an occupant retrieved a gun and verbally warned Barnes to stop.

“Barnes continued into the residence, ignoring the warning,” McReynolds said, according to the paper. “Shots were fired in the direction of Barnes, striking him. EMS was dispatched. EMS transported to Good Shepherd Hospital, in Shelbyville, where he succumbed to his injuries, and was pronounced deceased at 7:16 a.m.”

The Daily News said the sheriff’s office is investigating the incident, and state police, the Shelby County Coroner, and the Shelby County State’s Attorney have been contacted to assist with the investigation.

What else do we know about the suspect?

It seems Barnes was in trouble with the law earlier this month. He was charged Oct. 9 with aggravated fleeing from a police officer, possessing a firearm without a state Firearm Owner’s Identification Card, transporting liquor by a driver under 21, damage to property greater than $300, and operating an uninsured vehicle, according to the paper, which cited online court records. Barnes’ next court appearance was scheduled for Nov. 20, the Daily News said.

Barnes also was charged on May 18, 2023, with aggravated fleeing and speeding 35 miles per hour over the speed limit, the paper said, adding that the fleeing charge was dismissed. Barnes paid a fine and was ordered to driver education and community service, the Daily News noted.

How are observers reacting?

Commenters under WICS-TV’s Facebook post about the incident were decidedly behind the individual who ended the break-in threat. Here are a handful of those reactions:

“It’s about time people start defending themselves again!!! Great job!!!” one commenter wrote.”If you are going to engage in criminal activity, you accept the consequences,” another user added. “I did not get shot recently; probably because I don’t do crimes. Hmmmmm.””The criminals’ anthem… another one bites the dust!” another commenter stated.”Justice is served,” another user declared.

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Once, not that long ago, televisions were beloved devices that brought families together for regular rituals of laughter, drama, and storytelling. But today, as we settle in for a night of streaming on our sleek smart TVs, that warmth feels increasingly distant. These modern monstrosities offer endless options and voice-activated convenience, but this comes at a steep price. While we put our feet up and enjoy our favorite shows, we’re also inviting a level of surveillance into our homes that would have been unthinkable a few decades ago.

According to a new report by the Center for Digital Democracy, smart TVs have become yet another cog in a massive, data-driven machine. Specifically, this machine is an ecosystem that harvests viewer data with military-like precision, prioritizing profits over privacy, individual autonomy, and, arguably, our collective well-being.

Big Brother isn’t just in your living room — he knows what you’re watching, what you’re thinking, what you’re buying, and even where you’re going.

A Trojan horse in disguise

As the report details, these devices function as sophisticated surveillance tools, tracking viewers’ every move across platforms. From Tubi to Netflix to Disney+, streaming services rely heavily on various data collection mechanisms to fuel a relentless advertising engine. These companies boast about their ability to collect “billions of rows of data” on their viewers, using machine learning algorithms to personalize the entire experience — from what shows are recommended to the ads viewers are served.

Tools like Automatic Content Recognition — built into TVs by companies such as LG, Samsung, and Roku — track and analyze everything you watch. ACR collects data frame by frame, creating detailed viewer profiles that are then used for targeted advertising. These profiles can include information about the devices in your home and the content you purchase, all feeding into a continuous feedback loop for advertisers. The more you watch, the more the system learns about you — and the greater its ability to shape your choices. The “non-skippable” ads, personalized to reflect intimate knowledge about viewers’ behaviors and vulnerabilities, are particularly disturbing. They are engineered to be as compelling and intrusive as possible.

Smart TVs are living up to their names. They know everything about you. And I mean absolutely everything.

Data-driven manipulation

The streaming industry has rapidly grown into one of the most lucrative advertising sectors, with streaming platforms like Disney+, Netflix, and Amazon Prime attracting billions in ad revenue. As the report warns, these platforms now use advanced generative AI and machine learning to produce thousands of hyper-targeted ads in seconds — ads for Mom, ads for Dad, and ads for the little ones. By employing tools like identity graphs, which compile data from across an individual’s digital footprint, streaming services can track and target viewers on their televisions and throughout their entire digital lives. That’s right. Smart TVs seamlessly interact with other smart devices, basically “talking” to each other and sharing valuable gossip.

This data collection goes far beyond tracking viewing habits. The report reveals that companies like Experian and TransUnion have developed identifiers that encompass deeply personal details, such as health information, financial status, and political views. Who will you vote for in November? You already know — and so does your TV.

Crooked capitalism

At its core, capitalism has been a driving force of innovation, progress, and prosperity. Its brilliance lies in its ability to harness human creativity and ambition, rewarding those who bring value to the market. In its purest form, capitalism is entirely meritocratic. Capitalism has lifted millions out of poverty through competition and the pursuit of profit. Capitalism helped make America the greatest nation known to man.

However, we see today a gross distortion of capitalism’s core principles. Surveillance capitalism has taken the place of pure capitalism. Instead of fostering innovation, this monstrous model feeds off personal data, often without our knowledge or consent. It preys particularly on vulnerable groups like children, exploiting their behaviors and emotions to turn a profit. The same system that once championed freedom now thrives on violating privacy, reducing human experiences to commodities.

Smart TVs and surveillance capitalism go hand in hand.

This raises an urgent question: What can we do about it? While it’s tempting to grab a sledgehammer and smash your nosy device into a million pieces, more practical solutions exist.

Start by diving into your TV’s settings and disabling data tracking features such as ACR. You can also refuse to sign up for accounts or services that require extensive data sharing. For those willing to pay a bit more, opting for ad-free services can limit the data collected on your viewing habits, though it’s not a foolproof solution.

Additionally, advocating for stronger regulations on data privacy and transparency in advertising technologies is crucial. As consumers, we need to push policymakers to implement stricter laws that hold companies accountable for the data they collect and how they use it. Organizations like the Center for Digital Democracy, which authored this important report, are already fighting for these changes. This is a matter of critical importance. Close to 80% of homes in the U.S. have a smart TV.

Big Brother isn’t just in your living room — he knows what you’re watching, what you’re thinking, what you’re buying, and even where you’re going. Not for the sledgehammer, I hope.

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The Treasury Department has released the receipts for federal spending in fiscal year 2024, revealing staggering numbers. While the $1.8 trillion deficit may seem less alarming than a $2.3 trillion shortfall, the Treasury accounted for an extra $500 billion in deficits in the opening days of fiscal year 2025 to achieve that figure. Regardless, neither the Federal Reserve nor the Treasury Department can escape the impact of these numbers. We have now reached a point where permanent stagflation seems unavoidable.

The Treasury Department’s final tab for fiscal 2024 shows a $1.83 trillion deficit, setting a near record aside from the unusual pandemic years of 2020-2021. This means the government borrowed $5 billion per day — the equivalent of the FBI’s entire annual budget a generation ago. In the third quarter of this calendar year (the final quarter of fiscal 2024), the deficit equaled 6.3% of GDP, a level only surpassed during World War II and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Republicans have failed to convey to the public that the government spending they rely on comes at a painful cost.

Despite relatively low unemployment and the absence of a world war, the government took in a record $4.918 trillion in revenue but still amassed a mammoth deficit. This gap is poised to grow in the new fiscal year, meaning that when a recession officially hits, the deficit could become colossal. Although the government collected $479 billion more in revenue than last year, it increased the deficit by spending an additional $617 billion. Imagine what the deficit might look like if revenue starts to decline.

In the past, we shrugged off such news, dismissing it as mere red ink on a spreadsheet. But that was when annual interest on the debt cost only $200 billion. Now, we’re on track to spend a record $1.133 trillion — or nearly a quarter of our tax revenue — just on interest. Debt interest is now more costly than every government expense except Social Security, contributing to the crippling inflation consumers face. We’re no longer mortgaging our grandchildren’s future; we’re destroying our own.

To cover this interest, the government must sell a record number of treasury bonds each month. With countries reducing their holdings of U.S. Treasuries and buying gold instead, treasury yields are rising unnaturally. Despite a drop in the federal funds rate, rising spending and the resulting debt service push yields higher. This shift has caused gold and treasury yields to surge simultaneously — a rare occurrence, as they typically move inversely. It’s also why the 30-year fixed mortgage rate has climbed nearly a full percent since the Federal Reserve cut rates by 50 basis points. T. Rowe Price forecasts that the 10-year Treasury yield could hit 5% over the next six months, approaching levels seen in late 2007 on the eve of the Great Recession.

When yields go up, debt servicing costs increase further, and the Fed has to print even more money to cover both the rollover debt and rapidly accumulating new debt — rising faster this year than last. Under this baseline scenario, inflation is bound to worsen. The global money supply now stands at $89.7 trillion, up by $22 trillion since COVID. After shrinking in 2022-2023, M2 is now expanding rapidly and is currently 38% higher than pre-COVID levels. Consumers are already struggling with high prices, and every market indicator signals a new round of even higher costs.

Consumers have exhausted their resources ahead of an impending financial collapse, spending $2.3 trillion in excess savings over the past three years to cope with the cost of living. Currently, cumulative excess savings are negative $216 billion, with U.S. credit card debt and interest rates at record highs.

Even without the threat of hyperinflation, these economic indicators always precede a crash. The unprecedented rallies in gold and silver are clear warnings, signaling grave danger. They indicate that the Federal Reserve, in its attempts to curb recession and inflation while printing money recklessly, has lost control, leaving us to face the consequences of both.

Republicans have failed to convey to the public that the government spending they rely on comes at a painful cost. It’s not just the $103,700 in debt that each American is responsible for in some distant future. It’s the additional tens of thousands they will pay each year to maintain their parents’ standard of living for the rest of their lives — and that’s assuming things don’t get worse.

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Don’t for a minute believe that leftists are all part of one big happy family. Plenty of factors would seem to prevent such broad acceptance.

For starters, you might not sit far enough left on the left-wing sociopolitical scale for some radicals — in which case, you’re on the outs. Like one tidbit below describing Joe Biden supporters who thought they’d escape the wrath of Black Lives Matter protesters on the night of the 2020 election. They quickly thought again.

Case in point was a man who stood on his porch and hollered at the protesters, ‘There’s my Biden sign! Don’t destroy anything! Be peaceful!’

Or the anarchists you also can read about below who spray-painted walls with ‘F*** Biden,’ ‘No Presidents’ messages and busted windows at a Democrat headquarters after Biden won the 2020 election. What do we need to do to keep them happy?

You can’t even be a 60-year-old “gay progressive” state senator and walk George Floyd riots without getting beaten up by violent, radical leftists. That tale is below as well.

No one will soon forget when left-wing high priestess Maxine Waters risked inciting violence when she publicly told her radical left disciples to “create a crowd” and “push back on” their political enemies and tell them “they’re not welcome any more, anywhere!” Well, check out in the forthcoming vignettes when Maxine admitted she doesn’t like it when such leftist tactics are used on her. She even brought race into it.

And can you imagine a majority white Black Lives Matter group getting caught on video actually preventing a black woman from driving past their blockade? Imagine no more.

One big happy family? Not on your life.

Leftist protesters beat up 60-year-old ‘gay progressive’ state senator — after which victim says, ‘Sad thing I’m on their side’

Protesters outside the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison smashed windows at the statehouse, tore down statues, and beat up Democratic state Sen. Tim Carpenter, who was observing them overnight June 23, 2020, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

Carpenter, 60, told the Washington Post the violence “has got to stop before someone gets killed. Sad thing I’m on their side for peaceful demonstrations — am a Gay Progressive Dem Senator served 36 years in the legislature.”

He also posted video showing protesters charging at him — after which WKOW-TV staffer Lance Vesser added a post noting that Carpenter said he was assaulted and then collapsed.

Carpenter said video he was recording “got me assaulted & beat up. Punched/kicked in the head, neck, ribs. Maybe concussion, socked in left eye is little blurry, sore neck & ribs. 8-10 people attacked me. Innocent people are going to get killed. Capitol locked — stuck in office. Stop violence now Plz!”

The caption from another social media photo noted that Carpenter “was just punched in the face by Madison protesters because he was filming. Several people attacked him.”

The Journal Sentinel’s Lawrence Andrea reported that protesters said Carpenter “provoked them.”

Biden supporters on election night assume they’ll escape the wrath of Black Lives Matter violence. Think again, kids.

Video posted by conservative journalist Andy Ngo revealed some cognitively dissonant moments on the night of the 2020 election when hundreds of protesters shut down the streets of southeast Portland and confronted residents — even if they supported Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

Case in point was a man who stood on his porch and hollered at the protesters, “There’s my Biden sign! Don’t destroy anything! Be peaceful!”

But the guy’s supposed sociopolitical teammates weren’t having any of it.

“No one cares about your white-ass opinion!” one woman began yelling back at him. “Who do you think you are telling black people how to protest? You f***ing white-ass privilege old man!”

Another leftist female hollered, “Asking for people to be peaceful is white supremacy!”

It didn’t get any better when the man left the relative safety of his porch and spoke to the protesters up close and personal.

But one leftist told him, “You just came out to instigate violence!”

Then a woman got in the man’s face and told him, “At this point you’re distracting the movement, so go the f*** home!”

In a separate scene, another man made the mistake of yelling at protesters, “Dude, I’m on your f***ing side!” Because with that, a woman screamed back at him, “No, you’re not! No, you’re f***ing not!”

Check out the mind-bending video here.

Remember when leftist Maxine Waters urged fellow radicals to harass those who disagree with them politically and get in their faces? Well, she’s not too happy when tables are turned on her.

Who can forget U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) getting captured on video urging fellow radicals to harass and get in the faces of those who disagree politically with them?

“Let’s make sure we show up wherever we have to show up, and if you see anybody from [President Donald Trump’s] Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome any more, anywhere!” she infamously howled in public.

Well, a video excerpt of an undated interview with Waters shows her indicating that such harassment is unacceptable if directed her way. She complained about an instance during which someone confronted her in a restaurant — and Waters said that showed a “racist attitude.”

“They don’t say racist things, but what they say is they don’t like something I said. They don’t like a position that I took,” she said, adding that “if you were not black, you would not be approached that way.”

Multitudes of commentators mocked Waters’ remarks online, many quoting back her apparent incitements to violence, which were not limited to the Democrat’s 2018 remarks.

Anarchists spray-paint walls with ‘F*** Biden,’ ‘No Presidents’ messages, bust windows at Democrat HQ after Biden wins election

Just hours after most mainstream media outlets declared Democratic nominee Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election over President Donald Trump on Nov. 7, Biden’s supposed leftist comrades in Portland, Oregon, weren’t celebrating victory.

Instead they busted windows at the Multnomah County Democrats’ building and spray-painted messages such as “F*** Biden” and “No Presidents” — along with the universal symbol of anarchists.

Police arrested three suspects in the aftermath of the vandalism, KATU-TV reported:

Maximillian Jennings, 22, was booked on first-degree criminal mischief;
Thomas Mollrocek, 33, was booked on second-degree criminal mischief and third-degree escape;
James Walker Prettyman, 24, was booked on second-degree criminal mischief, the station said.

All three were booked into jail, KATU reported.

Police said demonstrators gathered outside the building and reportedly started tagging it and shattering windows, the station reported, adding that officers moved in and made targeted arrests of those who allegedly were part of the vandalism. You can check out a clip here showing the aftermath.

The anti-Biden sentiment among leftists was evident in Washington, D.C., as well, as black-clad demonstrators marched toward Black Lives Matter Plaza and chanted, “What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now! If we don’t get it — Burn it down! BURN. IT. DOWN!” along with, “F*** Trump! F*** Biden! No more presidents!”

In Detroit, one leftist group wasn’t too thrilled with Biden, either, and chanted, “F*** Donald Trump! F*** Biden too! Both of them don’t give a f*** about you!”

Far-left actor Michael Rapaport’s support for Israel prompts Antifa to violently protest his comedy shows

In January, dozens of far-left, violent Antifa agitators shouted expletives and fired off explosives outside a comedy club in Portland, Oregon, to express their outrage that the establishment dared to allow far-left actor Michael Rapaport — who supports Israel — onstage.

On the night of Jan. 12, with temperatures well below freezing, Antifa protesters gathered outside Helium Comedy Club, where Rapaport was scheduled to perform five shows over two days.

According to videos shared by Andy Ngo, a journalist who has been covering Antifa’s violent antics for years, a line of police officers protected the club’s perimeter as protesters attempted to intimidate those trying to get inside, even going so far as to hurl fireworks at the building to make their outrage felt.

While firing off explosives and harassing club-goers, the leftist protesters also shouted various anti-Semitic chants, such as “[From the river to the sea,] Palestine will be free.” They also yelled, “F*** Michael Rapaport” and warned him to get “out of Portland.” Despite the threats, Helium hosted all of Rapaport’s shows as scheduled.

While Rapaport’s history of unhinged social media tirades against former President Donald Trump would seem to put him in the far left’s good graces, his unfettered support for Israel since the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, has instead made him persona non grata for many in Portland.

Tyrone Collins, co-founder of the NW Black Comedy Festival, was one of many “local comedians” and other “activists” who recently called for Helium to cancel Rapaport’s shows, according to the Portland Mercury.

“Some of the things he’s posted on his social media — it’s been hateful. For some reason, Helium just tells us it’s OK to back this man and the hateful things he’s spewing,” Collins said. “They have no idea what he’s gonna get up there and say, you know, and they’re willing to take that chance. It’s just — it’s not a good look.”

Reese Hendrik of local comedy blog LaughsPDX chimed in as well. “Given recent commentary from Mr. Rapaport about the ongoing violence in Gaza, we do not support the platform being provided for him,” wrote Hendrink, who is Jewish. “While it is not our place to police the scene or individual clubs, we find it necessary to voice our stance and solidarity with the Palestinian people.”

White BLM protesters actually block black woman from driving through street. It gets ugly fast.

A video recorded on Sept. 7, 2020, shows a group of white BLM protesters defiantly standing in front of a truck in — where else? — Portland, Oregon. Not an unfamiliar scene by any stretch. But this time, the Black Lives Matter militants were blocking a black woman.

“Get out of the way!” the motorist hollers at them. “Because you killed my brother, move!” The clip doesn’t shed light on the claim, but it sure demonstrates her adversaries’ collective ignorance.

Defiant voices shoot right back at her. “You’re gonna go backward!” one barks. “Turn around!” another yells.

She blasts them again: ‘You’re setting fires in the streets? No, that’s violence! That’s violent! Get out of my way!”

“I think you don’t know what you’re talking about!” a male voice can be heard arguing back with her.

Soon the woman challenges the protesters: “Get your ass away from here! … Now they see how ignorant this looks. … You don’t want no race war out here!”

A black man who’s with the leftists moves in and appears to try to calm the situation as the motorist accuses someone in the group of calling her the N-word — which they deny. “Stop pushing us with your car!” one male hollers at her as they place their bodies in front of the truck’s bumper. The furious woman then exits her truck and gives the ignorant leftists a wake-up call: “If I was pushing you with my car, you’d be rammed the f*** over!”

At this point, the black man who’s with the leftists orders his comrades to shut up and move: “We need to get this woman out of here safely!”

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